#ooo lore dump ooo

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chat did i cook

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Ooo AAA you wanna tell me about your vtm OCS so bad and share their character playlists 👀

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wtf verified my email finally after 2 yeaurs turns out i been missing out on a lot of Interaction . any ways . CND posting at 5 am here’s my guy his name is Cacophony

no way in hell i can concisely summarize all his shit rn … unless

the basics : he’s a Yuanti Tiefling Monk, 7ft tall& 32yrs old rn. he was raised in Partirisvarati and as a child amidst a war he got tossed into a prison where he then had his hands cut off &eyes gouged out by brutes as punishment for getting caught attempting to steal a handful of seeds for his family’s farm . but don’t worry. he got better

hes blind , uses Tremorsense . knows Common & Bolidian (Partirisvarati native language. +because it’s funny, as this dialect is translated into Common, it gives him a cockney british accent). got acid blood & is venomous, but he’s too polite to use it for evil, until he isn’t . he is a goofy goober(walking murderweapon) but alas, is a creature of joy and whimsy at heart . he suffers w PunchDrunk syndrome& frequent tremors/seizures . wizardry antics grew his hands back and gave him an extra arm, thanks Dee . (hi Simon)

he spent ages 10-20in prison, 20-23on parole+ after escaping parole he met Krishika, Krissie for short, a Githyanki halfOwlin Warlock. bsf4lyfe. actualy, wrong, these two are insane . imagine if you would a psychological torment comparable to that of a paranoid mother hellbent on building a dynamic so codependent slash parasitic BOTH sides end up Killing & Dying for eachother(multiple times) each against yet fully within their own wills (i love contradictory!). Krissie… has issues and problems. her soul had been permanently shattered into three components, and due to some species complications , left her In-Between multiple states of being at once . Blah blah blah… autism to save for another day..All she wants is some god damn control in her life . enter sir scapegoat Cacophony, who’s only aspiration since gaining real freedom for the First Time In His Life , is to provide an unconditional support to any new friend he makes !! 😁😬.. Cacophony lets & encourages Krissie to use him as a vessel for possession, as at the beginning it’d benefited both of them, but overtime, Krissies state had worsened and too late she’d realized she had been taking advantage of Cacophony. Krissie is fueled fully on adrenaline and fear, and the moment she knew she done fucked up was a pivotal point for them both- a point of absolutely No return, Krissie decided Cacophony would be much safer in her grasp and at her command. She strikes a deal with a man named Soren Trouvaille to soulbind herself to Cacophony, turning them both functionally immortal , unless one kills the other half . glances around

….as a result of multiple decades worth of various forms of mental abuse Cacophonys biggest flaw remains to be how forgiving he is 🫶 or yk, better put, how willingly he will allow second chances to those he considers worth it. he’s done an awful lot of healing these last four years. i blame his lovely husband (Soren, Tabaxi/Orc Artificer/Cleric) and their weird daughter (Siobhan, Jackal Artificer)

more of them soon, i love them very much . love heart xoxo . their family is so perfect icant wait to talk abt them . yes i mentioned a Soren Trouvaille earlier and yes this is him ooo drama

what more to share on Cacophony… i don’t know how to go in depth with personality and morals even tho i desperately want to lmfao . Cacophony is such a hypocrite, and he genuinely doesn’t mean to be . he will formulate an opinion on you based off of the Whys and How’s of the situation rather than the What. absolutely describe him as understanding as he tends to dig to the root of the cause for Anything and fully hear you out,but as a professional hypocrite he Will abandon this method of he doesn’t like you 💀. he’s an extreme optimist, or as i like to call it, Delusional ! people like to accuse him for putting up a front, but i swear he’s just insane . he would be dead in the fucking gutters if he wasn’t , truly . aint he a sweetheart , though . ok i’d love to add more . but i am dying. gootbye

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...uh. weird. I mean, I could search for help, but what if she's in danger...?

No, I'm not strong enough.

*Search for help 🤍

*You exited CROSSROLE

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Fast makes trash, even gems take a few million years to form, dont rush yourself.

Trust me, if you do that, you'll never be satisfied with it.

