#in which I go full pepe sylvia

[unnonexistence]

an important writing question to ask yourself is "how much time and effort do i want to put into figuring out what this character's legal documents would look like"

[lesbiansforangusmcdonald]

Ok, finals are over, so now I can FINALLY post my Pepe Sylvia theory about Porter actually being evil that has been ruminating in my head ever since I saw season 2! (spoilers for s2 of fantasy high, obviously)

(sorry if someone’s talked about it before and I couldn’t find it, but like WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS BEFORE S3!)

Ok, so I noticed something when Ragh talked about the first time he saw Kalina in episode 4 of season 2 (“Heartache on the Celestine Sea”). He says that he saw Jace talking to some elven woman (who is revealed to be Adaine’s mom, Arianwen) and to “someone he couldn’t see. I just assumed somebody was invisible.” This is most likely Kalina, as Arianwen was there to get the Nightmare King’s crown and Kalina could have been helping her do that. However, this is important because, since Ragh could obviously see Kalina later on, this is a point in time when he couldn’t see Kalina.

Then Ragh says that after he saw that, Jace and Porter came to talk to him, and “Porter did some barbarian healing with me.” This seems normal enough, as Ragh had just been in a huge fight, but Ragh stipulates that “I didn’t feel that injured, honestly.” So this line already makes it seem as though Porter may have had some ulterior motive for healing Ragh.

Then, Ragh says that as he was walking home after this, he was approached by Kalina, who threatened to kill his mom if he said anything about seeing Arianwen at the school.

(the clip of the scene is here, if you wanna watch it, edited slightly for clarity)

So this makes me think that Jace and Porter knew Ragh saw Arianwen at the school, knew he would probably tell the Bad Kids about it, and Porter intentionally passed Kalina to Ragh through healing in order to ensure his silence.

AND if you’re thinking this may be a bit far-fetched, I’ll remind you that Landren Leir, the cleric of the unnamed goddess who infiltrated the elven Galicaean church after the fall of the unnamed goddess, also passed on Kalina via healing of the high-elven clergy, which she was then murdered for.

But in order to pass it on to Ragh at all, Porter must have been infected with Kalina as well, so here are some of my theories of what that could mean;

1. Porter had no idea he was infected and was just trying to heal a student.

I mean, totally possible, right? From most of the other angles, Porter seems like a decent guy; he supports Fig in barbarian class, he’s part of a community at his local gym, and he did get sucked into a palimpsest when Kalvaxis/Goldenhoard was trying to take over the school — why would that happen if Porter wouldn’t have been opposed to what Kalvaxis/Goldenhoard was doing? And there are plenty of people who are infected with Kalina and never show any symptoms, and therefore never know. It could have been totally innocent. BUT it’s just a little too convenient, isn’t it? Ragh sees Arianwen at the school, and then right after he’s “randomly” infected with Kalina? It just doesn’t seem like a coincidence.

2. Porter knew he was passing Kalina onto Ragh, but wasn’t aware of the full plot to steal the Nightmare King’s crown.

I mean, also possible, right? Maybe Jace put Porter up to it, maybe he knew more than Porter did about the whole situation? Porter wasn’t initially mentioned as talking to Arianwen, maybe Jace just manipulated Porter because he knew that Ragh would trust Porter as his teacher. BUT I think that it would be kind of weird for Porter to be in the school, be infected, be around all of these other people who are in on this wider plot, but they don’t get him involved. Maybe they thought he wouldn’t go for it, thought he was too nice, but I’m not sure. I mean, I think this theory has more merit than the first one, like it’s possible, just would be a little weird.

3. Porter was in on the plot to bring back the Nightmare King.

I mean. Like I know this may not be another Loose Duke situation. But it’s possible! Like, he’s in the right positions! He works at the school. He has the trust of some of the bad kids. He didn’t openly support Kalvaxis or anything he did. Maybe their larger organization (which they do hint that there are more people throughout the world that want to bring back the nightmare king throughout the campaign) thought that he should lay low and hold onto the trust of the bad kids, just wait until the right time to strike. Again, the fact that he would knowingly put a student, one of HIS barbarian students, in such serious danger, in order to protect the larger interest of bringing back the Nightmare King, does not stack up well against him.

