#i have so many more thoughts about this canto and you know for a fact that the Dante stuff is making me insane

[gizmocreates]

hello everyone, gizmo has some Thoughts about canto VI 3 and how that connects to the narrative as a whole. :3 I’m copying and pasting what I rattled out in a discord server at 5 am last night so it’s gonna be atrocious and manic but bear with me

did anyone else notice that the ‘human dough’ that was prevalent in canto VI is remarkably similar to the hill of bodies Kromer was creating in order to create her version of the ‘perfect human’

also if N-corp’s goal is to make the ‘perfect human’ it makes sense that they’d hate prosthetics. How are you supposed to make a perfect human if they’ve already perfected themselves in unmalleable steel

actually. Is Faust an identity overlay. I’m calling it now the homunculus Faust theory is right but not in the way everyone thinks. There is no ‘other Faust’, the Faust we see is Every Faust and the reason she’s sinner no. 2 is because Yi Sang helped make her what she is now. Yi Sang is really touchy about the mirror technology being used how it is by N Corp because he did that to make Faust and he regrets it. Faust sold her body and soul to achieve multiversal knowledge and in this essay I will-

[donamori]

Please indulge me to speak at length about Don Quixote (post Warp Express Intervello)

Unfortunately, this will be riddled with spoilers, however, I'm not necessarily making this post to make any real predictions. I'm mostly just collecting my thoughts, crafting some theories, and talking at length about my thoughts on the upcoming canto, their possible themes, and to gush and wail about my most favoritest sinner ever. If you've finished Murder on the Warp Train then feel free to continue

Alright, end of the most recent Intervello, it was revealed (much to my surprise at least) that Don Quixote, our pride and joy and ever most excellent knight-errant, is in fact a Bloodfiend. A bloodfiend who apparently has their true form suppressed by Rocinante, the shoes Don wears that are named after the steed Don Quixote rides upon in the book.

This new reveal has millions of possibilities forming in my head for the upcoming Canto and here's the gist of what I've kind of formed and gathered from what we know so far in the world of Limbus and Project Moon as a whole, what I personally know about Miguel De Cervantes and his works, and the general thematic ties that are now unfurling within my noggin that I'm trying to spool together in this nice little indulgent post.

Let's start with Miguel De Cervantes:

For those who may not know, Cervantes is the author of Don Quixote, born in 1547, died in 1616. A few important tidbits that I think will be important in the upcoming Canto-

Something that has been known for awhile is that Don's battle sprite does not list her name as Don Quixote but as Miguel. For awhile now I had been wondering if within Don Quixote's Canto we are going to receive some sort of reveal that Don Quixote is actually Miguel De Cervantes. Originally the basis of this theory I had was a quote from Cervantes about how "[he] would not exist without Don Quixote." (Something that was expanded upon in a lecture about Cervantes and Don Quixote that I found on youtube). In fact a large portion of that lecture, which I will link here, contributed to this idea I had built up in my head about the relationship between Miguel and Don.

What this essentially culminates to in my mind is that the Bloodfiend will reveal that they are Miguel, but for some reason or another, they "became" Don Quixote. So, in many loose adaptions of Don Quixote, this connection is typically made. In my personal favorite adaption, The Man of La Mancha, a musical about the book, they present the story of Don Quixote as a play for prisoners after Miguel Cervantes himself is arrested. And who is the man that plays Don? None other than Cervantes himself!

(you should really give it a watch, it's a lovely musical)

Now, within the book of Don Quixote itself, our titular hero sadly perishes at the end. He loses to the Knight of the Mirror (who is actually the Bachelor Sanson Carrasco, a man hired by Don's family to bring him home) and returns home. He then dies in his bed after renouncing the name of Don Quixote and all of his adventures. Saying with much seriousness that he is not Don Quixote, but Alonso Quijana. He leaves money to Sancho and his estate to his niece and then soon passes (after a heartfelt appeal from Sancho to return to adventuring together once more.)

After his death, the book ends with the author who is detailing Don Quixote's history writing this final paragraph-

"For me alone was Don Quixote born, and I for him; it was his to act, mine to write; we two together make but one, notwithstanding and in spite of that pretended Tordesillesque writer who has ventured or would venture with his great, coarse, ill-trimmed ostrich quill to write the achievements of my valiant knight... And I shall remain satisfied, and proud to have been the first who has ever enjoyed the fruit of his writings as fully as he could desire; for my desire has been no other than to deliver over to the detestation of mankind the false and foolish tales of the books of chivalry, which, thanks to that of my true Don Quixote, are even now tottering, and doubtless doomed to fall for ever. Farewell.”

I've paraphrased it a bit, but you get the gist. While the author detailing Don Quixote's history is a fictional author made up by Cervantes, I believe it is a cheeky way of Cervantes to insert himself in the story and express his true feelings here.

Now, with Cervantes and Donqui being one and the same I believe the strong thematic thread tying this all together is one of dreams. It's now known to us this whole time that Don Quixote is in fact, both dream and dreamer. The monster that Don Quixote is sleeps while they allow for their true self to live, ever dreaming. But now that Dream is Ending.

I think we're going to see the 'death' of Don Quixote and some sort of joining of Miguel and Don. I think Miguel wants to keep dreaming. They are a bloodfiend, a horrible monster, one of the more powerful beings that are mentioned in Project Moon's games. But i think that Miguel doesn't want that. I think that Miguel wants to be cured. Something that has never really been done for a bloodfiend, an impossible dream, perhaps?

I think in Don's Canto we're going to see what we see within the book. Miguel/Don's family trying to get him to come back, to stop him, to get him to give up on this silly dream of Knight-Errantry. And I believe Dante will finally be able to help Miguel take the first steps towards realizing this impossible dream.

Some small little thoughts that I've had that i think push this a bit further.

Don Quixote was written by Miguel when he was 50 while he was in prison.

I've been wondering now whether this cell we see Donqui in within her base ego was actually some sort of representation of this. Don Quixote was born while Miguel was locked away. This looming shadow of Rocinante keeping the Sangre De Sancho locked away within this small starry-eyed girl <3

Nothing that I really have any like, evidence for, but based on vibes I think representing the specific sort of Spaniard from this time period as some sort of high class vampire is excellent and really fits thematically as well.

Cervantes has a bunch of quotes about the nature of oneself and death (bloodfiends are undead). Some that I think are quite fitting are :

“A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.”

“Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do in this life is to let himself die.”

“I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.”

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”

and finally, to conclude this,

“All I know is that while I’m asleep, I’m never afraid, and I have no hopes, no struggles, no glories — and bless the man who invented sleep, a cloak over all human thought, food that drives away hunger, water that banishes thirst, fire that heats up cold, chill that moderates passion, and, finally, universal currency with which all things can be bought, weight and balance that brings the shepherd and the king, the fool and the wise, to the same level. There’s only one bad thing about sleep, as far as I’ve ever heard, and that is that it resembles death, since there’s very little difference between a sleeping man and a corpse.”

If you read this whole thing, thank you for indulging me. I greatly appreciate it.

[lu-is-not-ok]

Regarding Hong Lu's Lasso EGO. The abno of Rose Hunter in its MD event actually has two 'parts', of the apple and the hunter. Given how he shares this one with Faust of all people, I do think it may be referencing how they are both the one forcing the story to go on and the one being forced to go along with it. This is about Hong Lu I swear its just the more you dig the more he somewhat parallels her. One vs two blue eyes I guess.

For Faust this is via the Gesellschaft. Her as the apple in the way she must bend to the will of the collective Faust as one with a defined role to play. And as the hunter with how she - for the sake of someone else just the abno has its 'client' (there's a few who could fit this description, like Limbus Company as a whole, whomever is financing the whole operation, the Gesellschaft again) - ensures via various methods like keeping certain things from the sinners that things go according to plan.

Her passive is 'sprawling lasso' is possibly a reference to just how many she has, must, encircle for things to keep going. Plus this EGO is Fatal to Wrath and Gloom. This Wrath as her weakness ties into how this is the first time her voiceline, for corrosion, has expressed proper anger and desperation in her voice as far as I remeber. And Gloom I don't quite have a real reason for, perhaps her lament at not doing things of her own will? At being ensared as all others were?

But to loop lasso it back to Hong Lu, for one his awakening voiceline says to 'run along the flow' which has been causing me normal reactions for several weeks now. Regardless, this does tie into a mini theory of mine that the 'flow' followed by Vergillius is in fact one of the subterranean rivers, though I don't have the mythological knowledge to try and pinpoint which one.

And if we do take the stretch of a river = the flow then it connects to what Xichun was doing in Canto 7 and is yet another reference to water, just like in his base ego and in his promo image. This EGO is also weak to Gloom, funnily enough. Sloth too, though I have never had solid thoughts on that sin past it representing acceptance of sorts, typically to a status quo that hurts them. The corrosion line is presumably a reference to him probably just running away from his family the first chance he got, which was probably Faust.

Onto my thoughts on the illustrations, which was meant to be a minor note but we all know how these go. The thorns in Faust’s EGO illust are thinner and look more like rose branches, with one notably going over her leg as she looks up, seemingly about to get on the horse.

Whilst Hong Lu's has much thicker brambles around the edges - though the rose branches do appear near the bottom - striking me as similar to barbed wire, though thicker than in the base EGO illusts (speaking of, in his the wire seems much fuzzier than say, Yi Sang's). He's already saddled the horse and is looking down(?) At something that has already been entangled in thorns, the abno looking over him and who/what has been ensnared in a way that reminds me of judgement.

Ensnared itself, mind, seemingly lacking an arm, having another mangled and literally no legs to speak of, and no rose on its scarf. A drastic departure to how it was in Faust’s EGO, laying traps on the ground with all its limbs freed and intact, with a sunray to its side and a rose placed neatly upon itself, much more alike its MD self. Hong Lu's awakening is not lacking in the scarf rose, though.

