#describe a game plot badly

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Deacribe a game plot badly:

A polycule of 9 bisexuals and a 50’s noir detective fight robots in boston

[questions-about-blorbos]

BLORBO ASKS GAME

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[dorkszn]

7 MINUTES IN HELL + satoru gojo

SYNP — getting stuck with your ex-boyfriend during a dumb game of seven minutes in hell heaven

WARNINGS — amab reader, dom!top!reader, sub!bottom!gojo, brat gojo, porn w plot, forced proximity, pet names, dunk sex, drinking, smoking (weed), closet sex, fingering, orgasm denial, anal sex, college au, implied commitment issues, implied toxic relationship, gojo’s kinda an asshole, degradation, creampie, minor feminization | 3.8K words

A/N — my first time writing top reader i think 🥹🥹 I’m actually so proud of this

Everyone knows when and why the two of you broke up. If you can even call it a breakup. It was more of a tear-filled yelling session between a pair of friends with benefits. That’s how he described it. One where Satoru ended up walking out your front door and you dropped onto your couch with angry tears in your eyes.

Nobody questioned you guys afterward though. Suguru kept quiet, listening to Satoru whenever he ranted. Shoko sat beside you, sharing a cigarette and takeout with you. Haibara kept his usual self, forcing everyone into group activities. And Nanami who kept to himself, per usual.

The house was full to the brim of loud, drunk college students. Music blaring and the stench of alcohol intoxicated every inch of the air. Your typical party. Some people play beer pong in the basement of the home you knew all too well, some make out in the corners and crevices, and some dance with their friends in the middle of the living room you’d hung out in many times.

Haibara wasn’t particularly known for his parties but he had thrown a few good ones in the past few months. Some you had attended and some you decided to miss out on. You couldn’t miss this one though. No matter how badly you wished you could. Shoko dragged you here because she couldn’t say no to Haibara’s invitation. Which for some reason meant that you couldn’t say no either.

Currently, you stand in the kitchen, leaning against the counter as a girl you recognize as a lower classman speaks to you. “But yeah, Mr. Yaga is just—“ her words are interrupted by a small hiccup. “Such an asshole, you know? And I don’t even have his class!” She’s been stumbling and stammering the whole conversation but for some reason, she’s one of the only bearable people here.

“Ain’t that the truth,” You blandly chuckle, sipping at your drink and emptying your red solo cup. “Be right back.” You tell her through the boisterous tune playing through the house. You slide past a few people to make your way to the fridge.

You open it and let the cool air abduct you. A nice break from the stuffiness of the crowd. An arrangement of alcohol sits in front of you. Your gaze runs through it, trying to pick whatever stands out. A singular white claw catches your attention. You reach for it only to be interrupted by another’s hand grabbing it.

“What the he—“ you whip around to face the thief. Of course, it’s this bastard. White hair and black, circular sunglasses greet you along with a stupid signature grin.

“Oops, did you want this?” Satoru hums. He cracks the can open and takes a dragged-out sip of it. You roll your eyes at his typical antics, shutting the fridge.

“Fuck off, Gojo.” You scoff.

“Ow, last name basis, baby?” He hums, drinking from the can once more. You feel your blood beginning to boil in your veins. You push past him, knocking him back ever so slightly with the force.

“Don’t call me that.” You grumble. You make your way to the basement where you know Haibara would have more alcohol. Gojo chuckles and trails behind you.

“We’re playing some games upstairs if you wanna join.” He offers. You glance back at him with narrow eyes.

“With you? No thanks.” You hum, jogging down the stairs. A cup pong game runs in the large basement, a crowd building around it. The well-known jocks stand in the middle, being hyped up by their teammate.

You hold a prolonged stare at one of the jocks. He’d always caught your eye. “Really? Jocks don’t give a good fuck. I know they seem like it but they don’t.” Gojo suddenly speaks up again.

“Do you ever stop and think that some people want more than a fuck-buddy?” You hiss, turning to look back at the man. He gives you a softer look. Your past flashed through his mind. He sits in silence. You sigh and continue to the box of beer in the corner of the room. You grab a can and crack it open.

“Go find something to do, Gojo.” You mumble, leaving him in the basement.

An hour or two and a few more drinks in, you find yourself watching a UNO game running at Haibara’s dining table. Utahime sits in front of you, holding three cards in her hand. She might be the only other person that Gojo irritates more than you. A focused aura surrounds her, keeping you just a foot away from her.

“You got money on this game?” You ask her, glancing over her cards through slightly hazy eyes.

“Of course she does. As do I,” Another voice speaks up. Mei Mei sits just one seat away from Utahime, she holds just two cards in her hand. You can’t help but chuckle. Of course. Utahime is too competitive for her good and Mei Mei is one of the freakiest gold diggers ever.

Suddenly a hand lands on your shoulder. You turn at the weight and see Shoko. She holds up a plastic ziploc bag, with a small bundle of green inside of it. “Holy shit, Sho.” You slightly gasp with a grin.

The woman smirks back at you. “Found out my guy was here. Plus it was free, beat him in Smash Brothers for it.” She explains. If there was anyone to count on to find something to smoke, it was Shoko.

“Wanna go up? I hear Yu’s room is open.” She questions, gesturing to the stairs. You nod and give Utahime an encouraged pat on the shoulder. You and Shoko find your way through the crowd, squeezing past people kissing, and dancing. You finally make it to the stairs where two students sit at the bottom, one sitting in the other lap. Everyone’s gonna feel like shit on Monday.

You somehow make it up the stairs and follow Shoko’s guide. You find your friend’s room but Shoko stops you before you can open the door. “Don’t freak out, okay? I know that’s unlike you but still.” She murmurs.

You shoot her a confused look before shrugging. “Okay?”

Shoko nods and grabs the knob, opening the door. Haibara’s bedroom looks how it usually does. Suguru and Gojo sit on the bed, sharing a bag of chips between the two of them. Haibara is on the floor beside Nanami, running a game of shogi. You look over at Shoko and she furrows her brows. You sigh.

“Hey, I found y/n.” She hums to the group before closing the door behind the two of you. You awkwardly wave to your group of friends and join Shoko on the floor against the wall.

“Y/n, will you tell Kento that this can't move diagonally?" Yu huffs, showing you one of the game pieces.

“You know I don’t know how to play shogi.” You reply. Yu facepalms before nodding and turning back to the blonde. You watch as Shoko quickly works to roll the weed into the paper. You think she could do this in her sleep if she tried.

When done, she passes you the blunt and reaches for her lighter. “Shit.” You hear her mumble.

“Suguru, got a lighter?” You ask, focusing your gaze on him and only him. You see Gojo watching you out of the corner of your eye but ignore him. Suguru digs through the pockets of his baggy sweatpants, finding his old-fashioned flick lighter. He tosses it to you and you catch it in your right hand.

Shoko cups her hand around the flame as you hold it to the paper. It lights and you shut the lighter. Gojo’s staring at you, you can feel it. You place it between your lips and tuck the lighter in your pocket. You look back at him as you take a drag of the drug. You pass it to Shoko and gently blow out the smoke.

Gojo’s face flushes a soft pink before he turns his attention back to Suguru.

“Oh my god!” Haibara suddenly outbursts. You all turn to look at him. “Ok! Ok! Let’s play something else.” He seethes, frustration written on his face.

“Jeez, grab a beer, dude,” Shoko says, blowing smoke out from her lips.

“What d’you wanna play?” Gojo hums, clearly amused by the idea. Haibara ponders for a moment before his eyes settle on a hat on top of his dresser.

“I have an idea,” he smirks. He stands and grabs the hat then a piece of paper and a marker.

“I don’t like this.” Nanami groans, dragging a hand down his face. While Yu begins ripping up the photo, the door bursts open. An angry Utahime and a grinning Mei Mei enter.

“How’d the game go?” You hum, turning to the two girls. Utahime simply glares at you and you smile back.

“I ran her pockets of course,” Mei answers with a smug grin. Before Utahime can remark, Yu calls out.

“Ok! Everyone write their name on a piece of paper and put it in the hat,” Haibara tells you all, handing everyone a small piece of paper and Suguru a pen.

“We’re not children, Yu-Bara,” Shoko scoffs.

“Exactly. That’s why we’re playing big games,” he says excitedly. “Spin the bottle and seven minutes in heaven.” Everyone groans or sighs at his antics, except for Gojo. He laughs.

Reluctantly, you all scribble your names down and drop the folded papers within the hat. You all form a circle in the middle of Haibara’s room floor. Shoko on your right, Kento to your left, and the white-haired bastard across from you.

An empty beer bottle is placed in the middle of the circle. “Let’s keep this fun, guys. No fighting or arguing, alright?” Yu hums. You all nod and he grabs the bottle. It spins rapidly between you all. Everyone’s eyes trained on it. The bottle comes to a slow before stopping, the mouth of the bottle pointing at you.

A cloud of smoke leaves you with a sigh. “Of course.” You mutter. Yu then replaces the bottle with the hat of names. You look at the antsy expressions on your friends' faces before closing your eyes. Your fingers shuffle through the papers then grab one.

A combined “ouuuu” from Haibara, Gojo, and Mei Mei fills the room as you open your eyes. You roll your eyes at their childishness. Slowly, you open the small piece of paper.

‘Satoru ;)’

You’ve got to be fucking kidding. Your facial expression must’ve given away your thoughts because everyone stares at you oddly. Shoko leans over and reads the sheet. “Oh shit.” She gasps slightly.

You look up to meet blue eyes then flip the paper around for everyone to see. Numerous reactions leave the group. But you focus on the grin that covers Gojo’s face. “Well, isn’t it your lucky day?” He quips. He stands and holds his hand out to you. You take one last drag of the blunt before standing and ignoring his assistance.

“Sure is,” you mumble, smoke flowing through your words. Yu trails behind the two of you to the closet. You walk in first, Gojo following.

