#dpr theories

[fyeahdprian]

IAN Album Hints & Theories

Hello DREAMERs 🩵🦋,

I will compile posts that hint and theorize about the IAN album and will update with more precise info.

Possible hints from Nov 15, 2024 & after:

IAN : I Am Nobody -- "Am I Dreaming?" -- Portals -- Violet Hair -- 🩶💜🩵 -- #watercolor

Album Info:

Album Title: IAN (?) It's possible the Ian album could be titled with the acronym IAN, similar to the Mito albums being titled MITO.

Tracklist: I Am Nobody, Cradle,

Planned to be released before the hybrid album.

Hints & Theories:

I Am Nobody

Title of song from the IAN album. "You're someone to somebody."

Am I Dreaming?

"Am I Dreaming?" was the title of the Nov 15, 2024 Instagram livestream and the caption of his Nov 18, 2024 Instagram and Threads posts.

Does he always title his livestreams? Have they always matched the captions of his socials right after?

DPR LIVE - TO WHOEVER lyrics: Wake up x4 Am I dreaming? Wake up

Portals:

He mentioned portals multiple times in the Nov 15, 2024 Instagram livestream. Was he just excited about the decoration or was he hinting at something?

Not real? / Red Herring:

He said "What if it's all a dream and none of it is real. There is no Mito, no Insanity, no creatures, no green people, no pink people." This matches the portrayal of events in the Daisy vcr.

But what if he's tricking us and Ian is being tricked into thinking it wasn't real. BUT he meets someone who has also been to The Other Side and they help him realize it actually IS real and help him defeat whoever/whatever needs to be defeated?

Super full moon:

November 15, 2024

Nov 15 was the night of the super full moon, the last one of 2024. The November full moon is one where you let go off anything that doesn't serve your goals and life and ask for help removing distractions and burdens.

Changed hair color/ #Watercolor:

November 25, 2024

In his Nov 25 post, Ian posted a picture of him with his hair a grayish violet. Used the gray, purple, and sky blue hearts 🩶💜🩵. And used the hashtag #watercolor.

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Butterflies 🦋

[pinkpunkdynamite]

im sorry but why is it so wrong to say "id like to give this man a child that looks like him" and totally not wrong to be literal sluts with all the smut stories and thirsty comments online?

[wngweis]

ive cracked it. nonsense.

we have pb&t, then the story gets distorted out in don’t go insane where insanity gets behind the steering wheel by the end... the sane insane battle he loses by the end and goes insane (now he’s in his high manic state), he starts to fuck around, shrugging his shoulders and causing a scene. starts to get clownlike puts on the wig & starts to move with green into the next world of so i danced.

but here, as they are digging around, mito is ticked. (BTW, i see the bank of the other side as ians brain tbh, like it’s what significance has that one big building for me.) then the action starts. insanity being chased by mito. finally, when he catches up on him, yet not fully cos we have a door at the bwn scene at the end, & we venture into this new other world

now interesting because mito at the end is very angry, i feel.

i feel this new scene is talking about this new character

which is the hybrid state ian dragged out in his last live. the tipping point between insanity and mito, which is neither and both at the same time... the transition point between the both bc in order to get to mito, he has to go through insanity, and as we know insanity is truly wild while mito is full on dark, this new hybrid will be the worst and the best of the both poles. feel this is ultimately (the worst) character we will face, and im in such euphoria waiting for him to happen. i feel this state might be the rockish side in him (???) more darker yet edgier smth in between, like to correspond both with the dark of mito yet the crazy of insanity. e/guitars, dark produced beats less on funk that dear insanity... is. this is my theory, & im excited.

im really excited cos we are going to see it soon, him dropping the spoiler, like some portion of a song, and saying dear insanity... could have been more crazier and longer, yet he decided to leave it at that, and the rest of the songs will come out later, so im directly linking them to this new hybrid bc the songs arent fully insanity but smth more. so is why they are not in this one. plus, he didn’t review, so i danced, and idk im not sure, but he mentioned at a moment that he saved that song for later ???? from not performing, or idk idk i can’t remember rn, but so i danced is truly the clash song before the full crash (which gets us to the hybrid, imo)

he spoiled it for halloween, kissed us goodbye too... like boyy!!! i could tell he loved the tease & was actually really happy to announce it. haha like im just so happy currently and on the lore i might be fucking wrong but hey