Other rapid-fire thoughts: (corrosion) the rose petals on the horses look like it's bleeding as if being slashed from the stomach. (corrosion) Faust still has the reigns and very much uses them which provides her a degree of separation and control over this. Hong Lu does not. Most notable in both of their hurt sprites, Faust’s horse stands on its hind legs on her (or the Gesellschaft's, depending on how you think on it) command, Hong Lu's horse wants to run away and it turning to do so. (corrosion) Hong Lu's noose/lasso arms both have 2 loops each, unlike the one round his neck that has 3. Faust has red laces.

To close this off: I have been switching between their lasso sprites on the wiki and have one question: is Hong Lu smaller on his horse or had my brain made that up, thank you.

Hilarious thing to see before scrolling down and seeing all of this. Anyway. Let's pick this apart a little.

First things - the apple might not actually be a part of the Abnormality itself.

We know from Ebony Queen's Apple's Observation Log that Abnormalities that are conceptually connected through what they represent are in some way able to be aware of each other's existence - Ebony Queen being aware of 'Snow White', aka LobCorp's Snow White's Apple.

Considering that Rose Hunter is seemingly likely connected to the same fable of Snow White as Ebony Queen's Apple and Snow White's Apple are, specifically in that he represents the huntsman sent to kill Snow White on the Queen's orders, and that the way Rose Hunter describes the apple perfectly matches Snow White's Apple ("an apple that will become a princess, not knowing its rightful place"), it's possible that the apple in question *is* just straight up Snow White's Apple, or a representation of it.

I do agree that it's important to keep it in mind when interpreting Lasso, but I believe it's pretty clear that the apple itself might not inherently be a part of Rose Hunter itself.

After all, Lasso isn't the first E.G.O we've seen where the Sinner is shown to be both the victim and the perpetrator. See AEDD and Capote as the major stars of this trend.

I don't have much to comment on regarding your interpretation of Lasso for Faust - I think that works pretty well with what we know. Faust has to follow what the Gesselschaft and Limbus Company tell her to do, and she herself is responsible for keeping the Sinners on track - keeping them ensnared and following the predetermined path of their stories.

I'll touch upon the points you bring up with regards to Sin Weaknesses (and also bring up Sin Resource Costs, which I believe are a bit more important to E.G.O) a bit later.

Because, here's the thing about the Flow Vergilius talks about - we already kinda know what it is. We see it in Leviathan Book 16.

Vergilius's narration describes the Flow as a "shadow hovering over his back". A sort of insight, or pressure that drives him to make specific choices or move in a specific direction.

He also explains how the Flow isn't one singular force - in fact, he explicitly mentions seeing at least two Flows during this chapter. One brightly colored but slow moving Flow that he could see ahead (which he feels would lead him to actually changing the City), and one darker but faster moving Flow that clung to his back. Every time he tries to avoid following the bright Flow, the shadowy Flow always leads him to ruin, to a point where he's inevitably forced to come back to the bright Flow, as all shadows naturally come from light.

It reminds me a lot of "Gravity" from JJBA, in a way. A supernatural force that drives extraordinary people towards each other and towards their inevitable fates, and every attempt to counteract it ends up making things worse for them when it finally catches up to them.

It's also, like, Heavily implied that Carmen is in some way directly involved with what direction the bright Flow takes, as there's an implication that it's trying to direct Vergilius to his inevitable meeting with Carmen that happens in Book 18, considering how much her trying to get Vergilius to distort is telling him how it would give him the ability to change the world to how he sees fit, matching what he believed the bright Flow was leading him towards.

So like. Flow isn't exactly directly related to the Rivers. But it's also not not related, considering the Carmen -> Light -> Cogito -> Rivers chain.

I don't think the "flow" Hong Lu is referring to is the exact same Flow that Vergilius can see and talks about, at least not entirely. I believe it's also meant to be a reflection of the reason why he's initially willing to follow his story, similarly to how Faust's awakening line does for her.

While Faust wholeheartedly believes that following the story laid out before her and the Sinners is the "correct" thing to do, Hong Lu simply follows along because he just Goes Along With Whatever He's Told. He figuratively goes with the flow, just agrees and follows until things turn out okay in the end. To quote one of his Base Identity's voice lines: "When you’re distraught, simply remember that life goes on even if what you’re doing now doesn’t work out. Then, you’ll be free of worries." As long as he just keeps moving forward, things will be fine in the end.

So, if the Awakening lines are a reflection of why Faust and Hong Lu would feel like they should follow along the path their story is taking, then I believe the Corrosion is a reflection of the "punishment" that awaits them if they are to stray from it. To quote Rose Hunter's MD event, "Ah... If, however, the course was derailed by your actions, you will be held accountable."

Hong Lu's Corrosion line here is the easier one to read - it's meant to be a reflection of his Family's reaction when they catch up to him after he runs away. Outright calling out that he ran away, calling him a fugitive, and the very clear threat of punishment.

For Faust it's actually a lot more interesting, because she clearly brings up the apple and the idea that whoever she caught is hiding it, rather than implying that whoever she caught is the one she was looking for. Perhaps because that's a reflection of how Faust will disobey the Gesselschaft. While Hong Lu disobeys his fate by running away from his Family, Faust would disobey her fate by hiding something from the Gesselschaft. A Golden Bough, perhaps? Instead of bringing one back to the Company, she could keep it hidden for herself, effectively disobeying her orders and the path she was put on. And an act like that would Anger Them Severely.

The thing you point out about the differences in how the Rose Hunter itself is depicted is fascinating. The one depicted in Faust's illustration seems like a direct parallel to how Faust has acted towards Sinners - she's been trapping them with Limbus Company, using their own wishes as bait and the contracts they sign as the snares.

But then there's Hong Lu's Rose Hunter, itself trapped by the snares and mangled to the point it seems there's only half of it clearly there. Half destroyed... I don't have an exact thought in my head regarding that, but you could definitely interpret it with a Two in One angle. How whoever is resonating with Rose Hunter is only Half There, and how that half is inherently trapped within themself, as the vines ensnaring it are also its own snares. Hong Lu is, in part, trapping himself, specifically Baoyu and Daiyu are unwillingly keeping each other trapped by the circumstance of their current situation.

Now. Let's talk Sin Resistances. I'm going to be using the names for the Floor Theme Packs based around the relevant Sin Weaknesses as a base here, since that's the closest thing we have to a canon confirmation of what the Resistances could mean.

The Gloom-weak floor is called Emotional Flood, the Sloth-weak floor is called Emotional Indolence, and the Wrath-weak floor is called Emotional Repression.

Both Lassos being Gloom weak could imply that whatever experiences Hong Lu and Faust have to recall to use it are heavily emotionally charged, making them susceptible to "Flooding" with negative feelings. It could be a reflection of the anxiety it causes both of them to think about - after all a major part of Rose Hunter is the punishment for not following one's path. Having to actively keep those consequences in mind to use the E.G.O would likely leave them shaken up and weak to such negative reminders.

Indolence means the avoidance of exertion or activity, and it's a close synonym to laziness. Hong Lu's Lasso being Sloth weak could reflect how emotionally numb recalling the relevant experiences leaves him. For him, following the path of the story is all about simply letting things happen and not reacting, just trying to reach the end. He's forced to become avoidant of emotional reactions through being too "lazy" to react. It's not like trying to say anything would change things for him, so why even bother trying? He'll reach the end one way or another. And so, being given even more reasons to not care and become more numb hurts all the more, ridding him of whatever little resolve he might have been holding onto.

As such, Faust's Lasso being weak to Wrath is made all the more interesting - it implies there's a level of intense emotion that the experiences bring out within her that she feels the need to repress and hide. This is different to Hong Lu's Sloth weakness, in that while Hong Lu is just straight up numb and passively avoiding feeling anything, Faust is very much feeling some sort of strong frustration that she has to actively silence. Thus it makes it far more painful to her when she's given more reasons to be annoyed - she's already struggling to keep it contained. Something about having to follow her path leaves her deeply frustrated in a way she feels she cannot let herself express, likely due to the consequences of complaining about it.

I also want to make a quick note on the Sin Resources needed to use the E.G.O, specifically the ones that differ between the two.

While both Lassos require Gluttony and Lust, Faust's Lasso requires Envy, while Hong Lu's requires Pride. This, I think, is actually reflected in their Awakening lines and thus the attitudes they have.

Faust sees following the path as something "correct", as something "right". Her own feelings and thoughts don't matter because the opinion of the story she's following is more important than hers. She's expressing Inferiority - aka, Envy.

On the other hand Hong Lu follows the path because it's something he himself believes to be the best option. He doesn't think there are better options, so he just ignores all the shit he has to go through along the way because in the end, he'll be fine. A very Pride thing to believe.

And yes, Hong Lu for whatever reason is notably smaller on the horse in the awakening sprite. No I don't know why either. It honestly might have been an oversight LMAO.

[januaryembrs]

ROYALTY | Din Djarin x Kenobi/Kryze!Reader

Request: Could you do a din djarin x reader story? It would be cool if it involved reader being the daughter of Obi-wan Kenobi and Satine Kryze! 

and: Hey, girl!!! For your 1k celebration could you do a din djarin and satine kryze daughter reader pairing? I saw that someone went around asking multiple people for something similar to this. I had already been thinking of this for awhile, but I understand if you don’t want to do it now because of that. Still love your writing either way, thanks! 

and: Hi! I’m so happy your doing your 1k event! I know your fanfic is similar to this prompt but could you do something shorter about din djarin x former padawan reader? Sorry if that’s not enough to go off of, I’m not very creative. Thanks, girl! 

description: Din meets the Princess of Mandalore, only that's not what it says on her bounty puck

word count: 1.1k

trigger warnings: fighting?

