#i have provided a reason for it here

[amugoffandoms]

i absolutely ADORE this drawing for day six of milgramtober! holt shit it's insane i love it

i know it's like, "well, mug, where's the smoke??" okay well uhh backdraft is the reignition of flames when air combines with unburned fuel, which would cause smoke so yeah that's my justification guys (i swear the writing goes along with "Smoke" I swear)

going insane ANYWAYS HERE'S TODAY'S POST!!

Fuuta watches the clock he requested tick every second.

On some days, he regrets it. He regrets each ticking moment because on those days, when he's in absolute agony from Kotoko's attacks or the voices, each tick is another to his death.

So, he hands it off to different people. Let them find out what time it is until they die. He doesn't want to know.

Today, he doesn't mind the quiet ticking sound. It's peaceful, oddly. He doesn't really expect that. It helps him fall asleep sometimes, just listening to that noise.

Eventually, the constant ticking noise gets a little boring, so Fuuta pushes himself off his bed and looks around.

Nothing to do in his cell today and Yuno is pretty much asleep, since he can't hear her. Muu is probably off doing some random shit with Haruka, so he doesn't have to check on him. They're old enough to handle shit by themselves.

With that, Fuuta opens his cell door and leaves the quietly ticking clock and his boring room.

"What to do..." Fuuta grumbles as he walks through the panopticon, passing Yuno and Haruka's cells.

When he was bored before the verdicts, he used to walk past the other 7 cells, but he doesn't do that anymore.

Not since...

Fuuta shivers.

"Fuck, it's freezing." He knows it's not.

He smells the pungent smell of smoke and knows instantly where to go.

He exits the Panopticon and continues walking through the hallway until he reaches the common room doors.

Pulling them open, Fuuta glances around the room before spotting the two he would have expected to see smoking: Mikoto and Kazui.

"Oh, hello, Fuuta." Kazui gives a polite wave.

Mikoto glances over and waves as well before taking a puff of his e-cigarette.

"It's pretty late to be smoking, isn't it?" Fuuta walks over with an unexpected lack of anger in his voice. Huh.

"Eh... Well, might as well. Mikoto and I have not spoken since..." Kazui trails off.

"It's nice to catch up." Mikoto shrugs.

Fuuta almost laughs at how funny that idea is. They've been in the same prison for months, years even. They wouldn't need to catch up on anything.

But, hey, maybe Kazui or Mikoto remembered some stories they'd forgotten to share before.

"Yeah, I getcha." Fuuta takes a seat near them, placing his head on the table and looking up at them (with his one good eye).

"Oi, aren't you going yell at us?" Mikoto teases.

Fuuta laughs. "Nah, you both already know whatever shit I'll tell you anyway. I'm too tired to care. Plus, even if I did, you'd ignore me anyways. So." He shrugs.

He also just... wasn't in the mood for fighting today.

It's funny. He sort of lost the aggressiveness over time because of everything that happened. Well, he still has it, he'll fucking fight someone if he needs to.

It's just... not the same right now.

"Ah, well, Fuuta. I'll tell you that I understand your complaints, but I'll still smoke." Kazui chuckles and Fuuta gives a small smile back.

Kazui puts the cigarette to his mouth, inhaling, and exhaling as he moves the cigarette away from his mouth.

"Oi, Kazui, where's the other old man, Shidou?" Fuuta asks. He does want to apologize for what happened yesterday when Shidou checked his bandages.

...He honestly didn't mean to get all upset. Shidou just put too much pressure on an area and memories from Kotoko's attacks just hit him.

"Ahh..." Kazui scratches his neck. "I came after Shidou left. I was in my cell when I needed to smoke and I just so happened to see Mikoto in here. I guessed the two of them were smoking together before I got here."

"Oh, I think he went to go check on Mahiru." Mikoto shrugs. "Or he might've gone to go check on Amane. One of the two."

"Eh, I guess that's fair." Fuuta sighs.

