#i mean a life in prison isnt really a life at all especially not for a literal child but yk

[saturnniidae]

Sorry. Thinking about Toga's accidental autism again

She is a classic case of character that acts weird because they weren't socialized properly/had a fucked up childhood but whoops you just made them autistic.

She struggles to understand the difference between platonic and romantic attraction/affection and thinks being fond of/attracted to someone means she has to not only be like them but become them in a literal sense

Learns via mimicry hence the above points and her particular fixation with Ochako and Izuku since they're some of the few people her age she's seen show signs of unconditional kindness with their friends

Wore a 'mask' trying to conform to the behavioral expectations of her peers and parents and was miserable until she couldn't keep going

Goal is to make the world an easier place for her to live and be herself

As a little kid she bit herself to drink her own blood (reads as unsafe stimming to me ngl)

Shes seen more than once shaking her hands when excited (also stimming)

Got called demonic and inhuman as a little kid due to her unusual behavior (honestly reminiscent of how autistic/disabled kids would be accused of being changelings and stuff for their 'unnatural' way of being and unfortunately this is still a sentiment some hold even now)

Immediately written off for her behavior, never had why it wasn't okay fully explained and was never given a chance

Nonexistent emotional regulation due to the above point. Hence why atp she embraces inflicting pain because she was never taught how to use her quirk in a controlled environment or safe way

Quite literally autistic child failed by the system (quirk counseling or whatever)

Toga is a weird girl among weird girls, a little freak I hold dear in my heart..

[m4yasnotthatcool]

Any headcanons for Nicky Nichols?

Nicky Nichols hcs

I'm dorry i didnt know if you meant general hcs or also x reader hcs so I just kinda mixed em and put some general relationship hcs w her (I used the terms: girlfriend, partner and lover. I did specify the gender of her potential partner because she's a lesbian SO FIGHT ME)

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•I feel like she's very overprotective over her whole family in general (by that I mean red, gina etc) but more so over her girlfriend(yes I'm using the term girlfriend because she's a lesbian, deal with it);

•don't get me wrong, she trusts her partner 100% and she would never get involved into any of her drama unless she believes it's getting to the point where any actual harm would come for her lover;

•I also think she's internally a very emotional and sensitive person, but due to her upbringing she doesn't know how to express herself (thats also part of why she started using drugs, it was a way of coping and also forcing her mom to give her the attention she craved her whole life);

•that being said, i think what she really needs is a girlfriend who even tough might not understand her struggles, doesn't undermind them;

•she would need a lot of reassuring, because as I've said before, I think that for her even the slightest change in attitude could make her spiral and think the other person hates her;

•I love love love her relationship with red and all I can think about is how actually sad and fucked up it truly is that the only time in her life when she had someone truly care for her in a motherly way was in prison;

•I don't remember if this is canon or not (it most probably isnt) but I feel like while in rehab the first time they took her away after luscheck ratted her out she would do crafty little art projects to district herself; I don't think she'd read much tough, especially during that time. reading usually brings you to think and she probably was looking for a way to disassociate, distracted herself from her addiction;

•I also don't think she had that much sex while in rehab (counterintuitive, I know). even tough sex is a great way of making you forget about your problems, I don't think she'd be up for it. with her situation I belive her libido dropped (shocking, I know) so she didn't really feel the need to anyway;

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(a/n) YES IK ITS SHORT ASF IM SO SORRY I JUST DIDNT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY

love yall, be safe out there

[bigsoftmarshmallow]

Sorry, I'm curious about something & I really just wanted to get your perspective on something you mentioned.

“I suppose I don't understand why Hyrule would be so hostile to them and not allow them to just live and let live.”

Now, this is by no means an accisation or anything of the kind. More so, I'm just a bit confused as… I guess that I'm not so sure that Hyrule has been hostile to the Gerudo as I haven't seen much evidence that they have been. At least, not as a whole.

That isn't to say that they haven't been as no evidence of something isn't the same as proof that it isn't happening either.

I suppose that I'm wondering where this idea that Hyrule has been hostile towards them comes from. Like, if they actually have been & there's evidence of it, that's one thing. Even just something like subtext would be good.

Not that Hyrule didn't at least showcase bigotry in OoT even if that bigotry appeared to be fear-based, possibly being even trauma responses. And the only indications of real hostility towards the Gerudo people (that I recall), ironically, came from the Goron leader & this was after Link helps him & his people proceeding Ganondorf cutting off their foodsource in order to force him into giving OoTDorf something he wanted.

Beyond that, the reactions I saw to the Gerudo Mask were generally fear-based rather than anything indicating that they were looked down upon.

Is this concept based on TotK? Because I honestly didn’t see anything like that either.

I suppose its more of what the other games did? Now I've never played Ocarina of Time, more of heard from other people, seeing clips, and seen more of takes/opinions. From what I heard, in the first game Gerudo were known as thieves and kept in the desert. They weren't allowed to freely move about in Hyrule, from what I heard/saw. They are only really seen in Gerudo Desert. It feels like they are kept there for a reason. Again, I've never personally played, so I could be very much getting info wrong.

Twilight Princess had NO Gerudo at all, only Ganondorf. It could be that they were banished rather than straight up killed or died off due to being cut off but... Why was all of the Gerudo punished for Ganondorf's crimes? The Ancient Prison alludes to terrible crimes and torture taking place there, and since it is in the desert area, kinda points towards that Gerudo were tortured and punished there.

Windwaker has, again, no Gerudo, but that's more of... you know... everything flooded. There are Rito! Koroks! Dragons! Hylians! But no Gerudo. They all perished... except Ganondorf, of course. >_> It could be some did survive and then through the generations just... bred out all Gerudo characteristics, but that feels wrong too. Like especially since they have such strong genes.

BOTW and TOTK didn't really show case any of that. Gerudo were wandering all over Hyrule, either on search for life partners or selling things. There was still very little of them, but I saw no racism or bigotry or anything like that... though there were creeps.

Hyrule Warriors ONLY HAS GANONDORF AGAIN. Like there is the Desert! But no Gerudo! None! There isnt even an explanation or reason for it! They have everyone else but the only Gerudo there is Ganondorf!

I'm going to admit that my wording probably wasn't correct, but that's the word that came first in my head. It feels like the Gerudo are... well, being punished for something. Maybe not outwardly or very obviously hostile, but... passive aggressive? racist kinda? Something of the other. It doesn't feel positive nor right. It doesnt feel good.

If I have any wrong information, PLEASE UPDATE ME. I love being informed of the correct information. Just this is what came to my mind and my mind is very often muddled and slurry.

