#nighty talks

[xxnghtclls]

I can‘t express how bad I need to suck his fingers and especially his thumb like … they are so thick but bony at the same time? Gege you’re edging us fr…

[nights-flying-fox]

Thinking about how in centaurworld Horse and the Nowhere King parallel so well.

Both end up changing, both hate the way they change (im talking about Horse hating how she is now unrecognizable to Rider). While one destroys herself (or attempts to), the other one destroys others. While one decides to try to be better for the people she loves, the other decides to try more and more to go back to what he was not caring about who he hurts.

[sophianightdreamer]

A (banal, silly/serious) concept.

Thomas and Martha Wayne survive.

It changes absolutely nothing.

Bruce Wayne still becomes Batman.

...

Whenever or not the Waynes get saved by passing samaritans of any - mundane, magical or alien, crossover or original - kind (the first reason this idea came to me) is a secondary concern.

The point is, by the predestination or rule or law, a young Bruce after a frightening night looks at a bat, looks at the general state of Gotham and comes to an exact same decision to the one made in grief.

And and same broody attitude, so he is Just Like That naturally. Thomas and Martha are surprisingly supportive of his undertaking (well, they live in Gotham).

Also, there's great comedy potential in "I am the Vengeance, I am the Night... Oh, good morning, Mom, I was just going to bed" (and this is the second reason) as a routine.

Back into more serious gear, Spoiled Rich Idiot Manchild Son Of Known Philanthropes is even more of an ironclad cover for a moody vigilante than simply Spoiled Rich Idiot Manchild. Or civilian Bruce may, as to not damage his parents' respectable reputation, be a reclusive nobody, or a volunteering pacifist. A lot of routes, here.

Okay, it came to me while workshopping a crossover about a slightly different gear-wise Batman who is mentored and backed by aliens but retains the same image and attitude, but then the idea of even less changes between timelines came.

[lunawolf444]

Calm night 😘

[xxnghtclls]

Another thing:

I see posts about Sukuna‘s and Uraumes relationship being like parent and child. Single father Sukuna etc etc.

All in all him taking Uraume with him does fit in the JJK theme of single fathers (Geto, Jin, Toji & Gojo too if you want but I think that‘s debatable) but personally I would still see their relationship more of a companionship or mentor - student kind of thing. I think Sukuna did have a soft core somewhere in him, but I doubt he gave anyone actual love and tenderness like a parent would give to their child.

After their death? Him comforting Uraume and holding their hand? Yes that‘s more like it.

[nights-flying-fox]

Anyone else also surprised that Greece for the first time ever (probably) didn't give 12 points to Cyprus, or is it just me?

[sophianightdreamer]

Classical mistaking diminutives for names, fumbling up gendered endings along with names (there's a girl named Yuriy somewhere, I remember) and almost total lack of patronymics, but that's universal (Natasha is not a proper name, it's short for Natalya). Otherwise, some cases of general phonetic fumbling and general lack of ideas what to name people - number of people with surnames from famous writers approaches a critical threshold of some kind (Tolstoys are a whole different category - it's a still extant formerly noble bloodline, those people are aristocracy still), and names in general swing from "Tom, Dick and Harry" level of genericness to absolutely batshit insane (Sapsan Electrichka! It's just two different trains!).

Also, Russians tend to have silver hair for some reason. Like, when it's not generic foreigner blue-eyed blonde it's always downright silver or white - I think I even remember more silver/white haired anime Russians than blonde ones. I have no idea why silver specifically. It's not bad, but it's baffling.

And snow. Lots and lots of snow. Everybody's bundled up. It's always winter in Russia, and pay no mind that Scandinavia, Canada and Korea do usually have seasons when they appear. Why it's always winter? Nobody knows. Also, Russia consists of about two cities and an endless coniferous (seems to usually be pine) forest. IRL southern Siberia is rather warm, most of the forests are temperate and otherwise a good chunk of Russia is the Great Steppe.

And, since I'm born and raised in Kazakhstan, there's like two and a half Kazakhs in anime, and one of them is named Allelujah - but okay, it's Gundam, the home of Beltorchika, half of people here have insane names. I think I heard about somebody with Kazakhstan as a birthplace in TerraforMars, but I don't know enough about TerraforMars to confirm. There's also Otoyomegatari about Central Asia in general, and while the visuals are great - I think the artist got hold of some sort of illustrated encyclopedia and had it on hand, every time I read the names I step into the Twilight Zone, because they are just so random and frequently wrong. Amir is a male name, to begin with. And it's like that for almost every ethnicity involved.

