#i reference BVS when its useful

[retrokid616]

everyone after this dream scene like

[kanmom51]

Are you sure? Main trailer

And Poster.

Is this JK protecting JM from the sharks?

He did say he'd fight them, didn't he?

Fun fun fun. But then again, what didn't we know already? Those two are the most chaotic duo there is. Lovers of chaos (JM showed us that himself with his folio, lol),

but more so when it's the combination of the two of them.

They love spending time together, they love having fun together, and now they are sharing it with us. Not a snippet, not a couple of seconds worth of mayhem having to be edited in due to a chaos related injury (if you aren't getting the reference, than I'll spit it out - ITS mosquito net debacle). A full on 8 episode series (with behind episodes to follow, may I add) of Jikook fun and chaos.

We also got another JM grabbing JK's clothes moment.

This here is what I call peace.

We also got confirmation. There will be grocery store pizza eaten, dare I say, as I have been told, not very good grocery store pizza at that, lol:

JK's reaction to the question if they know BTS. That JK giggle. Adorable. And JM. He does tell us constantly that JK makes him laugh...

I can just picture it. Us sitting there in front of our screens, huge ass grin on our faces just enjoying this unadulterated joy they are experiencing. Every single second of it.

Chaos plus fun plus giggles, plus a whole lot of Jikookery. What more can we ask for?

Well, lots. But let's not be greedy, shall we...

So here, that giggle from JM. Why? What's so funny about choice of bed?

Unless if the giggle is because it's a mute question. Seeing that they basically end up in the same one. I mean, they have been sleeping in the same bed since practically debut, JM telling us back in 2015 already how JK hugs him to sleep (JK saying JM is saying something weird, not denying it by a long shot).

JM kind of made it clear since forever that he wants us to know that JK chooses to sleep in his (JM's) bed.

Can we discuss this for one second ?

Again, this is a very Jikook thing. Walking, talking, no personal space what so ever between them, because why would they need any, right?

This here:

To which JM replies:

But you see, that's the thing about JK. There is him and JM, and then there are the members. He loves them, make no mistake, but JM by now is an intricate part of him. He's the one that he feels one with. We have seen it with his actions over the years. We have seen it with comments he made over the years, like who his heart is connected with on stage. We saw it now once again with his choice (their choice) to go through their military service together even if it meant a more difficult, even dangerous seeing the tensions with NK at the moment, placement as the price to be paid (not to mention the hate some parts of the fandom towards either of them for this decision).

JM telling JK he's a member as a response to JK's comment is funny, because he knows exactly what JK means.

So to JK there is JM and there is the members. It's obvious to him that JM is a member, and JM knows that. He's not saying, like I'm sure there are already those that are loving to claim, that JM is not important to him and he wishes the others were there instead. He's basically having the time of his life and missing the others that aren't there with them. Their friends, their practically family. Bandmates that they have went on many adventures with in the past, bandmates that JK himself stated in one of his last lives that after coming back he would love to do a BV style show again, travelling with them all. Remember that this is in Sapporo, a second and a half before enlistment. They are having the time of their lives. Emotions might be catching up. Realizations that they won't be with the others for the next 18+ months. At this point he knows he's going to be with JM, they are SAFE, but the others, 2 of whom he hasn't seen for ages already, he knows he'll miss them, he already does.

And this here, it looks so ever familiar, no?

Oh yeah, from here:

I do find the the choice of soundtrack to the trailer interesting as well. Intro: Skool luv affair. Hobi and RM's parts.

Interesting choice indeed!!

Let's talk about the poster for a sec here.

So basically, what we got is all summer posters. And that is a little curious given that the first poster said Summer version. I was sure that this one would be Winter related. Now I am curious indeed. Does it mean something? Does it mean we do have a Winter version? How so, when the 8 episodes being released have Summer, Autumn and Winter episodes? Or, perhaps the behind episodes will be the Winter version? Hmm... Idk...

Anyway, unless we get another surprise on the way, we are now anxiously, or more so excitedly, waiting for 8 August 2024.

D-9

[stargazer4501]

What Do You Think The Human Souls Sound & Taste Like?

Ok so hear me out.

This is in reference to my take to Dusttale, or more accurately, the aftermath/sequel to Dusttale.

I’ve posted about this “revamp” of this AU in a previous post, but as a refresher:

This AU of an AU takes place after the events of Dusttale with some minor alterations. The story will mainly revolve around the survivors (heavily NPC based, with some main characters & my OC Vani). However, a few of the survivors try to bring back the dead by using a DT injections (much like in the game, except in this version: Alphys used Artificial Determination while the survivors use Determination collected from the human souls), also these new DT injections are mixed with the 7 human soul traits. This does work, but with some minor complications, which will be explained more in the notes.

Now to explain the question:

Basically the author of the notes is writing down their research & findings of each human souls; things like how common each trait are within humans, what injection they are used in, side effects of said injections, rpg style stats, etc. However there are 2 items of information that I might need some help on: What sound/pitch each soul trait makes &, for a hint of humor because “Undertale”, what each soul traits tastes like.

That’s where I looking to you all for assistance/headcanons for this.

*Side Note: When I say sound/pitch, I’m referring to the amount of Hertz (which I think is the measurement of sound wave frequency or pitch)*

*Side Side Note: In this AU, the red human soul trait is not Determination (since all humans have it) but instead is Willpower (I’ve seen a few saying it could be Love since its in red, but I think Willpower makes more sense)*

I already have the frequency picked for each soul, now I’m just trying to figure out what specific sound/noise they make.

Here’s what I have so far:

DETERMINATION

Color: Gold

Injection: DT-pDT PT v1.0

DETERMINATION Category: Pure DETERMINATION Injection Prototype version 1.0

Fallen Humans: All

Frequency: 0-20k+Hz

Sound Description:

Like a choir with every living thing singing

Sounds like screaming in an auditorium when distressed

Taste Description:

Similar to water that is both freezing & boiling

WILLPOWER

Color: Red

Injection: DT-WP PT v1.7

DETERMINATION Category: WILLPOWER Injection Prototype version 1.7

Fallen Humans:

Chara

Frisk

Frequency: 9.9k-10.6kHz

Sound Description:

Sizzles of an orchestra of cymbals constantly increasing & decreasing in volume

Taste Description:

Hot & salty copper

Metal sitting out in the heat

BRAVERY

Color: Orange

Injection: DT-BV PT v1.2

DETERMINATION Category: BRAVERY Injection Prototype version 1.2

Fallen Humans:

Hiro

Isaac

Frequency: 18.9k-19.6kHz

Sound Description:

Hoard of mosquitoes quickly approaching

Taste Description:

Fresh cold sweat with a hint of cinnamon & pumpkin pie

JUSTICE

Color: Yellow

Injection: DT-JT PT v1.6

DETERMINATION Category: JUSTICE Injection Prototype version 1.6

Fallen Humans:

Clover

Otis

Frequency: 15.9k-16.6kHz

Sound Description:

Hiss of a firework with anticipation of when said firework will explode

Taste Description:

Overly sweet & carbonated TV static flavored drink mixed with gunpowder

KINDNESS

Color: Green

Injection: DT-KN PT v1.5

DETERMINATION Category: KINDNESS Injection Prototype version 1.5

Fallen Humans: Sam

Frequency: 6.9k-7.6kHz

Sound Description:

Taste Description:

PATIENCE

Color: Cyan

Injection: DT-PE PT v1.1

DETERMINATION Category: PATIENCE Injection Prototype version 1.1

Fallen Humans:

Gena

Lily

Frequency: 999-1.6kHz

Sound Description:

Taste Description:

INTEGRITY

Color: Blue

Injection: DT-IG PT v1.3

DETERMINATION Category: INTEGRITY Injection Prototype version 1.3

Fallen Humans:

Dawn

Otto

Frequency: 12.9k-13.6kHz

Sound Description:

Taste Description:

PERSEVERANCE

Color: Purple

Injection: DT-PR PT v1.4

DETERMINATION Category: PERSEVERANCE Injection Prototype version 1.4

Fallen Humans: Yu

Frequency: 3.9k-4.6kHz

Sound Description:

Taste Description:

[dearweirdme]

I can't stop thinking about something the last few days. I was watching BTS content:

the RUN episode where they have to name the celebrities from their pics

the video where jk is following Tae around the waiting room to take his pic

the video where Tae hugs Jk to ask for forgiveness because he gifted him the Tae fans

(I mention them just as an example) and couldn't help but notice HOW MANY people were there! Like, more than 20 staff, 4-5 cameras minimum and some of them IN their faces. I know that the members have grown up and got used to it by now, but really, how can we expect them to act all natural and behave like no one is watching? I am not saying they are fake, but come on, this is a tiny - posed part of who they really are. To be honest if I had a secret affair with someone I would barely interact with them in a situation like this. The slip ups we have all these years are a miracle imo.

Hi anon!

