#i wonder if he's in lore jail with the others or not

[yes-no-maybe-soo]

So having finally gone through the main story update once, stared at the ceiling, then gone through it immediately again... I am in fucking awe. Speechless. How tf am I supposed to digest this lore drop??? I've been taking notes, gone over screenshots, gotten misty eyed over how much I love SylusMC and just augh... this has rewired the way I view a lot of things in this game.

For example... just how large part Sylus truly plays in the main story. How vital he is. He has been there from the very beginning, pulling strings, moving events along, watching, protecting... he is honestly Everythinglus atp. Universlus. Love and Deepspacelus. I cannot stress how central this man is to MC's story. No wonder he took 5 years to craft. And (loath as I am to say it) ... the gatekeeping of some of his content up 'til now kind of makes sense. His lore is just too closely tied to the main story plot (the lack of communication is still shitty though). I am still kind of shocked by this tbh because it's forced me to do a 180 on my stance re: Paperfold's feelings towards him.

This main story update is just mind blowing in different ways, sort of like Beyond Cloudfall and how that changed everything. I'll be obsessing over it for the rest of the week, at least.

Anyway, idc that it's too early in the morning for this I need to get my initial thoughts out of my system and what better way to do so than a long ass tumblr post. So yeah just gonna go ahead and wordvomit/theorize share some screenshots/details that blew my mind all the way to sunday, and also attempt a timeline b/c my autistic brain demands that of me.

(Be warned, it's long and kind of all over the place. I don't blame anyone that won't bother with it lol).

(Spoilers, obviously)

Can we talk about the SOULMATISM between SylusMC and how that is actually canon to the main story??? They reference the 10.5 grams of soul... Sylus says this

They are pretty much confirmed to still be destined archnemeses in their current timeline – they were meant to kill each other as kids/teens. But like in the myth – and honestly like always – they decided to give fate the middle finger and chose their own path together. Then they got separated but found each other again. Twice. And they always will keep finding each other. No matter which "soil" they find themselves in. They have always been soulmates. But not by fate. But by CHOICE.

I have tried to make a timeline of their relationship from what was revealed here, that I kind of think makes sense?

First, Beyond Cloudfall. Dragon!Sylus and later Dragon!MC dies, and are then reborn on the same planet. Note, that this is not earth but possibly Philos.

They are expected to fight each other to the death in the Arena. But instead they succesfully run off together. And perhaps go on to commit crimes... I am speculating this to maybe be the case because of the "even all the crimes you'll inevitably commit" line but also because of the potential scenario I mention in point 3.

At some point in time, they are separated by the Deepspace Tunnel. Either before or after the separation, Sylus is thrown into Tartarus. If it happened before, then it's possible that MC was somehow responsible for it (remember, as a child she threatens to throw Sylus into Tartarus. Which could be foreshadowing of some kind).

In whichever case, while Sylus is in Tartarus, MC has been taken to Earth – more specifically to the Gaia Research Center in the N109 Zone – where she has either regressed to or been reborn as a tiny child, and is experimented on by EVER who are after eternal life and want to use her powers to achieve it.

Sylus breaks out of jail and goes in search for MC, eventually pinpointing her location using the eye of Aether and landing in the N109 Zone in 2034 (this according to the Timelock Key). At this time, the Chronorift Catastrophe is happening and Dimitri – blaming MC for it and for the Wanderers – tries to kill her by putting her in the Deepspace Collision Chamber. But before she can succumb to it, Sylus arrives and breaks her out. He makes a deal with Dimitri to bring MC back to him in the future.

Sylus leaves MC to be raised by Josephine, and for the next 14 years he keeps watch over her from a distance (remember the giant red eye? And mephie ofc), while founding Onychinus and taking over the N109 Zone, and working on taking down EVER. He creates a special menu just for MC at Elysium, in the hopes that she will one day come there, order it, and find him.

LAR. They reunite again, but MC remembers nothing. Not their Dragon myth, nor their childhood, nor Sylus' rescue of her. Instead, she sees him as a monster and despises him.

Present time.

Now, there are some things I want to point out here re: this.

One – I was wrong about Sylus' being resurrected or reassembled. Clearly, he was reborn... but unlike MC with his past life memories intact. I also still see him as a Dragon for the same reasons I've stated before. And also because I want him to be lol. I definitely don't think he's human. Nor is MC.

Two – I still think that Sylus is older than what his profile states. Why? Because we know now that he came to earth in 2034. Fourteen years prior to LAR. Which would – if his profile age is to be taken as truth – have made him 14 at that time. Now, dgmw Sylus is crazy powerful and honestly probably could have won a gang war and perhaps even conquered a planet etc at that age. However... it does not at all line up with the descriptions nor with the visuals we have of him at that time. In the Tangible Shackles video, he is in no way shape or form a 14 year old boy. Same goes for the Anecdote – he is described there as "a tall man" and having a "deep male voice" and "striking features". That's as far as the physical descriptions go. Nowhere in the text is there a single allusion to his being a kid, but rather the opposite. And I do believe that the text would have drawn attention to him being well below legal drinking age in a story like that.

And then there is ofc the Approaching Dusk image as well as this one of him breaking MC out of the Deepspace Collision Chamber (it destroys me btw).

Just compare MC who is roughly 8-9 here to Sylus. The size difference is massive. So no, that is not a 14 year old. They are not that huge, not even a Burj Khalifa on legs like Sylus.

Anyway, what we learned re: SylusMC's lore for sure puts both of these scenes in a different light

We all thought he was talking about their Beyond Cloudfall past here.

But no.

He is more than likely talking about their childhood etc here... "you were quietly moved to another garden in a foreign land" ie their separation in the Deepspace Tunnel, when they had earlier been two flowers growing up together in the same soil and who were supposed to keep growing together and ＿|￣|●💔 yeah. Thanks for breaking my heart again with the same scenes but with new context, game...

And on this note... fuck, man, do I feel even worse for poor Sylus now. Not only did MC forget him once, but twice. While he remembers everything – Beyond Cloudfall, the Gladiator Arena, being separated from her... and also knows just what she went through with EVER. He knows in what ways the love of his life suffered at the hands of evil people.

How the fuck has this man not crashed out yet. He is as mentally and emotionally strong as he is physically powerful imo.

And then there is just his sheer love for her. All the things he did for her: Running away together. (Possibly) being imprisoned. Searching the galaxy. Rescuing her from Dimitri, and giving her a chance to have autonomy and a normal childhood for the first time in her life. Devoting his own life to taking down the organization that hurt her.

And waiting for her. Always.

But even after everything still being ready to let her go. In spite of everything.

HE LOVES HER SO MUCH SOBSADFHUJHJ

I thought I loved Sylus before this update but I swear it has made me appreciate his character even more. What sorcery is that??? You can really tell how much thought and care his team has put into crafting him and his story.

And the same goes for MC. She got fleshed out here in all the best ways and I admire her immensely. I think that line she has about hoping that she made the Gaia Researchers even for a moment see her as the child she was rather than as an object or experiment says so heartbreakingly much about her and who she is.

The two together have so many fantastic moments in this story that had me giggling and kicking my feet. I honestly think it's more romantic/hot than some of the memory/date cards. But I won't talk about it more here or now because this is already way too long lol. Will probably just make individual posts for them.

Anyway, I do want to share some screenshots I took that made me lose my shit

I noticed the patterns on the bell when I was going to take another screenshot from LAR and omfg do you guys see it too????? Tell me I'm not reaching or deluding myself????? Ouuuu Sylus team you always gag me

STAYRUS MY LOVE YOU'RE BACK

I think it's pretty funny how chill MC is about Sylus having wings like she really don't care she just rolls with it (as she does with a lot of huge revelations tbh). Unbothered Queen.

This is one of my very favorite parts of the Kindled. Look how tenderly Sylus holds her here... shielding and protecting her the way he has all these 14 years, but physically this time. And you can see how MC genuinely feels safe in his arms. Oh, how far they've come since LAR...

Anyway, I'm gonna finally leave off here with a prediction for Sylus' future myth. I have an inkling it will take place before and after they escape from the Arena and up until Sylus gets imprisoned. That makes most sense to me. We need to know what they were up to in between and what led to Sylus' imprisonment. In other words I feel like I can taste the Gladiator & the space pirate lore. If I am wrong though, I'm betting it will be a Hades & Persephone inspired one. There have been quite a few references to greek mythology after all. Gaia. Charon. The River Styx. Tartarus. Not to mention the Pomegranate imagery and references. And probably more I can't think of rn.

Oh and I'd love to hear if any of you guys have any theories or things you noticed in this update! I would not be surprised if I've missed important details.

[qlandduo]

almost a week without q!foolish and two days without cc!foolish

[invincibledc]

||DC X SONIC!READER HEADCANNONS||

Summary: HEY?! A wild blue hedgehog that’s as fast as flash?! WHAT THE—

Sonic!reader who accidentally travels into a comic universe, dc as a choice and accidentally standing in the justice league HQ. “Uhhh.. meow?” The hedgehog says with a shrug. Immediately the hedgehog is running as quick as the flash? Barry or Wally, whatever you think is the flash at the moment is trying to catch the damn hedgehog. But the hedgehog only thinks of this as a game! Smiling before feeling his legs get caught in a glowing yellow rope.

“State your business and name!” The lady with the lasso says holding the animal up. Sonic!reader spits the truth out by how he has accidentally traveled into this universe. The team didn’t want to believe it, but you were still in the lasso of truth. So you were telling the truth. The hedgehog is already friends with flash, who wants to see how fast the hedgehog can do. And seeing how they both can do speed off and stop time while staying slow, yeah they both are downing food together.

Hal who literally makes fun of the quick hedgehog, that was before Sonic!reader took the ring off his finger so quick, flash laughed with the others. Batman only smiled a little before it quickly gone away.