“Be nice guys! Have fun!” He waves with a taunting grin before shutting the door. You hear him push a chair up in front of it, preventing your escape. “Your seven minutes start now!” He yells, his voice slightly muffled by the door.

You hesitate through the darkness, trying to space yourself away from Gojo. “Just stay on your side for the next 7 minutes and we’ll be fine.” You sigh. Gojo pulls out his phone and turns on the flash, shining the bright light at you.

You wince at the light and put a hand up to shield your eyes. “You see the space we got? There aren’t any sides, sweetheart.” He scoffs, showing you the minimal space of the closet. He stands just about a foot and a half away from you. The proximity almost made your skin crawl.

“Why are you such an asshole?” You question, dragging a hand over your face.

“I don’t know, sweetheart. Most people disagree with you, y’know?” Satoru hums, flashing you a grin.

“Don’t call me that,” you hiss again. “Plus, most of those people don’t know you.”

“You didn’t seem to mind it the first time,” he snickers and you glare at him. “Besides, are you implying that you know me?”

“No, I thought I did but clearly not.” You grumble, folding your arms over your chest. Satoru ever-so-slightly frowns at this.

“C’mon man, it was just a misunderstanding,” Satoru sighs, pushing his snowy hair out of his face. A misunderstanding was a severe understatement. You couldn’t tell if it was the closet or the alcohol in your system but anger began to fuel your body. “And it’s not my fault you were naive.” He adds.

Before you can think about it, you’re grabbing his shirt and shoving him against the closet wall. His phone falls to the floor with a soft thud, the light illuminating the closet from the ground. Satoru swallows and looks at you with wide eyes. His hand grips your wrist.

“Sorry, baby. I didn’t mean to get you all worked up,” he apologizes with a smirk, gently tapping at your wrist. This bastard.

“I can’t fucking stand you, Satoru.” You seethe, bringing your face close to his. You didn’t want the others to hear and think something was going on.

“You say that and you still haven’t found anyone better than me,” The male replies, putting the two of you just inches apart. A sudden warmth surrounds you, your heart pounding in your ears. “You know you love how I make you feel.” He whispers.

He wasn’t wrong there. Every fuck after him just felt dull and you were left feeling bad for whoever you were with. And nobody pushes your buttons quite like Satoru does. Nobody makes you feel like he does. And you hate it.

“Fuck you,” you finally stammer out with a shaky breath. He lets out a low chuckle.

“You miss that, don’t you?” Satoru murmurs, his grin just inches away from your lips. You’d like to blame the alcohol for your next actions. But both of you know, your mind and body were craving the man in front of you. He was addicting.

You finally took him into a rough kiss, pulling a small sound from him. His lips feel so natural against yours. They feel no different than a few months ago. The two of you move so knowingly with each other, lips in sync. Satoru’s hands grip your shirt, slightly pulling at the fabric. One of your hands finds his waist while the other makes its way to his hair.

You tug on the snowy tufts, pulling a wince from the man’s throat. You slip your tongue past his lips, taking in every inch of him for the first time in a while. Your mind has every part of him engraved in it but your body longs to re-explore him once more. The taste of alcohol lingers on his tongue, matching yours.

You want to breathe him in more. Use him as your oxygen source instead of the small air supply of the closet. However, you pull on his hair once more and pull away from him. A string of saliva connecting the two of you. Your chest heaves up and down, pressing against his. You wonder if he can feel your racing heart.

“Missed you too, baby—“

“Shut up.” You say, voice stern. You pull at his belt with one hand, the other wrapping around his throat. Satoru lets out a weak groan as you undo his belt buckle. You move to his pants until they’re both loose around his waist. The waistband of his boxers reveals itself, as well as the slight bulge in the cotton.

You don’t loosen your grip on his neck when you lift two fingers to his lips. “Get 'em’ wet.” You mumble to him. Your fingers slip past his shining, pink lips and into his mouth. His tongue pressed against your fingerpads before swirling around your digits.

Satoru’s eyes stare straight into yours over the edge of his sunglasses. You feel your dick slightly twitch in your pants, making you swallow harshly. “So you do listen,” you hum. You pull your fingers out with a small ‘pop’ from him.

“When I want to—“ his words are interrupted again when you turn him around, his back facing you. You make quick work of pulling down his pants and boxers. Satoru’s back naturally arches when the cold air hits his skin.

You snicker in response with a small hiccup. “You’re such a slut, Toru,” you tell him as you reveal his hole to you.

“Shut the hell up.” He replies, his words breaking down into a moan when you spit on his entrance and push two fingertips past the ring of muscle. You push your fingers further, prodding at his walls.

“Shit, has anyone stretched you out since me? You feel exactly how I left you.” You grin cockily. Satoru grumbles curses in response and rolls his eyes. You scissor and part your fingers inside of him, stealing lewd noises from the man.

“Yeah… tons, guys way better than you.” Satoru pants, a faltering smile on his face as he glances back at you. You lean forward and bite down on the sensitive spot of his neck. His cry is like music to your ears, making you smirk against his skin. Your tongue laps over the reddening spot as your hand moves to his mouth, covering it with your palm.

“Quiet down, will you? Everyone already knows you’re a whore,” you hiss. You feel Satoru tighten around you, making you groan and his eyes roll. He’s close. “Gonna cum already?” You hum, quickening the pace of your fingers. Your digits curling inside of him.

“Ngh— fuck off,” Satoru mumbles, slightly moving his hips to fuck himself on your fingers. But you pull away, watching his entrance clench around nothing. A small gasp escapes the man. “What the fuck is wrong with you?” He examines, turning his head to look back at you with a deep glare.

You scoff before reaching for your belt. “Nothing nearly as bad as whatever is wrong with you.” You reply, undoing your belt buckle and your pants zipper. You pull down your boxers that are slightly stained with your precum. Satoru swallows as he looks down at your growing erection, mouth practically salivating at the sight. A hungry lustful look in his bright blue eyes.

You tease Satoru’s entrance with your tip, just barely pushing into him and pressing kisses to the ring of muscle. Satoru lets out an annoyed whine, his hips squirming and pushing back against you. You groan when he desperately grinds against your length. “C’mon, just put it in.” He pleads.

“Such a needy boy,” you murmur. You push into him and his eyes roll back in his head as your cock fills him. Your breath shakes as it passes your lips, his walls tighten around your length. So warm and holding you just right. “Fuck Toru, you’re so tight.” You hiss in his ear, pressing a kiss against the skin.

“Just fuck me already.” He scoffs weakly, his chest slightly heaving against the closet walls. You wrap a hand around his throat and grip his hip with the other, your fingertips surely bruising where they sit. You pull out of him agonizingly slowly, taking inch by inch away from Satoru.

You then slam back into him to the hilt, a choked whimper leaving him. “Not such an arrogant bastard anymore.” You murmur before picking up your pace again. His muffled sounds don’t go unheard as you focus on the way your cock disappears into the plump flesh of his ass.

A harsh clap echoed throughout the closet with every collision of your hips. “agh— sweetheart, s’too good.” Satoru pants, hands clawing at whatever fabric was closest to him.

“Yeah? Who fucks you the best?” You hum, relentlessly as you buck your hips forward. Your leaking tip punctuating every time you hit that certain spot inside him. A spot you’d never forget.

“Shit, you do. You fuck me the best.” The snow-haired male whimpers. You shift your hand around his throat, pulling him right against you. A pornographic moan erupts from his throat. A noise everyone outside the closet definitely heard. Two of your fingers find their place in Satoru’s mouth again, pressing down on his tongue.

“Shh. Don’t want everyone to hear how much you love my dick, right?” You coo, running your tongue along the exposure of his neck. A muffled “mhm-mhm” leaves Satoru as his tongue focuses on your fingers occupying his mouth.

However, this can’t distract from the feeling of slamming into him. Spreading him apart and filling every centimeter of his insides, reaching sensitive spots he never knew even existed. The feeling of Satoru’s hand pushing against your abdomen doesn’t even register in your mind for seconds as you get lost in his cunt.

You take hold of his wrist and move it off of your flushed skin. “Take it, Toru. You know you can.”

“Can’t, m’fucking— gonna cum.” He babbles.

“Yeah? Go ahead, cum around my cock. Make a mess for me.” You tell him through a smug grin. Your hand drags down from his mouth to his dick, wrapping around it and pumping him to the rhythm of your thrust.

“Fuck, baby, missed you so so much.” Satoru groans before ropes of cum spurt from his tip. His eyes squeeze shut so tight and his body trembles against you. His seed coating your hand and fingers.

“So fucking sloppy.” You mewl, feeling your balls clench as you stuff yourself into Satoru to the hilt. You bite down on his neck as you release in him, stuffing him to the brim with your cum.

A weak whine pulls from Satoru when you finally pull your teeth out of his neck and lap your tongue over the spot.

The two of you sit in your mess, the smell of sex and sweat intoxicating the small space. You can feel Satoru’s heart racing in his chest. You just sit for a moment until you go limp within him before pulling out. Satoru leans against the closet wall, lips glossy with spit and eyes hazed over with lust.

Suddenly, he gives you a weak grin. And you can’t help but drunkenly smile back. Idiot. You glance down and see your cum beginning to dribble out of him. Satoru grunts when you push a finger into him, assuring your seeds place inside of him.

“Missed you too, baby.”

[woodchipp]

The Knight Is... [DELTARUNE CHAPTER 3+4 SPOILERS]

Carol Holiday. 

And I believe there's quite a bit that hints at that.

The Knight has a black sword, with its fight theme named after it. The game establishes that whoever creates the Fountains needs a sharp object to pierce the earth with. Carol has two katanas at her house, one of them looking like a black sword.