Guess he'll have to apologize to him later.

Fuuta shuts his eyes for a moment, half listening to the conversation Mikoto and Kazui are having and half in his thoughts.

He honestly can't tell if the voices have been quieter today. Well, he's not hearing them more, which is a plus, he guesses.

Maybe the clock did help.

(Yuno mentioned to him once before that sometimes, if there's enough noise to focus on, they're quieter. They're harsher on the days when it's silent.

It's funny how he never actually took her advice to have some noise somewhere. He knows whatever voices she hears probably isn't that bad, but it was still good advice.

So, he requested a clock. It helped. Occasionally. It's not a loud enough noise to keep them quiet for long, but it helps.)

"...Fuuta!" Mikoto slams the table.

"Gah–" Fuuta jumps. "What? What??"

"You looked like you were dozing off." Kazui points out.

"Eh?? I wasn't; I had my eyes closed." Fuuta huffs before internally berating himself. He had his eye closed. It's true he technically has his eyelid shut over his eye, but it's... not working, so. "I was thinking."

"Ah, alright." Mikoto nods before taking a puff of his e-cigarette.

The three of them relax in a calming silence, Mikoto and Kazui quietly chatting and smoking while Fuuta thinks.

"Fuuta, I have to ask." Kazui's voice takes Fuuta out of his thoughts.

"Eh? What is it?" Fuuta looks up at Kazui.

"I was wondering... Why did you even come here? You don't smoke, so you don't have any reason to be here, but you are."

Fuuta exhales. Why was he here? He came because he smelt smoke and that was it.

...ah, nevermind, he knows.

"My father used to smoke a lot." Fuuta answers. "It's been a while, but I'm assuming he still does. Weak, pathetic fogey." He shakes his head. "Anyways... it reminds me of home, mostly. I wasn't sure what to do and I came here. Maybe I'm just used to going home to the stench of smoke in the air or something stupid like that, who fucking knows?"

Mikoto and Kazui both nod.

"Ah, I see." Kazui rubs his chin. "If you ever need a smell of home, you're welcome to sit down and relax with us."

"Yeah, somehow, we really don't mind. It's not like we're saying anything particularly private, so..." Mikoto shrugs.

"Eh, well, if none of you mind me being here occasionally just to remind me of home..."

"I'm sure Shidou will be fine with it, too." Mikoto flashes Fuuta a small smile. Kazui nods in agreement.

"Ahhh, alright, alright." Fuuta sits upright.

"I wouldn't mind relaxing while you guys smoke."

[hinamie]

please any atla gojo lore. anything please im begging on my knees hands pressed together like im praying to god

I really wish I could anon :'> we tried to think of non-spoiler-y lore we could share but turns out every aspect of his character is either a. major spoilers or b. a near-direct echo of canon but make it atla flavoured (ie. his relationships w/ geto/shoko/nanami/haibara; him being The Strongest(tm) in-universe, etc). I guess there's technically the satosugu betrothal but that's already Public Knowledge given that there's art, plus the details are (surprise!) more spoilers

so ...yeah.... unfortunately you'll just have to wait to learn more about him in the fic :"> please accept this compensatory art as apology even though i am Not sorry in fact the pleas of the commonfolk make me cackle

jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

[eforest]

hi if anyone could spare anything rn i would rly appreciate it sm as we're currently in the midst of waiting on 3 months of processing time of a new disability income application due to a long awaited move out of legal homelessness (as the type we're on is region locked in our country) and in the meantime are without income entirely .. which will still last 2 more months from now... :' )

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

i love it when bad is very specifically a good roleplayer by giving other people good prompts. like casually bringing up wilbur now to tallulah. or when he put missa in the petting zoo. or all those times he Tormented the Lesbians so they could protect each other from him. its just so !!!! I love watching roleplayers be considerate of other roleplayers and gleefully hand over something they Know the other person's character can react to. i've seen cellbit do it, too (that time he handed his knife to bbh. oh my god). it's not a rare thing, and it's possible to be a good roleplayer without keeping that sort of considerate back and forth in mind, but its one of my favourite things to notice. foolish does it too, sometimes- i haven't watched him much, but i did take note of when he Made Sure to bring jaiden along with him on a cucurucho quest. and basically every interaction he had with bad when the eggs were missing. its just so so good

[syn4k]

to be, or not to be (romanticization of the inevitable)

[sketching-shark]

OH DANG. Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie confronting the Jade Emperor for the sake of the common people...

