#literally it wouldve changed nothing

[potatosaresweet]

the funniest thing about donna tart saying she didn't want to write a female mc for the secret history because people would wonder if she's doing all this because she's in love with henry is that it made no difference whatsoever. the secret history mc is a man and still we're all wondering if he was in love with henry

[axoqiii]

klance if they were my ocs and awesome

[jrueships]

guess whos not going in at all this week, actually

[t4tails]

stupid ahh scene and internal conflict when you realize jim is already a murderer

[hot-topic-rat]

so im making it through my backlog of video game playthroughs and i just watched heavy rain and 🧍🏻

[johnconstantinekissesmen]

yall i wanted a season eight of once upon a time so bad

[6mayhem]

but i would give anything for just one day spent in the life i had when i was 15. it may not have been perfect but i felt like i belonged somewhere. and i didn't worry so goddamn much about the big picture

[aria0fgold]

I honestly fr just despise that SIU Director nameless ass npc and his shit-eating grin plastered on his face nearly 24/7 as if he has accomplished anything noteworthy when in reality he's just a lapdog taking orders from his nameless faceless boss and doesn't know any better but obey and go "It's just as you planned" like a yes man that feels good bout himself when he hasn't even done anything on his own other than be an obedient dog, lil piece of shit, I hate that man so much. I hate him more than his boss whoever it is, at least his boss is being a threat by doing stuff behind the scenes, but my guy is literally just on that damn phone every scene we get of him, pathetic.

[hanniezsugarplum]

𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐘 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒 𝐱 9𝐓𝐇 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑

➪ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ᴡʜᴇɴ, ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴏᴜɴɢᴇsᴛ ᴍᴇᴍᴇʙᴇʀ ɪɴ sᴛʀᴀʏ ᴋɪᴅs, sᴛᴀʀᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢs ғᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs? Aɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs sᴛᴀʀᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ?

➪ Fʟᴜғғ

➪ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢs: ᴍxᴍ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘs, ᴘᴏʟʏ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘs.

• alright, so let's say you just turned 20!! Yayayayay!!! Great for you!

• you're officially so old now

• I think the boys see you as more mature and it eventually made feelings, romantic feelings, develop.

• it wasn't easy tho

• the most obvious are Jisung and felix

• Jisung and Felix are just so giggly around you all of a sudden and do more things for you they didn't really do before

• now I'm not too sure about Innie simply bc he might be obvious if yk him well enough but if not or you're not too sure but you have your suspicion, then yeah Innie might be a question to you

• but channie as well, he's always been so nice and understanding; incredibly helpful so you question it sometimes 😭

• minho and Seungmin I feel are the least obvious; changbin is just adorably shy around you and more then usual.

• so let's say after a few months of turning old, you realize kind of quickly how different they act, or the sudden little changes in responses, body language and their actions.

• you question but make it believe you're delusional and y'all are really close and comfortable with each other..ofc they gonna act this way sometimes!

• but the way they glance at you when they think you're not looking or too busy to notice; they stare at you with literal tiny stars in their eyes...was it always like that?

• like you wouldve definitely noticed if they did y'all have been together for so long

You weren't sure what to do...you can't talk about it or speak your mind to any of them, and asking for advice to one of your idols friends would be too obvious, unfortunately.

So, you honestly let it happen, hoping either you were delusional and it meant nothing or it was real and they're trying to hint something to you. But, in all honesty, you didn't want to read this situation wrong; that would be hella embarrassing for you. Instead, you let it continue. Maybe because you knew they all were attractive in their own ways, or because you didn't mind the extra special attention from them suddenly. It was definitely because you didn't want to make things awkward. Of course, why else?

It went so far as more nicknames, more pet names..and they get worse, in a way.

It went from occasional sweetheart, bbg, Hun— to constant sweet cheeks, love, my love, baby, honey bun, pretty girl, sweet girl. the way they say it seems different. More... intimate? Affectionate? It's laced with such genuine love and sincere it's hard not to overthink it.

"hey, could you get Minho and I some snacks, please?"

"uhh, sure!" , "Thank you, pretty girl😊"

• like that's not normal, Hyunjin!! Stop blowing your cover🙄 (hopeless romantic, basically..)

