#it was fun to think about!

[little-pup-pip]

hi! Could you show us your favourite moodboard? ^^

Hello Hello! This is such a good question!! So good, in fact, that I don't know the answer! I'm assuming you meant a moodboard of mine; I have a few that I've made that hold a special place in my heart, and others that I love because they're underrated, and some that are just really pretty! I've been thinking about it all day, and I think it's between these two!!

Pastel Gaming + Bubbles

[bluefeather-tmnt]

WHOA BRO! I love your transfem Leo!!!

Is it alright to ask how 2012 Leo and Rise Leo would react to one another? Rise is a red eared slider, and the males’ coloring gets darker with age, while the females of that species remain bright, BUT Rise identifies as male despite the coloring based on his biological sex. (TLDR; trans man Rise Leo!!).

I’m honestly really interested to see how these two trans turtles would interact!!

Oooh I love rottmnt transmasc Leo!  And this is actually something I’ve thought about a bit before, but not in detail.

I think they would be friends!  I think rottmnt Leo specifically would introduce 2012 Leo to some fancy feminine clothes and give her all of his old clothes from before he transitioned, and I think he’d get really excited about helping 2012 Leo with figuring out makeup and clothes and stuff.  I think he’d like to share some of the things he used to do with another version of himself that actually likes it.  I think he would see 2012 Leo like a sister, and would jump at the chance to hang out with her.  I also think that he would be really happy that they’re both trans!

I think that 2012 Leo would be a little bit shyer, but I think she would want to return the favour of sharing stuff, but doesn’t have much ‘boy specific’ things to share.  I think instead she would want to share some martial arts and swords training stuff!  Rottmnt Leo, (especially at the beginning) doesn’t have the most training, and I think 2012 Leo would be a bit scandalized lol.  I think that 2012 would be a little upset at first that they’re both trans (She wouldn’t say it though), but after getting to know rottmnt Leo a bit better, she would come around.  I just think that she would have a little less confidence in her transness (Because she’s from 2012, and her universe is a little less friendly to her in general), and might have a little bit of jealousy that rottmnt Leo could have just been a girl from the beginning.  But, I do think those feelings would be short lived, and she would realize that rottmnt Leo is his own person, and doesn’t really reflect too much on her.

[sparkymalone]

whats your favorite chapter you’ve written?

That's... a really tough question. I have several that I really love: the first two yakuzaverse chapters, the first omegaverse chapter (kill me lmao), the not-Kuzupeko chapter, the only-one-bed chapter, the funhouse chapter, the sibling rivalry chapter, the brat-taming chapter...

If I have to choose just one......... It pains me to say this, but it might be the omegaverse chapter??? That's the one I've reread the most (I reread my own story sometimes, how egotistical is that) and it was really fun to write. IDK man, lol

[katyspersonal]

Girl help I am having an existential crisis…am I insane or did SOMETHING happen to the Research Hall that caused it to flood?? Did it flood?? Please I need your analytical brainpower to help me out because I am certain the place flooded and that’s why Ebrietas’ arena is in water ruins and why it looks so messed up in the present day waking world. I just don’t know WHAT would have caused it to flood? HELP!!

Hey! I understand the confusion! My very first thought, likewise, was that the Research Hall (aka the Clocktower place) sorta collapsed and Ebrietas is just at the bottom of it.

In the Nightmare, this big altar of headless woman decorated with gold also doubles as secret Surgery Altar that leads to the clocktower laboratory, so yeah, connection is simple to make! The Clocktower lab just collapsed to where she is now, right? However, taking better look at Ebrietas' arena, I ended up with a couple of ideas.

So, yeah, the familiar fucked up 'person in distress' statues found all over Yharnam at some point, our old friends! The parts of some architecture I guess... Wait, what- [shuffled film sound effect]

The stalactites??? WHY??????

I remind you, the stalactites are mineral formations that take a while to form. I mean, Hunter's Dream is at least 30 years old, but... sure, the ones of this size needed to take muuuuuch longer. So this made me think - maybe rather than this place (sort of a cave) being the result of Clocktower research lab collapsing, this place, instead, was sort of underground ruins place from the very start? Some sort of secret archaeology (and general graves robbing- pardon, tomb prospecting works) source going on while Research Hall was doing their thing.

And, there is an evidence of sorts:

This shield you find IN Research Hall, which hints at the fact that first Healing Church was using it, and later they just grabbed it and mass dived with it in Isz dungeons.

I talked about it more elaborate in the 'Healing Church and Byrgenwerth used to be the one' post ( x ), but basically: Willem and his friends found a hint of Arcane in the dungeons, they started researching, Research Hall + Healing Church were born, when patients got a hunch of 'stars' the prospectors were sent in Isz dungeons to find more, 'stars' + the ' Abandoned Ebrietas' were discovered and served as birth of the Choir.

