#i just think this would be a nice symbolic representation of him starting to see other contestants as people rather than just puppets

[perpetualexistence]

Because the Alenoaheather Fake Dating AU never truly leaves my brain, I've got a small addition.

After Alejandro and Sierra have done their puppet therapy bonding session, Alejandro has to throw away the remains of the Cody puppet that he used to show Sierra how toxic her relationship with him is.

He's at the trash can. The puppet has served its purpose. It's time to put the pathetic, miserable thing in the trash. Really, it's a mercy.

...He fakes throwing the Cody puppet away. In secret, he fixes the puppet and hides it away somewhere Sierra hopefully won't find it.

He knows he can't really hide it from the cameras. So in the confessional he just says that he would hate to throw away his hard work, even if it was important for the lesson.

(Just have a short ramble about writing under the read more if you're interested)

[On a meta/writing standpoint, I just really like Alejandro using puppets as a way of processing his emotions. It allows him the safety to explore the more vulnerable parts of himself while still maintaining a distance by pretending it's just the puppet/for the performance.

Mind you, I love puppets being used as symbolic of Alejandro's manipulative tendencies. It's tried and true for a reason. I just think it'd be neat to use puppets/dolls as a positive mechanism of change for once.]

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

Greek mythology has evolved over the course of hundreds of years, and with all those… retellings now, it’s gotten me thinking about just how many people have been spreading false details of myths through word of mouth to the point of becoming the most common interpretation, when if you were to look back in history, a great number of them were only recently made up, barely a a few centuries prior. Example of this is King Midas and his turning his daughter into a gold statue. I remember this part having been included all throughout my childhood, only to find out it was never part of the original myth but a recent addition in a book from 1852. (suddenly, the daughter being aptly named “Marigold” makes a lot more sense.) My ask is: which commonly told misconception of this type regarding any Greek myth is most infuriating to you and why?

oh my god misinformation can be INFURIATING smh

Let's start off with the Apollo misinformation.

"He raped Persephone/is a serial rapist!"

First of all, no he did not. LO, toss yourself into an eternal blaze and incinerate.

and secondly- he's not a serial rapist. There's only two accounts of rape, specifically Dryope and Creusa, but that depends on interpretation and the source so if you want to discard it, you can. No one can tell you you can't.

"UwU Apollo's love life is terrible!"

do i even need to say anything?

"Athena hates women!"

hell to the fuck no. the evidence people use for this is the Medusa Myth: Ovid's Version, and CONVIENTLY IGNORE THE ONES WHERE SHE HELPS WOMEN ESCAPE BEING RAPED!! AND THAT OVID IS THE ONLY ONE WHO DOES THIS!!

Even with the ones where she punishes the victim, the older versions do not have that! She made Nicymene her eternal owl companion, for heaven's sake!

"Hermes/Dionysus/Hephaestus is the only unproblematic god! UwU"

uh... *waves Leuconoe/Choine/Philonis around* no matter which version you go with, Hermes/Mercury does rape her...

...and in the Dionysica Dionysus rapes like two women...

...and Hephaestus tried to rape Athena... (oh wow, would you look at that...it's like Athena would have *gasp* sympathy for assault survivors...)

...See the double standards? :/ Ignores Roman/late Greek literature when it's convenient, and then exaggerates it to suit their own needs.

"Demeter is a terrible mom!"

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE NO ONE DISRESPECTS THE QUEEN

"Hades only kidnapped Persephone because Zeus told him too!"

Hades is his own man and wasn't being held at gunpoint to abduct her. He did so on his own merits. From a literal perspective, what was stopping him from just. you know. talking to her. kidnapping was not necessary.

(yes, yes, i know about the symbolic perspective, hence my use of 'literal'.)

"But Hades and Persephone are the only ones who don't cheat!!"

uh, nope. Hi Adonis, Minthe, how're you doing?

"But Adonis was more of a son to Persephone!!"

uh, NO. Even the ancients saw them as a couple!!

"Artemis is a girlboss who hates her brother!"

*kicks open door* OUT!

"Orion's the only man Artemis ever loved!"

how dare you disrespect my boy in this way Apollo was the first man she ever loved and no one will be able to replace him how dare you-

-and how dare you disrespect Hippolytus in this way he did not die in the name of all aroace people to be disrespected like this smh

"Zeus's only quality is how he fucks around!"

look, I've joked about this before but I know that's not all there is too him and that it has a symbolic representation.

Sure would be nice if people focused on that more :)

also anything that villainizes Aphrodite or Hera. god forbid women do anything.

"Clytemnestra is a girlboss who did no wrong!"

OH MY GOD THE DOUBLE STANDARDS.

funny how people fawn over Cassandra one moment and then COMPLETELY FORGET HER EXISTENCE to becry the woman who murdered her!

AND ALSO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HATE APOLLO FOR CURSING HER WHEN THEIR STORY IS LITERAL ABOUT A WOMAN'S AUTONOMY BEING RESPECTED!!

AND GUESS WHAT!! APOLLO AVENGES HER DEATH!!

anything that is "UwU Achilles!" omg i am sick of it.

that bitch had everything coming. he deserved everything he got. Tenes, Troilus, and Hemithea did NOT deserve what he did to them! APOLLO AND PARIS HAD EVERY RIGHT TO TAKE HIM DOWN!

i'm probably forgetting some but here's the one that popped into my head :)

[thatgirl4815]

Ray's Car

I have a theory that if Sand wields a bat at any point in the series (🤞), he will use it to bust up Ray's car. Idk if this is a theory or just something I would find quite pivotal (and sad, and painful, and gut-wrenching, but still satisfying). But it got me thinking about the role of Ray's car in their relationship.

Not to read into this particular line too deeply, but could it perhaps be a reference to control of Ray in particular? Control of Ray's decisions? Control of his fate?

Ray's car is involved in the very beginning when Ray tries to drive home drunk and Sand gets behind the wheel. The concept of driving is symbolic in that it represents control. We know Ray is lacking in that, and he seems to need a loss of control, otherwise he'll have to contend with the very real turmoil roiling inside. So who takes control for Ray? Sand. We know though that prior to this point, it has been Mew (and others in the friend group, like Boston) who has taken Ray home. But unlike those other times, this is Ray's car we're talking about. Sand has control of Ray's fate and one of his most prized possessions.

From this point on, we see the car used to transport both Ray and Sand, with Sand in the driver's seat at the start of their relationship. When we see it again in Ep3, Ray is the one who drives Sand home--Ray assumes control as a way of repaying Sand for all that Sand has done for him.

When we see Ray and Sand in the convertible outside of Sand's apartment, the cover starts off but is put down during the scene, for multiple reasons: it makes for a nice transition, it's necessary given their...situation...and it's also just a nice excuse for Ray to look hot while pushing the levers down.

The act of the convertible cover coming down is barring them from the outside world. I see it as a physical representation of the safe space between Ray and Sand that thrives in solitude. It is indisputable that when they're alone together, Ray and Sand's relationship is at its strongest.

There's a deeper discussion to be had about the dynamic between Sand's bike and Ray's car, and their role in demonstrating each characters' independence. One scene I want to narrow in on is where Ray agrees to ride on the back of Sand's bike in Ep5. I don't think it is any coincidence that this scene is included in the same episode that Boston rips up SandRay's relationship. Sand's bike is open compared to Ray's car (about as open as one can be to the elements) and if one relates that openness to the publicity of Sand and Ray's relationship, then it could foreshadow the fact that Sand and Ray's relationship will soon move beyond their private safe space.

Lastly, we have Ray's attempt to drive away in his car while Sand chases after him. It's crucial because it's Ray in dangerous control of his own fate, alone. They are not together in Ray's car, but instead Sand is chasing after it, trying to put himself back in a seat of control that once suited Ray and Sand's relationship so well.

Why does this dynamic need restoring? Because Sand is comfortable in a position of control--as someone who has constantly made his own way, he thrives in it. Ray is more than willing to surrender his control to Sand (most of the time) because he knows on some level that he is spiraling. He needs someone else to take the reins--to be his emergency contact. He needs someone to depend on when he is incapable of fully trusting or loving himself.

What this all boils down to is Sand's role as the caretaker and Ray's need to be taken care of. It's very likely that I am reading way too far into the motor vehicle dynamics here, but it gave me a good excuse to take a look back at some of Ray and Sand's happier moments.

[quigonswife8]

Memories: Namor x reader

While you sit with K’uk’ulkan, he looks at the mural, reminiscing of years gone by, of the memories he’s reminded of.

Thank ya'll for all the love on my namor works, it means a lot:)

Also I used the gif above cause even though he’s not painting in this, it still does talk about the mural. Btw I love the mural, he’s so talented

gif creds: @itaintenough

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"You're cold.". Namor points out as he notes how much you're shivering.

"I-i’m sorry K’uk’ulkan but i'm still not used to this environment."

You rub your arms to try and regain warmth but this attempt turns out feeble.

As a 'surface dweller' you never do get used to visiting K’uk’ulkan’s kingdom. He'd offered you to live there but when he'd seen how much your world meant to you he had agreed to date 'long distance.'

Though with every visit [which is practically everyday] you never get used to the difference of temperature. The water isn't even cold, it's the temperate of the room.

"You don't need to apologise my love."

He stands up and turns, "...I will get you something warm."

Slipping away for a moment to grab the softest blanket. He always keeps it aside for you. He drapes it around your shoulders, sitting back down next to you.

"Better...?"

You glance at him,

"Much better."

He nods, before looking away from you to admire the mural he’d just added onto.

After coming to an agreement with Wakanda everything returned to normal. K’uk’ulkan had gotten started on adding to the mural: a panther fighting someone-Him. and the panther being the queen.

He is a very talented artist. You still wear the bracelet he had hand-made for you years ago, as a symbol of his love. It's like he's with you whenever you're apart.

