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meefy · 1 year ago
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Oh OP I'm so glad you brought this up because I have so much to say on this topic!
As you say the last time Mithrun had any semblance of a real connection with others was when he was lord of the dungeon. Now we don't know a ton about his backstory beyond some very basic info - he was the youngest of a powerful noble family, he has an older brother whom he hated - but from Kabru's retelling and Milsiril's visit to Mithrun while he was recovering (in the Adventurer's Bible), we can garner that Mithrun was the type of person others wanted to be. He was attractive, wealthy and from a good family. Others believed he was, in a word, perfect. He should have had plenty of true, close bonds.
Except he wasn't, and he didn't.
Mithrun was deeply unhappy. He didn't want to be sent to the Canaries, he wanted to be back home with his beloved, the person his brother had apparently "stolen" from him. It’s never revealed how or when Mithrun found out he was the product of an affair, but it strikes me as a little over the top for him to be so enraged over only the fact his brother and his beloved were dining together. To me, that's the reaction of someone who knows they are the illegitimate (and unwanted) child, who thinks he deserves better (and deserves to be the one with his beloved, not his brother), but can never have it because his family shipped him off to the Canaries, and because of his background.
So, I think Mithrun learned his true parentage shortly before he became the lord of the dungeon, and decided nothing he wanted in his life - including happiness - was going to be attainable otherwise.
Back to that...Mithrun was seemingly happy as lord of the dungeon early on. He had "friends" who were happy to be around him...until things started going wrong, and they abandoned him. And I can't help but contrast that with how Laios, Izutsumi, Senshi, and Chilchuck handle Marcille when things start to go wrong in her dungeon: they fight tooth and nail to get to her and remind her of all the wonderful things they've all done together and want to do in the future. She had people who stopped her from losing herself.
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I think that it would be quite terrifying to put yourself out there again knowing there was a time where you thought people cared about you and nobody helped you when you needed it most on top of all the other trauma he experienced and has to now work through. And since many of his memories don't seem to be affected by his lack of desires, I'm sure he remembers that too - that he was, as you say, "punished" for admitting what he really wanted in life.
I don't think that Mithrun is incapable of caring for people, but it makes sense that he wouldn't recognize this until after others had to tell him directly. The last time he pursued his self-serving desires and had any connection with others was when he was lord of the dungeon, and he was thoroughly punished for that. Viewing himself as disposable and unable to experience desires beyond revenge means that he won't be able to give into the same kind of desires that left him in the state he is now and caused him to lose what he had.
I can imagine it would be hard to acknowledge that you want anything for yourself after that
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probablydinosaurs · 11 months ago
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this was originally a twitter thread but mehhhh. the audience of one-two here get my insane venting instead. its 3am. I've had a rough day and I just want to list it out from worst to least worst. sorry if this is venting. again 3am. 1: my sister showed up completely unannounced, and waltzed in a fight with my other sister and her husband at their place. she had good reason to be here (she's homeless and is a fuckin ice age here. that's not a problem. we are glad she went to us for help.)-sadly she's an entitled fuck who begged my dad for cigs when we have NOTHING BUT A ROOF to give. its SCARY how poor we are. She was also VERY TRANSPHOBIC, which was not on my sister's bingo card this year. mainly about trans woman and their "complaining". my already shit sister saying terf shit was not smth i thought id hear. i was very upset about that. i haven't talked to her bc ik if i do, il cry but I've been giving her the silent treatment unless it's akward. 2: i have covid. had symptoms since like the 13th (i joked that i got it for my birthday) and its been a nightmare. i can't sleep. Eating sucks. my nose hurts. i think i blew a blood vessel in my eye. its just been the worst. 3: due to being unable to sleep, im wildly manic at 3am. i have nothing to do and no one to talk to. and im unreasonably upset that people on tiktok think Spongebob is a kid. like boi your face screams "post movie" pleaaasseee educate yourself on cartoon history. he is an adult! 4: after ALLL of this like 7 mins ago, the fire alarm randomly beeped a few times. luckily not a lot but still. stressed me the FUCK OUT. nothing is on. i think bc its the FUCKIN ICE AGE OUTSIDE, the apartment is a TAD too warm (witch its not. my feet are frozen)
5: found out today that scientists didn't start using real menstrual blood on pads/tampons till AUGUST OF LAST YEAR??? WTF WERE U USING BEFORE? That's why pads are always off SOMEHOW. SOMEHOW there's an issue. and tampons never fit right. they have been fuckin guessin for decades 6: my new cat is a needy hoe. I'm used to it but with covid and barely being able to walk/exist, her sweving between my legs is a nightmare. I always have to throw a bottle cap down the hallway just so she doesn't get in my room. 7: been on upsetting media tiktok. why the fuck is there a fandom forming around a vent cartoon about S/A???? like I won't say its bad but that's not a FANDOM THING! yall are fucked up (also it parodies the peewee's playhouse op and that bugs me. i love peewee.)
interlude: my needy hoe of a cat is named peewee (well to my mom, it's now Princess Pipsqueak but thats not a good name to say in frustration as I'm trying to exist down the hallway. also, we thought she was a boi at first and she has a face that looks like paul Reubens's. I still see it. 8: I have used up all the TP and tissues in the house and have been using paper towels to blow my nose, which is roughing up my already red sore nose. I put gold bond on my nose and it BURNED but now it feels smoother. 9: i feel like i annoy people with my Hannibal hyperfixation. i have yet to truly let it spread here but it's EVERYWHERE ELSE. (and il probs reblog this onto my hannibal blog so hiiiii) and yet it feels like no one cares. ik it's a bit niche, upsetting not everyones thing but Ive NEVER loved smth more and it hurts when i don't talk about it I just. want to get someone into it. someone else got me into it and it means a lot. I hope they are doing ok. I'm grateful they gave me my favorite hyperfixation ever. I've littrally never loved anything more. and I've been into a LOT of stuff. i was called annoying by an ex friend because i got into things too much. and to them, "too much" was anything that wasn't "i like this thing. i think this thing is good and cool. lets rp weird incest about it." (i hate my teen years) but like. that ex friend would HAAAAATE by hyperfixatiing now. i have friends to ENABLE ME NOW. 10: just added this one. kinda put two and two together that corp vtubers birthdays most likely aren't their real birthdays. everyone is celebrating a graduated corps bday and yet they moved to another company and like. no birthday in sight. and it feels weird to latch onto their old persona's bday when they are right there with probs a new (and more real maybe) birthday. you can actually go celebrate with them whenever their "new" birthday is and yet you are clinging to the past. especially since they are THRIVING where they are rn and were not happy as a bigger corp.
thats a bout it. thanks if u saw this and read. its ok if you didnt. i just had a LOT go on lately.
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snarky-sims-witch · 5 years ago
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Ask Pileup
It’s finally here! The asks that have been collecting dust in my inbox! Doing them in one post just because it would be hella spammy if I did them all individually.
Don’t see your question here? It’s probably because it’s a 100BC ask that I’ve either answered before or is already clarified in the rules.
@simvanglade:  I love your sims medieval posts! I've never put that much effort into it before but you make me want to!
Aw thank you! I assume you mean the ones I was posting in the Sims Community Facebook group? I don’t think I’ve posted a lot of Sims Medieval to my tumblr, but I’m super happy you love them so much! I’ve wanted to do a Sims Medieval story for a long time on this simblr. Remind me when I finish one of my current stories. ;)
@consultingpolymath:  I have a question about the 100 baby challenge!! When my matriarch is an elder and ready to move out, is it ok at that point to make her immortal, or is it still against the rules? Even if she's not in the house anymore, I wish she could live to see some of her grandchildren, instead of just dying of old age after a week.