• after a few months, you were mad, it was driving you crazy and you felt more mentally exhausted then usually

• so you decided to purposely get alone with channie while he was staying late night at his studio and took your shot

• you told him eventually you felt like everyone's been treating you differently, not a bad way but more affectionate? possibly intimate?

• you were at first trying to make conversation to get to the topic but chan knew what was up and asked you straight up what's wrong😭 he's very gentle with asking though!

• blah blah blah then he sweetly explains to you that they all have genuine feelings for you in a romantic way and you're not delusional or anything

• even admits, shyly, that he's pretty sure it's the same way amongst each other too and just didn't know how to go about because he didn't want to assume and it ends up being awkward.

• so y'all knew it was time for a discussion

• next day channie told everyone to meet him and you in probably the 3racha dorm at a certain time blah blah wtvr

• lil awkward, definitely some tension too

• but it definitely and thankfully got talked out finally even if there was some tension, and thick awkward tension for awhile but it but definitely worth it!

"okay, um..I wanted to talk to you guys about..uh, the things that have been happening, recently,' chan began. "And, it was brought to my attention that y/nnie here seems to be overthinking some things. Would you like to explain, honey?" He gently asked you, looking you now in the eyes with a cute little smile on his lips.

You feel a little anxious now, it's all eyes on you. It's like you're prey and you're not too sure how you're feeling about that right now. It's an overwhelming feeling.

"uhh...I don't know..I guess..I feel like you've been acting different towards me since I turned twenty and..uh, i- umm," you sigh heavily, feeling the anxiety creep up on you as you try and explain yourself as best as possible.

"take your time, sweetheart, you can talk to us, yeah? Don't rush." Changbin filled the silence, you glanced up to see him already looking at you with a soft and endearing gaze. You felt your heart flutter a little bit.

"i know, I do. I'm sorry, I'm- what I'm trying to say is I feel like you guys have been acting differently towards me since I've turned twenty and I don't know if like, it's just my imagination but Chan said it wasn't, and it'd be better to talk about it." You fiddled with your fingers a little bit, the fidgeting easing your anxiety and self conscious feeling; a little. Soothing yourself.

You feel chan put his hand softly on your thigh with a small squeeze, for support.

"well, you're not wrong, Hun," Hyunjin speaks, "I'm sure it seemed obvious that we've been treating you a bit differently, no?" You nodded, glad it's not awkward anymore and there's no judgement.

"it's obvious we've all started to have a liking to you, romantically, after your birthday. You're not delusional.. I've talked about it briefly with the guys and it's true; we're romantically attracted to you, y/nnie." Jisung states, you're shocked it was him who said it first and not one of the hyungs...but the truth was it had been too much for him to sit and wait. He felt like he's been waiting so long, too long.

"oh...okay," you nodded, not too sure what to say bout that. You're happy, a small smile creeping up on your face. Your awkwardness is not doing any favours for you as of right now.

"..is that..okay? Are you uncomfortable? We're sorry if you are. You know that's never our intentions." Chan looked at you. A sense of hope laced in his voice with his eyebrows now furrowed; you weren't uncomfortable, you felt the same and wanted them as much as they wanted you.

• this too long so long story short, it ended well and quickly got into the groove of things. Everyone was comfortable within the relationship and the dynamics

• you wouldn't want to change anything. They're all so sweet to you and they feel so lucky to have you.

• obviously they kept it secret but noke of you guys are mad about it. It's like your guys lil secret

• the boys love cuddle piles; some more than others but it don't matter tbh. They all getting pulled into it like it genuinely doesn't matter.

• the boys love each other as much as they love you so you're thankful it worked out.

[melodyglow-blog]

Why i think Dabi / Touya is still alive after chapter 430

#spoilers ahead

Ok first of all,this shit was so ass, i dont even wanna think about how the final chapter looks like it was set in a dark AU ending where nothing changes and rei looks older than ever, still pushing enjis wheelchair for the past 8 years🤮, shoto being a workaholic (and soon being num ONE). Shouldnt he be more focused on his friendships??

Plus, no mention of his siblings that his arc has been working on reconnecting him with. 🤮 So like...Enji won? Shoto will be number one after all wtff..

