#i am not good at spatial puzzles

[thefandomcassandra]

Me: capable of doing difficult math puzzles in one attempt, doesn't even use the hint for a light toggle puzzle, calls several plot points during my first playthrough

Also me: cannot do slide puzzles

[loneberry]

Really special visit to the Fernando Pessoa house museum on his birthday! Here I am in the heteronymic infinity mirror of the fractured self: “I don’t know how many souls I have.”

Loved this fractal geometric flower marginalia for one of Pessoa’s puzzle-solving heteronyms

Pessoa did astrological charts for his heteronyms to determine their personalities

This blew my mind… Pessoa’s most annotated book was the quatrains (ruba’i) of Omar Khayyam. Good to know I’m not the only person wildly inspired by medieval Persian poetry.

“To read is to dream, guided by someone else’s hand.” Yes.

The trunk where Pessoa kept his 30,000 manuscript pages.

Love this description of an ecstatic writing experience

The original manuscript where Pessoa wrote his last words (in English!) the day before he died: “I know not what to-morrow will bring.” What that tomorrow brought for Pessoa: the end of tomorrow. Pessoa didn’t believe in infinity (spatial) or eternity (temporal). There is an end, beyond which there’s “absolutely nothing.” Yet it’s the hesitancy—the doubtful “I know not…”—that I find so moving in his confrontation with the void. (Auto-complete suggested: “confrontation with the river.” Hello Lethe.)

(You know I’m obsessed with the last words of writers. Maybe one day I will write or edit a book titled Dying Words…)

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Oliver did bibliomancy for me with Pessoa’s 35 Sonnets and landed on the line:

“The world is woven all of dream and error”

So fitting for ya girl, a mistakist dream theorist through and through…

Lisboa, you have been good to me. I bow to you.

[16ruedelaverrerie]

hello! i absolutely loved reading Les Mignardises (thank you for sharing it with all of us), and was wondering if you’d be open to sharing how you learned So Damn Much about food and drink and the pairings thereof? the whole fic was the literary equivalent of a feast for the senses and clearly came from a place of comfortable expertise (or at least extensive knowledge), and as someone who sits in that funky zone of being unable to drink but madly passionate about culinary conquests, i’d love to learn more! thank you!

I wish you could know how much this means to me! I wish that your mirror neurons could feel every stabby pang of joyful gratitude and keen inadequacy that your message has elicited in me! I wish that YOU COULD HURT IN PRECISELY ALL THE MARVELOUS WAYS THAT THIS MESSAGE HAS HURT ME!

Although you are much too gracious to put me in my rightful place, I think that I would probably be more accurately described as a... person on the enthusiast end of the thoroughly amateur scale, when it comes to food and wine. I can't say that I know all that much, where the rubber meets the road-- but I do love it, and I do intake a LOT of media related to it. Perhaps that's the only practical thought I have with regard to how to learn about food and drink; at a remove from professional hands-on experience, repeated exposure to media and actual food is the surest way there is of being more immersed in it! At the end of last year I made a list of the tv shows I'd watched in 2023, and it was just... various series of Taskmaster and then ALL FOOD/DRINK SHOWS FROM HEAD TO TOE. I guess it's sort of a lifelong hyperfixation.

Another less practical, but more theoretical thing is that I am of the party that believes that a poem is not like a frog; you cannot kill it by taking it apart. That's the way I feel about food and drink, too. Unlike the dissection of a living thing, I think that taking apart literature or a flavor profile into what you consider to be its component pieces is less about stopping its functions so that you can observe it. I think it's much more about the journey of attempting to ask a shaky, difficult, potentially unanswerable question: What about this makes you feel towards it the way that you do? Why does a poem, or a dish, or a drink, or a pairing, make you react the way that you react? It doesn't matter whether the answer you come up with is correct or not, because there's no such thing as a correct answer. It's that you're letting the question guide you through asking questions about yourself, and about the poem, the dish, the drink, the pairing. You're not any closer to solving anything, by the end of it, but you've asked good questions and you've allowed yourself the luxury of thought. Even outside of food and drink, I'm the kind of person who spends a ton of time thinking about why they like what they like. This is not necessarily a virtue! I've gotten into arguments with loved ones because I've demanded that they explain their tastes to me in detail! But we are who we are, and when I build an egg salad, I look forward to interrogating myself over what I'm doing with the mustard, the dill, the paprika, the potato chips.

I feel like the thread is getting away from me a bit because I am answering this on a hefty amount of pretty enjoyable Slovenian rosé. I suppose my point is, whenever I encounter a recipe, or a restaurant dish, or a glass of wine, I want to know what goes into it, and I wonder what it is about those pieces and that whole that makes me feel the way that I do. I like thinking about the layers of flavor in food and drink, what notes have earthy depth and which ones pierce up top, which are quick to hit the palate and which linger after you swallow, and what impression that tonal interaction of spatiality and temporality leaves on you. This kind of structuralist thinking is helpful for me, for example, in navigating pairing puzzles: sugar level in drink alongside spice level in food, acidity in drink alongside salt in food, tannin in drink alongside fat in food. Thinking about balance and relationality was a good starting point for me.

There are so many good wine education resources out there nowadays, I think you could get a lot of information about pairings even without needing to drink! (I used to listen to Wine for Normal People by Elizabeth Schneider a lot, though I fell off.) But even if you are more interested in putting dishes together rather than the drink side of it all, I think balance and relationality are equally effective markers for thinking about food alone. After all, that is pretty much the driving force of something like Samin Nosrat's Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat-- why elements matter, separately and together.

MY SLOVENIAN ROSE-INDUCED VERBOSITY ASIDE, I do need you to recognize that you have been very kind to me in sending in this askbox message, and that I would be more than delighted to keep bouncing thoughts back and forth with you on this matter, even perhaps with increased lucidity on my part in the future. I just think it's so neat that you read a story about Nines gritting his teeth for several months until he finally fucks Gavin through a dilapidated couch in the back of a failing restaurant... and then indulged me by coming here and allowing me to talk about food and wine. It's just so nice of you. Thank you. Tell me what you like to eat. Did I mention that I wish you could feel as scraped raw in the face of grace as I do in the wake of your message? SERIOUSLY I NEED YOU TO KNOW THIS, I WOULDN'T EVEN BE ON THIS PLATFORM OR IN FANDOM ANYMORE IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU TALKING TO ME

[automatisma]

Discovered the allure of Topsters & made a chart of the games that significantly influenced my tastes. Not really a top 25 although I believe most of the games of the list are good. Ramblings under the cut.

