#kog theory

[janinatrashcan]

Knights of Guinevere mini-theory

So, GLITCH has just teased their first voyage into the realm of 2D animation, Knights of Guinevere! And it’s a sci-fi psychological thriller created by the Dana Terrace? Safe to say, I’m excited for the pilot to drop later this year!

But in all this excited buzz, I haven’t seen many people speculating on what this story could potentially be about just yet. So, with what little information we have, I’m gonna try and take a crack at it!

In a teaser image GLITCH released the day before, they showed a wall of dilapidated posters advertising meeting the Princess (presumably the title character, Guinevere) at a place called Park Planet. I’m guessing that this place is a sort of amusement park like DisneyLand or Universal Studios, where you can have meet and greets with some of the mascots. The posters being torn up and graffitied over could also mean that Park Planet’s probably been losing favor over time, and as to why, I have no idea yet, but deeply earth-destroying pollution is my best guess for now, based on the blue lungs poster.

Now we move on to the teaser itself, which shows us Guinevere sleeping peacefully on a stone bed surrounded by flowers and all her cute little fairytale friends, and when she starts to stir, it cuts to a very messed up amalgamation of a person, with doll like limbs and tentacles where a right arm would be, screaming and flailing as she starts wake up strapped down to an operating table, with the people around her trying (and most likely failing miserably, due to all the screams) to keep her down. We cut back to the princess waking up in her happy world, smiling as screams are still heard in the distance, before cutting to the title card.

So, what could this actually mean for a potential story? Well, I think that the Princess Guinevere and the mystery experiment woman are one and the same. Maybe the stellar folks at Park Planet were looking for a way to drum up some attention from the public, something to “wow” them. And what better way to garner attention than to create a living version of your iconic mascot, something that has certainly never gone wrong ever?!

To get this to work effectively, they might’ve inserted artificial memories/perceptions into the real Guinevere’s head of her more cutesy reality and self, then put her in a deep sleep and got to work making her just right for the public. But, for some reason, this failed, and she started waking up long before they were finished, yet still retains her idyllic fairytale perception of the world, and probably doesn’t realize what’s happening just yet. Maybe as time goes on, it’ll tackle Guinevere grappling with the happy reality she knows vs. the tragic and painful reality she’s living, and how she learns to deal with it.

But who knows? I could be wildly off base, but in the meantime, all we can do is speculate as we wait for the pilot’s release, and support Dana and her wonderful team.

Have a good day/night everyone!

[rabbityfrogs]

theory time for knights of guinevere !!

if you haven't watched the teaser yet, go do that !! it is right here it is very good & funky !!!

ok now that you're back from watching it. hi ! i have been pondering & have come to possess inklings of a theory which i shall share with you now !! (i will warn afore you continue, 'tis rather long compared to normal post length from me) (Trigger Warning henceforth for mentions of medical experimentation, torture, & psychedelic substances)

so ! let's do a quick recap of the video first ! In the video, we see a princess sleeping in some pain, with various animals around her describing her as "dreaming." Until shown otherwise, I will work on the assumption that this princess is the Guinevere mentioned in the title Knights of Guinevere.

After an animal describes her as "dreaming," it cuts to a scene showing a robot in the same frame placement as the Guinevere, with the same colour of hair & proportions, who I will also assume is likely Guinevere. Two people have her strapped down in a machine, one of her feet is missing, & one of her arms is also missing, with tentacles oozing out of it the same colour as the blood around her. The machine is somewhat similar to a CT scanner in its design, & there is surgical equipment on a nearby table, so we can assume it is medical or medical-adjacent in purpose.

The bloodstains leading up to the machine & on the table of the machine, alongside the bar constricting her to the table, & her anger, likely mean she was taken here against her will. She escapes, & screams are heard that i assume are from both her, & people nearby

What we have so far is that Guinevere is a robot of some kind, receiving unwanted medical attention or experimentation of some kind, & lives concurrently in both an idyllic fantasy world, & a more harsh & real world. funky !!

but, this is not the only thing glitch has provided us. Before the teaser was released, they shared with us this image!

It depicts a picture of a brick wall, with various posters! Most are posters with Guinevere on them advertising how you can "Meet the Princess of Park Planet," but there is also a poster talking about a disease called Blue Lung, a poster with an image of fungi growing out of a veiny skull labeled STARSNUFF, & a keep out sign that is mostly off-screen. Also mostly off-screen is some graffiti

So ! What does this tell us first? Well, we now know that Guinevere is at an amusement or theme park of some kind called Park Planet, as either the main attraction, or a new attraction being heavily promoted! We also know that there is a disease called Blue Lung, & something called STARSNUFF, although it is unclear what STARSNUFF is

My immediate thought upon seeing the teaser & looking back at this image is that Knights of Guinevere may be partially inspired by Westworld, similar to how TADC is partially inspired by I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream!

For those who do not know what Westworld is, allow me a brief explanation! Westworld is a 1973 movie created by Michael Crichton, the same guy that made the Jurassic Park books ! In Westworld, there is a themepark called Delos with 3 main areas, a reconstruction of Pompeii, a reconstruction of a medieval/arthurian castle, & a reconstruction of a stereotypical wild west frontier town! These 3 areas are called Roman World, Medieval World, & West World respectively. Guests can visit these areas, & live as though they were in those times!