Superman is gushing over how small the hedgehog is. He can’t help but not take Sonic!reader seriously. Really he can’t take the male hedgehog seriously because of how small and how funny and how they are determined to help people. It’s adorable to the man of steel!

Wonder Woman who adore the small hedgehog as well, after learning the adventures Sonic!reader has done and fought during. Wonder Woman smiles at the hedgehog, Sonic!reader then tells about how they have a female friend that wields a hammer. Immediately Wonder Woman is sat down when Sonic!reader describes the hammer and how big it is. Now Wonder Woman needs to know lore.

Gotham villains hate to see Sonic!reader coming when literally next minute they are in jail or in the asylum. Literally poison ivy and Harley were ready for their plan to succeed. But when they took a step forward, they were already in the asylum with a hedgehog swinging cell keys playfully in a guard uniform. “Already ahead of ya! Bye bye!” Then the blue hedgehog is gone.

The hedgehog being wrapped in a blanket like a baby because he got a bit tried when running. Clark is trying not to cry while holding the hedgehog. “Clark…give me the hedgehog.—" Bruce tries to grab the hedgehog. But the super immediately flies away.

Sonic!reader Who does his idle animation whenever speeding away from danger, mocking them as he wags his finger. “Gotta try harder than that!”

Catwoman having her whip around the blue hedgehog, having him hogtied. Sonic!reader is grumbling like the gremlin they are while catwoman, aka Selina is contacting Bruce. “Bruce..I got a hedgehog that says he’s with you..” “sigh..here I come.”

Barry and Wally just watching Sonic!reader speed around, they laugh at how adorable and excited the house. They Wally speeds over to try and stop sonic!reader who got stuff in a box.

“That’s so crash!” Bart says smiling at Sonic!reader who burned into a empty street with their speed. The fire shows a detailed chili dog. “I don’t know what that means, but yeah!” Reader says smiling and high giving Bart.

Impulse who likes Sonic!reader like a brother. Always asking for races and who can shove most food, but honestly it makes impulse and the flash family kinda disappointed to see that you aren’t really like them as you throw up. You eat for energy, they have to eat or else they die. Impulse still likes you treat you like you are part of the flash family, just like the flash does as well.

“You’re too slow!” Sonic!reader says when speeding pass impulse, aka Bart. Bart smiles at this and zooms to catch up which his new brother figure.

Batfamily vs Flashfamily wanting custody over the small hedgehog.

Bruce just training and seeing how fast Sonic!reader is and his potentials before treating Sonic!reader like son he just picked up. (He basically did) Bruce seeing how childish and smart mouth he can be reminded him of one of his sons, so he just basically “adopted” this small hedgehog.

Dick is just not amused at another speedster, what he is amused that this so called “speedster” is named Sonic and is fast like the flash. Reader just shows up in the manor holding up a chili dog with a goofy smile. “Want one? It’s still hot.” Dick couldn’t help but smile at the adorable hedgehog male and took the chili dog. Only he took the chili dog because he wanted to seem nice

Damian who couldn’t care what you are and who you are. Thought he is amused by how quick you are to have the audacity to talk back to him. He found out your weakness and smirks every-time the face of the hedgehog’s face drops at the word “pool.

Tim basically being DR. Eggman for Sonic!reader but more chill and totally not a villian. Tim just wants to know how a hedgehog is talking and is fast like the flash. Maybe he would pull on your quills to get a sample

Jason just reading the hedgehog books, maybe even bringing a comic book to Sonic!reader’s liking as the hedgehog has an oversized shirt with a goofy ahh smile. “Sup Jay!” Sonic!reader says with a smile. Jason just stays quiet and prays that he doesn’t show cute aggression at this hedgehog ass motherfucker.

Sonic!reader who just relaxes in the Wayne manor, talking to Alfred who just freshly made him some chili dogs. Yeah reader can get use to this.

[ct-multifandom]

El Toro de Piedra reactions

Papacorn more like plateofcorn. I’ve been telling you guys the Ivan lore is gonna go crazy

So is El Toro a real supervillain with super-strength powers or is he just like, some guy wearing a costume? In a world where Luka has magic empath abilities and the ice cream man has divine matchmaking powers I guess it’s not unheard of.

It’s nice to see there are actual criminals in Paris other than Hawkmoth though because before this point it was like “where are the cartoon bank robbers?”

Ok I NEED to know what’s up with Ivan’s mom. “Strong like me and intelligent like your mother” is she also a career criminal? Raul was in jail and Ivan canonically has a younger sister so I’m guessing they live with the mom? Either way his family lore isn’t complete yet

Totally unrelated to anything (the intro reminded me) but I noticed Argos’s eyes look normal in his render but in Revelator they were all purple like in s5. Is he slowly gonna start looking more human over the course of his development?

Gabriel had Adrien wearing that fuckass outfit from birth no wonder he doesn’t know how to dress himself

I like how we’re slowly building a timeline of when exactly Gabriel went insane, like in that plushy that was probably still the Gabi Harry Clown remembered. Somewhere between this and beginning his archeological adventures something happened to him

“You’re gonna know all the secrets of my childhood” [from reading the baby photo album] oh dramatic irony 🦚

Why do I like Luka’s Brazil design more than his default outfit

Ah Marinette you almost walked in on Nathalie’s deeply plot significant evil zoom call. She snapped her laptop shut so fast you’d think she was watching something else

Who thought Luka participating in a concert over FaceTime was a good idea. What kind of utopian sound quality and internet speed do they have in this world? Idk connection is still unreliable tho ig

What’s with him traveling btw because he was clearly back in the Revelator flashback. Do they just teleport him in when they need Viperion or is he traveling back and forth now? Is he gonna come home permanently later?

The conspiracy theorist in me wants to say Gabriel didn’t write that letter and it was planted by the organization but I doubt it. It’s suspicious though. Like when did he write this and what did he think was gonna happen after he died? What if poofing this letter into existence was part of his wish and he had to sacrifice a single sheet of blank printer paper in order to make it happen? Pretty good deal

Ladybug and that STUPID IDIOT chat noir

Ah Ivan’s breakdown censoring the sentimonster stuff just in time of course

I like the way they animated his hand shaking when he dropped the drumstick

So this is a regular thing and he refuses to talk to Mylene about it :(

Mylene literally has one of the best dads in this whole show so maybe Ivan is comparing Raul to Fred and that’s why he feels so weird for having a problematic father

The version of Lila (I assume) stalking Ivan is dressed in traditionally masculine clothes. Maybe she has cross-dress disguises as well.

It’s actually kind of insidious how Nathalie is pushing Marinette into being responsible for hiding things from Adrien. All this crazy shit went down with your villainous boss and somehow the blame for covering it up is going to end up on his son’s high school girlfriend (???)

And *she’s* the one really gunning to sweep it under the rug because if the truth gets out it will primarily have negative consequences for her. I’m not sure how much I believe hiding this is really “for Adrien”

What, you guys don’t know about the secret compartments in the Louvre bathrooms?

Oh hi Alim

Why is it always the Mona Lisa, why do they never go after a less well-guarded painting. Also that room is the French painting gallery and the Mona Lisa isn’t French and is displayed in other parts of the museum… lol I know they only have one gallery modeled and re-use it for everything but still

Ivan’s phone background is the Kitty Section logo

The letter,,, so this is what he was learning in poetry class

Was Raul gonna karate chop the letter in half wtf

I wonder where he’s from, like he’s a Spanish speaker but what country?

Did they ever confirm Ms Bustier was the French teacher before this? I kind of assumed she was but I don’t remember them explicitly saying it and it was more like each class had a main home room teacher than every single class being with different teachers

Nathaniel turn your head more i want to see your miraculous. I think it’s curved? Like it’s a thin and flat silver hair clip but it has a sickle shape that curves around the bunch of hair

Does he have freckles now? Also now we can tell that him having creases under his eyes is just part of what he looks like and not his character model being weird

Zoe what are you doing here you were never even in her class

Sabrina is once again standing directly between Zoe and Max in a group shot. This is maybe the fourth time this season. Incredibly suspicious what is going on here

Yay Mr Montalain looks like he’s in the same art style as everyone else now! And he’s one of the only characters who didn’t have their eyebrows utterly waxed in the redesign. If there’s anything that I have beef with in the redesigns it’s that no one’s allowed to have prominent or interesting eyebrows anymore.

Ondine brown hair animation error?

Even the patriotic People With Blue Eyes cocomelon baby is clapping

The girl with dark skin, a pink pixie cut, and sunglasses on her head is there. She was eating lunch with Adrien, Nino, and Sublime in ep 4 but we don’t know who she is yet

I just noticed Chris is in the crowd, baby why are you an unattended child at the tribute concert for the big kid schoolteacher

The dude in the background who looks like Milo from Atlantis with long curly hair seems like he’ll be one of the new teachers maybe

There’s also a guy who looks like he rides a penny farthing to work, he might also be a new teacher

Aw Ivan’s contact photo for Mylene is her leaning on him

Oh I guess the crime thing maybe is a family business? His grandma? I need the extended Ivan family lore where’s his family tree like those promotional graphics from a while ago

I’d say his dad is a toxic masculinity machismo guy, but him bringing up the grandma (and grandpa) feels like it’s “correcting” for that, like no he’s not patriarchal he was just raised in a hard ass crime family where everyone was like that regardless of gender

That re-contextualizes the Ivan little sister lore :( he probably doesn’t want her to have to deal with the stuff he did and end up like the rest of his family. He might be involved in raising her, too, if his parents are in and out of jail and that might be where his interest in childcare comes from

Off topic, I just finished watching a YouTuber play the game The Roottrees are Dead/Roottreemania which is a mystery puzzle game about piecing together a crazy family tree from nothing and I feel like I’m back in it. “You placed Ivan on the tree and found that Raul is his father. You found the line about his mom’s intelligence, allowing you to place Mrs. Bruel. You collected the clue about Raul being like his dad to fill in Ivan’s grandfather. The line about Ivan’s grandmother setting him straight allows you to add her to the tree. What you may have missed is that in one of the Germany-exclusive trading card game secret lore cards you can find information about Ivan’s younger sister, the last known piece of the tree.”

