#dons tinfoil

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

The Stark house words have always been my favorite, but only recently have I began to appreciate just how inevitable they make the Starks appear. Because “winter is coming” perfectly encapsulates how tenacious House Stark is. There may be long summers, and spring and fall take a good chunk of the year, but winter always comes; though delayed at times, it will still come. And where winter might mean death for most, it’s when the Starks actually thrive. And there’s something quite unsettling about that - thriving in the wake of death and famine and despair; though it also creates quite the inverse with other houses, since the Starks have been down on their luck while the rest thrive. It also brings up something to consider re the Others, the final boss of the series. Because they are pretty much the only other group that is said to thrive in the Winter. Which makes the Starks seem even scarier. Because not only have they historically ruled as the “Kings of Winter” (which, depending on the theory, might imply that they have asserted dominion on the Others), but as the Others fade when the dawn comes, the Starks live to tell the tale and rule. We’re probably going to see this parallel play out in TWOW and ADOS actually. The Others are making their move, and so are the Starks. But only one will continue to hold power when the sun rises (PS: it won’t be the Others 🌚).

[narutothoughts]

1. Go watch those videos of cats jumping when they touch tinfoil

2. Imagine Naruto doing that when Kakashi asks him to put their food away

3. Prosper?

[dustofthedailylife]

🫖 dump a headcannon or theory here -- @milkstore

[Genshin Ask Game]

Okay so, spoiler warning for Fontaine AQ ahead!

. . . I think Childe...

may be dead. Like, not in the way that "he has death flags he is going to die eventually" but actually that he is dead right at this moment. He's a walking corpse.

I think the fatui want to revive the third descender and they're trying to collect the gnosi because they want to put the fragments back together to do just that.

Fun fact here: Childe may even be that third descender as indications are pointing to the fact that he isn't from Teyvat (I know he technically has a family but there is an explanation to that somewhere I'm sure.) One indicator: There is an achievement against the Childe boss that is called Outlander vs. Outlander (and if the Outlander is meant in the same way as the Outlander refers to the Traveler... sus).

Another thing is that it would explain his dead fish eyes if he was in fact dead at the moment. Skirk said in the Fontaine AQ that once a person dies their bond with the world becomes like a curse and that is the reason she refuses to go back to the surface - she too has dead eyes.

Childe is also referred to as the "weapon of war" by the tsaritsa. So maybe that refers to him being the weapon against the heavens because he is the vessel for the gnosi or even the dead third descender.

Also fishy that Childe was never allowed to touch a gnosis directly so far. There was always something in between him and them *coincidentally*.

Oh and then there is also this:

and this (which might actually not even be hollow talk to gas himself up):

[homunculus-argument]

I might just be donning the tinfoil hat right now, but I'm thinking that the whole "rich and/or powerful people with a good thing going on and would only need to sit their ass down and shut the fuck up just can't do that" is just survivor bias. We never hear about the ones who are smart enough to just sit their asses down and shut up.

[ghostytoad]

* Fun n' Games *

ROTTMNT Boys x GN! Leo-esque reader who enjoys drama, making jokes, and being overall awesome

Summary: The Hamato brothers unexpectedly fall for the smug, but genuine, fun-loving reader despite their egocentric habits Headcanons for: Donnie

GN! Reader; Romantic; Fluff || Words: 1.6k

Raph | Leo | Mikey | Bonus!!

Donnie:

his first thoughts upon meeting y/n is that literally nothing could be worse. he could be boiling alive in one of meatsweat's fancy culinary stews and be less bothered by that than having to endure not one, but TWO LEOS

there goes the fleeting days of being able to complete his work in peace and quiet; o call back yesterday, bid time return

really tho, all his eye rolling and indifference is just an act that he refuses to let up on (he has a REPUTATION to uphold after all!!)