I do think it is important to think about what BTS's perspective on these situations is. We tend to use our own lives and ideas about 'normalcy' as a point of reference, but our lives are nothing like that of BTS. What's normal to them is outlandish to us. BTS have most likely actually trained for different types of social settings (mediatraining). They have trained how to behave and how to answer and interact. So part of what they do is learned behavior. The way they evade certain questions for example, as well as playing up some things (as a means to excite people) and playing down some things (emotions, opinions). Being BTS is their job. Entertaining us is their job, so a certain amount of exageration and toning down is to be expected. Whenever they are having an off day, they will try not to show that to the full extent.

However, within those boundaries.. they can still be themselves. It's just a different version of themselves adjusted to the specific social setting they are in. I see it more as not showing the extremities of their characters.

I actually feel that we see a lot of how they really are. I'm fully aware that there's a lot that we don't see and know, but to me their characters and honest interactions have always shone through. I think for me it's mostly that I feel they hide the specifics of their lives (factual stuff like relationships, friendships, events and outings, etc). I think the more subjective stuff (like emotions, reactions, interactions) is often very real.

The way BTS has made RUN, ITS, BV, and all sorts of interviews really to me shows how genuine they are amongst each other. Because they don't miss a beat while reacting to each other. I think that is also why so many of us see what's between Tae and Jk as real. They don't miss a beat during interactions. They might pull back and hesitate after processing something, but their initial responses to each other speak of huge intimacy. Tae and Jk did not have to hide that they are close. A lot of people around them have only ever known them to be close, even from before they presumably got together. So while performing, or taping footage, or getting ready they don't have to hide being close. They can still hug, they can still touch, they can still talk and joke and whatever. They can't kiss, or talk about their relationship, and there's possibly some other aspects of their relationship that they would have to tone down, but then again it's normal to do that while you're working anyways.

They have basically grown into adulthood with having a huge team around. They are able to sleep in a room full of people. They are at their most vulnarable (sleeping, undressed, emotional) in rooms full of people. When you go through that on an almost daily basis.. your perspective on situations like that changes.

[fruitgummies01]

I agree about tae joining and maybe not fully understanding what he was getting into. I feel like a lot of jikookers were really hard on him, but his comment at the omikase (which was literally the night of their first day in jeju) he said "I felt that" about the show being for just the two of them and thanked them for letting him join. Yes, he still invited himself, but I think he realized the atmosphere after getting there. I don't know if it was the general arrangement (the two beds, the two coordinating pairs of swimming trunks, etc) or some of jungkook's less than thrilled comments earlier in the day (there could have also been private conversations between the three of them because of course we don't see everything), but it felt like by the end of the day he felt that it was a show meant for the two of them, which in his defense is different that all the other bts content we get (AYS isn't like ITS or BV for example).

Kind of tangential to this talking point, I'm curious who in the group knew what about the show. Like so far we've seen tae, yoongi, and namjoon get called while the show was filming. We know yoongi had some vague explanation of "I'm going to the US to drink with jungkook" from jimin. Tae seemed pretty in the dark about it: not understanding the MMA/elbowing comments, just seeing about them going to jeju on the shared group calendar bts have, not understanding the vibe (like asking why RM wasn't there). The only thing we have from namjoon is before enlistment in the wlive when he jokes about MMA fighting in bed. I know the show was very make-it-up-as-we-go so maybe they felt it was hard to explain since plans weren't really set, but I just find the inner workings of bts interesting, like who shares with who and about what topics (and this is completely aside from shipping discourse or anything specific about jikook or tk).

Completely agree with everything you said!! Even if you look at JK and Tae's conversation over the phone in episode 1, it seemed like Tae had no idea what they were doing or where they were (lowkey makes me wonder if that NYC trip was even on their group calendar, which brings about even more questions I won't get into lol). But given ITS and BV, it would be easy to assume that Are You Sure would be similar to the things they filmed before, so I tend to cut Tae some slack when it comes to inviting himself on their trip. I'm sure he got the message after repeatedly be referred to as guest multiple times lol.

Much like you though, "I just find the inner workings of bts interesting, like who shares with who and about what topics", I often have the same thoughts. It's normal that the members won't know everything that is happening in each others their lives, since they were working on their solo projects and insanely busy, but (shipping aside) it feels pointed that Jimin and Jungkook made it a priority to carve out time to spend time together. I also think it says a lot that Jungkook brings up Jin by name repeatedly at different points in the show so far. RM by his own admission, said that he had to distance himself from everyone, which I completely understand. I became a fan after JHope and Jin had already enlisted so, aside from older content that I've watched, I'm so interested in discovering more about their dynamic and inner workings in real time. Especially after massively successful solo careers.

[solardick]

Thoughts continue on letter Вv. While learning or reading, gleaming over all definitions starting with Вв(v), all seem congruent with my high priestess card. Though some minor differences should be made to make it more compatible. Interesting how its connected to number 8 and lesser so to number 4.

The surprising thing that came to attention is letter Ы. There isn’t anywords that start with this letter. And therefor it cannot be capitalized beyond using it in reference to itself. And though all words starting with Bv can for greater or lesser for the priestess card, all words starting with Вы, mean “outter”, to out, conclusion, and finish. Though the word Вы means you. Most words starting with ВВ mean lovely and good. Though other words like Вы, Ты, Мы, all mean the subject of the phrase. Whether its us or you.

Though with my cards drawn to conclusion, including number a 8 leading to 9 and Г4 and 3B. Speaks of rescuing or protecting the girl. Its great.

Walked past a girl today. With a vibe of connection similar to as coming from my past. I didn’t even look at her. I see her frequently enough. But, my lack of care, and security from initials. The pain and sickness. I just walked by side to side, faces shoulder widths away. But that vibe, that feeling is lingering. Glad its missing the sexual abuse and/or mating call signing. Unlike everyother time y’all have brought in a girl to fuck me with. With perverse degenerate bs. Seeping in from all the hands in the background.-whatever, let’s do this- faith in god and all. He is speaking to me. So. But people suck too much horseshit. And are too far away from that presence. Anyway, this beleive it or is all part of the Bv script.

Curios how letter Г changes to letter V depending on the laws of pronunciation. And the connection to 4 by Bv. This can only be seen or sensed with the over-layering of english and russian. Otherwise one would miss it.

But its foolish to believe that one may be loved. If one is I. Twenty years so, don’t count on it. 39 years say i eas born for nonother purpose than been fucked by shitheels.

And i ask myself. Why if i look back that my life fallows this russian script. But, now i can see a connection between letters Ы, Ь and, Ъ. Beyond the face value appearance of the three. Special characters that can only be minor arcana.

And Ы Ю. And the power of “you”. Should tred carefully here when it comes to images and the connection that would be bond.

The connection of letter H is highly brought to the word No. somethign waite added himself to tarot. With his reversal of the lovers and the Marseilles strength cards. Brought to bare by justice. No. 1 plus 1. No. But what is this about 1plus O or i plus O. To speak from the last few years and the constance of the abuse. In which i almost died liek three times. Two dicks versus the vagina. Which also starts with a B. Lol. Silly rabbit.

I figure since im so perfectly sync’d. To the dessemination of fake reality. While the americas fret about the war on fake news. Pumping out endless hours of zombinoid entertainment. And fake realities. That the script of the cards showed fill themselves. And be devoid or minorly affceted by too much bias. And be collective as possible. Considering. Nature, what ever that means. Spekas with me in tandem to reality whatever that means. Shows some measure of promise. And so far it’s only been nature that has been being honest with me.

So apparently. Theres no russian dictionary on google. Got translates but thats pretty much it.

An dya cant really trust the oxford dictionary. The word юпитер, they have written as floodlight. Another source says sunlight. And it also means Jupiter. The very short list of words for Ю are, skirt, youth, justice and lawyer. To sum it up. And one cant really the form of a feminine justice figure. Which complicates letter K some. That system works for the tarot system. But seems it doesnt for the russian system. Well same goes for the tower card belonging to letter T. When it litterally suits letter Б. Plus first names that start with Ю as yulia or julia, Uliana. As j is often a y letter sound. Are girls names. They equates letter Ю to youthful and sky-father. Abd there doesnt seem to be, at superficial level, any boy names that start with Ю.

Wow, К is one big letter. But, i can loosely connect it to temperance. Which falls on letter R. They look similar beyond K being more open. Я is an interesting letter. Much simpler. Connected to the egg. The ash tree, the self. To speech. Also containment. As a precursor to opening and hatching. Its also connected the lizard. And light. Lizards are found in areas of heightened sunheat. They also come from the egg. So it’s not a far off shoot from the biblical tree of knowledge. Where the serpent is.

The ash tree is also currios. Of the varying 50 plus species of ash trees. It’s being named as Odin’s tree. Odins horse. Holding up the 9 worlds or numbers. Fraxinus excelsior is the ash tree native to west/northern europe. And like all ash trees belongs to the olive family. The trees also serve fitting for the individual because of the gender difference. There are both male and female trees with their own flowering. Though its the female that bares the fruit. The Fraxinus excelsior type though has samaras. The winged like helicopter seeds. Also known as keys, or ash keys. Though other species of ash produce different fruit. Some have fruit/berries that stay on through out the winter. Being red or similar. Birds then feed off them and spread the seeds. Among other non-hibernating animals. Fraxinus excelsior, though, is also curios by its spelling. As the E of excelsior also belongs to the russian letter Э which precedes letter Я. But proceeds letter Ю. While doing a quick read through letter Э, gave me a vague similitude to the world card of tarot. And it’s erotic like form.

