#it sort of looks like the animation from toy story tbh

[gottaarc]

So I started learning blender because I want to start making 3d backgrounds and just... Miku Donut

[jasperxkuromi]

Regressors that are (bodily) older, please interact!

Later 20s, 30s, maybe even older? I would love to hear from you and maybe even your stories if you don't mind sharing!

I want to meet more people like me and also show others that age regression doesn't just suddenly "stop" at a certain age

Some of us:

Didn't discover regressing/didn't understand their involuntary regression until they were older

Wasn't in a safe space mentally and/or physically to be able to regress the way we want to

Didnt "grow out" of regressing. I think a lot of people outside the community assume we will all grow out of wanting to regress at some point. Maybe some of us will, but some of us won't. Regressing can be a safe and healthy coping mechanism, no matter your bodily age!

And probably many other reasons I can't think of at the moment lol

I would love to get to talk to older regressors, or if there are any groups/discords, I would like to know those too :3

I'm gonna talk about my story a little under the cut, but I don't exactly recommend reading it if you are little right now! I am going to be talking about s3xualization of agere and children's media unfortunately.

I started age dreamer/involuntarily regressing when I was in high school without really knowing what it was. I was really into MLP FiM during its height popularity. I watched the show, collected and played with the toys, did coloring books, took my MLP blanket to school ever day. You get the idea.

I discovered regression here in Tumblr, but this was yeeeeaaars ago, like back when nsfw was still allowed. The line between ddlg and agere wasn't as solid as it is now. Or maybe it was just because I was a kid and couldn't understand better? Either way ... i ended up getting wrong ideas of what agere had to be and ended up scaring myself off. I also had adult roleplayers leaving really inappropriate comments on my posts that made me feel icky. I thought agere had to be s3xual and scared myself off.

We also unfortunately probably know the uhhh .. types of fan art that was popular of MLP. And it just ended up making me lose interest in the series. The stuff was everywhere and it was hard to avoid even if you were vigilant.

I never got a real chance to understand what healthy, voluntary regression was. I still was an age dreamer, but most times when I involuntarily regress it is out of extreme stress and it isn't fun or pretty.

I had a lot of bad things that happened to me last year and in turn I am having more health issues. Chronic conditions I already had getting worse, and new ones popping up. My mom (the one who birthed me) has been helping me a bit, but it has still been a lot of playing adult. Making phone calls back and forth, filling out paperwork, figuring out disability leave, paying bills, etc etc. I started age dreaming more and more often to cope with the stress. Like I randomly one day bought a DVD player and sets of Winnie the Pooh and Scooby Doo DVDs lmfao.

I also never stopped collecting stuffed animals and came back to collecting dolls again last year. It helps that I have friends IRL who I don't think are regressors, but still enjoy collecting with me. (my friends don't know yet, but I think they would be accepting if I told them, or they might already assume I regress tbh)

I have kinda had age regression on the back of my mind for several months, but was scared to look back into it. I was scared of going through the same thing I did back in high school. But also denying I am a regressor and that I still need to heal my childhood wounds was getting heavier and heavier on me. I am sooooo thankful I finally felt safe to begin exploring regression again ♥️😁

Side note: while I absolutely don't care if people do ddlg and similar stuff as a kink/fetish, I am thankful that the distinction between that and agere is more distinct now. It is important we protect minors and other vulnerable people from having the same sorts of things that happened to me (or worse) from happening to them.

[nanjokei]

I PROMISE THIS IS NOT VAGUING ANYONE I JUST SAW IT GET BROUGHT UP ON THE DASH AND I REMEMBERED anyway because ive been thinking about it now for a while but ppl clutching their pearls about cure wing is so funny to me. hes so inoffensive. there are at least like 5 girl precures who look and act way more masc. he is not even a human boy so all his issues are weird bird shit but i fell off of keeping up with this season so idk if he suddenly wants to kick a football or what. its almost comical how much toei wanted the "precure guy" clout but didnt want to commit so they made some magical animal have a little boy form that barely really matters identity wise aside from like a few jokes

i think its entirely possible to just imagine he's a girl until the show is over. knowing toei next show might not even have a male precure. look at kamen rider, it skipped having a female rider two seasons in a row after they made a huge thing about valkyrie and how this is NEW and REIWA RIDER so were CHANGING THE STATUS QUO (apparently geats had a female rider tho? good for her.)

tbh, if precure started doing sentai ratios it would be pretty interesting (except girl leaning so for example 3 girls 1-2 guys, then the mid season cure is a girl also). im not saying "there must be guys" but if its fully within the genre and they are frilly. so like they could literally just be girls anyway, but it would make a lot of kids happy otherwise. i think precure will always be a GIRL franchise especially marketing wise and toei is all about selling toys, cure wing is not suddenly turning it on its head especially given toei has so many BOY franchises as it is, so there will be many seasons mainly with all girl teams to c9me, but maybe once every two or three seasons there will be guys (or most likely just One boy). not because "there should be guys!!!!" but bc eventually the binary just feels more and more silly imo. does this make sense. i am not saying it has to happen i just wonder what the world will look like if it did. tbh back when i was a little girl (and yet still pretty weird about gender looking back) i always loved all the cute girls but if there were one or two guys as long as they did not dominate the story and there wasnt any forced gender based plotlines (like romance, but not necessarily) i would have been as happy as a clam. cuz i really did like ensemble anime where there were girls and guys also!

DOES THIS MAKE SENSE... i just thought about it as a discussion sort of thing.

[theshoegirldiaries]

Disney Women as School Pupils

[Tiana, Aurora, Kida, Jessie, Belle, Elsa, Ariel, Pocahontas, Cinderella, Esmeralda, Jasmine, Mulan, Snow White, Rapunzel, Merida and Tinkerbell]

In the next in my series of AI generated Disney women, I dressed them as high school students. All were made from “text to image” using the ‘digital art’ style with the same prompt, just changing their names each time. I requested 2 images for each character and chose my favourite.

Things to note; most images had some some sort of small outfit error; uneven spacing between buttons or random button sizes/colours, double or cut collars or random ribbons or double tie situations. A lot of the hairstyles included pigtails seemingly coming from nowhere or in a style that just wouldn't be plaited. Any image with hands usually involved 5 fingers and a thumb, tbh I've come to expect that of AI now, but also some of the books and papers were incorrectly drawn (wrongly angled, cut-outs etc).

Specifically looking at the girls, Tiana and Mulan, gorgeous as always. I'm getting bored of Aurora, she's always spacing out (maybe she's a method actor), I'll be honest, she's boring to me. I added a new character, Jessie from Toy Story. I thought it would be interesting to see how not only an animated character, but an animated toy could come to 'life'-I think her image worked well. I had to do extra images for Pocahontas (they had her surrounded by leaves, I wanted a more school-like background) and Ariel (AI has been making her very tanned lately and there were some other issues with the first images of her). We're ignoring Jasmine's record-breakingly long finger and are not trying to figure out which hand it comes from. Shout out to the look-alike kids in Merida's class (us Scots are all ginge!) and the little deformed Tink that Tinkerbell took to school (she has a smooshed face and no feet).

Oh, I also decided to try another new character, Silvermist, the fairy from the Tinkerbell films. Black haired and East Asian she is not, AI clearly has no idea who she is...

Previous posts in this series;

Disney women in summer dresses here and villain version here.

Disney women as air hostesses here and villains here.

Keep an eye out for those high school villains coming soon!

[friendlyfatbee]

6th Hottest Ghosts: DJ Phantasmagloria and Serpci

Serpci is a one trick pony and DJ Phantasmagloria can kick your butt, I will explain why in the following essay- /hj

Serpci:

Looks: I tried to judge her specifically for beauty standards during the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt, at least thats what her attire suggests. Serpci scores perfectly in this catagory with her body type, hairstyle, longer dress, pectoral (type of necklace here, including the usage of gold and faience, which is a common blue-green material), and her makeup. (Source: Fashion and Beauty in Ancient Egypt by The Not So Innocents Abroad, warning: discussion of female anatomy and nude Egyptian statues.) Serpci also furfilled a lot of catagories in regards to wealthy women during this time period, such as fitted lightweight linen or bead dresses (Source: Ancient Egyptian Clothes by Archeology Now, warning: Nudity in Egyptian art used.) Long story short, this woman is rich and attractive.

Personality: Serpci has a pretty good personality! She exudes power and grace with her movements and body language, a witty leader, and even accepts her defeat with dignity (when she is vacuumed up by Luigi and she lays herself to rest.) A detail I’ve noticed is when Luigi manages to survive all her attacks (giant sand head, small sand vipers that shoot projectiles) she’ll… scream in anger. She isn’t infinitely patient, and tbh I understand completely losing it if your almost flawless attack managed to fail. This girl likes to toy with Luigi, ex. Doing a bunch of showy movements and distracting Luigi before sealing him to the bottom of her pyramid, and choosing to give him chills instead of straight up capturing or killing him when she sneaks up on him. While I wish there was more of some sort of character dynamic like having more apparent flaws, perhaps being furious and immature when things don’t go her way? Because most of the time on screen she does things successfully except for defeating Luigi when he does escape the pyramid. I recommend rewatching her fight and seeing her animation for when Luigi dodges her sand serpents that shoot projectiles! Otherwise she doesn’t exhibit toxic traits and seems interesting enough, but thats about it.

Survival Rate: Surprisingly a medium score. So here’s the think about the whole ‘one trick pony’ thing: she can only control sand. All her strong attacks are sand related, but once that’s taken away from her with a vacuum she is vulnerable and lacks any form of threat. Her floor is full of sand, hence she’s super powerful there (unless, like established, it is taken away like vacuuming.) Throw her into another environment, and she’s a fish out of water.

Niceness Rate: Kind of lower, since she seems to enjoy teasing Luigi and then sending him to his demise.

DJ Phantasmagloria:

Looks: Her beauty standards were based within the 1970s (time of both disco and the origin term of Deejay.) She holds up with a wonderful score, such out having a warm bronze appearance, youthful look, thin eyebrows, cranberry lip stick, and of course the iconic Afro which became incredibly popular in black communities. (Source: Beauty Standards Throughout the Decades: The 1970s by Simone Sydel) (If you want to see more evidence of the Afro being popularized along with confident black women, take a look at the article Rare Photos of ‘70s Black Beauty Pageants Celebrate Women Defying Beauty Standards by Kristina Rodulfo. Warning, photos of women in bikinis.) However a point was deducted for the outfit itself just… not really being interesting? Its almost depressing in appearance compared to what outfits were present during the 1970s (ex. Tie-dye, maxi dresses, wide lapel blazer, and more.)

Personality: Fun fact, I ended up having to rewatch her fight because the first time I was too entranced with watching her and enjoying her that I completely forgot to write notes. She’s just there to have a good time! She’s having the time of her unlife!- she doesn’t even tease Luigi that much an enjoy it, she’s just in a good mood. She’s grooving, and she only looks a bit irritated and distressed once Luigi starts vacuuming one of the dancer goobs. She loses her patience however once Luigi messes up the entire dance routine (I enjoy the touch of the record stop sound effect) and immediately gets on the dance floor, acting like everything’s still good only to give Luigi a threatening look. She still has her spirits up throughout the fight, dancing all the while Luigi is dodging her attacks. She even dances in her defeat animation while Luigi vacuums her up, safe to say at this point she heavily values music and performances. Though, like Serpci there is a lack of flaws (though it can be argued that maybe Gloria tries to minimize problems and make them seem not serious for the sake of keeping the atmosphere lighthearted.)

Survival Rate: Somewhat low because her vinyls are on fire, she can summon these vinyls anytime, and uh… getting sliced/lit on fire at the same time does not sound pleasant.

Niceness Rate: Middle of the road, its hard to tell because of no negative or positive actions toward other goobs or toward Luigi.