-🥘Stew

you are so right actually. stew for motivational speaker 2023

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hey guys!!!!!!!!!!! quick question :333

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wot rewatch (book spoilers edition): 2x5

Not only is this one going to have spoilers for all the aired episodes plus any teasers (including the trailer for episode 6), it will also have book spoilers through book 14: A Memory of Light.

An interesting change from the books is Suroth calling Loial a slave -- in the books, the Ogier of the elite guard are very specifically not enslaved (I wonder if they got as badly jacked up by the Longing as the ones in the Westlands but their 'solution' ended up involving the Empress and the Crystal Throne somehow?). Since this exception is never explained in the books, I don't have any issue with it being changed.

2. I also think we are getting some really good set-up here for a potential fracture in the Seanchan once we get deeper into the series -- a fulfillment of the narrative promise that Jordan set up in books 2-9 but then backed away from once we hit Crossroads of Twilight & Knife of Dreams. I'm hopeful that we're actually going to get the Seanchan civil war that the books never gave us but that they desperately needed in order for Mat's characterization to make any damn sense in CoT & KoD.

3. The idea that Ishamael is being something akin to Suroth's Truthspeaker makes a lot of sense (I think only the Imperial family has Truthspeakers in the books? but it makes sense to expand them outward).

4. That Fain plays the game so well with Turak here can serve as a hint that he's playing the subservience game with Ishamael as well (who killed the Fade? in other words).

5. The saa in Lanfear's eyes! I love that we're getting a super-charged look at the True Power this early on. I definitely approve of the change of the Forsaken getting brought back with the True Power rather than being put in new bodies -- that can work in a book, but in a show, you want to keep your actors. Especially when they're so good!

6. The Elyas scene does feel like Elyas is essentially doing triple-duty this season: he's himself (Wolfbrother lore dump); he's Hurin (sniffer who leads them after Fain); he's Noam (completely detached from his previous human life).

7. I do like how Elyas feels... somewhat amoral (not immoral!) -- he cares about his fellow wolves (including Perrin) and only his fellow wolves. Obviously, part of the reason that's there is so that viewers will wonder if Ishamael (the Father of Lies) was telling the truth about Perrin becoming closer to the Shadow the closer he gets to the wolves but that's... a good thing, I think, for Perrin's narrative arc. It gives him a grounded reason to try to avoid embracing the wolves. The show has done a really good job in giving characters believable motivations for their behavior.

Show: has Elyas diss every human that Perrin cares about because he's trying to tell Perrin that he belongs with the wolves and not the humans.

Some Book Readers: Ah-ha! Laila wasn't his pack? Darkfriend!

It was just so clear to me, in watching the episode, that Elyas mentioning Perrin's wife was the last straw that made Perrin push him away. It was not meant as a Darkfriend hint of any kind! Elyas did not know Laila as a person! He does not care about Laila as a person! It's pretty clear that he only cares about Perrin (because he's a fellow Wolfbrother). That's why he only saved Perrin from the caravan; that's why he led Perrin eastward instead of west. He has zero interest in putting himself in danger to help humans; he does not identity with humans.

8. Ooo, I wonder if we're going to see Perrin's wolf name visualized at some point by the wolves -- Young Bull with his axe that is also his horns, strong and protective. Again, the show has done such a good job in showing us the Perrin that I think Jordan wanted us to see but that he didn't quite manage -- pretty much every show-only reactor sees Perrin as genuinely considerate and empathetic and believes that he has a good heart and wouldn't leave people to suffer.

9. Brilliant choice to have Aviendha introduced here and be part of Perrin's storyline. I do really like how Elayne, Aviendha, and Min have all been part of another main character's plotline before anything implied romantic between them and Rand happens. Hopefully, the show does the same thing with Tuon in the season when she gets introduced. I'm going to guess that (rather than going along with Perrin because of Faile) Bain and Chiad are going to help Aviendha meet her toh towards Perrin once she's told that she needs to become a Wise One apprentice and Bain and Chiad will travel with him to the Two Rivers. I suspect that Gaul will be introduced next season as well.