it doesn't take much time for donnie to warm up to y/n though; he's more or less used to his twin's antics and smug behavior and with y/n being almost exactly the same, it's like they've known each other their whole lives

he chalks it up to being comfortable with the familiar, but his brothers can definitely see it for what it is: a crush

he enjoys the competitive tension between y/n and him, it keeps him on his toes and gives him a boost when he feels out of it and needs the motivation

doesn't much care for the whole ego thing, but it doesn't bother him as bad as leo's does; at least y/n has good reason to be as cocky as they are. they're funny, they're charming, they're cool, they're incredibly perceptive

in fact, he's secretly made a list of all the good qualities y/n has and all the things he likes about them… it's like a whole 10 spreadsheets worth of data

to be fair, he does keep a similar list for his brothers and april, so it's not like he's stalking y/n or anything; it's just his way of "bonding" with his loved ones

but y/n's list is a lot longer than anyone else's; there's just so much to like about them. it only makes sense that their list of good traits happens to match up pretty well with his list of "things to look for in a potential mate" (a secret list that he will take to his grave)

whenever they go on missions, he makes sure to fit y/n in all his latest gear he's made them for their protection; they might talk big game, but donnie still has to take precautions!

he may or may not have taken y/n on a few purple dragon-related missions - AKA "let's go put whipped cream in all of their hard drives and cover their hideout in tinfoil wrapping just to fuck with them"; turns out that the police do not find it funny

"let me just say for the record that nothing's illegal unless it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt. and you can't prove that y/n and i were there so…"

y/n ain't no snitch, so don can trust them to keep their mouth shut if anyone ever gets suspicious of their misdeeds; this also makes them his go-to for some of the more emotionally heavier things that he can't talk to his brothers about

yeah, donnie's not great with emotions, but that doesn't mean he doesn't feel them - he genuinely finds y/n to be a comforting presence, especially considering their amazing emotional perception and how well they can read him

he finds it much easier to work when y/n's hanging around the lab with him; they don't have to interact much, all it takes is a visit from y/n and he's hit with a burst of motivation

gets more work done with y/n around than he usually does and takes advantage of this productivity by making y/n stay with him for literal hours even if they don't actively take part in his work

he's even made them a little corner with all of their favorite things in the lab so they can keep busy while he works; they might be good for motivation and all, but he knows better than to leave y/n alone with one of his inventions considering their… impulsive behavior (rip stun-bo feature, we hardly knew ya)

"w-what, leaving? you can't leave yet! i've only just started on this upgraded micro-transmitter for the tank and i need your help! what do you mean you just sit there for hours doing nothing? that's entirely false, you are helping me out immensely! now sit right there and don't touch anything until i tell you to-"

their easy-going nature really complements his more rigid and particular personality; together, they are an unstoppable and wildly chaotic duo

he might be the funniest turtle of the group, but y/n has him in tears with their lame little jokes and one-liners; he mostly only laughs at the roasts and teases directed at his brothers though

overall, his brothers have an ongoing bet over how long it'll be before donnie finally realizes he has a MAJOR crush on y/n; leo has his bets on "not in my lifetime", april predicts it'll be sometime after casey jr's time, mikey's a little more generous and says "maybe in the next decade or two", and raph is just fed up with it and wants it over with NOW

The buzzing and whirring of various tools occupied the otherwise silently uneventful lab as Donatello worked away on his latest project, completely absorbed in his work. Tucked away in the corner, sitting snug in the soft embrace of a plush beanbag, Y/N busied themselves with another round of Smash Bros on their purple (totally not Genius Built branded) Switch. Most days in the lab were spent in comfortable silence, as the purple coded brother did his best work when there were minimal distractions. But for Y/N, that meant keeping all audible cries of excitement or groans of defeat to a minimum while gaming. And sure, that was a reasonable request for a while, but had it really already been four hours?! As Y/N glanced down at their phone for the time, they let out a loud, heavy sigh as boredom overwhelmed their usually active mind.

"Don, how much longer do I gotta sit here? I'm practically dying of boredom. I'm terminal now. Terminal!" They slumped themselves back over the cushion, causing it to wheeze under the shifted weight.

"Just a few minor adjustments left and we'll be as good as gold." Donnie hadn't even looked up from the tester bot he was tinkering with, something which Y/N met with a frustrated scowl.