[louisisalarrie]

im not gonna get into details about this because I can’t but im serious when I say, as you all are aware but this is 100% confirming it, that stars as big and closeted as l + h can get away with inaccurate information on legal documents by having some very powerful lawyers on their side and contacts within different industry bodies in each market. the level of info, that is meant to be disclosed and could get the regular person in prison for lying on, is shifted due to their fame and situations.

you see this shit often from fans/insiders who, over the years, have gotten a hold of official and legal documents from them and jump at the chance to say “oh well it’s on this piece of paper they can’t lie on it” and well… information can be withheld and otherwise not disclosed due to confidentiality that would otherwise not uphold to the regular person.

famous folks have the POWER to NOT have to disclose everything about themselves (marital status, for example) and get away with it due to the powers that be, making exceptions for artists’ situations. i know this firsthand with many artists, including the boys (at least 3/5), that this is 100% verified and legal and their personal info does not have to be disclosed in everything, regardless of the severity of the document

[beazt]

I need some full post formatting and to give a synopsis not hidden in replies cause I am SHAMELESS about sharing any predictions or thoughts I have (and think tumblr might have eaten some of my replies) but a lot of this is bouncing off of discussion with @toastling so major shoutout (but no pressure to check out this long ass post lol)

long deltarune theory/prediction discussion, major spoilers and speculation ahead

(asriel + ralsei focus with consistent themes of grief)

disclaimer for people (mostly non-mutuals) who may join the discussion via this post: I have not completed the chapter 4 snowgrave continuation! I do not know what I do not know. discussing the spoilers with me is perfectly fine rn but if you say something that happens in that route without detail, I may not realize you are telling me an actual clear canon point if it blends in with your theorizing from my perspective. nothing wrong with that, I think it’s an interesting way for me to go into my theorizing before I get caught up. I haven’t sought much to read yet until I catch up, but loving discussion with where im at. I just wanna clear up that misunderstanding before it happens

Hypothesis: Roaring Knight = Asriel (or Dess!) aka: reflections and foils oooo shiny

this is perhaps my most scandalous speculation. I don’t want to call it a theory, none of my proof is solid, and I don’t believe in it enough to call it a prediction yet. But it’s a potential path, and no matter what foreshadowing we pick up there will always be twice as much we couldn’t have known until hindsight. idc how much of a stretch a theory is. if it’s fun or clever then hell yeah

my evidence is at least as weak as any other, I have a handful of coincidences and a dream to differentiate it from other ralsei or roaring knight theories that may fit better. but. I have been trying to figure out the deal with ralsei as im sure everyone has. what is his tie to asriel yknow? and when, what, where, is asriels role in deltarune??

Foundational sub-theory 1: Ralsei is *a* Dark **World** representation of Asriel.

semantics highlight: I also don’t think he is Asriel’s only dark world representation. I am convinced that Ralsei is not of typical/accepted darkner origin. When describing darkner/dark world lore, he often says things along the lines of “and that applies to me, too.” He may be a darkner, but I don’t fully believe that he always was, or that he was….. created? in the same way. He is a prince, and the King and Queen we’ve encountered in the dark world are of no relation.

