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I think Happily Ever After and The Cage both explore some similar topics in inverse ways and once again the Prisoner and the Damsel are twisted mirrors of one another
Pristine Cut spoilers and discussion of abusive relationships below. One suicide mention but it's STP what do you expect tbh
Compilation of rant I went on on discord 👍
prisoner and damsel are very much always parallels since u take the same path to get to them so they're both versions of the princess that you the player Trust, right. and the Greys are a betrayal of that trust if you kill them, and all that. obvs w the prisoner being reluctant trust and the damsel being unconditional because Knife.
but HEA and Cage are both about being Trapped. In Cage, the Princess has seen the same thing happen twice now, she's disillusioned, she's never going to escape. It will be The Same Thing, Forever.
WHICH IS. THE EXACT SAME AS HEA. The Princess believes she is never going to escape. That it will be Just This, Forever. And both of them believe that it *has* to be Just This Forever even if they don't *want* it to be.
Both of this is shown through an Externalized Force. in Cage, that is the Princess' body, which she has conceived as separate from herself. The body simply acts as it must, which she has no input over. Ignoring, of course, that she can *make it stop.*
And that's the same way HEA can't imagine she'll ever escape the Smitten! She's afraid and scared of change, of the torches going out!! But she wants it more than anything!!
Yet these two routes are foils for each other, too. Bcuz in Cage, it's the Princess who enforces the pattern, and in HEA it's the Hero. (part of him, anyways.) What's interesting here too that both of the routes result from a breakdown of communications.
I said in my big long rambly Cage post, but Cage route doesn't happen bcuz Fate, it's bcuz the Princess wants the Hero to carry her head out and he just *doesn't get it.* He just didn't understand what she wanted.
And the leadup to HEA, everyone in Hero's head is upset because they can't communicate to the Princess what is freaking him out, and Smitten tries to... well... show her, I guess.
(Post-rant addition: Hey, both the Prisoned and the Smitten kill themselves to get their points across. Add that to the parallels tally!)
also like abusive relationship metaphors on both ends tbh. Smitten doesn't respect Princess' autonomy at all. I think part of that is the end of Damsel means he doesn't think she *has* any interiority when it's Hero + Paranoid/Opportunist who want the Princess to be a person instead of a doll, which causes her to be a Person Again in HEA. But Smitten is, again, just so stuck on the vision of Damsel who no longer exists.
+ you could also read Damsel chapter in the context of HEA as just seeing that this is the first person who could conceivably save her so she is leaning in HARD to the romance angle because she sees it as the best way to finally get out. Got herself into the romance out of desparation and now she's stuck and regretting it.
So TLDR Smitten doesn't actually respect Princess as a person and just wants her to be this perfect image he has of her, and we see also in HEA how he literally restrains Princess + Hero and deliberately scares Princess when she even dares voice her own opinion. Smitten sucks so bad in this one and it's shit of him but also thematically interesting and again a good escalation of his character.
Cage on the flipside is the typical "I can't help myself" excuse. See, *she's* not at fault here. It's her *body* doing this! Really, nothing could change this. And u see the rebuttal of that angle from the Hero's dialogue options ("You're making a choice. You're choosing violence *right now.*)
No matter how often she says she's just a head, she's still the one who physically restrained the Hero (wow, just like the Smitten!), it's her who refuses to listen to anything the Hero has to say (wonder who that reminds me of), and it's her who is hurting him, on purpose, to feel better about herself.
the "good" endings to these chapters (as much as there are no wrong endings) meaning leaving with the cage's head / dancing with hea under the stars, both of these only occur once Hero/HEA are finally heard and acknowledged. Cage is so rattled that the Hero didn't bring the knife that she finally actually listens to a single word he's got to say and the two can break out, and the final torch in HEA only goes out once Princess says "I'm so tired of this." and has the courage to say what *she* wants and is *listened to.*
in conclusion (x2): STP good 👍 i love you missus the cage
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Idk if this was asked before (i looked it up but didn't find this exact question) but is there a reason Oswin never had any relationship or even sexual/romantic experience before? Was he just not interested before MC? Too busy?
