#letters of comment

[evilhorse]

Text piece and letter column from Sliders: Darkest Hour #3 (circa December 1996)

[foolsocracy]

this is actually so funny. imagining garth quipping and contributing to the conversation in his head cause he forgot the rest of the teen titans can't pick up on his telepathy

[stimmingandstruggling]

i’m still figuring out how redbook works so i can’t share the video here yet, but y’all.

a woman made a post on tiktok talking about li hua, a pseudonym students in china learning english would write under to american “pen pals.” these letters were never sent. apparently it was crazy common, hundreds of letters have been written from li hua.

and people have started saying they feel like li hua is getting a response.

this woman posted this on tiktok and the comments were full of people writing responses, apologizing to li hua for not being in touch for so long. and one american mentioned how when they were a kid they dug holes in the beach and thought if they dug deep enough they could reach china all the way on the other side of the world, and that just awoke some MEMORIES. like, i did that. i dug holes in the sand and wondered how close i was. “as children we dug holes at the beach to try to get to you. we wondered what you’d be like our whole lives.”

the same woman made a post talking about THAT on redbook, saying it feels like we’ve both been just struggling to reach each other for so long. “i suddenly realize, this meeting was actually a two way effort. it’s like you’ve done a lot of hard work and come a long way before a date, and the wait was too long that you gradually started to forget the original intention of embarking on this road, and began to doubt, is your date real? suddenly one day, they really appeared in front of you and tell you i also made an effort to see you. and that’s a wonderful thing.”

idk that just made me cry a bit. i’ve seen a couple people refer to the feeling of being a little kid at the playground again, awkward and clumsy and sometimes hurting each other but everyone just eager to meet and share what they love.

[jb-nonsense]

Rook: Why do you want to keep meeting in Minrathous anyway

Inquisitor: .... (stuffing Dorian's letter back in his pocket discreetly)

Inquisitor: I require the anonymity of a city, obviously.

[yeah-thats-probably-it]

Hot take maybe but I think Bertie would be FAR more likely to survive the first two months of Dracula than Jeeves would be. Bertie has a healthy sense of self-preservation. Jeeves consistently underestimates how dangerous a situation might get (Steeple Bumpleigh, the club book) because he’s overconfident about his level of control over any given situation. He'd handle Dracula masterfully if they faced off in England, but on Dracula's home turf? Much more doubtful.

I realize this might be a tough sell, so I will explain further (or it's not a tough sell, and I'm going to explain further because I want to). (criteria taken from @canyourfavesurvivecastledracula) Without further ado.

Would Jeeves and Wooster survive Castle Dracula?

Jeeves

Jeeves' survival will depend on how long Dracula finds him more entertaining than irritating. On that basis, I don't think he's long for this world. On the one hand, he has a huge wealth of knowledge about English society and culture that he can recite perfectly from memory. That should buy him at least a little time with noted teaboo Dracula.

On the other hand, he would be absolutely no fun as a vampire plaything. Jeeves cannot be got. Sneaking up on him while he's shaving will yield zero reaction (though that's at least good for his short-term survival--given that, although he DID take the crucifix from the old woman out of politeness, he certainly isn't going to wear it. The rules of fashion don't go out the window just because you're in a spooky castle). Then, although managing the whims of rich jerks is not an insignificant part of a valet's job, Jeeves usually does this by bending his employers to his will. Dracula is not the sort of employer this will work on. It'll just add insult to injury when on top of being impossible to scare, NOW Jeeves is telling Dracula that his favorite cloak is several centuries out of fashion and he's not allowed to wear it anymore.

Jeeves will 100% go exploring in the areas he was told not to go-- though to be fair, he MIGHT actually get away with this, what with his superpower of appearing in rooms without being seen or heard. Said superpower might save him from the brides as well (though this is by no means guaranteed). Since I find it doubtful that Dracula would come to rescue his annoying ass, not being noticed is his best defense.

