#find it great that she isn't deformed

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Izuna KNOWS what she's doing

[ozzgin]

Yandere!Shapeshifter x Reader

Featuring a clueless Reader and the grotesque "dog" she found in a cursed forest, yet this time they're joined by a strange man. Where did he come from, and why does the dog run away whenever he comes by? Content: female reader, dark comedy, monster romance, mildly NSFW [Part 1] | [More Monsters]

You couldn't help but stare a little at the stranger who so persistently knocked on your door. His eyes had a peculiar color - one similar to the little dog who followed you home from your hiking trip. You bit your tongue from saying such nonsense, worrying it might be taken as an insult. He extended his long, bony fingers and lowered a wallet in your open palms. "You must've dropped this somewhere", he remarked with feigned worry. "I used the address on your ID card."

Whatever initial suspicion weighed on your shoulders had instantly dispersed into thin air. You thanked the man profusely, and invited him in for a drink. "Careful with my dog, he's-" you begun warning, but the quadruped creature was nowhere to be seen. Mysterious. You led the benevolent soul into your living room with a smile.

One thing led to another, and the polite meetings for coffee turned into steamy nights in the retreat of your bedroom. Around the same time you stopped having your bizarre wet dreams involving some deformed monstrosity ramming into you. Perhaps a loving partner was all you needed. To your great shock - and delight - the stranger never abandoned you the morning after, unlike all the previous flirts. This is the one, you told yourself. For once, you had company. You had consistency.

Unfortunately, your friends don't agree with you. Your dreamy retellings are met with grimaces and horrified shivers. "He has such an unique appearance", you'll argue. "It's uncanny valley", your friends will counter, embracing themselves in a fearful, shielding manner. They claim he must be yet another curse brought by the damned devil of a hound you keep as a pet.

Every discussion regarding your beloved will turn into a back and forth. "The voice is inhuman. A broken record, as if he's copying the rest of us, with jarring interruptions and words randomly patched together!" You wave your hand in dismissal. "He's just a little shy", you say with a faint blush. You've always had a soft spot for introverts. "He's insane! Last time someone complimented your outfit, he begun chanting at the dinner table!" You puff out a chuckle. "He must be religious, or something", you defend him ardently. No one dares to mention the flickering lights, or the fact that the targeted friend never left the confines of their room after that encounter.

You will admit one thing: your dog seems to avoid this man like the plague. You've never seen the two of them together in a room. Could your friends be right? They do say dogs can sniff out bad people. You shake your head. It can't be. You get out of bed, rub your eyes, and check the time: 2am. The space next to you is empty, sheets ruffled aside. Out of curiosity, you head outside the room and follow the faint light in the kitchen. The stranger stands before the fridge, face smudged red and fingers stained and glossy. He's holding what seems to be a half-chewed heart, probably taken out of the raw organs bag you keep for your dog. "Heh. I see you like late snacking, too", you joke, dragging out a chair. "Pass me the cheese, will ya? But...maybe wash your hands first."

This isn't right. Sure, he's fucking you better than anyone else ever did, and you find his mysterious aura endearing. Yet you can't help the guilt eating at your innards, knowing that your dog cannot coexist with this man. Something has to be done, so you call out your partner and pat the sofa you're sitting on. "We must talk", you tell him. "What might be troubling you", he inquires quietly, frozen in the doorframe. "I'm afraid my pet comes before anything else", you confess. "And he seems to be scared of you...I'm not sure our current situation is sustainable." Ah. That's what it was. The man lets out a whistled laugh, as if remembering something.

His bones begin to break in wet, fluid succession, as coarse fur takes over his skin. He lowers himself to his fours, snout wide open in a sharp, toothy grin. "You mean this dog, yes?"

[all-pacas]

i know i've talked about it before but god. when house and chase are alone together their vibe is just.

chase is usually deeply and pretty happily subservient to house. he's the boss/mentor, chase is the underling. where cameron and foreman both push to be house's equal, chase really never does: he's happy to follow along. but then you get them alone. every now and then chase just strolls in and reveals he can see through house perfectly, and house … never really gets offended or annoyed by this. he's pretty indulgent. he even enjoys it. "sometimes i forget why i hired you," he says, pleased.

in the jerk chase calls him out for cancelling foreman's interview. unlike when foreman did the same, house admits it, clearly pleased to be caught. chase offers him advice:

CHASE: You cost him a good opportunity and gained nothing. HOUSE: I cost him a crappy opportunity. New York Mercy's where you go to treat boils and cysts and build a 401K. CHASE: If you want him to stay, tell him. HOUSE: I don't and there'd be no point. CHASE: You do. And the point would be to make him feel like he's wanted. HOUSE: He doesn't need that. CHASE: All right, then. It'd make him feel like maybe you weren't evil. He needs that. Talk to Foreman.

he gives him orders. and house doesn't push back, doesn't dismiss chase for trying to lecture him, answers honestly.

in human error, they actually briefly continue this conversation; chase's frustration at house not taking his advice leads to his outburst that leads to his firing. (not that house fired him for getting involved or nosy.)

and then no more mr nice guy comes around, and they go bowling. first of all: this is the only time in the series house has ever invited anyone who is not named wilson out without it being a bet or a bribe. he really needed a bowling partner and went chase. but the same thing happens.

CHASE: So what are you going to do to screw up Wilson's relationship so you don't have to listen to me while you bowl? HOUSE: I wish the best for them and their tragically deformed children. CHASE: Well, she's good… At being bad. You might not be able to destroy her. HOUSE: Well as long as I give it my best shot, I can hold my head high. CHASE: Cameron had this one insufferable friend. She wasn't going to get rid of her and I sure wasn't going to join them, so I just said, see her on Thursday's. I know it's not as exciting as an exploding birthday cake, but, hell, I don't want to hang out with her every night anyway. HOUSE: That's amazing. Cameron only has one insufferable friend?

(insufferable friend you will always be a legend) chase just! jumps in! gives advice! completely casually, like it's nothing, house not blowing him off or dismissing what he says. later in the episode, he takes this advice and tries to work out joint custody with amber.

it isn't that house never takes other people's advice. he quite commonly solicits opinions. cameron and foreman have also both offered house their takes, and he's sometimes even listened. but usually he's dismissive. he's sarcastic. he doesn't have a conversation about it, he listens and does what he wants. chase can just stroll in and say stuff and house engages.

and of course there's my favorite example of all, from the social contract, when house needs a surgery done:

CHASE: You want me to help you? Tell me why. HOUSE: Why what? CHASE: Why you care. The puzzle's solved. The guy's alive. And the odds of coming out of this surgery with that same status aren't that great. HOUSE: My patient has a quality of life issue. CHASE: He says awful things. Hardly a medical condition. HOUSE: When he leaves here, he's going to lose his family. He's gonna alienate the people he works with. And if he ever finds a friend who's willing to put up with his crap, he'll be lucky. Until he drives them away too. CHASE: …I'll see what I can do.

he gets the truth. house all but says i identify with this person, i want the surgery done for me. chase doesn't ask questions, he gets it. but also he asks house why, and he gets an answer. no bullshit, no evasion.

we've all joked about how chase gets house, but it's like. he really does. he's incredibly observant, he's good at reading people, it's why house hired him. but he also doesn't… push. he doesn't use this ability to push house. he's not constantly trying to poke and prod and fix and understand house (because he kind of already does), but in return it means chase can jump in and just say stuff. because he doesn't make demands, because he doesn't ask anything of house, the few times he does, house tends to respond honestly in return. it makes me. insane

[nikoisme]

Alright Achilles and Patroclus headcanons take 2:

-Patroclus is older than Achilles (this is canon but it's fine),, not by much, in my head it's about 2 years;

-They are the same height!

