#idk if i hope or not

[a-very-sparkly-nerd]

Ok! Thanks to Zuppi for easing my very on-edge nerves and reassuring me! I'm very delicate lol.

TDP 6x08 episode title speculation below the cut, because it's long and got away from me. You don't have to have read it to understand this, but I had some speculation here about 6x07 that would tie into my thoughts about this episode.

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Given that the prev episode's title is "The Red Wedding," and a lot of us are speculating it'll be about Janaya's wedding (Sunfire, something to keep in mind), and it cuts off right before the "we all fall down," leaving "ashes" the last word said, "Ashes" will likely be the title of 6x08, presumably about the aftermath of the wedding.

Additionally, given the wilted flower, and we know that Dark Magic has that exact effect of draining life, it will also contain some flashbacks to Claudia's childhood other than what we've seen in Puzzle House. "Ring Around the Rosie" is a song typically sung by kids, hence leading to that train of thought. The rose appears to be a dark red. While red roses represent love and admiration, a burgundy shade it could also be seen as symbolizing devotion. If it's red, given that it's dead, it might be Claudia losing her love for, or even killing someone she previously cared about (if it's Terry or Soren, so help me...). I'd say dead devotion means she finally stops trying to help Viren, but... nah. Too easy. But I would love to see what happens if or when she moves on from Viren, what happens to her intelligence and drive when she's lost the outlet that lasted for years. Would she get better? Get worse? Become a hermit in the woods with Terry? Spin-off, please and thank you.

BUT. "Ring Around the Rosie" is a song about the Bubonic Plague. Based on that, a lot of people (around the amount who died in "The Red Wedding," I'm guessing) will likely die. I'm personally neutral on the idea of a plague sweeping the continent (and getting COVID flashbacks lol), but any reasoning arguing for it is perfectly justified, given how many characters (Claudia, Karim + Miyana + Pharos, Callum...) are screwing around and finding out. If so, I for some reason have a feeling Sol Regem will be involved (don't ask me to explain, it's just a Feeling with no grounds, so feel free to completely ignore that bit).

To conclude: I think the title will be "Ashes," and it will be about the aftermath of 6x07, Claudia-centric, and contain lots of death and/or destruction. Also cremation somewhere in there because ofc.

(These are just my opinions like 10 minutes after finally sitting my butt down, getting myself together, and watching it. I don't work for or on the show, I'm not psychic, and I don't have an English degree. I will, however, get attached to these hc's and then be proven so wrong lol)

[guiiay]

jinx and isha visit a walmart

[starridge]

puppet hour was brutal

[iclimbtreestofeelalive]

hey for everyone talking about jury nullification etc etc: it only works if you lie and say you dont know what it is. if youre chosen for jury duty and they ask you if you know what it is, you say no. here's an article going more in depth, and here's the cgp grey video about it.

like. just so we're clear, it's good to know about, but if you go into a courtroom and start talking about nullification, you could very well have voided your place on that jury. be smart about it 👍

[marcilled]

im fucking losing it

[enthyrea]

ma meilleure ennemie ⏳

[adaki]

Sry I’m late, I was being held in a maximum security prison on a secluded island and they had no wifi.

[lalalychee]

closer than you know

i've been working on this painting for over 3 months and i am exhausted 💀 so excited to be done with it. i'm really proud of it though!! it's definitely the most detailed painting i've done in quite some time.

(please be sure to zoom in to see all the little details i worked so hard on!)

[fraternum-momentum]

give me your complete and unwavering devotion.

[hinamie]

surprise it's yuri!!!in 2024

[stiffyck]

Good luck during pride month to all the aroaces who are gonna be blasted with "love is love" everywhere

Edit:

This post includes aplatonic people, loveless aros and any other people who fall anywhere on the aro and ace spectrum.

Stop saying "but theres platonic love and familial love-"

[ruushes]

companions re-classed part 3 - shadowheart 🌌🌚🌝

*shadowdancer isn't a 5e rogue subclass, it's a 3.5e rogue-based prestige class, but it suits her so well and when i played 3.5e as a kid i thought it was the coolest thing ever lol so i wanted to use it

karlach 🔥 wyll ⚔️

[bean-spring]

Hot take and not to be a killjoy or the shipping police but people treating Viktor or Jinx's aroace headcanons as if they were canon is not the revolutionary take people think it is.

Headcanons are always all right but we have to acknowledge that they are somehow damaging when they apply to stereotypes. It might not be the case for everyone but most of the time people unconsciously assume that disability/mental illness=asexuality. These headcanons erase the freedom of attraction from people who are already seen as unable to have sexual/romantic experiences/desires, when it's completely untrue and harmful.

You can headcanon Viktor and Jinx as aroace, but I have seen people changing their minds once Viktor is no longer disabled (s2 with all of his other forms) and Jinx is no longer as mentally ill (alternate universe Powder). And it speaks wonders of how people see these characters.

"I never thought about Jinx being able to feel romantic/sexual attraction until s2!" To believe she's actually only capable of that when she's not "damaged" is incredibly disturbing. Especially since Jinx has always had a bit of a flirty personality too.

"I've always seen Viktor as asexual, I don't know why!" That's fine. You can headcanon him as ace. But I believe there is a reason behind it, most of the time, if for some inexplicable reason the "vibes" of the disabled character are making you think he's ace.

I say all of this being aroaspec myself, by the way. Headcanon all you want but going to people's posts commenting how "it's weird for you that they have romantic/sexual plots when they're clearly aroace" is not a win at all. It's a headcanon, after all, and it should be treated as such, and that's fine. But it also is damaging to spread stereotypes like these.

Of course the disabled character is asexual. Of course the mentally ill character is aromantic. It's not as revolutionary as you might think, tbh.

Fandom is not activism and it's all right to have any headcanons you want BUT some of them are filled with damaging stuff and perhaps we should look into ourselves more before treating these assumptions as something canon.

[halloweenorangesoda]

let him be fucked up sega hes earned the right

[sga-owns-my-soul]

reblog to give ur mutuals a soft lil kissy on the head

[habs-gonefishing]

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