#i have a few screenshots of the MV already!!!

[airanke]

THEY'RE PRAYING FOR THE DEATH OF A ROCKSTAR--

I am about to become THE most ANNOYING person--

Anyway I'm ✨obsessed✨ with PARANOIA and HEARTSTEEL, and I want more songs yesterday.

[andy-wm]

JK takes JM with him everywhere he goes...

"The lyrics of SEVEN have the meaning to be with the person you love all the time"

The making of the SEVEN MV was released some hours ago.

I've watched it a few times in succession and loved seeing JK having so much fun. The stunts especially would have been a hoot for him because we know he loves anything with a hint of danger.

Which explains why he adores JM. That boy's death stare could maim you from across a room...

...and his smoulder is even more lethal.

To say nothing of his sass. If you need salt for the wounds you're already nursing, just stick around for a little of JM's trademark eye rolling.

Any ordinary mortal would be limping and bruised by now and we haven't even made it past Jimin's face. The rest of him is equally hazardous ...

But I digress.

So, back to the topic at hand. And that is in fact the topic. JK's hand. Specifically the tattoos on his hand.

I took so many screenshots of that 'making of', I have fiĺled my camera roll with blurry images of those tattoos. Every time the ink was visible, I clicked.

And here's my news ... those tats have been touched up. Okay, it's not really news. We know he has to be having them redone regularly, especially with the abuse his knuckles take with boxing. I don't have hand tats but my ride or die bestie does and hers need redoing every few months.

Although the lighting in the MV is low, it's still easy to see that some of the letters stand out more than others. It definitely looks like the J&M have very recently been redone. This is also not big news, we saw it before during his trip to Qatar.

BUT.

I can't help wondering about the timing. Did he make sure he did that just before the MV shooting, because he knew the female character would stir up rumours?

I also wonder... is part of the reason he chose to have these tats done on his hands (as opposed to elsewhere) because you cannot avoid looking at them?

His hands are such a focus, not only for him but for anyone watching him. They move constantly, so you can't NOT see 'JM' there, emblazoned on his ring finger like a sigil.

But even though I think that could be true, I'm certain the primary reason is symbolic. And romantic, of course because its JK.

I can't think of anything more profoundly sincere than having another person's initials inked into your skin, especially on the finger that would carry a wedding ring ...if it was allowed.

That ink is a love letter both to yourself and to the person you name there. It speaks of a passion that burns so brightly it outshines any other that could ever come along. That ink is a commitment that binds more permanently than any social ceremony. Your lover's identity is etched into your skin, and it will be there for the remainder of your lifetime and beyond.

It would take someone fearless and determined and unwavering to do something so unequivocal.

And surely they would only do it for a most precious person...for the love of their life.

《You know what hits me the hardest? The most incredible part of this story? We dont see a similar tattoo on JM's finger. It seems JK did it without any need for reciprocation.》

💜💛

[1moremilgram-enjoyer]

Fuuta and the Five Man Band Trope; BG Characters, User Icons and Graffiti Patterns Analysis

Hello members of the jury! Did you know Bring it On and Backdraft are very awesome? It’s true! Look it up!

Anyways, today I want to talk about a particular aspect of Bring it On which I consider interesting, and that is the gaggle of characters who show up all throughout the video, both in the “RPG fight scenes” and in the messages all around. In particular, these four who stand besides Fuuta after Killcheroy’s defeat, before abandoning him in the next few frames.

All of them show up in all three battles in one way or another, and the fact they’re here makes me think. See, I believe there are four of them to allude to a very common narrative trope used in a lot of fantasy stories, the Five Man Band. A trope where the story follows a group of five, of which the protagonist is the leader, and all the characters fit into certain archetypes. If you want a better explanation, I’ll recommend this fantastic video by Overly Sarcastic Productions, which is how I know about the trope in the first place.

There were already a few things making me think of this trope in Bring it On, so it’s especially interesting that it seems to carry over into Backdraft as well, with only four paint cans appearing in all three graffiti campaigns.

(Yes there’s a fifth one against Killcheroy, don’t worry I’ll get to it)

Blue, orange, yellow (also looks orange in the screenshots), pink paint/purple can. So, a recurring group of five with Fuuta. Is it possible, then, that these are related? Well, that’s what I’m trying to figure out. And in doing so, I accidentally fell into a rabbit hole which ended with me trying to assign each character an user icon and trying to figure out who killed Killcheroy- ooh boy.

Yeah as a warning this post is pretty reach-y and unhinged, but I like over-analyzing background characters so.

CW: Cyberbullying and online harassment, doxxing, death and murder, mentioned sexual harassment, mention of suicide, Killcheroy choking on paint image.

I’ll talk about each character individually, their role in the Five Man Band trope, who I believe they are in terms of user icon, and which paint can I believe represents them in Backdraft.

The Hero/Leader: Fuuta

In stories where only one member of the party is the protagonist, they are most likely to be the leader. They are the most outwardly heroic, usually passionate and driven, and of course, the leader of the group, the one who makes the tough decisions. In terms of fighting style, they’re usually well-rounded short range fighters.

Obviously this is Fuuta. Not only is he obviously the protagonist, he’s the one who puts up the ‘wanted’ posters for the second and third battle (though not the first!), and in those two battles he’s shown as the first to enter battle. He’s also the one who first sprays over the graffiti in Backdraft, obviously using the red can. In terms of combat style, he also fits pretty well, as he’s a short-ranged fighter, but still has quite a bit of versatility. Looking at his move sets:

Left and top look to be simple attacks, but bottom appears to be some kind of Area of Effect attack and right appears to be a self-healing move. What the hell that would look like in the context of online discourse, I have no idea. Additionally, it is common for the protagonist to exhibit the most growth in terms of powers, which certainly fits his shifting moveset.

In case you’re not aware, he’s also “pazuzu” in the social media seen in Bring it On. He’s the only one with a consistent username, the rest all vary throughout the MV, and the only way to recognize them is through user icon. No idea what Fuuta has to do with a god of wind, but here we are.

I don’t think I have to justify this one too much. Let’s move on to the focus of the post, the other people.

The Lancer: Spear Guy

The Lancer is the Leader’s right hand man, or alternatively their second in command. They may disagree on occasion, but they can be very close friends who always have each other’s backs. The Lancer can fit a ton of archetypes, but they’re usually a foil or an opposite to the leader, and can be either the most supportive of the leader or always butting heads with them.

Incidentally, do you know what a lancer is? Like, the actual word, not the literary term? Well, it’s a warrior who uses lances. Or as you may know them, spears.

To no one’s surprise, the Lancer is Spear Guy. He’s the closest to Fuuta, as can be inferred from them always standing close and Fuuta looking to him after his big victory in the second battle. The fact he uses a lance as a weapon is a possible indication that we really are going for the Five Man Band trope here, because it makes him literally a Lancer.

Incidentally, this also makes him pretty easy to identify in terms of user icon. He's Poison (the skull icon), Rumerie.

In case you're not aware, the name Rumerie appears intertwined with "pazuzu" in Backdraft (gonna ask you to look it up yourself because I've reached the 30 image limit), implying a particularly deep connection between the two. And although the username changes like all others, the fact the very first shot of Bring it On contains Poison being referred to as "rumerie", it's safe to say they're the same. Additionally, check out what rumerie is saying. (Translation by rochisama here, it's a bit difficult to follow but it's a really good resource! As a warning, I might get some of these messages wrong because my critical lack of Japanese knowledge hinders how well I can actually check who is saying what)

[Poison] るめりえ＠D_T @/RUMERIE_... Know any good games?

(Notes: るめりえ is just "Ru me rie")

And shortly after:

Indeed, a guy in the arcade flashes green, presumably Rumerie. Note how he's in the center, as if he is the "leader" in Fuuta's absence, in case you needed any more connections to the Lancer archetype. You'll also notice he and the blue guy next to him have faces, which in Milgram signifies importance. I believe these three are all part of the Five Man Band. Why is there one missing? I'll get there.

Additionally, note how Rumerie wears a watch on his right hand. This is important because it lets us know exactly which can of paint in Backdraft belongs to him. In the scene where Killcheroy is attacked directly, we see a hand with a watch holding the blue spray paint can.

(The bottom left image is to show that the blue looks lighter than it really is in the upfront shots. When the lighting shifts a bit, it's more clear that this is specifically Rumerie's darker blue. The rest of the graffiti is the same, so Rumerie is the splotch at the bottom right.

And in the Killcheroy attack you can clearly see the difference between the two blues. The lighter one is even lighter than what it looks like in the other shots. And yes, the pattern's different, I'll get there)

So Rumerie has blue spray paint, which unfortunately means there's no clear connection between the colors in Bring it On and Backdraft.

Still, there's something interesting to note. Everyone in the Five Man Band has a particular graffiti pattern they stick to in the first two campaigns and at the start of the Killcheroy attack. For Rumerie, this is a big splotch with two small trails leaking down.

Why is this important... for me at least? Because the same patterns can be observed in the red paint over the Guilty prisoners in the section of the video dedicated to them.

And can you guess which one got Rumerie's?

Fuuta. The way I interpret this, it means Rumerie was particularly important in the reason Fuuta ended up with a Guilty verdict.

Why? Well, I believe Rumerie is the person who originally got Fuuta into cancel culture. Notice how the last message before Fuuta joins in on the Ice Gorilla attack is Poison's, and how Spear Guy fights in the frontlines of that battle, combined with what I said before, that Fuuta didn't put up a wanted poster for that battle.

("Frontline" is admittedly debatable)

[Poison] み @/MiMiMiMi.... You can only get away with stuff like this when you’re a primary school kid~

[Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soccer... Ahhhh, this is the end for you huh

(Note: み is "mi" and means either fruit according to Google translate, or what I think makes more sense, "hot water", as in, Ice Gorilla is in hot water).

(Also note: I find it interesting that Rumerie here seems more forgiving of middle schoolers than at the end, when we know he was one of the people who attacked Killcheroy. I think it may be trying to show that everyone in the group got worse, not just Fuuta).

So, Rumerie caused Fuuta to cause Killcheroy's death by getting him into the whole cyberbullying thing. We can also see him encouraging him later on, when Fuuta takes a photo of the sexual harasser.

[Poison] 恐縮です @/i_am_sorr... I’m amazed you were able to get a photo

(Notes: 恐縮です translates to "I'm afraid." I... don't have a single clue why the hell this is like this, I'm just gonna ignore it)

The final thing to note is that Rumerie's graffiti pattern is different in the post-spraying scene of Killcheroy I showed earlier. Instead, Green Paint takes Rumerie's pattern, which is incidentally the one on Fuuta's Guilty thingy. More on that later.

As to why Rumerie's pattern changes in the first place, it's possible that's trying to imply the final attack on Killcheroy was much, much different from the others, possibly more vicious. Which we know is likely true, so I think it works.