"And by a few, you mean…?"

"I still need to work on recalibrating the external displays to account for the large-"

"UUUGH, no, how long! I've been here so long that my leg's've atro- asta-… ASTROFIELD!"

Donnie could hardly contain the snort that sounded from under his welding mask.

"I think the term you're looking for is 'atrophied' and no, I seriously doubt that the mere act of sitting is enough to deteriorate muscle tissue."

"Whatever. I'm dying here and you wanna lecture me on-"

They were interrupted by the soft thudding of approaching footsteps, the unmistakable sound of Raph entering the lab.

"Heya, D. Y/N. Sorry to barge in on y'all, just wanted to check in and see if y'guys needed anything. It's been, uh… A while and it's gettin' dark so-"

"Raph, will you tell Dorkie here to quit holdin' me hostage and let me go? He's been keeping me prisoner here and I haven't even gotten my one phone call!" Y/N teased. Their moniker was successful in tearing Donnie's attention away from his desk across the room to shoot them a bitter glare.

"Heh, y'know Y/N, you could leave anytime you wanted, right? It's not like he's actually gonna trap you here. Er… Right?" Raphael's playful expression tinged itself with a hint of concern as he, for a moment, considered the possibility of a hostage negotiation with his little brother.

"Nah, I'm actually good here. I just want something more to DO when I'm here. I can't just be here for moral support, y'know." They stuck their tongue out at the softshell as they rolled themselves off the bag and plopped softly onto the tile floor.

The eldest mutant scratched at the back of his neck with a chuckle. Of course Donnie would tell them it's for 'moral support'.

"Uh, Y/N. You do know he only really keeps you in here because he's got a thing for you, right? That whole moral support thing's a load of crock."

It was at that moment that the ambient hum of tools stopped and tense silence flooded in its place. Y/N propped themselves up on elbows and craned their neck towards Donatello who sat faced away from them with tense shoulders bunched up.

Sensing the awkward situation he'd now put them in, Raph let out a small hiss of regret between his teeth and slowly shuffled his feet back towards the door.

"Riiight… So, you guys good? Yeah? Yeah. I'm gonna just-"

And with that, he practically bolted for the door, leaving Y/N and Donnie to stew in the thick air of their own embarrassment.

"D-Donnie…" Y/N could barely squeak, their eyes fixed to the empty doorway as if they were pleading for Raph to come back and take the awkward with him.

Donnie took in a sharp breath and in one swift motion, pushed his work chair back and spun to face his companion with only his iron-will keeping him from running out of the lab himself.

"I-" He started, his face dark red and his lip quivering with anxiety as his mind parsed through the many scenarios in which this sort of confession could've gone.

"I knew it couldn't have been just for my good looks." Y/N's smug grin and flirtatious wink did little to alleviate the mutant's humiliation.

"Huh?"

"For the record…" Scooting up to Donnie's hunched form, Y/N gently took his hands into theirs and kept their gaze locked to the floor as the faintest blush dusted their cheeks, "I have a thing for you too."

Out of every scenario he'd managed to file through, this one was one outcome he didn't anticipate. But one he would happily accept.

[spook-roingus]

Unpopular opinion, I'm actually really not that mad about Disney Kaisen. Like, ending a story is really hard. And from what I have heard, Gege has been overworked and hoping to end the series for a *minute*, so I forgive him hastily wrapping up plot points that probably sounded exciting to explore 113 ch. ago and not giving us all the hard-hitting, emotional character moments in the ending that the series gave us earlier on.

Not to sound all hippy-dippy but JJK was much more about the journey. It was never flawless, but it was a hell of a ride, and I had a ton of fun.

A lackluster final 4-5 chapters are not going to change my opinion of the series, characters, or Gege. It really is what it is.