The main draw to Delos is not these reconstructions, but what staffs them: realistic robots! Rather than hire actors to act as characters, the park is filled with realistic robots that look & act like people from each time period, & guests can interact with them however they would like: talking to them, befriending them, killing them, having sexual encounters with them, &c. !

The park slowly experiences more and more problems, until the sentient robots rise up against the park guests & operators, attempting to kill all the humans in the park as revenge for the torture & constant death & resurrection they are forced to go through every single day.

So, what does this have to do with Knights of Guinevere? Well, like i said previously, i believe that Knights of Guinevere will be partially inspired by Westworld, particularly with Park Planet likely being similar to Delos, perhaps being a theme park & resort where guests can spend a day in King Arthur's Britain, living a medieval fantasy life, & meeting people like Arthur, Lancelot, &, of course, the princess Guinevere

But! There are still 2 more parts of this image that are important to look at, that being the poster for Blue Lung, & the poster for STARSNUFF !

Blue Lung is, as far as i am aware, not a real disease, although similar names have been used for stuff like bronchitis in the past. STARSNUFF could be a variety of things: a music group, an art installation, a political organization or movement, &c. But, what first came to my mind upon seeing the name & the imagery of mushrooms rising out of the top of a skull, was that it may be a psychedelic substance of some kind. (note: i have no experience with psychedelic substances, or really too much knowledge about them. i am working off of an understanding of them based purely off of general cultural osmosis)

I will tentatively connect the two posters, & work on the assumption that STARSNUFF is a psychedelic substance of some kind, & that Blue Lung is a disease which is linked to STARSNUFF. I will also make the assumption that STARSNUFF has some use or property besides being psychedelic, & that Park Planet (or the company/people behind it) is experimenting with STARSNUFF for some reason, with it potentially being related to the blue blood-like liquid oozing out of both Guinevere & the CT Scanner-esque machine

So, if STARSNUFF is a psychedelic substance of some kind, why would they be experimenting on it? Well, This is definintly reaching into much more wild speculation & less grounded evidence based territory, but let's take a look at the logo

These rings look, to me, like an infinity symbol! Perhaps the person or company behind Park Planet believes STARSNUFF to have some kind of regenerative property, that, if experimented on, could cure death, hence the research into it

Allow me to forgo strict evidence & paint a narrative with what we have so far, if you will:

A person or company discovers or invents STARSNUFF, a psychedelic substance with some regenerative property. It proves very popular due to its strong psychedelic powers, but, due to it being linked with the dangerous disease Blue Lung, is made illegal.

The person or company does not want to give up their research into STARSNUFF, however, as they believe its regenerative properties could be harnessed into the creation of a Holy Grail like substance, with the ability to prevent death, or maybe even bring back those who have already died. Due to their belief in this goal, they continue their research in secret

As experimentation on actual humans would be illegal due to STARSNUFF's illegal status, & the fact that the experiments the researchers wished to do would themselves be illegal on their own, sentient robots, like Guinevere, were developed to test STARSNUFF on.

As a front to keep their research secret & justify the creation of the robots, Park Planet is created, a theme park that allows visiters to go back in time to the times of Arthur &, more prominently, Guinevere! They can live in a fantasy village, meet cute fantasy creatures, & go on fun adventures! Alongside actual sets & attractions, small doses of STARSNUFF or a similar substance are used to induce hallucinations of this idyllic arthurian world in both guests & in the robots, allowing them to make an income via the park, while also keeping the robots docile in a dream-like trance to allow them to continue research on STARSNUFF, &, eventually, to create a Holy Grail

But, just like in Westworld, the park operators cannot keep control forever, & the robots, such as Guinevere, remember the torture that the researchers put them through. The robots may at first believe Park Planet to be their real life, & the medical experimentation & torture they remember to be nightmares, but, eventually, they slowly piece together that their tranquil, Park Planet life is not real, & once they do, there is nothing the researchers can do to stop them from wanting their freedom

[the-flower32]

Anyone else exited for Knights of Guinevere?

Tw: blood (?), unaturally colored blood, spoilers.

I am super excited for the official trailer, pilot, just the show in general.

if i have to guess anything;

its probably a 'evil disneyland' situation due to the 'Meet the Princess at Park Planet' posters in one of the teasers.

The 'blue lung blues' poster lead me down a rabbit hole of googling what 'blue lungs' meant, i got 'respiratory or cardiovascular issues' as an answer. and since i know that lack of oxygen can make your skin and nails turn blue- her color scheme is much more unsettling now.

when listening to the trailer i swear i heard 'oh shit she's waking up, Paige hold her down!' and i think the one with the ponytail is Paige.

based on the two scenes, fairytale & scifi-gore, i think its gonna be flipping between the 'perfect' world and the real world. a 'mind split between two world' type of thing. its likely the messed up cyborg body we saw was meant to be a real life version of the princess (how you wind up with a mangled cyborg with tentacle arms when trying to make a princess is beyond me) and they might be keeping her mind in that fantasy to keep her sedated & 'prepare' her for her 'live princess' role.

