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ququb444hm · 1 year ago

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𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭, 𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝

part 27 / cramps ☆

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warning(s): possible typos bc its almost 2 am n i have not proofread this at all

mori glanced over to his left, noticing the sudden change in demeanor from yn who was just giggling over mr. alec’s reaction to his ‘friend’ surprising him outside of his class for a ‘friendly hangout’. “something happen?”

the mild concern spreading across yn’s features quickly diminished when she turned off her phone, tucking it away in the back pocket of her jeans. “no. everything’s fine. everything will be fine.” she reassured– though it sounded like she was reassuring herself more than mori. “tets is on his way to pick me up, so I’m gonna have to raincheck going to your dorm tonight mori, sorryyy.”

“don’t worry about it!” mori chirped, an arm slinging around the girl’s shoulders. “just means that you’re making dinner for us next time.”

“if you want overcooked dino nuggets for dinner again. then, yeah.” rin teased, laughing to himself at the memory of yn forgetting to take the metal tray out of the oven because somehow she managed to lock herself out of mori’s dorm room and couldn’t get back in until 7 minutes after the kitchen timer alerted the food was ready.

yn rolled her eyes, nudging the boy’s side with her elbow. “as if you weren’t the one refusing to open the door for me.”

“I was working on a project!” rin defended.

mori raised a brow, recalling the night of the topic. “oh? I didn’t know taking a nap with my dog was part of your project.”

taking rin’s silence as a sign of defeat, yn grinned in triumph. “never belittle my cooking skills!”

“yeah okay. opening a bag of pre-made dino nuggets and popping them into the oven isn’t necessarily cooking.”

yn cupped her ear, leaning closer to the grumbling cinematography major “’m sorry, what was that? can’t really understand what sounds like…like…” she shared a knowing look with mori who was already giggling to himself. “like BULLSHIT right now!”

the sudden stop in rin’s footsteps threw the two into a frenzy, clutching their stomachs as their laughter bounced about throughout the halls.

“I think he’s mad!” mori managed to squeeze in between laughs.

taking a deep breath, rin gave his friends a menacing smile.“i’m going to be generous and give you giggling neanderthals a five-minute start before I catch you and commit unspeakable crimes.”

yn let out an excited squeal, feeling like a little kid as she grabbed mori’s arm and began to run to the building’s exit. “don’t let him catch you!” she exclaimed, steps quickening as the two made their way down the stairs, careful not to trip.

“I hear him, he’s coming!” mori cried, navigating through the various turns they had to make before finally bursting through the art building’s doors.

just as he was about to make a successful escape, he was pulled back by the thundering drummer. “leaving so soon, pretty boy?”

“noooooo!!! we were so close!” yn shrieked, “please, take me instead!” but her pleas went deaf to rin’s ears who only smirked in victory.

“now, now, no need for any sacrifices.” he kept his hold on mori’s wrist, unknowingly silencing the sandy blond whose heart seemed to run numerous laps inside his chest. “a win is a win.”

yn scoffed, waving off the loss. “whatever.”

the three make their way to the parking lot, patiently waiting for tetsurou to arrive. when he does, mori and rin watch as yn gets into the car, saying their goodbyes before also taking their leave.

“hey, kuroo.” tetsu smiles, messing up his sister’s hair and earning a groan as she puts on her seatbelt. “how was class?”

yn makes herself comfortable, prepping her mind for whatever her brother was about to follow up with. “suppeerrr funsies, tets. did you just come from the gym?”

“yeah, had to drop off kou before picking you up.” yn hums. her mind starting to fill up with possibilities of what the conversation might develop into. as if tetsu could see right through her, he began to ask what had been plaguing his mind for the past few days. “so…anything you wanna tell me? ya know cause i’m your brother and I love you, and I would always want to know if something is wrong, and I am hoping you know you can trust me with anything and everything.”

“I know tets.” yn reassures, giving him an awkward smile which he turns to see for a brief second before turning his eyes back on the road in front of him.

“so spill, what’s up?”

“are you looking for a specific answer or…”

“no, just want you to be honest with me is all.”

the conversation yn had with her friends from the night they were all in her room, after the whole incident with kozume, revisited her thoughts.

“oh but guys,” yn spoke up, earning several hums. “you cannot let my brother know about any of this.” the request caused the friends to break away from the hug, confused as to why the only other person besides yn who could knock some sense into kozume couldn’t be informed of the situation. “it’s just… with the game coming up, I don’t want the team to turn to shit because one of the co-captains suddenly can’t cooperate with the main setter.”

mori clicked his tongue, feeling conflicted with yn’s choice. “okay… I understand where you’re coming from but what’re you gonna do when your brother does find out? I mean, he’s not dumb.”

“mori’s right.” rin chimed. “he might start getting suspicious with your change of attitude towards kozume and start piecing things together.”

she mentally cursed the accuracy of her friends– though already expecting her brother to notice something was wrong without her directly telling him because, obviously, he’s her brother.

“okay…,” yn knew it would be best to come clean to tetsu about the recent events, but she just couldn’t bear the guilt she would feel if she saw him and kozume suddenly start to get rocky before their first game of the year, especially after all the hard work the whole team has been putting in. “well i’m passing all my classes-”

“even chem?”

“even chem, tets. and I have this big project for my painting class, the one I just came out of, so i’m spending more time in there than usual. and…” yn tried to think of other things to catch her brother up on to hopefully ease his concern, but he beat her to it.

“why’d you skip chem and ela that one day with tooru?” the car stopped at a red light, allowing tetsurou to have more of his attention on yn.

‘quick, quick, quick-’ yn fidgeted with the straps of her bag, attempting to calm herself down. “oh you know, I was just really overwhelmed that morning.” ‘that wasn’t a total lie, please believe me.’ “with the project, my other classes, helping out with the band because of their gig, and cece with the shop, and the volleyball team, i’ve just been a bit busy and tooru wanted to help me relax.” once again, not a total lie. “don’t worry though, kozume- er koz uhm- i texted kozu while i was out and he said we had a sub and were just working on the previous day’s work which i already finished. so, it’s all good. all good.” now that was a lie.

the topic of kozume seemed to be what tetsurou was curious about because his face flashed with surprise, almost distracting him from the spotlight turning green. “oh. so… nothing is wrong with you and kozume?”

“why would there be anything wrong?”

“no its just,” his confusion was evidently clear, his other hand running through his hair as he tried to collect his thoughts. “last week tuesday with the apology and you telling me he kissed you, but when he got to practice he was barely talking to you which i just found really weird.”

“ohh, I mean I think we both know how shy he can get.” yn mumbled.

“yeah but,” tetsu clicked his tongue. yn was right, but he couldn’t get rid of the feeling that there was just more to uncover. “I guess I just expected him to be more bold after he literally kissed you. I mean you make it clear you like him, and there’s literally nothing stopping him from asking you out or something– and i’m sorry if i’m overstepping my boundaries since it isn’t technically my relationship, but it just rubs me the wrong way since I’m your brother and if something happens to you, it happens to me too. that’s just how it is.”

“so you’re saying…kozume kissed you too?”

tetsu rolled his eyes at his sister’s little joke, “oh shut up, you know that’s not what I mean. but there’s something else i’ve been thinking about. I noticed after you went out to go talk to kozume when he went to get some water, you didn’t come back. what happened? atsumu said you got-”

“NO! no! ahahaha no.” yn awkwardly laughed off her sudden outburst, mentally reminding herself to sucker punch the fake blonde the next time she saw him. “I just…got cramps. yeah, my period cramps hurt real baaaad.” she dragged out the word, wanting to emphasize the lie. “like I started crying, kind of bad. I had to ask cece to pick me up. sorry I didn’t tell anyone before leaving all of a sudden.”

seeing tetsurou’s features soften at the misfortune his little sister had to endure, yn finally relaxed knowing he was going to drop any further interrogation related to the one person she did not want to even think about. “aww what,” genuine concern laced his voice, making yn feel slightly ashamed for the string of deception. “is your cycle over now though? you should’ve texted me, I would’ve come by after practice and got you something.”

“I know, I know. i'm sorry, tets.”

“and if you’re really stressed, just let me know. the whole manager role was so abrupt. I wasn’t really thinking of how busy you already are with everything. I’m sorry, yn.”

hearing tetsu’s worry was equivalent to being stabbed a hundred times and then being lit on fire and then having the people who lit you on fire extinguish you only to stab you a few more hundred times. yn quickly tried to cheer him up, “its okay, tets! I wanted to do it, remember? I thought it would be fun and it is. getting to spend more time with you and everyone else has been a great way for me to unwind. I’m really glad you gave me this opportunity.”

tetsu sighed, thankful that he didn’t add to yn’s burdens. “If you need to work on other things tomorrow, just let me know. I'm sure kou and I can handle practice ourselves.”

laughing at the stubbornness, yn placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, squeezing it lightly. “no, I can make it. It’s okay, but thank you.”

“are you sure?”

yn smiled, her heart warming at knowing how much her brother looked after her. “yeah, i’m sure tetsu.”

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clearancecreedwatersurvival · 1 year ago

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Look the real reason so many book fans are mad about the wheel of time adaptation instead of having a great time with it regardless of changes, is that the production is putting a very strong focus on updating the worldbuilding and characters in specific ways, as well as changing individual events in favor of a more streamlined way to make The Same character beats happen.

Because this is an adaptation to film, and of course they have to change stuff. Come on people. Be realistic. You know how long the series is.

