#mod dex

[didtipsandhelp]

does two alters kissing/dating in the inner world count as selfcest or incest … or altercest….?

Hey! Goku here, I think I can answer this!

The short answer would be: nope! It's not selfcest or "altercest." 2 alters dating is just as real and valid as 2 separate bodies dating! A good example would be me! I'm currently dating Dex, another alter in our system. It's not exactly something you'd see often, but we're very happy together! While alters DO come from the same brain, we ARE separate people. Our life experiences and personalities differ, as well does our appearances inside our inner world (as we have separate bodies inside inner world!) When you think about it more, it's not really selfcest, is it?

I asked Dex for his input, here's what he had to say!: NEVER call an alter relationship "selfcest",,, even as a joke its very aggravating and weird, if i see these kinds of jokes i will block you. I am not "dating myself" and i will not tolerate my relationship being trashed on like this.

[admireforever]

One Day

[fabiolajyx]

DEX and EM One Day - S01E07

[bookofbonbon]

“It won’t always be like this.”

“Why wouldn’t it? What’s going to change it?”

“Time.”

ONE DAY (2024).

[stevenrogered]

ONE DAY ↳book > screen 

I love him, she thought, I’m just not in love with him and also I don’t love him. I’ve tried, I’ve strained to love him but I can’t. I am building a life with a man I don’t love, and I don’t know what to do about it. 

[jerreeeeeee]

i don't think taako's voice is really all that high most of the time. it's higher than justin's normal voice a little, but idk, the defining quality of it isn't its pitch to me, there's something else that i don't really have the words for. but anyway i do notice that his voice gets lower and less exaggerated when he's being serious. which is interesting bc it sort of implies that the usual "taako voice" is something he puts on.

i don't really think of taako as a habitual performer. his charisma modifier is a -1, he's not this ultra smooth charming actor, and although he does tend to hide behind humor and is slow to build connections, he's also very frank with what he's about and what he wants. he goes on an entire tirade about wanting to talk about his feelings (he's multidimensional!), he never acts embarrassed or hesitant about big moments of vulnerability and caring for others (arms outstretched, "i'm not going fucking anywhere," admitting a deep fear to kravitz on their first date, spilling his tragic backstory to angus, not to mention several serious moments with lup) (and not all of these can be chalked up to "forgotten connections," either. he does have a foundation of growth with magnus and merle, even forgotten, and his conversations with lup are of course all with memories intact, but he does not have that with kravitz and angus). he's just slow to reveal all of his hidden depths, because of (understandable) trust issues. but all in all he's not nearly as closed off as i think fandom tends to portray him (which is not to say he's open, either), nor is he someone who wears a lot of masks and obscures himself. i don't think he hides his "true self."

sizzle it up was successful because of his intelligence, not his charisma. he's a natural teacher who's knowledgeable and passionate, and that was what made the show great, not his personality or performance (though i don't think those were bad. just not the primary appeal of the show. the only fan we see is ren, and she loved sizzle it up because it inspired her and taught her to cook, not because she thought taako was awesome or whatever). bc that's the thing, he's not a performer, but he is extremely adaptable. so when he's set up with a stagecoach and a show lined up, sure, he'll have a TV persona, he'll learn to be charming, he'll learn to be showy, when he's on stage. when he gets famous, he learns to like being famous, but i don't think it was really a dream of his before then. or at least not in the way people think of it. i don't think he ever wanted to be a celebrity as much as a celebrity chef or celebrity wizard. he doesn't care if people think he's pretty. he doesn't want people to adore him (before the voidfish, anyway. afterwards is a different story. there's a void where love used to be that he's desperate to fill, and adoration almost feels like it works). really what he wants is for people to appreciate his skill and intelligence and depth (and he's also very afraid of actually displaying those things. he's multidimensional).

but most of the time, when he's not literally performing for an audience, i just don't think he's putting on a show, desperate for people to like him and think he's charming. he'll do what he needs to do, say what he needs to say, be who he needs to be in any given circumstance, with strangers and antagonists, but he also drops the act when it's not necessary. or at least his performance is subtler. he performs stupidity, he performs nonchalance, he makes efforts to be funny (because he is always funny, but that's something you have to work for and always be thinking about, even when the humor is dry), he carefully does just enough to be useful, but not enough to raise expectations. he's very aware of how other people view him, but he's also perfectly okay with people thinking negatively about him—as long as they're the negative traits he wants people to see. but, he only does all those things in the beginning of the show; after a little while with magnus and merle, after a little while with the bob, he drops the act. so i guess that's the difference to me. he's adaptable out of necessity, it doesn't bleed into his entire life. i don't even really think i'd qualify it as a performance. it's more of an invisibility. he's not performing charisma to get people to like him, he's trying to lay low. but then when he actually wants people to like him, he's himself, fairly unapologetically. with the people who matter, lup, magnus and merle, kravitz, the other bob members, the other ipre crew, he's pretty comfortable with himself.