Before Kris exits the Holiday residence, Carol places a hand on their shoulder, which is described as "something like ice." Such a pointed description suggests that Kris is scared of her; incidentally, a good chunk of the flavor text during their fight with the Knight is basically them shitting themself. 

Your vision narrows. Your chest feels tight. You felt lightheaded. You saw golden stars… Your vision narrows… …Your head is spinning. You feel surrounded. You felt your chest twisting. You felt lightheaded. You felt a migraine coming on… Your vision narrows. … The world revolves around you. You feel cornered. Your heartbeat becomes twisted.

This would make perfect sense if Carol is the Knight, as well as explain why it fought the gang only at the end of the chapter - after Kris arranged the deal with Tenna to keep them and their friends distracted, Carol could’ve told them she’d intervene if the deal was broken. Now that it was, Kris is terrified that they’ve failed their employer.

The Knight is intentionally holding back when attacking Kris in particular during the fight - if the latter is knocked out, their HP stays at -80 instead of being lowered to -999 like Susie and Ralsei’s, and they are DOWNed instead of SWOONed. This, again, would make perfect sense if Carol is the Knight - why would she want to seriously harm her ally?

Hands seem to be a notable body motif of the Knight - Jevil references “THE SHADOW OF THE KNIGHT’S HAND” if pacified, states that “THE HAND OF THE KNIGHT IS DRIFTING FORWARD” if dealt with violently, and its hands “glow a strange color” when charging up its last attack. Carol’s first physical appearance in the plot is prompted by Kris calling her after seeing Susie take the guitar - by the need to take matters into her own hands. The motif is also reinforced by her placing her hand on Kris’ shoulder.

Carol collects heart-shaped pillows, which are referred to as “heart-shaped objects” at one point by Noelle - the exact term Spamton used to refer to the SOUL in Chapter 2. She is also the only Lightner (so far) who is aware of and acknowledges the SOUL.

A knight is usually a servant and protector of their lord. Carol’s mayoral duties would mean she’s serving the people of Hometown and protecting them from crime.

The Knight is fought near a snow-covered plain, and the stars it uses in its attacks heavily resemble snowflakes. Aside from Carol’s icy hands, Susie comments that she felt the living room’s temperature drop 5 degrees when Carol walked in. (also she’s literally dressed in blue clothes.)

Tying into the previous point, both the Knight and Carol are generally associated with ice while Dess is associated with fire instead ("Raise up your bat for the burning fight", the "badly-traced" drawing of a dragon in her room)

A significant part of Carol’s character seems to be her grief over Dess, which leaves her rigid and inflexible. She doesn’t allow guests to enter Dess’ room, preserves it exactly as it was before her disappearance, and a very likely part of the reason she was that pissed upon seeing Susie with the guitar (the shelter code aside) was the fact the latter had disrupted the room’s sacred stillness by taking said guitar. As Susie puts it, “[it’s] kinda like the [H]olidays just got frozen in place.”

With this in mind, then, isn’t it interesting that the Knight shows a similar inflexibility in its goals, to the point it doesn’t bother to respond to Ralsei pleading with it not to bring forth the Roaring? Isn’t it interesting, then, that it’s Susie, set up by the game as the narrative symbol of trying to move forward from a troubled past, who gets the major speaking role during the fight and taunts the Knight with the bonds she formed?

Building off the point about Susie being the symbol of trying to move forward, Chapter 4 introduces Gerson, an old man (and the chapter's superboss) who teaches her to be more confident in herself and her abilities out of a genuine desire to see her improve herself, which would directly contrast Kris’ dynamic with Carol - an old woman stuck in the past exploiting a scared young person for (most likely) the sake of getting that past back, with little to no regard for their well-being. Not only does the Knight replace the superboss fight in Chapter 3, its battle contains no references to freedom, with the flavor text instead noting Kris feels “cornered" and "surrounded." Which could mean nothing.

Tying into the point before the previous one, the Knight appears right after Kris and the gang defeat Tenna, the personification of Kris’ fear of change and nostalgia for stabler times, and kills Tenna shortly after he expresses hope that change may not be so bad after all.

Which could mean nothing.

What About December?

“B-but the baseball bat!” - it is a red herring. Simple as that. The bat appears roughly for a second or two, the weapon looks consistently like a sword after that and it doesn’t match the heap of evidence pointing to Carol. Given that the Knight seems to have been intentionally designed to reference every single theory about it possible (the Holidays’ antlers, Gaster’s hand holes, Papyrus’ body shape, vaguely looks like a Titan from Ralsei’s explanation of the Roaring), it doesn’t strike me as too far-fetched that the bat has also been included as a way to make people jump to the conclusion the Holiday behind the helmet is Dess specifically.

“It’s totally Dess because Black Knife contains the Lost Girl leitmotif!” - it doesn’t. Black Knife is an extended remix of The Chase.

“Carol isn’t the Knight because she was still back at the house scolding Noelle when the church’s Dark Fountain was opened!” - timing between events doesn't seem to matter much in Undertale and Deltarune. Susie and Kris discover the church has a Dark Fountain only when the player goes to the church, which they have the choice not to.

“Carol isn’t the Knight because the Knight is effortlessly cool and Carol has no charisma!” - the woman has two katanas at home and uses one instead of a regular knife to cut her husband’s fruitcake, along with collecting Santa toys and heart-shaped pillows. Those are pretty solid hints she does have some flair and whimsy that her limited screentime couldn’t afford to show.

If Susie was an asshole bully in the Light World but then significantly mellowed out after visiting the Dark World, I can’t see why Carol can’t be a cold and domineering woman in the Light World but go feral and aura farm upon letting loose in the Dark World. Those things don’t really cancel each other out, and I think it would be a very Toby thing to do.

“The Knight’s final attack references Asriel’s!” - and two of its other attacks reference Sans’ for no apparent reason. Until proven otherwise, I doubt that means anything other than, again, Toby trolling the theorists.

“It’s too obvious!”/”But Gerson said-” I know what Gerson said. That doesn’t change how much sense Carol’s candidacy makes. Besides, the fact everyone believes Dess is the Knight would mean Carol isn’t the “obvious” candidate anymore, now, wouldn’t it?

What Gerson said about predictability was that too much of it ruins a story. It’s not a bad thing in general; on the contrary, if the audience can piece together the hints to a plot twist and predict it, this means the twist fits into the plot well. If you need an example of a story with a predictable plot twist that manages to be brilliant nonetheless, look no further than Mother 3 and its Masked Man - the game screams at you that his true identity is Claus, yet the predictability doesn’t take away from the writing’s impact.

Everything I’ve said up until now brings me to my final point - as interesting as the idea may be, the Dess Knight theory doesn’t make much sense in practice and, IMHO, would be narratively unfulfilling.

The most prevalent Dess Knight theories I’ve come across is that a) Dess somehow came back wrong, is in overwhelming pain and is struggling to hold her body together, necessitating Carol and Kris’ efforts to help her or b) Dess is somehow trapped within the Knight, commanded by someone else, usually Carol herself.

I find both of those theories implausible. Why? The person talking to us through the code, who is seemingly Dess herself.

What is this place, anyway...? How did I get here? ... as if I haven't asked that question a billion times already. I... I always did have that nightmare. Walking into the darkness, With the light shining from the doorway... Then the door slams behind me. And everything goes black. ... is this that nightmare? ... or was everything else a dream?

I'm starting to lose track of the time. Has it been days? Hours? If someone told me it's been years, I might believe them... Before, the sun came up, And so many wonderful things happened that made time meaningful. Things like breakfast, or late night TV... In this place, I don't eat or drink anymore. I can't tell if I'm awake or dreaming. I can't even tell if I'm dead or alive. It's just nothing but pitch black silence.

Looking at her musings about her predicament, she’s more confused than anything. She doesn’t understand what’s going on at all ("Is it that nightmare? Or was everything else a dream?", "I can't tell if I'm awake or dreaming. I can't even tell if I'm dead or alive.") If she is the Knight and is barely cognizant of anything that’s happening for either of the aforementioned reasons, how, exactly, would she have enough of an understanding of the situation to hold back and deal less damage to Kris, let alone follow anyone's orders? If she is the Knight and Kris is aware of that since they're working alongside her, why would they want to beat the shit out of her to the point their damage output increases after Susie and Ralsei are knocked out as opposed to holding back in any case? Moreover, Dess’ confusion doesn’t match the Knight’s generally collected demeanor and the intentional spite it creates the Titan with after Susie insinuates it isn’t a threat. Finally, the presence of a corkboard in Carol's room heavily implies that Dess is still missing and the former is still working to solve her disappearance, just like Asgore. And all of that’s not even mentioning how the narrative weight of Carol’s grief would be nullified if it turned out she’s had the person she’s grieving as her lapdog all along.

It is undeniable that Dess is shaping up to be important. However, as of now, we don’t know exactly how important she is, nor do we know much for certain about her in general. We don’t even know the reason of her disappearance. And I don't think it'd be a very good plot twist if a character as crucial as the Knight turned out to be a character anyone who isn’t a loremaster hardly knows about. 

Carol being the Knight fleshes out the former, makes the latter an interesting antagonist and gives it a rock-solid motivation for creating Dark Fountains - she wants to see her daughter again, no matter the cost. Dess being the Knight solves nothing and falls apart upon scrutiny. I personally find the idea of an old woman embittered by loss and wishing to turn back the hands of time opposing the young people who fight to defy destiny and carve out a future for themselves far, FAR more thematically resonant and compelling than “hey remember the Masked Man? yeah I’m doing the exact same shit again lmao”

Oh, and one more thing.

Which could mean nothing.

TL;DR Carol is the Knight and I won’t be convinced otherwise until Toby himself roundhouse kicks me in the head with cold, hard evidence that she’s not.

[ink-flavored]

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How many full-sized pickles could they eat, if forced to eat as many as possible?

What low-stakes thing will they always get disproportionately passionate about?

Would they fist-fight someone over the last of something they want at the store?