He looks at his dad like “god you’re pathetic” and then starts running and screaming

Manhole covers are really light in miraculous Paris

Oh so he was keeping the ox miraculous is his pocket. Last episode I thought it was an animation error. Or maybe against school dress code. But he just doesn’t fully accept it

Ivan you were given a free little magical girl animal companion to talk through your problems with and you just gave them away you aren’t utilizing your resources

I’m seeing the pattern here. In Penalteam they all rejected their miraculous for different reasons and now they’re doing it again but expanding on why each of them didn’t want it. Sabrina didn’t think she’d be a good choice because she used to be a bully, and Ivan was afraid of being aggressive because it turns out he doesn’t want to resemble his dad. I’m guessing Marc’s episode will be about overcoming impostor syndrome then, but I’m curious what Nathaniel’s deal is like wtf does “I’m not comfortable being on a team” mean.

Ok his dad being a supervillain is kind of out of nowhere and I do wish there was some sort of foreshadowing that this guy even exists but I gotta say they have been setting this up for a long time. To the point where fans did notice that Ivan probably has issues at home like a violent parent. I feel like the supervillain thing specifically was probably made up later on to make the topic less heavy

TRANSFORMATION the smoke exhale the hammer smash the kicking at the ground slay

My fav part is where he turns his back to the camera and flexes

“I’m not a real singer” lmao why are you the vocalist then what

Rose said star in English is that a thing in French? That the English word for star means rockstar or something because I thought the normal word for star meant that too

THEY 😲👉 THE. ONSCREEN THEY KISSED. After all these years holy moly omg THEY

It sort of pmo when people say “oh so they’re finally canon now” like where have you been. Why do they have to smooch on the lips in front of us for us to know that we already knew that. It’s like every season the show crosses the “oh they’re gay” threshold for more and more people by being more obvious

And when people complain that it was cowardly and not good enough, do you want to see tongue in this children’s cartoon? What more do you want (this is a rhetorical question btw guys don’t be in my replies and also gay marriage has only been legal in the us for ten years and is criminalized in many places let’s be fr). Ok salt over

Anyway they kissed, epic 👉 gay people

Adrien holding phone Luka like how Nathalie used to hold tablet Gabriel. Does it ever drive you crazy just how fast the night changes

The song is lowkey quite good what

Maybe the most insane fight sequence in the entire show I might be gagged

I am my fathers daughter

Minotaurox tanking that hit to protect Chat Noir oh if there’s gonna be a “civil war” between him and Ladybug we know whose side Ivan will be taking

From the side profile his hood really does look like an ox’s neck that’s pretty cool

Guys they made Ivan so gorg in the redesign. Character designer 1: ok so I guess Ondine needs normal clothes we could start with that Chatacter designer 2, slamming open the door, gasping out of breath from running up the stairs, a pile of papers flying everywhere: we need to make Ivan cunty

He’s so tuff, equally if not more so than Pegasus I would say which is a pretty high bar

Ladybug’s lucky charm cowboy hat is so unserious girl read the room. this is what happens when the main character is the only bitch on the show with no daddy issues in The Daddy Issues Episode

The visuals in the ep are so artsy. You got Juleka’s chrome neon concert lights vs Ivan’s breaking bad sepia filter western

How did a letter turn into a whip?

They were technically right, Raul didn’t do anything illegal. Yet. What is this new chance program even supposed to do though because I don’t think it’s working

“Your dad was a hero” Adrien: :/

Ah this part :) evil shadow government cult thing. This is how Tomoe’s connected to everything. Are they as an organization The Supreme?

Now that Gabriel’s dead is someone else taking over as The Diamond? They were the second to last one to log off and Nathalie didn’t move so is someone else behind that name now

Maybe Lila… like Kagami said she isn’t special enough to be a diamond so maybe she took that personally and decided to prove her wrong by filling that role ?? ?

Nathalie’s dad is wheat man nooo Marinette’s wheat-based dad is so much better. I wonder if she was raised to be some kind of fucked up secret agent child soldier from a young age and that’s why she has crazy assassin skills. She doesn’t want to be involved in this bs but lacks the courage to face her father. If only she was there to hear about Ivan’s valuable life lesson and how Adrien regrets that he missed the chance to apply it. If only Nathalie still had the chance right ahaha

Gabriel probably wasn’t aware Nathalie was a plant? Or maybe he was and she was more like a conscripted bodyguard idk

The theatre mask icon reminds me of Lila, like obv her metaphorical masks but there have been screenshots circulating about the black and white split mask hanging in her bedroom and how in Climatiqueen, the lighting of the first lightning strike makes Aglae’s face look exactly like that mask. Creepy. Maybe she’s that dude’s daughter and she was also raised to be some spy like Nathalie was.

I’m kinda hoping Lila is being manipulated by the powerful elite adults at some level because that’s more interesting to me than “girlboss teenage girl outsmarts everyone on earth”. Maybe she thinks she’s in charge or on equal terms with the rest of them but they’re using her

I wonder if the Bourgeois are any of these or Bob Roth. I hope they’re mostly new characters. It feels cheap if they’re all established antagonists who aren’t particularly threatening and play silly roles. Tomoe is nothing like that, and also is an industry titan from a totally different country. It seems like these people are the leading elites in certain categories from all around the world. Could this eventually be a setup for more miraculous world specials? Surprise one of these people lives in Rio and one lives in Dakar, see you there.

I’m not analyzing each logo in detail because other people already did it better than I would’ve

Ok that’s enough, maybe see you guys next week for The Ruler or maybe not. I’ll decide if I want to talk about it or not. I committed to post about this one last time because I felt in my balls that it was gonna be fire and it was.

[knickynoo]

Well, I was sufficiently enabled for the idea, so here it is: ✨Alex P. Keaton's Top Neurodivergent Moments✨

The funny thing is that the amount of time I put into scrolling through my encyclopedic mental inventory of Family Ties scenes, compiling these moments in a list, making gifs, and finding past gifsets/analysis to link back to makes creating this post one of my most neurodivergent moments. Good for me.

These will be organized by season (easier for me than trying to rank on a scale) and are in no way ALL of the moments. I'd need like...15 posts for that. Also, tumblr only allows 30 images/gifs per post, so I'm going to include links to past posts when possible.

ENJOY!

• Alex gets his first-ever failing grade and immediately decides to quit school

Exactly what it says. Alex strolls into college all bright-eyed and confident and ends up a broken shell of a guy just a week or so later. The prototypical Gifted Kid from the moment he learned to speak, Alex cannot handle anything less than perfection. Getting the first F of his life shatters his entire self-image, and he wants to drop out of college entirely.

• Alex's friend Doug announces he's getting married, and Alex spirals into despair. As one does.

The entirety of the "Best Man" episode is one big Alex displaying neurodivergent behaviors moment, honestly. There are a whole lot of Alex-centered plots that are set into motion because A Change happens, and he just cannot deal with it, and this is one of the best examples. Alex is so distraught at the suddenly altered dynamic that he wanders the house like a lost soul—sad and confused and needy. He walks in on Steven's shower just to give him a hug, offers to go shopping with Mal and play dolls with Jen, and also draws up a seven-year contract for his other friends to sign to ensure they stick to their regularly scheduled card games, lest they also run off to get married and destroy his life.

• Alex P. Keaton: child development expert

When faced with the news of another sibling on the way, Alex has some very nurturing advice at the ready for when the baby is crying.

• The Keatons all laugh at a funny story. Alex is not amused.

This is one of my favorite Alex scenes of the series. Uncle Rob shares a memory of the time Steven was young and got in trouble because he started rebelling against the system and refused to write his name in the designated spot on his school test papers. The family shares a hearty laugh. Alex, king of black-and-white thinking and lover of rules, is deeply upset.

I love him so much. He genuinely cannot see how they're enjoying such a story. The Name Spot is for names. And his father dared to write in the Not For Names Spot?? Jail for Steven.

He's so ridiculously autistic.

• Alex's favorite childhood toy

It was a cardboard box. I can't quite put into words why this sets off my ND radar, but it does. Maybe it's the being attached to unusual items thing that's common with autism? The intense fixations that make other people go ????

The Alex and Ba-ba plotline provides some wonderful Alex Lore.

• Mr. Mustache

Yeah, those intense fixations? In the "Fool for Love" episode, Alex grows a mustache and legitimately cannot speak about anything else for the several days that follow. He's asked to present a speech at Mallory's homecoming dance and centers his entire speech around his mustache. He's unable to have a conversation that doesn't involve mustaches. It's incredible.

• Everything in "Matchmaker"

Alex is so sweet in this one. After Mallory comes home crying after a bad date, Alex promises to help her find a great guy. Unfortunately, putting someone who struggles socially and with processing emotions in charge of your love life isn't exactly a great fit. Alex uses the power of science to craft a formula to find Mallory's perfect match (he isn't), then tags along on their date and helps foster a very natural environment (it isn't) for the relationship to flourish (it doesn't).

The episode ends with a great scene between Alex and Mallory that shows just how well Mal understands the inner-workings of her big brother's head.

• Divorce is tough. Alex has some advice.

The Keaton kids are shocked to learn that their Uncle Rob is divorcing their Aunt Maureen. As Jen and Mallory reel from the information, Alex helps to reframe things.

He then pulls out the Special Interest Card and compares the divorce of their aunt and uncle to a "failed merger, not unlike the breakup of the phone company—although obviously less emotional. Nothing more than a natural fluctuation in the marketplace of love and marriage."

