#i'm just getting by atm so it's really difficult to balance everything

[gotchibam]

How many spoons do you have?

-Spoon Lord

Oh! Well..... tbh not much ;_; I've actually been meaning to do some stuff like setting up my inprnt & posting more on twt but I've been putting it off since I only have enough spoons for working on the doodles atm 😔

Thank you sm for checking tho!! I really appreciate that honestly ;w;

[professor-walten]

just a seventeen year old forced to save the world, again, you know how it is.

he/him only, don't let the tits fool you ✨

Lee's my real dad lol. If I ever say "dad" I mean Lee.

Owner of Motostoke's one and only Hop Walten Labs. Ireland's Pokémon researcher, rescuer, rehabilitator, and releaser. Giving every Pokémon a chance is my job and passion. I am a Pokémon rights activist and I believe in league abolition. You would know if you read my book. Nobody in Galar really has. Legally classified as a "shiny hunter," but it's just conservation efforts

Callaghan Psychics know all of the known universe. Not other universes, I guess. That's kind of why I'm here? The multiverse kinda needs us atm

DID system. There are ten of us here if that matters to you. If you want to ask questions about it take this guide. Not being specific on ages because like none of us are normal humans lol

🌨️ - Tori, she/her, adult | 🌌 - Janus, thon/thonself (they/them if that's difficult), adult | 🐐 - Tobey, he/they, teen | ⚾ - Marcello, he/him, teen(adult) | 🪙 - Auryn, he/him, adult | 🍀 - Ryan, he/him, adult | 🔥 - Rin, he/she/they, adult | 🐉 - Zabi(maru), she/he, teen(adult) | 👻 - Aoife, she/her, child

And me of course -(🐏)

The fate rests in the balance of a bunch of mentally unstable children. It always has, huh? My work is important to me, and so is understanding the multiverse, so you can always give asks about either. Cool 👍

[ooc under the cut :3]

pfp is a gift from bunnyhasaknife on instagram

disclaimer banner art is commissioned from littlebumblebe9

account banner is just dubwool from the anime

EDIT FOR CLARITY: The start of PULT takes place 3 and 1/2 years after the events of Pokémon Sword and Shield. Everything about the games is history. Leon isn't the champion, Hop is a professor, etc etc. Keep it in mind

EDIT 2: this will generally be lighthearted but the lore for hop in PULT is quite serious to certain topics like drugs miiiight end up being brought up. I'll tag each post with (tw __" so you can block it if you need to

HI, I'M HOP! Yes, my actual name is Hop too. He/him for admin as well. I've been wanting to make one of these for ages but only just now got the balls lolz. A little rotomblr/rotumblr based on my characterization of Hop for my Pokémon AU I've been working really hard to write, Pokémon Unown Legends Tale!! Read about it on my main @irlkisukeurahara I have a tag for it. I don't want to post it officially until the Unova book is done so I can provide weekly updates, so for now I wanted to make a little RP thing for it to kinda get people interested I guess

This blog 100% will spoil some aspects of it but I mean whaddya gonna do. I won't spoil major plot beats.

This is mostly just shitposting and talking about my character lore because I'm really attached to it. Having roleplays with stakes is fine but for the most part this is just silly behavior

Since the multiverse is canon in PULT I love the idea of other Hops/professor Hops/literally anyone interacting here and whatnot!! Who gives a shit about doubles I'm here to be silly

No explicit NSFW, sexual or self sexualizing jokes r fine but propositions or shit like that are obviously not

Hop has a bunch of ships in this universe (polyamory not a gay harem anime) - two OCs + two canons + one of his alters. Feel free to ask about em lol

The ships: Bede, Arven, Miles, Nico, Marcello

Feel free to ask DID questions here in or out of character, I just make Hop like this because I have DID too lol

I might say "fag" once or twice but otherwise no slurs plzplzplz but swearing is obviously fine because I will do it A LOTTT

If this gets any traction I'll make Leon and Arven accounts too

Pokémon teams: (some characters share Pokémon)

✨ = shiny

Hop

Doesn't have a full team because he isn't a trainer but his 3 main Pokémon are

Dubwool ♂️, elderly Pokémon he got from Leon as a birthday gift at 3, can use Electro Ball like a god

Azumarill ♀️, a chipper girl who saved his life

[✨] Saakash/Spoons (Alakazam) ♂️, reincarnated dead 7 year old boy with a major attitude problem, Hop's half brother (yeah.)