THAT SAID I HAVE DONNED THE TINFOIL HAT AND HERE IT IS: My Definitive List of Extremely Serious and Clearly Plausible JJK Finale Theories

1. Gege was actually sweating about what would happen when we catch him

2. This is all actually just Gojo’s prison realm hallucination

3. Blowing past all the character deaths is the most poignant way to drive home the cog mentality/oppressive systems themes, actually, and Gege is a nihilist genius and master of irony

4. Shonen Jump made JJK and CSM fight to decide which one gets to be the genre subversion, dark battle manga (and JJK lost and had to retcon)

[heylittleriotact]

There are a few Mourn Watch related things that get brought up in conversations/banter that don’t connect with the Nonsense of the Gods, and I feel like the whole Costco Management Team Lich Lords running the Necropolis (and potentially considerably more) thing leaves room for a lot of conspiracies.

Also, maybe I’ve played too much D&D but it seems like such a weird move for BioWare to make it canon that liches in the DA universe appear to fall under the “good” alignment. Most people who know what liches are associate them with D&D because that’s probably where they first heard of/encountered them, and D&D liches are largely evil af and make great BBEGs. It just seems weird to try and make your entire audience accept that a previously established as evil entity is actually not at all evil in this universe.

I think there’s something going on in the Necropolis that the Lich Lords are keeping/have kept under wraps (ha).

So.

Are the weird things Emmrich senses in the Fade, which he mentions in the conversation just after the Memorial Gardens ceremony, related to in-game events? Or do you think they have to do with the secret ending?

[grumpy-gran]

Clarion kinda-sorta-but-not-really acknowledged the Gaiman-sized elephant in the room

*Dons tinfoil hat*

Is it any wonder the Neil Gaiman tag is suddenly inundated with “pick your fave SFF book”/fan art/ Gaiman quotes when for weeks it was just people talking about and processing the news using this tag?

[saintbleeding]

i have donned my tinfoil hat i am ready to say normal things.

ok so. i am admittedly basing a lot of this on this line from colin from 19:

COLIN: (voice shaking, on the verge of manic laughter) No, what I need is to not be seen. He sees too much already. Doing mummy and daddy Stasi proud, I’m sure. Not that anyone cares, as long as it all balances, right? (inhales quickly) Not too much mercury or the world ends, not too much sulfur or we all go mad –

(emphasis mine)

so the three primes in alchemy (on which topic i am not remotely an expert, soooo) are sulfur (which corresponds to the soul and the idea of combustibility), mercury (which corresponds to the spirit and the ideas of fusibility/volatility), and salt (which corresponds to the body and non-combustibility/non-volatility). their symbols, respectively, are 🜍, ☿, and 🜔.

and.

[id: a cropped section of the OIAR crest, showing these three symbols centrally in the design, which is itself an inverted version of the alchemical symbol for the philosopher's stone. end id.]

so i started thinking, what if """""the fears"""""" in this universe have to do with balance and imbalance of the primes (or, potentially, a lot of alchemical elements):

LENA: (speech-like:) The world is full of opposing forces. Some benevolent, most not. In order for the wheels to keep on turning, all these forces need to be monitored and balanced. That is where we come in.

in this conception, bonzo's man feast might be a sulfur one (based on equating combustibility with literal consumption), but dr webber might be mercury (fusibility = irrevocable bodily transformation). possibly the oiar is trying to bring about a salt-state: non-volatility?

i know this sounds very broad compared to the granularity of the existing categorisation system, but my thought on that is that given this universe seems to Just Have Tulpas Running Around (nobody knows who named bonzo???), there's a lot of stock put into studying something into submission (and thematically, "maybe if we understand this thing we can stop it" would be... linked. to tma.)

the sudden introduction of, say, 14 or maybe 15 new elements that are entirely novel in this universe could definitely Cause Some Problems.

idk is this anything.

[verdemoun]

au where arthur lets micah hang :D

Unfortunately, we need to look at the things Micah is directly responsible for.

Arthur still has TB.

Arthur is NOT captured in the parlay, due to Hosea being able to talk Dutch out of the Worst Plan in history

Sean still gets killed in Rhodes (Thanks Bill (Bill I don't mean it I'm sorry I love you (I'm sorry Sean I never write AUs where you live)))

Jack still gets taken.