Unless, of course, one of the Holiday family is the princess in question. Probably not Noelle, as she seems far too intertwined with Susie. Dess and Asriel keep showing up together when Kris and Noelle show up together, but not much else other than dialogue and Deep Lore™ (what im calling things that take some deducing and are not confirmed the exact significance of/unresolved). They’re definitely contrasted in some ways there. Dess and Asriel are definitely close.

Much to Toriel’s displeasure, characters have discussed Asgore having what could be seen as an affair with Carol, Noelle’s mom. The king of spades… lancer’s dad, is obviously a king, as is Asgore, and they are visually similar. Asgore is goofy and large, so is King of Spades. He also comes barreling in, wrecking things, homewrecker.

Thinking of how Noelle always says “Kris, I know this is one of your pranks! Kris, quit pranking us!” And Lancer’s always goofing off, I think Lancer is genuinely representative of Kris. From one of the Holiday’s perspective. Also the name Lancer… Susie asks kris if they are always carrying that knife. I wonder if they did tend to carry pointy things throughout youth.

Lancer also refers to a “lesser dad” that is trying to push himself into a polycule, is scrawny, not super liked, trying really hard to be as important as the people he is surrounded by, and still a fatherly figure to Lancer. Rudy Holiday shares letters with Rouxls Kaard and he is a jokester that has a wife with very strict rules.

Cyber queen would therefore be representative of Carol Holiday. Queen because she has a big ego, big head, and strict rule. She also tries to steal Noelle away from her friends, but is somewhat alright with Berdly sorta maybe. The cyber world chapter is also where Noelle entered deltarune so significantly between being the princess to be saved.

That establishes the King and Queen as some parental and pseudo-parental figures for either Asriel or Dess. And I do believe the dark world/dark fountain representations we experience in chapters 1 and 2 are reflected from a Holiday’s light world perspective, in general. And this could be from Dess’s perspective, if she is the roaring knight creating dark fountains. It could also be Noelle’s, as she has a grand role to play in the story that isn’t fully revealed (especially to me.) ….And I do think some dark world things can be influenced by player soul possession stuff and individualized perception in real time after the fountain is created. but that’s a can of worms too squirmy for even this post

Foundational sub-theory 1, clarification: Ralsei is the Dark World representation of (Attachment To) Asriel.

By that I mean, probably a manifestation of either Kris’s pure intangible attachment to Asriel, or an item/plushie that becomes Kris’s mental image of Asriel in the Dark World. I do think it is possible, but increasingly unlikely, that Ralsei is the real Asriel stuck in the dark world. This one doesn’t get juicy on its own so let’s move on

Foundational sub-theory 2, the foundening: The prophecy ends with the Prince dying.

I haven’t seen the end of the prophecy yet, have you? I saw Susie smash it. I also saw a shitton of Ralsei trying to prevent her from seeing it. I also saw Ralsei beg for everyone to not worry about him and to let him take the pain let him be the one to get hurt. I don’t think that’s just because he’s a soft healer boy. I think that’s because he knows what’s coming. And he knows he’s the prince.

But…. What if there is another prince, and that prince is Asriel?

Sub theory 2 again, wording revised: The prophecy has one ending: the prince will KILL OR BE KILLED.

Sub theory 3: Ralsei will die at the hands of Asriel, or vice versa. A prince will kill, and a prince will be killed.

Sub theory 3 remix edition so it’s technically a different album theory: Either Ralsei or Asriel must die at the hands of the other.

Sub theory 4 with an apology note and a bouquet: Ralsei will be killed (by Asriel), as a true or non-true ending.

This is the most important piece to the entire rest of the theory. It will show up throughout the rest of this post. This is the piece that sets motives and takes personalities and foreshadowing and plot loose ends, if there is any subtheory in this that does. Therefore the rest of the subtheories are dissecting this.

Consideration because it doesn’t fit the linear number scheme: Unfortunate.

