#i'm sure this is the kind of mascot that likes to take down people and commit war crimes

[vhsveris]

Finished Ace Attorney recently

I love these fucking idiots

[decompose1]

i. i avoided watching the springy episode for a WHILE because like. the amount everyone was shitting on it was horrible. it like genuinely ruined any passion i had in ii for a while because it was nonstop. you'd think they SHOT Cabby with the reactions. and then i watch it and it's like. eye-rolly at worst. what am i missing

[putterpen]

@vespasoulchanger

Yeeeeah. The other picture. I saw two bears across two entirely different game franchises and went "Lol wouldn't it be funny if they were related?" to nobody but myself. I'm sure Bobby and Freddy are offended by my specism. Then I started to take the silly idea kinda seriously? Then over thought it. I did base Bobby's pizza uniform on the FNAF movie costume.

So yeah Freddy Fazbear is Bobby's dad in my AU. Freddy Bonafazio is his real name. People usually shorten their last name to 'Fazio which eventually turned into Fazbear. Its a local thing.

I'm being bad and only focusing on one parent (Like Scott Cawthon) Fred is the owner of a humble pizzeria on the island known as Teddy Paw Cay. A successful partnership with Play Co. allowed him to sell their their toys as prizes. He comes from a long line of roboticists and designed his own mascots and animatronics, some of which are even produced at Play Co.

Bobby loves her dad and she means the world to him. Freddy has dedicated his life to the entertainment and happiness of children as Bobby's love for him and her friends gives him seemingly endless inspiration. But one strange day the magical toy factory in the valley was closed down and abandoned, seemingly overnight.

Without the toy factory, Freddy struck out to find a new business partner on the mainland. A very laid back raccoon-dog type lad with a hand in many businesses. He's kind of mysterious yet friendly! Although Bobby realizes later on that her father began to change in some ways after their partnership began.

Unfortunately this partnership meant Bobby had to move away from the island. Alone and without friends, she was immediately smitten with one of Nook's nephews though her feelings were not reciprocated. He eventually warms up to her and her strong cuddly warm bear hugs even if he doesn't want to show it out right.

Note: Tim's comment is from their first meeting and Bobby's first time on the mainland. An attempt to streamline the "canon" Smiling Critters with my AU where everyone wears clothes. So one day in every little critter's life, they wake up and realize: "Hey clothes are cool. I wanna try some on!" Before then, little critters usually scurry around wild and fancy free, even running around on all fours sometimes, basically showing more animal like behavior, in very cute ways. As they grow up they start acting more like "people" and there are shops dedicated to little critters trying on an array of outfits. Discovering themselves and their tastes. Tim thinks he is "all that" and wouldn't be caught dead with no clothes, Bobby just hasn't gotten around to that yet.

Also experimenting with a possible eye style with Bobby.

[judesmoonbeauty]

Love Begins From a Mean Lie: Victor Collection Event Story

Fan translation only. Not 100% accurate. Please expect grammatical errors. Cybird owns everything. Feel free to re-blog, but please do NOT post my translations elsewhere. What I obtain is what will be translated. Translation notes are marked with *** Dividers: @/natimiles

It was one day when I went to submit a report to Victor........

Victor: This is a grave situation!

Victor looked through the documents and let out a curt voice.

Kate: Huh, is there something wrong...?

Victor: No Kate, your work is perfect as usual! It’s just……

Victor: WILIAROGJUDROGALELHARIWILJUDELL!

(Uh, is that some kind of spell…?)

Victor: ....This is the order of the cursed people you wrote in your most recent report.

Victor: Do you notice anything?

Kate: Notice?

Victor: I’m not in it!

Kate: Ah, that's true.

Victor often has a busy schedule as the Queen's aide…….

He can't put in as many Crown assignments as the others.

Besides, I had not written a report on Victor recently, as I was accompanying the others on missions.

Victor: ……. Actually, Her Majesty the Queen told me that she didn't have enough information about me.

Victor: So, Kate! Will you write about me with your own hand?

Kate: I'll leave it to me, that's what I do!

Kate: But ..... Is there any mission that you can participate in from now on, Victor?

Victor: That's the thing. Crown assignments are allocated based on everyone's abilities.

Victor: Adding me after the fact would please everyone, but I can't deny that it will detract from the mission.

Victor: Besides, even though Her Majesty the Queen wants the information, the Queen's aide's job is not going away.

Kate: As usual, you've been busy……

Victor: …..Yes! How about you interview me?

Victor: I'm sure Her Majesty will be pleased if you put it all together and give it to her.

Kate: An interview....... Okay, I will! I look forward to working with you.

…….Thus began the interview to write down Victor's information.

Victor: My name is Victor. I am a the Queen's aide and a member of the Crown!

Victor: Height 183.5cm! Birthday is February 20th!

Victor: If you deliver any presents to Crown Castle, I'll be grateful for them!

Victor: Charming points? There are many, but if I had to choose just one, it would be the mole on my mouth.

Victor: This is also one of the "Seven Wonders of Vic," where if you press it, the left and right sides will be switched the next day!

Victor: I’m a cheerful person, who loves everyone at Crown and is loved by everyone at Crown. (👀??? That last bit is news to me.)

Victor: ……Come to think of it, we were talking about how Crown doesn't have a mascot.

Victor: I guess you could say I'm the mascot!

Victor began speaking without pause, and I took notes earnestly so as not to miss a single word.

(…..Hmmm. There's a lot of subjectivity in Victor's work, so we'll have to separate that properly.)

(Any other questions…….)

Kate: Victor……when do you usually sleep? I feel like you’re always awake.….

On sleepless nights, I wander into the kitchen and find Victor busy making sweets.

Early in the morning, I woke up for some reason and was taking a walk in the garden, and I saw Victor watering the flowers……

Victor was always there when I noticed it, so I wondered when he slept….. 

Victor: I'm just like everyone else. Sleep at night and get up in the morning! That's the secret to good health!

Kate: That’s right. When we met in the morning, you didn’t even have bedhead, so I thought you weren’t sleeping.

Victor: No way! I'm a normal human being. I need my sleep.

Victor: I have naturally good hair, but I don't miss taking care of it every night, so it's hard for me to have bedhead.

Victor: But, it’s not like I don’t sleep at all alright? If you don’t mind, why don’t you come wake me up?

Kate: Eh…..

Victor: If I could see your face when I woke up,…….I would be so happy that day.

Kate: …..Ah, I’ll think about it.

Victor: Hehe, you’re always welcome!

Watching someone wake up makes me feel like I'm trespassing on their private life, which makes me feel a bit uneasy…..

(The only people who are allowed to see that kind of thing are the people who are really close to you.)

(….. I wonder if even the always energetic Victor is a bit languid when he wakes up from sleep.)

Even though I refused, I couldn't help but imagine Victor waking up.

(....should not. I need to concentrate on the interview! Next question is....)

Kate: Recently, have you done anything bad Victor?

Victor: Hehe...there's always evil in Crown! Good question.

Victor: Bad things…….I guess so. I lied to an innocent child for my own personal greed.

Victor: As an apology, I'm going to prepare a delicious royal cake for the child! That’s usual news.

Kate: Victor is preparing a cake to apologize! That’s new.

Victor: Of course, it depends on the degree of lying....... By the way Kate, what kind of cake do you like?

Kate: I’m torn...... I like anything with chocolate, and strawberry shortcake too....

Kate: Oh, and items made with seasonal fruits are also hard to give up.