Kieran is still taken by the O'Driscolls and killed, because as much as I am sitting here in my tinfoil hat theorizing Micah sold out or at least willfully let Kieran be taken - there's no proof.

The Saint Denis bank job is still Hosea's idea, which means Hosea and Lenny still die. Dutch's mental state is still horrifically impacted by Hosea's death, he just loses Micah as a worm in his ear.

The Pinkertons still attack Lakay because Bill probably was the one who accidentally tipped them off to the gang's location - since Micah arrived to Lakay before Bill and Dutch, most likely the Pinkertons didn't pick him up until after that point anyway.

The gang move to Beaver Hollow as Arthur's sickness becomes more obvious.

Dutch is still irrational, but directionless. There is No Plan. Relying on his warped interpretations of Miller's work, he still insists there is no freedom for anyone in America and exploits the Wapiti people and Eagle Flies's anger as a distraction for their own escape.

As Arthur's condition worsens, Dutch's disregard of him becomes painfully obvious. Instead of relying on the last of the old guard, Dutch seems angry, if not disgusted by Arthur - Hosea's death left Dutch wounded and vulnerable, and he would rather separate himself from Arthur while his former son is still alive than have to mourn another.

Without Hosea or Micah to support him, Dutch is significantly less convincing, and Charles is able to talk Rains Fall and Eagle Flies into abandoning the reserve and head to Canada after Eagle Flies capture at Fort Wallace.

The gang can see it: no plan to distract them from Dutch pushing away Arthur. Arthur, who has been unwaveringly loyal to Dutch for 20 years, minus a few doubts that suddenly seem justified. Javier sees the loyalty Dutch preached be disregarded. Javier gets through to Bill, as his friend, that Dutch seems like he's trying to get them all killed. Quietly, everyone starts making their plans to leave.

Swanson leaves. Strauss is kicked out. Pearson leaves, and Mary-Beth decides to head back to Saint Denis to try becoming a novelist.

The final straw is a botched robbery of the Annesberg mines, where the explosion meant to make people think the mine was caving in actually results in a support beam coming down and Arthur being trapped in a closed chamber quickly filling with smoke. Arthur is able to escape via a ventilation shaft, but everyone saw Dutch give up and tell them to leave Arthur behind.

When lines are finally drawn, Dutch stands alone.

The gang stick together as far as New Austin, bypassing Blackwater via Tall Trees and only needing to kill two or three lawmen to avoid their cover being blown. Despite the warm and dry air making Arthur more comfortable, it's apparent he's dying.

Bill and Javier decide to try their luck on their own. Karen leaves for Armadillo, with no one sure if it's because there's a bar or she's actually trying to make something of herself again. Sadie, finally having found her feet after the death of her husband, decides to go solo.

They remaining gang spend 1900 at the Lake Don Julio House, with campfires and tents the way they always had and reliving tales of the good times, memories out west.

Arthur passes away content, comfortable, knowing the gang got out, surrounded by his most immediate family: Grimshaw, Tilly, John, Abigail, Jack, and admittedly Uncle. The six of them soon decide to pack up their camp, and after a few years of eccentric travelling decide to settle at Beecher's Hope in 1905.

No Micah means no Bureau hunting down John. The six stick together as barely successful ranchers the rest of their natural lives, with the gang sometimes stopping by. Bill and Javier went back to being outlaws, but went back to the old philosophy of actually helping people when they could. Charles for the most part stays with the Wapiti, only dropping by on his months long rides to visit Arthur's grave at Lake Don Julio. Dutch becomes little more than an urban legend.

[canyousayineffable]

Why do I have the feeling that none of them read a page of what they're talking about.

seeing people be like "this season was bad on purpose i'm gonna write a 15,000-word meta explaining what's ACTUALLY going on here" for a show where the otp has kissed. on the mouth. in an explicitly romantic way. you are like a little baby

[its-sir-actually]

verstappen fans are already donning their tinfoil hats and complaining that the fia waited until the McLaren's swapped to bring out the VSC and if that's the case all I have to say is, sucks to have the fia manipulate the championship doesn't it

[dustofthedailylife]

Okay so, bear with me a second here! Heavy theorizing about Genshin lore ahead. Take it with a huge grain of salt.