There are a couple other things working in Jeeves's favor; the question is just whether they'll be enough to save him.

He DOES know shorthand, and could try to send coded letters. He might even have the foresight to squirrel away some extra stationary where Dracula can't find it. But could he get them posted? Would it even do him any good?

He certainly has enough cultural literacy to figure out what his new boss is pretty quickly. If he didn't chuck the crucifix out the carriage window, he might start carrying it around in his pocket.

Psychology of the individual, sure, but the individual in question is a 400-year-old vampire who lives in an isolated castle in a foreign country and is regarded as a terrifying mythological figure in the surrounding villages. Jeeves has never come up against anything this alien before, he's cut off from his normal resources, and opportunities to play people against each other are limited.

He probably has enough upper body strength from all that shrimping and fishing to climb the wall, so he COULD escape if he wanted to, if he survived long enough. It's just, again, that overconfidence, and also Dracula has a vast library full of rare old books that are entirely at his disposal. He's keeping his eyes and ears alert for potential escape strategies, of course, but I don't see him being as desperate to get out as Jonathan was.

There are just a lot of "depends on"s here, and I'm not convinced that luck would shake out in Jeeves's favor, all things considered.

Bertie

Bertie is so perfect for the job of Castle Dracula Prisoner it's like it was made for him. Think about it. Being held against his will in big manor houses comes more naturally to him than breathing. He's afraid of things that are scary. A lifetime of dealing with Aunt Agatha has made him the world's preeminent expert in "curl[ing] up in a ball in the hope that a meek subservience [will] enable [him] to get off lightly." He will NEVER go exploring in places he's been warned away from if nobody is forcing him to (Rev. Aubrey Upjohn's office notwithstanding. There were biscuits in there). He's both fun to talk to and easy to toy with (and extremely English). A+ prisoner. Dracula adores him.

In my opinion, Bertie is at Castle Dracula either because Aunt Agatha got some wires seriously crossed and thinks he’s going to meet an eligible potential bride (I mean, there are certainly brides there), or because Dracula has something Aunt Dahlia wants him to steal (far less likely, given that one of Dracula’s THINGS is famously not owning anything silver). Either way, he's shown himself entirely willing and able to escape down drainpipes if a sitch gets too scaly.

He DOES take the crucifix, and DOES wear it (which is what will save him during the shaving scene, because you KNOW he's going to jump a foot and cut himself like the dickens). He's read enough supernatural goosefleshers to be genre savvy about terrified old women cryptically pushing crucifixes into one's hands. I also think his sunny disposish endeared him to the villagers, and they were particularly vehement about urging him not to go. He doesn't speak German or Romanian, but he's empathetic enough to recognize Pure Terror. So by the time he actually gets to the castle, his imagination is already running wild and he's plenty aware that he is in imminent danger.

I think the biggest risk to Bertie will be the brides; whether or not he's susceptible to trances, if he thinks they're trying to marry him, it's against the code of the Woosters to turn them down. But that only becomes an issue if he comes face to face with them, which, luckily, I think is unlikely on account of the aforementioned "won't go exploring" (and if he did, Dracula would definitely rescue him).

I'm inclined to say due to his drainpipe-escape habits that he WOULD be able to climb the wall and MAY attempt to sneak into Dracula's room to look for the keys if his desperation grows to outweigh his fear. Whether he does or not, though, he does NOT have the stomach to attempt shovel murder, and therefore won't get magic brain fever, and may very well simply walk out the front doors when the people come to take the boxes away. OR he climbs his way out like Jonathan did. Either way.

When Bertie tells this story at the Drones later, Tuppy will say that no doubt it's been greatly exaggerated and all that probably happened was that he spent a couple months in an oldish house entertaining a weird loner.

