#hence saving the title track for the end

[luna-rainbow]

I think people who say "that it's good/healthy for Bucky to adopt Winter Soldier mode in Thunderbolts, because he would give new meaning to the name", have no fucking damn clue how C-PTSD works or how it should be properly dealt with. Because going back to the environment that literally only stands for slavery and torture for decades, and having to adapt it as part of oneself is NOT healthy at all!

I'm no expert on the subject of psychiatry, but I don't think you have to be to realize that having Bucky (i'm pretty sure he's being forced in some way for that) have to adopt what the Winter Soldier entailed is terribly unhealthy for him! We precisely saw him struggle with that in TFATWS! Needless to say, the Winter Soldier is a state Bucky would never want to return to.

And what's worse is that of course, Marvel isn't going to do this as "something healing" or "good" for him but as one of their endless attempts to vilify him and make him look like a "reformed former villain". And that this implies making him fall in the "bad guy" or "anti-hero" category that has absolutely nothing to do with what Marvel has shown us of him for 13 years.

I'm sure the only people who are fine with this idea are the ones who think the Winter Soldier is cool and of course don't care about Bucky's character development at all.

I have a feeling I'm going to hate Thunderbolts with all my being...

Hey sorry about the late reply, I haven't been on Tumblr much.

Having missed most of the height of Stucky fanlore in 2014, I only recently learned about Thomas Paine's quote on "the summer soldier" (and conversely, how Steve himself is the metaphorical "Winter Soldier"):

The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The summer soldier, in other words, is someone who will only step up when it conveniences them. Hence, the opposite of that -- "the winter soldier" -- is the person who keeps fighting against tyranny regardless of how hard the conflict becomes. That describes Steve Rogers to a tee.

I think Bucky would have been well aware of the meaning of "the summer soldier". In this context, I think it makes sense if he wants to reclaim the title "the Winter Soldier", not just as a nod to what Steve stood for, but because what greater tyranny than having one's mind broken bit by bit until nothing remained? And what greater triumph to have survived all that and still want to do good?

But as far as "the Winter Soldier mode" is concerned? I don't think Bucky ever went there in all the iterations we've seen of him, except when he's directly mind-controlled. Even in CACW when he was willing to use his skills, he still held back from killing the soldiers and later on, Tony. He was also holding back in most of his battles in TFATWS.

(Spoilers for TB below if you want it)

In any case, the movie was too light on the Bucky content to even get into the complexities of reclaiming the Winter Soldier nor touch on any of Bucky's healing journey. It did, however, firmly have Bucky on the good side. The incidences where Bucky's past as the Winter Soldier is mentioned are surprisingly positive:

Bucky tries to get Mel (Val's personal assistant) to step up as a witness against Val, and promises to protect her. She asks if that would be the Congressman or the Winter Soldier.

Later on, she does contact him and asks him to track her phone and he says he "doesn't do that anymore" but does anyway, eventually ending up saving the Thunderbolts

The nod to the Winter Soldier moves as Bucky saves the Thunderbolts

Alexei being all heart-eyes "Mr Soldier" towards him

Yelena, who is snippy with everyone (including even Ava when she's super frustrated), never snaps at Bucky and listens when Bucky tells her he's been where she's at (mentally) and suggests to deal with the demons now in order to move past it

Mel later calling Bucky frantically again and tells him he needs to do something about Val's crazy plan to create Sentry (because there's no Avengers), and he promptly rolls up his sleeves and drives to New York

You can read it as "the world still associates Bucky with the violent Winter Soldier even if he's a politician now" or, I prefer to read it as "the skills of the Winter Soldier, in the control of Bucky, is used to protect others"...as it always has been.

[pig-piggy]

ATEEZ's "THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT"

So, another album released in 2022. Of course I won't be able to write down the feelings I had about these songs when they first came out, but I will instead write on how I feel about them now, in 2025.

1. Propaganda

This track is their album intro, hence it won't be evaluated. However, I do believe it to be very fitting for the kind of concept they were going with in this album and as an introduction, in general, to this new series of them, that would last for 3 albums (from july 2022 until the end of 2023).

2. Sector 1

(here's the performance video)

So this song (as well as this whole album, but I'll get into it) is for people like me, that enjoy feeling like a revolution has just begun and that they're actively taking part in it. That sort of dystopian feeling that we, Gen Z, grew up around in terms of media content.

This song is perfect by itself. I really didn't need to include this performance video, since I feel like it will hinder your experience of the song. I believe it to be best to listen to it on your own, without watching anything first, and let your imagination run wild. The performance, in my opinion, is a little bit low quality, according to my standards. Not because ATEEZ did a bad job, but because the choreography could be better taking in account the power this song holds, as well as the members styling. The vocals for this performance (and every ATEEZ one, really), however, remain powerful and so the performance is enjoyable from a "hearing" perspective.

Either way, I believe this song really fits this album and that it is my cup of tea. I remember first listening to this album and wishing that every song on the album had a sort of similar vibe to this one, but still keeping my expectations low, because I felt like a whole album with this concept was something that really wasn't going to happen and that it was too unrealistic and fanciful. Well, let me give you a spoiler, as well as an advice: you should never lower your expectations when it comes to ATEEZ.

Hooks: 9

Production: 9

Longevity: 8

Bias: 10

Final Rating: 9 (A)

3. Cyberpunk

(another performance video)

Another song I wish I didn't put here the performance video. Please, listen to the song first. It's one of ATEEZ's best, but I think the unasked for sexiness for the performance really brings the song down a notch. Like, we're supposed to be in the middle of a revolution, there's no time to be sexy, San. The song is supposed to make me feel like I'm fighting for my life, for my future, so acting sexy really isn't the way to go. Also, the chairs? We're in the middle of a revolution, there's no time to seat your ass down! We have to save the world from the evil people who want to control it, we have to be the peoples' heroes! (You can clearly see I have a savior complex as well as a wild imagination, just look past it).

In all seriousness, this is one of the best songs ATEEZ ever put out. It gives of a futuristic, dystopian feeling and I'm here for it. Once again, Jongho's vocals are completely out of this world, and the performance, when it came to his singing, literally gave me goosebumps.

Musically, I really feel like this album is a piece of art, although I think the styling and choreographies should've been slightly different. I would like to see the ATEEZ members wear either somewhat destroyed soldier clothes, those ones that people in dystopian movies usually wear. I want the choreography to be dramatic, passionate, but not sensual. Sensuality should have no place in this album (wow, what a prude).

Hooks: 10

Production: 10

Longevity: 9

Bias: 10

Final Rating: 9,75 (A)

4. Guerrilla

It's sort of surprising that the title track appears so late into the album. Usually they appear in second or third place, so I think it's the first time I'm seeing it in fourth, but that has nothing to do with the song, just a little comment I felt like making.

The song is amazing, one of their best title tracks for sure. The music video is great, however I could envision more for it, if only their company were bigger and had more means to make their music videos on a bigger scale. Either way, the music video is very well adapted to the song in question, and the meaning behind it is very well shown: revolution / rebellion.

The choreography is great (finally) and I really like the part just before the chorus begins where Wooyoung pretends to throw a grenade, with his teeth and finger.

The vocals are absolutely insane, and once again, Jongho should be praised, because that is definitely not an easy thing to pull off. I also think it's a very good thing that I can't say that a particular member stood out to me. They all seemed to have the same amount of screen time and were all very visible and memorable, so that is something to be praised as well.

I'm still debating in my mind if I consider this their best title-track or if it's "Bouncy", released in 2023, and I haven't come to a conclusion yet. Let's just say these two are the top ones and leave it at that.

Hooks: 9

Production: 10

Longevity: 8

Bias: 9

Final Rating: 9 (A)

5. The Ring

Wow, a 4 minute long song. That's rare nowadays. However, every singe minute - no - every single second in this song is completely worth listening to. This song is absolutely amazing. The melody? The drop in the chorus? I can feel epicness oozing out of it. Seriously amazing. I really love all of this album, but this one is definitely at the top, just slightly (really slightly) behind another song about to come up in this album.

Like, put yourself in my shoes. Do you know how my excitement was through the roof listening to this song for the first time? Do you know what it feels like when every song is better than the one before it and it just keeps on increasing and increasing in quality? It was an experience I never had with ANY k-pop album, I repeat, ANY.

And it only got better. Truly amazing. The type of amazing that almost moves me to tears, since this was the type of concept I had been searching for - waiting for - for years.

Hooks: 10

Production: 10

Longevity: 9

Bias: 10

Final Rating: 9,75 (A)

6. WDIG (Where Do I Go)

The drop when the chorus begins? Unbelievable. Amazing. I wish I could inhale this album, breathe it, be one with it (too dramatic, I know, I'll tone it down).

Although this song is not up in the top with my favorite ones, I believe it's placed perfectly in this album. First of all, it really fits the concept of the album, and second - its place is perfect between "The Ring" and the next song, otherwise I wouldn't be able to write this today, 'cause I would have died from a heart attack out of excitement.

This song also gives off that uprising feeling. It makes me feel like I just reached the doors of the highest building known to mankind, and that the last challenge lies beyond it. So yeah, you know, I guess I'm going to go listen to this song while standing in front of a tall building in my city, on a windy and cloudy day, preferentially (if you see someone doing this, it's definitely me, no need to even question it).

Hooks: 9

Production: 10

Longevity: 9

Bias: 9

Final Rating: 9,75 (A)

7. New World

"OPEN UP YOUR EYES, OPEN UP YOUR MIND, OH NEW WORLD! CAN'T YOU SEE THE STORM, CAN'T YOU FEEL ME NOW, OH NEW WORLD!"

The revolution was planned, put into action and finally achieved.