Or, and this might be a stretch: there is a parallel world along side the real one and the scientists who made the messed up cyborg are trying to pull someone from that world into the real one. and the cyborg is meant to be the vessel for the princess in the fantasy realm. a sort of: when she's asleep her mind goes to the 'real' world. and maybe there'll be a plot about severing the tie between the real world and the fantasy one? (again, may be a stretch)

of course the name is relative to king Arthur's wife; Guinevere. and probably a play on 'knights of the round table'. with that in mind, and the fantasy appearance of the starting scene, i think there's going to be some references to artherian legend. they're might be some kind of prince or king that's based off Arthur, and maybe a knight based off Lancelot (or the two are mushed into one character). probably some great wizard or otherwise magical person, and if there is a villain aside from whatever company's running 'park planet' it'll probably be based off Mordred or Morrigan the fay. both people who want to kill Arthur and Guinevere in the og story.

there's quiet a few knights of the round table, but the most notible are:

Lancelot- the one who has an affair with Guinevere, and was apparently some authors oc [watch this video for context]

Galehaut- a half giant who tried to overthrow arthur but becamed freinds with Lancelot instead [this video talks about it, and some of the other knights]

Dinadan- who's the resident comedian

Gawain- the boring one, except for the time he saved Arthurfrom getting his head cut off

Mordred- Arthur's illegitimate son who hates him & Guinevere

either way theres probably going to be a magic sword at some point.

[kingcygnus]

this whole sequence between these two... literally had me screaming and shaking

do they know how insane they made me go w this world update, do they know what my roharp starved mind would be like after finally getting food after begging for crumbs for years

[jinzudrafts]

MAKA PASAR KAHA KOG THEORY?!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 LORD TABANG

[autumnbrambleagain]

Yhelm p7 - readmore for full

"… can we talk about how last night was fucked up?" Madrigal asked.

Rain was coming scattered and gray on the rooftops of the out-city. Rivulets ran down the walls and left puddles that Yhelm was happily stomping through. "Huh?"

"… last night? With Corbis? You won't catch me saying it wasn't hot, sure, but it wasn't… healthy?"

Yhelm stopped under a wavy roof. A hundred little waterfalls fell in unison onto the cold stones below. And on Yhelm's face. She liked the rain. It wasn't a coincidence she'd reassigned umbrellas from 'keep rain off' to 'this is a weapon.' She had no problem getting wet. She felt like that was a metaphor, and then felt like that was the kind of thing college-Yhelm would have said trying to sound smart. College-Yhelm was supposed to be dead, which meant maybe something was actually wrong.

"Yeah. I don't know," she said. She caught some of the roof water in her mouth as she talked. It tasted like bitter metals. An acadamage had to see the world in metaphors and had to experience everything through literary theory because that was literally how magic worked. It was literally how reality worked. Reality was literature and magic was commentary. She'd chosen to think of that metaphor for a reason. Not point lying to yourself, right? "Yeah. Yeah I guess I'm not feeling great?"

"So, you know I'm not jealous," Madrigal started.

"You are unreasonably laid-back for a weasel," Yhelm agreed.

"This isn't a jealousy issue when I say this. It's not like, I don't want to come across as--"

"Yeah you think I probably shouldn't goad Corbis into uneven, usually angry sex anymore. Yeah."

Madrigal sighed. They didn't like rain like Yhelm did. Kog, Yhelm even looked good with splatters of Wet rolling down her long fur. Maddie just looked sad. Because of the rain. Which was another convenient metaphor. Because reality was created as a work of literature by 9 deer that existed before time on some level it was still a written work. She had gotten so good at not thinking like an acadamage. She wondered if it was trying to distance herself from herself. That seemed right. If she viewed reality like a story she didn't have to accept her place deep in the middle of it. It wasn't her life she was ruining. It was just some character.

Maddie took a few false starts and then asked, "How many times have you and him…"

Yhelm took off her glasses and wiped down a streak of Wet across her fluff. "This is like the third time we've actually, fucked? Ugh. Flyhh what an ugly word."

"Why did you start?"

"I mean he's always Apatted at me he's like that. You remember the time I jerked him off outta spite."

"Yeah. That was actually pretty funny, but."

"Yeah," Yhelm agreed. "Yeah but. I don't know." That was a lie. "So Trackless Gait built a web of little pathways into reality when the world was made."

Madrigal stared at her with their big ferrety eyes. "Aha. Is this, are you doing a thing?"

"Yeah hush. So birmads teleport by slipping into these little hidden roads. But there are other ways to teleport. They're usually, higher level spells? Because Magic is a separate base element from Travel, it's not accessible in all the same ways, so it's usually done in a more round-about approach."

"Right. Okay. I'm following beat so far."

"Right," Yhelm nodded. Right. "Right. So there was one I learned in the Cazirizahd--I don't remember it anymore, and I'd have to actually get it on order to remember it because it was really specific--like I can remember the gist but for magic just remembering the--"

Madrigal interrupted. "Sweetheart, it's great to see you excited about magic," which meant something, because usually Yhelm resented her involuntary education, "but this is kind of a serious conversation that we're having out here in the middle of one of Drizzle's visits."

"I know, I know, I'm deflecting because I don't want to deal with my own emotions," Yhelm said. "Anyway the spell teleported you by codifying this feeling of being without a personal anchor, and just, fucking. This sense of, just, letting go. Just. Throwing yourself out the window because hey there it is."