Overall, I love these two and have no major complaints! And now I shall rewatch DJ Phantasmagloria’s boss fight because I love her. And again. And again and again and again—

[primeministerofantarctica]

Tell me about your dream house bestie

!!!

since there's different levels of "dream house" from "relatively minor interior design ideas i could semi-realistically implant" to "three-story house with indoor theatre and gym" im just going to sort them by rank

Level 1: Could Realistically Implement This In An Apartment Or Rental House

storage bench by the entryway with hooks. There's a shelf to put shoes under the bench as well as a hat rack and little umbrella stand to the side. It's white with brightly colored pillows.

shelf system surrounding or near the tv. top shelves for displaying nendoroids and other figurines. middle shelves for dvds and games, in alphabetical order and sorted by system. lower cabinets for storing headsets and controllers and anything else that you don't want lying around.

plants! lots of plants. herbs and cherry tomatoes and potatoes by the kitchen window.

little window reading nooks <3

Level 2: It's MY house I'm gonna do what I WANT

writing office! I don't want a big space so usually I imagine it as being like, a small office under the stairs? just big enough for a chair and tiny desk! all the walls have whiteboard paint so i can take notes anywhere.

kind of (VERY) specific, but. lilo and stitch themed bathroom. what i mean is, it looks like a generic (but pretty) tropical beach theme painted on the walls. then you turn off the main lights and suddenly there's blacklit stars on the ceiling and aliens on the painting. you understand my vision.

lego movie basement. YOU KNOW THE ONE.

like a sensory/ decompression closet? the walls are soundproofed and it's lit up by fairy lights. there's beanbags and blankets and stuffed animals and coloring books and stim toys.

i know someone on here mentioned having a sofa full of a3 plushies. living the dream. sofa in my bedroom JUST for a3 (and sonic, and everything else) plushies.

fitness room, but only like half a room bc it'd only be a treadmill and some yoga mats and stuff.

Level 3: I Have A Million Dollars Bitches Let's Go

LIBRARY. Ok, I could (and would) implement this on any of the previous levels but it's going here bc of the decoration. Which I would base on my favorite bookstore, which is small but has some absolutely killer themes going on. There's a faux-Narnia wardrobe that leads to a "secret" room. There's a little hobbit hole with a reading chair and fake fireplace and fake food. There's a yellow brick road winding around the floor and a 221b Baker Street door. tbh the hardest part would be figuring out what literary themed ideas to NOT add in.

sunroom, you know those little side rooms with giant windows? yeah that's being used for cosplay making. there's shelves full of fabric and materials and accessories and a table with a sewing machine and dress forms. the walls are painted yellow.

fairy garden, aka flower garden but i put in those cute little fairy statues and stuff. also a swinging bench under a flowering tree, probably dogwood or magnolia. also a little area that's like a life-size miniature replica of smurf village w mushroom houses and character statues.

that's all i can think about for now but these are my top priorities :)

[juniaships]

Assigning squishmallows to the Wonderful Ones + Immorta & Vorkken

Reasoning under the cut

From top lefthand corner: Cardinal/Wonder Red, Peacock/WonderBlue, Apple/WonderGreen, Fox/WonderPink, Cat/WonderWhite, Lion/WonderYellow, Penguin/WonderBlack, Cardinal/Vorkken, Pink Cat/Immorta

Octopi is a symbol of creativity and overcoming challenges, a major theme of the game. Who better than the lead hero to have this plush? Being a teacher and all Wonder Red is already pretty smart, can think outside the box and gets everyone to cooperate for the best results. Octopi is also said to show willpower coincidentally Red's civilian name is Will

Wonder Blue is one of the most prideful members of the team. He also likes to show off his power and good looks, similar to a male peacock. Peacocks represent protection and sisterhood; Blue learned the importance of brotherhood and protecting others. The irony is the peacock squishmallow is actually a girl named Priscilla 😂

Apple represents plus the irony of a fresh fruit for a charcater obsessed with sweets (it's even said in canon that junk food is his forbidden fruit)

I was going to give Wonder Pink a cat but a better animal for her would be a Fox. Because of her beauty, teasing and temper, a fox embodies those traits. But is also means protection, which we see in her career as a hero and her caring behavior towards Luka. And tbh I know she got a shirt to match the tiedye patterns!

On the other hand, a cat fits Momoe's personality perfectly. Specifically a white cat. Besides symbolizing good luck something the team had a lot of it also represents purity and Momoe is one of the least flawed members of the team.

Wonder Yellow's strength doesn't just come from his muscles but from his heart. So a lion best fits that. Lions also go with military power and it seems that Wonder Yellow has that sort of aesthetic. Plus it would be so cliche to give the Russian guy a bear and it doesn't fit him anyways.

It was challenging finding a squishmallow for Wonder Black that isn't a cat or a bat. But I figured a penguin fits, as that animal symbolizes adaptability, a trait Wonder Black utilizes in his crafts. And being a gamer you have to adapt to whatever level you're playing. Plus the irony of an apathetic person carrying around a cheery lookin toy is freaking hilarious! XD

Now I wanted to make cardinal Wonder Red's plush since it goes with his story, but it fits Vorkken more. Someone trapped by his tragic past and had to learn to let it go.

We got another feline everyone! Immorta would love a cat because of its elegance, but also it is usually a symbol of femininity (her heart motif) and independence.

BONUS! My self insert Wonder Lavender/Wonder Angel would have a stingray to show her struggles with choosing a path in life but learning to simply experience life; her/my high sensitivity and valuing peace and harmony over blind chaos. Plus I had a stingray squishmallow! Or a unicorn, representing mystery/mystical, purity health and joy, which are also traits my SI have being the "shield" of the core team.

[oh-boy-me]

I just read both the australia and museum post and the chaos levels are top tier, but like imagine the chaos that ensues if lord diavolo discovers about amusment parks and immediately just buys tickets to disneyland. Lucifer is basically the dad trying not to loose his children(lord diavolo included). Lord diavolo wanting to ride a loopy rollercoaster and just having the time of his life! (Also I highkey see diavolo ordering lucifer to make a disneyland in devildom tbh) Also mouse ear headbands!

This..... this took forever

Hey there anon!  Sorry it took literally a year to answer this!  If you’re still into Obey Me, I hope this was a pleasant surprise.

Also for the first time ever a scenario post is being put under the cut for length purposes.  This scenario is 2.6k words Jesus

Please note that the last time I went to Disney was in 2015, so anything that’s newer than that is taken from the extensive reading of Disney advice blogs I read in preparation for this post.  Anything older than that is likely from experience.

Also, I tried my best to keep this spoiler free for the attractions that can be affected by it.

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So the Devildom DOES have the concept of amusement parks.  I slept on this ask for so long that we’ve learned about Devil’s Coast.  It seems to be more akin to a smaller-scale theme park, though.  Small-ish.  I’m used to NYC idk what constitutes as small.

Something like Disney World is on such a larger scale!!  When Diavolo heard about that, he knew they had to go.

They are going to Disney World in Orlando because it’s the only one I’ve been to.

Lucifer is REALLY getting tired of these field trips, but there would be no weird animals, and there would be no sobering lessons on global extinction events at a family-friendly amusement park.  He.  He can handle this.

Solomon has actually been banned from all Walt Disney theme parks.  We’re talking blacklist-level banned.  He’s barred from ever entering any Disney park ever again.  However, this was back in 1976, so this must be, like, his son or something, right?  There’s no way this is the same guy.  Thought the security guard who let him in.

What did Solomon do to get banned?  When asked, he only gave a curious hum.  “Yeah, I wonder.”

The place is split into four parks, so they’ll spend one day in each.

Barbatos continued to flex his power as the only one in the group with a brain cell, being sure to get them all fast passes.  He even set time back just for the passes while they were booking the rides they wanted to cut the lines for, so if they don’t get used he’s going to be very snippy.

Also for convenience sake this is taking place in an AU where everything is the same but COVID doesn’t exist to shut down some rides and attractions.

Day 1: Hollywood Studios

MC and Simeon basically have to coerce Lucifer into letting everyone run free instead of making them all line up with a walking rope all day.  He relents on the condition that everyone checks in periodically so he can at least know they haven’t killed anyone.

Nobody will check in except for maybe Beelzebub and those at Purgatory Hall.

Levi immediately gathered his fellow Star Wars fans (which basically meant calling over Mammon Belphie and Asmo and then pulling in two unsuspecting people suddenly given the title of “Star Wars fan”), and made a beeline for Galaxy’s Edge.  There’s a LOT to do there and damn it if he wasn’t going to hit all of it.

First up for their group is the interactive Millennium Falcon Smuggler’s Run.  They fail the mission.  Levi’s pretty pissed, but everyone agrees that it was fun nonetheless.  They really felt like they were doing a mission in the Falcon!  Plus, the gameplay element was totally up the alley of most of this group.  Simeon does feel a little nauseous from Luke’s jerky steering, though.

Did you know that Diavolo loves Toy Story?  He does.  He’s very much enjoying the Slinky roller coaster with Barbatos.

Barbatos would rather be spending time at the shows and performances, but oh no god forbid we don’t get an autograph from Doc McStuffins.  Lucifer please come find him and save him.

Lucifer somehow wandered into the Frozen Sing-Along Celebration.  He wants out.  Barbatos please come find him and save him.

In general, Lucifer isn’t a fan of these sorts of places, so honestly he’s just hiding from the others and waiting for today to be over.  Barbatos told him that there are parks that don’t revolve around rides and characters, and he’s holding out for those.

Luckily for them Diavolo wants to do LITERALLY everything, and that does include the shows, so Barbatos and Lucifer can have at least some fun today

Levi, Asmo, and Beel are about to start their relay for getting character autographs when Satan shows up out of nowhere and starts dragging everyone over to the Tower of Terror.  Solomon bars all attempts to flee on a certain Avatar of Greed’s side.

The line to the Tower is so long, and honestly?  Satan feels like the ride didn’t live up to the literal hour they waited to get on.  Like yeah it was fun, but way too short.

He voices those thoughts, and Levi, who Satan knows is afraid of heights, is pretty fucking livid and drags him to Rock n Rollercoaster as revenge.  Satan hates roller coasters.

As for the others, Asmo and Luke have a lot of fun on the thrill rides.  Mammon and Simeon do not.  Beel is a little spooked by them but still manages to have fun, while Belphie and Solomon think they’re alright.

Eventually, Simeon gets too sick to move, and they assign him to Luke.  They say it’s because he’s too short to ride some of the rides (even though he’s literally not, screw you guys.)

Barbatos messes with time a lil bit so they can enjoy the Fantasmic Show and Fireworks to wrap the day up.

Levi is very jealous of Diavolo’s Doc McStuffins autograph.  Somehow Asmo has Buzz Lightyear’s number.

Day 2: Animal Kingdom

Satan is vibrating

He literally instantly sprints to the Kilimanjaro Safari.  And good for him; that’s something best done while the sun isn’t high up.  The whole gang actually agrees to check that one out, and while Satan isn’t thrilled to be within 50 feet of Lucifer, he’s glad Simeon is there because he remembers how his presence lured animals out in Australia.

Simeon also finds himself pulled along the trails by Satan and parents watch in horror as a gorilla gives him a friendly pat on the back.

If you didn’t know, Animal Kingdom is divided into the two continents of Asia and Africa, as well as the secret eighth continent Avatar (2009).  Diavolo heard great things about the Flight of Passage ride, but he totally forgot to tell Barbatos about it, so they’re stuck on a three hour wait line now.

Levi takes Luke on the Everest roller coaster because Simeon saw it in the distance and looked like he was about to cry.  Levi wouldn’t shut up about how the yeti effect needs to be fixed and Solomon had to explain that the effect literally couldn’t support itself.

Simeon, having escaped a roller coaster for the first and only time on this trip, grabs lunch with Lucifer and Solomon and they enjoy the Lion King performance together.  Solomon’s the only one of them who’s seen the movie, but the others still found it fun.  Solomon keeps making up random plot points that don’t exist, though.  Remember when Simba was captured by pirates?

Mammon found the Bugs Life show very scary.  Normally Asmo would laugh at him, but he’s afraid of any bug he’s never seen before and at least Mammon was afraid of the things that were supposed to get you.  They agree that bugs are still not their friends.

Satan has many things to say about the Dinosaur ride and most of them aren’t good.  Belphie thought it was pretty ok, though.  Lucifer can’t believe there was a sobering lesson on a global extinction event at this family-friendly amusement park.

Diavolo is still in line.  Barbatos abandons him.  He accompanies Luke to the kiddie fossil thing and actually finds it more tolerable.  Oh yeah that’s the other secret ninth continent, Dinoland.

Beel and Belphie spend most of the day together at the various petting zoos.  Belphie comes back knowing more than he ever wanted to about conservation.  He thought Rafiki’s Planet Watch was going to be about watching other planets, not this one!