"It's beautiful my love."

Pulling the blanket more over your shoulders, while scootching closer to K’uk’ulkan.

"Thank you."

He brings a hand up to rest on his knee, his eyes still on the mural. It brings him to think-reminisce of years gone.

The times when things seemed to be just. When he had offered his heart to you and you'd done the same. When all he thought about was ruling his kingdom with you beside him.

When they didn't have to deal with the people trying to mine the vibranium, threatening his people. Looking at this mural reminds him of peace because that's what it is. A peace decided on between his people and the Wakandan's. Something that he has wanted for so long.

That is all he has wanted, and this mural is a representation of that. To some it may not be obvious but to those who know who understand it is obvious.

You look at K’uk’ulkan, wondering what's going on in his mind. The look on his face means he's deep in thought which he often falls into when he has these moments of peace. Not wanting to ruin his peace you simply copy what he's doing by staring at the mural.

It has always fascinated you. When he had brought you to Talokan for the first time it was the mural that caught your eye first. Though back then it didn't include the black panther. Namor had noticed your interest in the mural and began to explain what it had meant.

It became that more fascinating when you'd found out he'd painted this mural himself. The love he held shows in the mural, as well as his skills with a paintbrush.

K’uk’ulkan stands in front of the mural, his hands together behind his back.

"You're very skilled..."

You run your hand along the different lines, different shapes on the wall. "...this is amazing."

It's your first time in K’uk’ulkan’s kingdom. You'd heard stories of a 'feathered serpeant god' but never thought you would ever meet let alone date him. Now as you stand in one of the many rooms in his kingdom it doesn't seem real because you have only dreamt of visiting a place like this.

"Thank you."

He can't help but smile slightly seeing you enjoying his culture, appreicating this mural.

It's nice to know all surface dwellers are not bad which is more often than not. He knew there was something about you the moment you met, he could just tell. That you didn't cower in fear or try and hurt him, you had looked at him with such kindness that he hasn't experienced in so long.

"I'm happy you like it."

"(y/n)?"

"Hmm?" flicking your eyes back to K’uk’ulkanyou catch how he looks at you. A softness in his eyes, a slight smile on his lips. This alone makes you smile.

"Yeah?"

The light reflects in your eyes, making them look that more beautiful. It's captivating- you captivate him.

"I..."

The door suddenly opens, and Namora walks in. She looks your way, and then back to her king.

in her language she says: "can I talk to you, it's important."

K’uk’ulkan nods in reply, and so she leaves to wait outside for him. When his cousin is gone he turns back to you.

"I have to go my love.."

"It's okay..." you lean forward and press a kiss to his cheek. "...i'll see you when you get back."

He adjusts the blanket on you more noticing it had fallen off your shoulders. Lingering with his touch he presses a kiss to your head and then stands.

When he does leave you watch him, pulling your eyes after lingering with your look, and they soon fall back on the mural.

[acheronist]

I am reading The Goldfinch. I'm where he just started hanging out at the furniture/antiques place regularly. It's written well, it's holding my inerest, but I don't yet see what all the fuss is about. So not as a criticism but in an effort to appreciate something I might be missing, why is it a book you love?

well.

donna tartt is one of my favorite authors anyways. I think she's a spectacular freak and her storytelling skills are exceptionally good and i've read as much of her work as i can possibly get my little hands on!

but for tgf specifically, the narrative being soooo so so centered on personal emphasis & meaning being bestowed upon specific artworks despite them being very unpersonal objects (after they get out of the artist's hands, that is,) in stark comparison to the way that art that can belong to/be seen/be consumed any random fucking person alive in the modern age has been the only existential buoy in my life for a very very very long time. in my lowest times, instead of killing myself i go stand in art museums and think about how much love and creativity is innate in humanity despite times of crisis and war and disease and all of the fucking agonies and everything going wrong and having no control over it. ha ha. it's always been a balm to me, to remember that there is goodness and love preserved in artwork, and that artwork is tougher and longer-lasting than you'd initially think, and that it's always there waiting for me to come back to it and see it in a different emotional state to find new meanings in it. this is the same as how theo thinks about the painting thru different times in his life!! going from needing it desperately as a connection to his mom, obsessively as a comfort, and then reviling it for being a representation of his life's biggest trauma and yet still tending to it and caring for it, to the heartache of losing it and the relief of retrieving it with the one person who genuinely loves him as an act of devotion and apology for a previous betrayal....all while navigating how systems in power are neglectful and uncaring and capitalistic. it's all just So Much To Me.....

and I know the middle chapters where theo just goes on and on about the intricacies of antique forgery aren't as fun and sexy as the vegas chapters with boris (underage drug abuse and gay sex WHEEEEEE) OR the actual criminal chapters at the end (mysterious borderline-noir criminal heist slash subtextual romcom), but they're soooo so poignant to me. because in my own little life, curating the art and music around me and finding beauty and importance and symbolism in these subtle things is a vital central axis that i need to have, much like i need a nice bed or a good meal or a glass of clean water. much of how i cope and navigate the world is very deeply focused around art & art analysis, and I think the only other book i've read that articulated that sort of feeling quite as eloquently would be john berger's way of seeing, which is an academic and analytical text. but i just love fiction so much, so to have tgf as the extremely emotional fiction option to go along w my nonfiction art thesis books that are tonally very prim and objective and well organized..... DELICIOUS. i love it. and i love a fictive narrative built upon tragedy. i love works that call back to each other in conversation, and stories that cannot exist without the foundation of Something Else Existing A Millennia Prior. i love comparing works and establishing what makes them similar or different but how they approach the same themes. and i love to see characters (THEO. boris. pippa. hobie. andy.) that i can identify with who struggle with similiar problems i have, because it makes it easier for me to get thru my own life. this isn't groundbreaking reasoning though, that's just how every human alive consumes art and content. of course we look for ourselves in fiction. of course we as individuals want to find things that we relate to.

and also in a purely self-indulgence way, I also looooooove it when media is unbearably long and i can get completely entranced and study it closely and always be able to find new details that throw the whole story into a completely new light, which I think tgf does very well because it's almost 900 pages LMAO. every time i reread it there's a new nuanced angle for me to think about actions and thoughts leading into consequences and i just eat that up every single time.......

but despite all of this i do recognize that tgf is not everyone's cup of tea. like it's genuinely one of the most meaningful texts in my heart but i completely understand how it can be long, and boring, and melodramatic, and a bit insane, and convoluted, and pompous, and not worth the time to get from cover to cover.

but it is worth the time. to me.

[hufflepuffinstorybrooke]

Please Don’t Hate Me

I need to start by stating that I really liked the Red, White, and Royal Blue movie. The cast and crew were amazing and this was a sorely necessary movie in the queer community as far as representation goes. I am also really bad at separating a movie from its source material. So this is just an opinion on some representation, both feminine and queer, that I wish had been in the movie.

First, with the female representation. Most obviously, the fact that June was written out, Princess Catherine was absent, and Queen Mary was switched to King James III.

Even while Alex is the main character, June is the heart of the Claremont-Diaz family. Alex and Ellen are too wrapped up in caring for the nation that they can sometimes forget that they need looking after themselves.

Combine this with keeping Ellen married to Oscar (she and Oscar are too similar, but Leo took care of her) and taking away some of her more nurturing characteristics (good thing bad thing), Alex’s family seems less supportive in the movie than the book.

This is similar to the problem I have with removing Princess Catherine. Henry has Bea’s support, but with the watered down Bea, that’s almost an empty corner. Princess Catherine is what forces the Queen to support Henry and Alex, and that is the first time Henry has felt a parent’s love since his father died. It’s just so important to his story, but I can understand why it was cut.

But why did they have to water Bea down so much? I don’t need the Powder Princess scandal, but if Bea is Henry’s only support, show that she is strong enough to back him for real. Throw her in a leather jacket, send her out to a party with the group, and show an electric guitar in the corner of the music room. It didn’t have to be anything big, but give her back her fire!

Then there’s Queen Mary, which I don’t really mind the switch since it gave us Stephen Fry as King James and the prime minister was a woman. I just felt like it lost some of the symbolism of the female heads of the nations and their opposite viewpoints on FirstPrince and tradition.

Lastly, there’s Nora. I liked her, I really did, but I wish they had mentioned that she went to MIT, even just Alex calling her MIT like he does in the book. There are places of higher learning, particularly in STEM, that kept women out for far too long. It would have been a great boost to show a woman being a graduate of the most well known technical institute in the country.

The only woman I was completely satisfied with was Zahra, they kept her as tough as nails!

Before I start on queer representation, remember that I do realize how important this movie is as a mainstream representation of queer love. However:

By taking out June, they took away the June/Nora/Pez relationship. I personally think that June and Nora were in a relationship and Pez just joined in while he’s in town. But still, a polyamorous secondary relationship in a rom com would have been nice.

That also takes away Nora’s bisexuality, which is just bi erasure! (And I know Alex says he’s bi, but that scene when Zahra calls him and Henry homosexuals bothers me! It erases Alex’s bisexuality!)

Rafael Luna was a huge impact on Alex, and showing an openly gay senator would have been amazing.

I am glad that, since they only kept one secret service agent, that they kept Amy. However, I do miss Cash and his pansexual jean jacket!

Moving on to Amy, I don’t mind that they didn’t mention that she is trans, especially since she is played by a trans actress and that was only brought up in Alex’s thoughts in the book. I do wish she had brought up her wife. There was such a good window of opportunity when she and Alex are talking about her dog. “You know my wife and I named our dog Jonathan.”

The addition of Miguel Ramos brings in the “gays are evil and vindictive” stereotype. Especially considering he was the only other openly queer person in the movie

On a lighter, headcanon note, I see Bea as at least ace, if not aroace, which sucks that it wasn’t included, but it makes sense since it’s not canon. Also, Princess Catherine cuffs her jeans, so she’s obviously bi lol

Again, the book is perfection, and I love the movie in its own right too. These are just some things that were missed or added that I wish changed in the movie!