I was talking about the Harbingers with my friends and we were just talking about lore and theorizing about some stuff.

Someone brought up how Capitano could be someone from Khaen'riah since he isn't showing his face. Maybe due to the curse, who knows. And I said it's not entirely impossible to have a Khaenri'ahn amongst them since Pierro, too, is one.

Now. Capitano's codename in the Fatui is "The Captain", right?

And who do we know from Khaenri'ah who is also a captain?

Correct. Dainsleif.

So what if (and big if)... Dain is actually Capitano? And he and Pierro most likely know each other from back in the day as well.

I know they have different VA's but that's not entirely a deal breaker here imo. It could be some enchanted armor or whatever that alters the voice/disguises who is actually behind the mask. We had weirder things in Genshin already.

[inconveniently-discorporated]

Okay I'm about to don the tinfoil hat, guys.

Guys, I keep thinking about this season and the end, and I feel like I can't believe everything played out as it seems.

Spoilers ahead.

So.

So like.

You just expect me to believe that after making this big show about how Aziraphale is a traitor and how Crowley is a traitor and blah blah blah The Great Plan and everything and Gabriel being a murderous, power-hungry little bastard, he and Beelzebub just sorta went, "You know what? Nevermind."

And at the end when he gets everything back, that's... That's just sorta it? "Wherever Beelzebub is, that's my Heaven. 😍"

And then they just run away together and everyone's just like, "IDK I guess we'll just erase Aziraphale from the book of life? 🤷‍♀️" Like why erase Aziraphale for helping Gabriel and not Gabriel who is the one who actually abandoned his duties and ran away?

I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING IT ALL SEEMS A LITTLE BIT SHOWY, IS ALL.

Like the whole magic act and the art of misdirection is a REALLY big part of the season, and I'm just SAYING that Aziraphale began the season with his husband and his bookshop, and now he's got neither, and he's being escorted WILLINGLY back to Heaven.

By the angel (is the Metatron an angel or is he something else?) who called Muriel "THE DIM ONE" (which by the way I'm really mad about but that's a post for later) and then within a few minutes was patting them on the head telling them what a good angel they were for reading books now here why don't you come along and bring this independent sanctuary back under Heaven's control. (DON'T THINK I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT SWITCH, METATRON.)

And, maybe, sell a bunch of books (knowledge, power, agency) while you're at it because Muriel probably doesn't even know you're not actually supposed to SELL the books.

The Second Coming is coming, and you've got Aziraphale and Crowley out here doing supreme-archangel-level miracles together. Crowley is powerful enough to access top secret materials. Aziraphale is clever enough to thwart the apocalypse.

And by the end of the season, you've absolutely gutted this powerful free agent who is on nobody's side -- hey maybe now he'll swallow some holy water and be out of everyone's hair -- and you've eliminated the bookshop as a holding ground and you've brought Aziraphale back under Heaven's control.

I'm not saying the WHOLE THING was set up, but... What if the whole thing was set up?! Orchestrated to win Aziraphale's trust back over, and push Crowley so far away he becomes a non-threat? Maybe even easier to eliminate??? Maybe easier for both of them to be eliminated????

Like you're telling me that there just happened to be a neat little folder that Crowley could access, and they just let him see all of it? Because why not? And it just conveniently happened to have all of the things that Gabriel did that somehow no one knew anything about, even though it was all in this folder?

And you're telling me that the archangels who WERE IN A MEETING WITH THE METATRON just SOMEHOW didn't recognize him at all, when Crowley -- who famously "doesn't remember" people (whether that's true or not idk) is the only one who recognizes him???

I'M JUST SAYING, THE LAST EPISODE WAS FUCKING WEIRD OKAY? It was a little too "🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ oh well I guess this is what happened 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️" for my taste.