-Before Patroclus killed the boy over dice, they got into a fight and Patroclus ended up breaking his nose. It healed with a slight deformity and he has a bit of problems with breathing through his nose;

-I portray Achilles with amber/hazel-ish eyes,, but i'm so tempted to change them to blue purely because of this:

-Achilles and Patroclus got along immediately. You know how some kids in kindergarten are best friends and maybe swore a blood oath by the end of the first day? That's them.

-Chiron had to constantly keep them from getting into trouble and getting killed. They were really reckless as kids.

-Patroclus almost never gets sick. Even when he does, it's nothing serious. Achilles on the other hand? He's the first to catch a cold or any sickness. The moment it gets slightly colder he is sick;

-Achilles is an excellent swimmer and can hold his breath underwater longer than average;

-It's not that Achilles is afraid of Patroclus' dogs,, he just avoids them. Doesn't think much about them, but they kind of tolerate each other based on their shared love for Patroclus.

-Achilles and Patroclus kind of have this little.. grudge against each other since they were kids. It started with Achilles tripping Patroclus. Then Patroclus returned it by letting a branch hit Achilles (he didn't hold it for Achilles to pass,, he just let go of it and it smacked him in the face). And that whole "oh you'll fucking see for this" thing extended through adulthood;

-Patroclus' sense of humor I talked about here;

-Also he has a habit of boasting over someone he's killed and just cracking jokes as he kills them, and usually someone of the Achaeans will hear him and go "oh my gods" and just burst into laughter;

-He does that partially because Trojans will obviously be pissed off and rush forward,, but he just wants them to come closer so he can kill them;

-On that topic, Achilles doesn't really know how to joke. He doesn't understand most of the jokes, and frankly doesn't like them. He only understands Patroclus' humor and slowly learned his own as time went on. Also he is shit at recognizing tone of voice (that's why he is on complicated terms with odysseus. never knows if he is fucking with him or not).

-And my interpretation of their relationship here;

-Thetis and Patroclus never interacted much, but she is quite fond of him;

-While Patroclus gets along with pretty much everyone in camp, he isn't afraid to call out anyone's bullshit.

-For example; he gets along just fine with Odysseus (they often talk about dogs :D) but he is willing to get into an argument with him any time.

-On the other hand, Achilles and Odysseus get along great on some days, but on some days they can't stand each other's guts.

-You know how we talk about how Patroclus has to hold Achilles back when he gets mad? I stand by that. But whenever Patroclus gets mad, he has to be held back by several people (that usually being Achilles, Automedon and/or Phoenix). He needs to be given a lot of time to calm down.

-On that topic, Patroclus has so much rage stuffed inside of him. He just chooses to remain calm and collected and find a reasonable solution for things,, but as a result he is a ticking bomb just waiting to explode. He usually takes that rage out on the battlefield.

-Patroclus and Achilles aren't constantly next to each other in battle. They are always ready to rush in and help on other sides of the battlefield, then they get distracted and just fight their way through. But they always somehow spawn next to each other. One will turn around and see the other just fighting next to him out of nowhere.

-Achilles doesn't really mind blood (he literally spills it every day). But he kind of freaks out when he sees his own, whether it's a nose bleed or whatever. On the other hand Patroclus tends to his own wounds by himself like it's nothing.

-Now, they are both formidable warriors on their own. A Trojan soldier will see Achilles and while that's horrible on its own,, he can't help but think where is the other one??? And then he gets killed from behind by Patroclus. They like to ambush soldiers like that.

-Patroclus is the one who listens to Nestor's long stories. Listen, everyone at camp respects the man, but they always find a way to get Patroclus to do the listening instead of them. He takes one for the team.

-Also Achilles gets nosebleeds often.

-Patroclus and Menelaus were really good friends! And after Patroclus was killed, guilt was devouring Menelaus from the inside.

-Antilochus kept a very close eye on Achilles after Patroclus died. He is also one of the first/only people Achilles let into his life after Patroclus.

[where-dreams-dwell]

Daemon Targaryen's Potential (1/2)

I think I can see what they're trying to do with Daemons character of HOTD but there are such better vessels for self exploration and character development that have been squandered.

Season 1 Daemon is (in hindsight) trying to find himself; he's lashing out and fighting wars, he's trying to force Viserys and the world to give him what he wants, he's trying on being a husband and father while being half a world from the rest of his family, and he's finally basking in marrying the woman he loves and creating a family with her. He's a bit all over the place but we can trace the character growth through his actions and decisions.

But in the Season Finale we finally see the cracks in Daemon as a person, and in his relationship with Rhaenyra. These are areas where no pressure has been placed yet and so they didn't realize that when they were tested they would buckle slightly. Its great and engaging TV, and understandable with Daemon's character progression that these areas had not been explored or challenged until that time. And it adds further worries to Rhaenyra's faction as a ruler and a wife that one of her supposed strongest supporters and source of strength isn't actually as secure as previously thought.

Firstly, Daemons sense of self is challenged when he realizes his brother never viewed him as his heir or a legitimate successor to the Iron Throne. Daemon has stated time and again he doesn't want the throne and the narrative supports that, but its likely a small part of him cherished that for a time he was the heir and his brothers successor. To learn that Viserys never thought of him in that way was devastating, and we know this Daemons physically chokes his wife as he learns it. This is the first distance of violence we have seen towards Rhaenyra personally and towards a wife he cares about (he did kill his first wife Rhea but he made it clear he didn't respect or care for her at all, so in Daemons mind this wouldn't have been a shocking action). This reaction, of violence towards someone he has shown in word and deed that he values and loves, is actually quite out of character and emphasizes how shocked and distraught he is at learning of his brothers 'betrayal' of him.

Secondly his sense of self as a husband is challenged when Rhaenyra is laboring to deliver their daughter Visenya. The narrative implies that this is an unexpected and early birth, so no one is expecting it to end well even putting aside the baby's deformities, but Daemon chooses to prioritize the political and logistical aspects of his role as King-Consort and not the personal one. Even when his wife is crying out for him, when his step-son pleads with him to go to her, he still prioritizes the 'duty' of being a leader and husband of the Queen over that of a husband to a wife. We are shown Daemon as a devoted father to Baela and Rhaena, and as a husband to Leana he prioritized her choice and care over that of medical professionals. This change in behavior when a position of leadership or power was included in the mix is an intriguing development in Daemon's attitude as a father and husband.

And finally his self of self as a leader or ruler of men is challenged when it is made clear that while he is valued for his ideas and input, the final decision will rest with his wife as she is Queen. This is both a change of Daemon personally, as at least since their marriage he and Rhaenyra are shown to either be in agreement on all fronts or to make decisions jointly, and also the same situation he was in when Viserys was king; every decision had to be run through his brother. This is a stark wake up call for Daemon that he will not be able to make decisions independently and unilaterally on his own, and his power once again comes as an extension of someone else. Its likely that even if he knew this academically, it is another thing to be living it and especially at a time of crisis.