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It was supposed to be simple. A common thief, Karga had said when he’d handed him the puck, a little urchin had slipped her hands in too many officers' pockets for them to let her off easy. Whether Mando killed her or not was up to him, but she’d ran such amuck in the streets of Canto Bight with trick cards that a higher bidder had asked for her body stuck in cryo. 

He seemed indifferent to take on a thief for a little deck tricking, feeling as if he were almost better than ruining someone's life for the sake of a victimless crime. What was the worst that came of it? A gambler liquored off his head lost more than he should have wagered away in the first place? But things were slow now Karga and Dune had cleared up Nevarro, and he needed the money, the kid needed new clothes, that little potato sack he was in did nothing for him.

The picture had been classified though, he should have known something was wrong from that point. The red lights should have been blaring right from the beginning. 

Because the last thing he’d expected when he’d tracked her location was the sheen of Beskar staring back at him.

You’d caught sight of him immediately, despite him being as stealthy as he usually was on these missions. He remembered freezing in his silent tracks, the way you had clocked his position within seconds of him getting close. It hadn’t been difficult, why would it? Not when you’re a trained force user as yourself, not when you hear a constant stream of voices, those from around you, hearing their every thought so clearly as if it were your own. 

You used to complain to your father of how loud your head got, but now time had finely tuned your skills, they gave you peace. Calming like white noise. 

You could imagine the surprise to hear thoughts nearby, a man’s you quickly deduced, your name blaring in the forefront of his mind. His heartbeat grew in volume by the second when your torso cocked in his direction, the thrumming of it stopping for a moment as you caught sight of him. 

“I suggest you be smart about this, Mando, and leave the way you came. I have no interest in sending Karga another body,” You called, head tilting beneath the helm, as he stepped out of the shadows, blade in hand. 

“You sound confident,” He said back, biding his time as he weighed up his chances, “You had problems with the guild before?”

He cursed Karga under his breath for leaving out the very crucial information that the bounty was in fact one of his own people, and ofcourse, a trained killer herself. 

“Only the ones stupid enough to try it,” You snapped, circling him as he stepped closer, though his body followed your movements to every millimetre, “Are you stupid, or will I need to send Greef another message about tracking me?” 

It was then, as you saw the way his fist enclosed tighter around the blade that you reached for your own weapon. Usually the ones dumb enough to even attempt claiming their bounty were scared off by your sabre alone, the others met their own fate not too long after. You just hoped he would fall into the first category. 

The electric crackled in the air as you flicked the ignition, a cobalt blue lighting up the small alleyway he had found you in, and you saw him freeze with hesitation.

Turn around. Turn around, and walk away. You put the thoughts in his head, as if whispering like a siren in his ear, and you prayed it was enough to stop any bloodshed before it started. 

But this man, whether or not he knew it, had strong mental shields. By the way he shuddered, he had heard your commands clearly, but they had no affect on him other than that. 

“Your one of those- jedi,” He hissed, pointing at you with his blade, his knuckles tightening on the hilt, something more than fear in his voice. Fury, you felt it rolling off him, the taste of it sour in your mouth, “You dare wear my people’s armour when you are from an enemy race? Who did you get it from?” 

“Your people?” You scoffed, tugging the helm over your face to reveal a royally pissed expression as you took in his frozen figure, “Do you have any idea who I am?” 

Maker, you were beautiful. It rubbed salt in the would that you looked so ethereal when he felt the dishonor thrumming in his veins that you had disgraced his peoples armour. He wore his with pride, you paraded it around as a trophy, most likely from the Mandalorian you’d killed to get it. 

He felt his lip curve into a sneer as he lunged for you, the long blade barely swiping your neck as you dodged out of the way of his advance, chucking your helmet to the side with little thought on its wear. It was Beskar, a little bump to the pavement would barely touch it. 

“Jedi are sorcerers, they are our enemies. Who did you get this from?” Din seethed, his arm coming up to shield his face as you cut through the air, the lightsabre thrumming with resistance as it met his armour. 

There was abit of huffing between the two of you as you pushed against one another, the blue light illuminating your furious expression as he glared at your behind his mask. 

“I got this armour on my first life day on Mandalore, as a gift from my mother, the Queen,” You snapped, your hand raising towards his chest and sending a wave of force towards him. Din stumbled back, the energy tame in comparison to the pain you could have inflicted on him, falling on his ass as his expression crumpled into confusion. You stood over him with a scowl, eyes narrowing where he struggled to catch his breath, clearly never having felt the force used against him before, “I inherited my powers from my father, the Jedi sworn to protect her and my people, before my home planet was destroyed by Sith,” You snapped, waiting to see if he was ready to lunge for you again, or if he would like to be flung around like a ragdoll some more. 

When he didn’t move, his chest rising and falling as he looked up at you, no ounce of lie in your tone, you flicked your sabre off and sheathed it. Then you surprised him even more, if that had even been possible. You extended your hand out to him, offering a lift up from where he was crouched, stunned, speechless as he took your domineering stature in.

“Next time I expect you to have a bit more respect for your Princess, Mando,” 

authors note: hello sorry these request I'm about to bang out have been sat in my drafts for so long. They genuinely got buried under a pile of other pieces I was working on, and I am not a very organised person when it comes to Tumblr, I wish I was, but I hope you enjoy! sorry you've all waited so long if you sent in a request :))))))

[headless-robot]

7-36 Abnormality Boss Guide & Tips

Hello again, I am doing a second run through of the last dungeon of canto 7 and will be recording my thoughts, tips, and making a little guide for the boss fights. Hopefully if you're having trouble with any of these, I hope this Unsolicited advice can maybe help you.

the two abno fights this dungeon were relatively easy compared to the Last Boss (which I Will try to write a guide on) leaving me with less to comment on them mechanically sadly. So I've decided to put them both into one post.

Lets Start with Hurting Teddy

"Expression of love" is the main Gimmick skill of the fight, and is pretty easy to deal with. when a sinner with more negative effects then the Teddy's "Faint Memories" stacks clash, they will use "A Sad Embrace" next turn. Just that skill next turn, then gets staggered.

If you want to speed-run the fight, you're going to want to let one of your sinners get stacked with as many status effects they can handle, then clash with this skill. Then you get what equates to two turns of free damage. That, or you can clash with all the other skills over the course of the fight to lower faint memories, which is honestly kinda easier to do.

"Clawing" and "Violent Clawing" are just some filler bread and butter skills. You should be try to be careful about who clashes with these, just so not everyone is stacked with attachment. Although maybe that would be better? When everyone has attachment it uses "And Old, Nostalgic Embrace" and only that skill. Even if it hits everyone it's really not that scary of a skill. If anything it kind of helps since you want some status effects on at least some of your sinners, and it does exactly that inflicting curse(if you don't break the first coin) and nails.

If you don't want it to use the big skill anyway, just let a sinner clash and get hit by it's counter skill. It'll drain the attachment from them and inflict them with curse and stuff.

This has a Event that I don't remember getting the first time, but I'll write down my result. You can either hug the teddy or not. I am not a monster so of course I give it free hugs, succeeding the lust check will heal your sinner's sanity by 30 and inflicts teddy with 1 perma clash power down.

the passive for it is written wrong I think, but when it hits the 30% HP threshold it will Both inflict all sinners with attachment, AND get 15 offense down. Don't know why it's written how it is right now. Probably to be left for a future bug fix down the road.

It has a passive that lowers it's own base power when your sinner is inflicted with 3 negative effects, stacking up to 3 times. It's called Please don't be sick. that is sad and adorable.

And that's the most I can think I can scrounge up on Hurting teddy. I like reading people's analysis and stuff on characters and abno's, but I'm not a huge Character analytic my self. I'm better with looking at mechanics. So going round a second time against teddy, I confirmed it's probably the easiest boss in the dungeon so far. But I do like how the mechanics try to show the Teddies personality that some people have pointed out. Despite the fact the bear "plays rough", it's not completely malicious. If a sinner too "hurt" with status effects, It tries to comfort them and wait's for them to heal before "playing again". very cute, but again, very easy boss fight.

Next up is The Rose Hunter

TBH I kinda F-ed up on my second go with this guy cause I also felt he was as easy as teddy, thinking "I won't even need to use ego with this guy, I'll just save all my resources for the final dungeon boss".

I made the fatal mistake of not accounting for unbreakable coins staggering a sinner before they could clash with one of his AOEs. I still beat him relatively easily, but uh, you should use ego here if you can.

Ok, so the Main Gimmick of this fight is one of your sinners getting "Lassoed" every turn. "Snaring Lasso" will inflict it's target with "Barbed Lasso" at the start of combat. This is kinda like those captured states some previous boss's had, but they can still act freely. They're just paired with a minion that will fix their speed to one as long as they're lassoed.

These minions do not have a lot of health, so the sinner lassoed can easily free themselves with almost any skill really. If you have more then once sinner lassoed, just make sure they're clashing with the lasso targeting them. Free them as soon as you can.

The most dangerous part of this fight is definitely the rupture it inflicts, and the free rupture your sinners are inflicted with in the dungeon event before the fight.

As mentioned this boss has skills with unbreakable coins, and a coin hitting will still trigger the rupture on your sinners. So as I will keep repeating (more for myself by this point), Watch your sinner's health bars and stagger points. If someone is about to be staggered, make sure they aren't clashing a big AOE skill.

Sadly, unlike the bleed effect stuff from the 7-34 fight, I can't really say there's a consistent way to lose your rupture count. "Spiked Whip" only inflicts potency, so if a sinner is gonna lose a clash, better to lose to that probably. "Whip Crack" isn't something you want to get hit with since it just refreshes and keeps your rupture count and potency up.

