#it's on purpose but I'm not rly sure why

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

mid-seasons Daryl's so smooth-headed

[angelismmm]

pairings. blade x gn!reader

synopsis. nsfw alphabet w blade gg ez, a-n only becuz im l-l-lazy....

a - aftercare (what are they like after the deed?)

blud lowkey don't give a shit about you if you aren't that close, lmao

but if you are, probably kind of clingy, and really caring. a lot of cuddling, don't tell me i'm wrong cuz i'm NOT.

in some cases, and instances, those.. 'activities' you both have do make him quite exhausted, and most of the time it really just ends with him showering you, cleaning you up, and just being in his embrace (more utc.)

b - body part (their fave body part, of themselves, and their partner's!)

probably for himself; would be his hands. just in general, plus he knows how well they treat you anyway! so why wouldn't it be his favorite? and for you, probably loves everything, doesn't know what he'd do without it, can't decide on one sole favorite, maybe your stomach and probably your neck!

c - cum (cum, anything to do with it)

will cum on your face, if not, he'll come inside, nothing in between.

i dont know how to elaborate here but um, the way his cum be sprayed all over ur face is just so mmmm to him. makes him hard all over again!

d - dirty secret (self explanatory)

not rly dirty, but wants to see you get a necklace with his name on it, or a collar with his name on it, and while he pounds so recklessly, he wants to see that pretty little pendant of his bouncing up and down on your neck, very fond of the idea, but never would actually say it to you, unless you really push him enough.

e - experience (has bro done the deed before?)

maybe? not that experienced probably, but has messed around with somebody before yes!

he knows what he's doing though, don't worry. but overall probably just did it once or twice, barely can call it sex

he probably read about sex before doing it with you, cause he wanted it to go perfectly.

f - favorite position (self explanatory pt2)

just as long as he can see your face, missionary, cowgirl, let it be anything, just as long as he can see how your face just gets so corrupted because of his big cock.

g - goofy (is bro serious about sex?)

very serious, it's almost funny, but it isn't, he's dedicated, and will show it.

but maybe when you both get closer, and are able to be more intimate with each other, in relationship wise, and etc., sure he'll laugh once or twice about a mistake he's done.

h - hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

um, yes and no?? i don't really know, i can't rly tell, like maybe thrice a week sure, and the rest of the week he don't really care, it gets messy when you both fuck anyways. and yes, black hair, thats it, idk how to elaborate ab this LMAO

i - intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

gets too embarassed. no he will not show his blushing face, even if he's already inside, probably takes like, a round or two before he does

kind of like, he'd giggle about it and go okay bae

but also would be the kind of guy to go, "i want to be the only man, the only person, in this whole galaxy, this whole universe, to make you feel like this."

j - jack off (master bait :D)

yes, very often, no other choice, i cant say otherwise. likes to imagine its you on that monster ahh cock instead of his hand, be real, he the type to do that. uses imagination wisely, and does it when you're away from him, on a mission, or whatever, needs you 24/7 tho

k - kink/s

degrading you like it's his life's purpose. loves you like it's the calm life he's been looking for since forever, but will degrade you, calls you slut, whore, made for his cock, and all that jazz.

oh but facesitting; super big fan, wants to just be in you, tongue up in your hole, while he just strokes his cock, just needs you to sit on his face so bad

be so fucking honest w me, he probably turned on by the idea of getting pegged, or getting anal. won't admit it out loud, but he wants to get treated like a prince. like just wants you to make him feel so good, that's it.

l - location

doesn't give a fuck if other people hear, will fuck you in an alleyway if he feels like it, or if you feel like it, in the public bathroom <3 but just way prefers being in bed with you, feels more romantic, and gives off more feeling to the moment, in his own opinion, will do whatever you're comfortable with.

n - no no

roleplay, anything related to it, it seriously grosses him out

non con, in general, he's disgusted by it, i know that for a fact.

don't degrade him please, he's heard, and been called all kinds of names before, and it's not like he ever liked them.

don't hurt him, it's clear in his skill he does hurt himself in the process</3, im sure he seriously just wants to love you, and wants it back, his degrading is to a small extent, and it's just in the heat of the moment thing!

[ritzcuit]

it's no secret that i am a massive fan of spirit of justice, except more specifically, i am a massive fan of datz are'bal, and More specifically, i'm a fan of datz's relationship with dhurke, which i widely have to extrapolate from context clues bc this game hates me. so i often reread the transcripts, of 6-3 and 6-5, to reflect upon the nature of datz are'bal.

well... the way he talks abt dhurke drives me crazy mostly. and i wanted to compile all the freak moments where he yaps about dhurke and the kids. Plus some random extra bits... think of it like a dhurkedatz manifesto, if you want

screenshots using the ace attorney wikia transcript. soj spoilers ahead. Obviously

we have to start midway through the third case, 'cause up until this point datz had brain damage. anyway "brother in arms" gay. "just like you!" gay. Ok not that gay. but it demonstrates datz's entire purpose for being in this game, "im going to tell you about dhurke sahdmadhi in great detail"

oh god It's starting. this is from inspecting the board of photos in the defiant dragons' office.. sorry i forgot datz's other purpose for being in this game, "i'm going to tell you about dhurke sahdmadhi's kids in great detail." i cant. hes so. endlknfgdf

just all this yapping for no reason. it's like a guy showing you photos of his kids in his wallet. Yeah he went to school to study revolution^_^ being close enough to that family to know how much yuty looked up to dhurke is so... to know yuty's motivations... why do you know all this, datz?! do you think he would help yuty study for law school 🥺well dhurke definitely did too, but like...what if both of them helped 🥺

"dhurke's been beside himself" as if datz didn't just wistfully reminisce about how yuty used to be the pride of the dragons. you are NOT an impartial party my man! "we all thought! we were sure...!" it makes me wonder how many other rebels would know that dhurke was torn up over losing his son like this. he puts on a strong face, right, like everyone in ace attorney... but datz is at least close enough to see him struggling with it. like come awn

just more yapping. mind you, datz is currently pretending to be abandoning the revolution right now (though you probably can interact with this afterwards, when he gives up on that). but still. pov you went to a defector to get info on the defiant dragons, but all he's doing is talking about their leader's sons for no damn reason

BC IT'S THE LIKE. EAGERNESS. THAT GETS ME. he knew those kids and by god he is going to tell you about them 😭

inspecting the old sign........... it brings to mind a datz who used to hang around in dhurke's old office with him, like maya does phoenix, just being in his business for no good reason. young 20 somethings with the whole world open to them. "this place has seen better days" and i know damn well datz was seeing them too! Gay

talking to datz directly, this is under "dhurke the attorney" and the fanboying Begins in earnest. again, theoretically, he is pretending to defect from the dragons right now. it's like he was fucking vibrating waiting for phoenix to ask him about his best friend. "he was a force to be reckoned with! he was a juggernaut, as mighty as a dragon!" YOU! ARE! GAY! just geeking out over how cool dhurke was for NO REASON

STOP

Like i cannot express how much of a fucking geek he sounds like right here. "oh i'm defecting from the dragons cus dhurke is a traitorous snake. Anyway he's SO FUCKING COOL :)" he literally sounds awestruck. He would never surrender... sparkling eyes... EW

while breaking datz's psyche locks. gay

i dont even have anything to say. "that look in your eyes... it's just like dhurke's" Yeah i bet you pay attention to what dhurke's eye looks like you little freak. i bet dhurke said something rly cool in court one time and you fell in love with him then and there. Ewwwww Throws hammers. also i just like these lines it's very badass of him. datz said ok ill die for the dragons idgaf and phoenix said IGAF VERY MUCH PERSONALLY I LOVE NOT DYING

pff

later on, after all topics were cleared, datz exposition dumps some more. nothing actually that interesting but "dhurke was framed, i'm telling ya!" is sooo cute to me. it makes me wonder how many rebels do still think dhurke's guilty, but are critical of the ga'ranian regime for other reasons. probably a lot, right? thinking about datz defending dhurke's innocence to other dragons, but then dhurke's like... datz it's fine if they think i'm guilty, so long as they still agree with our cause. it isn't about me it's about the greater good of khura'in. and datz is like. OK BUT THEY'RE STILL WRONG THOUGH 😭😭

"it's like dhurke used to say" fanboy. there's no other words for it

"fangs of the defiant dragons" is an interesting thing. datz calls himself that thrice (once during the trial after he regains his memory and once later on in 6-5). i don't know what it means. LOL i even made my friend who knows japanese hunt down the original line to try and understand it, and we got nothing bc it's basically identical. it gives off the impression that He's Him, tm, he's The Guy, who does shit.. which isn't actually very dhurkedatz, but it's dhurkedatz to me. so much of dhurke IS the revolution, and the dragons. their entire relationship is through the revolution and the dragons. so it stands to reason that if datz is important to the dragons, then he's important to...?well you know

like the defiant dragon bites down and doesnt let go. it needs fangs to bite, of course.......oh the crucial datz...crying

that's basically it for 6-3, except the very end-

aw. theyre hanging out :)

cutting to 6-5 because 6-4 has nothing for us. i have dreams that 6-4 actually has datz in it somewhere and i just never checked, because there's something wrong with me

datz isn't here yet.. this is from inspecting charley, obvs. who's "we" though. you know who we is? it's datz. now. to me. it's dhurke and datz. they lost aj and then yuty ok let them have their cactus. This could also just be a lie ENDFKLNGDF But its too easy to imagine datz getting a cactus and being like "it's like aj! 'cause of it's spines!" and dhurke is Just enough of a sad lonely old man to keep it around. until it like dies i guess rip apollo

talking to dhurke under "request" gives us this. My Compatriot. god made them compatriots bc they would be unstoppable as canon lovers. my compatriot. i should smack u. THATS UR FANGS IDIOT -_- Anyway it's clear from how much datz yaps abt him, but it's nice to have confirmation that apollo remembers him too :) running around him... maybe its "running around with him"? i wouldnt know. but still...so cute..what if i cried rightnow

a whole bunch of nothing bc they're keen on hiding him from me. this is ages later while inspecting the suitcase in archie buff's house. dhurke...thats ur knucklehead...