10. I also really like the way they set up Dain and Perrin's future dynamic here as well -- Dain realizes that Perrin is from the Two Rivers, so that gives him a reason to go there after he (mistakenly?) thinks that Perrin has killed his father. I do wonder whether or not Fain will go to the Two Rivers at all. It's kinda... crowded over there, since we know that Slayer was cast (I think). There isn't, imo, any real need for Fain to corrupt the Whitecloaks in the show -- I feel like they can corrupt themselves just fine. (I kinda feel that way about Elaida too) -- and it might be good to tie Fain back into Rand and/or Mat's plotlines.

11. The Seanchan and the Whitecloaks both have a 'evil but not the evil of the Dark One' situation going on, and we kinda get that here, with the (new) innkeeper being even more unhappy with being occupied by Whitecloaks than by the Seanchan. I actually like that they have the new innkeeper here selfishly being okay with the Seanchan -- the issue that I had with various plotlines in CoT & KoD wasn't "it's unrealistic for anyone to be collaborators with the slavers", of course some/many people are selfish enough that it doesn't matter to them that some people get enslaved as long as it isn't them; it was an issue with specific characters turning collaborator without there being anywhere near enough work in the characterization or narrative to justify it. That was the issue that I had.

Especially since this same conversation does illustrate how selfish this man's PoV is, if you pay attention to the dialogue. The old innkeeper's granddaughter was kidnapped by the Seanchan -- SHE would not agree with him that they're totally chill if you only just swear the oaths.

12. Seeing Lady Suroth like this, 'dressed down', as it were, gave me quite a start. She looks almost naked without the super-long nails and the helmet and with me being able to see that she has no eyebrows. Like, it gives her a big 'pathetic and vulnerable' vibe even though she's been just as awful as she was in her introduction.

And it makes me wonder... are people who are sympathetic to Tuon in Crossroads of Twilight and Knife of Dreams also more likely to be good at visualization when they read? Because, personally, I don't see pictures in my head when I read books. I think it's part of the reason why I can so easily accept adaptations in the first place -- there's no prior image that I need to override. I had no firm mental image of how 'Rand' or 'Nynaeve' or anyone looked in the books, so the actors can easily become that person for me. It's all just... words in my head for me. The most that I ever visualize is something akin to black and white abstract sketches.

How this relates to Tuon: one of the deeply frustrating things about CoT+ Mat to me is how he behaves like Tuon is 'not like the other Seanchan' even though her behavior on the page is just as rancid and terrible as any other Blood. But, in her descriptions in CoT & KoD, she doesn't visually resemble other Seanchan anymore -- her hair is growing out, she's in Westlands clothing instead of Seanchan High Blood clothing. But as someone who doesn't visualize characters and scenes when I'm reading a book, the clothes that a character is wearing has little to no impact on my perception of them as a character.

Is it different if you do/can visualize how differently Tuon looks when she's traveling with Mat vs how she looked when she was embedded in the Seanchan power structure? Because it really does genuinely confuse me when I see people repeat what Mat says about her being different from the other Seanchan because her behavior is just... identical to all the other Seanchan Blood from what I've seen in the books -- intensely political and manipulative; firmly supports and believes in slavery; gets off on torture and abuses her slaves even while believing that she's the bestest and kindest slave owner in the world; thinks of herself as inherently better because she's Of The Blood, etc. I remember when Mat places her in the same 'better than other nobles' category as Talmanes in KoD, my brain just bluescreened because he's consistently been shown on the page that she's still just as awful as the others (the chapter where she literally collars and tortures three of his allies is certainly never anything I'm forgetting, even if Mat 'goldfish' Cauthon forgot about it five minutes after it happened). But, yeah, if you visualize characters and scenes when reading books, do those visuals have an impact on how you think of the characters?