So I don’t typically answer a lot of 100BC questions anymore but this is kind of an interesting question that I don’t actually think I ever thought to address??? Yeah, it’s fine. You can basically do whatever you want with moved out kids and elderly matriarchs as long as it doesn’t break any rules that would in any way affect your active household. Moved out kids and matriarchs aren’t technically part of the challenge anymore.
@darkgrungemusic:  Hiya I just saw your answer to the ask of your text color on your blog and I wanted to let you know on Mod the Sims there's a mod to change the load screen and the main menu so its like normal, and there's one that lets you pick the colors instead. Just letting you know in case you didn't. Love you and your blog! Have an amazing day!
Thank you so much! I’m so happy you love my blog! I knew about the mod but since I knew a darker load screen was coming soon, anyway, I didn’t really want to bother with another mod that I’d just end up uninstalling again in a couple weeks, anyway. I appreciate the help, though!
@hotcocomash:  [i swear this isnt a 100baby ask] I found you from the buzzfeed 100 baby videos and got hooked on your not so berry story! ive kinda been reading it backwards cause of how mobile works but im still loving it. when i have time im gonna sit down and read everything chronologically. thank you for making so much interesting and fun content!
Lol I don’t actually mind answering 100BC asks. I just don’t like repeating myself. I’m so happy you found me through Buzzfeed (which is kind of surreal, wow) and I’m even happier you like my Not So Berry Challenge so much! I hope to get back to the Sweet family soon! They’re lots of fun.
@tekimimotaku: So I've only just found you. By looking up the only challenge I knew: the 100 Baby Challenge. But I'm looking through your blog and I'm captivated by the other challenges so far. Some aren't to my taste, but I can still appreciate the thought put into them and that others will enjoy them. Had I not already made my matriarch, I'd say F it and do a different challenge of yours. I can't wait til I'm done with this one so that I can start on the others! I wish I could think things through like that!
Aw thanks so much! I hope you’re having fun with the 100BC and it’s totally fine that not all my challenges appeal to you. :) I try to create different challenges that appeal to a wide variety of players so for most people, some of my challenges won’t be all that fun for them, but there could be others that they love so much, they just want to play over and over. That’s always sort of my intention when making a new challenge; trying to engage a different group of Simmers.
@mmfinch: I know that you're completely tired of the 100 baby challenge questions. I went back and read your Midford series as an apology of sorts and thoroughly enjoyed it. Your creativity in storytelling is amazing. I read through all the Q&A but this hasn't been asked. Is show hidden objects allowed to get a birth certificate for non hospital births? The have baby option was clicked by accident and couldn't be cancelled. Show hidden objects is a cheat, but the object is decoration only.
I’m so happy you love The Midford Legacy! As for your 100BC question, there are definitely a LOT of objects in the debug menu that I would consider cheating and not allowed, but the decorative birth certificate isn’t one of those things. Go ahead and buy it if you like. :)
@bipolarrrbearrr: Hey! I know you’re not super into this page right now, but I’ve been keeping up with your not so berry story and I love it. I haven’t been able to go past peppermint because I’m on safari and can’t get the app right now. I wish you could have streamed or recorded it because that would have made the story so much better! You’re awesome 😎
I have kind of a personal loathing for the YouTube/Twitch scene for... many, many reasons, some of them valid and some of them petty, lol, so I don’t think I’ll ever take up YouTubing again. I like the written word too much and the freedom of being able to stage my shots, but I appreciate the sentiment! I hope you get to read the rest of the challenge soon!
@sim-sizzlin: I did originally follow you cause you are the 100 baby (and many other cool challenges) OP writer, but it's really cool to see an active simblr making sims medieval posts it makes me want to reinstall my old copy it was YEARS AND YEARS ago ty
Aw, thank you! Yeah my Sims Medieval content is surprisingly popular. I think I need to make one of my next storytelling projects a Sims Medieval one. Thanks so much for the feedback!
@yennibelle: Hello there, I have an inquire about your unnatural genetics for children and toddlers in the sims 4. I just re-downloaded it, due to this months patch and was wondering if you have added Island Living hairs? Or did I miss them? And if you have not, will you? Either way, I appreciate your mod/CC :)
Hi there! I’m so sorry, but I haven’t updated the hair for Island Living, yet! All my files and palettes I used for those hairs is on my old laptop and I haven’t gotten around to transferring everything I need onto my new one, yet, but thank you for reminding me that’s something I need to do. :) In the meantime, all the hair should still work fine in your game. You just won’t have funky varieties of the IL hair (yet). I’ll be sure to post when I take this on but it may not be for a while, yet.
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sugarycloud · 5 years ago
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Posts this just then to only have the people in the group chat read it. But it was writing itself in my head so there we go 
Circles, carolly rpf
It was funny how this kept happening. How life went around in circles. Here she was, another series of Love Island over, another year done, until January this time at least. It seemed like another lifetime ago that it had all began. She had been doing X Factor during the first series. Had just finished Strictly, had just split with Jack. A whole different lifetime.
And now, a broken relationship, another secret one and a bunch of stuff the media had no idea about. Circles, it all went in circles.
Caroline stares out the taxi window as it winds through the streets of London, bringing her closer to home. The city evokes a warm glow inside her, it was her home, and there was nothing like being home, where your heart was happiest.
‘Here alright love?’
They have pulled up at an empty stop a few doors down from her house.  Her car is in her spot, looking a bit dusty but thankfully with no parking tickets clasped to its windscreen.
‘Yeah, this is fine, thanks’
‘I’ll grab your case for you’
‘Thanks’
Caroline exits the car, takes her case from the driver, thanks him again and starts to search in her bag for her keys as walks to her house, pulling her case behind her.
Her phone beeps just as she is about to put the key in the lock. It’s from Lewis
‘Hey, should we meet up soon for another photo op? Hope your flight back was ok :)’
Caroline sighs and unlocks her door, depositing her case just inside, as it closes behind her and she sinks right down in front of it.
Rubbing her face with her hands, thinking about what to text Lewis, it takes her a minute to recognise the pattering of paws towards her.
‘Ruby!’ she screeches as her beloved dog jumps up on her, licking everywhere she can reach
‘How did you get there?’ she questions the dog before calling ‘Jo?’
‘No, not Jo’ and limping slightly from the kitchen comes Olly, grinning at her
‘Ols! You’re here’
Olly grabs her hands and pulls her to her feet and right into him, Ruby thudding slightly with the ungracious landing back to the parquet floor
‘Oh I’m so glad you’re here’ Caroline breathes deep, inhaling his scent, hugging him close
‘Are you ever going to let go so I can kiss you?’ Olly says with a laugh
‘Nu uh’ Caroline shakes her head against his chest ‘I’m gonna stay here forever’
‘Well’ Olly reaches his hand under her chin and lifts her face to his
She smiles at him and leans up for a kiss, his fingers running up and down her back, like he’s playing his favourite tune.
Circles, it all went in circles.
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X Factor sat like a very heavy piece of furniture in her mind. It was hard to ignore and it was near impossible to move. You just had to put up and try and be as comfortable with it, as you could because it was there to stay.
It all felt like a well read book, she had gone over it so many times in her head. The time they had spent together during X Factor, it was a bubble, just the two of them. Of course they had ended up sleeping together, like there was any other option. The whole charade of X Factor was a tedious and woeful affair. They knew soon after starting that they never should have taken the job.
No one liked them, they were nothing but stressed and the whole world was watching, speculating on whether they were together or not. I mean, what else was there to do really? When the nation is ridiculing you and there’s only one other person in the whole world who understands it like you do, who is going through it like you are. A person who you had fancied for years, who you loved more than almost anyone, who had recently become single.
It had become almost like an addiction, a dependency. They couldn’t have got through X Factor without each other. Or the sex. A quickie in the morning, and later, a long drawn out glorious euphoria filled evening. It was escaping reality and yet Olly was the only real thing there was. Olly’s skin against hers, Olly’s body underneath her, above her, beside her. The kissing, the pleasure, the oblivion. It was a permanent dream, like a dream that you know is a dream but you can’t make yourself wake up from.
