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Wings: Reapers, Pig Noise and Soul Pulvis

While playing around with ideas for my AU, I came across some interesting similarities between Reaper Wings and Soul Pulvis Wings.

We've seen both in the TWEWY and in the Animation that Minamimoto has had quite interesting wings. He has multiple pairs of wings. They can shatter or can gain a purple Taboo haze depending on the media. They're messed up in some way.

Even though Minamimoto isn't a Reaper in NEO, could our Chaotic Math Man have a new type of messed up wings as he continues to absorb dangerous birds?

Let's dive into that and see where that leads.

Shibuya Reaper Wings

First, let's take a look at a couple of Reaper Wings. We see some variations with the Shibuya Reapers.

Since they are similar to bat wings, I'm going to try and use the same terminology where I can.

Generally speaking, we have the Arm leading up to a central point called the Wrist where the Thumb(s) and Fingers can extend from. One outer Finger forms the outside edge of the wing and then multiple inner Fingers extend out from the Wrist and along the Arm. The Reaper wings also have a smaller extrusion right by the Thumb too, which can either be a second Thumb or another Finger. The Fingers extending downwards are connected by an Arc, which connects back to the Arm.

Coco's wings are smaller and more curvy while Kariya's are larger and sharper. Uzuki's are even larger, very rigid, and the inner Fingers don't all extend out from the Wrist, but along the Arm.

For the extra piece by the big Thumb, I'm leaning towards it being another Thumb, for theory crafting reasons way below. But if sticking with bat terminology, it would be another Finger I think.

Shinjuku Reapers

We kinda get to see Shinjuku Reaper Wings. I did some Level Correction to see some of their wings better. (Mourn the variety. It's hoodies only in Shibuya, if you're not good enough, or something.)

Anyways, they generally follow Kariya's wing style.

Pig Noise

In TWEWY, Pig Butoh (along with Polka and Tango, blue and red colour palette swaps) have Reaper like wings. In NEO, we have Pig Mambo (light) and Pig Bolero (dark). It's a little hard to tell but they appear to have the same wing shape as they do in TWEWY, just that they curl around in front. The overlap might make it look like it creates a "gap" like the wings like for the Pig Mambo (light).

Both the Reaper and Pig wings have a connecting Arc across the Fingers. However, the Pig Noise has an extra piece where the Arm connects to the body, not like the little Thumb or extra Finger by the big Thumb for Reaper Wings, and there is a circular cut or hole removed from the Thumb.

But in general, we can see that Reapers and Pig Noise have a similar structure to their wings.

Now let's get theory crafting!

Soul Pulvis

So how are Soul Pulvis wings and Reaper wings related?

I stumbled on this by trying to make a Reaper Wing look a little more like a Soul Pulvis wing, and then made a Soul Pulvis wing look a little like a Reaper Wing. Added an additional step, modified the other stages and I got something like this:

With that, we can see that the Soul Pulvis has a similar wing structure to the Reaper Wings:

The fully connected inner Fingers in the Reaper Wing gets separated from the Wrist. One Finger moves down to where it would connect to the body, kinda like the Pig Noise or maybe like Uzuki's Wings. A star "eye" symbol appears in the gap between the Arm, outer Finger and Arc. The Arm and Thumb have shrunk. The second Thumb or other Finger by the old big Thumb has grown and now is curving in the opposite direction, away from the Thumb. We could say that the central Star Eye is part of the Fingers or is an entirely new thing.

So what does this mean?

Well, if we were able to see Minamimoto's Reaper wings during NEO (say if, an Angel could still see them), I think they could be at various stages of the above transformation. Maybe they would not reach the same design as the Soul Pulvis wings, but I think they would at least have gotten influenced by his bird snacking.

But that's not all.

There is something else that is similar to the Soul Pulvis and is linked to some Minamimoto:

The open floating eyes that Felidae Cantus, Minamimoto from NEO's Another Day's Noise form, has. And it can be hard to tell, but there are Soul Pulvis flying circling around the fight, in addition to the mathematical formulas.

