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[polinaringletart]

Ну.. бывает?

[slutforpringles]

via: Mumbrella | Daniel Ricciardo’s Enchanté Rosé to land in Dan Murphé

[eulaliasims]

That's all I have played from Veridia right now. Will there be more soon? Idk, maybe! I might swap out my download folders and hop into Middleground for a while. 🤔

[non-operator]

Death Mark II thoughts

I'm like 8 months late, but I finally finished it-- and by finish, I mean I watched a playthrough.

It's been a year, but just in case: Spoilers Below

I think it's pretty significant that in order to get the true ending, Yashiki has to make it extremely clear to Sakamoto that his relationship with Michiho and Himeko is completely platonic. In fact, it seems that this is the only difference between the Good and True Ending.

In the Good Ending, he doesn't get that message through and that leads to Sakamoto pushing The Departed even harder to distance themselves from Yashiki, ultimately leading to her demise. I think this outcome happens because Sakamoto's insistence that the two girls keep their distance still expresses to The Departed that there is still a real possibility that they can get together with Yashiki. And as much as they want love and marriage, I don't think that was their ultimate desire-- and I don't think Departed!Douryou was lying when she said she disapproved of student-teacher relationships.

So then, Yashiki making Sakamoto understand that his rapport with the girls comes from concern for their safety and taking their worries seriously rather than anything else is what turns the tide. That Sakamoto allows Michiho to continue to investigate with Yashiki implicitly tells The Departed that Yashiki isn't interested-- and as such, he won't take advantage of their love (for him).

When The Departed died, their excitement for marriage and (most likely undeveloped) love for their chosen grooms were exploited by the adults they trusted. At that age, even if they later turned to feel indifferent or even hate their husbands in time, it was a time they should've been allowed to cherish those emotions. Kind of like that one reading of Romeo and Juliet, where the tragedy lies in the fact that children were not allowed to experiment with love due to the adults and the situation around them. I think this is also shown with how Departed!Douryou just wanted Yashiki to acknowledge Departed!Michiho loves him even if he can't accept it. Just because he knows that it is a love that will fade or immature, it is a real emotion to the girls experiencing it and it would be cruel to disregard it; unlike the priests who took advantage of these feelings to arrange the marriage only to ignore them once they started the ritual, if that makes sense.

(It might also be why Sakamoto later apologizing and allowing Departed!Michiho to continue investigating with Yashiki plays into her survival and the True Ending achievement: before while she was worried about keeping the girls safe from a potential predator, Yashiki has already made it clear to her before this point that he's not interested in them, but her main issue laid in how the situation could be misconstrued from an outside perspective regardless of intentions; even if she did accept that Yashiki wasn't going to go after the girls, she was largely worried about the girls' reputation and future-- as well as the school's. It's only when Yashiki makes it clear to her that his concern involves the general student population with all the "disappearances" as well as actually listening to his (temporary) students that Sakamoto relents. The priests had been preoccupied with tradition and the appearance of the brides, even the standards of choosing the grooms and brides were based on social reputation, somewhat reminiscent of Sakamoto (even if she genuinely cared for the students, it was in a way that overlooked their actual thoughts and feelings [i.e. the rising fear of The Departed or in the girls' case, wanting to be listened to]). So Yashiki's stubborn compassion and perseverance created change in the girls' environment that gave audience to their voice in a way.)

Which is all to say: The Departed truly let go of their grudge and "changed" for the better/"chose their humanity" because Yashiki had been a safe person to love-- not because he would love them back, but because he never would. The "marriage" in the True Ending then is a way for The Departed to safely live out a romantic daydream without the fear that they'll be hurt by it, as they had been when they were sacrificed. And I think it's Yashiki's adamancy on maintaining that boundary as well as making it clear to the adults around him and pushing for them to change their focus to treasure the girls' opinions that pushed The Departed to hold hopes and dreams once again, which they entrusted to the real Michiho and Himeko.

[sharonccrter]

So I actually sat down to watch the BBC special of TT Boybands Forever cause I was really interested after the way Robbie talked about Gary being stitched up and also I just love watching this kinda stuff just finished the Boyzone Documentary. Let's just say I have thoughts - I'm going to put them in the tags (and I had a lot of thoughts). I'd say it's worth watching yourself and making your own opinion.

[corvus-frugilegus]

if you still wanna do first time asks, first time nazri and lucanis felt "at home"

because i love a mercar who picks treviso over minrathous

Ohhhhhhhhh this is a great Mercar who picked Treviso topic! It's so fraught. Especially both of them finding alignment in this.