Asmo gets very interested in the costumes of the performers, as well as the parrots in the bird show.  He could probably make some really colorful designs with those as inspiration.

Nearby, Mammon runs into Kevin and squawks in surprise.  The zoo staff spend the next two hours trying to find the bird that escaped.

Diavolo says the ride was worth it, don’t worry.

Honestly this park has a lot of stuff that wouldn’t translate well to a funny scenario post so this part might be a little short compared to the others.  I can only talk about a zoo for so long.

Anyone remember the Honey I Shrunk the Kids 4D show?  Apparently it closed in 2016 to make room for more Star Wars stuff.

Anyway, at the center of it all there’s the Tree of Life, which is really pretty all day.  Lucifer is thrilled to have a decently obvious meet-up place, too.  They get to catch the brief awakening show at night.

They’re very bummed to learn the Rivers of Light show isn’t happening anymore, so Levi pulls it up on his phone so they can watch it in spirit.

Then Satan learns about the Wilderness Explorers badges and the others spend the rest of the time preventing too much collateral damage over the fact that nobody told him.

Day 3: Epcot

Finally, Lucifer thinks.  Boo, Luke thinks.

Beel didn’t expect this park to be that interesting to him (he’s much more into the wonder and immersion of Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom), but then he learned about the restaurants.  China, Norway, France, Mexico, Germany, Morocco, Italy, Japan, Canada--Canada?  Huh.  Canada.  There’s so many different restaurants from so many cuisines to try, and yeah he knows that it’s definitely not the same as going to the place and it’s overpriced (sorry Lucifer), but it’s all right there.  He makes certain to take MC on a deluxe Epcot restaurant tour.

Oh yeah MC.  That’s the first time we’ve heard from them in a while.  They’re doing whatever you want them to I guess.

Levi buys so much from the Japanese gift shops that he has to go back to the hotel for a bit to drop his bags off.

Satan and Diavolo aren’t much better, but their stashes are more varied.

Also, Diavolo found Mouse Gear, and bought everyone a pair of ears.  Lucifer says that everyone has to keep them on because it’s what Lord Diavolo wants, but he is by far the most upset about them.  Mammon snaps a picture and Lucifer throws his DDD into the lake.

Asmo and Belphie decide they’re gonna take it easy this day, and they nab Solomon and Barbatos for some exhibition hopping.

Luke finds Mission Space and please father no Simeon thought he was safe he thought he was safe here no please

Aside from that, though, Luke honestly finds this part of the park boring.  He’d have been more interested in these attractions elsewhere, but as a kid he’s in Disney for roller coasters and Mickey Mouse.

Simeon is very grateful that Luke doesn’t have much that he wants to do, because it means that he can enjoy the Gran Fiesta and Living with the Land boat rides and have a single moment where he doesn’t feel like he’s about to be sick.  He’s not even afraid of the rides; he just gets motion sick easily.

Asmo makes sure to see the Chinese acrobat show, and Mammon catches that with the show-hopping gang since there isn’t much he wants to do here either.

Epcot has alcohol and Solomon hasn’t been able to drink in ages so he really wants to spend some time doing that with MC.  No demons allowed, thank you very much.  He doesn’t hold his liquor as well as he’d like you to believe, but he just gets really talkative when drunk so it’s ok.

Epcot is a nice day to take a breather and Lucifer and Barbatos definitely needed a breather before tomorrow.

Day 4: Magic Kingdom

This is the day Diavolo has been waiting for.  The crème de la crop, the best park for kids and kids in a future king of the Devildom’s body.

Also I feel like now is a good time to mention that this probably isn’t a reasonable order of events because I don’t remember the map layout of these places idk Disney city planning

This time.  This time, Levi, Asmo and Beel are gonna get those autographs, dammit.  Levi doesn’t even know who half of these characters are but hell if he’s not getting their autograph.

Mammon actually really loves the mascots too, but he’s embarrassed about it so he’ll only try to get one if he can use the guise of MC wanting one.  MC, please help him out

Belphie isn’t big on rides, but he does have a soft spot for the more retro ones like Dumbo and Seven Dwarves.  And like I said before, Beel loves Magic Kingdom for its wonder.  So Belphie is perfectly happy being led (read: piggybacked) around by Beel today, because their favorite attractions match up pretty well here.

Actually, Beel’s favorite Disney movie is Lilo and Stitch, but.  RIP Stitch’s Great Escape ride 2004-2018

Diavolo and Lucifer take a moment to enjoy the Carousel of Progress, and they reflect on how much the Human World is always changing and how much about it they still don’t know.  It really does make them think, like.  Grandma found the VR games at Christmas!  The Devildom doesn’t have grandmas!

Mammon is terrified of the Haunted Mansion ride, and Satan has literally never felt so much schadenfreude in his life.

Mammon’s afraid of most rides to be fair, but he likes water rides, so Levi eventually takes pity on him and they go on Splash Mountain together more than once.

The Peter Pan ride broke down

Luke wanted to go on Space Mountain and Simeon was the only one around, so.  RIP Simeon ????-2021

Diavolo was That Guy.  If you know, you know.

Beel accidentally spun the teacups way too fast.  Not even Solomon got out of that one unscathed.

Following that, Solomon manages to drag Barbatos onto the Jungle Cruise while Lucifer is busy.  What is Lucifer busy with?  Riding the Buzz Lightyear shooting ride over and over until he hits every single target and gets a perfect score at a Disney ride, something that is normal to want and possible to achieve.  Anyway, Barbatos finds it really charming and Solomon finds it a nice break that he didn’t know he needed.

While looking for a food place that sells water for a reasonable price, a kid runs up to Asmo asking for a picture and autograph.  He’s kind of confused, but goes along with it to make the kid happy.

Turns out, Asmo’s so naturally charming that they mistook him for a prince.  Other groups see that family and follow suit.  Mammon eventually catches wind of it and shows up to charge a fee.  The parents are pretty sure Disney doesn’t charge fees like that, but their kids really want a pic with Asmo so they hand over the two bucks.  (“Oh it’s so low” come on Mammon’s not a dick to children.)

And that’s the story of how Mammon and Asmo ended up in Disney Jail.  You’re very much not allowed to pretend to be a cast member and then charge money for it.  Lucifer has to bail them out as their “guardian,” and as punishment they aren’t allowed to opt out of It’s a Small World.

Small World isn’t that bad imho, and those like Diavolo, Satan, Simeon, and Levi would like it a lot.  But Lucifer has been playing parent all day, Belphie does not like the noise, and Solomon has literally been on this ride at least fifty times.  Very mixed feelings on this one, but it feels fitting to end with that and a fireworks show.

All in all though this wasn’t the worst trip Lucifer’s been on (cue everyone applauding for some reason).

Barbatos by far had the least fun of them all because for four days he was stuck in a park where the mascot is a fucking rodent and he wasn’t allowed to annihilate Mickey Mouse where he stood

“Disneyland Devildom when” “Lord Diavolo, no”

Masterlist

[tigirl-and-co]

hewwo! so i've been away long enough to not know your star system girls :0c so please answer these for them!

👤💓 🌌 :3

Ohhhhh balam, you have no idea how excited I am to answer this ask, I’ve been waiting all day lmao <33333333

SO just for a quick rundown, Grits, Oatmeal, and Daisy run a large crime syndicate, with Grits and Daisy being the younger siblings of some small-time crooks in the star system canon, while Wolf is the leader of a small-time gang who are mostly just together for survival, and eventually she takes in Roxy who had been kicked out by her mother as a child. Wolf has no biological relationship to any star system members, and Roxy is the love child of notorious criminal Skunk, who does not know she exists and probably wouldn’t care if he did

Also I’m including Annie even though she’s not a character in the most traditional sense. Sometimes you answer ask memes about the family dog robot wolf, and that’s okay!

Grits

Well, her brother is Hamegg, and I kinda wanted to keep in with the breakfast food theme uwu also bc somebody with grit is somebody who is hardcore, who survives, so it’s sort of a play on words too

Volume 1 of Sailor Moon. Her brother used to read it to her as a bedtime story, so it holds great sentimental value. It’s worn and has a few stains from being treated roughly and handled by children, but to her it’s as good as mint condition.

Way in the back corner of the park she would visit as a child, is a gazebo, once white, now off-grey and slowly rotting. Her brother and his friends would take her there on sunny days, letting her play while they plotted and schemed in the way kids on a bad path do. Despite its state of decay, on days where she needs to clear her head she still visits, and can almost conjure up those days gone by

Oatmeal

Out-of-universe, I needed a name that was similar to but different from Grits, so we ended up at Oatmeal uwu in-universe, it’s bc Grits spared no expense in creating a robot double of herself, pouring money into the project, and then stood beside it as it was activated. It opened its eyes, looked at Grits and asked ‘What is my name?’ and Grits went ‘...oh fuck,’ having COMPLETELY forgotten about that part, and came up with ‘Oatmeal’ pretty much on the spot. RIP to Grits, no good under pressure.

Her outfit! Wearing the dress really makes Oatmeal feel like she has an identity, like she can fill the shoes she was given. Plus it’s the first thing Grits ever gave her, so it has sentimental value, too

Their bedroom. All three girls share a huge bedroom in the mansion they own totally legally with money obtained through legal means. It’s not only a safe place in a physical sense, but also in an emotional sense. They all let their facades fall, and can just be genuine with each other! And for Oatmeal, who is still kinda figuring herself out, it’s refreshing to see not only her girlfriends like that, but to be allowed to experiment with herself and her own personality as well

Daisy Ben

Well, she’s Heck Ben’s sister so… Also she’s named after and based on Daisy Ubuntu from the new season of Meerkat Manor… she’s based on a Meerkat what have I DONE. Daisy is just a good Southern Belle name tho tbh.

When she was 4 years old, Heck ‘found’ enough money to buy her a toy, since she didn’t have many. He got her a big plush ducky, who she named Cheese and Quackers. Dear Cheese has been loved half to death by now, but she still treasures him, and he sits on the nightstand to watch over the three of them as they sleep.

Horseback, or out in tall grass. Her family, including her, worked at the stables, caring for and exercising the horses, and even though she doesn’t often do it anymore, she loves riding bareback to help clear her head. Barring that, she loves hunkering down in tall grass, unseen by prying eyes. It makes her feel like a predatory animal uwu

Wolf Pack

wolf… good……… (in-universe, it’s debated on whether or not it’s her real name)

A small, pink stuffed dog. It was the only thing Roxy had from home, other than the clothes on her back, and eventually she gave it to Wolf as thanks for taking her in and as a sign of trust. Its name is Strawberry

Once she begins to trust him, Elefun’s office at the ministry of science! It’s a safe place for her physically, and it’s just… nice, you know? To not have to be the most responsible person in the room for once. To be able to let somebody else handle things.

Roxy Pack

Roxy is always a good name! In this case, it’s meant to be a reference to the Roxy Hunter series of movies, which I saw like 2 or 3 of as a kid. Her last name is Pack since she was unofficially taken in by Wolf as a little sister <3 also when paired with Annie, their names make ‘Roxanne’ which doesn’t mean anything but I thought it would be neat

A knife! Specifically, a scratched-up and kinda shitty blue karambit. When Wolf first took her in, she gave her the knife to help her protect herself, and as that was the first act of kindness Roxy had experienced in what felt like forever, it became very important to her. She now collects knives lmao.

Wolf’s room in the gang hideout. She knows Wolf will always look out for her! Plus, Wolf has a bunch of scientific posters on the walls and a few science mags lying around, and when nobody’s looking, she’ll try to read them. Wolf does her best to teach Roxy, but homegirl is also just naturally curious and wants to learn, lack of schooling be damned!