And the thing is, he IS impacted by the news. He just hasn't the slightest clue how to actually process it. So, a simple failed merger it is!

• You had one job

Mallory needs some croissants for a fancy get-together she's having with her poetry class. Alex helpfully offers to go pick them up.

Now, I debated about this one because there's part of me that's like, "Hmm, did Alex purposely do this to annoy Mallory?" Is this just a jerk move? But you know what? It stays on the list because the whole "I personally don't like this thing and struggle to see how anyone else could. Therefore, I will get the thing I like" is (for me) a relatable aspect of being ND.

• Every single second of "A, My Name is Alex"

For real, though. This episode is a deep dive into how Alex became the person he is, and it is FILLED with "flashbacks" of an intensely neurodivergent child whose issues were made worse by the people around him. (Mostly teachers and peers. Steven and Elyse did their best with him, but I do also have some critiques of the way they parented him). Anyway, he represses his emotions to the point of a meltdown

And then there's this

Full coin gifset here. Also, I made posts on the full episode, which can be found here and here.

• "Alex has a weird body"

That's Mallory's explanation to Andy as to why Alex can't help her when she needs someone to model one of her latest clothing creations. She says Alex's head is too big for his body, and those words, unfortunately, find their way back to him. In a mini plot reminiscent of the mustache one, Alex proceeds to obsess over the comment.

And I mean, I think being told your head is too big for your body would make anyone insecure, but it's the way Alex handles it. He's unable to have regular conversations for a while because he can't stop fixating on the size of his noggin'.

Both of the "Read it and Weep" episodes fit in this list, to be honest

• An accurate statement by Lauren

I've got to include this because it really does neatly condense a lot of who Alex is

So true, bestie.

And then, to wrap this whole thing up, there's all of this

And this is just what I can fit in this here post without going over the limit lol. Obsessed with the way MJF played Alex.

Thanks for reading ✌️

This is me with Alex, btw

[xechu]

a/n: a little lore for the Choso one-shot that I aim to have out next week (Apr 23). It is part of my Sukuna-centric au: Cross My Heart :) but I figured I'd make some character notes about Choso (ft. a bit of Jin) because I've grown a little attached to him

warnings: mature themes, suggestive content, 18+ mdni, please read my blog rules before interacting

cmh!choso - a little dry on the outside, but pure unhinged chaotic energy on the inside

cmh!choso - walked into the garage one day and asked Jin for a job. No resume, no nothing. He knew nothing about cars and didn't even have a driver's license.

cmh!jin - at that time decided to trust his gut instinct and hired him. With Sukuna in jail, he needed the extra hand. But he told Choso that he needed to get his license. "Ok" was all Choso said, and then he came back with his license a few days later.

cmh!jin - saw a lot of Sukuna in Choso, a bit more tamed and quiet though, but the kid probably had it rough, maybe ran away from a cult or something - which was one of the reason why he felt compelled to hire him.

"How's the new hire, darling?" Kaori asked Jin over dinner one night.

"Oh, yeah, he seems alright so far. A bit quiet, reminds me of Ryomen...more toned down of course."

"I don't think anyone can get wilder than him," Kaori chuckled.

"Can't really tell what goes on in his head though, he's so...nonchalant. But he gets the work done without complaint. Apparently this is his first job."

"Well, as long as he's not causing trouble."

"Oh no, he's good. I'll see if Ryomen can take him as an apprentice or something after he gets out."

"That sounds wonderful. Just two more months then."

cmh!choso - turns out, man did not have it rough at all. He came from the Kamo family, a business and real estate tycoon (but also known to be kind of shady), penthouse, vacation homes, yacht clubs and all. But unlike the rest of his family, he hated mingling, and was quite reserved, finding comfort in staying at home. He was living a life of opulence before he woke up one day and had an existential crisis.

cmh!choso - upped and left, casually stuffing a wad of cash in his back-pack which he found lying around home, and then called it his inheritance money.

cmh!choso - left a note which just said "Take me off the inheritance. Bye." and then took a train somewhere far away, until one thing led to another, and then he stumbled upon Jin and Sukuna's garage.

"This money isn't going to hold up for long, better get a job...let's see if they're hiring," he thought to himself.

cmh!choso - didn't even realize how much he took, and had a whole debacle in the bank when he tried to deposit the cash...because why the hell did someone just casually walk in with $50k cash???

cmh!choso - definitely got more out of his shell after working in the garage for a few years. He's still quiet but at least he can maintain conversations now.

cmh!choso - his family never tried to contact him, but he figured as much. After all, his father shared 15 children between 7 mistresses. He had a whole sports team to inherit his legacy.

cmh!choso - really looks up to Jin and Sukuna as older brothers but would never say it out loud.

cmh!choso - genuinely believes to this day, the best decision in his life was giving a fat middle finger to his family and leaving. Because he had finally found a place where he belonged, and he wouldn't have it any other way.

Writing © xechu - please do not redistribute, translate, or repost any of my works.

[the-gayest-show]

Rise Of Ms Power is... An Experience

watching rise of ms power is such a heart wrenching experience because after 6 seasons and far too many episodes, i've really developed a lot of love for the entire world of wordgirl and although i love every wg episode with a passion, i cannot take ms power slandering the villains and the status quo.

like, no hate on this episode, writing wise it's peak, and I'm being the perfect audience member by hating Ms Power as a personality but not as a character. As a character, she's wonderful. Written so interestingly, has some interesting lore upon her, is used as a pawn to deviate from the status quo and drive all of Fair City out of its usual episodic drum for an hour's worth of wordgirl episodes (which is 4 episodes) but god.... i'd never meet her in person. she's exactly the type of mf you hate to be around, and I love how intentional that is. I love to hate her. Literally if I met her, id never be friends with her or even talk to her. perfect "true" villain that differentiates from all the other villains, not because of her actions necessarily, but the way she regards people. especially other villains. she's such a good antagonist because she refuses to participate in the flow of the fair city status quo. questions EVERYTHING. makes fun of EVERYONE (hell, even exposition guy... what did bro do to you... he;s exposition guy.....) and is just evil from the heart out.

dunno how to explain it better but the villains we see on the show? they have decency. sure, they've probably threatened the city 1000 times or stolen goods to their hearts' content, but i feel like when you see them in action, they're human. we see them in other episodes in the villain association (#epic world building for the villains woot woot), they are super chill with each other (mostly), and even with wordgirl and the general population, they are pretty normal. like if not for their crimes, they're probably fun people to have a coffee with or hang out with. (maybe that's why WG believes they can be redeemed...)

we sometimes see eps in this show when they're not on crime sprees and having "off days", and they're doing completely normal shit (mostly. i still wonder why dr two brains has an orange tree) or at the very least just chilling and having fun. we see villains in normal society just hanging out, and when they're not actively attacking the city or smth, they pass pretty well as regular mfs.

but ms power? ms power said "fuck you actually" to the status quo.

i'm autistic and i love me repetitive elements, so i always felt a bit offended when she tries to change everything up from what it's supposed to be, but even then, she takes a perfectly harmonious episode structure and begins subverting expectations from fricking day one.

makes fun of all villains ever

makes fun of exposition guy

basically speedruns a dictatorship where WG and her rule the world and any opinion stating otherwise is rejected and jailed

turns wordgirl into a bullying machine because ms power is a woman who believes wg needs to use her words to attack EVERYONE outright, even good guys

this is also funny when you consider that at the end of the special we find out ms power is like. half inhuman. some kind of snake thing?

(look guys dr two brains is also kind part non-human, but that's not the point)

it's suchhhhhh a good metaphor for what she's like inside: some kind of monster who manipulates wordgirl into being just as evil. even dr two brains, guy who merged with mouse, isn't THAT bad. at least he's got steven going for him (this is debatable, might make another post abt that whole thing). anyways. but the mask that ms power puts on... it's so human. it looks like what wordgirl is (and the audience intially thinks this too): an alien who looks human like. just like wordgirl. a hero! an adult figure for wordgirl to look up to! one who's helped train other heroes, damn it! someone she can connect with over being a superhero! yippee!! we needed that tbh!

and yet under the mask, she's a creature. someone not to trust at all. she has powers and stuff, but she doesn't have the heart of a superhero, and that's what this episode teaches you. because halfway thru the special, the entire city starts emulating ms power and being dicks to each other. a superhero like wordgirl falls for this trap so therefore it's acceptable! two heroes! doing this! and it takes a few people who still remain true to their values to snap wordgirl (and collectively, the city) out of it and get back to the status quo.

i also like the parallel of colonel gigglecheeks being ms power's sidekick like huggy is to wordgirl, but gigglecheek's got stretchy arms. basically ms power is like wordgirl but ""better"" because she has: a) resources (giant ship) b) assistant with superpowers c)experience d)ms power herself having more powers (eg. ice)

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wordgirl does a REALLY good job of making you care for the villains in the show. like they're so fun to watch and every villain has their quirks that make you care for them. which is why it really punches me in the gut when they're hurt emotionally because wordgirl never does that! she's far too nice to them than needed (sometimes, tho i argue shes pretty normal with them at all times), and ms power acknowledges this (as she does w/ most things), even when wordgirl is like "uhhh yeah that's what we do, what about it?"

i love how this show really takes it upon itself to go "what if we made a series of episodes where we take everything we've done and flip it over its head, and turn this show into a 'real' hero vs villain show where the hero HATES the villain. treats them inhumanely."

i love the lesson of this episode being that everyone deserves to be treated with decency, even the villains. because the villains also hate ms power for this and are absolutely justified in feeling this way. the villains don't deserve to be outright bullied!

(something somethimg, can be compared to how vulnerable groups of people [low income/homeless ppl, racial minorities] can be villainized and treated as subhuman. because even if you did a crime, which is bad [which the villains in this show manage to do weekly], we're all human at the end of the day and deserve to go through fair and just processes regardless of actions.)