But id rather think about the fact that touya could still be alive after the timeskip. Here are a few reasons why..

No gravestone shown, no image of a shrine or a burial, hell..no mention of his death AT ALL unlike with toga or shigaraki, erasers friend and midnight...hell, deku even hallucinates shiggy. If touya was truly dead i feel like we wouldve seen a panel of his shrine or ANY indication if his death.

Society and tech have improved so much that quirkless deku can be a hero, so theres no way that touya, with a partial healing ice quirk isnt kept alive.

He was last shown to be 'slowly marching towards death' like BITCH thats literally what being alive is, we are all slowly marching towards death😭

This man is allergic to dying and i do believe that hori left his outcome ambiguous for a reason, if hori wanted to show touya dead he 100% would.

Shoto smiling..like bro would be smiling like that after his oldest brother passed away, like i said, intentionally hori is avoiding any mention of Touya, even natuso is not shown or mentioned, just that shoto has become a workaholic and on his way to being number one...

Plus the panel text is from Deku's pov. So its not todoroki's internal monolouge thats revealed, only his expression and hopefully thats an indicator that his siblings are ok.

Hori has 100% lost the plot lmao, the ending is so convoluted and out of character that theres simply no in universe reason why Touya would be straight up dead. Making shoto mention his father instead of his brothers or sister or MOTHER was certainly a choice🤮🤮🤮.

Old rei pushing enjis wheelchair is sickening and i dont wanna believe that shes still his maid if she has had to mourn touya a second time, its gross and literally a dark au cause wtf.

Since none of shotos siblings were mentioned, this empty space of detail lets us assume that shoto isnt stressing about them. If touya was dead we would see him visiting his shrine, in japanese culture, visiting gravestones and praying to shrines of the dead is symbollic.

I firmly believe that hori either got seriously sick (he said his ears were leaking fluid) or got pressured by his team (he said he cried when his management made him scrap an extra comic page he drew of dabi and sceptic on the past) , i believe that at this point, he didnt have a lot of creative control over his work and wasnt allowed to dedicate more panels to the LOV. HE HAD to prioritise enji and the characters at the top of the poll. When touya came 4th on the final poll, it was too late, his story became enji's story even though hori confessed that he had initially written enji to be killed off in the high end nomu fight.

The story is such a retconned mess, theres no way he wasnt planning shiggy and touya to be SAVED physically, literally touyas last panel is of him crying alone lmaoo.

IN BOTH of Horikoshi's previous serialized series the villains lived and got to reform and atone at the end..

But yeah, my end verdict is that hori intentionally didnt mention touya for the fans to theorise about him living💀

BONUS ~ i saw a post mentioning this, There is also a throwaway panel of the Doctor "curing the uncurable" - which could refer to Touya

[lovebunnie]

“it’s not about canon fucking capital!” nandor spits in the air between them. guillermos jaw drops a bit, and it all starts to feel like a bit of a sick joke to nandor. its never easy, not with guillermo.

he shifts and narrows his eyes. “being a janitor had its good moments,” nandor admits. “i liked being the barrier between the cleanliness of productivity and the filth of failure. also those paper towels were very powerful, they didnt even leave any streakies!

“but…” nandor lets his shoulders drop and he suddenly cant look at guillermo. “being around humans all day is kind of shitty.”

guillermo huffs. “trust me, hanging around vampires all the time isnt all its cracked up to be either. ya know, i spent so many years cleaning up shit and say what you will about panera but atleast cleaning toilets there got me a free pastry-“

“why do you always leave me?”

it shocks them both into silence. guillermos jaw clicks shut while nandor hunches his shoulders, as though he could curl away from his own confession. he was literally commanding an army, but here was where words failed him.

guillermo swallows. “leave you? im right here.”

“no you are not,” nandor hisses. “you are with celeste and then you are with derrick and then it is freddie and laszlo and now you are with jordan.” he steps forward, which makes guilermo step back. conquering lands, even here and now.

“why must you always leave? why do you want to leave, and why do i want you to stay? it was not like this with other familiars, ill have you know!”

nandor thinks about all the snide comments made by laszlo and nadja over the years. their familiars were always easy come, easy go. but guillermo was always there. he would misplace an ugly sock or leave his toothbrush in the open.

guillermo has always been different. guillermo has always been the exception.

it makes all the leaving he does very painful. nandor doesnt know why.