Anyways, other messages he sends (I'll skip the icon since you know it's Poison). To Ice Gorilla:

NETANASHI@DT @/NETANATASHI_darkT You’re gonna die a really dumb death

どくろっち @/DOKI_DOKI_52 You’re never gonna be able to live this down www it was a good life while it lasted www

(Notes: "Netana tashi" appears to mean something like "added information," fitting the idea of cyberattacks. darkT and therefore DT is likely a reference to the Dark Triad, which seems to be Fuuta's "guild" displayed right next to his level.

どくろっち might mean "mole cricket" (???), and doki doki is an onomatopoeia for the beating of the heart. Take that as you will.

Rumerie comes off as quite aggressive in these messages, as you can probably tell. "www" is the way Japanese people write laughter, equivalent to "hahaha" in English)

He also writes another message during the second "battle."

るめりえ＠D_T @/RUMERIE_ What a fucking pig, that’s just gross wwww

(Notes: The name Rumerie returns, if you were somehow still wondering who this is. It's the exact same username as before, funnily enough. Also has D_T for the Dark Triad)

The Heart - White Robe Wizard

The Heart is the conflict solver of the group. They are usually the most emotional and expressive member, and is often a healer or otherwise a magic user, or specializes in some combat niche like archery.

Also, if your Five Man Band has a token girl, this is most likely the token girl.

(Wow this collage sucks. Tumblr 30 image limit my arch-nemesis)

Listen, I don't usually like to assume character's gender merely by appearance, but we know less than zero about this people, so I'm gonna have to bend my principles a bit. This wizard is the most femenine looking of the Five Man Band, so I hope you forgive me for assuming both that she is a girl, and that she is the only girl of the group.

Regardless, there are other reasons to assume she's the Heart. Mainly, she seems to be by far the most expressive of the group, being the only one to show any emotion in the lead-up to the Killcheroy battle. The white of her robe may represent purity of heart, which doesn't fit anyone in this group, but would fit the Heart better than other archetypes. There are arguments for her being the Smart Guy, but I think Heart works a tiny bit better.

Then we get to icon, and I'm comfortable in saying she's the Galaxy. From the messages related to the second "battle."

(Quality's trash but I'm trying)

[Galaxy] ♡MANA♡ @/inoue_mna... Mr Inoue……? That’s scary……

(Notes: mna is likely just short for mana. No I don't know why she shares a last name with the asshole professor)

Even ignoring that galaxies are usually associated with mysticism and magic (mostly because I'm not even sure that is a galaxy), this user takes the name "♡MANA♡". As in, the thing wizards use surrounded by two hearts. Additionally, the message does sorta feel like it fits her more than other characters, I guess? I mean, it's perfectly fine for anyone to express discomfort and fear at seeing sexual harrassment, but this is a toxic Twitter community, I doubt the boys here want to express any """weakness""" as reasonable as it may be. Do you understand what I'm saying?

You could argue this should maybe go to the Purple Robe Wizard instead, but consider this other message from the same "battle."

[Galaxy] AAA@DT @/55552G4r6ggc... Has he got no shame!!! Go to hell!!! That’s so gross!!!

(Note: The 5s might be Ss. No I have no idea what the fuck that handle is)

Apart from shouting, the name has "DT" in it, for Dark Triad. There are only four icons which ever appear related to it, and since Fuuta's isn't one of them, it could be presumed that the four which have DT are the members of the Five Man Band.

Then, look at this exchange, from the batch at the start as Fuuta is walking down the street.

[Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soccer... A L L M Y C L A S S E S A R E S O D U L L . W A S T E O F M Y S C H O O L F E E S

[Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soccer... Everyone else there is an idiot so it’s boring

[Galaxy] YU-TA @/YUTA_199... Let’s go to the arcade then!!!!

[Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soccer... The people in charge here are shit. I could do a much better job

(Notes: Yuta is primarily a boy's name, which sorta contradicts the thing I said about this being a girl. However, this can be easily solved by assuming she's transfem and in the closet.

That's mostly a joke, but it is a possibility, I just don't know why we're giving so much characterization to a side-side-side character you feel? The more likely explanation is that while in Japan Yuta is a boy's name, there's also a version for girls which derives from Hebrew, and is also just Yuta. Given we've already seen characters with odd names for their gender (Haruka), I don't think it's a stretch to say this is such a case.

Anyways this might imply we know the full name of this wizard, that being Inoue Yuta. Interesting)

The main takeaway her is that Galaxy did want to go to the arcade like the other members of the Five Man Band, but probably didn't since Fuuta appears to have turned her down.

(... Why did he do that, actually? He went to the arcade anyways...

Though I guess she does look at him very enthusiastically in that second post battle scene... and the Heart is often the love interest of the Leader...

CRACK THEORY: White Robe Wizard has a crush on Fuuta, and he doesn't reciprocate)

So, if Galaxy wanted to go to the arcade, we can maybe assume they're part of the Five Man Band. In fact, we specifically know they're the only one who wasn't at the arcade, which lets us completely narrow down which of the spray paint cans belongs to them.

Yep. In case you missed the spoiler with the color I've been using for her, she has the yellow paint can. Not only does her right hand itself look slightly different than the others, it also has a ring none of the people at the arcade had (debatable on orange guy ig but I think we would see it if he had it). Since this paint can is part of the Five Man Band, we can assume it's the missing member's, therefore Galaxy's, therefore White Robe Wizard's.

The pattern which corresponds to them is a thick, horizontal bar, which shows up over Mahiru in the Guilty prisoners section. Certainly fits with her being the Heart (and having an unrequited crush on Fuuta). The pattern changes in the Killcheroy post-spraying sequence, again possibly because that attack was expressely different.

Again remember the colors are a bit off in the front-facing shots.

(By the way; Rumerie's altered patterned after the Killcheroy thing may look extremely similar to this thick straight line pattern, but it's not quite the same. This pattern has two small trails going down, Rumerie's has four and the bar is longer)

(You could argue it's still meant to be the same thing, but I think they're different enough that I don't have to find a way to relate them)

Here are the other Galaxy messages. The only ones I haven't talked about are in the Ice Gorilla fight.

[]足 @/speed☆star Looking this I can really feel how terrifying ( ) SNS can be lmao

(Notes: We can't see the first symbol of the username, and since 足 is "feet" apparently, I don't think we can know what that is. The parenthesis are empty in the video too. SNS is Social Networking System, so social media. Fits the "That's scary" MANA message)

(…）@/NAGARERUYOURE_UfU You’ve ruined this store’s business, I hope you were charged a lot for your idiocy

(Notes: I think this is the right message? It's really hard to know which message is which in the translation I'm using. In any case, it sorta fits. Putting that handle into Google translate gives me "flow less" or "streamlined", but I'm not sure how much sense that makes)

The Smart Guy - Cloak Dude

The Smart Guy is smart. That's their thing. Usually some flavor of quirky, but the main thing is they're clever, and they have a good head on their shoulders. They're intelligent and sharp-witted, and- okay I'll stop with the synonyms. For combat, they're usually not in the frontlines. Usually they're mages in fantasy settings, but archers and other long ranged combatants aren't out of the question.

This one, frankly, is almost entirely through process of elimination.

Cloak Dude has the dubious honor of being the only one apart from Spear Guy and Fuuta to show up on all three post-battle cutscenes. He seems to be an archer.

As I said, saying he’s the Smart Guy is more process of elimination than anything else. Shield Man sorta has to be the Big Guy, so we’re left with Smart Guy for Cloak Dude.

Thankfully, I think Identifying him in the icons isn't too difficult. Remember when I said he's the only one to show up on all three post-battle scenes? As if he's slightly more important than the Heart and the Big Guy? Well, there very well may be an icon which fits both that and the Smart Guy archetype. Water Drop, and therefore the Orange Arcade Guy.

Not only do they share the first message shot with Rumerie, check out what they say.

[Water Drop] 流＠しずくと読みます @/D_TTTT... School work has really been a pain lately… I don’t want to type another word

(Notes: 流 means style. しずくと読みます apparently means something like "I read it like drop [water]" which I guess work with the icon)

Note the @/D_TTTT Dark Triad handle. So, they're tired from school work? That means they're doing their school work to some extent, and academic diligence is usually associated with the Smart Guy archetype. Other messages keep up this theme. In the Ice Gorilla battle:

[Water Drop]（…）@/drop_[...]... There’s a limit to what sort of things you should do. How are you gonna live the rest of your life after this?

And in the second battle.

[Water Drop] io @/io_dog_very... Sexual harassment is pretty much the worst thing a person can do. How are you gonna explain this???

(Notes: "io" appears to mean "say it")

Their style of speaking is quite articulate, using longer sentences than other icons and with a more serious tone. No use of www either. The one counterexample is this:

[Water Drop]（…）@/[...] You’re wasting everyone’s time, idiot

But I still think it sorta fits. There is also one message from the second battle I don't have the translation of, but it also doesn't include www so.

Why is this important? Well, it's not. But more articulate speech, while not an actual indication of intelligence in reality, is a common way to communicate a character is smart in fiction.

Their final message is particularly interesting. It's one of the only messages we have in relation to Killcheroy.

QRT [Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soc... I think I’ve got all her details now. Based on her previous tweets I’ve worked out her school. The fact she lives so close is hilarious lol

[Water Drop] Judgement☨Onizuka @/MONSTER_BUZZ... You’re the worst offender of all

(Notes: ☨ is the Cross of Lorraine, a symbol often associated to Joan of Arc. I guess you can connect the idea of a hero being later burnt at the stake for heresy to Fuuta's story)

Water Drop, despite the fact they do attack Killcheroy themselves (more on that in a moment), are condemning Fuuta for doing exactly that. They're hypochritical, but they're trying to claim a moral high ground by distancing themselves from Killcheroy's death. Again gives me vibes of someone trying to present themselves as smarter and more level-headed than they really are, but it's hard for me to explain why that is. Do you get the vibes too? I hope so.

Anyways, graffiti. They can be either the pink or the orange paint, but I think Orange Paint fits the best. Their graffiti pattern is a thin line which vaguely looks like an arrow to my completely unhinged mind, and it's the one associated with Amane, who is not necessarily smarter than the other guiltied, but she is very diligent in her studies as implied by several Timelines conversations. Smart Guy thing again.

The other thing is that their color can't be seen in the shot right before Killcheroy's final appearance, but it can be seen in the initial "attack", and we can see his hand attacking Killcheroy later. I believe this is representing what I said before; although Water Drop attacked Killcheroy like everyone else, they later tried to distance themselves from the fact, they "erased their paint."

(The angle on the Amane thing is slightly different, but I doubt that matters)

(The latter images are to show that yes, Orange Paint did attack Killcheroy. The can may look more red because of the lighting, but as you can see on the example to the side, the orange paint can does look almost red anyways)

Now, there is one more thing to say about the missing orange at the end there. And that is the gray-ish paint to the bottom left. What's interesting is that while it follows the Heart's pattern, it doesn't correlate with any of the colors we see actually attacking Killcheroy.