[larrythefloridaman]

*decadently sampling Cheeze Whiz on a Ritz Cracker like its pâté* The thing about crimson and chartreuse's relationship is that they fight. Crimson says some cruel shit to her here and there, mostly revolving around folk. but, and ive discussed this before, i really dont get the sense that crimson hates her like he hates prism and cobalt. chartreuse has been a little defensive of him, because she gets how bad he has it even before he grasps the fullness of it, and she picks fights with him, sometimes- hes just a dickhead and thinks shes a fool for hanging all her hopes on folk and isnt shy about letting her know it. And like, from his perspective, I kind of get it? I dont agree, but like. lets look at the facts for a second

First off- they met a VERY short amount of time ago by the standards of Immortal Gods, and from crimson's perspective, chartreuse has been all Distant and Enlightened and Omniscient™️ for a long time and her recent behavior is distinctly unstable by comparison to that standard. chartreuse was saying she loved him in a matter of months, when they met because Folk was doing something that was hurting her and happened to flirt with her while she was reeling in confusion and anger from losing her nonlinear timesight and the chip damage of time being fucked with until her failsafe activated, and thus not really in a normal, sound, rational state of mind? She was a bit emotionally all over the place at the time, and very much kept Folk, then borderline a stranger, on impulse. Yes, ryan said in the brief time Folk was gone and chartreuse had her absolute perspective back she witnessed all of folk's life in an instant to make that decision, but thats very... one-sided, isnt it? Like, from crimson's perspective chartreuse looks like shes having some sort of breakdown and deciding to throw her everything into dating Some Guy who used the stabbing chartreuse machine even if it means she keeps getting stabbed because she became inexplicably obsessed with him

Second, Folk is bound to her. his continued existence is hurting her, Crimson knows this is costing her something just as much as Cobalt does. and Chartreuse won't tell Folk fucking anything at first, and Crimson would know this because chartreuse doesnt tell Anyone anything she doesnt absolutely have to. Not just about the fact she's maintaining his future to keep him around, slowly letting his old life turn to dust to buy him as much time as possible before she inevitably has to let him die too, effectively making their relationship a kind of entrapment, the ethical question of 'what if Folk had gotten fed up with her secrecy and refusal to be honest and open with him and broke up with her, what would she do then? If theres no way to end a relationship without ending up dead or as a dying prisoner of your bond then thats fucked up' never raised- but also just. basic information about their family. She didn't tell him Cobalt existed until he was starting to meddle in kerfuffle affairs, and she wouldn't confirm or deny if there were more of them either.

Third, Folk is a mortal therapist who holds kindness and understanding as core, open values. Now, Crimson is a deeply jaded son of a bitch who tends to distrust anything thats too overly nice and goody-two-shoes right out of the gate. and We Know Why. But theres also an element of defeatism in Crimson's understanding of their situation. This is apparent in his conversation with Folk in the winners waiting room of ncct4. This doesnt mean he intends to stop trying, but there's an air of grim acceptance, of futility to a lot of what he does because at the end of the day he doesnt really have any hope things can get better, especially through something as simple as therapy, before he starts to let himself feel otherwise. When Folk thinks he knows how to help, Prism speaks through Crimson to dismiss it as useless, and Crimson does not resist. He, fundamentally, agrees with the notion that therapy would be useless for them, even if getting it were on the table for him. Crimson does not believe that his family can get better and live (relatively) normal lives, its an impossibility in his mind. He understands why it would be wanted, but the thought is absurd. Its childish. So when Chartreuse starts distancing herself, Crimson is confused- it's hopeless, what does she think she's doing, she's just gonna get herself hurt for something that'll never last, what is she so upset for when she knew this would happen, her own nature, THEIR own nature made this inevitable. And then she abandons her godhood, and, oh God now thats an Option On The Table, Crimson tries writing her off as a fool- throwing away her lifeline, her vigilant awareness of her meddling, every safeguard shes ever had, all to save Some Random Fucking Guy she thinks can 'fix' her. 'Really, Chartreuse? I know you're having a little episode here and we're all pretty fucked in the head but isn't dating your therapist you met three months ago a little on-the-nose?' type sentiment, y'get me

And finally, I get the sense that Chartreuse is the only person in that family crimson respects and cares for without caveat, because while the whole pomp and circumstance of godhood she and cobalt put on is annoying, and again, they fight, shes got a backbone and integrity and sincerely good intentions, but she also does what she wants without making self-righteous excuses for herself or pretending she's untouchable or lording over him, and theres a sort of 'dont tell mom/cobalt' solidarity between them. but I think theres also a cocktail of fear and jealousy in there, when she starts to pull away. Like. "Dont be stupid. whats your gameplan sis. Youre making this up as you go and its gonna kick you in the ass sooner or later. This is never gonna work. You're hurting and endangering yourself for no reason. You're gonna forget what its like and right when you let your guard down you're just gonna get fucked over. Stupid. Crybaby. for the love of god don't leave me alone in that fucking house." Y'get me.

And when he's finally accepted Folk as something important to her, important enough to upend her whole life to be with him, that she's really healing and he's really good for her... he's still not being especially nice- he'd hardly sound like himself if he did, hes a little cunt reflexively- but he tells him to make their time count. He wants to be at their wedding even if he has to crash the fucking thing. Hes starting to let things be meaningful to him again. Its clear to me that, while he sincerely cant stand cobalt or their mother, he actually really does care about his sister even if he sucks ass at showing it sometimes. Its... bittersweet.

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

miss moondoll, what do you do when you want to engage in selfcare and beauty? i have been feeling out of my element and need inspiration to dust myself off... wishing u the best xoxo

heello miss anon :] Sorry this took me forev to answer ive been in my mind prison these few weeks - Also its something i struggle w too ~ So i tried hard to think og a helpful answer that isnt just "diet & exercise" ^_^ ---

S/t that's come to my attention recently is that .. You have to give yourself permission to feel beautiful. if its hard for u to feel that way, U may need to keep giving yourself permission every day, or every hour, whatever it takes. But u have to sit yourself down like a child and tell yourself that no matter what anyone has ever said to you, you are allowed to feel beautiful.

rly so much of beauty comes down to self-talk and self-friendship. i think all my friends are beautiful, and all the people i don't know too. So why have i always felt that i alone am the exception ? that i am the only one not allowed to have that ? it's very odd. it's "insanity" by defintion.

beauty is subjective, beauty STANDards are fleeting. being an older person i especially see how transient beauty standards have been throughout my life. that stuff is irrelevent. anyone with a well-meaning-heart will see the beauty in your energy if your energy is kind and generous and honest.

Some stuff i like to do to help myself embody my energy is walk with good posture and my head held high. smile at every person i pass by. imagine the colors of my aura. remember that this body is only one in a long string of vessels my soul has moved thru. its all very temporary yet still worth caring for what you have now.

clothes help a lot too ! they are my armor. i dont follow any diets anymore just eat what feels good and delicious. also when i shower i imagine the water is rainbow light washing away any stagnant energies or things i may have accidentally absorbed from others.