What is their favorite PG swear word replacement? (ex: “frick” instead of “fuck”)

What song from their childhood are they never going to get over?

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What is the worst haircut they’ve ever had?

Your character confidently turns to the audience and says, “Hey, check this out.” What are they about to fumble, and how badly?

Do women want them? Do fish fear them?

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Which side of the “pineapple on pizza” war are they on?

If they were asked to make a PowerPoint presentation on any topic, what would it be on?

What word do they misspell every time?

What non-edible thing would they totally eat if given the opportunity?

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What do they always lose, no matter how hard they try to keep track of it?

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How do they distract themselves when forced to sit through something boring?

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What’s the dumbest way anyone has mispronounced and/or misspelled their name?

What is their least favorite form of exercise?

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What kind of snacks would they sneak into a movie theater, and would they get away with it?

Be honest: do they wash their hands?

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What’s their biggest pet peeve?

Do they have games on their phone? Is anyone else allowed to play them?

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How would they get #cancelled on social media?

What would be their sitcom episode B-plot?

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This restaurant doesn’t have Coke. Is Pepsi okay?

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What infomercial product would they be most likely to buy?

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Assign them a popular Vine.

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How would 3 genie wishes ruin their life?

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What are they hate-watching and why?

How broken is their phone?

Do they have strong feelings about musical theater?

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Would they try to steal something from a museum?

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Do they steal fries?

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Would they win a dance-off?

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How long can they last wearing the same outfit every day?

Would they win a game of beer pong?

They won the lottery! Where’s all the money going?

Have they ever tried a pet’s food, just to see if it’s really that good?

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Which harmless animal activates their fight or flight instincts?

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Are they always 15 minutes early, or 15 minutes late?

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What are they most likely to have a secret shrine to?

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What subject do they know a lot about that they assume everyone else also knows about?

What sorts of whimsical fridge magnets would they have?

How beat up do their clothes/shoes/etc. have to get before they finally stop wearing them?

Why are they like this? Wrong answers only.

What advice do you have for anyone saying, “I can fix them”?

Two of your WIPs are having a crossover (if you don’t have two, pick a random piece of media you like, or someone else’s WIP!). Which characters are getting along the best? Worst?

What candy are they always throwing in the trash on Halloween?

What’s the best way to beat them in a fight?

How would Bugs Bunny beat them in a fight?

Would they eat a chocolate covered cricket?

Can they open a tightly stuck jar on their own? Without breaking it?

Would they take a dozen free paint swatches from a department store, just for funsies?

There’s a massive spider making its home in the corner of their room. What’s their reaction?

Would they sneak backstage at a concert? What’s their goal?

How would they react to finding out they are a fictional character?

[anyacad0]

I am a huge high cloud quintet enjoyer so it may surprise you to learn that I absolutely hate the quest “Clouds Leave No Trace”.

let me explain. I will admit that a lot of it stems from my issues with Jingliu as a character. I appreciate that she’s meant to be cold and detached, but what bothers me is that although she says considers herself to be a sinner alongside Yingxing and Dan Feng, she constantly acts like she’s better than them, criticising them, acting as if their choice was an easy one while hers wasn’t. Her humility feels incredibly insincere, and she becomes very difficult to empathise with as a result.

then there’s the quest itself. I split it into three parts.

one: redundant infodumping

For the first part of the quest, Jingliu, Dan Heng and Yanqing travel to different parts of the Luofu so Jingliu can bid farewell to her past home. It’s basically a plot device for her to drop some lore about Yingxing and Baiheng, which is fine on its own, but the problem is, none of the information she gives is new. All of it was stuff we could already figure out from character stories and other in-game text.

the second issue with this part of the quest is Dan Heng’s presence, or rather, lack of it. Considering he’s the main character tying the quintet subplot into the main story, you’d think he’d be important to the quest focussed on them. But he’s just… there. He says and does pretty much nothing. You could cut him from the whole quest and it wouldn’t be any different.

In fact, Dan Heng also suffers greatly from the timing of the quest. If we look at the voice lines for IL, it’s obvious that he’s a snapshot of Dan Heng shortly after this quest, since he knows Blade is the one who made Cloudpiercer. Ichor Of Two Dragons also seems to take place at the end of this quest. This is an issue because both release in version 1.3, making the quest which takes place in version 1.4 feel like a regression in his character development when actually the story was for some reason out of order.

part 2: Dan Feng gets mischaracterised to hell and back

This is the worst part of the quest by far. Jingliu does her self-righteous monologue and nails the coffin shut by giving the most biased description possible of the Sedition.

she first says that Dan Feng was trying to revive Baiheng. Dan Heng’s and Jingliu’s character stories reveal that this is probably not the case, and that his actual goal was to create another high elder,

she also says that the reason Dan Feng did what he did was selfishness and an inability to accept Baiheng’s death. She fails to mention the fact that the Xianzhou treated him like a convenient weapon instead of an actual person, that he hated how many innocent people died in the war between Aeons, that his people were going extinct because of said war, that he hated how he gave the Xianzhou the power to cause so much death, that he had probably attempted less dramatic rebellions in his past lives to no avail, that the high elder succession was incredibly screwed up and he didn’t want to have to pass that burden on to his next incarnation (granted that lasts part’s only implicit). Not to mention that she didn’t actually bear witness to any of the events she described, only the aftermath.

part 3: Blade monologue

This is the only redeeming quality of the entire quest

he acknowledges that Dan Feng and Yingxing weren’t simply upset with Baiheng’s death, but with the unfairness of everything in general

he expresses genuine regret

and the way he looks up to Jingliu after she tortured him is the only time where that story genuinely presents her as someone who’s done terrible things, showing how she managed to break Blade so badly that he feels thankful for it

in conclusion, do not play this quest if you want to actually understand Dan Feng as a character

[littlefankingdom]

Finally read Batman: Hush, and I cannot believe people dare to use it as proof that Bruce blamed Jason for his death, because this part of the story isn't simply out of character, it is just so badly written that it doesn't make sense. Like, I would not accept this bs if it was for a character I hate, because even in this story, it doesn't make sense. Let me explain:

Jason is blamed for his death here, but he is ONLY described by two things (repeated around two or three times):

- He was full of rage.

- He viewed being Robin as a game.

Now, tell me HOW CAN THE TWO WORK TOGETHER? One cannot not take seriously something and think it's a game AND be so full of rage, he wasn't a good fit. Like, wtf are you saying??? (Also, if there is someone who viewed it as a game, it's Bruce and Dick in the earlier decades. They were here to have fun)

It is very weak. Not only does the narration doesn't give a lot of time to Jason (There is a whole page about Bruce's thoughts on Barbara as Batgirl and her losing her legs, but Bruce's thoughts on the SON HE LOST are like a afterthought, one line. Bruce has been written more tortured than that about Jason when Bane broke his back), but there are also multiple references to older comics, which implies that the target audience are people that have been reading older comics. One of these references is Bruce meeting Ra's Al Ghul in the 70s, with Bruce reminiscing the plot of the issue it happened in. An issue from when Dick was still Robin, when Jason was not Robin yet. So, not only are they describing Jason as just "full of rage" and "thought it was a game" only and you barely get a look at Bruce's feelings toward Jason ("Jason knew I loved me" And I wish the narration showed us that. Like, when Bruce faces the Joker in Knightfall, it is clear he loves Jason from the inner narration. Here, the inner narration is empty), but they also are straight up lying to readers they think read older comics or are inviting to read older comics.

The saddest part is that they are multiple moments in Batman: Hush where Bruce's inner narration and relationships with others are great (his thoughts about Helena in the beginning, when he is working with Dick, his whole relationship with Selina is great when normally I cannot stand Batcat, Bruce and Lois' friendship, ...) which shows that the writer has potential, but the moment it's about the plot or too rooted in it, it's a mess. The plot is catastrophic, it loses you ten times in trying to make it more interesting and to stop you from coming to your own conclusion. They are multiple big reveals that turn out to be false just to confuse you. In the end, neither the readers or the characters understand wtf happened. And you get jumpscared by bold Harvey Dent.

I cannot believe y'all lead me to believe the Jason Todd fight was the big moment of this story, when it's one of the worst part of it.

[ask-games-from-a-weird-girl]

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[lilgarbitch]

Will Thots🥰

Pairing: Will Ramos x Reader

CW: he just loves to talk…even to talk you through it

Author’s Note: My adoration for this man is never-ending and it’s becoming harder to shut me up about it so I’m just gonna yap here❤️

Tags: @theanarchymuse95 @badomensgoodomens @xmads-omensx @alwaysfightforwhoyouare @thatchickwiththecamera @follow-me-down-to-wonderland

Everyone who knows Will knows that he loves to talk. And everyone who knows him could never hate it. He’s insanely hyper and just overall adorable. He’s the most sociable person you’ve ever met. That person who starts up conversations with people in the same aisle as him in convenience stores, even if you’re on a 3 AM 7/11 trip for munchies. Despite his tattoos and frat boy-like style, the second he opens his mouth, strangers lose any former judgement and begin to adore him just as much as you do.

He’s the kind of guy to start conversations back up like they never ended, even after not seeing someone for months. When you go out with him to events pertaining to his band or even just gatherings of friends with friends of friends you’ve never even known existed, everyone has and will speak to him at least once, if not spend the whole night in the conversation he is oh so willing to let drift from topic to topic, as long as it means he can connect with people and make new friends.

Even when you two are alone, the conversation never dies. It occasionally gets to a point where you’re about to tape his mouth shut when you have to keep rewinding scenes of tv shows, whether you’re missing out on important parts, or you’ve been trying to get him to catch onto the plot twist of a show you love, yet he keeps asking questions that will literally be answered if he just paid attention.