The instrumental, the vocals, the lyrics, the power in it. Pure perfection. It literally makes me think that I reached the top of the world, that all of my life was lived just for that specific moment. It makes you feel part of some sort of "greatness" that was waiting for you and only you to achieve it, to retrieve what was yours - freedom. A new beginning. A NEW WORLD.

This type of song makes me want to write a dystopian book, the most dystopian you could ever imagine, bringing greatness into our own world through it. I could be a movie director if this song was playing in the background. I could be a million seller author if this song was always playing in the background. I could be unstoppable if I had this song constantly playing in the background.

And then when the song ends you go back to the real world and realize your mom has been screaming at you for you to fold some laundry. Still, worth the 3 minutes and 36 seconds long journey.

I wouldn't say, however, that this is my favorite ATEEZ song. There's one that is absolute perfection - no - more perfect than perfection (but I'll talk about it when I review its album).

Nevertheless, one's perfection doesn't cancel another one's perfection, so:

Hooks: 10

Production: 10

Longevity: 10

Bias: 10

Final Rating: 10 (S)

In conclusion (and all craziness aside), this is one of the best albums ever put out by a k-pop act. The only thing that is slightly a bummer to me is the performance aspect of it, but it's something I can easily overlook and that still lets me embrace the perfection that this album is.

Album's Final Rating: 9,5 (A)

[sleepysupernovax]

Link Click Theory Time!

Alright, I’ve been thinking about the ending of the Bridon Arc for a while, so it’s theory time. Let’s go over what we saw and, more importantly, what we didn’t see. I have multiple different theories, but here is perhaps one of the more far-fetched ones that I don’t think I’ve seen voiced yet.

For this theory, I want to focus on Liu Xiao, Xia Fei, and Vein, and then tie everything back to the first two seasons. We know that Liu Xiao is the hidden mastermind of everything that happens, given his PV and title as Manipulator. We don’t actually see a lot of him in the Bridon Arc, which is to be expected. We’re led to believe that Vein is and will be the main antagonist, the one who kills Cheng Xiaoshi, and that perfectly fits the hidden mastermind theme. We’re not shown anything that directly antagonizes Liu Xiao, and we’re only given small signs that he’s working against the other two: having Xia Fei track them, gaining information about Cheng Xiaoshi’s dad, stealing the note left in the book by said dad, etc. Much smaller things in comparison to Vein shooting at the two. But it’s important to note that Vein will likely be manipulated and used by Liu Xiao the same way Xia Fei is.

Everything that happened at the end of Bridon Arc was in Liu Xiao’s favor, particularly Vein’s faked death. We know that Lu Guang took control of Wang Qing (how he gained the power to do so is an entirely different problem, for it’s not the ability he got from Cheng Xiaoshi; we do at least know that powers are inherited either through blood or death, so it’s very possible it came from a parent, especially since Lu Guang hints at having learned about abilities from someone else. It’s also important to note the difference in eye appearance from when he usually uses his powers.) and used her ability to fake Vein’s death. (Wang Qing can fake a death if she knows someone’s full name, hence why she called out Vein’s real name. Also a smaller detail, but I think it’s safe to say that Lu Guang wasn’t able to possess her sooner because he had to wait for Cheng Xiaoshi’s mom to stop possessing her.) Some people argue that he intended to kill Vein, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. We know he’s done this all before, so it’s very likely he’d know exactly what her ability is. Not to mention that when he talks to Vein beforehand, he states that he knows he can’t stop Vein, but he can at least delay him. He knew he couldn’t kill Vein, but he could do something drastic—like temporarily kill him—to set him back. And that exact setback is what’s going to work against Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi.

Vein has been pronounced dead, which means he’s now an unknown player. There’s a certain level of freedom that comes with faking one’s death, and Liu Xiao is going to use that. In the post-credit scene, when we find out that Vein is alive, we see a hand open the bag. And that hand is Liu Xiao’s. We can tell from the rings. Liu Xiao knew exactly what happened, knew that Vein was still alive, and got ahold of his body bag to be there right when he woke up. It’s possible it has to do with his ability, and he heard Vein’s heart beating from inside the bag. Or it’s possible that Vein didn’t have a pulse at all until the moment the bag opened, and Liu Xiao simply knew ahead of time that he hadn’t really died. Either way, he now has ahold of a cannibalistic mafia boss who’s been pronounced dead and can get around unmonitored. Vein also now likely knows about abilities—assuming he didn’t before—and knows that Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi are his enemies. And in the small chance he didn’t realize that, I’m sure Liu Xiao will tell him. We also know that Vein has a weakness Liu Xiao is fully aware of—a person Vein would drop everything for and show up to defend, a person he has saved countless times, the only person who truly seems to have a close bond with him.

Xia Fei might be the most overlooked piece of this puzzle. He’s not antagonized in the Bridon Arc—quite the opposite. He becomes friends with Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi and ends up wanting to help them out. He even quits his arrangement with Liu Xiao because he feels bad about tracking them. Cheng Xiaoshi trusts him completely, and while Lu Guang doesn’t seem pleased around him, there isn’t the same murderous intent or anxiety that we see around Liu Xiao and Vein. He’s caring, lovable, and generally not seen as a threat, which is exactly why he’s the perfect person for Liu Xiao to use. Yes, he quit his arrangement with Liu Xiao, but I doubt that’ll last long. At the end of the last episode, we see that he’s gone missing along with Jack, a model who leaked internal information and got fired as a result (also notably the model shown trying to drown Xia Fei). This happens after he learns that Vein has been killed. Xia Fei already has plenty of reasons to want Jack gone, even dead, and now he’s lost the only person in his life that appears to be close to him. It’s not a stretch to say that he killed Jack and went into hiding after. We don’t have enough clues to say why with certainty, but there are a few obvious possibilities: maybe Vein’s death pushed him over the edge and drove him to do what he’d wanted to for a while, maybe he needed to shut Jack up since Jack had information that could hurt Xia Fei and Vein, maybe he suspected that Jack had something to do with Vein’s death, or maybe Jack attacked him again and it was self-defense. Regardless, we know that the two are missing and Xia Fei is probably on the run or in hiding. We also know that Xia Fei will stop at nothing to find Vein’s killer.

His exchange with Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang at the end gave us several important details:

1. Xia Fei believes that Vein is dead.

2. Xia Fei already suspects that supernatural powers are at play.

3. Xia Fei plans to hunt down Vein’s killer, which was ultimately Lu Guang.

4. Xia Fei knows about Cheng Xiaoshi’s father and warns him to quit before things get too dangerous. In other words, he generally knows where the two might be going and looking in the future, and he knows what they might find.

5. Xia Fei is staying in contact with the two, hence “let me know when you land.”

6. Xia Fei now knows exactly where the two live, thanks to Cheng Xiaoshi.

The first point is perhaps the most important, and it plays a role in most of the others—or it will, in the future (past? Future of the past? You know what I mean). Xia Fei genuinely believes that Vein is dead. Liu Xiao knows that Vein is alive. Liu Xiao could very easily tell Xia Fei the truth, but he won’t. Instead, it’s likely he’ll either directly reveal the existence of supernatural abilities to Xia Fei or lead him to find it out for himself, then explain that Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi used their abilities to kill Vein. Vein’s death will remain a driving motivator for Xia Fei (he’d still probably be upset if he knew the truth, but it wouldn’t be nearly as effective and emotionally shattering), and it’ll hit even worse with the betrayal of his (now) only two friends. With Vein dead, his only friends the murderers, and his own career pretty much over after he goes missing alongside Jack, what does he have left to lose? (It’s also important to note that his theme song directly says “I’ve got nothing to lose.” Which may not have been true before since he had a solid career and a close relationship with Vein, but now, it certainly is. Additionally, the following line, “All I do is pursue,” which originally could be taken to reference his career, but now takes on an entirely different meaning. He’s pursuing Vein’s killers. He’s pursuing revenge. He’s pursuing Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi, and it’s all he can do.)

The reason he’s the perfect person to send after the two is because he’s trusted by them and knows exactly where they are. Cheng Xiaoshi told him the name of the photo studio, and even if they’re not there, he knows who the two are looking for (it’s important to remember that he was Cheng Weimin’s student and therefore likely also has ties to Wang Qing and anyone else the two might go to for information on the man). If he knows what they’re after, then he knows how to find them. And either way, since he’s staying in contact as a friend, he could always just ask Cheng Xiaoshi if he can stop by and meet with them. He has the easiest way to find and meet with the two without drawing suspicion. And with everything that happened, he could easily pretend that he’s going to them for help or safety. He could work up some story about how Jack attacked him, he fought back in self defense but went too far, now he’s hiding, etc. You get the idea. Cheng Xiaoshi would likely easily believe him and want to help.

Let’s look back at Liu Xiao for a second, for we need to explain how he’d get Xia Fei working for him in the first place. I think it’s possible that after Xia Fei and Jack go missing, Liu Xiao finds him and offers his help. It’s also possible that Xia Fei would go to Liu Xiao for help. Who better to turn to when you’re on the run for murder than the shady guy who’s obviously involved in something illegal and incredibly intelligent? One way or another, Xia Fei ends up relying on Liu Xiao’s help, which puts him back under Liu Xiao’s control. Liu Xiao makes sure Xia Fei doesn’t find out the truth about Vein (he’d have to ensure the two are always in different places), reveals the existence of supernatural powers to him, and leads him to the conclusion that Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi were responsible for Vein’s death. Even better if he explains the fact that he’d had Xia Fei track the two by saying that he knew they were dangerous, threats, murderers, etc. and was trying to keep tabs on them or stop them from hurting people. That would be a sure way to make himself more sympathetic and appealing. But he doesn’t even necessarily have to explain that. All he has to do is give Xia Fei information that turns him against the other two and then sit back and watch, quietly pulling the strings from behind the scenes like always.