[deerspherestudios]

AAAA I’m always too shy to come off anon, but because I don’t have to for the moment, I just wanted to say that I love Mushroom Oasis so much!!!! Mycheal is just such a well fleshed out character - he isn’t the embodiment of a trope or presented as solely good or evil, but is both consistent and contradictory in a way that feels (ironically) very human. He is shown to act in accordance with a deeper set of core values rather than just the surface level opinions or feelings which might present themselves more obviously. He also has multiple of these core values that inform his decisions, which is shown very well in how he fights with himself and comes to conclusions in order to remedy those internal (and external) conflicts. He lies, he’s aware and unaware of certain aspects of himself, and he responds differently based on his current state but is always loyal to his underlying motivations and character traits. He’s good at certain things and bad at others, even within the same field, but has core strengths that inform these proficiencies. It’s hard to describe in words what all I’m referring to, but if I had to summarize it: Mycheal has a set of core, largely static values and capabilities shaped by his experiences that inform all of his decisions and behaviors. He also has temporary states of being, informed by his interpretations of past experiences and core values. You are able to keep these core values stable (while changing them, which is even harder to accomplish convincingly) as he responds differently to different situations, which is something I don’t think I see often in most characters. Mycheal is just so layered and his complexity is written beautifully!

Hopefully at least some of that made sense akdjdjs - ultimately, I just wanted to share the sentiment that your writing is phenomenal and that I explode every time I think of your mushroom man! He is beautiful both as a specimen for character study and as an individual to simp for, so thank you for sharing him with the world!

A shorter, but no less earnest, comment on Astronought: I ADORE how subversive it is! I never thought I’d see a VN where the love interest turned out to be multiple entities. Well. Kind of?They’re a Hivemind, so they’re only multiple entities in a sense. Gah, Atom is so cool! I can’t wait to hear more about them, even if only in asks every once in a while.

Genuinely, thank you so much for sharing your games with the community - I think I speak for all of us when I say that I really, really enjoy them. Have a wonderful rest of your day :)

Anon where are yuo anon come off anon so i can hold ur hand and thank you peersonally anon

Also, as I double check the queue I just realized today (22nd Feb) is the 2nd year anniversary for Mushroom Oasis!! So it's only fitting that it's my turn to thank the community alongside this person, for being here as I continue working on this project!

You're all wonderful people and I can't express enough how much the support means to me! ❤️🍄🎉

[bts-trans]

250303 Weverse Translations

RM's Post ❇️ with V's Comment 💬

바깥은 봄인가요 화천은 눈이 17cm가 왔습니다 전북 어디는 영상 20도가 넘는다는데 확실히 사계절이 뚜렷한 나라, 멋진 대한민국 맞습니다 음 갑자기 후임 하나가 생활관 앞에 이글루를 만들고 있습니다 여기서 추억이 참 많을 것 같아요 예.. 세상은 요지경 이제 대학생들은 개강을 하고 초중고딩 친구들은 새학기가 시작되겠군요 저도 드디어 군생활 앞자리를 떨궜습니다 로빈 훗마냥 달력에 하루하루 X자를 치고 있답니다 저 조난된 걸까요 아마도.. 그럴지도 야간 점호를 하면 늘 독서 연등을 가는 게 습관입니다 최근엔 미루어왔던 에리히 프롬의 '사랑의 기술'을 읽고 있습니다 사랑에 기술이라니 이게 웬 말일까요 사랑을 노력한다는 게.. 말이 되니? 요는 이렇습니다 우리는 그림을 잘 그리려고 기타를 잘 치려고 공부를 잘 하려고 수십 수백번 숙달하고 연습하면서 사람의 삶에서 가장 중요한 '사랑'은 왜 아무 연습도 숙달도 없이 그냥 하려는 거냐는 거죠 날로 먹으려는 그 마음! 현대 사회에서 사랑은 미디어나 자본주의에 의해 강렬한 감정과 드라마만 강조되어 오고 있지만 사실은 비장한 결의의고, 약속이며 결심이라는 것입니다 사랑엔 종류도 온도도 표정도 많겠지요 일대일이 아닌 일대다나 다대일인 우리는 어떤가요 음악을 만드는 사람은 무엇을 만들고, 듣는 사람들은 무엇을 듣고 있는 것일까요 우리는 무엇을 바라보고 무엇을 사랑하고 있는가요? 저는 어떤 결심으로 여러분 앞에 11년을 서 왔을까요 그런 말랑한 생각들을 해 보았습니다 결론은.. 한 번쯤 일독을 권합니다 (출간된 지 50년이 넘어 좀 낡은 관념들이 있긴 합니다만.) 세 달 정도 남았습니다. 퍼센트로는 18% 그 전에 죽기야 할까요. 건강하게 인사드려야죠 정신과 시간의 방.. 갈수록 중력이 무겁네요 짝대기가 네 개라 그런가 드럽게 안 가긴 합니다만, 국방부 시계는 거꾸로 매달아도 간다니까요. 거꾸로도 매달아보고 돌려도 보고 540도로도 달아보고 그럴랍니다 제 사랑도 마음도 잘 재정비해서 돌아오도록 하겠습니다 음악으로도 언어로도 들려드릴 이야기가 많네요 이제 봄입니다 봄이 오고 있습니다! (17cm 제설을 하며) 아 쫌 덥나? 싶으면 나가서 제가 저희가 계속 귀찮게 치근댈 예정이니 그전까지 갓생 사시길 바라겠읍니다 그럼 저는 보던 웹툰을 마저 보러 가보겠사와요 사랑합니다 오늘도 이건 결심이고 약속일 터입니다 보고싶슴다 초여름과 메뚜기떼 이놈들아 빨리 와 ! - 남준