TLOZ: Twilight Princess was my first Zelda as a child & while not a particularly interesting Zelda gameplay-wise it cemented my fascination with that kind of dark and decadent aesthetic.

Persona 3 is again the first Persona I've ever played. Not the best & with many larger-than-life sterotypical characters but it does have a lovely apocalyptic atmosphere and the sexiest dungeon concept bar none (sorry persona 4 tv world you were not It)

Hexcells is my favourite puzzle game. Perfect difficulty curve, minimal & functional aesthetic, little spatiality sense required to finish it. The whole trilogy is honestly brilliant.

Disco Elysium literally what is there to say about DE that hasn't already been said. Masterful dialogues and characters, deeply political while being smart and complex about it, it has one of the most interesting fantasy worldbuildings of recent memory.

Final Fantasy X was my first FF. Bizarre & unique if nonsensical world, great party interactions and often dumb but really really rich with overarching thematical meanings so

We Know The Devil I believe it's up to personal taste in the end whether you'll like this or Heaven Will be Mine more, but to me the minimal religious setup & the very realistic teenage dialogue take the cake. Also Saturn is #so me #releatable #girlsbeinggirls

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 I bet everyone's sick of seeing it on their dash but what can I say I adore its day-to-day routine and the character subplots and its sound design and the beetle battles and

The House in Fata Morgana is maybe my favourite visual novel of all time. Often cheesy, frequently melodramatic, the epic highs and lows of its writing did not stop me from loving its intricate fantasy plot and multifacted characters.

Valhalla cyberpunk ok too long of a name. The bartending part was fun, the fauxanime thing is well MY thing and the #quiet cyberpunk adult disillusionment of its dialogues stuck with me in some way. Not great but really solid & it worked a lot for me for reasons I am not entirely sure of to this day.

Danganronpa is a terrible and complicated horror b-movie with cartoon characters and stupid but captivating mysteries. I genuinely believe the trials are absolutely cool and adrenaline inducing though & I would love more of this except better I guess

Darkest Dungeon a game in which every inch of its systems and aesthetic choices works in perfect synch to convey the hopelessness of this brand of lovecraftian horror. Also the turn-based combat is soooo fucking good

Final Fantasy VII THE final fantasy ecc ecc what can I say. One of the few games I played when the stereotypical version of the characters I saw in popular culture was so much less interesting than the actual story beats and the direction the plot went in. Packed with genre-defining moments and lovingly mystic at times.

Pyre is probably my favourite Supergiant game even though Hades is far superior in gameplay terms. The peculiar worldbuilding and the choices you make are really something unique to this one and they very much stick with you during your playthrough and even after that.

The World Ends with You when I played it Neku and Joshua were on my mind 24/7 I was on that fujoshi grindset which is quite peculiar for me. Weird and fun gameplay too but to me the main thing was the killer premise, its characters and its commitment to peculiarity in the JRPG landscape at every turn.

Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria weird ass sequel of a game I didn't play that spawned my love for this kind of combat. Perfect blend of tactical and reaction-based that's usually a mess but here it works and its glorious. The story was whatever but frankly who cares

Black Closet is probably the most obscure game on this list & I love it. I adore the setting, the writing of some of the subplots, the tight mechanics and even its wonky UI designs. Try it and be captivated by the playful eroticism of mystery and power NOW

Ib foundational as everyone knows. Kind of tied with Yume Nikki in my mind but in the end I played Ib more and I was in awe of its finale systems and the genuinely anxiety inducing gameplay moments. Epitome of you're a kid and something fucked up happens.

Analogue: A Hate Story my favourite Love game even though it's only vaguely sci-fi. Funniest thing about it it's probably that its title works even if it's a silly pun on her previous game

999 I like Danganronpa so this one was a given since it's even less stupid. Puzzles are ok but I was here for the characters & plot because I am a mystery junkie at heart.

Lisa: The Painful managed to work with the legacy of Earthbound without making a lol so random uninspired clone. Profoundly different in its subject matter while incorporating a lot of the bizarre & offbeat humor of its inspiration. It also deals with its themes in a quite brutal and blunt if not at all tactful way which i really respect.

The Stanley Parable is one of the first things I've played as a returned prodigal PC gamer and it blew me away at the time. Full of neat little secrets & mysteries and with a lot to say about the relationship between the player, the game and the narrative frameworks we encase our lives in.

Earthbound is my love and joy and nothing else will ever come close to recreate what I experienced playing it, which is why I never played Mother 3.

Digital Devil Saga yeah I've never played an SMT to the end but I played this duology and I was deeply impressed by its combat system and its weirdass apocalyptic world and even my party of broken people. I was on board for that Gainax ending baby

Dragon Age: Origins was the only good DA actually. I am also the only person who hasn't played it for the worldbuilding and the lore because I'll be frank it's run of the mill fantasy stuff except for some things but I adored my party and the choices I could make and some plot moments so yeah. Still a fan of the saga despite everything

Opus Magnum is the only Zachtronics game I've played but I'll have to play Hackers one of these days. I still have all the gifs saved and I am NOT a minmaxing person irl but this one sinked its claws into my skin and for thirty hours I was an engineer

[iatrophilosophos]

Is occupational therapy based on anything other than giving people in wards something sort of stimulating to do sometimes

That's what I assumed it was but lately I've been getting this like, craving for some kinda like brain exercise that's like. Running through basic elements of social behavior, Waldorf ass shit, just trying to get some like. Growth/healing/whatever, expand capacity for abstract and social thinking like how brain puzzles are good for ur like spatial reasoning and mathy and linguistic stuff. Idk I don't wanna get psychbrained about it but that rlly does feel like the thing and I am sort of curious if it's an experience that psych like, notices/cares about/tries to account for in any way. Maybe there's more of it around like degenerative conditions ?

[gunsli-01]

Thanks @good-beans for tagging me in this. These are always really fun and I hope it tells people a bit more about me.

I was reading your answers after answering again myself and I forgot about The Clue Movie while answering but Star and I just re-watched it recently and it was still as good as ever. It's also interesting you liked dance as well. My mom says she put my sister and I into ballet when we were younger but like most places had a tendency to close down back then which it did. Still really love ballet and dance in general.

