#just musings

[theshadowrealmitself]

I would not do time loops correctly, I don’t think it would matter how many times I went through a loop, it would always weigh on me that any loop could be the one that I would have to deal with the consequences for, especially since people never know why they’re stuck in a loop in the beginning

I’d be that character that doesn’t do the same things every day, but I’d only change small stuff, like what I eat for lunch, never acknowledging that time is looping, just living my life as much as possible

Up until the other person who’s stuck in the loop notices for the first time that I’m also stuck when they barely notice the tiny detail of me sitting in a different spot because I never make a fuss and corners me like “why wouldn’t you say something???”

Because?? Obviously?? What if I do make an embarrassing fuss about being stuck in a time loop?? And everyone sees it?? And then the time loop breaks and everyone remembers that??? Hell no. My anxiety would never stand for that. I’d rather let the loop consume me.

[howlsofbloodhounds]

need to re read the something new comics again when I have the energy because I’m thinking about Chara and their reactions after sans accepted the deal, during their first genocide together.

they smile a lot, even when sans is breaking down or in a great deal of distress, it always seems more like satisfied or proud smile than sadistic or gleeful.

they didn’t even seem particularly gleeful or happy when sans broke down after killing papyrus the first time, more like calm and almost indifferent, but not exactly out of cruelty. almost as if papyrus wasn’t just killed, they seem to almost immediately overlook him to focus on reassuring and comforting sans.

[softness-and-shattering]

https://dieworkwear.com/2020/08/01/on-emotional-durability/

There was a post I shared recently, talking about how things are made to be interacted with violently, like you have to slam a fridge door or car door to close it properly. This piece about style has a similar sort of idea, about taking time to learn how to use objects - like a fountain pen - how that's an acquired skill that invests you in the object, which makes you care about it much more than if it was just another Bic pen or just another party dress you're gonna wear once and throw away.

Just some really interesting ideas about design and sustainability and like. How we interact with our things the world around us our possessions.

I recently got some white Ikea bins and I have plans to paint them. I don't think I've ever done that before. But why should be they be white just because they came that way, when I can personalise them, and then they'll make me happy because hey I did that I made them pretty I stead of just there.

I'm finding that when I mend clothing, I'm so much more attached than before. When it was just a thing I bought, not something I put effort and attention and care and work into. That's not just mass produced identical to hundreds like it anyone. That becomes *mine*. And on a shitty day it's it's reminder that I have taste and skill and efficacy when I don't feel that way at all.

[strawbubbysugar]

For the frankenfate au im imagining that like.

The vibes around csd y/n and the y/ngineer are like.

Twins separated by universe if that makes sense??

Fraternal twins born at the exact same moment down to the MICROSECOND in their respective universes

Edit: forgot to tag @pillowspace (didn’t forget just got shy IM OVER IT NOW TAGGING U)

[gatomontanyes]

Might be silly, but reason why I really enjoy Reverse 1999 and Arknights is the good casts and the thought they put into them.

AK has good and cool portrayal of people in STEM but especially Geoscientists and Engineers, plus a thriving Volcanologist with disability (Eyjafjalla).

As for R1999 (afaik) a good portrayal of someone with autism (37 clearly), diverse cultural background of the characters, playable medieval knight armor, and the research they put into designing each character.

[darkangel1791]

Having Louis find Claudia and bring her to Lestat, begging him to do something so she won't die, making Louis the main character in that decision, is a paradigm shift from the book.

Louis found Claudia when he was starving and fed on her. Lestat decides to bring her back to their home and make her a vampire. Louis feels responsible because he was only her murderer, without Lestat she would be dead. He owes it to her to make her happy.

The discourse the show decision has brought is so interesting and different. She still has good reason to hate them both, but they are different reasons.

And Book!Claudia, being stuck as a 5 year old makes it easier for to Lestat and Louis to come to the realization themselves what a terrible thing they have done to her. Lestat knew that he shouldn't, but did he really realize what he was doing to her? Louis can't tell us directly, but I think not.

There is so much less she can do in a 5 year old body.