And there are parts of the book series that Do need updating. RJ was trying to be as progressive as he could in a lot of his approach to the series, but what was progressive in the 90s is not as progressive now so of course they are updating it. If you didn’t think this show was gonna have queer people and polyamory then sorry about it. Dear Mr. Jordan was Really Good at writing romantic relationships between women when he thought he was just writing friendships, he did it A Couple times. I would Bet Money on Avilayne becoming canon. This series is being created by a queer showrunner he is absolutely doing a queer reading of these books. Which I am Very Here For.

And he is doing a reading, and changing things. Which again, is Necessary. The book series is Super long and they have 8 seasons to do it in. They’re gonna change individual events to make sure that the main characters go through all the necessary character beats. And you’re just being recalcitrant if you can’t admit that season two Rules in a lot of ways. They are still making sure every important character has all their moments. And each individual episode has focused on some of the most powerful themes of the Entire book series. Including the inherent tragedies inherent to channelers such as: being cut off from the one power in various ways through shielding and stilling, having their own control of the one power taken over by others through weaves and ter’angreal, and living extended lifespans and thus leaving behind their loved ones. They’re doing a Very good job of keeping to the core themes and character beats and also changing stuff around to make the story work on a shorter time frame.

Also they’re working really hard to make sure Every character is as well fleshed out as possible. Meaning that yes, a lot of focus is being spent so far on the other main pov characters and all of the important aes sedai who will matter in the conflicts to come. That’s a good thing. Sorry to the people who only cared about the ta’veren boys or whatever but RJ wrote a ton of interesting and powerful women and they’re all getting their Due in this adaptation that is a feature not a bug.

It’s not like there isn’t stuff to be improved in the original! There is a huge chunk of the wheel of time that a lot of fans refer to as the slog! Where most of the main characters are separated and the plot is barely moving so some characters only show up in like two chapters of a single book, because there are so many individual things happening, before the plot starts moving faster again towards the end of the series. (And then there’s the crimes committed by Mr. Sanderson on the last three books but we’re not going to talk about that right now.

Which personally I would disagree that the slog is where the series is least enjoyable. The section I usually skip when rereading is the first two books, #having a great time right now actually with the show skipping through as much of the minutiae of books I and II as they can. The wheel of time is not a perfect series and Robert Jordan kept trying to finish it in one to three books at first and the first two books suffer as a result.

If you stopped reading in books one or two PLEASE just try to make it to three Trust Me. Or just watch the show and then read the battle of falme in book II and then read book III. You will appreciate books one and two more on a reread after all the stuff he does bring up there has really paid off. And also just have fun watching your faves be more happy than they are in later books ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The show is not Trying to be the books and frankly I’m glad it’s not! This is another turning of the wheel, another version of events, a parallel universe to the randland of the books. And I think they’re doing a pretty brilliant job of telling a version of that story so far this season.

Adaptations will change things. That’s a good thing. Judge it on executing the ideas it is bringing up and staying true to the core of the character arcs and themes of the original. And frankly it’s enhancing a lot of character arcs right now. There are many things that I think the show is already doing better than the books did tbh (Min, Liandrin, Selene, making Perrin spend less time dithering about the Wolf Stuff, speeding up Mat’s healing from the dagger so my best boy gets more time to shine)

Adaptations are transformative works. To lesser and greater degrees they reinterpret a work through a different artistic lens and medium. The changes are not bad because they are changes. Judge it on the execution of the story it’s actually telling instead of a close comparison to the books. And they are keeping as true to the books as they can whether you acknowledge that or not.

If you’re a person who reads fanfiction but you can’t judge a film adaptation for what it is instead of what it’s not then please try Slightly harder.

And if you’re just mad that it’s all queer and polyamorous now and the boys aren’t the only main characters then die mad I guess. I will continue having a pretty great time watching this show chock full of extremely powerful (and sometimes evil) women. I think RJ would have liked it tbh.

#my only criticism is they got rid of the weaving opening #bring it back #the wheel of time #wot on prime #wot show #wot #unreasonably attractive fandom #Caitie speaks #this is a mat cauthon stan account #I know I know I’m still talking about this #well people are still acting affronted that they’re not telling the exact same story as the books in the tags so

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hottakehoulihan · 5 months ago

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This is a rant/musing/meandering about Worm fans WRT Wildbow. I think it's time I at least once made myself an unsubtly dissenting voice, since silence indicates agreement to so many. Move on if you like. This is probably mostly for me.

I'm white, from the USA, grew up with thrift store clothes and scavenged pencils but got to visit the dentist when needed, and was raised in the same ethnocentric, homophobic, fatphobic, ableist, Puritan-influenced culture that most of us were. I try to routinely examine and correct my biases and blind spots. I am trying to see what I might be missing, with as open a mind as I can manage.

I reread Worm (fourth readthrough, but my retention is meh) these last few months actually looking for any evidence at all I could find of the various phobias (all of them, it seems, and also the vaunted hates-drug-users) that some folk like to assert Wildbow has. I didn't find much that didn't--IMHO--more closely fit an accurate description of how the characters (including Taylor, who is literally a child that grew up in an even less-enlightened environment than most of us) are biased. This, coupled with an unfortunate shortsightedness of methodology (do NOT use dice when you write your story. It seems like a good idea to naive youth, but We Do Not Live in a world where you can just let RNG dictate that your [insert bad thing] is committed by [insert group that is already stereotyped as doing that bad thing]. (Though sometimes that's gonna happen in real life too, and art depicting things that happen in real life is Not Always Bad you just have to be careful about context and tone.) Also, try not to accidentally/subconsciously follow Hayes code-influenced patterns. ...though that's hard to do when you're making almost EVERY character a morally grey one) is all the support I see.

Whew, that was a weird parenthetical juxtaposition. Should I rewrite? Nah; it's already taking too much time.

Seriously, how many actually 100% goodguy fleshed characters does Worm have? Arguably zero. Even Yamada and Legend, by dint of having to work within the confines of their structures, made concessions to evils. Dinah made her ruthless calculus decisions just as Cauldron did. Taylor's famously grey self-justifications were agonized over no more or less than Parian's. A perfect character would be a blemish, arguably. (I'll just take Amy as my woobie; after more than a dozen years of emotional abuse and neglect by her kidnappers, she deserves a bit of consideration and rehabilitation.)

And just like I'm willing to assume that Gregor's somehow flawed, like he offscreen asserted that there are acceptable civilian losses when you're doing crimes or assaulting Cauldrons, and that's clearly bullshit because there's no actual evidence Gregor is anything less than perfect but it's easier to assume evils (and more fun to talk shit) than not, I figure a bunch of folk are trying to fit in by agreeing and priming their confirmation biases accordingly.

And this is without, even, considering the millions of other words in non-Worm stuff. You're gonna read Pale and tell me this same junk?

...though, well, perhaps my cutie Biscuit, and a thing Louise said about addicts essentially vanishing from the lives of their loved ones, might count as being against habitual recreational narcotic use. I'll think about that over my next bottle of wine.

I like reading light novels, and fluffy fanfics, and similar, even though usually the characters involved seldom have what you might call facets. When the retired orc warrior who started a gnomish coffeeshop moves on to her next volume, I'm there, and I don't care if I never find out that she once had to choose between leaving baby goblins to die in a fire or saving a teammate from a spike trap.

I've read so many stories where there's no such thing as an 'ism', or rather there's just no example of representation, because every character is two steps away from being an AFGNCAAP (Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally-Ambiguous Adventure Person)

I think Wildbow is serious about trying to always be a better writer in the approaching-MFA sense. I see efforts to portray believable behavior of real "human" (whether human or not) characters from multiple backgrounds, in a world that scans as plausibly diverged from the same sort of ugly we live in today.

I do not see any more latent phobias of any sort than I see in pretty much anything else available to read, from fanfic to bestseller lists to "new favorites" lists at the local library. In fact, I see markedly less, to include some (fuck 'em) commenters complaining about shoehorned-in wokeness.

It's weird to me that, given the body of work and the literal black-and-white facts about who and what exist within, and the extra time and effort the author made and makes (too much, IMO) generously engaging with the fans, the default is to diss the author for not doing even more. In their first work. Of which half the concept and much of the worldbuilding dated from grade-school practice. And it's still great.

And I'm saying this about a story where a significant number of the villains are literally white male nazis, torturemurderers, and literally inhuman terrorists. You wouldn't expect people to be demanding a lot of nuance if you were an outsider to this story. But Worm delivers, IMO.

This is not in response to anything recent; I've been chewing on this for years prior to even joining tumblr or creating this username.

tl;dr: Are you sure you're not talking shit about Wildbow just to fit in with the other cool snarksters and feel cool and cynical and superior? Instead of sincere? Because I went looking, and, respectfully, I think you're wrong. And it's a bit ugly and sad.

#HHH.txt #Wildbow #rant #It's a pain to say this stuff so I probably won't do it again but I figured silence is assent so yeah #I said my piece and I'll now go back to my regularly scheduled program

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yakumtsaki · 1 year ago

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Oh yay, our first thunder fire in the new house, wonder how long before someone dies again! Also love how you can see our old house in the background, a reminder you can run from your past but you can’t escape it.

I am of course talking about this family’s past of semi-acceptable interactions between family numbers, because from now on is where things really go off the rails in this department. Allow me to introduce you to..

..Julian and Stacy’s daughter, Sunset Tinker-Union! (Because her parents wear pink and purple, get it? Get the name origin?) So the minute Bartholomew brought Sunset from school I knew it was over for me, as we’re now far enough removed from the other branches of the family tree that not even the extended family mod can save us from all those third cousins being fair game.. and you all know full well that if there’s one thing this family knows how to do, is be attracted to their distant cousins-

-I held out to one tiny hope that maybe Barflina will continue being socially incompetent losers and Sunset will hate them, but no, the minute a distant cousin enters the building it’s clearly time to turn up the charm. So first Bartholomew goes and smustles with Sunset, which, Barth, I didn’t know you were even like, biologically capable of having fun in any way-

-and then Felina (who I keep forgetting is SHY LOL WHAT) goes over to ADMIRE HER. BRO. I have never seen Felina do anything remotely nice her entire life, KILL ME.