Really it's all just about balance of not caring Too Much about your body (aesthetically) while still maintaining healthy functioning. and remembering you are not exempt from the love you feel for others. evry day do whatever it takes to be a good friend to yourself. literally give yourself a hug :') corny as it sounds it feels good its comforting..

i hope this is helpful advice <3 it'll always be an ongoing process but every little step u take brings u closer to a level of confidence that will open your heart to so much more of life's opportunities. take care anon-chan <3 PMD9

[mediocre-noodle]

SONG OF THE DAY + 1 bc ehehshjddb

abnormality dancing girl by guchiry… my beloved… it has lore but i interpret it for dallas in the way that “did i get it? that brand new me?” PUFHH. also the character in the video is highly implied to go insane and also implied to kill herself or something. she at least goes insane with the obsession of being perfect. dallas isnt like it so i took the lyrics and twisted them iykwim. its in JP so i gave the video w the eng subs :D

https://youtu.be/DK56dOxLxPY?si=k0yatpQT4bSD0Tiu

and then the +1,,, oughhh probabky my fav or one of my fav kikuo songs: dance of the frogs. ITS ABOUT REINCARNATION!!!! YEAHH. theres a really sick part at 2:52 and onwards like OMIGOD i fucking love the animation like HHSJSHODBSJ frogs??? skeletons??? buddhism elements?? qi xuan is such an amazing voice bank????!:!/&!:8 yes its also a dallas song, especially bc its about reincarnation which can be tied into the lore of dallas never dying like oughh especially when the dance at 3:09,, and then it gets less lighthearted with the frogs looking like theyre in pain (3:27) WITH THE FROG HANDS STRUGGLING TO TRY AND GRASP EACH OTHER AND THE LYRICS?? ‘SUFFERANCE’?? ‘JAIL’?? ‘PRISON CELL’? YEAH NOT DYING WOULD BE HELL FR!!! AND THEN THE SICK SKELETON DANCE INSTRUMENTAL AT 3:59?? AND THEN THE SICK ASS INSTRUMENTAL WITH THE IMPLIED TRANSITION FROM ONE REINCARNATION LIFE TO THE NEXT AT 4:25??? THE WAY IT SLOWLY GETS FASTER?? OH MY GOD. and then the end of that scene with a frame of a lotus im deceased (lotuses mean rebirth).

https://youtu.be/8aS1DiEKAsI?si=QAYK7B9LnuRftNNs

flashing colors warning but it’s so worth it (unless you get a seizure). kikuo’s videos always have captions and theyre STYLIZED!! glamified!! oughhh i fucking love this song and the hidden meanings

OOOOOO those sound sick as FUCK!!!!! i really wanna see whats up with dance of the frogs because from your description it sounds absolutely INSANE

last time i checked i dont usually get seizures so i should be good to go!! tomorrow tho. its my self imposed bed time right now

i!! also have a song of the day!!!! +1!!!!!!! really its more like whatever song is stuck in my head at the moment but! thats ok

1. Drella by Pierce the Veil (shocking i know)

oughhhhhh this song is in my BRAINNNN its in my NEURONSSSSS my freaking UAGH

its????? idk its like. the way he sings is so AUGH and idrk how to interpret lyrics so im not sure what this song is about but its FIRE SO YIPPEE!!!!!!!! the freaking BEAT oiygahhsjshsh dude the way he sings is. gwoahghr cause like he has a rlly distinct voice n he sings pretty high and it ITCHES my BRAIN (also theres a lot of screaming. but as a will wood fan i feel like that wouldnt phase you by now)

+1. Tangled in the Great Escape by Pierce the Veil

DUDE. DUDE THIS SONG. DUDE THIS FREAKING SONG. DUDE GSUAHAGSHDHEHND

i love this album so much cause its got some really sad songs (AND EVERG SINGLE ONE IS A BANGERRR) and this one is one of them and honestly i dont know why its not more popular because its SO GOODDDDDDDDD GRAH

a lot of people saw the song as being about losing a friend to drug addiction when you start to see theyre too far gone but another interpretation i saw was about suicide, which me personally i thought of it as initially but im not really sure. all i know is that its SAD (but its pretty fire on the beat n g l)

tbh i think tangled in the great escape would make a really good song for the villain au? like if alibi was singing it about dallas (who became so obsessed with the idea of revenge that it was basically like losing the person you loved which. wowie i made myself sad)

[twipsai]

heyoo! just wanted to say love your rewrite comic of sonic forces!! tis very cool :)

if you don't mind me asking, is anything else going on in this rewrite which you could let us know about? or tis a secret?

ok first of all this ask, the two reblogs you added tags to, and the comment you left literally made me wanna write so much more for this rewrite you have no idea. genuinely such a large motivation burst TYSMMMM

SECOND OF ALL! this rewrite is kind of vague rn, i have an idea for a four or five chapter fic that takes place in the month gap between forces and idw, but (glances at my 2/3rds finished wip thats 32k words rotting in my gdocs) well. im trying to finish something else for the time being, so i have no idea when thats gonna happen

in terms of actually rewriting forces itself, i have quite a few ideas for it but not a lot of concrete things written down -- my main problem with the game, especially after fully playing it (5 hours of my life fucking WASTED), is that it is simultaneously such a serious story, but doesnt take itself seriously in the slightest -- you have, on one hand, Sonic being tortured for six months in a tiny prison cell, but on the other, you have Sonic walking out of there completely fine and it's never acknowledged again. you have, on one hand, two teenagers leading a resistance in a war, but on the other, you have those two teenagers acting bland and uninteresting the entire time. theres so much that could have been done with this story, but instead of grabbing hold of that spark, the writers, instead, decided to write something bland, boring, and worst of all, disingenuous. this is worse than writing something thats bad, in my opinion.

my rewrite takes a lot of notes from my buddy Chip's rewrite called Reinforced (which theyve only really posted about on artfight here), so much so that sometimes i talk about them interchangeably lol, one of the biggest changes in the story is that Tails and Rouge work together. also Infinite is a much bigger threat, specifically to Sonic, and his death is much more intense

this might sound like a deranged thing to say but ive been tossing around in my head what i want Sonic to go through during his time in the death egg, whether i want it to be a white room torture sort of deal, or if i wanna torment him with visions (illusions), so ive sorta been trying to figure out in exactly what way hes fucked up LMAO

additionally, like most other people, im cutting the avatar and Classic Sonic from the script -- theres something to be said about Sonic going through something that fundamentally changes both him and the world, and fighting that threat along side his younger self, but the source material isnt interested in exploring that, so im not either (i actually am, but not in this rewrite,,,, not in this rewrite.) and im cutting the avatar from this in favor of bringing Tails back into the story beyond him being scared and smart for like 10 minutes of the total runtime and then saying "true dat" at the end. i mean cmon!! he watched his big brother presumably die right in front of him! the unbreakable bond, well, broke! thats fucking important! Frontiers and IDW explored this, and i want to as well. its very interesting to me. and he should have been playable. i will die on this hill

also, Sonic doesnt get rescued at the start of the story, it happens wayyy later into the story (right before the climax probably). i hated how they found him practically two seconds after they lost him

a lot of this may be influenced by Sonic Forces Overclocked, which i have plans to play (once i have. free time), since ive heard a lot of good things about it and am very interested in the story it has to tell.

"wheres shadow" idk :( probably brooding in a cave i havent thought that far ahead

[ill-say-this-fast]

hey! since the poll ended a while ago, i would like to give my two cents in-

If the general public or the twin's social circle found out about their relationship, how badly would everyone react? Would it be like a pre-HOM situation where everyone is tryna persecute the maximoffs? how would the kids (Billy, Tommy, & Luna) play a role in all this? (and yes, let us all finally acknowledge that these three kids are (long-lost) siblings) #sc*arletv*s*on fans feel free to rage hehehe

Thanks for the ask :) theres a lot to say

In their close social circle I dont know how many people are actually shocked. But suspecting something youd never say outloud and being publically told it are different. It would be a negative reaction generally. I feel like superheros have got better things to do than actually attack them for it, exclude, sure, make nasty comments about, some people probably, but no ones gonna try and arrest them I dont think (definitely not pre-HOM 'maybe we should kill them' ideas). As Toby's said, Wanda's friends might be worried about her, especially those of them that dont like Pietro. But none of them are likely to accept it comfortably if she tells them she's happy. She might get quietly pushed out.