Tori

[✨] Kurama (Alolan Ninetales) ♂️

[✨] Toshiro (Glaceon) ♀️

[✨] Ryu (Kommo-o) ♂️

[✨] Ravenmore (Umbreon) ♀️

[✨] Saakash (Spoons) ♂️

[✨] Yukina (Froslass) ♀️

Janus

Cruinne (Cosmalenia) [Fakemon] ♀️

Supernova (Metagross) ♂️

[✨] Saakash (Alakazam) ♂️

[✨] Ravenmore (Umbreon) ♀️

[✨] Cosmo (Espeon) ♀️

Rukia (Clefable) ♀️

Marcello

Bucky (Crobat) ♂️

Doomshell (Cloyster) ♂️

Thunderstrike (Electrode) ♂️

Furyblade (Scizor) ♂️

Kickzilla (Hitmonlee) ♂️

Velvet Vogue (Lopunny) ♂️

Auryn

[✨] Goldbricker (Steelix) ♂️

Crypto (Gholdengo)

Ponzi (Corviknight) ♂️

[nickname incoming] (Alolan Raticate) ♂️

[nickname incoming] (Scrafty) ♂️

[nickname incoming] (Honchcrow) ♂️

Ryan

[✨] Kagome (Clefable) ♀️

Hawkeye (Decidueye) ♂️

Luffy (Infernape) ♂️

Aizen (Malamar) ♂️

[nickname incoming] (Weavile) ♂️

[���] Kisuke (Mimikyu) ♂️

Rin

Sesshomaru (Houndoom) ♂️

[✨] Shippo (Ninetales) ♂️

Hashira (Blaziken) ♂️

[✨] Val (Delphox) ♀️

[half shiny] Usagi (Cinderace) ♀️

Helios (Volcarona) ♂️

Zabimaru

Hihiou (Vaporeon) ♀️

Nozarashi (Haxorus) ♀️

[✨] Hiei (Hydriegon) ♂️

Kommo-o ♂️

Harley (Garchomp) ♀️

[✨]Shenron (Dragonite) ♂️

Aoife

[✨] Kisuke (Mimikyu) ♂️

[✨] Seanchaí (Spiritomb) ♂️

Fomorian (Golurk)

Shadow (Hisuian Typhlosion) ♂️

Morrigan (Gengar) ♀️

Caelum (Cursola) ♀️

[dmcoffee]

Journal is packed away but I need brain clarity.

I think I am sitting pretty between panic and disassociation, so here's me whinging about the chaos to get it of my brain because I cannot find my journal atm.

So! RV's got hiccups. Some of this I expected. My range of solutions and subsequent picking of more mechanically minded individuals brains has netted me bumpkis atm. (Pretty sure there's an electrical issue. Alternator is my guess.) My tools are limited. My funds are limited at this precise moment. (And I have to make sure I'm careful about keeping gas money available so I can work.)

And I haven't been able to really get in there and so any work sealing up holes, because current elevation and lack of a ladder prevents me from monkeying all over it. Still missing two massive windows, rendering it unsafe to use for sleeping atm. And I cannot move it to work on it. I did run some primer on the inside and treated some of the wood pieces (I think I can get by on 1-2 small spackle cans here, the damage there is minor.)

Packing is slow and overwhelming. I think its emotional, but I'll bear it in mind next time I have to go see the doctor. Considering how much my other siblings are getting fascinating diagnosis's recently, there's a chance I too may be not as balanced as I could be with medication or some other accommodation.

Right now however, it's like pulling teeth. And I'm physically exhausted. Pretty sure I've managed to remember all the meals I need to eat. Have more going now because I felt hungry, so I'm trusting that. Also good way to get rid of perishables.

Technically I should be out tomorrow. IDK how the hell that's gonna look. There is still so. much. stuff. And only the van to put what I'm keeping into it.