But don’t worry, Sunset clearly takes after auntie June! She’s into it! She follows Barth to the toilet for no clear reason! WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME

So you at this point you might be like ya ok, calm your tits, there’s no guarantee anything will even happen. To which I reply go back and read, not even the whole thing, just our college runs, and then get back to me. We’ve been knocking on semi-incest’s door since generation 1 and now we don’t even have to knock, I mean the door is wide open! FML

ANYWAY, all this to say, it’s time to extremely focus on finding these two flops non-related-to-us people to date before we fuck off to college, and this is ALL I’m gonna be doing this update-

-Like haha oh man Cyn and Sandy are starting a rock band, there’s def jokes here, NO. NO TIME, DON’T CARE, HAVE TO AVERT DISASTER.

-Failina, hold your goddamn notebook closer so I can copy, it’s hard with my eyepatch! -It’ll be even harder when I take your other eye out!

Alright you two.. uh.. awesome kids, let’s go out!

-Go out where. -And WHY.

So you can have fun, meet people, maybe sing some karaoke or play bowling! You’ve seen how much fun your ancestors have had as teens out and about, driving drunk, being hoes, committing various crimes, you wanna miss out on that experience? It’s even how grandma Shajar met grandma Sophie and that marriage could not be stronger!

-Ugh ok, I guess I do need to get started on the spouse hunt. -And I would like to get drunk in a different setting than our library.

Perfect! Who knows, by the end of the night, you might even be besties singing duets like Jojo and Gunther!

Oh my- WE LITERALLY JUST GOT HERE. WHAT CAN YOU TWO POSSIBLY BE FIGHTING ABOUT

-SCREW YOU, DAVID OTTOMAS IS MINE -NO, HE’S MINE, HE’S THE ONLY TEEN SIM IN THE LOT AND I HAVE SENIORITY -THE HELL YOU DO

OK LET’S GO HOME

-SCREW YOU, I WANNA OPEN THE GARAGE DOOR -THE DOOR IS MINE, YOU CAN’T EVEN DRIVE YET

OMG LITERALLY STOP. I LEARNED MY LESSON, I’M NEVER MAKING YOU INTERACT AGAIN

Once again, I’m crawling back to Lakshmi! Finally she has returned to us! As you might recall I had to deal with her understudy, Margaret, and frankly she was better than Lak at her job but it just wasn’t the same. Lakshmi and I have HISTORY. We have a deep, dark, beautiful relationship-

-I’m not giving you a discount.

UGH FINE. Take 5k of our last money (I forgot to mention the new house somehow cost 500K, we legit have like 20k left)-

-and hit us with your best shot!

-Oh, I will!

Ok but you’ve said that before and I’m still not over the time I paid you 5k for June and you gave us iVan.

-No, this time I mean it! The path is clear!

The ‘path is clear’?? The path for FELINA’S love life is clearer than it was for June the literal model-hot genius???

-Indeed!

I gotta say, Lakshmi, your mouth better not be writing checks your crystal ball can’t cash.

-It is not, I promise!

Alright, I’m waiting, do it to us-

GOD

IT’S MEADOW

THEY HAVE 3 BOLTS THIS IS ALREADY HILARIOUS. LAKSHMI YOU ARE FORGIVEN FOR ALL THE SHIT YOU’VE EVER PULLED ON ME

Bro this pairing is KILLING ME. Like I get it on paper since they’re both family sims and I guess their chemistry panels and zodiacs must insanely match too, but I thought Felina would get with someone like idk. Gvaudoin? Alegra Gorey? Klara Vonderstein? Maybe the Diva or a vamp NPC? Like you know what I mean, someone that makes sense with the whole dark queen powerful dynasty blabla she has going on. But no, she’s gonna start this house Lannister bs her LTW is about with.. MEADOW THAYER. I love it so much, Felina please don’t ruin this for us!

FELINA WTF DID I JUST SAY

-Sorry, but I don’t know you well enough to accept you touching my shoulder, huhu!🌞

-But if you want to tickle me again, that’s somehow more acceptable to me despite it involving way more touching!🌞

Alright, as I suspected, not a lot going on upstairs with dear Meadow, but it’s ok, I’m just glad to have a huhuing sim around again, Cyn is like 80yo :(

Ah, the tickling of love! Good job, Fel, now we can work our way up to flirting-

-Or I can just not be a turbocuck AND GO FOR IT

Man, the Sophie genes kicked in! Good for you, Fel!

Backyard karaoke time! Seriously what song could these two possibly BOTH like, please comment or msg me your guesses.

So at this point I’m already 100% sold on Meadow as a spouse as I don’t think it’s humanly possible to come up with a funnier pairing than what fate dropped in my lap, but I’d also like to point out that Felina is so into Meadow that she’s already rolling fears of falling out of love with her, despite not even BEING IN LOVE WITH HER YET. Family sims are a fucking trip.

CUTE. Alright Felina, you’re set, we got it in one, semi-incest avoided, yay us. Now I’m gonna leave you to your dream date and focus on Barth-

-who is gambling by himself. Guess I don’t need to ask who’s drunk again!

-That’s one safe bet, haha!

Good Lord. Alright, get up, let’s find you someone while Lakshmi is still here, I’m sure our amazing luck will continue-

-OH FUCK IT’S TIAVE TEENS, HE HAS THE DON BROKEN FACE THING. ABORT ABORT

Oh good there’s nothing to abort, because it turns out Bartholomew is a COMPLETE FAILURE OF A ROMANCE SIM. Observe and keep in mind THEY HAVE 3 BOLTS:

-LALALA LALALA NOT LISTENING TO YOU INSULT MY SPATULA, FUCK OFF

LOL NO @ THE NOOGIES RETURN. FUCK. So clearly Felina has grandma Sophie’s chadly genes and Bartholomew has grandma Shajar’s noogiesexuality, except he’s a romance sim with a 20 woohoo LTW. College with this guy is gonna be UNBEARABLE.

Alright, Barth, let’s try this again, don’t be discouraged! Ignore our lack of cash!

Ignore that Felina got it right on the first try and is still on her endless dream date!

PATRICK TEENS?! LMAO. Bartholomew is so committed to going through family trees, like if it’s not gonna be his own it’s gonna be SOMEONE’S, he doesn’t care! Unlike Don-clone Tiave, Patrick is cute tho, let’s give it a try-

-Ya, let me stop you right there, buddy, not into it but best of luck in your future endeavors!

Bruh. Let’s extremely call it a night, Barth.

-Oh hi, huhu!🌸 -Hi hi, huhu!🌞 -I feel like I know you?💗

Ya Cyn, if I didn’t have photographic proof that it’s not true I’d legit think she’s your long lost daughter. Man ACTUALLY how much sense does it make that like people tend to seek out partners that remind them of their parents and Cyn was always such a maternal influence on Felina??? Holy hell this game has so many layers.

Clearly inspired by seeing her younger self in Meadow, Cyn finally finds it in her to woohoo again after Don’s passing! It’s legitimately crazy to me how loyal she was to him in death, like I can’t get over it, she never extended that courtesy to him while he was alive!

-𝚁𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃 𝙼𝚈 𝙵𝙸𝚁𝙴.𝙴𝚇𝙴

It’s ok, Barth, you sleep off the romantic flopping and that tray of whiskeys and we’ll try again tomorrow.

-Ya, make sure to call us over when he ‘tries again tomorrow’ cause we don’t wanna miss it HAHA -HAHAHA boy did I screw him over by passing down my personality points! -You sure did, my little turbocuck! Let’s sleep in the same bed tonight, I can’t get into this one anyway with this flop sleeping there! -That’s what everyone is gonna be saying to him in college HAHAHA -HAHAHAHA oh Shaj, I love you, let’s work on our marriage! -I love you too, we’ll overcome our issues!

Awww, see Barth? Love wins❤️

#gen 4 #ts2 #long post

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i-eat-nail-polish · 11 months ago

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Hey I’m gonna probably post more serious stuff because I need to have discussions with people about Palestine. For one I live in an area and am surrounded by people who aren’t pro Palestinian. They don’t take anything surround boycotts or information in general about the genocide serious at all because it doesnt effect them. It’s starting to wear on me because there’s no one to cope (idk if that’s the right word) with what I see online on a daily basis. Ever since mid October or so? (When the tik tok algorithm caught up with the time) I’ve seen countless atrocities that I’ve only ever seen in video games or movies played out in real life against real people. I learned what real bombs sound like both far away and up close because of these videos. Lately I’ve also started to dream about being trapped in Gaza with that feeling of death looming. It sounds dramatic but it’s true. Every day I’m thankful that I’m constantly shown information about Palestine and surrounding Arab countries and I’m also in shock. I’m in shock for a few reasons. 1: I’ve watched for months now, a country, a land and it’s people go through something worse than hell and nobody around feels the same sadness and basic human empathy. No one cares to take in that there’s a massive loss of life and culture and future for whatever reason. It’s gut renching to think about it. 2: I can’t help beyond witnessing and documenting. It seems stupid and corny to think that we’re privileged to have phones but documenting this horrible event through a phone camera is so incredible for history. It just feels almost insulting that that’s all I can do as a poor college student in America. Yes, I can call my representatives which thankfully where I live do support a free and liberated Palestine, but others won’t even do much as think about their constituents. It’s hard because it feels like we’re trying to move a volcano with plastic beach shovels. So all we can do is sit and save videos before social media giants take them down. 3: coming to terms that nobody looks out for each other on a large scale. Because I follow now many journalists from various sectors ranging from on the ground in Gaza to political scientists giving me lessons on the United Nations history, I’m shocked at how all of it is fake. Nothing makes sense anymore. You’re telling me because 2 countries won’t vote on a ceasefire but 98% do we can’t move on with it? Why does the US get privileges that to my limited knowledge no one else has the same power leverage as. How has nobody else stepped in when MANY war crimes are being committed. Why do they even exist if countries are never seriously prosecuted? Why even have rules if you can’t follow them? It’s disheartening to watch but I can’t give up hope. I’m not giving up hope because that’s all we have. I may not have direct ties to Palestine but as if needless suffering is enough for me to care, I care especially for the queer family in Gaza. They are as much apart of the queer family as my roommates are. I don’t know if and when we lose LGBTQ+ people in Gaza but I know it’s happening so I cry for the loss of our family. I need to see an end to this. I need to. I don’t know how to process any of what I’ve witnessed or feel right now or even what else I can do to help stop a genocide. I need to talk to people so please may you strike up conversation. Correct me in any place, tell me about the latest boycotts, show me protests. Please converse we have to keep hope alive.

