#mono talks

[monochromeia]

Almost wondered why Halloween was trending and then i remembered what website I'm on. I'd be concerned if it wasnt.

[tiredlilguy]

i feel like nanami would use sweetheart quite often, but sometimes it's to tease you, other times it's affectionate

but just imagine, you're trying to reach a top shelf in an unconventional way, and he's just watching you from behind (to make sure you don't fall ofc-) and crossing his arms with a sigh, leaning against the counter while saying "really, sweetheart?"

but like in an affectionate way imagine walking out of the closet in a nice outfit because you're both going out, and he walks over to you, reaching for your hand and you SWEAR you can see the stars in his eyes as he's looking at you with full adoration. he moves your hand to his lips, pressing a gentle kiss on them "you're beautiful... my sweetheart."

[monochromatictoad]

You know what, I think I know why I like The Torn Knight/Torn Basilisk.

They remind me of the concept of Lords of Shadow.

Hear me out, the Knight was supposed to help the suffering people, but gave into bloodlust, until they no longer had anyone to kill, before cutting themselves in half.

One half creates a new world, bringing forth healing water and life. The people it creates worship it, and praise it for their life, and the life of the world around them. It is everything Holy from the knight, in one being.

The other half, creates a plague. A plague with the only cure being the Healing Water. It's a monster. A shell of its former self. It is everything evil within the knight, in one being.

With the main character from 2000, destroying the Torn Basilisk, and bringing forth their own recreation of life... And their own Basilisk, as stated in the ending cutscene, "The world trembled and shook, shedding its dead skin and embracing the light"

What happened with the shed skin? The husk of what once was? I personally theorize that the land is in a never ending cycle of Self-destruction and Rebirth, thus the character bringing forth rebirth of the land, healing its woes and sorrows, but a basilisk of their own making is just below their skin, waiting for its own birth.

Now, in LoS, the Lords of Shadow are husks, filled with every unholy aspect of the knights they were separated from. These parts could not go into Heaven, so they stayed on Earth, creating their own centuries of destruction and chaos. Until a knight, most holy, was sent to destroy them. However, as his journey continued, he became corrupted by their darkness, since it had nowhere else to go, but him. When he destroys the final demon plaguing the land, known only as The Forgotten One, he recreates the world in a way.

The world is technically more peaceful, given there is only one source of Darkness on its planes, but that source of Darkness far exceeded any other that had walked before it.

[tiredlilguy]

delusion, anime men, and trauma from being lonely

Hey! Question for writers. How do you do that

[eggwishing]

a happy ending is out there somewhere

[pokemonranch]

I've got some great news! I've been in contact with one of my friends in Alola, and we have finally done a long-planned trade. Dashy is now officially hers and competing on the Alolan Island Challenge, and we have a new ranch member!

Everyone say hi to Beau! She's a retired battler and ride 'mon from Poni. She's adjusting very well at the moment with the other team members, I'll update on her soon!

[monochromeia]

Reading The Way of Kings is really funny so far because you go from reading about Kaladin and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day(s) to Shallan and her sailor buddy Yalb's wacky book-buying adventure back to Kaladin about to fucking kill himself.

[tiredlilguy]

Hc: it’s junichirou, but catch is that they have to take Naomi too. They both get kicked out after a week because nobody can stand them together.

the only way ill accept a plot line of someone in the ada being transferred to the mafia after everything is over is if its not yosano or dazai and whoever it is annoys the mafia so much they just give them back

[tiredlilguy]

Soft cowboy!nanami who has you under his arm while you’re both listening to music that’s playing at the saloon-

Ur in the middle of listening to a song when u suddenly feel like standing up and dancing, you invite him to join, but he just gives you a soft smile and shakes his head

U eventually convince him by taking his hat and dancing around with it, making him get up and pull you close to him

“You do understand what it means when a sweet thing like you takes a cowboy’s hat, right?”

and then u smirk and just pull him in for a kiss because the hold that he has on your waist has already pulled u close enough

>w<

[monochromatictoad]

Hold up. I'm watching the analysis on the Basilisk games and I noticed something.

In the opening of the SNES version, the land is called Mycenae, and it takes place during 1437 A.D. Now the original Basilisk in this game was killed 100 years before the game took place, so likely 1337. There is a glyph seal on the ground that marks this place. There is also an Obelisk that is warm to the touch and emits a hum. Scratch, the only one to survive the slaughter by being passed over by the knight, mentions a woman that he was "sweet on" once, and then she betrayed him.

Well, I was doing some digging on the name of the kingdom, Mycenae. Well, if my findings are to be correct, it was an acropolis that dates between the 14th - 13th century BCE. The mythology part is what interests me on this though. It's stated that Perseus was the founder of the city, and named it either because his sword scabbard hit the ground, and was considered a good omen, or because he found a water spring by a mushroom.

Both of these are elements of the story, with the 'good ending' showing a sword discarded on the ground, from where the Knight cuts himself in half. But the Healing Water is important in the 2000 version, being the center of what would've been the main quest.

Now I mention the woman earlier, who betrayed Scratch and was later killed by The Knight (which actually makes a theory that Scratch and the Knight are the same entity). The Knight can talk to the ghost of the woman, where she berates him. I have a feeling this is a loose reference to the Trojan War, and the woman is supposed to be Helen, since King Agememnon was the one who led the Greeks to Troy to recapture Helen. Of course, Helen was the wife of Menelaus, who was the king of Sparta at the time, and became despised when she was brought back to Sparta (though I found that there were cults centered around her, so that's neat).

That's all I got for now.

[sad-boy-mono]

Oh?

Is that?

HAMBOOO!!!!!

[tiredlilguy]

( a couple of SB spoilers below)

I love that someone mentioned this because it made me think about me with my dreams.