V: 잠만 이 글 너무 명석해보이잖아 (https://weverse.io/bts/artist/0-156513041)

Is it spring outside? Hwacheon just got 17cm of snowfall. But I heard somewhere in Jeonbuk it's been above 20 degrees. South Korea truly is a country where the four seasons are all so clearly present, such a cool nation.

Umm Suddenly, one of my juniors has started making igloos in front of the barracks. I feel like I'm going to have so many memories to take away from this place Yeah.. It's a strange world.

At around this time, college students are probably going back to college, and school kids are probably starting a new semester. For me, finally, my days in the military have fallen to the double digits I feel like Robin Hood, crossing out the days on my calendar. Have I become a castaway? Maybe.. I might have

After we do the evening roll call, I always spend my leisure time reading. Recently, I read Erich Fromm's 'The Art of Loving', which I'd been meaning to read for a while. The art of loving, what on earth could that mean? Love as something that you have to work for.. that doesn't make sense. In a nutshell, this is what the book talks about: In order to be good at painting, or playing the guitar, or being good at studying, we practice hundreds of times to develop our skills. So then why, when it comes to love, the most important thing in a person's life, do we just try do it, with no skill, no practice?

In our modern world, love is something that's intensified by the media and capitalism, and only the drama of it is emphasised but, in reality, love is a determined resolution, a promise and a decision. There are probably many different types, and temperatures, and expressions of love. What about us? Not a one-to-one love, but a one-to-many or many-to-all love, what could we be? What does the person making music make, and what do the people listening to the music hear? What are we gazing at, what are we loving? With what resolution have I been standing in front of you for 11 years? I spent some time with these tender thoughts. The conclusion… I recommend reading the book. (It was published over 50 years ago though, so it does have some old-fashioned ideas)

Three months left now. In terms of percentages, that's 18%. Will I die before then? I'll be sure to greet you in good health. This hyperbolic time chamber… the further I go, the stronger gravity feels. Maybe it's because I have the four lines now.² They move so disgustingly slow, but the hands on the military clock do move, even if you hang the clock upside down. I'll try hanging it upside down, and turning the hands, and tilting it 540 degrees, I'm trying it all. I'll do my best to come back to you with my love and my heart reset.