#palestine #free palestine #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #pro palestine #🍉#activism #coping #long post #alhamdulillah #inshallah #palestine will be free #free palestine until its backwards #gaza #gaza genocide #genuinely asking #please help #boycott divest sanction

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elina-sakura · 11 months ago

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💜🎉Happy Birthday, Makoto Kagutsuchi🎉💜

To celebrate his Birthday, I’m gonna write out why Makoto is one of my favorite characters in Rain Code.

Spoilers for the entire game by the way.

To start, Makoto Kagutsuchi is what is known as an anti-villain character, falling under the morally grey spectrum, which I love. I love characters that are morally grey, because they are super interesting with their complex backstories and motivations, and a chance for them to have a redemption arc. And for Makoto, his backstory and motivation is one of tragedy and circumstances. He was made as an immortal clone copy of his Detective original to be used as a super-soldier, and went out of his way to save a city of Homunculi from their creators’ mistakes, making sure they live in blissful peace and never suffer the same way he did. But it comes at many prices such as keeping them wrapped in mysteries, committing crimes to sustain the Homunculi’s lives like feeding them human meat buns, and keeping them isolated in the rain so they don’t go berserk and die. Only for the pressure to keep it all a secret to get to him and finally crumble under the weight, only being saved by his double that he had a hand in making as well when you think about it. Part of the reason his double makes the pact and erase his memories is in response to the Great Global Mystery Makoto created, and realizing he needs others’ help (something he is very much against in his own beliefs) and allowing him to see the benefits of social relationships. So in a way, both of the twins helped to heal and improve themselves respectively (I am so exploring this concept in one of my fics).

Another reason why I love Makoto is after a few rewatches of the game, you really start to appreciate Makoto’s actions and dialogues more with the full context of the story. Like when he’s asked by Yuma if he knows about any Homunculus, but Yuma refers to Homunculus as immortal monsters, which Makoto denies there are any. Because in his mind, the Homunculus are not monsters (well maybe one or two) and shows how clever his dialogues were and show his character more like Makoto’s empathy towards Kanai Ward’s citizens.

Plus, he’s a silly bean, even when he has no reasons to be :3

In the fanon side of Makoto, I love the interpretation of seeing him and Yuma together as twins/brothers because I love sibling dynamics. But I also love the two’s relationship because out of everyone, they can understand each other the most because of their shared memories and experiences. Even when they are different people now from the last three years. Another is I love exploring his character and relationships in writing, depending on the various situations I put him in or AUs especially (he might be suffering more in my AUs, but then again what writer doesn’t make their favorite characters suffer😅).

I hope we get more Makoto contents like in hopefully a sequel or a spin-off of sorts. I just want to see more Makoto contents from the game-universe. So for now Happy Birthday Makoto Kagutsuchi, and for more Happy Birthdays to come now.

#master detective archives: rain code #rain code #makoto kagutsuchi #master detective archives spoilers #rain code spoilers #rain code analysis #at least I think it might count as an analysis #Happy Birthday Makoto Kagutsuchi #maybe I’ll make a birthday fic for him but it might be late and it depends on my motivation

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sotwk · 1 year ago

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SHEJEKSUEIRU I’m in love with the 5 brothers head-canons! And i was wondering how affectionate do you think each one is, and if any favor like one of his siblings!

Ahhh dear @quickslvxr I am excited by your excitement, and so appreciative of your interest, so I'm gonna ride the roll I'm currently on and answer this quickly. <3

The Affection Between Legolas and His Brothers

Brothers. They could be violently wrestling each other one second and then back to drinking and laughing together in the next. As "sophisticated" and "cultured" as these half-Noldor, half-Sindar Elven princes are, they are definitely... interesting and entertaining when together as a crew.

One thing is for certain and remained the unshakable truth across many centuries: they had deep love for each other, and remained fiercely loyal to their brotherly bonds, to their last breaths. (*small cry*)

For fun, here are the brothers ranked, from the least demonstratively affectionate, to the MOST affectionate.

Rank #5: TURHIR

The "tough guy" of the family. When it comes to temperament, he takes the most after their father, King Thranduil. He is more likely to punch various parts of his brothers' bodies as a sign of affection than to give them a hug. But he is also the most protective of his family, and is prepared to go to war over even the smallest slights committed against his brothers. He will commit violent (even criminal) acts for his loved ones without batting an eyelash or breaking a sweat.

He is closest to Mirion, whom Turhir respects and admires the most in the world, and to Arvellas, whose gentle and pacifist nature causes Turhir to be extra protective of him.

Rank #4: GELIR

Gelir just has weird, random ways of showing his affection. He is definitely not one to express it in words, but even his actions tend to be confusing and questionable. He enjoys teasing, ribbing, and cracking jokes instead of being upfront with his love for his brothers; humor is his love language. However, he is the one to be counted on to always be there, to always have their backs, no matter the challenge or danger. Even when he thinks his brother is wrong, or being "an idiot", he will support them, keep them safe, and just give them a hard time about it along the way (and for years after).

He is merely two decades older than Legolas, which is nothing in Elf years, so they are closest to each other and were very much partners-in-crime in their younger years.

Rank #3: LEGOLAS

The "baby" of the family carries the burden of being the most closely watched and the recipient of the most well-intentioned advice, wanted or not. However, Legolas has tremendous love and admiration for his elder brothers, and views them all as his idols. He is openly affectionate with them, and refuses to be dissuaded even by the prickly attitudes of Turhir and Gelir. He enjoys spending time with them more than anyone else in the world, and thus learns a great deal from them--resulting in him being equipped with countless abilities.

Legolas is closest to Gelir due to their closeness in age and shared interests. He seems to understand Gelir's odd quirks and tolerate his wild manners better than anyone else in the family.

Rank #2: ARVELLAS

Arvellas is the middle child, and is referred to by his parents as the heart of the brotherhood. He is calm and wise and compassionate and caring--basically so darn nice. However, he is also extremely busy with the many tasks and responsibilities he has taken upon himself, because his life goal is to serve his family and kingdom with his many talents. He would not hesitate to tell his brothers how much he loves them, and although he might not always be immediately available to them (he is usually the one to miss out on random adventures, since his work makes him a bit of a recluse and bound to routines and schedules), he is recognized as the best person to come to for sound advice, even by his parents.

He is not noticeably closest to anyone, and spends time with all his brothers almost equally.

Rank #1: MIRION

Mirion is the hugger of the family and is both the most verbally and physically affectionate. He has very strong paternal instincts, and he cares for his brothers as though they were his own sons. He travels frequently and has many duties as Crown Prince that require his daily attention, but he makes it a point to regularly spend time with each of his brothers individually, imparting as much knowledge and training to them as he can, as their father did with him. He is the "Prince of Princes", an official title and rank that gives him command and responsibility over his brothers; he is literally sworn to protect them and ensure their well-being. He is usually the one who arranges activities and trips for them to come together as a group. Mirion is the top choice of all the princes to turn to for a sympathetic ear.

He is not necessarily closer to any brother over the other, but he spends more time with Turhir and Arvellas because of the nature of their shared work--military duties with Turhir, and diplomatic duties with Arvellas.