apollo remembering enough about datz to make fun of him *wiping tear from eye*im so happy *sniffling*

talking to paul atishon, who does not matter. dhurke... hes your buffoon....

but don't worry. he's here. it's datz. everyone get excited. it's time for The Scene, of which i have actual screenshots

this is my "intellectual attraction" this is my "unnecessary feelings" my "her respect as a coworker wasn't all i wanted" orhowever that shit goes. Dhurke! You're a sight for sore eyes! it's so nothing compared to those other three, but i can't help it. I love it so much.....

i love datz being such a freak who can't calm down for 5 minutes. i love dhurke being so understated here. its so funny. he said girl calm down it's just me 😭 and datz's stupid big ass smile once he realizes it's oomf.. i knew you'd come save me!

it's worth noting that in jp, according to my friend who knows these sorts of things, "you're a sight for sore eyes" is just "My partner!" with partner being aibou, which is also used for phoenix/edgeworth, klavier/daryan, and asougi/ryuunosuke. It's too much...datz likes him so bad. get a ROOM!

theyre both so weird

if you present the founder's orb transfer agreement, you get this exchange. please...the banter. i wish we got 50000p more pages of this.

Anyway um it turns out i hit image limit ...smiles cheekily...i could replace the sight for sore eyes pics with one screenshot, but i wont, bc its that important To Me. well. ill continue this in a part 2 because there is still plenty more to be seen

[mazeinthemiroh]

Hi, I’m having a really rough time with a lot of bad going on right now.. if you wouldn’t mind, could you pls do a bang chan scenario where he comforts you? or you can do an skz reaction based on it, up to you. I just rly need some comfort right now…

how stray kids comfort their s/o

genre: fluff, hurt / comfort

word count: 0.8k

warnings: mentions of food

a/n: hey sweetie. i'm so sorry you're going through a tough time rn :( thinking of you <3 i took the liberty of doing a ot8 reactions on this for, yk, ultimate comfort purposes. i hope this helps in some way. take care <3

bangchan

he's a natural comforter, that's just who he is. so going to him when you are struggling seems like the only thing to do; it just feels right. he's got you wrapped in his arms immediately, the softness of his muscles squeezing against your frame as he rocks you slowly from side to side, kisses the top of your head and rubbing a hand up and down your back to soothe you. he encourages you to cry; he doesn't want you to hold back. of course, it completely breaks his heart when you do cry, and he will get misty-eyed himself. but he will kiss your tears away and hush your cries, before pulling you back in for another bear hug.

minho

he's not sure what to do at first because he knows people like different forms of comfort. his go-to move is to wrap an arm around your shoulder, rubbing your arm gently and cooing when you sniffle your tears back. "jagi, don't cry" he'll say, wiping any tears that slide down your cheeks. "don't be silly, you'll be ok." wants you've settled down a little bit he will be more affectionate, scooping you up in his arms and pulling you closer to his chest. he will make jokes here and there to try and cheer you up, and he will feel like he's won at life when you let out a little giggle. he just wants his baby to feel okay </3

changbin

he'll totally baby you. cooing and kissing the tip of your nose, he will cup your cheeks in his hands and tell you how much he loves you. he'll be so fluffy with you, taking you in his arms and cuddling you for as long as you like. he's also the type to do things for you. will make you a hot chocolate and grab a cookie, for good measure, bringing it over to you while he listens to you talk about what's wrong. then he's massaging circles your thigh, soothing you whilst remaining eye contact, nodding along to what you're saying and trying to see if he can help changbin best boyfriend alert

hyunjin

wraps you up in a fluffy blanket when he sees the tears form in your eyes. he wipes any stray away with his sweater paws. he gets very affectionate leaning on you and wrapping both his arms around your waist. but ultimately, he's definitely one that wants you to talk about it to him. he doesn't want to be left in the dark; he wants to know how you're feeling and why you are feeling, not so much as to help you, but more so that he can understand you. in his eyes, you can see his sincere interest in you as he urges you to pour out your feelings to him.

jisung

he's the type that wants to distract you. he thinks that, instead of dwelling on sad thoughts for too long, cheering yourself is the best way to go. mainly because, when he sees anything but a smile on your face, he gets worried. and when you cry? oh boy. he breaks a bit. so he likes to get that smile back on your face as soon as possible. and if he's the cause of your smiling, that's even better. he might say a little joke or even go as far as doing aegyo for you because he knows it makes you cringe and laugh. after a smile breaks on your face, he relaxes, before telling you it's all going to be okay.

felix

the ultimate comfort person™. there's something about felix that radiates such warmth. with anyone, he's just so welcoming and genuine. there have been so many people drawn to felix because he's so lovely to them. so when you need comfort from him, his arms are already open. his empathy is quite high so he can tell just by the change in your vibe that you're not okay. he'll want to talk about it more than anything else. will ask if he can do anything for you. might even cheer you up by baking some brownies for the both of you to share <33

seungmin

he wants to listen to you. he just wants to sit and listen as you open up to him completely. he'll let you do that. he'll let you and encourage you to pour your heart out to him, letting him know what's troubling you. it's important that you let your feeling about, and he's there to lend a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on. he never lets go of your hand as he rubs the pad of his thumb on your palm, drawing circles to soothe you in a way you don't even notice at first. he just radiates pure comfort.

jeongin

he's quiet as he listens to you talk about what's wrong. he could tell you were upset, to begin with but he had no idea how upset you were. so, listening intently, he absorbs all the information your telling him, asking a few questions here and there. he commends you for making it this far and compliments you, telling you how strong you are. he also has the tendency to just feed you. stuffing you with ramen noodles and crisps and all sorts of comfort food. he believes food is the best medicine and you just can't argue with that!

[jotunvali02]

Playing Ace Attorney, Rise from the Ashes part 7

"I'm sorry Lana. I didn't know. And I've treated you so badly all this time…" "It's not too late. There's still plenty of time to make up..."

Like you and a certain baby prosecutor, Feenie??

Married Objections.💙💞❤️

OMG! My baby's trying to comfort a person who made him feel betrayed again! 😭

"Just relax, and enjoy the sound of the noose tightening around your neck." ^q^ Yes…

Shibari, Daddy.🔥

First baby Edgey, now baby Ema… like has this world no care at all about children?? Does it mean nothing at all in this world? That world rly SUCKS!

"GUILTY"???

Guilty of what?? Forging evidence 2 years ago or Goodman's murder???

So pursuing the truth is NOT what I should have done here?? Taku, did you purposely tried to fuck us up here??

And HOW Ema's fingerprints on the cloth prove SHE was the killer? I bet GANT put her hand on the vest while she was unsconcious!! And she only crashed a vase on Marshall, she never touched him!!

And Edgey tells me off cause I shouldn't have pursued the truth too far, while bitch YOU kept telling over and over that the truth is the only important thing here, "no matter how tragic it might be"!

Oh. I just had to lie about the evidence to have Gant telling the truth. Huh. Sneaky and low, Taku. Sneaky and low.

Wait. Wai-wait So when I presented the handprint the 1st time (and got the guilty verdict), everyone knew instantly it was Ema's.

But now we need it to be sent to the labo??

So, to get a guilty verdict, the court or Edgeworth doesn’t need actual scientifically proven evidence?? WTF??

Ok, pfff. In both choices, we prove the handprint is Ema’s but we can say there is a contradiction in one choice but not the other while they’re eventually the same choice??! WTF???

"You and me we’re the same."

He’s NOTHING like you rotten asshole!! He’s a sweet pure baby!!👼😭 A baby you beat up and had beaten up endlessly during 3 fucking days because he’s too much of good and righteous sweet baby to your taste!!

«I can hear them singing a melodious melody!»

Like this?

But wait.

WHY did he kill Neil Marshall ????

And is Lana going to get harsh penalties for HER forged evidence?

Oh. she's... beautiful when she smiles. O///O

Yeah, you feel for him, but can you at least say "Sorry I'VE put you in deep shit?"

Baby Edgey: "It was nothing! Baka."

Shut the fuck up.

"I was worried all this might break you." Careful, girl. CAREFUL!!! "But you rose above it and guided Mr Wright to victory."

Yes. Bc he's the best husband!! 😭 😭 ❤️💞

Wait. He basically wanted to prove you guilty in the beginning!

"No one can change the past. The only thing we can do is making up for our mistakes. So we find the way back to our rightful path. And walk towards a brighter future."

Phoenix,... are you sure you're ok???

"At least, that's how I felt looking at the two sisters."

No.

No....???

No no no!!!

"Edgeworth?"

*hyperventilates* scared as fuck.

"I'll be going now."

NO!!!!! ♫ Ne me quittes pas, il faut oublier...♫

♫ Je ferais un domaine où l'amour sera loi... ♫

"I hope you don't blame yourself for what happened."

Bitch, he has a fucking DISCIPLINE WHIP instead of thoughts!

"It's too late for me..."

Bitch. Shut uuuup??

"I can't correct my mistakes."

But baby... 😭

Oh, Fee-Fee says the same!

Mama Lana to the rescue!

"Contrary to Gant or Von Karma, YOU weren't alone." 😭 "You had your husband Fee-Fee Wright." ♥

"Come on! Show Mr Edgeworth what Lana is talking about!"

What? His love? His lips? His plan to propose?

"It was destiny, Mr Edgeworth." #starcrossedlovers

"If you'll excuse me, there are still some """"loose ends"""" that need """wrapping up""""

OMG. SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP !!!!!!

Oh God! Feenie's holding him back!!