The idea was in the creation of the Я image to be “bi-gendered” in the sense that it was open for whomever was reading. But not in a way that confused the dichotomy as in hermaphroditic. In this sense a tree would work, as would a varying degree of animals and that also of prepubescent children. Which is why i original choose Waite’s sun card. For it shows a single child. “Breaking out of” a shell so to say. And this works for the egg or seed of letter Я. That I am now learning. Before this stage a child has it’s “innocent” so to say and is subject to its environment for its development. This then pairs later on with the hormonal fluctuations of adolescence. If all incoming stimuli is made to be placed into a vacuum of non-segregated information. Or for the purposes of manipulation, placing “gender” motives outside an individual has they are persuing them, may result in its projection outside its own body. Especially of it’s consistently punished. Negating the internal development.

The other curiosity of Russian vs english is the start of english and the ending of russian. From reading left to right. And imaging right to left. Of R vs Я, E vs Э and 0-I vs. Ю. Beyond the type font there really isnt much difference. Between characters. As I is to 1. And O is to 0.

The same for letters Б Ы Ь Ъ. Though three being minor arcana. But where to go from here. And the thought came that the minor arcana ь and ъ proceeding letter Я could serve well for the feminine and masculine. The soft sign ь and the hard sign ъ. Though original thought was simply unused cards for the lack of pronounciation, simy to serve as cues for a versed or reversed image.

Wish there was something for me to do when I’m not working. Beyond jsut being here. Floating. Nowhere.

And all theyve mabaged to di to me over all these years is destroy all proactive motivation forward. I dirn even clean uo after myself anymore. Just serrounded by trash.

All this pisces sags bs strangles mars from functioning. To develop what im doing now just means being stuck in limbo. I was more productive at home when i was smoking pot. But way dumber. Being high and trying to game an mpo-rps was like being a spider trying to weave a web under the influence. Getting stuck in a corner and not being able to function. Not having any feminine bodies around me doesnt help in doing anything at all. No one to serve. Or win bread for cant be the sun light to nourish the fruit. The power of Я. To accompany the R. It’s only in the light that a tree may grow.

The power of the star(s) card which should be plural is the power of the night and à’ the sources merging together in the formations of dream. The moon serves to remind one’s « superiority » of self to the minority of the stars powers. As the b’end and touch one another. I dont n ow what the fuck tarot is going on about.

When venus is rising the power of the stars becomes with the motion of creation. When venus is setting that motion is failing. The sun has that power to connect with the masses. As venus fallows the day behind the scenes. But in dreams venus is nowhere to be seen. It rests with the sun. Venus is beauty simply because the set snd the rise are beautiful. As that is supposed to fallow through with the day in the interaction with the world. Or somethign. Idont know. Im bored. And the evening becomes the time of romance. Fallowing the pink and gold into the privacy of the home and the cherishes of the relationship.

But for russian. Who would have know that Jupiter was a chick. Suppose it makes sense since she did nothign but fuck everyone and cause problems in relationships. …. And free all the demons and mischief that saturn kept in toe and discipline for the well functioning of justice and order. I dont know what the fucl the greeks where going on about.

Arwh, ok ill stop esting those. Think i gave myself an ulcer. Add that to the problem.

[lex-munro]

[Suicide Squad Scrap] Princess pt. 20

self-indulgent batjokes-flavored SS/BvS/JL, installment 20.  errbody love Brucie.  my Arkham layout is mostly similar to the Arkham gameverse’s version.  we’re gonna handwave the composition of the basement flooring in that particular building, even though realistically there should be several feet of dirt and conduit space between any drain/sewer systems and the building (unless the Arkham family built it all at once as a single structure like a damn castle—y’know what, that’s not out of character).

the piece as a whole is rated Mature for pervasive language, varying degrees of violence, use of controlled substances, sexual references, questionable ethics, and themes of mental illness.  set from Flag’s POV, with references to (and oblique spoilers for) Birds of Prey, but not compliant with The Suicide Squad.

***

Joker dozes intermittently on the drive, which is deeply inconvenient since he’s giving directions.  They leave a hotwired Olds parked by the curb of the swanky two-level.  It sounds like there’s a minor party in the pool at the back (splashing, laughter, clinking glasses, but only muted music).

Joker pauses on the porch and reaches up into the overhang to pull out a spare key.  (Flag hopes the neighbors aren’t looking, because Joker definitely looks more like a meth-head trying to break in than a guy who lives in a place like this.)

They walk in the front door all but unnoticed.

Joker leads them to the den, where a bubble of silence spreads as people catch sight of him.  He sidles up behind a guy (still talking to some busty redhead whose big blue eyes are currently fixed on the gun in Joker’s hand), and settles both hands on the guy’s shoulders.  “Hoooney, I’m hoooome,” Joker coos.

Flag wonders what clichéd line will come next.  It’s not what it looks like, is always a favorite.  Maybe, I can explain.

“Welcome back, Mister J,” the guy says, and his voice barely shakes.  “Club’s running like a dream, Queenie’s a big hit, shipments are all on schedule.  How was Arkham?”

“Boring,” Joker says, and heaves a long sigh as he clambers over the couch to sit between the henchman and the redhead, armed hand still hooked over the henchman’s shoulder.  “Then Boy Scout back there took me to meet Satan, and she had me doing her dirty work in between drug comas.  Good times.  But she once again has something of mine, and this time, oh, this time…”  Joker leans his head back on the couch.  “Fuck just shooting our way in, grabbing my property, and getting out.  She needs to be taught a lesson.”

“Belle Reve again?”

“Possibly.  We’ll have to look into it.  Anyway, Daddy’s princess is gonna set fire to anything and anyone that gets between me and my Batsy.”  He lifts the pistol to trail its muzzle over his henchman’s jaw.  “All of you better remember who built all this.  Remember who killed Carmine Falcone and Hamilton fucking Hill and Rupert goddamn Thorne.  Remember who’s broken out of Blackgate three times and Arkham seven.  I’m gonna go rinse off and get dressed, and then we’re getting Harley’s girl outta Arkham for her.”  He presses a loud, theatrical kiss on the man’s cheek, leaving a morbid red smear, then hops up.

Flag would tell Lawton to follow him, but the assassin does it anyway.

“Fuckin’ weak,” complains Ratcatcher.  “I was hoping he’d, like, cut the guy’s nose off, or drown him in the pool, or feed him his own balls…”

The henchman gets up from the couch and turns to them.  “I’m Mike.  I’m Mister J’s number one guy.  You want anything, you come to me.”

Flag sees right through the bravado.

“Pretty obliging for a guy Harley said stole the whole operation when Jay and the Bat had their little talk,” Ratcatcher notes.

Mike goes as pale as Harley and Joker at the accusation.

Flag smirks.  “Call me Flag.  That’s Arcee.  I’m sure Deadshot needs no introduction, even if he’s playing bodyguard instead of assassin.”

Mike nods agreeably.  “You want anything?  Beer, bourbon, tequila?  We got a shitload of pizza in the kitchen, too.”

“Pizza, hell yeah, that’s what we smelled,” Ratcatcher says, to a chorus of eager squeaking in her coat.

Flag rolls his eyes and follows her, clocking each armed member of the gang and catching them doing the same to him.  Seven in the den, one in the hall with his hands up a girl’s skirt while she giggles and almost (but not quite) spills her drink down his back.  Three more talking sports in the foyer, two in the kitchen debating the underlying literary themes of Banks’ sci-fi work.

The two in the kitchen freak when eight big rats scamper out of Ratcatcher’s clothes to politely inspect the food and make their selections.  Ratcatcher grabs them paper plates from the stack and everything.  She catches the gangers staring and says (with her mouth full of what looks like mushroom-bell-pepper), “You wanna get down on this?”

“No thanks,” one says while the other just stares and looks green.

“They had a bath yesterday, and they only touched their own food,” Ratcatcher tells them reprovingly.  “They’re probably cleaner than you are.”

By the time she and the rats are finished, Joker sweeps into the kitchen.  He’s wearing a tailored purple three piece suit with a tail coat, lavendar pinstripes on the vest setting off the loud magenta trim.  His silk shirt is an eye-gouging shade of mustardy yellow that matches a hideous paisley tie.

“Noice!” says Ratcatcher.  “Looking fully pimp, Mister J!”

Flag can’t help the look of horror he gives her.

“That’s the face I made, too,” Lawton says.  “Buuut, we do need to get noticed.”

“This is a classic,” Joker informs them.  “I wore it to the GCPD Christmas Charity Ball the year I met my Batsy, and spilled red wine on Isabela Maroni after she insulted my poor hardworking tailor.”