"Strangling crown of thorns" is also something you don't really want to get hit with since it deals sanity damage against your sinners (unless yknow, your running NClair or UmbrellaHeath) it's also harder to clash against if you took the Hemobar from the previous dungeon event, so don't take it unless you're using the new bloodfiend IDs and/or have ego to heal your sanity every fight. (I did take it with out using my sanity healing ego and that I think is what led to my big F up.)

"Withdraw Whip" and "Barbed Lasso" are it's two AOE skills with the unbreakable coins to look out for. W-Whip isn't a strong skill and can be dealt with any skill2/3, but if you're really scared of AOE damage you can use Ego.

It's better to use Ego on the B-Lasso. since it will inflict Rupture potency and count no matter what, it'll technically get stronger each use since it's coin power scales with its target's rupture potency. BTDubs, it was the unbreakable coin on B-lasso that staggered my sinner before they could clash W-Whip which then proceeded to kill 2 sinners. Remember, Check those Stagger Thresholds!

And that's about all I got on the Rose Hunter. Compared to Hurting Teddy, which felt like it was trying to use it's mechanics to get across it's "Character" and "Story", Rose Hunters Mechanics were trying to express "He's a dude on a horse, and he has a whip". The whip captures sinners, it slows sinners, it's kink-I mean spiky, so it inflicts pointy status effects and inflicts SP damage. The MD event included an apple the Rose Hunter was chasing, and I remember seeing people interpret how the Hunter was trying to make the apple follow the flow of the story. How that was representative the sinners following the flow of their story and what others expect of them, whether they have a say in the matter or not (Faust and Hong Lu being extra obvious, since they got the Ego). I guess you could say in this fight, you take the place of the apple, trying to fight the fate the Hunter and those at home have for you. Despite that it's still a pretty simple and straight forward fight.

Annnd there's no Camilla fight sooooo we wait till RR5 for that I guess, probably. maybe.

I don't mind the abnormality fights this dungeon being relatively easy, since it is story content and we want players unlucky with gacha or time to experience the story. they'll be harder in RR probably, though mostly cause they'll be higher level probably. Whats important is if they have interesting mechanics that gets across their "Character" and their "Central Gimmick". As I said i think Teddy gets across its kinda tragic character of a lonely toy that wants to play, but only knows how to play rough. The rose hunter just being a dude with a whip is a little uninspired I guess, but they do try their best to go "What can a boss with a Whip do to impose a challenge to the player".

I hope this post was enjoyable to read through and helped you in the fight at least somewhat. I hope to be back later and bring more Unsolicited advice to those who wish it be, if it were the flow of my story.

[tcwmatchmakingau]

The Sixth Language (part 1)

Pairing: Waxer x Fem!Reader (single parent)

Rating: T 

Wordcount: 2.1k

Warnings and tags: pure fluff; mild language; reader is a foodie

Read the full series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

“Ohhh, I don’t know, Nyra,” you say hesitantly. “It sounds a little—”

“Amazing?” your best friend interrupts. “Perfect? Once-in-a-lifetime?”

“Risky,” you say as you pull an assortment of veggies out of the conservator and set them on your kitchen counter to start prepping dinner.

“How is it risky?” Nyra demands, her indignant face flickering in the blue glow of your holocom. “I think the clones have proven by now that they are good, honorable men, and even if they weren’t, the agency has strict screening protocols.”

“It’s not that,” you reply. “It’s just that Kaia is old enough now that she is likely to get attached, and what happens if things don’t work out? I don’t want to break her little heart.”

“So don’t introduce her until you feel like things will work out,” Nyra says. You shoot her a grumpy look as you start to chop the vegetables with more force than is strictly necessary.

“What are you cooking?” she asks, momentarily distracted.

“Roasted lamta soup,” you reply, hoping she’ll drop the subject. “Kaia’s favorite.”

“Can I have some?” she asks nonchalantly.

“I’ll bring some for lunch tomorrow, but only if you stop bugging me about the other thing,” you say.

“I thought you were pro-clone,” Nyra says.

“You know I am! I supported CRPA just like you. That doesn’t mean I have time, energy, or inclination to date one,” you reply.

“I don’t get it,” Nyra says. “You could at least test the waters, have a little fun, flirt with a hot trooper or three. Or is Kaia’s heart not the only one you’re worried about?”

“The last thing I need is another child to raise,” you say. “Every guy I've dated since I had Kaia has either been scared off by the fact that I'm a single parent, or has fetishized me as a MILF.”

“I mean, you are a bit of a MILF,” Nyra jokes with an exaggerated wink. “I'd do you.”

“You are too kind,” you say drily, “but Kaia and I are fine just the way we are.”

“I know you are,” she says. “You're a badass and an amazing mom, and Kaia is lucky to have you. But you deserve nice things, sweetie.”

“Do you think I'm going to find nice things at some dating service?” Your tone is sharper than you intend, but Nyra is unfazed.

“It's not a dating service. It's a matchmaking service. As in, they do extensive research and find someone who matches your lifestyle, goals, and priorities.”

“Right, and nobody ever lied so they could get their dick wet,” you retort.

“You should talk to a therapist about your trust issues,” Nyra says. “Believe me when I say the clones don't need a matchmaking service to find a hookup. The ones who are using it are looking for something meaningful. Besides, when have I ever steered you wrong?”

“Many times!” you exclaim. “So, so many times. Remember when we were on Canto Bight, and you told me—”

“An aberration,” Nyra interrupts hastily. “Trust me, babe, this is no gamble. What do you have to lose?”

Which is how you find yourself sitting across a conference table from Tarsi Renda, a representative of the Right to Love Matchmaking Service, with a strained, overly enthusiastic smile pasted on your face. Tarsi is brisk and businesslike, but she seems friendly enough. She asks you an endless litany of questions about yourself, your background, your work, your personal goals, your hobbies, and so on.

“And what is it that you’re looking for in a partner?” she asks.

This is such a terrible idea. Damn you, Nyra!

“Er, I’m not entirely sure,” you confess. “I suppose the most important thing is kindness. Someone patient and gentle.”

“Sense of humor?” she asks.

“Yes, of course,” you say. Has anyone in the galaxy ever said they’d prefer a partner who had no sense of humor? “But not the kind of humor that depends on putting other people down.”

Tarsi scribbles something onto her notepad. “Good with children?”

“Yes,” you say firmly. That part is non-negotiable. 

You haven’t mentioned Kaia. You know you probably should, but your prior experiences make you shy away from sharing too much of yourself, and you’ll be damned if you put your daughter at risk without knowing exactly who you’re going to be matched with.

“Just a few more questions,” she says. “What made you seek out Right to Love’s services?”

My bestie harangued me until I agreed to try it out just to get her to shut up, you think.

“A friend recommended it to me,” you reply. “I’ve had some bad dating experiences, and she thought I might have better luck if I had help screening the—er…”

“Applicants?” Tarsi supplies helpfully.

“That makes it sound a little crass,” you admit.

“That’s all right. After all, we are screening you, too,” Tarsi says with a twinkle in her eyes. “The clones have been through enough as it is; the last thing we want to do is match them with someone who only sees them as playthings.”

“I definitely am not looking for a plaything,” you say with a shudder.

“Have you ever met a clone?” she asks.

“Um, no,” you confess. “I’ve only seen them on the holonews.”

“I see,” she says, scribbling another note, and you wonder if you’ve failed some sort of test. “Right, well, I think I have everything I need. I’ll be in touch with an update within the next few weeks.”

Tarsi stands and extends a hand to shake yours, and it’s clear that you’re being dismissed. You gather your things and thank her for your time, then leave the building, feeling an odd mixture of relief and disappointment. You hadn’t been exactly enthusiastic about the idea of using a matchmaking service, but it still stings to realize that you don’t measure up. You shrug off your self-doubts and head to pick up Kaia from daycare, determined not to let the experience ruin your day.

The next few weeks are incredibly busy at work, and you soon forget all about RTL. And then one afternoon, you get home from work and find a message indicator blinking on your comlink. It’s from Tarsi, and she says she’s found a potential match—when would be a good time for you to meet up?

One late morning a few days later, you wait at the designated meeting place outside one of Coruscant’s sprawling open-air markets. You are more nervous than you should be. It’s just a date, after all. It’s not like you’re signing your life away. Your hands are sweaty, and you smooth them across the fabric of your dress to dry them off. It took forever to figure out what to wear, and you still aren’t entirely convinced that a sundress was the best option. You wanted to wear something cute, but now you wonder if it makes you look like you are trying too hard.

Damn it, this is the worst idea I’ve ever had. Why did I agree to this? I can’t believe I’m paying a babysitter just so I can go on a stupid date. I should go home. I’ll pick up some takeout on the way, and Kaia and I can go to the park. This is so stupid, I should just—

Your spiraling thoughts are interrupted when a deep, smooth voice calls your name. You turn automatically, and your mouth goes dry when you see the speaker.

Holy maker.

You know what the clones look like, thanks to the holonews, but most of the time you’ve seen them, they’ve either been in full armor or too far away to get a good look. RTL Matchmaking had sent you a holo of your match, but it had been a stiff, formal headshot, probably pulled from some official database. You are totally unprepared for the reality of the man standing in front of you.

He is tall and impossibly broad, with rich brown skin and the softest eyes you’ve ever seen. His head is shaved, but there’s a shadow of scruff on his jaw, and a small patch of facial hair below his distractingly full bottom lip.

“Yes?” you ask, snapping your eyes up to meet his gaze and hoping he didn’t notice you ogling his mouth.

“I’m Waxer,” he says with an easy smile that makes his lovely, honey-colored eyes crinkle.

“It’s nice to meet you,” you manage, suddenly very glad that you hadn’t bailed on the date and gone home early.