[genericartist27]

So I just thought I’d share some notes for my Curse ideas for Sir Pentious, I was gonna make this into a video but when I was writing the script I realised how cringe it would probably be since I’ve never wrote a script before, not to mention I hate how my voice sounds, so I might hold back on making it a video until I become more confident with my voice. So I’ve decided to share the notes I had so I can still get my ideas out there because it’s gonna bother me until I get all these ideas out into the world because I think I have an over sharing problem. Also I wrote these in the incorrect order (Split Personality, Jekyll and Hyde, Amnesia, Vampire, Zombie and then Wereserpent), you’re going to see fluctuating quality as I finished the last of these at like 11/12 O’clock at night and I needed to go to sleep. Essentially this post is proof that I both have thought too much about this snake, and he is my favourite character. That’s Autism and Depression for you. Also sorry some of these notes are bare bones I didn’t plan for them to be shown and I can’t be bothered to edit them.

DID (Realistic) - from AJTheWildWolf, she originally had the Egg Bois be Sir Pentious’ son who had DID in life and split into multiple Egg Bois after going to Hell. My brain came up with the idea of Sir Pentious being the one with DID in life and the Egg Bois being his alters in life, and the Egg Bois could possess him through a hole in his back (maybe I could make him look more mechanical as a result). Maybe he could have Amnesia about his life on Earth because the Egg Bois could have those memories stored in them. Each Egg Boi when possessing could be an exaggerated version of how his alters were in life. Sir Pentious could be the main alter and stay how he is in the show, one of the Egg Bois could be a cartoony super villain, representing the alter that was super annoying and constantly wanted attention from everyone, another one could be a cartoony superhero, representing the alter that protected him from harm, another one could be the one that went through the trauma that caused his DID (I’m thinking I’d probably make it flirty, since DID is sadly most commonly developed because of extreme CSA), and finally maybe he could have a final Egg Boi that acts like an innocent child, because that’s a common alter people with DID have. His mistreatment of the Egg Bois could be symbolic of how he hated himself and his “Demonic Possessions” (Victorian term for DID) in life. His arc could be about accepting the Egg Bois as a part of him and working together with them as a ‘system’ instead of trying to get rid of them, and the Egg Bois could have an arc of overcoming their trauma and working with their boss.

Pros:

I could be cute if at first he went by He/Him pronouns, but when he starts to accept the Egg Bois as a part of him he could start going by He/They pronouns which would be adorable.

He could bond with Angel Dust and their similar trauma of being SA’d which would probably be a better parallel than Husk and Angel Dust, but since I’ve kind of got rid of that from Angel Dust’s character this positives kind of moot.

It could lead to both funny and uncomfortable moments.

It could be some nice DID representation, I guess.

Cons:

DID is a very depressing subject. Not a negative but something to keep in mind.

It might not be that good to have take a character who’s went through some of the most fucked up shit a character can go through and then proceed to poke him with a stick a go ‘Go on Redeem Yourself’, it’s also going to hard to actually redeem a character who’s went through so much shit without it coming across as victim blaming, kind of why I got rid of Angel Dust’s SA, so I could focus on redeem without a big elephant in the room.

DID can be a complicated topic to portray, and if I’m not careful it could result in harmful stereotypes or bad representation.

Since my Sir Pentious redesign was so similar to hers, I didn’t want to basically rip her off so yeah I scrapped it.

Split Personality (Jekyll and Hyde Version) - I came up with a version of the whole Split Personality thing were instead of him having DID in life, he had an alter ego in life that he used to murder people, but when he went to Hell his curse gave him a Split Personality. At first they were still the same person, but as time went on, his two selves began to separate. To the point where Sir Pentious now considers himself two separate beings. His main pathetic, cowardly self that regrets his actions in life and seeks redemption, and his murderous, spiteful alter ego that hates his main self’s regret and abandonment of his murderous ways, maybe resulting in the alter killing everyone that gets close to Sir Pentious, ensuring that Sir Pentious only has him to talk to, hoping that he’d be able to convince him to indulge in his murderous ways again. As a result Sir Pentious would still be extremely lonely but scared of getting close to anyone because of the risk of his Alter Ego killing them, developing his whole ‘Saturday Morning Cartoon Villain’ mask to cope with both the loneliness and maybe the pain of keeping his Alter Ego from gaining control and murdering anyone. When he goes to the Hotel, maybe he and his Alter Ego could make a deal that Sir Pentious could let his Alter Ego roam Hell and murder at night as long as he doesn’t murder anyone in the Hotel. The Alter Ego agrees to it and therefore gets to have his fun at night while Sir Pentious gets the relief that his Alter Ego won’t kill anyone in the Hotel, meaning that he finally feels safe making friends and not having the pain of having to constantly keep his Alter Ego from gaining control. However, suddenly one of the Hotel’s residents (maybe Angel Dust and Alastor or maybe Cherri Bomb) stays outside past dark, and as a result meeting Sir Pentious’ Alter Ego in disguise, and that could result in a fight between them, nearly resulting in the death of the Hotel’s patron the Alter Ego’s fighting, only narrowingly escaping him. Next day, Sir Pentious could remember what his Alter Ego nearly did, he goes into a panic and confronts his Alter Ego about what happened, reminding him of the deal. The Alter Ego could say that Sir Pentious only told him not to kill anyone IN the Hotel, meaning that they are fair game as long as they’re out of the Hotel, and the Alter Ego could reveal that he only listened to Sir Pentious at first so that he’d let his guard down and make friends with the other Hotel’s residents, and was waiting for a perfect loophole to exploit and murder the Hotel’s residents, and hopefully being able to use it to finally get Sir Pentious to succumb to his murderous intents and them finally becoming one again, like they were in life. Sir Pentious warns his Alter Ego that he could easily and quickly end their deal and shut him away, but his Alter Ego refutes that Sir Pentious can barely keep him contained when he’s alone and friendless, let alone when he’s surrounded by people who he considers his friends. The rest of the show would be about him trying to confront and redeem his sins while struggling to control his Alter Ego, who would constantly overpower him and both destroy his progress, while also trying to keep it a secret from the rest of the Gang, which his Alter Ego makes hard by trying to kill them. Eventually, the rest of the gang would find out and help him out in his Alter Ego, resulting in him winning the battle and finally being able to redeem himself and go into Heaven.

Pros:

Would provide some great angst (and fan works who could probably do a better job at writing this than me).

I’ve been listening to Jekyll and Hyde the Musical too much, so it’s a good way to put it to use.

Jekyll and Hyde is one of my favourite stories.

It could result in some great emotionally powered songs.

Nice juicy mystery and nice juicy tragedy.

I get to have both the regretful, self loathing repenter who feels like he deserves his fate in Hell, and the spiteful, murderous arsehole who just wants to continue murdering in Hell. Engaging in a fight for control, which would be awesome.

Painful Transformations/Characters constantly having to control a Beast Within to prevent hurting people are cool.

It could give a great dynamic with Alastor since they both murdered people in life, and be a great contrast to their first interaction.

I love the concept of Alex Brightman using his BeetleJuice/Adam/Fizz voice for his Alter Ego and his Sir Pentious voice for Sir Pentious, it would kind of be hilarious. Also the concept of a ‘Confrontation’-esque song but with Alex Brightman using his Adam voice for Sir Pentious’ Alter Ego (Hyde) and using his Sir Pentious voice for Sir Pentious (Jekyll) is awesome.

Baxter, maybe he could be the only friend that his Alter Ego didn’t get to kill, but Baxter left Sir Pentious after nearly being killed by his Alter Ego. Baxter could come to the Hotel and therefore ‘reunite’ with Sir Pentious. Maybe Baxter could then reluctantly help Sir Pentious out with keeping his Alter Ego a secret. Which could lead to the gang finding out.

Guitar solo Fuck Yeah! (Aka they could just take Sir Pentious’ theme and just add guitars, kinda like Jekyll and Hyde Resurrection)

Maybe there could be an episode where the gang decide to put on a play about Jekyll and Hyde so the gang could relax a bit after maybe a lot of Redemption work, or maybe as a celebration of Angel Dust finally breaking his contract with Valentino and becoming free from Val’s grasp, and this could be the story he chooses for the play, with himself as Simon Stride or another character who dies and Sir Pentious as Jekyll and Hyde, who’s mental state has at this time in the story gone into a downward spiral while trying to keep his Alter Ego in check and keeping him a secret from the rest of the gang. Resulting in him painfully transforming into his Alter Ego on stage, luckily lining up with Jekyll’s transformation into Hyde in the play. Meaning, that at first the gang just thinking it was really good acting, however maybe some of the gang could sense something’s off. (For example an exchange like, “Wow! His acting was so good!” “Yeah, too good…”) However, instead of Angel Dust coming on stage to play the character, Val hijacks his role and comes on stage instead, resulting in everyone’s (aside from Sir Pentious’) disgusted faces and maybe have Alastor pass Niffty an Angelic Knife as a fun side joke. Val could usher Sir Pentious to stab him, thinking it will only be a normal knife or even fake one, only for him to get repeatedly stabbed by an Angelic Knife, which the gang didn’t give Sir Pentious. At first the gang just stand there, since they obviously dislike Val, with Baxter looking with an ‘Oh No’ expression. Maybe Angel could come rushing him explaining that Val hijacked his role, only to see Val getting stabbed and reacting with an expression of joy. One of the gang members could try and stop Sir Pentious, saying that Val’s already dead, only to be stabbed by Sir Pentious. This would cause the gang to realise that something has taken over him. After a quick battle and some taunting from Sir Pentious’ Alter Ego, he would escape and leave the gang dumbfounded on what happened, meaning Baxter would have to reluctantly give them the exposition needed to understand what happened, giving them the tools to help Sir Pentious out in his mental battle. The only negative with this funny and cathartic episode plot, is the fact it would mean that Angel Dust wouldn’t get to murder his own boss, which probably wouldn’t be the best for story, however, he did get to break free from Valentino and begin his process of healing so at least he would have that. Also it would be funny that Vox underestimates Sir Pentious and calls him useless, only for that same snake to be the one to kill his boyfriend. 