(on a character level, I understand why Mat would lie to himself about Tuon if he genuinely believes himself to be trapped in a marriage with her -- the issue with that is two-fold though: a. with Mat's other lies to himself, we are given outside context with other PoVs and behavior from other characters to see that he's lying while in CoT and KoD, we're pretty firmly locked into Mat's warped perspective, and b. Jordan did a shit job of showing why Mat gave up so quickly and just believed that he's doomed to be married to Tuon without him making ANY attempts at fighting the prophecy)

13. Looking forward to the future... I do suspect that we'll still get Semirhage trying to shape and mold Tuon (unless we don't get enough seasons), but I think in the end (exploring @sixth-light's idea about having a split Seanchan Empire instead of having the Sharans), we may end up with Suroth in charge of one half of the Seanchan (who will fight for the Shadow) and one half led by Tuon (who will fight for the Light) and that we will, hopefully, be getting a Tuon who actually has to confront what being a sul'dam means and that the Seanchan will fracture on the issue of slavery (which would make their American accents even more apt) instead of the Westlands characters becoming friends and lovers with gleefully cruel slavers. Having Tuon's 'stubbornness' and pushback against Semirhage actually lead to her questioning the established order would be so much more powerful than her stubbornness being used as an excuse for her dodging and avoiding any character growth for the entire time that she hangs around.

14. I hope that Aviendha's amusement here over Perrin's protectiveness is perhaps going to be more of the vibe we get with Rand & the Maidens once that relationship gets going. Rand really doesn't have the same reasons (so far) to be as unreasoningly overprotective of them as he is in the books, since the Two Rivers in the show aren't Weird about women in danger the way that the books are. It's very much a Perrin hangup because of his wife and we've seen it develop over time. And if Rand feels some protectiveness, I'd like it to be tied more towards him feeling like he doesn't want to lose any of his newfound family.

15. It feels clear that Moiraine is absolutely still bound by the Three Oaths. She obviously WANTS to lie in the scene where she's introducing Rand to Anvaere and Barthanes, but she isn't able to. It's played very much the same way as when she was caught in the Oath last season (one of the funniest moments in S1 is when she wants to tell the Two Rivers' kids that she trusts them now but she absolutely doesn't trust them and can't say the words).

16. So, who in this scene is a Darkfriend. I suspect that Barthanes is and I suspect that Anvaere is not. Anvaere's information session with Moiraine last episode completely destroyed the Shadow's plans for Rand -- it could be the Shadow tripping over itself but I suspect it's just that Anvaere is what she seems to be -- a very political but non-Shadow-aligned person.

17. I wonder if the end of the next episode is going to timeskip us the few weeks to the wedding (thus making it so that Egwene spends several weeks in 'training') -- or maybe we'll timeskip between episodes 6&7. From the preview, it looks like we're going to spend some serious time showing how horrible and dehumanizing the damane 'training' is. What they might do is show us the initial beginning of it -- and then we jump forward and see how things are after several weeks? The mention of the wedding just feels... potentially significant, since it's not from the books. This would give Perrin time to travel to Falme with Aviendha; Mat and Min would have time to get to Cairhien; Elayne and Nynaeve would have time to bond; and Siuan would also have time to get to Cairhien, since we know she goes there at some point. And it might mean that, along with Egwene getting her 'training' from Renna, we might also get Rand getting some training from Logain and potentially Lan as well.

18. I love Verin kickstarting the Black Ajah Hunt so much. I already talked about this a lot in my earlier post about Darkfriends, so I won't get into it here but: fantastic choice. It does imply to me that we don't really need the Wondergirls to go back to the Tower next season to get their Black Ajah Hunting instructions, since there's already a Hunt started by full Sisters. Which I would be fine with -- they literally spend less than a week in the White Tower in book 3. They dip in for Egwene & Elayne's tests, to get more instructions from Siuan, and then dip out again. I feel like the show could easily have them decide to hunt the Black Ajah of their own accord (Nynaeve in particular has a reason to want to go after Liandrin).

19. I do not think that Sheriam knows that Verin is 'Black Ajah' or that Liandrin is (more genuinely) Black Ajah. She and Liandrin were at odds too much earlier in the season over Nynaeve imo. Joiya, otoh, I think might know that Liandrin is also Black Ajah, because she immediately backed Liandrin up in the big group discussion.

20. "We respect the One Power so much that we don't believe that anyone should wield it by accident of birth". I've seen other people (reactors on youtube) wondering if this conversation means that the Seanchan already know that sul'dam are learners, since they talk about training the sul'dam for years and them earning the right to use the One Power, but this line in particular makes me feel like they don't know. Because sul'dam are only sul'dam because of an 'accident of birth' as well. I'm sure that we'll find out, because the realization of the sul'dam secret was a pretty huge moment with Egwene in the books (even if Min & Nynaeve appeared to have completely forgotten the information when they were spending time with Rand later in the series) so it will definitely stand out if it gets played differently and Renna doesn't get that horror of realizing that she, too, is marath'damane.