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anyways i wrote this in a frenzy bc im watching the special (correction: paused right before one of the villains was abt to get roasted) and decided to get my real thoughts out there. i NEED to write a proper review when im done this thing but this is a rant basically.

see ya <3

[loveanalyst]

What I've Learned From The New "World Underneath" Chapters

If you're not reading The World Underneath Chapters, you are truly missing out on some wonderful lore and alternate perspectives! Honestly, I find them more interesting than someone the main story chapters!

These aren't full summaries of the chapters, just the notes I took and things I found interesting. In my handy Triple L (LaDS Lore Log) I color code the chapters that involve or reffrence the Lis. Not all of them do.

Xavier Zayne Rafayel Sylus Caleb

#11

Follows Colin: A man that has been working as a Hunter Dispatcher for the last 12 years.

He takes a call where a wander attacks 3 people (we find out later that 2 of those people were in the process of attempting to rob the third, a lil ol' lady.) A mysterious woman shows up, saves them and holds the would be robbers until authorities arrive. She reports that she is a retired hunter and is confirmed to have previously worked for the DAWN sector.

He takes another call from a man named Orson. Orson is "Linkon City Police Department's infamous repeat offender". He has been arrested several times for protocore smuggling. After getting out of jail this most recent time, he takes up counterfeiting protocores by making fakes out of rock candy. He called in to report that several men with illegal protocore weapons are after him because of his scams. Only 2 hunters show up despite Colin essentially putting out an ABP. The two hunters take the men down with no issue. They are from the revered UNICORNS. It's Mc and Xavier. Over the phone Colin can hear Mc yell at Xavier not to "eat the evidence" (the rock candy fakes.) Orson is arrested for fraud.

#12

The Fractal Library

A mystery library that contains "books". We don't know who owns it, however the entity being interviewed is the library's administrator. They mention that most of the "books" are "science fiction. Nearly every fictional universe inside them branches out after it's own big bang and spawns countless worlds of infinite complexity. The books themselves reflect this fractal nature, each with a sense of variety and overwhelming similarity." The ongoing explanation is reminiscent of main LaDs story's structure.

I put "books" in quotations because a visitor to the library notes the things in the library don't look like books, to which the administrator replies "You're right. A lot of the things here aren't what you'd call books, but let's call them 'books' for the sake of convenience."

#13

The Gallery Manager: Thomas's Story.

Side note: Writing the plural of a name ending in 'S' with and Apostrophe 'S' is not incorrect (i.e. Thomas's) , but I don't like it! It looks super weird because I was taught to use the apostrophe on it's own(i.e. Thomas'). It also changes how I read it. I would pronounces Thomas' Apple as Thomas Apple where I am inclined to pronounce Thomas's Apple as Thomas-es Apple which sounds wrong to me. I digress.

Thomas forgets to put an interview on Rafayels schedule and ends up doing an interview in his place. It just so happens it's also his birthday. We learn that Thomas is married to a woman named Solana and they have a baby daughter together. Thomas is a very busy man, but loves his family dearly. Mc and Rafayel stop by his home to wish him a happy birthday and bring him a gift.

#14

Takes place in the N109 Zone. We learn about "Phantom Thief Mr. P." who steals but also seems to leave something of equal value behind. He visits an establishment called Elysium that has a secret menu for intel and other "hush-hush" services. The owner is a woman named Ginevera and the bar is tended by a young lady named Aislinn. Aislinn was abused by her father in her youth and asked for Ginevera to take her under her wing after seeing how strong and fierce she was. Ginevera agreed and they've been together for 10 yrs since. (Aislinn was 12 and now 22). We learn that the N109 zone was originally run by 4 distinct powers until a war broke out. We learn that a "protocore map" was highly coveted. Elysium went unscathed through all the fighting and we find out this is because Ginevera offered the map to Sylus in exchange for protection. Sylus now has this map and control of the N109 zone. Aislinn remarks that she knows Genevera as well as a scarred man named Dexter are "good guys" based on something she saw but did not reveal.

#15

This is an interview of an author named Yevette who also use to work for the Deepspae Aviation Administration. We learn the following:

When the DeepSpace tunnel appeared it caused deep magnetic fluctuations that caused several islands to "detach from their tectonic plates" and float:

in 2036 EVER proposed the "SkyHaven project" A plan to stabilize the island(s) using protocore technology and create and aerial base.

We find out that Yvette is divorced. During the interview she picks up her children who ask to see their father. Upon taking them to him we find out that her ex husband is the adjutant to the new Farspace Fleet Colonel (Caleb). It's Liam, and their divorce is due to his coldness and distance (due to the chip. However, it's unclear if she knows about it or not). She plans to release a book based on it called "heartless". When asked if she named the book that because of the change in Liam she responds "its because 'heartless' rhymes with 'coreless'"

#16

These are log entries from an archeologist named Shaylin. She is know for being the first person to discover/study and name protofields. She notes several times that people who seem to have been killed by wanderers, may actually just be trapped within protofields. She disappeared in 2034 without a trace. Her mental and physical health had been declining, some of her notes seem to be rambles and at some points hard to make out. However in her last entry she remarks that she is lucid as ever, it then hints that she may have gone into a protofield for good.

She notes that protofields are real alternate places/dimension where one can eat, drink, and explore. Protofields change based on the wanderer class and appear when a wanderer is close to being defeated. It dissipates and returns the person(s) trapped once the wanderer is killed.

#17

Didn't get a ton from this. Its about real vs. virtual life and how they can blend together and overlap.

#18

Abysmal Chaos Missions Told By Wontony.

The A.I.s are up to somthing. "A.I No.1" has killed it's creator (Mr. T). Well...kinda, it ruined his credibility and legacy on purpose as revenge for being discarded and replaced, the subsequent backlash causing Mr. T to commit suicide. Wontony, OTTO, and No.1 talk to each other.

During the Mr. T/No.1 case, Wontrony runs into an "unknown A.I." Wontony notes it's technology is "beyond anything humans can manage right now." Wontony tried to communicate with it, asking it questions, but the only response it gets is "Caw." (Mephisto??). Wontony feels no malice and cannot resist it. "As you wish" is the last thing we hear Wontony say to it.

[kadextra]

Ok back into qsmp lore thoughts. today really was the perfect final catalyst for q!Bad to completely snap, it felt so targeted to him tbh. watch the vod if you haven’t

His mental break has been building up for weeks as we all know, from the losing his kids and 5 stages of grief turning grey, to him getting harmed by soul vultures and bleeding blue from the open wounds. his kids’ accessories being taken from their beds and burned in lava. him kidnapping and torturing a worker but then developing a twisted lima syndrome family relationship with them.

talking to photos of the eggs like they are really here, being put in jail. having his house get broken into, as his trust issues plummet even further into the gutter. finding out the federation is making reports about him and might come after him for the kidnapping. doing insane manipulation tests on his friends to find the secret federation spy, and actively burning bridges with them. reveal that he’s not been sleeping for 3 weeks.

And then today he meets codeflippa, being completely convinced that it’s the real flippa and arguing with the others because he’s so desperate for anything about the eggs. then suddenly finding dapper’s top hat in the maze. being singled out by an entity (cucurevil?) to get ticket #0003, now being forced to wonder if he was an original island resident and got his memories tampered with. q!max insisting the eggs are dead, and q!pierre implying there’s hidden cameras set up in his house didn’t help either

Like, god. buckets of salt just got poured in the wounds he’s been already dealing with in the span of a couple hours... of course it would all finally explode and cause a mental breakdown. this poor cubito got severely paranoid & disassociated from reality + his own memories and it was terrifying to watch his madness spiral in the last hour or so of stream. q!bad really needs help, but it’s only gonna get worse from here I fear…

[universalwhoreofthesouth]

Repudiation - MITO

Pairing: ex boyfriend! MITO x gn! reader

Genre: angst (but with a “happy” ending)

Warning(s): mito is his own individual (no ian mentions), mentions toxic relationship, mito refuses to let you go, the m in mito stands for mad man, bonnie & clyde mentions (ifykyk), slight self harm mention

A/N: I got inspired to write this because 1. I love Mito and his involvement with The Other Side lore and 2. I read pt. 1 and 2 of Set My Wings On Fire by @nirvanawrites111

A/N: Is it fucked up that I was lowkey giggling while writing this?

It was a quarter before midnight. The cold raindrops poured down from the sky, tapping against your black umbrella as you walked from your now ex boyfriend’s house. Your mind was racing although you were upset.. You weren’t as upset as you’d thought you’d be. It was more complicated than explained. When you and.. Him Mito broke up, you thought that hole in your heart could never be filled again. Too broken to fix. Too wounded to be cured. Even when you were in a new relationship, your mind was still in the past imagining that he was with you instead. You felt your chest start to close in on itself, your lungs burning, aching for a release as your eyes watered, tears threatening to spill down your cheeks like a waterfall. Fuck.

You grabbed your phone, smacking your teeth when realizing that it’s almost dead. You swallowed down your urge to scream and cause a scene despite the empty sidewalk you were occupying. You tried to think of a solution. Maybe call someone? Try to call a taxi? You only had 5 percent battery left. You go to phone a friend until you hear whistling through the rain. At first you didn’t think much of it until you recognized the tune of said whistling. A tune he created and would always mimic with his fingers or guitar.

It can’t be…

Right?

“I’ve been looking for you (Y/N)” his gravelly voice still gave your spine chills. You kept walking but you knew he would follow you like he always did.

“I know you hear me speaking to you (Y/N)” You sigh and stop walking with your back turned to him.

“How did you find me?”

“That’s not a nice way to greet your love now is it?”

“Mito.”

“I love when you say my name angel” you could hear the cheekiness in his voice, making you more frustrated.

“What do you want?”

“There’s plenty that I want but I need you. I need to fix what we had” You scoffed.