Now its different if the general public find out (who have less reason to already think it). That'll cause a lot of outrage, and the angry crowd will always be louder than the crowd that don't care. That demands a PR response and some of the other heroes would be obliged to either publicly denounce them, argue that its fine and there should be no legal consequences (unlikely), or argue that the evidence is fake.

Frankly Wanda and Pietro should probably be arguing that the evidence is fake. I imagine Wanda would just pretend nothings happened and try and go about her life. A lot of her social circle who were already doing the same about their suspicions might continue to. I can see a lot of the avengers doing that, especially if she's still working with them cuz she's a big asset as well as a friend. But the xmen and that lot, the periphery social circle, who like her less, are much more likely to take the opportunity to attack her.

Pietro doesnt have a lot of friends to lose. Or a lot of good public rep. I do think he'd tailor his general response to fit with Wanda's even if he wanted to tell everyone to go fuck themselves. I see Wanda wanting to keep out of the spotlight (this isnt a wrong of hers to earnestly take accountability for and make right, it's one of the most important things to her heart that people want to insult), and Pietro taking the spotlight for them if she thinks either of them should make a public statement. He'd get in a lot of scuffles about it, especially if people are saying unkind or crude things about Wanda to him to goad him about it. Magneto is more likely to be his problem, either gonna deny it or blame pietro but almost certainly deny especially publicly. Maybe hed try and set Wanda up with other people he approves of more like in ultimates lol.

Wanda wouldnt want to stop doing her helping people job even if the people were horrible. I cant see her running off with Pietro to live away from any hate really, even if he might prefer that. She'd rather negotiate (or magically influence) her way out of a prison sentence if anyone actually managed to bring a legal case against her and keep working even if that means alone now. Maybe move her official domicile to new jersey or rhode island or wherever cuz it wouldnt be a legal crime there even if everyone still hated it. She'd be sadder and lonelier but people leave her that way a lot and she keeps going.

The only thing that might get her really set against other people is if they start bullying her kids. They still have the shield of being magically created even though everyone's gonna be theorising they're Pietro's. (I can see Vision taking the opportunity to blame her and the kids being someone elses for their marriage problems which would add fuel to the fire.)

Billy would hold onto the magically created thing both as a public defence and internally cuz he would not want to think of himself as an incest baby, he might step away from Wanda for a bit to collect himself but he does idolise her. It would be good for him to get over that idolising and appreciate her more as a real person with human flaws and struggles and not his favourite celebrity, and maybe this situation would be a way for that to happen. Or maybe he'd get over the incest first and things would stay the same. Or maybe he'd so not get over it that he starts to feel negatively about her instead. I don't like that but it's possible for him. Especially if he's recieving negative attention, he doesnt handle that well, but also he's a baby god how many people want to test him.

Tommy would definitely fight people bad mouthing him mom in public. He's not worried about protecting his own reputation, he doesnt have a particularly good one and he sets himself against other people easily so what they think is worthless to him. I don't see him being bothered about Wanda and Pietro's relationship. Its more likely to drive him closer to his mom (and dad) because he's setting himself against the people who are against them. People giving him a hard time is nothing new, and he's gonna give worse back because he's vengeful like that, and he can blow things up. (Tbh I'd like Billy and Tommy to argue about it, that would be fun.)

Luna would be far less affected because she isnt their kid, just Pietro's. And she's more than used to people saying bad things about her dad. In-marriage doesn't seem to be taboo for Inhumans so thats not gonna bother her. Maybe the other kids at her school try and bully her about it, but she's more than capable of spilling all their secrets which might keep them in line, and as I said, it's not about her like it is her half-brothers. At the least though, it's another nail in the coffin for Pietro not getting custody if he tries to again.

[madfoxx]

listen i loved s2 as much as the next guy but some of the plotholes are just hilarious to me because they employ the fanfiction logic of “i want this scenario to happen so it will just happen” and i feel people aren´t talking about it enough, so here are some of the things that made me go “oh, no beta read huh.”:

1) first question: why the fuck did gabriel delete his memory?? seriously though, i havent seen one single post about this, but i just dont understand!? So, heaven threatens to fire gabriel and delete his memory, which, okay, bad news. and then his solution is to....delete his own memory for them, so now he doesnt remember his own name let alone the love of his life, beelzebub, who he planned to run away with?? WHY??? he left heaven immediately afterwards anyways it literally made no sense and just caused major problems for everyone involved. But i guess the answer is: we needed him to have no memory for the story to happen so that makes sense by ao3 standarts

2) on a related note, why was he naked?? he could have just speedwalked outta heaven in his suit with the matchbox in his pocket, so why strip down?? Again, no reason, but arent you glad we got to see john hamms naked butt, so lets pin that on gabriel being an sweet dumb himbo maybe

3) also, how did he find aziraphales shop while not even remembering his own name? Dont know dont care, googlemaps probably.

4) not really a plothole, but that whole Maggie and Nina getting locked in the bookshop thing was the tropiest trope they pulled this season and it didnt even work because we got nothing from that scene, not even one hearfelt deep conversation

5) this one is a bit pedantic, but how is it that a demon with magical powers has to live in his car? i guess its a character thing and we need to see him at his lowest point but he could literally just miracle himself an enormous pot of gold if he wanted to

6) why would beelzebub order an attack on the bookshop and risk gabriels life? why didnt they simply explain the situation to aziraphale & crowley? well you see we didnt want the story to be over after 1 episode and also we needed a finale of some sort.

7)  i mean the whole attack on the bookshop was just....a thing that happened i guess. kinda strange the demons (especially shax who seems to have at least 1 spare braincell) would dare to kidnap an archangel in the first place. isnt he like, insanely powerful? and they didnt even know he lost his memory, so to them he was just an archangel hanging out on earth because he wanted to. how did they think storming the bookshop and taking him prisoner would go down?

8) tbh i dont really understand why heaven wanted gabriel back so much they would threaten to destroy anyone helping him and then....they just let him just go without any problems whatsoever? feels incredibly anticlimactic and illogical to me but i suppose the season needed some kind of threat to make the romantic elements work

9) this might actually get resolved in s3 but i cant believe Upstairs wants aziraphale - an angel who spend years deceiving heaven and overall just sucked at his job because he was too busy trying to fuck a demon - they want him to be the new supreme archangel of heaven. he literally stopped the last apocalypse a couple of days ago and now he´s in charge of armageddon 2.0? that´ll for sure take some explaining!

there´s a lot more stuff, but these are the most obvious things that have been on my mind since s2 aired. i also want to reiterate that i do love many things about this season despite the writing being all over the place. and no, i dont believe that all inconsistencies will be magically explained away by s3. i think it boils down to neil gaiman saying “lets make a big budget 6 chapter fanfic so david tennant and michael sheen can kiss each other on the mouth. also not beta we die like eric the disposable demon” and i can respect that. 