I mean someone like him must turn lots of heads and i'm sure a lot of ppl might have made a move lol Can't say i'm complaining tho, i'm glad my MC and him get to experience it together 🥰
I don't believe I've had this particular question come in before, my dear. His lack of experience has been mentioned a few times, but not really the why.
He'll talk with the MC in-depth about it all if romanced or befriended at some point in the future as well. Oswin had a lot going on in his head from a young age. He thought about relationships, but for quite a while he just didn't think he was that interested in romance or sex. As he matured and started figuring himself out a bit better he found that (though he does not have this particular word for it) he's demisexual/demiromantic. But, as we've noticed, he hasn't exactly been letting people near his heart in a few years, lol. People in close proximity to him (such as the person he apprenticed under along with that person's other disciple) did not strike a chord with him. Most other people that were around, were like passing ships in the night to him.
Oswin has focused so much on just work-train-work-work-train-work-family-work again that he super lost touch with that part of himself. And you are correct, he is often pined for by others (can't blame them, he's a looker and a man of integrity). He's had proposals for one-night stands and some requests for partnerships/marriages for the people he's worked with before.
A romantic MC draws out that deep desire for connection and relationship for him. Slight teaser for chapter 5, but he'll address some of these difficult topics while he chats with MC. ^_^
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(via Who Is Wellness For? by Fariha Roisin - Audiobook | Scribd)
#gonna check this out#not interested in all the topics/chapters#but i can read some and not others#fariha roisin#i don't like how the word wellness is used these days
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Every day I am haunted by the fact JJK could be amazing but it will be just idk Bleach or something
#I've seen a lot of people complaining about the fact that it's impossible to fit the ending of every unfinished arc#in the five chapters that remain for the manga to end for good#And it all just... legitimises my fear and apprehension haha#And it's a pity! It's a pity! The dynamics were so good! And yet nothing! Sukuna was so good! And yet nothing!#It was so nice how he seemed to play with the idea of transcending human categories and values but even the values of curses so to speak#Well beyond everything. Well beyond positive/creative nihilism even! He was not like Mahito#I wonder if Mahito is more a negative nihilism with a funny edge or a positive nihilism. For now it seems positive#with how he seems to have said something like 'nothing matters so we can do whatever we want and create what matters'#But Sukuna transcends all that! It could have been interesting to see how that developed in a way that wasn't just childish edginess#But no. And then there's all the idea of curses and sorcerers not being all that different#and so not really entirely possible to say one side is good and the other bad#There was the idea of the very source of powers with fear and love playing a role here in such a juicy way#And then there's the entire thing happening with Gojo as a concept and the very concepts he plays with which I could eat like an apple#but also I would let those very concepts eat at my heart as a worm inside an apple#Full of holes and rotting inside out and yet delighting at the sweetness#It could all be so good! And yet! Most of the manga is a few sketched dynamics and concepts and a very long fight with Sukuna#promising half finished arcs#WHY it could have been so good. And I don't think criticism is a matter of 'fans being spoiled! Go write your story!' or something#It's not a matter of things not going as fans would want them to be. It's a matter of not writing well#or cohesively things established by the author themselves. And I think that's a fair criticism#If we are to take manga as an art‚ which I wholeheartedly support‚#then we can subject mangas to artistic or literary or whatever you want to call it analysis. There are works that are better constructed#than others‚ and there are works that have good ideas but poor execution. And it's always a pity#In the case of JJK it's truly breaking my heart and the comments I see around about these five last chapters are not helping xD#God it could be so good. So good. And I'm not talking about in specific to me‚ which yes that too given the topics‚#but just so good in general. It could be so good. It could have been so good#And yet it's starting to look more and more like any other shonen. It truly breaks my heart haha#I talk too much#Jujutsu Kaisen#I used Bleach because I think that's one of the mangas that has been the most a let down to the friends I have who like shonen
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Last night I went through the Mystery Labyrinth of ch 4 in one gulp. These scenes, especially when we learn the whole truth, still make my heart ache
However, at the end of the labyrinth, I was once again convinced for myself that Vivia is a very important character for me and for what reasons
That was a really bittersweet feeling for me...