But you also love that about him. Even watching the scariest movies together, he’s cracking jokes and saying whatever comes to mind, always leading to the two of you having to either pause or rewind because you were laughing so hard. It even gave you the freedom to start speaking your own thoughts on things, no longer holding back questions or jokes in fear it’ll never land. If he was confident enough to speak without worry, who says you can’t?

Another thing he never held back from was his compliments. Even if the two of you were bumming out in bed, mid aggressive battle of a video game or just working on a Minecraft world together, him working towards building up his inventory to fight the ender dragon and you decorating the block mansion you created for the two of you, he’d take every chance he got to give you that cheesy gorgeous smile and tell you that you were the most beautiful person he’s ever met. To tell you that, even though your hair was a rats nest from not brushing it yet that day, the color you just had done was looking out of this world amazing. He’d compare you to whatever came to his mind in that moment. Describing your eyes like nature sights you two visited or how he wished you could just wear his t shirts and boxers out to dinner with him because they just looked so hot on you.

Reader discretion is advised. MDNI

There wasn’t a situation in which he stopped talking. You were never one that thought you enjoyed dirty talk that much, but once you started dating Will, you didn’t think you could ever live without it.

He would be blunt about it. You two would just be relaxing on the couch when he’d turn to you and, saying with his whole chest, admit how badly he needed to taste you. It caught you off guard the first time, but the more he was open with how desperately he was for you, you were worried you’d start getting off with just his words.

And you couldn’t let him know that. Because if he found out, you already knew he’d start whispering things in your ear in public. Because he took every chance he had to talk, especially to prove to you just how much he loved, adored, and needed you. It never ended. Out of the bedroom, and in.

The way his voice would rasp as he told you how good you felt around him. He’d use every sultry adjective in the book to describe what he felt, always saying the most perfect thing, even if his mind wasn’t fully there. He’d use the most sensually words when you made love, and the most lewd descriptions when he needed it rough and dirty.

Even when you were pleasing him and his mind was a jumbled mess of pleasure, he still kept trying. A whiny ‘fuck’ here and a groaned ‘holy shit’ there. He never stopped talking. And you think you may have enjoyed that more. The way he’d slur his words as he tried so hard to tell you how good you were making him feel. The way his eyes would squeeze shut and his head would be thrown back and you finally thought you’ve reduced him to nothing but squirms and whimpers, he’d manage to throw in a ‘you’re fucking perfect’ with what little voice he had left.

And, boy, was this man an absolute king at aftercare. Even if you two were completely winded, he’d hold you close and whisper how perfect you were in every way. As the two of you slowly dozed off, he’d tell you how much he loved you and how you changed his life for the better from the moment you joined it, even if he was mumbling and slurring his half-asleep words.

And he was always had to be the last one to say ‘I love you,’ even if it meant a 10 minute long, back and forth battle.

[nickjunesource]

After the screener reviews etc being released how are you feeling about osblaine and nick for the final two eps? I’m trying to stay hopeful but I have a feeling it’s going to end badly….trying to keep my hope!

Hey! We totally understand being anxious. We're feeling pretty anxious despite knowing that we will have some good things coming among the more difficult bits. We've been screwed over before with seasons three and five. Midway into the final season is pretty late in the game to be introducing major issues to a beloved ship and character, and it's only natural to be skeptical about the ability for this to be done right and resolved properly. These writers are very hard to trust considering they're going to redeem Serena (talk about rich white privilege!) and turn Luke into rambo (whatever happened to him realistically fighting back with paperwork and bureaucracy?).

But with that said, our opinion has basically remained unchanged- we expect an ambiguous ending that leans hopeful for Osblaine, hinting at a fresh start. Nick mentioned this hope in 2x12- "Run away somewhere. Start over. Like a real family." So we do have hope for an ending like this is based on a number of factors.

Due to length, the rest of our answer will be under the cut!

When it comes to the screeners, they're intentionally vague and contain info only from the first 8 episodes. They're limited by an embargo list that highly reduces the scope of things to discuss and they're also designed to get viewers interested in watching the season. We're ecstatic to see that Nick and Max have been mentioned so often and as a bright spot in the season to boot! That has never happened before, so it means he's got a lot of interesting material coming and we're excited to see Nick and Max shine. With that said, it's incredibly important to note that very few screeners actually pay attention to Nick and fully understand him. When it comes to the "betrayal", what has been hinted at by the screeners varies a bit, from it being something "we have all been pointing at" to "Nick being in a tight spot with enormous consequences" where he "must choose loyalty". Multiple screeners have consistently pointed out that Nick is guided by his love for June and Holly, and none have hinted at an extremely irredeemable action. So whatever this is likely isn't too big to overcome in the end. Our guess, based on a few factors, as to what Nick's "betrayal" is is that he initially does what he can to help June and Tuello, but ultimately finds himself exhausted and in a situation where his father-in-law is in danger to no empathy or understanding from June, and in order to protect him (which in turn protects Rose and their baby, and Nick himself, and enables Nick to retain power in a role that he sees as being useful) Nick tips off Wharton and a planned attack at Jezebels goes very poorly, and it's then that June realizes what Nick has chosen and she thinks he's on Gilead's side when in reality it is way more complicated than that. There is then tension between them at the wedding, which in episode 8, and those issues remain to be resolved by the end of the episode. Based on a couple interviews stating that ep 9 resolves a lot of plot points, it's likely this episode where we'll see Nick returning to June's side and eschewing Gilead for good. Ep 10 has been described as a return to a classic handmaid's episode. To us that means a combination of the following: Osblaine moments, Nick acting boldly, handmaid solidarity, June/Luke/Hannah flashback, Lydia and the handmaids, and resistance. So we expect to see something similar to this for the series finale.

Based on what we read from Max in the press package, a great deal of Nick's journey will be internal as he navigates many issues that have been hinted at or shown but not yet addressed (his desire for a father figure, his deep insecurity, his need for stability, etc). Every good internal journey finishes with a change in the character experiencing it. So we expect by the end of this for Nick to have addressed at least some of those issues and come out the other side a healthier person.

Now let's take a look at what the show has done for Osblaine in the 3rd last episode of a season and what happens in the final episode:

S1: Ep 8- Nick breaks up with June out of fear and June calls him out about his passivity with his life. Ep 10- Nick and June reunite after the news of her pregnancy and he boldly helps her escape. S2: Ep 11- June gives birth alone after Nick's capture and will shortly have their daughter taken away forever. Ep 13- June tells Nick she loves him, he holds her daughter for the first time, and then alongside Rita and the other Marthas and Lawrence, helps June escape with Holly only for June to stay behind. S4: Ep 8- June testifies about the Waterfords in Canada, with the implication that justice will be served and she will never see her Gilead loved ones ever again, and she takes over Moira's support group. Ep 10- June takes justice into her own hands and kills Fred with the squad and the help of Nick and Lawrence. S5: Ep 8- June gets news that Hannah will be rescued in a dramatic air mission while Nick tries to believe in the virtues of NB. Ep 10- June has to flee Toronto after being attacked by Gilead. Nick upends his life and signs away his freedom to work with Tuello.

As we can see, when it comes to Osblaine the final two episodes consistently upend what has happened in the 8th episode. Who would have expected in season four for Nick and June to see each other again twice and to kill Fred!? Or in the second season for Nick to hold their daughter while June tells him she loves him after Serena cruelly kept them all parted!? Except for the disastrous season three, Nick has always come through for June in the finale. Looking at the writers for the final two episodes, we have Eric Tuchman and Bruce Miller. Both, particularly ET, have a history of writing really good Nick and Osblaine episodes. We do believe that this season will be no exception- Nick will turn things around in ep 9 and he and June will begin anew in ep 10.

That the betrayal and fallout from it seems to occur in the eps 5 to 8 range signifies to us that whatever Nick has done will be upended in the final two episodes. Perhaps Rose and/or their baby dies, perhaps something happens to June, perhaps his attempts at reforming within fail spectacularly. We're expecting something to happen in episode 9 that will trigger a huge shift in Nick's actions that culminate in the finale. There is no way that Nick will not have a final arc to his story in the last two episodes. He's too central of a character for episode 8 to be the end of his journey.

It's also important to note that interviews have consistently and persistently noted how the ending of the show is hopeful and about love. Nick is one of the characters that embodies love most persistently (it is his whole motivation and his reason to live) and Osblaine has been acknowledged as one of the only consistent hopeful elements of the show. It'd be a very poor choice to not have Nick and Osblaine be parts of the hope and love at the end.

We also know from Elisabeth Moss that in the end, June can come to trust Serena. If she can trust that vile woman, then she can trust Nick. Serena has done things way, way, way worse to June than Nick could ever do. If she can forgive that, she can forgive Nick. Otherwise what kind of message would they be sending if Serena gets a good, happy, redemption focused ending while Nick doesn't? Serena is a founder of Gilead. She wrote the laws and was later upset she was subjected to them (and then much later on, upset on behalf of the one victim she can project herself on), not because of any injustice faced by others. Nick was an extremely desperate teenager taken advantage of when he first got involved in the Sons of Jacob, and he has tried to do right by others based on his involvement with the Eyes, Martha network, Mayday, and June's resistance group. He might not always do it right or enough, but he does care about others, his family in particular. To forever condemn Nick (a man of colour from working class origins) for making mistakes, but to then redeem Serena (a white wealthy woman) for deliberately destroying the world for her own gain, would be a deeply troubling note to end on.

While it was never very specific, one can interpret that Nick and June are in regular close contact in TT being that June can confidently assert to Elijah that Nick is still well. While they can change elements to that story (as we're seeing by making Hannah more rebellious), it wouldn't make much sense to make one of Holly's parents "evil" when the book made a point multiple times to refute such a thing and for Nick to be included on the memorial statue at the end of the novel.