Keeping the Soul Pulvis and the open floating eyes that Felidae Cantus has in mind, we can see similarities. Let's do another transformation to make it clearer:

Most of the transformation occurs on the side closest to the body. There is a question of how the body side of the wing either grows another Finger or if the innermost Finger strengthens its attachment back to the other inner Fingers. But really they're not that different. And there are some similarities to the Reaper wings too. The tips of the Fingers are closer to the pointy Reaper wing spikes instead of the Soul Pulvis curves.

If the floating Eyes are not something separate, they could be Soul Pulvis wings that separated from their body.

This is why if we continue to use the same wing structure terminology, the Soul Pulvis and the floating Eyes that the extra bit near the Thumb, might be a second Thumb. Although, it could be that for Reaper-like wings that it would be a Finger, even though it's pointing in a different direction and isn't connected by an Arc.

So what does all of this mean?

Super theory crafting time! Let's consider everything so far:

Reaper Wings and Pig Noise Wings share similar wing structures.

Minamimoto in TWEWY and the Animation can have 2 additional pairs of wings compared to regular Reapers.

We've seen from TWEWY and the Animation that his (totally 100% normal) six wings can get messed up by shattering (TWEWY) or get a purple Taboo haze surround them (Animation). The Animation makes it clear that the haze is Taboo haze, which he gains once he gets very Taboo-ified.

Minamimoto has been consuming Soul Pulvis in NEO, so it may mess up his wings again.

There is a possible transformation from a Reaper Wing to a Soul Pulvis Wing.

Felidae Cantus has Soul Pulvis circling around their fight.

Soul Pulvis wings are very similar to the floating open Eyes that Felidae Cantus has.

Therefore, it is possible that our mainline NEO Minamimoto has messed up wings by absorbing the Soul Pulvis, and if Another Day Minamimoto is an even further Soul Pulvis infused Minamimoto - and if those floating Eyes are not something separate or a transformed/part of a Soul Pulvis - there is a possibility that the floating Eyes are his wings.

Now there are only 3 in the fight, which is not 2 or 6. But this is a different Minamimoto. Maybe his wing growth is in progress. Maybe he's learning and can't convert all his Wings into Eyes. Maybe he wants the fight to be fair(-ish). I dunno! But let's consider a Minamimoto who grew so skilled that he could turn his wings...Into weapons!

Anyways this was mostly an exercise in seeing how I could potentially mess up Minamimoto's Reaper wings and this is where it got me. If there is cool fan media of this or someone makes cool stuff based on this, feel free to send it my way cause I'd love to see it!

(Master Post of TWEWY Series Analysis)

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@hellodinoflower’s drabble challenge - day 1

spy au (my drabble slipped and found an extra 0. can be read as a follow on from this piece [x] I wrote a while ago, which was also a limited wip before that.)

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true lies

Jughead resists the urge to tug at the collar of his shirt one more time, instead dragging a flighty hand through his hair and turning to Betty. She’s decoratively rearranging the dishes of pre-prepared food that he’d woken up to find her making at six this morning.

(He has no idea how much earlier than that she’d been awake, but judging by the amount of dishes in the sink and plastic wrapped plates in the fridge, it had been a while.)

Betty takes a step back, surveying the food table, squinting up at the sky, and then dragging the whole thing a few inches to the right in quite the show of strength. Jughead barely remembers he should offer to help—ever the dutiful husband—but he’s too busy being put off by the whole stepford display, right down to the low heels that are perfectly colour coordinated to her sundress.

“Where did you learn to do all this?” Jughead finally asks when she keeps fussing—the napkins get switched from one end of the table to the other. “It wasn’t in my basic training,” he jokes.

Betty gives a delicate snort, flicking her eyes to him over her shoulder. “You can’t have forgotten my mother in all this time. Alice Cooper leaves herself permanently imprinted in your brain.”