Kate: .... But I'm not being lied to by you now Victor, am I?

Victor: …..Do you believe so? Maybe without you even realizing it, I could be telling a terrible lie.

Kate: Then let's go to a cake shop together.

Kate: I have a lot of questions and choices to make, so please bear with me.

Victor: Hehe……You're so cute and confused, I might just buy the whole store.

(Victor would really buy everything …..)

Victor: Now, what's the next question?

Kate: Next, yes….

Kate: Victor is full of himself and cheerful……

Kate: You don’t seem to have anything to be afraid of, but is there anything?

Victor: Afraid of…..huh.

Victor: ……Everyone at Crown.

Kate: Oh, maybe that’s why you’re “afraid of cake”? ***

Victor: "Afraid of cake"?

Kate: By telling people that you’re scared of what you like……

Kate: It's an oriental story where….. you can get what you like from someone who scared you.

Kate: Victor, I think you intentionally said you were scared because you love everyone in the Crown.

Victor: Hehe, that’s an interesting story.

Victor: It's true that I cherish and love everyone at Crown……but what I just said is true.

Victor: If the Crown follows its path to the end and conquers evil with evil…..

Victor: ……Someday I will be judged by them.

Kate: What…..?

Victor: …..I think there is such a possibility.

I didn't think Victor had any crimes that would warrant being judged by the Crown…..

I don't know everything about him, so I couldn't deny it.

Kate: Because you're afraid of being judged... Are you afraid of Crown?

(Like God announcing death, the Crown announces destruction to evil.)

(Victor may also fear Crown as a symbol of his own destruction.…)

Victor: ….It’s a little different.

Victor: If I'm guilty, I think I deserve to be judged. There’s no fear there.

Victor: Just…

Victor: I'm so happy now that I'm spending time with everyone...I'm sad and scared that it will end someday.

(Victor isn't afraid of being punished...he's sad that his days are coming to an end.)

(In that case….)

Kate: …. I don't know what crime you’re guilty of Victor.

Kate: That sin, if it can be atoned for in some way….I don’t know.

Victor: ….Yeah.

Kate: But ……I, too, want these days to continue!

Kate: So if I can help, please give me a shout.

Kate: I will always help you Victor, just as you always do!

Before I knew it, I told Victor that I wanted to help him, and he smiled kindly at me.

Victor: …..Thank you, Kate.

-Then I asked many other questions and finished the interview with Victor.

Kate: Hmmm ........ I wrote a lot, but….

Kate: Does Her Majesty the Queen really want this information .....?

There are some parts where Victor's way of thinking and personality are well written.

Even if Her Majesty the Queen were to read it, it would contain information that would be neither harmful nor helpful.

Victor: Of course, I’m very happy! I'll be sure to give it to Her Majesty the Queen later!

Victor's jewel-like eyes sparkled as he picked up my report and smiled.

Victor: ……Thank you for writing about me, Kate.

When I returned to Crown Castle after the interview, I met William.

In the color of the setting sun shining into the hall, his red eyes that never lose their edge find me, and they flicker happily.

William: …. It seems it took quite a while to submit the report today.

William: Did you have afternoon tea with Victor?

Kate: No, it seems that Her Majesty the Queen actually wanted information about Victor…..

Kate: I interviewed Victor and compiled it into a report.

William: Hmm? …..that’s an odd story.

Kate: What…?

William: Her Majesty the Queen knows Victor better than anyone. She wouldn’t say she doesn’t have enough information.

Kate: What…? Does that mean Victor lied? Why?

William: Regarding Victor's lie this time...Is there anything that concerns you?

Kate: Concerned about…..

FLASHBACK

Victor: ….. Thank you for writing about me, Kate.

What left a particularly strong impression on me was the happy look on Victor's face when he saw my report after the interview.

FLASHBACK ENDS

(Could it be….)

Kate: Victor lied…..

Kate: …..Because he wanted me to write about himself?

William didn't confirm or deny my guess, and smiled leisurely.

William: …..Our work must not be known to others.

William: Only those who walk under the light are etched into Britain's glorious history.

William: There's no need to complain about it. But….

William: Sometimes you may wish to carve it with your own hands and leave it behind.

William: -As Britain flourishes and shines brightly, there is a dark shadow that falls over it.

(Victor wants me to write it down…..?)

(….If so, he’d be happy.)

As a fairytale keeper, I can record Victor's steps and make him happy.

Thinking like that, I became even more motivated.

(Besides, I would like to continue to write about it.)

(…If I do that, I'm sure I'll be able to get closer to Victor.)

***Just a note about the "afraid of cake" scene and being linked to a story or tale in the East. I couldn't find anything myself and I'm 100% sure I translated this scene inaccurately. So, take it with a grain of salt.

[Master Lists]

[things-arent-what-they-seem66]

The Devil and The Duck

Duck Adam Au

When Adam first realized that he was a duck after waking up in Hell, he was fucking pissed. What kind of bull shit was this?

It took him a while to get around to a pond in a park and realize that maybe it wasn't so bad. No one knew it was him, he could just swim all day, and eat what people gave him. The other ducks didn't seem to mind him.

Then one day Lucifer showed up, he was feeding the ducks when he noticed this yellow one with black and golden little horns. He was bigger than the other ducks. Lucifer didn't know why, but he was drawn to that duck.

Adam was surprised when the King picked him up one day and started taking him to the hotel. "You're so cute, would you like to be our pet duck?"

"Pet!?" Adam said, but the devil only heard a quack as a response and took it as a positive answer.

That was months ago, everyone at the hotel has voted on making Adam their mascot and named him Grumpy die to his demeanor.

You'd be fucking grumpy too in his situation.

Angel and everyone bought him outfits to dress him up in, Adam really loved the sunglasses he had. He looked bitchin.

Everyone loved him as a duck, well, Alastor that fucking asshole tried to eat him from time to time but Adam always got away or was rescued at the last minute.

There were times where Adam would perch himself on Lucifer's hat or he would sleep in the King's hair. It was surprisingly soft and smelled really nice.

Currently he was sharing a slice of pizza with Lucifer, being a duck meant he could only eat so much.

"Dad, should he be eating that?" Charlie asked, she wasn't an expert in ducks but she didn't think they should eat pizza.

Lucifer brushed the comment off. "It's fine Char, he's mainly getting the crust, sauce and a little cheese. No harm done!" Charlie didn't seem so sure. "If it makes him sick I'll take care of it I promise."

"Piss off girlie let me enjoy this." Adam said as he nibbled the pizza, not having to worry about what he said cause no one can understand him was nice. "Let me eat pizza."

Lucifer smiled and patted his feathers which Adam found he oddly liked. "See he likes it." Lucifer picked Adam up and walked back up to his room, Adam, or as Lucifer knew, Grumpy had his own special pillow in Lucifer's room.

Adam settled into his pillow and quacked happily. This was better than the pond.

Adam always knew that Lilith was crazy.

Lucifer changed and crawled into bed. He was looking at the ceiling. "I really miss him Grumpy." So it was one of those nights. Lucifer would tell Grumpy about how much he missed Adam and how he wished he could have saved him and how he was his first love back in Eden and why he chose Lilith was because she threatened to kill Adam. How Lucifer looked out for both his boys when they died and came to Hell.

And so many more things that made Adams heart swell.

Grumpy quacked at him, as if listening. "I hope wherever his soul ended up that it's at peace. He deserves it. I just wish I could have told him how much I love him." Lucifer said sadly, he knew what happened to souls like that. He didn't like to think about it.