Daemon then encounters a crisis of faith in Season 2 Ep 1 in that his view of Rhaenyra is fundamentally challenged, both as a ruler and as a person. Rhaenyra's reaction to her sons death is fundamentally different to how Daemon would react if he were in her position, or so he believes, and he thinks less of her as a result of this. Daemon, as a father, would react more violently to his son being killed and when Rhaenyra doesn't he thinks less of her as a parent; in his view this is the wrong way to grieve the loss of a child. Daemon, as a ruler, would react more vindictively and in a retaliatory fashion against those who had taken his child from him and Rhaenyra isn't doing so; in his view this makes her look weak as a ruler, and undermines her ability to rule and so is again the wrong way to be acting. His faith in her as a Queen is crumbling every time she doesn't do as he would if he were in the chair, especially as he views them as so alike and as 'twin flames'; his frustration grows as he is not allowed to act and the one who is allowed isn't doing what he thinks they should.

This isn't to say that Daemon is right or that Rhaenyra is wrong in this; Daemon thinks the way he would react is just 'the right way' to do so and Rhaeny's is the one who councils him that not only is Rhaenyra's reaction to everything both understandable and acceptable (and that she grieved in the same way herself) but that at the end of the day it doesn't matter if Daemon feels he would act differently; he is not the King and never will be so it is pointless to speculate. Rhaenyra is the Queen and so their role is not to try and make her grieve or act differently but to support her actions in that grief.

Daemons actions with Blood and Cheese are a reaction to all of these criseis, of self and of faith, and is Daemon once again acting selfishly and lashing out; only this time the consequences of his actions will be direct and damaging. In reaction to not being able to act without his wife's oversight, in reaction to him feeling Rhaenyra is not acting violently and decisively enough as a ruler and as a mother, Daemon acts both independently and violently, and it immediately backfires. The Greens fumble the bag a bit with the PR opportunity he gives them but his actions could have cost Rhaenyra allies, support, and even eventually the war itself. His selfish actions hurt and undermine Rhaenyra as a ruler, and their relationships is shown to be weaker and more flawed than either of them had thought it to be.

And in that final scene of confrontation it shows that Daemons own actions have always been his downfall, and that again none of his struggles are new information; Rhaenyra was always going to be Queen, Daemon was always going to act as the support to her rule, and yet everything he is doing is eroding her trust and reliance upon him. Time away for him to realize his flaws and re-commit to the life and position that he knowingly chose will make their partnership strong enough to survive the imminent tragedies looming on the (metaphorical) horizon, and make their love feel doomed enough when The Dance reaches it conclusion. That final arc will not hit hard enough if half of the people watching don't truly believe Daemon supports his wife 100% so now is the time to put in the character work and exorcise those doubts.

[burningexeter]

Gargoyles: The Curse Of Hunter's Moon

Demona's Introduction

The following is an entire sequence that I'm sharing to give you a definitive idea and a great taste to show what I'm going for with this:

ST. DAMIEN'S CATHEDRAL

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK

It's the middle of the night and a bright red car with a white top on it that looks to be almost 1950s-ish pulls up right in front of the derelict church. Coming out of the front seat, Elisa Maza looks down at the location map that Fox, the mysterious women who was now disfigured on her right eye in the hospital, had drawn and given to her in secret. This was indeed the place, something that looks like Dracula would live in. When entering through the front door, Elisa is surprised at how grand the inside of it is and cracks a dryly sarcastic joke at the Queen Of England having her royal wedding here.

She makes her way to the basement as instructed and uses the golden key that Fox slipped to her as well to open the entrance. Entering and making her way down the hard stone staircase, she finds that it isn't a basement but instead is a large crypt with a black sarcophagus right in the middle across a metal mini-bridge over water. Elisa remembers what Fox had told her and that what was inside in the middle would be the evidence to nail Dominique Destine on these recent events for good. Opening it, she finds the body of a woman encased in cement and clutched in her hands to Elisa's shock is exactly what she needs to prove that Destine was involved in this. Carefully removing it from this body's cold, dead hands, Elisa gets too cocky for her own good and boasts to herself how all of this was a piece of cake in a smug way.

Only for her to stop when she begins to look at the body more closely and notices that she looks strangely familiar as if she's seen her before. It's when Elisa squints and gets just a little too close that the body in cement.... moves.

A shocked Elisa ends tripping over and horrifyingly comes not just face-to-face but nose-to-nose with the woman. Screaming in terror as the cement cracks, Elisa gets herself up and said cement completely breaks apart entirely to reveal that not only is this woman and well and not happy but also that she had blue skin, spiky, red hair, wore a white loincloth with a matching single strap top, a golden tiara on her head, an armband on her upper left arm, a leg band on her lower left leg, had sharp knife-like claws on her hands and feet and finally glowing pitch red eyes full of hard rage staring directly at Elisa, the human intruder in her lair.

After an intense scuffle where Elisa's gun is crushed by Demona's bare foot, the piece of evidence falls right into the water and as Elisa realizes she has to go in after it, several of the coffins burst open, arms smash through the walls, clawed feet push through the ceiling and out of them comes all of these creature women just like Demona with glowing red eyes, sharp fangs and equally pissed.

Jumping in as fast as she can, she scrambles around to find the main evidence in this disgusting and murky water on a terrifying time limit when she finally finds it but when she immediately grabs hold of it, a rotting head pops out from underneath it. A horrified Elisa looks around to see all these underwater skeletons and decomposing bodies around her, she screams in terror with bubbles coming up. And that guttural scream is carried over when she instantly comes back up and sees Demona is right at her who lets out a bone-chilling and nightmarish roar at her as the camera goes full-on Sam Raimi and goes into Demona's large open mouth to reveal that her uvula is a grotesque deformity that instead of being round at the bottom, it's a crooked sharp point.

A truly horrified Elisa screams in absolute terror only for the camera to pull another Sam Raimi and go into her just as wide open mouth to reveal that she too has the exact same grotesque and deformed uvula with the same sharp crooked point bottom.

The sight of this shocks and takes back Demona as Elisa runs out of the water with the other women in hot pursuit only for Demona to signal them to stop and marches forward with a twisted smirk on her face and taking her sweet time with Elisa running back up the stairway, basically saying without a line of dialogue that "she's mine".

Reaching the "basement" door and about to be free of this horrific nightmare happening in real life, it slams shut in her face. Elisa desperately tries to open it as she sees Demona's shadow approaching her which leads her to remember in the moment, the key! She pulls it out and puts it in the lock, only for her hope and relief to be instantaneously dashed when it breaks off.

Having no other choice as Demona is now dangerously close to her, Elisa uses a hole at the bottom of the door as her escape. Throwing the evidence that got her into this in the first place out through first, she goes straight through next.... but gets stuck when her ass and hips aren't big enough and as Elisa struggles more than ever, it's way too late. Demona has already reached her, for the first time here speaks by taunting Elisa as she's still trying to get through and then comments that this human's bottom is a thing of beauty on par with hers.

Demona lunges forward and sinks her teeth straight into the right side of Elisa's ass cheek as the latter screams in pain on the outside.

The camera hard cuts to the outside of St. Damien's Cathedral to show that Elisa's screams are just simple mere faints amongst the noises in New York.

The End (it isn't, it's just a scene in the middle but you get the point or what I'm saying)

What's the "evidence"?

Who are the other creature women?

How does their deformed uvula tie into this?

You'll just have to see for yourself if this idea I have for a flat-out Gargoyles animated reboot film ever happens and sees the light of day cause where's the fun in just telling you or anyone else who reads it everything about it?