[0utcsts0utlet]

Back with the more theories/things I’ve noticed

also wanted to add I forgot to note the colors of the matrix with the colors red and blue

The color can blue can also mean a lot as we saw from the no blueberries mv we saw a lot of blue with the music video for scaredy cat

Here are some of the meanings of the color blue

Credit to empower yourself with color psychology All colors also have a negative connotation Time and again in research, blue is the world's favourite colour. However, it can be perceived as cold, unemotional and unfriendly. Positive: Optimism, confidence, self-esteem, extraversion, emotional strength, friendliness, creativity. Negative: Irrationality, fear, emotional fragility, depression, anxiety and more according to color affects something I noticed while looking up the term scaredy car was

The lyrics also seem to help us understand this vibe

I’m calling from under my bed

Its hard to breathe when you’re not there

I find everything a nightmare

This goes back to the negative meaning of the color blue meaning irrationality and fear which also ties together the color orange we see for this mv and others

We see the color orange when we hear these lyrics

I think I’m scared of all the signs

Don’t ever leave me alone at night

then we see a quick flicker

this might be alluding towards what is called grayscale thinking which can be described as

Most of us engage in dichotomous thinking from time to time. In fact, some experts think this pattern may have its origins in human survival — our fight or flight response. These both are common with people with anxiety

The next lyric just leave the lights on and close the blinds might be hinting at self isolation of some sort which adds up when he said

There are clouds in disguise and I’m always terrified they might just rain on me

this also could mean negative people/energy vampires so him staying where he’s at going along about his day at the hotel could show he thinks he’s better off alone as these lyrics mention

I feel like I’m disappearing in a hole and nobody will know nobody will go except when I’m with you sitting in my room alone

these lyrics also reminded me of the song Sometimes I’m

The second verse of this song also reminds me of the opening of no blueberries with him questioning himself and the lyrics on the song anxious when he repeated im doing fine and in the lyrics of Sometimes I’m it mentioned

This also kind of reminds me of the lyrics from the song mood

This also kind of ties Miss Understood as well Dear diary Oh, I'm no buttercup My day goes down to up Sometimes I need to stop Your pills are not enough Maybe I'll throw it up Just so I'll sober up No, I don't want no answers My guns are just blasting My feelings on acid Make this heart go elastic, all right

This could be a metaphor for the gun we see in the mv’s based on the lyrics that can be found on the song Merry Go

Have I made it any further Told you I was being nervous You know I didn't mean to murder The moments had with you

Now I left you for the show Told myself I'm better off alone Never been the same since I let go Don't you know it sends me back around this Merry go

This could go back to him saying he’s going back to his old ways kind of like a pendulum does how it goes back around

This song also kind of mentions welcome to the show when it said know I left you for the show which could tie to dope lovers

I believe it was alone mentioned how this type of energy is addictive but perhaps in a sense it’s poisonous/toxic hence the I just need you

To be continued already an essay🤣

[drinkyourvillainjuice]

I think about the AdVenture gang too much for my own good. Like main cast? get out of here, i want that one *points to a pile of corpses* anyway today's little theorizing I did while at work is wondering why Shauna/Grant would give you closure but not be RO. And the theories I have are: A.) They're apart of the DPR, maybe like someone in . Which I think might work for Shauna more than Grant. B.) They're married now, which would be rude of them. Because I never moved on. C.) They cheated on us, or betrayed us in some way before we got kidnapped. (zero evidence, it just popped into my head so ehhh) D.) They never recovered from the attack and are in a coma. (Which I actually think is the most likely since from anything we get of Beth it sounds like she might have had to struggle with processing what happened alone) E.) They're augmented and off doing heroisms or villainy somewhere else. (I also think this is unlikely and has zero evidence) or F.) they were working for coven the entire time and intentionally caused that night to happen like it did (another zero evidence theory but this one I like because theres actively evidence against it.)

are ANY of these even close?

*scribbles notes down at length*

Two of these are things my lovely secretary has pestered me to do.

Two are definitely nots.

One is a 'it depends on how you look at things'.