Madrigal tilted their head. It was kind of adorable. "I've lost the beat?"

Yhelm made this annoyed, miserable dog yawn sound. "Maybe it's Bad Boy's blood. I just. Spicy food. Got it. That's it. It's spicy food. This is me eating something too spicy. Sometimes you crave that. Sometimes you just want, uh, you want--"

"To be hurt?" Madrigal offered.

"Like we're doing all right. We have an apartment. We have steady work. It's, it's sometimes weird and difficult work because we're Guild, but it's work. We got each-other. This is where I want to be, right? Either it's some… adversary instinct to try to upset what I have, or… maybe I feel like I deserve to be doing worse? I don't know. And, I mean, come on. Yeah. Corbis is a jerk sometimes but it's usually when I've actually messed up. And you get a cute guy yelling at you enough times but also he's hitting on you you're just like, okay. I could do with something spicy. Maybe my lips burn. Get a few heat sores, can't taste the next day. I don't know. I'm an adversary, Maddie. I think a part of me is just, obliged to do shit like this. I mean I threw away my acadamage career so I could go be criminals with you."

Madrigal had this look on their face like they weren't sure what kind of look they should have on their face. "But… you didn't come back to be with me just to be self-destructive, though?"

"No, I mean, no. Flyhh's sake no."

"So is what you're doing with Corbis just to be self-destructive?"

It was terrible when Maddie was correct. Because they were always correct exactly when Yhelm felt like she'd come at the solution, had it right in her hand, and then they'd come up and point out she was holding a wad of dirt, and the real answer was like, over there, and she'd been digging in the wrong spot and it wasn't even buried but up on a thing she had to climb to.

Damn if this one wasn't really high up though? She wasn't sure she could reach? "I mean, I wouldn't date him. I don't think either of us could stand the other for long enough."

"Mmhmm."

"Like maybe I got some shape of feelings for him but they aren't enough to. Fuck. I dunno, Maddie. Does it really matter. He's our boss we're his underlings. It's. It's fine. It's how things are going between us and that's just, how it is."

There was that face, where Madrigal gave up but gave up with determination, where you knew they were going to come back to it eventually. "All right. Let's get out of the rain? We're just, sitting here, getting soaked."

"Yeah well we're spending all day in Dockrow in the rain getting honked at by waterfaces. At least here it's just you and me."

Madrigal looked around at the closed windows surrounding them. "And whoever lives here, listening in…"

"Fuck. Right. Okay. Let's go. Hey if anyone's listening to our fucked up life sorry hope you're entertained sorry you won't get to hear the conclusion to it--"

"Yhelm, please!"

"--small payment of 10-want sign up to our relationship newsletter--"

"Pleaaasseeee!"

"--adults only illustrated scenes every tenthday!"

[snigskitchen]

Welcome to my music of 2024 playlist. I've collected together these tracks I've loved this year and put them together as a YouTube playlist. I hope you enjoy them!

Julia Holter - Spinning

Chelsea Wolfe - Tunnel Lights

The Smile - Friend of a Friend

Johnny Marr - The Answer

Loren Kramar - Hollywood Boulevard

Glass Beams - Mahal

Beth Gibbons - Reaching Out

The Allergies featuring KOG - Koliko

Leon Bridges - Peaceful Place

Jungle - Let's Go Back

Fontaines DC - Favourite

Mogwai - God Gets You Back

Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing

Bon Iver - Speyside

Sharon Von Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife

Benjie and Kate Bush - Little Shrew (Snowflake)

Vivian Jones - Return Ticket

Yama Warashi - Hankyu Denshya

Father John Misty - She Cleans Up

Nubiya Garcia - Triumphance

James Blake - Like The End

Sade - Young Lion

The Cure - A Fragile Thing

Playlist link:

[stollss]

Gaslight District was stated to still be in production 2 weeks ago as part of the new years social post “…crew has also been working quietly in the background on The Gaslight District, our new upcoming 3D original animated show.

We're so, so excited to show all of you in 2025. This show is turning out to be like NOTHING we've ever seen before. It's hard to describe.” It seems like we’ll be getting the first episode later in the year.

Now Knights of Guinevere is a 2D animated show where as Gaslight District is 3D animated. The two shows are handled entirely by different teams, this was confirmed during one of the social posts by Glitch about KOG “Shoutout to the creators Dana Terrace, John Bailey Owen and Zach Marcus. and the newly formed GLITCH 2D crew for making this all possible!!”

It seems more like Gaslight district got held up by production issues as they try to get everything how they want it. Gaslight district, at least from what we’ve seen is a much different art style that likely required different ways to animate, what worked with MD and TADC might not work for Gaslight District. When first announced they might have thought they wouldn’t have as much difficulty as they ended up having.

As for why Glitch would announce a show before a pilot is even ready, well that’s all based on company policy but the best reasoning I’ve been given is it allows the creators and crew to show that they’re actually working on a project. Artists like to show off what they’re working on. It also means they aren’t as weighed down by trying to keep everything a secret, yes there is still stuff you can’t just go out and say like spoilers but your not worried about saying the wrong thing as much.

As for Glitch an announcement gets to show how they’re expanding as a company and are successful while letting the show build up some pre pilot hype.