He looked at Grumpy who seemed to be watching him. "I'm glad I found you Grumpy. You remind me of him."

Gee I wonder why that is, Adam thought.

Lucifer sighed. "Good night, my Grumpy duck. Sweet dreams." Lucifer leaned over and placed a little kiss on Grumpys beak before snuggling into bed.

Adam felt a tingling sensation in his little body. What was wrong with him?

He gasped when a flash of light took him over, Lucifer gave his own noise of surprise. When the light was gone, Lucifer looked on with wide eyes. "Adam?"

He wasn't an angel or a duck anymore, but a sinner with black and gold horns and red and black wings that looked fluffy like a duck.

Lucifer tried not to look down as Adam was butt ass naked.

"What?" Adam asked and he touched his face. He had fingers! He wasn't a duck anymore! "Holy shit!" Embarrassment settled in when he realized how naked he was. He used his wings to hide himself.

"You're alive?! You were Grumpy? Wait." Ooooh Lucifer told that duck so many feelings and secrets. "Adam, I-"

Adam launched himself at Lucifer and kissed him properly on the mouth. "It's okay Luci, I forgive you. Thank you for everything."

Lucifer swore he was gonna cry from how happy he was. Adam was alive and he forgave him. No better gift. He kissed him again and this time the kiss was longer and deeper. "I'm so glad you're okay."

They snuggled under the covers and talked about everything the last few months. They knew they would have to address everyone in the hotel about the situation.

But that could wait until morning.

[lassieposting]

So like, Poppy Playtime is one of those things that I enjoy watching whenever a new section drops, but don't usually get particularly invested in, but if there's one thing guaranteed to give me brainrot, it's a codependent friendship between a deeply damaged, morally questionable killer and a lonely, mixed-up kid who idolises him. So naturally Chapter 3 has me in my feelings about the Prototype and Theodore Grambell.

And that got me thinking in general, which gave me a theory.

The Prototype - or, at least, whoever became the Prototype - had a military background.

If you think about it, the Prototype's skillset - while horrifying in an escaped monster on the rampage - would be an asset in a soldier, and more than once we see him use abilities that would probably be best explained by military training.

We know he's tech-savvy, mechanically skilled and good at improvising under pressure and time limits: he strips down an alarm clock in his cell - which he'd have to do quickly, because he's under constant surveillance - and makes a laser pointer from its parts to disable the cameras. These seem like skills that would benefit a soldier, who would be familiar with stripping his equipment - his gun, for example - down to parts to clean and reassemble them, and who might need to know how to fix a vehicle or a radio or use improvised parts in an escape from hostile territory.

Based on the fact that he's appeared unexpectedly multiple times now to claim the bodies of dead and dying mascots at exactly the right time, it's likely that he's been tracking the Player - silently and without being seen - since they entered the facility. He's doing recon, watching to see what the Player does, what their goals are, whether he needs to worry about them, and whether or how he can use them to his own benefit.

He can stay silent under torture. The tapes confirm that Sawyer continued experimenting on him even post-transformation, and the Prototype's description of these sessions makes it clear that there is nothing ethical or humane about them: "You stick us...beat us...tear at flesh." But Sawyer himself confirms that - other than snarking at him on that one tape we see - the Prototype has been silent, stubborn and uncooperative throughout. Soldiers can undergo Resistance to Interrogation training to teach them to cope with torture tactics; the only thing they're allowed to reveal is their name, rank and ID number. If the Prototype has already had this kind of training, it would make a lot more sense why he's able to keep silent when most people, adult or no, would be desperately cooperating and begging for mercy.

He's fiercely intelligent, excels at manipulating situations to his advantage, and is shown in Project Playtime to be capable of marshalling and directing the other fight-capable mascots. He's also a creative, ruthless tactician who seems to favour surprise attacks - the Hour of Joy works because it takes the entire facility unawares. The escape attempt where he hides from the camera relies on the security specialists panicking at his having vanished in a matter of seconds and rushing to do damage control, forgetting the camera has a blind spot. This thing is a strategist, and he's good at it.

Now, from what I've seen, it seems to be a popular theory that the Prototype was created from Elliot Ludwig. I'm not sure whether I really buy into that, but if it were true, it would actually work well with this little theory of mine.

We know that Ludwig was a young adult - probably in his 20s and 30s - in the 1930s and 1940s. He's old enough to have gotten married and to get divorced, and to have started his own company.

And where were all the 20- and 30-something men of America during the 1930s and 40s?

Conscripted. Fighting World War II.

So if he was created from Ludwig, or from any adult in Ludwig's age bracket, it is very likely that this is not the Prototype's first ugly war. Playtime Co are not the first monsters he's ever seen doing horrific human experimentation on captives and trying to cover it up. He'd have seen it all before, and he'd know there would be no stopping any of it without collateral damage. So when he gets his opportunity - the Hour of Joy - he's ruthless about it. He wipes out every human in the Playtime factory. If he fought in one of the major wars of the 20th century - WWII, Vietnam, etc, depending on the age of whoever was used - that would also explain why he goes to that extreme. Plenty of guilty, awful people escaped justice after those major conflicts, and he doesn't want that for the Playtime scientists. He'd rather massacre every employee, whether or not they knew about the experiments, than risk one who deserves death getting away.

idk I just think that whole idea makes his behaviour and motivations make a lot more sense

[haunting-hufflepuffs-basement]

Aiight, where my fellow Hufflepuffs at? Ya'll here? Great, everyone else shut up because we need to have a Conversation about our house mascot.

So the Hufflepuff House Mascot is a badger, right? But what KIND of badger? Because that's a really important question for what personality I think Helga Hufflepuff had.

You see, your stereotypical sweet cuddly badger is the European Badger, which is adorable and looks like it's about to invite you over for cookies and a chat:

Very precious. Now. If I'm being logical and objective, this fluffy baby is the mascot. It's the kind you'd find in England which is, you know, where Helga lived. It's the one depicted in basically all merch. And it's looks and demeanor definitely match the stereotypical Hufflepuff.

But the rest of you Puffs all know that just because the stereotype is "sweet, honest, approachable, maybe a bit naive" does not mean we can't be. . .for lack of a better term, a bunch of scary motherfuckers. You need someone who'll commit murder, hide a body, pull an elaborate long con, or stand up to a stereotypical mean girl for you without asking questions and a suspicious amount of enthusiasm, then you get yourself a Hufflepuff.

Which brings me to my next point. The American Badger. These guys are. Um. A little meaner. Just. Take a look:

Bigger, scruffier, tougher, and definitely more willing to throw paws. The American Badger, I feel, better represents what a lot of Puffs are actually like. Can it be cute? Sure. Does it still look all round and sweet? Definitely. Is it also absolutely terrifying? Yeah.

And of course, I would be remiss if I did not bring up the honey badger. If a European badger is inviting you over for tea and an American Badger is chasing you off its property with a pitchfork, the Honey Badger is hunting you down and beating you up for drug money in a dark alleyway:

Now, my point is not that the American and Honey badgers are superior mascots to the European Badgers. My point is that all three are actually appropriate, as they represent the different natures of Hufflepuffs, and the different facets of our house founder.

Hufflepuffs do value hard work and loyalty and kindness and love and fair play, but those things can manifest themselves in a lot of different ways. Some people excel at being approachable and sweet friendly, but others express these values by being willing to murder for you. Some are best at tough love and keeping everyone honest and on the right path, even if it's something you don't want and they have to he mean about it. Others still are protective and have something to prove and come across really angry as a way to take care of others.