Top it all off even though this is her introduction, Demona isn't the main antagonist of the movie. She's the TRITAGONIST.

I can honestly picture Salli Richardson and Marina Sirtis loving what they're reading with this in the actual fucking script.

[akaikali]

TMAGP EP 22 REACTION (SPOILERS)

"So you just ran away" Lena sweetie my live what else was she meant to do (to be fair, Gwen didn't have to provoke ink5oul)

"Watching figure" yeah OK definitely some Eye creature of sorts I'm rly thinking it's like...The Beholding as a creature or an old archivist

THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY "presumably you didn't get any contact details from them?" "I guess it's slipped my mind as I was fleeing the SUPERNATURAL PSYCHOPATHS!" also Lena I don't think that you were gonna get any contact details regardless that bitch don't seem like they got a phone

Lena genuinely cares about her employees but also she hates paperwork (polar opposite of Elias)

Okay here's the thing right. I kind of get Gwen. She wasn't briefed on how to handle a situation like that, like what was she MEANT to do??? I would be pissed off if shit like that happened and no one gave me any warning (again, though, Gwen also has a tendency to naturally be a bit bitchy so that probably made it worse)

WAIT. HOLD ON MRS. KELLEY?? AM I READING INTO THINGS TOO MUCH OR. GUYS IS LENA MARRIED????

YO GUYS GRANDPA IS BACK

Oh shit okay so they are kind of recreating or continuing Newton's original experiments, seeing as they mentioned an experiment on Canis (which I believe means "dog"). It seems to have been expanded to apes (Hominidae), bunnies (Leoporidae), and old world monkeys (Cercopithecidae). And it seems this researcher is having strange side effects when it comes to his subjects.

"Herr Schmidt" I'm assuming this is German?

Hm, being told to use silver which again is like. Seeming to be a theme. I'm not sure but in the Newton episode, was there silver as well?

Okay for clarification, it seems like "Zeitgeist" is an invisible agent, force, or daemon dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history. Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist and he created the first ECG.

Woahhh hold on. So they're talking about severing a bundle of nerves to make it seem like two animals in one body because it messes with sense of self? This kind of makes me think a little of ink5ouls, the way they seemed scared sometimes of what they were becoming and then like. You know. Scary monster let's chase down Gwen and tattoo her against her will.

Hmm okay so this telegraph seems to be directly responding to the researcher's question, not the patient himself. Like it seems like it's Telegraph -> Herr Schmidt's reaction and not Herr Schmidt's thoughts -> Telegraph reaction.

OH. OK. HERR SCHMIDT IS DEAD NOW.

Damn Ursula is awesome she could immediately understand what was happening.

Oh boy. Oh this gonna be bad. Sam is going to find out that Alice was messing with his computer and Sam does NOT seem like the type to be chill with that.

Hm okay so the severing of the nerves might have worked? And perhaps it was like there were 2 people in Herr Schmidt's body? And from what I can tell, they want so badly to get out that they basically BURST out if his head in the deformity from the back of his head? It still doesn't answer WHAT or WHO these two voices are.

Also it makes sense that Augustus is giving something like this because like...pretty sure he's stuck in the computer, probably with jonmartin and they all want out.

Aw man :(((

OH BOY. "You're trying to control me. Again." I wonder if this is referencing their relationship and why they broke up. I can see it, I do think that Alice has a tendency to be controlling out of need to keep everyone around her safe which is pretty different, but I'm on Sam's side here. Taking away his ability to choose just...isn't great.

Yeahhhh Alice seems to have definitely been hoping to rekindle what they might have had but I think the issue seems that she hoped SAM had changed from before while the reason they broke up was because Sam couldn't be with Alice anymore since he felt like she was too controlling. And now that Sam seems to be having a genuine connection with Celia where he feels comfortable and happy, Alice seems jealous.

SHUT THE FUCK UP. OH MY GOD WHAT WHAT WHAT HOLY FUCK HIH WHAT AKDVAKDHWJT E

JONATHAN SIMS AND MARTIN BLACKWOOD????

HEY GUYS WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK HWIAHAOWVEBE RHAJDVAIBDKWBR E

I JUST SCREAMED "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD" WHAT YOU WHAT HUH WHAT

AND THE FACT THAT CELIA MENTIONED THEM BOTH SPECIFICALLY TOGETHER LIKE HELLO???? GUYS IM. WHAT.

I'm sorry shut up this is all I'm gonna be talking about for the next month what the HELL

[jbk405]

"Blisters and Bedrock" is probably the best episode of season two so far, in and of itself. It's weighed down by the poor story setup of the previous episodes, but at least it doesn't add to them.

Vi's descent in the opening is told perfectly, and painfully. We see the fighting, the drinking, the fighting with herself, the drinking to escape herself, and always surrounded by 'what could have been'. Her hallucinating Caitlyn is obviously a parallel with Jinx's hallucinations. It specifically mimics her hallucinations after the fight on the bridge with Ekko, when Silco had brought her to Singed for repairs. This is a direct haunting at her lowest moments.

It's great to see Mel again, since she is always a fascinating character. We didn't learn much about what's going on apart from the idea that it's something to do with another child of Ambessa (Assuming that the child isn't Mel herself), but at least this indicates that we will learn something. I did love seeing her deduce that it wasn't her brother, since I always enjoy when characters that are supposed to be smart are allowed to be smart.

I find the idea that this monster is Vander to be idiotic, plain and simple. Just really, really stupid. We saw him die and that should have been the end of it, with his continuing presence reliant on everybody's memory and perceptions of him. But since they've gone and done it, showing us that flashback to Happier Times was perfectly positioned. As the scene transitioned I thought just for a moment that maybe they would kill off Vi here, so when we saw the hug I felt the relief.

Again, just a stupid plot idea, but they used it well.

The only thing I'm worried about is the way that they seem to be leading up to a reconciliation and forgiveness between Vi and Jinx. That won't work. Especially not if their only rationale is "We're family". For all the sympathy that I have for her, Jinx has killed dozens (Hundreds? Thousands?) of people, many of them innocents in the struggle between Piltover and Zaun, and even including people on her own side. She was a prime accessory in the vast distribution of shimmer that has left the Undercity addicted, deformed, and vulnerable. And though she occasionally shows remorse for certain specific actions, most of them have never gotten even a lipservice regret.

I honestly believe that no character is beyond redemption if that's where the writers want to take the story, but so far the writer's haven't done that. They've just had her stop doing new evil stuff, and if they're going to reunite her with Vi we need more than that.

But maybe they won't go in that direction at all, so maybe I'm worrying over nothing.

[rukkako]

Dead By Daylight and The Magnus Archives - A match made in the fog? Part 1.

Hi! I'm a huge TMA nerd and a DBD lore enthusiast and I'm here to rant about both of those things! See, I was watching this video ranking all the killers by aesthetics and when the video reached the Blight my brain immediately went "oh my god he is SO The Corruption" and that's when the idea for this post was born! I'm gonna try (emphasis on the trying aspect lol) to assign each DBD Killer up to two Fears from TMA (you know, main fear and "touched by" fear). I'm gonna take into account their lore first and foremost, and any context that can be derived by their teachable perks, abilities, animations or whatever other aspect of their design I can pull from. I'll use the killer images from the DBD wiki and the Fear Tarot Cards made by Grace Holsten, also taken from the wiki. This is part 1 because Tumblr only lets you add 30 images to a post and there are. 36 killers currently. so yeah. Sounds straightforward, right? Well, come with me and you might just find out it's... not as simple as it may look. Starting with...