Assuming this theory is correct (it’s all speculation so take this as you will), we now have Xia Fei working from the inside to take down Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi and Vein still with Liu Xiao. It seems likely that Liu Xiao would use Xia Fei to keep Vein under control and also offer his assistance in keeping Vein hidden. We know that Vein is ultimately the one who goes after Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi, at least in the (or one of the branches of the) original timeline. And it’s entirely possible that Vein would go after them to avenge his own death, but that’s not what he says in the clip in episode 1. He says that it’s punishment for changing the past. He also noticeably misses nearly every shot despite being trained in combat. Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi are hardly dodging at all. It’s almost as if Vein is intentionally missing, and he even leaves before he can confirm that Cheng Xiaoshi is actually dead. He easily could’ve broken down the door and been sure to kill both of them. But he doesn’t, and he doesn’t look happy, either. We don’t see his eyes during this scene, which is also suspicious, for the show typically does that when someone is being controlled.

Which he probably is.

It would explain why he can’t shoot as well, why he’s focused on them changing the past instead of avenging the wrongs they’ve done (bonus points if he’s given more reason to hate them by making them have to hurt Xia Fei when they discover that he’s working against them, but that’s a whole other can of worms), and why he seems upset and leaves after Cheng Xiaoshi takes the bullet for Lu Guang. Lu Guang became insignificant the second Cheng Xiaoshi died, and this could be for one of two reasons 1. Cheng Xiaoshi was always the intended target or 2. The attack was meant to get Lu Guang out of the way so Cheng Xiaoshi could be used. If we go with the latter option, then Vein was not meant to kill Cheng Xiaoshi at all. Lu Guang was the only one he was supposed to kill, and Cheng Xiaoshi’s death was actually a huge mistake.

Because of course, under this assumption, the person controlling him would have to be Li Tianchen.

We don’t know exactly when Vein kills Cheng Xiaoshi, but we see the two wearing the same outfits they wore in seasons one and two, which means it took place around that same time. We also can’t be certain that it’s a different timeline than the season one and two timeline. The scene itself seems to span multiple timelines, considering the small changes to the background—blood splatters, pictures on the wall, minor inconsistencies—and if that’s the case, it’s entirely possible that it takes place after what we see in season two. We know that Li Tianchen is working with Liu Xiao by that time. If Vein, for some reason, discovers Liu Xiao’s secrets and manipulation and stops helping him, what’s stopping Liu Xiao from having Li Tianchen possess Vein and make him try to kill the two anyway?

And, if we’re following the theory that their intention was to remove Lu Guang and use Cheng Xiaoshi (which we already saw in season 2, so who’s to say Liu Xiao didn’t also play a hand in that?), then we know Li Tianchen has plenty to gain from the use of Cheng Xiaoshi’s powers. He wants his family back. He wants to change the past and save his dead mother (and now sister), which was established at the end of season 2. Liu Xiao could easily use that to talk Li Tianechen into killing Lu Guang and capturing Cheng Xiaoshi. It’s unclear what Liu Xiao’s own motives are in all of this, but we know that he has connections to Cheng Xiaoshi’s father, which gives him further reason to want to leave Cheng Xiaoshi alive and use him. Or kill him, depending on the nature of said connection, if we want to go back to the former theory. Either way, it seems likely that Vein was somehow possessed and forced to try and kill one of the two.

An argument could be made that Vein wasn’t possessed because he was shooting left-handed, as we see him do when he’s not being possessed. But it’s important to note that we also see Li Tianchen comfortably fighting with his left hand when possessing Qiao Ling and attacking Cheng Xiaoshi in the first episode of season two. He seems to be ambidextrous, so it wouldn’t be unlikely for him to continue having Vein shoot with his left hand, especially if that just comes more naturally to the body he’s possessing.

There are still a lot of gaps to fill and loose ends to tie up—Liu Xiao’s motivation, Xia Fei’s connection to Cheng Weimin and his full role as an antagonist, Vein’s relationship with Liu Xiao over time, who the other survivor of the fire is (taken from the ciphers in the intro), the mysteriously appearing sign in the elevator, and perhaps most importantly Qiao Ling (likely to be a central player with her newfound abilities, maybe even the one to get them out of this mess. I’m a fan of the theory that the Bridon Arc is at least partially seen through her eyes as she looks into Lu Guang’s past and pieces everything together across multiple timelines, which would account for the inconsistencies in the backgrounds of frames)—but I think this theory is fun and could have a lot of potential in tying together all three seasons so far. I’d also like to learn more about the importance of the recurring eye symbol. We see an eye or at least symbols and patterns that resemble eyes on the book Vein steals from Wang Qing’s office, above the door of the bookstore, on the rug at the entrance to Xia Fei’s apartment, on a book in the drawer of Cheng Weimin’s desk at school in the past (appears to be the same as the one Vein stole but we can’t be sure. If it was, it could contain more information on the school, the fire, and potentially lead to the other survivor), the whole title of the opening theme, and more places I’m sure that I missed. It’s interesting that the symbol is an eye, too, when we see eyes and eye color most notably tied to powers. Maybe the book and information Vein was after had something to do with supernatural abilities. This is all probably very wrong, but I’d like to see at least some elements of it come into play. I need the next season like yesterday.

[eurekq]

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Lorigame (working title; hopefully will be replaced. Eventually) is a dating sim that I'm working on! I'm one of the main writers and the main artist. My friend joan @gullethead is our other main writer, seb @bastiantj is on coding, music and supplemental art, and fish @fish-mouth is our beautiful perfect project manager.

You play as Lorelei Kirch, a 21 year old engineering major at the University of Illinois, who happens to be the half-human daughter of a succubus. Lori is sweet, charming, bubbly, and both emotionally and academically intelligent. She's also attention obsessed and not shy of using underhanded means to get it. You start the game in a questionable poly relationship with your high-school boyfriend of five years, Julian, and your more recently acquired college fling, Mav.

Julian's half human, half demon, just like you, and a massive sweetheart and goofball; he's also incredibly busy, lacking impulse control, insecure about your relationship, quite frankly a bit cringe, and fucking hates Mav's guts.

Mav is a listless immortal, the daughter of a dryad and a succubus, who in lieu of finding a purpose has instead devoted herself to pure hedonism and skirt chasing over the past 600 ish years. She's laid back, fun, adventurous, and always knows how to make you laugh; shes's also a total mess, incapable of actual commitment, high 24/7, and fucking hates Julian's guts.

This tenuous state of affairs naturally comes crashing down within the first week of your senior year. During this time you also meet Urielle, the other woman in you and Mav's relationship, an actual archangel and, for some reason, a League of Legends fanatic, and Dante, a dryly sarcastic and seemingly normal human bartender who saves you and Julian's asses at the start of the game.

The game takes place over your full senior year, and all four romance options have at least one good and two bad endings, as well as three poly relationship options with their own sets of endings. We also wanted to focus on giving an incentive to still hang out with characters whose routes you aren't doing; unromanced LIs and other characters, like your roommates, will still be influenced to a degree by how you treat them.

Other miscellaneous things I figure make sense for a summary: Main theme of the game is growing up, in whatever form that takes depending on your route: for some routes that's mainly about your LI, for some it's you. We wanted to give the bad endings and nastier options in general a lot of room in the writing instead of just having them be afterthoughts, and also wanted to lean into the nice or obvious thing to say not always being the best for the character or your relationship. The supernatural elements are mostly played for comedy ala Monster Prom, but tie back into the themes of the game, especially in certain characters' routes.

Another important aspect is Lori herself; I wanted to stay away from my ultimate pet peeve of the blank slate dating sim protagonist and make a character who really shines in between player dialogue choices and has a real mind of her own, sometimes even saying things that you might not exactly want her to say. I think from what we have now she's quite charmingly terrible, and has a lot of wiggle room to push her in a better, or, if that's your thing, worse direction.

The game is heavily based on my time in school (specifically at UIUC, hence the very specific setting) and I really wanted to use that setting to its fullest potential instead as just a backdrop. As such the game focuses a lot on things like fraternities, UIUC bar culture, and the frenzied engineering academic/social experience that I had.

We have all of the writing prepared for a playable demo, several music tracks, and concrete plans for the UI, and I'm slowly chugging through sprites. Hopefully there'll be a demo sometime in the next few months!

[druworldorder]

Where do I begin with this project? The aptly titled Never Die in January is a body of work that showcases my crews diverse range, and unwavering UNITY. This is an EP that felt to all of us like a mixtape, and also our purest GROUP tape thus far due to how the selected tracks came together.

The Journey started in November, where we had all decided to take a work trip to NY to get some work in with ProjectPorter, who had a couple of cuts lined up for Big J CSB. It ended up that last minute myself and Estebang weren't able to make the trip for personal reasons. What resulted from those sessions was Midas Touch, RAW, and Dream, with J, Scrue, Jak, and Cornerboi shining throughout the session

Back Home in Miami, Bang & I were locked in the realm working on a collab tape fully produced by our homie Digitale. These sessions helped build our chemistry and felt dope knowing we were all getting work in, even in different states.

I gotta give credit where it's due.. This tape really came together due to Jak Maker's urgency. He saw the opportunity to put the NY sessions together for something bigger. He also was able to focus solely on rapping as opposed to producing, arranging and mixing as he usually does and has showcased before on projects like Dante's Garden. These are some of personal favorite verses from Jak, He came out of the gate swinging on Midas Touch and really set the tone for the rest of the tape.