[thenixkat]

new issue for the current Blue Beetle run dropped

i mean yall landed in Texas… and only got like one brick through a window and Ted's sister on some supervillain shit cause her morality pet little brother hasnt been around enough to keep her xenophobia on the inside. Yer doing pretty well if that and some aliens go home shit is the only bigotry you've faced thus far. Granted wanting to dip is valid also the art on Oo'li's ass is weird. why does she have a thigh gap all the way into her ass cheeks?

also Yeah, I was right about the Horizon being a very very young/recent splinter faction of the Reach. Given how damn old the Reach is, only having been looking for centuries as opposed to the billions of years the Reach has been around if they're only slightly younger than the Oans broke ass superheroes in the house

yall kicked him out the house to start his life over in a new fucking city, why the fuck would he call?

just the fact that we're treating Jaime getting kicked out the house and forced to go live/work elsewhere as just something totally normal and expected is… If yall wanted him to start working you could have just had him start working at the garage that Mr. Reyes owns instead of making him go elsewhere when he was clearly going through some shit They popped up also b/c its Milagro's birthday and she wanted to see him/explore the big city Naomi? The 2016 run is canon to this? Really? That's…certainly a choice. I guess. Not one I would have made. …and certainly, one that makes things make even less sense

just. If the 2016 run is canon to this… I hope that the 2006 run isnt canon. Cause those are incompatible runs and the Reyes look less bad if the 2006 run isnt canon to this like they still look bad, just not nearly as bad as they'd look if the 2006 run was canon and they still decided to kick Jaime out of the house

huh I guess Jaime killing Blood Scarab and its host was not information published online

again I'm still pissed off at the writing choice to make Jaime kill Blood Scarab and its host and the choices in the lead up to it. I don't think well written Jaime would kill someone or entertain the thought of killing someone for more than a second, especially when he'd feel justified in doing so. Like , shit was already covered and the writer of the current run has not proven the chops to pull off a believable drastic turn in Jaime. Especially with the cop out at the last min of Khaji Da taking over to do the killing itself. Khaji Da wasn't able to do that back when it was more murder happy and it went through a lot of character development since. Like writer tried some shit but I dont buy it also whatever happened to Mr. Reyes' cane? ……--- why the absolute cluster fuck is Ted at a board meeting for the Kord company. In. his. superhero. costume. Does he not have a fucking secret identity in this continuity?

the fuck the absolute fuck

Ted… if you fire yer sister… who the fuck is going to run the company? Its not like you have time, otherwise why would the writer have her be in charge if nothing else for you to have the time to superhero

also yer fucking billionaires who gives a fuck if yer being protested? or getting bad press? Lex Corp is still fucking around with Lex in prison you arent doing worse than that rn. Make a public non-apology, do some charity publicity stunts, pay some folks to write nicer articles about you, and move the fuck on

i'm guessing the writers decided on if they're gonna make her go full villain. Given how much she was sniffling and apologizing to Ted last issue this is a bit jarring of a turn. and 11 issues in after a 6 issue miniseries run is a long time to waffle on a character's character

(like nice to see that they finally decided but they wiffled for way too fucking long and her attitude here is a jarring turn from the literal last issue)

bullshit someone called the police, in Texas, on a billionaire, and the police respond

bullshit. If Victoria dont throw some white woman tears and money around and actually gets fucking arrested for Brenda stealing from her, in Texas, and Victoria trying to reclaim her stolen property, in Texas. Man. The writer really expects me to just believe shit huh

to be honest I dont think having Victoria arrested is the smart move here. Especially if Ted's not protesting the arrest. Like, it just seems obvious that it would push her into more supervillain territory and its not like Ted, who helped kidnap and detain someone illegally for days, has any leg to stand on. Morally or legally.

If you've got someone supposedly supergenius smart dealing with someone else supergenius smart and knows that they are that person's morality pet and how the other supergenius thinks. Then tricking them into moving into away from the supervillain side towards a more neutral or heroic side would be a better play than abandoning/openly working against her.

Again, Ted's kidnapped someone in this comic run. Depending on what's canon to this run, Ted's killed people, on purpose and on accident b4. Not almost killed someone, straight up fucking murder on purpose. And not in a elseworld au type beat like Dark Multiverse Countdown.

yeah, what's a better show of intelligence? pushing someone further into a mindset by pushing all the wrong buttons or playing them like a fiddle to the tune you want to see out of them?

Brenda, be realistic, La Dama is very well off but the Kords are fucking billionaires. Yer not gonna get a settlement that even effects them, if it even gets to fucking court

wow, I'm trying to read this. but every other panel just have something that's wrong. Or at least the story isnt good enough to pull me in without nitpicking shit every couple of panels

Traci… the Blood Scarab was made by an Egyptian/whatever the fuck fake country that shit got retconned to magic user. Kha-ef-re has already come back from the dead at least once as a giant mummy. The scarab is a shout out to the god of rejuvenation, resurrection, and the morning sun. Yer a magic user know some magic shit damnit. Its more than likely that Blood Scarab could be back at any second

Madam Xanadu is gonna revive a fucker herself. Ma'am are you at least gonna free the host or are you letting him stay enslaved b/c it suits yer purposes?

huh Jaime uses they/them for Khaji Da

so yeah Oo'li is def supposed to be a love interest for Jaime. Which makes me hate how humanoid she is even more. The decision to make her human fuckable is ugh to me as a furry and an artist who draws critters

so Jaime has been talked into going to university. In the city he currently lives in. And his friends Brenda and Paco have also transferred there

yet another arc of this current Blue Beetle run closes and I still dont like it. There's so much that feels either wrong or I find hard to belive. I've yet to be drawn into this story

[br1ghtestlight]

love how bob seems to be completely out of it for this entire episode. like gene and tina are barely following along with linda and louise's insane reverse psychology game but bob is GONE like he's not present at the dinner table he isnt even part of the family. he just grumbles when linda tells him to but he isn't saying shit 😭😭

TINA AND GENE ARE SO SILLY IN THIS EPISODE LMAOO head empty zero thoughts. they are nothing more than pawns in louise's game

bob is correct for wanting to bribe them with candy that would literally work. like they are simple people

WHAT IF THEY TURN INTO LITTLE DELINQUENTS WHO DONT LISTEN TO AUTHORITY??? linda do you know who your kids are they are already WELL past that point especially louise. kinda funny that linda in this episode has the exact opposite viewpoint to how she was w/ louise in amelia. not a criticism of the episode its just ironic

BLACKMAIL

ARE YOU GONNA KILL US LMFAO

gene is SO BABY in this scene im gonna need to take screenshots later bcuz he is the smallest boy. in the world or maybe ever

back when we were children?? says the nine year old child

love how this episode is told through a bedtime story its very creative formatting and kinda unique feeling compared to the three story type of episode :)

MR FISCHOEDER APPEARANCE thank god we always need more fischoeder in our lives. i was worried we would have to wait weeks or even months to see him again

love big g. is that perhaps Grandma or Gloria

ZEKE AND JIMMY JR this is the big win for people who like seeing secondary characters. this episode already has more of them than like the Entirety of season 13 zeke and gene are so cute. their friendship is everything

THEY SEEM NICE TO ME AND LOVING I WANNA SAY AND WISE LIKE THEYVE GOT ALL THIS WISDOM TO PASS ON ABOUT LIFE AND THE WORLD 😭😭😭 lmao zeke saying that bob and linda are loving and kind is kinda sweet even though i know its technically bob and linda saying that about themselves. i do think zeke has a positive view of bob and linda Tbh

YOU GUYS SEEM LIKE YOU WORK SO HARD ALL THE TIME AND YOURE DELIGHTFUL........

new jimmy jr lore: he has a small bladder?