And then one day she was jolted awake. It was like being drenched in ice cold water, gasping for breath, reality and dreams snatched away so cruelly. There had been fights and two years of not speaking, an addict having no choice but to go cold turkey.
They had started talking again in the summer of the disastrous engagement. Texts, calls and voice notes. At first it was trivial stuff, how were their families, who was Olly liking on Love Island and so forward.
Sometime in the early days of winter Olly had called Caroline, when the only thing that preoccupied her day was playing with Ruby. He had mentioned it first, those days on X, how wrong it had all gone. With that phone call they had opened a floodgate, and they slowly began to knock down the walls they had built around themselves, keeping them apart from each other.
Their lives then had been so entwined back then, and it had been painful to untangle from each other. With them talking again, they started to tie themselves into knots once more. Easy knots, ones you can untie without much injury. It became easier this time, akin to how they used to be.
He had gotten funnier, or maybe he’d always been funny. Maybe she’d just forgotten in the long absence, that it hadn’t just been the sex that had been incredible. Back then she had called him her best friend and he was. She could talk to him about anything and they made each other laugh. All the stuff that mattered beyond mutual attraction.
But beside a quick meet up at an award show, they didn’t end up meeting in person until June the following year. Neither of them had meant for anything to happen. And yet
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She’d never been a fan of hospitals, she didn’t suppose that many people were. There was a certain smell and everything squeaked. She hugs her present close to herself as she navigates through the labyrinth corridors, finally finding his room and knocking gently
‘Come in!’ comes the shout back and she pushed the door tentatively open
‘Caz! What an amazing surprise’
‘I-uh’
Caroline’s eyes travel from his heavily bandaged and elevated leg, to the drips in his arms and to his eager hopeful face, and without any warning at all, she burst into years
Olly, looking bemused but concerned, cast his gaze around as if there is any way of him getting up to help her
‘Caz, babe, it’s ok. It’s just fluids, and you know, my leg is fine, I’m fine, all fine, do you want to sit down maybe?’
‘I-ca, bel, I, no, you, and’ Caroline, still sobbing, gestures with her hands at him and at herself, coherence having been left firmly at the door
‘Please sit down darling, please’
Still sobbing and not making any sense, Caroline dumps her wrapped gift and card onto his tray table and sits on the edge of his bed, launching herself straight onto his chest and sobs more.
Olly gently puts his arms around her, trying not to dislodge anything as he rubs her back, and waits for her to stop
‘I’m sorry’ Caroline says after a while and she sits up and rubs her eyes with the back of her hands ‘I don’t know where that came from. I think it’s just the last time I properly saw you, we’d just broken up, and now you’re broken’
‘How very poetic’ Olly says with a slight smile, before adding quietly ‘I thought I’d never see you again at all’
‘Well that too’ Caroline says as she takes a big breath ‘not ever, it was horrendous’
‘Not one of my favourite memories ever either Caz. But you know why it happened’
‘Yeah, yeah’ she waves away this discussion with an impatient flap of her hand ‘we’ve talked about all that over the phone. It’s ancient history, there’s no need to go over it again’ she leans forward and runs her thumb across his cheek, as if he had tears there too ‘I just wanted to see how you were’
‘I’m fine, well’ Olly lets out a breath ‘I mean I’ve been better but this has helped, I’ve needed this op for a long time, no I’ve just got to recover from it. And then I’ll be fine. More than fine. I’m taking a break from it all Caz’
‘It all?’
‘That life, the showbiz crap, I’m going to spend time with the family, write music because I want to not because my contract says so, travel around’
‘So you’ve lots of free time to fill?’
‘Something like that, yeah’
‘Well then’
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They had spent hours in that hospital room catching up on life. He loved his joke gift of a pack of Man United boxers, and they made plans to meet up soon. It was like last time, but not at all. It all happened fast but it felt natural, less intense. They kissed again for the first time in Olly’s garden after a sunny day and a barbeque. They slept together again for the first time that night, and for the second and third time. Olly’s knee was a bit of an issue. Caroline kept having to go on top, not that she minded.
Then there was the bigger issue of when he shaved all his hair off. She wasn’t used to his head yet. Before they had rekindled, she had had visions of her running her hands through his hair, and now there was nothing to run her hands through. She kept accidentally leaving nail indents in his shoulders from digging instead of gripping.
Beyond his knee and his lack of hair, came the bigger issue of privacy, so Caroline had talked to Nathan about Olly. He suggested she fake a relationship with a twenty something year old toyboy. It wouldn’t be hard for the press to shallow and her and Olly could conduct their relationship behind closed doors for as long as they could manage.
Now lying in bed with Olly, after the two had a lengthy and highly satisfying reunion, Caroline’s mind floats back to the text from Lewis
‘Penny for them?’ Olly says with a kiss to her head
‘Lewis texted earlier, wanting to meet up for a photo op’
‘And?’
‘It’s just tedious. I hate lying’
‘I know you do Caz, but it’s just easier isn’t it? The media think you’re hooking up with someone else and they leave us the fuck alone. And eventually when there’s some big news story taking over everything we’ll quietly post an Insta together and act like it’s completely normal while everyone freaks out’
Caroline smiles and curls into her boyfriend
‘And eventually it won’t be news at all’
‘Exactly my darling, exactly’
‘How long do you think we can keep it a secret?’
‘Well for however long I’m out of the spotlight’
‘You don’t even know how long that’ll be’
‘A while’ Olly shrugs ‘maybe we’ll be married with kids by the time I get back to it’
‘Olly!’
‘What?’ Olly says with a nervous laugh ‘is that not the plan?’
‘I suppose’
‘Love the enthusiasm Caz’
‘Oh shush you’ she smiles and pokes him in the side
Her insides are dancing, butterflies swooping and swirling. It was how she expected everything to happen after X. Marriage and babies, happily ever after. Afterwards she had chastised herself for being so dreamy. Now, well now, she lets out a happy sigh and squeezes Olly. Maybe it wasn’t circles after all, perhaps they’d just taken the scenic route, maybe there would be a few more bumps along the way. But they would end up just where they needed to be.
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atinydroid · 5 years ago
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I would even go to say she's not a money-centric character. she's a business-centric character. she's not obsessed with money cause it's money she's obsessed with it cause she knows how it effects her and everything around her. so she treats her time (ie getting asakusa food in the first ep) as a business transaction and wants to be properly accommodated for it.
she's so intense about what Eizouken is doing as a company as opposed to what they're doing to make money. all the choices she makes for Eizouken are steeped in both financial profit AND exposure profit. ie the robot team probably paid them pennies and they didn't make really any money from the DVDs but they got their short in front of as many eyes as possible which will in turn increase future profits.
tldr; kanamori is someone who's passionate about running a business as opposed to someone who owns a business just to make money
Kanamori’s obsession with money and why it doesn’t make her a less likeable character.
So one thing about Eizouken I really want to note is about why Kanamori is a Good money-minded person, instead of a bad one. Kanamori is different than stereotypical Money Horders (i.e: Mr Krabs) and not just because she’s an anime girl and not a western animated animal. 
Kanamori has good and reasonable backstory , as revealed in episode 9, to explain why she thinks of money the way she does. 
However what I find most important is how Kanamori views money.  Kanamori sees money as a tool. Which makes a lot of sense right? Why wouldn’t you? But the downfall of a lot of Money Centric characters is that they’re greedy. They see money as a status symbol, something that makes you better than others. And Kanamori doesn’t.
Now based on episode 9 we can assume that Kanamori didn’t have a ton of money growing up, possibly even as the show runs, so it makes more sense for her not to assign wealth to identity. It would be a conflict of character if she did. Kanamori is well written that way.