#rain code#raincode#master detective archives: rain code#mda:rc#my thoughts#rain code chapter 4#I'd like to talk more about all the thoughts related to ch 4 and Vivia but I'm afraid it would turn into jumping from one topic to another#but if you are interested you can ask me#I'll try to put my thoughts together#and aahh.... I really love Vivia and Yakou sm
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Hey there! I believe you said in another post that the final confrontation would be unlikely to happen if lenny and sean were alive, so i'd like to ask if you could expand on that pls(if u havent already and i just didnt see it lol)
Btw on a side note im actually super invested in your sean content😭😭the fandom seems to only talk ab him to label as an idiot, so as a fellow sean lover the way you characterize him has me so in love❤️❤️❤️❤️
Oh Anon you are SO LOVELY!!! Thank you not only in giving me the opportunity to rant more about Sean and Lenny (which I am always so willing to do), but also for your super kind words!! Sean is very dear to me, and I'm glad my reading into him as much as I do strikes a chord with other people ;;u;;
The way the general fandom often characterizes him isn't very surprising to me, given his personality & the surface level impressions he gives, but maybe for now I'll save THAT rant for another time, else we stay here forever lmaoo
So, to start answering your question, I believe you're talking about my post from a few months ago, where I talk about how I believe Sean & Lenny would've sided with Arthur & John if they'd lived to see the final confrontation. In it I mention how I find that final confrontation a lot more unlikely were Lenny & Sean to survive that far and stick around for the entire thing.
Now, WHY do I believe this? I touch on it briefly in that original post, but let's really get into it here!!
Okay to start off, there's a LOT of ways I see things going, in regards to Sean and Lenny, were they both to survive, because it adds SO MANY variables, but let's start at the very top.
At a meta level, it is important to recognize that RDR2 is a prequel to RDR1. This meant from the get that RDR2, as it is canonically, was bound to a certain outcome, to set up for RDR1. This ALSO means, that every step from the start of RDR2 was very much there not only to lay the groundwork for the end of RDR2 but also add another emotional layer to RDR1. This is all certainly things we are aware of already, but I think it's important to have that context in mind while we talk about alternative outcomes.
Because, see, Sean and Lenny HAD to die for the outcome in RDR2 to be the one it is. Not only them, but Hosea, Kieran, Molly, and Susan's deaths are ALL integral and important to the story, they ALL make a difference and contribute in pushing the story a certain way, and in reinforcing the steadily increasing hopelessness which infest the gang from Sean's death and out.
So if we're like "what if none of them died?" there are suddenly a LOT of new variables for every mission and every scenario we know from the game, which need to be considered. This is true EVEN if the change in survival count is only reduced to Lenny & Sean.
How different do you not think Shady Belle would have felt, initially, without Sean's death hanging over it? What about the bank job -- would Lenny & Sean end up on the boat to Guarma? What would've happened to them there, then? Would either of them be caught by the Pinkertons instead, with John or in his stead maybe? What other options would there have been, where would they end up at the end of that?
And already here we have to consider how those experiences might've impacted them psychologically, because of who they are.
In the post I mentioned earlier, I talk about how Lenny is new to the gang and probably isn't as stuck in it mentally as Arthur and John, nor do Sean and Lenny have the same emotional attachment/baggage in regards to Dutch. They're loyal of course, because they feel a sense of obligation to the gang, because it provides them with safety, friends, and allies, in an otherwise unkind world.
But what then happens when that changes?
How do you expect Sean and Lenny to respond when the gang starts turning on itself? When Dutch visibly starts losing it? When people start snapping at each other and threatening one another in the middle of camp?
(I have a half-formed thought here about how people would ABSOLUTELY be snapping and talking down to Sean in a way more cruel way towards the end of the game, for trying to keep things light and easy, yknow, fulfilling his role in the gang. I can only imagine what that'd end up doing to him, tbh.)
And, I'll be repeating myself from other posts here, but how do you think Lenny, a young black man painfully aware of the social structure as it exists in America at that point in time, would react to realizing what Dutch's plan with the Wapiti is? Same goes for Sean, who has SEVERAL instances through the game showing him just as politically aware as Lenny - certainly moreso than Arthur.