"You can let what happened kill the prosecutor in you or let it help you grow."

Why did have to pick THOSE words, Phoenix?? Why THOSE specific words???????

"I owe you my thanks too, Wright."

What? "thank you for making me realize I have to kill myself so everything is good and right again??"

"What I face now is MY problem."

Bitch, I assure you Phoenix will make sure it's EVERYONE's problem!

"Edgeworth... I'll be waiting for you at the altar in court." He said, caressing then kissing his beloved's cheek.

Serisouly, WHO says that except a lover??

"As for the sisters, I had faith, their lives had just begun. As for me..."

Shut up.😭

Edgey as the last person we see in Feenie's flashback? Hmmm.❤️❤️

And it's the tea boy who fins the cursed letter.

[ca-suffit]

idek how to rly start this. it's a lot of heavy topics.

yesterday, I combined a lot of asks and an article for a post about this same topic. I didn't want it to turn into a reason to attack assad (a vulnerable target as a brown actor) but I didn't want to ignore the general subject either. this comes up in the fandom a *lot.* It should be given space to talk about bcuz there *is* a lot of racist shit being tied to it (I think I have other asks related to how, so I'll get into it more later too). this fandom is always talking about "nuance" but then works in extremes (and usually bullying) whenever anything comes up that could be explored.

anyways, here's my post and then compare it to this one

dismissing the topic like this at all and dismissing the whole thing, once again, as "fandom wank" is rly a choice. it's also a fucking joke and clear manipulation that the person who v literally *is* antiblack *all the fucking time* is using this as a reason to say that's not a serious criticism about her either. the permanent victimhood mentioned in every post never ends bcuz it's trying to get in ur head that she's incapable of hurting anyone.

all of this leads to more racial tension in the fandom and it's done on purpose so that nothing will ever be resolved. when u keep all racial discussions "other'd" then it means they never happen and ppl never take them seriously bcuz it's always seen as "not that deep."

there's never going to be unanimous support for or against most stuff that's talked about like this, bcuz when is there ever for most things?? we all have different experiences and opinions. but if u *never* talk about it then how does anyone learn anything?? how do u learn to break free of echo chambers and consider other perspectives?? (u don't and that's the point but that's why I'm underlining here why it's so dangerous to keep acting like this and normalizing it)

this fandom will analyze and make up shit to defend lestat or sam or anne rice all the gd time. unprompted. the mental gymnastics required to pull off half of that shit is insane, but u can't discuss anything else like that? u give all of *that* deep respect and think *that's* worth ur time but delving into fandom racism and all the ways u can explore loumand just by a topic itself with it....nothing to say there? that's just "wank"?? it's literally not even done out of a concern for assad's vulnerability in relation to this topic, it's just done to not disrupt the status quo of white fandom. I'm also p sure that main tweet comes from a black account, which should *also* not go unnoticed for why nalyra would post it and respond this way. this is the established pattern here.

[nyxrev]

Neo Disciplinary Agents

*chills*

She got jacked arms under her suit, no doubt…crazy spider-leg hair, she has full control over every thread of organization members… what were they prior? Ex-mercenary? They emit prison guard… or executioner vibes…

You simply don't fxck around. You will not find out, you will simply be gone, gone like a speck of dust.

Let's talk about neo org structure, (ex?)-criminals, cult leaders, big-shot bourgeoisie… 99% guaranteed to each have their own purposes, grand delusion of world conquest, & their nefarious deeds:

Loot, tax evasion, human experiment & underground market etc.

Such an exemplary bunch, what could possibly go wrong?

Allow me to tell you a story:

Once, X worked at an establishment* with decent pay but manager bullied them so they left for another sect. across the block, who promised them better pay & fair treatment. Except when they arrived, to their dismay, other staff were jealous saboteurs, back-stabbers, rumour mills who did all they could to drag others under no matter how low they stoop.It was even implicitly encouraged.Boss did not want X bc of age, manager later also did not want X bc of “ability” despite prior promises, but they do not get dirt on their own hands, so they “borrow other's knife to k!ll” so to speak,which is why some staff turn on X as if they get paid… they do, though reward may not be money.

X decided to quit when they found out just how shady they operated:

identity fraud & faked marriage for immigration, debt entrapment, money laundry, tax evasion, exploit staff by tip confiscation, gambles are on the tables & obligatory, prostitute to the top, join cult for promotion

Their method:

financial & social entrapment, back scenes manipulation,subtle coercion

At the end X went back to prior org …at least they had rigid management who know how to run an operation on the table… all hands visible.

Sound familiar?

… … …

Not to dismiss the benefit of doubt but when you fill your ranks & esp. the executive echelon with egoistic characters of dubious backgrounds & even more obscured intentions… what would you expect happen?

Already on first encounter somebody expressed vehement protest. Truly smart opposition don't show their fangs until it's too late for you. Ex-criminals who look ready to pick a fight anytime? You rly think they would change for good? Mayyybe… but words are cheap talk, watch what they do. Cult leaders… never good news. Immediate boost of followers for your organization? Sure. Long-term goals? Hmm… Well, what can the bourgeoisie do? Anything they want & their money can buy. Easy funds? For now. You think they will just fund you for free? It's a world of Give & Take, & who knows better how to seize* than an elite capitalist. An iconic idol can't be bad, we get loyal popularity!Except she's wired to the organization's server, which seems convenient,for communication? Or maybe… mind control? She already experiences “glitches”…seems like a cyborg power boost clearly has draw -backs.How long can the power boost of borg op. last? What happens when it's worn out? We all know hardware needs maintenance & upgrades. About the disciplinary agents? Also borgs …But they look uncanny, like they'd be unfazed under any circumstances, like they know…things.Idk about the ex-mercenary part… they thoroughly creep me out.

Hey at least the young leader seems honest & competent? Keyword: young* Can we expect a circus of hooligans to obey a 16 yr-old boy? …How much control does he actually have over them? I don't doubt his competency, I doubt the members' extent of will for cooperation.

(no no I'm just paranoid~) oh but…

For example,

Suiryu is obligated to work for neo now to pay for the suit he damaged, debt entrapment at work.

[outsidereveries]

old posts from curiouscat (23rd august 2024—3rd september 2024)

23rd August 2024

will JYP, SM or HYBE ever hit by scandal like YGE (ex.: Burning Sun & drug controversy issues), or something bigger than these?

aaand aespa's drama is on my mind

SME | 2 of cups, 4 of pentacles rx, knight of cups, 7 of pentacles rx, 5 of pentacles

a mixture of scandals, it will involve the older units of nct. as i see a few of them will leave sme (and they'll try to make ultimatums but won't work), the scandals will be many for the purpose nct at its best to rebrand: x will have behaviour scandal, possibly similar to what irene had in the past, the s*xtape i saw in the past is still here and many more, it'll be scandal after scandal

JYPE | 4 of pentacles rx, the hierophant, the hermit, 10 of cups, 9 of cups

no, they won't, they select their trainees extremely well

HYBE | page of pentacles, ace of pentacles, 2 of pentacles, 2 of wands, 6 of swords

their drama between ador and the rest of the corporation will be the worst drama they'll have as of now, so i don't see worse one

can I ask about Rosé? can you tell us about her general vibe and if you can pick something about how her record is gonna sound like/what themes she is gonna talk about in it?

general | the lovers, 5 of cups rx, the devil rx

she's feeling really great, the energies are very high, she's working on her comeback!

next release | 4 of cups, justice rx, 10 of pentacles, 8 of wands, 5 of wands rx

i sense the lyrics here, so, it'll be related to how she was treated in yge and her feelings about it (some keywords might be dissapointed, unfair, in a rush, illusion, compromises, money, sadness). so far, it's about 1 of her title tracks.

i asked separately my pendulum a bit more information, she currently wants to release a full album of 11 songs with 2 title tracks, therefore that might be why the cards sensed one of them.

do you see a creative director or manager coming in and aiding yge in the future?

5 of pentacles, ace of pentacles, 9 of pentacles

nah, they might even kick an one, which is ironic🤠 eventually there is a chance of someone popping up after this happens but i doubt they'll work for the company

will yge be forever trapped in the past?

the magician, 3 of pentacles, 9 of cups

i'm not sure how to answer, but if the past is related to yge's glory days, i.e. the 2nd gen and to some extent blackpink's group activity (i'd say i sense more the 2nd gen), then yes, they'll still try to duplicate it. if yge becomes a subsidiary, i see it'll be a pattern even there. so i'd say yes.

27th August 2024

will hybe losing to mhj have an impact on anyone

page of swords, the fool rx, 8 of wands rx

hm... honestly, i can see there will be influence in one way or another (when hybe hypothetically lose) but it will come in the ruleship of companies, i.e. changing ceos, shifting invenstments in one place to another and similar stuff. if there's an important impact, it'll come slowly but steady.

how is enhypen’s mental and physical health rn? it seems like belift has rly been overworking them with the never ending fate+ tours and they’ve been rly low energy and sick recently so engenes have been worried about them…

mentality | wheel of fortune, the high priestess, 2 of pentacles

so, their vibrations are great, they're feeling good, on the mental surface though it's complex: some of them feel good, osme of them don't, they're managing it and it's not that fatal.

physical health | 6 of cups, the world, 9 of pentacles

physically though i can see why they're tired, it's similar to what i saw with heeseung recently, habits, habits and habits, the boys have a least a few unhelphul habits that make their energy lower and lower (sometimes with the time, sometimes right away) and therefore this makes sense why the boys show signals just now. similar to the boys' mental health, some of them feel ok while others worse but all of them don't seem to feel good physically, or a little better. one of them might be ill at the moment but nothing much so far :|

how katseye feel about each other and their relationship with each other?

feelings | 9 of pentacles, 8 of swords rx, 5 of swords rx, 5 of pentacles rx

neutral, very independent from one to another.. i'd say they just don't care for each other tbh, i don't feel they're close.

bond | 4 of pentacles rx, 6 of swords, ace of swords

similar to their feelings for each other, they're pretty much individualistic girls and i don't real;y sense any closure. their potential to be closer is there but as of now i don't feel it can happen.

do you think you can do a reading on which industry the next big globally famous group will come from? Do you know the next most popular group worldwide, globally of the caliber of BTS, 1D and that type of very, very famous group? I have a few options, Korean industry (thanks god no pls xbkdkd), English, USA, Latin (hope v":) or other industry.

