#its called an INTERPRETATION for a reason

[goomyloid]

why is it that you like noelle so much? i'm a noelle fan myself but i can't figure out why i like her so much. like if someone asked me to explain what makes noelle a complex or well-written character i would not be able to explain it to them. and i'm hoping hearing someone else's thoughts on her might give me some perspective to figure out why i gravitate towards her

Hello.

um i could make a whole video essay complete with background visuals on why i like noelle so much. but i dont have that kinda time so ill give the condensed version

she simultaneously fulfills several of my favorite tropes for [female] characters. she's the nice normal girl that probably has something deeply wrong with her on the inside, but she's become incredibly good at pretending everything's okay. she's also the childhood friend, someone who knows the protagonist on an intimate level that no one can quite replicate. she Also can very much fulfill another trope i like, which is Girl who looks like she's about to freak out and kill herself any second now. i cant wait to watch her become 100x more unstable in the coming chapters

all of those are just tropes/traits that i tend to like the most, so her personality/character alone is enough to make me like her

there's various details that make her really interesting in terms of the game itself. stuff like her being ever so slightly tied to gaster and the Weird disappearance of her sister, how her affinity for game glitches might mean something for the story, her entire extra pages of characterization from the spamton sweepstakes and what THOSE entries might mean for the story... i still think she will only be a character of secondary-importance in the main route but man i do think shes important to the story as a whole in ways that other characters arent.

shes lowkey kinda me. lol. i think a lot of people see themselves in noelle for various reasons. the general kind of Nice Normal i-need-to-get-along-with-everyone passiveness, on top of being the type of girl to present normally and then have a secret "weird side." that bit especially resonated a lot with me and surely with many other highly-masking autistic people i think -- feeling the need to 'convince' everyone you're normal, and then only being able to properly relax around people who really 'know' you. also, her whole thing about being scared by scary video games and movies and stuff only to immerse herself in them enough to eventually be comforted by them is like. So weirdly specific and also literally exactly how i was as a kid which is really funny. its stuff like that that makes her feel Real and relatable

the weird route. ill be so real i dont think id be half as interested in deltarune as a whole as i am now if it werent for the weird route LMAOOOOO. which i think is fair honestly. ofc im horribly interested to see where the main story goes, and i will definitely be invested in it. but the weird route carved a weird route shaped hole into my weird route shaped brain. its too peak. the alternate take on empowering noelle is so interesting, and dont even get me started on the strain it puts on kris's and noelle's relationship, their unique relationship they dont have with anyone else. i just think its exceptionally interesting how we've gotten to see noelle from so many different angles so far, and she's only been important for one chapter.

her design lowkey rocks? like call her little white dress boring or whatever but man does it open the door for so many cute and wonderful design interpretations. and also her palette shift into cooler colors but in Opposite Directions (brown fur becomes more reddish + yellow hair becomes more greenish) looks freaking awesome. i think ive seen an incredibly wide range of noelle designs more than literally any other character in the game

i dont want to spend too wildly long on this bc ive already taken multiple days to type this out so ill stop here lol. if i think of anything else i just HAVE to include ill reblog with it or something, but these are really the main points that come to mind first

[year2000electronics]

I think you should regale us with your thoughts on the addisons

THE ADDISONS! i like them a lot. i don't think i need to reinvent the wheel much though and claim that i have my own totally unique avant garde nouveau interpretation. i think people have done a really good job over the years of extrapolating what little dialogue we have of the addisons to think up some character traits The Addisons may have as a group of, say, five entities. one for each colour we see.

speaking of them as a group:

i headcanon them as a group of coworkers rather than siblings!

i prefer a more humanoid look for the addisons (given my track record) and i like it when people make them luminous/glowing. its fun!

i give them little cheek marks for fun. ive been calling them addison cutie marks

i'm of the belief that spamton was one of the orange addison's mannequins brought to life, and that's why he's so short/gains more doll features later on- his inherent differences are invisible at first (i draw him with very faint mouth lines and a far dimmer glow than the others as well as with no cheek marks) but the further he slips, the more they slip out. it makes sense to me because as a spam email he's inherently more malicious/less desirable than regular ads and it isn't until he slips through the cracks that he stops being able to mask as a regular addison