If they want viewers to return to watch The Testaments, a weaker story, annihilating one of the most popular characters from The Handmaid's Tale (Nick consistently ranks top 3 in favourite character polling on a variety of sites) and most beloved elements of the show (Osblaine always get very high levels of social media interactions and fanworks) is not a way to encourage people to return. We know that if Nick and Osblaine are ruined, we will not in fact return to watch The Testaments and we're certainly far from alone. It would be an insult as viewers of the show and readers of the books for them to ruin a beautiful romance and wonderful character. The last thing anyone should be doing is insulting the very people that let their content exist.

And yeah. We don't think Osblaine or Nick will be ruined, but until we can see it all for ourselves, it's impossible to judge based on an incomplete press release, some reviews, and publicity interviews. That's not to say we're not nervous for Nick and Osblaine, we are, but we've been nervous for them since season three. It's not been an easy road for all of us fans of Nick and Osblaine, but we have faith and hope that things will end well and we will be rewarded for our devotion.

[madeby-meru]

Thoughts on Episode 10 (Jason Route)

Now that I am chill after losing both the illustration and the route and having to watch it somewhere else, I can give my thoughts on this episode! ^^

I wanted to upload this sooner but had no time to finish it lol

beware of spoilers under the cut!

Overall, my main feeling while playing and after finishing was that i was tremendously bored for 90% of the episode. And honestly this makes me sad! I really like filler episodes, i love silly little moments that don't add much to the story itself but that let you see the characters in different situations and learn other tidbits of information about them. For example, I liked going with Brune and Elanda to look for Thomas, seeing them in a situation where they're worried about a friend that could be in serious trouble and how they reacted differently to everything. It adds depth and personality (which these characters desperately need). I have seen Roy's route in this episode too and i liked how it added a bit to his characterization of this very sweet and caring man. I have to say that i also loved seeing Thomas' mom again and im soooo happy that she got a redesign! (even though I wish she looked like an actual 60 year old woman, girlie looks addicted to botox). I would have loved to see Iris too but we got a couple more characters from the MCL games so I'm happy with that. I like seeing that we are, indeed, in the same universe lol.

However, in my opinion anything good or interesting in the episode was completely overshadowed by the sheer *absurdity* of it all.

It's the same issue as always, the "plot" doesn't make sense and unintentionally the characters end up being depicted terribly and (usually) Devon and Thomas suffer the most.

Devon looks like an irresponsible boss that doesn't keep his empoyees in check and lets them do whatever they want even if it harms the job or other emoplyees's work. He postpones the meeting with the town hall (would he even be allowed to do that? i'm sure this would have negative impact on Devenementiel) to look for Thomas, which honestly that's a good friend move so respect for that... but that is a full grown adult, not a child, and you dont even know if something actually happened to him. I'm sorry but here the job should take priority, it makes no sense for everyone to halt their work day and waste time (with a relevant project !! with the town hall !! in their hands !!) cause someone didnt come in.

Sending everyone to just look around the city is... so stupid? how big is Amoris? 1km square? for them to think that they can wander around and magically find him? ????

Now the ending was just... what the actual fuck.

I don't think the writing team is truly aware of how badly Thomas is portrayed. First of all, if you have a motorbike accident that is serious enough to leave the morotbike destroyed like they describe it: you do not walk away like nothing happened! Talking from experience, even a relatively small accident can leave you badly injured. And from what is being described in the episode Thomas should have been hospitalized! It makes no sense. Second of all, who in their right damn mind leaves a demaged vehicle in the middle of the street and walks away to buy a replacement? That is a fine, that is a public safely issue, a general safety hazard and a traffic obstruction, who does that ?! "He is socially unaware!" no, that is being straight up stupid and a jerk.

Y'all are portraying Thomas as an egocentric, careless, and self centered guy that does not care for anything or anyone around him other than himself, an irresponsible person that does not care if his actions are detrimental to his job or colleagues. And if we put this together with episode 8 showing him as someone with zero respect for boundaries or privacy and that will stalk coworkers with no remorse, yeah you're making a wonderful love interest.

And this pisses me off, this feels out of character. Thomas is such a fun and interesting and cute love interest, he could have one of the best romance stories in the game, why would you paint him like this? I'm sure that the intention was a "haha silly guy doesn't understand!" moment but y'all definitely don't know how to write that.

And I don't think this is "reading too much into it", cause you can see it all in plain sight. And also, analyzing shit and "reading too much into something" is fun for me.

This episode could have been so fun. It could have been a silly misunderstanding with some days off that Thomas takes to go to a competition (maybe we initially could think that he had an accident because a similar bike had one that morning! or because he had been complaining about motor issues and being wary of a potential accident!). In his route we could go see him and he could tell us about his hobby, and in other routes we could do something related to the other character's interests. We could get to know more about them, its an appropiate episode topic for the place that we are in in the relationships and its just cute and fun.

But anyway, I unfortunately could not play Jason's route myself and I had to watch it somewhere else instead, which honestly pissed me the fuck off cause i can't afford a replay at all. The special scene was cute, I liked the tone and how Jason sounded like he was trying to play it cool with all the "heh i just did it to show im better" (i can see right through you silly man). Ngl im sad i dont have the scene to replay it u-u

Thomas' illustration was my favorite by far, both him and Ysaline look gorgeous fr fr

[blueikeproductions]

CyberWorld finally dropped with its first two episodes like Wild King did.

This is already far superior to Cyberverse and EarthSpark. It’s closer in tone to RiD15, and more quippy. It takes enough time to introduce us to its general premise while hinting at a larger mystery.

Animation and voice acting are excellent, this is a show that so far knows exactly what it is and goes for it. There’s no second guessing (so far), Tumblr style humor or awkward and stilted, badly written social justice hand wringing. This is a story about the Autobots and Decepticons having landed on a mysterious “organic” planet and trying to wing it as they figure out what’s going on.

The story opens with Optimus falling into the jungle zone of CyberWorld, confused how he got there, and bewildered at the organic nature of the planet, with a small running gag about him getting tree sap on his fingers and being unsuccessful at cleaning if off. He wanders into the desert zone, spotting an Autobot ship, but when trying to establish contact, Scorponok bursts forth, annoyed at some punk on his lawn. Optimus finds pretty quickly Scorponok isn’t much for conversation and tries to fight but he can’t deploy his axe and his tires don’t have traction on the sandy terrain. Prime manages to escape back to the jungle, Scorponok tries to follow, but he either can’t fit into the thick jungle or just doesn’t care that much and toddles off. Optimus accidentally manages to cheese off Grimlock who was waiting for an Energon spawn point to emerge, and the two briefly fight until Prime manages to trick Grimlock into getting stuck in a tree.

Prime finds another Autobot ship in the sky, and realizes its Bumblebee, and drives off after it.

At the crash site, Bee is Yamcha’d as he gains his bearings, only to find Megatron before him.

Some observations.

When Optimus arrives, he’s falling head first in Robot Mode landing in some trees. Despite this, we see two ships, one considered Bumblebee’s.

They’re two different ship designs, but it feels implied Bee’s might be his Vehicle Mode, since we see no ship debris in his crash site, he’s just they’re Yamcha’d in an impact crater. Despite this, it’s pretty clear he turns into an Earth car, and later does so in his spot light episode. Why there’s ships here, when the imagery evokes the logging in style of Jumanji’s sequels and Free Guy I’m not sure. They could be additional programs to fool the Autobots, or it’s possible a separate team “landed” there and the mysterious third party used these Autobots to bring Prime, Megs and the others here.

The Earth like planet is described as being organic, but there’s clearly digital aspects to it with the spawning of weaponry, mini game stages and Energon. A flower that resembles the flowers seen in Beast Machines digitally glitches when Optimus walks past it in the jungle, an early hint that things aren’t what they seem. Grimlock and Megatron have been here for a while, but how that works yet we dunno, as the Decepticons would clearly be in disarray on Cybertron without Megatron.

Energon is rendered in a blue color like it was in Prime and RiD15.

When Optimus picks it up and remarks it’s real, it digitally absorbs into his body. Whether this is how Cybertronians in this universe consume Energon or just absorbing it like Mario absorbs Mushrooms we can’t say yet. Possibly the later, but absorbing it didn’t seem unusual to Optimus either.

The series so far makes it clear the Transformers are robots, and not metal humans in armor. The later tends to have been the more modern characterization of the species in an attempt to make them more like us rather than sentient living robots. Less cartoony Bender aspects and more cartoony Fry aspects, until now. Case in point, a plot point for Prime and Bee is they get a firmware update upon arriving, giving their interface a new read out that’s similar to a first person shooter, giving HP readouts, game levels, weapon options, etc. The firmware seems to have disabled their weapons, as Optimus remarks there should be an Axe when he retracts his hand when fighting Scorponok. Bee also seems without weapons, only able to use the guns in the mini game.

Speaking of which, in the second episode, Megatron finds Bee and offers to help him, though Bee is understandably reluctant, since it’s Megatron and he initially believes Megatron might’ve killed Optimus, as he vaguely remembers some kind of white flash on Cybertron that consumed Optimus. Megatron merely smirks, remarking here there are no Autobots and Decepticons, merely survivors on a hostile environment that will chew them up and spit them out.

It’s pretty clear despite it all Megatron has an ulterior motive, but having no choice, Bee accompanies him, where they stumble on a mini game, that requires them to shoot the targets. Megatron, completely mishearing the objective, Transforms to Beast Mode, and starts smashing targets with his head, and then reverts back to Robot Mode to boomerang axe more, rinse & repeat.

Annoyed at Megatron leaving him to smash stuff, as Megatron advertised their meeting as a team up, not a competition, Bee tries to complete the objective with the guns provided to him, but only managed to shoot one target Megatron hadn’t smashed yet.

Megatron’s pride is short lived as Bee actually wins the game by doing what he was SUPPOSED to do, with Bee getting Energon as a prize… syphoned from Megatron, as he gets weak. While not officially stated, it becomes apparent Megatron lured Bee here to win his Energon, but smeckledorfed himself. Megatron revealed he DOES have a cannon, and uses it to shoot Bumblebee in the back and leaves him for scrap.