So... do you wanna go insane with me for a moment?

What if that is the orange paint, but they painted over it with gray/lilac to distance themselves from the attack as stated previously? The reason it looks like the Heart's pattern is because he's trying to appear more conscientious of others' feelings than he really is. Of course, that is deranged even for my standards, but it is an explanation.

Anyways, not much more to say about this guy, since I already talked about all his messages in Bring it On.

The Big Guy - Shield Man

The Big Guy is the muscle of the group. Generally physically big, though it can also be metaphorical. Their exact personality can vary quite a bit, but the most common trait is loyalty and protectiveness over the group. Sometimes can be quite an idiot, himbo style, but not always.

And if we're talking big and protective, there is someone who perfectly fits the trope.

Protective? Man has a shield. Physically big? The biggest of the group bar maybe Spear Guy. And just look at how he stands in that post-battle two scene! My guy has zero thoughts in that head of his. I think the archetype fits him perfectly.

Anyways, if you've been paying attention, I said before the members of the Five Man Band could be identified by which icons ever appear with D_T on their username, so by this point we could narrow it down by elimination alone. The final member by this logic is Supernova, and I think it fits enough. It also has a deep blue background, therefore we're likely seeing Blue Arcade Guy here.

[Supernova] Avyxs@D_T @/Dark_Avyxs_T... Uni is so much fun! It can be a pain depending on your subjects but my friends and teachers are hilarious

Loyalty, check.

To be clear, there is absolutely an argument that he instead should be Thunderbolt, since that icon shows up right before we cut to the first sidewalk scene, pairing it with Rumerie and Water Drop; and speaks twice during the second cancelation, the same as Rumerie, Galaxy and Water Drop. Or Rock even, some of their lines and the icon itself point to the trope's personalities. However, I personally think the D_T connection is a bit more interesting, which is why I'm going with Supernova for him. It's not like this matters much anyways.

Process of elimination also assigns him the Pink Paint/Purple Paint Can, who has a zigzaggy pattern which trails off with a weird blob at the end. Mikoto gets this one... sort of. It looks like it's flipped and rotated around a bit, but it's still a zigzag pattern which trails off with a weird blob at the end. I think it's close enough, and I also think it makes sense. Mikoto is canonically the strongest physically out of the Guilty characters. I believe there was a ranking of arm wrestling strength that put him only below Kotoko and Kazui. Additionally, the alter who killed likely did it to protect the system, which works with the protectiveness of Shield Man.

(It sure was convenient four people got guiltied in the first trial huh)

The pattern also changes pre-Killcheroy appearance, you've heard why before, the attack was different.

... Yeah maybe I'm reading too much into the repeating patterns, maybe they're just like that to make things easier on the artists, but at this point I'm in too deep to back out.

The other Supernova messages are the following. In the Ice Gorilla fight:

実家傷兵 @/super_power... He’s shut in www is the fridge your new house now ww

(Notes: 実家傷兵 means either "family wounded soldier", "soldiers garrisoned at home by their parents", or... "soldiers stationed to protect a country's territory during World War II." I assume it's the first two things)

(…）@/[...] Just stay in your beloved freezer forever wwwwwwwww

(Notes: He wrote the same message twice. Really not beating the "not particularly sharp-witted" allegations with this one)

(…）@/lightning_player Definitely not buying any ice cream there

(Notes: What the fuck did Ice Gorilla do anyways? Lock themselves in a freezer full of ice cream? I'm so confused)

There is also an obscured message where Supernova has the handle @/NaGGrYjYP2Fe or something like that. I am not gonna even try to decipher what the fuck's going on there.

Finaly, on the second cancelation.

毒門第一号 @/warokeru_080... Oof lmao she looks like she’s gonna be sick

(Notes: Focusing on the victim more than the attacker does vaguely fit Shield Man. 毒門第一号 is "poison gate number 1." No comment. "Warokeru" apparently means "meltdown." Also no comment)

The Sixth Ranger - ???

The Sixth Ranger refers to a sixth character who joins the Band during the story rather than at the start. Where they come from is very variable, but sometimes it's a reformed villain of some kind.

Funnily enough, this trope is replicated in Backdraft too. Let's circle back to the big question. Who is the extra, green paint can in the Killcheroy attack?

They paint over the part Pink Paint usually takes, and later we see their paint with the Rumerie and Guilty Fuuta pattern. Additionally, they're the only one in these cases to paint over the small name graffiti, which combined with the fact they could potentially be closely linked to Fuuta's Guilty verdict, could imply they're the ones who killed Killcheroy. Because as many know, Fuuta's victim in the Undercover kill shot has both shoes on, unlike Mahiru and Kazui's victims who have a shoe missing to represent their suicide. And this could imply Killcheroy was outright murdered by someone else, though obviously not Fuuta himself.

If that's true, given how odd this Green Paint person is, I would assume that's the person who killed Killcheroy. Let's run through the other Bring it On BG characters to see if we can narrow down a suspect. I will skip over anyone we see only in the Ice Gorilla battle, because most of them are never seen again.

The Blue Haired Soldiers

These two show up quire a bit, though weirdly, the soldier with lighter hair doesn't show up in the Ice Gorilla battle itself nor the post-second battle scene. But he's still seen in the post-first fight battle scene and in the lead-up to the second fight. Still, this odd pattern could maybe mean he's the killer? He didn't participate in the strictly online battles, but possibly yes in the Killcheroy one? I'm not sure, I think there's a better candidate so.

One reason I don't think Light Blue Haired Soldier is the killer is because I would assume he's Rock, since his hair vaguely fits the color. Additionally, his armor looks very similar to Shield Man's (see: neck guard thing), which could imply they're the same "class." That would make him a Tank probably, who is usually associated more with defense even if they have good offensive capabilities. Rocks are also usually associated with strong defense, a claim I'm basing practically entirely on Pokemon typing philosophy lol.

Aside from him, Dark Blue Haired Soldier would probably be Thunderbolt based on the fact it's sorta the only one left, and again, color fits.

Here are their messages. Sidewalk scene:

[Thunderbolt] キマ注意＠ダークトラ… @/K_I_M_... Nothing’s happened lately, it’s boring

[Rock] まっすMAN（強化中）@/MusclePu... …wait, it’s Monday? Which means uni today??? I haven’t… done my homework…

(Notes: As I said, Rock shares similarities to the "Dumb Big Guy" archetype. Again, same class.

キマ注意 means "be careful" or "pay attention", and the @/ダークトラ is @/Dark Tiger. Thunderbolt is very aggressive, so the username sorta fits.

まっす can mean a few different things, I'm not sure what the best translation is. 強化中 means "currently being strengthened", so again, fits the Tank role)

Ice Gorilla battle:

[Rock] 問答 @/s... Just get out already

[Rock] 小箱の〇 @/[...] We won’t let you get off lightly for this＾＾

[Thunderbolt] サンデー～（…）@/[...]_1004 The food looks so good wwwww you should just [...] and die

[Rock] 〇石〇じ @/[...]TAKAI As far as learning experiences go this one sure cost a lot. What you did really was a huge waste. Thanks for all your hard work. Here’s hoping you do better in your next life.

(Notes: Thunderbolt is very aggressive, as you can see. His armor is similar to Fuuta's, so likely a Warrior class, which makes sense.

問答 means Q&A basically. Huh. 小箱の〇 is missing a character, but what we have appears to translate to "small box." 〇石〇じ also has characters which haven't been recognized.

サンデー～ means Sunday～)

Second battle (how long until my readers notice I don't remember the name of the second guy-):

[Thunderbolt] 自由（ちきゅうじん）@/not_jiyuun... My uni is done for now wwww

[Thunderbolt] kakikukeko@ド @/DONK... What an idiot, you should just (…) already

[Rock] まっすMAN（強化中）@/MusclePu... Super gross, thanks for exposing a lowlife sexual harasser

(Notes: Interestingly, Rock takes their original username again. Thunderbolt is once again a dick, caring more about his uni being "done" than the victim.

自由 means freedom, which I guess fits the tweet? Interestingly, though, jiyuun is also freedom, so "freedom @/not_freedom"? What is this fucking naming scheme.

ちきゅうじん means earthling (?). I couldn't find something solid for kakikukeko or ド but "DONK" is funny)

Purple Robe Wizard

If you're like me, you've seen me mention this person and immediately asked "is that Killcheroy." But no, since we see them in the lead-up to the Killcheroy battle in Bring it On, as we see every other character mentioned here. Additionally, I believe they might be the one responsible for the big attack which takes away like half of Killcheroy's life bar, but not the one who kills her, as Killcheroy still has health after that attack disappears.

If we do assume that attack is theirs (because there's no indication of who else is in the Killcheroy fight otherwise), then they have to be represented by one of the paint cans attacking Killcheroy at the end of Backdraft. Since they also attack Ice Gorilla, they are unlikely to be Green Paint, and therefore are most likely Light Blue Paint.

No recognizable pattern there.

Unfortunately, we have an issue. We've run out of user icons, which, uh...

You could maybe argue they share an icon with someone else? Or something? Or maybe they exclusively send DMs so Fuuta can't see their harrassment. I hope this isn't too big of an issue.

So, here's the thing. I don't think any of these three characters, the blue haired soldiers and the purple robe wizard, are Green Paint. Because they lack one critical feature: being the "Sixth Ranger." The Green Paint isn't notable just because it appears, it's notable because it appears alongside the Five Man Band. In particular, it has a penchant for replacing Five Man Band members. It paints over Pink Paint when the gang first attacks Killcheroy, it steals Rumerie's pattern in the aftermath shot, and it shows up when Orange Paint doesn't in said aftermath shot. It doesn't really matter who they replace, they have a pattern of replacing someone.

And wouldn't you know, there is a character that sorta fits that in Bring it On. The only character who is never seen attacking Ice Gorilla, neither in the shot of the battle itself or the aftermath.

The Black Knight

I'm calling them that because their armor is darker than everyone else's and I think they killed Killcheroy lol.

Do you see an interesting pattern here? They don't show up in the first battle at all (and I cannot stress enough, it’s the only character that doesn’t), but after the second battle, they're always seen with the Five Man Band minus the Heart. As if they replaced her, in the same way Green Paint usually replaces a member of the Five Man Band.

And you could argue it should be the other way around, that White Robe Wizard replaced the Black Knight, except White Robe Wizard shows up in the Ice Gorilla battle while Black Knight doesn't, so if someone's Green Paint of the two, it would have to be Black Knight.

But hold on, you may say. Black Knight shows up in the second battle, they can't be Green Paint!