Kanamori is a very down to earth character, and a lot of her charm comes from that. She’s practical about it. No matter how much Mizusaki might want to draw everything herself, or regardless of how many ideas Midori has, if they aren’t money smart they won’t be able to get anywhere. And Kanamori knows that.
However I think the thing that really sold me, that showed that Kanamori was different, and far better then the other money minded characters I’d seen in the past is the scene at the beginning of episode 9.
She tells the Eizouken what they should’ve made, and how they could be earning more. She’s upset at the lack of money yes, but the entire time she talks about the club as a whole. ‘we’ put in enough labour to earn 1.8 million yen. I consider this a major loss for ‘our’ group.
Kanamori cares about the other members of the Eizouken and she wants them to be paid fairly. She doesn’t want to see her friends fail, she’s strict because she wants them to succeed. 
She’s so much better than these other characters because Kanamori wants to pay her animators fairly. She isn’t scamming them, she isn’t exploiting them, she isn’t making them work for her. 
Kanamori is in charge of the budget for the Eizouken. She could so easily pocket money and not tell them anything and the others would likely never know. But (as far as the audience knows) she doesn’t. Which means!
Kanamori isn’t in it for the money. Does she like it? Absolutely. But that’s rationalized and at the end of the day, Kanamori is fair and upfront about what she wants and why. She wants her friends to get what they deserve! For them to be successful animators, they’ve got to have the budget. And Kanamori knows how to do that.
Kanamori is the best money centric character I’ve seen in ages, and the most likeable. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
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informedinterest · 3 years ago
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a Guide
  to
defense,’
     Jess
     e
     Olivia
     +
     Axel
     Drap
     p
     e
     d
     wit
      h
    ‘Log
      ist
      ics
      fo
      r
      th
      e
     Loose
     assorted,”
        By
     Magnus
     Aiden
     a
      wkward
                  ly
       Propp
      e
      d
      Wi
       t
        h,
   “Action
    ali
   zatio
     n
    fo
    r
    th
   e
   il
begotten
~Eligard
   and
    hi
    s
    pre
    viou
    s
  dis
   card
    ed
   “Evaluation
    E
    valati
     on
      of
    Happ
     ine
     s
     s
     ,”
     By
    Soren,
    some
      where
   “Aw,
     I was going
    to
   read
    that
      ,”
    Petra
   (newly
   Reach
    in
    g
    for
   On
    e
   of
  the
 many
 stuffed
  book
 shelves
  wi
    t
    h
   “Tr
     e
      e
   Car
       e
     You
       r
    Guide
       to
      th
      e
     Geo
  phenomen
     a
     l
    ,”
    ,
  “
  ‘Iv-
   and the many uses of Po
     -‘
   (The book
    so scruffed into its corner
    that that’s all that could be
     re -
         ,
     An
      d,
        +
    “Adventure;
      Where
           to
         find
         ‘em
           ,
            ”
      “Not
        if
      we’re
      going
        to
     mak
     e
     it
     to
    th
     e
  con
  ve
   n
   tio
   n
   ,
   ”
  “Besides
     don’t
      you
    al
    ready
     hav
     e
   tha
      t
   c
   op
    y,
    ,“
 “Yeah
   but
    it’s
    a  
 go
  od
re
 a
 d
 ,
 ”
“Besides
it’s different from the
traveling
edition
   ,”
“Trav
 el
  i
  n
  g
edi
t
io
 n,”
 ,
Axel
sniffed
 ,
Lukas,
“C’mon
  five
  min
  utes don’t want to be
  late,”
 “Con
  v
  en
  t
   io
   n
   s
   ,”
   On
    groun
     d
    Jesse
       get
        t
        in
        g
       hi
       s
      pe
      t
      boar
     Reube
      n,
       for
       th
       e
       trek
       To
      be greeted by what seem
    e
    d  
      like 2 million Quest’N
     ‘answers
                posters
        with Gabriel‘s
            face
          posted
             on
              it,
          “This
              is
             th
             e
           bes
            t day
           of
            m
            y
            lif
            e,”
           While the others were there to roll
         the
             i
             r
           eyes
            except Lukas
            “leave
               it
              be,
               “
            “If it was anyone else
              -
           I’d have to
          carry them off the
          floor
           to,”
            ,”
           A
        “riv
         al
          ,”
       Te
        a
       m,
     Cordial
     en
       ough
      wit
      h
     Luk
     as
   “Tell
    Ethan
        I
      said
     hell
      o,
        “
     Not so much
      with
       th
       e
      rest of
     them
     “Our
   Invention
       Is
     Goi
        ng
         to
         be
       Grea
          t,
          ”
        “Our
          s
         wil
          l
          be
         great
           er,”
           “What
              got
                in
                 to
                 th
                 e
                 m,
                  “
                  ,
             “Ivor
             fan boys
                 ,”
               Axel
               Shrug
    ged,
“Oh
speak
  of
 the
Devil,
You might have some company as
 Ivor
  fan
 club
 le
 a
d
 e
 r,
Pet
 r
 a
  ,”
 “oh,
 The
  m
 agai
 n,
 ”
“Wh
 o
Cou
 ld
 n
 ’t
 al
  l
 t
 h
 e
books
 he’
 s
Written
abou
  t
 po-,”
 Fad
 in
 g
Into
com
fort
able
not
hing
As they made it to the
 bu
 i
 ld
zon
 e
And
 Olivia
  start
   e
   d
  draw
   in
   g
  u
  p
 sta
  t
 istics,
  for
  th
  e
 build
So you wouldn’t mind
  coming with me
 and
  helping me
   find him,
    would
      you
    Jess
     e,“
    ,
 “Um,
   Ye
   ah,
  Su
   re,
   We
  should
     be
   done
  here
  right,
 Lukas
    “
 Jesse
 yelle
  d
 u
 p
t
o
Lukus
 Who
  gave
  hi
  m
  a
thu
 mbs
  u
  p,
 And away about
 Olivia who is staying behind to talk to some
   planners
“So what’s up with this
   Ivor
   guy
  a
  gain
    , ”
  I th
 “I’ve
 always
  be
   en
  m
  o
  r
  e
 in
ter
es
t
e
d
i
n
Ma
g
n
u
s,
I mean all the
scientific
 . .
stuff,
Realiz
   in
   g
  he
 had
 inter
  ru
  p
  t
  e
 d
  ,
  ”
Slyily
smili
 ng,
“Iv
 or
 is
 a
kno
wn
 st
 u
 d
  i
 e
 r
 of
plant
 s
 an
 d
the
 ir
essence
    ,
    “
   “An
apothecary,”
   “Not
   Quite
      ,-“
   “Huh
      I’d
    though
      t
     we
       ’
      d
     m
      e
      et
     h
      i
     m
      h
      e
      r
      e,”
   “Let
    me
    go
  chec
    k
   “Jesse
     stay
    here,”
    Please
    “ what
       are
       you
      doin
       g
      her
      e?
      “
    Iriat
     te
     d,
   “Mr.
   Ivor
   sir,
    I
  was
 hoping
  to
 give
 this
  to
 you
 be
 fore
the
sho
w,”
“Yes,
Yes-
Actual
  ly
glancing
  at
 th
 e
thin
 g
Mouth
 agape
 at
 th
 e
“Withe
  r
 Skul
  l,”
She
he
 ld
 in
h
 e
 r
h
a
n
d
s,
“ This
    is
..perfect,
   thank
    you,”
  “Hel
    p
   your
   sel
    f
   to
   t
   h
   e
  di
   a
  monds
    in
   th
   e
 ches
   t
 o
 ve
  r
ther
   e,
   “
“Sir,
 thes
  e
  aren’t
 diamonds,
   these
    are
 moissanite,
     .”