I answered these before because @ludwigoat909 tagged me in it as well and the answers here are probably different but similar. Because when they tagged me I was a bit overwhelmed with life stuff and just answered pretty quickly. Don't even really remember answering more than vaguely to be honest sorry bout that.

Do you make your bed?

Yes. I try to make it every day even when my mood is bad (depressed). The only time I don't make it is when my mood is super bad (distraught). I have ocd so I'm not comfortable with spaces being out of order.

Favorite Number?

Thirteen, two, and three.

What's your job?

Though I'm not paid I work as my father's caretaker. I've worked in loans, and at a college library before. My father can get incredibly stressed/distraught each time I'm out for long periods of time. To the point of having medical issues. So, he's not interested in me getting a job outside the home in contrast he has immense anxiety about it. Though I'm going through the process of applying for disability and have been for several years now. This is what happens when the psychiatrist that diagnosed you retroactively changes your records a year after cutting ties with her. Well the diagnosis was still nice to have because it explained the social issues at my first several jobs.

If you could go back to school, would you?

If I could I would. It would definitely be fun since I do like to learn. Yet my attention is bad when it comes to online classes and I can't go in person at the moment due to a lack of transportation.

Can you Parallel Park?

I don't drive!

Do you think Aliens are real?

Yes.

Can you drive a manual car?

No. I don't drive.

Guilty Pleasure?

Hm, like a show or something I just enjoy doing. Right now I've been really enjoying writing. I guess a guilty pleassure currently like something that makes me go hm I wouldn't want to share this with anyone is like I found out about this game called Class of '09 and it is very American and soo well... Honestly pretty amazing and while I didn't go to a high school like that one it certainly does remind me of how high school could be.

Favorite Type of Music?

I tend to like all music. In the oc milgram I'm writing music taste is really important because a lot of people in the states at (at least while I was in school) tended to make broad assumptions about others based on their music tastes/define themselves through the music they like. I try to listen to a little bit of everything but I swing more alternative. Right now I'm really into The Wrecks and I Don't Know How But They Found Me. I guess the way I listen to anything and everything was a byproduct of not wanting to pigeonholed into liking only one genre to fit into a certain scene. I always found that sort of thing pretty stifling.

Do you like puzzles?

I like mysteries and putting together puzzles can be fun. Yet it can take me awhile to grasp things like riddles and spatial reasoning puzzles. So it's a mix.

Favorite Childhood Sport?

I was really into Detective Conan as a kid still am. As a result for a point I got really obsessed with the idea of playing soccer and also tennis. Due to prince of tennis. Though if I had to pick a favorite that I legitimately wanted to practice I'd say ballet. Though I tend to really enjoy dance in general.

Do you talk to yourself?

Yeah, but I know I shouldn't do that aloud or anything. Sometimes I do anyway but I'm working on not letting that slip out as much. Plus it tends to stop naturally when I'm not super stressed.

Tea or Coffee?

Tea.

First thing you wanted to be when you grew up?

Oh well I think it was a musician like I wanted to write music. Ultimately I ended up enjoying writing thought if I was good enough at it I could combine all my interests together. Writing, animation, and music. Though since I always had an interest in writing and settled on writer at like ten I tend to just say writer.

What Movies do you Adore?

The Empire of Corpses along with Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart. I really like both of those movies.

[holy3cake]

Get to know you better!

Thank you for the tag @lancedoncrimsonwings!

Do you make your bed? Yep, but somehow my sheets never seem to fit properly. I hate the snappy corners.

Favourite number? 3 or 13, I really like "unlucky" numbers, but I do tend to get good news in 3's so I'm drawn to that number.

What's your job? I work in conservation, but I'm planning to start my PhD soon (employment psychology).

If you could go back to school, would you? Absolutely, and I did! I had some years out when I was younger, and I was scared that I couldn't return after that, but University honestly made who I am today :). If I had infinite money, I would go back and do at least two more degrees (I have a bachelor's in Psychology, but I would 100% go back and do English Lit and History).

Can you parellel park? Uhhh the first time I drove a car (my first and ONLY driving lesson) I drove into another car because I have AWFUL spatial awareness. So no, I cannot parallel park haha.

Do you think aliens are real? I'm kinda undecided on this one. I think I've watched too many horror movies so it's warped my overall view on aliens as a concept, but I would like to think they are real. But it's the psychologist in me that says no. I'm a bit of sceptic (especially with ghosts as well).

Can you drive a manual car? Following my previous car answer, the first car I drove was a Corsa without power-assisted driving and I was yanking the steering wheel like my instructor had suggested, but I crashed. So uhhh...no.

Guilty pleasure?...... I mean, apart from Harry Gilby? Probably not many, but I do like a shortbread (I try not to eat them because they have wayyyy too much sugar).

Tattoos? Unfortunately not, but I will endeavour to get @lancedoncrimsonwings to do a Daniel Sharman tattoo for me one day lmao.

Favourite colour? I used to love yellow when I was younger, but now I really like gold or bronze, almost candle tones.

Favourite type of music? I will listen to just about anything, but currently my playlist consists of Dua Lipa and Sabrina Carpenter. I always put on a good medieval lo-fi soundtrack when I'm writing though.

Do you like puzzles? I am extremely partial to a good sudoku puzzle, but I do like jigsaws as well (I just don't have a lot of time to do them).

Any phobias? I have Hydrophobia, but it's not as severe as it was when I was little. My husband is teaching me how to swim, so it's really nice to be able to get over that fear. I used to be scared of dogs as well, but now I love them :)

Favourite childhood sport? I genuinely don't know if this is a secondary school fever dream, but did anyone ever play benchball? When you stand on a bench and throw a softball at people? If you catch the ball, you get to join those on the bench, but if the ball hits you you're disqualified? It was absolutely hilarious.

Do you talk to yourself? Yeeeep, I think we all do don't we? Although I tend to just kind of speak aloud, normally when I'm writing or reading.

Tea or coffee? I really love coffee flavoured things, but despise coffee itself. Like coffee and walnut cake is my absolute dream. But I have to choose tea, I'm probably the most stereotypical Brit you'll meet, I would carry a box of tea with me if I could lmao. Earl grey is my go to though, especially to enjoy with @waterfallsilverberrywrites TLK fanfics :)

What movies do you adore? I am an absolute horror buff, I'm working my way through every single one. Buuuut my favourite movie is Love, Rosie, so take from that what you will haha.