Except for one detail. Yes, Black Knight is in the post-Rypirotes (finally looked up the name) fight scene, but there's one person in that post-battle scene who didn't fight Rypirotes. Check out the minimaps:

(I'm ignoring the distorted minimap because, well, it's distorted, and it's before the Killcheroy battle, not during)

The blue triangle is Fuuta, the red dot is the "enemy," so the green dots are the other people in the battle.

The Ice Gorilla battle minimap shows 11 green dots, which perfectly fits the amount of people on screen there. The Killcheroy battle shows 6 green dots, which perfectly fits the amount of paint cans we see attack Killcheroy in Backdraft.

And yet, there are seven people in the post-Rypirotes battle scene, but only six dots in the minimap. Which means one person in that post-battle scene didn't fight.

Obviously, it's impossible to know who didn't fight. All this does is open the possibility that the one who didn't fight there is Black Knight.

But here's the thing. Everyone else in the post-Pyrites battle scene is displayed in the Ice Gorilla minimap. The only other recurring character who Green Paint could be, then, is Light Blue Haired Soldier. But as stated before, they're never seen as part of the Five Man Band, so I find it unlikely this is the case. Also because color-scheme wise they fit Rock, and Rock does "attack" both Ice Gorilla and Rypirotes, just not at the same time as the time we see the minimaps I guess.

So there’s the thing. Because Black Knight didn’t fight either Ice Gorilla or Rypirotes, we don’t have an user icon for them, which makes it all the more suspicious that they show up in the lead up to the Killcheroy battle. I guess the blue haired soldiers didn’t attack her for some reason, since there’s only six paint cans.

And then there's the class thing. You remember how I said Light Blue Haired Soldier fits with Rock because he seems to be a Tank by armor? Well, Black Knight wears the same armor as Fuuta and Thunderbolt, they're a Warrior. What could this mean? Well, if Fuuta is the guy that doxxed Killcheroy, and Thunderbolt is one of the most aggressive "attackers" as seen by their comments, we can infer Warriors may represent particularly dangerous or vicious characters. Keep in mind these aren't actually videogame classes but they're metaphorical. Thus, it would fit Killcheroy's killer to be a Warrior.

... Ok, to be fair a lot of this is based on like a hundred different assumptions stacked on top of each other like a house of cards, I feel like I'm reading too much into too many things and I'm pulling conclusions out of my ass, but I think these interpretations are at least interesting enough to share, which is why I'm sharing my brainrot with you all. You can probably find several thousands of holes here if you think critically, but you know. Vote Black Knight Guilty (wait that’s not-)

Conclusion

I am never beating the insanity allegations.

I do think the Black Knight is probably the one who killed Killcheroy, but knowing that, and everything else I said in this post, is more for curiosity's sake than anything else. This doesn't really add much to Fuuta's character or anything, but eh. I enjoyed going crazy over these side-side-side characters, and I hope you enjoyed my ramblings as well.

If you actually managed to read all that, then you deserve a Five Man Band all for you! Which role do you think you fit best? You don't have to answer that this isn't YT. Take care!

[redleaves-devdiary]

sock u r making me want to make an rpg maker game so bad. red leaves is so cool already i am in love. definitely not biased bc my name is red or anything either btw nope no way

if i may ask. are you using any rpg maker plugins in red leaves so far? id be curious about what they are if youve got any and feel like sharing !! /nf

anyway. loving watching the progress so far this is such a cool project and i wish u luck <3

HI RED HIIIII HIIII heheh I'm very glad you're liking the project so far!!! I am using a lot of plugins yes! I can end a screenshot of what I've got in my plugin manager at the moment, hold on

Obviously you can see that I have some of them Off because I didn't need them in the end but I forgot to take them out BUT I'm happy I left them in because they're still good plugins!

All the ones starting with YEP are from the free Yanfly essentials bundle which DEFINITELY comes in handy. My friend Chip let me know that this is like. something everyone with RPGMaker MV should have and use, it has some stuff that the engine really should have on its own LOL

I haven't touched all of the plugins yet but I imagine I will at some point but they all come in handy. Had to play with a few. Some of the plugins that change the layout of stuff like the save screen and the menu are honestly really nice justs to make things look less default.

I recommend most of these!!

[slayerkitty]

There has been ongoing discussion of Only Friends amongst a few of us about central themes of the show and ideas Jojo seems to be exploring. We ended up in a discussion on ephemerality that led to a broader discussion on what the show is trying to say about permanency, mostly through the use of things like Boston's photography, surveillance videos, and other audio/visual means.

We also touched on the idea of voyeurism being a running theme (potentially tying back to the very public nature of queer culture in the 80's and 90's) based on the different medias being presented and the frameworks that each episode has used so far. I posited at the time that the different frameworks of each episode could be a type of voyeurism (and because we've brought up control), a type of controlled voyeurism; the voice overs, talking heads and even the Twitter posts are great for giving the audience insight into character insights, feelings and emotions but only what they want us to see.

There was also discussion in the tag about how this show feels like a throwback to sort of a late 90's aesthetic over all (I can't find this post - specifically I'm thinking of a post that mentioned OF had a very Dawson's Creek aesthetic, which hit me like a truck when I read it because YES). Given that Jojo was born in 1984, so I think this post about OF being the voice of 80's babies is right.

So, you must be asking, duh, we've already talked about this. What's your point?

All of this extremely prolific long-windedness is because I noticed something while watching the Let's Try MV from the OST as well as the BTS videos that have been released so far and I don't think anyone has mentioned it.

In the MV, shots from the show (both what appear to be canon and a smidge of BTS material) are shown like they were filmed on a mid-90's camcorder. This also happens in the in the BTS videos as well (episode 1, episode 2.)

Also, both the MV and the BTS videos have visual effects. Transitions like lens flares, static, and whatever that blippy line distortion was on VHS tapes that we fixed with the tracking buttons (if you know, you know) repeatedly show up in both.

(Please prepare yourself for some absolutely horrible screenshots; I have no skills in this area, lmao, but I wanted a couple of visuals)

(What? No, I didn't choose these three screenshots because of the colors, absolutely not. I also absolutely am not tagging @respectthepetty because of it either, nope. Don't know what you're talking about.)

But Slayerkitty, you ask, what does it mean?

It definitely shows that we're on the right track regarding this, I think, because using it in the MV and BTS materials is a very deliberate choice given the amount of photo, video, and audio focus the show has done to this point. Interestingly, you could also say the BTS videos are a type of controlled voyeurism as well, since it's a specific peek at how things were made (the view they want us to have lol).

(Also interesting but I'm not sure if it means anything or if they just thought it looked cool, but in the MV from about 2:29-2:40 and 2:52-3:10 the scenes are all "camcorder" video and the second time stamp is pretty much all BTS footage.)

(P.S. I also don't think anyone mentioned it before now, but that fluffy jacket/cardigan thing we're all obsessed with that Ray wore in episode two is what Khaotung is wearing the MV. It looks like they probably shot the episode two car scene and the MV the same day/night.)

Tagging the ephemerality squad and anyone who's posts I linked to, in case you guys have any thoughts: @waitmyturtles, @wen-kexing-apologist, @ranchthoughts, @chickenstrangers, @lurkingshan, @twig-tea, @clara-maybe-ontheroad, @distant-screaming, @shouldiusemyname

I know I forgot someone, I'm sure! Apologies if I did. I'm gonna have to make a list, lol.

[twopoppies]

https://www.tumblr.com/twopoppies/747681751277633536/do-you-have-a-link-to-the-harry-thigh-tattoo

Yes that tattoo. I know you posted a thread a few months back and it included screenshots of the as it was mv and daylight mv and showing that Harry had that tattoo already when filming as it was. But I can’t find that post now

You're sure it was me? The only other tags I could suggest are

AS IT WAS MV

DAYLIGHT MV

or buried somewhere in my HOLIVIA tag

@daisiesonafield-blog, do you have any idea about this post?

[cosmical-flowers]

silly random post but I lovelovelove comparing my faves outfits to other idols outfits they would match with. I dont have many because I started my acc like 5-6 months ago but here are some that I think are cool! + rant about random enstars screenshots

i did the idol exploration for shinobu and aira and they have matching outfits!!!!! It makes me sososo happy to see that! You also have the new adonis card matching with shinobu’s idol exploration outfit because of the blues n purples + mao’s fit for makoto’s center event matching with red and blue. You also have the gems on the outfits that look so cool on both of them!!!

HELP i got so much stuff from the summer event + the tour live I just dont know what to do with it. I usually upgrade cards that are 92 or 93k when maxxed out with no duplicate cards. Im really just waiting for a few events with some faves in the futures.

A few better records for songs :D im honestly really happy when I get better combo’s for songs I know I could do better in. Maybe one day i’ll full combo a favorite song of mine!

There was an immense amount of serotonin released when I upgraded my phone and could finally play mv’s without lagging. The first mv I played was actually seishun emergency! The heart the units make is soooo cute <3 I honestly love mvs where the idols get to make little hearts, its adorable to me

Heres some recent 5* scouts too! I was a bit disappointed when I got a copy of the yuzuru card, as I was going for the “Everyday but Special” card for mao. But hey, if I get another copy it would be my first card with the secret color outfit! I also got “My City” Hiyori, and its not a bad card! I did decide not to upgrade it since my green team is already so stacked.

Speaking of green team, this is literally my most powerful team. I was shocked when I got the Tsukasa card and realized it goes over a million now. I do also have a copy of the Aira card, plus the center stat for HiMERU makes it so the green cards are 50% more. But nonetheless, still awesome!!

[beautifulpersonpeach]

Do you think Jimin would have actually created mvs for Face-off and Alone? I was wondering that today. They seem incredibly personal and he really didn’t talk about them in any detail while he was promoting the album. He didn’t even want Yoongi reading the lyrics out loud! There’s no performances of them, and he could have easily released performance videos like he did for Letter. Sometimes I think we as fans want things for them that they don’t really want for themselves. Like maybe he ultimately didn’t want to visually portray the anger and betrayal and disgust of Face-Off or the anxiety and doubt and loneliness in Alone. Can you imagine the way people would have torn an entire visual album apart for clues? I would have loved to see more but I’m not sure that lines up with someone like Jimin who is so intensely private and waits to do a live until he feels/looks exactly the way he wants to. Maybe as soon as he hit budget or time constraints he decided he wanted the heaviest songs to just exist as audio and then to move forward. I’ve really appreciated the calm of your blog lately and especially today! I wish more people were just appreciating the few months we have left with the members who haven’t enlisted and enjoying all this new music.

***

I'd say yeah he wanted MVs for those songs. He did say he wanted more music videos so I'd only imagine that means for Alone and Face-off. Him being shy about those songs during promotions doesn't mean he didn't want MVs for them. We've already established he wanted the MVs, he just didn't get them for reasons we don't know.

And I think in light of the information we don't have, that's okay.