This may be a question that a lot of people cannot answer because they've never seen it happen, but what's something funny or interesting that anime somehow always seems to get wrong about your country? Like even if one character is just randomly your nationality but obviously only in name, and some odd trope that has nothing to do with your country in real life, that's somehow always present?

It's not often I've seen anime/manga depicting finnish character(s), but one thing that consistently gets me is how casually Japanese creators will give female characters names that are culturally strictly male. I got sidetracked into writing a whole essay about this (twice) before I came back to my senses and spared you from it, but I will say that finnish naming conventions are very strict about gendered names, and there are like 5 truly gender-neutral traditional finnish names, which are all so old-fashioned and rare that I've never actually met a person with one of them.

Like this is one of those beautiful examples of cultural contrast - I know next to nothing about Japanese naming conventions, but I can see how it could just genuinely not occur to someone to go look up whether it's normal to name a girl Simo or Jouko.

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

While all three of my beloved Terror Lieutenant Ships are still technically in the running for the yuri tournament, I just want to say they ARE all yuri. to me. Specifically they are all different delightful flavors of lesbian stereotype.

Hodgving for instance are hashtag girlbestfriends. Absolute Jennifer's Body situation. They are two little girls playing house and snuggling together Too Much during sleepovers and "practicing kissing". They are a maid of honor speech where it's painfully desperately obvious that she's in love with the bride. They are Good Luck Babe Dot MP3. Starts at choir practice and ends with a body count.

Hodglittle on the other hand are an actual established butch4femme couple. Hodge after three hours: Ok I'm ready to leave the house! Ned: [tossing on one final jacket on top of her five layers of clothes] Wonderful darling you look so pretty let's go. Also by established I mean yes they uhauled it immediately after meeting. And yes that was a mistake but they're In It Together Now. Codependent and loving it.

Meanwhile Nedving are just two classic useless lesbians. Probably too shy to ever even meet each other irl. Ned will just keep posting pictures of like, a pony and a lamb sleeping cuddled up in a meadow and tagging them "#me and who" while Jirv keeps liking every post and being too nervous to say a single word to her. The height of romance and repression and also agonizing stupidity.

[cephydeluxe]

most Simeon/MC fics r kyute as hell, but a lot of them focus simeon's reason for "falling" (aka: disobeying father's rule of never extending a human's life by stealing the ring of light) as solely because he loves mc,

and like..... that's ok 😐 and all, but I feel like it kinda narrows simeon's character a bit ((but the following thoughts below r my interpretation so take this more as appreciation than a criticism of any other interpretations of simeon))

Simeon, regardless of whether or not it's reciprocated, still feels brotherly love for the brothers. They were once his brothers, and when it came time to wage war against them in the name of their Father, he refused to fight them and was demoted.

His love for his family made him refuse God's orders because the idea of harming his family was worse than the disapproval of God.

"ok well what does this have 2 do w the ring of light" shut up ill get 2 that >:(

I'm not gonna recap much cause my phone's at like 8% idgaf srry 😒. The only important parts is that mc's existence and pacts w the brothers is highly unstable and causing chaos in the three realms, and the only ways to fix it are to either kill lucifer with the night dagger, or to obtain the ring of light from the celestial realm.

So it's either trade lucifer's life for mc's, or steal the ring from micheal. The ring is immediately ruled out because demons can't enter the celestial realm, and it would probably (most definitely) cause a political shitstorm if a demon did steal it.

So the only option left is to kill lucifer, and right as mc is given the choice of killing him or themself, here comes Simeon, fresh from the celestial realm with the stolen ring of light in tow

Now, most fics tend to depict these events as simeon risking his status as archangel (an already unstable position given his refusal to fight during the war) as a huge romantic sacrifice because of his love for mc.

And that's,, cute ig but there is so many more things going on in that scene (2 me at least, solmare isn't really known 4 their writing 🫢)

Simeon's sacrifice in stealing the ring, in potentially incurring the wrath of God, in committing the same sin Lilith did to be disowned and even killed by their shared Father, and in risking his home he was raised and lived in for his entire life,

was both for his family that he has missed for thousands of years and for the person who healed them when he himself was unable to.

The TSL series (written by Simeon before the exchange program) are a retelling of the events between the avatars and mc. Even after they are cast out of heaven for treason and simeon is demoted for not wanting to hurt them, he still cares about them and wants the best for them, writing stories about them and their "Henry".

Even if the brothers treat him coldly and distantly, he still cares about them deeply enough that the prospect of killing lucifer? Their eldest brother?

The one who constantly does everything in his power to keep the rest of his family safe after the death of his sister?

The one who traded his loyalty to the demon prince after just landing after being thrown out of his home?

It's completely unthinkable to Simeon.