I have so many things to tell you, both through music and through language. It's spring now, spring's coming! (After the 17cm of snow has been cleared) Right when you start to think "It's gotten kinda hot, hasn't it?" We'll be out and bothering you so much it gets annoying. Until then, I hope you guys are killin it. Okay, I'm gonna get back to the webtoon I was reading. I love you, today too, as always. This is both a resolution and a promise.

I miss you. Early summer, grasshoppers Can you guys please hurry up?!

-Namjoon

(T/N: *A reference from Dragon Ball Z

Referring to the stripes on his uniform, which indicate the rank of a sergeant.)

V: Wait this post sounds so intelligent

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V's Post ❇️ with RM & V's Comments 💬

눈이 왔습니다 제설 했습니다 눈싸움했습니다 눈싸움 잘합니다 병장 2호봉 됐습니다 이제 여기서 2위입니다 곧 서열 1위 최근에 특급전사됐습니다 운동 열심히 했습니다 열심히 하다가 갈비뼈 한번 나갔습니다 돌아왔습니다 지금은 다이어트합니다 70입니다 책 많이 읽었습니다 이나누나가 책 많이 주셨습니다 너무 많이 주셨습니다 다 못 읽겠습니다 여기서는 불면증이 없습니다 누우면 그냥 기절합니다 그래도 아침에 일어나는 건 도저히 익숙해지지 않습니다 아미 많이 보고싶어서 콘서트 영상 많이 봅니다 춤추고 싶습니다 노래 부르고 싶습니다 후임동생이 블랙스완 안무 다 땄다고 봐달라고 했습니다 제가 안무를 모릅니다 까먹었습니다 요즘 보물섬 봅니다 박형식 배우님 멋있습니다 정호석님 나 혼자 산다도 봤습니다 정호감입니다 콘서트 못가서 많이 아쉽습니다 아미 볼 수 있는 기회인데 어 음 아무튼 보고싶습니다! 사랑합니다!🩶

V: 어떤데 명석하나 RM: 누우면 기절? 개부럽다 RM: 김명석으로 앨범하나 내줘 (https://weverse.io/bts/artist/3-193728755)

It snowed. I cleared the snow out. I had a snowball fight. I'm quite good at snowball fights. I became a level 2 sergeant. I'm now the second highest rank here, soon I'll be the first. I recently became a special forces officer. I worked out really hard. I went so hard I broke a rib, it's fine now. I'm on a diet now. I'm 70 kilos. I've read a lot of books. Lee na nuna gave me lots of books. She gave me too many. I cannot read all of them. There is no insomnia here. I pass out as soon as I lie down. But I still find it so hard to get used to waking up in the morning. I miss ARMY a lot so I've been watching a lot of concert videos. I want to dance. I want to sing. A junior of mine said he learnt the whole Black Swan choreo and aksed me to watch. I don't know the choreo. I have forgotten it. I've been watching Buried Hearts lately. Mr. Park Hyungsik is such a cool actor. I watched Mr. Jung Hoseok's I Live Alone episode. I am now Jung Appreciation*. I was very sad that I couldn't go to the concert. It would have been a chance to see ARMY. And uhh yeah anyway I miss you! I love you!🩶

V: How was that, did it sound intelligent?

RM: You pass out as soon as you lie down? So jealous.

RM: You should release an album sometime as Kim Intelligent.

Picture translation: All I have is you

(T/N: A play on the words '호감', 'appreciation', and '영감', inspiration, which was mentioned during J-hope's 'I Live Alone' episode.)

V's Comments 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 김병장님… 제설 아닙니까..? 재설….? 제설이 아니였습니까 병장님 병장님이 이렇게 귀여워서 되나요 V: 그만하지? V: 실수였어요 (https://weverse.io/bts/fanpost/1-156530407)

💜: Sergeant Kim..is it not spelled 제설*..? 제설….? Wasn't it supposed to be 제설? Seargeant, seargant, are you allowed to be this cute?

V: Okay you can stop now.

V: It was a mistake.