People are allowed to feel upset, and it's a fact BigHit has dropped the ball leaving many people without concrete explanations on what's actually happening. Frustration is understandable, but what's happening today with how Jimin solos, akgaes, and biases are getting riled up, is very specific to how I've observed instigators within the fandom operate.

First, there was Tae getting 5 MVs. That's what started this latest wave of outrage, we've already seen outbursts in solo and shipper spaces, but the wider fandom has mostly ignored it. Akgaes know they'll see limited participation from ARMYs if they try to drive outrage off comparing Jimin with Tae, so they bring screenshots from a game that's been open for weeks as proof the company hates Jimin. This way ARMYs can channel their anger and pent-up frustration towards the company on that note. And akgaes can test to see if they can influence BigHit decisions by leveraging more of the attention from the fandom.

Personally, I'm indifferent to BigHit changing the dialogue, but I'm watching how this develops for my own observations. Other members have paraphrased dialogue / scenes pulled from their OG content and we see more of it with each game update. I'm curious what this would mean for them too.

But yeah, fun times in Chapter 2!

[sakurasfallingstar]

ShiSaku Week: Day 6

Comebacks were always Sakura's favorite. There were interviews, guest staring, dance practices, and just the hype that her favorite group was releasing a new album.

Now that her favorite group was releasing their title track MV, Sakura couldn't wait until the school bell rang. At the moment, she didn't really find Iruka's lecture of the invasion of mist on their homeland a priority. She drowned out his lecture, eyeing as the minutes ticked on by.

"Just a few more minutes," she thought,.

Her hands twitched with anticipation, toward her bag.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!

that was her cue, she grabbed her bag in a hurry, and practically ran out the door. Their was no way Sakura was going to to miss this. Not this time. She unlocked her bike and pedaled as fast as she could home.

There were only a few more minutes until the MV was released, and she wasn't going to miss their special message from the group. It was something they always did seconds before the release. She's missed so many times previously, but this time would be her chance to catch it.

By the time she got home, there were only 5 minutes until the premiere. She hopped off her bike, not caring as it fell on its side, unlocked her front door, and ran inside.

"I'm home," she shouted, as she ran to her.

Her parents could only stare at eachother a bit dumbfounded.

"Well, she's your daughter," said her mother to her father, before resuming with dinner.

Shutting the door to her, she jumped on her bed, turned on the TV, and set up NinTube.

Clicking the video, she saw that the count down had already began.then it all turned white.

"Obito, I think the camera's good. You can move away now," said Sasuke.

Sakura's been stanning this group from their debut, she can already tell who is who, with just a picture of their nose. Of course she'd be able to tell who's talking without seeing who's talking.

"Ok. Ok," Obits said, moving away from the camera to stand with his group.

"Ichi, ni, san. Hello, we are F4N," they introduced together with a bow and wave.

Sakura couldn't help, the smile that spread across her face.

"There's my favorite person, " Shisui said, with excitement to the camera.

"Shisui, don't you mean 'persons?'' You'll  have Celebrities saying you're flirting with them," joked Itachi.

"Well, maybe I am," he replied, before turning to the camera yelling, "Celebrities, I love you!"

Shisui then began to do do some silly, cutesy poses.

'He's so cute,' Sakura thought with a giggle, as she watched her bias. She's sure she'll find screenshots on Tweeter later. She'll download them then.

"Shisui, quit it. We're on a time limit," stressed Sasuke.

"Oh, right."

"Anyways, we worked really hard on this MV. Each of us did our best with this concept, despite it being different from our usual stuff," began Itachi.

"Yes, got to admit. I am kinda happy we are not wearing our usual amount of eyeliner," commented Obito.

"Yes, and since we've gone with a more  bright and upbeat concept; we hope you'll enjoy seeing this side of ourselves," Sasuke, said with a smile.

"Now, without further ado, let's roll the MV," Shisui said, winking at the camera.

That wink almost killed Sakura.

The video began with them out on a boat enjoying the sun. Then, the next thing you see is them shipwrecked on an island. The music begins then. It's upbeat and makes you want to dance.

Each one of them is trying to make the island livable, from starting a bond fire to setting up some Christmas lighs around the area. Shisui even chased Sasuke around with some seaweed.

By the end of it seemed like they set up for a beach party. It was a fun concept.

Sakura was sure that this song would be the summer anthem  of the year.

Notes

Group Name: F4N (pronounced FAN)

Members (oldest to youngest): Obito, Shisui, Itachi, and Sasuke

Fandom name: Celebrities

(Get it? Cause they are their fans' biggest fan. Ok, I'll stop.)

Shisui is Sakura's ultamite bias.

Most of their concepts are dark or horror. Some may even call ot erotic...

@shisakuweek

[veemakesgames]

Minor Devlog - August 8th 2023

welcome to the first post about the remake of "Star Bun"! I'm working on graphics and mapping for the first room you'll see in the game: Bun's spaceship

it's pretty bare, and there's some redesigning to be done. for 1 i'm gonna expand the windows so you can see more of the scrolling space background, and later the planet landscape when you land and are in the meat of the game.

The menu is also very unfinished, please dont pay attention to it-

for reference: screenshots of Bun's ship from the original VX Ace game. You may note that it used to be 2 rooms, a main room with a little table and the control panel and the bedroom with a big UFO dome. I intend to sketch some designs of Bun's new ship, but I do already have ideas in mind, most notably it actually making any physical sense lmao-

the original is more like a generic RPG starting house that just so happens to be spaceship themed (the personalized rug looked good at the time, but i'm gonna make it way less of a center-piece, especially since I can fit the detail in less tiles thanks to RPG Maker MV having bigger tiles)

the few people that have played the original build, and even fewer of those that will be seeing this most likely, may remember that something possessed me to use dithering instead of normal gradients in that game's backgrounds, and it fucking Hurt to watch them scroll for any amount of time. I will not commit that same assault on my players' eyeballs this time around, lesson learned, i was just weirdly obsessed with only ever using and showing colors that were in Aseprite's NES palette preset, without ever actually adhering to NES limitations on anything

Planned additions to the remake ship:

the control panel at the front, of course

animated scenery

a central elevator that would be how Bun enters and exits the ship

bedside desk with new sketches and diary stuff to look at

other furniture, maybe?

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it's not a lot, but that's that. hope to have meatier stuff to show off soon uwu7

[vltra-mayhem]

VLTRA MAYHEM DEVLOG MARCH-APRIL-MAY...

*Hello there! Apologies for the wait, I have been trying to figure out how to open my drafts since I usually write them down separately across days, but I see now that I should not do that to avoid leaving you all in the dark for too long. On top of that, the game's progress had been put on a TINY break due to the main developer going on a vacation. But now that she is back, we can continue on!

*Anywho! Vltra Mayhem has been going pretty well! I have been given a lot more information to share with you all today, so I hope you are all ready!

*To start off simple, let's start with the battle system.

*There's a lot to say about it, but I'm allowed to talk about some stuff that is already fully implemented! Such as the Bullet Hell Battle System which has been seen in games such as "Undertale" and "Deltarune".

*The plugin used to emulate that kind of battle system is called "Synrecs Understriker Plugin" since the game is made in "RPG Maker MV".

*The devs are very happy with these things! It's a struggle trying to get everything you want exactly how you want it with the limits RPG maker brings and the non-exsistant ability to code.

*On top of that the battle UI has been changed ALOT, The screenshots above do not display it, but it currently looks like this:

*It's pretty neat looking, if I do say so myself. The Pulse Meter also known as the "HP Bar" and The Sanity Meter also known as the "MP Bar" both displayed neatly in the boxes at the bottom. *As you can see the bar on the side that's The Spirit Bar but more widely known as the "Team TP Bar"

*Moving away from the Battle System, let's talk a bit about the overworld a little! *Something that Pandora (The lead developer) tries her best to do is make the overworld as fun and interesting to go through as possible by adding a lot of NPCs and such, all with unique and silly dialog! Here are a few:

*That's all :), It's not, but we can't show ALL of it! Where would be the fun in THAT. *Anyway, Aside from NPCs there's being put a lot of work in the tile sets and the environment of each map, for example the… The demo area's map is supposed to feel very sweet, calm and homey, and they seem to do their best to success in that! *So far the demo is just about 60/50% done it seems, and they can't wait to share it with you all! *Another thing, so I, was informed to inform you all about is the fact that Vltra Mayhem is looking for PIXEL ARTISTS to help create stunning imagery for the game such as tile sets and more! A couple more applications are open, so please feel free to check the application link below! * Application link! *That's about all I've got to show! I hope you enjoyed, and we hope to see you at the end of June to share more! Enjoy your month of Pride, by the way!

[chungwoohell]

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-Please, please tell me the route to putting Lee Sejin in a straitjacket. It was in the music video or something, Please I don’t know how.

-The comedy ending where Cha Eugene escapes alone is so funny, I laughed out loud while filming Chakitty

-Wow, when Baese got his wallet stolen on the way to work, it was actually Chungwoo who stole it Lol the scene is shown in the jailer version!! (gameplay recording)

Good content after content and more content.

Originally, after the music video was released during the comeback, there was a gap of a few days between the appearance on music broadcast.

Usually, this period was spent in anticipation, looking at social media news, previews, and small content. Or watching the music video over and over again while anxiously waiting for the broadcast to air…

-Ahhhh, Eugene finally put on the guard uniform ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ wtf I’m so happy, I can barely breathe. Wear your uniform loosely, my baby.

It’s completely changed.

The fan community and SNS were flooded with all kinds of spoilers, strategies, videos, and screenshots, it was truly a celebration.

(t/n: “it was truly a celebration”: I didn’t know whether to change it to “it felt like Christmas” because in this context it felt like fans were getting so much content/fanservice similar to the feeling of getting lots of gifts on Christmas.)

TeSTAR placed a lenient rule that the ‘normal ending’ and ‘bad ending can only be streamed.

The reason for such an unconventional attempt in the first place was to spread the word of mouth and because it’s a promotional opportunity that couldn’t be missed.

Besides, if you wanted to experience it for yourself, you have to buy the album anyway.

The ‘code’ on the photocard, which opens the locked door at the ending, belongs to one account, so pirates couldn’t see the ending!

-LOL you’re a bitch.

-But I’m worried that it’ll be pirated soon because they’re good at making all kinds of cracks ㅠㅠㅠ

-However, it seems like the sales are doing okay since it’s released. Oh, it’s great that the USB is counted by album sales.

-it’s really a new worldview, fun fun

In addition, the lyrics, music, and concept photos that can be downloaded from the game title received favorable reviews for the unique emotions they provide when looking back after playing the game.

-The game deepens the narrative of the album… Fuck I hated the worldview so much. I can’t believe they made me say that.

Overall, it was a unique attempt.

And it was completely unexpected.

First of all, it means that aggro was drawn properly.