“Fair enough,” Jughead says with a suppressed shudder. The woman had been a force of nature in her days occupying this particular home on Elm Street. Jughead didn’t stumble into her path often as a child, but when he did she made sure to make it known that, to her, he was the equivalent of muddy boots walking all over her steam cleaned carpets. He wonders, with a vague thrill of self-satisfaction, what she would think of his sleeping in her house, of being fake-married to her daughter. Of his having inappropriate thoughts about said daughter in her skimpy excuse for nightwear.

He stops imagining Alice’s head exploding before it can get too graphic.

“Jughead?” Betty's voice drags him back to the current day, in which the CIA owns the Cooper home and has planted him inside it, in order to bring down the head of a notorious drug ring. Who he also may or may not have known in high school. “Are you with me?”

“Yeah, I’m good,” he nods. He hovers over the table like he could be of any use, but when it becomes clear he can't, Jughead lowers himself into a lawn chair.

“You… seem distracted. Is there something bothering you?” she asks cautiously, like she’d rather being doing anything else than providing a lead in for this particular conversation.

Jughead does what he always does and taps out to spare her. “Nope. Just running through all the details, making sure our story is straight.” When they both know that it’s anything but.

Betty still doesn’t look convinced, which he’s not sure is a testament to her training or his, but Jughead keeps his face carefully blank, staring back at her despite the way she’s blinding and backlit by the sun. Eventually, she nods, turning back to the table because apparently more can be done there. The potato salad gets moved to a shadier spot.

“Okay. Well… make sure.” She catches her lower lip between her teeth for long enough to draw Jughead’s attention before letting it go to speak again. “Where did we meet again?”

Her tone implies this is the beginning of a test. Ordinarily, Jughead would be riled by the fact a fellow agent has so little faith in his lying abilities. But right now, with Betty five feet from him, that little worried scrunch between her eyebrows, and the faint memory of what those lips she’s been torturing with her teeth all week tasted like when they were sixteen, he’s more than a tad off his game.

“Bookstore on Broadway. In the True Crime section. I offered to buy you coffee and catch up.”

Betty hums. “How about I offered. Seems more believable. We do know these people after all.”

Jughead’s brow knits in confusion before he catches sight of the upticked corner of her lips before she turns away to hide her smirk. “Very funny,” he says, deadpan. “Alright, you asked.” He folds her hands over his stomach, fingers knit. “What did you think of me?”

A single brow is arched when she turns back to face him. Arms folded, she takes his bait. “A little awkward at first, but witty. Still as easy to talk to as when we were young, maybe even charming.” She pauses for effect. “Could do with a haircut.”

Jughead snorts, letting the sound ring out ungracefully across the yard. “Keep it believable, Betts. We do know these people,” he parrots, shooting her a dry look. She doesn’t try to hide her smirk this time and it flips his stomach like the pancakes she’d made them for breakfast.

Clearing his throat, Jughead continues, “I thought you were smart, funny… even prettier than I remembered.” He pretends not to notice the colour rise to her cheeks. “Easy to fall for. I invited you to go for dinner and a movie. We saw A Quiet Place and you pretended to be scared to get me to hold your hand. How did I propose?”

“At our apartment, nothing showy. We were watching The Good Place. I offered you the last slice of pizza. You knew I really wanted it. You asked me sitting on the floor in front of the coffee table we spent hours putting together, getting into an argument when we couldn’t find one of the screws. I said yes straight away. Where did we get married?”

“Courthouse. Your mom was pissed, I didn’t tell my family. You wore a yellow sundress and I wore a pair of suspenders you bought me for Christmas. We ended up gatecrashing a birthday party in Central Park that turned into our reception. The cake was chocolate and said Happy 24th Greg!. Greg was a good sport.”

“Good old Greg,” Betty says, finally ignoring the food table in favour of staring back at Jughead with an unreadably far away expression. If Jughead were a more optimistic man, he might say she was imagining it all, their fake life, just as vividly as him.