For more Thranduil/Mirkwood headcanons: SotWK HC Masterlist

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#sotwk headcanon #thranduil #thranduil headcanon #legolas #mirkwood #mirkwood elves #the elvenking #lord of the rings #tolkien #tolkien headcanons #tolkien elves #sotwk ocs #thranduilion #mirion thranduilion #turhir thranduilion #gelir thranduilion #arvellas thranduilion

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anarchywoofwoof · 11 months ago

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Hello again! I'm the beginner that asked you the gun control question. This question is a little more hypothetical. So, obviously absolishing capitalism would decrease the crime rates a lot. But in an anarchist society, what happens to people who do crimes not caused by capitalism- things like murder and that? This is probably gonna be my lsst question don't worry.

let me address your last comment first.

please never stop sending me asks. i love this type of engagement. this is one of those unique things about tumblr that i actually appreciate tremendously, so please do not think you're bugging me. i answer when i find the time, if i feel that i can provide some kind of meaningful answer. or a funny one.

anyway, about your question: what happens to people who do crimes not caused by capitalism. let's add another layer to our conversation about crime, specifically murder, in an anarchist society.

it's important to emphasize that while we often try to separate crimes into those caused by capitalism and those that aren't, the reality can be more intertwined than it first appears. in many cases, even acts like murder can be linked back to the systemic issues inherent in capitalist societies. some theorists believe that capitalism can create mass murderers by causing people to 'malfunction.'

it may be hard to accept or seem like a stretch (i am sure someone will send me an anonymous ask letting me know) but it's really not if you break it down. capitalism, by its very nature, breeds inequality, poverty, and social alienation. these conditions create a breeding ground for various forms of violence, including murder.

think about it - a lot of murders aren't committed by inherently 'evil' people. instead, they're often the result of desperation, untreated mental illnesses, or a life measured in crime and violence as a byproduct of poverty, racism and marginalization.

for instance, studies have shown that areas with higher poverty rates often see higher rates of violent crime. it's not a coincidence. people living in poverty, facing daily struggles and systemic - often racist or classist - barriers, can find themselves in situations where violence feels like the only option. it's the tragic type of outcome you get in a system that fails to address basic human needs and inequalities.

this is before addressing mental health as a whole, which is massively underfunded and often completely ignored, especially in capitalist societies. many who fall victim to violent acts suffer from mental health issues. we need to do a better job at understanding the context of incidents like these and realize that with better support systems in place, such tragedies might be preventable.

much like gun violence, an anarchist society would aim to tackle the root causes. by removing the regressive structures of capitalism, we would work towards a system where resources are distributed more equitably, where people are supported and integrated into their communities, and where mental health is addressed proactively.

beyond this, you start getting into prison abolition, which i've covered in prior asks a few times if you're interested in checking that out.

this is all a very simplified overview, and the real world is messy and complex. but these ideas and concepts are about envisioning a society where we address the causes of violence at their roots, rather than just dealing with the cleanup work. i certainly don't have all the answers and these thoughts should be considered minor grade contribution to a broader, ongoing discussion by minds much greater than mine.

#borking back #crime #anarchy #anarchist #anarchism

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butterflymarks · 6 months ago

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stats / plots / muse

heyyy i'm gonna be real, this intro got chunky. BUT! that's bc i badly want to start writing and i had a lot of Ideas. i'm duha (xe/xem/xir), presenting my goth rat kiyeon with the ability fearsight. 🎈 under the cut, i hopefully explain what the hell his deal is. like this post if you'd like me to reach out for plots (d*sc*rd preferred im scared of getting sb'ed again)! i listed ideas at the end, but i'm also down to just start writing and go with chemistry if preferred. i AM crazed enough to write u a random starter if that's the vibe. ps. my other muse eunjae (aka the Cooler moon twin) is @999kintsugi, but she's on a sideblog, so i won't be able to follow back there unfortunately.

kiyeon, '98

it/its/he/him/his. you'll see me use them interchangeably but feel free to use Any pronouns for him on ur end yipeee

fearsight is the ability to induce potent feelings of fear, hysteria, panic, etc through psychological visions of the target's deepest fears. wherever applicable, their minds may project that fear onto kiyeon and they'll see him as a personification of their fears.

butterfly marks (minor passive "ability"): his skin is naturally covered in moving whorls of black, ink-like markings. they shift and gather into various shapes and patterns influenced by his moods or when he's using his ability, tending towards symmetric or radial patterns, sometimes resembling the patterns of a butterfly's wings.

???: he can't see his own reflection anymore. if he does try to look at himself, there's just Something else looking back. he's afraid of it.

his therapist says it's an extension of his main ability that has been stunted. in greater evolutions of fearsight, the metahuman could actually take the physical form of someone's fear.

isn't that something great to look forward to, The Therapist says, you'll grow into something More, but kiyeon just wants to know when he's going to grow into a skin that's bearable to live in at all ?

his fearsight is persistent & triggered by visible eye contact. it can work on other ppl through clear reflections, so he hasn't made meaningful contact with anyone in years tbh.

quiet, nervous, jumpy. probably looks scary bc of his markings but you might have heard him crying in the garden last night.

the journey so far:

lived with his older sister for a while, until he decided to leave about 2 years ago bc he felt guilty about burdening her.

uhhh fell into the serpents' circle shortly after, aka a petty villain group. was inadvertently "taken in" by them (see: he was too scared to leave), and now he's their part time publicity stunt kidnapping victim and part time videographer when they need "organic social media footage" of the crimes they're committing. they're trying to make it to the big leagues.

kiyeon is just there because one of them is apparently making him "a cure" for his eyes. it's been years since that promise now, but. you know. (see again: he is too scared to leave)

finally sought actual help and got into silver line 8 months ago. the research team thinks his markings are fascinating, they keep monitoring him and telling him to contact them if he ever feels "physical turmoil." like girl what??

(they're waiting for his power to evolve to allow him to actually physically transform)

(cw: themes of body dysmorphia) has a lot of feelings about his body and feeling distinctly grotesque and horrific. when you spent ur whole life getting ignored or being looked at in literal horror, how is ur sense of self & image supposed to survive unscathed. :|

anyway he's on a tenuous streak of stability atm. he even got a job at the animal shelter!! he's been substituting company with the animals for human connection because animals aren't affected by his eyes at least.

really a bit pathetic i won't lie. fucked up street cat rizz, if u will.

some connection / thread ideas:

here are some more Formal connections i'm looking for, let's figure smth out

a roommate...!!

he pokes around the places you're not supposed to. someone try to get into the 13th floor with him and then deal with the consequences.

i plan for his fearsight to evolve over time and become something more of a nightmare form, his true potential....wherein his body really does start to take on little characteristics of people's fears, humanoid or not. i think he has a long way to go to full transformations, but any muses who would like to encounter him on that path are welcome to hehe. just please know he'll probably have a breakdown on them afterwards. maybe your muse would be in the middle of one too (because kiyeon scared the daylights out of them yk) but that's a-ok! i love writing encounters where everything's a mess, so let's make them cry together 💢

someone he accidentally beamed with his fearsight before. now they're terrified of him, and he accidentally inherited some of their fears/phobias

he goes to group therapy sessions bc his therapist thinks it's good for him to have Human Contact, but mostly he's just quiet and never looks at anyone. maybe your muse is there too and they just start getting through their shit side by side ?

someone go to the movies with him. he loooves scary movies, he loves watching characters getting tormented by horrors and being like omg me too!!

eden is full of crazy powers so let's throw them in something crazy together !!? i crave high stakes threads

does anyone else feel less-than-human. does anyone else go out on walks in the middle of the night bc they feel like it's the only time they're "allowed" to be out (aka they can't endanger anyone). does anyone else want to be a little less alone on those walks.

fellow serpents 🐍 all kinds of dynamics. i'm thinking the serpents just basically try to cause unrest and chaos; maybe one time, your muse is supposed to be part of the incitement and kiyeon's supposed to get it all on camera .... except it goes wayward, and the others ditch them to throw them under the bus, so now they have to get away from the aeternals :\

anyone who's in that other villain group using the laundromat as a cover. maybe they're rivals with the serpents hehe ? or they cross paths in the villain business ?

be his first resident complaint

thank u for reading this far :people_hugging:

#rj:intro #he is normal i. promise #* / ooc.

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spookyspecterino · 8 months ago

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15 Lines of Dialogue Rules: Share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an OC, ideally lines that capture the character/personality/vibe of the OC. Bonus points for just using the dialogue without other details about the scene, but you're free to include those as well!

Thanks for tagging me! @fangbangerghoul

(This is a Picrew of my OC, Canary. I created her for the Bale Batman universe, where she commits various unhinged crimes. Just writing her for fun at this point and I've had a blast with her so far. I really was put on this earth to write crazy characters.)

Lines are below the cut

1. Canary tosses her cigarette into the street with a flick. "I don't know what you were originally thinking, big guy, but you're fucked now."

2. "You know that job was mine... are you stepping on my toes here?" She crosses her arms, leveling him with a stare. "Actually, don't answer that. I don't care."

3. Canary shrugs, that signature, slow smile stretching from ear to ear. "Bats...come on...let's just talk this out first!"

4. "Oh, I would never!" She hesitates, "Unless someone paid me to do it. Then...yeah, then I'd do it." Crane gives her a look. "What? I like money."

5. "Well, I could always break the Clown out..." The startled stares around the room turn to her. The conversation hushes. Canary smiles. "I'm joking, I'm joking!"

6. She takes a drag from her cigarette. The blood on her fingers stain the yellow paper. "You do that again and I'll kiss you on the mouth."

7. "I'm a fairly simple person. I like murder and I hate being in jail."

8. "Sounds good!" She shoves the knife deeper in the man's chest. He's already dead from the looks of it. "Absolutely no problem at all!"

9. "Do I look like I'm the kind of person that goes to a hospital?" Crane just stares at her blankly. "Come on, I keep duct tape in the car for a reason."

10. Canary scratches her head, or tries to to, but the cuffs restrain her movement. "Hey, bats. Can we hurry this up? I have a 7:00 I gotta get to." He ignores her. He always does. "I reaaally can't miss this, Barb is gonna be pissed if I do." Her cuffs rattle as she shakes her hands for emphasis. "We're reading The Great Gatsby this week and I'm in charge of bringing the snacks!"

11. "Fair enough. But I'm still going to put a collar on you and make you walk on all fours."

12. "Please don't growl at me, Croc." She pouts up at him. "You know I'm sensitive."

13. "How on earth am I--" Canary switches the cellphone to her other hand as she kicks the dead man's arm into the trunk. "--supposed to get anyone to respond to an email these days?"

14. "Yeah, listen. I've never had a problem with clowns, but this..." She looks around the room at the sea of colorful masks. "This is a little much for me. And I'm fairly easy going."

15. "So you want me to kill someone?" She shifts her weight, leaning against the half-wall. Her fingers turn over a pack of cigarettes. Crane nods in that solemn way he always does, never giving anything away behind those blue eyes. Canary continues, "Ok. I like you, so I'll do it. But I expect a favor, later on." She waggles her eyebrows trying to get some sort of reaction from him.