Hufflepuff is also a really diverse house. Helga was a woman who was willing to take every student. That includes those who were rough around the edges and didn't fit into another nice box. As a consequence, we also have some of the most diverse ways of expressing our house values.

My point is that, like the animal that is our mascot, hufflepuffs have a lot of variety to them. And I think it would be cool if we started using these different badgers in our art and marketing. A european badger is the Hufflepuff who's ready to make friends and give you a hug. An American badger is the Hufflepuff who grits their teeth and steels themselves and deals with whatever unpleasant hand they've been dealt, and manages to keep their chin up anyway. And the Honey Hadger is the Hufflepuff who sees someone in need of protecting or an injustice that needs to be righted and fiercely jumps into the fight.

What kind of badger do you think you are? I'm an American Badger, personally.

Anyway, go Badgers, and remember to keep that Puff Pride strong!

[licollisa]

i’d love to hear your take on sans’ personality!

i was going through your whole blog (as you do) and saw ur post on how sans tends to be mischaracterized, but fanon takes are also very normal and generally just fine, and i agree - i feel like some amount of personal spin from the author is always expected (and keeps things fresh and fun to a degree), but i also feel as if sans is a somewhat tough character to actually pin down when you’re writing him, so i’ve similarly had to drop some fic when they stray too widely from my non-negotiable sans traits lol. (like Being Calm and unruffled. bc while some of that is depression, a large part of it is Just The Way He’s Built lmao.)

Oh for sure, I also have my own set of Sans mischaracterization pet peeves in fics (though I'd often look the other way if the fic is well-written because beggars can't be choosers, no writer owes anyone a perfect Sans voice, fanfics are for fun, etc etc. Hell one of my favorite fics of all time portrayed Sans as an asshole and I'm not complaining because good god the writing is just THAT delicious and I still can't believe I'm reading it for free).

E.g Sans calling another adult (often times the MC) with 'kid'. Or like I've mentioned on another post, if he's quick to anger or aggressive enough to attack at the slightest provocation. Sometimes it's not a case of mischaracterization at all, just something I personally can't read without feeling like a wet kitten (the next time I read an overused skeleton related pun I will escape my own and DIE).

I often theorize why this is a Thing. I yearned to understand why I'm subjected to read yet another skele-ton, tibia, humerus, funny bone pun. Maybe since Undertale was popular with a big ass fanbase, and Sans is like our mascot, so when you combine this with a majority of the fandom being in the younger side -- youths full of time and creativity and energy though lacked the writing experience -- what's left of our poor skeleton is a pile of flanderized bones. Which is often the case when you're young and you just started writing because damn that blue skeleton is too romance able to deny (want write... But HOW write???).

You thought of some of his traits you often see (ketchup, touch Papyrus and die, blue glowing eye, epic bones & blaster attacks, puns, depression, have I mentioned the touch Papyrus and die? Puns again, threats, the bad time catchphrase, so on so forth) and you use these as a guiding bible to writing Sans the Skeleton. Boom, Sans x Reader 200k enemies to lovers.

,,,Bottom line is, I'm kind of sure the tendency to mischaracter him stems from Undertale's popularity and the younger part of the fandom. That, or after all these years, people had simply grown to love and accept Fanon Sans in all his slightly unlikeable behavior glory (heartwarming). So the inaccurate potrayal is now, like, on purpose -- on top of fanon him being easier to pin down because the canon guy are too tricky to pin down, like you said.

From what I've seen though, the canon Sans starts to get the love he deserves again! All is good. Now I can read a Sans x Reader 200k enemies to lovers, but with the actual dude this time. Awesome.

Ight, that said. I legit also think people should write him in the way that makes them the happiest. Sans is fictional but your happiness isn't. Even if your Sans will finally be the one to prompt me to escape my own skeleton. Or your Sans is RABID and deserves JAILTIME and GROWLS and BARA. Go wild, be free, and more importantly, have fun! <3

[the-trans-folk-witch]

The Green Devil of the Ozarks: The little green fairy of... moonshine?

It was 2005. I was with my grandfather in an old shop similar to "dick's 5 and 10" outside of Branson, Missouri. This is where The Green Devil caught my eye.

My grandfather frequented little old fashioned stores like this. He loved collecting all kinds of gadgets. Old movie posters, salt water taffy, and soda parlor paraphenalia. It was heaven on earth to him in this little corner of the world that was stuck in an older Ozark time. His house wasn't too dissimilar to a crackerbarrel gift shop. All kinds of wooden toys and dolls. He loved his little knickknacks. But on that day he found it. A copy of an old French absynthe poster with "the little green fairy" smirking at the viewer. He had to have it. It was being sold for $8! frame included! If only the seller knew the true value of it. Or how it's mere existence was breaking so many copyright laws.

Maurin Quina, as it's named, is a French apéritif advertisement painted by Leonetto Cappiello in 1906. The drink was made illegal soon after its creation. But this poster is now being reused today. It was not well known in the US at all back then. Not even in the 2000's. but my grandfather being a moonshiner, absynthe fan, and art history drop out, knew all about it.

My grandfather was not as religious as the rest of my family. But he sure prayed to God when he was trying to avoid the law. He was selling homemade moonshine without any sort of license or proper knowledge of sanitary practices. It was an arte form he learned from his father that I never had the pleasure of learning.

He decided to hang this new poster up in his storm cellar where he kept his aging bottles of various liquors. Over time it developed A life of its own. My grandfather would kiss his hand and place it on the poster of the little green fairy after every jar was sealed or sales were made. I Don't think he saw this as devil worship so much as just a simple good luck ritual. Not too disimilar to his high school basketball team kissing the image of their mascot before a game. He always practiced these superstitions even though he didn't seem to really believe in them.

Fast forward to today. I'm an Ozark trad witch. So of course I now work with this image as if it is the devil himself. He is a devil that rules spring and summer. Drunkenness, poison, lunacy, fairies, and nature. He is associated with law breaking, alcohol, healing, harming, and fertility. With Easter coming up He is on my mind heavily. A time I feed him red dyed eggs symbolizing the blood of christ and the blood of good Christians. I feed him this with intentions of causing those which share the eucharist to lust. Poisoning the church so to speak. I attend mass in spirit form and dip my blessed turkey wish bone down in the communion wine. The turkey is symbolic of love in the Ozarks. And the wishbone is horned like the stang, and my devil. Midnight mass on Easter is filled with drunkenness and sex. Those consuming this spiritually poisoned wine are consumed with lust for others in the church. An orgy ensues in the great house of God. Only for all members to awaken Easter morning with no memory of the incestuous rituals performed with their brothers and sisters in christ. To do such things in the house of God and not confess them (due to not remembering) is damanble. This is my goal as a witch. To bring the witches Sabbath to the church and to pervert the souls of good men.

By turkey wand and lustful stang I complete my work in the devils name.

A call to the Green Devil:

"Envy is his name. Drunkeness and poisoning are his arte. He is Lord of the little people and plants alike; come little green fairy and bring your lust and your lunacy. Green devil rise from the roots below like a serpent. Green devil come down from the tree tops like a booger in the night who takes its flight. Join me in this witching hour oh beast of the green and hear my call to the wild. By my witches flame may it be so."

Look out for a post on the black and red devils later this year. Our horned one changes with the seasons

[kazuyummy]

☕︎ DAIYA NO ACE & READER : CAFÉ DATE EDITION !