Carol, Asgore/maybe Toriel, and Undyne probably know what happened to Dess at the precipitating event of the storyline, which was not shown. There is no reason to believe that Asriel doesn’t know, and it’s unclear if he actually left for college. I do think he is stuck in the dark world situation with Dess… as the roaring knight. Not getting into how he became the roaring knight yet because I don’t know. Or what that transformation would imply about universal laws, or what the roaring knight means.

Sub(stitute) theory 5: Ralsei will not be targeted by Asriel, but rather, be killed by his brotherly image being shattered in Kris’s mind.

If Ralsei is a representation of asriel’s care and guidance and companionship even in his absence, Kris seeing their brother as the roaring knight that is destroying their world and taking everyone away will cast doubt, anger, betrayal, towards Asriel’s memory. When this perception of Asriel exists, Ralsei cannot— and will be killed or shifted to reflect the new perception. I think the roaring knight attacking Ralsei is quite possible, but not the most likely. I think Ralsei will be killed in the way an optical illusion is broken. In the way that him “not being real” can never be unlearned. And this may mean actual death for a darkner.

I think this shattering can reflect whatever happened to Asriel— that he didnt go to college, and that was a lie kris told themselves… something bad happened.

I think beyond that point, Asriel will get spared. But the roaring knight won’t. I think Ralsei being the horse in the westerns in TV TIME is related to Asriel being the knight. Or at least, part of the knight. I think the Roaring (K)night took Asriel away, and covered him in darkness. I think the roaring knight itself is that darkness and asriel is trapped in the same entity. The knight is being carried around by Asriel in a vessel/horse symbolism way.

And Kris will have to kill the Knight, and face the truth of whatever happened to Asriel. The perception of a studious quiet nerd lines up with how Kris might imagine Asriel at college, specifically. Ralsei will stay dead, as the illusion hiding all the darkness Kris could not face. Or…

Supertheory 6, ᴴᶦᵍʰ Quality™: the roaring knight defeats everyone until the plotline more immediate to undertale.

Flowers bloom from Ralsei’s death. Kris’s light shines down on where the flowers grow. The ruin walls are the color of Susie, who tried to protect him, too.

But the roaring knight had already impacted the image of Asriel. There was a seed of doubt, a seed of evil, that grows into Flowey. A little of Asriel’s image, but mostly the darkness of the roaring knight. A little of Ralsei’s knowledge, about determination and saving and the prophecy and asriel, taken by the knight as a way to exploit the world.

Let me be clear: I do not think Flowey is evil Ralsei, or that Ralsei is evil. I think Ralsei being composed of perceptions of Asriel, mostly died, except for that seed of doubt on whether he was good or evil.

And fighting Flowey/Asriel, in the true pacifist run, is the souls from deltarune coming together to finally beat the Knight’s control over Asriel and his memory. Asriel’s memory goes back to the flowers, which I’m assuming is where parts of Asriel’s memory stay. No longer violent, any of them.

there’s also yellow flowers in the sword route that shoot and one split in half in the normal board, I think that distinctly references flowey and that half of flowey is from the dark world and half from the light. The dark half is not seen in the sword route. The dark half is missing because the roaring knight is not part of flowey yet or smth. hadn’t gotten that far with that part of the theory yet lmao

I also think the “it’s me, your best friend” line is directly channeling Ralsei (the illusion of asriel being okay). And that the song “Hopes and Dreams” playing during Asriel’s fight is referring to the hopes and dreams of Asriel being okay, of the prophecy not coming true

I think this dialogue from Toriel in the asriel fight will come to hold a double meaning of letting Asriel or the player leave at expense of Kris

And I think this is all the proof necessary to say that the roaring knight is present in the asriel fight, if not one of the major forces posing as asriel:

Endtheory?: The roaring knight contains every soul of the underground at this point, and Ralsei is in there. He takes the form of Ralsei, for dramatic/dark world perception shenanigans/prophecy reasons.