 “Maybe
     we
    should
     te
      l
       l
     hi
     m
    “Wh
       y,”
    “Because
       thes
          e
       migh
          t
         b
         e
      im
      por
        t
       an
        t
        t
        o
       h
        i
       m,
        ”
       “Don’t
        wanna
        mess up the
        show,”
          ,
       Petra
          &
      Jess
       e,
     Mak
       in
       g
       it’
     ba
       c
       k,
      an
       d
    Me
      e
      t
      in
      g
    A
     xl
      e
     the
      re,
     “ Axel
       wha
         t
       ar
        e
       yo
        u
       doi
        n
        g
      h
      e
       r
      e
       ,
       ”
       “Oh hey,”
       Munching on
         a bowl
          of
        pret
         ze
           l
           s
       “guys,
       Gabriel
         stop
         pe
        d
         by
        our
        buil
        d,
       sai
      d
       it
     was
    “Clas
     s,
     and
    gav
      e
     me
   “this
      ,
    [Sev
      eral chains with the words
       “back
         stage
        pas
         s
         e
         s,
         ” etc
         hed
          on
         th
         e
          m
         ,”
        “ Luk
           as
         wen
          t
          t
          o
         giv
         e
        yo
        u
      you
        r
        s
      J
     ess
       e,”
    “Gill
       is
     geek
       in
       g
     Out
    over
  Ga
   briel,
  Olivia’s
    tal
    kin
    g with some
    Pl
     an
      n
     e
     r
     s
     ,-
    “
   “Oh
    hey
   Petr
    a,
   I requested
    one
     for
     you,
    Though don’t think you need it since you’re a
    distributor
    an
    d
   al
    l,
   ,”
 Petra
  smil
    in
    g,
   sly
    ily
   tak
     in
     g
   ou
    t
   he
    r
“dis
 trib
  u
 tor,
  ”
 tag,
“Anywa
     y
  we
   can
   ’t
    sto
    p
     t
     o
      tal
     k
     no
     w
    a
     x
     l
     e,
     “
 “Hav
    e
   t
   o
  r
  e
 tur
  n
som
  e
th
  i
 n
 g
 to
 on
  e
  o
  f
 th
 e
guest
 s
 ,
 ”
 ,
“That
woul
 d
  be
 his
Room
,”
 Jesse asked quickly as Petra lightly pushed him forward (from be
   hind,
   as he slid on
     ward
      s,
       “Yeah, t
         ‘The door clicked
        sh
         u
          t behind
         th
         e
         m,
        A flight o
         f
       stai
        r
       s ,
     “Well,
       this
        is,
      ambitious
           ,
           “
        “Are you
         kidding
       having to build
          stairs
      all the way down in
         ice,”
         ,
        “ I had no idea that Ivor was such a
           builder
            architect
            ,
            ”
        “ It’s a shame it’s so
         Dark in here,”
        light
           ing up a
          light,
           As they made it through what
         see
         med to be
        big
        book
        shelves
         ,
        The li
       ghts
      flick
       ed
       on
     sud
     den
     ly
    Jesse  
   gras
    ping a
   han
   d
   on
  her
   mouth
  (For no
   part
   icular
   re
   a
   s
   o
   n
    ,
“ Nice
    to
   see
    me
   again,
     no,
     no,
      “
    ‘B
     e
      en
      a
      lon
     g
     tim
      e,’
      ,no”
      “FI
       nally
       out
       of your
      sh-“
       “Mr.
        Ivor,
         sir,
          “
      “Aagh,”
          ,
        Petra
        pe
         eping into the
        dar
        k
        nes
        s, of the
      di
      m,
        ly
        li
        t,
     dun
      g
      eo  
      n,
     “I’m
      her
       e
      to ask you about the
     dia
       Pe-
     moissan
       it
       e,
       yo
        u,
       gav
         e,
        me
             ,”
            -
        “It’s
          ,
          ”
       “Get
        Out
         ,”
       “But-“
      “Get out before I call
           security,”
           ,
          Petra
         Slink
          e
          d,
       Jesse
      follow
         ing
       quietly
       after
          ,
       “Well
        at least
        we got
        our
        an
        sw
        er.
         Come’ on let’s go join the
        others
         before the
           show
           st
            arts,
          “Jesse,
            I was lo
            ok
             in
             g
            all
           over
            for
            you,
             -“
          Lukas
          “Axel
         already
          ,told
            us
             ,
          ”Course
  he
 did,”
gruff
   ly,
  just
   as
  pana
   l,
Ivor
  “Finally out of the dark
 nes
   s of
  your
shadow
  ,”
“Now how about
            a real monster
and we’ll see how we measure up
   .”
“Ivor,
 th
   is
 really
  isn’t
  th
   e
  plac
   e,
   -
  or
  th
  e
  tim-
    ,
    “
   A
Compartment
 Reveal
   in
   g
   th
   e
Components
  for
   a
Wither
   ,
 Ivo
  r
 ad
 d
 i
 n
 g
 th
  e
 last
  par
  t,
   a
 “Wither
  Skull,”
    the
   Withe
      r
     Skul
      l ,
      th
      e
      On
       e
     Petra
        -
      The audience burst into applause as it st
      arted
    mo
      v
      in
      g believing it to be part of the
   show,
    Gabriel,
       tak
        in
        g
       out
         a
       wooden
        sword
        The
      Crowd
      Disperse
      as the
      Wither
      start
        e
        d
     at
      tack
       ing
     th
     e
     m,
   “Ivor
      That’s
    Eno
      ugh,
      Turn
       this
      thing
       of
        f,
     Lukas
   Confronted
     “Oh,
      I will
    One o’
     Soren,
      Once,
        hey
         it’s
         not
        work
         in
         g,
         Ivor pressing the button panicking
        ly,
      “Hey, guys
     what’s going
           on,
             “
          Axel
            joi
            ni
            n
            g
         th
          e
          m,
        at the cleared out
        con
        vent
         i
        on,
      “Ivor’s
       gon
       e
       Off
       the
      Wal
      l
     s
     And
   made an invention trying to
    kill
   every
    one,”
    Gill
   repli
   “Co
      ol
       ,”
    “ an
      d
     destroy,”
     “ Why won’t
       this
     stupid
      wire,”
      “Hm,
       Wire
         ,”
      “Axel
          ,”
       Oli
         v
         i
        a,
      “ I mean there was a
        wire on
        the
       table,”
       “Axel,
        what
        hap
         pen
           e
          d
          t
           o
          t
          h
           e
          w
          ir
           e,
       “Well,”
         Axel
        flush
         ing,
        “I um
         I
          took
           it,”
         “AXEL!!”