"i'll take you to my favourite café!" he suggests - so where will he end up taking you and what will you be doing?

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modern café ✣ people watching

"no, he's definitely the type to join a crypto pyramid scheme." you drawl, the man beside you snickering at your comment. "like, the kind to have 'sigma grindset' in his bio unironically, right?" the two of your burst into laughter, and you continue, "it was the vest for me, i think. nobody else wears those kinds in the summer except for matching old couples." the waitress passes by your table at the window, placing down your drinks and pastries as you give her a sweet thanks. the chocolate is practically melting off your fresh croissant, making you drool. "here, try my drink. it's a taro latté." your date pushes the purple concoction toward you, which you gladly take. "y'know, it's really easy talking to you. interesting, too." you muse, watching for his reaction. it's a small nod and a breathy laugh - he's shyer about compliments than you expected - but the crinkle in his eyes shows he must appreciate it. hours pass in the blink of an eye, talking about anything and everything so effortlessly - so much that by the time it's over, you're both already planning your second date.

these observant, analytical baseball players will enjoy an unusual but easy-going date where they get to find out more about you.

➤ miyuki kazuya, watanabe hisashi, kominato ryosuke, takigawa chris yu

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themed café ✣ taking cute pictures

"did you see this latté art? it's so good!" you stare in awe at the details of your favourite cartoon character painted onto the drink in front of you. your date's parfait looks quite tasty too, and he feeds you some of it off his spoon. he even treats you to some merch from the shop, including matching plushies and a keychain, absolutely spoiling you before signalling the mascot over and an employee to take a picture of you. after some cute (and some silly) shots, he thanks the staff and fiddles with his phone. "there!" he beams proudly, setting one of the pictures as his new lock screen. "aw, you're almost as adorable as our big, plushy friend in the middle there!" you give him a quick kiss on the cheek, to wish he blushes - now that's something you'd want to get on camera.

for these adorable, sometimes-hyperactive guys, a themed café is the perfect place to spark conversation, eat yummy food, and enjoy an upbeat atmosphere.

➤ narumiya mei, todoroki raichi, umemiya seiichi, sawamura eijun

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french café ✣ pastry tasting

"i'm not sure about asparagus macarons, but the lemon chiffon ones do sound tasty..." you tilt your head at the menu as the boy across from you watches intently at your every gesture. the way your cheek squishes on your hand when you lean on it, the upturn of your eyebrow, the small pout of indecision that makes its way to your face... "cute..." he muses, only aware that he's accidentally said that out loud after you a giggle escapes you. he turns as red as the strawberries on the fraisier sitting in front of you, murmuring out an apology. "nothing to apologize for. that's really sweet of you," you wink, bringing a finger to flick his nose at the pun. though he's still a bit embarrassed, you've loosened him up enough to get a small smile out of him. "now, how about these pistachio and orange éclairs?" "order whatever you want..." he hums contentedly, "it's my treat, after all."

a simple date but with a fun twist for some of the more classic, romantic men in the bunch that love to spoil you.

➤ isashiki jun, shirakawa katsuyuki, furuya satoru, yuki tetsuya

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beach café ✣ brunch & drinks

"so - mimosas or sangria this morning?" you ask - the menu features a selection of typical drinks but infused with fruits you've never heard of, their entrées similar. "what about, like, when they put alcohol in coffee? kind of need my caffeine this morning..." he ponders. not a bad idea, but with the fresh sea breeze flooding your senses, you feel the need to opt for something tropical. when you've finally made your decisions and later receive platters abundant with colour and tantalizing smells, you inquire, "so? what are these plans you've got for us the rest of the day that you're so excited to tell me about?" "i was thinking of checking the boardwalk out. there's an area for dogs along the path that we can see, and maybe check out the little market at the end. if you want to, of course." you agree eagerly, noting the sparkle in his eyes as he describes your day to come - and with him and his handsome smile by your side, you know it's sure to be a fun one.

something a bit more unique and adventurous for this fun-loving group - driving out to a beach for good eats and going for a nice boardwalk stroll and splashing in the water afterwards.

➤ sanada shunpei, kamiya carlos toshiki, amahisa kosei, kuramochi yoichi

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off-the-wall café ✣ study date

someone walking down a car-free cobblestone road covered by the shade of blooming trees might see you and your date sipping italian sodas if they looked through the window of a hidden, cozy café with ivy on its walls. books, paper, and your laptop are spread out in front of you - but something catches your eye instead as you chew on the end of your pen. "y'know, those board games over there are tempting me." your date shoots you a shy smile, "i was thinking that too. nothing wrong with a small break, right?" a "small break" turns into an afternoon of both competition and cooperation in the array of games you play, getting lost in each others' company. his face goes red after an accidental brush of your hand during a particularly intense game of connect four - how adorable. by the time the sun is setting, you've both accepted that no more work is getting done today. after all, who'd want to study instead of having fun with the amazing guy in front of you?

a thoughtful and quaint date for the more quiet and reserved boys of daiya - a low-pressure date where you can still have fun and get to know each other.

➤ kominato haruichi, hideaki tojo, kawakami norifumi, okumura koshu

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let me know if i missed anyone you want to see next time! love doing these mini-moodboard kind of drabbles. doing multiple characters is something i've seen as well and wanted to experiment with!

images from unsplash or pokemon cafe tokyo official website, dividers by ribboniel and cafekitsune

[doubleddenden]

I keep seeing the argument as to whether or not Pokemon Legends Z-A is going to take place 200 years ago like Legends Arceus and like many fans believe to be the Paris Renovation period. Other suggestions I see are, of course, the "future" because of the hologram grid look of the teaser trailer- some say cyberpunk, some say dystopia, etc. The third one of course the present, and some people think it'll be a sequel to XY taking place a few years after. And of course, the fourth option: time travel between all three.

Personally, I'm not really sure what I think will happen anymore because I've heard convincing arguments from most angles on this. I will say that I fully expect the phrase "Legends Z-A takes entirely within Lumiose City" to be played with a bunch.

There's even arguments between 3 mixed gen starters vs just Kalos Starters but with mega evolutions, even the argument for both in a style similar to XY. Arguments I've seen against regional variant starters is that Kalos Starters really didn't get a highlight point like the Sinnoh starters did with BDSP and that Kalos doesn't have a remake, and that the reason Hisui had a random assortment was because it wasn't colonized yet whereas Lumiose probably would be. Arguments otherwise just kind of assume regional variant starters because it'd be a more interesting and new angle for marketing- which I kind of agree with.

I can see pros and cons to all the angles, but strangely enough, I'm thinking about how this affects Legends games going forward. Strange to think about when we know nothing about Z-A, but it does matter. Why?

Precedence and pattern.

1 game is not enough to determine a pattern. 2 games is more or less enough- look at Gen 1 and 2, setting the precedent and pattern of grass, fire, and water type starters that evolve twice and around the teen to early/mid 30s level range. Gen 2 and 3 even set a pattern of legendary Pokemon as box mascots for non Gen 1 focused games and a 3rd, enhanced version to follow (which BW2 breaks).

So what does this get at? Let's look at it like this:

If the game takes place 200ish years ago, we can sort of assume future Legends titles will follow a similar pattern. If we get a Legends Unova, that'll be during the American Civil War, or roughly 1800s America and possibly a touch of European thrown in (castles and such). If we get Legends Paldea, that'll be set in the established exploration of Area Zero. So on and so forth.