You shake his hand, which feels weirdly formal, but you’ve never gone on a blind date before, and you aren’t sure about the etiquette. His hands are large and warm, and they engulf yours, making you feel small and delicate. He seamlessly draws your hand to his forearm as the two of you begin walking, and you have to admire the smoothness of his game.

“I’ve never been to one of these markets before,” he observes. “What made you choose this place to meet up?”

You probably shouldn’t tell him that you picked it because there were plenty of witnesses around if he turned out to be a creep, and that it’s nice and crowded and easy to disappear in if you decide to abandon ship.

“It’s one of my favorite places on Coruscant,” you say instead, and it’s not even a lie. “I love being able to see all the different foods from across the galaxy, and there are so many amazing artists who sell their work here, too.”

“Which ones do you like best?” he asks, and that’s all it takes.

The two of you wander through the twisting pathways of the market, eating ice cream and tasting samples of food from all of the different vendors. Waxer is fearless, and he is willing to try anything, including foods even you aren’t brave enough to taste. Some he hates, and some he loves, and he always convinces you to try the ones he likes. As he feeds you a bite of klak, his fingers brush against your lips, warm and soft, and you gasp a little at the sensation as sparks of awareness dance across your skin.

“Good?” he asks.

“It’s delicious,” you say to cover your reaction to him. “You should try a bite.”

The two of you talk and talk, and he tells you about all the different planets he’s visited, while you tell him about growing up on your home planet and what it was like to move to Coruscant for work. The conversation flows effortlessly, and the more you learn about Waxer, the more intrigued you become.

The market is endlessly fascinating to him, and he takes it all in with wide eyes. “We were never allowed in these places during the war. I can’t believe how many kinds of food there are here!”

“A whole galaxy’s worth,” you say. “People come to Coruscant from all over, and they bring their food culture with them. If you like seafood, you should visit Little Mon Cala sometime. There’s a little hole-in-the-wall place that serves the best chowder this side of Trask.”

“Maybe we should go there on our next date,” Waxer says with a charming smile.

“Oh, are we having another?” you ask flirtatiously.

“I would like that very much,” he says, and you’re almost startled by the sincerity in his voice. 

You’re so accustomed to people playing games or hiding their true intentions that Waxer’s straightforwardness throws you off balance.

“I would, too,” you reply, realizing that it’s true.

Before you register how many hours have passed, it’s late afternoon, and you need to get back home before the babysitter’s fee bankrupts you. You and Waxer exchange comm details, and when you say goodbye, he is a perfect gentleman. He doesn’t even try to kiss you, which is fine. Totally fine. Not disappointing at all.

You return home in an excellent mood, and Kaia is delighted to see you. You scoop her up and squeeze her into a tight hug that makes her squeal with excitement, and once the babysitter departs, you put your favorite song and dance around your apartment with your sweet little giggling girl. She babbles endlessly at you as she tells you all about her big day, which apparently involved several arts and crafts activities, as well as a truly epic session of play pretend, judging by the astonishing number of dolls strewn about the apartment.

You tidy up as Kaia eats her dinner, and even though your cynical brain warns you that it’s too early to get excited, you can’t quite suppress the little thrill of hope in your heart whenever you think about Waxer.

[offshore-brinicle]

That was one hell of a part 2 good lordy. I have SO many thoughts but I cannot put all into words for now, here's some though.

Dante is being real quiet [sus especially after how much they talked in canto 5, plus how they seemed seemed realise that they need to actually take part in helping the sinners proper] and they are [seemingly] the only sinner one could connect to Carmen [literally all of the chirstian symbolism, the way the static on her appearances was similar to the static Dante has seen on AFD and their overheating, the fact she seemed to speak through them at that point]. I am probably just reading into things but after the whiplash of how much they usually talk - internally and externally - I am very much getting a sinking feeling something's wrong.

Basements are evil. Hong Lu is rich enough to have a basement in his houses. He will probably have an evil basement. I would bet money on this, especially if its a sort of 'other world' as alluded to in his book (that I have not read. It does mention a Land of Illusion if i recall, however, so possibly a door to that). Bonus points if it ends up being upside down or smth.

Would the 'chaotic' part of the golden bough ( of 'em at least) have any sorta relation to why we Heath's E.G.O seemed unstable? I know most of the other distortions/E.G.O awakenings happened near boughs - which connects to the theory that they are directly related to Carmen and thus allow her to talk to people more easily like with the monolith - either Dante's fragment or a full one, but the specific mention of a chaotic one could mean it's responsible for Bodysack seeming to have corroded, as one can see the warning labels typical of a corroding E.G.O.

Given Faust's change in behaviour - namely stuttering for what I believe to be the first time - regarding the conversations around the 'creation of humans' I do believe this was how she was made. Yi Sang did say he made the tech used within the pods in that very basement, and the fact that he was the first recruit could mean that the Faust who approached him is not the same Faust on the bus. The idea of her being a metric fucktonna ID's layered on top of each other firstly explains the Council of Fausts theory, wherein she is able to talk to other versions of herself, in this case because that's what she is, as well as what Dante says about her looking somewhere else before answering. Mirrors alter perception, so her looking at a different Faust for answers could explain that as well. Work's too with her base E.G.O, wherein three shadows seem to point out an answer on her wall of notes. She has all the knowledge, she just needs her other selves to point it out when needed - thus her evasive attitude when it comes to answers, she needs time to get it pointed out.

On that note, do you think her attitude in Selva Obscura is a reflection of og!Faust, but she drops the act later on once Dante has fully forgotten their past? She doesn't really get that jokey after that.

Like how the middle seemed to be the antithesis of Ishmael in C5 part 2, the ring seems to be Heath's. The middle represented how Ishy as a person was mostly incompatibility with 'the bit', in the form of a situation that is remarkably silly on paper but ended up in near total annihilation of the group. The ring may represent how some may look for deeper meanings in all things from arts to people, which clashes wickedly against Heathcliff's more straightforward approach when it comes to handling situations. The dredges of the ring are those parts of him that overthink and he solves the problem as simply as he's been solving many others.

Cathy in a Coffin reminds me of when Carmen was content enough to haunt the narrative from her Bucket. Nothing else to say here except for the fact it's funny.

But back to Carmen, and more particularly 'fate' regarding distortions. The theme of denying of what 'should've happened' is a decently big theme of limbus - from the rewinding death to even subverting what happens from any literary source material - so if they end up going 'Carmen no Carming' to her later on, defying someone who seems to be as much of a god-like entity as the Head in some ways, I would not be surprised if we either get a visit from Iori, one of Demian's lot or another Lo9 member - x or current. Additionally, defying fate may just be what brings back Heathcliff from the edge, keeping Cathy alive in this mirror world but presumably in a weird weirdass way. My guess is that she distorts and gets nabbed by LCD - but I also just wanna see Moses so.

Also hey what happened to the seven strikes of lightning. Are they gonna be in Heath's distortion dungeon or something? No clue.

And I think that's it. Gonna stare at a wall for a while now methinks

OK SO FIRST UP THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HERE SO I'LL TRY TO ANSWER TO THESE CONCISELY

Now that you mentioned it, it was always very strange how Faust is Number 2 despite being there first and her mugshot having already been in uniform, so now that you mention her different attitude in the Prologue I honestly see a lot to what you are bringing up here. It was always a personal theory of mine that Faust's real "Mephistopheles" was Sang Yi or Yi Sang somehow, since Sang Yi still to seems to be a rather...odd entity that doesn't correspond to any particular mirror world and is implied by Yi Sang to have some degree of omniscience (and there's also that marked part in the dungeon where he "mysteriously dissapeared" for some time with no explanation), so she might have gotten Yi Sang to do the procedure that would give her this infinite knowledge, specially since even Yi Sang himself emphasizes on her having been "gifted" with omniscience, I Highly doubt he's being figurative here, even more with her EGO's background being the shadows of multiple people.

In regards to Dante not speaking I think it's simply because of the difference in situation, unlike Ishmael who was very clearly out of control due to her own mindset, Heathcliff is being driven over the edge by circumstance -- and some quite insane circumstances at that, so it might be why they could not intervene, but hopefully they'll step up when we get to the next part, specially since we'll be dealing with Distorted Heathcliff....and also, it's very interesting that we actually got Heathcliff's POV on how it felt to Distort. It might be Dante's connection to Carmen and The Sinners aligning at once.

And also, Catherine is def a Carmen expy (I actually did my own analysis some time ago in similarities Kromer, Ahab and Dongbaek had with Carmen too but this one is the most. Insanely explicit similarity) and the fact that she speaks to "Welcome Heathcliff home" at the very end in her own voice alongside Carmen...I can't help but feel she might have been planning to get Heathcliff to Distort all along as part of her personal plan that they can be together happy in Hell. The Overclocking symptoms seem to have been an indicator of Heathcliff approaching Distortion, I really like how...drastically different it feels from the awakened Crow's Eye View and Snagharpoon, and just in general how they completely threw the formula that had been built up until now out of the window (heh)

Either way, thanks for shooting me a message! It's always fun to get to hear other people's observations and theories and share my own two cents along the way

Edit: I forgor but frankly if Hong Lu has yet another Creepy Rich Person basement I think I'll bash my head against the wall. The real moral of Limbus is that basements are bad and evil. Sorry there are just So many good observations here and I'm a bit scatterbrained at times shfhh

In regards to the "fate" thing, I feel like that will be a big part of dealing with Heathcliff next part, Limbus Company as a game and story is built on the reimaginings or "what ifs" or classics, and we've seen it with Yi Sang that his ending was changed in the end; the original Yi Sang died and the protagonist of The Wings commits suicide, but he rejected all of that, while Ishmael was on her path to repeat the cycle of the story of Moby Dick but thanks to Dante and Heathcliff she rejected that as well. And the title of "Clear All Cathy" really establishes from the first moment the goal this time. We'll have to wait another week to see how it rolls.