“other familiars don’t pledge almost half their lives to one master,” guillermo counters. “other familiars wouldve left a long fucking time ago.”

it takes everything in nandor not to shudder at being referred to as master by guillermo. “i dont give a shit about other familiars. not even my own old familiars. they were just… blips in the radar.”

“and me?” guillermo whispers, finally reclaiming the ground covered by nandor and placing them almost chest to chest. “fifteen years for a vampire doesnt seem like much of anything.”

“you were my purpose, guillermo,” he says. “to make you into a fucking cool vampire. and then you decided it wasnt actually what you wanted and after that annoying ceremony that i put a lot of hard work into, you wanted to leave again. so now i have no familiar, no purpose because you are not a vampire. i have nothing.”

guillermo stays quiet for many seconds and nandor can see his eyebrows twitching in thought. it had been so long since nandor has stood this close to guillermo so if nothing else, the proximity was a nice touch

“my purpose was to be turned into a vampire, by you,” guillermo says. “and then i realized it would never happen unless i did something, so i did. but it doesnt change the fact that i spent so many years knowing that i…” he swallows and to nandors delight, his cheeks turn crimson under shitty lighting. “i was meant to be yours, turned by you.”

“you are driving me crazy,” nandor says quietly. “i do not know why you keep leaving me and why i care so much. you really hurt me, you know! every time you leave it hurts!”

“i know why i keep leaving,” guillermo says. “and i think i know why you want me to stay so bad. the reasons are pretty similar, if i had to guess.”

“tell me,” nandor growls, his hands coming up to grip guillermos biceps so that he cannot flee, not again. “tell me.”

with the same drive behind the words that would compel weaker men, guillermo looks up at him, and before nandor can even think about speaking again, guillermo surges up and crashes their lips together with his hands tangled in nandors hair and knocking the head piece off in the process.

before it can even begin, guillermo pulls away. he is panting and then pulling a vibrating telephone out of his pocket. nandor watches with blazing eyes

“its jordan…” he trails off, looking thoughtful while nandor feels murderous.

a small smile creeps onto his face as the still vibrating phone goes back into his pocket. “but I’ve got better things to do.”

guillermo smiles at nandor and for once, he looks settled, not ready to bolt. nandor knows the same expression is reflecting on his face as well.

as he makes his move towards a willing guillermo, he hopes the camera crew is more engrossed with whatever antics nadja and laszlo and colin robinson have gotten into.

[viktormaru]

under read more bcs no one needs to see me complaining abt viktor's rework anymore but i need to whine my head is going insane so feel free to ignore this if u dont care abt it!

this is a downgrade. like, im sorry it looks worse, his face looks terrible and I hate his new shape sooo bad, he is hwei again (which is another mage). The stance is so.... meh.... hes just ||

its... uuughhh idk maaaaan,,, I liked full machine viktor... looks cute, just need getting used to the new shape (that i hate) so its not like its just that is new that is making me sad

Like yeah the OG looks a little clunky and couldve been improved a bit for more of that slick modern feel of league I guess, but the new look is jsut so.... flat? boring?? long???????

Thematically changing a character this much is..... it feels a bit insulting.... like these are not the same character, new vik just has some callbacks to the OG but thats it. He literally isnt even a machine herald anymore thats NUTS that they did that.

Fuck me for being this unlucky and getting extremely attatched to the guy that gets this treatment IG

Also I still stand by that making skins of masked characters where they show their face looks lame as hell

This shouldve been a new character, it wouldve made so much more sense and I wouldnt really throw a fuss abt it bcs itd be just a new target audience isntead of losing my beloved concept to magic twink number 5

bcs in the end arcane viktor is fiiiiine, hes ok, nothing against him, its just they murdered my favorite character for him to exist

dont care if i bought deathsworn viktor like 5 years ago i want a refund

[ohwell-itsme-but-danganronpa]