21. I've also seen people wonder why the damane & sul'dam didn't catch on that Liandrin was channeling to wake the girls and free Nynaeve, but she was channeling that entire time (to hold open the Waygate) so her tiny weave would have been masked by the larger one.

22. Aviendha's attitude towards obligation and honor is going to be such an interesting contrast to how weighed down Rand is by his obligations. Looking forward to them getting some good scenes together in s3.

23. I hope Egwene gets to hit Renna over the head in this version too. And collar her to the wall. I can already tell that this is going to be painful and intense. I did notice that a lot of show-only reactors have NOT picked up on how terrifying and awful the damane slavery is yet, but I feel like the show is going to make it very clear in the next episode. (I don't know how you can look at Egwene in pain here and not already understand but... next week should make things crystal clear).

The preview did show us how... earnest (ugh) Renna is going to be in her 'training' of Egwene. The way she called the damane kennels "your new home" and the (horrifying) sincerity in her voice.

I'm actually wondering if Egwene is going to be freed in episode 7, before Rand gets to Falme, since Perrin and Aviendha are headed in the direction of Falme and it's Perrin who is attached to the Ingtar and Horn storylines and not Rand (who didn't even find out that the Horn is a thing that exists until 2x3). Because Rand isn't actually involved in her rescue in the books iirc -- that was Elayne and Egwene (with Min tagging along). He spots her and seeing her is why he refuses to leave, but since he's going there for his own purposes unrelated to the Horn in this version (I assume), then he doesn't need that extra push to stay. From the preview for episode 6, it kinda sounds like Loial & co are going to try to help her be freed but I'm not sure if it'll work that soon.

Expecting next episode to be extremely rough, emotionally.

Additional spoilers/speculation based on imdb listings (which may not be entirely accurate):

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The actress who played Maigan in S1 is listed as being in the next three episodes (6, 7, 8). She was planning to go west to investigate the rumors. She has not been seen in the White Tower this season. The actress who is playing Ryma is only listed for episodes 5 & 6. Renna is listed for all the remaining episodes; Seta is listed for the final two episodes. That just all seems like interesting information to me, though again, imdb.

Complete side note, episode 7 is the episode that Hayley Mills is listed for. I wonder if she's the Queen of Cairhien that Barthanes is marrying.

[miraculousmaker]

SPOILERS FOR TMAGP 13

LIVE REACTION

Alrighty now I’ll be caught up.

“Alice is right. You’re easy to make blush.” Gurl

Ah, Jack’s her son. Makes sense.

Trauma dumping is a love language.

Getting straight to bi questions is always interesting. Then they turned to if the reports were real. No duh.

Gwen trying to figure out if she was responsible. Baby, you didn’t knoww

O we’re getting good lore rn. They are focused on balance, which makes sense since now the Web is everything.

Weird that this isn’t a report. We prob need to know it.

How does someone go to public school with a scholarship? Brits are strange.

Definitely important that this isn’t a report, right?

This guy just tweaking with a glitchy app that somehow knew what he was doin irl is so… familiar.

Desire, greed, addiction.

Dude betting on his own life, deciding to… jump off a cliff?

Also, gambling so similar feeling to the ep for the bone dice.

Ruination for the cause of more more more.

Hehe get consumed mf

Alice you’re so silly. “Is she at least going to make an honest woman out of you” babe

Ooo weird background breeze.

“I’m going to have to take a shit on your desk.”

[stravacious]

more of my adventure time oc, bernice ✨

she’s from the new human city, and she gave finn his jake tattoo :) here’s her family! names and ages under the cut lol

y’all are gonna hate me but i don’t ship finn x huntress wizard lol i ship him w my seamstress oc that i’ve had since the show came out!!

in the family pic, from left to right:

orson (19m), maude (13f), bernice (25f), joss (51m), philomena (48f), ephraim (28m), ferris (17m), sybil (22f), leonie (15n)

i’ve written a lot about them!! i love the idea of finn and bernie getting together one day and finn having a big loving family in the human city, as well as in ooo. if you wanna hear any more about them i’d be happy to dump lore :)

[corruptedroses]

Hiii!!