Annie the Robot Wolf

100% I just wanted to get the Roxanne thing. In-universe, Wolf named her for exactly the same reason lol

Roxy’s sweatshirt. She naps on it and can use its scent to find Roxy if anything bad happened

Dog park. She was programmed to have canine instincts, and sometimes she just wants to play with the other pooches <3333 'cuddling with Roxy' is also a valid answer

Thank you sooooooo much for the ask!!!!! This was so much fun <33333 I hope you like my girls ;w;

[clavis-baby]

The (possible) Downfall of Obey Me

5-16-21 (when writing this the event toys out)

(Tbh this post is just be trying to be naïve towards Solomare and at ever aspectthat I mention you have every single right to be upset and mad)

Okay so it’s no secret that Obey me is making bank and is very very obviously trying to make us money on the game with even trying to make us spend money with original stuff that was free to now secretly changing some mechanics behind our back

Here’s a post by @thalfox https://thalfox.tumblr.com/post/653994972840919040/i-just-noticed-a-little-bit-ago-that-the-barbatos that dose a really good job at explaining everything that has changed

(also this isn’t a hate thing fox has actually done a great work explaining everything to good detail of what has changed)

With all the changes I don’t think that it’s shocking to say that players are leavening the fandom because of many reasons to the games getting stupidly harder to even the game development

This is just a heads up this in no way is a post saying “hey this is why you shouldn’t feel this way” I kinda just wanted to see from a business standpoint and be naïve of what’s happening you have every reason to be mad at Solomare because even me I’ve been playing sense week 2 of game released and I’m only on lesson 42 every counter argument that I’m going to make I have complained about at some point

Arguments

(P.s grammar is really bad it’s sort of turned into more of a rant I wrote this at 5 am without any sleep so sorry)

1. Obey me is marketed as a free to play game

First there are many reasons people are mad this main thing that I hear about is from a lot of people is that is a “free game” which lets be honest is ridiculously hard

But still it is still essentially a “free to play game” I personally feel like the main prolog is lessons 1-20 to introduce all the characters to understand and getting the just on how to play the game

Okay and now here’s where I sort of stand with obey me, the gatcha rates are kinda ridiculously lucky when you play for the first week you luck is so amazing and is in my experience with gatchas the best luck I have ever seen for games so it’s not really hard collecting the cards

Now are they the best absolutely no, this I feel like is where you might have to spend money unless they up the skills on the Nightmare A

But what Obey me is technically trying to do is obviously making you pay by releasing your favorite demon card every 2 week which…aren’t essential they are really just hoping that you love your main demon enough to pay

With the high increase on the gatcha rate there really isn’t a pity unless you count the card pieces (but I’m not going to count that because you are more likely to roll your UR before completing the pieces)

Now after lesson 20 once the huge break I feel like Obey me almost expecting the players to keep logging in any doing jobs and some players did do that and boy did it pay off

But those players have not needed to spend a single dollar and are all caught up

Now for everyone else who didn’t the game was so difficult it’s unimaginable and because for that a whole lot of players left the game and personally I don’t blame them because of how much impact the next lessons were

Now sort of like Mystic Messenger you really just have to grind you ass off log in everyday and do JOBS :D and grind but as hard and long as it is you are still able to be a f2p but where obey me fails is that when grinding Mystic Messenger grinding was a lot more fun for me it took about a whole year to just get 550 hourglasses even when I purchased and same with Genshin Inpact it takes a while but with obey me there isn’t really anything else to do once you get to a certain point which I think obey me really lacks and could be part of a reason why people left. Grinding just is not fun (now I do think that on a phone there is so much you can do with a app game but I feel like there could be a bit more they could do)

Personally I’m just going to come out and say it don’t spend your money for one UR card for your favorite demon it’s really not worth it now im one of those Mammon stans but if I ever wanted a specific card for instance the Mammon bunny card when it first came out I wanted it so badly and didn’t get it but I also knew there would eventually be a revival so I saved and did not spend any DV(demon vouchers) until the revival

The events

Some people complain about getting the cards in the events onestly for me this one kinda makes a bit of sense I noticed the first change when the Vampire even came out and how it wasn’t as easy to get the second card but if you think of it it makes sence why

When the first event came out (Santa event) you only had to collect about 30,000 gingerbread compared to the 100,000 in event today but when the first event came out no one was at high enough levels for the AP required and you would every day when times rest to gain gingerbread as well as there was only one part to the story so when people kept leveling up their AP Obey Me had to higher the bar so it wouldn’t be so easy to get all these cards and have a actual reward system but eventually they also added another story lesson starting at the Ruri Chan event

Second thing about the events is that one there started just getting plain out boring.

When lesson 20 finished and we were all waiting for season 2 I was still loving in everyday and logging in at 12 and 8 for the free 30 AP because I didn’t know what else to and would participate in the event but eventually what I think that all otome games that have constant events like Ikemen Vampire and Ikemen Revolution they just start getting repetitive and getting real boring so I stoped playing until there was something more interesting

The last thing that some people complain about the events is that you can’t keep up with the story and the events now I can’t find it but I believe that @0beyme said something about the events a long time ago about how you have to pick between the event and moving through the main story which I kinda think isn’t really the games fault and more just a discussion on maybe missing a event

Add ons

Okay so they did this from day 1 you spend a certain amount of Devil point that you guaranteed don’t have and get out a card

Now this is just spelling out a disaster

Yeah so for the first Charge Mission is when you log in which everyone had but essentially what they want you to do is spend $100 on a game that you just logged into and never experienced or played I don’t really understand what they were even thinking with that but it must’ve worked for them to keep doing them

The second time they did it was when the break was over and season 2 came out and they celebrated by doing another charge mission which was the Lucifer and Simon card which would cost again $100 again I really don’t understand what they were thinking

And now this is I believe the fourth time they have done this for the 1.5 anniversary where they know that Mammon is obviously a favorite for many Obey Me players and where smart to put it on the really stupid charge mission but the difference is, is that instead of it costing $100 it would cost almost $200(same with Levi’s) for one thing I don’t understand

But one thing that you do have to remember is is that this isn’t apart of the main gameplay it really just is a mini game if you would even call it that of dress up and optimization so still I guess would be just a add on that has no effect on the actual story and game so you could I guess still call it a f2p game with really really stupidly high priced add ons

VIP

Umm so I am the first one to call myself out I have bought the VIP package first when season 2 happened and I knew how much I loved the game so personally it was worth it to me to support the developers and gain something out of it

Now I haven’t really seen much complaints on the VIP because people more use it as a “hey the game is impossible with out VIP” but the people who say this ive noticed never bought it

For $9.99 each month it is 100%

IT IS NOT WORTH IT!!! Out of everything you get which honestly isn’t much you get some extra free space in jobs and really that’s it and if you choose to use all your job slots for the highest paying you get around 30,500 about a 10,000 difference not really worth it in my opinion

With VIP you also get other things like higher chance of gifts from Jobs which you will not notice one bit, and +20 AP (which if you play the events is sort of useful) as well as extra packages exclusive to VIPs so after paying $9.99 per month you also get more things to buy and that’s about it for VIP now if you really want to get more grim just use your AP and spend it of normal lessons you will get more AP that way

The Story and Kids

This could be all me just complaining and a theory by I wanted to include it anyway

Obviously many people are not even caught up or even playing but as more lessons went on the less interesting the story became to me I don’t know if it’s a me thing but season one was absolutely amazing the once season two came out it was good but not anywhere as good and one

One reason why I think that it to me became almost bland is the amount of kids that is on the app and how sensitive people were if anything bad happens

It’s no secret that the Japanese versions a lot more non-kid friendly for hell’s sake the characters don’t even swear as well as all the colors I feel like to a American audience bright colors is usually marketed towards kids but in other countriesI think many understand that that is not always the case for instance a lot of people will thing in America that anime is all for kids but I mean look at Attack on Titan or Tokyo Ghoul you would not let kids watch that of literal people getting brutally murdered you just don’t see things like that in the West where something looking kid friendly could also be very adult like

Also wtf dose this in the App Store say +12 with Ikemen Vampire and a lot of other games if you have a game rated +17 then there will be a actual pop up that says something along the lines of how “thier could be violence acts and sexual act are you sure you want to instal”

Now the story I’ve seen people point this out but there isn’t really much character development for instance Beel he dose not have a actual personality his personality (fight me on this one) all you really know about him is that he likes food and his family now I could be wrong cuz I’m on lesson 42 but still not much and this is kinda with all the characters except the special ones where the devs really favor and love for story

Some one mentioned how the developers hold back a lot which I agree with 100% they said how when there is character development they all the sudden pull back and never will almost talk about it again like ???? So there’s this constant bland story

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Honestly if you liked this I might do more cuz as much as this post made me especially at the end I kinda liked ranting so...yeah there is also many other things that I want to rant about but I’m tired soooo

feel free to comment your opinions btw

Bye ima go sleep now

[murasaki-murasame]

Thoughts on Higurashi Gou Ep15

*bonk*

Actual thoughts under the cut, lol [Plus Umineko spoilers]

lmao where do I even begin with this episode.

In a lot of ways this is really reminding me of why Gou seems to be so polarizing with people, especially with old fans. Even after this episode I’m still on the side of really liking it.

On the one hand I think it’s been a good thing that Gou has had less focus on gore and violence compared to the original anime [and the VN to a lesser extent], but on the other hand I think this episode actually worked really well, specifically because of how relatively devoid of on-screen gore the first three arcs were. It makes this episode stand out way more when it’s such a step in intensity above everything that came before it.

But other than the sheer violence and horror of it all, and how off-putting that is to a lot of people, I think part of why it’s so polarizing is that this episode also has a dark comedy vibe to it, where the show is totally aware of how over the top it all is. I can see why this sort of tone might not work at all for a lot of people, and might seem outright disrespectful towards Rika as a character and the Vn in general, but I enjoyed it, since I like this sort of humour.

I also don’t think it’s that weird at all for Ryukishi to embrace the potential for dark comedy through violence. There’s already some elements of that in Umineko.

It’s also pretty obvious that the entire point of these loops was to show how Rika is getting killed almost immediately, before she has any real time to think or strategize or investigate. So I think it was necessary for us to go through it so fast in order to properly put us in Rika’s shoes as she goes through this almost rapid-fire series of comically abrupt and tragic deaths. I don’t really think that dragging this part out over more episodes would have worked as well because of that.

I do have some issues with how we’ve seen so little to do with Rika actually trying to investigate stuff, but I still like how this episode was handled.

Anyway, this does give us more clues about what’s going on with the overall mystery, both in terms of what was shown, and what wasn’t shown across these loops.

The only info we really get in each of these loops is that some seemingly random person goes fully L5 and kills Rika [and usually lots of other people as well], and that it’s happening at a way faster pace than it ever happened before. But on the other hand, there’s still no real references made to the GHD [aside from Kimiyoshi talking about the swamp gas, which isn’t quite the same thing], and Takano and Tomitake weren’t mentioned or shown at all. Same with Irie, I guess. The way that people seem to keep going L5 extremely quickly, along with the references to parasites and whatnot, feels like it’s a result of Takano injecting people with the syringe she used on Tomitake originally, and/or giving people her notes about the virus like she did with Rena in Tsumihoroboshi. But the weird thing about that is that Takano hasn’t killed Tomitake with that syringe yet in Gou, and the way these loops play out just doesn’t really feel like it matches her whole MO.

If we go with the idea that everything with her is exactly the same as it is in the vN, then the Kimiyoshi loop in particular is weird, because having Rika get dumped in the swamp would make it very hard for Takano to execute the GHD. Maybe she just didn’t plan for it to play out that way, but that’d be a kinda lame answer. This also reminds me of Rika getting dumped in the septic tank in Watadamashi, which was another murder method that seemed like it’d risk having her body only be found more than two days after she died.

There’s also the fact that in the other loops, Rika’s death isn’t set up in a way to make it look like it’s some sort of ritualistic part of the curse. This is probably less important, but Takano did apparently always set Rika’s body up at the shrine in the arcs where she kills her, because part of her whole plan was to have Rika’s death play into the curse narrative. But in basically every loop in Gou thus far, Rika’s just died in random ways, and usually there’s been obvious human culprits who killed her. So it just doesn’t really feel like Takano’s work, even though she seems like the obvious person to be setting up all these random killers.

She also only ever used that syringe on Tomitake to kill him at the festival. I don’t think she ever used it on someone with the intent of using them to kill Rika, so that’s another way in which the whole method of the ‘mastermind’ feels different to Takano. If anything it seems kinda overly complicated for Takano to do it this way, and to do it with different people each time, instead of just killing Rika herself like she does in the VN. Her whole character is defined by her unwavering will, and her desire to achieve her own dreams for herself, so having Rika get killed ‘indirectly’ in an almost randomized way seems very weird if we assume she’s still behind it. If anything, it reminds me a lot more of how the ‘roulette’ works in Umineko, lol.