(yeah im drawing a bit from neurodivergence here. "for some reason he's different from us" being echoed by the addisons and nobody can really see why until it gets so bad that spamton's different traits have no choice but to bleed through because he's going through a total meltdown)

pink:

diva. catty diva. ambitious to a fault- a lot like spamton

based on the fact that pink is the one to have the lines that outright imply jealousy towards spamton when he got big, and also the fact that pink is the one who offers kris and noelle the freeze ring

he and spamton had a homoerotic rivalry where they were always butting heads and annoying each other, even including picking up stock of two rings nobody wants, but pink doesn't realize how much he really liked spamton until spamton's gone

but at that point he and the others had already walked away from him. it'd be a blow to his pride to ever reach out. not his fault spamton went wrong anyways. he made his choice

blue:

bleeding heart. bit of a pushover. kind but that kindness won't kick in until it's too late

based on the fact that his role is one that literally gives people stuff for free (free samples) and the fact that a blue addison is given the lines about going back to check in on spamton after everything's said and done

enjoyed spamton's company and worried about him but he was never able to grow a spine and make things his problem until it was too late. he's a bystander and that's the problem

tended to coddle spamton a little bit

orange:

the one who introduced spamton to the others, cos obviously i think it was HIS mannequin

the addison with the biggest ideas and the biggest quirks

if pink has spamton's ambition, orange has the same outspoken eagerness spamton does

fashion mogul (is the one with the mannequins!)

treated spamton as a bit of a "mini-me" because of being the one to find him, but that meant he never really saw spamton as being able to be on the same level as him

probably shied away from even thinking of spamton because he thinks "well HE messed up but that would never happen to ME". self recognition through the other (derogatory) basically

takes the biggest risks (aside from spamton) so he's about middle of the road in terms of profits cos he gains and loses a lot

yellow:

quiet, a bit distant, more businesslike

based on the fact that the yellow addison can only be seen from behind in the trash dump after spamton neo is defeated. perhaps he's more on the managerial side of things? or in even higher company than the city?

the one who most openly views spamton as a level below the rest of them thanks to his failing profits

still, he tries to rein in the others like pink from trying to push him down. wanted to see spamton prove himself once and for all

saw spamton's fall and disappearance as being unable to make it in the business world once and for all. that's showbiz, baby.

tl;dr:

[lostuntothisworld]

Adrien is Represented by the Moon

“…and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.”

(From Romeo and Juliet, and engraved on Shoemaker’s capsule, who is the only person whose final resting place is on the moon)

As I’ve touched on Luka as being sun-coded (linked here), I think I should also make a post about how Adrien is moon-coded.

It’s a common fanon nickname that Adrien is called “Sunshine boy,” or thereabouts. But this nickname is within fanon only, and not something Marinette, Emilie or certainly not Gabriel gave him. Let me explain.

The name Adrien is actually a reference to the Adriatic Sea, but as explained in this post, it can also mean “dark one,” and could be a reference to Italian “atro,” or “adro,” which is a poetic word for black. There’s also the Venetic word, “adur,” which means “water.” As is common knowledge, the sun is not known for darkness, or water, but the moon IS.

It’s also interesting to note that when the Apollo Mission landed on the moon, and listened into its crust, that they noticed that the moon “rang like a bell.” This lead to false conspiracies that the moon is hollow, but in reality it’s because the moon just has a different composition to Earth, even if it is made of the same material. This can be of reference to Chat Noir’s bell, which represents his deep desire for domesticity. On the other hand, it can be of reference to the fact that while he is physically human, he was created by magical means, and his life and free will is tied to the twin rings. On ANOTHER note, it can ALSO be of reference to how Adrien doesn’t know who he is as a person, beneath the various masks he wears in and out of costume.

The moon is also tidally locked to Earth. This can be a reference to Adrichat’s one sighted goals, such as his desire for Ladybug’s affection. Once again, Adrien’s name is “tidally locked” to the oceans.

The moon has long been a symbol of disharmony. It’s many changing faces, and lunar eclipses (red moons!) being some of the reasons. It’s simple logic that it could be connected to the “Bad Luck” Miraculous of Destruction. That’s not even mentioning the moon representing disharmony within the confines of the show. Argos created Red Moon out of hatred, and when Chat Blanc couldn’t choose between Ladybug’s orders or his father’s, he chose ultimate destruction by splitting the moon, which was very reminiscent of a suicide.

I mentioned in my original post where Luka is represented by the sun that the three leader Kwamis (Tikki, Plagg, and Sass) can easily be interpreted as reference to a very simplified allusion to Hinduism. Tikki is Brahma, god of creation; Plagg is Shiva, god of destruction; and Sass is Vishnu, god of preservation. A major symbol of Shiva, the god Plagg could be based off of, is a crescent moon.