Alternative ch4 Miu freezes Kokichi, but doesn't finish the job

Sayakxami: Do you ever wonder what would've happened if Miu went with her plan but it went wrong? As in, not like in canon, but, like, she paralyzes Kokichi, hits him & panics & leaves him like that? He's hurt & completely paralyzed, he can't do anything, not even call out for help Were they able to feel the cold in the VR? Ok in this AU they can So he's also cold af No one really pays much attention to him… not being there How long till paralysis wears off? Does it ever? He's cold and hurt and scared, and utterly hopeless. And others are busy with other things, like searching for the motive It's actually nice & quiet for once Tho Miu's behavior is a bit weird, but whatever Nobody thinks to check the roof & nobody feels like searching for him in general They assume he got bored & logged out And if not, he probably will, so it's fine They're out, and he's still there in the VR. Fine. Why not. Have fun, weirdo. They check the screens & he's just lying on the roof Shuichi remembers his prank in the last investigation & he assumes it's the same

me: okay, but, that means that she logged out Kaito, as in canon, wouldn't they get worried about Kaito? who was supposed to be on the roof?

Sayakxami: Eh, assume they didnt for some reason Maybe they cant enter the roof & get no answer when they call & assume ok Kaito isnt there he wouldve answered otherwise Anyway, back to Kokichi They agree to leave the program open, bc, again, he'll get bored eventually. Nothing worse than unnoticed prank, right? Miu stays for a bit to erase the data abt the changes she made. (Kokichi probably fainted by then tbh) And they return after some time & he's… still there. Still in the same position. Man, if only he was this dedicated to ending the game But Shuichi does notice that something is off abt his real body And since in VR Kokichi is freezing, his real body reacts accordingly, by trying to warm him up He's shivering & sweating, bc his body's trying to raise the temperature - which it doesnt truly need, so he ends up just running a fever And thaats when ppl start to freak out. They entertain the idea of Kokichi tricking them, but, hell, better to just make sure he's alive than try to hold another trial & send another one of their friends to death Well, the try to get to him, but the door is locked & they're trying to figure out how to get in. Gonta & Maki can't help, bc they have strength on the same level as everybody else Kokichi doesn't respond, so it's a mix of annoyance and maybe slight worry, but he's not dead yet, the body discovery wouldve played, right? They get in eventually & Kokichi is completely unresponsive. They try to wake him up, but there's nothing. They get him out of the game & then leave themselves Irl Kokichi is as unresponsive as he was in the VR, but his face is twisted in a grimace. He… doesn't seem to be doing all that great. It kinda fucks with Shuichi that Kokichi genuinely needed help again, and he just assumed it was a prank & ignored him again They all do feel bad (aside from Maki, probably, and Miu is going through her own stuff) for leaving him like that for so long, but most start to justify themselves - if Kokichi wasn't such a liar and such an awful person, they would've taken it seriously & helped him quickly Oooor Bad end scenario They didn't get back fast enough (or for some reason assumed even tho he was shivering & sweating, he was still just trying to prank them - after ignoring him when he had literal blood on his face, stuttered & couldnt walk straight, I wouldnt be surprised), and he ends up dying And during the trial they have to confront the fact that not only Miu left him for dead and unable to even ask for help, but also that they couldnt be bothered to check on him. It took him hours to actually die. They couldve prevented them very easily, its just that nobody cared enough to try to I imagine Shuichi went to his room during the investigation & saw the board, which included thr comment abt Miu trying to kill him. Kokichi not only allowed himself to be killed, he also left the notes for Shuichi to be able to solve this murder

me: consider though, an alternate scenario, Miu really doesn't want anyone to find out about her fuck up, is a huge mess and doesn't even know if she's more ashamed of not having the guts to finish the job or of trying to kill someone, and maybe, maybe she could try again later? if he pissed her off in some way it could give her that push? or maybe she will give in to the guilt when the adrenaline cools down and want to make up for what she did any way she can? so first she's got to salvage this situation She raises alarm and "evacuates" them from the program and jumps to the computer because of "an error", yes, she deletes records of some of her previous modifications, but she also [2x fire emoji] deletes Kokichi's memories [guitar emoji] before logging him out and she's like "I saved him, but he probably won't remember the virtual world. Because of the error, like Gonta" and they're like, that makes sense, but she actually messed with memories more than that, basically a reset of all modifications, so he's either back to pre-game or the first day of the kg or maybe just to the last flashback light he saw (and maybe seeing the truth of the outside world alone counts?), take your pick but everyone thinks he's just making a bit out of exaggerating the amnesiac thing, except for Miu, who's now sympathetic and interested in studying that, and she feels responsible… and it's partly true that in some sick, twisted way she wants to feel like she's making up for it, she's helping him, she made things better this way actually! but then there's this even more twisted part that thinks that if she keeps him close it'll be easier to monitor if he's catching on, if she needs to get rid of him after all, it'll be easier to find an excuse to go through with it this time, the time is ticking, she should be outside, they never found the secret, except for Kokichi, but he doesn't remember… and that paranoia keeps eating away at her