Maybe one the characters had a person close to them get killed by Sir Pentious’ Alter Ego. Which could lead to interesting conflict when they find out.

Cons:

I can’t think of many, maybe it could lead to some dumb moments with the characters going out at night despite knowing that they could easily die by Sir Pentious’ Alter Ego’s hands and how distraught Sir Pentious would be if he did kill them, but that could be avoided by multiple drafts and good writing. I need to go to bed.

I guess if not handled carefully it could be seen as a harmful DID stereotype, but I feel like I’d make sure to make it very clear that his condition isn’t actually DID, since he didn’t have DID in life. I could also add a character that has an accurate depiction of DID and show how harmless the character is compared to Sir Pentious, it could also lead to an interesting dynamic between them. Also it’s very fantastical so that would hopefully help with the suspension of belief.

Also if I’m not careful he could take up the majority of the show’s runtime and just have everyone obsessing over him, which wouldn’t be good storytelling.

I don’t know how I’d write SirDust but maybe that’s for the best since I suck at writing romance (INSERT AROACE FLAG).

WereSerpent/Full Demon Form - This was my second/third curse I came up with for him, and was in my original rewrite summary. When he first arrives at the Hotel, the gang could start to notice that he’s out most nights and seems to not have a Full Demon Form. Then some of the gang could go out searching for a demon and stumble across his Full Demon Form and start to fight it. Maybe one of the gang accidentally sees him transform out of it, meaning that Sir Pentious has to explain he’s a ‘WereSerpent’ that transform almost every night (it used to be only the Full Moon but it’s grown to almost every night), but Baxter could reveal that actually his Full Demon Form, that his curse makes uncontrollable and slowly consumes him. Baxter promises not to tell anyone, but then the gang get trapped with it and are forced to fight, which results in Sir Pentious’ secret getting revealed to the whole gang. His redemption would involve him trying to gain control of his Full Demon Form, which he succeeds at. 

Pros:

Can be a physical way of gauging his progress in his redemption and could result in a cool scene where in the final battle he sees on of his friends in danger and that could trigger something and result in him transforming into his Full Demon Form and therefore finally being able to control his Full Demon Form and thus completing his redemption.

Painful transformations are cool.

Could lead to some funny moments where people don’t realise it’s him since his curse would prevent people from recognising him unless they either see him transform into or out of his Full Demon Form, and when they find out they just start questioning how it took them so long to realise that.

Twilight memes.

Could give him an interesting dynamic with one of the characters that I might make a monster hunter (either Cherri Bomb or Niffty).

Cons:

Boring as fuck.

His Full Demon Form wouldn’t be that dangerous, since it couldn’t really kill anyone. So it would make no sense why Sir Pentious would see himself as dangerous and not want people near him, since all they’re risking is having to respawn.

Used to be connected to his Envy but not really anymore, since he’s Wrath now instead of Envy.

Amnesia (Jekyll and Hyde bits sprinkled in) - Amnesia is basically just the Split Personality but with extra steps, it was first conceived in August of 2024. He would fall down to Hell with no recollection of who he was in life, panicking him at first, leading him to craft the ‘Saturday Morning Cartoon Villain’ mask for himself to hide it. The only thing that he could remember from his past is a recurring nightmare that he has where he witnesses a person get murdered, but is unable to do anything. He could join the Hotel in the hopes that the Hotel could help regain the memories of life and finally find out what got him into Hell. However, the only progress he makes in that quest is being able to interact with the dream, and finally being able to confront the man who murdered the person, but before he can see the person’s face he wakes up in a jolt. It would soon be revealed to everyone that he only joined the Hotel to try and find out who he was in life. Some of the residents, (specifically Alastor) would probably be pissed at this, since it kind of throws a wrench into his redemption plan, since he can’t exactly confront and repent his sins if he can’t even remember them. As a result, the gang could focus on getting a special macguffin in order to cure his amnesia, which they succeed. It would then be revealed that he was in fact the murderer from his dreams, and he was a murderer in life. This results in Sir Pentious having a bit of a mental breakdown, constant nightmares, terror from his actions, continually fighting a new voice in his brain that tempts him to go back to his own ways, all collimating in his mind splitting into two. His new kinder side that spawned from his days in Hell and time at the Hotel, and his old murderous side that wants him to go back to his murderous ways. His arc would essentially be him fighting himself like with the Split Personality and him winning and deciding not to let his older self define him and truly become a new and better person.

Pros:

Would be a neat mystery for a while.

Alastor’s reaction to it would be priceless.

Cons:

Just an inferior version of the whole Split Personality Jekyll and Hyde thing, just without the juicy bits that made it so good.

I feel like the amnesia works better for other characters.

Why wouldn’t Belphegor tell Emily what one of her patrons did to get into Hell, not to mention that one Patron is a FUCKING MURDERER? Like if Alastor had amnesia it would be fine because he’s just an investor, but when it’s one of her patrons, whose redemption is the thing that decides if Heaven will exterminate Hell or not. It makes no sense, chief. I guess maybe they could have sensed that Sir Pentious would have a mental breakdown, but the whole point of their character is supposed to be being unempathetic so it makes no sense why they’d just suddenly gain empathy for the plot, I know unempathetic people in real life can have moments of empathy, but for this character it makes no sense.

Vampire - I came up with this idea one day since I loved vampires and I thought it would be a good idea. At first he’d seem fine, but over time the gang would realise something was off about him. Like him seeming Squeamish around blood or covering his mouth when blood is around. Maybe instead of him having no reflection, his reflection was instead his human form. He seems to be unable to come near crosses or Bibles, and most weird of all he won’t eat anything despite being visibly hungry. Constantly drooling, gulping hungrily and his stomach growling constantly. Maybe there’s a moment where it becomes too much for him, he retreats to his room and just collapses, unable to take the hunger anymore and loses complete control of himself. That night one of the gang hears hissing in another room, they go to check only to find Sir Pentious in the process of drinking someone’s blood. They are able to snap him out of his hunger fuelled trance, and he realises that he nearly just killed one of the residents of the Hotel and is distraught by it. Sir Pentious could then confide with the person that snapped him out of his trance and tell them about being a vampire, and would tell them not to tell anyone about it, since the other times he told friends about his curse did not go well. The person promises not to tell but that promise could lead to a moment where someone accidentally gets cut and starts bleeding, and Sir Pentious’ hunger overcomes him again, and the person who kept the secret has to protect the one bleeding from him, getting injured in the process. This could cause Sir Pentious to run away since he believes he’s too dangerous, however he’d be convinced back into the Hotel and his arc would involve trying to keep his vampirism under check, which after many failures, he succeeds at.

Pros:

Vampires are hot.

Use hypnosis like cobras.

Self loathing

Horror Hunger is interesting.

Twilight memes.

Could lead to him getting revenge on his horrid boss in life being his first victim, and the thing that makes him realise he’s a vampire.

Victorians were obsessed with vampires.

Could serve as a good explanation for why he’s lonely and feels he’s dangerous, he kept killing everyone that he got close to when he was desperately hungry. 

Could give him an interesting dynamic with one of the characters that I might make a monster hunter (either Cherri Bomb or Niffty), and also if it’s Cherri Bomb maybe she was addicted to drugs when she was alive so she could relate to how it feels to be addicted to something.

Could be a funny allegory for his bisexuality / homosexuality.

Could be a fun way of referencing his religious trauma (imagine him getting a bible chucked in this face).

Could give SirDust some spice and drama.

It would fit his backstory of being working class, barely being able to scrap by and therefore being constantly hungry.

Baxter, maybe he could be the only friend that his vampirism didn’t get to kill, but Baxter left Sir Pentious after nearly being killed by his vampirism. Baxter could come to the Hotel and therefore ‘reunite’ with Sir Pentious. Maybe Baxter could then reluctantly help Sir Pentious out with keeping his vampirism a secret. Which could lead to the gang finding out.

Cons:

Fan fiction esque self loathing could occur if not done properly.

There’s a lot of hoops to jump through to make it make sense (why didn’t he just kill criminals, why didn’t he just go to the Gluttony ring, etc).

Everyone would be obsessing over him knowing me TBH.

It’s far too easy to Woobify him.

Writer’s barely disguised excuse for ridiculous amounts of sadistic torture porn, not intentionally but still.

While the other curses are technically torture porn, people who aren’t into torture porn can still enjoy the interesting character conflict that arise from each of the curses, but it feels like the only ones who could enjoy this curse are sadistic fucks who love to see their favourite characters suffer, everyone else is just going to be uncomfortable and feel like the torture porn is sidelining Sir Pentious’ story and redemption. Vampire Au is probably gonna have to stay as fan fiction. 

Zombie - Basically the same as Vampires, so much so I’m copy pasting it here as well while changing a few things. At first he’d seem fine, but over time the gang would realise something was off about him. Like him seeming Squeamish around blood or covering his mouth when blood and dead bodies are around. He could also start ‘collecting’ dead bodies, which he could explain as being for his ‘Experiments’ and most weird of all he won’t eat anything despite being visibly hungry. Constantly drooling, gulping hungrily and his stomach growling constantly. Maybe there’s a moment where we see him asking one of the Egg Bois to do something, we’d only get to hear bits of it so it stirs up interest in the audience. That night, we see him revealing a corpse from that day. He could at first think he’s going to Experiment on the corpse like we’ve been hearing up till this point, until he suddenly starts tearing the corpse apart and devouring the remains, seemingly losing complete control over himself for a moment, before regaining control, looking around with an embarrassed look, and cleaning up the mess and hiding the rest of the corpse. After this reveal, Sir Pentious could be disgusted at how out of control he was and his arc is him at first going full cold turkey, while also keeping it a secret from the rest of the gang, however it backfires someone accidentally gets cut and starts bleeding, and Sir Pentious’ hunger overcomes him and as a result he painfully transforms into his Full Demon Form and attacking the gang. This could cause Sir Pentious to run away since he believes he’s too dangerous, however he’d be convinced back into the Hotel and his arc would involve trying to keep his zombism under check, which after many failures, he succeeds at.