BOB AND LINDA GIVING EACH OTHER PIGGYBACK RIDES <3 so cute

rudy AND jessica spotted

AAWWWW ITS OUR JOB TO PROTECT YOU they love their kids so much :(

MARSHMALLOW APPEARANCE WTF??? new voice actor too :D i thought if she was gonna be in any episode it would be the bachlorette episode but its kinda funny she's just randomly in a western. its where she belongs

wait did i die?? no you were just being dramatic :/

I DONT KNOW WHY I THOUGHY MR FISCHOEDER WAS GONNA SERIOUSLY SUGGEST TO USE REAL BULLETS mf just shoots a bunch of kids. i mean he would do that honestly

AWW BOB SPECIAL INTEREST MOMENT he likes cooking ^_^

everything i do i do it for you 😭😭💕

LINDA ACTUALLY CRYING THIS IS GONNA BREAK MY HEART wtf i wasn't expecting this episode to actually get sad. what the hell </3 louise making her mom cry.....

"even though its really cool for moms to get angry and frustrated and cry in front of their kids"

this is weirdly reminding me of mother daughter lazor razor?? linda saying that she wished louise liked her and then louise saying wait you think i dont like you. their relationship is so weird and complicated but louise DOES love and respect linda and thinks she's really cool and fun!!! i wont hear otherwise idc

ONE OF OUR CHORES WAS TO LIGHT GRANDPAS CIGARS LIKE IN OUR MOUTHS??? LMAO WHAT THE FUCK LINDA why is this getting like weirdly serious is every episode gonna be like this now. are they just a little bit traumatic to watch every single time (also john roberts did A GREAT job voicing in this episode especially this ending scene)

MOSTLY BECAUSE OF TINA RIGHT AND GENE why did i literally start laughing loudly when she said that. god i love louise so much

aww they're babies <3 their relationship is the sweetest. you'll the toughest little cutie in prison

LIKE I SAID CANDY WAS LITERALLY THE SOLUTION those kids will do anything for some candy we all know this. we've seen the show before

gene its not even a question you WILL play coachella someday baby boy. you could probably do anything you wanted

GLORIA APPEARANCE i mean i dont like her but its been a few seasons since she was around. hello gloria is al dead

wait why does gloria have big ass badonkadonks..what who said that

aww the babies all asleep <3 little sweethearts

THIS EPISODE WAS SO FUN AND CUTE??? like genuinely a great episode that was heartfelt AND funny and had a really interesting story element to it as well. louise and linda episodes are always great and i love linda talking about how hard it is to raise good people and how much pressure is on them (and it makes sense that she would be more stressed about making them do chores vs bob because it was her mom who was pressuring her. big bob doesnt give a FUCK) a very fun start to hopefully a great season!!!!

[cyb-organ]

whaddya think the fates of the yabusame sibs will be in 3-2? will they have any major plot impact? will they have one big defining moment? will they DIE?? idrk so I wanna hear the expert’s thoughts!! (and do you think the reko/Alice decision will have an impact on logic route?)

oo this is interesting! okay i have quite a few thoughts bear with me here.

also just for ease, i am only referring to emotion route unless i say otherwise

oh and im gonna put it all under the cut cuz its pretty hefty i apologise

will they have any big plot impact? i personally believe that every character has pretty big plot impact, but i know thats not what you mean so i will give an actual answer. im not sure if they will have MORE plot relevance than other characters, especially since theyre only there in one route (although, i have seen people theorise that emotion and logic will have seperate plots completely, which is interesting). i think plot wise, there isnt alot that they CAN impact yk? midoris gone, hinakos gone, and those were the big moments. i mean, that was a huge moment in alice lives route, the hinako reveal was such a huge plot moment, and to my knowledge it wasnt as big boom powpow in rekos route as it was in alices. i think that reko'll have one of these moments (please she needs a w). we still dont know her first trial. i think we'll find out what it is in 3-2 (the same applies to gin and kai but this is about reko). and i feel like alices first trial was pretty plot relevent so the same could apply here. as for alice specifically, i have a feeling that the memories that safalin erased will come into play. yttd has established a pretty big theme of humanity/how can humans be altered or changed and alice erasing his memories of reko is a pretty huge example of this. i highly doubt that it wont be relevant. also again, hinako moment was a pretty big plot impact. im not saying that he won't have any more plot impact, but i feel like in 3-2 he won't have a single big reveal moment because, well, it's already happened.

big defining moment this is just me elaborating slightly. i think all the first trials we dont know about will be relevant, and that includes reko's. on top of that i do think that while her arc is mostly coming to a close, i think she very well could have a big personal character moment, this may be wishful thinking cuz i love her and want to see more of her but whatever. to be honest, i don't fully see HOW her first trial is going to be relevant, but there has gotta be a reason for it being hidden this whole time. alice's first trial seemed irrelevant until it wasnt so! alices big moment, as i said, has gotta be related to his memories. i refuse to believe that he just erases his memories and moves on with his life, it just seems like a copout and i trust nankidai more than that!

will they die? to be honest, i dont think so. they very well MIGHT but i dont know! i think there will be at least one route where they die, but i think itll be avoidable. again. very well may be wishful thinking. but truly i think that either of them surviving to the end, possibly even escaping, would be a huge win for their character arcs. particularly alice who has very little to get back to. for him to fight on, to move forwards, despite knowing this? i think that'd be hella cool thematically! the idea of hope, and the idea that being human is to fear death are pretty big themes for the game, so for character like alice: a prisoner, who's already lost his sister and hasn't talked to the rest of his family in years, to not give in and to escape anyways would really fit into that. he doesn't have too much to live for, but that doesn't mean he should die, yk? (also would be an interesting parallel with kanna). reko, similarly but also on the other hand, HAS people to get back to, she has her band. and her fans. shes a public figure, her kidnapping was probably a big deal, making national news headlines, so it'd be nice to see her escape, also playing into the idea of hope both for her personally, and for everyone else; everyone in the death game and, yeah, her fans. additionally, because she is famous, her escaping could be detrimental to asunaro. she could out them completely as criminals, it would be a huge fucking deal. realisitically, im not sure if thats going to happen but its a possibility!

will choice affect logic route? honestly i have NO idea. i think most realistically, no, considering alot of people play chapters seperately to each other and will be starting from 3-2 without any link to any previous saves. there wouldn't be any point in having a "who died" choice for the yabusames at the start of 3-2. hopefully speaking, maybe. i think it could be interesting seeing how it affects sara, especially because she was incredibly close to reko. reko's death in logic route would obviously hit her alot harder than alice's so it'd be interesting seeing the differences there, but very likely the choice won't matter. emotion route on the other hand, i have a feeling theres gonna be a big difference in 3-2 between alice and reko lives, not sure what it'd be but. something's gonna happen. might be first trial related who knows

this is like half "what i think will happen" and half "what i want to happen" and i cant tell which is which.

tldr: alice gets his memories back, we find out rekos first trial, there is at least one route where they survive their respective routes, and the choice is relevant in emotion (all theory)

anon i am literally so thrilled that i am considered the expert is this, i really hope all of this makes ANY amount of coherent sense. 🫶

[cosmics-beings]

I absolutely love the idea of TFP Megatron having a different narrative than what he got at the end of Predacons Rising. Do you care to explain more about him being a nuetral leader, I really think that's interesting and also vaguely reminds me of his idw counterpart as far being peaceful goes. Also love the inclusion of Starscream even if he isn't as 'good' (according to your tags) as Megatron. And jumping off that your hc about him and Knockout was bittersweet but realistic. Glad that Starscream apologizes to how he treated Knockout, and I'm glad that Knockout has the family and support to set boundaries no matter how much I love Screamer. That said I still like your idea of him and Megatron meeting again, and I feel I've gone off topic lol. Rerouting I guess I'd love to know more about Megatron and the peace bots, but also I'm super interested in Starscream's inclusion. Does he help? Does he sabotage? And is Megatron still evil or is he completely dedicated to peace?