This place needs to be cleaned too. I'm not sure I can let myself be petty enough to leave it as this guy's problem, even if he is a shit landlord.

I also think I might be getting sick. I'm hoping that this fatigue and that feeling in the back of my throat are all just from stress and allergies. I can't afford to get sick. (I'm an American, duh.)

The really crappy part is I might have to ask to stay at someone's for a while. With my cat...

I do not want to do that. Logically I know that even with it being a temporary thing, it's a big ask. And my friends have said that's a better alternative to me sleeping out of my car...I just feel incredibly frustrated and ashamed to have to reach out.

I've reviewed everything I know about what's happened, and aside from some minor tweaks, I don't think I could've avoided this outcome though...

The mental health had to be addressed. The meds were from my doctor. The side effects weren't caused by anything I did. And I physically could not keep up. My job hunt was long and difficult. I interviewed for the same position at the same store 3 times! And they're still "hiring.". (How???? The place was always packed with eager applicants too.) I wasn't being picky, I just picked whatever I could do that would cover my rent. Not enough.

I had 6 months put back for emergencies like this. It wasn't enough.

I partially paid the landlord and kept him in the loop. (Something he didn't do for me, I might add.)

And then when I looked into what to do once he gave me my two weeks, I lucked into the RV deal. Because rent's too high or with unknown roommates. (Bonus points for them being college guys. I'm don't want to room with guys I don't know. Did ask 1 person I knew, but we couldn't make that happen.)

All in all? It all makes sense. It all sucks. And at most I could've...applied more than just 10 apps per day? That's it, I think...

Yet I still feel guilty, like I didn't do enough, because that's how I was taught you're supposed to think of people. If you can't see them burning themselves out first, then they clearly aren't trying, and are probably just mooches and manipulators. (Ironically, I can't hold this opinion of others, but I sure as hell apply it to myself.)

Even though a few steps here and there might've forestalled worse consequences. (I guess I could've asked for help to pay rent until I found a job, but...I hate that. Intensely.)

So I'm starting to fizzle a bit and I'm going to have to ask, and I hate that. So I'm mad with my situation. Frustrated that I'm not an island and the cool self-sufficient adult I've heard about in grown-ups myths. Mostly I just feel like a very sad houseplant. IDK....

[lunammoon]

Sorry this is late but this is for the fanfiction DVD commentary ask XD

Sorry, it took me a few hours to answer.

So, this is the first time that Marion and also the reader, see what happens when the Doctor dies outside of when he is Suppose Too. Marion feels sick, and time loops back around to the point where she can do something different to keep the Doctor alive.

So, Marion tries to ignore herself feeling sick. The whole reason she was out of the house and in that forest clearing in the first place was that she hadn't felt well and wanted to go to the CVS (it's not important but the specific store she was going to was a CVS) to get some medication. And little anxiety when there's a giant bone scorpion is nothing to call home about. And if you're like me, and sometimes get random headaches, brushing off a little bit of nausea isn't uncommon. So then when the symptoms start getting worst, Marion does her best to ignore them and keep on moving because well, people could die, now is NOT the time to call attention to the fact that she feels sick. Her plan was probably to keep on trucking until she couldn't, and that's when she blacked out and stumbled forward.

So the very next paragraph was rather jarring for her, as suddenly when her vision came back, the nausea was gone. If you've ever stood up from your desk too fast after not eating enough, and everything went black for a moment, imagine if when you're vision cleared again, you were somewhere else and your hunger-induced nausea was gone. That's more or less what happened.

Another thing that hasn't had a chance to make it super clear but I still have heavily implied is the fact that when the Doctor is in severe danger, Marion's blood flow slows down, and then if he dies, her heart fully stops.

The "symptoms" she experiences A sense of dread, vertigo, dizziness, arm pain, pressure on chest, loss of balance, and finally blacking out are how heart attack symptoms often present themselves in afab people.

I think if Marion told the Doctor the truth, she might start to distinguish the danger that existed in the actual show from the 5% of danger that wasn't there in the show and killed the Doctor by saying "You'll give me a heart attack Doc!"