As for if one might pull resources from the other that seems unlikely. Both because different teams and different animation styles but also because it isn’t the way Glitch works. It didn’t happen with MD when TADC was more popular, the reason we had such long gaps at the end was because they wanted the finale to look the best it could and that took time which they did a fantastic job on. Right now TADC is getting new episodes around the same pace MD did mid season but I know if they try to go for a extremely impressive finale that takes much longer to produce people will have the same theories like they did with MD but instead about Gaslight District or Knights of Guinevere.

MD’s delays were not an issue with resources being moved about, it was that they didn’t want to settle with just good enough so they would meet a deadline but instead they wanted to push themselves to show off their skills and make the best finale they could. MD is actually really interesting to watch from a production perspective because if you look at even just the falling physics between the pilot and the finale you can see not only the improvement just how much care each scene gets but that care takes time.

Realistically Gaslight district is coming first, Glitch was confident enough to put the 2025 time window on it while KOG only got a “coming 2025(hopefully)” indicating it’s still early enough in development that the exact time window is still too in flux and that the time window is probably more around November/December.

Who the fudge is Dana Terrace and why does everybody care so much /genq

[sleepychinitaprincess]

20240620

okay, another random thought. Like a lot of people na siguro ang aware ani and nakarealize na aning akong ipnagsulti. Pero skl ba na mao sigurong some people kay di makamove on sa someone nga "never naging sila" kay because of the what could've beens if naging sila. Magets ba?

Like for sure, I can't conclude this for now kay wa pa man ko nakauyab. So far, talking stage lang nareach ko. Ouch. But anyways, ayha ra ko makaconfirm ani tanan through time.

Based on observations lang ba, since sauna if maattach ko kay dugay kay nako gakalimtan tung mga tao nga nakasalamuha nako. Tas every time magbasa kog comments sa tiktok kay mostly jud kay mga wa jud nila nangauyab ang di nila malimtan and it even took them a lot of years to move on from that talking stage.

In my own theory, feeling nako tungod na kay gawonder ta "what if naging kami? what if pinaglaban namin relationship namin? what if nagkita kami?" daming "what ifs" na gustong gusto mong mangyari deep inside pero wala eh kahit anong "what if?" mo, manatili ra jud na nga "what if?". hindi naging kayo for a reason. The worst part is kanang bisag na accept na nimo nga wa na juy chance/pag-asa, pero deep inside gahope gihapon ka nga if the stars just aligned and fate wasn't cruel, then maybe there could be an us in another story or world.

Pero ang downside ba kay what if pud ikaw ra diay to ang nafall? nya ang other person kay wa nafall nimo maong wa ka gipursue. One-sided ra diay to tanan. Yes, taas jud kayg chances nga inana ang situation. Like pampalipas oras lang ka for the other person. Yung value mo sa kanya is for convenience niya lang. That person never actually saw you as someone to be with romantically. He just wants you because of your company. He misses you because you tolerate him and he's just lonely at that moment. The thing is, I already had this thought and been trying to rub this thought in my mind, but lumalaban jud ang hope in me bai, and I hate it. I hate being a stupid tatanga tanga person nga very vulnerable.

In the end, di gihapon ko makaconclude since lahi lahi man tag experiences tanan and it varies jud bai. Di pud nako pwede iunderestimate or iinvalidate iyang POV since I don't know anything jud saiyang perspective. Deep inside, gakasakitan jud ko permi ug hunahuna nga there would be no need of his perspective since he doesn't really care in the first place man sad so there would be no POV niya kay di man ko gamatter saiya. Even when kapila nako I gaslight akong self nga "I don't care sad. it's his loss. I deserve someone better. yahay kay siya. bagaa kay niyag nawng oy." pero the truth is "I really do care for him. I don't think he feels or thinks he lost something, but for me, I lost him... twice. I lost him and my love for good. I don't want anyone else but that person only."

God, how can I get over this?

~

[ymart26]

Is Elsword the thing sleeping inside the el?

In noah’s story we learn that the reason why the giant el exploded is that dantalion-disguised as Haque- saw something sleeping inside the Dark El and wanted to re awaken the one that was sleeping inside the El by making the giant El explode and while we don’t know if he succeded in waking it up we know that the El did explode.

In Elsword’s 4th path ,Genesis, he becomes one for the el and we finally get confirmation that elboy is a piece of the el but how? 

How exactly is elsword a piece of the el?

“A guardian knight that exists only for the El and Elrios”

“After making the easiest choice he can make, he suddenly realizes he has separated from the El despite sleeping comfortably in the Giant El”

Sleeping comfortably in the Giant El. During Elrianode story quest he says that he felt like he was ‘born’ when he was inside the El after restoring it. If he was the thing sleeping inside of the giant El that feeling would make sense; I mean is not like something could have broken the El in half and decided to sleep there you know? It would have to have been ‘born’ inside of the El to be able to sleep inside of it.

Elsword mentions how nostalgic the energy from the El feels like during Elysion’s story quest,if he really was the thing sleeping inside of it it would make sense why the energy of the El feels ‘nostalgic’.

[hex-flareheart]

so this is on a bit of a delay but Laby 4th path formally dropped and I need to scream about it

this. I like this a lot.

but I love this.