[ifuckingloveryoshu]

Hey im so sorry. My roommate has cursed me with this question and i think you are qualified to answer it.

Is ryoshu a milf?

Most Truthful Answer: We'll find out in her Canto. We don't know yet, there's lots of references to raising kids within her mirror worlds (Cheif Butler and Lobotomy Corp) and any mention of family catching her attention. (Politly, don't tell me shit about the most recent Canto. I know she said something there, I saw the interaction with Gregor, nothing else. Zip it. ) but that is not absolute confirmation yet. Theories range from her being the mother, the daughter, the Emperor of Horikawa, or all three at once. That last ones not my theory though so its not mine to tell. All are valid. We don't know if she's a MILF yet.

My Personal Headcanons: Absolutely, but she acts so unlike it unless the subject is brought up. Im biased. I don't know how MILFs operate. Enlightenment would be nice. In my books, if she was a mother, she qualifies as a MILF. She doesn't have to do anything else. You raise a kid, your a MILF. M is for mother and idk what the other letters mean. Debatably, Outis is more MILF if she's Odysseus, a serial cheater, and does in fact have a family to come back to. Virgilius is the second closest to MILF on that bus.

Thank you for the question! Please tell your roommate that their question was nice. Anyone else can weigh in if they'd like.

Under the cut is me rambling unimportant stuff. Descriptive Nsfw, Veiw At Own Discretion

My brain is weird about Ryoshu and I overthink her niche in my life. I've accepted that my obsession with her is strange in the way my approach remains inconsistent? The sheer act of calling her milf makes me feel strange. I love her in many ways and I am ashamed of that because it's difficult to love in a healthy way.

Ive rotted my brain so milf is forever lewded, and thinking lewdly about Ryoshu is a mixed bag. So by default, I don't think Ryoshu is a milf if your definition of milf is mommy curvaceous plump ass tight lips bimbo, child rearing hips, because that's now how she is. If the parameters for milf = Soft spoken dommy mommy, she is absolutely not a milf. To make it clear, Im not accusing anyone of this, these are my thoughts, I just don't like when Limbus Company characters are mischaracterized, Ryoshu esspecially. Yet, I also acknowledge that I do mischaracterize her myself because of my own biases and Ill repeat that over and over.

I should go to bed before I type more stupid shit.

[dr9com9ge-ix]

I'd adore to know more about Wili, if you've had any more thoughts...

Hello Anon! I’ve had many thoughts since this was sent and have accumulated them! Accompanied by some Wili Art by yours truly! (Long post warning, Yapping time! Thank you so much for sending this ask!!!!!)

So this is Wili- Former employee of K-corp (Specifically the food resource development team, Mostly focused on horticulture) and now current employee of the Limbus company! He has a strong desire (nearing obsession) to innovate on how food is obtained and spreading it across the city when he finds it by any means necessary! He left his old job because he felt like it was stagnating and didn’t let him expriment as much as he’d like to (He was in a very middle position I imagine, Not quite at the bottom but not a big enough shot to be on level with Dongrang or something)

And so this spurs him to look elsewhere to satisfy this hunger for knowledge, for a world where one could just pick an apple off a tree and never starve again and well like… His literal hunger!

So he was offered a chance to satisfy that by the Limbus company and he happily accepted! Ever curious about the abnormalities the company faces- If whether or not they’d taste good or provide anything for people. Both in the name of science and the future but also because he is hungry. A wee bit of mad scientist and a gourmand in one.

His EGO is called Stomachache!— It sort of delves into the carrot on a stick/ Forbidden fruit sort of vibe of the future he wants being akin to a ravenous hunger, the kind that turns people into feral animals. He literally bites people in his EGO attack! (Thats where the healing comes from-) He also is quite food agressive and it factors into his passive making him go faster, Probably the sanity hit from EGO use making him act alot less polite than he usually is.

He definitely wants the whole “Food is now easily accessible for everyone!” utopia so he could eat as much as he wants and not think of the possibility of it being taken from him- Also because he thinks the worst thing you could do to someone is just starving them!

Butcher Vanity is probably the main song I listen to when doodling him- Its a very him song to me. Also still thinking about other characters relating to his past/ would be in his Canto and I think it’d be cute to make em fruit themed (There… Isn’t alot of characters to work off of in his source material…Its literally just The Hungry Caterpillar)

Also for other EGOs aside from his own he definitely would have Mountain of smiling bodies/ Smile - Its relating to the hunger! And well he may or may not be willing to kill to have consistent and hearty meals. (also say Hi to Erik my boy he’s in this doodle page too). Maybe also a Fairy Festival/ Fairy Gentleman Ego too. As for IDs- Mayhaps an Eighth Chef/Greta one, a Liu assocation. All that jazz!

Other wee facts about Wili

- Wili has pretty bad hunger pangs, enough to make him want to eat before he thinks he’ll get them. Has a tendency to overeat though.

- He loves talking at length about agriculture — Though mostly from a scientific lens, as he’s never been a farm boy. Mostly working on plants in a lab setting rather than a field. He’ll also yap about food preparation too.

- Kind of dude that will try to grow stuff from groceries.

- His favorite food is a fresh fruit salad but a nice rare steak is a close second!

- He may or may not have considered who to eat first in case of an emergency and may have been too enthusiastic to try human flesh. (much to his coworkers’ horror and then eventual “Okay Wili we know…” /exasperated)

- His little caterpillar hairclip was a gift from a former coworker at K-corp. He thinks its very cute and just has it on him all the time.

-He’s… Maybe also inspired by the Genetically Modified Caterpillar video- In the sense of “Little hungry dude becomes horrifying due to this insatiable hunger and devours things due to science!”

- His name comes from the unused title/ Draft title of The Hungry caterpillar which was “A week with Wili the worm” Because I really didn’t want to name him after the author (I’d have Eric with a C and Erik with a K in that case) and couldn’t find a caterpillar-ish name that would work.

[x-lucifera]

So I've seen Boom

Just so you know

SPOILER ALERT

My thoughts on Season 14 Episode 3:

First of all, why is it numbered as 4 on Disney+? It's so weird. Specials are 0, or "specials".

There are subtitles in my language to this. That's an improvement to most previous seasons I had to make subtitles myself if I wanted to show the show to somebody else.

And also I just found out there is Polish dubbing made to this. Like... WHAT?! It was uncomfortable to watch... Even for this exactly 15 seconds before I noticed it.

Oh, and I have finally seen this "Disney+ Original" - I laughed so hard I woke up half of my neighbours xD

About an episode - it felt better than previous ones. Singing took me off guard again, even tho it seems we have musical-ish sequence in every episode so far. Which is interesting. But also weird.

Again, I have a problem with the timeline, so if someone could explain this issue, I would be ever so grateful. We met Vilengard again and this is set about 3000 years in the future (based on Ruby's calendar age). But didn't Nine blow the factory up at this point? Because we know he did, and there was supposed to be a banana plantation. (Bananas! Bananas are good!)

I didn't like this thing with Canto. First, he shot Ruby without any question - after I finally started to like her, ffs. And then they had 3 minutes to bomb blow up but they had this oddly long talk... I mean, lovely, love in the middle of war (*cough* with an empty planet *cough*), but the timing was so weird. And this whole sequence... Well, I cringed a bit.

I love the fact that in this season we have hugs back. I love the hugs. I missed it, there were too few hugs previously xd

The Doctor looks absolutely FANTASTIC in his new outfit, but when do we find out his Outfit (TM)? So far there is nothing connected to him. 9 had his black leather jacket and heavy boots, 10 long swishy coat, pinstripes suit and too many shirts underneath (on more than one occasion), 11 with his bowtie (that was absolutely cool I don't care what people say!! ... I also started wearing one, cuz why the hell not), 12 and this lovely magician-like piece with red accents, 13 and her beautiful sky blue coat (btw I want it so bad), 14 and his too-tight blue-this-time suit, and 15? What about 15? We are 3 episodes into the season c'mon! (And I found out there is 8 episodes?! So it's almost half-season)

Was it rushed? I don't know. It didn't feel like it much. At least not to the point with Canto. After this weird situation, it went really quick. Oddly quick.

I liked the message of this episode, even tho it kinda came out of nowhere.

The overall rating is 8/10 for me. On to the next!

[carapacecross]

so. uh. canto seven, huh?

to be honest, i didn't actually expect anything to happen kintype-wise - i remember getting pretty strong vibes from canto six before it came out and getting canonsick reading wuthering heights, but when it came out, it turned out to be nothing. i think the canonsickness was just because i have a lot of sources that take place in the 1800s/1900s. so when canto seven was on the horizon and holding my copy of don quixote started making me emotional in a way i couldn't quite place, i didn't think anything of it. another false alarm.

and, like, there were signs that it was not, in fact, going to be nothing. there's an scp - 4028 - about don quixote being a sentient fictional character who goes after the foundation, but it turns out that it's actually sancho pretending to be don quixote, and the real don quixote is the scp foundation's director of pataphysics. when i read that for the first time, it made my heart hurt in a way i couldn't quite place. and, well, foreshadowing is a literary device, as the saying goes.

and, also, the other thing. as soon as i saw sancho in part two, i immediately thought of him as a man. i knew he obviously wasn't going to be, because don was a woman, and project moon wasn't going to do something like that, but i couldn't shake it. and when part three came out, the more i saw, the more shes and hers and "lady sancho", the more uncomfortable and, pointedly, dysphoric it made me. it was wrong. i knew it was wrong. and i also knew why i must have felt that way. why else would it make me dysphoric?

and when you factor that into the story of part three, it almost makes sense. sancho is disconnected from the other bloodfiends in his family. the barber thinks sancho hates her because he never wears any of the clothes she makes for him. don quixote won't stop bringing up the possibility of sancho having children in the future, no matter how many times he tells him he's not interested. sancho didn't see any point in living before he was turned. when you think of all that in the context of sancho being a closeted trans man...

well, needless to say, it wasn't very fun for me.

i don't really know how to talk about this. or what to do with this information. i'm not don. i don't...i don't feel like don. i never have. i can't honestly look at that face and see myself. and yet.

and yet.