Pros:

Self loathing.

Could lead to some horrifying imagery and descriptions.

Painful transformation of WereSerpent and Horror Hunger of Vampires.

Could lead to him getting revenge on his horrid boss in life being his first victim, and the thing that makes him realise he’s a zombie.

Could serve as a good explanation for why he’s lonely and feels he’s dangerous, he kept killing everyone that he got close to when he was desperately hungry.

Could give him an interesting dynamic with one of the characters that I might make a monster hunter (either Cherri Bomb or Niffty), and also if it’s Cherri Bomb maybe she was addicted to drugs when she was alive so she could relate to how it feels to be addicted to something.

Could be a funny allegory for his bisexuality / homosexuality.

Could give SirDust some spice and drama.

It would fit his backstory of being working class, barely being able to scrap by and therefore being constantly hungry.

Baxter, maybe he could be the only friend that his zombism didn’t get to kill, but Baxter left Sir Pentious after nearly being killed by his zombism. Baxter could come to the Hotel and therefore ‘reunite’ with Sir Pentious. Maybe Baxter could then reluctantly help Sir Pentious out with keeping his zombism a secret. Which could lead to the gang finding out.

Cons:

There’s a lot of hoops to jump through to make it make sense (why didn’t he just kill criminals, why didn’t he just go to the Gluttony ring, etc).

Kind of useless.

Everyone would obsess over him knowing me TBH.

Fan fiction esque self-loathing if not written carefully.

Victorians were not really into Zombies to my knowledge (I know Frankenstein’s a thing but that doesn’t really count.

It’s far too easy to Woobify him.

Writer’s barely disguised excuse for ridiculous amounts of torture porn, not intentionally but still.

While the other curses are technically torture porn, people who aren’t into torture porn can still enjoy the interesting character conflict that arise from each of the curses, but it feels like the only ones who could enjoy this curse are sadistic fucks who love to see their favourite characters suffer, everyone else is just going to be uncomfortable and feel like the torture porn is sidelining Sir Pentious’ story and redemption. Zombie Au is probably gonna have to stay as fan fiction.

I made a few edits, but overall these are the broad notes for all of them. There’s probably stuff I forgot but I’ll just edit them in as I think of them. In terms of my favourites, it’s got to be either the Jekyll and Hyde curse or the Vampire Curse. However, I’m going to admit the Jekyll and Hyde one would probably be better from a writing standpoint, also I’m obsessed with the Jekyll and Hyde musical so… Hopefully my depression doesn’t make me come up with another idea for him because he has far too many and I’m struggling to what to do with Cherri Bomb and Niffty, since I want to redeem them but I don’t know what struggle to give Cherri Bomb without it coming across as a cringe edginess fest and I don’t know what Arc to give Niffty while keeping her fun personality. It sucks. Anyway I have to go and do other things.

[quetzalpapalotl]

Now that I finished the full re-read, I just want to ramble how I think Mtmte/LL and ExRID/OP compare.

Mtmte has the better start, not because exRID is bad, but because Mtmte is so good. JRo is really good at presenting things like worldbuilding, personalities and dynamics with just a few words while still carrying a lot of nuance.

Character interactions will keep on being JRo's strong suit until the end, which fits the kind of story he's doing. In very broad terms Mtmte/LL is a road trip story, while ExRID/OP is a political story. While Barber will get better at fun interactions, his priorities are other, so it can be jarring to read exRID if you were expecting something more like Mtmte (but really, I doubt anything else in Transformers will be like Mtme).

Barber can do pretty good character work, but characters will come in and out of focus and their stories are relevant to the themes of the narrative, and he's not as good as JRo as setting up characters in a way that once they come back into focus you can clearly see all that was brewing up in the background.

Both series deal with the past, or rather, Mtmte deals with the past, while exRID deals with history. Mtmt's setting in the past and processed in the present, but the road trip setting allows a detachment from it. Whereas in exRID the past is very much alive and transforming in the present politics, it's not over yet, it's a story about cycles.

What Barber excels at it's thematic consistency. Pre and post Dark Cybertron exRID are very different stories which may be jarring for some, but they maintain a link by being about the struggles to maintain peace in a post war world where everyone is resentful of everyone.

It's also because of this that I feel OP has the better ending compared to LL (not because I dislike the LL ending where everyone kinda drifts away, just to be clear, I like that). While reading LL is never boring as just seeing these people talk it's always entertaining, the whole thing kinda feels like it starts to fall apart on the seams. It may be the earlier cancellation, to change in editor or that it never quite recovered from the diversion that was Megatron, but while it stills hits some nice moments at the end, it doesn't feel as structured as it was at the beginning.

Barber knew how this story was going to end since after Dark Cybertron (to be fair so did JRo) and everything he wrote worked towards it, so that when you're done and see the whole picture, it feels like a complete story. He strongly tied the themes to its focus characters, it's a story about symbols, so it's a story about Optimus Prime, so even when Optimus is not present it's still somewhat about him. He effectively uses character's internal monologues to tie everyone to one another and to the whole picture. And then Arcee stands in as a representation of Cybertron's history itself and her growth signifies the hope for the future and. As long as Barber fulfilled Optimus and Arcee's arcs the narrative would also be fulfilled. Comapred this to Mtmte/LL where Rodimus arc is kinda... left hanging

Anyway, they're both pretty good and very dear to me, but they're different stories despite a lot of overlaping themes, so they should be approached differently.

[lej222]

Your answer to the last anon who asked about Cheol and Miae made me wonder something. Do you think the webtoon will end with their middle school graduation and some sort of epilogue? Or maybe it will go on to flesh out their high school years as well?

I think that it will end with their middle school graduation. The last year of the century is referenced in the title which is a significant date. It symbolically serves as a transition period between childhood and adulthood in the story. We still have summer break and the second semester to cover until then. As soon as the new century (or even millenium if you argue for year 2000 being the start of it) starts, Miae will have to go to high school and make new friends, have new experiences. This significant turn is closely connected to the date of the story - just like how the world is entering a new phase, Miae will also have to emotionally mature and grow up. The story, in my opinion, is a good representation of one's final years as a child before they have to step outside of their little bubble of innocence.

'Unripe apple' is also an important symbol in the title. Miae and her friends are 'unripe apples' - kids who still have a lot to learn and mature. No surprise it appears in one of the most meaningful illustrations in chapter 2 after the narrator says Cheol will be someone Miae will never forget. We can see Cheol falling with his bike while Miae is giving him a green apple - probably signifying that in the first half of the story it's Miae who helps Cheol to mature emotionally with her 'knowledge' (nice Bible allusion there btw). In the next important illustration which I believe comes at the end of the chapter where Miae and Jisu start their detention week, the kids are all standing on the globe in different positions. It could mean that as teenagers they all feel like they are center of their own universe and they are all connected by an unknown fate that guides them through their journey. Miae is looking at Cheol, but she stands at the same spot as Jisu - it really shows how their lives are interconnected through time and space (not necessarily in a romantic sense). The recent chapters are the culmination of this strong fate motif that appears in Miae's relationships.

So I personally don't believe that the theme of the story fits the high school setting, but rather it will end with their middle school graduation. What I can imagine is an epilogue chapter where fate somehow makes them meet again but as more mature individuals. 🙂 I can always be wrong though, these are just my thoughts.

Edit: one another great interpretation would be how Nostredamus predicted that the world will end in 1999 and the story is actually about the ending of Miae's years as an ignorant child. And as we know the world we know didn't end that year, just how Miae's life would go on entering a new phase of her life, closer to adulthood. 1999 is a symbolic ending of the world, it's actually the transition period between different states of being!🙂

[once1upon1a1wonderland]

I Wonder What Ramshackle Is Based Off Of..... Part 2

Okay, so back to the pictures....

(Still may contain Spoilers for book 6....)

Contin. with pictures of ramshackle after a good scrub down:

And now finally, after the redesign:

(I know the bedroom is not really redesigned but rather just an image created by the magical projector, but I'm including it anyway.)

Alright, so yeah ramshackle and the main school building have a lot of similar colors going on. Same with the library. Which I guess makes sense..... Anyways, my point with these posts are simply that; what if the only reason for ramshackle originally existing was simply to just have a place to house students while the other dorms were being built?

I agree that there are still some mysteries surrounding Ramshackle. Like, I don't entirely buy Crowleys reason that he gave for the dorm becoming abandoned in the first place..... And honestly dude.... why on earth did you let it fall to such disrepair......

But at any rate, perhaps ramshackle was just the temporary dorm at one point. After the dorms dedicated to the great 7 were finished, would ramshackle have still been in use? Maybe. It's possible..... and would ramshackle have had students assigned to it? Again, perhaps..... It's interesting to think about. Like, what if someone came to the school and didn't really match up enough with any of the great 7? What if they had a soul that could hold a little bit of each of the great 7? Like ramshackle could have been a place that was continued to be put to use for a time even after the other dorms were completed. And could have been used as a place where certain individuals represented all of the great 7 as a whole. (Considering that no one has been assigned to this dorm again for years, my guess would be maybe the dark mirror knows to not assign anyone there anymore.... I don't know.) Or maybe it was just the temporary dorm building. Still, it's fun to speculate.