2 of swords rx, 2 of pentacles, the hermit

it'll take long time before learming about them, so i'm assuming the industry they'll come from is ... unknown. for some reason they might come from the balkans (the peninsula, so europeans) or africa and they might be a boy group. i can only feel that :|

what concept, lyrics, MV, how many songs will aespa have in their next Korean comeback?

concept | the devil rx

lyrics | king of cups, 9 of wands

mv | page of cups

x songs?? | 5 of wands

so far some of the details aren't certain yet.

concept | similar to drama, the girls might be more creatively free to make any ideas

lyrics | i don't feel any changes but it can be similar to what we're used to hear from them (lyrics-wise)

mv | i sense a similar vibe to black mamba and welcome to my world (+ drama) altogether

songs | they haven't decided yet.

according to my pendulum, the amount of songs might be between 9 and 10 right now, if sme decided aespa will do an ep, then some of the songs will be removed, transferred or postponed.

[rumor ot truth?] are Karina and Ningning the ideal type for some or most male idols?

the magician, death, 2 of cups

it's complex for karina but i can allegedly confirm that it's true for ningning. it looks like most of the idols who like karina somehow (and are single) want to ... do adult things with her and up to that. there might be rumors that she's good at ... it.

how KATSEYE feel now that the public has seen the documentary about them and their reaction towards it?

sophia | 4 of wands rx, 10 of pentacles

doesn't feel good about the documentary and the reactions surrounding it, she's even feeling sad, but since she gets a percentage of the documentary in one way or another... welp what i can say else

manon | 5 of pentacles rx, 5 of swords rx

i'd say that she doesn't care. her feelings are negative about the release and the comments but she's just indifferent about it

daniela | ace of pentacles, the world rx

she's feeling good that the documentary got released but she hates the reactions, she expected for them to be better

lara | 5 of cups rx, the tower

she dislikes the montage of the documentary series, especially how she's seen there. she also isn't fond of the reactions from the people who watched the show, but she understands it because it had to be edited better. i see that lara wanted other things to be added instead of these that made her evil edited (to her).

megan | 7 of wands, page of wands

similar to lara, she sees that she's also evil edited in a way when it comes to her relationship with manon. she doesn't feel bad about the reactions because when she saw what is seen on the surface, she expected them to be like that, so she's a bit neutral about what outsiders think because of the montage.

yoonchae | queen of cups rx, knight of swords

as i see she hasn't allegedly watched (on her own i believe) the docu series, she feels bad about the outsiders' opinions. she got sad but hey, she hasn't watched it on her own to see it so.. yeah

31st August 2024

can you read about the future LA HYBE artist? solo, group, male, female?

the tower rx, the emperor, the devil rx, 10 of pentacles, 5 of cups rx

the tower rx leads me to something they're used to, so a group, the emperor is usually giving masculine energy, so possibly a boy one + another confirmation is 10 of pentacles where hybe might want to try to replicate bts' success in 1 way or another.. therefore i'm leaning towards a boy group. according to my pendulum, they might aim for 7-member one but might go up to 10-member one.

do you think vernon and wonwoo is most likely the reserved person in seventeen?

vernon | ace of pentacles, strength, page of cups rx

to me it's a big no, he's more communicative than you might've seen, he might be extremely selective to who he choose to be close with so that might be why you thought that? vernon seem to communicate with his staff the most, which can explain why he might come off as reserved (because maybe he has less friends from school and his homeplace) but he's not exactly introverted, he's more ... adventurous, more risky, more emotional.

wonwoo | ace of swords, 5 of pentacles rx, 5 of cups rx

to me he might be more "reserved" (if not the most, i only sensed hoshi more .. personally so far), i see that he's extremely honest to the point he might be "too brutal" and he just doesn't care. he might have issues to find the proper way to communicate because he's too mature for the most male koreans, he doesn't have any common topics because if i can compare him to an average male korean, wonwoo's too balanced, wonwoo's too mature, wonwoo's too smart while an average male korean is usually .. dumb, disbalanced and other synonyms you can think of. there's just a red wall between wonwoo's values and ... the average men koreans' ones. like the biggest red wall you can imagine.

so no for vernon and possibly (because i don't know 17's energies well) yes for wonwoo.

will there be any other NCT member scandals?

5 of cups rx, the hierophant, 10 of swords rx, 2 of pentacles, 2 of cups

they might be similar to taeil's in one way or another. i can see whatever they'll be they'll go on court. some keywords that popped are "the n-th room" (the telegram chats?) and "age gap"

do you see more nct members being exposed?

5 of pentacles rx, 4 of cups rx, 9 of swords, 2 of wands rx, king of swords

yes, i can see a similar situation with another member being kicked out in the same way taeil was kicked out. the reasons for this happening can be similar to what happened recently too.

i’m nosey about the legal proceedings between mhj and hybe bc hybe did everything correct to terminate her as ceo and demote her to a simple employee but her lawyers seem very confident that they’re going to be able to get hybe on some type of technicality

will try to see as much as i can

5 of cups rx, death, 5 of pentacles rx, temperance rx, the tower, 3 of pentacles, king of pentacles rx

here's the thing. they demote her illegally (king of pentacles rx is the main indicator to me as it can show corruption), so... min heejin is right :) again.

did aespa see criticism and hate for their recent performance on k-world 2024 on the 22nd of August? will they take the criticism to get better or it was sabotaged by SME?

3 of swords rx, queen of wands, the chariot, 7 of cups, judgement

aespa aren't aware of the criticism in their perfomance. despite their unawareness, i see that sme turned off the mics on purpose for no reason. sorry for feeling only indifference this time..

is jo woochan under TBL? i saw that he follows in ig a lot of people under there (even producers, choreographers) and I heard a lot of rumours about tbl wants to do a bg in the future.

personally i'm not considering tbl as small company, but well, let's see

page of pentacles, 7 of pentacles, page of wands

well.. no. tbl are too restricting to him.

will meovv copy aespa's concept with metaverse, digital, parallel and real world? ‘cause the sound on Sooin's teaser sounds like any aespa kwangya teaser or Girls’ MV teaser..

ace of cups rx, 10 of cups rx, the hierophant rx

the common thing between the 2 groups concept-wise is the multiple universes, nothing else (allegedly). if they copy something, because i can see there's truth to tbl copying something with the reversed hierophant, it'd be the loonaverse.

how are the nwjns members feelings right now?

minji | 6 of wands

she's feeling really great, something went in her favor recently

hanni | 4 of cups rx + 8 of swords rx

she's more motivated to work the things out in her benefit, i sense she wants some solo gigs?

danielle | the empress

she's feeling great, might have ideas for a song

haerin | the high priestess

nowadays she's more in tune with herself, i'd say she's trying to balance herself

hyein | 6 of pentacles rx + 4 of pentacles rx

recently she was more generous than usual but it's not out of ordinary

the girls’ overall feelings and thoughts seem to be at least neutral

whats the relationship between sohee and sungchan?

queen of wands, 5 of pentacles rx, 2 of cups

their bond seem to be really nice and they communicate well with each other. i can see that if someone's more invested than the other, it will be sungchan but nonetheless they vibe with each other extremely well. if it was bad between them before, now their bond is way better. (as i check their dynamics for the 1st time)

ador announced that mhj has stepped down as a ceo but will remain as their producer and in house director. ador also said that it was mhj decision (i might be wrong) and they all agreed to it. the new ceo is a girl from hybe so i want to know if this new ceo will be great or not for nwjns in terms of relationship, freedom, creative freedom etc. and i saw someone said that it might be a plan from hybe since mhj doesnt have the power in this situation to prevent it + "omg it was just confirmed that it wasn't her desicion but hybe's and mhj wasn't aware on this?" .. sth like that

8 of wands, 7 of swords rx, 9 of wands, 4 of wands, the chariot

i'd say neutral to great intentions, she realises that she has to catch up so fast on everything and will geniunely try her best to be as good as possible (without ill intentions unlike these directors where they're neutral to baaaad). however nwjns won't like her immediately bc of what happened until now and will be extremely guarded. it'll be a heck of rollecoaster to her to have nice bond with newjeans but it can turn out good in the end. the situation is just a bit sketchy and i believe it's normal.

when it comes to freedom, she'll give them what they need, even more, when it comes to the girls' creativity she could have some ideas but nwjns will reject them.

you “see” mhj coming out on top with hybe the conglomerate but what about with the companies under hybe? i think she’s suing source and belift too but will anything come from that?

from past readings, i saw that soumu allegedly will close down while belift will change their staff. i'll check the current energies!

belift | 7 of swords rx, temperance rx, 9 of wands

as far as I can see what the situation is, they will make themselves a victim, when in fact are guilty for doing whatever they did. so far i don't see an exact outcome but they'll try their best to at least slow down the court.

soumu | 2 of wands, page of wands rx, the lovers rx

the energy is similar to what i saw in the past; basically they're tired to continue the lawsuit and really want to stop it but unfortunately, they cannot. they still haven't made an important choice that can turn the things for either the worst or for ... worse. honestly i doubt they'll do the worse choise (which can be the better choice but it will be still worse) therefore they'll choose an option 3 where they'll be "in the middle" but in reality they will lowkey choose the worst option possible. with the reversed lovers i can still see soumu shutting down in the future but nonetheless will make mhj winner in this lawsuit.

i remember you mentioning that you see mhj coming out of this on top and there was some new information that came out today that kinda supports that her team might have hybe on the hooks, at least in one aspect? HYBE was requesting that the court documents not be released to the public but the request was denied. HYBE were saying it was bc trade secrets would be released but Korean lawyers who were weighing in said that it’s more likely having to do with hybe using her private messages in their case lending itself to mhj making a case for business infringement?