Ralsei begging to take all the pain, because he is Asriel’s image- he can take it, even if Kris doesn’t believe that. But Ralsei, through his dark world adventures with Kris, became Real and Distinct from Asriel. The memory of Ralsei as his own character makes Ralsei real in his own right, by dark world rules

“I’ll reduce all your memories to zero, and we’ll do it over, and over, and over again”

Starting Deltarune after already knowing the end.

“And we’ll do it again and again and again!”

Having to play all the routes to know the story

That you have to put through hell, murder, and genocide to understand everything that came before this moment.

“Every time you die, your friends forget you a little more” is asriel speaking from experience and the fragments of his memory being spread across so many characters

“Within the depths of Asriel’s soul, something’s resonating…!” hence the WiFi signal symbol I made a freaked out I KNOW THAT SYMBOL post about

I am convinced this is Kris’s voice, speaking up for the first time where we can hear, directly to the red heart. That Kris is the last one we need to save.

with a missing heart on their chest and their hands, which is where the player would be most symbolically represented in Kris. the chest for obvious anatomical and character sprite reasons, and the hands are where actions are done

and Kris sees another human for what seems like the first time… and says “youre not really Chara. what’s your name?” and recognizes that the player is inside Frisk too, but that Frisk probably does not know that. the player is Chara all along. the player is the only other human Kris knows, before Frisk, if Kris knows the player is a human

I’m still shaky on so many things about this theory. and I probably will be until a while after the final chapter releases. I’m shaky on if Asriel, through all those layers, is the reason we play: to learn all about who he is, who he was, and keep his memory alive. I’m shaky on if Asriel himself is real, or got fragmented up, and I had to make some leaps over anticipated plot gaps.

but June is a heavy grief month for me. June 13, yesterday, is a major grief anniversary for me. And I spent the whole night thinking about how Ralsei is a way of keeping Asriel’s memory alive and thinking about my own grief. and learning about him even though we never got to see when he was alive… but maybe that’s one of the many points. that remembering him is enough to keep him alive. that his memory will always be there in the dark. that pursuing happiness is okay, even if it’s without him. that he doesn’t want kris to be hurt, or hurt others.

and as the players, we have to do that, we have to find all the memories about him and piece them together, and we will keep hope and dreams alive with him as the symbol of them. and I think Asriel is also the most reflective character of the player heart, and his story might be tied into the “despite everything, it’s still you” mirrors

I’m open to people discussing inaccuracies and whatever in this theory and any level of spoilers I just ask that if you made it this far in the post to be kind as it does touch into grief a lot, and I think there are many lenses and interpretations, I think that’s a perk of toby using so many motifs to connect everything in such complex ways. but this one aspect of the story gripped me all night until I processed it this far

[write-it-motherfuckers]

[little-songbird-sings]

The Broadway version of hadestown makes it really feel like eurydice is like. bullying a mentally ill man who got left in the washer

[yanderethorne]

il nostro primo bacio fu un addio

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our first kiss was a goodbye ~ 10k scale

[askblueandviolet]

Tú, alcalde. ¿Hablas español? Eso sería genial :D

"Yes, I know many languages! Mandarin, cantonese, english, brazilian, french, italian, and of course, spanish!"

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[da-janela-lateral]

At this point I don't think Teruki's parents are exceptionally horrible individuals (long-term psychological consequences still happen in cases in which the abuse isn't considered particularly severe + everyone is capable of harm, even "good" people), but they weren't the best, without a doubt.

Okay, they got too busy with their jobs and had to move overseas to progress on their career. External circunstances. Things that happen. They left their son behind, but that could always be justified by hectic schedules of ever-moving businesspeople. How else could he have a stable routine to focus on his future? They're just busy. Teruki hasn't seen them in long but that's not their fault, right?

They cared for Teruki, didn't they? His parents made sure that there was someone home to watch him whenever they were far away. It was inevitable that there would be times he would be with himself, though. But that's not bad! It only became a problem once those strange espers tried to take hold of him on the street. And even then, they were so weak he could barely give them the title of a psychic. It wasn't an issue that it happened more and more and there was no one to intervene. Or that Teruki had to torture descriptions of "Claw organization" and "brainwashed soldiers" out of these grownups to know what they wanted with him. His parents couldn't know. Why should they know? Better put: what could they do?