I would also like to point out the various combination of deities within Hinduism. One such instance is Vailintha-Kamalaja, the combined androgynous form of Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi. Vailintha-Kamalaja seems to represent the oneness and duality of the universe. It’s worth noting that this form is exceptionally rare. Another combined form is Ardhamarishvra, who is a combination of Shiva and his consort Parvati. Ardhamarishvra represents the synthesis of the masculine and feminine energies of the universe, and how they are essentially the same and inseparable. It’s also important to mention that Ardhamarishvra is also interpreted as Shiva alone. I find this second interpretation fascinating because of my Adrien is his own twin sister theory.

The next amalgamation of Hindu deities I’d like to focus on is Harihara, which is the combination of Shiva (destruction) and Vishnu (preservation). It’s important to note that it is believed that they are aspects of the same Ultimate Reality, also known as Brahman (god of creation). This concept is fascinating because it bears resemblance to Tikki (Creation) and Plagg (Destruction) combining to be Gimmi (Reality).

On a more scientific note, I’d like to point out the Nemesis Hypothesis and the Shiva Hypothesis. The Nemesis Hypothesis is that the hypothetical twin sun, Nemesis’ orbit coincides with extinctions that have been happening for 500 million years. This theory has been disproven and usurped by the Shiva Hypothesis, which is natural catastrophes like extinction events happen because of the periodic motion of the sun in relation to the Milky Way galaxy. And of course , Shiva is represented in the show as Plagg, kwami of destruction.

Which means I should probably talk about my Luka and Adrien semi-permanent kwami swap theory, shouldn’t I? Ah, in another post, I suppose.

Next up, I want to mention the Giant Impact Hypothesis, also known as the Theia Impact. The theory states that billions of years ago, a protoplanet about the size of Mars crashed into proto-Earth, and the ejected debris became the moon. If this hypothesis is true, it is believed that Theia provided much of Earth’s water, and helped facilitate life on earth by the tides, and stabilizing earth’s orbit. We know that Adrien’s namesake is very much connected to water. It’s also worth noting that Theia is the Titan of sight, shining ether, and bright sky. She is also married to Hyperion, the Titan whose was the inspiration for the name Viperion.

Theia's remains are believed to reside deep within the mantle of Earth, under the ocean.

It’s also of note that the protoplanet Theia is rarely known as Orpheus, the demigod who descended to the underworld armed with only a lyre (!!!) to save his love (!!!!) If this connection is true, hopefully Luka and Adrien will have a happier ending than Orpheus and Eurydice.

There’s also been a lot of confusion whether Adrichat is represented by yin or yang. A quick look into Taoism clears this up. Yin is destruction while Yang is creation. It’s as simple as that, and the moon has yin energy, whereas the sun has yang energy.

I’d also like to point out is the common phrase “the moon is made of [green] cheese.” While it’s a phrase used to denote a gullible person, and Adrien CAN be gullible at times, it’s more of a reference to Plagg’s obsession with cheese, and Plagg is, well, the Kwami of Destruction.

One final note I’d like to make is the final lines of Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon: 

And all that is now And all that is gone And all that’s to come And everything under the sun is in tune (Everything) But the sun is eclipsed by the moon There’s no dark side of the moon really, matter of fact, it’s all dark”

The album leaves us off with this being something negative, but let’s put this under the lens of Lukadrien:

Luka is the sun and Adrien the moon. Eclipses don’t last forever (like akumitizations…of course Viperion will descend to the underworld to save his Moon, armed with only a lyre) and while the moon has no light source of its own, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist and isn’t vastly important to life of earth.

Adrien just needs to find someone who shines on him so others can appreciate his true self, and of course that can only be the one person who is represented by the sun. 

If you reached the end of this, Thank you for coming to my TED talk!

[vikcacao]

Any more itafushi headcannons (*゜▽゜) ? Could be post cannon or THR, or both

ashdsaddnaknadaw sure :3

One of my favorite modern/college au hc is art student Yuuji x pre vet animal sciences Megumi. I never really liked it when folks made Yuuji a football player or sports medicine major (or whatever its called), it never fit my characterization and interpretation of him.

of course art major Yuuji is tied with culinary student Yuuji lmao, it's just I don't think Megumi and Yuuji would go to the same school if Yuuji was a culinary student. I'm like 90% sure culinary school is its own thing separate from university.

but Megumi being a vet is canon to me since he legitimately values animal life over human in canon (I'm pretty sure anyway lmao)

I think Yuuji would be focused more on sculpting than other forms of art, though he's really good at other mediums, too. I had a cute fic idea that I didn't write where Yuuji owned or worked at a pottery studio, and Tsumiki dragged Megumi to the studio for a class since Megs was supper stressed with school. Then Megs thought their pottery instructor (Yuuji) was super hot lmao. Megs would study in the studio and Yuuji would allow him, then they'd be all cute like that lol