Basically, this leaves me with the thought that 'Altar of Lamentation' (or 'despair', or 'grief') is not a crumbled place beneath research labs, but, in fact, a messed up and sealed entrance to Isz dungeons - hence the formations typical for rather old caves, such as stalactites!

So, what is the water all over the place? I have two versions, I guess? First is simple - these are implied to be Ebrietas' tears... I mean, it was translated as 'Altar of Despair', but, more accurate translation is 'altar of grief' or 'altar of lamentation', and:

It is also interesting that at the 'altar' she weeps at, that is heavily implied to be Rom, there are candles placed:

Which implies that they knew darn well WHY Ebrietas was crying. So, maybe, it was the first time she cared? Or maybe Rom was very ancient, so they genuinely did NOT know why.

I featured screenshots from Altar of Despair and from Yahar'gul. You can also factor in 'pebbles' that are implied to be human eyes not cared for properly (unlike Bloodshot Eye item), petrified altar featuring Rom and blood gems and stones themselves, that the theme of petrification from large amount of Arcane is consistent in Bloodborne! Facturing this in, it is very possible that "statues" in Ebrietas' fighting arena actually used to be real people - who petrified from large Arcane outburst. Would not that explain their desperate, struggling poses?

Sizes matter very little too - as you remember, Pthumerians tend to have gigantic variants in their species. It could be a potential support for the theory that Rom was that very ancient Pthumerian who, apparently, got blessed by Kos; I remind you that literally NOTHING in canon states that Rom was one of the Byrgenwerth students. It is just a popular headcanon based on her placement as a boss!

So, for all we know, Rom was an ancient person who got blessed - and some scholars, especially Micolash, figured out approximate conditions, so Research Hall was devoted to 'listening to the ocean' to meet the same all-knowing fate as Rom. Her boss fights might be confusing but remember - Queen Yharnam is the second person who has both the astral 'friendly' body and dungeons 'hostile' body. Rom, whoever she was, might have undergone similar ritual - and for one reason or another, Ebrietas is upset about it, to the point of grief.

That makes the statues found in arena take an interesting turn. Perhaps, the fucked up 'desperate and pleading people' statues we see here and there in Yharnam, in fact, were taken from Isz. They are identical! Maybe earlier researchers decided they were cool decor element, never having realised they were people but petrified. Petrified by the ritual that got ancient person known as Rom ascended - a ritual Micolash tried to repeat but failed at.

On the other hand, Rom as a Great One is, probably, placed in the lake for a reason. I believe her control over what mortals can or cannot see is connected to controlling reflections! I explained my headcanons on how Rom used to be an important figure for the Choir the same way Micolash was for School of Mensis quite a few times, buuuut.

In this case, the water all over Ebby's arena could've been remains of the artificial 'body of water' created by Choir for Rom - so she could hide the horrible things from humans by controlling their reflections in the 'body of water'. If something has no reflection - it is as good as not existing, right? And, by effect, she could hide the cosmic horror esque things Choir was causing to happen - providing secrecy to the institution. All they needed to do is to poor Enough water in the area, that still hasn't dried out. Makes extra sense too, since Ebby's 'tears' appear to be bloody red ones - whereas the water underneath is blue (transparent)? Easily Willem was still with the Choir before the rift between him and Laurence - so maybe Rom was doing her job even back then!

As for the oddly 'emotional' statues in this version? Well, either they've been there long ago and had to do with things besides Rom, or it WAS the ritual that split Rom in two that got them petrified - they were just innocent bystanders!

So, in conclusion - I have about two versions, and both do not specify what REALLY happened with the Clocktower labs... But, it seems like Ebby's boss arena used to be entrance in Isz. A normie hunter would have had to perform a ritual right there, we need to use the Hunter's Dream instead.

Maybe the labs were simply shut down. I believe that did happen with Laurence's disconnect with the Arcane and falling for blood ministration completely. I only mentioned that Emilia's prayer features 'seek the old blood' part when the one white church hunter reads at surgery altar misses this line for like... 50 times lol, so make your conclusions!

[misc-obeyme]

do you have a favorite devildom-ified human world thing name? like akuzon, devilgram, etc.

mine's hell coffee. its literally just coffee with hell in front of it, i love it, it's just coffee's edgier sibling. especially when you take into account the actual effects of it, i think its a beautiful, simple, yet incredibly fitting name

Hi there, anon!

Oh, I love how they do this, though I have to say I hadn't really thought about which was my favorite!

I tend to enjoy the funny ones, like I'm pretty fond of AkuDonald's because that just feels so fitting. Like ah yes, even in hell you can find a McDonald's lol. I also like Devilish No 5 because I think it's so funny that it's Mammon's signature scent.

But I totally agree about hell coffee, that is definitely a good one! For some reason, I always imagine it as something you drink black, but I'm not sure if that's just because I imagine Lucifer as a black-coffee drinker or because of the potential the coffee has to be bitter. Like if you add milk to hell coffee does that make it more difficult to tell how the person who made it feels?