THE TRAPPER - THE HUNT, THE SLAUGHTER.

Our first subject is the Trapper. Originally I was just gonna adscribe him to the Hunt (because of how he plays, placing bear traps on the floor and waiting for the survivors to step on them) but upon further examination of his backstory I came to the conclusion that he is probably touched by The Slaughter as well. Quoting from his lore entry: "When Archie MacMillan finally snapped, Evan became his enforcer in what would become known as the worst mass murder in modern history. They never proved that Evan lead over a hundred men into those dark tunnels before detonating the explosives and sealing them to their fate." That's The Slaughter. The fear of sudden, unexpected, unmitigated violence. I will say that in this case, these two fears are interchangeable in their importance with regards to The Trapper- you could see him as an agent of The Hunt touched by The Slaughter as much as you could see him as an agent of The Slaughter touched by The Hunt. But I think it's undeniable that he has a connection with both of those entities.

THE WRAITH - THE END.

I think this one is very straightforward. Philip was made an unknowing executioner by his boss. He embodied death without even knowing. He was death when he was crushing people, ignorant to his own actions, and he embodied death when we lost it, purposefully killing his boss in the same crusher he'd been killing people with all that time. As a nice little detail, I consider his power, the ability to "cloak" and become invisible at will a great reflection of The End- because sometimes, death is unpredictable, impossible to see coming, and that, too, contributes to it's fear.

THE HILLBILLY - THE SLAUGHTER, THE HUNT.

Hey! It's Trapper's Fear-bro! I will admit it's kinda frustrating to have to repeat fears but we're gonna have to get used to it, because it's going to happen a lot due to the nature of the game. They are all violent hunters, so... Hunt and Slaughter will come up again. I have to say, I was reeeeeally close to giving him The Flesh due to his deformity, but it's just not that relevant for him- not as much as his murderous and violent tendencies are, at least. If it's any consolation with regards to his similarity to Trapper, the reversed order IS intentional- he is much more The Slaughter than he is The Hunt. There sadly isn't much to Hillbilly, so I don't have much to say- I think this designation is perfect for him.

THE NURSE - THE END, THE SPIRAL.

Whew! I had a lot of trouble classifying our dear nurse. Her lore doesn't really hint at any specific fear! ... That is, until you look a bit deeper. Our dear Sally Smithson here, after being made a widow, ended up working nights at Crotus Prenn Asylum, where she murdered up to 30 patients. Now, that very obviously makes her an agent of The End- but why the Spiral? Well, I didn't remember this at first, but thanks to the wonderful help of my partner I realized a couple of very important facts: The Spiral is not only linked with lies, but also with madness- and more importantly, after The Watcher's Crown, one of the many spiral domains turned out to be, you guessed it: an asylum. I consider this enough evidence to link The Nurse with The End and The Spiral.

THE SHAPE - THE EYE, THE HUNT.

Our first license! yay! Mikey over here- I think the designation is pretty evident. Eye and Hunt combine in this killer to create the very definition of a Stalker: a hunter that observes, learns, gathers information about his prey, and only when it's finally prepared to attack, it does. His perks also draw a strong connection to The Hunt! With "Play with your food" and "Save the best for last" being incredibly hunt-coded. As a fun little fact, I was gonna adscribe him to The Stranger- I believe the lack of knowledge towards his identity and history, his behavior and, above all else, his masked face also mark him as a potential representative of the Stranger- as according to what Gerry Keay said, the stranger is "That kind of creeping sense that something's not right. That guy you saw that might be following you, might mean you harm."- however, after some consideration, I reached the conclusion that not enough aspects of the character represent The Stranger as much as they do The Eye and The Hunt. So, Eye/Hunt he stays. Maybe this will change with other masked killers in the future...?

THE HAG - EMBODIMENT OF THE FLESH.

We come across our first "embodiment" killer- I call them "embodiments" because I consider them the best representation of the fear available in the killer cast of DBD. I believe The Hag deserves the title of Embodiment of The Flesh because of both her looks and her behavior. As described by the Wiki: "Twisted and torn in unspeakable ways, with greyish dead skin stretched out over her emaciated body. Her arm is a horrid overgrown deformity capable of slashing through both flesh and bone alike." The Hag is a deformed cannibal, her body and flesh transformed by what she had to go through. Not only that- The Hag is a cannibal by necessity, eating flesh in order to keep her body together, and I believe all of this ties her strongly to The Flesh.

THE DOCTOR - EMBODIMENT OF THE EYE.

The Doctor, when you strip him down to his basics, is about one thing and one thing only: Information. He was attuned to psychology since childhood, he started working in techniques to extract information from subjects, he worked for the CIA in Lery's doing exactly that, subjecting spies and other people to what he called "interrogation", but most described as "deadly torture". This man is what The Eye looks like at it's worst- it's thirst and hunger for information, with a dark and violent twist. And just because of that he reaches the title of Embodiment of The Eye. Who'd be better for the position than a man willing to go to any lengths just to extract information from subjects...?

THE HUNTRESS - EMBODIMENT OF THE HUNT.

It's all in the name, folks. Tumblr Sexywoman extraordinaire has one objective in her life: to serve the Hunt. She lives to hunt. Extracted from her in-game bio: "Still a child, she knew just enough about life in the frozen forest to survive. She followed her instincts and became one with the wild. She got older and stronger and practised her hunt. As she grew into a dangerous predator, her humanity became a half-remembered dream.

She widened her territory and lived off her hunts. She worked her way up through squirrels, hares, mink and foxes. Eventually she grew tired of them and hunted more dangerous animals like wolves and bears. When unsuspecting travellers came through her woods, she discovered her new favourite prey: humans. Unlucky souls who strayed into her territory were slaughtered like any other animal." Nothing else to add, your honor.

THE CANNIBAL - THE FLESH.

There isn't much to say here, honestly. I think it's pretty clear. Following in The Hag's footsteps, I will say I could adscribe him being touched by The Lonely, but I didn't do it for Billy, who probably deserved it more, so I won't do it for Bubba. Loneliness themes aren't really that present in his narrative.

THE NIGHTMARE - THE DARK, THE HUNT.

Freddy! Feddy. The Nightmare presents a certain variety: of course, he as many others can't escape the Hunt denomination- it was added here with purpose, however, specifically after reading this excerpt from his Bio: "Freddy stalked the boy through the school's halls. He took his time, savouring every moment of the hunt. This was what he enjoyed the most, the smell of their sweat in the air, the ragged gasps of their terrified breath. They were his to toy with.". However, I think his primary fear being The Dark is much more deserved- he is after all the Dream Demon, lurking in the dark corners inside your dreams. I believe no other killer deserves the association with The Dark more than Freddy.

THE PIG - THE HUNT, THE SLAUGHTER.

