#my brain's been fried for years

[assassuub]

Here's another theory; but it's a touch more spoilery than the last two, so I'll put it under the cut (it's also really, really long).

For this theory, we'll be operating under the assumption that another theory is correct: Cherub is a fragment of the Great Sphinx.

I feel that the way Doorman talks about the Angel makes that clear.

"... not the Great Sphinx rejoined as it once was..." "... the best of the broken, born anew..." "... the Great Sphinx was split to pieces."

But Cherub is deceitful and manipulative, to the point that her status as a dog is questionable. And what better a disguise for the cat-like fragment of the Great Sphinx than a dog?

With that precondition out of the way, now for the main theory I want to posit:

Theory: Cherub is Razor Rex.

Starting with the weakest argument: Exhibit A: Razor Rex is described as having a "canine snout", as seen directly above, and Cherub is also a dog. But! I just spent the first part of this post pointing out how Cherub is not a dog, but a cat pretending to be a dog.

This is where the weak argument comes in: the only times Razor Rex wasn't screaming, she was described as "purring" and "hissing".

Of course, these are commonly used to describe speech, so it's real flimsy on its own-really grasping at the shadows of straws, here. But, when coupled with the third point (honestly, the second point is also kinda flimsy. This is a real Mickey-Mouse-head of a theory), it's interesting that words associated with cats were used.

Exhibit B: Razor Rex is a fake Wight.

She's somehow producing white spectral energy despite not being a wight and is able to immediately dispel her fear of Fauxbia. These are both things that we've seen related to Cherub:

Cherub seems to have the ability to remove doubt and fear, which she is using to manipulate Ángel. And, would you look at that: white spectral energy that's being produced by something that isn't a wight! As seen by Razor Rex's twin-tailed speech bubbles, she's possessing someone; is the reason she's screaming to drown out the voice of who she's controlling?

And what of the fire she unleashed on Oop? The fire that was cool and healing instead of hot and destroying? As if it were inverted? Is the scythe partly formed from the staff holding Polaris?

But, now for the big one that really cemented this idea for me: Exhibit C: The gifting powers.

Razor Rex has been shown to be able to take properties from one entity and give them to another: taking the en-shark-ening from who she was controlling and storing it away as a present; taking Agent Savage's spectral senses and giving them to the non-spectral Rose Baxter.

But this wasn't the first time that we saw this ability.

Doorman has a fraction of Forge's powers. The Angel was able to take a fraction of Forge's powers and give it to Doorman. Since we know that Cherub can't be trusted, we can assume that this power is the same as the power that Razor Rex utilizes later and that she lied to Doorman about how it works.

Conclusion: With this theory established, we can answer Ángel's questions on page 22 of chapter 8:

How does Fauxbia find out about so many of their allies? How did the Death Cult learn of their intent to recruit Forge and when he was arriving? Because Cherub is Razor Rex: the leader of the Death Cult and temporary co-conspirator of Fauxbia!

[deeneedsaname]

Is this anything

[the-copycat-hero]

watched last week's episode again and the Monoma & Aizawa dynamic has got me in a chokehold, so have some headcanons

Eraserhead used to be one of Monoma's favorite heroes, but some of the hero worship wore off when he saw how Aizawa approached teaching for the first time. part of it was petulant dismay over Aizawa teaching Class A, but some of it was also legitimate criticism of Aizawa's methods.

regardless, a lot of that admiration comes rushing back after the war when Monoma realizes how hard Aizawa's role has been, both physically and emotionally. (watching Bakugo die haunts them both, but it was particularly humbling to realize that Aizawa had to have seen similar things happen in the past).

Aizawa's perception of Monoma underwent it's own evolution as well. at first, he saw Monoma as clever and talented, but overall aggravating and unreliable. then, when Aizawa saw Monoma interact with Eri for the first time, he moved him into the "dependable but annoying" category. it wasn't until after the war that his perception of Monoma became predominantly positive.

Aizawa was one of the first people to check on Monoma in the hospital after the war. Monoma was so out of it that he can't even remember the visit, but Vlad King made sure to let him know that Aizawa had swung by when he was finally cognizant enough to hold a coherent conversation.

both Aizawa and Monoma carry unspoken guilt. Monoma feels guilty that he got taken out of commission and potentially left millions to die, and Aizawa feels guilty that he dragged a child into the conflict to take on his role in the first place. neither of them have properly spoken about it, but it's only a matter of time.

when school starts back up, Monoma begins making a multitude of guest appearances at the Class A lecture room. he spends a lot of his time subtly checking on Bakugo and flirting chatting with Shinsou, but he usually ends up bothering Aizawa for a while as well.

Aizawa bears it with a patience that most students do not expect of him, but it really isn't all that surprising. (Aizawa realized that he had effectively fed a stray the minute that he and Monoma witnessed The Horrors together. it's only natural that Monoma would seek him out.)

even after the final battle, Aizawa occasionally enlists Monoma's help using Erasure. he's able to handle most smaller situations by himself, but there are a number of (typically PTSD-driven) moments where a student's quirk gets out of hand and he needs reinforcement.

[martynsimp69]

HEY! as the second round of the mcytblr sexyman bracket settles in i wanted to take the time to thank everyone that turned out for #saintsweep in the first round. genuinely don’t know how any of this happened, but i was rly touched by the outpouring of support and positivity and enthusiasm from everyone who was willing to commit to the bit. (33%!!! 33!!!! A WHOLE THIRD!!!! 2206 PEOPLE!!!) 

i wanna thank specifically zloy and the bracket team for being good sports about the whole thing -- the nomination started as a joke, but it was from a place of genuine excitement and goodwill, and i’m glad we all got to have fun with it. sorry for not actually fitting the “yt” part of the mcyt sexyman tournament LOL. 

but, speaking of. i’d joked about making a minecraft video if i won when i first saw the nominations, but after everything that happened here in round one i’m probably gonna do it even tho i lost. i feel like i owe it to everyone who turned out and got really invested and also really confused about who this gay little tv was and why they couldn’t find him anywhere (SORRY ABOUT THAT). 