No pressure tags: (Please do not feel pressured to answer all of the questions, this is purely what you're comfortable with :))

@jayalover @lord-aldhelm @waterfallsilverberrywrites @persephones-journey @redacted-thething @cary-elwes @book-and-music-lover

[duckymcdoorknob]

May I please request a small iced tea with light ice? Any toppings! The names on that order areee Magna and Asta!! Thank you thank you!!

Oh my brain just exploded from this holy shit I’m so excited OMg omg omg

Big bro Magna time 😎😎😎😎

Be ready for f l u f f

@giggly-squiggily @rachi-roo hehe y’all would enjoy this

CW BELOW THE CUT: this do have some tickles in this tbh

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Surely it couldn’t have been that big of a deal… could it? Asta didn’t think it was that serious, he just grew up a little bit differently than the rest of the Black Bulls. Why were they overreacting?

So what if had been been ten years?

Why is it such a shock?

Was he supposed to? It’s not like he could help it…

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“This is stupid, we all know each other.” Finral whined, subsequently sipping from the cup in his hand.

“Right, but you don’t know each other,” Captain Yami answered with a click of his tongue. The burly man smiled, ruffling the spatial magic user’s hair. “Come back to me when you’re all closer.”

Magna scoffed as Yami disappeared, and Finral sat next to him, “So where do we start? This already sounds like torture.”

“Listening to you talk is torture enough.” The brunette spat back.

“Why you- I’ll show you torture.” The flame magic user hissed as he poked Finral’s side.

“GYAH! Magna! I sw-sWEAR to-“

“Shoot I wish I knew if I was ticklish.” Asta thought out loud, “Don’t think I’ve ever felt it, to be honest.”

“Are you serious?” Magna asked in utter shock, ceasing his poke attack on his teammate.

“Well, not never, but… “the manaless boy trailed off, deep in thought. “Yeah I honestly don’t think I’ve been tickled in like…ten years?“

Asta felt like he had just said a swear word by the amount of heads that turned to him.

It took all of the Bulls a good five seconds to process Asta’s words. Ten years? Ten? And he’d been with the Bulls for how long? How had he not fallen victim to Magna or Yami yet?

“What do you mean by that?” Gauche asked with a cocked eyebrow.

“I mean, yeah. I’m from a peasant village and I don’t have any magic. Not many peoples’ first thought is to reach out and tickle me.” The ash-blonde replied with an awkward chuckle.

“Just consider yourself lucky, shorty, Magna is actually the worst tickle monster.” Finral whined, clamping his arms to his torso with a look of fear in his eyes. The boy‘s eyes widened as he looked to the rest of the Bulls for approval.

To his dismay, the claim was proven true by their nodding. He turned to the mentioned tickle monster, who was sitting next to him.

“Asta, do you trust me?” Magna asked calmly, a patient smile tugging at his lips.

“Course I do. I trust you with my life.” The anti-magic user beamed at him, stars twinkling in his eyes.

“Okay then! Let’s find out where our chaos child is ticklish!” The bespectacled male cooed as he hovered over the now cowering Asta, who was sinking into the couch and giggling in anticipation. “Seems like he’s still ticklish!”

“Ahaham nohohot!” Asta whined, cowering away from Magna’s hands.

“I haven’t even touched you! How are you laughing?” The flame magic user teased, finally letting his hands descend gently on the boy’s torso. “I’m gonna try here first, okay?”

Asta nodded and watched as Magna’s hands began to squeeze at his sides. He would be lying if he said that he wasn’t disappointed when he stopped laughing. He wore a puzzled look as Magna’s hands came to a halt.

“Don’t worry! We just have to find your tickle spot!” The bespectacled male chimed, let’s try…. Here! Arms up!”

The ash-blonde obeyed, feeling fingers wiggling under his arms shortly after. He didn’t react, albeit a frustrated furrow of his brows. “Magna! What gives?! I’m broken!”

“Don’t give up hope!” The tickle monster roared, “You are not broken!”

“Yes I am! Finral said that you tickle everyone! You can’t get me to laugh, so the only explanation is that I’m br-ohohohoken!”

The flame magic user closed his eyes and chuckled, “Heh. Found it!” He sing-songed.

Magna had brought his hands down to gently pinch at the boy’s hips, eliciting the most vibrant laughter he had ever heard. “Anywhere else? What about your knees?”

“Mahahaybehe! Try ihihihit!” The ash-blonde cried out joyfully. “I’m not sure if it will work bUHUHUT- OHOHOHO NOHOHOHO! MAHAHAHAGNAHAHA!”

The Bulls watched in delight as their tough-as-nails problem child finally let himself relax. They could tell from his limp body that he truly did trust Magna, and that he knew his teammate wouldn’t push him too far.

“HYAHAHA MAHAHAGNAHAHA! PLEHEHEHEHEASE!”

“Please what? Keep going? Move spots?”

“YEHEHEHES!”

Magna couldn’t help but smile at the adorable request, instantly obliging and gently digging into the boy’s ribs. Oops, sorry teammates…

Asta gasped before screamed protests leaked from his lips. His laughter was twice as loud, and he could only sink throw his head back and endure the full force of tickle monster Magna.

“Christ on a crutch, kid! What the hell are you doing to him, Mags?” Captain Yami’s tired voice sounded suddenly. Unable to hear over Asta’s booming laughter, the dark magic user simply sighed and sat between Finral and Vanessa, draping his arms around his two teammates, and observing the adorable scene in front of him.

Finral and Vanessa tried their best to explain, but some words were lost in translation over the anti-magic boy’s laughter.

When Magna gave the boy a breather, he had finally noticed his captain sitting in front of him. “Oh, hey captain! Just helping Asta remember if he was ticklish or not, it had been a loooong time. Not to worry though, his knees and ribs are killer!”

“Oh yeah? Is that the deal, kid? Mags finally gotcha good, huh?” Yami asked the panting boy before him.

“Yeah! It was fun! I thought I was broken at first, but then Magna kinda squeezed at my ribs and it was all downhill from there.” The ash-blonde replied hoarsely with a beaming grin.

“S’that so?”

Uh oh.

Asta didn’t trust the mischievous tone that his captain had…

Before he could even think about running away, Yami had pulled Asta into his chest with a roar, digging into his ribs and eliciting thunderous laughter once more.