My dear Piggy, she's one of my favorites in this game, which is why I'm a little disappointed that I have to adscribe her to the Hunt/Slaughter dichotomy yet again- sadly, most of the more traditional slasher killers in DBD will adhere to The Hunt, The Slaughter, and usually both. Originally I was considering placing her with The Web since she orchestrates some of the jigsaw trials, however upon further examination of her lore and actions I cannot take such a path- she was merely an assistant to John Kramer, and while her gameplay COULD point to it, I find that I disagree with the notion. She recieves the classic Hunt/Slaughter classification. This is the end of part 1! Because I'm tired and can't fit any more lol. Will do part 2 soon. I hope you like the analysis so far!!! Anyone is free to add anything they want in the comments, correct me if you think any of these killers belongs to a different entity! Thanks for reading, and see you in the next part. <3

[aviculor]

Today is a significant day for me and my family, so I'm going to watch a film that I've been looking forward to: Longlegs. I tried to avoid spoilers, but you can only do so much when it's one of the biggest horror movies of the year. What I know is that an FBI agent is trying to capture a serial killer, the serial killer is physically deformed and likes to sing, and apparently you can find the devil hidden in several scenes. Directed by Osgood Perkins, son of Anthony Perkins aka Norman Bates himself. And, of course, co-starring Nic Cage as the titular Mr. Legs.

WHAT THE FUCK, right out the gate we got Harker's partner getting shot in the head because they immediately found the right place. How did she know, is she psychic?

Oh, I think the better question is how is Longlegs doing that?

Did he just hand her the cipher to his code?

Oof, that is one putrid corpse.

"Allowed" to grow up, huh? Interesting wording there.

I...wow. That got intense.

If I had a nickel for every time Nicolas Cage was a horror movie villain whose last words were "Hail Satan", I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

I originally thought this was going to be more Silence of the Lambs-esque, the whole bit with dolls that are conduits of devil magic to force the families to murder-suicide was a bit convoluted, there's still a few unanswered questions in terms of the logistics of the killings, and it was kind of flimsy for Longlegs' motive to be nothing more than Hollywood Satanism. But overall, I actually really loved this one. One of the biggest standouts of the year. The tone and atmosphere were fantastic, I liked the performances, there were great visual effects, Longlegs himself was a memorable antagonist, and there's a few things to analyze and speculate about.

[shinysoroka]

Strap in for what my brain decided to cook up at 2:00 am.

In a High Fantasy land, dependent on magic for absolutely everything, Tony Stark suffers an accident that leaves his heart severely damaged. The Mages Guild, who he has a long-standing feud with, decide to teach him a lesson and refuse to help. Tony says, fuck it, synthesizes a new element, builds himself a mechanical heart, uses the element to power it and manages to cheat death.

News of this travels and people realize "Well, shit! Maybe there's something to this whole Engineering thing. Maybe we don't need Mages." And so, Tony starts getting attention and his tiny workshop grows to a business for people who cannot afford magic or don't want to depend on the Mages Guild. Everything is great until his mechanical heart starts malfunctioning. He soon starts to fear that if he cannot fix it, not only will he die, but the people will lose faith in his creations, which would place the world back into the iron grip of the mages.

In the middle of all this turmoil he gets a request from a noble from up north. He has heard of this electricity thing and he wants his castle to have it, instead of relying on Mages to come over and refresh the light spells. So Tony travels all the way to a dreary castle atop a mountain that is permanently wreathed in storms. Locals keep away and warn him not to go there. They say it is cursed. They also say that the servants who work there tend to go missing.

Tony obviously goes, "bullshit, curses aren't real". But sure enough, when he arrives he finds the castle is empty, except for a bunch of servants. The housekeeper leads him to an engineering wing where everything he requested is set up. She warns him to never leave the wing and sets off.

At first he shrugs and sets off to work. But after a while, he starts getting suspicious. Why isn't he allowed to leave? If the noble and his family don't live here, why are there servants running around? Why do they seem so frightened? And why is the weather constantly awful?

Eventually, he makes friends with the maid who brings him his meals and she reveals a terrible secret. The servants are here to tend to the family's monstrous son. Terribly deformed, mad and violent, he roams the castle, searching for his next victim. No servant can ever cross his path, for if they do, they will be slaughtered.

Now, Tony is suddenly not so brave. But eventually, curiosity gets the best of him. Against everyone's advice, he leaves the wing and tries to look for the son, which proves to be oddly difficult. For a bloodthirsty monster, he sure seems to be avoiding him and doing everything to hide. Tony perseveres until, after a clever trap, they find themselves face to face.

It is not a monster he finds, but a regular man. Blue eyes, blond hair, ridiculously handsome. A face that is hard to forget. If anything, he has seen that face before.

It finally dawns on him that he is staring at Thor Odinson, the crown prince.

Or rather, the former crown prince.

The same one who was famously beheaded in a public execution ten years ago, after murdering a visiting princess from a neighboring kingdom.

The same one who is now blinking in confusion, as if he is expecting Tony to drop dead or vanish. Of which he does neither.

At first Tony just flees. But soon after, Thor knocks on his door, asking to talk to him. After all, he already saw his face. The damage is done. So Tony opens the door and they get to talking.

In the following months, they grow closer as the generator Tony is working on takes shape. He finds out that the Thor was born with the power to channel lightning and command storms. When the king found out, he tried to get him to repress that power. For years it seemed to work, until one day he lost control and accidentally killed Aele, a Jotun princess who he was friends with. Her father, Laufey, mad with grief demanded Thor’s execution or there would be war. But Odin could not bring himself to kill his firstborn so he disguised a different criminal as Thor. Then, he locked Thor away in this castle to prevent him from hurting more people. That is why the servants can’t ever look at him. That’s why there is a spell that instantly kills anyone who does.

Clearly, there is something in Tony's mechanical heart that has interfered with the spell. Or at least that is his theory.

It has been ten years since that beheading. Odin is long dead. The prince's younger brother, Loki, is the new king. And Thor is still locked away from the world, in a castle that is constantly under a storm that reflects his emotions. So Tony thinks to himself, what if repressing those powers only made everything worse. What if they could be controlled and challenged? After all, there is a perfectly functional generator right here. And so, Thor lays his hand upon the machine, and suddenly, it works!

Soon enough, the castle has electricity, which Tony now understands, was a question of practicality. The more Mages come around to refresh the spells, the higher the chances of one of them running into Thor. But now that everything is ready, Tony convinces Thor to run away, get to the palace and try to talk to Loki. Perhaps, after ten years, things have cooled down, and there is a chance to explain what happened. After all, nobody knew about Thor’s powers except Odin. If he gets the chance to explain and atone for Aele’s death in another way, his powers could even lead the kingdom into a new age.

So with Tony’s help, Thor flees his castle prison. They both have a bunch of adventures until they reach the palace. When they finally manage to talk to Loki, he is surprised but receptive to their message. At least at first, until he betrays them and orders their execution. But not before, Tony discovers that Loki was behind Aele’s death. He once eavesdropped on a conversation between Odin and Thor, where he found out about Thor’s powers, as well as the need to keep them secret. He also realized that this is why his dad was paying more attention to his older brother. Consumed with jealousy and believing Thor to be dangerous, he waited for Aele to visit, snuck into her room and enchanted her favorite ring with an electricity spell that emulated Thor’s powers. Then, when Thor and Aele were alone, he activated the spell and killed her. Since Thor was convinced it was his fault and even confessed, there was no investigation and the ring went unexamined. Until Tony finds it and blows the lid of the conspiracy wide open.

We all know what happens next. There’s a big confrontation, Tony almost dies, but Thor manages to restart his heart with his powers. Loki’s plan is revealed but once Jotunheim learns the truth, Thor is faced with the same demand as Odin, to execute Aele’s killer. Since Laufey passed away as well, the person making the demand is her brother, but Thor managed to get the sentence reduced to life imprisonment in exchange of sharing their new technology with Jotunheim. After all, Jotunheim could also probably use an alternative to zealously controlled magic. It could also use something to block it, with Tony’s synthesized element is perfect for. And now, with Thor’s powers, the new technology can be powered by clean energy that comes from nature itself, is infinitely renewable and will last forever.