Would the outcome for the Wapiti tribe be the same, do you think, if Charles had more people than a very sick and tired Arthur to lean on, willing to help? Would Lenny in particular want to stick around to see Dutch attempt to drive the tribe into the ground for his own gain?
Also, I'm sorry but like, Lenny has a camp interaction with Dutch where he disagrees with him (about Miller, Dutch's favorite author) and explains why in a very well-articulated manner. In one instance, Dutch gets straight up offended by it, bcz Lenny can argue very well (and is RIGHT mind you lol).
I do absolutely believe that Lenny would not just sit around quietly in Beaver Hollow. I'd expect him to be among the most vocal in their discontent with the situation, and probably the best at arguing against Dutch.
That is, up until a certain point. Lenny is a young black boy, and Dutch is a white authority figure. Watch Dutch snap and yell at him, like he does John in Ch6 for example, and see how much longer Lenny sticks around fr. The trade is loyalty for safety and the same in kind. Why do you think members start leaving when things start looking their worst? And don't you think Lenny would be among the first to see the writing on the wall?
Though that is hinging on that very specific vibe in Beaver Hollow, where they're all scattered and losing their ties to one another. Add then in Sean, who is VITAL as social glue, and for making conversations easier. If he, and Lenny, and Mary-Beth, Tilly, Arthur, Charles, etc etc, insert your favorites here, managed to retain some of that community feeling, despite it all, then I absolutely see Lenny sticking around for them.
Same goes for Sean, tbh. I can see him leaving earlier, bcz the trade stops being equal and bcz he's not being taken seriously, and I can see him staying, for his friends.
There IS also a version of things where things are similar and I do see Sean siding with Dutch; but that is a very sad and lonely Sean, who is VERY different from where he's at in Clemens Point, and I think that's an unfair perspective to take for him in general.
Okay so, now we're back to that final confrontation, after I said I found it unlikely, why is that? Because, with every question I've posed thus far, about what Lenny & Sean's reactions might've been to canon events after their deaths, I have essentially presented a variable that comes with their survival to those points. Them being there for it, HAS to mean a change, has to mean something different happens, because their deaths are direct contributors to the path we already know the story takes WITHOUT their presences.
Now, what are those differences and changes? I honestly can't answer; something being different earlier or later can butterfly-effect into something completely new or remarkably similar to what we already know. I could sit here all day and wax poetic about all the different options and possibilities for where things could go, were ANY character to survive past their death point, BUT thankfully, that is what fanfiction is for, lol.
I hope this satisfied some of your curiosity, dear anon!! It was a lot of fun for me to write and think about, so thank you very much for asking!!!
#red dead redemption 2#red dead redemption meta#rdr2#sean macguire#lenny summers#dutch van der linde#arthur morgan#rdr thoughts#teki talks#long post#im sorry this took me a while to answer i had to sleep and then do my irl things and then Stew on this for a while#i hope this all made sense tbh idk if i lost the plot at some point in there. im SURE there's a tangent or two but yknow#ALSO if youre interested in reading a potential take on how things couldve gone if Sean and Lenny survived to chapter 6#my fic Attentive Vigor is a soulmate au game rewrite where their survival is VITAL for the ending to be different from what we know#im almost finished with it! 4 chapters left that im really excited to share#if you like macsummers and sean whump it's got a lot of that after you get past the initial chapters lol#had to do a lil plug lol bcz this topic hits v close to home after all#asks#rdr asks#meta asks
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new kind of torture unlocked: forcing someone to read 100 pages of a meteorology textbook when they're hungry and sleep-deprived
#melonposting#it's interesting stuff! but if you're not awake enough to process and understand everything it's so easy to get sick of it#it's very dense material. very topic-heavy. like here's a concept. here's a concept. here's a concept. here's a concept. here's a concept#and one of the concepts talked about in the latest chapter#(the relationship between the environmental lapse rate and adiabatic temperature change - big words!)#utterly baffled me the first several times i tried to understand it. so it pissed me off#i get it now but oh my god if you're not really into it you'll want to give up every 5 minutes#because you really have to understand what you're reading to get anything at all out of it#and i hate not understanding things so it just frustrated me#but i finished the reading yesterday and i understand that concept now :thumbsup: so all's well that ends well#but goodness gracious it was such a slog :'D