However, if it is set in a modern or future setting, then all precedence gets thrown out the window. There's no hard setting for when a Legends game can take place. Could be at any point in history, maybe even a case like helping a young Prof Oak fill the pokedex in a Kanto-Johto Legends, or perhaps a nature reclaimed Unova after a soft post apocalyptic event in the future.

Hell, depending on how they handle Lumiose, that could also mean anywhere associated with that region can be used rather than anywhen- instead of Legends Alola, imagine Legends ULTRA SPACE.

The starters are a similar boat. If we get a mixed gen regional variant evolution again, we can assume that'll be the established formula going forward, breathing new life into random starters.

HOWEVER, if they did go with Kalos + Megas as our main starters, that means the starters are mostly going to be a convenience of plot or what's currently available or unavailable.

There's also a non-zero chance we get a non traditional starter, which further complicates but adds possibilities to things. Think like convergent species starters, Pokemon that aren't starters BECOMING starters, maybe a Colosseum or XD situation where we get an assigned singular starter to work with. There's even a scenario where Zygarde IS our starter and we build it up as we go.

Basically it boils down to a pattern that can be deciphered, or complete anarchy at the whims of whoever is working on the game at the time.

There is also the scenario where we just don't get more Legends titles, but that's stupid and honestly not worth exploring further.

As for my wants, I'm not sure. I'm up for whatever as long as it's fun, runs well, and has effort put into it. Although, I think it'd be great to break some expectations so future titles can be pretty much ANYTHING. At the same time, I think it'd be wonderful to at least establish a series that takes place entirely in the past so we can get away from the modern milquetoast cultures they've been making these last few gens.

As for starters, I'm in the same boat, just make em fun and don't fuck em up. That's my bare minimum. Either improve the bad starter designs like Inteleon, make cool designs like Empoleon even cooler, or provide a fun alternative, such as a fire type Venusaur convergent or possibly something as random as a Seismitoad as a starter. Again, just make it fun and don't make me regret picking a starter. But I think it'd be better just to give the same treatment the Hisui starters got to another random trio.

We'll find out something before the end of the month, I'm sure.

[marshmallowprotection]

Hi, how are you doing these days? I hope you are safe and well during the summer heat. It's been pretty dangerous lately. I'm glad it's finally cooling off (at least where I am). I thought of a fun idea I want to share it with you. I hope it'll make you smile during these worryingly hot times.

Fluffy AU: Jaehee has her cafe and MC, ge Saeran, and Yoosung work there. Jaehee and MC has coffee down and Saeran's on baking. Yoosung helps Saeran prep but also works the register. Yoosungs very easy going and compassionate making customer service a breeze. People appreciate that he actually listens to their problems, he's popular on social media, and he makes good small talk. Saeran helped fill the cafe with beautiful flowers and natural scents from his garden. He also uses some of his flowers in his baking (Rose jam, candied petals, ect.) which makes his desserts stand out from the crowd. Jaehee is a firm but kind boss. Shes serious about her dream but that doesn't mean she'll allow anyone to overwork themselves. She knows better than anyone what it's like to have a boss that put their own desires before their employees health and she'll never let that happen under her watch. She might get overzealous at times but she'll always make sure her hardworking employees are well rested and take plenty of breaks. It's not perfect, especially competing against corporate chains, but they built up a small loyal customer base that allows them to live comfortably. Everyday is fun and fulfilling.

(sometimes V stops by and hangs out there while casually sketching. It's a peaceful way for him get used to his art looking messy and unwind)

What do you think? Would you want to visit their cafe? 😊 I like the idea that many of the rfa members unconsciously make their way there when they need a place to rest. Even on their days off they give the place a visit and its become a place for rfa to hang out almost like a second home. I know it's not a new or unique AU but I think simple joys are fun too. I hope you're also able to enjoy simple pleasures today like waking up peacefully and having your favorite drink or snack. Stay safe and stay hydrated 😎 🥤

I wish I could say that the weather is getting better for me but it's not. We are under a massive heat wave and considering that it's very humid where I live, I could tell you that not only am I sweating, but the walls of my house are sweating. But I am happy to hear it's getting a little bit better for you! Remember to hydrate and apply sunscreen!

I think this is a really sweet idea, and actually, you could make a whole AU out of this! I don't think I've seen anybody make a cafe oriented story with all of the characters involved, I am certain I've seen it with a few characters but not all of them together. It being Jaehee's is what sells it for me.

Might I add Zen stopping by now and again to promote everything on social media? It may not be his forte or specialty, but you know in your heart of hearts that Jaehee has a special item on the menu for him people go crazy for.

Jumin drops by early in the morning or later in the evening. He doesn't need anything fancy, but he likes checking in on his friends throughout the day because he gets to hear about the excitement that will happen that day or he'll get to hear about everything that happened while he was at work.

Saeyoung has been trying his best to convince them to make Elizabeth the mascot but it's not going very well... The guy wants a cat cafe and I can't blame him.

[five-nights-at-fujisakis]

Alright, I’ve been looking through everything regarding Fazbear Entertainment all night. Going online, looking through old tabloids, internet forums. Some of it’s speculation, but some of it has been proven. From what I can tell, Fazbear’s had a very rocky existence basically its whole life. I’d even say the company’s cursed. If this needs more explaining / is written badly, it’s probably because I’m working off of a power nap, three cups of coffee, and a dream. Way back in 1976, Fredbear’s Family Diner, a local pizza place, is opened by Henry Emily and William Afton. Barely seven years later, in 1983, the first of what I can gather to be EIGHT SEPARATE DEATHS OCCUR. From the witness reports of the event, William Afton’s youngest son is placed into Fredbear’s mouth as a practical joke, and the animatronic’s unique design caused it to bite down on the kid’s head so hard that his frontal lobe was severed from his body. The place immediately shuts down, and a new location is opened nearby. Two years later, in 1985, five children go missing there, and online consensus seems to be that the killer had hidden the bodies inside of the animatronics, as news stories at the time referenced the mascots, saying that they “smelled like death” and “appeared to be leaking some kind of mucus”. Not even two months later, Henry Emily’s only child goes missing, having last been seen within a block of the building. Get this; The lead suspect in the missing childrens’ incident was William Afton himself. There was never any concrete proof that he did it, so he was never convicted, but one witness account stated that they had spoken to William prior to the incident, and had seen a man in the spring-lock hybrid suit for Spring-Bonnie, who the witness believed was William, who they recognised by voice. Another witness stated they had seen the man in the costume lead a group of children into an employees-only area. Either way, the second location closes, and Fazbear Entertainment sets up yet another establishment in the area. It featured a new lineup of animatronics that leaked documents from the location labeled the “Toy” line. The new ones had this wildly advanced technology that was capable of scanning faces to match them to a criminal database. In 1987, one of the scanners must have broken, because one of the toy line, and I couldn’t figure out which, attacked one of the day guards of the establishment and caused yet another injury where someone lost their frontal lobe. The guy survived, somehow, but has been catatonic ever since. The third location shuts down, and Afton, having been fired from Fazbear Entertainment, opens a competitor location called Circus Baby’s Pizza World. The location shut down on opening day because Afton’s daughter went missing that day. And then Afton goes missing, too. 1989, he disappears without a trace. No one knows where he went, either. About thirty years later, 2022, a group of people decide to capitalize on all the rumors and disappearances, and Fazbear’s Fright opens up. You probably heard about it, it was all over the news. Burned down right before it opened up to the public. Michael Afton, the last of William’s three children, went missing last month. The entire Afton family is just gone. Even stranger, I can find practically no information on the location you’re working at. There’s a couple articles about opening day, but that’s it. There’s a lot of other less important information that I found while digging all of this up, if you want to hear about it. And take this with a grain of salt, I had to use the tabloids to find some of this information. By the way, while I was researching all of this, I stumbled across some reports of a shadowy figure stalking around the area. Currently, it’s unclear whether or not it’s a person or a wild animal, but it’s been seen a couple times around what I'm pretty sure is within a few blocks of your establishment. Stay safe out there.