Lawton frowns.  “Didn’t you throw an entire bottle at her face?  Just, like…corked and everything?”

“It spilled,” Joker insists.

“After it shattered on her nose.  Sal’s the only guy who’s ever been both dumb and brave enough to try to hire me to kill you, y’know.”

“What’d ya tell him, sweetcheeks?”

“Haveta have a death wish to take the contract, ‘cause anybody skilled enough to actually get it done would be dead within a week, assuming the Bat didn’t get there first.  This was before the psychotic break—pretty sure he’d kill ‘em these days.”

“What can I say?  Daddy doesn’t like people touching his things,” Joker says with a grin.  “Come on—we’re picking up some thermite from my stash before we meet back up with Croc and Boom.”

“And these guys?” Flag asks.

“Mickey and the gang will meet us at one of Croc’s old haunts, and he’ll guide us in.”

“Sewers?” Ratcatcher asks a little too eagerly.

Joker just keeps grinning.

“Oh, I almost forgot…”  She stuffs the last of her pizza slice into her mouth while she digs in her coat.  She pulls out a couple of knives—an antique ivory handled switchblade, yellowed with age but still proudly sporting an engraved motif of card suits; and the green-handled butterfly knife that left a permanent smile on Vinnie’s face.  “My buddies snagged these when Satan’s cronies stripped and straited you.”

He takes the blades, stows them in opposite pockets (left vest, right trouser).  “Not bad, Minnie.”

“‘Not bad’?  Lick my ass!  It was cool and you know it.”

He barks a short, sharp laugh, and Flag gets the feeling she’s impressed him, somehow.

“Macky, got something for you while you’re out,” he says.  “Go to this address, say ‘Location compromised, get your bug-out bag,’ and take the charming young lady to the club.”

“Mike,” the henchman corrects in a long-suffering tone.

“Gently,” Lawton stipulates.  “Every scratch on my baby is a bullet in something tender of yours.  And don’t try to tell her we’re friends, or you work with me, or any of that bullshit, or she’ll probably mace your ass and run.”

On their way out the door, Lawton lingers over Flag’s shoulder to mutter, “He’s still in and out.  Almost busted his skull open in the shower.  Keep a sharp eye.”

They swing by an outdoor storage place to grab three heavy duffel bags full of metal canisters.

Back at Harley’s place, Croc is busy being fawned on by Harley, Huntress, and some leggy black girl while a grumpy Latina ignores Digger’s attempts to make small talk with her (admittedly impressive) cleavage.

“What the fuck is he wearing?” the grumpy one asks when Joker sidles in and gestures to the door.  “Holy shit, isn’t that the suit you wore when you danced with Bruce Wayne after you threw a wine bottle at Sal Maroni’s wife?”

“Don’t do that, Montoya!” Harley scolds.  “Don’t remember his antics, or you’ll just feed his obnoxious narcissism!”

Joker grins.  “You know you love it.  Croc-baby, we’re going in through the storm drains, and then we’ll melt our way into the props department.  Told the crew to meet up at your old place under Amusement Mile; you’re on point, big guy.  Ladies, I recommend following us as far as the island, but after that, we’ll be drawing far too much attention to ourselves.  Let’s go get Ivy and nab some anti-ARGUS intel.”

“Well, somebody needs to stay here and babysit Brucie, so you lot have fun with that,” Digger says, petting the hyena sitting beside him on the couch.

Flag rolls his eyes, but Joker strolls over and plops down on Digger’s lap (the Aussie freezes like a skunk in headlights).

“You are so right, Boom-boom,” Joker says sweetly, one hand stroking suggestively over Digger’s chest.  “And I know you are gonna be the best puppy-sitter in Gotham, because Brucie here is important to our galpal Harley, and if a single fuzzy hair on his precious little mug were to be harmed, you know that Harls would rip your balls off with her teeth and go play baseball.  And I know you know how important it is to have a good puppy-sitter, because if it were anything less vital and you thought I might need your help getting my Batsy away from that smug evil asshole with the kitten heels, you would definitely give it to me so that I wouldn’t have to hunt you down and put a pretty smile on your face like I did the last guy who screwed me.  You remember Vinnie, right?  Or were you too busy with the Human Crepe impression?”

“I remember,” Digger squeaks.

“Oh, good.  Then you stay here and take very, very good care of Brucie.”  And he plants a loud kiss against Digger’s cheek, leaving a dark red lipstick print, somewhat less smudgy and disturbing than the one he left on Mike’s face.

Harley snorts.  “My little business partner is on her way here, too, so watch your manners, Boomy.  Her ‘n Brucie are besties.”

The storm drains are surprisingly clean.  Jones leads them along loud, wet tunnels far below the streets of always-rainy Gotham, taking a maze of turns while Harley tells her girls all about ‘the fun we all had killin’ a bunch of eyeball zombies or whatever’ in Midway City.  Then she tells Lawton (specifically him, definitely ignoring Joker and with an air of maybe having already told Croc) about ‘this diamond full of blackmail that Sionis put a bounty on,’ which is how she met the Birds and her ‘little buddy, Cass.’

“And thanks for the price on my head, by the way,” she adds sourly.

“If you couldn’t handle that drippy little fuckstick, you’d’ve deserved to get your pretty little face cut off,” Joker replies easily.  “I have faith in your ability to solve your own problems, Doctor Quinzel.  You did chase after me on a motorcycle after I specifically told you we were done and you bored me.”

“And then you made me un-boring, right?  Whatever.  I coulda had a psychotic break and a mutated epiphany all on my own, you know—I didn’t need you for it.”

“And I didn’t need you to fuck with my memory, but here we are, Doc.  And it’s not like I pushed you—you jumped.”

“Focus up, Jay, we got shit to accomplish,” Flag says before Harley can continue their little slap fight.

“She started it.”

“And I’m stopping it.  Behave yourself.”

“Yes, Mommy,” Joker snarks.

Flag almost misses the moment when Joker falters a step and Lawton catches him—it’s disguised in a single smooth motion that looks like Lawton pushing Joker to keep him moving.

Great.  Unpredictable mood swings on a guy with a short, bloody temper, and lingering drug interactions on top.

They arrive at a huge cistern, where Mike and some guys in Halloween masks wait with guns.

“Brought the guns, Mister J,” says Mike.

Joker sways again; he catches himself on Flag and turns the motion into a few steps of a rather forceful waltz.  “That’s what I like to hear!” he cries with a brief burst of laughter.

“Get off me,” Flag grumbles, but steadies the maniac.

“Grab some cans, gents—the usual color codes apply.”  He and Croc throw down the bags from the outdoor storage unit, full to bursting with aerosol cans, and the cannon fodder hurriedly gear up.

They make it to the island without getting too wet; Croc leads the way with confident ease, despite a dozen twists and turns and detours.

A couple hundred feet in, Croc pauses at a ladder.  “Drain here comes out below admin central offices,” he tells Harley.  She nods, and the girls split off.

He leads the rest of them farther in, through a few more turns, and stops to listen.

“Yo, Arcee—your little snack packs hear anything above us?”

He hoists her up as she holds a rat up to the ceiling.  After a few seconds, she shakes her head.

“Computers about twenty feet the way we came.  Footsteps fifty-ish feet ahead.”

Joker looks up and counts bricks.  “Gimme a boost, Croc,” he says, grabbing a purple canister and a green canister from some nearby goons.

He sprays the two compounds in a broad rectangle and shoves a fuse into it.

“Might step back and close your eyes,” he suggests.  “It’s gonna get a little toasty.”

In point of fact, it gets hot as hell near the blinding conflagration that results.  Clearly, the mad chemist makes good thermite.

A goon sprays the stuff down with a pink canister, once the section of brick and mortar has collapsed into the tunnel with a minor cloud of dirt.

“Finish up for me, boys,” Joker commands, and his men hurry to clamber into the new gap and spray more chemicals on the freshly exposed metal.

“Nice of them to line it with steel instead of concrete,” Flag scoffs.

“They were thinking of people digging in and out, not melting in and out.”

The chunk of floor panel drops with a raucous clang, and Joker’s masked gang spray down the edges and climb up as someone shouts in the distance and keys fumble at a lock.

Gunshots, and sounds of pain.

Joker throws his head back and laughs, arms spread wide and waving, conducting a symphony of destruction.

“Get up there, you,” Flag says, nudging Joker toward the hole.

“A gal could break a nail,” Joker says with a pout.

Croc just tosses Joker over his shoulder, gives Ratcatcher a boost, and jumps straight up into the darkness.

“Such a gentleman!” Flag hears Joker say.

“I could be taking a nap in my cell right now,” Lawton grumbles, but climbs up.

By the time Flag gets through the hole, Joker’s people have fanned out and the man himself is hunting through boxes of personal items, apparently with a very specific list in mind.