I suppose that if we were doing that thing Life is Strange kind of thing where when you go back in time, you leave stuff the people you left behind (for the record, I'm not doing that. When time rewinds for Marion, it's like the whole universe was rewound like a VHS for a few minutes. That's why the Doctor feels time distort even if he's not sure why) everyone else would observe that the Doctor died and at the exact same moment, his friend had a heart attack and also died.

There are some ideas that I had, that translate fine into an audio or visual medium, but are very difficult to convey through textual means. But basically, the bold and/or underlined text is meant to represent nearly inaudible whispers. It takes a little bit to read much in the same way that soft whispers take a bit to decipher. If it's not clear what they're saying it's:

"the door won't open. he was too fast. the Doctor, he died. try again Marion".

Or in other words, the door out of the boiler area was locked when it wasn't supposed to be, but the Doctor had neither a sonic, nor Marion to break the door down. Lazarus was also faster than he was supposed to be. The Doctor died, and Marion was given a chance to try again.

Another example of me trying to translate something that really only works in audio or video into text is in "A Lesson In Physics"

This comes a lot closer to creating the effect I was going for than "as Marion fell, time seemed to slow down".

As for who or what is doing the whispering, every time they've been bold/underlined it's been the same person and every time the words are just bold, it's been the same person. I'll be honest, they don't really have proper names atm. The closest they have is the fact that the one who speaks in Bold calls the one who speaks in Bold Underline "Dear". In my notes, I've been calling the one who speaks in bold "Blue". "Dear" is arguably the one that's leading the way, but neither Dear or Blue could accurately be called "in charge".

They're partially inspired by the blue and green text from the end poem. Marion can't DIRECTLY hear them, but she can feel them subliminally. That's why she ran to help the Doctor instead of going with Martha's family again.

Also from chapter 7, you can see that "Dear" and "Blue" are what Marion has been referring to as "the Bitch Force". But unlike what Marion has assumed, they aren't dragging her around the way they are to be dicks.

[spectrumscribe]

I'm sorry but I am just DYING for your in-depth thoughts on the season finale

THIS IS LATE BECAUSE IRL STUFF GOT IN THE WAY, I’M HERE NOW THO.

first off and this is a must-comment thing for me, but i can count on one hand the number of finales that can measure up to rise’s. and most of those finales i speak of are series finales, not season finales. this is the First Season, and rottmnt didn’t just end strong, they ended spectacularly.  the dialogue, progression, and versus-versus match ups were all perfectly on point. the scene settings and fight coordination were Stunning, absolutely the best animation i’ve seen all of 2019. the color palette, soundtrack, and pov angles were fantastical as well. it was forty minutes of my life that i didn’t stop smiling even once.

moving on.

how the show’s team decided to end the first season is unusual. most times, younger audience geared shows will play it safe and resolve the Big Battle of the season, leaving the smaller plot threads on cliffhangers. (or at least wait until the second season, or longer.) rottmnt has made a daring move wherein they’ve left the true final boss undefeated while still engaged in combat against them. and it works, it doesn’t feel rushed or unfinished, it feels like we’ve reached the end of a novel and now we’re waiting for the next installment. the narrative has been building up to draxum succeeding in gaining the dark armor from the very start, as well as hinting at things not quite going according to plan for him, so it’s believable and natural to have the plotline come to a head when it did. the balance between satisfying your audience but leaving them hungry for more is a difficult one to strike, and the rise team has done so masterfully.

shifting topics again, but the major theme of being yourself was handled so well in this, and it doesn’t just apply to the boys. they’re very much their father’s sons. splinter and the brothers have both been grappling with their personal identities, both prior and during show canon. the boys, because they’re young and only just beginning to figure out who they are, and splinter because he walked away from his familial inheritance for a good length of his life.

the initial approach they collectively take is to shed their personal identities and conform to traditional clan ways. this fails, obviously. it’s only when they be themselves that they succeed.