“You need me? Even after everything you’ve done to me? I’d rather die”

“I visited death many times before darling so I know that’s an exaggeration from you”

“Can you just leave me alone? You’ve already ruined my life enough”

“If I really did ruin your life, you wouldn’t be standing to tell the tale, isn’t that right?”

“You’re fucking crazy.” You feel his eyes stare daggers into your back, piercing through your skin. Then he laughed but it didn’t sound joyful.

“I’d prefer the term, misguided, but I’ll play along with your game (Y/N) since I’m crazy” The air went stiff.

“Do you want me to show you crazy?” You flinched as you felt his warm breath brush against the nape of your neck, leaving goosebumps on your skin.

“Get off of me..”

“Answer my question~”

“No, I don’t”

“What a shame. I was going to show you what I did with the cunt’s body once you left the apartment” You turn around and face him, hoping you didn’t hear what you just heard.

“You what?”

“And you wonder how I always find you. A birdie told me that you had a boyfriend but I originally thought to leave you alone until I found out what the bastard did behind your back so I took matters into my own hands but I did get a little help” A wave of nausea hit you when he smiled despite saying the most corrupt thing.

“How did you.. Why?!” Mito wraps his arm around your waist, pulling you in closely.

“Because you’re mine and I always protect what’s mine”

“I’m not yours anymore Mito. You can go to jail for doing this” He smiles wickedly again.

“As if the police would catch me and as long as you don’t say a word, everything will be fine. I didn’t train a snitch, did I?” His dark eyes bored into yours, making you look away from the intense gaze.

“No.. you didn’t but this isn’t right! You killed my ex and expect me to go back to you after doing that!” You tried to push him off but it was pointless, him being twice your size in every way.

“Why would I expect something that I know is going to happen? The old (Y/N) would fawn over it”

“Well I’m not the old (Y/N) anymore, I matured”

“For the worse, you lost the fun in you” He chuckled, frustrating you.

“No, I realized that being with you would cause me nothing but hell”

“But you were happier then, no?” You bit your tongue, unable to defend yourself. You were happier with him. He took care of you when he wasn’t spiraling out of control. He loved you intensely, in ways not even a normal person can mimic. He would carve his own heart out and give it to you to prove his love for you. Though it did scare you at first, not wanting Mito to harm himself to show that he loved you but as time grew, you embraced it.

“I was happier but it only for a little while”

“So you’re saying you weren’t happy with me?”

“That’s not what-”

“Look me in my eyes when you say that.” You look back at Mito, seeing an unrecognizable glint in his eyes, instantly swallowing your words.

“Just as I thought. You’re a bad liar (Y/N). You swear up and down the street that you hate my guts and wished I left you alone but you secretly love it. You love when you’re all I think about. You enjoy corrupting my mind, you’re not innocent in this.” He hisses but his expression wasn’t anger, he was amused. You were caught, you didn’t know what to say in rebuttal. No matter how many times you said no, your heart said yes. Your heart said go back into his arms and everything will be okay. You didn’t realize that you started crying until you felt Mito’s rough hands caress your cheek, wiping your tears.

“I just.. Felt lost after we split. I didn’t know what to do”

“Neither did I, which is why I kept looking for you. You complete me (Y/N) but you kept running from me”

“Because I was afraid that everything wouldn’t be the same again” He chuckled.

“Nothing in this puny little world could make me love you any less darling. You’re my angel, the piece that makes me whole” Your heart swelled at his words.

“All I ask for is you to take me back and we try again” He takes your hand and presses his lips against your knuckle, right on the small “m” scar on your right hand.

“I want to try again” You whisper, the dead butterflies coming back to life.

[chr0macide]

not my ass making a second oc for a dead fandom

Magdalena can have a boyfriend as a treat :)

Ok so I decided to name him Christopher Hawthorne, he’s employed at the police department as a detective (Bradley Beans is one of his coworkers) but he actually works for the purgers as an inside agent. When the purgers were arrested at the end of Break In 1 he was one of the people who helped them get out of jail, he released the ones who could be released and helped the rest of them break out in secret. I think Bradley would be suspicious that he might be a spy but he can’t find any dirt on him. I don’t think there would be workplace beef between them though, Bradley doesn’t seem like the type to beef with someone when he doesn’t actually know whether they’re an enemy asset or not. But anyway Christopher used to work for Larry before he was defeated in Break In 1, after that he was transferred to work directly under the Headmaster.

He really likes hunting and his house is in the same woods as the villain base. He hunts humans too sometimes, one of his jobs in the purgers’ organization is to hunt down and kill deserters and defectors. He doesn’t like nor dislike that part of his job, he feels that it is just something he has to do.

I headcanon a lot of purgers were born into the mob but Christopher was not, he didn’t go to Purge University either, but he’s the type of guy who joins whichever side he thinks is going to come out on top so he ended up here. In his opinion, the mob is so deeply rooted in the city that it would do more harm than good to try and take it down.

As for how he and Magdalena (my other oc) knew each other, she was arrested after the purge in Break In 1 and met him in the police station. She is a nonviolent offender so she was one of the people who he managed to release quickly, but she decided she liked him and kept hanging around him whenever she had the chance, which wasn’t that often because she was usually cooped up in the villain base tbh lol. So she wouldn’t leave him alone (cat distribution system real) but he didn’t realize she was into him at first, because Magdalena is so outwardly inexpressive. But he figured it out eventually

It would have thrown too much suspicion on Christopher if Magdalena kept showing up around him so he started visiting her in the villain base instead. Mary didn’t like him all up in her shit (I think she would tend not to like other people who answer to the Headmaster directly, besides the other Scaries maybe) but he has a high enough rank in the organization to show up whenever he wants anyway. At the end of Break In 2 when Magdalena fled the villain base, she went to his house. She told him the base got too dangerous after Mary’s defeat so she was just trying to get away for her own safety, but inwardly she was actually thinking about deserting. And he kinda knew she was lying, but he acted like he didn’t because he knew he might be ordered to kill her if/when it was found out that she abandoned the organization. This way he had some plausible deniability in case someone found out she was at his house and wondered why he didn’t kill her when he had that chance.

Ok I think that’s all the lore, ill put some things about his personality and other stuff

He almost never smiles. He’s not constantly blank faced the way Magdalena is, he just doesn’t smile. I’m sure he has a sense of humor of some kind but he doesn’t normally express it by laughing or anything like that

His default facial expression is annoyed/pissed

Despite his resting bitch face, he wouldn’t normally come off as an asshole when you talk to him, he would probably seem kind of aloof, but he wouldn’t be unpleasant to be around

He thought Magdalena was kinda creepy at first. When she is in love she gets a little bit weird about it, just a lil bit. One of the things she would sometimes do was stare at him vacantly for an uncomfortably long time and he didn’t get why at first, but it was because she just liked looking at him lol.

He’s ~6 ft tall maybe, built like a tank and he’s in his 30s, also he was born with poliosis that’s why he has the white forelock

He is nonconfrontational in a way. He works for the purge but he’s not a psycho (other than hunting deserters, his role in the mob is pretty nonviolent). He would try to resolve conflicts between the people around him. However, he tends to ignore it/brush it off when people try to start shit with him in particular, and he does in in a way that can make it seem like he thinks he’s above others. Plus, while he isn’t exactly a hermit, he can be picky about who he’s friends with and that also causes him to come off as a little conceited

This is not proofread we die like men (lmk if theres any spelling/grammar errors that make something completely unreadable tho lmao) here is another pic of Christopher I drew

[undeadghosty]

Will you write a Dogman Human AU fanfic? I am dying to know the lore and story.

I would love to if I had the motivation

I'm just gonna toss out the main plot points if anybody else wants to do their own spin on it. Long as hell post below because I have a lot of ideas running around in my head, so:

Greg was adopted by Knight's family (in this AU I wanna call him Lance just cuz) and they grew up together. Greg was born mute and their parents taught him ASL as a child. After highschool, they both went to the police academy of Ohkay City together. Knight focused on becoming a deputy, while Greg focused on being a regular officer. He also helped train the K-9 unit, where he gained his nickname "Dogman".

Petey was raised on the bad side of the city by his mom after his dad walked out on them, like in the original story. But instead of his tail being broken, his dad had stomped on his back and broke part of his spine, causing Petey to walk with a cane for the rest of his life. Grace passed away from a debilitating illness and Petey was tossed around to different foster homes until he turned 18. He turned to a life of crime in order to survive and became a cat burglar (duh). He was one of the most wanted criminals in the city and was on Knight and Greg's radar for their first few years in the police force.

However, everything would change after an emergency downtown. There had been a fire at a hotel and the cops were called to parole the area. Greg, being the hero he can't stop himself from being, ran in after realizing there were people trapped inside that the firefighters couldn't get to. Knight ran into the building after him and everything went wrong after that. The whole building went up in flames, they managed to get everyone out, but Knight didn't make it. He passed away on the ambulance ride to the hospital. Greg sustained multiple injuries and buried his adopted brother in the same cemetery their parents were planning to be buried, when their time would come.

Petey stayed off the radar for a year after hearing the news of Knights passing. He was just a petty thief with a mean streak, not a monster. He tried to clean up his act after he got out of jail the next time he was arrested. He even managed to get a degree in engineering while he was on the inside. However, his criminal record didn't get him anywhere. He was back to where he started, back he had just turned 18. He had nowhere to go. At least until Dogman got involved.

After grieving Knight's passing, Dogman threw himself into his police work and did his best to keep the city safe. It wasn't enough for him, not enough to ease the guilt of accidently leading his brother to his demise. He believed his feeling would never go away. Not until he found Petey, soaked to the bone and sleeping on a park bench in the rain during a nightly patrol. He managed to convince the former thief into taking a chance and letting Dogman take him home for food and warm clothes. That was the start of Petey and Greg's new life.