         “What they did say take
        whatever
         you
        wa
         nt
          ,
         ”
  “Wher
     e
     is-
     it-
     I used it to add
       another light display to the
            statue
            c-
            thing,
            “Well you
             might
  want
to get it
 now,”
Backing away from the
destruction
 on
  stage that seem to get
 eve
   r
 clos
  e
   r
    Stepping
      ove
       r the
   woo
   den
   sw
   ord
   The
  remote
   next
 dis
 regar
 d
   ed
   i
   n
frustration
  As they were driven back to the
 statue
  cr,
“Got
   it
   ,“
 “Hand
      it
    Gill
      ,
      ”
    Gil
       l
     Pas
      sin
      g
      i
      t
     to
    wh
     o
    gave
      to
   Jess
    e
   who
  Brok
   e
   it
 dow
 n,
   whil
   e,
   Olivia
   whisper
    ed
  instructions on how to
   put it
    together to Aiden
   Whil
    e
   Axel
      +
   Olivia
    play
     ed
   dis
   trac
   t
    io
     n
    “Done,”
      Tos
      s
      ed
      up
       to
     Lukas,
      Who
      went
        to
     pres
      s
       th
��      e
    but
     to
     n,
   Only for
   Ivor to
   sn
   atch it out of his hand and do the
  Honor,
   And,
    It
 Didn’t
  wo
    r
    k,
  “So
 Losers
     ,”
    A
 Leather
 Jacket
  Rush
   e
   d
   by,
  “ Ethan,
       if
     you’re
      not
     goin
      g
      t
      o
      b
      e
    hel
     p
    fu
    l-
   ,”
Lukas
           snapped
             but they were already
      long
        gone,
        Trail
         ing
        afte
         r
        the
        m
        To the
      Edge,
     Ivor
    hauling
    Gabriel’s
  unconscious
     form,
  “I
    want
     e
    d
 to see him
   humiliated not
 dead
    ,”
  Gabriel
   stirrin
    g by the
  Edge,
Talkin
g
  to
 “Gill,
  you
  need
     to
    tak
     e
    t
    h
     i
    s
 emble
  m,”
Tak
  in
  g
  it
 ou
  t
  of
 his
coat
  ,
 “Fin
 d
  th
  e
 other
  s
   -
   ,
   ”
  Pas
  sing
   Ou
     t,
   And
    Gil
      l
    Run
     n
   ing off in the opposite direction with the
 wheel,
   It’s flashing a
    slight blue at Gill’
             s
             tou
            ch
           Befor
            e
            a
           brow
            n
          dot,
           around
          th
          e
        ri
       m,
      Mak
       ing a small
    streak
    pa
     t
     h,
     ,
    Shifting with the
  users
   stance to point in a
   certain
 dir
  ec
  t
  io
  n
Tak
 in
 g
Of
 f
Af
te
r
it
A
Broken
 Crate
 r
Wi
 t
  h
 h
  i
  m
  a
   s
   K
    i
    n
    g
    ,
    It was
   nearly
   im
   po
   s
  sib
   le
   to
 m
  a
   k
   e
   it
   t
    o
   h
    i
   m,
“Mag
    nus,
Ga
  bri
   el
 Sen
   t
   Us,”
 “ Gabriel
     huh,”
    Magnus
     hol
     ding up the
      tr
       in
      ke
       t,
     Before
        throwing him down the pile
          he’
           d
          jus
            t
         struggle
           d
           t
          o
        cli
          m
          b,
         On
         top of
         Gil
            l
        Who’d
         bee
         n
       s
        u
       p
         por
      t
       in
        g
       hi
      m
  “This.
      is
   point
    les
     s.”
   “He
      ’s
  Insane,”
    Jess
      e
  Admit
     t
    ed
 dejected
    ly,
  Shar
    in
    g
    a
   lo
   ok
   wit
   h
 Axe
  L
  ,
“Then
  we
sh
 ould
 mo
  ve
  onto
   the
   nex
    t
    one-,”
    Axel
   shook
     his
    head,
   “ We
    need
      to get
     this
    done,
    We’re
    stay
     in
     g
   he
     r
    e
   go
    on
   ah
   e
   a
  d
  ,”
Lukas
Speech
 less,
Before
Going
 On
ahead,
Aidan
 Wi
 t
  h
 h
  i
 m,
“Hm,
 Of
course
  I’ll
  go
 with
 you,”
Eligard
   far
 mor
 e
Co Operative,
 Soren
    “I
 should
   stay
    out
     he
     re,”
    Whe
     n
   The
    y
  got
   to
Soren’s
 hous
  e,
 “Soren and I .. didn’t leave things off
too
 go od
  last time
   I- we
   spoke”
     ,
   “It
 would
    be
 better
     if
  you
  go,
Soren, not so much..
.
   Having
    taking
       to
      knit
      ting
        a
       lot,
      And
  docu
  ment
    ing his
   rare
    animal
     fin
      dings
      Not p
       l
       ease
       d
       to be distur
       b
       ed
        b
        y
       t
       h
       e
       m,
     How
      eve
        r very excited to see
     Reuben,
       Jess
         e
          ’s
          pe
           t
           pi
           g,
          “Animal
           s,
             lovely
          creatures
              ,
             Don’t
             betray you
             and take your
             th
              ings
               ,
              I’ve seen
                 a few
               of course
             - but to see it
                   bonded
                     with
           a
       human,
           ,
         You
         must
          tell
          me
          the
          tale,
          Sitting with
          Soren
           and having
            tea
            I found
            Reuben
             (That
            ’s his
             name)
                           at the
                           place
  we
 built
 our
                       treehouse,
   ”
While
 So
 ren
                           knit
          Re
            ub
            en
             a
            ti
           ny,
        Sw
          ea
         te
          r,
        “Now
          back
            to
            the
           point,
             we
            could
             reall
              y
              use-
            appreci
               ate-
                ,“
            Soren’s
             fac
 e
chan
 g
  ing at his
change
  in
 words,
              “you
                 r
              he
               l
              p,
              ”
             “I want-
            to help you
            I really do,
              “
              Soren
               insist
               e
               d,
              “But the Order
                and
                   I, didn’t
                leave things on
                good
                terms,
  Hesitatin
   g,
 Cou,
 “Would  
   Reuben be
   t
    here,
       “
    Jess
     e
    Nod
    ded
    “And you’d be helping a lot of
      animals-“
    “Fine-
      I’ll
     go,”
      ,
   Jesse
    em
   er
    gi
    n
    g
  wi
    t
    h,
 Soren
  Only to find
    Aidan
  an
   d
   Eligard
     No
    Long
      er
     ther
      e,
    “They  
      went
     ahead
         to
         th
          e
       Temple
          ,”
       Lukas
        whis
         per
          ed
           Swa
            pp
             in
             g
           stories
          wi
            th
           Luk
            as  
 on
 th
  e
 w
   a
   y
   as        
    he
    le
     ad
    t
    h
     e
     m
      b
       a
       c
       k
        to
        th
        e
      Te
      m
        ple,
       The
      only
      thing
       left
      after
       th
        e
     Wither’s
     rampage
      “And
       our
       tree
      house
        is
       ri
       gh
         t
      ov
        e
        r
     th
      e
      r
     e,”
   Lukas
   poi
    n
    t
    e
    d
  ou
    t,
 Petr
 a
 sho
 w
  in
  g
  u
  p
  w
   i
   t
   h
   I
   v
   o
   r,
  And
  things
  clearly
   went
  down
    hi
     ll from
    th
    er
    e,
  Ivor,
  im mediately
   taking charge of the whole
  op      eration
 as        Soren
watch
e
d
Irr
iat
 e
 d
  o
  n           th
  e
   side
    lin
    e
    s,
Goin
  g
 t
  o
 g
 e
  t
Mag
n
u
 s
 with
t
h
e
sp
ar
e
tim
e
,
“Who
dares-
So
r
e
 n,
 “
 Dro
 pp
  ing the explosive behind his back as he went to
cuddle
Soren,
 who
 star
 e
  d
 blank
 l
 y,
“Soren,
 ‘how you been
  cute
   pig,
   Always
    a sucker for
    (cute
    animals,
       so
      how,
          “
      Holding up the emblem
      intimi
      datingly
                Sw
       “Al right,
        oh right,
        ,sure
            “
         Mak
            in
            g
            it
           b
           a
          c
          k
          t
          o
         t
          h
          e
                   Temple,
          to
        he
        ar,
      “It’s
      Done!”