9 of swords rx, 2 of pentacles, the devil rx, 5 of swords rx, the hermit

honestly, it's kind of complex to me, i don't see how certain it'll turn out in the end. there's the weak light at the end of this tunnel, i see that the lawyers from each side are working on the whole situation and they're .. pretty much trying their best (as independent as possible, i mean). the hermit sort of lead me into the thought that the outcome is yet to be seen?

like all the times i've seen with this "battle" i still see that it'll be on mhj's side but this time i really don't want to sound biased as hell and type sth like "i'm sure that hybe will still lose whatever they'll do" and be extremely repetitive so.. yeah

will mhj pursue other companies under hybe like source and belift lead to anything? If so what exactly would it lead to?

the devil rx, 4 of swords, 8 of swords rx, 7 of cups

i kinda doubt she'll pursue other subsidiaries for reasons that are different from what's known about, but if they blame her for no reason, then she'll do what she has to. as of now no.

will any bp member be able to break into the mainstream as a solo act with rememberable success? | orig. different wordplay

knight of swords, 3 of swords rx, 3 of wands, 9 of cups

yeah but i can see the chance of it happening after some time. since i asked generally and not for each girl, possibly 1 of them might be successful in the mainstream pop industry, because of the knight of swords i lowkey bet on rosé.

2nd September 2024

can you do a career reading for Zhang Hao? he seems to be not given opportunities by his company and wonders why. will he have any new activities or will be in the dungeon?

death, 6 of wands, 7 of swords

basically great things, probably in personal career matters though. there's chance for wakeone to engage him in individual gig, so he has to be flexible in one way or another.. and try to not be stubborn because i can see stubborness🥲

can you do a reading for Zhang Hao and his future career opportunities?

career opponturities | 4 of pentacles rx, 10 of swords, 9 of swords rx

considering the upright 10 of swords, the energy here is very similar to sunoo not wanting solo gigs (this is what i'm feeling intuitively).

when it comes to the spread itself, the financial instability is here, possibly from wakeone's side, and it makes the company actually suffer, because he seems to be wanted at least here and there. there's repeated sentence on my mind that hao might say to wakeone from time to time: "why you don't acknoweledge that i am a group member and not soloist?", therefore if hao is mistreated where i am unsure if it's seen here or not is because of hao's heart (i really feel his soul SCREAMING IT) or to wakeone's staff stubborness. unless wakeone understands that and also hao acknoweledges what wakeone thinks, he will have little to no solo gigs.

wakeone's treatment towards hao | 4 of pentacles rx, the devil rx, 9 of cups

basically wakeone isn't mistreating him but rather they let him do whatever he wants. hao seems to be very respectful towards w1's staff and they love him. they appreciate how he's considerate of everyone and that's why he's pretty much free under wakeone.

so yeah, very similar vibe with sunoo and belift. very similar.

is there any people outside of HYBE who are eyeing Heeseung?.. also how is taehyun and heeseung's friendship rn 😭

any people who watch heeseung? | king of wands, justice, 5 of pentalces rx

no. if there were any, they were there in the past where hybe wasn't established in the way they're today and there was actual hype for enhypen's future. before there were people who were interested in him in 1 way or another but since the interest now is non-existent, the only reason of that happening is belift as they just rejected offer after offer (after offer...)

therefore i don't sense much of his industry's awareness of heeseung's abilities. they're like "uh... i guess??" and nothing else.

koreans haven't closed the door for him though, so if belift wants solo gigs to pop up, they'll have to let their artists to work their asses off.

taehyun+heeseung's bond | 2 of wands, ace of swords, 3 of cups

they're at least good friends and communicate well. they're trying to have good bond between each other and are trying to respect their boundaries between each other (one of them might've been clingy before). despite that, there might be competition between 2 of them no matter if it's behind the scenes for solo gigs or for someone from the higher-ups' attention? whether if it's ongoing or happened in the past, both of them are still aware of that at some point they have no choice but to act in front of some bosses like they don't like each other.

i heard that mhj and hybe is going on another legal battle cuz of the ceo situation, do you see mhj winning and getting back her position?

ace of cups, the hanged man, 4 of swords, strength, 5 of cups rx, the devil • the emperor

with a sentence, yes but not now.

with a paragraph, whatever min heejin said (that hybe removed her as ceo illegally) is true, the schemes are done way back from where park jiwon was the ceo of hybe. the new ceo isn't allegedly involved at all in this situation.

the hanged man and 4 of swords might be that vacation i saw months back. honestly, min heejin needs that, so she .. deeply inside isn't complaining much, from what i sense she really needs to rest for a bit. however, my thoughts in the previous sentence isn't the answer here. the chances of her returning are high, especially when she really likes her job in ador (whatever she was doing until now) and it made her feel positive and great, but it will be postponed for a few months (5?). eventually, behind the scenes i can see a trio (possibly she'll be with the new ceo of ador and the new ceo of hybe) where they'll try their best to stop the schemes bang sihyuk's doing to stop min heejin.

so yeah, overall yes but not now.

3rd September 2024

will HYBELAFG (HYBE’s Latin America future group?) be successful?

strength, 10 of wands, 5 of swords rx

similar to katseye, they'll gain fans slowly but steady. compared to the girls though, i don't see these boys succeeding in their industry (or in the american, depending on their releases' language) but rather they'll do well in the well-known to them k-pop fandom.

what about smngg and smnbg being successful in korea and outside? how many members you see on each lineup and the concepts for each one?

[SMNGG]

according to my pendulum, they're 6. na haeun allegedly left around the middle days of august because when i checked in the early august, they were still 8. another trainee has also left who was apart of the lineup. haeun was in the lineup but she allegedly left willingly.

korea | 8 of wands rx, 3 of pentacles rx, 5 of wands

since na haeun's depart, they won't do that good from the start and that pretty much sets the group to.. more or less, failure. i am unsure if they should scrap the idea altogether or delay them for a few years

outside of korea | 2 of pentacles rx, the moon, 2 of cups rx

also uncertain, very disbalanced energy, it seems that the other trainee who left might've had the potential to been popular internationally and since she left it's eek too.

concept | 6 of swords, 8 of cups, 4 of pentacles

haven't decided, it's either postponed to be decided or it's on the works slowly but steady.

[SMNBG]

according to my pendulum, they aim for 4-member one. maybe very vocal-based one?

korea | 2 of swords rx, 10 of wands rx, 5 of swords rx

similar to how riize started. k-netz might have hard time to accept them because of what happened with nct so far.

outside of korea | the sun, ace of cups, queen of pentacles

way more successful, many sales, many fans..

concept | 7 of swords rx, 10 of cups, 10 of swords rx

similar to day6 and got7's releases. they'll have creative freedom in my opinion, even if it's small part of that.

nwjns seems to be quiet. there hasn’t been any updates about them and from them, are they quiet bcs the company makes them or is it their own decision?

the ask was asked on 1st september, danielle updated on the day i answered

3 of swords rx, temperance, the star

both the nwjns girls and ador decided it'd be for the best if they update more rarely these days, so both answers.

will BLACKPINK try in the western industry?

jisoo | king of pentacles, 8 of swords rx

jennie | 3 of pentacles, 5 of wands rx

rosé | king of cups, 9 of pentacles

lisa | the sun, 10 of pentacles

well, the knight of swords could actually be lisa.. she usually appears in the wands suit..

jisoo | i actually doubt if she wants to try in the western industry at all, it might not bring enough profits. king of pentacles might be someone from her family who's under her company, possibly brother/cousin, he seems to be young

jennie | depends on her teamwork with her company, she has to make A LOT compromises (personal-related ones) to be even the tiniest bit of being impactful there

rosé | she seems to love to try it, she'll thrive in the best way possible, she also seems to have a lot of freedom (not only creative one)

lisa | if she's doing her current path without making breaks, she'll also be unstoppable and thrive. however, unlike rosé, she's doing it for the check. despite the sun being here before the 10 of pentacles (compared to the 9 of pentacles, 10 of pentacles is way more influenced of the profit and earnings), lisa should be persistent in the future with what she's doing, this includes her upcoming releases whenever they'll be. if she wants to continue like now, her future is bright.

can you see about the future of x? will another similar app manage to surpass x?

king of cups, 6 of pentacles, 3 of cups, 4 of cups, knight of wands

currently musk's team is occupied with what happened between them and brazil's government, they're trying to solve the issue the brazil government made. according to my pendulum, there will be app that can be used as frequent as x but it will be in the far future and the app whoever it is won't succeed to surpass.

i'd like to ask about Jisoo's acting career. while I don’t think she'd like to move out SK nor want to stay away from korean film industry, I’d like to know if she has chances to make it big in the west as an actress (like in a well-known series as Pachinko or korean-based movies as Parasite/Train to Busan).

2 of cups, page of pentacles rx, the hanged man rx

the chances are there. how big are they though i cannot see yet because they'll become bigger with the time.

minji wrote “don’t be blue 🩵” in her phoning bio and then she deleted it after a few hours. did someone from the higher ups asked her to delete it or was it herself?

page of cups, the world, the tower

possibly someone from the higherups in ador. they thought it doesn't makes sense to type it to tokkis.

nana is finally leaving pledis after 15 years, is it bcs she wants to do better in actress industry or something happened in pledis that will be unbeneficial for her contract-wise?

page of swords, the empress, knight of pentacles, 5 of swords rx, 3 of wands rx

when the talks came around, hybe offered contract (which was separate from the one with pledis) that nana disagreed with. she's not against her former company, she just disagreed with what hybe offered to her.

are HYBE zionists? like obviously they're making deals with brands that supports israel , but do they just not gaf about who they make a deal with as long as they get money, or do they intentionally choose to collab with these brands cuz... they actively do so. do they also give a portion of their profits to Israel?