If you feel comfortable doing so, could you write nsfw Hastur hcs or kinks that you can think of? <3

Fandom — Identity V Pairing — Feaster | Hastur/reader Content Warnings — mentions of pregnancy/pregnancy kink, public sex, mind break Author's note — ooo Hastur, probably one of my fav hunters lore wise, thank you for sending in the ask nonnie! Trying a new format with these so hope you don't mind.

As an Eldritch god, Hastur probably is into worshipping, with him the one receiving; he's a god, you're a mortal, and even if he adores you he will visually become more aroused if you worship him and his power. Making comments like "you're so powerful" and "you're so big" fuels his ego. Same with Size kink, you're so small against him that he cannot help but want to see you overflowing with him.

On the topic of being overfilled, he probably really enjoys the concept of breeding you, even if you cannot get pregnant (then again, he's an eldritch god so anything is possible) he will want to fuck you so full that you're spilling his seed from every hole. If you can get pregnant, even better; the human body fascinates him, but the fact that his seed took to your womb?

He will want to keep you full.

Probably into Exhibitionism due to the fact he'd want to show you off, show others what they're not able to have because he has you, his perfect little cum dump for his abominations, for his spawn. Probably would fuck you in front of a cult if it meant showing off his power.

Tentacles are a given at this point, he'd want to see you tangled up in them, being fucked by them, gagging on them; he can feel all of them since they're still an extension of himself so it's most likely you'll be in them more often than on your back.

Mind-breaking probably is a HUGE kink of his, especially since one look at his actual form may drive you insane, but the concept of breaking your mind, making you so dependent on him gets his libido going and he loves it. Do not actually do this with him or show that you're interested, you will lose all sense of identity.

There are more things he's probably into, but they probably would break the human mind...

[sweetchcolate]

I know both series have already started, but between Doctor Elise or 7th Time Loop which one do you like the most and also have you read their manhwa and light novels respectively?

Ooo tough question tough question!

Mind you, I read 7th Time Loop (the LN) around late summer 2023 or not too long after the anime was announced, while I read Surgeon Elise (the webtoon adaptation) about 2-3 weeks ago, so the latter is fresher in mind. Keep in mind that a lot of what I will say is also subjective and up to personal taste.

tldr: I prefer 7th Time Loop best. If I had to sum things up simply, I started reading Surgeon Elise for Elise and stayed for Elise (and Linden to an extent), whereas I started readin 7th Time Loop for Rishe and stayed for Rishe, Arnold, Theodore, Rishe's previous lives, the intrigue and the world building.

More under the cut for details:

Imo I prefer 7th Time Loop because it does a great job of balancing and progressing its plot, its world building and its interpersonal relationships.

Rishe is a wonderfully competent, sharp, and kind female lead. It's always a surprise to see how Rishe'll react to meeting familiar faces, and her dealing with people she knows from previous lives (yet who aren't quite the same as she remembers) and it makes you excited to see what's next. Trying to gauge how much of herself and her knowledge to reveal and how much to keep under wraps is also part of the mystery and the charm.

But the characters who surround her (Arnold, his brother, the people from her previous lives) are just as interesting and important in the story. They all shape the world Rishe lives in through their actions/words, and their existence has repercussions on the story.

On the other hand, the most developed characters in Surgeon Elise are Elise herself and Linden (which makes sense, they're the main couple, so of course both parties will get developed). The other characters kinda take a back seat or only serve a purpose for early plot points before kinda... being forgotten? For example, in early Surgeon Elise when she's doing volunteering at the hospital, Graham is lauded as a medical genius and prodigy and is meant to serve as a way to measure/showcase Elise's prowesses. He supports her early on, but is quickly pushed to the side once Elise progresses past his skills (he does show up again during the war arc, but his role is much more minor to the point you could write him out without missing much).