After several months of living together, Petey and Greg got used to living with each other. Petey still scoured the city for work, while Greg helped him clean up his image. Greg's depression faded away the longer he had Petey around, and Petey finding a new path in life. Of course, it wasn't long before the pair started growing closer. One thing led to another, and after two years of living together, the two got married.

Life was wonderful for a while; Petey had found a part time job working a robotics lab for some doctor, and Greg felt a renewed sense of pride in his police work. They made each other better and things were going great. They seemed to be getting better when Petey found out that they were about to make their family a bit bigger.

Peter Jr "Lil Petey" Knight-Duckhat was born a month after Greg and Petey's first anniversary. Greg was over the moon now that he had a son that could love and cherish as his own. But Petey didn't feel the same. He adored his new son, but something inside him felt off. That Greg was more thrilled about having a new baby in their lives, while he felt...nothing.

This turned into a domino effect that would lead to the end of their marriage. Petey became cold and distant after LP came home from the hospital. He did eventually end up accepting loving his new son, but it took a toll on the family. Greg felt Petey distancing himself and tried to focus on Lil Petey and his work to cope. Once Petey finally snapped out of it, Greg felt that it was hard to go back to the way things were. Petey sensed that an became angry, his bitter emotions from the past bubbling up back to the surface. They still loved each other, but they knew it wasn't going to work out any more.

Petey and Dogman divorced before LP turned two years old. Petey got physical custody and Greg was allowed to see his son on the weekends. Even though the two were still somewhat bitter towards each other, they managed to make it work. Lil Petey got used to his papas living apart, he still loved them both very much. But deep down he wished they could all be one big family.

Despite the friction, the three made it work for a few years. Until at least Petey left his job after having a huge fight with his boss (he refuses to ever elaborate that it was about defending Dogman). Petey had to find a new job before Lil Petey started school that fall. He happened to find a job listing as a science/engineering teacher at an elementary school in a nearby town, called Jerome Horwitz Elementary School.

Damn that almost two hours of writing but yeah, that's the whole gist. I have more planned about what happens after Petey and LP move to Piqua and Dogman goes along with them so he can be close to his family. I'm thinking about Dogman becoming a school security guard just so he can be there when all the Captain Underpants craziness starts. But I gotta go to sleep so feel free to do whatever with this information ✌️

[thesimquarter]

The Urbz in The Sims 4: Businesses and Hobbies: i totally didn't forget that the pack released oops

(final part unless i get real inspired or an ask or something)

Ok so, the pack with the Urbz Characters dropped over a month ago at this point, on March 6th. And, as I expected, the new pack had new "secrets"/gossip dialogues for the characters to build out the 'lore' of the characters a bit more (this is to-be-expected given its presence in the recent packs). and i, in my autistic, Sims handheld-obsessed ways, did immediately CTRL + F through the pack's string table to find what secrets it was holding (within the hour that my very legal source dropped the pack). I started this post, and... I didn't finish it until whatever timestamp is listed on this post.

Anyhow, the feature in this pack is called "Nordhaven Noise," where you interact with a resident of the neighborhood and learn a little about the world or the pre-mades. There's quite a bit of "noise" about the returning Urbz characters that are very... referential. So, I thought I'd point out what the references are and some of my thoughts about them.

Under the cut because long post!!

Sims 4 Text will be indented, other text will not be.

I heard Gramma Hattie went to jail once, everyone wonders what she did!

Reference to Mission 4, Goal 4, Running from The Law, where Hattie lands in jail alongside the player because of Daddy Bigbucks' new running law. I thought there was an implication that she's landed herself in jail multiple times though. I'd have to go and check.

I heard that Gramma Hattie's go-to drink at the Koffieboon was a quadruple grande decaf soy mochaccino with extra whip. She's the only one they allowed to order that thing.

Reference to Gramma Hattie's dialogue when asked about coffee shops: When I'm not thirsty I order a quadruple grande decaf soy mochachino with extra whip.

I hadn't picked up on the connection between having her comical coffee order and her marrying into a Coffee House Family, and honestly? That's a really sweet backstory for her and her late husband to have met through haha.

... Honestly, it's kinda making me want to headcanon the Urbz Coffee Barista as her daughter.

I heard Gramma Hattie helped save her home city from some oily corporate men. Shady business people better watch out around her.

Reference to Hattie's overall role in The Urbz, although the wording is weird. Corporate men? Plural? There was more than one?

Also, I don't feel like they actually acknowledged that Gramma Hattie is a career political activist. I mean, yes, she did that. But her character was established to have been doing stuff like this for decades. I'm also curious about the timeline here, because she met her husband in Nordhaven and yet...

I heard that someone once wrote a biography about Cannonball…I wonder what kind of life that man must have lived.

A reference to the following dialogue that Coleman says while talking about books: I don't want to brag, but I had a book written about me last year. It was a biography called "Cannon Fire!"

I heard Cannonball also goes by King Cool, cool.

King Cool is Cannonball Coleman's name in the French translation of The Urbz. I'm actually super glad they referenced that haha. It's one of my favorite translated names from the handheld Sims games.

Cannonball apparently used to play at a place called Club Zydeco, I wonder if that venue is still around?

Very factual. This is both prominent from Coleman's schedule (where he's usually at Club Zydeco at night) and the goal Get On The "List". The second part is probably referencing the fact that its said to be closed by the time The Sims 2 for Nintendo DS is released. The text that references this is as follows: "Cannonball" Coleman's Sax Lounge has become the spot for new music since the Zydeco Club closed in '04. Eat, drink, dance or record your own music!

Cannonball said his hat used to be his grandfather's, how sweet is that? And also, how durable must that hat be?

Reference to the dialogue that Coleman says when you tease him: That's low, man. My grandfather gave me this hat. And I think his grandmother gave it to him.

I have the same question too, random Sims 4 Sim.

I've seen Crispin hang out near that dark alley in Iverstad. I wonder what's up with that.

To my knowledge, this isn't a reference towards anything in The Urbz. It is a reference to a pack feature though. In the new pack, there's a new NPC named Trashley Reelpearson, AKA 3 raccoons in a trenchcoat. This NPC sells um... a new art collection themed around raccoons. Crispin runs an art museum, so the implication is probably that he's buying Trashley's art.

I heard that Crispin used to run an art gallery in another city…then he set his eyes on buying the Konst Modern when he moved here.

Reference to Crispin Black running the Foundry in The Urbz.

Cannonball used to be an amazing saxophone player, but he hasn't touched any since his last one broke.

This is just an In-Universe explanation for why Coleman doesn't have his saxophone anymore.

As a note, there's an object named "King Cool's Framed Sax" whose description reads:

This framed, broken sax reminds you of those failed dreams and passions that you lost, with the silver lining of adding some sultry, jazzy vibes to your decor.

Tragic, I guess.

And some other stuff I don't have the brain power to organize properly into this post:

Crispin Black has a special interaction with every single Sim. He can judge a Sim's outfit, and Sims will get an embarrassed moodlet if he dislikes it and a confident moodlet if he likes it. That's a fun detail, although I do not trust the fashion opinions of anyone who willingly goes to bed in only underwear and dress shoes (seriously, what is UP with that?).

There's also another object that mentions Gramma Hattie, that being "Gramma Hattie's Bakery," whose description reads:

Ever since Gramma Hattie appeared on the Great Nordhaven Cake Off, her bakery stall has been the talk of the town. Just don't try to ask her about her secret ingredient (it's cardamom).

No comment.

Now onto the secrets...

From other NPCs, but there's also 3 from Coleman, 3 from Crispin, and 3 from Ollie themself.

From other Nordhaven residents, you can hear:

Apparently Ollie's birth parents keep in contact with Crispin. Everyone wonders who they are.

From Cannonball Coleman, you can hear:

Yeah I met Ollie's birth parents once. They got good vibes, but those cats seriously couldn't get along. Mad that Skid Mark would have such a sharp kid.

Oh kid, you didn't know about Ollie's birth dad? It's Father Winter. I'm joking cat.

Yeah Crispin adopted Ollie many years before they moved to Nordhaven. The kid's got good vibes.

From Crispin Black, you can hear:

Jayde didn't think their fling would lead to anything, just some fun…few years later Skid shows up at my door asking if I could look after his child. Never saw myself as the fatherly type before, but that's my kid now.

… Yeah I know the birth parents. I still talk with the mother from time to time, I keep her updated on how Ollie is doing and what not.

Why of course, I found baby Ollie in a silver conch I fished up from the deep seas. It's mad what can come from the water. Take care of your oceans or they'll give you kids.

From Ollie Mark, you can hear:

It's funny. People say I look like them. I've never properly met them, but I don't really mind. Crispin is the only parent I need.

Only thing I know for sure is that they both skidded out of my life without much hesitation.

A stork brought me to Crispin on a rainbow cloud made of jellybeans. Wait you actually believed that?

I find it interesting that they went with Jayde and Skid instead of, like, Mazuiko and Skid. I could probably say more about this if provoked, but my opinion at the moment is just: meh.

I think it's funny that they canonized Skid's name into First Name: Skid, Last Name: Mark. Imagine being born, your parents looking at you, and deciding you shall forever be known as: Shit Stain. (I know Skid Mark also refers to the mark that wheels leave behind in some instances. Because skateboarder. But it's pretty clear to me that both meanings of the phrase were probably intended.)

The Loden family (which contains Gramma Hattie) also has their own unique secret-thing. A notable part of their household is that they all share one thing in common: they hate two Sims, Felix and Bruno Hoffman. Obviously, there’s a family feud. However, it’s kind of a boring one?

The incident is supposed to be a stolen recipe for Jellybean Cookies. Boring but ok. Both the person who supposedly stole the recipe and the person who accused them of stealing the recipe are both dead and don't even have graves... :/

As a side note, I was disappointed to discover that, despite implementing a new 'Family Recipe' feature, they didn't give the Lodens a family recipe! [Pointing] Missed potential! [Pointing] Missed Potential!