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Sassassul is so
#the antarctican lore is honestly the most interesting part of the series 😭#i wanna know how it ends but i had to stop reading the manga for a big bc there was just this one horribly oversexualized chapter#i really dont want the antarcticans to all be secretly evil and planning to take over the world#i hope that the conspiracy theories are gonna be shown to be fake and that there's something deeper going on#its already dealt with heavy topics by that point#so i kind of hope it does delve into a more serious theme#sassasul#a centaur's life#centaur no nayami
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after all this time i still can't predict how mayor holiday will be characterized
because like. i feel like all the fanon versions of her where she's stoic and serious and gruff are like... not right?? queen is supposed to reflect her. right. like that much is painfully obvious
... none of those adjectives apply to queen????? now ofc she could be mayor holiday's total opposite to highlight the differences in their approach to mothering noelle - i'm not discounting that or anything because i literally do not know. it's just that's not necessarily the vibe i got
queen is cheerful and silly but very pushy. very demanding. she expects a lot and doubles down and really puts on the pressure when people don't meet those expectations. all with a smile! like. i feel like the fandom saw rudy say noelle's mom is hard on her and saw the thing about her keeping her office frigid cold and automatically assumed she's a cold person who only knows how to frown
you don't have to be stoic to be a strict parent. you can be all smiles and be more demanding and controlling than the gruffest most stone-faced parent in the world. and like... we saw that when it comes down to it, queen is more than capable of dropping the silly antics and jokes and she can and will get serious. she doesn't need cages or control plugs or an army or anything but herself and a few well-placed threats. which reminds me of when alphys said hometown's cops (ugh) don't really do anything because mayor holiday takes care of it all.
i think... maybe. she used to be a little less strict and a little more genuinely lighthearted. but after dess disappears, she drops that lightheartedness. she gets really, really serious about turning hometown into a safe place and making sure noelle is strong enough to like. Survive.
but she does it all... with a smile! after all, every politician's got to have a dazzling fake grin, right?
#and you know after seeing mafuyu's mom come to life. stoic serious gruff mayor holiday is Nothing#it's easy to tune out your parent's expectations if they're a bitch about it. but if they're 'nice' and 'gentle'#and they insist it's what's best for you... and they never seem to give you a choice or room to say no because why would you? this is best.#that's where things get to the point of haunting. looming over your shoulder. suffocating your will to live and replacing it with theirs#not that i think mayor holiday will be abusive or anywhere near as manipulative as mafuyu's mom but like#the first thing you think of when you hear 'she keeps her ac on all the time so her office is freezing' is like.#again. that gruff stoic serious harsh character. that's not very interesting#flip it on its head. show me a mayor holiday with the brightest smile sitting in that freezing cold office. THAT sends chills down my spine#also off topic but thinking about noelle and the holidays in general again made me start thinking about the damn dog burglars again#i am STUCK on their story about the beast who attacked them outside the mansion. like what the fuck? WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT TOBY?#it wasn't susie. it probably wasn't mayor holiday herself. what was it. was it dess?? does it have something to do with THAT mystery?!?!?#if the next deltarune chapters don't elaborate on that at all i'm setting myself on fire
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everyone Has to read debt: the first 5000 years im so serious
#i mean i think everyone on here is already on the same page but the vindication of 15 yr old val who was like. the economy is so fake.#while everyone said no youre stupid#no YOURE stupid. like just stop doing all that shit. its not even real.#im barely into chapter 3 but i love david graebers stuff in general + this topic is so interesting#again idk theres definitely some things that are really new to me but on the whole the core premise is in line w what ive already thought#but i just think the avg guy would have his mind blown by this. if they would even be open to it#WAIT i just rmrd the goodreads reviews. yeah nvm the avg guy is not ready for this book#one guy called it Propaganda Against Capitalism or smth like. yeah brother. you got it.