The 2 other tracks from the tape featured myself and Bang on Mink Coat Draggin' and Curtain Call, produced by Joe Robbie Stadium and J/S respectively. I met Joe Robbie at a session I had with the Homie Nick Garcia for a song we got together called Therapy. I had peeped his work online and it was dope getting to chop it up with him. We have a lot of things in common including our love of Miami Sports teams, especially the Dolphins (Hence the stage name Joe Robbie Stadium lol).

Shortly after the Nick Garcia session, the homie came through to watch a myself and Scrue rip the stage at Unseen Creatures brewery where I was able to further chop it up, we left that night eager to work together and would shortly after start cutting some of the dopest tracks I've been a part of, one of these tracks ended up on the tape (Mink Coat Draggin').

The reason I say this tape is aptly named Never Die in January, is for a few reasons. I suffered one of the worst bouts of depression I had ever faced in my 29 years on earth. I dealt with issues I thought I had left in the past, and had to face new realities that I thought I was prepared for, but my actions showed me I clearly wasn't. I might sound crazy but my entire life, I never truly put much thought to my own mortality. I know I bleed just like everyone else, I know my bones might break, I know at any moment disaster could strike.. But I always thought I was invincible.. Think Superman but with a buzzcut, a sports jersey and a giant [d] for [dru] plastered on my chest. Whatever the situation, in my mind I was good. I was hit with some news that changed my entire perspective and I really had to accept that my way of thinking had to shift.

I know I can physically die at any moment, but what ensures that I live forever are the reasons I get up and step into that booth. Every line I’ve written, every verse I’ve laid down—even in my darkest moments—adds to my testimony. Long after I'm gone, my words will echo FOREVER. I'll die by that.

I didn’t die in January.

I'm still here MF.

It's a [dRuWorldOrdeR]

Yours Truly,

-[dRu]

[ilikelookingatthings]

Just finished watching trolls 3 and I have so many thoughts I must share into the tumblr void!

first. It's a great movie. Ten out of ten songs. The characters are wonderful I LOVE THE FAMILY THEMES! and all the boy band puns and references are wonderfully done cans getting to see where each troll landed in life.

Now for my thoughts. I see alot of the fans being tough on the eldest brother...after all he was tough and pushed everyone to be perfect and get into roles and him snapping at his brothers and shifting the blame a bit for the failure to hit the perfect Harmony wasn't cool. And it resulted in the band and the family breaking up...not to mention him being there for branch.

But I honestly think they should have focused a bit more of WHY he was so intense about the perfect Harmony. The movie points to how this time he clearly wants to do it to save Floyd. Something ALL the brothers are on bored with...and we also know his care for Floyd is genuine as he did immediately go when he heard he was in trouble.

The brothers act like he js all bossy and controlling for no reason..

Which on the surface could parallel the sister in the veneer spaghetti siblings(the nostalgia and joy when my sister remembered what those toys were called XD) on the surface. Which the movie pointed how you shouldn't let someone restrict or guide what you will do or act. Which helped inspire the brother to at least come clean at the end and how the brothers had se p erated due to being serious about that boundary....

But I honestly think the eldest brother was that harsh about the perfect Harmony the first time because he was trying to protect his brothers. Not Just the second time in trying to save Floyd.

Think about it. The Band was together while they were still in the home tree in Bergen town where yearly the Bergens would gather around to feast on the trolls. Yearly means the Bergens knew they had to control how much they took or there wouldn't be anymore trolls to snack on.

We also know that when trolls get too sad they turn Grey and not as tasty and that the happier the troll/most talented the tastier/more valuable they are. AND WE KNOW THE BERGENS kept track to know which were the happiest trolls...hence why Poppy in particular was chosen to be the first troll the prince would get to eat...the tastiest, sweetest. happiest troll.

So I actually think the reason they were a band was because the band could serve as a distraction from the impending yearly pruning of the trolls and keep the trolls happy. Which was good for troll moral...but also meant the Bergens might keep the band alive/not choose to eat them because it meant keeping just 5 trolls alive the more happier/tastier trolls/less risk of trolls turning grey that the bergens could choose from.

Not to mention if they were perfect/special with the perfect Harmony the bergans might Have to keep them alive since the long we the live they might create more tastier talented trolls. Like letting the tastier Brussel sprouts live to procreate instead of eating them immediately. Or selective breading if you will.

And if they were perfect and well loved enough as a band the bergens might put them on the not kill list because if they were eaten it might upset too many of the trolls/risk too many if them turning grey.

They hinted a bit by having the eldest brother bring up how he had been taking care of all the brothers and the pressure it put him under.

But I really wish they had spelled out that the reason he was so fixated on them being perfect was because it was literally him trying to protect them and guarentee they wouldn't be pruned.

Even the simple titles(the sensative one, the fun one, the heartthrob, the leader, the baby ect) makes more sense in the scenerio that he was trying to make them easy to identify so the Bergens would have a easier time recognizing to not eat that specific troll and easier for other trolls to identify with at least one of the brothers to cover their bases to them becoming so popular they couldn't be touched by the Bergens.

It would also create a VERY strong parallel between the eldest brother and Branch in the first movie because Branch was also bossy and judgy and telling everyone they were doing something wrong which was actually branches way of caring for everyone and their safty...but by pushing like that when trolls naturally want to be chill and happy and not bummed out resulted in the other trolls seeing branch as bossy and disregarding branches good points and reasons because they felt he was putting down/disregarding their right to party and be positive.

Which caused other trolls to not want to. be around 'party pooper branch' and branch as a result rejecting the other trolls more in return that him pushing so hard was to keep them safe. With branch getting to the point of pretending like he doesn't care/why he was so harsh to poppy and rejecting hug time even though deep diwn he still cared as we saw him keep and rebuild all the cards he had destroyed.

In this it leads me to believe the eldest brother was bossy/being the partypooper trying to get everyone perfect and lashing out due to stress and fear. Trying to shift his stress on his brothers like branch had done with poppy to cover up the real source of his stress. And like branch,who had been surprised and upset at the other trolls being unreasonable in not realizing branch was right to have fears/that they should be more cautious, the eldest brother struggled to see why his brothers thought his advice was unreasonable when the elder brothers knew his thoughts/motives were to keep them safe by sticking to the band plan.

And him being pessimistic about the harmony note not happening must be because he had fixated on the harmony being the thing that would save his brothers/make them indispensible.

And his bros wanting to quit and blaming him felt like it made him leave himself like how branch would loudly say he doesn't need anyone else and would be alone.

Also why did no kbe adress more that he literally thoight everyone died? He couldn't find them for years and he also couldn't risk being seen by the Bergens...and how all of his brothers were just still upset with him...which made sense since their feelings were valid and he didn't take into account how ge was stressing them out and wasn't seeing them properly....but it felt a bit unfair we didn't see them realize he was that tough because he was trying to protect them and how them disregarding he cared at a must have hurt.

I think if the movie had brought it up it might have been a dark moment...but it would also create a strong thematic parallel with Viva who wanted too afraid and wanted to keep poppy and clay with her where she was going to disregard what they wanted with how he seemed to disregard some of the issues due to thinking he was right fir the greater good. And how scared viva was to risk seeing poppy hurt on the outside/why viva had stayed behind despite her wanting poppy to stay with her and be safe.

And a parallel with king peppy who hadn't reminded Peppy about her sister or the trolls who had been left behind due to his grief. But also meant poppy had a simple view of her dad and had disregarded his advice in the second movie and a bit in the first because she didn't have a full view of the situation and the complex feelings he might have.

Anyone anyone else find some of the pieces of the brothers fascinating...on one hand the fun brother has clearly been trying to over compensate and prove he isn't fun which isn't exactly healthy but does make me think of how branch enjoys some boring things as well as some darker stuff. Like a underground bunker. The safty exit parallel XD and branch not minding the sad country song with this guy being into sad book club and branch being into poetry. Nkt to mention him taking care of Viva and understanding some of her issues much like Branch had that dynamic with Poppy sometimes reversed with her being the one to be more positive and get him out of his paranoia with also him being the more practical guy providing the safty exits so to speak.

Branch and the eldest brother have survival aspects and skills and relying on that as a first resort(like branch and his whittled spears) and big brother with his weird shock starfish that didn't dissolve the Diamond and thinking of a diamond hammer. With the elder being more on the traveling side but still jumping in to help like branch did eventually with poppy. Or when he left to school when barbs letter arrived. But also both write now...branch having written lyrics or poems at least and the elder having written their past songs abd both getting a bit defense at times.

The heartthrob is clearly good at scheduals to some degree with running a restraunt and a romantic with his wife which we know branch has a heart throb romance side ;). And Branch did work out like bruce/spruce used to in the past.(which I like how comfortable the Dad was was in his body since he didn't need to work out anymore and was on a safe island after his solo career) and has his own considerate side that he knew he'd be inconviencing his wife. Not to mention both get goaded by their loved ones into the practice when both were reluctant at first.

And of course the sensative brother who is smart and more practical in knowing what would shatter the diamond and figuring out it was a trap and having that 'really?' Face when the big brother tried to save him by himself much like Branch with some of Poppy's aspects in not thinking through some of the plan and getting ahead of herself.

I'm just saying....mister leader feels to me like he has a slight missing component in tjat he was harsh to try to protect his brothers in the purge system they had going on and his brothers hadn't realized the details because he didn't explain it to them(using how he didn't jave a way with words and would touch a nerve with each brother pretty easily each time he tried to reconnect)...and it also makes the situation with poppy make even more sense because if it was prince grisle's first troll...the Bergens would break the rule of leaving the happiest most talented trolls alone so they could make even happier and tastier trolls because Poppy had a similar happy older sister.