5 of swords rx, the empress, 8 of cups, the magician, 7 of pentacles

the corporation isn't zionist in a way, they don't support the ongoing situation (as it's genocide towards another nation) too.

the truth allegedly is that these brands, whoever are they, have tried to make them switch towards the west politically, this means to support usa, eu, nato, ukraine.. and israel. apart from the brands in questions, i see especially 🛴���� in a way where he tried to influence the corporation itself. it didn't work. moreover, i'd say that hybe do have zionist people, and all of them seem to be in hybe america. they have allegedly a separate contract TO NOT FUND ISRAEL, and i see they're actually complying with it.

so no. the corporation isn't zionist, incl. hybe america. however hybe america DO HAVE people who are zionists where they have signed (allegedly) separate contract to not fund israel (and possibly other ongoing conflicts). the zionist brands on the other hand had also tried to make hybe fund israel in one way or another but hybe rejected these brands' demands.

i was hoping that nwjns would win in the future since its obvious that they’re the victim in this situation even tho they’re innocent. but are the things hybe said about mhj is true at least? if ador is winning, that kinda means that they are telling the truth this whole time so it made me wonder if the thing that hybe said about mhj is true or false. and have you done a reading on when this thing will end?

from previous readings, hybe lied about everything and if there were any truths, they're like 1%, at least according to what i saw so far.

8♥️, king♦️ (sihyuk?), ace♥️, 7♦️, 6♥️, 8♠️

it seems to end this year. usually the diamonds suit shows the fastest timeframe (in this case, days) while cups (here months) and spades (here years) are slower. mathematically (i don't count the king here) it rounds up to 2 years, however since the previous cards are with way faster timeframe, i doubt it'll end in 1 year or so (because there are 2 eights so august can be possible interpretation but i doubt it) but rather i'd bet this time on 3-4 months. in the past i said up to 3 months but they've already passed. the king can show that the situation's future depends on sihyuk's mood swings in a way, last time i saw min heejin but she isn't here this time, so😐

[derangedanomaly]

I'm at it again lol

11. "First kiss? Uhm,, either it was on our first date where I kissed him, or when I kinda spaced out while he was rambling to me:_)"

12. "Good boy. =)"

13. "I'll call him dude depending on my mood, but I don't think he would, so I'm I'd say more " lovely-dovey"? "

14. "Why do you wanna know abt that? ^^"

15. "If it was his own or Nm fault (or any of the boys for that matter) I'd make sure that he won't die:P but if it was anyone else's fault... =) I'll remind them why I'm here"

16. "Reset."

17. "Mh, not rly, but if we were to marry, I would probably purpose"

18.

"I wanna be your boyfriend I wanna be your boyfriend

I wanna go on walks with you, I wanna have long talks with you

You can be my boyfriend you can be my boyfriend"

"Cause we could stay at home and watch the sunset

But I can't help from asking, "Are you bored yet?"

And if you're feelin' lonely you should tell me

Before this ends up as another memory

Will you tell the truth so I don't have to lie"

19. "I won't tell you that, but I would kill for him any day^^"

20. "A very beautiful and lovely and very bubbly person:D"

11. "Oh? A first kiss? Uh... I gotta admit, we've already kissed so much since our first kiss that I... Uh... Don't really remember that well..."

12. "I have many nicknames for Kris, but I use 'darling' the most."

13. "Well.. I don't really call Kris 'dude'.. so- I guess I'd say we're more lovey-dovey"

14. "... I've never hurt Kris.. and I'd never even attempt it. Why do you want to know such information?" He seemed ticked off...

15. "I'd no anything to make it right. I'm serious when I say that I'm utterly devoted to him... If there ever was a time where I'd have to choose between killing myself, or Kris... I'd choose myself. That's how much I'm loyal to him.. that's how much I love him."

16. "...If Kris would die? ...... I'd probably kill myself-"

17. "Marriage between monsters and humans is prohibited in Nightmares realm... As the king, he announced that if there would be such a marriage happening, the convicted people would have to suffer the consequences of the court.. but I'd do it. I do not care for Nightmares laws. If Kris would ever want to marry, I'd go against Nightmare in a heartbeat... No matter if it would cost me my life."

18. "I like to imagine us in these two song..." He seems a little shy.."

(listen to it fr if you haven't! Love them)

19. "Aren't you getting a little personal? Someone's looking for a bad time..."

20. "A brave, strong and lovely darling.. my Kris.. ^^"

[quirkle2]

love your mogami arc thoughts… do you think there’s a parallel between the irrationality of mogami’s actions and how ritsu acts in big cleanup arc? Like neither of them make sense really but it doesn’t have to because it’s an expression of deep seated stress and guilt

[context]

it took a couple of watches for me to actually Get cleanup arc, but i do think clean up arc makes sense. maybe not from a logical point of view, but given ritsu's history of trauma and perfectionism, pressure to never act out or upset his brother for obvious reasons, and desperation for control in his own life, i think ritsu's actions made sense. they were Terrible actions, and they definitely go against the logic and hindsight of an outsider's perspective, but it was all the result of that stress and guilt and secretive hatred toward an aspect of his brother that caused it, and maybe a little bit of grief for a sibling relationship he wishes was still intact

u make a rly interesting point tho, bc Yeah, on your first watch, neither of these guys make sense to you. at least they didn't for me. i understood part of ritsu's reasonings at the beginning, but it sorta delved into... quoting ritsu, "violence for the sake of violence." and honestly??? i don't know Why ritsu's arc is sm more compelling to me than mogami's, bc rly, they're very similar in that way

at least it seems that way? im,,, honestly convinced the exposition for mogami arc was just,, rushed, or incomplete for whatever reason, bc it feels So Close to making sense, but it's just missing a couple of pieces. ritsu's arc has more substance to it, i think. i believe the biggest difference here is that mogami blamed other people for his misfortune, and didn't see anything wrong w what he was doing. ritsu made no such excuses. he Knew what he was doing was wrong, and he kept doing it. and that, to me, is Fascinating

even ritsu's "violence for the sake of violence" motive makes some sort of sense to me. he said it himself: "i was just tired of being myself. maybe i wanted to find out what it would feel like to be a fool." when u break it down, it's him exploring.... other options. until 7th division arc, he's of the mindset that if he had psychic powers he'd be Better, in all aspects, that he's nothing without psychic powers. he puts his entire identity and self-worth on having the abilities of an ESPer

now that he has them, he feels limitless, he feels unstoppable. he's so tired of being himself, of being perfect, of being the well-behaved younger brother w perfect grades and perfect attitude (bc let's face it, he's definitely a gifted kid, and gifted kids tend to develop habits of perfectionism, and eventually become exhausted). so he switches tactics, to find out what it would feel like to be a fool.

i honestly think cutting mogami's messy backstory and making him "evil" for the sake of being "evil" woulda been better. im sure not everyone agrees w me on that, and i can absolutely see why, but sometimes simple is "better" (imo). an underdeveloped villain is better, to Me, than a villain that is trying too hard to have a compelling motive. mogami's character feels like it is trying too hard, and branching out in too many directions, and it ends up just feeling,, stretched thin

i like shimazaki more than mogami. hell, i like shimazaki more than Any of the villains, and we all Know it's not because he has a good backstory (or one at all). he's not even very compelling to me, i just think he's cool, and i'll forever be stoked about how they let a character use teleportation powers right for once. sometimes simple is better

i'm not a fan of any of mob psycho's other villains, but they serve their purpose, and yaknow what, mogami serves his. i think seeing him as an "unreliable narrator" instead is a rly fun way of looking at it

[johnny-chaos]

Gordon is notably characterized by his obnoxious and deeply uncool behavior but he's also defined by an incredible earnestness and desire for things to be taken seriously . And Benrey, on the other hand, is obnoxious too but for the exact opposite reasons-- devaluing things that, by Gordon's standards, should be taken seriously (such as murder) while playing up the absurdity and inconsistent application of rules in general (and also acting like a fucking third grader).

In that way the two of them have a lot in common, but with that one major caveat of seriousness . Really, they're both pretty earnest, and they both just wanna make jokes n have fun-- Gordon wants to be a justin.tv streamer and he talks to himself like an anime protagonist (GORDON SPRINT!!) and Benrey's whole thing is having his day ruined bc he couldn't play games with his friends . But Benrey also knows treating the game like it's real is idiotic, while Gordon can't help but treat it as if it were (and Scorpy Socpens n Wayne R. TV use this for some extremely good comedy).

In addition to THAT, you have Coomer, who, over the course of the webseries, realizes his life is a lie and his world is fake - subsequently becoming more lucid, serious, and aloof. His character arc brings up the question of What Does It Truly Mean, To Be Alive? (a tried and true story point !) They're all functioning on different understandings of their world-- they all understand nothing matters, but Coomer is just now realizing, and Benrey's always known it, and Gordon method acts so hard that he almost forgets it.

With that context HLVRAI becomes an argument on existential nihilism -- Coomer presents the question "nothing is real so is living this life valuable?" and Benry's response is essentially "no- if nothing matters then why care ? Do whatever you want forever ." And Gordon's is "of COURSE it's valuable, fuck you, this may not matter but I can care and try and hope and LIVE, BABY!!! leave me and my magmar plush OUTTA THIS!!" Quite a 4chan vs Tumblr argume(I am shot and killed)

But even though I describe Gordon as v earnest and sincere, it's not enitrely accurate, bc while he has a lot of Genuine Expressions of Emotion, he also seems to use anger to mask laughter ("if i had a knife i would gut you" said with an audible smile). Makes him seem less genuine and more like he's playing up the reactivity, but you still get a rly potent feeling that these are people he enjoys being around, and I'm sure that's also just Wayne R. TV playing gmod with his friends bleeding through .