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[themainspoon]

Ok, I haven’t finished it yet (ended today on the bit just after Heather gets home and you fight on the roof, but before you actually go to Silent Hill), but here are my current thoughts/first impressions of Silent Hill 3 so far.

Firstly, I do want to say that I am having fun and that so far Silent Hill 3 is a good game. Much like the first two once you’ve gotten into it you are going to want to just keep playing, which is a very good thing! But, I had to check because I felt like I was making progress really quickly, and my suspicions were confirmed when I found out that Silent Hill 3 seems to be the shortest Silent Hill game yet. It is also WAY more linear than Silent Hill 1 and 2.

I do think that it is cool that they tried to use some locals that they hadn’t before (like a shopping centre/mall, a construction site, a subway, and an office building). However, I will also say that because of the games more linear progression — and the fact that all of this occurs outside of Silent Hill — all these environments have way less of a sense of place. In the first two games most of the major locations that were supposed to be somewhere tangible actually felt like they were, the town of Silent Hill did in fact feel like a town when it wanted too, and when things were supposed to make sense spatially and geographically, they did! But in Silent Hill 3 so far it feels like I’ve just been running through a bunch of largely disconnected environments, I don’t really feel like I’m anywhere in the same way that I did in 1 and 2. Maybe this will change when I finally get to Silent Hill itself though.

Also, the “this doors lock is broken” thing is a lot more grating (IMO) in 3 than it ever was in 1 and 2, partially BECAUSE of these settings outside of Silent Hill. The first two games got away with this because the town of Silent Hill always felt abandoned and cursed, it made more sense for all the locks to be broken, but in an office building and shopping centre? Those are places lots of people would go everyday, it feels more jarring when all the locks are broken because it just makes way less sense. That’s more of a nitpick though, and subway area handled this great, and it doesn’t feel odd at all in the nightmare versions of these locations.

I really like Heather as a character, she’s fun and I really enjoy how her personality comes through constantly, she’s very endearing. But, while Heather is great, she doesn’t make up for the rest of the currently sparse cast. Silent Hill 1 definitely had a sparse cast as well, but so far I’m pretty sure there were more characters in Silent Hill 1 than there has been so far in 3. Maybe it’s a little unfair to compare at this point, but weirdly it feels like 1 had more story going on than 3 does. Of course both are blown out of the water by 2, but Silent Hill 3 is definitely much more of a sequel to 1 than 2. This isn’t a bad thing. It is interesting to revisit the story of 1. But so far that story has been extremely minimal, even more-so than 1. Heather is great, but it kind of feels like she is the Atlas holding up the entire games plot at this point. Maybe it just seems that way in comparison to 2 though.

So far the puzzles have been fun and much more intuitive overall than the other 2 games, and I appreciate that. Combat remains the same, if you’ve ever played a Silent Hill game, or any other tank control survival horror game of the era before, you know what you are getting yourself into.

The game also continues the trend of Silent Hill games showing a lot of restraint in their horror, which I something I really love about these games.

These are just some initial thoughts, they may change. I am having fun, and the game is still very good. But I do also have some more critical feelings so far.

[aplpaca]

I am so good with words but also so bad with words. Like my brain thinks in wordless concepts and meanings and feelings and senses of spatial blobs/forms/existences that correlate to and embody the prior things, and that all has to be translated into words.

and on one hand, it lets me make connections and associations that a lot of people wouldn't make, bc the connections and associations are through pattern and feeling and abstract sense/meaning rather than words and "concrete" definitions. And it also leads to what i think is an interesting nontraditional way of speaking/explaining/conveying stuff bc a lot of times, mixing registers and sentence structures and blurring definitions just conveys what I'm thinking Better, so its what ill gravitate towards. And while it can lead to sounding Too Formal in some situations and Too Informal in others, I do like it and think it's neat.

But on the other hand, translating thoughts into words in a way that's understood and that actually accurately depicts the source thought(s) takes so much fuckin time and effort and just makes my brain lock up a lot, esp when it's not just simple casual conversation stuff.

Language is a puzzle I can be very good at but it's still a fuckign puzzle

[goombasa]

I Wanna Play More Genres

I play a lot of video games. It's been my main form of entertainment since I was a kid, and while I was picky with most forms of media growing up, I was willing to try and play basically any game I could get my hand on. But it wasn't long before I started to find genres that I just naturally started to  gravitate towards, at the detriment of others. RPGs, platformers, arcade (or kart-esque) racers, narrative games, puzzle and adventure games, these were the ones that really appealed to me as far as genres go. Not to say they were all that I played, I played anything that I came across, but looking back I do remember having some pretty narrow interest in certain genres.

I ignored a lot of first person shooters because I wasn't interested in the more historical setting a lot of them had at the time (and when they started to become much more multiplayer focused, I only drifted further from them).

I liked to consider my options very carefully, so Real-Time strategy often lost me due to the ‘real time’ part of the name.

I didn't have the cognitive ability to memorize fighting game controls and then put those controls into practice.

I didn't have the focus and precision needed to play most scrolling shooters and bullet hells.

Sports and racing games (the more realistic or simulation games) always seemed boring to me, so I ended up giving them a wide berth.

I'm not so naive as to believe that I would love every genre equally, but just like there are some RPGs that I cannot stand, there are plenty of games in each of these genres that I have enjoyed, and probably many more I've never tried that I would like to play. I think a part of it is that my lack of experience in these genres also makes me self conscious about trying them. It isn't like I play these games in public, most of the time, there'd be no one to judge me but myself, and yet at the same time, I can't help but feel a bit self conscious of my inability to perform headshots, optimally prepare an army, perform decent combo strings, or avoid a massive rainbow spread of energy bullets. 2024 has been a year of clearing out quite a bit of my backlog in terms of my games, and in doing so, I've also wanted to really start to expand my horizons, go back to games in genres that I wrote off because they didn't appeal to me in the moment. And so to start that off, for no particular reason, he's a quick just of some major genres that I want to get better at playing, and experience more of what they have to offer.

Fighting Games: I am an unabashed button masher. I have so much trouble properly stringing together combos and performing special moves, and while I really like watching good players play these games, it is such a technical genre that I have always felt intimidated whenever I would pick up a controller for these games. The only game I have any sort of decent ability in would be the Super Smash Bros. series, and those games, like most platform fighters, are made to be more newbie-accessibly and casual compared to big names like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Tekken, or indie darlings like Skull Girls.