Sayakxami: Kokichi would absolutely lose it tho Good thing he has his notes, but boy is that not helping his paranoia what the fuck do you mean seven people died hes trying to keep it cool but hes absolutely losing his marbles and feeling like shit what do you mean I LET seven people die

Ves: God the thought of her breaking down and thinking he's lying is. Haunting

me: well, why wouldn't he be lying? she's lying. and he probably can tell she is. he's always lied too.

Sayakxami: and, well, he can tell she's lying about something And the fact that hmm she's the one who prepared this VR and she's the one to explain to others what happened, and also she "tried" to help him while they were there Bro is definitely finding it all sus as hell And if we go with him actually writing down somewhere that Miu is (was?) trying to kill him? Actually I can see him lying that he does remember everything now Mostly bc he's panicking internally that he doesn't. All he has are his notes And if he remembers nothing, wouldn't that make him an easy target? And out of every-fucking-thing, what Kokichi finds in his room is "trustworthy?" near Shuichi's picture There's a question mark there, but still, he came close (by Kokichi's standards) to trusting this guy. He needs to know more about him. Reverse FTE, Kokichi is the one who seeks Shuichi, but makes it into "accidents". Oh, you have free time right now? What a coincidence, so do I! Entertain me, peasant We're assuming Shuichi did Kokichi's FTEs, so while he might not fully predict Kokichi, it's close enough. It definitely unnerves Kokichi, he doesn't want to bore Saihara-chan : ( but for Shuichi it makes him suspect Kokichi might really not have his memories back. He sounds a bit more chill, too. Like at the very beginning of the game. He's still a menace, but more in an annoying/prankster kinda way. Actually, he can be funny at times. Now that Shuichi knows Kokichi doesn't actually want to kill him, he has more fun during their games. They're far less frustrating, and they do kill some time and… oh. He starts to wonder… maybe Kokichi just wanted to spend time with him. Most people try to avoid him, so it'd make sense that he's latch onto the one person who gives him a chance. I'm weak for Shuichi realizing Kokichi just wanted to spend more time with him And also now that he pays attention, he notices that Kokichi seems to brighten up a little when they play. It makes him feel like shit, tbh. It took Kokichi getting hurt and losing his memory for Shuichi to start seeing him more like a person than a puzzle he doesn't have the energy for. ….Kokichi doesn't remember Maki's an assassin Would the cast just admit yeah she's an assassin, or would they try to hide it from him? Social experiment, they try to keep it a secret Turns out Kokichi actually pesters her more when he doesn't know

me: wouldn't that show up in the handbook info? or be in his notes? I think he had her marked as sus on the whiteboard he doesn't remember being attacked by her though and she's changed from the beginning

Sayakxami: Would be funny if it didnt show in the handbooks That's actually neat Kokichi's actually… well, not nicer, but still more normal Kokichi asshole level, bc he doesn't remember being chocked by her

me: she was stand-offish and immediately suspicious to him, but now she's semi-integrated, almost always seen around Kaito, half-smiles, the "always glares and sits alone" note doesn't apply and he doesn't know what changed

Sayakxami: Why is there an effigy of a dead guy on his ceiling

me: he probably didn't note down everything, it wasn't with the situation he's in in mind, there are some early observations about others, but later he focuses on things important to the game like motives, flashbacks, he would take note of her talent at some point, but it's not a diary, and like, if he was paging through it at a speed to get the general idea, he might miss it, he's catching up on the portions that have to do with deaths asap

[therulerofallpotatos]

Can we talk about Five who gets jealous? I mean, everyone can see it (4.06) and I love that 🫢

Five never had to share his wife with anyone ever. He was alone for decades with Delores and didn't like other people handling her in season one. He doesn't talk about her much either with the others. We see how he treats her though. How he acts with her. Five is soft and sweet and disgustingly romantic. He's that dopey old man at brunch who cannot stop making heart eyes at his wife of 50 years and smacks her ass for a greeting in that way that immediately makes her smile.