[TeSTAR put a real game in the album]

[<127 Section> Ruined Factory production team releases new work: Testa Album (no joke)]

[TeSTAR’s crazy live-action gameplay status haha]

The astonishment of fans who had no idea that the MV expansion version was actually a game spread everywhere, and naturally, Internet users came across the news.

-The MV was an introduction to the game.

-What’s going on lol

-TeSTAR, you really do everything. I really respect you. From a magical boy to the one road of Otaku

-I want to try this too. What's going on with the quality? Can I just buy the album? What should I buy?

On WeTube, several gamer streamers who couldn’t miss this piece of gold were already playing it.

It was because of Lee Sejin’s shocking prologue that it was easy to get reactions and the WeTube scene came out well, so it was a win-win.

Of course, there were fights and noises as tastes and evaluations went back and forth, but even that was a hot topic.

It was a promotion that I couldn’t ask for.

-If I order now from the official website, will it arrive tomorrow?? I took the bus to the store, and it was sold out.

-What version should I start with?

-TeSTAR, this title game is an OST? Hey?? Why is everyone so upset?

Thanks to this, album sales were soaring tremendously. Simple components such as a USB, recycled paper box, and photocard, lower the barrier to entry by allowing users to purchase the album without burden.

This was just the beginning of all this typhoon-like activity.

“Whoa.”

Homma was playing the game like crazy.

The balance of thrill with a cinematic live-action structure, interactive choices, and luck elements that do not require much control… It did a great job appealing to the people.

Thanks to this, she was devoting all her free time to playing.

“The scene of Moondae is really pretty…”

Currently, I was replaying the VER 2 album, which mainly features Prisoner Moondae. When playing as a prisoner through the VER 2 USB album, the chapter started from the past perspective of Park Moondae and Cha Eugene.

-Oh, the two of them are having a heated argument in the lab, but I’m scared of them all.

ㄴ?? Wasn’t it very sad and pitiful?

ㄴ?? What choice did you have?

ㄴ Exactly your choice.

Also, in the latter half of the episode, there was an event where the thieves wore prison uniforms when they were caught, and an event where they overpowered the guards and made them wear prison uniforms.

-Moondae throwing his prison uniform at Keunse seems to have personal feelings, but it’s not acting, it’s like they’re really friends.

ㄴ LOL

During the playthrough, I was able to find out a little bit about the identity of the experiments the prisoners were being subjected to.

[⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛  10ml administration: Detect objects 100m away

-Complaints of dizziness, hallucinations, and headaches.]

'Hmm, psychic? Is this an experiment to create something similar?'

For some reason, it felt like an American sensibility... It was definitely a bit weird and creepy that way.

Anyway, Cha Eugene seemed to have an extraordinary mind and a very developed sixth sense, and Moondae seemed to be able to use telekinesis!

‘……Although he vomited blood.’

After recreating the scene in the music video where the surveillance camera explodes and seeing the bad ending where the gate collapses, she sealed away her telekinetic powers.......

Album VER 2's prisoner POV playthrough felt like that.

A story similar to the Phantom Thieves POV, but more desolate and focused on facilities.

However, the VER 3 album was a little different.

In the case of this camp of guards, we took a slightly special structure....

It was a play that started from Lee Sejin's perspective and cooperated with the phantom thieves.

-Shh.

-…!

-Be quiet and follow me.

‘Omg.’

It’s like he’s sick of the facility and pretend not to show it… It seemed like he was a guard on our side. Of course, the truth is, I was planning to catch them all at last minute, so they don’t steal them.

Is what Lee Sejin said while humming to himself.

-It’s nice~ They come on their own and break the rules…

‘Evil!’

VER 1, the first experience with the intensity of the prologue made it powerful!

Thanks to this, VER 3 has a strange structure which made the players dizzy wondering when they will get back stabbed.

‘Hmm, was this because I played as a Phantom Thief first?’

“Uh, wait. Come to think of it.”

Was the order really intentional?

Homma suddenly have an idea.

They key shape in the music video… it’s the same of the USB in the VER 1 album.

The other two look slightly different from the music video.

When selling, it was shown on the product page. People who were only going to buy one album would obviously buy VER 1.

Before that, I bought the album reservation without any information knowing that it would come in a set.

‘And those who bought all 3 must’ve played VER 1 first since it was in the music video.’

Don’t you think it was strange?

That means that the players will experience playing as phantom thieves before exploring the story of the prisoners and camp guard.

After experiencing the first version, you can continue discovering new things while maintaining the thrill in the other versions.

‘And.’

Homma gapped.

She was unable to process the detailed structured to prevent multiple playthroughs being boring. Even if she didn’t know the game well, it was very touching.

‘Oh my god,’

Anyways, let’s talk about it.

In VER 3, the phantom thieves were able to accompany Lee Sejin and wore blue navy unforms!

There was no longer an option to hide from the guards.

Instead, an event occurs where you can access the facility's documents or find more information.

-Keep It Safe, hence 'KIS'.... What do you mean by “keeping safe”?

-Um, the people outside?

-…From what?

-From all danger? Hey, I don't know either~ How would the employees know that?

Fortunately, Lee Sejin's values become slightly shaken when the phantom thieves cooperate with the prisoners and build some friendships with them.

This is because we learn that the two prisoners were imprisoned even though they had not broken any rules.

-I was kidnapped.

-Me too.

-……Hmm.

And through various events, he comes to accept Ryu Chungwoo's proposal to join as a phantom thief.

-Is that so?

-…!

-It’s almost time for me to change jobs since my annual leave is coming to an end.

“Oh oh!

This way, he was succeeded in seducing many TeSTARs, including the guard, Lee Sejin…

She watched only the normal ending to the end.

‘Why!?’

Although I was exposed to spoilers for Moondae’s syringe options, I made the right choice and saw the phantom thief’s uniform… It was in the normal ending back then too.

“What…?’

About Ahyeon… Is It because you’re so scared that you couldn’t approach Ahyeon or seduce him.

[We left this damn facility.]

It’s like this every time and the ending credits roll with after content!

Anyways, all that’s left is Park Moondae’s amazing thighs… That’s it.

So, this time she was really prepared.

“Let’s do this…”

Homma looked up a strategy while avoiding spoilers as much as possible and sat down in front of the computer again, clenching both hands.

Found it! The True Ending conditions!

‘First if all, you have to play VER 1 first…’

She clicked on the game icon and quicky played through it.

Now for the strategy.

-No matter which faction you are in, make everyone except Seon Ahyeon your comrades and then meet Ahyeon in front of the final gate!

‘I guess the dice came up when I was hiding was a hint!’

That wasn’t entirely the ‘right’ option.

If you meet without recruiting all your friends, it’s game over, but if you meet with all your friends, a true ending event will occur!

‘Good.’

Then the fateful moment.

-If you just turn there…

Homma closed her eyes tightly and ignored the ‘hide’ option.

Finally…

Tap, tap.

Bae Sejin, who had put the key in the lock pad, flinched and looked back.

From around the corner, a blonde guard in a navy-blue uniform came out, starting with military boots.

The screen froze.

“Whoa.”

Homma clenched her fists and…

-……

The background music flowed into emptiness.

Seon Ahyeon stared at the key Bae Sejin was holding.

Next, he glances at the six people standing around, dressed in the same style.

After alternating shots and breathtaking close-up scenes…

The guard opened his mouth.

-There it is.

-…!

-The jewel.

Homma covered her mouth.

‘Omg!’

Yes!

A gem that the phantom thieves tried to find, but ultimately concluded it was false information spread by this facility to capture test subjects.

Tutaculum really exists… Seon Ahyeon informed me.

Then, he turned around and started walking away again without shaking.

Tap, tap.

On the screen, Bae Sejin swallowed his saliva.

-…What should I do?

[Follow. -Trust]

[Ignore.  -Disbelief]

“……After,”

This is unconditional.

If you follow along and fail here, there's no way you'll get the true ending!

Homma quickly clicked 'Follow', and naturally the characters on the screen followed Seon Ahyeon.

Seon Ahyeon passed the outskirts of the complex facility several times, moving at a speed that was not very considerate.

Down, down.

Overcome a couple of light dice decisions....

Jiiiing-

-…Where?

We arrived in front of a small iron gate.

Next to it is a locking pad like the entrance.

With modern organ BGM playing, Seon Ahyeon stood next to the iron gate.

The six members with the keys approached the lock pad.

Only then did the blonde guard open his mouth.

-Obverse.

'... obverse?'

Homma was embarrassed.

I'm entering the code and suddenly what does the front side mean?

'Is there anything on the front of the photocard?'

However, no matter how much I looked, there was no hint in the photo of Kim Raebin with the awl in his mouth.

'On the back is this....'

[AW23-5DQ2-B25E]

This code.

Just as she was about to panic, fortunately Bae Sejin's narration came out.

-The code is... Among the dummy data in the key, it was written on the back of the man's photo. It's not facing the front.

'I know yeah!'

-But facing front? Why are you saying the opposite?

-……Wait, the opposite?

"...!!"

At that moment, Homma also realized.

If you think of the letters on the back as being viewed from the front.

'... It looks backwards, in the opposite direction!'

If so, the code is....

Crash.

She started tapping on the keyboard.

[AW23-5DQ2-B25E]

this.

[E52B-2QD5-32WA]

Then it should be like this!

“…Okay!”

The moment you press enter,

Uuuuuung-!

With a bright light, the iron door began to open.

My toes felt tingly.

'Wow....'

And after the light subsides.

In the screen, in the very center of a small room with iron walls on all sides.

Inside the hexagonal glass tube was a beautiful, green-colored gem.

An ecstatic BGM was played.

'The props are really cool...’

The camera slowly approached the jewel....

A gloved hand reached out. and....

[Catch the jewel.]

[Ask a question.]

“……”

A choice appeared.

‘Hmm,’

Homma crossed her arms.

This game had no save and load feature.

It is possible to skip events that have already been seen, but this means that once a choice has been made, it’s impossible to go back to the previous moment.

But.

‘…The truth must be revealed.’

My friends on social media said that’s the meaning of the true ending!

Feeling like a detective, Homma swallowed and pressed down.

[Ask a question.]

On the screen, Bae Sejin withdrew his hand. Then he turned his head to Seon Ahyeon.

-…Why did you bring us here?

-……

-What is your purpose? Why are you giving us the jewel, the Tutaculum?

It was then.

-…! Wait for a sec,

Someone intervened.

…Prisoner Park Moondae, who was dressed in a phantom thief-style leather suit, asked quickly in a low voice.

-What do you mean “Tutaculum”?

Bae Sejin responded.

-This gem is the Tutaculum.

Park Moondae’s face turned pale.

-No, that’s… This is the drug administered to the prisoners managed here.

-…!!

-It’s not a gem. Tutaculum is… Here, it’s a code word meaning drug.

Wow, crazy.

‘The drug that creates superpowers…’

No, now that I think about it, it seemed like it was green too. Homma covered her mouth again and stared at the screen with a twist.