Show!Claudia has good reason for her rage (and let me say that I would never want a 5 year old actress to play Claudia!) But she is 14. She can leave. She can get around on her own. She can even do a reasonably good job of aging herself up with clothes and hairstyles. But she's in the midst of puberty! And she is presented as if she still has those hormones raging! Who would want to be 14 forever? So close to womanhood but knowing you'll never be there. And, unlike the books, these vampire are sexually active in the mortal way. So she has passions that can't be fufilled. Then she accidentally kills her first boyfriend. And Lestat makes her watch as he burns her second. I think those two things have to happen in the show to really tip her over into the idea that she needs to kill Lestat.

Both stories get to the same place, but in very different ways.

[beautifulterriblequeen]

so which came first, is the Frozen Sea is always frozen so they put the Starscraper above it, or did the Starscraper being built freeze the Frozen Sea?

did the Celestials change the entire pattern of the seas just to have this place? is that the cost? or do they consider it a benefit? do they consider it at all? or are they too busy being Starry about things? is the Ocean literally and figuratively beneath them?

if the Starscraper comes down, will it crack the ice or just melt it?

[hailuchiha]

so, i haven't had time to write anything new, but i've been considering making an ao3

[justpostsyeet]

If middle earth history was written by some orcs, It would be Rings of Power and i mean it in the nicest way possible.

[sarcastically-serious-smiles]

So I had an epiphany the other day when I’m drunk off my ass and re-reading my bookmarks from AO3, so bear with me when I say Mori wants someone from ADA to join PM, right? And with the way things are going, Sigma is definitely going to join ADA with the entrance exam and all,right? So WHAT IF THE MEMBER WHO HAS TO SHIFT IS NOT DAZAI NOT YOSANO BUT ITS A FREAKING 3 YEAR OLD IN AN ADULT BODY AND—

I saw this pic in a fb group and it reminded me of my silly little theory so now you guys gonna suffer too. :3

[abovethemists]

You know, it’s funny how I always see Tik toks or Instagram reels by younger millennials and Gen z full of nostalgia for days gone by like “POV it’s Halloween in the 2000s” and then it’s a bunch of stuff that is just basic American elementary school stuff. Plastic pumpkins and paper cups for school parties are still very much a thing, not unique to the early 2000s, you’re just in a different place in your life now. I have a second grader. His winter holiday party is no different than the ones I had in elementary school in the late 90s. It’s like when I was in high school and was suddenly like “wow they don’t show commercials for kid toys anymore. I used to see those all the time. That’s sad” and then realized it was because I no longer watched Nickelodeon and the Disney channel 24/7 and if I turned to those channels the ads for Barbie and sugary breakfast cereals were very much alive and well. Growing up is kind of sad at times, but childhood still exists and if you have kids (or nieces/nephews, friends kids etc) you will get to experience the magic again!

[theshadowrealmitself]

Person who can speak to animals but nobody believes them because they only speak to them, not control them

[ankles-be-bitten]

filled with lust for some guy (danny pudi)

[akirakirxaa]

The fun part of having your favorite characters be already dead people is that it's really hard to get excited for what comes next because it won't have Them. :')

[sl33py-g4m3r]

thinking about it; the megaten games are almost always in Tokyo or Japan itself.

One was in or in a place similar to India with demons of Hindu myth and legend (tho I forgot what game that was......... Soul Hackers 2?? I could be very incorrect here I'll admit... I could always be incorrect.)

edited to add: I'm dumb i think, it was Digital Devil Saga i think..... Not Soul Hackers 2..... now i feel stupid......

another set of games took place in the arctic....

Makes me wonder what about other countries if that apocalypse was going on? Like if it was worldwide instead of local. Or how would the world population get together demon summoners to save everything?

If that's happened already, please forgive my ignorance.

Just thinking of whether each region would have their own spread of demons from their own local myths and legends; or would they just be everywhere regardless of regional myth?

Like in America; having a bunch of demons from the many Native American folklore.... Or the middle east being home to demons and mythical beings from Islamic tales, I'm sure you get my point.

and this may very well be the case.

would the summoners from different regions get along or see each other as enemies?

would the law/neutral/chaos alignments work the same way? surely they would honestly.

Are there different ministers in the cathedral of shadows for each region? Or is it solely The Minister?

Just musings about MegaTen over coffee~~~

[always-and-anyways]

idk if this is too meta but... do you ever think there's a part of Laura Bailey that has this character who is so drawn to Laudna and fights so hard for her because she's a little bit guilty that Laudna suffered because of Vex? Just like her characters from the past come clawing through in her subconscious?