Twins Picaro blew my expectation out of the water

like! not only is this just a really god damn good design, but also utterly fascinating from a story perspective. Twins Picaro is like Radiant Soul with the setup of Nisha Labyrinth, what with starting off rough but culminating in Laby and Nisha uniting as a force to be reckoned with.

except this time they're also PHYSICALLY uniting. this is kind of a big fucking deal! first of all because it might be our best look into what Laby might've looked like before Nisha split off from her, and also because not even Radiant Soul went this far. and apparently what it took was an aggressive swing into mischief.

the especially interesting part is that this lends a fair bit of insight into some things that have been open questions about Laby pretty much since day 1; a big thing I noticed with this is Twins Picaro ironically reinforces how much Eternity Winner is an odd one out in a very unexpected way.

as seen with this very helpful graphic, Eternity Winner is the only Laby class that loses her red ends. I've opted to use Daydreamer as reference here instead of Nisha Labyrinth since... well, she becomes Nisha there.

It's also worth noting that Eternity Winner is the only one of Laby's classes in which she actively distances herself from using Nisha's power.

I strongly suspect this isn't a coincidence.

ultimately it's hard to say what exactly this means, but I do have a running theory. I think Laby is half-demon- most likely Dream Demon specifically, as her abilities would about line up with what they're capable of- and in the process of separating Nisha off from herself, I think she also separated off some of her demonic nature. this is probably a large part of why she has very strange interactions with demon energy.

that in mind, I think the red ends likely have a lot to do with Nisha's influence on Laby, possibly demonic heritage manifesting in a very limited fashion. that said, though, this is very much just a theory, and I'm actually not sure how much ground it holds, given what Laby and Nisha merged looks like.

anyway I think I've yelled enough. Twins Picaro good.

genuinely impressive that KOG actually managed to unseat Radiant Soul as my favorite class in the game.

[lilith-devi-nyx-elsword-theorist]

Time to do a discussion. Yes I see that DFO is getting 5th class? I think that’s what it is referred to I think. *I just happen to come back to it at perfect timing because I want to see what Priestess (I’m sorry but saying Female, or Male for a specific class is annoying) 5th class is because I still haven’t gotten pass the future stuff because I recently got to level 20 with Mistress for the first time ever because I been busy doing Elsword theories.*

and Female Gunner would get it in DFO, but in Elsword’s term, Rose would not get a 5th path in Elsword due to how it will irritate or tick off the playerbase and would be screaming for a 5th path for every one else. *I would definitely see how unfair it would be but again Rose does come from DFO but I think KoG and NeoPle has to come to an agreement to be allowed to do that?* but Rose has her 4th path as Prime Operator so impossible definitely.

but I like the balance of each character in Els having 2 Physical paths and 2 Magical paths respectively.

Now say Rose ‘does’ get a 5th path reveal, what would that path do?

remove all 4 gun types and she just uses a Bowgun? sure a little ridiculous, or replace the musket and revolver for the Bowgun so that she only has 3 gun types. saving Auto Guns and Hand Cannons with the Bowgun. Again I haven’t played DFO as much so I would just use some minimal sources DFO world wiki just to get a general idea.

 I did see Male Gunner with Assault class, and his animation popped up on me where he wearing some armored suit, I really was half sure he turned to Iron Man without the helmet but aside the point, I think Female Gunner would probably get that, not too sure but again. Elsword has some things work out.

so maybe 5th Path Rose is where Rose get’s operated on to survive within Elrios and when she is about to go to the demon realm, she uses Elrios tech on herself to be able to withstand some of the minimal effects of the demon realm.

I’m throwing things at a wall because this isn’t much of a theory but it is a theory in my book because I will gladly be a part of another Elrios theorist to get multiple idea’s and see if we all collectively agree on each other’s sandwiches, but this is about Rose and few people shouting for 5th path Rose and I`ll gladly see what I could pull from the world of DFO.

[hcs-and-abnormalities]

Thank you for KoG headcanons, they were good. While we're here may I give a bit of a theory on a certain aleph that gets a bit of... censorship?

So first off, I completely misunderstood and thought you wanted hcs because after I wrote them I realized what you truly meant and orz... but yeah!!! Feel free to I’m always up to see other’s interpretations!

Also, I’m putting a warning because while some of my hcs do concern violence and blood normally because of the nature of Lob Corp... this one still is a bit much especially with the amount of body horror so better safe than sorry!

[CENSORED] is... different depending on who looks at it. This is amplified by those who do see it, see it differently every time they look at the creature.

Some of the most common and widely known descriptors are: shattered vertebrae; eyes gnarled like a tree; rusty fish hooks; some [CENSORED] turned inside out; faces I have seen before; infestation; grinder; so much [CENSORED]; human; etc.

Of course, with how convuluted and different each of these are... it doesn’t help in identifying it.

There are rumors goong around that it simply is a person’s worst fears put into a physical form. The most disgusting thing in existence to them. This is even more supported with how it [CENSORED]

At least, those who see it will soon have the memory of its appearance fade. Seems even the mind wants to rid of it.

When it [CENSORED] a human... it sheds the excess muscles and organs. It has no need for it anymore.