One is a 'not to the extent you're suggesting'.

:)

[derangedanomaly]

Songs that I listen to while drawing the boys

(super random post- but I just thought I'd share this with ya lol. All of these songs fit them btw)

CHAOS:

Lana Del Rey: Diet Mountain Dew, Trash Magic, I want it all

Asteria: EYES ON ME, WHAT YOU WANT

Melanie Martinez: The Contortionist

6arelyhuman: Faster N Harder

DPR IAN: Don't Go Insane

Laurie Anderson: O Superman (ISTFG THIS FITS HIM SO MUCH)

Slowdive: When The Sun Hits

Lady Gaga: Heavy Metal Lover

Grimes: Genesis

Billie Eilish: What Was I Made For? (THIS ALSO FITS HIM SO MUCH)

Rihanna: Breaking Dishes, Disturbia

T-Pain: Take your shirt off

Chart: HEAVEN SAYS

Adele: Skyfall

Madonna: 4 Minutes

Bambee: Bumblebee

Elvis Presley: Can't help falling in love with you

NIGHTMARE:

Isabel LaRosa: Older

Mitski: Me and My Husband, Your best American Girl

Black Gryph0n: INSANE

Axie: I'M SANE, TERRIBLE THINGS

Insane Clown Posse: Halls Of Illusions

Beetlejuice musical: That Beautiful Sound

Namika: je ne parle pas français

Lana Del Rey: Once Upon A Dream

Dev: Monster

Slipknot: People = Shit

Lydia the Bard: Cover of TOXIC (Sadder and darker)

Heathers, the musical: Meant To Be Yours

Ayesha Erotica: Shitzu, Where you at, Hands Up!

Adele: Million Years Ago

Lady Gaga: Bad Romance

Theory of a Deadman: Bitch came back

ACE:

MCCAFFERTY: BeachBoy

Cigarettes After Sex: Cry, Sunsetz, Crush, Sweet, Apocalypse, K

Mitski: Lonesome Love, First Love / Late Spring

Mindless Self Indulgence: Lights Out

JT Music: Anytime You Smile

Miike Snow: Genghis Khan

Charlie XCX: Speed Drive

Tom Cardy: Red Flags

Connie Francis: Stupid Cupid

Arctic Monkeys: I wanna be yours

Jamie Foxx: Fly Love

Måneskin: GOSSIP

Melanie Martinez: Evil

Beyoncé: Beautiful Liar

Wheatus: Teenage Dirtbag

Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody

J. Cole: She knows

TV Girl: Lovers Rock

BLADE:

Lustra: Scotty Doesn't Know

Rammstein: Sonne

Tally Hall: Two Wuv

Mother Mother: Problems

6arelyhuman: Hands Up!, GMFU

Elvis Presley: Jailhouse Rock

Kreayshawn: Go Hard (La.La.La)

Toy-Box: E.T.

Boygenius: Not Strong Enough

4 Door Theater: Porcelain Face

Britney Manson: FASHION

Psychosticks: I can only count to four

Ryan Gosling: I'm just Ken (he's a fan 😔✋)

Tom Cardy: H.Y.C.Y.BH, Best Friends

Owl City: Good time

Dazey and the Scouts: Wet

TED:

Melanie Martinez: EVIL, Cake

Cavetown: Boys Will Be Bugs, Devil Town

Faouzia: Born Without a Heart

Maddie Zahm: Fat Funny Friend

Soddiken: Hansel

Mitsuki: Abbey

The Dresden Dolls: My Alcoholic Friends

Radiohead: Creep

Sarah Cothran: As The World Caves In

Skillet: Monster

TOOPOOR: Crazy Girls

Lady Gaga: Government Hooker (I just can't help but imagine the man's voice as Ted's- 😭)

6arelyhuman: XOXO

Insane Clown Posse: Halls of Illusion

Why did I actually spend my time doing this? 💀

[queertwilight]

Under threat from my sister @awkwardlysarah I have been forced to return to this hellsite in the middle of a delirious long day to post what she has informed me is the best idea she has ever had. please share and show her some love so that she thinks i’m a cool older sister and not just a tired grad student with a nostalgic affection for this series. Seriously she’s really excited about this post and I love her so make her happy or else :) Without further ado:

The Cullens as Different K-Pop Fans

Disclaimer: this is all my @awkwardlysarah head canons not my sister’s @queertwilight. I decided to combine my love for K-pop with my sister’s love for twilight. My qualifications are that I’ve been listening to K-pop for 6 years, so I kinda know a lot. Also no hate to any of the artists mentioned, you can have your own opinions and I’ll have mine. Silly little post enjoy!