And he'll be so quick to violence if anyone disrespects her.

Then we have Lila. She's not like Delores. Delores was a piece of Five that he developed from his 13yo self's idea of a companion that evolved over the years as he changed. Think about some of the imaginary loves you may have played around with over the years. Or not necessarily loves. Imaginary friends or versions of yourself to put into situations as a kid. If you ever actually found yourself on a date with one (or equivalent) it'd be completely different. Lila is a full person. Not a coping mechanism or a fantasy. She's as messed up and lonely and complicated as Five is. She has her own shit and her own life and it's not inherintly tied to Five's. We see how Five went out of his way to give Delores friends and interests outside of him, but he still had to make those for her. He was still talking to himself.

Five for the most part didn't even recognize how much he was growing to care for Lila. There's a lot of bad blood between them and the fact that they're so similar deterred them as much as it brought them together. And with her pursuing Diego, even if Five recognized an attraction it wouldve been moot. With him not being able to trust her at all, he wasn't interested in giving her the time of day.

But they were family by the time we start season 4. That trust is long established. That care is familiar. They don't run off with the idea of an affair because they love Diego and have refused to recognize their romantic potential due to outside forces. Its just too late. Neither of them wanted to hurt Diego like that and they're both in denial anyways.

And then they were stranded in time for six years. They didn't just have each other now. They only had each other. Five has been down this road before. Lila knows that Five has been down this road before possibly more than anyone else in this show. He suddenly has Lila all to himself and its getting less and less likely they'll ever have anyone else. It's natural that things that were always possible did happen in those circumstances and once again, Five has a wife who he literally never had to share with anyone else in any way.

I don't think he'd ever consciously try to limit his partner's life due to his own jealousy, but it is not a skill he's ever had to learn. Add onto that all the tangled mess of Diego and Lila's marriage and Five not ever wanted to betray his brother like that...

And on top of it all, he's pushing 70 and he's tired and surrounded by world ending dysfunction again.

He is deeply in love with his brother's wife and has essentially been her husband for years too and nobody else even knows he's been gone that long and Diego is acting like nothing has changed and they're finally in a room with their family again and it's both everything Five wanted and everything that is tearing his life apart

And that doesn't even touch how Lila is visibly struggling as well.

[evilmaycry]

watched episodes 4-6 of the cartoon and i took some notes

notes and thoughts on the first three episodes are here

as before, spoilers below - fair warning, i go in stupid detail and i rant a lot

first and foremost:

still cannot believe eva was a single mother to twins.

Sparda gets called a deadbeat verbatim, and Dante genuinely didn't know who his dad was lol

agni and rudra being australian was not funny. joke didnt land. also the designs were pretty atrocious - they reminded me of the clone bad guys from invincible lmao

inb4 the christian zealot vp is Probably Real Bad Guy All Along...

Kept count of every time Mary swears during this run of episodes, stay tuned.

The constant switch in the animation in some segments is pretty jarring.. 🤢

dante gets the number wrong, thinking that millennia means 100,000 years. or maybe the writers, producers, directors and editors had an oversight. Honestly Dante might be a little dumb but he is not in anyway unintelligent... So... #NotMyDante

On this segment my written notes continue with "WHY ARE THEY AUSTRALIAN?!?!"

It is highly cringe that A&R are literal demons and not just automaton bodies controlled by sentient swords. Also the whole fight in the plane is pointless and there is no sense of hype because the entire design of the scene is shit from an ass, the enemies look like poop from a butt and there is no sense of hype whatsoever

-Pretty dumb that the devil trigger awakening was emotions lol. Also absolutely no hype here for him to obtain a power up because they advertised it several times.