Megumi's shikigami love Yuuji. He pets and plays with them every chance he gets. In post canon, I like to think that Megumi not only tamed funeral tiger, but the tiger adores Yuuji (since Yuuji's a cat person lmfao)

Megumi's students also really like Yuuji. Although Yuu isn't a teacher, he does sub in for Megumi when he can't make it for one reason or another. Meg's students call Yuuji "step teacher" like stepfather lmao, they 100% ship itafushi

Yuuji and Megumi both get flustered when the students make jokes about them being a couple, but the students do get invited to the wedding when they have one lmfaooo

[potatosapien5]

I don’t disagree that a poc/non-binary actor should have been cast for the role, but that is because of larger systemic issues of these groups not getting important roles in media. I also don’t think that the argument that “MB being white actually makes sense because the company would consider white to be the default” is a good argument. But. I do not see how Martha Wells has been “diversity baiting”, especially considering the diversity of the rest of the cast. I think that’s a weird way to frame it. And just completely ignoring all the very valid reasons as to why Alexander Skarsgård was cast really doesn’t help. There are several extremely important reasons as to why he was cast in the role, such as the fact that he was heavily involved in the production of the series itself, and, importantly, that he is a well-known actor with an already established fan base. I know this fact sucks, but apple probably wouldn’t have greenlit the series if they didn’t have some security that it will be popular enough to make money. Alexander Skarsgård is that security. This isn’t hypothetical or anything, it’s just true. Look at how heavily Apple has been marketing this as an “Alexander Skarsgård” thing! And the number of people I have seen in reaction videos or comments saying “I have no idea what this is about, but Alexander Skarsgård is in it, so I’ll watch it for him” cannot be understated. Does it suck that this is the way projects like this are marketed? Yes! But that doesn’t change the fact that this is how it works. And, personally, I am confident in Skarsgård’s ability to act as a convincing Murderbot, from the trailers and clips I’ve seen. I’m not going to claim he was the BEST choice for the role, of course, and I think there were probably other poc and/or queer actors who could have done just as good a job. But I don’t think this is whitewashing. It’s a matter of the role going to a cis white man when it could have gone to a minority actor, and not a matter of personal headcanons being violated. There are other characters whose appearance IS called out, such as Dr. Mensah, who was appropriately cast as a Black woman, along with the rest of the Preservation team. And I don’t think the casting of Skarsgård will ‘ruin’ the fandom view of MB. One of the best things about MB is how every person has a slightly different take on its appearance, mannerisms, voice, etc. And people won’t change this trend just because a new version became popular.

I do understand your point of view, but I won’t assume the worst-faith interpretation of why Wells agreed to Skarsgård for MB.

So Martha Wells has been posting on her bluesky, and seeing how excited she seems for the series has whisked away all of my doubts. I’m not sure how many people have seen these posts (considering I’m mostly just hearing people mention that she said “treat it like a fanwork” and nothing else), so I’m gonna add the ones that made me the most excited below.

For all those who worried Dr. Mensah won’t have as big a presence in the show as she has in the books:

I was so relieved to hear this. I was worried they were dialing down the importance of Mensah’s character to MB, but fortunately, it seems like that won’t be happening!

A comment on the costumes and set design:

She has also stated multiple times that she is happy with both the trailer and the show as a whole, and I definitely trust her judgement.

She confirmed that the short video apple tv posted to instagram is meant to be the scene in the books of murderbot getting repaired in its cubicle. This isn’t too surprising, but it’s still nice to have confirmation.

I hope this eases some people’s worries. I know there are a lot of things that could go wrong with this show, but I think that if there’s anyone whose assessment of the show should be trusted, it’s Wells. Her enthusiasm seems really genuine, and it’s making me even more excited for the show to come out!

[trauma-bot]

sin eater

[oceanwithouthermoon]

can i just say. i find it a bit odd that people, even people who dont dislike teruhashi, want her to not end up with saiki because "itd teach her not everyone will love her"

like... half the point of her character is that... NOBODY loves her. nobody knows her and sees her and genuinely likes her, they just like the crafted self she projects outwardly... except for saiki. saiki is the only person who actually likes TERUHASHI, and you guys dont want that??

this scene is literally her realizing "these guys didnt even notice or care about my exhaustion and only cared about me continuing to make them feel good about themselves even after i passed out, but SAIKI noticed and cared"

[annt-i]

I start school up in TWO DAYS ,, but anyways; hit this request when you can or when you want, anyway.

We need more Alex Rider in School, he’s always in school which end up in bad situations in the series.

I NEED HIM WHIPPING UP THE MOST JUICY PAINTING OF ONE OF HIS MISSIONS, ASAP !!!!