Edward:

-exclusively listens to K-drama OST’s

-mainly for the instrumental and piano

-listens to the Best KDRAMA OST: of all time playlist and ranks them by instrumental

-secretly does watch K-dramas but claims its to help “appreciate” the music, has cried to almost every drama he’s seen

-Does not understand the appeal of K-Pop groups, prefers what he believes to be the classics

-Though, Alice once showed him RM’s album Mono and is now his biggest fan

-“No, you don’t understand guys if I met Namjoon we would get along perfectly. We could go on a museum date together and talk about life.”

-Loves RM’s newest release Indigo and locked himself in his room to reflect on the lyrics in the album.

-He too, mourns the loss (of what would have been) his 20’s

Rosalie:

-she is such a baddie with her K-pop taste

-mainly a 2nd gen girl group stan, but dips her toes in 4th gen (mainly AESPA) because Emmett showed her a couple groups

-also loves soloists-mainly IU and BIBI and DPR

-BIGGEST 2NE1 and 4minute stan there is (prays on YG and Cube’s downfall)

-if the songs are about being bad bitches then Rosalie is listening to them

-she can low key body any rap by CL

-has her more mellow moments when listening to Girl’s Generation and IU

-overall supports her girlies

-will fight trolls online that try to discredit any of the girls’ careers (

-has made multiple accounts deactivate because she proved them so wrong they could not show their faces online again

Emmett:

-OH BOY

-when Emmett discovered K-pop it was like opening up a portal that could no longer be closed

-he had casually stanned 3rd gen groups (since Alice listened to them)

-but then he found LOONA and other girl groups

-Rosalie low key curses this day btw

-became the biggest Orbit and Chuu stan

-“Emmett we have to go save Bella, she’s in danger.”

“Idk, maybe if she stanned LOONA this wouldn’t have happened.”

-is a photo card collector (Rosalie put a stop to this after he spent 3K on a Chuu broadcast photo card and getting scammed trying to buy other pcs)

-when I tell you he was so devastated that Chuu was kicked out of LOONA

-he didn’t have the strength to go hunting for DAYS

-helped boycott BlockBerry Creative #freeLOONA

-he does also dabble in boy groups; mainly Enhypen because he thinks they are actual vampires. (No one tell him it is just a concept it would break his heart, he streamed Bite Me for days because he felt SO seen).

Alice:

-MY MULTISTAN QUEEN!!!

-she knows everything about every group (obvi) and knows which groups are unproblematic

-runs an undercover KPOPpredictions twitter account where all her visions go

-Loves groups mainly for lore/storyline purposes

-like TXT, BTS, ENHYPEN, ATEEZ, EXO, etc. she LOVES a good storyline

-does theories on her main stan blogs about what she believes the MVs mean for the overall story

-always has people commenting on her theories about how right she is.

-is also a K-pop dance/lifestlye influencer

-give her 10 minutes and she WILL know the entire dance-will upload and edit it almost instantly

-has been featured in KCON dream stages and has been able to dance alongside some of her fav groups

-love planning her outfits for concerts and giving people inspiration on her social media platforms

“You need help coming up with vampire themed outfits for Enhypen’s upcoming concert, say no more I’ve got just the looks for you!”

Jasper:

-some of y’all may be a bit mad about this one…

-he’s the problematic K-pop stan

-like his playlist is CONTROVERSIAL

-liked sticker when it first released (believed the flute is what tied it together)

-low key a Jay Park stan on main

-…and a super junior apologist

(what did you expect he literally was a confederate solider)

-If a group has a cowboy concept he will be all over it tho, “takes me back to my roots.”