What could a normal person do against someone with psychic powers?

It was Teruki's choice to live by himself. He could manage it all. Contrary to the other kids, he was an independent and responsible young man who could be trusted with a house and money. Such a great boy. His parents were so proud to have someone as competent as him as a son, one which wouldn't mean hard work for them. One who always had the best grades and was the soccer team's best player and was the best student on the town's best middle school.

Of course they would suddenly allow Teruki to live on his own. Any parent with a child like him would, wouldn't they? Anyone on their right mind and who knew the slightlest about him would be sure he could do it.

And even if this "Claw" organization scared him a bit and he felt a bit lonely at times, it wasn't an issue. Issue would mean it was an obstacle - which it wasn't, as Teruki did perfectly on his own. His parents believed on so. That's why he had his own apartment at 12 on the first place. Teruki was so wonderful at this. It wasn't horrible if they didn't answer his calls, because they were so busy and he wasn't a little kid who depends on his mommy. None of this was their fault. He shouldn't bother them or himself over this.

Because they cared, right? On the end, it was only a pile of tragic circunstances and coincidences no normal person could act against. It was part of life as someone special like him. He couldn't expect that his parents could change any of this, and this made his loneliness the best possible choice. It was obvious that they would support such a decision.

What would a normal person do against someone with psychic powers?

[free-luigi-mangione]

Oh, jury selection is extremely complicated. I’ve found the topic interesting since before Luigi’s case came along.

So jury selection relies pretty heavily on demographic sampling and stereotyping, but again as with humans there are no guarantees. This is something lawyers on both side of the aisle only pick up with experience I guess.

I remember reading about this defence attorney who once said that if his client is a rapist, he tries to get conservative older women with sons on the jury. This shocked me because you’d think the defence would want more men on a jury prosecuting a literal rapist, but turns out women are overall more forgiving of sexual crimes as well, even when committed against their own gender. Them being conservative = more likely to victim blame, them having sons = “boys will be boys”, they often worry the lives of their own sons could be ruined what they don’t think is a big deal.

He added that there’s a racial component here though, a middle aged white mom is not about to go easy on a black defendant accused of raping a white girl. Again, very heavy stereotyping but ultimately both sides want to win.

I also remember reading that jury members from detail oriented professions are tricky to deal with because they need guilt to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and require a higher burden of proof than your average juror.

Jurors from a healthcare background are assumed to be compassionate and on the side of “social justice” rather than a cut-and-dry verdict pertaining only to the facts of the case. However, this does not include those at the top of the profession like surgeons because those guys tend to display higher levels of Dark Triad traits and are more likely to relish in a harsh punishment, as long as it’s not a crime they could see themselves committing.

Like previous anon said, for his federal case they’ll actively be filtering for people who think the death penalty is acceptable. I have MAGA relatives who’ve suffered claim denials the same as the rest of the country but still do not have enough sympathy for Luigi to vote not guilty. I mean this is the country where Google searches for “did Joe Biden drop out” skyrocketed on Election Day.

NY is the best possible location for a crime like this to be tried, and I still think LWOP is more probable than execution, but I’m not holding my breath for jury nullification tbh. It’s very far fetched, even in a case as unique as this.

- 💚

i'll just post this because i learnt a lot of new things and i'm kinda horrified about a lot of things but that's beyond my control so... *deep sigh*

[midnightwind]

I hope the next mainline Pokemon game goes back to the rigid route progression, the open world was neat once and now it's exhausting and I'm tired of shit loading in on top of me while I try to walk 10,000 miles to the next npc chat point

[mazzystar24]

Name a historic battle?

Easy

An immigrant student vs student finance and the evidence section of the application