i was overjoyed with splinter wearing the clothes of the person he chose to be, and the boys unabashedly showing off the wild streak of their personalities, being the people they choose to be. beyond the cliche of “always be yourself” at work here, these choices are them cementing who they are. they’re not just The Last Hamatos, they’re not just Lab Creations, they’re not just the expectations others have placed on them, They Are Themselves and they won’t pretend to be anything less than that anymore.

and that’s a season long character arc wrapped up, baby!! i’m proud of all of them for it. also that they’ve become an even tighter knit family than before, now that there’s an understanding of not trying to change something that’s already perfect. (it’s them, they’re perfect.)

theories for season 2:

- how the story plot will progress is something i’m actually enjoying having no predictions for! letting it come as it will makes me excited for what’s next, keeps me on the edge of my seat! cannot wait for the resolution to the cliffhanger, given there’s atm no obvious solution to the literal apocalypse happening.

- with so much character development for the boys + splinter, i can’t help but hope april and mayhem are given the same treatment in the next season! april has had a little bit- some semi-unresolved lessons on being herself around people she views as “normal” and letting go of her social anxiety. (hmmm, i’m seeing a pattern between the characters, aren’t you?) but beyond that, she’s been a relatively static character this season, albeit an extremely enjoyable one. same for mayhem. now that we know where they came from- spooky rockface gods in the hidden city? whoaaaa- let’s hope we get backstory for agent 64/mayhem alongside the april development.

- draxum redemption??? maybe??? his crusade against humans has a sympathetic origin. (cool motive, still genocide!) this one is a bit of an indulgent desire on my part. i just really, really want redeemed!draxum fumbling through how to be ““““nice”””” and integrate into the lives of the rise fam. (awkward estranged ex attempting to rejoin the family he chased away... getting to know his sons... using grey morals for noble purpose? any takers??)

- that’s everything lol. now i just wanna say i want more of the supporting characters cast, ((INCLUDING INTRO OF ONE CASEY JONES, PAGING CASEY JONES WHERE ARE YOU)), and lots and lots of worldbuilding for the hidden city.

[ksjknj]

hi babe! long time no talk. i hope you've been well with all the craziness that is the world at the moment. i'm sorry i went awol for a while. but school was killing me, and i just wasn't feeling myself for a while. catch me up on everything that's been happening on your end. i've missed chatting with you, so hopefully i can start doing that again. - kim line anon

heyyy!!! it really has been a while - how have you been? the world is more than a little crazy atm, i think we’re all just coping through endless 2020 memes (i swear i wanna cry at how accurate they are while simultaneously choking from laughing so hard)

i totally get you ,, i think it’s been a difficult past few months for most of us, esp trying to juggle school n stress n worries while also self-isolating n just figuring out this new everyday we were suddenly thrown into .... do you currently have a break from school? i sure hope you’re able to chill for a bit and relax from all the school related stress you had to deal with

i’ve been relatively okay, it’s definitely been a very weird year from feb on, sorta surreal even?? i think i’ve adjusted to this new reality to a certain degree but it still feels so incredibly abstract and absurd lmao idk am i the only one who feels like that? either way, weird shit aside, this semester at uni was a struggle bc i tried to balance school work, my mental health, exercising enough, coping with not seeing my friends, and just trying to figure out a new daily routine .. now that it’s over it doesn’t feel all that difficult but i was struggling a lot just a few months back.........

anyhow, how have you been? if you’re currently on break - what are you up to? do you have any tv shows/film recommendations? i hope you’re healthy and doing well and that we get to talk soon!!!

[gayforcarstairsgirls]

I will bestie thank you 🥺🫶🫶

I'm applying to study English lit, my top unis that I wanna go to are probably Oxford and Durham! I have a few choices for my other three that I'll apply to as well, but I'm really hoping to get into one of those two cause apparently I have to make everything more difficult for myself by choosing the hardest ones 😂

I'm not really sure yet tbh, I've studied Macbeth last year and Othello this year, and since half of my English lit course atm is about tragedy I feel like I might start with Hamlet 👀👀 after that I'm thinking Romeo and Juliet, and then maybe one of the comedies?? Idk I just feel like a good knowledge of Shakespeare is just an absolute necessity in applying to English lit at uni, so imma just go where the vibes take me over summer 😌 (very much gonna have to balance my classic literature and Shakespeare plays with my new adult fey books 😂)

Yay I'm glad you're good! I'm sorry you're tired bestie but glad you're oki and hope you'll sleep well tonight 💞💞💞

Thank you bestie I agree 😌

Hi beloved bestie buttercup bro!!