The shambling masses of [CENSORED] agents could be considered easier on the eyes... but knowing what the pain and seeing them being [CENSORED] is even worse.

It’s believed the, “offspring” is only a shell now. Many would rather become Nothing There’s new disguise than have [CENSORED] find and [CENSORED] them into [CENSORED].

[sing-it-out-anonymous]

Open Letter 19

Hi there! How are you during these times of pandemic? Ako, i'm coping up with the current situation. Mas daghan man jud times na wala koy ka storya, and my ideas somehow are shutting off in my head. Scroll-scroll lang permi sa fb and daghan jud kog mga disagreement sa mga post, lami pud mu-react, dili man ko ani dati ahaha so i call it side-effect of the isolation.

Mutuo na ko anang notion nga the more na maka get along ka, hinay-hinay pud na mugawas imong tinuod na color. like me, at first sa tumblr newbie pa ulaw-ulaw kuno kay murag tanga ga sulat og mga butang na nahitabo around me, pero kadugayan og sigeg anonymously ranting about anything or stating things here, it really made me comfortable and i can say nga naa nako sa comfort zone nga ibulgar nako sa akong mga readers kung kinsa sad ko, by way of my writings. So bare with me, it’s not like I’m a coward nga I didn’t state my name kung kinsa ko. But this brings me comfort, I can shoutout what I want to state.

So here it is..

First of all, I’m a political science graduate, and I’m proud of it. I didn’t end up working on any non government organizations neither working sa mga government offices. Nag pol sci ko, dili tungod kay gusto ko mahimong governor, senator, mayor, kagawad or unsa pang klaseng rank sa government offices. Tong highschool ko, I really don’t know what I’m going to do after, and when people saw my character, ni-ana sila na nice daw kung maglawyer ko, and then sympre pag lawyer, pol sci jud na ilang prep course. So nag pol sci ko, siguro slight sila ang reason, pero before ko nagpa enroll, I really think this is my destiny. And I never regretted it. Every single day of learning were like “ aha moment” for me. My intellectuality widens, na akong perspective sa kalibutan na maximize. I love learning pol sci, I love learning theories, historical facts atbp. That’s why even nga I didn’t end up sa mga pang pol sci nga trabaho jud, I didn’t regret my choice. And if mubalik ko sa akong past, kani gihapon ang course na gusto na ko e take. I’m a die hard fan of this course. I’m a die hard fan of my teachers, nga maskin karon gina follow nako sila sa fb to get good insights. Kani akong topic run, cause I was scrolling yesterday late at night and I saw someone endorsing Political Science sa mga graduates sa K-12, and I didn’t think she did a good job in endorsing the course. The way I read it, mura bag wala jud niya na-tagamtaman ang gina offer sa course. So sad. Pol Sci iyang prep course sa college, pero murag dili sia graduate of pol sci. What a shame.

Kani tanan questions diri, mao ni ang questions na gipang tubag niya, and I want to put justice sa Pol Sci nga course, dili ni english pero I’ll try my best na e- endorse ni sa uban.. so here it is

Question 1: “Why Did I Choose Political Science”

Yun nga, I told you the history why naka take og Pol Sci. Basically, you will never know the reason man jud, and most of the influences ngano ko nagtake ani is based on my circles. Pero like what I’ve said, I never regretted to be here.

Sa ako nga nahuman nako ni na course, I can say to you that this is a good preparatory course for law school because of its discipline. Tinuod nga mas daghan subjects sa law school na natake up sa Accountancy na course, og mas hasa sila magbasa og law subjects kay yun nga, mao na na ilang training sigeg basa og law like oblicon and the same, ilaha man jud na. naa silay overview, mao mas hasa sila. While ang Pol Sci, 2-3 subjects lang ata ang naa sa Law School: Phil Con, Int’l Law, so sa kana na butang kulelat jud ang pol sci because dili kana ang pol sci about. Parehas sa akong giingon, ang disiplina sa political science ang reason ngano ideal sia pang preparatory course. We can understand the public policy behind every law, because every law is not just a “law” on its own, but the heart of every law is to safeguard and protect the welfare of the people and only the discipline of political science will help you understand the depth of safeguarding the people, mao mana ang law all about diba? Law school should not be a money making industry and to prevent that of becoming one, I really suggest na magtake up kag pol sci.  being a lawyer in the making, should give you a sense of responsibility and accountability. And ang pol sci jud ang best na prep course for that.

I’m currently working as a staff sa isa ka business and pol sci helped to examine and analyze mga puzzles diri sa office. Coz business is not just about business, its about the people also, the employees, the employer and their relationship. Discipline is really important. Kung ni graduate kag pol sci without its discipline then maypag wala ka nag pol sci dhai.  

 Question 2: “What is my current job and how long did it take to find a job?”