...i'm glad one of us has a family, at least.

[gizmocreates]

there’s been more talk about dante recently and I’m eating it up slurp slurp slurp but I do think I should give my own thoughts about that clock and their Situation

This is not researched or anything. Just vibes. So it’s gonna be shit and you can ignore if you think I’m gonna be completely inaccurate to character or whatever

but I’m just thinking about it and like… it kind of makes sense to me that dante isn’t managing their sinners perfectly, that they’re being dismissive of some of them and generally seem to be becoming more cynical and bitter— because, well, dante isn’t really built for this job. They’re just A Guy- despite being the “pov character” they’re as flawed and struggling as any other sinner. They *are* a sinner, and I think people forget that sometimes (even in character), because they *have* been put in this position of authority over the others�� but it’s a position that they, as they are now, were in no way prepared for. They for all intents and purposes have only been alive for around a year. Their memories, hopes, dreams and perspective on the world are all being shaped by this journey, because it’s the only thing they have to cling to.

The constant pain and death, constantly being treated as less than a person by their superiors and enemies alike, even by some of the other sinners as some point. Their own experiences being disregarded, to some extent, even by the most compassionate sinners, simply because they’re the manager, this is their job, and they’re supposed to be the ‘example’. And it makes me think- is the ‘dismissiveness’ Dante portrays towards some of the sinners like Heathcliff and Quixote because of them looking down on those sinners? Or might it be more because Dante, thinking of themself as simply a tool to be used, might see those ‘less useful’ sinners more as *equals* than the ones they look *up* to?

I don’t know. I just feel like- their own uselessness is something they beat down upon themself constantly about, and to many of the others in the group Quixote and Heathcliff are some of the most ‘unreliable’ of sinners. Not to mention the fact that in many different scenarios, Dante’s gotten lumped in with them due to circumstances, such as with the Christmas event. Maybe Dante is projecting how they feel about themself into these two sinners that they feel like are on their level. Or maybe the fact that Dante constantly has to silently endure the pain of death, over, and over, and over, and over again, without so much as a protest, is getting to them? Who knows. I’m really looking forward to how Heathcliff and Don develop their relationships with Dante and each other in these next two Cantos, regardless- considering that these three seem to be in the Worst mental state of the thirteen sinners right now. It’s gonna get explosive- I can glean that much.

[oathofkaslana]

hi hi hi leeeee :] as a colleiwarrior it is my duty to ask about collei o7 and if you want to do it id like to hear your thoughts about xiao too hehe

HAI PLUTO!!!! ill do collei and then xiao :3

Collei:

First impression:

OHHH I LOVE HER ALREADY SHE'S SO SNARKY AND HER LORE IS SO COMPELLING....... very very excited to see her in game i hope she comes out soon (<- had to wait like what. two/three years????)

Impression now:

gives me brain worms my God. i think i've thought about her too much bc theres so many lil symbols that i associate w her that just aren't intentional in the slightest. she has so so so much lovea nd heart in her and i wishhhh people understood her better. also extremely disappointed in her in-game writing for multiple reasons but like. the ableism and misogyny being a big one. :( colleination could fix her...... i wish she were more mean in the game.

Favorite moment:

her fight w kaeya and the subsequent "confrontation" w amber....... makes me so so sick in the head that was The original collei trio to me. i looove how it plays w all three of their characters even if it isn't shown very well. it's also the basis for a lot of my interpretation of collei since it shows the extent of her beliefs/lack of belief. dear god..... it's so so good.

Idea for a story:

i've talked abt wt spin off au and windblume rewrite a bunch on this blog so let's go with amber and collei liyue trip!! :DD someone comes and tells amber they heard something about her grandfather in qingce while collei's in town and obv collei's like i can't hold you back on this! so they jsut decide to go together bc collei's packed a bag anyways and they're both adept w survival skills surely their different skills will come in handy for liyue. going to qingce leads them to going to yilong port (i'd do qiaoying but i feel like its too close) and amber's like. kinda stumbling w her broken canto-mando and feeling weirdly emotional and she and collei both bond w "coming back" to a generational homeland while feeling like a stranger and its an important moment to both of them bonding as friends and a pivitol point of collei changing her idea of amber as a savior as more of amber as a best friend yk :''). also ga-ming....... i don't know if he'll stay for long bc honestly i do want it to focus on amber and collei but i think it'd be fun for him to at least make an appearance or sm yk!! the narrative there could be so compelling.

Favorite relationship:

........................okay yeah obv it's amber and collei aksjbdkbsdja BUT. her and cyno are a close second :]

Favorite headcanon:

SNAKE MOMENT. i have a moment in my wt spin off au where she tends to a snake in spite of a phobia of them and it's representative of her first step towards healing AND her caring for her younger self even if she's still wrapped in so much hatred of her. also trans (she/her) lesbian.

Xiao:

First impression:

he's so sad :(( i want him please come home.... he has so so much heart and he doesn't even know it because of his own grief and guilt and objectification of himself :(( he's bruce-coded FUCK.

Impression now:

MAKES ME VIOLENT. i love him so so bad i miss him all the time. his story is soooo entangled with grief and acceptance and every little step he takes reflects that. he's such a fun character bc it's kinda a study on what comes after the tragic hero's story yk? except the tragedy is in part because he lives! he feels so so much and has such a big hear tbut denies it any priority bc it's easier not to. :((

Favorite moment:

PERILOUSWS TRAILS CUTSCNEe......... MY GOD. DERA GHODDD. FUCK. it makes me so so sick in the head that entire quest. xiao so readily sacrificing himself for the others because it's his duty to and because its what all his loved ones did. him closing his eyes and accepting it and finding comfort in the fact that he knows what happened to bosacius and that he's following his footsteps. him being saved and being surprised but That being such a key moment to his grieving process. also the poem from the waterborne poetry event :'') (aka the only part of that event that matters). it referencing all of the yakshas :'''''') and talking of him missing them

Idea for a story:

i don't have an actual story w xiao in mind... i would loooove to see another story quest w him and the other adepti though :''') i wanna see him in the past so so bad :C

Favorite relationship:

him and zhongli! :] they're both characters whos stories are about grief but both have different timelines to it and i think that's so so interesting especially when you remember how zhongli showed no emotion during the archon war and how his depart from his duty was his final stage of grief (acceptance) whereas xiao plunged himself into duty and emotional repression as a means to cope with all the grief and guilt and pain that he feels.

Favorite headcanon:

i think the wangshu inn staff gives him li xi sometimes and he's just like "i am literally older than you please stop i have no need for this" but he keeps it anyways. they have a small room saved for him at all times just in case he ever wants it (he never takes it but he appreciates it). <- its small bc he'd die if it was an open space.

[teaenthusiast65]

Tolya Yul Bataar Fanfic

The Beginning...

Novyi Zem had been both a traitor and a safe haven for my family.

There was no testing or mandatory service to the First Army in Novyi Zem; they were free to choose how they lived their lives. Or, they should have been.

My parents were stolen as children by slavers from Weddle, who then sold them to the Little Palace and they were forced to live the life of a Ravkan Grisha, instead of a free Zowa in Novyi Zem.

It had taken my Mother falling pregnant with me for the two of them to cross the Shadow Fold and flee; they wanted to make sure I had the choice they never had.

They had settled in Shiftport and hid their powers. After I was born however, they dreaded the day that I might be both blessed and cursed with the gift of small science.

I had been barely eight years old when I had been playing in the jurda fields, loving the smell and sight of the orange flowers. It was winter and the flowers were not in bloom; as an impatient child, I had touched a frozen stem, and sparked life back into it, to see the beautiful orange flower once again.

Unlike in Weddle, the people of Shiftport had protected and hidden me away when any slavers, Grisha hunters or pirates came calling. In exchange, I kept the jurda flowers, the villages main export, blooming all year round. As well as other crops that were required.

I had always wanted to go to the Little Palace, to learn about my ability; what I was or wasn’t capable of. My parents never told me what type of Grisha I was, or what they were either.

I guessed they thought if they kept me ignorant of the world, I would not be so eager to join it; which backfired spectacularly on them as I began to resent the secrets they kept from me. 

When the fold had been torn down by the Sun Summoner and the Shadow Summoner had been killed, meaning there was no more mandatory service to the First Army, there was no longer any reason for me not to follow where my heart led me.

It did not take me long to find a collection of ships in Eames Harbour that would offer me cheapest and safest passage to Ravka.

The Volkyolny was the third ship I visited; I could see the crew loading the ship with supplies; two of whom I noticed, a man and a woman, happened to be Shu.

I had not encountered many descendants from Shu Han. In fact I could only recall one, who had been a merchant collecting a shipment of jurda. I had been very young and had stared too openly, with bright green eyes that the merchant noticed and taken offence too.

Now that I was older, my intrigue had not diminished, though my manners had evolved enough that no longer stared so openly.

They had short jet black hair that shone with streaks of white in the sunlight. Unlike other members of the crew that had been tanned by the sun, the two of them still appeared quite pale.

There was something about their slanted eyes that intrigued me, they reminded me of a sunflower seed. A comparison that seemed even more fitting as the brown of their eyes reminded me of the center of a sunflower.

Spying a man standing at the end of a ramp that bridged the gap between the dock and ship, supervising as the crew of the ship carried supplies up and down the ramp. I surmised that he was the captain. 

“Excuse me,” I greeted as I approached.