Now our little building is just this abandoned place that no one goes near.... well except for Malleus. Hey, if you want a guaranteed spot to hang out and be alone where no one will find you, Ramshackle is perfect!

Anyways, there is the obvious elephant in the room that could point to what Ramshackle represents symbolically.

What about Mickey?

Well, I don't know the significance of that yet.... I don't know if he's there largely to just pay homage to the character that helped build the Disney company, or if there really will be a bigger reason as to why he's there in the mirror.... I mean I would hope so.... otherwise it would be too random.... (I swear if there is any information on him for book 7, DO NOT COMMENT IT, please. I want to go in blind when book 7 releases. I started the game blind and that's how I'll continue through it. When I first found out about this game I had only seen like two advertisements for it..... and it was teaser stuff. Well, one was a teaser. The other I believe was the main music video. At any rate, I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. Didn't know who the characters were or anything.... Yet somehow, I was intrigued. So please, I would appreciate no spoilers... I know, it's exciting to share stuff... I honestly dont know how I've actually managed to avoid seeing things on social media so far....)

Okay, tangent aside, the room that we sleep in with the mirror, is largely based off of an animated short called: Thru the Mirror.

I think a lot of people know that by now right? Either way, here are the comparison pics:

Very reminiscent of the animated short. It's a nice homage to that animated short. Even if in the end story wise, Ramshackle doesn't represent Mickey Mouse directly, it's cool that they loosely base it off of him...

Actually, you know what? Maybe Ramshackle, or whatever the dorm used to be referred to as, is loosely based off of the mouse.... This is where the symbolic representation comes in. The story starts when the main character is brought into this world right? And then the dreams starting when we're getting close to someone overblotting and after spending that first night in the room..... So Actually, it's fitting that Ramshackle be based off of Mickey. After all, it was all started by a mouse.

And as a side note: Fitting that Pomefiore was the first dorm constructed. For Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was the one that started them all. (Referring of course to it being the first of many feature length animated films to come.)

That's all I have to say about ramshackle for now. Let me know what you think about the significance of Ramshackle (unless it gives way to chapter 7 spoilers....)

But yeah, until next time!

[gayofthefae]

Most seasons of Stranger Things could have ended there if they cut out the final little cliffhangers and been a great, fine show, but the more I think about it, the more it’s clear thematically they were always going to continue.

I’m thinking about specifically the seasons with the most closure: 1 and 2. These endings were both some level of sweet and felt like they had closure. But they have one distinct commonality. They both completely disregard the hero’s journey, which would be incredibly ironic to end there when you think about how important concepts like that are to the characters themselves. They’re happy endings, yes, but in a way that implies things can return to normal after major trauma like that.

The hero’s journey is that you will go on your adventure and return home, but things will never truly be the same as you are not the same person you were before. So, though it’s sweet on the surface, the season 1 and 2 endings never really made sense with the goal of accurate trauma representation through monster allegories we saw in the show. If you dug a little deeper, you would have seen it as inconsistent.

This is also why I’m so excited for season 5 and that they have taken it this far.

Of course El would need to start making girl friends and figure out who she is independently! Of course Will would feel like life is moving on with out him and the original plan is changing because of what they’ve all gone through and the people who have joined them! Of course Mike would be struggling to balance the relationships in his life that are no longer just the original party always hanging out in one group setting!

Of course there are real world repercussions of their trauma symptoms that interfere with their fairytale happy endings. Because Stranger Things was never supposed to be a fairytale. It’s supposed to be a hero’s journey. At the end of a hero’s journey, you don’t run away into the sunset. You never do. You find peace.

But at the end of seasons 1 and 2, they ran off into the sunset. Which is nice. But looking back since they’ve continued, it makes complete sense why they couldn’t and clearly never meant to do that. Because it just doesn’t fit. It’s like a mix of genres. Yes, it is a happy ending, and yes, it is wrong. Both can be true. Because they are representing real people and real trauma through an exaggerated, supernatural lens. Real trauma symptoms.

They talk about puberty in season 3 and the symbolism of that but I think really what it is - what this weird, hard line between season 2 and 3 seems to be - is that all that trauma caught up to them. They tried to go back to normal. And they couldn’t. They get swept up by the supernatural again but what we see in those first few episodes of seasons 3 and 4 is that their “nerdiness” isn’t the reason they can’t be “normal” anymore. Their experiences prevent them from going back to even the way they were before. Because that’s how it works. 

And that’s the entire message of the show. To not try so hard to be “normal”. But now it’s extending not just to social norms but also to our own definitions of “normal” or staying inside the boxes we’ve made for ourselves that hinder our growth. Every time we define our lives as anything and expect permanence from that definition, it’s a hinderance.

So I am very excited at all the directions the writers are showing they’ve known to go down this whole time. El isn’t running off into the sunset with a savior, she’s becoming independent from the men in her life. Will won’t just be granted safety but happiness, because that was never too much to ask. 

And so many more (there are a lot of characters. I will typically just go for my faves/the ones I’ve already analyzed the most for examples)

[nellie-elizabeth]

The Mandalorian: The Return (3x08)

In all, this season of The Mandalorian was pretty baffling. I've chose to just sort of... go with it, accept what we've been given instead of trying to question the shape of things too much.

Cons:

I don't really care about powerful, special, one-of-a-kind weapons, but I did think it was very odd that the Dark Saber met such a strange, unceremonious end. Mostly because symbolically, it was this whole big deal that Bo-Katan had earned it, and her place as the head of Mandalore or whatever. I actually think a more powerful symbol would be her giving the weapon away at some point just like Din did with her, thus confirming that the Mandalorians don't need a specific gadget or tool in order to be honorable and fierce leaders. Instead, the bad guy just destroys it, and all that buildup around who gets the sword just felt like wasted time in retrospect? I don't know. Sort of odd.

So, I obviously love any scene where Grogu and Din Djarin are fighting side by side, desperately protecting one another at all costs... but in watching this finale, this long, drawn-out action sequence with Moff Gideon's Beskar-wearing storm troopers going toe-to-toe with the Mandalorians, I kept thinking about last season's finale. How the action was all tied up in Grogu specifically. How he had been taken, and Din was doing anything he possibly could to get him back. And how in the end, he had to let him go. This time, it's just... there are bad guys in the room, and they're trying to kill everybody in front of them because they want control of this planet. Grogu doesn't seem to have any special significance to them at all. It would have been easy enough to adjust this: play up the fact that Grogu is a Jedi, or at least a Jedi in training. Play up the fact that he represents the enemy of Moff Gideon on two different accounts, both as a Mandalorian and as a Jedi. There could have been something there, and instead the peril felt by our main characters felt rather incidental to the actual goal of the villains.

Ultimately, I liked this episode quite a bit, which I'll talk about in a second, but since it's the end of the season, it really brings to focus all the strangeness with the pacing, and the lack of focus on our lead characters. Grogu and Din just kind of... happened to be around for a lot of shit that went down. Mando's dedication to his people is touching, but then in the end, even though Mandalore is reformed and habitable, Mando is just going off to keep being a bounty hunter, working for the New Republic on a freelance basis. It feels very... full circle, would be the nice way of saying it, but honestly it feels kind of odd that after a whole season, our characters aren't really up to anything new that we haven't seen from them before.

Pros:

So, I really liked the action! That's a good place to start. Not much to say about it, but there was a good mix of aerial fighting between various flying armored men, there were ships, there were one-on-one intense battles between Gideon and Djarin, and then later Gideon and Bo-Katan... there was Grogu pulling out some seriously cool Jedi flips to keep himself safe from various attackers. All of it was dynamic and interesting and at times legitimately stressful!

As much as I've struggled to understand the way they've positioned Bo-Katan's character as sort of the unofficial lead of this season, I loved the moment when she took over the Gideon fight and told Djarin to go save his kid. That was a good representation of what their dynamic is: she is fighting her political rival for control of her planet and its sacred significance to her people. And Din just wants to make sure Grogu is safe! It's his ultimate purpose. I love that.

For now, it appears that Moff Gideon is dead, but before his death, we did see that he was endeavoring to create clones of himself. While the clones were seemingly destroyed, this does leave open the possibility of other Gideons hanging about somewhere waiting to pop up and be evil later down the line! I absolutely loathed the final Star Wars movie with Palpatine coming back and all that stupid nonsense, but I guess I do appreciate how we get these hints here in this show of the path that will lead to those later movies; I am a sucker for some cinematic universe continuity.

Obviously the best part of the episode is that Din Djarin formally adopts Grogu as his son, making him Din Grogu! It makes me emotional just thinking about it. I love that Djarin wants to take him on as an apprentice, wants to honor Grogu's place among their people, but because he's not old enough to officially take on the creed (he can't speak for himself), he needs parental permission. When Din makes the offer, and the Armorer says "this is the way", I got a little misty-eyed. Now, with the potential to take contracts all set up with Teva, and a nice little cottage on Nevarro, this father and son duo can relax and adventure as they so choose!

I think ultimately what this season has given us is the opportunity for Din and Grogu to hang out and go on little episodic jaunts for as long as people want to keep watching the show. And I kind of like that. I like the idea of having a fun sorta cowboy space show about a helmet-wearing father and his little puppet son that I can just chill out with. The issue is, this show also seems to care about expanding the world and explaining the political structures of things, of setting up this series as a bridge between other Star Wars properties with which we are already familiar. Both are worthy goals. I'm just not sure how well they're being meshed together at this point. We'll see what happens next, when this show returns probably in like two years or something. All in all, this wasn't a "good" season of TV, but I still had an okay time!