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when will aup sidestories return from war and stop leaving me bitter about how the main story ended
#lumensis' characterization & death + the revelation of ludgers desire were extremely anticlimactic#700+ chapters of building up only to have the resolution forcefully/hastily crammed into. what. 2 and 1/2 chapters?#and am i supposed to care for his relationship with his mom when it didnt come up in 99% of the novel?#tbh it had *many* opportunities to come up but the author wanted to keep ludgers desire as mysterious as possible#and so it lost its chance to have any emotional buildup#well other than the implications of regrets which were frankly a bit oversaturated in the novel#(again. what happened to the 'show dont tell' principles)#honestly even occasional flashbacks to ludgers mom teaching him about all kinds of myths and lores when its relevant#would have helped in this aspect plus showcased his growth and development over time even when its off screen#(doesnt make his vast knowledge look like it conveniently came out of nowhere)#while also greatly enhancing the world building of his game breaking 'real magic'#anyway i think ludgers reconciliation w his mother would have been more impactful if ludgers past life came up more often#hell it would have done wonder in exploring his depth if we are going with framing his past lifestyle as a flaw#the thing about ludger as a character is that his past (in both worlds) is much more interesting than his present#bc its the only way we can see how he mentally changed in comparison as his changes are nearly non existent in the present timeline#(a part of the reasons why ludgercaseys relationship over time is an appealing topic is that it showcases both of their changes)#(reading about a protagonist who has no mental changes over the course of the story is no different than watching... a nature documentary)#im still v salty about how we never get to see arpas and bettys reconciliation btw#so do emotional closures between ludger and other characters#those are literally the meat of the story that would be worthy of their own arc#sayren why the hell did you rush through them and put them off screen#in the end instead of proving that he has finally learnt his lessons by confronting his emotions ludger chose to run away from it yet again#even if we are to assume that is whats gonna happen post epilogue why is his change accomplished by a goddamn last minute timeskip#(that is also lowkey a failed suicide attempt in disguise)#instead of what could have been... idk... a banger novel named aup#good christ#rant
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Totally recommend listening to @hazbinradio collection of music while studying or drawing or writing! I've been doing so and got a lot of writing done today :D
#syncrovoid.txt#hazbin hotel#hazbin radio#i wrote 2k and got the rest of chapter 2 planned and ready#also got all the different pdfs of academic papers i want for research purposes up#read through the for Background Research and have a map of roughly the state of Shreveport in the late 1920s to early 1930s#which includes a list of certain types of plants biomes hunting season animals and average weather#im rabling at this point but its interesting!#it wont be AS historically accurate as it could be but it will be as historicall accurate as possible#also recipes for Alastor's “special” cooking specifications#which are APPROXIMATE and NOT FULLY ACCURATE because i am not trying to encourage cannibalism it is purely cooking recipes#<- the one time i am glad i dont have many followers because trying to explain the reseach and detail within my fic would be...#a time#anywho not to get off topic!!#listen to their music collection its super helpful and charming
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I think "countdown to his final show" and its direct continuation, "and i'll be in denial for atleast a little while" by drewsterling on ao3 are the only fics to send me on the verge of tears. Not like. Full on crying but I teared up a lot. I don't cry over books, let alone fanfiction, but these fics have DESTROYED me mentally I cannot stop thinking about them
This is a recommendation if you love heavy angst and pain and suffering and misery because that's the only thing you'll find. no happiness. no joy. only sadness and grief and it's written beautifully
I could talk about these fics all day they have hurt me SO MUCH and I LOVE THEM
#THESE FICS DO INCLUDE A TW FOR DETAILED SUICIDE!!!#you probably should not read these if youre extremely sensitive to heavy and dark topics#you can look at the fics tags to figure out what you might get yourself into#im so miserable about these fics#its basically just jakes life disintegrating into shambles. but more realistic than most fics about it and way more painful#''and ill be in denial for at least a little while'' isnt finished yet but the author is still updating#they updated like. 2 days ago? 3?#im making this post because i just read chapter 3 of the sequel/aftermath and it fucking killed me#especially drew and haileys argument. it was so toxic but interesting holy fuck#i wish to write angst as well as this author does. one day ill get there#fic recs#fanfic recs#fanfiction recommendation#tmf#the music freaks#tmf fanfiction#tmf fanfic#tmf fanfic rec#i started reading “and ill be indenial for atleast a little while” (i hate typing all of that repeatedly) chapter 3 at like 5:00am#or maybe like 5:30 am idk#and its like 6:00 am and i just want to go back to sleep because i can barely process what happened#these fics have hurt me emotionally they are amazing!!!#the music freaks rosyclozy#tmf rosyclozy#the music freaks fanfic#the music freaks fanfiction