In general this episode really hammered in the fact that whoever’s behind all this seems to be going out of their way to screw with Rika, and that they’re maybe acting on the fly in response to Rika’s actions, and choosing what options they think will mess with her the most in each arc. I might be wrong about that, but considering how much they seem to be leaning into this being a Bern origin story, and Featherine literally showing up in the OP, I can totally imagine that the motive of the mastermind this time is pretty much just pure sadism.

Even though Featherine is probably the one who made this new gameboard to begin with, I wouldn’t be surprised if this ends up being more like a game between Bern and Lambda, where Lambda is just toying with Bern by sticking her in this seemingly hopeless loop that’s designed to drive her to despair.

Gou still runs the risk of going off the deep end in a bad way if it leans that hard into the Umineko connections, but this whole turn of events is REALLY making this feel like a Bern origin story. And tbh I still think that any Umineko connections will end up being explained well enough within the context of Gou on it’s own that you won’t have to read all of Umineko to understand it. It’s entirely possible that they could touch upon the meta stuff in a way that’s framed more around Higurashi’s whole aesthetic, and never mention concepts like witches and gameboards. They could just frame it all in terms of gods, demons, loopers, fragments, etc. Which would help make it more digestible for people who haven’t read Umineko.

Anyway, now that we’re down to just one more loop before Rika decides to end it all, my guess is that the last two episodes of this arc will cover her ‘final loop’, but then one way or another we’ll get one more loop covering one big final arc. I’m not sure exactly how it’ll play out, but I think that either something will happen in the next loop to give her new hope to keep going, or she’ll end up being unable to actually go through with killing herself. Like, maybe she’ll use the sword fragment on herself and it won’t actually succeed in killing her permanently, or maybe at the start of the loop after the next one she’ll go to the shrine to retrieve the sword fragment only to find that it’s not even there in that loop. And since we already technically had Rika gaining a new burst of hope to keep going earlier in this arc, I’m leaning more towards the option of her trying to kill herself and being unable to. But we’ll see.

With how these last loops went, it really makes me wonder how Rika would even be able to figure anything out about the mystery with just one more loop. The mastermind seems determined to kill her as quickly as possible now, and it feels like she’s already become resigned to her fate. Especially with what happened with Akasaka, I don’t think she’s going to bother putting any real effort into reaching out to anyone in the next loop.

If the next arc is just one big answer arc to tie everything together, I assume that by the end of this arc we’ll know who the mastermind is. Which at this point probably has something to do with Satoko, one way or another.

This is also making me more convinced that Gou will just be 24 episodes and not have a second season or anything. After the whole ‘five more loops’ thing I thought maybe we’d get a second season, but now that they just straight up speed ran through four of them, that seems way less likely, lol. It’s possible that things will take a total left turn after this, and we’ll still get a second season with it’s own set of arcs, but it seems less likely now.

But on the other hand I still wonder how the next arc would be able to answer everything, especially from the perspective of new fans. There’s still stuff like Rena and Shion’s backstories that haven’t really been touched upon at all yet, and we still need to get answers about what went down in the first three arcs. I guess they might not each get their own full answer arcs, but there’s still only so much time left.

I guess it’s entirely possible that they just won’t bother explaining everything, especially in terms of backstory stuff, but that’s feel kinda disappointing. So I’d want a second season if only just to give them more time to go over the answers.

The fact that they’re still not doing much of anything with Takano and Tomitake also still makes me wonder even more if they’re going to bother getting into their whole deal in Gou, and all the exposition that would require. If we don’t get a second season then it really doesn’t feel like there’d be enough time for all that, on top of everything else that needs to be explained.

But I still think that Takano’s role in this is fundamentally different to the VN, so I think they’ll just side-step that whole issue entirely. I dunno if she’ll be completely irrelevant, but her role might require a lot less time spent on her backstory and development than what happened in the VN.

Though really at this point it seems pretty obvious that the whole climax and end goal of Gou is gonna be totally different to the VN, so I doubt they’re just gonna speedrun the events of Matsuribayashi in the last arc or something. If anything, the Akasaka loop kinda felt like an intentional hint toward the idea that he’s not going to be Rika’s savior again like in the VN, so the whole final arc will probably be different.

I don’t think anyone can say for sure how this will all end, but if this really is some kind of Bern origin story, then I think it’ll end with Rika giving into despair. Or maybe if I’m right about the meta framing of Gou as a whole, Rika will figure out that this is all just fiction, and she’ll just return to the ‘real world’ like when you realize that you’re dreaming and it makes you wake up. Which might be a kinda unsatisfying way to end this, but I’d be very surprised if we get a genuinely happy ending out of this.

Also, if this is setting up for some kind of Umineko anime remake, then it might make a lot more sense for this to have an abrupt and ‘inconclusive’ ending. Which would definitely piss a lot of people off, but since I really want an Umineko anime remake I’d be happy about it, lol.

Anyway, another thing I wanna mention is that this episode is really highlighting how we just haven’t really gotten definitive proof yet about if Rika actually knows about Takano and the GHD and whatnot. The whole concept of this seemingly unwinnable loop feels kinda strange when we haven’t even seen her do anything about Takano. And the idea that she’s just been doing that off-screen is feeling more and more unsatisfying as time goes on. But either way, if she knows that Takano’s behind everything, then surely that should give her a concrete goal to try and overcome. And it’s not like the events of each loop thus far necessarily contradict the idea of Takano being behind it all again [even though I think she isn’t], since Rika should know about Takano’s ability to artificially push people to go L5. She should also know that Takano’s the one who pushes the whole parasite idea onto people, like Rena in Tsumihoroboshi.

This still might just be iffy writing caused by Gou trying to have it’s cake and eat it too by getting into Rika’s POV without spoiling that whole plot point for new fans, but that’d just kinda suck at this point. I much prefer the idea that this version of Rika doesn’t actually know what’s going on with Takano, since it’d explain her apparent passivity towards her, and why she seems to be at a complete loss for what to do in these loops.

Also, on the whole note of the potential Umineko connections, this whole episode really reminded me of ep5 of Umineko, where Lambda sets up a ‘game without love’ where she violates the heart of the story while still having everyone do things that they’re technically capable of doing. It kinda feels like the mastermind is really just treating this like a game where their goal is to mentally break down Rika, and they’re messing around with exploiting as many different pieces as possible to see what they can do. It also reminds me of Bern saying at the end of Matsuribayashi that she wanted to go find a fragment where Akasaka went evil, lol. In general it just has a very ‘witch-y’ sort of vibe to it, in terms of the apparent sadism and random cruelty.

Bern also spent all of Umineko ep7 going out of her way to tear out the guts of the story for the sake of cruelty, so it’s pretty fitting that this sort of thing is happening to Rika here, lol.

Anyway, I really don’t know what to expect from the rest of this arc, let alone the next one, but I’m still enjoying this a whole lot.

[callboxkat]

A Little Nightmare (part 1)

Author’s note: Surprise! This week’s Infinitesimal update is the first part of a short story taking place in the same universe! I decided to post it early, since it fits perfectly with an October prompt by @hiddendreamer67: “Underwater”. Remy’s genderbent because I can do what I want.

You do not need to have read Infinitesimal to read this story.

Summary: Remy’s just a little trying to live her life, which is a bit difficult when the humans in the house she lives in decide to call pest control. Tbh, that was pretty rude of them. For a five-inch-tall person, finding a new home carries some risks.

Warnings: drowning/near drowning, near death experiences, hunger, hypothermia, food mention, fear, death mention, censored swearing, nonsexual nudity

Word Count: 3976

Writing Masterpost!

Infinitesimal Masterpost!

Remy ran, her feet pounding on the dirt as she raced across the open patch of ground between two buildings, weaving between the tall blades of grass, weeds, and rocks that lay in her path. The bag around her shoulders bounced with each step, and she could hear something loose rattling inside; but she didn’t stop to make sure its contents stayed put. She couldn’t afford to spend more time in the open than absolutely necessary.

She hadn’t been able to bring much with her when she left home. Just the clothes on her back and the handful of items she kept in her emergency bag. For once Remy was grateful that her ex-girlfriend—she grimaced thinking of her; that was some baggage—had been so insistent on keeping a bag of supplies ready at all times. Remy hadn’t seen her in some time, but the habit had stuck.

Remy was a little. And for littles, life was often unpredictable, and usually dangerous. They were only five inches tall, after all. Any number of things could go wrong. They always had to be ready to run.

She spotted a shelter in the grass up ahead and dove underneath it: some kind of plastic children’s toy, lying tipped on its side. Remy crouched there, panting and trying to catch her breath. Maybe she should have been in better shape, given her lifestyle, but come on. She’d been running off and on all morning. Of course she was out of breath.

It wasn’t her fault that the humans in her home had chosen to call pest control. Maybe it had something to do with her getting a bit careless and tearing one too many holes in their bags of food, but… a girl had to eat, didn’t she? The humans had recently been being a lot more careful about sealing their food in containers, and Remy couldn’t just live off of crumbs they dropped on the floor. It wasn’t her fault.

In any case, it was too late to go back now. Remy just had herself, her wits, and the meager supplies in her backpack.

Finding a new home was hard work. She couldn’t just stop at the first building she came across and expect to be able to make a life there, certainly not one she’d enjoy. She had standards. And it wasn’t as if every human structure was livable for a little in the first place. They had to have hollow walls, access to supplies, safety… and, preferably, coffee.

What could she say? Remy was a bit of an addict.

Remy waited until her breathing had slowed to a more normal pace. When her legs felt a bit less like jelly, she slid the bag off of her shoulders and inspected it. It hadn’t come open, she was glad to see. She undid the button and looked through it, double-checking that everything was still there. She took a moment to rearrange everything inside, pausing when she heard a rumble of thunder above. That wasn’t good.

She briefly considered waiting out the storm under this small shelter of hers, but she decided that she still had enough time to find someplace better before it arrived. This spot was not exactly ideal. The ground would turn to mud fast in the rain, and Remy was pretty sure she was in a depression in the ground. She was not looking to drown, thank you very much. No ma’am. Not today.

She crept to the other side of the overturned toy—it appeared to be a yellow truck of some kind, but with a big shovel thing on the back. Remy didn’t understand how that could be fun, but she just shrugged it off. Humans were weird. There was no explaining that.

Looking out, she could see a relatively short stretch of grass, maybe ten feet, before it reached the house. It looked like there was a space underneath, covered with a wooden trellis. That would be her shelter.

Remy looked around, vigilant for any signs of danger. Humans, dogs, cats, pianos falling from the sky, whatever. Seeing nothing, she stepped out; and she made her way through the grass. She had to cross a patch of concrete, which was more than a little disconcerting given how exposed she was, but she soon reached the house. She hopped through a gap in the trellis that was meant to close off the crawlspace, grumbling as her clothes snagged on a splinter, and found herself a spot to wait out the storm. It wasn’t exactly cozy, but it was dry, and it was relatively safe, so it would do.

About ten minutes after Remy got settled in, the storm arrived. Rain pattered down outside, soaking the landscape. Lighting flashed and thunder shook the wooden beams above, sending debris raining down around her. A dog started barking in the distance. Remy hugged her knees and sighed, grateful that at least the old paving stone that formed the floor beneath her remained dry.

Remy sorted through her supplies once more; then, with nothing else to do, she listened to the rain and tried to guess when it would stop. She didn’t want to be stuck down here forever. It was dark, and dusty, and even if that trellis over the opening would keep any large animals from coming down into this crawlspace, it wouldn’t stop the smaller animals, many of which could probably still make a quick meal out of her.

She had hoped the storm would pass quickly, but while the thunder and lightning faded after an hour or so, the rain showed no signs of stopping. It soon grew dark, and Remy was still stuck there, leaning against the foundation of the house and wishing she had something to eat.

Despite her less than luxurious accommodations, Remy found herself starting to doze. She’d been running a lot in the past few days, and she needed the rest. Remy would have preferred someplace warmer, drier, more secluded, but apparently her body had decided that the crawlspace of this random house would do. The pattern of the raindrops outside lulled her to sleep.

…

When she woke, it was daytime again, and the rain had finally stopped. It must have been recent, given the mud and the raindrops that clung to the blades of grass around her.

She would have liked to sleep in a bit longer—Remy was not a morning person—but she knew that she had to keep moving. So, instead, she emerged from underneath the house, rubbing at a crick in her neck, and set off.