“…”

The camera slowly turns.

Ryu Chungwoo asked while looking at the blonde guard.

-Then,

-What is this gem?

That moment.

The screen turned off.

"...?!"

Only then did Seon Ahyeon’s voice rang softly from the black screen.

- The guard mysterious and scary with the black baton did not open his mouth.

-But at the end of that gaze... There was a prisoner.

With calm BGM, the screen became bright again.

And what is revealed... It was an attic.

TeSTAR sat on the floor between the warm lamp light and a board game in the middle.

That scene from the teaser.

"...??"

Homma is in confusion!

However, Sun Ahyeon’s calm voice continued.

-It’s the players’ turn.

Cha Eugene and Park Moondae, who were sitting comfortably, twitched their eyebrows at the same time. They were two people who played the role of prisoners.

Ryu Chungwoo, who was resting his chin, spoke thoughtfully.

-You said you saw the prisoner. Did he want to give the jewel to the prisoner? As Compensation?

-There’s no psychopath, so it's probably like that.

After Cha Eugene grumbled, Park Moondae opened his mouth, rubbing his chin.

-…Well, if a hacker is able convince several people to the same side in such a short period of time, it seems like he will become a threat in the future. Isn’t he trying to give me the real jewels and send them back? It’s cheating.

-Ah~ Don’t have any regrets.

Lee Sejin nodded and smiled cheerfully.

-Good! Then I will say this.

Then, the screen was sucked in, the background returned to the secret facility.

In that scene, Lee Sejin, dressed as a phantom thief, spoke.

-I also have a question~

-“Keep It Safe”. Speaking of the slogan… Actually, it’s not “Safe”, it’s Sacrifice, right? Chief jailer. What are we keeping safe?

-I thought there were rules, but now I see that they don’t really follow them~

After that, a truth battle continues using the secrets of the facility discovered while playing the game.

And the conclusion is…

-It’s not a prison… It was a research institute.

This facility was an institution conducting research to completely control Tutaculum, a drug that gives strange abilities!

'Ooh.'

It was quite exciting to see the information collected so far being connected.

-Really?

I still don't know why the scenery returns to the attic as if I'm being sucked in again.

It was nice to hear Seon Ahyeon’s soft voice.

-But the blonde guard was neither agitated nor answered.

-Oooooh!

-Should we fight?

-Let’s fight, I’ll roll the dice.

In response to the combative members’ reactions, Seon Ahyeon, who was holding a book, smiled and nodded.

-Yes, then… Who will fight?

-Of course, the strongest person should do it, right?

-……

Raebin Kim clicked his tongue and held up the dice as if he didn't feel like it and Seon Ahyeon also picked up the dice.

-I'm going to roll a cube. The maximum number is 6. Players are left with a dodecahedron, with a maximum number of 10. That's a big difference.

-Still, if the player's dodecahedron number is smaller, the player can defeat the warden.

Some might jeer at this as it is a ridiculous scam, but everyone is just nodding their heads as if they are very immersed in it.

Homma did the same, but soon realized the reality.

'Uh oh, can I really do it?'

And that premonition was correct.

'omg!’

As the dice appeared on the screen, Homma was almost screaming internally as she calculated the odds... Finally, I put my hand on the mouse again.

And pressed,

"evil."

Degurrrrr....

The ten-sided dice rolls... Rolling... The numbers....

[5]

‘…Oh, no.'

It’s too big!

Homma felt her blood run cold and swallowed her saliva without realizing it as she looked at the screen.

The game was in progress.

Sun Ahyeon was throwing the dice inside his book, so the numbers were not visible.

Over Seon Ahyeon's face, an expressionless guard in a navy-blue uniform briefly overlaps.

'uh?'

But after a while.

Seon Ahyeon smiled brightly and put the book away.

The number shown by the black die is....

[6]

-I was defeated.

-Oh my God!

-Oh~

Cheers erupt.

-So, you guys…

Seon Ahyeon smiled and closed the book.

-You obtained the jewel and successfully escaped from ‘KIS’ foundation.

-I was your game master.

Applause erupted.

-Ah~ It was fun!

-Thank you for calling me. It was fun to try.

-Oh, no…

Seon Ahyeon smiled softly and put the paper book he was holding. As he said before, he seems to be in charge of hosting this board game.

‘Oh, I think I saw something like this on TV?’

It came out like this because it was an American teen concept!

Homma nodded.

‘Ahyeon played a key role!’

Still, Ahyeon's fans may be a bit disappointed that the amount of content he has is small. That thought passed by without me thinking, but anyway, I was absorbed in the cute appearance and development of TeSTAR on the screen.

-You seem like a nerd, you made a fuss about not liking it, but surprisingly you enjoyed it~?

-I know that if anyone talks about what happened today at school, I won't leave them alone.

-Look at this guy!

While Cha Eugene and Lee Sejin are grumbling, Kim Raebin is rubbing his chin. A rather violent silver accessory was shaking.

-The setting was 2025. They say the world will fall in 1999, but in a later era, I will have a stronger role.......

-You're better than me, who was a kidnapped test subject.

-Being a test subject would be better.

Kim Raebin responded grimly, but Park Moondae just chuckled and Seon Ahyeon also laughed when he saw that.

In that wholesome scene, Bae Sejin smiled and put down his dice.

The narration continued.

-Secret confinement facilities, experiments with psychics, hackers and phantom thieves, and even a thrilling escape. It was a great journey.

In the board game, jewel tokens were shown close-up on the screen.

-The secret we discovered was surprising, but there may be another story hidden there.

-No, I think it would be fun to tell the same story again.

The camera show TeSTAR in the attic, bathed in soft lamp light.

-…I hope to come back to play again someday.

The camera moves up to capture a harmonious image of TeSTAR sitting in a circle.

Along with the gently arranged sub-songs of this album, a subtitle came to mind.

[True Ending]

~In the tutáculum. (은신처에서)

(t/n: 은신처에서/in the hiding place, it’s in parentheses for the ones who don’t know English.)

It was the true ending.

“Ha…”

She leaned back in her chair.

So, this game is like the American teen TeSTAR from the 80s playing a board game... That was the concept.

'So, repackage album........'

It was all connected....

Homma felt an indescribable overwhelming emotion and watched the ending credits roll again.

The scenes I had seen so far passed through my mind, the scenes in the attic, and the character details.

“…..”

The dopamine was constantly increasing.

(t/n: homma said some slang word for a dr*g LMAO but there’s no way she actually did them…)

I was very curious about the stage, but I still had to wait to see the stage.

So that was why.

‘I’ll play again!’

***

After taking care of the urgent matters, she clicked the icon again and reconnected to the game.

This time it was a different version.

‘The warden!'

The main subject of Moondae was postponed for the grand finale!

In order to see the true ending one more time, I continued pressing the skip button.

'Ah, this is really fun.'

My heart was pounding. What new things will be shown in this version?

When the TeSTARs wearing guard uniforms side by side finally reached the point where they pressed the code!

"Good!"

[E52B-2QD5-32WA]

'Great!'

And that was the moment I pressed enter.

'Now the door opens and the jewel....'

It definitely had to be that way.

[%EA%B8%B0%EB%8B%A4%EB%A0%B8%EC%96%B4]

Instead.

The blonde guard looked back at the camera.

Seon Ahyeon.

'...Uh?'

-I pressed the wrong button.

“...??"

-It's a different version of the code.

Seon Ahyeon, who is in uniform in the game, smiled. It was his first time smiling as a jailer.

-You’re okay.

-But... I made a mistake with this.

Cotton gloves grabbed the camera.

-It means you played a lot.

"...?!"

Just now... “Play”?

-Correct? So, by chance, you ended up making a mistake by writing the code written on the card, not exactly as it was, but in the opposite direction... It means you did a lot.

The BGM has disappeared.

No, before I knew it... The angle of the screen also changed.

In the game world, were the other members were invisible, only Seon Ahyeon was visible.

That moment.

-Let's keep playing.

The hidden route has begun.

[sonicboomseason3]

some insight into the sonic boom tv series and why some certain characters werent used as much as people wouldve liked. previously, i made a post saying that only a handful of characters were approved by sega to exist in the boomverse, but judging from this interview, that wasnt entirely accurate - it was more so that the writers knew that already existing characters in the main canon were so protected that they decided it wouldve been too much of a hassle to get clearance for more than a couple of them (also i just wanna highlight that this confirms that shadow isnt the only one to have mandates unlike what some people in the fanbase seem to believe)

edit: id text / transcript under the cut now that im off mobile

[ID: Four screenshots of an interview from the website Mega Visions that reads the following:

"MV: And the finale to season 2, which sees all the major characters return against Shadow, who tries to end the universe, also had a pretty big budget. Fittingly so!

Alan: Oh, man. Writing for Shadow was a challenge in itself. SEGA did not consider him a comedy character. They told us we could use him, he could be on the show, but he was not to be making any jokes. We were like "uh, sure." So to work around that, the joke became the very fact that Shadow is completely humorless. So edgy, all the time. It was funny that he was here, having to deal with all these crazy people.

Greg: Shadow was a character that was very protected by SEGA. They were reluctant to let us use him very much, and when we did use him, he came with so many notes and restrictions that it was easier to not use him. That's why he wasn't on the show as much as fans would have wanted.

MV: So that's why he was relegated to being a once-in-a-blue-moon, 'special episode' character. Was Metal Sonic the same? He doesn't even talk, you could have used him more!

Alan: Yeah, Metal Sonic only put in the one appearance.

Greg: But we brought him back for the finale. Honestly, when characters that were existing, original-universe Sonic characters were brought in, those episodes were just too hard to write for. There were so many notes, they were such protected characters. We got to have so much more freedom with characters of our own, like Dave the Intern and the Mayor, that it was just easier. Did we want to include Big the Cat? Sure we did. But writing that would have been a huge headache, it would have had to have gone through so many layers of clearance. It would have taken ages to get approved. It wasn't worth it. Hence why there's only Shadow, Metal Sonic, and Vector the Crocodile in a handful of episodes.

Alan: Bill's design was that we should be our own island, literally, away from SEGA; to have to get as few approvals from the company as we could. That way, we could play around in the sandbox of original characters, original locations. He told us not to go into lore or backstories, just to keep it all in one place because then we could mess around all we wanted."

/End ID.]