Either way, I love the concept of it. Just imagining one of the characters making it for you, knowing full well that once you taste it, their feelings will be revealed. It's so cute just to have them make you a cup of coffee anyway, but then you take that first sip and the bitterness hits you. And you know they knew exactly what they were doing when they made you hell coffee.

You're right, that name is perfect. <3

[mysterycitrus]

lbr he doesnt stand a chance against a real clownoisseur

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

Edit: if you are able, use $5 you would otherwise use for a streaming subscription to donate to a GazaFunds campaign.

[inkskinned]

she's singing in another room and my dog is asleep at my feet. my grandma asked me why i haven't found a man yet and i laughed. oh, you know. i like my house clean.

my girlfriend is also my man is also "my partner" if i'm in a professional setting. yesterday we went to a ren faire and a man mimed at me - you're together? and at my delighted nod, his baffled, you're gay? made me laugh. a woman with rainbow hair said i love the two of you together. you're both so beautiful it's absurd.

my dad introduced my partner as my "..... friend. or whatever" the other day. he knows we're dating. in the same way, i was never able to get my sister's husband to stop saying that's gay like it's 2008. he still uses the word fa***t, and my sister's defense of him has always been well, he's just kidding.

my lover and i dance to old music in a tiny kitchen. we judge new music together and take food critique very seriously. we watch love is blind before we fall asleep and agree that if they had a queer season, it would be bloody but also make for excellent tv. of fucking course queer people would know someone for only 2 weeks and agree to get married. what are you saying.

at a bar with friends, a man puts his hand on my wrist. got a boyfriend? and yes, i do have a boyfriend, she's amazing. i am texting her while i wander around a gas station named after geese. i am visiting a swing state for a wedding. in the candy aisle i overhear: she's actually like a lesbian it's disgusting. two teenage girls with packaged sandwiches in their hands, giggling. no literally, like. i'm not, like. okay with her being there while we're all, like, naked and changing.

my girlfriend and i tailgate, drink gin and cider out of cups. from the frat group beside us, a man corrects himself with one of his friends: bro, i mean, nonbinary entity, and it makes everyone around him laugh, myself included. he razzes his friend the same way i would have killed for at 19 years old - like nothing happened, he continues: you apply sunscreen like an alien. he does a little sassy (and fairly accurate) dance interpretation of the motion. his friend is laughing so hard they're crying.

i am lucky, i live in a safe neighborhood in a safe state. my masc passenger princess comes up from DC. i drive her for an hour to where all the leaves are a violent arrangement of color. we walk along the trails, letting autumn into our blood. in this part of the state, there's a lot of pickup trucks and trump signs. when we chastely kiss before getting into the car, i accidentally make eye contact with a woman holding her child's wrist. she looks disgusted. she looks fucking pissed.

two hours later my girl and i are eating dinner on a patio, soaking in the last warmth of new england sun before the chill of winter sets in. we are giggling and trying to talk through plastic vampire teeth. at another table, i see a young woman sit up straighter. i watch her watch us. she blushes and takes her partner's hand from across the table. shy, like the taste of evening has just become something deeper.

it's worth it for this moment, i think. my lover is still humming the same song she's been singing for four days straight and i don't want to kill her for it. her guitar is beside my bed. her toothbrush is in my bathroom. in a few moments i will make us lunch. we are lucky enough to have found each other. it is lucky enough to be in love.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

historical drama/sitcom where two gay best friends (woman and man) get lavender married--and proceed to spend the Fancy European Honeymoon their parents paid for acting as each other's wingman

[leavemebetosleep]

when I was a kid for some reason I thought Lola Bunny's last name was "Rabbit" and that she was actually Jessica and Roger's daughter. And the reason she wasn't in the original Loony Tunes is just that she wasn't born yet

I mean can you blame me. Look them and look at her. She's got a good blend of both of their features.

[paintedcrows]

Nooo little Stanley watch out! Your striped shirt, bandage, and sad backstory are too Fallen Human Coded!! The Undertale narrative is going to get you!!!

[eatyourdamnpears]

I’ve been in such a funk since the concert. I’m not even sure I enjoyed myself that much. maybe I did. I don’t know

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

big bro jazz

[nubs-mbee]

The people against bows becoming a trendy fashion accessory has annoyed me sooo much lately. Saw a tiktok that was like “if you get uncomfortable with us saying wearing bows infantilizes women and supports the patriarchy, it just means you’re uncomfortable with us pointing out you’ve been engaging in a harmful trend/behavior 😌” aaaaaAAAAAAH people online are allergic to nuance

[demadogs]

nothing can break the bond between a friend who loves spoilers and a friend who just watched an amazing show and needs to tell someone the entire plot from start to finish