Thank you so much! This is a loaded ask and I love asks like this so let me try to answer everything.

Yeah, I kinda did base the peace bots idea thing from IDW Megatron because TFP's Megatron was just so...unsatisfying toward the end. There is a lot more I wanted to see, but it made no sense. Like I FEEL that was his redemption since he realized how bad he'd been, but it also felt lack luster. Why let the most evil person in the universe get off free (and I mean, they all twiddled their thumbs when Starscream flew away so that's not...surprising). Kinda wanted more of a momentum and redemption arc for Megatron. And more depth, especially because he just got out of being tortured/practically enslaved (again) which you know completely broke him.

So this is a plot I'm currently working on in two fics that i'm writing. And fast forward is that he meets a lot of tired Decepticons who still see him as a leader, but no longer want to fight, and other bots that don't have a side, who just don't want to go back to cybertron. Megatron sees that there is a lot of corruption, and distress and he decides to help any way he can. Eventually, he is seen as a leader because he wins these groups over with peace. Megatron is completely peaceful; he isnt violent anymore, unless he has to be. And he is very apologetic for what he's done, to everyone.

As for Starscrem and Megatron in this au - of course they are tight and actually together. Starscream is filled with a lot of anger and hatred tho. He doesn't sabotoge nor does he work against Megatron, in fact they work well togther. He just has a lot of hate and anger inside that he can never truly work on. So when it comes to having an alliance with Cybertron, Starscream is vocally against it (a lot of it has to do with the war, but in these aus starscream was tortured by autobots in prison). Megatron doesn't ignore him but still forms the alliance, but they stay happy.

Like i said this is a plot used in two of my aus. One au is that starscream actually breaks Megatron out of prison when he finds out megatron is being mistreated, they run away together and then megatron starts this new journey to peace. another au is that starscream finds megatron, they are both broken, they help one another, but then they form a peaceful colliation together.

And yass i love starscream but i can't deny he was an absolute bitch to knockout. given knockout's personality, and just how the autobots view starscream, i don't think that knockout and starscream would still be friends, but i know that starscream, would probably feel guitly for what he did to him and would try to be better. LIIKE starscream isn't willing to change for a lot of things, or recognize he did a lot of things wrong, but he does recognize how badly he treated knockout. and starscream has been treated in similiar ways so of course, he hates himself for that. so he does what he can to make up, and donating his life savings to knockout is one way. im currently writing a fic about this so stay tuned

in this au, megatron does keep a close friendship with optimus, he also finds soundwave and convinces him to join him in peace, which he does. as long as he doesn't have to deal with most autobots. also the predacons also join megatron's peace collation after they face some discrimination on cybertron.

all in all, megatron is a very good leader and learns from his ways. there are still battles to be fought but he does good. he has a major character change.

[cainightfics]

sorry if you've already answered this question but what did you think about the ending or mr robot? I feel like the ending was kind of a cop out and especially what happened to tyrell

as for the tyrell part, i totally agree, and i talked about that already a bit here.

as for the overall ending... i didnt like it at first, but upon rewatching, it makes complete sense. elliot not actually being elliot is so key to the plot: its why he forgets darlene, why he forgets mr robot, and why he starts the series completely amnesiac about anything related to his childhood trauma. its also hinted at as early as his first scene: when he confronts rohit/ron at the coffee shop, he says "whoever controls the exit nodes is the one who controls the traffic, which makes me... the one in control." as we discover in s4e11 "exit" (aptly named lol) elliot/mastermind really IS in control of the exits of his own mind, which hes used in order to trap real!elliot. exit signs are also a recurring visual motif in the show. elliot is often framed by them, and they're present in every episode (i recently confirmed this on a rewatch... they're everywhere!)

also, in s1e4, angela during the dream sequence mentions that elliot was "only born a month ago," meaning he was formed at the very beginning of the series. theres no explanation for this other than the elliot we see being an alter.

the recurring theme of loops is another hint that all isnt what it seems, as well. first, during the hallucination sequence in s1e4, elliots fish talks to him, saying his life is just the same events happening over and over. then, in s2, elliot creates his "perfectly constructed loop" in prison to keep mr robot away. as we find out at the end of s4, both of these moments reflect what is happening to real!elliot: hes trapped in a loop where nothing changes. elliots last name is even a reference to infinite loops in programming!

moreover, the fights between mr robot and elliot only make sense when we have the context that elliot isnt actually elliot. mr robot is the protector—so why does he spend s1 and s2 lying to and fighting elliot? why is he so intent on making the evil corp hack happen as quickly as possible? because he believes its the only thing that will make mastermind bring real!elliot back. both mr robot and mastermind believe the world is unsafe and scary, so they try to protect elliot. whereas mr robot fights on elliots behalf, mastermind tries to create a perfect utopia where everything is fair and equal, oppression doesnt exist, and people arent enslaved by evil corp. he blames evil corp for his fathers abuse, because it happened after his father got sick from the evil corp chemical spill, so he wants to get rid of evil corp entirely. of course, masterminds visions of utopia just arent realistic, so when he starts going after the deus group, then whiterose, mr robot realizes his mission has no actual end. the world will never be safe enough for mastermind to give up control and let real!elliot back out, and if left to his own devices, mastermind will continue on a revenge rampage forever, until it completely destroys his sense of morality (like with what he did to olivia). so, mr robot shows him what hes done, and lets mastermind see the life hes forced real!elliot to live for the past year. only that makes mastermind let go.

the entire show also makes sense when you realize its another extension of masterminds controlling behaviour as well. as the (unreliable) narrator, he controls what we see and hear. he lies to us all of s2 about being in prison, he makes us hear evil corp when other characters say e corp, and he primes us to believe certain things by influencing our opinions via his voiceover narration. the series starts with masterminds famous "hello friend"—i think hes talking to real!elliot, whether he knows it or not. considering the series ends with all of the alters sitting down and "uploading" their memories for real!elliot to see, literally on a tv screen, like how we, the audience, have watched the series unfold, im pretty convinced the audience is real!elliot.

so all of that to say, i dont think the ending was a cop out. i think it was carefully planned and was somewhat obvious from the beginning, and many aspects of the show only make sense if we know mastermind is not the real elliot.