~Cameras are about to go down,~ says Harley.  ~It takes three minutes for the system to reset.  They’re on the same system as the cell doors for Intensive Treatment, so we’ll give you exactly five minutes to get everything open before we bring ‘em down again to get out.  Synchronize watches or whatever—radio silence starts now.~

“All clear for now,” says Lawton.  “It takes just under three minutes for the higher-end security staff to gather and deploy, so the timing should be about perfect.”

“Assuming nobody spotted us earlier,” Joker puts in.  “Mm, love a good ambush…”

Out in the corridors, lights and sirens are going off.  They make it up the stairs without seeing any new guards.

Croc and Ratcatcher take down the two guards controlling the airlock into Intensive Treatment and get the doors working (after some minor bickering about how to work the controls).  Joker’s people stay to hold the corridor against the guards that are definitely on the way.

The ominous flickering sign stares down at them as they move on toward the control booth, and Joker steps inside only to have an Eskrima rod brandished at his face.

“Joker—I should’ve known you’d…”  Nightwing trails off, looking confused.  “If you’re breaking out, how come you’re not in scrubs or a jumpsuit?”

Joker rolls his head on his neck.  “Just gimme a ten-minute head start, kid.  Or go home, either way suits me.”

“You promised Batman—”

“We’re helping Batman,” Flag interrupts.  “You’re gonna have to trust us on this.”

Nightwing crosses his arms over his chest.  “Look, I already know Batman’s in trouble; he’s been out of contact for twenty hours and he hinted at somebody trying to catch him with human bait.”

“Not a very flattering description for the love of a guy’s life,” Joker grumbles.

“You’ve got ninety seconds before the cameras reboot to explain why I should let you go.”

“Y’see, when daddies and princesses love each other—”

Lawton, fortunately, has both the balls and the sway to put a hand over Joker’s mouth and hurriedly say, “Jay was recruited to work with us in a top secret government task force in exchange for guaranteed visits with the Bat.  Turns out he was bait, now the Agency—ARGUS, that is—has Batman.  If Jay’s loose, the Bat can sit tight, but if they get him, game over.  Meanwhile, we ain’t the type to sit on our asses, so we’re breaking the Agency’s other schemes wide open.”

Nightwing nods.  “Okay.  In seven seconds, somebody needs to hit me, and make it look good.”

“Don’t look at me,” Joker says, hands in the air like he’s surrendering.  “I’m not allowed to hit birdies anymore.”

“Eh, fair enough…”  And Nightwing pins Joker to the wall with one Eskrima rod, the other poised to strike.

The control panel lights up, right on time.

Flag swings in from behind and gets him in a sleeper hold, which he fights with several uncomfortable strikes to Flag’s ribs before Lawton readies his wrist magnum.

“Stand down, boy,” he says.  “This don’t concern you.  Run on home to Blüdhaven.”

“You won’t get away with this!” Nightwing declares.  “Batman will—”

“The Bat ain’t here,” Flag says, tightening the fake hold enough to put on a good show.  The kid almost over-sells it with his swoon, but Flag thinks the cameras won’t see anything amiss.

Joker reaches over and flips all the release switches for maxsec.  A new siren adds itself to the cacophony, red lights flaring for extra measure.  He rolls his head again, eyes hooded and neck long—it’s the most predatory Flag’s seen him in a while…even more than Vinnie the smiling lookout and the fixation on Mercy Graves after.  “Bring the kid,” he purrs.

For just a fraction of a second, Flag is sure Joker has something awful planned for Nightwing.

“‘Kid,’ my ass,” mutters the Blüdhaven vigilante, still playing possum over Lawton’s shoulder.  “You’ve only been doing this a year longer than I have, asshole.”

Joker giggles in reply.

They step into maxsec to the sight of seven open doors, four bewildered inmates, four unresponsive guards (drooling and swaying on their feet), and one smug redhead.

“Good evening, gentlemen, milady,” Joker says with a flourishing bow and a tip of the stolen top hat.  “We come bearing gifts from the personal effects locker.”  He flicks the coin at Two-Face, tosses the top hat at the little guy (‘J Tetch,’ according to his shirt), and unzips the duffel with the wooden dummy in it.

“Oh, oh my,” murmurs ‘A Wesker,’ who looks like a sweet little old man.

“Thaaaat’s right, Arn,” says Joker, eyes round and metallic teeth glinting, “your old boss, safe and sound…”

A skinny guy in glasses (‘E Nygma’; Flag remembers him having that huge Rubik’s puzzle before) clears his throat meaningfully.  When Joker ignores him to gently hand over the puppet, he clears his throat again and says, “Don’t you have something for me, too?”

Joker turns, and Flag can’t see, but he knows the guy well enough now to know he’s making shark-faces again.  “Can’t fool me, Eddie,” he drawls, sidling up close.  “I know a man of your intellect neither wants nor needs the assistance of ‘a pasty poser clown whore.’“

“Naturally,” ‘Eddie’ says with suicidal bravado.

Joker grabs him in a chummy half-hug.  “Besides, I’m sure you know all about the escape tunnel.  Gun Bunny, be a doll and put Nightlight in my old room.  The Boy Blunder will be along later to let him out, and we’ll all be sipping champagne somewhere while he dies of embarrassment.  Maybe the Iceberg Lounge—I’m feeling fancy.  Run along, jailbirds…Croc will be holding the door.”

‘P Isley’ rolls her eyes.  “Come on, boys,” she tells the guards under her thrall.

The wooden ventriloquist dummy chimes in with a Hollywood mobster accent, “If it’s all the same to youse, I think me ‘n Dummy will stick around for a while.  I gotta make some guards pay for the way they treated my numba one guy.”

“Oh, dear,” says the little old man, but he seems happy enough at the proposition.

“Us, too,” says Two-Face.  “But thanks for the hand, clown.  We owe you one.”

Flag breaks radio silence to say, “Pack it up, kids, we’re on our way out.”

~Jackpot!~ Harley calls back.  ~Okay, we just wrapped up, too.  Cameras back down in sixty seconds.  Meet you at the rendezvous point.  How’s my Pammy look?~

How the hell is he supposed to answer that?  “Uh.  Judgy?  Kinda smolder-y?”

Harley giggles.  ~That’s my Pammy!~

.End.

[girlbenshapiro]

top/bottom while originally meant for gay/bi mens penetration preferences has really become one of the immediate modifiers lgbt use will use when describing their orientation. im a bi switch or im a lesbian top or what have you is common amoung teens especially. most of the time this refers less to penetration even and is just about who tends to "lead" during sex. there are three big things driving this

1- the kids love modifiers to their identity, just adding more words to describe their expirences and desires on more detail this has been expanded upon enough tho in other posts

2- porn culture has rotten society so badly kids are incapable of imagining intimacy without SOME degree of dom/sub dynamics which top/bottom has come to represent. think of the woobification of anyone the community decides is a bottom or even has any feminine characteristics. repurposed homophobia so ppl can claim its OBVIOUS theyre a bottom bv they like wine coolers over beer

3- finally if you survey these blogs or even ask someone irl conservatively youll find 4 "bottoms" for every 1 "top" and for about half of these people the only reason they identify with being a "bottom" is bc theyre virgins with anxiety and subscribing to an idea of sex that has clear roles. clear expectations. its 1000x less scary to go into a new situation (certainly such an emtionally vulnerable) when rules/guidelines/roles have been established. every "bottom" i switched to unlabeled or switch or even to a top nearly immediately after having actual sex with someone they liked and trusted

[lamare-sims]

Hey lamare! Do you know anything about unlocked/buyable objects? I'm thinking about these buyable cars and these objects by Petreak & frillen.

Some mods that make in-game objects buyable allows the objects to stay even if you remove the files which is great because they'll show up for people that don't have the files.

But soon as you remove the files by petreak & frillen the objects disappear which means the objects wouldn't show up for people that don't have the files in their download folder/game files.

I guess I'm just wondering if there's a way to make these objects work as real in-game objects and not as cc? I know frillen's files got broken with the bv ep...

Sorry if this isn't something you know anything about! Since your a genius I thought I'll ask. 😅

Having more things to decorate with and still technically being cc-free, ah what a dream.

Hey @plumbtales :) I'm no genius, but I can answer this.

Petreak's objects use in-game models, but they seem to be custom objects with new GUIDs and all, so as soon as you remove the files they turn into pumpkins.

Frillen's files are collections that reference real in-game objects, but I guess the trick doesn't work after BV.

There is a way to make an object buyable -- edit its OBJD. The real question is: will it stick? The rule of thumb here is this: if you can legit get an object in game stay on your lot without it disappearing or causing problems, then it's all good, go ahead and make it buyable. Take a potion or a trash pile for example -- you can obtain it and keep it for as long as you want, no problem. Not all objects are like that.

Some objects have their specific use and don't really exist outside of it. NPC vehicles are there to deliver a character. Accessory suitcase or dustpan is there to appear in person's hand for a brief period of time. With objects like that, I don't know what might happen if you were to place them down from the catalogue. They may stick around, or self-destruct due to not being in use, or unleash unexpected firefighters on unsuspecting lot owner. If they stay, you may not be able to pick up and delete them even with moveobjects on. Some of them may not be shiftable without additional modding.