The devil form is pretttyyyyyy fucking ugly and feels over and under designed at the same time.

Back to the winter soldier (Mary) she is helped by some people who put themselves in danger for her. OH THEY ARE DEMONS!! THEY ARE DEMON IMMIGRANTS ESCAPING THEIR RUINED WORLD!!! THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT A BETTER LIFE!!

Rabbit experiments on children and there is nothing else noteworthy after this.

Episode 5 begins and my first notes are how the demon design is so bad. Like ok they are supposed to be ugly but they are boring and stupid looking. I had the same issue with the castlevania cartoon. Some demons looked stupid AF and not threatening or bad

One of the only good/funny things mary has said in the whole run of the show is "looks like you killed the wrong bitch" at echidna. like ok that made me giggle

new version of Nero's theme song plays as Dante transforms lol. This shit is so ass!!!!!

I noted that at this point, there is no difference between Dante's and Nero's voices. If I closed my eyes all I heard was Nero

I learned earlier today that a lot of people didnt know that Mary's canon name is Mary Ann Arkham, but im pretty sure we've known this since dmc5 released.

The rabbit calls dante "DONTE". how did that get past the director 😫

Yeah they are evacuating the """"MAKAI"""" refugees but we know theyre going to harm them lol.

Sparda's DNA gets mentioned again and again. This shit is SO ASS!!!

They lined up the demon refugees and killed them in cold blood.

we are ok and starting to accept and sympathize with the rabbit because well wouldnt it be better that they take the world from the "murderous apes"

For episode 6, I did not take many notes because it´s probably the only good episode and the stylistic change was pretty good, however, it's basically propaganda

At this point, we are supposed to feel bad for the "MAKAI" refugees and root for them, and hate humans because they are corrupt and evil

This show is trying to gain traction and acceptance through disguising a story that SHOULD NOT BELONG IN A DEVIL MAY CRY ADJACENT PRODUCT. Like "actually the show was good because it showed refugees might seem evil to us but they are actually good" ok but they used literal evil, perverted and degenerate beings to be oppressed actually. Like lol. I felt bad for the makai people but im smart enough to know why all this shit was presented this way.

At this point, I believe this story wouldve been good as a stand alone product, without the devil may cry name, because all it does is truly TAINT the good reputation that DMC has.

God knows im as woke as anyone can get, but I see right through the guy who attented the current US president's inauguration and made a post about thanking him. lol i know he is disingenuous and he is trying to cause a divide. People who hate his shitty ass product is a bigot an doesnt care about the current political and humanitarian status of the world... die adi. my god, what a fucking hack.

If you don't care about the Makaians you're actually a bad person. The story is trying to manipulate us, and this is probably some new fans or complete noobs are falling for it.

People who inevitably will pick up the games, excited from the show are in for a rude awakening. That the lore of DMC is complete apolitical and Dante is not the woohoo teehee pizza guy, but just a witty charismatic hot guy.

And why does the other guy speak in Dante's voice??!

I will probably have more to share once i am done watching this tomorrow. And the final thoughts will be posted.

MARY SWEAR WORD TALLY FOR EPS 4 TO 6: 11

I think it was more than that, because I started counting once I thought it becoming excessive for a single episode lol

[star-crossed-planet]

one thing that i dont think we talk about enough in the fandom is the logic behind canon divergence in which nothing bad happens. it's like yes ofc this is an alternate universe in which neil didnt die and charlie wasnt expelled and all that, but how?? what changed?? if mr perry hadnt found out about the play he wouldnt have gone, and neil couldve been able to perform and all, but even then neil wouldve been still under his father control forced to go to medical school after welton and do wtv he was told, he still wouldve been suicidal and more than a happy ending this only wouldve led to more problems in the future. if neil had listened to mr keating and actually talked to his father, speaking realistically, you really think that wouldve worked? (not saying that everything in the fandom has to be extremelly realistic and accurate, fandoms are literally for creating stuff outside the canon) maybe, but even if it had it wouldnt have been that simple as just acceptance from him. i think the most logic way ive seen people do this is the failed attempt that could have possibly sensitize neils father and maybe let go of him a bit, and dealing with the proper aftermath of neils attempt and psychological issues.