Meanwhile Optimus is still dealing with Grimlock, and manages to trap him in some vines this time, and finds Bee, happy to be reunited with a friendly face at last.

Some notes here.

The target game reminds me of similar objectives in Sonic, Smash Brothers and Donkey Kong. Presumably other challenges will follow similar themes, heck maybe Optimus Primal will throw barrels at people later on.

Despite Megatron’s claim of no factions, it’s pretty clear Megatron has no genuine intentions on keeping his word on this, by luring Bee into a trap and shooting him when he didn’t get what he wanted. How this changes, if at all, when Starscream, Sky-Byte and other Decepticons appear I can’t say yet.

Optimus, Bee and Megatron remember each other, but Optimus didn’t recognize Scorponok or Grimlock, but he did recognize Grimlock as a Dinobot, perhaps implying Dinobots are a species ala RiD15. The toys say Galvatron is a Junkion, so perhaps various Transformers from different colony planets are thrown in here, not just the ones from Cybertron. It would partly explain the distinct looks Snarl, Galvatron and Chop Shop in particular have from the others.

Megatron name drops Mini-Cons, the first proper acknowledgement of the little guys since RiD15, as other series, toys, movies and comics have been quick to ignore them, implying Hasbro might’ve been trying to quietly cancel them as a concept. Mini-Cons exist in the universe, but it remains to be seen if they get used later in the toy line, as nothing indicates they will be otherwise yet. Maybe Hasbro is waiting to see if the toys do well before playing around more with Mini-Con gimmicks… probably not but we can hope Mini-Cons appear proper here.

Besides the Yamcha death pose, Bumblebee also does the Family Guy death pose. The later was used in EarthSpark, but now I kinda want Optimus to fight a giant chicken.

Bumblebee’s personality seems to be a hybrid of his TFA and TFONE selves, returning to the hyperactive but good natured teenager. This Bee seems more cautious though compared to his counterparts’ more reckless behavior. This is also a welcome return, along with Prime being more jokey like he used to be. People tend to forget Optimus used to be more fun and silly before his rigid old man persona took over more in modern media (both jovial dad and stoic grandpa originated in G1), besides the booby trap gag, the “I have a delicate lock picking technique” bit sticks to mind personally. (He shoots the door open btw).

So far so good, this show knows what it’s doing out the gate, and I’m feeling more confident about this than I did after watching Cyberverse and EarthSpark. Both gave me a “Oh, here comes that sinking feeling…” vibe, second episode in, this not at all, so let’s hope they keep this up and most importantly, it does well with kids, since it’s not locked behind Netflix or Paramount right now.

[sonoftydeusthemusical]

My friend has never heard of Diomedes before; how would you describe him? Like his motivations, his way of thinking, his strengths and weaknesses, his relationships, major plot points?

(I would explain him myself but I'm still not that far in the Iliad.)

Hello, thank you soooo much for this ask and sorry for the late reply!

First of I want to say that we’re by no means experts on Diomedes. We’re still in the process of learning more about him and discovering and exploring him through this musical, so people with a background in ancient studies might have a more detailed/accurate analysis of him than we can provide at the moment. But we still try to answer you to the best of our abilities!

(You’re welcome to correct us in the comments/reblogs ^^” )

In the words of @holy_mother_of_whumpers:

Diomedes kicks ass more than anyone in the Iliad, is scolded more than anyone. Odysseus best friend (according to historians). Shitty childhood (incest, prophesies and and a lot of dead relatives, which is almost as ancient Greek backstories go), shitty post Troy (banished from his city, cursed by Aphrodite). Actually happy ending (founder of cities, immortalized by Athena).

He’s like Odysseus, but with an unbelievably tragic childhood and less disaster energy. He gets stuff done and slays doing it

But here’s our answer…sorry if this is turns out too long!

Starting out with your question about his motivations

Oath bound, Diomedes avenged his fathers death at the age of 14, sacking the city of Thebes (the epic surrounding it is called “Epigoni” but unfortunately it’s a story lost to history, also he was 4 when he took the oath, should that count rly? shouldn't there be an age of consent for oaths? anyway)

The story surrounding his fathers death is tragic and a bit disgusting (he ate brain and Athena who wanted to gift him immortality was too disgusted to do so)

Diomedes doesn’t remember his father, and he still gets compared a lot to him (just see Agamemnon low-key trash-talking him by stating how much of a better fighter his father was to motivate him for battle) so that kind of plays into his motivations

Additionally like so many other heroes, glory and honor are definitely also motivations of his. Often it is Athena who pushes or motivates him to many of his greatest deeds and other feats (like wounding Ares, throwing the spear at Dolon, beating everyone in the funeral games,…..yeah Athena HATES loosing)

What’s interesting that despite the fact that he was raised on war, later on – after Troy (and admittedly, even more warfare) – he’s said to have wanted to settle down more, founded his cities in peace (or as peaceful as life for kings was back then haha)

In the Iliad Diomedes is always the first to volunteer, and despite often getting treated rather badly (Nestor kicked him awake, my boy was even sleeping in his armour, Agamemnon calls him a coward) he tends to keep a cool head and doesn’t retaliate (…except that one time….or two?) BUT he also definitely doesn’t take BS, he calls out Agamemnon for being a bad leader when he suggests to leave (Diomedes insists they stay and fight until they won)

For his way of thinking…he’s rather pragmatic, a good strategist (mentored by athena), first to jump into the fray, trusts his own strength, knows when to back down/when to talk back, can get caught up in the heat of the moment in battles, doesn’t shy away from violence, lies & trickery…. (correct me on this if I'm wrong or missed something)

Strengths & Weaknesses

One thing that makes him stand out among the other heroes is that arguably, he’s one of the few greek heroes whose lives don’t end in a complete tragedy because of his hubris against the gods (…….wellll………..his wife betraying him after he injured aphrodite and being exiled for arogs is an instant where he still pays for his acts against the goddess, but its tame compared to many other heroes fates, who committed lesser crimes) and in the end he even gets deitified (or at least in some versions, like athena wanted to do with his father, but his father messed upppppp so…..)

He’s more level headed than many other heroes (cough Odysseus “i am in the infamous odysseus” King of Ithaca)

He’s one of the best fighters - or THE best fighter of the greeks next to Achilles, the trojans were more scared of him than of Achilles (….since Achilles didn’t fight) without him the Achaeans….would’ve probably lost the war

As for his weaknesses….one thing is something that’s not even within his own control: his young age (compared to the other kings), almost nobody realllyyyy respects him despite his badass deeds on the battlefield and good battle advice, his many ships he brought and his battle experience even before the war and two) the kind of lingering shame of his fathers final moments (nom nom brain, and failing to take Thebes), but also his fathers supposed greatness that he keeps getting compared to and has to live up to

Now…..his relationships…oh boy theres so many, I’ll try to sum up the most important ones I know in once sentence for each

His family:

His father: he doesn’t remember him, but people keep bringing him up and comparing him to him

We dont know much about his relationship with his mother

most…of his other (male) relatives die in his early youth (which is how he ends up as King of Argos) like his grandfathers, and his uncles…

The achaean kings:

Agamemnon: the boss who’s a bully, but Diomedes talks back to him sometimes at least (…unless he’s insulting him, he just accept that)

Ajax: Diomedes almost kills him during the funeral games….the acheans have to break up the fight

Achilles: Diomedes doesn’t like him, Dio is the only one who wants him punished for killing Diomedes cousin that everyone else hated

Odysseus: LOTS of tea to be found here (he seems to see Ody as a mentor figure and keeps picking him as companion for missions, they both have Athena as their patron goddess but while Odysseus leans a little bit more on the wisdom part, Diomedes leans more into the pure strength of battle, they work well together and have a bunch of missions together)

Comrades

Most noteable are Sthenelus (known him since early childhood) and Euryalus, who are with him in Troy, they were part of the Epigoni (its rly a long story)

His wife: is his cousin, he marries her to strengthen his rulership, in the end, its said that she betrayed him with a new lover and exiled him from his own kingdom (another long story)

Glaucus: they met on the battlefield and realized their grandfathers were bro’s so they didnt fight each other, and instead exchanged armours (but Diomedes got the better, golden armour, while Glaucus got the bronze armour..)

There is sooooo much more to say about him, all the stories of the Iliad, the events before AND after it, his relationship with Athena, etc. I barely scratched the surface here so maybe we have to make a whole series of posts about this one day so we can get more into detail because its so much! (Let us know if we should???)

I hope this answered some of your questions, though! And again thank you so much for your interest and apologies for the late reply!

[forestlingincorporated]

I’m pretty new to Megaman, so I haven’t gone through all of the canon media yet but I am enjoying your comics so… what’s NOVAS, what’s up with, and why is it bad?

Aaah, Novas Aventuras de Megaman....

Novas was a licensed Brazilian Mega Man comic book developed by Estúdio PPA and published by Editora Magnum in the 90s. It's well-known for being... bad. The kindest words I can use to describe Novas is "edgy" and "unprofessional."

I'm interpreting this quesion to be not just "what is Novas" but also "WHY is Novas" so I did a little bit of research to get you a full answer, and not just my horrified reaction to it.

The book was published not long after the Ruby Spears cartoon. Apparently the book's early writer and editor, José Roberto Pereira and Sérgio Peixoto had been in touch with Character Toy Trade, who licensed Capcom products to Brazil. Upon hearing of the Ruby Spears release, Pereira and Peixoto pitched a comic to Editora Magnum.

Apparently, they wanted to do this so badly that, to convince Magnum's execs to enter a publishing deal, they offered to work... for free, earning nothing for the first ten or twelve issues.