(T/N: V initially misspelled the word '제설', 'snow clearing' in his Weverse post.)

💜: 거짓말 ㅋㅋ

V: 아 진챠로 ㅋ (https://weverse.io/bts/fanpost/4-193725419?anchor=4-370356021)

💜: Liar haha

V: It's trueee heh

Picture translation: All I have is you

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[piierogis]

Happy Cosette Hoisting day!

[humbuns]

For pride requests, like, Shu has something going on. Something dysphoria, maybe ace too but maybe he moves past repulsion once he figures out the gender thing, I don't know, what's your read?

oh i 100% agree, i have always seen shu being a little uncomfortable with their existence because it reminds them that they are a little too human (in his heart and in his mind) so it will probably take them a while to realize anything in some form without layers and layers of deflections but they're getting there (this is the sole reason why i like to see shu as a gem slowly being polished, they were always brilliant but it takes time to see it and accept it yourself)

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[agentark]

Bobby learns about the supernatural and immediately starts a gossip rag

(du mor-sham inspired by this comment from @agentnatesewell 💕)

[doodleloopsy]

is it just me or is the amount of consistent Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite tiktoks I'm getting in succession suspicious

[momentomori24]

This may just be me, but I think if you ship a canonically very abusive, manipulative and toxic relationship, you don't get to judge or call anyone degenerates for their own fucked up ships, actually.

[vaguely-concerned]

what would I do without you. indeed illario.

lucanis trust me! indeed illario. the ea-nasir vibes on this shitty little rat of a man (somehow still slightly affectionate despite myself)

I am obsessed with WHERE this letter is found and what we're meant to read into those context clues. I don't have a handy save for this mission right now to double check the details, but from memory: It's the room across from what seems implied to be Caterina's room (Lucanis says these are the family quarters, so Illario has kept her locked in her own room all this time probably?? Oh oh house arrest, house arrest for grandmother for ten thousand years style)? We find the scraps of a letter from Zara to Illario, torn to pieces with one fragment still in the empty fireplace so presumably we're meant to assume he burned it, and this old letter from Illario to Lucanis lying neatly on a table. Whose room is this? Because here's a theory one could put together that has some real crazymaking potential for me specifically at least:

Considering that we're helpfully down to only three Dellamortes to account for, it's likely either Lucanis' or Illario's room. If I'm remembering right/let's for a moment assume that Caterina is being confined to her own rooms -- the fact that Lucanis is her favourite and also heir apparent I'd say tips the scales for me that it's likely she'd keep him closest, whenever he's home. Thus opening for the possibility that all this time Illario has been staying in the room of the cousin he murdered but as it turns out not hard enough that he didn't come back again like a haunting, reading his own old letters to him that Lucanis apparently kept all this time (!!! ow !!!), and sparing them from the spiteful fate he gave Zara's 'aww chin up you'll get 'em next time babe' one, right across the hall from where the grandmother he apparently can't bring himself to kill or seriously hurt even with everything else he's done is imprisoned and i n c r e d i b l y pissed off, if she gets out of there while he's sleeping or something he's fucked. Has he been sleeping in Lucanis' bed since kidnapping Caterina????? (did they ever share a bed, when they were children? for comfort if not ever out of real necessity?) is this some kind of incredibly fucked up way to try to be close to them both somehow even when he is the one who messed it all up to begin with? no matter what I have so many questions here what is WRONG with this family???????? (well I don't think we have time to get into all that right now that's a novel not a text post probably fhsdkj)

[bloomfish]

like sorry i can't get over this but there are plenty of deeply unfunny comedians MEN that we've tolerated for years. this from the country that allowed absolute idiot of the century russell br*nd to become as successful as he did. you don't have to find every comedian funny but simply assuming a comedian can't be funny because she has cerebral palsy and you can't be fucking bothered to listen to what she's saying.... SCREAM. cope harder, you'll never be funny enough to be on the hit bafta winning series taskmaster and she is lmao.