Finding out the Bergens would take Poppy probably resulted in the trolls to come up with a desperate plan to save her(hence the tunnels) finally being thought up. And how everyone had to act natural to not Allert the Bergens.

Anyone one have any other thoughts to add about Trolls 3.

also....I found it interesting it didn't occur to John dory that his brothers would want him to stay which while kindof insensative(especially to not think of branches perspect). Make sense when he doesn't get any type of goid welcome from hjs bros and how branch had told him it was just the mission and done and had immediately shut him out at the start...but also felt like John relying on that to protect himself because his other brothers were upset with hjm again and blaming him entirely for the break up. Which deep down he probably did blame himself...but also it seems those trolls alive during that time seemed used to death...and it seemed he thought everyone died and we just kindof glossed over how that probably messed him up? And how we saw viva kindof try to pretend at times she was fine qhen she was clearly hurting real bad.

Also does anyone else think if branch had stayed on the bus then Floyd might not have almost died since they'd be taking all 4 of the other brother's talent and they could have broken out later? Hypothetical? Or no to that?

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Though honestly it gets really interesting figuring out what each brother knows. The eldest returned and thought everyone was dead and had no way to track them down or assume they were okay after leaving for the mountain. But having no clue the survived until a month ago seeing that concert situation or at least hearing about it. And then of course how he had gone to try to save flyod and tried to find the other brother's while making it to branch...with the best guess a unmarked postcard from bruce/spruce.

Clay seemed separated during the attack or at least came across the survivors that escaped in the other tunnels and then got trapped in the golf course trying to make it safe and care for the traumatized survivors from the attack but he knew of the escape plan so at least assumed branch and grandma had gotten out...while viva didn't know if poppy or er dad was okay(specifically poppy).

Especially considering the no trolls left behind aspect might have led her to believe peppy was at strong risk of dying and how poppy had been a target...and how there was probably risk of being found in the earlier years since the cook was looking for them.

But it didn't seem to occur to him that rosiepuff might die and leave branch alone....maybe because he heard about the escape plan from viva.

Bruce/Spruce had his own family and a seemingly successful career and resteraunt so couldn't just up and leave but it seems unclear how much he knew? Like it didn't seem like he assumed they were all dead like the elder did. And he did at least send a post card to the eldest once...so maybe he also found out a way to contact or at least assume some pop trolls were alive after the second movie as more trolls stopped isolating and mixing more?

And of course we know alot of people dodn't know where to find the pop trolls in the forest anyway and how risky it can be to travel if you don't know what your doing. And how there was some common pop trolls bad/judged knowledge hovering happening previously with all the seperated troll sections.

Also..anyone else trying to piece together what thus all means for the king? Did he assume she was crushed or eaten? Or that she had escaped? Of course he couldn't leave the main group behind to go looking for personal reasons since he is a leader and tge bergen trauma was fresh and they needed to work on settling in a new place. Did the king just have the issue where he thought she died and he was shocked poppy didn't remember her but it was too painful to bring up due to his own grief? Which he couldn't linger on since he had to be the leader and didn't know how to adress it because Poppy had such a positive view of how he saved everyone since he literally went back and used the clothes off his back to save a while bunch of them. Like I have heard of the grief being so bad that some parents don't bring it up. Heck even in animation it happened in barbie with the Pegasus movie.

Anyway specifically any thoughts about

JOHN DORY

John Dory

But any others are also appreciated. Leave notes or reblog with your thoughts if your nervoous and need permission!

Also is it just me or were they using the hair less in this movie?

[scottsummerslovebot]

I wanna put some of my Deadpool and Wolverine thoughts out here before the film <3

Anything bolded is stuff I’ve thought out and think might be possible others are just thoughts :)

1. I think the reason all the xmen characters we see in the wasteland are bad guys is because Magneto tried to save from his xmen universe degrading by sending them to the wasteland

2. I think Storm will make an appearance

3. I think we’ll get an au of wolverine at some point

4. I think the feild with the rocks wolverine is in is the Feild Of Reeds from MoonKnight

5. The TVA is a secret branch that still honours the sacred timeline- and want him to take out marvel au’s like elektra and the fantastic 4 which he dies quickly. But when hes sent to kill wolverine he realizes that they’re bullshit. Which leads to both him and Logan getting sent to the wasteland and them having to team up with the people he pruned to get out

6. Cassandra wants them to escape so she can too

7. Taylor Swift Cameo or at least a joke (something like she appears as Dazzler only for her to immediately die and Wade will say something like “GUYS WHAT THE FUCK THAT WAS TAYLOR SWIFT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FANS ARE GONNA DO TO US???”)

8. America Chavez is opening the portal for them in the end

9. This movie will end with a lot of the multiverse characters escaping into our universe (main mcu) which will lead into Thunderbolts* (hence the asterisks on the title) which will deal with trying to track them down and then will lead into avengers 5

10. The portal is created by the new avengers looking for monica through the multiverse

[reborn-in-my-limbo]

I think this one might hurt us both. The album, the man that brought us together

Good luck 🫡

alright pookies here we go: a ranking of depth by yuta

7. last song: haha last song last... sorry... i like it! honestly there are no bad songs on this album, there are really good ones and fantastic ones. it's a great lead-in to this album, and it makes it so that off the mask catches you completely off guard, very well done. sometimes slower songs end up being some of my favorites, sometimes not.

6. save you: this and the title track were pretty interchangeable, i like both of them. good on the ears, just not as good as some of the others. "we're trading places" gets stuck in your head and i think the message of the song is pretty damn cool.

5. off the mask: the mv saved this one. classic case of the title track being shown the fuck up by the b-sides. i think that's a good thing, it means that it can support itself but also get the album more streams, hell yeah. my man nakamoto yuta is hot, hence him being part of the bias line when i got back into nct. also, damnit he can sing, let him do it! this solo tour making him more vocally stable than any other member has me giggling too. FUCK YOU, SM!

4. butterfly: oof... i like this song less as a song and more as a "yo this was yuta's first self-produced track and it's beautiful" type thing. it sounds very pretty, and honestly, apple kept putting it on random playlists and shoving it down my throat so i had to like it. the emotional intensity hits every time.

3. goodbye: the other song that apple decided i needed to hear a ton. no worries, it was in my top three before i ever truly ranked the album. the bridge, man. it's just SO GOOD. i love how he meshed the english with the japanese as well, it flowed a lot better than i ever could have anticipated.

2. prisoner: the one i relate to. like damn. how does it feel to have an artist take your experiences and sing them at you beautifully? feels wild, man. lyrically, it's exquisite. instrumentally, yummy. my eloquence fails me right about now but that's okay, my feelings can justify this one. >:)

1. bad euphoria: my favorite, obviously. it was hard to choose the order of the top three but i think this one is my favorite just because of the idea of bad euphoria. kind of like yuta is teaching you what it is while he's singing. it's gritty and grungy and my brain apparently needed that back in october. his tone is so bitey like yes i'm listening my good sir what do you have to say?

hope i didn't piss you off or break your heart too much with this one, goose goose. wouldn't want to hurt you over what brought us together. i'm also once again apologizing for accidentally lying to you about what time zone i was in... i really didn't expect you to remember that...

[midnight-raven]

i have an idea for an AU: The Despair Kids. it's similar to your Futuristic Four Villain AU, but it has a few differences

This AU includes Riley from Inside Out, Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6 & Meilin Lee from Turning Red

Their backstories are different from the ones from your Villain AU, in that they became villains from a tragic event and finally giving in to the despair rather than being raised by the villains, hence the title

The only one trying to stop them is Meilin Lee

*Sorry if the writing is bad*

Hiro Hamada

Alias: Yokai

Abilities/Equipment: control of the Microbots, Mind control through motor control neuro headbands

Not feeling satisfied with Yokai's defeat since it wouldn't bring back Tadashi, Hiro decided to don the mask of Yokai and took the medical chip out of Baymax before proceeding to brainwash the rest of BH6 via motor control neuro headbands just to serve out his revenge story. San Fransokyo plummets as a result of the new heroes-turned-villains. Hiro finds himself overtaking both the city, and the minds of his friends, as all of them slowly fall to forced corruption

Miguel Rivera

Alias: Black Dhalia

Abilities/Equipment: Music based abilities via Guitar (Think hypnotism or inducing sleepiness)

Miguel managed to escape the land of the dead, but wasn't able to save Hector in time, it didn't help that when he ran back home to try and get her mama coco to remember her father, Elena broke the guitar before he can to her and since he went missing for all night, he was grounded as a result. few days later, mama coco had recently passed away, never knowing who her father was. grief stricken by what happened, Miguel started to develop resentment towards his family for everything. eventually one night, his parents found that he had run away from home once more, and this time he didn't come back. they tried to get help from the authorities but to no prevail. Miguel, now with the salvaged remains of guitar was determined to make those who disregarded Hector's memory

Riley Andersen

Alias: The Hockey Hunter

Abilities/Equipment: Ice creation (she's equipped with a liquid nitrogen pack that causes the ground around her the freeze, allowing her to skate) as well as her skills in hockey

set after an alternate ending where anxiety won. Riley managed to get into the Firehawks which shouldn't been the happiest moment of her life, except she didn't feel Joy, instead her mind was filled with endless scenarios of failure spinning around in her head like a song playing in the background. Panic attacks had become a regular occurrence for her, and the stress of the game, the need to live up to other people's expectations, and her studies were all taking their toll. eventually, it all came crashing down on her one game, when she ended up sustaining a devastating injury that prematurely ends her hockey career. Riley’s struggle with her mental health after that had gotten worse, which made her parents really concerned. however, when her parents went to check on her that night, they were shocked to find she had disappeared without a trace. coincidently, a few days after Riley went missing, news began circulating about a masked criminal wearing Hockey gear running around the city, it's said that this hunter would hunt down young hockey Players, injuring them to the point where they're forced to end their careers early. no one knows who this hunter is and why, but whoever they are, they clearly want those around the feel the pain he felt. and currently his next target is his biggest. the captain of the Firehawks, Valentina Oritz