I hope this is what you meant dawg, I've got Alex painting that scene from Point Blanc where Greif was telling him he is going to be dissected. I also hope school's been alright for you so far.

[sludgekludge]

'st peter hate is forced/boring/mean/whatever' its less that he's annoying or whatever and moreso that they chose to whitewash a brown man. like actually make him the most clearly white character across both shows. the one based on a brown man

[mantisgodsdomain]

Fun note of the specific pronoun situation with the translation errors between Wasp and Bugnish: under normal circumstances, Jayde would get automatically assigned he/him in Bugnish, since she uses the standard "non-queen social bug" pronouns that roughly 95% of the Wasp Hive do, which get translated to drone pronouns in Bugnish due to a roughly century-old miscommunication. She gets assigned worker pronouns in Bugnish specifically because those are what Kabbu defaults to with social bugs, and other people picked it up from him during introductions. This Will Be A Point Of Confusion For Her Whenever She Asks About It.

[petriorchard]

happy pride month

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

genuine question but is there any fandom where a character is well written by the majority. im thinking about fandom culture and the spread of frustration when people dont write characters well but. honestly in all the fandoms ive been in there's only like, a Select number of authors who i trust to write Well, let alone write Well AND In Character. character analysis and writing and getting inside characters' heads are all separate skills (all of which are trained by roleplaying fyi can CONFIRM playing pretend with your friends is good for you). there's been more than once where I've disagreed with an interpretation that others agreed with, and then I turned out wrong. or i turned out right. like it doesnt matter WHO is right it just matters that differences in character analysis exist, so even if you DO write well AND write in character, your in character is still going to be someone else's out of character

there's this sort of. vibe. that to play in the sandbox you Need to be able to make a castle, and if you can't make a castle then you shouldn't bother, and it completely dismisses the idea that youre in that sandbox to PLAY in the first place. there's this Weight of disappointing someone if you can't build something that they like, but that forgets that you aren't there to build them a castle. like, be KIND. if you disagree with someone then please make an effort to do so kindly. i dont give a shit about fandom discourse but there is a reason kids get removed from sandboxes if they keep throwing sand in people's eyes. but if they don't like your misshapen sand pile, then youre not obligated to change it. even if you yourself end up hating that same sand pile later- youre not building a legacy. youre playing. and sometimes the result of that play is out of character drivel. theres a reason there are so many authors and so few who i like to consistently read and thats because everyone is Fucking Around in their hobby space. hash tag brag or whatever but i can build castles. ive built several that im v proud of. ive also dug holes in the sand for fun and then tripped on them when trying to get up. I often dug a hole and then got up and fucking- whoops, its a castle now, and i didn't realize i'd made something to be proud of until after the fact. the whole time while creating shit i was Convinced it was bullshit that didn't make sense. and then other times i was Convinced it was bullshit and then i was Right and i can look back and go. huh. ew. but it doesn't matter what the end result was, because i had fun playing in the sandbox

this wasn't meant to turn into a ramble but i have Feelings about bad art and art that's badly perceived and how public perception can screw with your head and how making art youre proud of is fucking. it's so difficult!!! it's hard!! it's really fun, which is why i try to make it, but i promise you it is Okay to not tryhard creativity. even if you CAN, it's okay not to do it all the time. or ever, even. fuck around find out have fun etc

[piraticaltwit]

okay my little whitechapel buddies. in addition to me giffing as many joe scenes as i can from every episode .. is there anything from this list that anyone wants. feel free to dm me if you dont want to leave suggestions in the comments for whatever reasons

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

I was just listening to a song I used to love while we were friends. I listened to it so often, we talked so often, it became the background music to our relationship.

I'm listening to it while I knit. I often forget that I started knitting because of you. I remembered tonight. It's strange, I never knitted anything for you. I've knitted for other loved ones, rarely for myself, but never for you. I remembered you showing me the amazing things you made, and I wished I could get to that level of skill. But at that time, you had to explain to me how to purl because I couldn't get it.

Everything reminds me of you in a terrible way. Everything I do is an echo of you. I started painting so that I could paint for you. I started knitting to bond with you. I hear your voice in the music I listen to. You're haunting the things that I love. Will I ever make a brush stroke or stitch without you on my mind?

[angelbitezzz]

Eyo check this out Angel and Sans

https://www.tumblr.com/jazze-bee/743658605332627456/game-jolt-share-your-creations?source=share

They watch for a moment. Angel's face lights up in realization, while Sans merely looks amused.

[lightnersdream-archive]

ive changed my mind since i wrote that post if Swatch got their hands on that email freak they would rip his arms off and personally drown him