Coomer's obviously the MOST sincere, he has literally the only lines that are SUPPOSED to be taken seriously. And Benrey may not be very sincere, but he IS (in Wayne R TV's words) the most sentimental, which is REALLY weird. He's constantly talking bullshit, but Scorpy Socpens still gives him these moments where it seems like he might actually care ("we should turn back.. we're going further . into HELL" and "why are we here? ..what happened to your arm?!") LIKE!! he and the others are all entertainers, they're all supposed to make you laugh (except for Dr. Coomer at one point), but Benrey especially, as he's this manifestation of insincerity and irony and absurdity--and yet?? some semblance of motivation??

If hlvrai is an argument on nihilism, then it's ALSO about how what makes life worth living is the people around you actually . Because of benrey's "nothing matters" mentality he gains Gordon's ire and subsequently becomes the antagonist as his stupid shenanigans are reframed as actively hindering the group (even though yeah EVERYONE gets in the way of everything all the time). Thus he becomes the Big Bad even though he's really just, not cut out for it . he knows his actions don't have meaningful consequences, but that sentimentality inevitably slips out, and yeah, his whole purpose is to be funny. you can't be funny to yourself now that's just embarrassing. he has the powers to shapeshift and time travel but he only does it when it's relevant to Gordon. i am constantly thinking about how he says "it replenishes your electronics" in this calm, mellow voice like he's got nothing to worry about and is just enjoying the moment . he just wants to play games with people, man!!!

and even though Gordon is so SO fucking uncool, he's allowed to be because he actually gives a shit!! even though they're both annoying, Benrey is the one who becomes the villain because of how detached he is. Gordon can stumble over his words and be clumsy as hell but he cares so deeply-- about the others, about putting on a show-- that his embarrassing attempts at being the hotshot hero of the story don't detract from his value. yeah this world isn't real but my friends are. yeah nothing matters but we can still try to help each other out. you are supposed to care!!! bitch

[bibiana112]

HIIII ive seen you mention your ztd aftermath fic a few times in tags and id rly like to know more... feel free to yap about it im curious

Hiii hellooo SO!!! Something that always sticks out to me with fics that touch a little on the immediate post ztd reactions is that things just kind of sort themselves out and everyone chills out for a little bit which I cannot see happening like no wayyy it's okay for the purposes of other people's fics but personally I'm a staunch believer in effort going into the smallest things in life especially when it involves a group of people and especially when you're fucked up as they'd be after that and it's something I love exploring in my writings like expanding in gross detail on the more mundane ups and downs between all the high stakes stuff like I don't think they'd walk out of there working in harmony at allll there'd be so many factors going into how everyone would be thinking and how they'd interact with each other and how the lives they've lead would inform the new trauma after that and how each of them would react to their immediate circumstances like on a physical level

I mean. Diana is completely new to any of this stuff and she's supposed to just transition seamlessly into a sudden new commited relationship and a daughter her own age? Phi has not gotten a single break since she experienced the events of vlr and has a whole complex about where she comes from and she's supposed to feel uncomplicated joy at finding out these are her parents and that the motherfucker that made the virus that's been making her life hell for a week is related to her? It's just been one week for her and that's so long but so little too she'd still have a connection to most of her old life? That shit isn't true about Sigma what's he supposed to do since Akane lied to his face about not knowing what happened at the test site for decades? It's not even something she remembers doing to him but he remembers spending a lifetime with her I love the ztd booklet scene of them interacting during d-com he asks Akane not to let her future self lie to past him point blank and she just says what he wants to hear and Phi stands in silence like she can't wrap her head around why he thinks for even a second that she'd be honest about being honest but stil extending enough goodwill to silently wait and see if she will. the man would be having a whole crisis of faith

Where do they leave Sean? Should he just stay with Q-team wouldn't he need maintenance and therefore stay in contact at least with Sigma? Eric doesn't remember much so he'd shockingly be one of the most calm people there, he'd have to deal with some revelations but Sean informed them of it in a good enough way that he seemed to take it well enough and even if that's not true he's the most high masking mf of the entire cast he wouldn't let himself step on other people's toes, if anything he'd only be set off by how everyone would have something to hold against Mira now, she kills everyone once except Carlos and Akane and she doesn't remember but they do, in fact there being a serial killer in their midst memo never gets to c-team delta never tells the whole snail story to every team. Would Mira just turn herself in without any resistance? Wouldn't someone have to talk her into it or at least make sure that's what she's really going to do since the stakes are so high? It's her fucking fault rad-6 got out too the characters have no reason to trust she's just gonna beeline to a police station. Carlos would probably be fine for the most part but he wouldn't be around long to keep everyone else sane especially Junpei and Akane because he'd probably go check on Maria as soon as possible especially since we're led to believe avoiding the apocalypse helps her recover

Akane herself would be all sorts of fucked up about it, there'd be so much pressure on her by everyone there and she'd try to be forward thinking and work on the extremist stuff immediately without processing anything and overcompensate the new recent failure to foresee dange and her revictimization by being even more controlling and inconsiderate to the others which is an energy Junpei would match I think especially going off his enneagram they'd be immediatly set in like an unhealthy loop of behaviors that push each other's trauma buttons on accident until they're hurting cause they're both trying to rush things and put each other in idealized boxes they imagined and having things their way Junpei is gonna come off much worse probably cause he's not a pov character and he's canonically an underhanded asshole when he has reson to be and he would not trust akane or her brother wouldn't be trying to pull another fast one on him so soon especially if we assume he has restored memories of the c-team ending too he'd like get keyed up and paranoid of being away from her for even a second

There are so many logistics involved in transporting and keeping in contact with people while simultaneously making sure no one leaks any sensitive information and that's probably important for Crash Keys and would fall mostly on Aoi to keep track of but he would in my opinion not be doing very okay either be it out of separation anxiety a level of psychically feeling like shit because of what akane goes through or just stress from preparing for an apocalypse more likely all of the above lol And he'd be working with half the info everyone else has cause if Akane doesn't pace herself in passing the new info to him he's gonna snap

Like I don't think these issues would be a slow burn to boil over, I think everything would feel like it's all going wrong from the get go and that kind of stress can be palpable in a group setting even if they're not under direct threath of death anymore I mean that's what ptsd is it's when you get fight or flight or freeze levels of fear in an entirely safe environment due to perceived instability and then they'd eat and rest and deal with it better for the next day, be more functional and levelheaded about everything going forward and even perhaps apologize and help each other out, and they'd be like that for a good while until underlying issues start to surface again in individual relationships cough mostly the junepei cough

[possibilistfanfiction]

i love how ava’s being very anti instution is clear in your stuff, i feel like some fics forget that about her or in trying to show that beatrice knows her stuff accidentally make it come across as if ava isn’t politically aware & needs to be lectured on politics by Beatrice

when canonically ava’s literally a abuse survivor who was abused because of her disability and had religion used as justifiation for her abuse and so is kinda more than a little against institutions and systems

anyway as a disabled person it’s more than a bit exhausting to read “abled person lectures disabled person on politics” regardless of authorial intent, so just wanted to say thanks for staying away from that, reading your ava characterization is really a breath of fresh air

absolutely! ava is so so so smart!! most gaps she has, at least for me canonically, are because she just didn't have access to any sound schooling (obviously — especially with history, but also just basic civics? exposure to different politic? etc). so it's like, of course ava wouldn't know that the nazis persecuted & killed queer people if she learned subpar history (undoubtedly with the shittiest pedagogy on the planet) from nuns who hated her — but once she learns it, she's immediately like oh. that contextually makes sense in a horrible way. fuck them. like it's not an issue of politic but just of nuanced & additional information — in the real world i'm sure ava's politic would (of course) grow (as hopefully all of ours irl continue to do lol), but it wouldn't be a real shift in politic, especially bc of an able-bodied person lecturing her or something. it would just be one that contains more concrete events, history, current povs, etc, because she would just learn more & have access to stuff!

i also think like you said that when bea lectures in the show, that's mostly about ava just being goofy when she needs to be serious, or definitely just not understanding the insane situation she's found herself in — which contextually is fair, but i don't think would happen with politic or ethic sort of beyond the halo/battles, etc. even her like 'you should think about someone other than yourself' is mostly motivated by ava's mission/the ocs's mission; ava is selfish but she has every right to be. & of course that's ava's main character arc growth: realizing that, while she always wants to be selfish (kissing bea), she has been put into a role that is far greater than her. that's a politic in itself, really

in reality bea probably has more to learn about politic & anti-state ethic than ava lol. i get why this isn't A Thing in the show but if i choose to throw them into NOT the catholic church lol, it's a reality that bea is a queer woman of color, specifically an asian woman, which does matter — in ways that can hurt but also in finding community & history that informs/builds a particular politic. i feel like it's incomplete to not at least include that a LITTLE. but yah bea like... rly fucks w The Institution at least for some of the show. she's got a lot to unlearn!

& yes i TOTALLY agree that ava's abuse & disability (even if people choose to write her as no longer disabled which.... a choice but ok lol) would absolutely eventually really inform her politic. i simply haven't gotten to this yet but ava finding disability justice (& by that i obviously mean like intersectional disability justice led by & designed for queer & trans folks, especially qtpoc) would be so fucking cool for her! communal care? anti-state abolition? abolition of Institutions (psychiatric, medical, etc) that harm that are rooted in white supremacy (& specifically the church)... she would LOVE it. she would be so into it. it would be such a respite & passion & joy for her as she got older & realized she has such purpose through her experiences, without the halo & without any holy wars. also they would both be thoughtful about thinking transnationally which rocks.

anyway yah i feel like out of the two of them ava is actually the most likely to like a) access information in "non-academic" ways; b) have a more radical politic just inherently. not that i think bea is like a shitty neoliberal person forever or anything bc... she would also be v smart, but ava is awesome.