From what I understand, when people who have a hard time "dreaming" usually have poor sleeping habits (as well as some other things like traumatic experiences too, I'll mention that in a second). I'd like to point out here that Chuuya is in the Mafia and it's often mentioned that " Night time is mafia time". He probably doesn't get much sleep, and I can believe this because when Adam had taken Chuuya away (after throwing him over his shoulder like a potato sack), Chuuya disregarded Adam and said," I'm going to go home and take a nap."

I mean, it's just an assumption, but I feel as though he'd probably have a shitty sleep schedule. I mean... a 16 year old in the mafia in charge of jewelry smuggling. Yeah...

Another thing is trauma, I have this too. I won't get explicit, but basically the entirety of my high school life I either did not dream or would wake up feeling like shit with no idea why. I can heavily believe Chuuya has dreams similar to that. He just doesn't recall. Which yeah, the poor kid had the shittiest thing happen to him at an early age... His dreams would most likely either never happen or he would have nightmares so traumatic that he could not remember them by the morning.

ALSO

Like... there is a percentage of people in this world (which is obviously different from the BSD universe) where people claim that they do not dream.

Anyways, this is just morning me talking, I may want to edit this in the later. I'm so sleepy (_ _) z Z

The post above has good points! I'm telling you this boy dreams!!! >:O

Chuuya Nakahara CAN dream. heres my PROOF. // stormbringer spoilers!!

[tl;dr - THINK ABT IT WITH CONTEXT!! PLEASE]

everyone who argues that its 'canon he cannot dream' uses the same point. the first line of stormbringer is "Chuuya Nakahara didn't dream." [page 14] which is an understandable misconception, but you're not thinking about the context. first of all, the phrasing is important. its not that he cannot dream, its that he didnt. he isnt incapable. i think this sentence is more-so to bring up his nightmares, he didnt dream, BUT, he had nightmares. what is actually happening in this scene is clarified in the third and fourth paragraphs.

"Swirling within his chest were the remnants of some intense emotion, although he couldn't remember what emotion, exactly. He'd been like this every day as of late. Chuuya gave up trying to remember and left his bedroom to take a shower."

the inference you can make here is that something in his sleep caused him to feel like this, but the second he woke up he was unable to recall exactly what it was. the only plausible explanation for this is that he had a nightmare. "For him, waking up was like a bubble emerging from within mud."

also, the specific "as of late" sentence is also proof that this only has to do with his nightmares. he cannot remember his nightmares. they are traumatic flashbacks, so his mind blocks them out when he wakes up. this is especially important to support why he doesn't remember his past, as he proceeds to shower and "He thought about who he was while the hot water poured down his body."

my next point is how embarrassed chuuya got when the albatross said, "Were so used to you randomly being in a bad mood once every month or so, but I gotta ask: Did something happen? A bad dream, maybe?" [page 21]

which is followed with "A bad dream. The instant he heard those words, Chuuya turned around, furious. "Nothing happened!" His rage violently shook the glasses in the pool hall."

i feel like he wouldve reacted differently if he was simply incapable of dreaming. its like he got embarrassed because he just realized what he had forgotten. what a silly defensive guy.

and my final point is that it just wouldn't make sense? at the end of stormbringer it suggests he is a human, so why would he be unable to dream? its something that doesnt make sense with any of his lore. my nightmare explanation makes a lot more sense for his character. SOO THIS is my essay that proves chuuya nakahara is capable of dreaming. the idea that he cant is really just a misconception from the line being taken out of context.

[wu-does-art]

one haunted little boy vs The Flesh Eyes

[littlenightmares2]

it gets me a little irritated when people act like mono isn't supposed to be an intrinsically compassionate foil to six's character.

every moment of his character in cutscenes with six demonstrates kindness and compassion. his hand is always reaching out to offer comfort and reassurance. when they're separated, despite the fact that he's answering the tower's call, he still goes out of his way to ensure that him and six are reunited and that he is safe again instead of continuing to push forth to the pale city.

the only aggression he shows is towards entities that are hostile to himself. he does what he has to do to survive, which is something that him and six do have in common. but him smashing the bullies open or lighting the doctor on fire doesn't negate the fact that he is being portrayed as a child who is inherently more tender-hearted and trusting than the girl he's travelling with.

mono is afraid of being alone. by the time we pick up six's story again within the maw, we can see that she has become adept at being alone. they're stark opposites.

even the simple theory of shapes in character design tells us so much about the two of them. mono's shape is square. this indicates to us that he is strong, sturdy, reliable, and supportive. six's shape is triangular. triangles signify that a character is cunning, sneaky and dangerous. (sometimes it is used to indicate that a character is 'evil,' but we know all too well as a fandom that using that term to describe six is doing her a complete disservice and shows a deep misunderstanding of her character.)

all this to say that it's upsetting that people see the need to try and make mono out to be more edgy than he actually is, often just in retaliation against the misunderstandings people have about six's nature. this series is very open to interpretation, so it's fair enough if you personally believe him to have a darker side. but it's my personal belief that isn't the correct portrayal of his character and there's very little evidence of that being the case within the series.

[majosullivan]

Thinking about how Mono was in the middle of telling Galoo she wouldn’t mind if she stayed the night, only for Worm to swim directly into her and the two of them needing to rush off to everything that’s happening with the flyfin and boys. Like can you imagine something like that happening to you on a date?

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[tiredlilguy]

I’ll bring light sticks. He performs a solo song with Chuuya and they make out at the end with confetti.

And afterwards at the after party we all curb stomp Fukuchi

next episode dazai will stand up, wipe the prop blood off his clothes, look to the camera and say "its bungonly just beginning" and everyone will cheer