These things should be tested; objects are different and the ones you want may not be so uncooperative :)

UPD: hugelunatic adds that some objects when made buyable, break the in game function as well. One issue is the clipboard and subsequently renting apartments.

[atopfourthwall]

Knowing what you said about "Zack Synder's Justice League" on here and past tweets, what did you think about the theatrical cut of it at the time of it's release and has your POV of it changed since all the stuff that came out during the reshoots and all that mess?

I actually saw it like a year or so after its release, IIRC. And not really - the film has remained “Okay” at best. I don’t think it’s that great, mostly because it’s still built on the crap of the previous two movies, I think the complaining about the CGI over the upper lip is VERY exaggerated (I kept looking for it and I couldn’t tell anything had been done), it’s actually in color, I liked the references to Batman and Superman music leitmotifs (even if there’s no reason to use them because these aren’t in the same film series), and I complained a lot about Ray Fisher’s performance being bad... though of course given the crap he went through, it’s understandable why he wasn’t giving 100% on it and by all accounts, things are much better for him in the Snyder Cut. The villain was garbage and like I said it was still built on the crappy foundations of MoS and BvS - the thing about the MCU was that I CARED about the characters moving into the Avengers. It was FUN to see these characters who hadn’t interacted before having scenes together when they hadn’t before - Iron Man’s snark over Thor’s more dramatic manner of speech, Cap’s report with most of the team, etc., etc. I WANTED to see more of these people, so it was so great to have any scene where they interacted and eventually coming together. With Justice League, I liked Wonder Woman walking into it... but even the end of her movie and how it tied into BvS just made me keep thinking how she seemingly DID NOTHING for almost a hundred years in Man’s World. I hated this Batman, I hated this Superman, and Justice League was introducing us to Aquaman and Flash. And they were fine, but I wasn’t excited about them and I wasn’t excited to see them interact with anybody. I joked when I first saw it that Superman dying was the best thing that could’ve happened to him because suddenly he started ACTING like Superman. But of course he’s barely in it because he’s dead for the first half, then missing for most of the second half. I just didn’t care about it the way I did for the Avengers. And therein lies the problem with the first few movies of the DCEU for me: I don’t care about these people, and some in cases I don’t even LIKE them, so I don’t want to see more of them. I cannot look at these as individual movies and separate them. Some can - even if the Snyder Cut is an improvement, I don’t care to see ANY more of Cavill Superman or Affleck Batman. I’m done. And hell, from what I’ve heard Gadot’s Wondy in Wonder Woman 1984 does a lot of iffy stuff, too, so now I doubt I even have that anymore. If you like these movies, great. I’m happy for you - but they clearly not for me and I’m not going to pretend they are. EDIT: Oh, and of course I am still and forever will be bitter that DC stole Cyborg from the Teen Titans and transplanted him into the League post-New 52 because they realized how bad it would look to have an all-white team and he was their only black character most people knew about outside of comics (aside from John Stewart, but heaven forbid HE be Green Lantern instead of Hal friggin’ Jordan because “”””iconic””““).

[kanmom51]

There is one moment from, I think, BV1 when they have the camper van where JK is very quick to say he can share a bed with Jimin which is promptly ignored and JK ends up sharing a bed with basically everyone else.

It’s the same thing when they are divided into teams in different ways. They very rarely show favoritism towards each other and are really more likely to complain about it. Jimin has picked JK a few times, I think, but that has been where there were more people on the team (and lol, everyone wants JK on their team) and JK grabbed Jimin that one time. Otherwise they generally end up together by chance.

In general I’d say they’re almost careful about not picking each other in these situations or being too happy about being put together. Which, for me, who think what I think about their relationship, sounds like a good way to counter the possible negative effects of working closely with someone you also have a close personal relationship to.

I have over the years worked closely with people I’ve also had a very close personal relationship to and while working with others we’ve always kept it very professional, almost overly so, even if our private relationship of course shone through from time to time because of shared references and experiences.

"In general I’d say they’re almost careful about not picking each other in these situations or being too happy about being put together."

I think that as a whole that is a true description anon.

Run and BV and ITS look like all fun and games, but they are still work (yes, even BV & ITS). This is a couple within a band of 7. Yes, we see them gravitate towards each other many many times even in these work situations and environments, but as a whole they are trying to keep it professional, and also tend to their relationships with the other members in the group.

They cannot disconnect themselves from the others. That would be a recipe for the group to fall apart. Work is work, free time is theirs.

Oh, and let us not forget we are talking about a gay couple in a traditional society, one that frowns upon the LGBTQ+ community, one in which they are 'outed' it can be adverse to their freedom (they are pre military service), their safety and their careers, not to mention the damage to the whole band and their families.

[partnersatfazbear]

Midnight Motorist - An Essay

I promised this awhile ago, but my thoughts on Midnight Motorist... This mini-game has literally kept me awake for hours on two separate occasions trying to figure it out, lol! So, reading the Updated Freddy Files *suggests, not confirms* that Toy Chica: The High School Years may be how William lured each child. I made notes on this, of course.

Although I listed who was used as a stand in for each, it has no bearing on the actual child killed.

The first, represented by Foxy, is already dead. I assumed this was a stand in for Norman/CC.

Second, represented by Freddy, was lured away with promises to help with homework.

Third, represented by Wolf. Run over their dog. We all know this is referring to Susie/Chica.

Fourth, represented by Toy Bonnie. It was suggested that their house be set on fire and then Chica uses her body to put out the flames. Best I could settle for this one was perhaps pulling a fire alarm at the restaraunt, or something similar.

Fifth, Funtime Foxy. Live hostages. Presumably luring a child away with promises that their friend / missing friend is in the back room.

Sixth, the Puppet. This one is the most interesting and why I'm including it here. Chica says "I'll come over to their house later, maybe break through a window, or set the house on fire and smoke them out [IIRC, I am paraphrasing a little]" The window, in my honest opinion, has to refer to Midnight Motorist. Scott has made a point of adding things in a following game to clarify the game before (starting at least since Sister Location). With the other one referencing Susie and Fruity Maze, I think this theory holds up, although it doesn't really help solve Midnight Motorist I think it's very important to note. (William has as much of an obsession with fire as Henry, huh?)

Lastly, there is Pigpatch. It's implied William would have knocked out a child and told them he rescued them after being "kidnapped". I really like this one.

The number of victims adds up to the number of children: BV, Freddy, Foxy, Bonnie, Chica, Golden Freddy, and Puppet.

Now that that's out of the way, I feel this heavily implies the footprints outside the window in MM are William's. The feet match the Glitchtrap suit, which most of us assume is a prototype for Spring Bonnie. Not only that, but obviously the springlock suits wouldn't work in the rain. Second, if you take some logic to it and see Charlotte as the first victim (no suit, no hiding the body, developing MO) then this killing would be the start of his MO--kind of an "in-between" point where he's evolving. Now, as to who the people in the house are...

In my fic, I kept the general idea that it was William as mustard man (thank you MatPat, this is my fav name for our mysterious fellow). Mostly because despite the evidence listed there is still a ton of evidence supporting it:

Later That Night - this is the name of the game file for MM.

Rain - Due to the in-game rain and this title its heavily implied to be just after Charlotte's death.

Grey Text - Michael is the only one to have the grey text and has similarities to Chair Person. (Note: I think Matpat did point out the color is slightly different, but it's still grey.)

Purple Car - William is the only one seen with a Purple Car back in one of the mini-games (FNAF 2, IIRC). To further support this, the car is also seen as an easter egg in the Dreadbear DLC of Help Wanted (with purple headlights). This is probably the most damning evidence that Mustard Man is William, in my opinion... but then how do the footprints make sense?

In my fic, I explained it away as footprints from the evening before (it was the best I could muster at the time) but this is super weak :V So this kind of brings us to alternative theories. If it is William, the supporting evidence is... good evidence of that. So, the other options are:

A Child Victim's Family - This is my second favorite theory because I think it could possibly work for, say, TOYSNHK [The One You Should Not Have Killed, hereby pronounced Toy-Shnuck] (who I made Cassidy). The problem with this is the child's gender is referred to as male. And there's a huge debate on Cassidy being female in game lore and TOYSNHK/GF being male. It IS a gender neutral name and wouldn't be the first time Scott changed a gender (see: Puppet), BUT it's pretty weak since all the info we have on TOYSNHK is recent. It could be another child that isn't Susie, though, but why show some random child as opposed to an important one? PizzaSim's games all revolve around specifics like Puppet (the first to die overall) and Susie (the first to die of the main five).

Henry is Mustard Man - This is the theory my wife likes. I can sort of see it and I even considered it at one point, but there isn't much evidence to go on. Why is the car purple is the biggest wrench for me. I also have problems with Mustard Man's attitude ("This is MY house", "He'll be sorry") Even if Henry was torn up about Charlotte, I can't see him treating his kids this way. This would also heavily imply the missing window kid to be Sammy, which hasn't been referenced in the game lore at all. He was barely mentioned in the novel trilogy, even. This also makes Gray Text either Aunt Jen or Henry's wife. There's just not enough to support this, in my opinion.