-will start shit online because he knows in the end he can control their emotions

-loves those unpopular k-pop opinion videos

-Alice does try to get him away from the problematic side of K-pop and it does kinda work, but like quitting human blood it takes him some time

-not a big stan, he’s kinda in it for the drama and to be an instigator

[moanz111]

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chapter 2 ✧ drunk tutor meeting

< previous ✧ m.list ✧ next >

synopsis ✧ you've always dreamt of having your fantasy-like love story. naturally, hearing the sweet melodic ring of your love alarm was what you wanted the most, right? until it actually happened. four times.

pairing ✧ uni student! choi san x fem! uni student! reader

warnings ✧ swearing, mentions of parties/getting drunk, numbers and dates don't mean anything

mood song ✧

random fact ✧ wooyoung, in fact, never started living by yeo's principles...

note ✧ thank you everyone for reading! hope you enjoyed this chapter! your feedback means a lot to me so please lmk if you have any comments, thoughts, or theories ♡

[alcnek]

══✿═╡weekly goals╞═✿══

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ sep 9 2024

checklist

❀ week 3 ticket out

❀ study session 1 reflection

❀ pre-lab 1

❀ exp 1 raw data

❀ read chapter 1

❀ watch kinetic theory overview

❀ watch kinetic theory: boltzman distribution

❀ iceberg story

❀ bear at the door story

❀ read story 1

❀ read story 2

❀ read story 3

❀ read story 4

❀ writing habitat

❀ group annotations: writing habiitats

❀ cook with tofu

❀ buy protein bars for the week

❀ DPR concert

❀ celebrate my partner's birthday

❀ laundry

note

this is everything i want to have completed by the end of this week. i will be checking them off as the week goes on and will have a final update by sunday (september 15)!

[ventismacchiato]

some more btl headcanons bc why not lol(specifically kpop related *insert that one spongebob "when worlds collide" audio*)

ps this will include plenty of my beloved nugus so if you don't recognize a name that's probably why lol

obviously scara has his stuff already so I won't be listing it so I don't lose the dopamine too early

star is whatever we like

xiao is a diehard dreamcatcher fan, literally has been there since debut and probably has an almost complete set of photocards for everyone. cried when they won their first award. definitely does live reactions to groups music videos/dance practices on stream. other groups I can see him liking are craxy, nmixx and purple kiss, but also k-bands like xdinary heros and purple beck

aether probably isn't too into kpop tbh💀 he supports xiao in his dreamcatcher stanning but that's probably the only group he actually knows members and stuff lol. he definitely watches survival shows tho and spam texts xiao every elimination episode. doesn't keep up with the groups after the show ends. i can definitely see him stanning eunbi post-iz*one, he makes underwater his ringtone. also stans alexa and watched all of american song contest bc she was his pick during produce 48

jean probably listens to popular groups just bc she doesn't have much time to search out for any smaller ones. can see her liking red velvet, feel my rhythm is her favorite song from them. will listen to any group that any of the people in the au tell her about, and from them I can see her listening to iz*one and purple kiss

childe is payola(/j). no but fr tho, whenever his faves release anything ever he is collecting albums and photocards until he has complete collection. he's rich and so will travel to south korea to watch his groups at inkigayo and music bank so he can get broadcast pcs. he's not creepy tho and so he's on "friendly stranger" terms with most of the idols in groups he likes. at this point, it's a game with his fans to find him in the background of any photos of groups he likes leaving/entering a music show. can see him liking a mix of groups, so probably twice, aespa, cherry bullet, and loona

heizou loves any and all groups that have lore. pixy, loona, stray kids, etc. if they have some sort of lore, then you can count on heizou being a fan of them. probably doesn't collect all that much, he usually just buys one version of an album and accepts whatever photocards are in it like a weirdo. definetly does streams going through groups music videos/etc to look for lore and make theories

I can't remember anyone else and so I now present my theories lol

WHEN U SAID I WUDNT RECOGNIZE ANYONE I WAS LIKE DAMN BUT I RECOGNIZED EVERYONE U MENTIONED 😼 i’m just cultured like that

WDYM LOSE DOPAMINE TOO EARLY HELP

also i love this omg. i also don’t think aether wud be too into kpop, he only rlly knows things cus xiao talks about it to him and will attend concerts w him. i can totally see him eating up any survival show (he wud probably watch boys planet)