So, do I think that Porter will end up being the big bad of season 3, or even the elusive season 4? No, probably not. BUT I do think that he’s sus as fuck and we need to stay on our toes, because he could turn out to be more of a threat with the right opportunities.

[itsthenovelteafactor]

hypothetical questions for my tua friends... how would y’all feel about a probably way too long meta where i go into the use of the phantom of the opera score and how it clues us in to vanya’s mental state and foreshadows future events...  

[mokutone]

When Kakashi pulls down his mask it's just another even stranger mask that shouldn't be able to fit underneath. Like the bottom portion of an oni mask or something. Once he pulls down his cloth mask only to have a full face mask underneath it. Not sure how he managed it but it was very impressive. (I'd imagine it was possible with very specific seals on his mask that summons another mask when it's pulled down and he has it looped so it will never not summon a mask. But if he were to explain all that it would ruin the joke.)

okay now imagine you are naruto.

imagine you are naruto and you are explaining all of that above text to your temporary new captain because he caught you (naruto) and sai (sai) lying in wait outside of a grocery store that kakashi ducked into and has definitely already escaped from unnoticed. You (naruto AND sai) are fully armed and prepared to remove as many of kakashi's mask(s) as it takes like this is bell challenge 2.0. and the captain gives you this look about all that:

[knifehecker]

Spamtons nostalgia with 1997 is something I have a strange relationship to. I dont have any existing memories of the irl or (rapidly growing) online culture of the late 90s, and yet I cant help but share a strong connection to that time because 1997 was the year I was born. There's no mention of the current year that DR takes place in, and if I go with the assumption that it's vaguely set around the time of the demo's release (if not the TBA full release?) then I have to accept that kris would have even less of a personal nostalgia for 1997 than I do. In fact, the only characters I could speculate to have the most similar perspective as I do would be either asriel, or dess.

....which. considering I grew up living with my Christmas obsessed grandmother whose name literally is carol, and that I Was Born In December. The coincidences there are so random but then again ive been going all pepe sylvia over utdr since 2015 LMAO

[tediousdelusion]

2, 10, and 29 🖤

2.) Enemies to lovers. I feel like I have gotten somewhat close in this by the very nature of writing steddyhands (points at the izzy hypotenuse like pepe sylvia), but I’ve never done a true enemies to lovers, at least in my own view. I think it’s very up my alley, given that I like to write about people with long complicated histories and somewhat conflicting emotions.

I kind of wonder if I would actually be able to pull it off if I sat down and tried, though, just because most of the tropiest parts of my works are usually unplanned. Like, the “only one bed” scene in merchant’s ships was def not part of the original plan, haha.

10.) Overall, I think the easiest to write was merchant’s ships. I didn’t really write fic before that, so it all started because I had a really clear vision of a few scenes and needed to get them out of my head. The rest of the fic snowballed from the connective tissue that those scenes needed to have context. And I think of it as the easiest because I didn’t write it with the intent of publishing it and so there was literally no pressure (external or internal) to finish. It just kind of... happened. I think I also sat on it the longest, and it’s personally one of my favorites that I’ve written.

My current work, stuck in second gear, is also turning out to be surprisingly “easy.” Or, at least fast. I started posting before finishing a full draft, which I normally don’t do, and so far so good where scheduling is concerned. I definitely thought I would immediately fall behind, but I kind of like working under a deadline.

29.) This was a shockingly hard question that made me realize I need to use the bookmark feature more often. I read so much and then it’s just... gone because I have seemingly forgotten one of AO3′s key features. But, anyway, I’m going to go with UnfortunatelyObsessed’s amazing work the lion’s devotion (the lamb’s downfall), which is a Victorian era wwdits au. It is so, so good, and even if you don’t usually read for that fandom, if you haven’t read it, go check it out (or read it again). Great religious themes and imagery, and amazingly good character work. The fic itself is 100% a complete story that doesn’t really need either a prequel or a sequel, but trying my hand at either would be a lot of fun just because I love the world that the author built so much. (And also I am obsessed with Guillermo, as are we all).