“Some coffee would be nice,” she muttered to herself, struggling to keep her footing in mud that rose halfway to her knee. After a few minutes, she came across a fragment of concrete, and she couldn’t resist the urge to take a break and stand atop it. She was already tired of not having something firm beneath her. Rubbing her hands on her arms, she looked up at the house she’d hidden under the night before. “Don’t suppose I can stay here, huh?” she asked reluctantly.

It honestly didn’t look too bad, at first. It was a house. People obviously lived there, and judging by the toys in the yard, at least one kid. But—oh, no. Never mind that thought. A cat sat in one of the windows, looking outside. It hadn’t spotted her, and it wasn’t as if it could get to her even if it had, but Remy was not about to go be housemates with a freaking cat. Not a chance.

“Bye, Felicia,” Remy muttered, hiking up her trousers and marching on.

…

Remy hoisted herself up onto the table with a grunt. Sitting on the edge, she let out a small, annoyed groan, and yanked her hook out of the wood. She was not cut out for all this work. She would very much have preferred to be sitting at home, sipping a cup of coffee or taking a noonday nap. But no, instead she was here, hungry and thirsty and tired, climbing up on a workbench.

The slick metal made keeping a grip during her climb difficult, but at last she had made it to the top. She’d worry about getting down later. For now, she wanted some food.

The tomato plant that Remy had spotted from the ground sat on the other side of the work bench, its pale green leaves glistening with water droplets left by the storm. Bright red fruit hung here and there, as well as some that were still orange or even green. Remy smiled, looking at it. She’d get a good meal out of this.

Remy finished winding up her rope, and she stuffed it and her hook back into her backpack. She looked around once more, just to be extra sure that there was no one else around—thankfully, humans didn’t seem to like going outside in the cold and the mud any more than she did. As much as Remy wished that she could follow their lead today and also stay inside, it was nice that she was alone. So she just got to her feet, adjusted the backpack around her shoulders, and approached the plant.

She had to stand on her backpack to reach the rim of the pot, but she made short work of hoisting herself up. The muddy potting soil inside was more water than soil, so Remy did her best to perch on the edge of the pot, holding onto one of the plant’s vines for balance. She did not want to step in that gunk. For all she knew, she’d sink right in and vanish. No, thanks.

Her boots slid slightly on the wet plastic, and Remy’s heart leapt into her throat, but she caught herself before she could fall. She let out a long breath, then looked back up at her prize. If she could just climb up a couple of vines, she could reach the lowest ripe tomato. It was the perfect size, too, and it wasn’t damaged by insects or anything.

Remy didn’t particularly like tomatoes, but her mouth was already watering at the thought of the meal that awaited her. That just showed how well her uprooted life was going. With that lovely thought, Remy grabbed at another vine and stepped onto the one she had been holding onto before. The little hair-like structures on the vine tickled her arms. She scooted forward, closer to the center of the plant, and reached up for the stem of the tomato.

“Come on, come on, just a little further, don’t be a scrub,” Remy chided herself. She reached up and grasped the stem. “Aha!”

The tomato popped right off the plant, and Remy let out a surprised cry, the unexpected weight causing her to overbalance. She slipped; and for a heart-stopping moment, she thought she was going to plunge right into the mucky water below. At the last second, she hooked her legs around the vine and lunged towards it, scrabbling for purchase with her free hand.

For a moment she simply hung there, wrapped like a koala around the plant, trying to catch her breath. Finally, she pulled herself upright and out of the pot, landing in a very dignified manner on the damp wooden table.

“She is beauty, she is grace,” Remy murmured, lying on her back. She turned her head to the side, and was glad to see that she’d saved most of the tomato from getting muddy.

She enjoyed her meal hidden between the tomato plant and the outer wall of the building, her backpack beside her. The watery juice of the tomato ran down her fingers as she ate—nasty—but she was too happy to get something in her stomach to complain. Remy decided that she might have to change her stance on tomatoes. This thing was delicious.

All too soon, Remy was finished eating, and it was time to set out again. She reluctantly got to her feet and walked to the edge of the workbench, shivering in the cool air. It was even colder than yesterday, and it was wet, which was so not fair.

Remy grabbed her hook and rope from her bag and wedged the hook into the top of the workbench.  Then she started to descend.

It was hard to find purchase for her feet on the metal table leg, which was not helped in the slightest by her muddy shoes. She peered over her shoulder down at the ground, hoping to reach it soon. Maybe not quite as soon as possible, though. She could see paving stones, weeds, and a bucket half-filled with rainwater down there. Those paving stones would not be fun to fall onto. She turned back around. Swallowing her apprehension, she continued her descent.

It seemed like it was going okay. Like she would make it down, perfectly fine, and go on her merry way.

Until her foot slipped.

And her tomato-juice-slicked hands lost their grip on the rope.

And she plummeted down towards the ground. Towards those paving stones.

She squeezed her eyes shut, reaching out blindly and kicking as if that would slow her down. She braced for a painful end to her fall, and—

Plop!

Under different circumstances, Remy might have been offended that she didn’t make a more impressive splash. As it was, she had more important things to worry about. She was hit by a shock of cold, and her eyes flew open. She gasped involuntarily, but water filled her throat instead of air. Bubbles swirled around her. She was underwater.

Her lungs were burning when she broke the surface, and she immediately started coughing and hacking uncontrollably, trying to clear them.

“No, no, no, no, no,” she gasped hoarsely, the coughing finally gone, spinning around and staring at her surroundings with watery eyes. “Oh, f*ck.”

She’d fallen into the bucket. The smooth, plastic bucket half-filled with water. Remy could swim, but staring at that tall, featureless white wall curving around her, she knew the odds of escape were slim.

She sure as hell tried, though.

She kicked, she slammed her hands against the walls, she even tried yelling for help—only a truly desperate little would try that, given that it was much more likely to attract unwanted attention than anyone who would actually help. Her rope and hook, the only things that could have saved her, were still attached to the workbench, firmly out of reach.

“I am not going to die like this!” Remy gasped, her fingernails scratching at the hard, plastic walls. She tried to jump, but she had nothing to push against, and the walls above her were taller than she was. Remy could feel herself growing tired. Already her struggles had slowed, and a helpless panic was setting in.

She tried to think, tried to come up with a solution. She had her backpack with her, maybe she could use something in there? But she could think of nothing within that would help. The backpack wasn’t even buoyant enough to try to keep herself afloat with.

Finally, the realization of the exact nature of her situation set in. Remy couldn’t escape. She was utterly and completely trapped.

She was going to drown.

She was going to die.

…

Joan pulled their car up to the side of the road and turned it off. The sudden silence, the absence of the rumble of the engine and the music they’d been listening to on the way, was jarring. They looked across the yard, towards the house that stood there, and sighed through their nose. Joan had promised their aunt that they’d do some yard work for her this weekend, but they were already regretting that promise. The rain the night before had soaked everything, and the ground was going to be nothing but mud.

But their aunt would be upset if they bailed on her, so here they were.

Joan unbuckled their seat belt and got out of the car. They paused to stretch, letting the sun warm their face even as a cool breeze made goosebumps lift on their skin. Summer was a fading memory. Autumn had officially arrived.

Joan opened up the trunk and took out some supplies: a rake, a pair of gloves, and a set of clippers. Then they locked the car and went around to the back of the house, glad that they had thought to wear their rain boots. The mud squished with each step, bubbling around their feet.

They made their way over to the workbench against the house and set down the supplies there. They looked around, humming under their breath, searching for something they could use. They had run out of paper lawn bags and didn’t have time to go to buy more before they arrived, but Joan’s aunt had asked them to pull some weeds. They could still do that, of course, but they needed something to put them in. Their gaze fell on a bucket beside the workbench, half-hidden by weeds. Perfect. They leaned over to look inside, hoping it was still usable. It was empty other than some accumulated rainwater, and a couple of soggy brown objects. One had sunk to the bottom, and the larger of the two floated just below the surface.

“Jeez,” Joan muttered, inspecting the floating object. Was that a drowned rat?

They grabbed a trowel off of the work bench and used it to scoop out the poor thing, deciding that it deserved more dignity than simply being dumped out into the weeds. As they lifted it out with the trowel, though, they processed what exactly they were looking at. And what they saw startled them so badly that they nearly dropped it.

It wasn’t a rat at all. It was…

“A borrower?” Joan said, staring down at it in shock. Joan loved those books as a kid, and they’d grown up searching for signs of tiny people living in their house. But borrowers weren’t real. This couldn’t possibly be one. It was much more likely that this was a doll, but they had to admit… it sure didn’t look like a doll. It was too realistic. Too… limp, where it lay on the trowel.

Joan suddenly jerked upright. Whatever this thing was, it needed help! Oh, crap, was it dead already?

They hurried to the work table and set down the trowel, gently lifting the tiny form off of it with trembling fingers. They laid it flat on its back, hovering uncertainly. It had a mouse tail, they noticed with a distant feeling. They didn’t remember borrowers having those.

“Hello?” Joan asked, prodding it in the side. “Can you hear me?”

There was no response.

“Okay, okay….” Joan raked a hand through their hair, then rolled the borrower, or whatever it was, onto its side. Their side? Her side? Her, Joan thought. Possibly.

A bit of water dribbled from her lips, which were tinged blue.

F*ck.

Joan tried to recall anything they could about reviving a drowning victim. They were pretty sure they’d heard something about “rescue breaths” back in high school health class, but how were they supposed to give mouth-to-mouth to something so small? Should they find a straw or something? Would that work?

Joan shook their head. They didn’t have time for this.  

They turned the creature onto her back once more, tilting her head back to open up the airway as best they could. Then, using one fingertip, they started CPR—or an approximation of it.

A line from the Bee Gees song Stayin’ Alive repeated in their mind as they worked, trying to keep a steady rhythm. Joan watched with bated breath for any kind of response.

Just when they were starting to think they were too late, the tiny body beneath their fingertips gave a shudder. Joan retracted their hand with a gasp, and watched as the possible borrower spluttered, water streaming from her mouth and nose as she turned onto her side, gasping and choking. She drew her limbs together, curling in on herself as best she could manage, spasming as she coughed up the last of the water in her lungs and struggled to draw a proper breath.

A dizzying wave of relief washed over Joan, almost making them stagger. She was alive. She was still cold and wet, and weak as a day-old kitten; and she’d certainly have some impressive bruises on her chest, but she was alive. She was alive.

“Are you okay?” Joan asked as the form shuddered into stillness. Their fingernails dug into the tabletop, yard work entirely forgotten.

The tiny woman turned her head, staring up at Joan with half-lidded eyes. Her short dark hair was plastered to her head. Some color had returned to her face, and her lips weren’t blue anymore, but she looked like she was barely awake. She’d started shivering weakly, her breaths still ragged. She tried to say something, but Joan couldn’t make out what it was. They leaned closer, and she flinched.

“Sorry, I just can’t hear you,” they explained, feeling guilty even though they’d literally just saved this impossible creature’s life.

“Are you going to eat me?” she asked, her voice shaking with either exhaustion, fear, or cold, or possibly a combination of all three. Her words were so disjointed that a full second passed before Joan deciphered what she’d said.

“Wait—what? No,” they said, startled.

“Kill me? Keep me prisoner? Make me, like, a pet or something?”

“No, no! Nothing like that! I don’t—I wouldn’t do that. I just saved you. You drowned. I was just trying to help. I swear.”

She blinked, very slowly.  She seemed to consider for a moment, then let her head flop back to the side.

She muttered something that sounded like “Alright, then, babes.” Which seemed like an odd thing to say at that moment, but Joan supposed they couldn’t judge. Before they could say anything more—like to ask, for example, how she had ended up in that bucket, or if she really was a borrower—her eyes had fluttered shut.

Joan hesitated for only a second before they scooped her up in their hands. They carried her to their car, unlocking it with their free hand, and laid her gently on the passenger seat, turning on the seat warmer for her. They practically ran back to grab their gloves, clippers, and rake, tossing them in the back of the car. Perhaps they should have just left them behind, but they were rather frazzled at the time.

They sent a quick text to their aunt, apologizing and explaining that they’d get the yard work done once everything had dried off a bit. A reply pinged on their phone, but Joan had already shoved the phone back into their pocket, and they didn’t care to check it. With one more glance at their unexpected passenger, Joan stepped on the gas, racing for home.