Penny Forrester

Alias: Shush

Abilities/Equipment: Enhanced Agility & tracking skills via Bolt

She's not a villain by Choice, but rather one from unfortunate circumstance. she got into an accident during filming that not only left her face scarred but also left her memory impaired, the only memory she can remember were ones with his dog Bolt. when she first woke up, Penny along with bolt went to look around the place she was in, discovering that she was in the hospital, here she saw some of Calico's soldiers (who were really actors still wearing the outfits) with some doctors and her mother right next to them. since her memory was erased, she perceived them to be dangerous and hid before quickly running back to her room. the next day, the doctors came to check on her only to discover that she and her dog were gone, a widespread search was initiated not long after, but sadly, they couldn't find her anywhere. as for Penny and Bolt, since that day at the hospital, they were now fighting to survive out in the streets everyday. to Penny, she sees everyone as an Agent of this mysterious Dr. Calico person, wanting to take her and her Dog away

Violet Parr

Alias: UltraViolet

Abilities/Equipment: Forcefield creation, Electricity manipulation & Invisibility

Her family had it rough the last few days, Bob had just lost his Job when the Company he worked at became the target of controversy, forced to move away, and her parents just had their third kid with Jack-Jack which already put even more pressure on their shoulders. Violet wanted to help in some way. so, using her invisibility, she resorted to robbing banks just to support her family. however, because this went against what her family stood for, she had to keep it a secret from them for their sake, it's a good thing that she has invisibility, allowing her to slip away easily. unfortunately, she couldn't keep her secret forever and eventually her Secret was soon discovered by her parents, and they disowned her as a result. with nowhere to go, violet felt completely alone, sad & heartbroken. but most of all, she felt angry, angry at those she tried to help. she had sacrificed everything for them, and they just threw her away like nothing. well, if she can't be a hero, then she might as well be the villain

Wilbur Robinson

Alias: The Bowler Hat Boy

Abilities & Equipment: genius-level intellect & Robot assistance via D0R-15

He doesn't know who he is, where he came from, or where he was. the only thing he does know is that he has a robot partner in the form a sentient bowler hat called DOR-15. now, at first glance, he may seem harmless but looks can be deceiving, thanks in part to DOR-15, who is equipped with a variety of gadgets made for any combat situation. but even without her, Wilbur is capable of doing things without her assistance. and the worse, is that it seems he wants revenge for something that happened. but regardless of how you interpret his story and how Wilbur came, he's here and now, he wants revenge

Meilin Lee

Alias: The Detective

Abilities/Equipment: Red Panda Transformation

out of all of the Kids, Mei lee proved to be the more noble of them, from her healthy relationship with her friends, to how she managed to stop her mother's rampage, she had shown that she was still capable of being a good kid even if she has a red panda form. said form would soon come in handy when a string of crimes started to occur near her area, though it didn't bother her at first, but when one of her friends got hurt during an encounter with one of them, she knew she had to do something about it. thankfully though she had the highest grades at school, so all of the stuff Mei had learn really helped Mei a lot in her investigations. and thanks to her Red Panda form, Mei is able to thwart off criminals who even dare hinder her work. though she does struggle a bit from time to time, especially when she's faced against the five biggest villains in the city. but despite that, she's always willing to help anyone, even in the darkest of hours

[lamonnaie]

✨lamonnaie's 2024 bl (+ adjacent) wrapped ✨

i realised i haven't been using mdl very well to track my series watched, so i'm doing a post on here to look back on in the future, and because i like having the stats in one place :)

In 2024 I watched a record low number of programs: 16 series and 4 movies.

Movies ✨

The 4 movies were How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (Thailand), Uranus2324 (Thailand), Hoon Payon (Thailand) and The Post-Truth World (Taiwan).

Out of these, the lowest I rated was Uranus2324 at 5.5 (possibly one of the worst movies I've ever watched)

The highest was The Post-Truth World at 9 (probably because I'm a sucker for murder mystery thrillers)

Special shoutout to How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies for being a really nice experience to watch at the cinemas, definitely elevated an already pretty good movie. (I also watched Uranus2324 at the cinema, unfortunately no theatre atmosphere could save this flop)

Since I've mentioned the other 3, special shoutout to Hoon Payon so it doesn't feel left out: it was fun seeing so many familiar faces and while it wasn't the most memorable, it was a solid movie !!

Series ✨

Out of the 16 series I watched in 2024, 4 were from Thailand, 4 from Taiwan, 3 from South Korea, 3 from Japan and 3 from China. This is a very even spread of countries, which is quite surprising since in all previous years, my watched list was dominated by Thai series.

Out of the 16 series, 5 of them are non-BL (however a number of these are pretty strong bromance). In combination with the 4 movies watched (none of which are BL), this brings my total watched programs to 9 non-BLs and 11 BLs (which is making me feel a little silly with the name i chose for the title of the post,,, at least BL shows are still the majority lol)

More specifically, out of the 20 programs, it was 11 BLs, 1 GL, 4 gen series/movies (these might have romance but it was barely mentioned), 1 het series, and 3 bromances (I'm counting Under the Skin and Link Click as bromances because they're gay as hell, and ofc i don't even need to mention High School Frenemy lol).

This marks a pretty huge change in my watching trends, because in previous years I watched at least 90-100% BLs. (i'm pretty sure i was just burnt out from seeing the same faces at one point in the year, and then i was burnt out from romance in general, hence the prevalence of gen shows).

Highest ratings go to High School Frenemy (Thailand - hsf has consumed my mind, body and soul, changed me as a person, and most crazily, even managed to get me to change my url on here, that's how serious it is) and Under the Skin (China - I don't talk about it much on here but that does not lessen the fact that i consider it a masterpiece. i love mystery-type stuff + the bromance flavours in this are also perfect), with both of these shows receiving a 10.

Out of 75 shows/movies in total on my completed list, only 6 have ever received 10/10, and somehow 2 of those were shows I watched in 2024. Apparently 2024 for me was all about quality over quantity.

Another huge change in my watch behaviour was the lack of GMMTV shows. The one GMMTV show I watched in 2024 was High School Frenemy (and I wasn't even planning on watching it, I just started it on a whim, which is pretty interesting considering how many of the other shows I was very excited for, but never actually ended up watching/finishing). This was likely because of burnout at a point from seeing the same faces, which is what led me to branch out into watching more shows from other countries.

Lowest rating this year (apart from Uranus2324) goes to The End of the World with You (Japan) with 7.5 (which isn't too bad tbh). The atmosphere of the show was really nice and vibey, and the concept of the show was interesting, but both the main characters were moderately to highly unlikeable to me, which just made it difficult to really enjoy the show and root for them.

SPECIAL SHOUTOUTS TIME WOOHHH

Special shoutout to Eternal Yesterday (Japan) for changing how I see the world. There was something so profound in the way it explored grief and love and the intersection of those two, I was a crying *mess* for days after watching this, i can't recall another show that's touched me in this way. I rated it a 9.5 only because some plot points were a bit unpolished or unnecessary, but the way that this show as a whole has moved me is something i'll never forget. (also sunshower by ayumu imazu is the opening theme and it is absolutely GORGEOUS, i still listen to it on repeat)

Special shoutout to Blueming (South Korea) for being the first Korean BL that I've been able to really enjoy. It's one of those shows where the specific character type has the potential to be unlikeable to me, but the actor was so damn good in the role that they pulled it off and instead made me love the character. The acting and chemistry in this show absolutely pulled it together and made it one of my favs, earning it a 9.0 rating.

Special shoutout to My Stand-In (Thailand), for being engaging enough to be the only show apart from High School Frenemy that I was able to watch every week while it was airing and actually stay interested. Honestly a pretty banging show, which earned it a 9.0 rating as well.

Special shoutout to The On1y One (Taiwan) for having one of the best OSTs i've heard. Ricky Hsiao's 寂寞而已 from it was my top song on Spotify wrapped, which is all that you rlly need to know. (However if spotify tracked til the end of the year, Promise by SkyNani would be my actual top song, as confirmed by last.fm).

Special shoutout to Unknown (Taiwan) for being my first obsession of the year. Unfortunately the ending fell a bit flat with how they portrayed it, but all the cast (including the kids) were absolutely brilliant throughout, and chris chiu deserves all the awards.

= THE END =

the full list of series i watched this year:

The End of the World With You

4 Minutes

A Breeze of Love

Blueming

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Copycat Killer

Dead Friend Forever

Eternal Yesterday

I Hear the Sunspot

High School Frenemy

My Stand-In

Reset

Under the Skin

Unknown

Link Click

The On1y One

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andres trevelyan, dragon age verse

statistics.

FULL NAME Andres Maxwell Trevelyan.

NICKNAMES Dre, Trevelyan

RACE Human.

GENDER & PRONOUNS Cisgender male, he/him/his.

SEXUALITY Bisexual.

NATIONALITY Ostiwicker.

RELIGION Andrastian.

POSITIVE TRAITS Noble, Courageous, Disciplined, Humble

NEGATIVE TRAITS Impatient, Paranoid, Rigid, Headstrong

AFFILIATION Herald of Andraste, Inquisitor

skills & abilities.

CLASS Warrior.

SPECIALIZATION Templar.

WEAPON Greatsword.

biography via the keep

As the youngest child of the Trevelyan noble house, Andres grew up in the Free Marcher city of Ostwick and have enjoyed a life of privilege. With close family ties to the Chantry, and many relatives among the priesthood and the templars, Andres was always expected to follow a similar path in service of the Maker.