I just wanted to drop by and see how you're doing, and also let you know that even tho I have almost finished my research project now (🎉🎉🎉), I'm still not gonna be that active on Tumblr for the next few weeks cause I have coursework and uni applications to prepare for now because apparently god hates me 🫠

So yeah I just wanted to let you know that's why I haven't been/won't be that active on Tumblr! But only temporary of course once I am on summer holiday it's gonna be wild (we're gonna ignore the fact that I'll still have school stuff to do and also now will have to read some recreational Shakespeare?? Like not for a specific purpose I just have to read some?? 😂)

So tldr: how are you today bestie 💕💕

Also I will ofc be on for sobh, because I basically structure my life around it at this point 😌

Hi my crunchy darling!!

Remember to take care of yourself pls😤🫶

Also do u know what uni are u applying for??👀

Which Shakespeare books??👀👀 yes i am very curious as u can see

I’m good darling!! Just a bit tired 😴 thank u 🥹💞💞

Well Sobh is life so as u should bestie😌😌

[icharchivist]

Honestly at this point I'm wondering how likely it will be to pry Kanda from Allen's side? When Tiedoll offered to make Kanda a general in order to investigate the Order's corruption. Kanda accepted and you think that was his out to leave. But as soon as Allen tries to ditch them Kanda's immediate response is to grab and follow. Post flashback arc, I'm wondering if Kanda will be even more likely to throw away the chance to be General if he deems Allen and Johnny need him more. -

2 Basically we might get Kanda leaving w/Tiefoll to go back undercover and liberate Lenalee and Marie from detainment. Leaving Allen and Johnny alone on their journey (until Lavi joins). Or we'll get Kanda rejecting his promotion and joining the official fugitive squad alongside Allen and Johnny. Leaving Tiedoll making a official report but secretly reporting what he learned to Allen's allies (which kicks off Lenalee being the main pov of a investigation arc). I'm personally more down for the-

3 the latter outcome. 1) Lenalee would get to shine in a arc concerning the corruption of her world while she tries to help Allen from afar. 2) Lets be real. Between Allen being a disaster and Johnny being a normal non combatant human in a world of monsters. Does anyone think those 2 will last long w/o Kanda? They were only together for a day and Kanda already had to save Johnny from being killed by the 14th and is now playing therapist for Allen. You think Lavi could do that? No (sorry Lavi).

Honestly i don’t think Kanda will let go of Allen anytime soon, not now. 

Kanda is still interested into diving into the Order’s corruption plot, though, which is why I expect that once a few things are.... settle, Kanda may be the link to the Lenalee’s centric arc about the Order’s corruption (i’m convinced it will be Lenalee’s. but also the fact she’s Kanda’s childhood friend and is around Marie, another of Kanda’s childhood friend, gives a lot of reasons for Kanda to get himself involved, and be our narrative tiein in between the current storyline and this future one, just like Cross leading Allen to the Mansion Bookman is at is a tiein to Lavi’s incoming arc.)

But  not know. Kanda made a promise. Kanda owes Allen this much. I mean... Kanda is interested in the Order’s corruption because it would give him answer about what his life had been all about (it’s not for nothing he looked like a child again when confronting the innocence after meeting Apo - a child in his lab clothes. Confronting his past again.), but the whole reason he didn’t die with Alma was that he had an unfinished business with Allen, that he felt guilty for triggering Nea’s awakening, and that he owed this much to Allen after all he did for him and Alma.

So Allen is Kanda’s priorities. He didn’t come back to the Order to find answers, he came back for Allen. Even if finding answers is something that interests him now.