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oh baby I knew it from the fuckin moment the addc was introduced that there’s just no damn way they DIDNT have some legally sketchy shit going on with the alzheimers/dementia patients and unethical clinical trials. I feel so vindicated right now
#im on chapter 9 of judgement#I know my SHIT when it comes to human experimentation and medical ethics#and criminal investigation in general frankly that’s a big reason I was so excited to play this game (I’ve taken college classes in this)#but yeah the moment the addc is introduced and we see the layout of the place and details like the gigantic dementia patient ward right next#to the research facility and such I was like mm….. that can’t be good#I was rambling to my friend during that like. yeah they could probably get away with doing basically whatever they want with these patients#because of all the conditions to research alzheimer’s and dementia make for some of the easiest to strip subjects of their autonomy#making informed consent and whatnot most likely not an issue and complaints about malpractice or what have you extremely easy to stifle#ie; if you are a patient there you are probably just straight up trapped. no one’s gonna listen to you you have no autonomy and-#the sad but true fact about the situation is that people don’t have the time/resources/capacity to be caretakers for their alzheimers/#dementia-ridden loved ones so a place like this- a leading research/medical facility said to be on its way to finding a cure and changing#the world- would seem like the perfect place to send a loved one in need of full time care and trust that they will do nothing but good#so it’s a great setup to get patients who are likely to die as it is- who have no autonomy- who have no credibility- and have nowhere to go.#I couldn’t help but think about that like. immediately after seeing the ward#so. here we are. let’s see where this goes#judgement#judgment spoilers#rambling#I have a weird special interest sorta thing in medical ethics / human experimentation and I have a character who literally teaches a#class on the topic (and is a surgeon) so. that’s why I’m like. especially intrigued right now
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ok i absolutely Have to buy the official version for this manhua manhwa because the amount of Insane cronchy tropes has me feeling some kind of way
what if we had the lady and their lionheart knight trope but it's baked into the royal social structure and has toxic magical brainwashing as its foundation
what if we had (1) princess who didn't want to do that and actually refused to select a personal knight for years
what if there was (1) knight for that princess that became her personal lionheart knight that was also narratively expected to overthrow the royal monarchy
because the knights are magical homuculus humans, at any kind of balls or parties they are Required to wear gauzy black blindfolds to set them apart while in fancy dress
#like. im Eating all of this!!! it plays the tropes straight while also like. Twisting them in very interesting romance story ways#and also it makes sense for the princess to BE OBLIVIOUS to her knight's feelings because she doesn't know if it's the magical loyalty oath#making him feel that (and it's like. not)#all of it is nuts and also swings between 'oh this is fun!!' and 'oh that's a bad powerplay by other royalty' who are trying to like#decrease the princess's standing by insulting/sabotaging her knight it's good!!!!!#qserasera storytime#i kind of lost it at the illustrated ball scenes with the blindfolds because like. wow....the artist sure does know what makes for like#doki doki scenes that also has readers going EYES EMOJIS....i think it's like a very tame-ish?? kinda pg16 type of feeling so far#unfortunately the topic matters do go like....realistically dark in exploring the issues of personhood and consent with a messed up magic#power dynamic (except mostly for our heroine) so it's unlikely to get an anime adaptation of some kind#but also i was skimming thru this while Yelling almost every other chapter
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Me: But surely I can't have been THAT weird when I was a teenager to justify others called me that. Me: *remembers I wanted a book for my 13th birtday with general knowledge facts bc I wanted to know everything.* Me: Oh...
#best part is that I tossed it back ot my shelf after like 1 chapter bc it was not specific enough and started with the one topic i HATE mos#aka archaelogy#but hey I am trying to read all of that now#and it is really interesting#(not really the archaelogy part#I mean it was interesting but I kinda skipped over it a little bc I didn't want my phobia triggered before going to bed#reading#books#common knowledge
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