- - -

No pressure tagging others that might be interested in playing: @nocturnest @aro-pancake @jakopom @bokatankryze

#This was a treat #Thanks Fang

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black-klok-youth-pastor · 1 year ago

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Kloktober 2023: Favorite Headcanon

This was gonna be two separate posts ,but for the occassion I combined both of them. Takes place at a hypothetical point after AOTD ,but the only major spoilers are for Requiem. Enjoy

Skwisgaar: I should has knowns all alongs. Why hasn't I figures this outs sooners?

Charles: Skwisgaar, I know it's a lot to process ,but...these dark secrets I've held for way too long now

...

Skwisgaar: YOU WAS DUTCHS THISK WHOLE TIMES?!!!

Charles: Wait that's what you're worried about? You do realize I...committed actual war crimes even before I met you guys, right? Could at least get the country you're disparaging me for right.

Skwisgaar: I cans excuse murders buts how cans I works with a mans from a country that only hasks three hour of sunlights and and obskessed with windmills?! Most happiests countries in the worlds my asskes!

Charles: Ummm (not sure where to start with that one)

Pickles: Wait a minute, how the f🎸k do you have an American accent? ...And also actually speak English correctly?

Charles: Were you even paying attent- I'll just... Look the point is-

Skwisgaar: Psst Du kan inte ens tala ditt modersmål rätt.

Charles: *sigh* Jeg har ikke tid til det her, du afsporer samtalen mere end normalt.

Nathan: *quietly* The hell's going on now?

Skwisgaar: Det låter som att du suget en spikad dildo.

Charles: Åh som din mor?!

Even if the English-speaking Dethklok members didn't pick up on what he was saying they at least felt the emotion of that one with Skwisgaar and Toki being especially shocked in the "holy shit, did he just say that?!" sense. The latter filling Charles with some regret as Norwegian is the closest linguistic cousin to Danish so it was crystal clear(ish) to him

Swksigaar: Maybes I umm...I mights has takes it too fars...I ams kinds of wish she dids does that sometimes. So like...I ain'ts that offendeds ,but likes...I nevers seens thats before. Likes...wow!

Charles: *deep breathe* I'm sorry I'm just...not immune to stress either. And this has whole thing has been hard for me as it has for all of you.

Pickles: It's cool (the other band members overlapping with some variation of that)

Toki: Why dids you sounds so demons possesseds though?

Murderface: I mean I can only imagine how frustrating it must feel being trapped in that underwater volcano for years…getting all steamy and…populated entirely by men.

Nathan: God it’s pretty much that stupid submarine but like ten times worse because you got that vow of celibacy and shit. Are they also allowed not to jerk off?

Charles: Well ummm you don’t have to worry about that because I uhh…I’m actually asexual.

Pickles: A sexual…what? Deviant? Voyeur? W-what do you mean?

Charles: *just kind of stares in bewilderment*

Skwisgaar: I think he ams just means he cans makes littles tiny Charle by splitting himskelfs in twos.

Nathan: What like if you tear his arm off a while f🎸king guy will grow from it?

Toki: I thinks so?

Nathan: That’s pretty metal if you ask me

Charles: Guys it just means I’m not interested in sex. Alright? Like you were constantly living up to the sex, drugs, and rock n roll but honestly... I was personally into a third of those things.

Murderface: ...I guess that makes sense?

Pickles: How the hell did you put up with us for so long though?

*insert montage of Charles staring at him in the background of various escapades with groupies just looking mildly annoyed at worst*

Charles: Honestly, all due respect: you kind of build up one hell of tolerance for pretty much everything.

Nathan: I guess that makes sense

... (long moment of silence, the sound of frosty winds filling the awkward atmosphere)

Charles: And umm if you're curious we are allowed, just so long as it doesn't end being used for procreation it's fine.

Nathan: Yeah but do you umm specifically umm y'know?

Charles: I can neither confirm nor deny that right now

Nathan: 'Kay umm that's fine.

...

Charles: I missed you guys, I really did

Diversity win! The capitalist war criminal turned cult leader is asexual and Danish

[Also author's notes: 90% of the Swede-Dane conversation was Google Translated, I am sorry (I have a Norwegian acquaintance on Discord ,but I didn't want to bother them especially since...well I won't ruin the joke but it was quite much if fun to write) althpugh I did make human corrections when needed and I did at least translate that last phrase on my own. Could've still screwed up]

#was supposed to be short but it got quickly out of control #metalocalypse spoilers #metalocalypse #dethklok #charles offdensen #charles foster offdensen #skwisgaar skwigelf #headcanons #kloktober #kloktober 2023 #fan fiction #script fic

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eluvixnsarchived · 6 months ago

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no one asked for it but since i am trapped beneath a cat who is biting me every time i try to end this cuddle session here is some haylin lore

- comes from a pirate hyur mother and an elezen gridanian father

- has an older brother that got smoked with their father during the calamity when he was fighting on the frontlines

- has no contact with ma bc ma abandoned them

- came to gridania hoping to find some sort of life and home but instead found ghosts and ruin

- would never have gone down the path of adventurer if she wasnt so in need of a few bucks

- only went with yda and paps and to the waking sands bc she needed that cash money your girl was BROKE

- stayed with the scions bc of minf and her understanding of the echo

- got super attached to alphie bc she missed the sibling feeling and only continued to stay for him

- and bc she thought thancred was tasty

- and bc where else would she fucking go at this point

- DEFINITELY had a few choice words for lahabrea when the big reveal happened and definitely told alphie if he strayed too far from her side she would drag him around by his ankles

- definitely wanted g'raha during the crystal tower quests and definitely cried a bit when they were over

- canonly bothers urianger when she's bored and he knows this but humours her anyway bc he eventually peaks her curiosity and he knows this dumb bitch cant resist acting on it so now he can infodump all he wants and shes just chin in hands the whole time bc shes basically learning history tea

- definitely has not recovered from the vault and the crippling guilt

- definitely cornered hancock when he first showed up and told him if he fucks with tataru shes gonna serve his balls on a kebab skewer seasoned and fried to him

- the scions have definitely come to her room to go out on jobs and she's definitely opened the door butt ass naked. now they just call over link pearl ( and when she doesnt answer they send y'shtola )

- has thought about how she'd kick the asses of every scion except y'shtola bc even she knows better

- tried to be a white mage like dad and it didnt fit. tried to be a dragoon like brother but it didnt fit. tried to be a warrior to try and connect with her mother but it didnt fit. became a dark knight when the anger she held after the vault kicked in. became a reaper when she figured out being a real warrior of darkness has more appeal than being the golden child of a god who was never there

- the only reason she isnt a mercenary for hire for the highest bidder is bc she loves the scions too much and alphie is her north star

- that being said if she ever lost him or g'raha or thancred or estinien she'd probably kill the source herself bc whats the point in living in it if they're not there any more?

- is v adventurous though like DO NOT ENTER signs are like moth to flame for her shes just too curious she HAS to know

- flirting with nero so he gets uncomfortable and weirded out is her favourite hobby

- she does the same to estinien and this is my reasoning as to why he took so long to join the scions it it wasnt the commitment issues it was fucking haylin lurking in the shadows ready to tell him he holds his rod well

- is alisaie's number one fan she would kill for this kid she would fight anyone

- insists g'raha goes with her everywhere they're joined at the hip she wants him bad

- her crush on thancred turned into 'this is my partner in crime my best friend my brother in arms'

- urianger is her person though

- worships the ground y'shtola walks on like her word is law

- scar across her nose is from wandering too far into the forests alone as a kid and getting smacked by the beasties in there before her brother came to the rescue

- has a multitude of scars from various things and her story for each one is never the truth ( it's easier and better that way )

- you can bet ur ass she tried to see where things would go with aymeric but stopped when she realised he really is that kind and noble and she didnt want to ruin that bc she is utterly convinced she's not worth a damn thing

- which is probably why she throws herself into harms way so willingly. not just for the scions, or the people, or the weak. but bc she thinks she deserves whatever pain is coming

- and because she KNOWS she can take it. she can withstand it

- she's just too stubborn to not stand up again after it

#🍊.txt #haylin #A FEW BRIEF SPOILS FOR SOME STORY STUFF

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afreakingdork · 1 year ago

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Miss dork oh my god- the chapter- I had to keep quiet because it was 3 am but wanted to scream so bad. It was a rollercoaster of emotions ahah. Also all the Fanfictions I'm reading are in the angst phase so I don't know where to go-

The fact that they're gonna talk on that bench while everything goes to shit is so funny like

Donnie: *explaining the various crimes he committed*

Reader: *listening*

Explosions, various screams and fighting in the background while they just pretend it's not happening

Also what you said is going to happen around chapter 30 it's coming closer and I'm READY

(damn I was going to send this without anon by mistake thank god I noticed it-)

-formal anon

Oh no!! Isn't that just the way when the tones of totally different things line up? I'm sorry to say we have a little more angst to wade though atm!

Pfft, I don't know if the boys are making that much noise as the tone is serious, but that is funny to image.

.....What did I say was going to happen in chapter 30? I genuinely can't remember.... I'm sorry! Chapters have shuffled and what not so the timeline might not be the same, but so far I haven't removed anything!

#ask

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brick-van-dyke · 11 months ago

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I have some thoughts about sexism and just overall many types of prejudices where sexism directly contributes to. But today I just want to focus on this really accepted trope that "women are smarter" and "men are idiots" then go from there.

Note: if you're a radfem who says this, you're not gonna like what I have to say and... honestly? I think you're the ones who need to hear this the most.

