#mono talks

[monochromeia]

breaking news. local nerd secretly terrifying

[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.

[toadagere]

I'm still upset, but I feel a little bit better now.

I'm closing my asks (not like they ever had anything in it), and I probably won't open them again. I'm sorry if I'm annoying about LoS, I'll stop using the main Castle.vania Agere tag when I post about it.

Edit: from now on, my stuff will be unrebloggable.

[eggwishing]

a happy ending is out there somewhere

[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]

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.

[keferon]

Ey kef i have a question for apocalypse ponyo au

Is there the potential for crustacean mers?

Think cleaner shrimp first aid

Or just a giant fuckin crab man with hands

Prawn Brawn

Carcinization is a goal if you want to achieve it

I mean. Ahahah. I need to confess I cannot imagine a shrimp mermaid without laughing. For me it’s like putting clown makeup on a character. You can have someone being a crab or a shrimp but I will not take them seriously even for a second

[thatiwouldbe]

RM | mono. (2018)

[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!

[sad-boy-mono]

Oh?

Is that?

HAMBOOO!!!!!

[wu-does-art]

one haunted little boy vs The Flesh Eyes

[alexinchains08]

how about instead of obsessing over ancient greece we give some attention to the current greece? almost none of you know about the tempi train crash and that’s fucking awful. if this would’ve happened in america this would be the only thing y’all talked about on here

[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.

[luoisalunitic]

when you’re too fucking similar to a character that you don’t know if

A. You’re just projecting their personality onto yourself

B. The creators have fucking cameras on you

or C. It’s just your mind playing tricks