[sehodreamsthoughts]

yess i kinda like slapping tbh but the slapping in that fic was wild omggg it was hot though it suited them so well<333 im glad u liked them though!!! i need wooyoung really bad 😓

PLSSL I FUCKIN NEEED HEESEUNG SO BAD (i need everybody) like i want him to hunt me for sport pls :( tie me up and torture me plspslsllslss😓😓😓

um i have this rly disgusting idea though too (and im kinda thinking about it with yangyang but also whoever) and its not very well thought out but basically you’re being held against ur will or like kidnapped or smth and u can leave, but only once you’ve been made to cum X amount of times🫢 and it’s like some number that will maybe take a few days, and ur torn between being overstimulated, and begging to be fucked so u can cum, so u can leave :( like trying to squirt for him because u want to be freed (why does that look weird spelt, that is not how u spell that) but u just end up fucked dumb and he ends up even more obsessed with u :( um. not sure if that’s just me but yeah.

ALSO!! i meant to tell u about this a while back but okok so my friend at work lmaoo reads like erotic books sometimes and she was reading one and telling me about it and it was like breeding kink where the man holds the woman’s legs up in the air after he cums inside her to try to baby trap her… um.. and pls i had to be like “wow, that’s fucked up… that’s so nasty…” but i’m blushing and thinking sungchan eunseok kun hendery heeseung sunghoon in my head and like.. it was humiliating. like she was like that’s so wrong i had to stop reading it and im like um… gimme. although ill explain later maybe but the book is not worth reading but i just. loved. that part. omg.

- 🥟 anon

I hate slapping in real life but in fics it's SO HOT, I think it was perfect for him 😭

Omg Heesung hunting! I don't know if you've read a fic of Heesung and Wonbin following a bunny!reader in the forest, it felt exactly like that and it was so fucking good because the word hunting felt perfect in it 😭 my beautiful mutual wrote it and I'VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH IT because she also plans to drop a Shotaro fic with an hybrid!reader THAT I CAN'T WAIT TO READ!

Omg that sounds like a manhwa/manga plot 😭, lately I've seen that there are more yandere/stalker concepts that leave me speechless because they're pretty elaborated haha, and I feel squirts would be perfect for such concept too!!

Omg not the baby trapping in romance books 😭, I haven't touched a romance book in a long time and I don't particularly enjoy those books (it feels like maybe it was part of a dark romance one) but I can totally understand the feeling 😂, sometimes I see or hear things that are fucked up and that I would hate in a physical book BUT IN A FIC, YOU'LL HAVE ME THINKING OF EUNSEOK TRYING TO TRAP READER FOR HOURS LATER.

I've also been thinking of baby trapping but it was a bit reversed haha, and with Eunseok 👹

Not long ago I was watching a movie about cartels/narcos and it made me think of Eunseok working for a dangerous group and visiting reader every now and then to check on her in her little town in which they have a big control. Reader at first doesn't want to be involved with him but after seeing the benefits of being with him she can't just leave him. It's like, you know it is wrong to be with someone like him, but he pampers you so much and is so soft with you when you're alone that you can't do much more than accept him, and the sex is nasty and rough at first but then it becomes so tender 😭🩷 (not me romanticizing any scenario 💀), wtv the point is I imagined reader thinking how to make him quit and getting pregnant on purpose just so he would take her with him and run away 🤧😂 (so yeah, I really think I'm the worst because I have to always put sometimes romantic even in these thoughts 👹)

[xf-cases-solved]

S1E7: Ghost in the Machine

Case: Mulder's old partner (work, not sexual, although ig it's never specified that it WASN'T sexual) comes to Mulder and Scully for help on a murder case. A man has been murdered in a software company via electrocution, and the main suspect is this Elon Musk-y/Steve Jobs hybrid guy, if Elon Musk was actually smart and either him or Steve Jobs had a moral compass. At first it seems pretty cut and dry, but like most things in the X-Files, not everything is as it seems, dun dun. Mulder gets his work stolen, the guy that stole it gets karma'd in the asshole, Scully almost gets ripped to shreds by a rly big fan, and a computer is betrayed by a guy named Brad.

Does someone die in the cold open: Yes. It's very shocking.

Does Mulder present a slideshow: No

Does the evidence survive the investigation: In a surprising twist, Mulder is the one to destroy the evidence this episode. On purpose!

Whodunit: AI. We should have put a stop to this shit back in 1993 smh.

Convictions: Brad, the computer's maker and lover, is awaiting trial for a crime he falsely confessed to, and Mulder destroyed any evidence that would let him walk. Whups. They were in on it together, tho, so it's chill.

Did they solve it: Debated a bit on this one, but going with—yes, but Mulder destroyed the evidence, and also how do you prosecute a computer? Close but no cigar, guys.

[how do i determine if a case is solved? check the scale here: x]

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General Total Stats:

(green means stat has changed since last ep; red means new stat added to list)

Total Cases *Definitively* Solved So Far: 2

Total Number of "Mulder/Scully, it's me" phone calls: 1

Total Number of Times Scully Has Conveniently Not Seen Something Crucial: 3

Total Number of Times Mulder Has Been in Mortal Danger: 1 (i mean, kind of. he was held at gunpoint so ig I'll count it)

Total Number of Times Scully Has Been in Mortal Danger: 2 (now she genuinely WAS in mortal danger lmfao)

Total Number of Sexually Charged and/or Flirty Moments Between Friendly Coworkers: 4

Total Number of Autopsies Scully Has Performed: 1

Total Number of Times Mulder Talks to an Informant: 4

Total Number of Nosebleeds: 4

Total Number of Cigarettes Cigarette Smoking Man Has Smoked: 2

Total Number of Alex Krycek Sightings: 0 :(

Total Number of Times I Had to Look Up What State the Episode Takes Place in Even Though I Literally Just Watched It: 2 (i missed it in the cold open and then completely forgot to pay attention to it afterward)

Total Number of Times I Had to Look at an Episode's Wikipedia Page to Fill This Out Because It Was Fucking Confusing and/or Too Boring for Me to Pay Attention: 1 (so far it's only been Conduit, but we'll see how it goes when we get to Space)

[ca-suffit]

i'm also worried that they will have nikki be just awful (i haven't read the books), there was that glimpse of racism with armand, maybe they make him abusive and cruel as hell while continuing to have lestat be "good" like we saw with the finale, no matter what lestat has done (or will do) the writers will never treat him the way they treat other characters who do evil shit, he is their main white guy, he simply must be, overall, "good" or at least everything bad gets ignored, because they need their white saviout and for loustat to be "good" (ie not toxic). with the loustat reunion in the finale, the whole thank you/i forgive you shit, it feels like the show wants loustat to be as wholesome as can be and what better way to show nikki as pure evil, so fans can go "see!! lestat is and always has been the innocent victim"

I don't think they're going to make Nicki an outright villain. I also don't think *the show* is gonna frame Lestat as being solely "good" but the fandom will always do it. The show has outright said that nobody is "good" or "bad" here in the first place. Just bcuz Loustat might be the relationship focus of the full story doesn't mean it's supposed to be without issue. They still have *so* many issues they haven't even touched yet.

Lestat has also canonically acknowledged that the drop was fucked. Ppl are ignoring that that's happened but it did. 2x8 did feel rushed in ways and overly trying to sell Loustat, but they're still not *together* at the end there. It's a step towards something but not a full healing. They have a long way to go still and we're about to see a lot worse from Lestat in some ways otherwise.

The books were always trying to sell this idea that didn't come across v well to me about Lestat being good or evil. She didn't give him enough consequences as the books went for any reason why he'd feel so much guilt about his "evilness." The show has done a better job of that so far and I trust they will still continue, especially given how AMC tends to tell rly good stories about complicated male characters. They p openly embrace all kinds of fucked up shit and don't try to excuse it at all.

Nickistat only works if it's a tragedy and it's only a tragedy if they're both kind of fucked. Lestat's actions directly make Nicki worse in some ways so Lestat *has* to do those things. Again, the fandom will excuse it all the way and coddle that fucker to death but I don't think the show will.

A lot of what this fandom struggles to understand is what a character's internal motivations are compared to what other characters are seeing from this person *externally.* Like, sure, Lestat can force Claudia to watch Charlie burn bcuz he knows the pain of loss, but do u think Claudia gives a shit about his trauma then? Even if she knew about it? U think she gives a shit when *she's* being the one traumatized now? But then ppl wanted to give her shit for how she presses on Nicki to Lestat during their chess game, like that was somehow *worse* than what he'd done already to her (and why she learned to act like this in the first place!). The antiblack motivations for judging that as harshly as it was too, this fandom can go fuck itself.

Also Nicki's racist comment towards Armand is just...some typical white ppl shit tbh. A lot of the fandom's issues in the first place are that white audiences aren't used to seeing white ppl like this, but this is how white ppl exist to everyone else who isn't white every day. Lestat's ignorance to racial issues is also a typical white thing. U see most of the fandom ignoring it too bcuz most ppl's understanding of what racism is comes from intentional slurs only and nothing else. A lot of racist shit isn't done intentionally or even consciously. We're all raised in a racist world, we absorb it and repeat a lot without question, across all races. Ppl have to get over seeing that as a "good" or "bad" thing itself too. It just is. A lot of things are inherently racist on purpose and we recycle those things all over bcuz that's the design. Although everything Lestat did in S1 was worse than Nicki's single slur moment, yet ppl are choosing to believe that's all a lie instead of taking time to look at it and learn from it about maybe their own racial biases.