I’m a licensed real estate broker, currently I am working as non-exclusive broker and as regular staff in a real estate company. Before I graduated College, nag take kog 120 hrs nga course para maka take og board exam sa real estate broker, which means mon to fri school, and Saturday-Sunday lecture time for REB. For my case, dili siya lisud mangita og job since kaila na ko ang tag iya sa company. But as far as I know sa akong mga friends, naay uban nga naka trabaho dayun, og naay uban nga dugay nakakita og trabaho. Mas daghan kog classmate nga nag proceed og law or nag study og balik sa different course-naay uban nag teacher, nag pilot and etc, naa say uban nga nahimo governor, government worker and same. Actually kung imong pangutana, dali ba makakita og trabaho, well dhai depende na siya sa imong attitude mangita og trabaho. Dili na siya sa imong kurso. Kung disidido jud ka maningkamot makakita jud dayun ka kay makita mana sa imong “exterior”- sa imong aura. kung tamadun jud ka, wala juy para sa imo. Dili man gud pattern ang kinabuhi nga 1+1=2, in reality kelangan jud ikaw mismo naa kay pananaw sa kalibutan para makasugakod.

Question 3: “Am I using what I learned in college in my current job and/or further studies?”

Of course, parehas sa akong giingon sa Question 1, gina-apply na ko ang discipline sa akong course. Imposible kaayo nga dili ni ma-apply nga tanan tao is a political animal and social being. Tanan tao kay naay influence-either gamay or dako og tanan tao naay measurement sa ilang power. Og dili lang kana, personally kay makahalobilo man sad kog mga clients, ma-apply na ko na kelangan sad nako e- safeguard ilang welfare as buyers and also the employer. Dili man gud all the time imong answer sa tanan problema kay 1+1=2. Naay ubang problema na kelangan e set aside nimo ang answer, sometimes you need to compromise, og ang discipline sa pol sci ang nakatabang ana sa ako-on how to handle spaces of error sa akong circle and to give teeth on the regulations. Teeth is really important, without it, there is no authority. Kana bang social authority, dili enough imong charisma ana og coercive kaayo ka maskin pag ikaw ang tag-iya sa company. Kelangan na ma-balance nimo na para naay loyalty imong tao sa imo.

Question 4: How did Political Science improve my views towards the government, society, and life in general?

Pol Sci really impacted my world views; nga tanan diay is an interconnected beings, especially nga naa ta sa republican state-nga ang tao naa siay freedom of speech whether unsa iyang ika-ingon sa gobyerno. Our right of suffrage entitles us to demand sa atong governement. Second, what pol sci taught me is to really see the facts, kung naa bay historical context behind every dispute, naa bay cultural racism nga nahitabo. Dili pwede sa personal views lang nagadagan tanan, hence, e-base nimo ang imong analyses sa facts and the probabilities. Being a Pol Sci graduate does not entitle me to be opinionated, rather, to see both side of every dispute, and analyses without prejudice. It trained me to detach my self from my point of view. Third,  “understanding” is an understatement kay para sa ako mao na ang main theme sa Pol Sci, if you can’t understand a belief that is contrary to ones beliefs, naa kay kulang sa imong learnings. Dili ka complete kung ang rebuttal nimo is imo lang sang belief. Kung naa jud kay pinaglalaban nga thought, make sure nga gitan-aw nimo ang both sides. Pol Sci in general is about helping us to cooperate sa matag-usa. It should give us an avenue to build bridges. Mao mas lisud-lisud kung mutrabaho kag gobyerno tapos imong disiplina kay naa kay racial discrimination. Importante jud nga ang connection sa gobyerno, society og sa imong individual self kay naay harmony og dapat mao na sia ang goal. Because our reality is not lemons, it’s not simple as ABCDs. Pol Sci is a training ground for interconnectivity. Kung makita nimo ang kalibutan wala sia naga return kung asa sia nag-begin, rather every progress is a process of development either by peace or destruction. And ang discipline sa Pol Sci is to expand the evolution of peace with nations, welfare sa mga tao, og naay collective trust ang tao sa gobyerno, vice versa. Mao na ang realidad jud.

For me pud noh as closing remarks sa Question 4, shut up ka kung colurom ka og wa ka gabayad og tax. haha.

Question 5: What is my advise to people planning to take up Political Science?

Political Science is ideal also for business management, all in one na jud ni nga course. For people na gusto mutrabaho og gobyerno sa maskin unsang aspect, mas nice jud guys na mag Pol Sci mo para naa moy conscience kung mag-corrupt mog kwarta sa bayan.

Og sa general public, love it with all your heart and you will not regret the universe of political science. Ayaw ng pinugos sayang kwarta- may nalang ng kwarta mabalik pa sa imo, pero ang oras sa jud dili na mabalik.

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I hope na natagaan na kog justice akong course. Wala jud ko nag sugar coat guys. This is plainly based on my personal experience. I hope nga naingganyo ta mo to have a harmonious living thru learning pol sci. :D

Always,

A

[lopez-richter-fangirl]

For KOG would you be able to like screen record it so you can watch it again after the 72hrs? Like i wouldnt want to put it online or share it i just want to be able to enjoy it for longer

In THEORY if NO ONE else was going to see it then I guess I wouldn’t say it would be IMPOSSIBLE to do that

[elsnark]

I seriously want to become the best Laby player so I can tell others to stop calling her a Loli while having huge BDE, I'm honestly mad at the staff, fuck the staff.

DO IT!  GET THAT PLATFORM AND USE IT FOR GOOD!

Honestly, after Lu’s release and that concept art of her underwear (I still don’t understand why that concept art exists), I kinda suspected some of KoG’s staff were pedophiles.  This incident with Laby just gives that theory more weight.

✧Sourcream