      Soren
       raisi
        ng
         an
         ey
           e
         bro
          w,
          at
           leas
            t,
            “This will
 de
 activate
    the
   Wither
   storm,
     “
    “Once
        in
      walking distance so
       of
     course,
        ,”
     Shoving
        th
         e
      devic
         e
       of
         f
       on
     Lukas
      Who
      went
        to
       suit
        up
       as well as the rest of
      them,
 At the moment
arrived,
   “I’ll watch
     Reuben
    for
    you,
     “
  Soren
   Offe
    r
   ed
   Reuben
  Could take
       a pretty
    mighty
  pun
    ch,
   but saf
  er
 no
  t
  to
  risk
    it,
 “Sure
 Reuben
   likes
   you,”
   As
   he
  went
  through
      Sl
       ici
       n
       g
     Thr
      ou
      g
       h
      th
      e
     Wit
     her
     Spawn
    ed
    hord
    e,
   The
  Wither
   storm
   falte
     r
    in
    g  
    an
    d
   fall
    in
    g
  Com
     in
     g
    ou
      t
Rescuing those that the  
   Wither
    storm
      had
      cap
       tur
        e
        d,
       Inc
        Lud
          in
          g
        Gab
          r
          i
          el,
          Wi
           th
          Fro
           s
          t
          bi
          t
         e,
         Only
           for
             it  
             to
            star
 t
mov
 in
  g
 ag
   a
   i
   n,
   In
  three,
   “Run!”
    Luk
    as
    Wa
      rn
      e
      d,
     They ran, castle destroyed,
         and forced to find shelter in a
     cave
     “This never
       would’ve
      happened,
       “
      “Magnus please for once in your life shut your
     accursed
     mouth,”
     Soren
      snap
     p
     e
     d
 worriedly,
 “Eligard help me attend to
  Gabriel’s
   frost
   bite
     ,”
     -
  Into the Night
“Ivor,
 I can’t believe
  so such a fool
  hardy
   plan!”
  Wak
  in
  g
 up
Lukas
 an
 d
           dis
            turb
            i
           n
           g
          th
          e
       other
        s,
      Goin  
        g
       ou
        t
        t
        o
       ,
                  “I should’ve
                    stood up
                for
                m
                 yself
                 a
                  long time ago
Ivor
       Give me that
        in fernal device,”
      “ it need
        s
       morganite
         ,”
      “You use
       d
       dia-
      mond,
         ”
          as argument broke out
          Lukas,
            Petra coming behind
            Lukas after being treated
        for
         minor
          frost
         -burn
         Sm,
        “Looks like I actually
       wi
         ll have use of that
     mor
     ganite,“
  Petra crossed her arms clearly haven’t forgotten the abrasive
      behavior
        ear
         lie
         r,
      “Pl-
       huc
       ke
       d
     Morganite
      at
     h
      i
     m,
    “Yo
      u
    should
     pro
     bably
     destroy
      it
     fo
     r
   goo
   d
m
 easur
  e
   ,”
  Soren  
    giv
      in
      g
      Luk
       as      
       h
       i
       s
      s
      w
      or
      d,
   “Oh look at
    Soren can’t kill an
    ender
    dragon-
   O
    op
    s,”
   “Ivor, you have
   never,
  Been
 helpful
    to
  any
  one
   in
  th
  e
 g
  r
 ou
 p
ever”
  “I-
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trouvvaille · 8 years ago
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Clams: Be the thing that caused Condy to do the Thing that caused her to fear her life.
vvicissitudo ey
sugary-empress )(ello!~ )(ow's it going?~
vvicissitudo decent. you?
sugary-empress I'm very tired, negative emoceans aren't allowed and wear me t)(e fuck out~
vvicissitudo yeah
vvicissitudo i aint had negativve emotes in a wwhile but i get you howw are things howws that coma kid
sugary-empress Coma kid finally recovered!!!~ My moirail's very )(appy~ 38)
vvicissitudo thats good glad you didn't need me think sallys on an upswwing
sugary-empress Me too~
vvicissitudo fuckin finally
sugary-empress O)(?~
vvicissitudo yeah
sugary-empress )(ow far up, t)(oug)(~ )(allucinations are a roug)( time~
vvicissitudo wwhat are you hallucinatin?
sugary-empress Is C)(o around to keep )(im safe, or are t)(ey still super weird~ No, I mean, as an aspect of mania~
vvicissitudo far up enough that he aint bein mopey about shit chos still around sals been stayin at his hivve for the past twwo months as far as i understand it
vvicissitudo guess thats helpin him wwho knowws
sugary-empress I )(ope t)(ey can keep )(im from going too far, t)(en~
vvicissitudo hope so too im uh honestly surprised u get wwhat i mean wwhen i say upswwing s somethin he talks aboat a lot an you sound a lot like u kno
vvicissitudo u care for sal ... talk to me aboat that
sugary-empress I've known plenty of bipolar people~ Gods, again???~ It's not t)(at deep, so I love some random Captor, so w)(at~ ... *like~
vvicissitudo no you listen to me sally is a big part of our livves an i havve the right to knoww what your feelins is on him you fuckin kidnapped him for fucks sake im lookin to havve an extremely civvilized convversation tryin to understand u an ur thoughts on him
sugary-empress I've explained t)(is over and over~ )(e's sweet and smart and )(urt but not broken and tolerates me and is more similar to me t)(an I t)(oug)(t and I accidentally discovered I can )(ave empat)(y becod of )(im~
vvicissitudo and you lovve him ?
sugary-empress W)(o in t)(e )(ell knows~ Feelings are impossible~
vvicissitudo surely you knoww wwhat lovve feels pike
vvicissitudo don't you
sugary-empress )(ow in t)(e fuck would I know~ Like, KNOW~
vvicissitudo wwell wwhat does it feel like
vvicissitudo that you feel i mean you slipped an said you lovved him do you?
sugary-empress I )(ave no idea if I do!~ I feel strong positive emotions, and empat)(ize instead of just being compassionate, w)(ic)( )(as )(appened to me like~ Twice~
vvicissitudo an thats good right
sugary-empress It's inconvenient, but good~
vvicissitudo sounds aboat right
vvicissitudo thats wwhat lovve is in the beginnin at least
sugary-empress I cannot love t)(at buoy and you know it~
vvicissitudo i knoww
sugary-empress So w)(y be so pus)(y?~
vvicissitudo im just curious
vvicissitudo because i don't care wwhat other people think of you if you are wwhat makes that bouy happy an you truly care for him an he truly cares for you i wwont stand in your wway or in the wway of his happiness
sugary-empress O)( my codddddd~ I'm not w)(at makes t)(at buoy )(appy and )(e doesn't care for me atoll!~ C)(o said if Sal was ever nice to me it would just be a trauma fin~
vvicissitudo wwhy'nt you ask him then
sugary-empress Becod if it IS~ a trauma fin, )(e'll say w)(at I want to )(ear, and if it )(arpoons to be regular fronds)(ip I'll make it weird~
vvicissitudo you should try it hes on you knoww
vvicissitudo are you gonna
vvicissitudo you'vve got fivve minutes to
sugary-empress Aaaaaa!!!~
vvicissitudo just talk to him
sugary-empress FIN-E~
vvicissitudo good
sugary-empress I'm doing it~
sugary-empress )(e says )(e doesn't like me~ W)(ic)( I knew!!!~
vvicissitudo uh im pretty sure he didn't sal's too nice to come straight out an say it unless you're bo bo is literally the only person i'vve seen him pick an argument wwith before
sugary-empress Telling someone you don't glub t)(em sooooo muc)( and don't want to be wit)( t)(em forebber and ebber isn't picking an argument!~ )(e's said )(e doesn't like me before~
vvicissitudo sally doesn't like me either
vvicissitudo or vvis but he cares for us an he probably cares for you
sugary-empress W)(at does t)(at mean, w)(y would you care for someone you don't pike~
vvicissitudo kismesitude is shore a thing huh its sorta pike that an besides wwere all family you don't havve to like evveryone in your family to care for em because they're yours
sugary-empress Kismesitude isn't like t)(at~ You don't talk feelings wit)( your kismesis, t)(at's gross~ You trust t)(em to deal wit)( t)(at on t)(eir own tide~
vvicissitudo but you talk feelings wwith your family an you need to talk feelings out wwith kismesis' sometides make sure evverythin is goin smoothly but thats not the point im makin here you asked wwhy you wwould care for someone you don't like
sugary-empress I don't feel weird multidirectional non quad "family" love~
vvicissitudo im shore
sugary-empress O)(, rig)(t~
vvicissitudo but thats probubbly cause you aint got too many people wwho you can evven call family you'll get there
vvicissitudo just givve it time an patience
sugary-empress I don't WANT t)(at~ It isn't rig)(t~
vvicissitudo it feels right though does sal make you feel good did cho
sugary-empress Yea)(~
vvicissitudo do you still pike cho? outta curiousity maybe not in a quad wway
sugary-empress Yea)(, but I mean~ T)(ey broke up wit)( me and were snide about me finding someone else to keep me from falling apart, and were cruel, and t)(ey're acting weird now, not not NIC-E but not as compassionate~
sugary-empress Interacting wit)( t)(em can be unpleasant~
vvicissitudo so you don't like like them but you care for them see
sugary-empress I like t)(em, I just don't like being )(urt~ I don't sink I do care for t)(em, now t)(at t)(ey don't care for me~
vvicissitudo ill givve you that then my point though is that they (sal an cho) made you feel good an at least for sal you wwanna see them flourish an prosper right wwanna see good things happen for em
sugary-empress So you're saying Sal feels t)(at for me w)(ile not enjoying me as a person~
vvicissitudo no im sayin sal feels that for you because he cares for you you don't gotta cubbyhole evveryone into quadrant boxes you knoww this right you CAN be fronds
sugary-empress Yea)( we can be fronds but I don't want to be )(atefronds and I don't sink )(e likes me!!!~
vvicissitudo wwhy naut wwhy do you think he doesn't pike u
sugary-empress Becod )(e just said so, at t)(e start of our conversation!~ >You're pretty sure, at least. That's what you remember reading.