I cannot believe we have to wait two years at minimum for more of this but I guess that's a lot of time to deconstruct what's going on here, eh??

[bitacrytic]

Your most wild kinnporsche ( the series) tinfoil theory??

If you're familiar with my blog, it will not surprise you to hear me say this. But my wild tinfoil theory is that...

Anakinn Theerapanyakul is the villain of the story

Hear me out.

The show never outrightly stated it, but based on the narrative and the dialogue, we were all led to believe that unlike Vegas, Kinn has a conscience. Unlike Vegas, Kinn follows the rules. Unlike Vegas, Kinn is a relatively better person.

But is he though?

Point number one -

When the show starts, we see Kinn shoot a man in the chest to prove a point. Let that sink in. We are introduced to Kinn as a cold-blooded killer. But before we can compute that, he's making googly eyes at our precious whore and suddenly, it shifts to the back of our minds that he JUST KILLED SOMEONE TO PROVE A POINT.

Now you might say that it's a mafia show. They all kill people. Yeah. They do. But I didn't see Don pick up a gun and unload it in Kinn's employee's chest, did I? I saw Kinn do it.

If this was a thriller mystery, that would be a clue for us to hang on to.

Then there was the issue of him shooting Tawan. Once again, you might say, "But Tawan betrayed him". To that, I say, "and?" They were in a relationship. They were probably as in love as Kinn and Porsche. Judging from what Kinn has done to Porsche (punishing him, throwing him to Vegas, letting him go with when he knew Vegas was behind everything) we know Kinn would do the same to Porache. Yeah, Vegas used that against the couple, but it was warranted. Kinn is in love with Porsche, but Kinn is very very very very calculated enough to put his feelings aside and fuck Porsche up if he ever believes Porsche has betrayed him. The only reason he let Porsche go was because he knew Porsche was following Vegas blindly and they would catch up to Vegas eventually. He was pushing Porsche like a parent would when they let the child hold a hot kettle, knowing that it won't actually kill the child. But the burn would lead to future traumatised obedience.

This leads into my next point.

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Point number two -

Kinn always seemed so emotional when it came Porsche. He ran to Porsche even when his father said no. Took off his tracker and all. He couldn't use his guards because Korn had given Porshe a week off. But he wanted to get to Porsche.

He didn't go there to be romantic. He went there to bully Porsche to come back. He only did it softly because Pete HAD GIVEN HIM A CHEAT CODE. Without that cheat code of niceness, Kinn would have forced Porsche back. He would have gotten in an altercation with Porsche and by the time the guards found them, he would be dragging Porsche right back. He wasn't being emotional. He was calculating.

Another example of calculating was when he asked Porsche to leave him in the forest. He cried, right? He looked broken, right? We are supposed to believe that he truly wanted Porsche to go, right? But what did he NOT say to Porsche? He didn't tell Porsche about Porsche's family home or the fact he'd sent those thugs to dupe Uncle Thee and get all their money.

When Porsche resisted and asked why Kinn wanted him to go, Kinn didn't mention the one thing that could have guaranteed that Porsche never looked back. No, he kept that quiet. Why? Because he was manipulating Porsche. He was letting Porsche go, knowing that Porsche had kissed him in the river and Porsche was already developing feelings for him.

We've seen so many movies when someone is asking their partner to go. When the partner refuses, they start saying mean things. Unforgiveable things. Things that would push their partner so faraway that a reunion is impossible. What did Kinn do instead? He positioned himself as a hero. "I like it when you're happy."

Come on!!! If someone said that you, would you really leave? Be honest!!!

We were led to believe that Kinn was emotional around Porsche, but Kinn was very calculating.

(I should also point out that Kinn's manipulation of Porsche doesn't negate the fact that he was in love with Porsche. Was he in love? Yes. Was he a manipulative piece of shit? HELL YES!)

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Point number three -

Let's not forget him using his father as a shield whenever he does something evil. "My dad made me do it", "I'd rather beba singer", "My dad asked me to ruin your life." This man spent the entirety of ep06 gaslighting the audience and Porsche into thinking he was just a happy go lucky baby locked in the body of an unwilling mafia man.

