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[perfectwitchcrown]

Ekuoto 81 thoughts

Spoilers below! CWs: references to abuse, suicidal ideation/suicide

Before this week's chapter I had been wondering how we might see the Dante and Vergilius fight resolve since Dante had so clearly expressed that this was the end of the line chapters ago and Bel had just been defeated, but I somehow did not expect this to be what happened… :’)

Tbh I think he’s going to live if only bc I think that there was a reason we were shown that Vergilius has healing powers when he kissed Charlotte chapters ago. Maybe this is just cope tho lmao. On the other hand, I’d be really interested to see Priest’s (and Barbara and Leah, who were in France with Dante) reaction to Dante being dead so I’m torn lol.

I think it's interesting how often Dante's advice to fall in love from the first chapter has come up in the series, and how tonally different Priest vs Dante treat that moment in this chapter. Dante sort of broods on it and considers it a curse he's left on Priest, whereas Priest kind of brushes it off to Imuri as uncool advice from an unreliable adult. On the other hand, I think it’s super interesting that Priest seems to consider the hug Dante gave him as having saved his life as a child. In chapter three, when Priest saves the children in the aquarium, he similarly gives them a hug.

I’m sure a lot of it has to do w most of his experience with adults throughout his life involved physical pain (the abuse he suffered from his father, the abuse he suffered from the church, etc) so like I am sure positive physical contact was not something he really experienced. But also, this moment in the first chapter comes after Priest breaks down about how hard he finds living--outside of Bel, who Priest had forgotten about at this point, Dante was likely one of the first adults that actually listened to his cry for help as a child and saw his idealization of religious martyrdom that was really, at its core, suicidal ideation.

Dante’s whole thing about being tired of chasing Vergilius is interesting too. It uses the same language as when he spoke of his failure to chase after Vergilius in chapter 20. Vergilius naming himself Vergilius is also such a "come follow me" move since Virgil was Dante’s guide in Inferno. Interested to see how this shift in the dynamic affects Vergilius.

Also excited to see what happens w Marco next chapter. His relationship w Priest seems fascinating to me bc it’s kinda hard to tell what level of distance they have from each other. Marco completely idolizes him, and it’s also been mentioned that he was present at the previous offscreen exorcism of Mammon prior to the start of the series, and he’s also visible in a flashback panel to that exorcism. They've known each other for like three years then so it's kind of interesting how obsessive Marco is and how little he actually knows about Priest as a person for having known him for all that time.

Even in the first chapter we're shown that Marco's understanding of Priest is completely misguided, where he assumes Priest's studying the bible when he's actually reading poetry by Goethe and Song of Songs (the second of which is in the bible, but the unifying theme between the works he's reading is romantic love. Also, this is the dorkiest form of romantic texts for him to be interested in LMAO).

Also can’t wait to see what goes down w Leah Barbara and the others. While Marco looks pissed, Leah looks more worried than anything else, and Mikhail looks sort of solemn. Daniel sort of has resting bitch face so idk what’s going through his mind. Last we saw of them all, Leah and Barbara very much dodged mentioning that Imuri is a demon and said to focus on fighting the witches first. Now that they’ve clearly finished with that, I wonder if they’ve told the rest or if they’re still hiding it. Either way Marco would be pissed since Priest did work with Bel.

Anyways, what a chapter, I'm so excited to see what happens next chapter. If Imuri and Priest have to be on the run from the church for awhile I wonder if Imuri's friend Cass from the file extras might finally make an appearance...

[jaeyooniverse]

Fantasy friend here! My day went alright, I got a little writing done and watched some music videos ☺️ how about you?

I'd definitely adopt you as my younger sibling (wait how old are you? If you're older than me that would complicate things a bit lol), you seem like a really fun and sweet person 💕 I guess the thing of being an older sibling is accepting that you have an influence on your younger siblings' lives and trying to act accordingly? I'm still working on that tbh, I sometimes have trouble keeping myself responsible when it comes to being an example 😔 it can be tough but if you're doing your best then I think things will turn out fine!

Both of my sibs who are interested in kpop will listen to music from other groups besides the ones they're most into, but the one who introduced us to kpop only really follows Seventeen and sometimes MX - I'm hoping that if I get the other one into SF9 then our combined enthusiasm will convert them 😂

I've listened to RPM, Knights of the Sun, 9loryUS, and Mamma Mia all the way through so far! I've listened to all the title tracks a lot of course, and I know the main b-sides from a couple of their other albums plus some scattered other songs. I'm working my way through their discography slowly but surely haha

It seems like everyone has a soft spot for Youngbin... honestly I can't imagine seeing him and *not* immediately going That's My Baby!!!! Chani too, he's so cute but also really charismatic when he feels like it - they're all just so great sdhjgsgjfhdsh

Ah I get what you mean with regards to the energy of the album! Personally I think if an album was 100 percent hype I might explode after listening to it, I want at least one chill song to break it up a little 😂 if I feel like only listening to energetic songs I put on my hype playlist but I need to be in the mood for that, usually I like when there are various types of songs on an album. That's a personal preference thing though 😌

What's your favorite concept SF9 have done? Are there any you would like to see them try?

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sounds like a nice day! what writing were you working on? is it a personal project or for school/work? my day was okay. i've been a little stressed lately but my friends are helping me through it, and honestly this anon event + the comeback teasers have been the highlight of my week 😅

i'm 24 (96 line 😁😁)! even if you can't be my older sibling you seem like you'd be a wonderful sibling to have 🥰

true true, but no one can be perfect all the time and that's fine, what matters is acknowledging our weaknesses and the effort we put towards bettering ourselves. that's something im kinda really trying to work on these days. striving for perfection is unrealistic but instead aiming to be even just the tiniest bit better makes it a lot less stressful

haha i hope your plan works! good luck! 😁😁

oooh if you want any suggestions i say listen to breaking sensation next, i think that's one of my other faves. ooh or first collection! 🥰 but if course there's no rush, listen at your own pace ! i personally need to listen to most if not all of a groups discography before i consider myself a stan?

oh is it noticeable? 😂😂 i can't deny it, youngbin has a special place in my heart 🥰 as they all do of course ~ and yes! agree abt chani he can be very charismatic (which i guess he would need to be as an idol 😂😅) and i just love his vibes tbh i think he'd be cool to hang out with lol

FDSGDHF OH NO we don't want you to explode!! 💀💀💀 ok that makes sense and i get that, it'd be nice to have a balance of hype & chill songs. i feel like it's harder with mini albums bc it's less songs so the change in energy is more obvious? (except rpm. perfection) idk if im making sense 😭😭 but a full album like first collection is nice bc it has chill songs, cheery/upbeat ones and your hype songs too ! but yeah everything comes down to personal preference~

im so bad at choosing faves lol i don't think im picky with concepts like i'll take what i get 😂 there's no specific concept i really want to see from them,, but actually yeah id love to have another fresh/bright comeback from them! what about you?