They fight about this. About where they'll be when it's all said and done.

He's hurt when they insist they need to stay in Minrathous after the battle. He's home in Treviso and they're all the way across the sea. He knows, because they told him, that every moment they spend in Minrathous is like driving a jagged shard of glass deeper into their heart. But they feel responsible. Like they need to make amends. They'll never feel at home there again.

Villa Dellamorte doesn't feel right either. First of all, it is so much more his grandmother's house than it will ever be his. In this house, he's 14 again, the weight of all her expectations on his shoulders. The ghosts of every other Dellamorte chilling the air. This house was never really his home. Not since he was a boy. Even when he finds Rook asleep in his bed beside him, one of the rare nights of reprieve from Minrathous, it doesn't feel right. Someone so warm and vibrant doesn't belong in this monument to grief.

None of this is as simple as it was in the lighthouse.

They spend a month in Ventus. Nazri loves it, the bright sun and sea air- it's all them. It makes him happy, seeing them feel so in place. Nowhere else has really fit so far. But here he doesn't fit. They notice the way he misses the canals, the rooftops, the language. He loves his home. He loves them. If he cannot have both, having to choose one might crush him. Even the coffee isn't quite right. Nazri loves Ventus, but with the dozens of aunties and uncles and cousins the two of them will never have a moments peace.

It's nice to visit.

When at last Tarquin forces them to move on, adamant that Minrathous had been, and will continue to be just fine without them, that Ashur will be fine with out them, they give up their self inflicted days in one city and nights in another.

They like Treviso. In many ways it's a lot like Ventus. Similar climates, the water, the markets. The cities proximity has always meant there are good Ventine Imports available- a taste of home without the gammut of relatives. They love Ventus. Ventus is exhausting. The Ventus they love is when they're 16 and determined to change the world.

They're 37 now. They've changed the world. It turns out the bigger struggle is living in it.

They're scraps of the tapestry that used to be themself. The foundation of the home they've built within themself starting to give way. They don't know where they belong anymore.

His own foundation has never been so sturdy. Sinking into the waterlogged soils of his city for so long.

When they're together, it feels like the task of staying upright might not be so insurmountable after all.

It's the way their arms feel around him and the scent of his hair pressed into their nose that finally, after everything, lets them both feel at home.

[greennoobartist]

I think I got my brother into Four Swords

...

I feel victorious >:3

[platoapproved]

I am here to yell once again about how everyone needs to read No Forgiveness Ode. @marbleflan posted chapter 2 and it's got everything. Forced coffin sharing... Louis reflecting on his past and his choices... discussions about Octavia Butler... Lestat ripping a condom dispenser off the wall of a bar bathroom...

No but really it's such a fascinating and well-characterized take on Louis and Lestat's relationship going forward after season 2. I'm HOOKED.

[strsmn]

just jimmy between robert's legs. nothing more.

[sylphwing]

hm. i do not like chilshi 🤔

[jattendschaton]

Some people are very good at talking to a group and creating an environment where all of them feel very welcome and proactively making sure people are included in all aspects of the conversation and then some people talk to a group as if they are trying to keep everyone divided? Like they are using inside jokes that only one person understands or talk in a guarded way that suggests they are everyone's closest confidant but no one else is allowed to know each other. No real point, I'm just thinking about how much I would rather be the first type of person but how much more common I think the second is

[microwavetoaster-selfships]

Same ass person. I keep staring at these and wanting to say things and then nothing. Static silence. You open the tab on your computer and it gets stuck on loading and a pop-up appears saying it can't load and you should close it. That. Do not be surprised if I wave these around again in future occasions.

[youkah]

guh

[anonyanonymouse]

I'm so disappointed I won't be able to immediately tune in on the twst update like usual 😭 I'm pretty sure this is the first time I won't be watching it right after it's up, and not only that, but my early morning obligation preventing me from enjoying the update is going to last FIVE hours 😭😭😭

[running-in-the-dark]

ooooh. we got an apartment!!!

the house isn't completely finished yet so we can't move in until April. we'll have to figure that out. but that's fine. it's in the town where my husband works! which is amazing.

[eulaliesactualwife]

i don't see the problem about having ships/headcannons that oppose someone else's

like me personally i don't hc ocean as a lesbian! but i'm not gonna get upset that some people do!

or oscha!! i ship them but that doesn't mean everyone else should have to! i don't see the point of fighting with someone over a ship unless it's something like shipping a gay guy with a women or a proship or something like that :))))

like me personally i cant see ocean with jane/penny or constance! but i'm not gonna get mad some ppl so see it!!!