vvicissitudo uh huh provve it
... )(u)(~ T)(at may )(ave been less definitive t)(an I remember~ But still, it's obviously w)(at )(e meant~
vvicissitudo you wwere rude and no that's vvery obvviously a dodge an it makes me more curious as to wwha t happened wwhen you kidnapped him
sugary-empress I'm always rude~ W)(at, w)(y?~
vvicissitudo because it wwould givve me insight onto his emotions an urs
sugary-empress )(e was confused and scared, I was confused and annoyed~ Now you're caug)(t up~
vvicissitudo so wwhy does he like you
vvicissitudo ask urself that honestly
sugary-empress I )(onestly don't sink )(e does or s)(ould~
vvicissitudo so wwhere does that leavve you
sugary-empress Lonely and sad~
vvicissitudo self punishin nice
sugary-empress It's not super pleasant, actually~ And t)(is isn't fucking self punis)(ing, NON-E of t)(is is self inflicted~
vvicissitudo i get feelin lonely an sad
vvicissitudo but i also think that if he lovves you you aint allowed to tell him he shouldn't
sugary-empress I'm not t)(at selfless~
vvicissitudo if you like him wwhats stoppin you
sugary-empress Please... Try and remember t)(is conversation for more t)(an fifteen seconds... )(e doesn't love me~
vvicissitudo you arent fuckin understandin if YOU like HIM' wwhat the fucks stoppin you from takin the shot
vvicissitudo the chance at happiness if not now, than later
sugary-empress T)(e muc)( muc)( bigger c)(ance of )(umiliation and ending a friends)(ip~
sugary-empress Great, now I SAID somefin and )(e D-EFINIT-ELY )(ates me and it's YOUR FAULT
vvicissitudo believve me wwhen i say its REELLY hard for salinx to hate someone based on their emotions towwards him
sugary-empress Okay, )(e likes me but )(e's mad~
vvicissitudo wwell i mean if you're bein as standoffish with him as you are wwith me
sugary-empress OK can't talk now but I just wanna say if I die it's your fault I mean not in general
sugary-empress T)(ats Sparks fault
vvicissitudo i'm shore
sugary-empress But if it )(arpoons today
vvicissitudo than its not because of me
sugary-empress You told me to do t)(is
vvicissitudo to talk to him
sugary-empress I did!!!
vvicissitudo yeah and anythin you said isn't my damn fault
vvicissitudo i saww his post
sugary-empress Fuck you. I told you t))at C)(o said t)(at fin and you told me to ask about it in w))at fucking universe is it not your fault I wouldn't )(ave said anyfin but you TOLD M-E
vvicissitudo i thought you liked him pike for real were you really only bein nice to him because of that if not wwhy aren't you reassurin him
sugary-empress I don't know w)(y I assumed you even vaguely )(ad my interests in mind, you even said at t)(e beginning t)(at you were just~ curious~~~ Of course it wasn't just because of t)(at, ))oly fucking s)(ir
vvicissitudo pike i thought you didn't care wwhat cho said about sal relapsin an shit THEN TELL HIM listen if i thought for one second you wwere truly taken advvantage of him i wwould havve nevver said anythin
sugary-empress Romantic feelings don't D-EV-ELOP FROM SINKING T)(AT SOM-EON-E IS B-EING FORC-ED BY T)(-EIR OWN PROGRAMMING TO INT-ERACT WIT)( YOU )(e knows I really care it just doesn't matter becod I also sink )(e's traumatized
vvicissitudo he knowws hes traumatized he hates it but the question here is
vvicissitudo wwhich part of his feelins does he question noww because of you thinkin that the part wwhere he's traumatized from swweeps of abuse an neglect or the part wwhere he liked you let me ask you somefin havve you seen his blog lately pike his siebar his entry his descroption let me quote it directly
vvicissitudo "1'm suff1c1ently far 1n my rec0very that 1 d0n't need empre22 2tuff tagged anym0re" wwhat do you think of that does that sound pike a guy who has issues wwith you because you're tyrian wwhos only nice to you because he feels like he has to be or you'll hurt him his best fuckin friend is meenah does that sound like a guy in mid relapse you're just afraid to trust that someone could actshoally like you for you you're afraid to trust him
vvicissitudo let me ask you somefin else what's he got to lose by all this
vvicissitudo an also? if he thought he was indebted to you simply for bein tyrian wwhy wwould he be honest wwith you aboat shit an let me ask you somethin else if hes truly pissed at u wwhy isn't he tellin artifex wwho hes pissed at wwhy isn't he tellin people wwhat you did to him in a moment of passion you think this means its ovver ur frondship but if it wwas
vvicissitudo you'd havve a lot more trolls pissed at you than just him evveryone thinks sal is this delightful swweet guy an he is but hes vvindictivve an spiteful too he broke my brothers ribs once broke my nose just for tryin to help him wwhen he was dyin of not eatin he gets pissy like the best of us you gotta stop thinkin he's brainwwashed, stop thinkin he's still got programmin in him hes been out for a wwhole swweep
vvicissitudo wwhich aint much granted but you wwerent there wwhen he wwas first on tumblr wwhen he couldn't wwalk wwhen he broke a horn because you liked one of his posts a wwhole swweep ago wwhen you wwerent tryin to be good wwhen he WWAS terrified of you you wwanna knoww wwhy he gavve you a chance? its because of cho cho told him that you could be trusted an you /tellin/ him that you were only being nice to him because you thought he was relapsin/traumatized? that not only brings his trust in you in question
vvicissitudo but his trust in his moirail you think this is about you it aint its aboat both a you an trust likin someone it aint let me start that ovver it IS likin somethin is somethin that can be caused by trauma, stockholm syndrome, the wwhole shebang
vvicissitudo but trust? no trust can't be faked
vvicissitudo i aint thinkin you ruined ur friendship wwith him or you'd already be dead but i think you did hurt his trust in you an you should apologize for that im goin to bed goodnight.
sugary-empress Bye
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