First Person Shooters: I have actually played some shooters and enjoyed them in this genre. I've played through and beaten the 2016 DOOM reboot, absolutely loved it, though I could only beat it on lower difficulties. I also played through the first few Halo games, though I haven't really picked one up since around ODST, I think. Beyond that, my experience with FPS games is pretty low.

Scrolling Shooters/Bullet Hells: I've played through several of these in old arcade compilations, when I could play them without having to worry about getting a game over at all. But that's not really learning how to play the game, because I could just mash away without really learning how to avoid attacks or position myself properly. I have difficulty with the spatial awareness and concentration needed for more complex spreads.

Real-Time strategy: Like I said before, I don't perform well under pressure, and one of the big parts of real time strategy is performing under pressure and adjusting your strategy on the fly to fit whatever is happening, on top of managing the resources that you bring in. I played things like Black and White and Age of Empires growing up, but I never got very far into either of them because I had a lot of difficulty properly managing all aspects of my base while still having enough defenses to keep myself safe.

Those are the main ones. I could get more specific and start picking apart genres and subgenres and combinations, but those are the major genres that I really want to learn and get better at and experience more of, rather than just the more mainstream, surface level elements. To this end, I'd love to hear suggestions from folks about where good starting points would be, games that are decently easy to get into, but are mechanically deep enough to keep me playing and encourage me to seek out more in the genre after I'm finished.

I've experienced a similar feeling when it comes to Dark Souls games, a genre that I gave a very wide berth after an unpleasant start attempting to play through the original PS3 version of Demon Souls, but years later, after playing the original dark souls and going on to beat all of the available soulsborn games at the time, I've absolutely fell in love with Dark Souls and related games. I'm hoping for a similar effect if I can find at least one game that really clicks with me in these disparate genres.

[saswathacademyworld]

Are Chess GMs smart people?

Do Grandmasters really have 220 IQ? Or are they normal people like you and me, who just got better through practice? Scientists have been doing research on this for years, and on the internet you’ll find articles telling you how chess makes you smart. This article though, will be different.

Here, I’ll share some unheard stories of famous chess personalities. And along with that, share how playing chess sharpens your mind. In my opinion, the 7th point on the list is perhaps why chess players are a little more smarter than the average person.

Hint – It’s not because they have better memory or better focus. It’s something that you wouldn’t expect from a chess player.

What’s that? Keep reading and you’ll find out!

1. Better memory

Recently, I was watching a stream where Garry Kasparov was invited to show his best game. He showed some truly fascinating lines, like one would expect of him.

But what surprised me was his ability to remember novelties he prepared during his prime and the incident behind them!

In one such story, he explained how he had prepared a strong idea against Karpov, but had to play it against Vassily Ivanchuk. And when he showed the position, he was able to recollect where the pieces go, how the attack continues even after 20+ years!

Also have you heard about Magnus Carlsen’s famous story? Legend has it that he could name the capital of every country by the time he was 6 years old! And this is just one of his small feats!

Most chess players have a good memory. They remember things which are important to them! Maybe not as well as Kasparov or Magnus, but better than your average person next door.

2. Better spatial ability

Research done on Samuel Reshvesky, one of the top chess prodigies in the 1940s revealed Reshvesky’s remarkable spatial ability. You might wonder what it is in the first place? It’s simply the ability to understand space between two objects. For chess players, a well developed spatial recognition ability helps them visualize better. You can ‘see’ the pieces in your mind well without moving them.

And since most coaches ask their students to solve chess puzzles, this skill gets strengthened more and more!

Note: If you’re looking for an experienced chess coach who’ll ask you to solve tactics, get in touch with us.

3. The Tale of 3 World Champions who were great at maths

There are 3 world champions who were also mathematicians. They were – Mikhail Botvinnik, Max Euwe and Emmanuel Lasker. Now this doesn’t mean that because of chess, they were better mathematicians or vice-versa. But definitely, there has to be some correlation.

See, chess players spend so much time calculating the lines – “Like this piece goes here, that goes there, and if I take 2 of his men, he takes 1 one mine, what am I left at in the end?” Asking such questions over and over during the game is going to improve the mathematical ability of players. Maybe not in the most effective fashion, but it certainly does the trick.

4. Improved focus

Yeah, this one has to be there on the list. It’s no secret that chess requires concentration. When you see Grandmasters play, you’ll see how quiet and focussed they are.

This same skill helps them in their studies. It makes them more focussed and helps them stay on track! I wouldn’t convince you on this one because this is probably the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of chess.

At Saswath Academy and Mind mentorz,

“It is about offering ample opportunities for the kids to explore, grow and perfect the art of playing chess”, says Praveen Sagar. “For the budding chess players, it is important to strengthen the skills and have the right perception about the broader canvas of chess before plunging into competitions. We help them approach the game from different angles and challenge their skills at various levels through competitions.”

Praveen Sagar, Coach, Mentor at Mind mentorz and Saswath Academy

5. Chess players are curious

Chess is a game of unlimited possibilities. Even after it’s existence for so many centuries, no one has solved the game. There are endless possibilities that still need to be explored. All of this makes one very curious.

When you apply the same mindset to academics, it makes you thirsty for more knowledge in the subject of your liking.

Many strong players follow other sports and have other interests. One such example that comes to mind is Vishwanathan Anand. He has an interest in astronomy, poker which are outside the realm of chess.

6. Chess players can sometimes read minds

Our coaches often teach the concept of prophylaxis — where you understand what your opponent wants to do, and make a move to anticipate that. And in chess, the skill to read your opponent’s mind is gold.

So, I know when you clicked on this article, you probably wanted to hear something apart from chess improves IQ, makes you a strategic thinker and all the vague terms which just add fluff. How did I do it?

Because I was using prophylaxis! 

Moving on, as I promised, the 7th point is in my opinion the secret sauce which makes chess players smart.

7. Gritty Grandmasters

Most people will be surprised by this. But Grandmasters show a lot of grit and fight during difficult moments. Today, chess has become a sport. So a chess player requires all the mental skills that a track and field athlete possesses. When you fight in chess, people don’t see it. That’s because you get neither bruises nor sweat. You could look as cool as a cucumber even after resisting pressure for 6 hours!

Think Karpov, or Sergey Karjakin.

But to put that kind of a resistance, you need to have the mindset of a hardened warrior!

And this is what helps chess players tremendously in their academies.

If they don’t find a solution to a problem, they won’t give up. They’ll ask for help and they will find a way!