...oh.

oh nononononononononono

why does this always happen to me? first the hope's peak incident, then the whole thing with the japanese government, and now the one place that's willing to hire me is CURSED???

why is my life like this.

i can't quit. i'm only three days in, i can't quit. i need this job so badly. and if i quit someone else could take the job and possibly die. i can't quit.

i think i'm going to go cry for an hour before getting ready for my shift tonight.

thanks for telling me all this, though. i think it's better for me to know about it than not know about it. i wonder if any of my coworkers know about any of this. i haven't seen anyone on the day crew other than my boss, maybe i should reach out to someone and see if they've noticed any weird behavior during the day or something.

maybe i'll also reach out to some old school friends of mine. see if they have any ideas for this.

[zealous-crow]

just discovered your ocs through a reblog. can you tell me more about them? what are their favorite hobbies? whats their pet peeves? what's something they feel strongly about? do they get along with their family?

I also noticed Vale shares your name. is he a kin OC? is he your persona? how did you come up with their names? do you have face claims?

what are their sins? tell me all the things.

Hey hi hello! Thank you for asking about my boys ;~; they have my heart.

I'll start with Vale since he's kind of the easiest to write for. He's basically my persona/mascot if that makes sense. Fun fact: he was originally a My Hero Academia OC that I turned into my mascot once I fell out of the fandom, lol. He's been my baby for several years, but this is the first year I've actually written any content for him! I guess when Zahar entered the picture, I just felt really inspired to finally write eeeeee.

Vale's favorite hobby is probably writing poetry (don't at me, he's like me but more confident). He was an English major in college so writing is kind of his passion besides his work.

Pet peeve wise is probably weak people and what I mean by that is people that don't stand up for or advocate for themselves/others. He's kind of an asshole about it. Like if he sees someone who obviously needs help but won't do the work for it, he thinks very lowly of them and finds them annoying.

Something Vale feels very strongly about is how much he loves Zahar (haha pain), but also making sure he takes care of those he loves aside from just Zahar. Vale came from a pretty impoverished family, not really knowing what money was like, so when it came time to help around, he pulled more than just his weight which let his parents have a more relaxed lifestyle. Unfortunately, they were killed in a motor accident when he was 16, so he takes that grief with him everywhere he goes. That kind of ties into the next question, but yeah he got along with his family. He had a older sister, but she disappeared when she turned 18 and got away from poverty. Like Vale has no idea where she is and that's kind of how she prefers it. (Maybe I'll get into his sister at another time)

Vale's sin his is work. He's kind of what you'd call a gun for hire. He's down to kill anybody for the right price. It's how he makes his money. It started when he was a kid, doing petty theft to bring home money, but then as he got older and found more entries into the darker side of life, he never got out of it. To be entirely honest, he loves his job. He finds pleasure in making others fear him. Making others question their own mortality. (He's an asshole your honor.) No one know who he is aside from what little information he puts out there. The only one who knows what he does is Zahar. Zahar found out pretty quickly because Vale, shockingly, told him flat out early on into their relationship. It's also hard to hide when you've acquired such a large sum of money (how Vale lives his life) and trying to explain it off as just regular work at such a young age. If that makes sense. He also puts his work above anything else, including his relationship with Zahar (if you haven't read that fic yet, pls do!). He's greedy when you boil it down to the bare bones.

I don't have any face claims because they look too specific in my eyes to just find someone's face that matches. This goes for both Zahar and Vale. Voice claims I'm still working on, but just to give you the basics, Zahar has a deeper voice than Vale. Vale has more of a feminine voice? Which really helps sometimes with his work and tricking people into trusting him.

Vale's name was come up with Italian meanings in mind (i'm partially italian) so to break it down, it started with Valentine, which means "strong, vigorous, healthy", then I shortened his name to be a little more unique and it came to Vale (pronounced Vah-ley). His full name is Vale DeLuca. Zahar on the other hand was named by my lovely friend @klywrites so you'd be more inclined to ask her why lol. I just really liked the name? Zahar's full name is Zahar Bista. Bista is Nepali.

Zahar's favorite hobby is drawing/design. He's a fashion major in college so he finds a lot of the artistic aspects really enjoyable even when it's just for fun.

Zahar's pet peeve is Vale's inability to separate himself from his work. He HATES with a passion how obsessed Vale is with his job. It's uncomfortable for Zahar. He's struggled with coming to terms with the work Vale does and the morality of it. Could Zahar do it? Absolutely not. He wouldn't hurt a fly, not to say he wouldn't defend himself if it came down to it. But I digress. He also hates greedy people who don't share their wealth to those who need it. He donates a lot of money Vale makes out of his jobs, sort of like a way to repent for how it's made.

Something he feels strongly about his making his work accessible. He knows "high fashion" isn't typically available to the public or poor, so he makes what he makes to be available to more people. He's size inclusive, ranging from a XS to a 6XL. He's openly queer in his work, so he hopes other queer people feel comfortable wearing his clothes, his pricing is like Walmart priced for the most part, so he's in every store imaginable. Shocker with how that makes him successful. He uses models of every color, size, disability, etc. He's passionate about his work.

Zahar originally got along great with his family until he came out as bisexual. His parents think he's just trying to "fit in" in the fashion world to be more successful and that it's a phase he'll grow out of. They also think it's to spite them. SO. He doesn't speak to his family unless absolutely necessary. He's an only child, so he never knew what it was like to grow up with siblings. He had childhood friends and such, but it's not entirely the same to him.

Zahar's sin his allowing Vale to continue working the way he does and benefitting from his work. Like I mentioned earlier, Zahar struggles with the morality of Vale and his job. You can often find Zahar in his office meditating on it. (Not that anyone is aware of what he's meditating on) Sometimes, if you were to get him drunk enough, he'd say his greatest sin in loving someone like Vale (shhhhh don't tell Vale).

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!! This was so fun to do. I'll do an actual character reference sheet for the boys eventually.

[arcplaysgames]

Actually, no. lemme recap now because I bet once I meet the Big Bad and beat them it'll be like 2 hours of cutscenes and dialogue.

Where did I leave off-- REALLY? THAT LONG AGO? FUCK ME.

Okay SOMEONE remind me LATER to sum up Empress, because I completed it. Note to self, it's around 12/2 in your screencaps.

So Shido wins the elections because it turns out that no one saw the Thieves' big calling card for him, and those who did didn't remember it. There is obviously Some Shit going on with people's mass apathy syndrome.

Because Persona only has one theme and it's "people will be too lazy to pay attention to the truth, fucking sheeple," I guess.

/clucks tongue. I'm not really impressed by this turn of the story, I'm kinda Over the slow increase in apathy that winds up being the undoing of the world until we beat up a god and save everyone. This is the third time, I would have shaken shit up by having the Hidden Big Bad send the Thieves a calling card, demanding they come protect their Treasure, and then you meet the Big Bad and just gimme a villain with a motive, goddamn. It's a supernatural story, the sky's the limit!