8/10

[goshdangronpa]

This is super old and has been in my drafts for who knows how long, but let's break these down one by one

Teruteru: Well, this would definitely be a change of pace for DR's rather sexless protags (we love to hc Hajime as irresistible and Kaede as ladykiller, but based on in-game portrayals alone, these guys ain't fuckin). Imagine that each time he likes someone, that person immediately dies, like THH Ch. 1 repeated across an entire game, until he likes someone who turns out to be the killer? Also imagine his reaction to Giant Junko. Okay, I've talked myself into supporting this just for the funny

Mahiru: Did you know she was originally considered for the protagonist role? I guess a lot of you did, or yall just really like her, and/or yall have read Danganronpa MK2. I'm not personally convinced that she'd be all that interesting a change, seeing that she plays just as much of a "serious person surrounded by kooks" role as Hajime. That said, she's much more of a take-charge type, which could take the story into intriguing new places.

Peko: Underratedly spicy. For one, she actually has someone from her own life to protect, upping the stakes of the killing game. For another, her obsessive protectiveness lends itself naturally to a leading role in investigations and trials ... and a lot of angst over each new death. Plus, shit like the Shining Justice gambit show that she's creative in a pinch and terribly persuasive. She could commit to something crazy like that in every trial. Like Kokichi if he wasn't an asshole. Whoa, did I really just compare those two?

Ibuki: I think it's a great idea!

Hiyoko: Honestly, who is better suited for a coming-of-age narrative than Hiyoko Saionji? She hasn't even had her growth spurt yet. There are good reasons why quite a few fans think she should've survived. Starting off as a far less friendly protag than Makoto, she could gradually grow into the hero they all need. As for trials, she may make up for her lacking investigative brains with her sheer intolerance for bullshit (what horrible things would she say instead of "No, that's wrong!" ...). Plus, imagine her in the last trial, coming back from the brink of despair, memories regained, WITH HER GROWTH SPURT. The symbolism!!

Mikan: It's funny: besides Hajime, the real hero of the first trial is arguably Mikan. Her testimony as the medical expert saves everyone from falsely voting Nagito, and Teruteru's inability to recall her indecent tumble seals the killer's fate. With Hajime dead, she could easily emerge as the go-to girl for solving murder mysteries. That said, it's hard to believe the Ultimate Nurse would go through the Despair Disease crisis without getting infected as well ... but what if she IS, and someone else commits murder before she can, and we spend the rest of SDR2 with a protag in Junko's thrall? Mikan might be the next-best MC for illustrating the story's theme of finding hope even in despair's greatest worshippers.

Nekomaru: The first chad protag AND the first IBS protag? Representation! But really: Nekomaru's a smarter guy than he lets on, he knows people well, he cares deeply about everyone in his group, and he would sacrifice himself to save them all - a killer combo for a DR main character. Plus, the dude's all about supporting other people from the bench. It might be nice for him to get the spotlight for a change.

Gundham: Well, he already thinks he's the main character of the universe ... I complain sometimes that when creators have more fun with a side character than the main character, they should just make that side character the main character. That said, and as much as I love the guy, it may be better to get Gundham's giant personality in trickles than through a fire hose, you know? He's a fun dude, but maybe only in moderation.

Fuyuhiko: The survivors have an advantage over the victims in this thought exercise just from having a complete character arc. Of course, there's a whole lotta game before that, and you barely see Fuyuhiko in Chapter 1. Hey, wouldn't it be fun if you play as him, don't even get the option to do FTEs, miss the party altogether, then become the lead investigator when things go murdery? You'd have to piece everything together without having even been present. There's potential in this Protag Fuyuhiko concept.

Sonia: It must be said: a Westerner going to Japan and becoming the leader and hero of her group may be, perhaps could only be, white savior-y. Humble origins are also important for making DR protags relatable, so her royal status would clash with that, too. Those are my only objections, really - Sonia's smart, tough, caring, a true leader, more fun than some would credit, just a good darn character - but they're big. This isn't an attack on the voters who drove her to 3rd place (!), just something worth considering ...

Akane: Fun fact: early in development, she was supposed to be the rival for Hajime, her reliance on gut feeling rubbing against his deductive reasoning. She's literally designed to be the opposite of a DR protag: quick to act on emotion, reckless and combative, not the brightest candle in the menorah. That may make her the coolest and most interesting choice in the whole bunch! I love the idea of Akane as Junko's nemesis, an analytical genius ultimately losing to a girl who knows it's better to be kind than smart.

Kazuichi: He was happy for once. Scared of girls, scared of his dad, scared of the world ... and now he's on an island resort with a bunch of hotties his age! I'm greatly amused by the idea that he'd fight not for hope or the world or anything grand but for his chance to enjoy a sweet vacation. It'd prove futile soon enough as he learns to be scared of his friends, then himself ... which would make it all the more beautiful if he, the cowardly creep, can find it in himself to become the Ultimate Hope. Just saying, don't dismiss his potential as an interesting protag just because you find him a little cringe!

[respectthepetty]

Get To Know Your BL Mutuals

tagged by @kwonzoshi

Simple, answer the questions. @ some people. Include the tag 'g2ky BL mutuals 2022' on your post so we can find everyone's answers!

What has been the BL that took you by surprise this year?

Old Fashion Cupcake. It came out of nowhere! One random day Viki uploaded the first episode, and was like “You wanna watch an oddly named show from Japan?” and my my my (sing it like Troye Sivan) it hit every sweet spot. The scene that was done all in one sequence?! I’m still there. I’m living in that scene. I only come out because I have to pay bills. I’m going to rewatch it for the 80th time now.

What has been the BL that you felt a bit disappointed with this year?

It would have been Oh! My Sunshine Night, but it seemed to embrace its messiness (adding more episodes on the day of the finale!) in a way that I love (amnesia?! a murder plot?! a bubble bath?!!!!) so…

Between Us. It’s the same issue I had with Until We Meet Again. I don’t know how Win and Team’s plot is going to carry over for twelve episodes. We keep getting snippets of In and Korn (TW, please), and shots of Dean and Pharm, but we already know their story, so it’s like recycled plot with a new scent. It’s nice to see Dean not so robotic (“fuck off”) and Pharm not being infantilized, but on top of Alphabet Soup’s issues with Prince Charming, a drowning, Manow doing her (keep it up, we love it!), Tul and Wan’s Gameboys moment, baby Santa looking adorable as Wiew, the product placement of what is clearly NOT water, and the daddy issues (actual issues with their father and not Love in the Air daddy issues), I don’t know how this souffle is going to rise. However, it’s not even close to being finished, so I’m excited to watch how it bakes.

What has been your favorite BL this year?

Love Mechanics. I’m trash for VeeMark’s throat grabs. Trash! Vee being a topsy-turvy bisexual who couldn’t get his shit together is the bisexual representation I want. How many bisexuals do we know who have their shit together? Not a damn one. This show is basically a documentary. Then, Mark being the ultimate Sour Patch Kid who is willing to fist fight his father only made the dynamic between a gay and his huge red flag that much better.

Favorite BL couples (not just of 2022)?

MaxTul are my anything and everything. Korn and Knock. Tan and Bun. Sequels. Prequels. Unconfirmed projects – WHERE IS TRANSPLANT?! It always blows my mind that they are the same age, if not younger than another long-established pair, and came out the gate slutting up our screens. Not even making it a competition, it’s just wild to me that they did the devil’s tango day one, which we see more often now, and held a gun to each other’s head two years ago so DanYok, ToddBlack, KinnPorsche, and VegasPete could fly (I see you HIStory 3: Trapped. Taiwan, you're still my #1). They remind me of a Taiwanese couple with the domestic bliss, the high heat, and the batshit craziness, and I hope they live long and happy lives.

If you had to suggest a BL for someone what would it be?

To My Star 1 AND 2. Yeah, I wrote that. Not just To My Star, but To My Star 2 as well. The reasons speak for themselves, but just in case, never forget his lip was bleeding.

What's your non-BL favorite for this year?

Our Flag Means Death. I only support the girls, the gays, and the goths, so I was happily surprised that I was, in fact, supporting an entire ship of gays and their support goth with this show about pirates. If you think I’m crazy about colors and symbolism in BLs, imagine me watching this show when Ed started wearing color compared to his usual black and wore Stede’s RED robe after Stede gave him a RED cloth, that Ed placed in his pocket where his heart is because Stede gave him love only to throw it in the wind when…

Let me calm down. This show was glorious, and I’m delighted it got a second season. De. Light. Ed.

So who wants to go next? Tag as many or as few people as you want.

Have to tag the color and location mutuals: @gillianthecat @dribs-and-drabbles @waitmyturtles @sliceduplife @callipigio

[stagefoureddiediaz]

5x11 Costume meta

Now I’ve had a little time to process here is the 5x11 meta. 

Lets start at the beginning and work our way through!!

May is in yellow and stripes!! - so we are getting communication - and a change of direction - in this instance she is communicating about Eddies change of direction from firefighter to public service officer!

Then we get to the Eddie montage which I wrote about in my sneak peak meta so I’m just gonna post it below to save repeating myself!

I couldn’t resist topless stretching Eddie 

Eddies colour palette appears to have been reduced down to black, white and  grey - those are the only colour tees we’re seeing him in that clip - there is literally no colour left in his world - other than the blue of his uniform - and when you’ve reduced your world down like that and your job isn’t fulfilling - well we all know how its going to go - on the floor sobbing! They are also slightly over sized - the life he’s now living doesn’t fit him and its sucking the life out of him, the fact that they’re a bit looser on him is designed to show a bit of weight loss - a symbol of depression, but also if al he’s got is a treadmill then he’s going to be getting leaner - loosing the conditioning that he gets from weightlifting as part of his firefighter life - getting that conditioning back will be a bit like the mental journey he’s about to go through!

all of those tees are new tees - symbolic of new era (they haven’t been broken down to make them look lived in as wardrobe would normally do) - they are fresh out the packet crisp (think about the one in 2x07 when he gets dressed after sex with Shannon - stretched out and worn looking!) but them being so new and crisp is also a sign of Eddie trying to re-invent himself as this new ‘safer’ not at risk person.