HEIZOU STANNING FOR LORE OMG adding txt to that list he probably does videos trying to dissect what’s going on

childe going all the way to korea for broadcast pcs HES SO REAL OMG 😭😭 he wud probably win fan calls and be super chill on them and when he’s at shows it turns into a mini meet n greet

kazuha probably listens to whatever heizou tells him he should but also he’s a music major so he probably does covers on the most popular songs he’s probably a keshi or DPR live stan or the rose like more soft songs yk

venti probably crazy about every group he wud be the type to decorate his lightsticks for every show and change his phone pc every other day

[z-haven]

Theory on The Green (character with just a green body, no face) in DPR Ian's mvs

So I actually was for the theory that green was medication (and I still think it's a good one). However I'm going for a different one now or like in between 2 theories.

New theory 1: Green represents Ian's as an empty canvas/baseline. Now this could be related to D.I.D. The body is the canvas. When an alter fronts it brings forth a new 'colour' to the body. A new colour represents feelings, emotions, likes, dislikes, etc. Also since Ian has bipolar disorder that also 'colours' his moods as well. Green is mostly green because Ian has become more Insanity like. Purple could've been the other chosen colour but to me, green is actually the choice for a reason. In Don't Go Insane, the Green glitches to pink just like Mito (as smoke) tried to front but was unsuccessful. Mito's colour would be pink (actually red but this will do). However The Green was actually blue while driving Ian to Emerald city in So I Danced. This is because of the hybrid's influence as So I Danced is actually after Don't Go Insane storyline wise

Theory 2: In relation to theory 1, we could say that The Green is actually the one leading Ian to the hybrid because it is represented by the hybrid's colours - red (pink), green and blue. The reason why Insanity and Mito are represented by green and red (pink) respectively is because of the hybrid's influence. I think maybe The Green leading Ian to hybrid isn't an intentional or underhanded thing but rather his search for his lost memories/truth (ref Saint: You've been lied to). Christian had said that Ian was 'led' to the hybrid. Which means that it did make it's existence known (if the blue flower in Peanut Butter and Tears represents that) and somehow Ian's consciousness latched on to that and eventually came upon the void in Limbo. In Limbo and Saint, The Green is nowhere to be found.

[mcondance]

hi! sorry this might be random but how exactly do you get to know/learn about the dpr ian lore? like i’ve loved his music but never knew about this part of it and i’m so curious about it. thank you!! xx

hi omg!! watching his lives is a must. that is where you will get all of the base info from. imma attach the lore lives!

if you don’t watch any other lives, you must watch the lives he did after mito and miito dropped.

this is the mito live, which isn’t as lore heavy + a lot of this stuff has nothing else to connect it to until you know the miito lore (the whole dope lovers storyline, as i call it, is expanded on way more in miito in my opinion)

these are the miito lives (it’s one live but when he was playing calico it cut off 😭😭 so he had to go live again)

in this one he goes into the lore just a little, basically just recapping the mito origin story

this stationhead session he did is another go round at the two part live, basically. he just explains song by song and gives out more information. its very very VERY lore heavy!!

watch this interview! (two parter)

read this interview pls omg it was so good to me when all the lore was coming out

and finally this live does not have MUCH lore in it but he still does discuss the album a little. it’s less important than all the other ones.

now during and after watching these lives you get to do the fun part, which is making theories! i have a whole theory abt the situation described in dope lovers, nerves, miss understood, merry go, ribbon and avalon 🤭 i hope this helps friend and if you have any and i mean ANY questions PLEASE ask me bcs i could write an essay on his lore.

[gaywatch]

I'm a little hopeful

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I definitely have good reasons for cautious optimism, including the Iowa poll, but like everyone else who experienced 2016 up close polls will always be the very last thing we put any stock in. The good news is that in every major election since you can't escape the idea of not letting any polls lull you into complacency, which is another reason I'm cautiously optimistic. You could tell Democrats that Harris is winning by ten points in all fifty states and we'd still be like 'NO COMPLACENCY GO VOTE.' We got absolutely bitchslapped out of the idea that anything is a foregone conclusion, and anything that results in more engagement is a win for us.