So for base context, I'm a trans man, born female transitioned to male. Let me tell you a few stories from when I was a little girl;

I was often told by family, especially women around me, that girls are smarter than boys and boys can't keep up with a woman. Which, to many, may feel empowering. Well, not to me. Why? Because the same people, women and men around me, all called me dumb, idiotic, a retard and would always point out how much I didn't succeed academically and how I was socially very slow. I didn't understand things like those around me, I wasn't witty, I wasn't a social butterfly who could care for everyone around me. Unfortunately, I was a girl who wasn't "the clever one". So, I was not smart girl, I was a far too average girl. And for girls, that's a crime you're not allowed to commit.

Now, let's turn the clock a bit into the future. I'm 21 and have come out as a transgender person. At this point it time, I have no real plans on transitioning and I'm not even sure of my gender, just that there is discomfort in my current presentation/ body that has always been there all along, now discovered through several years of therapy (that I had no support getting from family and had to organise myself btw), that was separate to 1) the sexism and 2) various layers of trauma I will not go into because it genuinely isn't relavent to this specific conversation. Many may go "oh you were running from being treated as a girl!" Well let me tell you a thing about presenting in a way that isn't perceived as "how girls should be allowed to act and dress and refer to themselves". You are not treated better or as a man. You are treated a lot worse than either one. Let me repeat; I was no longer treated as a woman, sure, but I wasn't treated as a man; I was treated as an even worse moral failing by general society, especially those with the opinion: "girls need to act this way" and "boys need to act that way". Ring any bells?

Now, let's turn the clock again, I'm 24 now and I look like a man, like a born male cisgender non-transgender man. People see me and say sir because I have a beard, people assume I am male 100% born that way. Now, how does this affect my treatment?

I'm a feminine man, so obviously I get called slurs and people assume I'm gay (I'm bi thank you very much), and I've had people laugh and shout "haha gAY!" because of how I walk, dress, etc (which I'm fine with this is me and I like how I am). However, I am given a new set of expectations; that I will automatically fail and it will be okay. That I shouldn't even try. Now imagine with me for a sec here, people expect you to do a thing and then they go "nah it's okay, you're a boy". It's humiliating and as demeaning as "oh you can't do this because you're a girl". It's just with mental tasks instead of physical this time. I'm no longer expected to be the clever girls and inevitably not meet expectations for not being born a genius capable of taking care of everyone around me. Now? Now I'm expected to be useless. I can't think for myself and when I do minor freaking shit it makes me such a clever boy like fuck off please that was average? I don't want coddling or pity for the mistake of having "a boy brain" or to be told "oh you're special because you're so smart" for seeing a fucking thing right in front of me because the other men in my life expected not to. Because when they don't someone else will and no one will care. Do people actually think men are dumb? No, they're just accepting the fact you'll do shit for them, just like how I used to as a girl who was told "oh you don't have to take out the trash dear" or "you don't have the mow the lawn, you have brothers". It's the. Same. Exact. Shit.

Oh yes, but how empowering it is to call women smart feble creatures who can only take care of those around them with their brain and boys are idiots who can only help with their brawn knowing full well the pressure this places on both and the expectations taken away from either that the other must compensate for unfairly. Oh yes, how feminist of you all! Not. It's sexist and it's gross.

Let's also discuss how this effects sexuality shall we? Again, as I said I am a feminine man who is averagely smart (so seen as clever) and averagely brawny (so seen as weak), and trans which means I'm a traitor to womanhood and clearly only feminine because "I am female" as many would want me to phrase it, but I'm going to say "I was born female and transitioned to male" because that's 1) more "biologically accurate" (hell even my hair texture is different to men and women's so let's not start) and 2) it's not up to the reader how I define myself. Again, you use your own language bit don't dictate mine and don't go saying I'm dictating yours because clearly I am not. This is my post, not yours. Anyway. Sexuality. So, before the whole transgender thing, I was asexual, then realised nah maybe I'm more of a lesbian, then changed to bisexual then back to lesbian all pre transgender stuff. This was all through and after therapy which is ongoing for multiple different reasons. Anyway, I know a thing or two about homophobia and aphobia, and also biphobia having been out as all three. And I have some things to say as far as the stated phrase discussed goes. Especially as someone who has kept their sexuality through their transition and only changed as I realised more about who I'm attracted to and not attracted to.

Let's start with how, as a girl, you're expected to be doing things for manipulative and scheming reasons, and yes this absolutely relates to the assumption that girls are the "brainy ones" because very often that's the "trickster ones" and "scheming ones". Women have always been assumed to be conniving in various folktales and just history all round, but it's accepted in modern day society not because we have a big society that believes in these folklore stories, but because we have this idea that women are all planning and scheming because "they're smart" and men are "dumb enough to be fooled". Of course, these definitely mix together, but don't tell me this doesn't make it even worse. Now, onto being asexual, then lesbian, etc as a young woman. See, people assume there has to be a reason why you're this (sort of like being trans, actually the treatment is very similar). For asexuality, you're scared of dating and you're traumatised, you're broken, and you're scared of men. You have to have had some reason thought out as to why you, a girl, could possibly be asexual. The reason is assumed, like any queer attraction, to be because you're unnatural and broken in the eyes of society. The other reason, usually because you're a girl, is because you're planning something and being "smart". Aka avoiding men. This also goes into being a lesbian, and why it's assumed "oh you just don't want to date men". It's assumed that women who don't date men but date women are only doing so for some mental reason, some sort of personal gain, it's all a scheme and a plan. And no I'm not referring to the whole predatory assumption which is held for both gay men and lesbian women and just us queers overall, but the specific notion that it's because women are "being smart and savvy and are doing the clever thing and being with women because they're smarter and cleaner and less work" and the whole "oh you're a girl so there must be a reason behind everything you do" besides just... "Girl is pretty and I want to kiss her", probably because women are assumed to be less sexual and must be innocent and soft by nature and aren't "supposed" to think about kissing and sex and tits. That's what men are expected to do after all. I'll leave the bisexuality one for last because I think I need to talk specifically because both at once, but first! Heterosexuality as a trans man.

The difference in going from a lesbian woman to a heterosexual man (the same exact attraction, just given different labels because of the genders involved) is astounding. And it's only as a woman to a man with the same exact attraction for women do you realise the double standards and how utterly absurd they are. I mean, sex and gender aside, this is literally the same thing. If we ignore who is having the attraction, both are the attraction to women. Somehow, being a girl or a boy changes how society treats you and the expectations and boy they annoy the shit out of me. And not even just for the reasons you expect.

For one, you can't just. Be attracted to women, there's this whole fucked up expectation of what dating means if you're heterosexual rather than a lesbian, and in this particular conversation, the brains vs brawn in a relationship is so...ugly and the expectations placed on me on either occasion just highlight how unsurprising it is that so many are in abusive relationship and have issues of codependency. It's so astoundingly fucked up that I actually think THIS is what really made me fucking hate this phrase in question. Before it was annoying, personally demeaning. Now? Now it's outright fucking dangerous.

It was expected when I was a lesbian that I was just being smart, making a smart choice to be with someone who *gasp* actually took care of themselves and could make decisions WITH me. Like. As if that isn't the base expectation of any relationship. If I'm a girl with a boy, it's assumed I'd be doing all the mental work and there would be no communication. Like, no really, there was an expectation all throughout my life that I would serve the husband as if he were a fucking child, but at least I could ignore this because "hey I'm not gonna have a husband". You know what made that obvious? When I was expected to end up as the husband and I had to sit back and think "wow you're all so utterly fucked up why is this seen as okay?" As a man, it is expected that whatever unlucky soul I were to date would do all the thinking for me and it's only because I'm smart (again average) that she'll actually have someone she could work with and communicate to instead of thinking for your decisions. Like. What the fuck actually? Actually especially people just at cafes, bars, etc who didn't know I was trans, like the fucked up expectations??? Even from WOMEN?? Like come the fuck on what is this bullshit? Why the fuck would I want to marry a woman only to make her my fucking servant and never talk through things and have her organise shit for me that's fucked. And you know what? I see it even more now, in my brother's relationship, in my dad, in my grandfather, in every single man and woman dating. It's sad. And it's not even an issue with just heterosexuals either it's just how it's expected men to be and women to be so any woman and man together "must have this dynamic". And god it's awful.

Now. Onto bisexuality. Shit, okay now let's start with as a man since I'm on the topic. You're expected to treat women the above way and then...there's being seen as gay. God being seen as gay as a man is not just a moral failing to society but seen as so inherently traitorous to masculinity that you can't help but sit there and think "it's hard to be a man" because the expectations are utter bullshit. Being a bisexual man kinda sucks actually, especially considering as well that part where no one really believes that bisexuality even exists as a thing except for other bisexuals and other queers who aren't exclusionists. But I digress, the really fucked up thing with this in regards to the main phrase (you know the one now I'd think), is that you're now expected to be all of the bullshit things. You're expected to be heterosexual, people know you like women so "why don't you just be normal?" but you also like men which makes you a fucking failure of a human being in their eyes. Also. If you're feminine that's even worse, especially if you also like women and you're feminine. These all together make you a really bad traitor to men in society's eyes because you're not doing what you're supposed to do even though society thinks you can and therefore should just be heterosexual. Also, did I mention how, despite all of this, you're an idiot who surely is just mistaken or making shit up? Same with being a woman and bisexual in regards to making shit up and surely you're just broken and need to be fucked. Actually that was a thing with asexuality, being a lesbian, I think just being a woman in general actually. But yeah, so like, you're a man for god sake just fuck a girl and you'd be cured of the feminity and the thinking for yourself thing and the liking other men (because that means we aren't just here to bully women and breed what the fuck that's not allowed) and damn. As a trans man? Oh it gets worse. Because once people realise you're "not a REAL man™" any femininity, attraction to men, or anything that is "unnatural for masculine manly men" to do, is attributed to womanhood and how you're a fake. See below for the added consequences of now being seen as a woman as well as being treated as a man who is bisexual. You get both! Because why just switch expectations when you can throw both to the "traitorous trans identified female scum who dared act like a man and lessen the value of masculinity for us real men" amirite?