UPDATE 5/28/21 - Please see this post analyzing Fazbear Fright’s story “What We Found” for a more detailed look at what I’m about to explain that supports the Henry theory: Also from the books, CC / Norman is now referred to as Evan.

For this to work, we must assume Henry is an alcoholic after Charlotte’s death. I think the “later that night” evidence becomes somewhat irrelevant, because if this was the night of Charlotte’s death it wouldn’t really make sense. Part of me wondered if it took place after FNAF 2′s Springtrap cutscene, but the footprints don’t match. It has to be Spring Bonnie or Glitchtrap. Also, Evan and Elizabeth have also died by this point because neither are seen in the mini-game in this theory. You also must assume, based on the story evidence, that Henry married / stayed with Mrs. Afton after William either “died” or they divorced--they had to have been together for an x amount of time as for Mrs. Afton to be living with Henry but also the fact that Mrs. Afton kept Michael and the purple car. Henry using William’s car wouldn’t be unheard of if Mrs. Afton kept the car and the house, I just don’t feel Henry would use it unless he had been using the vehicle awhile. This also explains the Bonnie-esque footprints outside since William would want to come get / visit his kid he’s [most likely] no longer allowed to see. He may even be taking Michael back to the FNAF 4 house (implying that the house we see in MM is Henry’s). Speaking of, if we assume William’s intentions are [likely] bad, he’s probably taking Michael back to experiment with the Funtime-Nightmares, if you believe this theory. I think this theory is probably true considering the random grave (which, in this context has no answer except a Twisted animatronic aka a Nightmare) AND because the blueprints in Sister Location SHOW the Nightmares on the display during Funtime Freddy’s repair, implying they are real and not imagined. This is also assumed to be punishment for Michael killing Evan. I think Michael goes WITH William because of his tumultuous relationship with a now mentally ill and drunkard Henry. Henry probably knows that William killed Charlotte and a common theme in some works is a parent seeing their child (or a murderer) in a child aka Michael reminds Henry of William, so he neglects him (which in itself wouldn’t be out of place for Henry, since he already wasn’t a very attentive parent).

The main issue with this theory is that it sort of assumes that CC was Michael and not Evan. I don’t think that’s the case, though.

While we're on this version, I also want to discuss evidence for the MM driver being drunk. Not only are you driving on the opposite side of traffic, the Files book explicitly states "crashing" into the secret road for the mini-game. Not that Henry couldn't be drunk, especially if he just found Charlotte dead, but... for me personally it seems a stretch. And I already mentioned the car.

William's Father - This is an interesting idea, but the foot prints kind of rule it out. At least there's an explanation for the car, though, right? Still, it doesn't explain the foot prints unless you assume maybe his father was more alike Afton than we thought. But then why bother showing us background on our killer so late with no pay off? I easily dismiss this theory.

A new theory, at least one I haven't seen posed yet:

Vanny - That's right. Vanny. What if she survived/lived? Some leaks even suggest she may be related to the Aftons. Mustard Man's color is similar to Princess Quest's heroine. It explains the footprints, but doesn't explain the car. This would make for a nice foreshadowing of Vanny, IMO, but it’s weak at best.

You know when Matpat discusses "that one puzzle peice that we're missing"? That's this entire mess of a mini-game. Don't get me wrong, the music is bawlin and it's fun to talk about, otherwise I wouldn't write about it, but it is undoubtedly FRUSTRATING.

What are your opinions?

I also wanted to point out some other interesting things from the Files book I haven't seen discussed: There is confirmation of two sets of gold suits. Not only is there the FNAF 2 phone call, but the text specifies between Spring Bonnie/Springtrap and Fredbear/Golden Freddy. IE: FNAF 4 suit is Springtrap but the one from Stage 01 is Spring Bonnie. This could be oversight, but... I don't think it is. I'm sure most of the fandom does ASSUME this anyway, but I felt it was worth noting. (In my fic, they are the same suit, but the second sets are upgraded after the original failures).

The poster behind Scraptrap. Nothing really interesting here, but there is an image of a building with two gargoyle (lion?) statues behind him. Presumably this would be a police station or Fazbear Fright. I just thought it was cool since I never noticed this in the image. My initial thought was this might be a reference to the hospital in Man in 1280, but that’s a stretch.

Jr's. This is the random building in Midnight Motorist in which Green Man says "gtfo" to our Mustard Man. I should mention I feel that is good evidence to it being William or Henry, depending what the building is. We can 100% say it is NOT a bar (in my fic, that's what I used, even though it doesn't make sense. I don't see a drunk person driving to a second bar so close to their home when they could have gone there initially, BUT then I am a home-drinker when I do drink, so I don't know the night life). The Files refer to it as simply "a restaraunt". Whether this IS a FNAF location (also referred to as restaraunts) or just some random eatery, it's something to contemplate. I am in the camp that it isn't FNAF 2, at least.

I have some other things from Fazbear Frights' Blackbird I wanna discuss, too, but I'll wait until the book is out to help you all avoid spoilers.

Now, this is all just my thoughts on it. Please don't take anything too seriously (as Scott says don't rack your brain on this, it's not worth it). I just think these are some points that haven't been discussed before.

Also, if you wanna read my theory on why Scraptrap is partly the Golden Freddy suit, I have that theory here.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk? <-- is that a dated reference? Probably.

[disneylanddilettante]

Buena Vista Street has always made me squirm a little, even as everyone else praises it for being a vast improvement over Sunshine Plaza (which it is, not disputing that).

I think it's that it's a prime example of Disney's trend toward indulgent self-reference in its theme parks. I understand the logic--"If Main Street represents America while Walt Disney was growing up, then Buena Vista Street can represent California as it was when he first arrived"--but the thing is, Walt was the one who wanted Main Street to look like the town where he grew up, whereas the theme for BVS was decided upon by people who never even met Walt. Between that, and the references to his earliest characters in the names of the fictional businesses (as if he got the idea for Oswald and Julius from his neighbors instead of inventing them himself), you could argue that BVS reduces the founder to a mascot for his own company. I don't revere Walt to anywhere near the same extent as some fans, but...yikes guys, that's harsh.

And of course it is precisely those worshipful fans who are being courted with this nonsense--people who automatically respond positively to references to Walt, who have encyclopedic knowledge of the more obscure works in the company's past and feel validated when the company highlights them, however obliquely. In other words, this stuff is pandering to the niche of obsessed Disney geeks. Having been an obsessed Disney geek at times myself, you'd think I'd love it too...but I can't help but feel that if they really wanted to honor the founder, they'd get back to the design principles he used on Disneyland, and create theme park experiences with universal recognition and appeal.

[hottubpoolparty]

Film Review: Song To Song by Terrence Malick

Hello to the four people who read these blogs :) Just kidding, my mom said I'm gonna make it big as a critic, so, hello to all my fans as well. I believe my mother because she said I would grow up to be so handsome, and she nailed that prediction. Today I am going to do the review of a film by Terrence Malick. You may have heard of him or maybe even seen one of his films. He's got such a way with filling each scene with raw emotions. Anyway, here we go!

Quick summary (from Wikipedia): Set against the Austin, Texas, music scene, two entangled couples -- struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress (Natalie Portman) whom he ensnares -- chase success through a rock 'n' roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.

What did I feel about the film?

For the first time, I actually felt something different watching this film. I felt myself connect to the emotions in each shot. The movie may not have aced every "check-box" in a commercial-film sense, but you got to give it to the musical score. I was in love with it. I felt myself grow a little naïve towards the ending of the film. Perhaps a part of me wishes to have what Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara did, but for the sake of this review I shall try to remain professional. *sniff*

What were my after thoughts?

I felt happy, emotional and conflicted. yeah, I had all those emotions in THAT specific order. No, I am still somewhat qualified to keep this review going. I feel like Cook got what he deserved. I felt a tad bit upset, because Rhonda's mom sacrificed so much for her, yet Rhonda (Natalie Portman) just gave in and took her own life. I suppose I can't judge her decision because I've never been in such a situation. Though eventually, I did like the ending, as Kaye and BV ended up together. They did seem like they were meant for each other.

On a mental level, how do I process this film?

There were moments where I was lost. I didn't know where the story was going, luckily the narrations kept me in the loop. I felt a connect to the characters in the film. Most of all to BV. I haven't completely finished a Terrence Malick film, but after this, I was glad I did. I think I mentioned it before, but I'm glad my professor makes us watch these films, because there is so much for all of us to explore. And today I got to explore the world of Terrence Malick. The presence of nature in our increasingly urban lives, the poetic approach to the story lines, and the thought-provoking questions being laid out, I enjoyed it all.

What film grammar did I notice?