So that just leaves MC, then. The reincarnation of Lilith and the friend of all seven brothers, even after being violently killed by one of them,

(belphie, cough cough)

Still accepts all of them and keeps them together, and at this point in the story, is practically welcomed as a fixture in their messy yet tight-knit family.

For MC to sacrifice themself for the brothers would be to break them, to leave another unfillable void in their hearts like Lilith did so many years ago. The moment things would return to normal and Lucifer regained his memories would be devastating, knowing that yet again he failed to keep his family safe and whole.

Grief for MC's death would be felt far and wide, Simeon included.

Both outcomes of using the night dagger are unthinkable to Simeon, both causing unimaginable grief for everyone.

So the ring of light is all that remains.

It's a no-brainer, really.

Angels aren't restricted from the celestial realm, and if the ring is stolen by an angel, it has a way less likely chance of falling back on the devildom, on the fragile peace him and many others have worked so hard to facilitate between the three realms.

So what if the consequences will primarily fall upon Simeon alone, it matters little to the certain disaster either outcomes of wielding the night dagger will bring. Both Lucifer and MC will be unharmed, and the chaos will end.

But could you imagine the feelings he must have felt?

In the chamber where the ring of light is kept, having just snuck past Micheal, a twist in his gut from breaking the most basics of holy disciplines he has spent his entire life embodying, just staring at the ring of light in its container, the last momento of a father's love for his favorite child before disowning him.

It's a warning, a sign that tells Simeon that he will be next to fall if he takes this ring.

He takes it anyway, throwing his loyalty to God away if it means saving Lucifer, saving his family, saving the peace they've obtained without him.

A penance, maybe, for his inaction in the war, when perhaps one seraphim could've made a difference, if not win the war, then at least could've spared Lilith's life.

Can you imagine how he must have felt, standing in front of MC with the ring in his hands?

Lilith's sin that started the war wasn't just that she fell in love with a human, it was when she extended the life of her lover because of it. A clear defiance of Father's will, to negate written fate for the sake of her selfish love was what got her killed.

And here Simeon stands, staring into the eyes of her reincarnation as he offers them the ring that will save them, extend their life, and doom Simeon to walk the same path their angelic ancestor died on.

The ring is a promise, of the disownment that Simeon faces, of the pain he will endure in defying God's word as an angel (whose sole objective, down to the very fabric of his being, to the very purpose of his creation, is to embody and enforce), of the corruption of his very soul that paints his ivory feathers black.

It's also a promise of devotion, of commitment to this deadly sin, this selfless sacrifice, to the human he's fallen in love with, and to the family he longs to be close with again.

It's a vow, for all the atrocities he's willing to commit for the sake of protecting those he cherishes above all else.

It's a vow, for the deeply rooted love for the human, one who's very existence is the result of the tragic end of the angel who came before him and paved the doomed path he now walks.

Like Oroboros eating its tail, Simeon's love for the demon brothers and MC is never-ending and inevitable.

When asked, he says he wishes he could've fought with the brothers in the war, so he could "stay the same as them" and that the war weighed heavily on his mind from time to time.

Ever since he watched them be cast down to hell, he was destined to fall with them someday, too.

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(christ, this got so out of hand, this is probably a huge mess to read, srry I'm not a writer or a media analyst, this is just ramblings of someone who's got some really dramatic art to make.) simeon 4ever bby <3

(also I could make a separate post from solomon's pov where he's willing to sacrifice a pact with lucifer, something he's worked for years for a chance, just to save MC, but im sleepy goodnight)

(most of this post was written while I was listening to elden ring ost, thank u bayle the dread for making this post way more dramatic than it needed to be)

[ane-doodles]

I'm not really into Pokemon as such, but there are a few that I just like! some of those are: Snivy, Zorua and Zoroark, Phantump, Evee and Oshawott... What does that say about me?

[xxnghtclls]

The thought of getting ding donged missionary by Sukuna is my Ryomen Empire. I think about it at least once an hour.

Like just think about his WEIGHT and his GRIP and his FACE either in front of yours or buried in your neck omg

Also his grunts right next to your ear? Would end me fr.

[nights-flying-fox]

Guess who's an idiot and colored the wrong page of her comic :]

(It's me. I'm the idiot.)

[misteria247]

Time to go to bed before I go completely insane over human kids with fairy families and twins who travel the seas together and two old men who are totally in love and no I'm not delusional-

Anyways goodnight friends! Love y'all lots!! 💖

[bubbles077]

My eyes are starting too hurt- I’m going to try and go too bed. Good night <3

[heyhelloitsmilo]

shouldn't've drank that coffee

[jokiyo]

unfortunately, im one of those people who cant stay up until midnight.... laugh it up, yep.

Happy new year, simblr!🎆