He stared at me with a scowl that seemed permanently settled on his face, “Yes?”

“How much to book passage from here to Ravka?” I asked.

“Fifty kruger.” he told me promptly.

“What time do you leave?” I asked, wanting to know how long I had to search for a cheaper option before I had to make a decision.

“Dawn.” he replied, just as the male Shu descended the ramp, clearly hearing the last word his captain had said, prompted him to speak.

“Long may the night carry our souls, Until the dawn renews us.” he quoted, smiling happily.

“Urgh, enough with the poetry.” said the female Shu as she clomped down the ramp with heavy feet.

“That was from Rabinov.” he explained, “Canto Sixteen.”

“Canto Seventeen, actually.” I corrected as I weight my pouch of money in my hand, more concerned with how light it felt and not the people around me.  

When I looked up however, I saw three pairs of very stunned eyes looking at me intensely. I didn’t think my words would provoke such a strong reaction and looked around, thinking there must be some other explanation but all of their eyes stayed trained on me.

“Did she just correct your poetry?” the Shu woman asked in disbelief.

“I believe she did.” said the Shu man, his voice sounding dazed as he stared at me; his eyes practically burrowing into my skin, his gaze was so intense.

Both the woman and the captain cackled with loud laughter.

Feeling as if I had somehow offended someone, probably the Shu man, I turned on my heel and fled the awkward situation as fast as I could. But I felt a pair of eyes watching every step I took before I turned the corner and was out of sight.

I visited another three ships, the price going higher with each ship. That left me with only one option; the Volkyolny.

Unfortunately, that left me with not enough to money to pay for a bed to sleep for the night. Instead, I simply wandered the streets of Eames Chin with nothing but my thoughts for company.

I couldn’t help think back to the last words I had said to my parents, the weight of them laying heavily upon my shoulders; “You're taking my choices away. Just as the slavers took yours.”

The words hung so heavily on my mind that I felt my shoulders slump with the effort. My words had been harsh, but I didn't regret saying them.

That was what bothered me; that I did not feel guilty about the pain I saw in their eyes. I was too concerned with my own.

As I walked by a small window box, I saw the plants within it were droopy and brown, bent over like they too, had the weight of the world on top of their own tiny stems.

I may not have been able to relieve my own burdens, but I could help with theirs; I ran my hand over the top of them and watched as the stems turned green once again and slowly straightened up, standing tall once more before a small white flower began to bloomed.

Smiling to myself, I felt my heart feel lighter for just a moment, before the weight returned. Taking a deep breath, I shifted the strap of my pack a little more securely on my shoulder and continued on my way.

As the first rays of light began to peak over the horizon, I made my way back down to the docks and quickly found the ‘Volkyolny’.

I saw a few passengers boarding the ship, stumbling slightly over the lip of the ramp and side of the ship whilst the crew scurried about the deck, preparing to leave.

The captain was once again standing at the foot of the ramp between the dock and the ship. Marching over to him, his eyes sparked in recognition as he saw me, “Decided to join us did you?”

My answer was to hand him my bag of gold.

He weighed it in his hand for a moment, testing the weight to see if it was the correct, before he offered me a small nod, “Captain Sturmond.” he introduced himself.

“Flora.” I told him as I gripped my bag firmly in my hand.

Each step I took up the ramp felt important; as if I was walking away from who I was, everything that I had known.

Novyi Zem, Shiftpoint, my family, my friends, the jurda fields; they made my bag weigh heavily in my hand, as if it was some sort of anchor, desperately pulling against me to stay put… but I was stronger.

As I reached the top of the ramp I was surprised to see a hand outstretched in front of me, towards the hand that held my bag. Following up the muscled arm to its owner, I saw the Shu man looking down at me.

I frowned in confusion for a moment before I realized he was offering to take my bag for me. I looked up at him bemusedly as I handed him my bag.

His curious eyes met mine with a small, yet kind smile as he offered his other hand to me, palm up, silently offering to help me over the awkward transition from the ramp to the deck of the ship.

Placing my hand in palm, his thumb pressed down across the length of my fingers in order to help me up.

“Welcome aboard.” he said, those his words were simple enough, I felt as if there was more meaning behind him; like a promise of things to come.

Perhaps that was why I felt an excited flap of butterflies in my stomach and my heart skip as my eyes locked with his. I was certainly afraid, I’d be foolish not to be, but that didn’t stop me from stepping closer to him and onto the ship.

That sent a strange thrill through me, being fearful of something, and doing it anyway. Once my feet were firmly planted on the deck of the ship, I looked around excitedly, pulling my hand from his as I took in the strange surroundings of the ships, its cargo and crew.

I wasn’t so distracted however that I missed the small, secretive smile he had as he looked after me.

Clearly this story has more to give; I just don't know what it is. 

I would like prompts, suggestion and feedback as to where you think this story could go next because... well... I have nothing. 

Any help, whether that be suggestions, prompts, problems or observations would be greatly appreciated. 

DM’s or comments, all are welcome. 

--Tea Enthusiast

[vyvesvi]

just started asia super young 😅 funny how a show can seem super popular when you're out of the loop but when you finally start watching it's crickets

this is my first time watching a youku show, i like the pacing BUT I HATE the fact that they cut so much from the free eps (free is 1 hr vip is 2.5+ 🫠). so like the irresponsible working adult i am i committed to monthly subscription (that i WILL remember to cancel the day the finale airs 😁). the other thing that i find really disappointing is that free voting on the youku app doesn't count towards their rank, it's just for extra promo 🫠 apparently you need to pay separately through their site or have a weibo associated with a mainland # (acc to fans based in hk w weibo accounts they can't even vote. when the show is filming in hk. and conducted half in canto.)

but i WILL be tuning in even though im desperately confused about everything. i watched eps 1 - 3 using the free version so im gonna do a quick recap and hopefully start catching up with the extra content tomorrow 🙏

ASY PICKS (based on ep 1 - 3)

ults: gemini (hoàng huệhùng/huang huixiong) & albert (aihe)

these two...how could you not say cunt. gemini is a 99 liner from vietnam, a short king, his nose is pierced, his dancing is clean, and his vocals are great. does he speak chinese? no. but does he serve face? like his life depends on it (because it does). he's already on my list of survival show contestants who will live on in my brain in perpetuity. aihe is the other main slayer from the same audition group (medusa). just look at him. he walked out and i went bitch???? he's like if hu yetao and xue bayi had a baby that was mad as hell. he's an 03 liner from xinjiang, pretty good vocals, and great dance skills. had to use that shitty laptop pic bc it just radiates his whole vibe.

i like you!: vic (zhang shengxi), orenda (shuhao), walker (wang kun), kong sonhei (jiang xinxi), & karl (ting tzelong)

vic is a 2000 liner & and member of enone. his rank is so oddly low bc he gets pretty good screentime and is very talented?

shuhao is a 2000 liner. he wasnt a pick until he did his solo rap but he's the best rapper, undisputed, on this show. plus he composed & produced & wrote & arranged their group's whole audition song? kingie.

walker is an 05 liner with a musical theatre background. to me he has a very broadcaster type face - kind and open. i noticed him mostly for how he was taking care of his younger audition partner, it was very very cute 🙄(🥹).

xinxi is an 02 liner & a member of the yuehua brigade. member of the bg boyhood (all of whom are competing) and i believe the theme song center. but more importantly, he's my birthday buddy!😁🥳 i'll admit to noticing him first bc of the bday thing - i was actually pretty unimpressed by boyhood's audition. still, he's a very good/solid boy group member to have.

karl (ting tzelong) is a 97 liner with roots in canada & hong kong. he's a Fantastic singer and was the runner up in the mr. hong kong contest? don't think he can dance but that voice, singing or speaking...

i know you & ur fun: ollie

ollie (06, under yuehua) was on boys planet so im very familiar with him (side note but this show has so many former iqiyi show contestants but none from tencent 😭). honestly he's not a pick for me but i like his energy, he's a great variety member. also i don't want to see him lose so 😭 that said i've always thought he raps like he's reading a children's book but he's graduated to slam poetry🎉

hmmm: sky (zhao tianyi)

so. sky's audition was iconic. this 14 y/o kid sang, rapped, played the piano, synths, talkbox, did streetdance, and jumped into a split. he clearly loves music & is very intense about follow this passion. but 1) he's 14. 2) he clearly wants to be a soloist, thus far i can't see a single team player bone in his body. these things combined have put him lower on my list (i especially didn't really care for how he interacted with gemini during the team selection but we'll see if that continues in ep 4). but he's here currently for his talent.

keeping an eye out: archie (sin ching fung), hugo (wong singcheuk) & service (sun xiaowei)

archie (98) is a singer, he sings! but honestly so many ppl on this show are good & he can't really dance so...we'll see

hugo (03, apex member) ...in his audition he looked like a member of my token bg POW lol. he has a lot of potential i just need to see more

service (03) i saw some star potential in his audition, we'll see

[scalpel-mom-mori]

OK no tell me about limbus company, this is an invitation to do so. I play too so I wanna know more about what you think about it lmao

Unfortunately anon i don't have many coherent thoughts about it lolol. What i will say is that as a bsd enjoyer i am thoroughly enjoying the literature influences, and the fact that lcb includes Crime and Punishment and Dream of the Red Chamber just absolutely delights me. I'm also a huge fan of gore so the way lcb in particular doesn't hold back on the sound or visual effects is super fun for me ehe

But besides the coherent thoughts the way i went sONYA??? when he showed up at the end of canto 2 was absolutely hilarious.

Gregor is papa roach, very dad shaped no i don't take constructive criticism. Sinclair is my baby baby boy, and Lu-ge my beloved has never had a thought in his life but i love him for it.

Dante also has insane gender it's embarrassing to get gender envy from a person with a flaming clock for a head