I feel like Kanda can also try to play both sides, after all we know the generals have a far more leaway than anyone else, they’re less tracked down than your usual exorcist. tbh I think it might even be a reason for Tiedoll’s offer (since everything about this offer was done too to protect Kanda - just like Tiedoll always did). Hell the fact Tiedoll had been involved to give Allen an escape, I’m pretty certain Tiedoll was on Kanda’s side, not the Order. Else they would have waited for Krory and Chaoji to show up with the Finders. But they didn’t.

Kanda is too important for Allen’s mental stability at this point, and Johnny cannot handle everything on his own. He will stick with Allen as much as possible and i personally don’t think he would leave unless he considers Nea is under control - which isn’t likely to happen anytime soon and that I’d personally could see it happen only after the Bookman arc. 

The only other reason for Kanda to leave is really if Lenalee and Marie’s situation get worse, but i doubt it. Again I just think it would be a narrative tie in to have Kanda at least from affar giving some sort of support to Lenalee to kickstart her story.

But I genuinely think this arc won’t start until at least when we get very involved in the Bookman’s arc and as of now, Kanda’s focus is 100% on Allen.

Besides,if Kanda has questions about Apocryphos linked to how he wants ot tackle the Corruption of the Order arc, the Bookman may have answers that would lead Kanda to at least a few conclusions he could forward to Lenalee - might give Kanda an opportunity to get out of the plot for more organic reasons just at least to raise stakes by having Allen without Kanda as an anchor in a difficult time (after all if Allen opens a door for Kanda what could have been “a few days, please don’t fuck yourself up in my absence” can be a narrative framing to open Lenalee’s storyline and Allen’s stakes while keeping Kanda as a link to the two stories). 

As far as Kanda being General is concerned, I’ve.. talked about it somewhere on my blog (i talk so much i don’t know how to find most of those anymore orz), but Tiedoll offering Kanda a new crossroads, a path, is exactly what happened to Cross and Allen. Both Masters who had set their pupils on their original path, coming back in their pupils’s lives when they strayed from it, and giving them first one path they can decide to pick- the easy path (giving up to Nea/becoming a General and come back, protected, to the Order) (funnily enough, it would mean Allen would have had to give up to his suffering while Kanda opens more a “making sense of this suffering and changing it). We’ve seen that Allen rejected this path, so Cross gave him an alternative, and Allen is now making his own. Kanda had officially accepted Tiedoll’s path, which could be the “parallel with Allen that stops at how they make their decision” or it could mean Kanda could, like Allen, make his own path outside of what Tiedoll proposed to him.

The problem is that both path works very well on a thematic level - it’s like what we mentioned the other day with Lenalee and Kanda’s arc paralleling each other, to the point of now having a person sacrificing their freedom for their wellbeing, except that it pushed Lenalee to chain herself to the Order because of how her brother got chained into it, and Kanda to become a fugitive to protect Allen from the Order. Both had similar arc but a drastic different path separating them.

And it’s the problem thematically speaking is that any of Kanda’s choices would work on a thematic standpoint - by accepting Tiedoll’s offer, he choses a drastically different approach than Allen. By refusing it, he continues to parallel Allen. 

I think it’s too good of an opportunity to not let Kanda sieze it, but i do think it’s just not the timing for that. That Kanda will prioritize Allen before indulging more in the thoughts of being a General, and that he might be able to sieze that opportunity again later. For now, his focus is on Allen though. But the parallelisms with Allen down to him making his new path all along works too. Hell perhaps even just doing a detour to stay loyal to Allen before eventually accepting the General offer works as well for a “drastically different” approach than Allen without specifically betraying either sides. If that makes sense.

So yeah no, as much as the General thing is still up in the air, and that yeah the Corruption arc should be Lenalee’s, Kanda is too much of a good narrative tool at this point to not use it, both on the parallel it set up with Allen and the link he can be with the others storylines far from Allen. To give a proper reason to show those storylines to us with the narrative flow. 

But as of now, his focus is on Allen, and will remain so. I believe he will at least stick around until the Mansion, like i said the only way i see him leave before the end of the Bookman arc would be knowledge about Apo he would need to forward in some way. But that’s litterally the only thing and it doesn’t exactly balance against “Allen is losing himself and i made an oath” that is going on atm.

If that... whole rambling makes sense orz