Just like any other Terrence Malick film, this film flowed like water for me. Crystal clear, cool blue water. The narrations of each character helps us understand their true wants and needs. I noticed how certain shots focused on a particular sound in the shot more than any other sound that may have had been occuring. I felt like this was a way of communicating the message in the particular scene. Like how you can here the interstate highway, while BV(Ryan Gosling) was in the country side. Or how you could only hear the water splashes when Kaye and BV were hiking on the small hill, towards the end.

What film theory can you put down here?

Very often we can see the close up of our main character mostly when they cry. I also saw a lot of close ups of flowers and other nature related references. This film felt more like a realism based one to me. LOTS and LOTS of non-diegetic sound, which I really liked.

What similarities can I draw from other films, if any?

*inhale*......... None. No, I seriously cannot relate this film to any other kind of film. Films not made by Terrence Malick, that is. Its a unique method and I am glad to say that I like it.

Alright lads. This brings us to the end of our third review. I hope you guys found this to be a useful review. If you are a film enthusiast, please do like and share. I feel like with each review, I grow to understand what not to do. So stick with me fellas, I'm going to get better at this. For the sake of my grades. Have a good day, and goodbye.

[juiceboxman]

Thoughts on the Snyder Cut of Justice League

Watched the Snyder Cut a few days ago, here are my thoughts. SPOLIERS AHEAD:

1) Characters are presented WAY better. Batman is less goofy, Wonder Woman has more kick ass scenes, as does Aquaman. Snyder REALLY got Mera right, woman straight up nearly gave Steppenwolf an aneurism which I applaud Snyder for showing because it shows how much of a BOSS Mera is. Cyborg has an actual story arc which is great. Flash is still quite awkward but he has a good heart so once you get used to his awkwardness he’s pretty good

2) All the footage is original Snyder film plus reshoots he done. You can tell which is reshoots depending on quality of CGI and Green Screen. Martian Manhunter was very obviously one of these editions, which I’ll get to later. Most of Whedon’s scenes are gone, which is good for the most part cause outside of the ethical issues that taints those films with Whedon’s behaviour on set, they just straight up conflict with the tone. So less quippy jokes and weird creepy scenes (like the one where Martha was talking how Clark referred to Lois as “the thirstiest girl he’s ever known” like...have you met Clark Kent? What on gods green earth would make you think he would say ANYTHING like that let alone to his MOTHER??? Also that weird scene where Flash was lying on top of Wonder Woman, cause Whedon is weird) however there was one scene (with Bruce and Diana touching the mouse at the same time) which felt quite Whedony. One scene I would have liked to see that would have gotten kept in was Batman’s whole “save one person” speech to Flash. Think that solidified Batman as a veteran hero and makes him look like a person who actually wants to help people rather than punch people, which a lot of batman writers tend to forget to mark on. Without that, nobody gives Flash any guidance in this film and I was disappointed in that

3) Cyborg was great. His powers are clearly and well defined, honestly the way Zac presented his abilities made this dude look super scary. But he has a good heart and Ray Fisher CRUSHES IT. Honestly when Victor teared up in the car with his mum, I was sold. Like this big charismatic quarterback being brought to tears...you just don’t see that in a lot of films, with men typically being presented so stoic and tough. I’m glad we got to see that. Fisher is a fantastic actor and I’m happy he got way more scenes in this movie. Hope to see his Cyborg show up again some day

4) Movie looks stunning. Snyder really has a great visual style. Like the whole scene where Vic is playing football is just gorgeous. Also the Flash’s powers look really cool, love his running scenes

5) I don’t think Martian Manhunter should have been in the movie. Narratively doesn’t really fit and it creates some serious plot issues within the universe. Questions like “why didn’t he do anything in MoS?” Or “why didn’t he do anything in BvS?” having him in this movie kind of feels off. Like how he imitated Martha to give Lois a pep talk, like thats a very serious moment for Lois- do you not think she’s going to bring that up with the real Martha??? Also, the ending with Martian Manhunter was just so weird. Like just showing up to say “Good job, Bruce. Oh, here’s my superhero name. Call me!” felt quite fan servicey and the CGI for him looked bad imo. Think in future should try full body makeup if they wanna do Manhunter in the future

6) I don’t think the Cut had to be four hours, there was just a lot of pretty shows, a lot of slow motion (seriously, like way too much slow motion. Reminds me of that bit from Garth Mangenari’s Darkplace where they talk about how because episodes were 8 minutes shorter than they should have been they just made everything non dialogue slow motion to drag out the time) and a lot of information is repeated. Think with a good editor this could be cut down to three hours, which I think would make a more concise and better film

7) Villain’s are more compelling. Steppenwolf is more interesting, we actually get to see some Darkseid and I think Snyder does a great job at showing the threat level they pose. Also actually gives a reason why Darkseid is interested in conquering earth, which is pretty neat. All in all the lore in the movie is pretty tight

8) I don’t buy how Superman will turn evil. Like you’re telling me this good little farmer’s boy loses his fiancee and then decides to nuke the world? Nah, I don’t buy it. I would however have bought it if the resurrected Superman showed some emotional development complications. Which I initially thought they were going for as Clark had issues remembering who he was, but after five minutes he was back to normal so crisis averted. Shame cause I think that would have been interesting, see a Clark Kent who on paper is the same guy but now he has no empathy. Would have been really tragic and would have shown the price of ressurection

9) I would have liked an explanation in the movie as to why Superman had a black suit. I know Snyder has said in interviews about how the suit is a call back to his homeworld, because at the time of its destruction everyone was basically dressed in black. However there’s no explanation as to why t is this case in the movie. In the comics, Superman had to wear the black suit because it was part of the ressurection procedure. Not so much in the movie, another case of fan service that didn’t make much sense

10) Epilogue stuff was interesting. At that point in the end I felt like Zac was just pitching movies. We get Ben Affleck’s Batman movie with Deathstroke. We get this super weird apocalypse movie with a rag tag justice league which I would honestly love to see. Also throughout the movie you get a lot of set up for the Flash’s movie, referencing the time stuff so I think that if the Flash movie ever gets out of development hell it’ll be Flashpoint. A lot of it did feel a tad fan servicey. Snyder said he put the joker in there at the end cause Ben and Jared never played off one another, seeing them on screen together I think Jared is definitely the perfect Joker for Affleck’s Batman. Think he could dial it down a little- like don’t be sending used condoms or rats to you co-stars please and then years later denying you ever did that shit

All in all, the movie was too long but I found myself enjoying it quite a lot. Fare better than the Frankenstein movie Whedon and WB cut together four years ago. I really don’t think they should have rushed into Death of Superman story so quick, or try to rush into a shared universe quite like in BvS either. That said if you don’t like Snyder’s style, you’ll probably not like the film. I personally like his style and I really enjoyed it, though I can admit it is a bit flawed.

Its actually quite remarkable that this movie got made in the first place. I think if it wasn’t for the massive fan pushback and the fact that a worldwide pandemic occurred, this movie would have still been a pipe dream. I don’t think we’re getting any of the movies pitched in Snyder’s epilogue. 

Like this movie going to streaming is not going to break even the $70 million dollars pumped into it and the audience that wanted this movie in the first place is too small to justify making more movies like this. There’s also the fact that WB put little to no money in marketing for the movie, so they’re trying to bury it for whatever reason. Like most people had no idea this movie was happening, but they know about all the Star Wars and the Marvel Shows. That’s bad marketing and you can’t help but feel its deliberate

In conclusion, I really liked the movie. I thought Zack did a great job under the circumstances and I’m glad he got to finish it. I know he had to step back because of a family tragedy so I’m really happy he got to finish his movie

[marsapartment]

I’m so confused about what the world thinks of Birds of Prey. I love it. People I trust online love it. The friends I took with me to see it love it. I bought the clothing and toys and the Harley Quinn fillable popcorn mallet at the theater. But the news sites say it’s a “flop.” And asshole guys are asshole guys about it. I’m so sad.

every woman I’ve talked to has loved it, every woman I know who’s seen it has loved it, nearly every review from female critics I follow has been positive - and frankly a lot of guys have too and have been supporting it as well (!!) - but a certain demographic of salty man-children are review bombing the film and flooding social media with articles about it “bombing”. For reference - BOP had a similar budget to Ford v Ferrari (smaller, actually), and it had a nearly identical opening weekend ($81 mil) to that film. Everyone called that opening weekend a success, but for BOP it was a “flop” partly because certain people with agendas just want to believe it is, then also partly because other people are thinking of it in terms of cbms with much bigger budgets. BOP has a much smaller budget than other dceu films like Mos, SS, and even WW - there was no way it was going to have an opening weekend like those films. For its budget, $81 mil is a great opening weekend - that’s nearly the film’s entire budget made back in three days. The film will make back its money, it just won’t do BvS numbers.

As for reviews, I literally don’t trust IMDb scores anymore (bop is currently @ 6.7 on that app) because the gender bias in terms of how many men use it v. how many women use it is insane. When you click on the rating demographics on imdb, you get this:

Women are liking and supporting BOP and that’s all you need to know. You and the gals’ opinion is valid and that’s that. It’s not just you, BOP *IS* a good film, keep loving it if you love it!