I shouldn't kvetch too much yet. Anyway, Shido admits to his crimes, but the populace doesn't seem to care and still supports him.

Shido's lackeys basically go "okay Shido had a major meltdown buuuuuut we can still carry his agenda forward bc if we don't, we're all going down with the ship here."

Excellent question. In P4G I had a pretty strong idea what was doing that and here I do not, can y'all drop some hints?

Morgana points out that the general public has a Palace and has a Treasure. It's Mementos. So if the crew wants to force a mass shift in the world's perception, they can do that. But like all other Palaces, when the Treasure is taken, Mementos will collapse, to be replaced with new, corrected cognition.

In the process, the crew will lose their powers. Oh and Morgana is gonna die.

The game hasn't said that part yet but if they didn't kill Ryuji, they're gonna kill Morgana, fucking bet.

I love you, Morgana Notacat.

This was actually where I got my idea of what Morgana is. Morgana's upgraded Persona is Mercurius/Hermes. Yanno, the god of messages, of thieves, of swiftness, and well-known classic psychopomp.

Morgana keeps remembering himself being born in Mementos. He's without a doubt some manifestation of humanity's rebellion against systems, the literally cognitive patron saint of Phantom Thieves. He's a mascot in the most literal sense, an emblem of good luck for the Thieves' work.

Even the fact he's a cat kind of fits in nicely. Cats are free spirits who opt-into being it other people. They are creatures of choice.

I'm gonna be big sad when Morgana fucking dies lemme tell you. I'm pretty sure he's, like, sustained by Mementos and the plan is to collapse it? Yeah, Morgana is fucked.

Goddamn HERMES, that's so cool. Morgana, our psychopomp into the bowels of the collective unconsciousness.

GODDAMIT NOTIGOR WHAT DO YOU WANT, IT IS CHRISTMAS FUCKING EVE, YOU BETTER GIMME PRESENTS.

I know that you know that we all know that this isn't Igor but sometimes it fucking floors me how much he isn't Igor, jesus fucking christ. Who tf is this guy. I hope he's the Big Bad somehow bc there ain't anyone else at this point.

Please don't pull another It Was The Gas Station Attendant, Persona, I'm fucking on my knees begging you.

lmao i love the game poking the player to ensure they noticed Morgana is acting odd

Deep in Mementos is... this..... uh..... thing. A bunch of otherworldly veins flowing down into the core.

/looks nervously around

so uh. is it a hot take to say that, uh, the last segment of this game here, the Mementos Depths, is the ugliest place in the game? Just wondering because wow working through this place, I was struck by how completely aesthetically unappealing all of this is. It should be mysterious and eerie but mostly I am finding it.... blurgh. I thought Kaneshiro's Palace was pretty unappealing too, but this is bad enough I feel the need to remark on it.

/gestures at screen. What is all this????? oh god it reminds me of the Collector Base in Mass Effect 2. Except that game came out in 2010 for the previous generation console. /winces

Anyway.

The Depths of Mementos is a prison of complacency.

All of the Shadows the Thieves defeated are in the prison cells. They are relieved to be there, where they don't have to think. Everything is taken care of for them.

Man, remember back in Persona 3 when it turned out that defeating all the Full Moon shadows was actually the thing that doomed the world? Wouldn't it be hilarious is the Thieves fucked all this up the whole time? l m a o.

I honestly don't know if that's what's happening here yet, I haven't reached, like, the Explanation, but it does feel a bit like alllllllll the way back at the start of the liveblog when I was contending with the ethics of the entire idea of stealing someone's heart and what it does. The game went out of its way to justify doing it with Shido's attempted suicide, but the bridge to far for me (and thankfully for Ann too) was killing these people.

But now what happens seems to be akin to ego death instead, and.... I dunno, man, is that much different than murder?

SIGHS LOUDLY

okay is that true or is this another fucking situation where Izanami is like "WELL REALLY when you THINK ABOUT IT all I'm doing is giving humanity what they really want soooooooooo it makes you think huh, doesn't it make you think"

MAYBE THE GAME WILL PROVE ME WRONG, I DUNNO YET.

oh my god. oh my god.

IGOR!!!!!!!! IGOR IS IN THERE!!!!

LEMME IN!!!!!! LEMME IIIIIIIIN I NEED TO SEE HIMMMMM I NEED TO TALK TO HIM I MISS HIM sobs

yeah no, bet, it's igor's cell. which means Notigor locked him up? maybe Notigor is the final boss, that'd be great, it'd slot in perfectly with this place being a prison and Reverie having been stuck in the shitty Velvet Prison this whole time.

please igor help me, i'm so tired of the edgelord execution shit.

PSYCHOPOMP MORGANA!!!!!!!!!!

me pressing my face against the bars whispering I'll be back for you igor i love you

lol what if it isn't even igor in there can you imagine

[frostbite-yinny]

alright, finally got off of my shift! thanks for reaching out to me about the pokémon adoption, i’ve had some time to think over what i want.

i think I’m looking for a cute, first-stage ice type pokémon of any gender. preferably a pokémon that’s fairly low maintenance? or at least one that’s not too difficult for a college student to take care of.

- ray @coldstoragekid

Little disclaimer, anyone else is free to adopt these Pokemon mentioned here!

Hello again! Thank you very much for deciding to adopt ^^ So, you are looking for a cute ice type suitable for being a pet, first-stage, and generally more first-time friendly? I picked out three candidates that could suit you! And I will add a few other pokemon and eggs at the end, just in case ^^

Blizzaga the Vanillite: This little boy here used to be a mascot for a family-owned ice cream shop and was abandoned after they went for a brand change and needed to change their mascot as well. We had some problems with him having abandonment issues at the start but he came over them pretty easily! Thanks to his time as a mascot, he spent a good time around children and entertaining people so he is extremely friendly and perfect to be a pet. You can easily get him used to different nicknames too! Thanks to his smaller size, he would be easier for you to bring around.

Snowbean the Snom: She has been abandoned here by a trainer who caught her in the wild, and realized she was... okey there is no kind way to say this; she is very cowardly and on the lazier side. This poor girl doesn't even have one fighter bone in her body BUT she is extremely friendly to humans (emphasis on humans) and loves to be showered with attention! Since she is on the lazier side, she is not very playful and would prefer to nap on your lap for hours rather than chase a ball. Would be a great pet! Just don't get your hopes up on teaching her any tricks.

Nameless Alolan Vulpix: This girl here doesn't have a name as its previous owner never gave her one, so it would be rather easy for you to get her used to a new nickname. She was a marriage anniversary gift from a woman to her wife and was spoiled to the core, sadly, they had to leave her behind after their work demanded them to move to another region unsuitable for the vulpix. Like I said, she is spoiled to the core and definitely needs to be brushed and pampered daily, which can be a challenge for some people. But she is such a sweetheart and is just generally perfect pet material, I'm sure you two can get on great!

Now a few more Pokemon: a snorunt, two frigibax, dancer the smoochum, SLASHER the cubchoo, and Edgy the Sneasel

Lasty, a few eggs: alolan sandshrew egg, 3 swinub eggs, a bergmite egg, 7 fucking snom eggs (yea I hate shiny breeders so much) and one snorunt egg

A little tip as you are adopting an ice type: Buying a mini fridge, making it lay on its side, and letting the Pokemon use it as their bed could really help! And much easier than cranking down the heat to make them comfortable ^^