And so, the day is saved, the Mages Guild’s grip on the Nine Realms is broken, our heroes lead the way into a new future and hopefully, hopefully, when this is pitched to an editor, nobody will narrow their eyes and go “heeeey, is this just your favorite MCU bits with the serial numbers filed off?”

[princesssarisa]

7-questions ask: Quasimodo

These answers are for the Disney version because I haven't read the original novel.

Three facts about them from my personal headcanons.

The Romani man who holds Quasimodo's mother protectively in the prologue isn't his father. He's his uncle, his mother's brother. His father was a white Frenchman, and his mother had some mixed race ancestry too, which explains why he's pale-skinned, red-haired and blue-eyed despite having a dark-skinned, dark-haired Romani mother.

For the first few years of his childhood, he was cared for by a nurse, who breastfed him as a baby and handled all the main business of childcare, while Frollo mainly served as his educator. Frollo dismissed her when Quasi was five or six years old because she "wasn't needed anymore," but her kindness and gentleness were a lifelong influence on Quasi. After he joins the outside world, he might find her again and thank her.

He's going to find that he misses Frollo sometimes, even though he knows he was a monster. He was still the only father figure Quasi ever knew.

A reason they suck:

The fact that at first he refuses to join Phoebus in setting out to warn Esmeralda about Frollo's pending attack on the Court of Miracles. I want to believe he mainly refuses out of fear, both of Frollo and of leaving the cathedral again, with slight subtext of "Phoebus will find her without me and he's the one she loves anyway." But the other possible reading is that for a few moments, he almost wants to let Esmeralda be caught by Frollo because he's bitter that she doesn't love him romantically.

A reason they are great:

His kindness, tenderness, and deep feeling, combined with incredible courage when he overcomes his insecurities.

A reason I relate to them:

I've also felt like a strange, awkward misfit at times.

(what I consider to be) the top tier otp/ot3 for that character:

I don't really ship him with anyone romantically. Not until he's had more time to heal from Frollo's emotional abuse. Yes, I do know about Madellaine in the sequel, but I haven't actually seen the sequel and I don't count it as canon. I ship him with happiness, and platonically with Esmeralda and Phoebus as a found family.

Five things that never happened to the character that I believe should have happened:

That the movie made it clearer that his three gargoyle friends are figments of his imagination. Then their presence would feel less like jarring, tacked-on "kid appeal."

That the Archdeacon had taken more of a role in helping to raise him and helped to counteract Frollo's abuse.

That he had managed to stay out of sight and not been crowned King of Fools at the festival, so he wouldn't have been abused by the crowd. (Of course there would be no plot then.)

That Esmeralda hadn't kissed his cheek after he helped her escape from the cathedral. She meant it as platonic affection, but it gave him false hope.

This applies to all versions of the character, not just Disney's – that pop culture would stop treating him as a "classic horror icon" just because he's deformed. He's not a horror character.

Five people that character never fell in love with and why.

Phoebus. Maybe it could have happened if he were gay or bi, but he's straight.

Clopin. See above.

Frollo. Even if he were attracted to men, and even if Frollo weren't evil and Quasimodo's abuser, it would feel like parental incest!

Laverne the gargoyle. Even though she's the only "woman" he's known through most of his life, (a) she's an old crone, and (b) she's not human.

Belle from Beauty and the Beast. While they would probably have liked each other if they had met, she lives at least 320 years after his time. (I suspect that "Belle's" cameo appearance during "Out There," is really an ancestress of hers.)

[bruhhhh-huhhhhh]

hii!! could i get a slasher matchup??

im 5'10 and use she/her

i'm most insecure ab my size height and voice since i've been picked on for all of them also my skin has like these color deformities when i get tan which is annoying tbh

i love drawing and reading, i mostly draw animation and mostly read murder or fantasy! i play volleyball and enjoy listenting to harry styles, the nbhd, and 5sos :) back on drawing i also draw gore & nature and love using acrylic paint or watercolor

my wardrobe is usually ripped jeans and band shirts oh and i have purple highlights throughout my hair!! ty :))

i just asked for a matchup but i forgot to add that like i'm very independent and it takes a lot for me to ask for help on stuff; i also can push people away and don't talk ab my interests bc people always say i talk too much. but i can be very enthusiastic and outspoken when i'm comfortable!! i also dont let people talk down to me and i'm very sarcastic

thank you!!

I match you with...

Vincent Sinclair!

This man needs you in his life, I swear.

Seriously, you two would get along so well.

When he finds out that you like art he's going to dump all of his art stuff on you when he isn't using it. It's his way of showing that he cares about you without speaking.

Vincent finds every part of you to be amazing and beautiful and isn't afraid to show you. He constantly sketches/paints/sculpts you.

PLEASE TAKE HIM OUTSIDE. This man barely ever leaves the house unless it's to go to the House of Wax, and even then, he goes through his tunnel through the basement.

He'd love to paint outside with you. Or the inside of a person, it's really up to you. He'll have realistic references for both.

Vincent will most certainly get you a great drawing tablet or whatever else you need for animation.

Honestly he'll love to listen to Hary Styles with you. He secretly loves it.

Bo hates/loves you. He hates that you don't let him bully you but loves that you make his brother so happy. Honestly you just avoid him most of the time.

Vincent, to his credit, is also really bad at asking for help, so you both work on that together. Yippee!

He LOVES your highlights. He always loves it when one of the victims come in with dyed hair. It's always so much fun to transfer into the museum because it adds a splash of color.

Will play with your hair if you let him (please let him)

He has so many band t-shirts from his teenage years. Please wear them

[aquillis-main]

Ignoring Jehtt's parody for a sec

-It was 200 years of Iblis. I legit don't think there's a profit to scamming people into thinking they can save the future. 2-3 gens directly tied to the Great Disaster already are dead, and GUN seems gone too

-We already beat Iblis only to see him reincarnate again. We can already infer Silver beat him many times with no difference. In fact, he legit considers giving up in frustration

-Mephiles wouldn't even be the first suspect. Blaze's fire powers scared survivors, but Silver stood by her (sadly this is in bios)

-The intro CG cutscene notes the generational divorce from the event. No one knew where Iblis came from cuz it's been so long, only that it ravaged the planet for eons. Silver is noted to question the origin, getting nothing

So yeah, I'll take hearing this shifty stranger's new theory, cuz repeatedly killing Iblis 3 million times is doing nothing but exhaust me, regardless if I die to this stranger or not. It's not like I can make this worse (in my context)

Other things;

-Silver's reaction to Meph saying to time travel:

Not "oh yeah I immediately believe you" like 90% of parodies, it's him gauging interest after dismissing the first prompt

Even to Meph saying "Oh yeah, I can time travel" it's more dismissal (though tinged with amazement)

when Meph notes the Iblis Trigger the first time, both Blaze and him just ponder a sec before hesitating to ask if killing him would save the world, their first true mistake. But again, better than just mindlessly killing Iblis over and over

Then Meph bothers bringing articles on screen showing the Egg Carrier's crash and release of Iblis, then the Emerald showing Sonic's visage in the fire (glares slightly more angry), Blaze being perturbed cuz she knows of one, and Meph immediately time traveling them before much of anything can be said in protest