Other reasons I'm cautiously optimistic:

-Record voter turnout in Texas. Not because I think Texas will flip this year (if it ever does I'll cry, it's my home state) but because any news of record voter turnout, especially after 2020 raised the bar, is a good sign.

-Donald has never won the popular vote, and repeating the run of swing state wins he pulled off to take the electoral college in 2016 would be extremely difficult (and partially dependent on low voter turnout).

-In 2016 Donald ran in opposition to a two term president, and neither party has won the White House three elections in a row in 74 years. That's not the case in this election.

-Yes, the idea that 'we couldn't even get a white woman into office, why would we think a woman of color was possible' holds some merit thanks to the double-barrel of sexism and racism. However, when times get this dire the odds of dramatic leaps forward aren't as low as you think. If anything it encourages them, imo.

-Donald has a choke hold on his base, but he hasn't exactly been winning new people over by leaps and bounds or wooing Democrats to his side. Each side is pretty galvanized, and we outnumber them.

-Meanwhile, the energy and excitement around Harris is visible, palpable, and shocked out of complacency. That's why attempts to discourage voting have been so aggressive--when we vote, we go blue, and overall turnout jumped like eight points from 2016 to 2020.

-Biden ran a very good campaign in 2020, they got the job done in a huge way and all of that support has been thrown behind Harris and then some.

-Certain key groups and figures have made their support for Harris known. Palestinians, Bernie Sanders (who still carries a lot of progressive sway), etc have all come out in support of Harris, which will speak to a lot of hesitant voters.

-To be honest--and yes I'm knocking on wood before and after I type this--the energy around Harris reminds me of the energy around Obama in '08 way more than the energy around Clinton in '16 or even Biden in '20. Do not forget the overwhelming shift Democrats felt the second Biden dropped out. That shit was magical.

-Donald's camp was dumb and racist enough to piss off Puerto Ricans mere days before the election which is like...lol.

-The pro-choice movement is no fucking joke.

And as a general reminder: A ton of very professional people are gonna talk about how close this race is all day today, and that's gonna be anxiety inducing. But it's all conjecture based on polling. It's all because they need something to talk about to fill the hours. It's all theory. The truth is nobody knows much of anything until the results come in. The phrase of the day is 'turnout, not polling.'

Turnout. Not polling.

[dprian-notes]

Notes on Moodswings In This Order based on DPR Ian's Video Documentary

DISCLAIMER: These notes were taken directly from the video Christian posted when the album came out. I do put some of my own thoughts and theories in here though, and I welcome all of your thoughts!

- Mito’s introduction was “So Beautiful”

- Depicted him in his darkest form

- DPR Ian constantly battled with what felt like a second individual inside of him, named him Mito

- “Dope Lovers” depicts his struggles with heartbreak, when he was at his lowest he tended to push people that loved him away

- “Dope is also associated with a drug. So in a way, it’s such an addicting love that you can’t stray away from it and at the end of the day you just keep coming back for more” - DPR Ian

- “No Blueberries” was made when he was in a time of great anger

- Made about people you don’t associate yourself with, you’re not familiar with them, and no matter what you do you can’t connect with them

- He associated that feeling with blueberries

- “Running away from the Blueberry monster”

- “Nerves”, he did a lot of bad things in life, he regrets a lot of his decisions and this song expresses that.

- “Scaredy Cat” is a song inspired by his fear of “everything, almost”.

- There is another character living INSIDE of Mito, a character that is always scared, yet curious

- Curiosity killed the cat

- “Welcome to the Show”, Ian welcomes us to his show, yet there will be a lot of anxiety, doubt, and fear in it. But it is him, it is who he is.

- The entrance for the acceptance of who Mito is

- In my opinion, this song hits the hardest because Mito is asking us to stay for the show, even though there are so many ugly parts of him, so many negative emotions, and then proceeds to welcome us. It is such a sad song - “I want you to close all the doors, just leave me alone. I tried to hide it, I’m scared of what’s next, I still don’t know where to go.” But then he tells us “You’re welcome to the show”.

- “No Silhouette” imagines Mito ragged after being through his entire journey

- “He’s like a superhero, but with every up, comes a down”

- He is coming down from his prime, and as he comes down, he returns to IAN. So IAN is another character in the story. He starts to understand why he needs Mito.