HOWEVER... i dont like how it was handled. im of the opinion that mr robot needed one more season. s4 was way too fast paced, lacked a lot of the worldbuilding of the previous seasons, and tried to accomplish so much that a lot of things fell to the wayside. in a perfect world, s4 would have been 10 episodes, and focused more on the world after elliot reversed the evil corp debt hack, as well as more set up on how darlene and elliot planned to take down the deus group, with the events of "proxy authentication error" serving as the season finale.

then, s5 would be one long build up to a showdown between elliot and whiterose, with the deus group hack and an actual attempt at real-world revolution following it. the average person would become completely hostile to capitalism upon it being unequivocally proven that its a rigged game run by the worlds wealthiest people, with governments and corporations acting as pawns designed to extract wealth from the workers, and people would get pissed off and demand reform (violently, ideally).

also, maybe halfway through s5, we would get the mastermind reveal, at which point mastermind would totally enter his villain arc. i always felt like he gave up control a little TOO easily in the finale, given how obsessed he was with being "the one in control" in s2/3. i would have liked for him to go off the deep end a bit and grow even more convicted in his revenge mission as a result. but this is just my fantasy lol

wow okay this answer is getting super long so ill stop here. but basically i think the ending we got was necessary, but it could have been handled wayyy better.

[fragmentedorchids]

Dear diary,

I haven’t heard anything from anyone In a while and i’m pissed, No letters, no calls. nothing, It doesn’t really matter to me, but the least you could do is leave a guy a message. especially when he’s in fucking prison.

whatever. I dont care.

Its too boring, I need something to entertain myself with, but unfortunately there really isnt much, especially in prison, I mean, I already went through the trouble of making wine that only I drank a few days ago, which, I find rude on my bunk mate’s part. I Could have kept it to myself, but I DIDNT. selfish asshole. whatever, that’s beside the point.

I might start doing this more often, after all, its been. what? 7 months since I last even considered writing anything? They give you these stupid things expecting them to help with anything but honestly, I have never felt more not-helped in my life, so I might as well get some use out of it.

[trickstarbrave]

i really hate her selective memory but i know if i dare say she isnt a perfect, flawless victim she will personally attack me

"your grandparents never let me have custody of you no matter how hard i worked!" its not because they liked torturing you. you were an aggressive, mentally ill teenager. you had me before you could legally drive. you started doing meth around high school graduation. you had a drinking problem before you were 18 that persisted WELL past it. you were frequently not a safe person to live with because when you were drunk or high you were careless and aggressive and would drive under the influence, break shit, and leave beer bottles everywhere.

they asked you to get clean and have a safe, reliable place for us to live before they gave you custody of me--especially because you kept getting fired for being combative with your bosses or being too hung over to work. and you NEVER fucking did. you instead LIED to them when i was a young, assured them you had a place for us, had been clean for months, and had a reliable job. i was to stay with you for 2 months before i had to start school, with the promise that if everything was good they would let me enroll there and officially return custody to you. and you lost your job calling your boss a shit head, couldn't pay rent, and we lived in your car for two weeks before they FINALLY figured out you were lying to them having me living out of a hot car and sleeping on your friends' couches when you were DRINKING to 'take your mind off things'.

"they didn't pay for my college but they paid for yours!" 1. i got a bunch of grants and scholarships, otherwise yeah, i would also be stuck with debt too. but they made it clear to you having a baby is fucking expensive. you are going to be going to high school, they both worked full time, and they were going to have to pay for me, my food, my medical bills, and baby sitters. they told you to give me up for adoption or accept your college fund would have to pay for me. and you picked me. you picked asking them to raise me, and then got offended they couldn't magically make the money appear especially after i was so sick i nearly died TWICE. they trusted you less and less with me when you left me unattended in cars (one time in which i pulled the parking break and sent the car rolling down the hill) and you KEPT GOING OUT DRINKING AND PARTYING AND DOING DRUGS. even when they had "supervised" visits with you, because they kept insisting i see you as it was good for YOU, your apartments were filled with cigarette buds, empty beer bottles, and you and your boyfriends screaming at each other all night.

i don't think my mother is a bad person for struggling with addiction. she was mentally ill, physically ill, and addiction is hard and complex. but she wasn't safe to be left alone with a child for extended periods of time. she was verbally and physically abusive. she threw shit, left broken glass around, got into fights, and stayed out all night. she refused to accept she had a problem over and over again. she was imprisoned for three DUIs and every every arrest she said she would drink less. up until a few years ago she was STILL drinking until she got sick and only stopped when she became physically incapable of consuming any amount of alcohol without immediately throwing up.

and most of the time do you know who she had taking care of her? ME. the LITERAL CHILD. every fight she had with her parents? mediated by ME, a CHILD BARELY OLD ENOUGH TO SPEAK. i had to talk her down from suicide since i was old enough to talk. i had to walk on eggshells around her my whole life. and every time i was fucking sick of it, miserable and crying from being told she fucking hated me and screaming at me, i was told by her parents "she doesnt mean it baby, she doesnt mean it, her brain is sick" and NOTHING EVER CHANGED. i was fucking HAPPY when she was in prison because it meant NOT BEING AROUND HER for almost a full fucking year. it meant not having to fucking cower and hide every time she raised her voice because i didn't know if she was going to drag me away to live in a hot car and be hungry again or if she was going to fucking beat me. but no, i only wanted to stay with my grandparents because of the fucking mcdonalds and toys from walmart--not because i was safe and had a reliable place to sleep, eat, and bathe.

but dont you dare say they didnt give a shit about you and didnt try. my whole life they were making fucking excuses for you. waiting for you to pull it together. and that never fucking came. sure, maybe they should have done more for you, but they should have fucking done more for me PROTECTING ME FROM YOU. after you chased me from my house calling me a stupid fucking bitch throwing shit at me and i stayed at my best friend's house for a month, they called me every fucking day saying you didnt mean it and to come back home.

and you know what? you did fucking mean it. you didn't want me. you didnt want custody of me and to be a good mom. you wanted an emotional support animal who would take care of you and reassure you. the second i had thoughts and opinions of my own, the second i showed the slightest resistance, you would insult me, demean me, swear at me, and beat me. im nearly 30 fucking years old and i still hide in closets and cabinets and behind couches when people are screaming. you only care about yourself and want free range to insult and yell at anyone whenever YOU are having a bad day but the second anyone has a problem with it, even so much as asking you not to do that or talking behind your back, they are ruthlessly attacking you for no reason when you're just a cruel, spiteful, selfish person.

maybe it is just mental illness but i dont have any sympathy anymore. im also mentally ill. i would never dream of doing what you did to me. you say they "spoiled me fucking rotten" and thats why im not backing you up and attacking them for you when really they were just trying to make sure i didnt hate YOU. they were hoping fucking mcdonalds and toys would keep me occupied and happy after you screamed bloody murder every other day.

if i had the money to id just fucking. leave. pack up my stuff, change my number, never speak to any of them again. my grandparents insist on protecting her and coddling her as much as she acts like theyre horrible mean people torturing her for no fucking reason. im tired of being blamed for what? being born? into this family? you fucking decided that.

my mom is currently guilt tripping and ranting to me and i am already emotionally exhausted by. fucking everything that i can barely even read her stuff. why is she even texting me all this at 4 am when i am also at work, i dont know.