one last interesting point is that while he doesn’t seem to hesitate when it comes to actions, he does shy away from verbal displays of affection, trust, vulnerability. and the best two scenes to show that play out almost exactly the same: lup’s best day ever dinner, and dropping his disguise self with kravitz. in each, taako does something meaningful for both npcs, who then verbalize their affection for him, which taako immediately deflects with a joke.

taako drops his disguise spell for kravitz, totally honest with him, (although… i don’t tend to think the beauty sacrifice was as meaningful to taako as fandom tends to portray, i think most of his vanity is an exaggeration he intentionally cultivates, but still, it’s a vulnerable moment, he clearly cares what kravitz thinks), and kravitz tells him he loves him. to which taako replies with a joke. he does not return the words.

taako doesn’t hesitate to construct the best day ever for lup, never even questions why she’d ask. he puts it all together, cooks for her, shows her he knows her, he loves her—and then when she bears her heart to him, tells him he is her heart, all he says is, “i know,” and pulls out a bottle of vodka. of course lup knows he loves her, the whole day was an elaborate demonstration of it, but he doesn’t say anything. to be fair, it’s not exactly a typical interaction between them, taako is textually scared shitless, lup did just tell him she’s going to turn herself into an undead abomination, so he’s not exactly at his best here. but anyway.

i don’t really have anything to add to this observation, it’s just very consistent and interesting to me. taako is fairly comfortable with grand gestures, but sidesteps around words. which ties in perfectly with his identity as a chef, to me. cooking is an action, work, intention, cooking for people is an act of love, an act of connection, an act of caring, and taako’s character doesn’t fit the bill for that—except, he kinda really does.

[wait-this-isnt-itunes]

one day - a playlist

Features: Love And Affection - Joan Armatrading // Temptation - New Order // I Know - Fiona Apple // These Days - Nico // Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap // Storms - Fleetwood Mac // Here Comes Your Man - Pixies // The Promise - Tracy Chapman // Thinking About You - Radiohead // Lilac Wine - Jeff Buckley // + more

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

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then:

and now:

xx.

[0ccuria]

new bio-cards! used @tav-dex's template as a base to build off of.

[purplecatruins]

“Imagine one selected day struck out of your life, and think how different its course would have been. Think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on that memorable day.” Charles Dickens - Great Expectations

Emma reading to Dex

[miodiodavinci]

the latest in a long line of D&D characters ! ! ! please meet outis, my archaic warforged paladin ! ! ! they were originally built to find patterns in chaos and help guide travelers through hazardous places where rules are few and far between, though a recent expedition gone awry seems to have put an end to its career

even still, they're still on a journey to some place far, far away, though no one seems to know where—least of all outis w

doodle of how we usually end up drawing them in the ms paint session notes below the cut w

[admireforever]

One Day

[fabiolajyx]

DEX and EM One Day - S01E01 // S01E04

[whoopsie-daisie]

AND ANOTHER THING: to everyone making excuses for why they didn't like Ambika Mod as Emma (hint: racism), and saying it's because Leo was so much better in the emotional scenes - Dexter's grief is only devastating because we got to know Emma. If the story was only from the perspective of Dex, sure the ending would be sad, but it's heart wrenching because we knew about Emma, her personality her hopes and dreams and her flaws. This show is amazing because BOTH actors are amazing and play off eachother so well. Even in their individual scenes: yes Dex's scene at the train station and post 2003 are heartbreaking because they deal with grief, but Em's scenes where she's arguing with Dex in the alleyway or the episode where she's working in the restaurant are so visceral because of the pain and vulnerability Ambika portrays. Both Leo and Ambika knocked it out of the park!!

**I think as a female audience we tend to focus on the male character because we picture ourselves in the female lead's place, and for the longest time the default standard was a white woman. I think a lot of people are having a hard time imagining themselves as Emma because for once the female lead doesn't look like them (meanwhile it's always been that way for woc)

[kotlc-headcanons]

Dex is surprisingly organized. (His house is so chaotic that he wants to be able to control something, even if it's just some small part)

!!!

[stevenrogered]

ONE DAY ↳book > screen

There was something about the gesture, the tilt of her head and the pulling back of her hair as she applied the lotion to her neck, and he felt the pleasant nausea that accompanied desire. Oh God, he thought, eight more days of this. “Want me to do your back?” he said. Offering to apply sun cream was a corny old routine, beneath him really, and he thought it best to pass it off as medical concern. “You don’t want to burn.”

“Go on then.” Emma shuffled over and sat between his legs. He began to apply the lotion, his face so close that she could feel his breath on her neck, while he could feel the heat reflecting off her skin, both of them working hard on the impression that this was everyday behavior and in no way a clear violation of Rules Two and Four, those prohibiting Flirtation and Physical Modesty.

“Scooped quite low, isn’t it?” he said, aware of his fingers on the base of her spine. “Good job I didn’t put it on backwards!” she said and a silence followed while both of them thought oh god, oh god, oh god.