While it's not unusual for a comic run to use multiple artists and contain varying art styles throughout, most of THIS title was drawn using unpaid labor from fans solicited through the magazigne it was published in, Animax, and it shows. Readers were prompted to submit their art tests to the publishers, and out of those the best of the lot was selected. To participate, the candidate had to send 6 pages of comics, 2 in pencil, two finished art and two colored. Contributing artists were compensated with a copy of the published issue to use in their portfolio. Quite literally working on spec for exposure.

Most of it is, simply put, not the quality you expect from a publisher. Fair is fair, though, and I would be remiss not to aknowledge that some of these artists went on to be very well-respected comic artists, such as Daniel HDR (who did MM2 and 16, and has now worked for Marvel, DC, Dynamite Ent. and Image Comics, was the winner of DRAGON AWARDS 2020 - BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL for Battlestar Galactica: Counterstrike, and is the CEO of Dínamo Estúdio art School in Brazil) and Érica Awano (who got her start with MM4, and now known for her works related to the Tormenta universe and has recieved the Troféu HQ Mix).

The art... is the least of their issues, though. I've read plenty of webcomics where the art began, let's say, amaturish, but the story and writing more than made up for it. I can't say the same is true for Novas.

It's baffling that Pereira and Peixoto fought to have this book, given neither of them appeared to give a single shit about the source material. My understanding is manga and anime was very popular in Brazil at the time. I'd call it a cashgrab, but they weren't paid for most of it. Editor-in-chief Sérgio Peixoto admitted neither he nor Pereira had ever played a Mega Man game before and all they knew about the story was some information they got from someone who played the games. Further more, despite the first two issues including promotional art from Ruby Spears and official art from the games, including a large centerfold poster that remained for two additional issues, Pereira believed Ruby Spears was "very bad." He didn't think much of the games' plot either, what little he knew of it.

Pereira's distaste for American media and adaptations is painfully obvious within the text of Novas, which takes the time to address the audiance to soapbox about imported media. This is, in part, done in a self-depricating sort of way, but seems to be the driving force behind the decision to even make Novas. Peixoto admits Character offered them "the original Megaman manga" (the Shigeto Ikehara "Rockman" manga, I believe) but he turned it down to do a Brazilian-made book. They wanted Megaman to be drawn by Brazilians and in the manga style - very fixated on being a "manga" rather than a "comic." Despite apparently knowing the product is low-quality, Peixoto appears to be proud to have "made 16 editions of the first manga magazine created entirely in Brazil, using a world-famous character."

I suppose that's the tipping point - "a world-famous character." No care for Megaman, no, but care that he's famous. Pereira apparently had every intention to have his own OCs take over the book after Megaman got readers in the door - apparently intending to kill off the megaman characters in graphic ways - but he left the project after #5, citing that he couldn't actually write his "own" story and... well, lack of payment. Peixoto wrote number 6, and Orlando Tosetto Jr. was brought on to do 7-16.

The desire to provide opportunities for local writers and artists is admirable... in theory... but... hardly anyone got paid and it's not exactly a book I would be proud to have my name on.

But enough about Novas' unpaid labor, quesionable motivations, and poor research. The writing is just... bad.

The plot is all over the place. There are so many dropped plot threads, tone shifts, continuity issues, and retcons in only 16 issues, it'll make your head spin. It reads like a 15-year-old boy made a megaman comic because he thought there should be more swearing and naked girls.

The least of the writing's issues stem from the fact that they barely knew the plot, so character backstories, personalities, relationships, etc. are all over the place. Forte/Bass is named "Slasher" and he takes on a Protoman-type role as a Light bot and sibling, while Protoman is implied to be this mysterious mastermind-type character pulling strings behind the scene, Roll used to be human and is super special for some reason, Rock's an asshole, and X is a horny whiney pissbaby asshole...

It's crude.

It's bloody.

It's horny.

Sometimes downright disgusting.

And one can't ignore the incest.

There are... MUCH more egregious panels, I'm trying to keep it tame. There's a LOT of pointless nudity, including a scene near the end where they're kidnapped and tied up but only the women are stripped naked... for no discernable reason, I can't even say it's because their kidnappers are being disgusting, because they're not, even X is behaving himself for once.

I'd love to say the incest was an accident, but it's not, they actively call each other brother and sister.

Occationally the comic veers into dark topics, but the ever shifting tone and oversexualization makes it hard to tell how I - the reader - am supposed to feel about it. While I'm busy being horrified, I can't help worrying someone's getting off on child abuse and murder.

Maybe this kind of misogynistic gross-out shock-value was funny at the time. I've seen a few people remark on this comic's run fondly, saying they liked it when it came out. I can't imagine ever thinking it was good.

If anyone would like to know more about Novas without subjecting themselves to reading it, Mechanical Maniacs does their best to summarize.

[yandere-sins]

Okay guys, I have some juicy ideas and I don't know anymore which I want to do first. They've been in my drafts for so long, so imma describe them very badly to you guys and you decide which one should be the first lucky one to be written next when I get some time to write again:

edit: the one with the cook says (not) at the end, idk why that was cut...

[little-worm-grant]

20 Questions

BLORBO ASKS GAME

reblog if you’d like people to send you asks about your Blorbo

was there any specific point / any specific moment that suddenly made them your Blorbo, or did you slowly grow to love them more and more until they became a Blorbo to you?

It was immediate. Watching Steven flounder then discovering the tragedy that is Marc. I started on the show, then began collecting the comics.

what’s the thing you love the most about your Blorbo?

I loved the representation of DID, autism and childhood trauma.

what’s the thing you dislike the most about your Blorbo?

We barely got any Jake in the show, and he’s such a fantastic character in the comics. Comic Jake is the only way I can imagine him. Moustache and all.

if you could talk to your Blorbo, what would you say to them?

Not a thing. He’d get a damn hug.

what’s the one thing the fandom gets wrong about your Blorbo?

I think every adaptation is unique to that person and they’re wonderful for sharing. I’m a hoe for every crumb I’m not even sorry.

is your Blorbo an introvert or extrovert?

Depends who’s fronting. Steven’s an ambivert: extroverted to avoid the feeling of loneliness, introverted in his hobbies and day-to-day. Marc’s a huge introvert and doesn’t like many people, how Frenchie puts up with him I don’t know. Jake is a natural extrovert, it comes easy to him to find a friend in anyone.

describe your Blorbo in 3 words

Damaged hot mess

if your Blorbo were real, would you trust them with your life?

Most likely… kinda. Squinting real hard at you, Khonshu.

do you talk to your family or in-real-life friends about your Blorbo?

My partner can’t get away from my obsession. My brother brought me the same MK action figure Marc's holding in the asylum. It was really unexpected and touching. They let me drag them all over the city stopping in as many comic stores as I could visit.

is there any crime, any wrongdoing your Blorbo could commit that would make you stop loving them and remove them from your hyperfixation entirely?

Mean to animals would make me very sad.

do you like seeing your Blorbo suffer?

Every damn day of the week.

do you ship your Blorbo with any character?

I ship him with anyone and everyone, it’s such a problem. I love all ships in all shapes and sizes. All the new ships coming out of Marvel Rivals has sustained me well lately.

if your Blorbo is from a live-action media, are you also a fan of the actor who plays them?

Oscar Isaac is one of the best humans alive. I love his face, his personality—everything. He made it easy to love the characters he plays.

would you still love your Blorbo if they were real?

Probably. I’d always be rooting for him that’s for sure.

is your Blorbo a victim of badly written script / bad plot / character assassination in the hands of canon?

Kind of. How they handled Jake suucked.

if you could change one canonical thing about your Blorbo, what would it be?

Make comics Jake canon!

when you first discovered your Blorbo, did you realize from that moment that they would become your Blorbo?

I didn’t expect to go down as bad as I did. It wasn’t until I started writing him in 1x1 & group roleplays was where I truly fell down the hole.

do you gatekeep your Blorbo? / would you want more people to know about your Blorbo?

No gatekeeping allowed in this house! I am thrilled anytime more people discover MK by any means. It’s so much fun seeing new people arrive and interact with the fandom.

has a fanfic about your Blorbo ever made you cry?

Not a fanfic, but episode 5 made me ball. Hit close to home. I’m not one to cry easily so have yet to find a fanfic that will.

do you think this character will still be your Blorbo three years from now on?

Probably, I still have a lot more to write and explore.

Questions posted below empty for easy copy paste:

was there any specific point / any specific moment that suddenly made them your Blorbo, or did you slowly grow to love them more and more until they became a Blorbo to you?

what’s the thing you love the most about your Blorbo?

what’s the thing you dislike the most about your Blorbo?

if you could talk to your Blorbo, what would you say to them?

what’s the one thing the fandom gets wrong about your Blorbo?

is your Blorbo an introvert or extrovert?

describe your Blorbo in 3 words

if your Blorbo were real, would you trust them with your life?

do you talk to your family or in-real-life friends about your Blorbo?

is there any crime, any wrongdoing your Blorbo could commit that would make you stop loving them and remove them from your hyperfixation entirely?

do you like seeing your Blorbo suffer?

do you ship your Blorbo with any character?

if your Blorbo is from a live-action media, are you also a fan of the actor who plays them?

would you still love your Blorbo if they were real?

is your Blorbo a victim of badly written script / bad plot / character assassination in the hands of canon?

if you could change one canonical thing about your Blorbo, what would it be?

when you first discovered your Blorbo, did you realize from that moment that they would become your Blorbo?

do you gatekeep your Blorbo? / would you want more people to know about your Blorbo?

has a fanfic about your Blorbo ever made you cry?

do you think this character will still be your Blorbo three years from now on?

Inspired by the wonderful @psycheetamore Hitting a few others I'd love to see do this! @mystra-midnight @my-secret-shame-but-fanfiction @faretheeoscar @moonbeammist @therapardalis @weheartchrisevans @silvermoon343