[lloveorloved]

hello! an anon asked me to do a tutorial on how i do my gifs, so here is my attempt to do that but i'm so bad at explaining so bear with me

this tutorial is screenshot and link heavy!

vapoursynth

vapoursynth is really useful for resizing, clipping and sharpening gifs. i've learned how to use vapoursynth from this tutorial, if you're intrested in using it (the tutorial also explains how to set it up). with time i've started using different sharpening settings than the ones that are mentioned in the tutorial (these are settings i used to use). also you can download vapoursynth from here

i use photoshop 2020 to make my gifs

handbrake

nowadays i use handbrake for clipping, it’s super easy to use and free. upon opening the program, make sure your summary, dimensions, filters and video settings are set to this:

tbh the audio, subtitles and chapters don’t really matter. change the range from chapters to seconds, and find the time of your scene. type it into the boxes:

name your file at the bottom. make sure it ends with .mp4 then click the green start button. as soon as it’s finished, you can open it up in photoshop and start giffing!

i'll start with the very basics of my gif process, so if you know the basics of gif making, you can skip these few steps.

making the gif

first of all you go to file>import>video frames to layers

once you choose the video, a box will pop out (if you've chosen a video that has been encoded in vapoursynth or clipped in handbrake you can just click 'OK'. (if you're uploading a downloaded youtube video you'll have to trim the video with those two slides to your desired length)

i use the timeline to do my gifs (if you don't have it already opened go to window>timeline)

resizing

since I don't use vapour synth I crop and resize my gifs directly in photoshop. here you'll find a very helpful layout, made by @.dazzlingkai, with tumblr's dimensions for gifs and images. i usually do 540 x 450 for mvs. for cropping simply use the crop tool:

click on it and crop your gif. make sure you’ve set your dimensions at the top (this will help you with resizing):

after you’ve cropped it to your liking, click image at the very top then image size, and type in your dimensions:

hit enter and your gif will be fully cropped and resized!

sharpening

before you should delete any frames that you don't want in your final gif. to do it choose the linear menu above your timeline and then delete frames

after deleting the unnecessary frames choose the same menu again and this time choose select all frames

once the layers are selected, click on the little chevron down to set the delay of the gifs. i choose other on the pop out menu and my delay setting is 0,05s (for vids resized in vapoursynth 0,04s might be better)

afterwards convert it to video timeline

now onto the sharpening itself.

the sharpening will depend on the quality of the file and/or how grainy it is if it happens to be.

select all your layers (hold shift and then scroll to the last layer that is visible, it has the little eye next to it, and the delete the ones you don't need)

then go to filter>convert to smart filters

go to filter again, then select sharpen>smart sharpen

these are my first sharpening settings for 4k vids:

then i add another smart sharpen filter but with this settings to:

then I flatten the frames to clips.

click the linear menu>convert frames>flatten frames into clips

then convert it into timeline again and make frames from layers:

then delete the animation

select all the layers again and set the delay to 0,05s as before

good news! to make the process of sharpening shorter you can use this action created by @.lildohnut

coloring

i adjust the colouring accordingly to the video, but i always include these adjustments:

in most cases:

i set exposure to +0,25

gradient map 1 is a white-black gradient with it's blend mode set to soft light and a 15% of opacity

gradient map 2 is basically a copy of the first one BUT reversed and the opacity set to 30% and fill to 70%

gradient map 3 is a rainbow gradient with blend mode set to saturation, 15% and fill to 50%

in selective color 2 under the blacks tab set the black +10

saving

to save your gif go to file>export>save for web (legacy)

this are my saving usual settings

hope you find this tutorial helpful! 💜

[moonprincemulti]

Can you do stray kids (3racha reaction) when their idol s/o and their group is discouraged?

And start to get hate after they make their debut, and are trying to get through it and do their best, (but also work 10x harder because of that)

∘₊✧— 3Racha Reactions —✧₊∘

- 20 Jul 2021

- ooh this is actually kind of my first reactions post for multiple members..

- 3racha are wonderful men and i think they would definitely help out if this really happened to their partner

- honestly i can even see them writing a diss track about it all

-------------

Chan

• would be the first to know that you had been selected as one of the trainees that would debut in a group together

• he definitely helped you with training and preparing

• checks on your schedule to make sure to send supportive messages at the right times

• celebrates the release of the mv by sending you lots of hearts via text

• watches the debut stage multiple times, analyzing it to make sure everything went well and maybe give some feedback for next time

• sees you being down after the first few days of promoting, wondering what's wrong

• asks you what's wrong, pulling you into a hug

• gasps as you explain you've received hateful comments on sns

• then goes to look at the comments himself, getting slightly annoyed by the rude fans

• comforts you and tells you to ignore the messages, because you did so well and the haters are just jealous of you

• cheers on the rest of your group as well, telling them to report and block any hateful comments they see

• as the hate continues, he keeps reading all the comments to be up to date and to report back to you how untrue they all are

• would probably mention it during one of his sunday lives, telling stays to support your group and to send lots of nice comments, explaining how talented your group is and that you'll get better as time progresses

• comforts you if you feel down after working hard to practice to improve yourself for the fans

• helps you with songwriting and singing, being your seonbae teacher

• forces you to take breaks a lot, even though he overworks himself too

• would just be very supporting and understanding of what you're going through

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Changbin

• would be enthousiastic the moment you told him you would debut

• helps you train your pronunciation for your song/rap

• studies the lyrics you wrote to make sure they're good

• watches the debut stage with raging passion, his love for you growing more and more by seeing you perform

• waits to watch the mv together with you, pointing out all of your scenes and complementing you endlessly

• might spot a mean remark while scrolling through the mv comments, wondering if you had seen it already

• asks you a few days later if you've seen any of the hate directed towards your group, having followed it himself and being upset about it

• hugs you as you break down, rubbing your back to calm you down

• talks to you about the comments, telling you that they're all not true

• explains to you how well you're doing and that your group doesn't deserve the hate in any way

• jokes a bit to make you laugh again, showering you with kisses and wiping your tears away with the words 'my talented idol'

• writes a draft of lyrics just to dispose of his own anger, not wanting to show you how upset it really makes him

• hesitates about posting something on sns about supporting your group

• eventually does it and posts the cutest pictures of you two, asking stay to love your group in his aegyo voice

• makes sure to help you train and improve your work, wanting you to show all the haters how good you really are

• takes breaks with you, consisting of eating together and improvising diss tracks on a beat to get rid of any negative feelings

• would make sure to keep you happy and loved, helping you through this hard time

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Han

• jumps out of his chair as he hears the news about your debut

• celebrates early as he is already bursting with happiness

• watches you prepare for the debut stage, encouraging you, hoping to prevent anxiety from building up

• finds you in the bathroom later having a panic attack, comforting you and telling you about his own experience

• knows perfectly how to help you through your panic attack, being familiar with the feeling of anxiety

• helps you back up and cheers you on throughout the whole debut stage

• sends you lots of text messages with loving words, not even stopping when you ask him to

• watches the mv on repeat, leaving anonymous commentst to cheer you on, then seeing the hateful comments

• gets upset about them and puffs his cheek, screenshotting them as proof

• talks about it with chan first, before asking you about it

• sees you getting sad as you mention it, hugging you tightly

• 'but you're so talented! they're all wrong! they don't know you at all, they just say those things because they have nothing better to do with their lives'

• gets so adorably upset about it that you forget your own worries

• makes you laugh as he puffs his cheeks and whines about it, although still angry about the comments, he is also happy to see you smile again

• posts lots of things on sns, supporting your group and telling stays to go watch the mv and debut stage

• almost brags about how good you really are, but gets reigned in by chan and changbin to make sure he doesn't spill too much tea

• tries to get your company/management to take action against the mean comments, trying to report them all singlehandedly

• would be just as upset and sad about it as you, but makes you feel comforted and understood as he talks from his own experiences

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[topweeklyupdate]

TØP Monthly Update #156: Arc Welding (3/18/22)

Well... that was wild.

In the last update I posted all the way back in January, I mentioned that there had been hints of Twenty One Pilots posting a music video for "The Outside" any day now. Fast forward two months, and we finally have an answer for why we had to wait so dang long for this video, long after the song had stopped being pushed as a single.

This was quite possibly the most ambitious music video ever released by Twenty One Pilots. It, combined with its accompanying supplemental material from dmaorg, draws from nearly a decade of Twenty One Pilots myth building, welding together arcs I wasn't even fully aware were relevant to provide answers to numerous questions we've had about the world of Trench, give a statisfying conclusion (?) to the Dema story, and perhaps offer an exciting look at what lies in the band's future.

Now, I do not have the time to give all of the deserved attention to all the different bits of lore offered to us this week. There's a lot going on in my life, so I'll have to revisit some in future installments. But I'm gonna try my best to cover all the big stuff in a big stream of consciousness under the read more. Come with me, won't you?

Following a few clips and screenshots of the MV, our first hint from earlier this week that this was going to be more than just a performance video for a (honestly kinda mid-tier) TØP track was the release of this map of Trench on dmaorg. Four locations were labeled, three of which we were already familiar with: the Continent of Trench, the city of Dema, and Port Vial (presumably the port from "Saturday"). But the fourth... a small island called Voldsøy... which in Norwegian roughly translates to...

"Island of Violence." Tyler Joseph, you absolute mad-lad.

The next release was an extensive letter from Clancy, our first in roughly three years ever since he got captured by Trench. This letter confirmed his involvement in producing Scaled and Icy and the Livestream Performance while also providing context to the "Saturday" video; apparently it was the oft-mentioned "Annual Assemblage of the Glorified", and the bishops in attendance were somehow decoys.

Then came the video, and all became clear. Well, maybe clear isn't the right word. But comprehensible, and exciting.

After washing ashore, Tyler and Josh encounter not just one Ned, but a host of Neds. This is the moment where it dawned on me just what Tyler was trying to do. When Ned first appeared in "Chlorine", he marked an apparent deviation from all of the previous Trench storytelling; this video was attempting to bring all of their prior work into the circle of this story. The main Ned provides Tyler with his antlers... antlers that match those of the bishop murdered in the opening, whose yellow eyes match those of the dying Trash and the hosts of the Livestream... whose yellow eyes match those now held by Tyler, who controls the vessel of the dead bishop to destroy Dema himself... It's incomprehensible to most, yet so clear to us who have been along for the ride.

The final postscript from Clancy, released just after the video, brings it all back home. We get full confirmation(/possible retcon) that he is the character that Tyler has been playing in all of these Trench music videos, that Clancy's third person description of "Jumpsuit" was a result of him being removed from his body by Dema's control. We get confirmation that the TV hosts, the submarine staff, the "Glorious Gone" are all possessed by bishops, using the powers of the Ned creatures' antlers to fill vessels that they had emptied out with vialism. We get hints that all the other videos that appear to have had nothing to do with the narrative are dreams and symptoms of the bishops invading the minds of our protagonist.

Vessels. Islands of Violence, complete with snippets of "Migraine". Blurryfaced bishops. Dema, seemingly burning down and with the kids from "Nico and the Niners" joyfully fleeing it to chase a new horizon. Neds. Yellow-eyed dragons and TV hosts. All of these wildly different creative elements, deftly weaved together like it was obvious they were meant to fit together this whole time. I'm so inspired. Sure sounds like our local dreamer.

Power to him.

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