If they know they have to complete their homework after finishing a tiring tournament, they’ll do it.

They know how to fight peacefully, they know what mental perseverance looks like. So they know how to stick around when things get tough.

It’s this grit which makes the most difference.

Conclusion

Learning to play chess at an early age can definitely be one the best investments you can make in your child’s future. If they play well, they get to meet new people, travel the world and do everything that most people could only dream of!

If not, it’ll always benefit them tremendously in their studies and life, years down the line. It’s a win-win!

Fill out the form here and book your first demo class, and let’s kick off your child’s chess journey!

[definitelynotplanetfall]

what i mean by the last bit is: the main bus construction paradigm is a fully-general solution to all production problems. it can do literally anything, all you have to do is (figuratively) plug in the values and evaluate to find x. this doesn't involve decisionmaking or tradeoffs or insight.

i knew this from 2015-2018, when i knew about factorio but had not played it yet. this did not prevent me from enjoying the first few playthroughs. maybe people are more structure radical in how they define the term main bus than me and would say my bad 2018 base was a main bus because there were dedicated areas for each thing instead of a roughly homogeneous furnace assembler soup

the interesting thing, for me, is the spatial things. the green circuit trapezoid feels like it ought to be the introductory puzzle to an interesting problem space of Fitting Stuff Together and then it's just aggressively and conspicuously not a thing. beacons force boring identical rows, you have to build a memory eraser to prevent yourself from remembering logistic bots exist and solve all problems.

i think this is why i can't bring myself to turn the biters off - partly because i need an antagonist other than my own motivation to do anything at all other than metabolize glucose asymptotically approaching zero as the days pass, but mostly because they offer space constraints that enforce cramped and therefore puzzle-to-make solutions.

but still, even without beacons, the boring rows of one machine, not even rows of a complex cluster of machines, kind of just fall out of the mechanics without poking them much.

and yet i was able to make a stupid bad base in 2018 and now i have to look up other people's fucking solar blueprints (SOLAR ISN'T EVEN COMPLICATED) just to know which tradeoff the community has deemed not cringe to make (i'll save you the trouble: it's more substations than necessary) to prevent official-kircheis from teleporting into my room and calling me an idiot because i find it more thematically interesting to make objects and components than really specific alloys with realistic rather than gamefun ingredient ratios because you fucking buffoon it's all just items with names and icons they aren't literally different objects and then ripping my eyes out and replacing them with sensors that give a numerical readout of wavelengths because to a good person those are equivalent to being able to see and if I suffer because of this it is because I am a bad person

increasingly i wonder if my alleged annoyances with various factorio modpacks are actually disguised annoyances with the core gameplay, which i can't perceive as such because i have ever had a good time with the core game but have not had that good of a time with the mods, which i started after becoming invisibly tired of the basic mechanics.

i also wonder if something changed about me psychologically, too gradually to notice, that makes it impossible to get into the right headspace anymore

[leafmutual]

oh yeet guess who didn’t bring enough elixirs or whatever... we really do have to leave now actually bc I can’t go outside the damn thing without burning so... my bad daruk lol... your souls gonna have to be trapped in this weird lizard for a little while longer rip

[buck-yyyy]

look man i am so shit at video games. truly not good.

i'm no good at any aspect of minecraft- not the fighting, not the building, none of it. i'm not spatially aware enough for shooter games, because i end up getting distracted and dying. i'm not horrible at puzzle/story based games, but i get so frustrated so easily that it's hard for me to play for a long time. in the spiderman game, i'm so horrible at fighting- i think it took me like five different tries to take down wilson fisk in my first ever boss fight.

but i still love them so much!!! i suck at every aspect of minecraft, but i still build shitty houses and fight poorly on servers and i wander around big worlds and admire every little detail. i play shooter games when my 12 y/o cousin wants me to, which is hella rare, more often than not he'd rather i just sat and watched him play- which i'm happy to do! he's way better at it than me, i don't mind watching. i still play puzzle and story games, and i still get frustrated and have to leave and curse to myself about stupid fucking level piece of shit- but the time i spend not frustrated is so worth the time that i am, because they're fun! i suck at the fighting in spiderman, but i LOVE to swing around, and will end up just spending 15 minutes just exploring new york from up above.

isn't that so cool, that we can find our own things to love and enjoy about games- even if it's not quite what they were intended for?

[feralnumberfive]

The Rewatch Academy: Episode 2 of Season 1

“Run Boy Run”

I am in no way a good analyst so my little analysis and speculations probably sound a bit goofy or pretty wild and probably mean nothing at all. Everything I put into this post about each episode is purely what I noticed or thought, whether it's funny or serious. I will be making jokes, so please just leave it at that (in no way am I trying to make fun of an actor and or character!) I am also in no way saying I noticed this stuff first. This is just what I noticed while rewatching these episodes

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1x01 | 1x02 | 1x03 | 1x04

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☂ Ben is a tired boy leaning on his chair

☂ Luther and Allison please stop making googly eyes at each other 

☂ Five really woke up and chose violence that day huh

☂ Diego already knows shit is about to go down and it’s so funny

☂ I love that Reginald doesn’t even scold Five for stabbing the table

☂ Five: “I have a question.” blah blah blah Veggie is talking Five: “I want to time travel.” That’s not a question, Five

☂ It’s interesting to see young Five blinking/jumping compared to older Five. Even at this age, 13, he says that he’s still practicing his spatial jumps. Young Five needs to clench his fists and almost squeeze his eyes shut just to concentrate. Older Five simply just teleports without effort and is able to casually blink even as he’s just walking. Five probably practiced teleporting a lot in the apocalypse 

☂ Someone else pointed this out, but all of the other Umbrellas are frozen for a for a second as Five teleports next to Reginald. While that freeze is just editing, and possibly a small error, this is another example of how Five’s spatial teleporting doesn’t make a noise. Luther, Diego, and Allison only look at Five when he begins talking to Reginald. Grace notices Five right away because he is in her line of sight while Luther and Diego were looking at where Five was sitting and Allison had her head down eating

☂ “The effects it might have on your body, even your mind, are far too unpredictable.” Harsh foreshadowing 

☂ The “Run Boy Run” scene is one of the best musical moments in all of the show. It gave me chills when I first heard it, and the fact that all of the lyrics that play during that part match so perfectly with it make it even better. Tomorrow is another day being sung as Five travels into 2019 is just too good 