So, how are bisexual women treated? Honestly? Like shit imo both from society and exclusionist factions in the queer community, but luckily they're way smaller than the majority who are accepting (it's kind of in the job description that we be accepting considering what we've all been through as a matter of course). But yeah that doesn't help when exclusionists are loud and also love to echo society especially with the sexism and, yep you guessed it, the Phrase™. There are so many difficulties with being a woman and bisexual, but the ones I'm gon refer to today are the expectations, which are that yep of course you're just using women but not to get away from men per se but to have a break from them, or to cheat on them. Same with dating men, you're assumed to be cheating on lesbians and it's a huge topic in these exclusionist factions to say "bi women are always cheating on us". In fact there's a whole general idea that bisexuals cheat as a matter of course (because there surely must be a difference between liking men and women compared to liking women and women, hmm gee I wonder what it is that we're assuming?) But anyway, again, I digress. The expectation to care for men like babies and then work with women is forever present and god it sucks ass. I wasn't even bisexual as a woman for very long but damn. The double expectation that you're only fucking women to get away from men and only fucking men because that's you're real sexuality is so fucking telling and is rooted in so much sexism and homophobia and biphobia. What's wrong with all of you, really, to think it's acceptable to say "oh yeah it's a normal attitude for a woman to run away from men but poor thing her natural state is to love the men she runs from". That is very very fucked actually and the expectation that you can "fix" this predicament by stopping women from ""running to women"" and just ""fucking a man"" is...yeah.

And just. The idea that a woman has to take care of he husband as a matter of course, to have that expectation and then also have the "you're planning something" expectation because god forbid a woman just do shit out of wanting to kiss a person and not have this clever scheme and reason for everything.

All in all this shit sucks. Why do we do it? Why is it so accepted and seen as a feminist progressive thing to tell women they're smarter than men and men are idiots it just creates so many fucking problems. Hell, I haven't even discussed disability and race yet. Do I even have the time and room for that discussion because it's even bigger than sexuality. I'm not even black so I'm probably not the one to discuss it, but disability? Oh I have experience there and I can say how much being a disabled woman sucks, but mental disabilities are the worst because it's seen as making you useless and disposable because you're too mentally average and not achieving enough constantly. Also how being a disabled man also sucks but at least with mental disabilities people don't expect shit to the point it overwhelms you, which is like the bare minimum btw. To not push to the point you force someone to breaking point is maybe just. What you ought to do in general maybe? Anyway, there's that, but also there's the whole bullshit of how physical disabilities mena you aren't strong enough and therefore also useless and the same shit repeats of being disposable and physically seen as a born traitor to masculinity again because you're physically not capable of achieving the set level of brawn demanded. And when you're a disabled woman who is physically weak? It's expected and you're not assumed to be disabled and you're not taken seriously, you're just a weak woman. Even chronic pain, breaking a leg, anything, it's all just you not being strong enough because you're a woman, not because of a fucking disability. And for men, god the mental health aspect is shit because it's assumed you're an idiot of course, but if you're smart and also just a low achiever because you're tired all the time and overwhelmed? God forbid you're also a fucking traitor and useless and disposable. But as if this damn phrase doesn't make shit worse. As if treating disabled women with this expectation that of course they're weak for womanhood and not their disabilities helps at all, as if assuming disabled women need to meet a certain standard to be human mentally and as if disabled women need to take care of abled men to have value. Fuck that. As if cleverness creates value and as is physical strengths creates value. Fuck both. And damn I haven't even talked about polyamory but that would be a huge post in and of itself so I'm gonna leave things here I think.

Anyway, that's my rant on this very stupid idea held by so many people and is seen as accepted and accurate in society. It is stupid and creates bullshit expectations and dangers, especially for women and especially for disabled people. And trans people, we also suffer just for being trans with this and yeah I talked about my experiences as a ftm man but mtf women also have it so fucking hard too. I'm tired of this phrase and I'm sure many of you are too, just too damn scared to admit it because society pressures us to conform or be thrown away like garbage. Fuck that and fuck the system, you're valuable regardless and there is no expectation you ought to meld into. Be you, and there will always be a community to support you, no matter how hard society fights against your existence.

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hypmic-translation · 1 year ago

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Murder in the House of Magic

GENTARO I shall share with you all a frightening story Set in a deserted amusement park in Shibuya, this “House of Magic” became home to a murder case Long ago, people would flock to it throughout the night Containing a number of maze-like rooms, filled to the brim with various tricks and illusions Once the door was closed, it became impossible for anyone to escape within the allotted time limit And a wicked criminal took advantage of that fact

DICE What a shame, I’m sorry to hear that guy is dead But I only came here last night to return all the money I’d borrowed from him He was the one who chose the place because our usual spot was too crowded with people We agreed to meet at 8pm He was taking too long to show, so I decided to go in first While taking pictures in the maze room, I heard the door lock from behind me But look, the clock on the wall says “20:20” Is what my camera saw not enough of an alibi for you

GENTARO The victim was buried on the beach in Chiba His time of death is estimated to be around 8:30pm While investigating, I dug a hole and travelled between there and the House of Magic You’re right, something here just doesn’t make sense…

CHORUS (1)

DICE Up and down Playing the fool Beating out even The smartest guy in the room

GENTARO I’ll find out who you are I’ll uncover your crimes Inevitably everything Comes into light

Uh! (Ah!) Uh! Uh! (Ah!)　DICE: Who’s the mastermind here, me or you? Uh! (Ah!) Uh! Uh! (Ah!)　GENTARO: You can’t run from my questions with flimsy lies

GENTARO There’s no escape You can’t slip away A lifetime sentence For the life that you took

DICE A fortune made No effort required I’ll rake it all in and say goodbye

Uh! (Ah!) Uh! Uh! (Ah!)　GENTARO: The truth emerging in the portrait portrayed Uh! (Ah!) Uh! Uh! (Ah!)　Can you figure out where the exit might be?

DICE Sure, so I owed him money, but he was the one drowning in grudges If we wanna talk hypotheticals, at least Even if you suspect it was me, how’re you gonna prove it? Once you’re inside, it’s hard to get outta that maze of mirrors - do you wanna try? Eventually at dawn someone came along to rescue me I mean, there’s no way I could have possibly committed the crime considering that Most importantly, there’s no denying that the clock hanging there for the time limit Reads “20:20”, it’s clear as day

GENTARO: Would you mind showing me that picture again, please? DICE: Hah? It’s on my phone, look as much as you like, it doesn’t prove anything GENTARO: And you’re certain the time in this selfie you took reads “20:20”? DICE: Yup. So, am I free to go yet? GENTARO: Incidentally, it seems the clock has a seven-segment display DICE: S-Seven-something what? That’s way too hard to pronounce GENTARO: It means the clock’s face is digital, not analog

GENTARO: What’s this? The position of this mole seems to be reversed DICE: W-Well, so what? GENTARO: It seems you’ve left some evidence behind after all

GENTARO: Now, I’m sure those of you paying attention have already realised It turns out the trick was actually a rather simple one Even the best liar can lose control of the narrative they’ve sown I suppose it must be difficult to maintain in the face of proof (2) In the end, it was the mirror that uncovered everything

GENTARO: You were in the room filled with mirrors within the House of Magic DICE: Y-Yeah, and? GENTARO: Not even you can hide a mole that’s been flipped from left to right In other words, the time could not have possibly been “8:20pm” DICE: What?! GENTARO: You see, some numbers are symmetrical when put against a reflective surface For example, 1 remains 1, 0 is 0, 8 is 8. But in front of a mirror, the number 2 becomes something else entirely DICE: Shit! GENTARO: In a mirror, 2 turns into 5 - your photo was taken at “05:05”, hours after the crime

CHORUS

DICE Up and down Playing the fool Beating out even The smartest guy in the room

GENTARO I’ll find out who you are I’ll uncover your crimes Inevitably everything Comes into light

Uh! (Ah!) Uh! Uh! (Ah!)　DICE: Who’s the mastermind here, me or you? Uh! (Ah!) Uh! Uh! (Ah!)　GENTARO: You can’t run from my questions with flimsy lies

GENTARO There’s no escape You can’t slip away A lifetime sentence For the life that you took

DICE A fortune made No effort required I’ll rake it all in and say goodbye

Uh! (Ah!) Uh! Uh! (Ah!)　GENTARO: The truth emerging in the portrait portrayed Uh! (Ah!) Uh! Uh! (Ah!)　Can you figure out where the exit might be?

GENTARO: So, how was that? Did you enjoy my story, “Murder in the House of Magic”, about a man unable to repay his debts on time? One should always be honest in front of a mirror Of course, in the end, that was all just a lie

NOTES:

The first letter of every line of the chorus (not including the “uh/ah” part) spells out the names “Arisugawa Dice” and “Yumeno Gentaro” respectively.

It was pretty much impossible to convey this effectively in English, but here Gentaro does some fancy wordplay and inverts one word to create another - タネ (seed) can be written backwards as ネタ (proof). Coming back to this translation almost 2 years later I almost definitely could've found a way to replicate this in English, but I'm too lazy to figure out a way to do it now lol.

#duets #yumeno gentaro #arisugawa dice

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