But pessimism is a lifelong friend, and just as Betty opens her mouth to say something more, the doorbell rings.

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Xbox One S 2018 Complete Review!

Microsoft has launched a brand new Xbox, though it is not just a console. The Xbox One S can be really a subtle update to the present Xbox One, instead of a suitable successor. Do not be fooled, however, since it's more than a few surprises in store.

There have been alterations, though the Xbox One S is down the console Microsoft published in 2013. It is far slicker and prettier, adjusting a number of the first console's aesthetic difficulties. Additionally, it adds 4K and large dynamic range (HDR), so your videos and games can make the most of the hottest TVs.

It does not offer you the large graphical bulge of this PS4 Guru. Nor does it benefit in the significant horsepower increase of this next-generation Xbox One X. However, what it will have will make it the best selling games console of 2016: it is the very affordable UHD Blu-ray participant available on the industry.

This may make the Xbox One S a surprise hit by film lovers on a budget, that are interested in finding an affordable way to enjoy 4K content. It might help rocket 4K Blu-ray revenue also, in precisely the exact same manner the Sony PS3 failed with regular Blu-rays. What is more, it is really a good UHD Blu-ray participant.

The Xbox One has had a complete makeover, and it is a massive improvement. Microsoft has not confirmed exactly what the "S" stands for, but we are taking a guess at "slender". The instance is 40% smaller, making the Xbox 1 S just somewhat larger than a PS4, and bigger compared to the dinkiest of mini-ITX PCs.

This is very impressive given the electricity source is currently incorporated. No more will you have to find additional space to squeeze into a huge power brick across the other side.

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Additionally, it is likely that S is for "hot". Unexpectedly an Xbox is easily the most appealing thing in my AV rack, and that is not something I expected to write. The rancid atmosphere conditioner-style grilles are replaced with a subtle pinhole layout. The first's glistening black vinyl, that has been a dust magnet and endured scratches far too easily, has also been ditched.

The Xbox One S is matte around and has a Stormtrooper posh as a result of its own white with black accents. I enjoy it, but some could discover a glowing white box also conspicuous. You have also got lots of limited edition consoles and color variations to select up nowadays if that is more your style.

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There are loads of less obvious tweaks also, but they are welcome nonetheless. The power switch is presently a tangible button, which is a good deal less vulnerable to accidental activation compared to the Xbox One's touch-sensitive offering. There's a USB port and also a controller-pairing button in the very front, where until they have been hidden away in the side.

Yes, it could. The older Xbox One can only be put level, however, the 1 S could be flipped over on its side. You're going to require a plastic base to hold this up for venting purposes. This includes bundled with all the 2TB variant, but it is sold for an additional #20.

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The control was tweaked, too. It keeps the ergonomic form of the preceding version, but the back now gains from a more grippy texture. Apparently, exchangeable color covers are a choice also.

I am not especially bothered about pimping my control, but I am a lover of the extra traction. I played with Star Wars: Battlefront loads throughout testing, and that I discovered the control upped my match. The end made it somewhat simpler to keep a stable grip whilst battling rebel scum, and my precision improved. I expired less in manic minutes, in which a fast combat roster can make all of the difference.

The thumbsticks are produced with a new substance, allegedly more capable of resisting punishment. Only time (and misuse) will inform how hard it is, however, I did not feel any difference in usage.

In terms of power, the mat works on AA batteries. They last a fantastic while, so that I do not mind them. Some people today favor the Sony PS4 control's built-in battery system. It might be more environmentally friendly, however, the battery has been shown to be bad and I am forever having to plug it in. I wish Microsoft would send controls with its "Charge and Play" kits -- it'd be a fantastic compromise.

Luckily, Microsoft has added Bluetooth performance to the control. This will not be a major deal to Xbox consumers but are a godsend for PC players searching for a nice gaming pad. Now PC gamers can utilize Xbox controls without shelling out for the Xbox USB Wireless Controller Adapter.