☂ Imagine how scared you have to be to call out to your p.o.s father

☂ The instant regret immediately falls onto his face and he kneels in front of the Academy

☂ I love how in the first few episodes Five’s hair is styled exactly as it was when he was an old man and when he was actually 13. Over the rest of the season and the second season it just gets more disheveled and floppier 

☂ “You think I didn’t try everything to get back to my family?” Ahhhh there we go, one of my favorite Five lines. This here is probably when I truly fell in love with his character. He spent 45 years just trying to survive and attempting to get back to his family. He would have spent more too if the Handler hadn’t taken him in

☂ Vanya is genuinely trying to understand what happened and Five was being a little asshole. C’mon, bud, she’s just confused and hasn’t seen you in forever

☂ This Five and Vanya scene melts my heart (simply as a sibling relationship!!) She doesn’t care anymore if she understands, she just wants him to stay because she hasn’t seen him in a while. Even Five understands that as his demeanor quickly changes from being frustrated to gently telling her “Night.” He watches her as she leaves, also partially realizing that he hasn’t seen her in a while too

☂ Why didn’t Five just teleport outside of Vanya’s apartment?? That would have been the stealthiest thing

☂ “All quick and efficient skills.” A little note on Five’s level of skill of slaughtering the Commission agents in Griddy’s

☂ Diego said he bought his police badge on Ebay, so computers do exist in the UA universe

☂ “By the way, this thing might look like a botched robbery, but my gut’s telling me something else is going on here.”  Yeah, and that something else is your brother

☂ I want Claire to meet her uncles and aunt so bad

☂ So Ben has a ghostly puzzle book and pen he can use? Because if they were real Pogo would have been able to see them just floating in the air. What other ghostly items can Ben summon? (I believe this is more so just an error but it’s fun to think about)

☂  “I-I found it at a playground, actually. Must have just *click* popped out.” An underrated Five line

☂ Five immediately becomes aggressive at the thought of losing the eye, something he found clutched in the hand of his dead brother and was a clue to what caused the death of his siblings and the end of the world

☂ Just now noticed that you can see Diego up on the second floor being led down to where Patch is in the police station

☂ I really like that they added in the little tidbit about a cold case Five created 81 years ago

☂ I miss Patch. She deserved better and more screen time

☂ Hey, Diego might have been thrown out of the Police Academy but at least he’s still in The Umbrella Academy!

☂ Hearing Patch talk to Diego really made me realize that the Umbrellas weren’t even necessary for helping with crime. It was just Reginald’s way of training them

☂ Love the shot of Luther looking at Diego’s cross-stitch and the camera lining it up so it’s like he’s wearing the mask

☂ Five lying just to keep Vanya away and to continue on with his goal hurts. His goal is saving the world and his family, but I don’t think he actually took in what Vanya was saying to him or maybe he recognized the offer but shoved all of his feelings down. She was reaching out to actually get him some help and he lied to her to avoid that. Maybe he doesn’t care and is just blinded by his ultimate goal. Save the world and family first, then process your feelings and genuinely communicate with your siblings 

☂ Don’t worry Klaus, I would have let you wear that outfit

☂ When Cha-Cha questions “Five” aka the poor tow truck guy, she asks him about “The London job in ‘66.” I believe she is referring to the Shepherd’s Bush murders where three policemen were murdered

☂ Hazel replying “Not from what I’ve heard.” when Cha-Cha asks if he thinks Five is a whimperer shows that Five definitely had a reputation in the Commission for probably being a cold and stoic guy

☂ Vanya is just trying to help, chill Allison 😭. You haven’t seen her in years, what do you know about her?

☂ Klaus would really slap his brother in the face to get drug money

☂ Another example of Five not making noise when he teleports is when he blinks into the taxi and Klaus didn’t notice that he had left until he turned to look where Five was. On the other hand though the taxi driver does jump as Five suddenly appears in the car. However, I believe that might be from the driver noticing Five in a mirror in the car

☂ I wonder what languages the Hargreeves siblings know. Vanya didn’t understand Leonard’s German. You think Reginald would have taught them multiple languages or maybe she forgot it if she was taught it

☂ I don’t know why but Luther just siting there and reading a book and almost getting hit by the knife is really funny to me

☂ Yeah Diego doesn’t have to prove his innocence, but it would have saved a lot of trouble

☂ Rewatching the scene with Leonard talking to Vanya about his father is just disturbing when you already know what happened to him and how he’s lying just to try to be more relatable

☂ I heard a rumor that smoking is bad for you ❌

☂ Vanya calling to make sure Allison is okay even though she hurt her makes me sad. She’s so nice and thoughtful

☂ The old man can’t even reunite with his wife before he gets hunted down

☂ The shot of Hazel and Cha-Cha putting on their masks in the dark with the music is 👌👌

☂ Again, Cha-Cha isn’t able to hear Five as he teleports next to her and slices her arm. She might not have noticed him though because he was very quick to attack her

☂ Five really went through all of that just to bring his wife home

☂ I think it’s an easily blocked out part because we already know what Allison has to say and it’s exciting, but Luther is apologizing about accusing Diego and causing issues amongst his siblings

☂ Five is just so defeated and emotionally tired that he doesn’t allow Luther to touch him. In fact, he very quickly and aggressively grabs Luther’s wrist. You can tell Five is a little out of it and I believe it was more so his subconscious stopping Luther. Five doesn’t want help, he’s going to carry the burden of figuring out who ended the world and killed his family as far as he can by himself

☂ “There’s nothing you can do. There’s nothing any of you can do.” Are such heavy lines. Five is so emotionally and mentally tired at the end of the day and he sounds like he’s about to breakdown. He’s replaying the moment he found his siblings’ corpses. They weren’t able to stop the person who ended the world. Luther is offering his help, but Five is denying it. Luther couldn’t stop the person who ended the world. None of his siblings were able to stop that person. He’s telling himself that they can’t help and he’s telling Luther and Allison that too. Five wants to be alone to figure out who this person is. His siblings can’t help him

☂ Five coming across the corpses of his siblings is just heartbreaking. He first stumbles across three adults lying in the rubble. One of them is holding an eye. He goes to shake the man in all black, having a tiny bit hope that miraculously he is still alive. He stumbles across another body only to back away with tears in his eyes as he spots the tattoo on the man’s arm and realizes who these people are

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Feel free to comment or reblog with things you have noticed too!