I'm not not going to mention the fact that he knew how to take the cuffs off but refused to do so until it served his purpose. That was an obvious enough move that even Porsche noticed it so I won't be overanalysing it. But everything else?

80% of the people who had been frustrated with the way Kinn was treating Porsche suddenly joined his camp, in that episode. Heck, Porsche joined his camp too. That was the beginning of Porsche not having a backbone. If you'll remember, before ep6, Porsche didn't wait for Kinn. Kinn asked him to leave, Porsche went out with Vegas. Kinn got mad at him, Porsche went home. Kinn showed up, Porsche put him in his place.

But after witnessing kinn in ep6, suddenly, Porsche was letting kinn walk over him, calling him loose... twice. Sending him away to Vegas like he was nothing. Kinn's episode6 arc worked so well that Porsche lost his ability to stand up for himself.

And from this point on, the excuse of "my dad made me do it" became a reoccurring song. Because when he fucked up, he used his dad as an excuse. Never mind the fact that there were periods when he disobeyed. Which is so funny. He blames his father for major things like the kidnapping and the house and the killing. But he's somehow able to move in Porsche without his father's say so????

He spent one... LITERALLY ONE DAY... as Porsche's live-in boyfriend, before he was running back to the main family and proudly introducing himself as Kinn, the leader of the main family. Please, that man loved what he could do as mafia. But because his manipulation of Porsche wasn't complete, he had to play house and pretend that Chay, who he'd just met, was somehow more important to him than Tankhun and Kim.

🧐🧐🧐🧐

Please.

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On the surface, it seems like Kinn might not have an independent bone in his body. On the surface, he looks like a powerless drone doomed to obey a father that he just "loves so so much".

But when I put on my tinfoil hat, I can clearly see, that Kinn is really the mastermind behind all this. Because he gets to be just as reckless as Vegas and just as calculating as his father. But he gets to be seen as a victim because he is an expert at throwing stones and hiding his hands.

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Harrow the 9th/

Locked Tomb Series observation #3:

Here be spoilers, up through and including Nona the 9th:

The people in the bone coffins that JG is sending to replenish the 9th House are, according to him, people he "set aside” from the Resurrection 10,000 years ago--they’ve been in some form of stasis ever since. 

With the usual caveats about how there’s a lot we still don’t know about the end of the world, it’s pretty likely that the last thing these people remember is the day JG set off the world’s nuclear stockpile.  And, given that JG kinda seems to not want even the Lyctors to remember that little incident, there’s a good chance he fixed it so no one else did, either.  So their memories may stop a little short of that.  

Maybe the last thing they remember is getting up on the day that the quote-unquote “first wave” of FTL evacuation ships were due to leave.  Maybe they had a conversation with a relative or co-worker, along the lines of, 

“Are you going to watch the launch on TV?” 

 “IDK, maybe...we’ll all see it up close when we make the trip ourselves, hey?”  

“I guess--have you seen that crackpot on YouTube who thinks there aren’t going to be any other ships?”  

“Uh.” **Chuckles nervously, in the manner of one wondering whether an acquaintance is about to don a tinfoil hat. ** “I heard about that--didn’t watch it, though.  He’s the guy who exploded those cows, right?”

“Yeah, same dude.  He has the whole serial-killer chalkboard with the string, going on about how they aren’t buying the right things they’d have to buy to build ships, and the cargo trucks coming in to the facility are decoys.  Completely off his rocker.”  

**sighs in relief, and gestures vaguely in the direction of getting on with the day**  “Takes all kinds, I guess?”

That happens, on a world very much like our own, and then the next thing you know, you’re waking up at the bottom of a well full of  skeletons, on fucking Pluto.  

That’s gonna  be, a, uh, fascinating transition*, is what I’m saying.  I hope we get a look at one of those almost-500 people, either in the 4th book or in a short story or something.  

(*Even if you never find out that the God-Emperor of your new world is also the fucking Cow Guy.)