In 9:41 Dragon, several members of House Trevelyan attended a Chantry conclave seeking to put an end to the Mage-Templar War. Included among the delegation was the youngest child of Bann Trevelyan, who was sent to assist their relatives or, if a mage, formed a part of the Mage delegation.

additional headcanon

Andres was betrothed to Marcello Freyette, the second son of an Orlesian Marquis, an engagement borne out of political allyship and, later, love. Marcello was also present at the Conclave and, unfortunately, was one of the many killed. This devastated Andres greatly, though in the time passed since he's had little time to grieve -- the title of the Herald of Andraste, the Inquisitor, does not afford him that privilege. First, he must save the world, and then...

decisions under cut

EXPLORING THEDAS reached the inner sanctum, investigated the dwarven ruins, rescued troops from the avaar, helped refugees, did not gain cultists' allegiance, fairbanks revealed to be a noble, fairbanks defeated the freemen, closed the lake's rift in crestwood, imshael was slain, captured suledin keep, claimed griffon wing keep

OPERATIONS inquisition forces deployed regularly, sutherland's company wasn't formed, jecin and celeste married for love, contacted johi

THE WRATH OF HEAVEN inquisitor accepts being chosen by andraste

CHAMPION OF THE JUST inquisitor went to therinfal redoubt, templars leashed, ser barris is alive

IN YOUR HEART SHALL BURN player declared for order

HERE LIES THE ABYSS grey wardens rebuilt, warden contact left in fade

WICKED EYES AND WICKED HEARTS celene rules, reconciled with briala, empress celene lived, grand duchess florianne killed

WHAT PRIDE HAD WROUGHT morrigan drinks from the well, respected temple tradition & allied with guardians

DOOM UPON ALL THE WORLD leliana is divine

JUDGEMENTS AT SKYHOLD inquisitor was a recruiting judge

companions & advisors

DORIAN romanced, planned to return to tevinter, reconciled with his father.

BLACKWALL recruited and stayed, left prison as rainier

IRON BULL recruited, saved the chargers, tal-vashoth

CASSANDRA rebuilt seekers, discovered book of secrets

SERA recruited, killed harmond

COLE recruited and stayed, more human

SOLAS freed his friend

VARRIC tracked the red lyrium source

VIVIENNE gave snowy wyvern heart

CULLEN encouraged not to use lyrium

JOSEPHINE did favors for du paraquettes

LELIANA steeled

TRESPASSER disbanded inquisition, stop solas at all costs

SHIPPING in my canon gameplay, andres ends up with dorian but truthfully i can see him with anyone. he's a big romantic, and sharing his faith will most likely bridge that gap quicker than others, though he's not opposed to those who do not believe or have different beliefs. please keep in mind that andres, through my personal headcanon for him, is very much grieving the death of his fiancé, so that will be an obstacle to overcome.

CLOSED SHIPS: Dorian

TEMPLARS VS MAGES as a trevelyan, andres' ties to the templar order run deep and go back generations. at the beginning of the game he is less sympathetic to the mage's plight hence why he chooses to approach the templars to enlist. however, seeing as they are just as capable of being corrupted, he begins to soften his stance hence why he leashes them by the end of champon of the just. also, if he is romancing a mage, that helps him balance his opinions better as well.

ANDRASTIANISM andres grew up a devout andrastian, and i don't believe that changes by the end of the game. he does struggle with the notion of being the 'herald of andraste', however, torn between feeling like a fraud and wondering if he actually could have been chosen for this -- which then makes him question pretty much everything. however, by the end he's faith is reaffirmed, believing that although he may not have been a prophet chosen by the maker, he was set on this path toward victory for a reason.

[krysmcscience]

Seamless song splices, starring: Horton Hears A Who, and Prince of Egypt

Because if there's one thing I can't stand, it's random pops, clicks, and stutters between my music tracks, and after downloading and listening to at least five different releases of these albums to find that a whole entire none of them were actually seamless, I took it upon myself to do some quick(ish) audio editing. Here are the fruits of my labors!

I'll start with Horton Hears A Who, because John Powell is a musical superwizard and it is a Fucking Crime what they did to his work. (Seriously, look at this shit. That is the actual official soundtrack. Who approved this and where do I go to slap them?)

First, what I've titled as Opening Suite, which includes 'Fall From Tree', 'Cave of Destiny', and 'Jungle of Nool'. Because for some reason, as you can see from the soundtrack listing, whoever put the album together thought that splitting a two and a half minute song into three separate tiny chunks was a good idea. Now, I think we can all agree that they were abhorrently wrong, but rest assured that I have taken the time to correct that wrong.

Speaking of (far more horrific) wrongs, they also decided to chop this epic climactic masterpiece into four pieces! I have courteously rectified their music crimes, and titled the result as 'We Are Here!', given the whole story's theme and all (not to mention how those are the only words in the entire piece). This song includes 'Roping and Caging', 'We Are Here', 'Symphonophone', and 'Jojo Saves The Day'.

A similar wrong comes next, although it's at least somewhat more reasonable this time around. I've titled it A Big Ending, partially because it's the official title of the last of the three included songs, but also because...well, put all together, it is a really big ending. The first song is 'Hall of Mayors' (which briefly has How to Train Your Dragon vibes, in my opinion), while the middle and veritable bulk is taken up by 'Horton Suite' (i.e. the ending credits song - hence why it's so fucking long). 'Horton Suite' clocks in at nearly seven whole minutes, and is comprised of some very Suessical music that is worth every last second, and I don't care what anyone else says about that, I am Objectively Correct here.

With Horton Hears A Who out of the way, we come next to Prince of Egypt, which was similarly but at least less egregiously butchered. (Cuz I mean...at least 'Deliver Us' didn't get snipped up, right?)

First, Rally and The Plagues. I really only did this one because I wanted to listen to 'The Plagues', but hated how it didn't start cleanly. So, nothing much else to say about this one. Instead, I will take the time here to say that all four of the splices so far were easy-peasy - just a quick copy-paste and a cut of empty air between the waveforms of each file. The last one, though...

The last, and most important is When You Believe and The Red Sea, because 'When You Believe' just cuts off at the end, mid-note no less, which is clearly unacceptable to anyone with both ears and good taste. This splice...was significantly harder. It actively refused to splice clean in the same way as the prior works, up until I finally said 'fuck it', selected more than just empty air, made sure that the selection's ends were on the zero-crossing, and chopped away. BOOM. Clean splice, and - to my ear, at least - undetectable. I'm pretty pleased with it! If nothing else, I can finally listen to it without wincing at the very brief stutter between songs. (Granted, I'm not too jazzed about 'The Red Sea', but it does have some cool parts, and if nothing else, it ends nice and clean~)

Also, yes, I made those last two splices instead of sleeping, and then proceeded to make this post about all my audio editing nonsense instead of sleeping. Clearly, sharing the fruits of my labor is more important, both to me and hopefully to the other audiophiles out there who listened to these albums and also hated what was done to them. :)

(By the way, have a clean splice of 'The End.' and 'Dead!' by My Chemical Romance, too. Just for funzies.)

GOOD NIGHT!!!

[beastwars-transformers]

Stolen prompt: shuffle your likes or your favorite playlist and post the first ten tracks

I’m doing my on repeat playlist since I don’t trust my actual everything playlist…plus you gotta talk about the song and I can’t do that with the hundreds of random music I saved because I sort of liked it…

The Rain - Smash Into Pieces. One of the few vent songs I play when mommy issues flare up lol…also I always love songs that use the sun as a goal, to finally feel it after years of darkness and cold. It goes hard.

Dreams Without a Future - Sabled Sun. Beautiful piano but it’s the title that really punches me. I can’t articulate it. Just let it sink in. Dreams without a future, hopes with no hope, yearning for what is forever out of reach. Consider that the song is part of a project about a dying, overindustrilaized earth and…

The Blood is Art - Pastelle. This is one of my main ship songs uhhhh so to spare everyone…I really enjoy the singer’s voice, she nails the ethereal and angelic, and hearing it with such angry lyrics and sharp turns in notes is really interesting. And I adore the ending, just haunting vocalizations that are seeped in regret and sorrow…

Pottle - Bengalfuel. For once I cannot wax poetic about an ambient song. It’s just really calming and relaxing, 10/10 noises.

Love You (When You’re a Mess) - Jadudah. found this song during a really lull era where I wasn’t finding any new good music so I became so obsessed. The guitar riffs go crazy. Also I found this song when I was first getting into my stupid ship so 😅

Island - Bengalfuel. This is from the same album as 4 so…still applies. Nice noises, I like it a lot more for having reverb and longer notes.

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak. Quintessential post-hang out song. I use it mainly to relax but still want something more song-like than ambient. Again, I love guitar, and the strumming in this is really something.

Your Eyes Open - Keane. Another thing I really love is unconventional instruments together. So I really enjoy how the piano is used alongside drums and vocals. And again, I really enjoy long notes which the vocals easily supply.

(I skipped a song because it was another BENGALFUEL ALBUM ONE) Into The Unknown - Starset. I actually used to hate this song haha. But then it grew on me. Did you know there’s piano in this too? You can only hear it with good headphones, buried in the chorus. But, starset has my favorite hard rock/metal guitar riffs, hence why they’re like…my #1 band. I paid $140 to get my albums signed 🤨

Secret of Life - Lord Huron. The chorus would help me reach like 20mph on my bike it went so hard. Also reminds me of one of my favorite OCs…I should really go back to writing…oh well.