[0utcsts0utlet]

Song of the day plus some theory! TW some slight gore nd flashes

A reminder that the planet Jupiter is linked to green and the lyrics “And I’m sorry I was hurting too much to notice that you were standing right there.” And “When I left you all alone girl I know that wasn’t fair.” Another lyric was “I’m getting getting to the surface.” And “He's getting a little nervous She's getting to the surface”

A note the lithium was brought up by the Dpr Discord https://discord.gg/Zc4AH2df

Another thing I wanna mention is in sometimes I’m he says “who cares about the time.” And in the song ballroom extravaganza “The crowd comes to a haunt.” And “For the moment when the world stopped for you.”

This is how the moon looks according to research

Here is how Saturn’s moon works

Jupiter

I also think this could be when her see him fly on the building and kind of have the black feathers as the skies crack

and lastly some more facts about Saturn

[drinkyourvillainjuice]

ok sure world building questions here's a few softball ones,

You said Alderbrook wasn't the big leagues, are heroes/villains in bigger ponds much more directly powerful or just more more skillful?

How often is it that someone gets a power that's all downsides?

You said the adVenture crew was in a different town, more or less dangerous than Alderbrook?

Since there are superpowers does the supernatural, or even magic also exist?

Are augments used to treat physical disabilities?

Does the government regulate augments?

Did superpowers change how wars are fought?

Did 9/11 still happen?

Big Leagues -

It's a combination of strength, skill, and MO. Almost nobody in Alderbrook can, say, knock down buildings or effortlessly destroy a semi truck. Even some of those that can have limitations: Arcade's lasers can be very powerful, but realistically he doesn't get time in combat to charge them up all the way.

While the overall mask population of Alderbrook is a bit higher than average, there are few independent heroes and villains in town and those mostly have relatively minor powers.

Of the villainous gangs, the Businessmen keep a low profile and are focused on profits, not trying to take the town over. The Shreds are dangerous, but disorganised and generally kind of shit at strategy. S.C.U.M have a bit of a 'smalltime' mentality: they're rarely making shows of force (and are still recovering from their losses in the Zone)

To take another example, a guy like Scour is in theory really dangerous: he turns into a sandstorm, and that's destructive over a wide area and difficult to combat. However, he isn't interested in being that kind of a problem, he's content being a heavy with a cushy job that pays well for little effort.

The Zone incident basically put Alderbrook on the mask map. It wasn't drawing too many eyes before then.

Except from Hypothesis, apparently.

All-downside powers? -

No, every power has at least some use. They might suck on a day to day basis and have nasty side effects, but nobody's power say, explodes their own ribcage and nothing else.

AdVenture's hometown -

FAR less dangerous than Alderbrook. No villainous gangs, little parahuman activity, a teeny DPR hero team with barely an office. Alderbrook isn't big leagues, but AdVenture's hometown isn't even a blip.

The existence of supernatural, magic -

So I picture this debate morphing, in DYVJ, to "we can't attribute to the paranormal/magic what can be explained by parahuman powers!"

What I can say is that some power interactions (and powers in general) manifest very, very strangely, and where combinations form, one can begin to see effects difficult to explain when regarded purely with the lens of "what do power A and power B do?"

Augments to treat disability /Government regulation on augments -

Cybernetics can be used to aid people with disabilities, yes! There's a distinction - one I should really make more textual - between 'person with an advanced prosthetic' and 'an augment' in the setting. Someone's prosthetic hand isn't equivalent to a militarised bionic arm, you know?

The more potent a piece of cyberware gets, the more likely it is to be regulated, and higher grade pieces have maany hoops to jump through. Anything with an actual combat application is off limits: nobody's walking off the street and getting Enfilade's bolt launcher arm installed, for example.

In any case, if anyone's getting enough cybernetics packed into them to be deemed an augment, it's either with the government's knowledge or completely illicit.

Superpowers and warfare -

Yes, parahumans changed warfare. Kind of a weird tradeoff between, in the long term, probably resulting in less hot conflict, but only because individuals could be so destructive to regular soldiers.

But yeah, I think countries are probably at war less simply cause... if your elite parahumans all got killed in action, who's stopping the villains back home?

Did 9/11 happen?

No.