If it were me, I'd have them question how he found this info, with him revealing that he stumbled upon a Chaos Emerald that showed him the image of a blue hedgehog (which he'll show to Silver like OG, only with Sonic expressing better than wood), leading him to do research on him, and finding the article of Elise dying in a crash despite his chase. He'll then note research of time travel done in GUN logs of when they checked Eggman's base after the crash, noting the process being risky. Silver and Blaze can ask why he can't do it, which...I mean look at him, he's deformed and barely hobbling (interestingly nowhere as much as the Shadow release scene, or later twirl), likely frail as heck (we know he isn't if we the audience played Shadow's story first). He'll attract unwanted attention outside supposed fraility, vs how the powerful Blaze/Silver look a smidge more stable. They'll admit having nothing to lose/repetition, then Meph warps them

But otherwise, I feel the Silver bias is glossing events a wee bit too much, and parodies aren't helping. It's legit wanting to break useless repetition that drives most of Silver's hasty actions

"But he looks evil"

The entire world is homeless. Being remotely not brazen is an anomaly if anything (Blaze at least has an excuse)

Also what's he gonna do, jump the guy that has psychokinesis? He looks weak as hell

I still think that Silver shouldn't have jumped to follow Mephiles so easily when the latter spouted out shit about 'Chickens and eggs', especially since it seems he and Blaze just willingly follow Mephilies into his crack den of info he shouldn't have. I'm sorry, but I feel Silver just hopped on a little too quickly. If there was a scene of him and Blaze arguing with each other about going to follow, I'd buy it a lot more than it is now. However, since the cutscenes skip that moment and have Silver and Blaze immediately follow Mephiles to his crack den without thinking, it still comes across to me as Silver and Blaze being stupid, not naive.

I appreciate you trying to help clear out some aspects of this, but without the key moment of Silver and Blaze arguing about going to listen to Mephiles or not, it comes across as an idiot kid being taken by a guy with a white van to me, especially since the only time Silver stops to consider his decision is when Amy tells him to not kill Sonic and dashes off. After that, he doesn't ever really question if he's doing the right thing, and just blindly trusts the guy that showed him a vision of Sonic in fire with a really pissed off look, and not much other information besides anecdotal evidence.

[manawitchyt]

Not So Berry: The Prequel

Chapter 1

Story Starts after the cut

Meet Anunux Cowberry. Her name is Armenian and means “mint” (I found it on a baby name website). This is the background story telling how she came to be on Earth.

Anunux hates it here. She hates her stupid job, hates the people. Everything. She was dumped on this stupid rock with her parents during the Clone wars. Her home world of Sixam placed her parents here to observe and collect any and all scientific advancement that they could find. Not that she could tell anyone that. The Sixam Council forbids they tell anyone what they are and what they do. So of course everyone thought she was just a weird looking Twi'lek with her short deformed tentacles on her head.

Now that she has graduated from the Intergalactic Deep Space Hive. Her mother has sent her off to work. Its an honor to be collecting for the "great mission". Anunux hates it too. She now needs to find a better job off world so her mother cant control every part of her life.

Her current co-workers are sketchy. Maybe they might be able to tell her who to talk to about getting the frell off this frackin rock.

They, of course, looked around shiftily and told Anunux to get back to work. They weren't going to be picking up her slack if she gets caught Kriffin around.

That exchange should have been expected. They were in an Empire controlled sector and the local Storm Troopers don't mess around. They are always looking out for Rebels or Scavengers to pick fights with and take bribes from.

The rest of her day didn't go any better, but its another day, and another Credit in her pocket.

The following morning she started seriously looking into her options.

A: *thinking to herself* The price to get off world, sanctioned by the Empire is astronomical! I can't afford to weed through their red tape. It's bureaucratic Bullfrell. Finding a Scavenger ship willing to smuggle me off world for a fraction of the price is a must.

She isn't wiling to shell out her entire life savings just to make it to another frell hole planet.

The moment her compad beeps to let her know she won't be paid for any overtime occurred and promptly turns its self to personal mode, Anunux knows her shift is done. She packs up and rushes to the nearest cantina to see if she can hear any juicy gossip. There are rumours on the dark forum about a the Scavenger pilot that is willing to take anyone off world. She also could really go for a strong drink right about now.

A: *thinking* Wow! This place looks shifty as Kriff!

Seems like the entire planets thieves, criminals and shutta's are here trying to make some credit. Her mom would not be happy that she is in here. Yet Anunux feels right at home. It reminds her of her younger wilder teenage stage.

A: *thinking* Well, Better grab a drink and blend in.

After a few drinks too many drinks Anunux swears she can tell exactly which pilot she needs to talk to. After she orders another round she not so silently asks the Twi'leks bartender,

A: Thats the one right? You know the alien that makes deals.

The bartender nods yes🙄 and shakes thier head. This stupa kid is going to get her self killed if she doesn't shut the frell up soon.

Anunux pours herself into a vacant seat at the bar top. She noticed the pilot started speaking with the alien next to her. Not so subtly, she eavesdrops on their conversation, but unfortunately its not in a language she understands. So doing what drunken patrons do, she just nods and laughs along and tries to butt into the conversation when there is a pause in the gibberish.

A: *thinking* She really should have upgraded her translator before she came.

She completely misses the looks she gets when she takes another big gulp of her drink.

✨END of Chapter👽

[dionaeafl]

餡(あん) An Sweet Bean

I'm now ashamed to admit that I had never heard of Naomi Kawase before this film. I seriously enjoyed this movie, and to my slight embarrassment, I actually cried a little. Films that center around the elderly aren't too common, and I personally feel that they're important given how much of our society is elderly. This movie to me, was about dignity and purpose as one ages, and how elderly people, especially elderly women, often have to push quite hard to be taken seriously. We're introduced to Sentaro, a middle-aged man who runs a small dorayaki shop, that's moderately successful selling to primary schoolers. Sentaro's pancakes are exceptional, but his bean paste (餡) isn't even his own, he buys it from a supplier. The school girls like it enough, so they keep eating it. But one day an elderly woman named Tokue comes by and is thoroughly unimpressed by Sentaro's bean paste. She says that she's a 50-year veteran of bean paste making, and that Sentaro should hire her. Sentaro notices that her hands have some kind of deformity (which I immediately identified as leprosy) and thinks that the pace of the kitchen would be too intense for a woman her age. However, the next day she brings Sentaro some of her own bean paste. Skeptical at first, Sentaro tries it and immediately realizes that her bean paste is really special and decides to hire her. What follows next is probably my favorite sequence of the film, where Tokue teaches Sentaro her perfected bean paste making technique. This whole sequence is just super well shot and really heart warming. Ultimately the shop ends up becoming a success thanks to Tokue, and she feels fulfilled. A great deal of the film revolves around the nature of our relationship to food itself. I think the part where Tokue cheers the beans on as their cooking illustrates that pretty well. Later we find out that Tokue had pneumonia the whole time, and passes away. She leaves Sentaro and his new employee Wakana a cassette of her voice, telling them that people are not valuable just because of what they can do, but because they are people, and should simply be valued for the miracle that life is. This is where I started to ugly cry, since my grandmother told my brother and I this all the time while she was in hospice care with cancer. I learned that Kirin Kiki actually passed away only a few years after this movie, and am deeply saddened that she can no longer grace us with her exceptional acting.