…

Later, sitting in their living room, Joan did their best to dry off the tiny creature with a towel, but her clothes remained stubbornly wet. Finally, they’d given up. They muttered an apology and carefully removed the soggy garments, deciding it was more important to get her dry and warm. Hopefully she would understand. Joan’s gaze lingered briefly on the bruises already forming on her chest, but they quickly averted their eyes.

They wrapped her up in a blanket and laid that on top of a heating pad. They set the clothes off to the side, spreading them out so that they’d dry faster.

Finally, she was settled, and Joan sat back in their chair.

Now, all they had to do was wait for her to wake up. Then they could figure out what the heck she was and what they were supposed to do with her.

[no-more-than-reason]

Anthropomorphic Cars and Trains, Rated

My 2-year-old is completely obsessed with anything with wheels rn, so I’ve lately been inundated with media exposure to cars and trains that have been given faces, and my goal here today is to convince everyone to STOP DOING THIS THING. I will look at 4 specific franchises and compare variant designs. I am completely and willfully avoiding the Rule 34 fan art that I know exists for some of these (you’re welcome) because tbh animators and illustrators have done a horrific job with some of these on their own. Also, quick shout out to the franchises I will not cover that have managed to give us car characters without faces (Trolley from Mr. Rogers’/ Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, you’re doing great sweety).

Cars

The bright red is a great choice for little kids who are drawn to the high contrast. Eyes in the windshield makes sense because that’s where a driver would actually see out of, but it ends up with that kid of weird Sonic the Hedgehog one giant eye look. Mouth here looks okay and the headlights kind of look like nostrils without being gross. 7/10 it’s fine

Okay so now it has teeth, which I am not a fan of because now I have to think about what exactly this thing eats. Gasoline does not go there so??? The teeth are also like the eyes in that it looks like there’s just one big tooth on top and bottom, but okay I can buy that because it sort of resembles a bumper. 6.5/10 do cars really need chompers

Not only does it have a tongue but it’s a loooooong tongue and I do not want to know why it needs one. 3/10 and I haven’t seen the third movie but I heard it has a brain in that one, so Disney please stop thinking so hard about the biology of a car

Chevron Car Mascots

I remember seeing these commercials as a kid and thinking they were kind of creepy. I guess the headlights as eyes makes sense but it means they don’t have noses and very flat faces. There are separated teeth but it’s still pretty cartoony. The design is kind of saved by the claymation. 6/10 just a little uncomfortable

I vaguely remember they made toys of these so I looked them up and

Yes they all have teeth like that. Why. Why do they need those. This toy is the one you will refuse to sleep in the same room as because 100% it is going to come to life in the middle of the night and devour you. 0/10 thanks for the nightmares Chevron

The Little Engine That Could

This was the version I had growing up and it’s perfect. The face on the upper part where the steam comes out makes it look like a sphinx, it’s just like lying there on the track. He’s a happy lil guy having a good time. Mouth is just white so I’m not thinking about teeth at all. 10/10 maybe I’m biased but I don’t care, this one is the best

In this one they added rosy cheeks, which made it look kind of clownish but also it makes sense because she puts in a lot of effort to pull the other cars in the story. Also added eyelashes so you know she is a girl, which is lazy design but also yay representation since most of these characters are boys? 8/10 not as good as the original but okay

This update is great! He has a line mouth that is kind of smirking so he’s like happy but determined like “I’ll show you what I can do!” Plus now it looks like he has a little hat. 11/10 good improvements on the original

-1/10 this is a bug not a train

From a movie version. No, absolutely not. What did you do to him? His eyes are headlights but on the outside of his head??? And now the front of the engine is both his nose AND mouth (I see separated teeth and s tongue in there). Also the driver area is open and visible so it’s like we can see inside his head and there is nothing there, even the child won’t ride there and is on top of him because gross. -50/10 how dare you

(Part 2: Thomas the Tank Engine)

[batz]

Do you think that the rag dolly musical would’ve been better as an animated film than a musical? Why or why not?

tbh i think its kinda meant to be on stage. i dont know why, maybw its bc theres something so distinctly Broadway about it, or its all the cool special effects that would b great to see on stage, i dunno! but i think it's good as a stage musical, it just had the issue of beinf released At The Wrong Time and also not being open about the darker content. release it now (getting rid of the racism and creepier undertones w general d ofc) with some warning about it being dark but still an all ages show, and it might do a bit better. i mean, beetlejuice musical is sorta considered all ages (somehow) so i think raggedy ann could be too. just needs a good rewrite.

that being said an animated version of the musical would be amazing!!! id love to see what the characters look like translated to some sort of 2d style (or cgi i GUESS). it'd probably have to be released on a streaming service like netflix so that it would be allowed to keep its darker tones,, bUT it'd still b gr8!!! if it were an animated movie i would LOVE fpr it to have that iconic 1980s Obscure Animated Children's Movie aesthetic. I'd alsp shift the timeline from the early early 1900s and bring it up to the 1940s/1950s so that the aesthetic is a bit less all over the place!!! id prefer if it wasnt a disney film bht since its about toys coming to life disney would probably somehow get the rights 2 it one way or another :( but if i could picj like, ANYONE to work on it in my wonderful imaginary world where everything is epic and cool, it'd probably be the warner bros team behind Cats Don't Dance, specifically because it's got that specific Look about it that would vibe well with rag dolly. it being an animated movie does have perks, too, though! like you can find voice actors that Fit the characters w/o having to factor in physical attributes bc like.. voice acting. you can also animate a lot of those action based scenes from the musical but make them more Dramatic bc animation medium. etc etc!!!

OK ILL STOP RAMBLING FHDJDB sory i think abt thks topic a lot fhsjddb theres just. plenty of good reasons why both wpuld theoretically work but i do prefer stage more purely bc the tone of the story just works on stage. its more personal..!

[in-tua-deep]

What animal do you think suits each of the umbrella kids the most?

okay what you don’t know is that i’m a sucker for a his dark materials au with daemons so i’m sorry if that’s not what you want but that’s what you’re getting lmao

forewarning: this is super self indulgent and i only have actual reasons for like maybe half of these 

Luther: a dog! If you want specifics probably an Anatolian Shepherd dog bc they’re big motherfuckers and muscular as fuck. I did toy with a big animal like a bear but ultimately I think a dog just because simply: Luther obeys Reginald without question and has incredibly loyalty to a man that never cared about his wellbeing. Plus, you know, the family would rib at him about being Reginald’s loyal dog and all that. Plus it’s a good set up for his rivalry with Diego that I’ll yell about in a minute. 

So yes, Luther’s daemon settles as a bigass dog. She’s pragmatic and can be cold and often tries to model herself after Reginald’s daemon. She can be somewhat self righteous and very blunt. She tends to say exactly what she’s thinking without sugar coating it and doesn’t care if Luther has to stumble to save face. “You think one of us killed dad.” Diego says. “No not ‘one of you’, specifically you, Diego. You have an alibi?” Luther’s daemon says in front of the family, god, and Five’s portrait on the mantle.

Diego: a wolf! This sets up a big rivalry between Diego and Luther as they have somewhat similar daemons except for the fact that Luther’s is a domesticated canine and Diego’s is a wild one. Luther often uses Diego’s daemon to say that Diego is too wild to lead the team and that’s why he’s in charge. It’s mainly because while Diego does his whole lone wolf act, he’s shown to be pretty protective of the people he considers his and really he does need a pack. Even though he tells Klaus no, he doesn’t bother enforcing it when Klaus insists on hopping in the car anyway. He wants to be leader of the pack, but is awkward when he tries to be in charge bless his heart.

Diego’s wolf daemon is a not-so-secret softie. She prompts Diego to interact more with his family and sends longing glances towards Detective Patch and her daemon. She doesn’t get along with Luther’s daemon and always bristles when she’s around, though Luther’s daemon tends to ignore Diego’s and act like she’s above it all which just makes the issue even worse tbh. Diego’s daemon doesn’t shy away from her instincts and refers to the family as her pack and is very vocal about both not killing Grace (though later she sits and whines when Diego does it) and letting Vanya out (Diego spits vitriol about Vanya but his daemon is suspiciously silent on the subject).

Allison: a burmese python! I will freely admit that i chose this 90% because of the feather boa in the beginning dance scene because I want Allison to have her daemon constantly draped around her neck and on her body, but snakes do tend to be associated with manipulation as well in some stories even though I can’t see it looking at their cute little faces?? But I mean Allison’s whole gig is manipulation so it fits even though I’m only justifying it after the fact lmao. 

Allison’s daemon is very laid back and rarely speaks up. Allison often accuses him of being lazy because she tends to carry him everywhere and he’s constantly on the hunt for warm places to curl up in. He used to ride on the back of Luther’s daemon a lot when Allison got fed up of carrying him. Uses the fact that he doesn’t have eyelids to stare people down when they’re being irritating. Generally does not appreciate the negative press that comes with being a snake daemon and secretly him and Allison both wonder if him being a snake was a factor in her not getting custody of Claire. (Allison didn’t appreciate what he settled as and they fought about it, there’s still some tension between them on occasion because of it)

Klaus: a black cat! I almost gave him a raven because reasons but I ended up with a cat for pretty simple reasons: Klaus is pretty much a stray cat in human form tbh just look at him. Also because cats stare off into corners like they can see the dead and damned so I thought it was somewhat appropriate, and black cats are considered both lucky and unlucky depending on where you like (which lemme tell you as a black cat owner who moved from a lucky to unlucky area was a wild thing to find out). 

Klaus’s daemon is very sarcastic and a lot less forgiving than Klaus himself is. They hold a grudge to say the least. While most daemons tend not to speak to people who aren’t their own, Klaus’s daemon doesn’t give a single shit and will talk to anyone they damn well please. Doesn’t get along with Luther’s daemon because they constantly talk shit about Reggie and Reggie’s daemon, but gets along very well with Diego’s daemon and has ridden on her shoulder more than once. Shares Klaus’s power in that they can see the dead but ignores them even harder than Klaus because they’re secretly freaked out that ghosts don’t have daemons. Klaus and his daemon also hang out with Ben’s daemon, who for reasons unknown didn’t burst into dust upon Ben’s death but she generally stays out of sight.

Five: one part of me says hare because of the cryptic value and eyes that look like they could kill you and also jumping jokes and another part of me says hummingbird for plenty of good reasons but an even larger part of me says that I don’t have to choose because I can just symbolically make his daemon unsettled. She wasn’t settled before the apocalypse and then he kind of… never really grew up. Part of a daemon settling is growing up and knowing yourself but Five didn’t have a chance to do that, he was too focused on his goal. They both dislike the fact that she’s unsettled because they think it’s childish, but it’s also very handy because it means she’s adaptable as fuck. Maybe she pretends she’s settled as a hare or something while they work for the Commission idk and it’s a little reveal when he’s back home. Maybe they’re also separated like a witch’s daemon due to the Commission?? unclear

Five’s daemon tends to fade into the background if you’ll let her. She tends to be standoffish but is exceptionally observant. She very rarely speaks to anyone outside of Five, even among the siblings, though she’s not above bluntly calling them out if Five isn’t around and she deems it necessary. She likes Vanya best, though she was also fond of Ben. She tends to be the voice of reason for Five and probably takes most of Dolores’s lines in telling him drinking is bad for him or that his equations are wrong. There’s probably a dramatic scene where she’s revealed to be unsettled where she turns into a big fuckoff animal and fucks up the Handler or something idk but otherwise she’s pretty content to remain a hare and do a good impression of the rabbit from monty python if people fuck with her.

Ben: something smaller and easily hidden. My heart says rat because they’re so fucking good and smart so that’s what I’m going to run with, and also because they’re often viewed negatively and Ben has a power that he also views negatively rip. Also I’m gonna be real the idea of Klaus and Ben’s daemons being absolute bros as a cat and a rat also amuses me so there’s that and this is my au i do what i want. 

Ben’s daemon was withdrawn before his death and even more so after. No one knows why she didn’t turn to dust when Ben died, but she didn’t. None of the other siblings knew that she survived because she asked Klaus not to tell, worried that Reginald would experiment on her to try and figure out why she didn’t vanish. She spent most of their time before Klaus left hiding in his room, and after she hides in his clothes a lot and likes when he wears items with hoods (like Ben used to) because she likes to curl up in them. Like Five’s daemon, she doesn’t talk much. 