Sweat - he is working hard at going nowhere - a nice little touch!

but in addition - now we have the full scene we can see the transition from no shirt -singlets - tees all in black white or grey  -the transition from being ‘okay’ with his choice to becoming increasingly worn down and unsatisfied by it - literally covering himself more and more and building up a protective barrier. The other interesting thing is his boots - which are scuffed and not looking particularly smart - again a sign that not all is ok - its the little things that start to slip first - so these boots looking less than perfectly polished is a manifestation of that - Eddie was in the military those boots would in normal circumstances be immaculate and highly polished.

Then we get to the dinner/kitchen scene!

Eddie’s semi transparent shirt is showing us that he’s more transparent than he thinks - that he’s not doing as good a job as he thinks of hiding the truth - that he wants to be a firefighter again the shirt is a representation of his defences (especially around Buck and Chris)are wearing thin! Chris being in the grey jumper - he is the most wrapped up of those at the table and is therefore the most protected -  the grey is showing that he is neutral and we don’t really get anything from him to contradict this (except when he teams up with Buck to deliver some amazing sass). 

We also have Taylor in a green semi transparent printed shirt - we see her in a fair amount of green and the print is again hinting at confusion - she is clearly trying to figure out what is going on between Buck and Eddie (small aside Taylor saying ‘is that possible’ after Buck stating that Eddie will be back at he firehouse has me ) because they are not subtle!!

Buck is in navy blue for this scene (we do get  tiny peek at a white vest under the shirt) v Eddie being in white in white - this is very much intentional - it is a reverse parallel of the shooting only the shots being fired are verbal ones and the one left bleeding this time is Buck, while Eddie is left covered in metaphorical blood - which he hasn’t yet realised and the blood is Bucks trauma at not understanding Eddies decision to leave the 118. The gun/bullet in this scenario is Christopher and Eddies own trauma.

The mom and Dad in the car - wearing red and blue - like i’ve spoken about in this post - but we also have the army green of Eddie worn by the father as well!

 Buck in white at bar - there is obviously the tie in to buck wearing white anti meaning bad things are going to happen and it continues to play out here, but there is also something in the choice of a hoodie for me as well especially because we see him (from Eddies perspective) bathed in light - it is a contrast to everyone else in the scene - they are all in semi darkness and wearing darker tones - they are very much playing into renaissance religious iconography - portraying Buck as an angel - the hood of the hoodie forming a sort of halo (in Eddie’s eyes as we view it from his perspective / but also a bit of Lucifer moment - Eddie feeling betrayed by his most loyal friend but also Buck later on betraying how far he has come as a person and showing how far he is going to fall.

I am very  👀👀👀 the fact that  Lucy is in army green - in the same way that they’ve used this colour to parallel Taylor with Eddie before (and indeed in this very episode!), it feels to me like they are doing it again here with Lucy - we’ll have to see if that continues.

its also interesting to note the difference in the layers they’re wearing - Lucy is much less covered up - more open, whereas Buck is protecting himself by wearing a thick hoodie and a jacket, but those layers to protect himself are also him wearing a mask - hence the return of Buck 1.0 - its easy to slip into something you’re familia with that you’ve used as a form of protection in the past!

Eddie in black and Khaki jacket - the same style he wears when in mourning - the loss of Shannon, his firefam, his job that he loves etc at the bar - he is mourning his friendships and what he has lost/ given up for Christopher - its highlighting his disconnect from everything that is important to him - tying in with the past things that meant the same.

Keeping Bobby in an LAFD tee and then having Athena in a white jumper - more costume paralleling between Athena and Buddie - especially interesting when you look at the two conversations in those scenes - moving on?!!!

Chris space theme pajamas make a return - and accompanied by striped sleeves - stripe theory for the win - Eddie is changing direction again and the  universe is still screaming at him!

The grey jacket looks to be the same (or very similar) as the one Eddie wears to therapy later in the season. its paired with a light shirt here - when Eddie is feeling hopeful of his return to firefighting whereas paired with the grey later shows how far Eddie is going to descend in to the murky depths of his trauma - he views this moment as his opportunity to save himself - to be able to shut that storage locker back up and not deal with the things that we’ve seen increasingly running through his mind as the episode has progressed

Bobby in dark red parallel with buck lawsuit. there are a couple of parallels - Bobby in the same role is in the same colour way for both scenes, where as Eddie and Buck, while both in jackets, Eddie is in another semi transparent tee - Bobby has seen that Eddie is not doing well mentally and try to push him in the direction of therapy (fully knowing that he has already filled Eddies job) whereas Buck in his button down shirt in the the one firing the initial shot in 3x06 - it is about the formality of a lawsuit versus the comfort of Eddie thinking he would be able to return to his family.

we also get a look at Eddies Watch in this scene - it pops into view while Bobby is talking about taking the time to carry for your wellbeing 

I’m very interested that we’ve seen Buck start to wear a watch out of work in 5x11 - its not something he’s done a lot before, but in this episode - every scene out of work - he’s been wearing his watch!

he’s also in black and yes - that shirt has a tiny pattern on it - there is definite mirroring of the I love you scene here - Buck doing something he’s not really on board with - confessing love and having Taylor move in - sticking plasters on a fractured relationship.

Taylor wearing a triangle necklace when Buck fails to tell her about kissing Lucy 👀👀

One last thing to notice about the costuming of Buck and Eddie throughout 5x11 is that both their colour palettes have been matched up - we only see them wear black, white, navy, green or grey - especially in key moments - and always in opposite of each other - when Eddie is in black, Buck is in white such as at the bar or when Eddie is in white then Buck is in dark navy in the kitchen scene. the same is true for those last two scenes we see them in - Eddie trying to return to the 118 is wearing a white shirt, while Buck trying to confess to his girlfriend is in black - these are interesting because we enter those scenes with a hopeful Eddie and a Buck full of dread - the colours reflect this and by the end of those scenes you could say the opposite is true - they’ve reversed - I know that is an overly simplistic way to describe where they are mentally but that its a bigger thing that the two small moments which will add to the mental health pile, but thats not wha these costumes are about.

Hopefully this has been interesting and helpful! any questions - my inbox is open (work has got busy, so it might take me a little while to reply, but I will answer you!) 💜💜💜

tagging for interest @prettyboyandthekid @adamsparirsh @theladyyavilee @oneawkwardcookie @lovecolibri @loveyourownsmiilee @leothil @xxfiction-is-my-realityxx @moniquekatie @reallysmartladymariecurie @kitkatpancakestack @yramesoruniverse @outrunningthedark @ktinastrikesback @arrenemris @talespinner230 @mytherapybuddie @fiona-fififi​

[h7jfangirl]

TGS chapter 12's cover!

And how I said before, Hyde appears!

First of all: I really love the colors of this cover, the black and gold convination is fantastic and you can feel how Hyde is suffering while nobody is doing nothing to help him.

Now, let's start from the description of this page

When I read this for the first time I didn't catch it, I though they were literally saying that although Hyde was shown in agony on the cover, the chapter was going to be calmer than it seemed

So at first I was like:

But then I read the comments and I understood that Sabrina was being sarcastic (JAJAJSJ).

So, analyzing Sabrina's words we can realize that it reveals a little about what the chapter was mainly about:

The chapter will be about Hyde suffering the concequences of his actions while Jekyll decides to confront Laynon with his feelings, something that could affect Hyde in a worse or better way (Knowing that Hyde usually use Henry's negative emotions to escape from a emotional problem. But Edward could be inside of a deep part of Jekyll's mind where the negative emotions that Henry can feel are even more stronger and dangerous than before, so Hyde would be in a lot of trouble with the same things he once use for his own benefit.

Now let's analyze the cover image:

"The image is of Hyde being taken over by dark forces on top of a stage while many upper-class viewers watch it as a fantastic spectacle"

This is clearly symbolic, I don't think real magic dark tentacles grab Hyde on a stage and the viewers think it's part of the show LMAO. BUT what are exactily thoses dark forces?

Maybe they are the actual representation of Hyde's OWN INSECURITIES, due to everything he went through in chapter 10 Hyde's ego was very damaged and from that new insecurities were formed about himself, being such doubts as "Will I be free" or even existential questions like "Who I am?" That tun into these powerful dark forces that have manifested for drag him into the darkest part of the mind, where he belongs

For one night, he will face and feel all the fear and stress Jekyll felt cause of him, while outside of his mind the exhibition begins and Henry faces one of his own fears...

I think about the possibility that the chapter takes place on the night of the big exhibition, because in the small spoilers of Sabrina on Twitter Henry and Laynon are seen with elegant clothes. However, there is also the great possibility that it could be a Jekyll or Laynon flashback where we are shown that we still did not see EVERYTHING in the last chapter, i think so because we only see them in those suits. But at least we know that the exhibition is very close.

But then if the spoilers about Henry and Laynon are just a flashback, then the chapter would be about Jekyll remembering the little confrontation he had with Robert while Hyde suffers in the depths of his mind and he doesn't realize? Or maybe...

EVIL JEKYLL???

Nah, I don't think so but it would be super hyper mega cool. Henry being able to somehow control the shadows so they will take Hyde inside his mind and lock him in the deepest, even if it was for just one night (Surely because the poor guy just wants to sleep). It would make sense if we take into account that he will be able to empower himself with Frankenstein (According to Sabri's wip on Twitter)

So why not with Hyde too? He actually did it in the last panel of chapter 10!.

Well, whatever what will happend in this chapter, we don't have to wait to long, because nexts uptade comes next week!

So~ I'm ending the post here, thanks for take the time to read this. I'm so sorry about my bad english, i had to use Google translator for this but I hope you liked it!

I Will love to see your theorys and thoughs about this chapter in the comments!

So yeah, goodbye and have a nice day! 💕✨