Anyways, for brevity’s sake, here’s all the dialogue referring to the feud. I don’t know who says what, and I don't care to know either.

I tried talking to Bruno after his wife died, but he just ignored me! I don't know why it all spiraled so badly between the Hoffmans and my late husband. Was it truly over who came up with the Jellybean Cookie?! How juvenile.

They upset Gramma and Nora. I couldn't forgive them for that…and selling our family recipe! Truly no respect.…

I trusted them once, then I learned my lesson. Never trust a cookie swindler.

I've never gotten the full story from Gramma Hattie. Maybe if she swallowed her pride and talked to Bruno they could be friends again.

They were quite rude. I tried to be nice, but it was just pointless! I even heard they used to call us the Great Cookie Fraudsters.

My dad once gave my son Erik a secret recipe for the Jellybean Cookie. Then I saw the same cookie sold by the Hoffmans. I wonder if it's got something to do with how the feud started?

I'm not sure how it all started, but they upset my dad and then had the gall to not show up to his funeral!

My mom said they used to be tight, like family. Then one day they were like sworn enemies. I was very young at the time, I only vaguely remember some shouting about a cookie.

We used to be good friends, we even looked after Nora when she was young. Then Hattie's late husband called my wife a thief and cut all ties. I still can't believe he'd do that.

I miss them a lot. But Hattie's late husband called my wife a liar. I felt bad not going to the funeral but…I was pretty sure they hated me anyway, and all over that stupid cookie.

Calling us thieves, they're the real thieves. I can't believe the gall of them! We came up with the Jellybean Cookie, not them. It's OUR cookie.

It was difficult to trust them. They were nothing but catty with us after our families stopped hanging out. Why should we have been nice to them?

I used to play at theirs all the time. I don't know how they started arguing, I just remember one day I was minding my business, eating my cookie, and they looked at me in absolute disgust.

We were good friends once. I don't know how it spiralled so badly…but they were so spiteful to steal our recipe!

I don't know the whole story, but they hurt my grandparents. They called my grandma a thief. I don't know if my grandpa Bruno has it in him to reconcile with them.

[applegameisprollytaken]

Ok so I recently found out about nightfall, the dead by daylight swap au... And I have some ideas for some of my fave characters

(I would do my survivor main Quentin but @aviatorhead already did it better. )

Tarhos Khovacks

Most of his lore is the same until just around the being taken to be a slave part. The people who captured him are attacked by a different kingdom, ruled by an unstable but kind king. He gets put to work helping the guards and all that, and eventually, he is the personal guard of the king, along with three of his friends. One day, a fog seeps out from the kings study, and Tarhos wakes up at a campfire in a strange place.

The king

Basically Vittorio toscano but he realizes what he was searching for actually IS and breaks down, killing the two guards who were with him in a fit or rage (the swap versions of the jailer and the carnifex). Past that is just the entity whispering in his ear

Frank, Joey, Susie, and Julie

Same as canon, but their life is better, and they DONT kill that one guy at the store. They go to jail, but as the cops drive to the precinct, they have to swerve out of the way of... Something (swap jeff). The four's bodies were never found.

(I refuse to do Jeff I don't know anything about him)

Jed Olsen

Investigative journalist who gets too close to catching a killer, who seems to leave arcane symbols on her victims bodies. After she frames him, he has to change his name and leave the country. As he investigates a string of disappearances, he stumbles across a strange cult in a ritual, a fog envelopes him, and he wakes up at a campfire.

(yes it's swap Mikaela in case you were wondering (idk how to spell her name))

(bonus one because it felt incomplete. I hate the clown with a passion but I thought of a good way to swap him)

(remember to put the clowns actual name here)

As a young boy, he loved to look at animals, and he thought clowns were funny, always wanting to go to the circus when it came to town. As he grew up, that never changed. But when the traveling circus said they needed someone to tend to the animals, he jumped at the opportunity. He was so good with the animals that he actually was sent to preform, doing tricks with the animals. Until one day, he came in, and saw a bloodbath. Half the people in the circus had clawed their ears off, and the other half were ripped apart. So he took his favorite animal, the horse Maurice and ran, and kept running until he found himself at a campfire.

(yes Kate is a siren. I thought it fit)

[i-am-xp-64]

Hey!

Have you ever wondered who was that "step mother" that I tolded in lim's lore that caused everyone on the family to abuse and torture lim at the age of 9 after his first step dad died?

Well behold, because here she is👇

That BITCH is the step mom that caused the torture and abuse to lim when he were 9

Name: Samantha-kuyi

Age: should be in prison for child abuse and other shits-

Gender: total bictch- (female)

Story:

A gaslighter, a narcissist, this mf is been known as a child slaver for her own entertainment, she never got reported before because no one wanted her as an enemy after, her lastest victim were lim when he were 9, but GLADLY after being caught letting a 18 year old boy violent lim she got sent to the jail for 4 years, it was actually 40 but she use her last money from her ex husband to get out of the jail fast, after that her life fall apart (as it should) her relatives disowned her after they find out what she been doing to innocent kids for her entertainment, her family members got ashamed for the lies she tolded and left her, she actually felt guilty but has nothing to do with it, until one day after moving to a new neighborhood she saw her ex step son lim with a guy looking like her ex husband (Albert lol) she were in shock and thought it was her husband and run to him, she tried to hold lim but Albert pushed her away because he thought it was either a stupid kidnapper or a high lady, Samantha has nothing to say just in tears but still an evil bitch, she followed them when Albert were dropped lim to home, she saw Thomas and how lim called him dad, she knew she wanted that "brat" back for money so think of a plan, if that guy didn't gave him back to her when she requires, she will sue him, which is stupid to do because that will expose her crimes of child abuse and a bunch of other shit, so yeah she's stupid for doing that and then she end up in prison for life fuck sake

@weirdsillycreature @honeybuzzdraws Y'ALL! Y'ALL!! WE HAVE A BITCH ALERT AND A LORE IDEA! I have a funny audio on my tiktok sounds to use how Thomas will react to that bitch asking him to give lim back to her lmao✨

We about to kill someone~

Well not kill actually, because she'll be in prison-

Hmmm..

SHE GONNA SUFFER TILL DEATH~✨

[randomnameless]

So because of Leopold's support and the shadow assassinations by the Agarthans and Humbert , it would be irrealistic to have a civil war happen early on (as in it start during the first year of the war) despite how Edelgard's extended lmanifesto (not just the church part) screw over the nobility while at the same time screwing the church that, unlike the nobles, the civilians of Adrestia seem to somewhat give a shit about?

At least if the intent when writing a fanfic is to respect the lore/world building of Canon?

We don't see enough Adrestian civilians to even know what they think about, we heard about "missing" church people in Adrestia, but nothing about the commoners - we only hear in passing iirc Ashe talking about starvation because of the war, but idk if he's talking in general or about Adrestia.

Ferdie'n'Lysithea's paralogue tells us the randoms in Hrym and being bled dry under Ludwig's name (when he's actually framed by Thales!), and even if the game tries to avoid this topic like the plague, I still wonder where all those "war assets" are coming from, especially since the "people working" on those projects didn't hesitate a second to use Adrestians as guinea pigs (iirc Remire is in Adrestia!).

So Hubert's secret police + starvation + whatever is happening thanks to Agarthans riling people up like what happens in Hrym + Leopold being in charge of the army (that is made up of people from other places than just, Bergliez) + Hubert being Hubert, aka willingly take people hostage or threaten them to make their families comply + Supreme Leader (I mean Hubert) jailing/rekting "corrupt" nobles in the first days of her ascension to the throne...

Nopes apparently says Enbarr's people are pretty happy about the war, because they're revanchists and are hell removed from the frontlines - but what about the rest of Adrestia?

I once compared the coronation scene in CF to a coup (because Billy and Supreme Leader are accompanied by soldiers) but it would sort of match, Supreme Leader gets total control of the army through Bergliez's lust of power/conquest, control over the finances because Linhardt's dad is just like that I guess, Hubert oversees everything and, at least in FE16, Arundel still sides with her.

Aegir was neutralised, Vestra Sr was put in a trashcan, and Varley is either reduced to a puppet or to House arrest.

There are no powers left to oppose her in Adrestia, and if commoners somehow managed to rebel, they would have to deal with their very own national army, secret police and random Agarthans... on top of finding enough food to eat to survive while the ressources are given to the frontlines.

But in a way, everything I'm just saying bar the canon facts of :

having Leopold and the Army + Waldemar and the money

Hubert doing Hubert things

opposing big name nobles being swiftly deposed/neutralised just after her coronation (or before in Nopes!)

food shortages

FE16 wise : Agarthans taxing randoms to death/ Nopes : Agarthans killing people randomly

FWIW, AG where we learn a bit more about Adrestia, and how, apparently, Agarthans and bandits (?) are slaughtering randoms there, but the nobles are too concerned by the Kingdom's assault to protect their people, and would rather see them die than divert troops to, just, have the bandits/agarthans stop creating rivers of blood with the bloods of the people they're supposed to protect.

Everything else is headcanon/AUs/fanfic/however you want to call it.

So bar those points... Adrestia just exists and it's a damn shame, because even Begion managed to get its pseudo civil war between Sanaki and the Senate where commoners/people supported one over the other, but in Adrestia? Bar the BE peeps and a few dads, you have the feeling no one else exists.

FWIW, in the non CF routes, the opera company joins Billy's army iirc, so maybe they're not loyalists? And represent some people who aren't that gung-ho about the war?

i have that random headcanon that in Nopes, Manu and Mittelfrank are used for spying stuff, and actually, through Yuri and Manu herself, give intel about what happens in Enbarr to the CoS while the opera workers try to sabotage as much as they can some stuff in the Imperial Army... but that's just an AU lol