Vanya: a spotted owl! I wanted to give Vanya a winged daemon that can’t fly for most of the duration of the plot despite having wings because of general symbolism reasons regarding Reginald “clipping her wings” by suppressing her powers with medication and all that. Honestly I mostly picked a spotted owl on a whim because I like owls (I was a guardians of gahoole kid) and I think that the hints of white on a spotted owl would be a cool allusion to her powers and also there’s some sick imagery in her powers activating and her daemons colors reversing so that he’s primarily white soooo i do what i want is the answer

Like I said above, Vanya’s daemon is a bird daemon who… doesn’t fly. He mostly spends his time on a perch that Vanya bought for him in her apartment. He doesn’t actually spend a lot of time physically on Vanya outside of when they’re travelling somewhere, and she usually puts him down immediately when she arrives at her destination. He usually just walks about the house but like a chicken can do a sort of jump/flap combo to get up to surfaces so he’s alright for the most part. I want to say part of Leonard’s manipulations was that he also has a bird daemon and they try and teach Vanya’s daemon to fly as well as for her to access her powers.

and outside of the main kids (these aren’t nearly as well thought out and are liable to change probably - 

Reginald: a fox. Cunning and intelligent and adaptable, she’s regal and stone cold, never speaking directly to any of the children and she often acts as if they don’t exist or are so far beneath her they might as well not. Her coat is always pristine, her dark eyes are always watching, and her teeth are dazzling and sharp and threatening even though the kids see her far more rarely than they do their father. She’s a ruthless pragmatist and often served as an observer during their training, after which she would whisper in Reginald’s ear and oftentimes there was a new and inventive torture waiting for them. Sometimes the kids feared her more than they feared their father. She’s only ever shown anything even approaching affection to Luther’s daemon, and even that was just brushing herself past the other daemon and allowing a brief touch.

Hazel: a big grizzly bear. They often both complain about the lack of accommodations for large daemons when she has to squeeze her ass into their tiny motel rooms or in diner booths and restaurant tables in general. Tends to just stay in the hotel room and allow people to assume Hazel has a small daemon since they’re separated and her bulk is often cumbersome for missions. Has 100% charged in as the cavalry and fucked people up though don’t mistake her whining for her not being very dangerous.

Cha-Cha: my heart says a mountain lion and so that’s what i’m going with. Large and can do a lot of damage given the opportunity with those claws, pretty sneaky and damn good at his job. Is probably the one who scruffs Klaus’s daemon when they kidnap him from the house. He has a wicked sense of humor that Cha-Cha doesn’t always appreciate and always goes with for missions because he genuinely enjoys their work, doesn’t understand why Hazel’s daemon would rather stay behind.

Grace: yes I understand that Grace is a robot and no that’s not going to stop me from saying that Reginald gave her a mechanical clockwork butterfly daemon because I say so and because I think his daemon would have insisted that it’s far too creepy to look and see a human without a daemon and he’s trying to make her as realistic as possible, right? The butterfly is technically an extension of Grace, however Reginald never gave her daemon a voicebox because he deemed it unnecessary. He usually just sits on Grace’s shoulder slowly opening and closing his wings. A plot point is Grace finally naming her daemon for herself because Reginald never bothered with a name for him either.

The Handler: The Handler doesn’t have a daemon. Five asks her where her daemon is in the flashback scene where she recruits him and she laughs and tells him that that’s a rude question and never answers him. The daemon never shows up and other people and their daemons are noticeably unsettled by this. Five’s daemon genuinely is frightened by the Handler and tends to hide behind him, which the Handler comments upon with a saccharine smile. They never do figure out what happened to her daemon (though one of the office workers shares a rumor with Five that the Handler killed her own daemon for questioning the commission).

Patch: a terrier! My heart says border terrier so that’s what I’m going with. Dogged and unwilling to let go when she feels like she’s on the scent of something, she’s a good police officer even if she has torn loyalty to Diego as well. He’s a hardy little thing and he encourages her to bend the rules so much so that it used to be a running joke that her daemon might as well be Diego’s. Her daemon doesn’t bother with the hostilities and is always pleased to see Diego’s daemon. For the most part they just watch their idiot humans snipe at one another and are content to chill until Patch makes Diego leave. Their daemons always cheerfully say bye to each other and that they’ll see the other again soon even

Dave: my heart says also a dog. Probably a farm dog. Australian Cattle Dog, maybe? because my heart also says that Dave was probably raised as a good honest farm boy or at the VERY LEAST his grandparents had a farm he spent his summers on as a child. Very loyal. She absolutely adores Klaus and his daemon and Klaus’s daemon curled up with her constantly. Touching another person’s daemon is a social booboo but out there in Vietnam both daemons saved the other’s human at least once. Dave’s daemon pretends that she’s more sensible than him and often would complain at Klaus’s daemon that the sexual tension was genuinely killing her and if they kept gazing into one another’s eyes on the disco floor she was gonna barf. Klaus’s daemon would just roll their eyes because it’s not like they as daemons weren’t all touchy feely. Klaus’s daemon could be constantly seen grooming Dave’s with their little cat sandpaper tongue and Dave’s daemon constantly rested her head on Klaus’s to go to sleep sO. The scene where Dave dies is doubly sad because you see her turning into dust as Klaus’s daemon howls.

Agnes: almost forgot Agnes whoops. But I choose… a canary! Why? Because they’re bright and pretty and sing nicely and she would forever be explaining that yes, her daemon is a canary but it isn’t a domestic canary so that’s why he has brown on him and isn’t pure yellow. That and I think it would be sort of cute if Hazel’s attention was caught by pretty birdsong initially so a songbird it is. Agnes’s daemon, when her and Hazel are together, likes to snuggle down into Hazel’s daemon’s fur and make a small attempt to preen her even though she’s like a million times his size. He’s absolutely fearless and doesn’t hesitate at Hazel’s large daemon like a lot of small daemons do which endears him to the assassin duo. Like genuinely I picked canary on an absolute whim but that same goes for most of these and no one can stop me.

is that everyone?? i think that’s everyone

EDIT: I FORGOT LEONARD which goes to show how much i repress his existence

Leonard: a great skua. Am I basing this on the fact that I wanted his daemon to be a bird for plot reasons and the first mean bird I could think of was that one dude who wanted to eat baby Mumble in Happy Feet? maybe. But yeah a generally normal looking bird with the capacity for great violence there we go that’s my reasoning thank you and good night. His daemon is unsettling to literally everyone except Vanya probably tbh and Vanya calls Allison out on daemon stereotyping because Allison has a SNAKE she should be BETTER THAN THAT. But yeah that’s all I got for tonight thanks for reading lads.

[skyprincess212]

Wait. Before I go. Heres a reupload of my little space QnA with some updated answers.

Do you sleep with a stuffie? Mhmm. I sleep with a panda and a bunny and 2 reindeer

Do you have a CG/daddy? Nope. I'm not looking either. I do have a friend I'm talking to but I dont think they'd be interested because of my whole situation right now

How many stuffies do you have: I only have like 10 here and then about 20 at my mom’s house

Favorite time of the year: Wintr cuz its my birthday and christmas but santa is supr dupr scary cuz hes supr tall and stuff and he smells weerd

Favorite disney princess/prince: Repenzel cuz shes from tangled

Favorite little space sweet/candy: cheetos puffs

What do you do while in little space? I play the sims or runescape. Sometimes i’ll color but a lot of the time i just wanna cuddle

Stuffies or blankies: i got both

Favorite animal: cat

Favorite hobby: listening to music

Favorite disney movie: Tangled cuz the mosick is supr pretty and i can sing a lot of the songs

Do you use a paci: I used to have these really cute hello kitty ones but my ex found them and cut them up and set them on fire. I have one from the dollar tree but i’ve hidden it a lot better now

Do you use diapers: no but im sort of curious

Favorite color: blu and pink

Whats your zodiac sign: capricorn

Describe your ideal little date: ok so. They’d dress me up supr dupr cut. Then we’d go to the park and feed ducks and do nauhaty stuff and then we’d go to the mall and go shopping and then we’d go and have dinner where they’d order for me because im too little and cant red and then we’d go hoome and do nauhaty stuff and then we’d watch disny movies while eating ic cream and then id be the little spoon on the bed while they red me a story and then we’d fall aslep with him holdin me all tigt and warm like a little coocoon

Build a bear or disney stores: disny

Do you participate in pet play and if so which animal? Mhmm yes i do. I’m mainly a kitee

Do you have a blankie: mhmm its reely big and blu and soft and warm

What is your little/middle age range: Little age is from 2-7, middle age is about 9-12. 

Do you have any pets: mhmm a black kitee named raven

Favorite tv shows: i only have Netflix so money heist, atypical, and supernatural. I kind of like word party too tbh

Favorite game: the sims

Favorite disney character: Pascal. Repenzels frog

Favorite tv show character: maybe Dean??

What do you eat when its snack time: cheetos and chips

One little space thing you want: i really really want an actual paci from those little space websites so i dont feel like im biting my tongue all the time. Or maybe a cut pink and blu paddel with either “Sir” or “Daddy” on it for nauhaty stuff

One unique thing about you: I can sing really well and i know a lot of songs

Favorite little activity: making sims while drinkin juice but then i gotta pe real bad cuz juice makes me gotta pe

What would your dream playroom/bedroom look like? Well little me wants greyish with pastels to make everything look cute but gothic. Cute everything. That’s for the bedroom. Ideally, id want my own room and id only be allowed into the main bedroom if i was told to be. That way, they can stay with me until I fall asleep and have other people over if they want. It would be filled with toys both innocent and not so innocent. A lot of books since I love to read. Maybe a little computer area too

Talk about someone special: I dont have anyone like that right now.

Favorite little space drink: apple juice

Whats your little space name: i dont really have a set name. Just call me whatever you want

Last picture you colored: i’m not sure where the coloring book went or else id show you

What are your fears: that no one actually loves me and everything is just one giant lie. That people won’t except me for who i am. That this is all just a dream like in the matrix or something

Are you a little 24/7? I really really want to be but i do have sub space too and occastionally Domme space too since i’m a switch. Well… its like 80% submissive/little and 20% Domme. But yeah if i could live the lifestyle 24/7 i would

Favorite smell: popcorn

What always puts you in little space? sammich and lollipops. I really wanna watch it together with my friend. He liks thm too I think

Whats your little nighttime routine? Ok so nauhaty stuff and then help me brush my teeth and brush my hair and help me put pjs on and then sleepy time

Whats your morning routine? idk I dissociate half the time so i have no clue

Do you have a favorite sippy cup? I don’t have any right now. I’ve been kind of scared to get any since my abuser found all my little space stuff. That was not a fun time

Favorite dessert: cupcakes or oreos. 

Favorite little space song: i see the light from tangled. I sing it supr good and its supr pretty and its the best

Do you have any little friends? yup. I got a couple

How long have you been a little? since i was 19

How did you discover you were a little? my abuser was yelling and screaming at me as usual and i just kind of slipped into little space. I was like wtf is happening. I then looked up what happened and i guess i used it to cope with my abuse at first

Are you open about it? Sort of. Some friends on Facebook know

Does anyone in real life know that your a little? I don’t think so

Do you have any little gear: mhmm and some pet play stuff too. I have one good collar and leash. I have some collars and chokers. Some paws, I used to have a tail but Josiah stole it and won’t give it back. I have a ton of skirts and dresses but only a couple are really for little space. Most of the rest of them put me into subspace because of how short or tight they are

Funniest experience in little space: so my mom called me once and since I was in little space I couldn’t talk very well especially not in full sentences so she just hung out and said she’d call me later

Worst experience in little space: I was raped and beaten up by my abuser. It was the day he found out about me being a little

Cg’s nickname: I dont have one but I'd call them 'sir' or 'daddy'

Favorite cartoon: either adventure time or the grim adventures of billy and mandy

Explain your username: my name is Sky and I'm a princess duh

Favorite little outfit: i wear my pink dino onsie

Dream little outfit: just a cute little gothic pastel baby

Hardest cg rule to follow: i dont really have any rules and the ones that i do have are really easy to follow

What makes you happy in little space? Being told im the cutest babee grl ever. It makes me squeal and giggle and blush or when I get called cuti or um idk

What makes you sad in little space? When my friend and I cant talk :(