Tagging…..!!!!!! @umbralundertaker @nightfuryqueen @nightfuryqueen @prussianmemes @prophet60091 @stoplookingformee @imgoingtoputscorpionsinyourmouth and do it if you want even if you’re not tagged Teehee

[owlbearwrites]

WtW Ghost Gala - Day 9: Candy Corn

Tell us how you chose the title for your WIP

Okay, this is a fun one for me!

I have a contentious relationship with ideas of fate and destiny, and don't really gravitate to stories where predetermination rules supreme. I want characters to have agency. If they're fated to be together, I want them to earn it. If they're star-crossed, I want them to rewrite those stars. If they were dealt a good hand, I want to see it taken away and make them prove that they're worth it. If they were dealt a bad one, I want to see them play it anyway and WIN.

And so, in the story I'm writing, fate definitely plays a part in the main pair's journey, but fate alone never would've been enough to give them their happy ending.

Hence the title.

Fate is Just the Half of It is a story about how two people separated by an apocalypse found each other again, 200 years later. Needless to say, making possible even their joint survival, let alone their meeting, required flexing my authorial powers to engineer some unlikely coincidences.

However! The fact that Jack and Rowan find each other again, and get to be together again, is anything BUT coincidental. Yes, I twisted the cogs of fate to let them both survive the apocalypse (stretching the definition of survival in one of their cases, but close enough), and to place them both in the world at the same time. But that was it.

It wasn't fate that made Jack seek out information about what happened to Rowan 200 years ago. It wasn't fate that made Rowan go on a search for Jack based on nothing but half a clue, a gut feeling, and desperate hope: despite the fact that everyone he knew assured him it was a crazy quest that would end in heartbreak at best, death most likely. It wasn't fate that made Jack choose Rowan above all else once they were reunited, even if it meant putting himself in mortal danger at the hands of his employers, who had every power to destroy him. It wasn't fate that, after Jack's disappearance, made Rowan track him down a second time, even if it meant infiltrating a dangerous cult and going to the literal moon.

Even the fact that Rowan found Jack's diary from 200 years ago wasn't a gift from fate. Because the Jack from 200 years ago, fatally wounded and knowing his time was running out, chose a library of all places to spend his final few hours in. Not the ruined hospital nearby, where, with a little bit of luck, he would've found some medicine: not to save himself, but to make the inevitable end quick and painless. But a library, where the log of his decade of survival stood the best chance of being found one day.

Fate gave Jack and Rowan a fraction of a chance of finding each other again. They did the rest.

More about this WIP

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In the midst of the controversy surrounding a scene in Oppenheimer, where the titular character is depicted engaging in sexual activity while reciting verses from an ancient Sanskrit scripture, purportedly the Bhagavad Gita, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has stepped forward to praise Christopher Nolan’s biographical thriller film.

Taking to social media on Monday, Kangana lauded the movie as “Christopher Nolan’s best work so far” and expressed her admiration for the part in the film referencing Bhagavad Gita and Lord Vishnu. “Most important film of our time… I am so excited I just didn’t want it to end… It has everything I deeply love, I am passionate about physics and politics… For me, this was like a cinematic orgasm… beyond wonderful,” she noted while sharing a selfie video.

“The theme of the film is that when your nationalism rises, it precedes your religion; but when your humanity rises, it precedes your nationalism and you become a problem for the system. And the system that built you, starts disintegrating you. My favourite part is the reference to Srimad Bhagavad Gita and Lord Vishnu when he channelises his inner Vishnu. Go watch it… it’s a lovely film,” the Queen actor said in the video.

J Robert Oppenheimer, regarded as ‘the father of the atom bomb’, had learnt Sanskrit and was said to be influenced by the Bhagavad Gita. In the film, Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, is shown having sex with psychologist Jean Tatler (Florence Pugh) as she asks him to read a verse from what appears to be a Sanskrit book, whose title or cover is not visible.

The scene involving Gita in Oppenheimer had irked a section of social media users, who demanded the removal of the sequence from Christopher Nolan’s latest film.

Uday Mahurkar, information commissioner, Government of India, wrote an open letter to Nolan, terming the scene a “disturbing attack on Hinduism” and appealed to the director to remove the scene worldwide.

“We urge, on behalf of billion Hindus and the timeless tradition of lives being transformed by revered Geeta, to do all that is needed to uphold the dignity of their revered book and remove this scene from your film across the world. Should you choose to ignore this appeal it would be deemed as a deliberate assault on Indian civilisation. Eagerly await needful action (sic)” Mahurkar, founder of Save Culture Save India Foundation, wrote.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has sought an explanation from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on why it cleared the movie in its present form. According to sources, Thakur has demanded accountability from the CBFC, which functions under the aegis of the I&B Ministry, regarding clearing the movie with the controversial scene, which has hurt the sentiments of a section of the Hindu community.

The Dhaakad actor’s comments come a day after she locked horns with former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy after the latter questioned her Y-plus security status. He tweeted, “The SPG knows, and has kept a register of her movements. I wonder why since it is no business of SPG to track Bollywood stars. In her case, on a special dispensation, she has a high level of security provided.”

Kangana replied, “I am not just a Bollywood star sir, I am also a very vocal and concerned citizen, I was the target of political malice in Maharashtra, at my expense nationalists could make a government here. I also spoke about tukde gang and strongly condemned Khalistani groups. I am also a filmmaker, writer and producer and my next production Emergency involves operation Bluestar… there is evident treat to my life hence I requested for extended security… Is there something wrong in this Sir?”'

[starestate1]

The Complete Guide to Discovering 2 BHK Apartments  in Lucknow

Planning to relocate to Lucknow or invest in property in the city? Then you must have thought about the increasing demand for 2 BHK Apartments in Lucknow. With their optimal blend of luxury and affordability, these apartments are turning out to be the top preference of working professionals, young couples, and small families. Let's see why 2 BHK residential Apartments  in Lucknow are making headlines and how you can realize your dream home in this culturally vibrant city.

Knowing the Realty Scenario at Lucknow

Lucknow, the nawab city, is not only full of history—it's fast becoming a hotbed for real estate. From high-density townships to high-rise residential apartments, the cityscape is transforming at a rapid rate. The areas of Gomti Nagar and Shaheed Path are experiencing large-scale infrastructure developments and hence, are real estate shoppers' hotspots.

Why Go for 2 BHK Apartments in Lucknow?

Affordability Meets Functionality

A 2 BHK hits the sweet spot. You have two bedrooms, one of which can be converted into a guest room or a home office. If you are a couple planning or a small family that doesn't want to spend a fortune but still needs comfort, 2 BHK Apartments in Lucknow for Sale are the solution.

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If you’re an investor, this one’s for you—2 BHK Apartments have high rental demand in student-centric and office-dense areas. They provide high returns with comparatively low maintenance expenses.

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Sushant Golf City: Want to reside close to the city center? Hazratganj boasts colonial charm and upper-class ambiance.

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New residential projects are filled with:

Security and CCTV surveillance 24x7

Clubhouses, swimming pools, and fitness centers

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Children's play areas and multi-purpose halls

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Luxury is not high-end—it's smarter living. You’ll find:

Italian marble flooring

Branded bathroom fittings

Automated lighting and security systems

Prime locations close to malls, business parks, and hospitals

Are Luxury 2 BHKs Worth the Money?

Think of it as future-proofing your investment. Whether you live in it or rent it, luxury apartments are worth more and command high-paying renters.

Top Builders With 2 BHK Apartments in Lucknow

Want a quality guarantee? Stick with these top brands:

Omaxe: They are renowned for their integrated townships

Eldeco: Offers mid-range and luxury

Rishita Developers: Sky-scraping urban living with a focus on high-end lifestyle

Shalimar Corp: Elegant designs with a reputation for being punctual

Step-by-Step 2 BHK Apartment Buying Guide in Lucknow

Set Your Budget: Don't just see the base price—add registration, maintenance, and furnishing costs.

Choose the Best Location: Think about travel time, schools, and hospitals.

Verify the Builder: Check RERA registration, reviews, and past work.

Get a Pre-approved Loan: It boosts your negotiation power.

Legal Check: Always consult the advice of a property lawyer before signing on the dotted line.

First-Time Buyers' Tips

Never miss a site visit

Compare several properties

Check UDS (undivided share of land)

Ensure occupancy certificate and clear titles

Future of 2 BHK Apartments in Lucknow

The demand is not going to slow down anytime in the near future. With the development of smart city projects, metro development, and digital infrastructure development, things are looking up for property developers in Lucknow. 2 BHKs will remain the favorite due to their versatility and value-for-money factor.

Conclusion

Thus, whether you're a new couple looking to move in, a parent wanting a secure location for your child, or an investor looking to invest in a healthy ROI, 2 BHK Apartments in Lucknow provide unequal benefits. Ranging from bargain discoveries to top-end 2 BHK apartments in Lucknow, there is something here to suit every need and budget. Connect, find your options, and enter before rates rise!

FAQs

Where are 2 BHK Apartments in Lucknow?

Gomti Nagar, Indira Nagar, and Faizabad Road are popular locations due to connectivity, facilities, and potential appreciation.

Is there a luxury 2 BHK Apartment in Lucknow?

Yes, luxury 2 BHK Apartments with luxury amenities exist by developers such as Shalimar and Rishita.

Is it better to purchase rather than rent in Lucknow?

If you’re planning to stay long-term or want to invest, buying offers better returns and ownership benefits.

What’s the average price range for 2 BHK Apartments in Lucknow?

Prices generally vary between ₹60 lakh and ₹1 crore based on the location and facilities.

Are NRIs investing in 2 BHK residential Apartments in Lucknow?

Yes, NRIs are making a big investment in the developing market in Lucknow, especially in gated complexes with property management facilities.