SO!!! one of the things i wanted to do with the potential video was possibly a bit of a q&a; about me/saint, darkwoods smp, the bracket, lore, builds, whatever, idk!! but i figured, y’know, if anyone has questions they wanna ask feel free to send em my way, either in replies to this post or just straight in my askbox, anon or otherwise. 

anyways!! thank you all again for everything -- i appreciate being allowed to take this whole thing and run with it as much as i have. it was surreal and hilarious and overwhelming and i am going to be riding the high for weeks. the bragging rights i got from this are insane. im putting official mcytblr sexyman nominee on my resume. godbless. 

here is a little saint i doodled at work today while i watched the percentages on the poll tick up. love u guys forever 📺

[pan-magi]

Judar is an adult who will take on a teenage rebellion outlook every day for the rest of his life. Honestly, good for him.

[pynkhues]

just came out if loustat ao3 tag... maaaaan it does look bleak for bottom lestat enjoyers. my feed is literally just "bottom louis bottom louis feminization mpreg abo bottom louis"... and so on ad nauseam

sophie you are my only hope :')

It's certainly a fandom with preferences, haha

[springflowersaddict]

Is Gravity Falls still dead on here? TikTok sucked me back in and I was possessed into drawing Sexy-Fied Bill Cipher. I apologize, I don’t know why I’m like this 😭 Also; I marathon-ed (?) both seasons today and pulled half my hair out trying to find anything that might make sense to put in on thisisnotawebsite. Anyways, enjoy :)

[everfaye]

still cant get over how happy I am for buck. like I am still processing that he’s processing and so we’re all processing the process. and let me tell you. it’s really processing

[theharlotofferelden]

I joked earlier this year that my Replay is going to be nothing but multiplayer games and farming sims but like 😭😭😭

[cookie-dough-writes]

They should make a support group for kids who had too much unrestricted internet access as a kid because it is just so complex. I also do not want to bring up pony.MOV in an expensive therapy session.

[crystal-grotto]

//on a sidenote, to all folks I write with that I loose replies for as well as to those who I said I was going to thread with and then promptly forgot, I am terribly sorry

[gothcowboyz]

erm do u like hinanami (idek if i asked u this before ngl)

also pastel nagito is a gift for the eyes he looks so cute

and

i love that hajime ballin photo im gonna make that my wallpaper if i ever rememner

THANK U!! pink nagito.. cotton candy in human form<3 and LMAO YES stupid school hajime is fuckin ballin'

to be honest i am not interested in any komaeda or hinata ship that is not with each other, i've been asked this frequently shjgfhg my only ship is komahina really haha

[keeps-ache]

once again i am on the playlist lol

[scarletlizzard]

I'm tired

[zackmartin]

Z THE CONCEPT OF YOU REBOOTING VALIANT KNIGHT LITERALLY HAS ME FROTHING AT THE MOUTH. it literally never left my head i am always thinking about it at least a little bit. literally recently i came up with a concept for how some of my original characters for my spinoff would fit into valiant knight fnsnskdj and so i technically have like a rewrite/sequel concept that includes zenry and jasper/[redacted] fnsmdnkxnsn which included me rereading the chapters i beta'd for you to remember some details and i was like UGH THIS WAS SO GOOD I MISS IT

LASKDJOSKJVMODKMVLDSKJFSOKJFSLDKFJ HELLO?????????? ARE YOU AWARE THAT I'D LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU???? CAUSE I SERIOUSLY WOULD LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU!!!!! BUT AHHHHHHHHHHH

SERIOUSLY THOUGH, THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENTS I'VE EVER RECEIVED, I'M LEGIT GONNA CRY (affectionate), I'VE BEEN STARING AT THIS ASK FOR LIKE SIX HOURS, LIKE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO ARTICULATE HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME

but seriously, like I'm not trying to rag on my writing or anything, but I also know like. I'm not writing anything that's gonna be winning awards anytime soon or anything ground-breaking or anything, but that's never been my goal; and I just say all of that to say that the fact that you're still thinking about something of mine years later and it stuck with you so much that you want to put your own characters into it??????? That's literally so wild to me in the best way, I can't get over it. I'm so serious when I say again that this legit one of the best compliments I've ever received. (Also, if you're willing, I'd very much like to hear about this rewrite/sequel of sorts)

You have me legit thinking about it now. Like I told Pearl in the replies, I feel like my writing is leagues better (i reread stuff from that time period and just cringe now; but to be fair to my past self, she was a novice who was coming back to writing after a 10+ year break so it stands to reason) so I feel like I could do a lot more with it. There's soooo much of that world I want to flesh out that I wasn't skilled enough to do when I first started it. lsakdjf idk man, I might actually do it

[wyvernne]

hey gang you’re one of my favorite writers on tumblr like your writing is just magnificent 😭😭

i was just wondering what are some of your favorite diluc pieces you’ve read :)) smut or no smut i just need recs 😋

thank you so much!!

unfortunately i have not read any other genshin fics 🥲 which i know is totally blasphemous being a writing myself, but i’m currently in law school so i never have the mental energy to actually sort through AO3 to find something to read in my free time 🫠 i’m sorry 🥲