(In other words, if you gave me a bonus chapter focused on Graham or other side characters in Surgeon Elise, I guess I would read it, but if you gave me a bonus chapter focused on Theodore, Michel, Kaine, etc, I would devour it asap).

Another element which 7th Time Loop does incredibly well is the world building: it plays a very important part in everyone's lives instead of just being relegated to the background. Political, religious, geographical and economical considerations all come into play because they give rise to the obstacles Rishe and Arnold must face while also shaping the solutions they come up with (this makes more sense if you've read V3 or V4 of the LN). However, it's all introduced gradually and always tied with new characters (so let's say if chara X from country Y shows up in the story, Rishe will give a brief description of that country and its ties/importance to Galkhein), so it doesn't feel like a lore dump.

You couldn't just swap country X for country Y, because each country is unique in its geographical location, its environment, its natural resources, and its relations to Galkhein and other neighboring nations.

To be fair to Surgeon Elise, the focus of the story is on Elise herself and the advancements she brings to medicine, so there's not quite as much place or importance for her country's internal or external policies compared to 7th Time Loop. It's a much more self-contained and character-driven story, so the span of the world buiding is also more concise and focused on the roles/classes of the immediate people around Elise (for example, her brother getting circumscribed in the war because he's a noble in order to bolster the army's manpower)

(In other words, take out the lore in Elise and you wouldn't miss much, but take out the lore in 7th Time Loop and there would be a lot of holes/missing pieces).

It's important to note that I've compared 7th Time Loop the LN to Surgeon Elise the webcomic. It's very possible that some of the things I found lacking in Surgeon Elise is because of its medium (I suppose a webcomic has less time and space to go into details into characters's personal motivation, backstories, world building, etc than a light novel), but the story was still cute and entertaining enough :P

[jennsterjay]

Ooo we doin' clawcode angst 👀? *Pulls out my au lore, lemme see

Here comes kind of a huge lore dump/mini fic about my Clawcode AU

While I usually write/draw Miles G. and Ganke M. being silly and getting into shenanigans, there is more in depth lore and sinister six plot lines that have some heartfelt/angsty moments because Earth-42. Here's my lore about the origins of how Miles G. Morales and Ganke M. Lee met, how Miles G. became The Prowler, and how Ganke M. revealed his own secret identity before asking Miles if he could help him as his right hand man:

[Cw Tags: action/adventure, angst/drama, hurt/comfort, canon-typical violence, character death mentioned, overcoming grief, hacking, gambling mentioned, financial instability, family drama (like that miles morales ps4 achievement), some strong language]

In my AU, Claws and Code, the first time Miles G. and Ganke M. meet is their first year of Brooklyn Visions Academy where they become roommates. In this AU, Miles G. Morales is the vigilante known as The Prowler, and Ganke M. Lee is the fabled anonymous underground hacker and enginneer called The Gh0st_Kni9ht. At the start of their first year of being roommates, Ganke M. is already doing undercover freelance hacking shenanigans and hides it from Miles G., but Miles G. isn't the Prowler yet. Miles is suspicious of Ganke but after getting to know him he lets his guard down and they hit it off and become best friends and the dynamic duo around campus. They even spend the summer after together.

When at Ganke's house, Miles starts putting the pieces of Ganke's financial situation in his head. Ganke's dad in this universe works in the business sector of one of the factions under the Sinister Six (its unavoidable, nearly everyone in the city that's a citizen works in some capacity under them) and he regularly gambles and loses money. Ganke's mom works twice as hard in the technology sector but barely makes enough money to hold down the fort. Miles notices all the tech in Ganke's room, and notices somehow he's still able to pay for all his books and other accommodations at school, even helping out his mother with bills, but Miles has never seen Ganke go to work and he's only ever at his computer or disappearing off to who knows where if he's not in the engineering lab, so Miles is pretty sure of what's happening but he doesn't say anything. Ganke appreciates it.

Fast forward and it's their sophomore year of high school and the two are already making plans to hang out next summer. Ganke gets a crush on Miles but doesn't tell him or rush into anything yet. The two are just happy to have each other and there's not a worry or a care other than the usual chaos in town. There's nothing to worry about...

Right?

It's the middle of Miles' sophomore year of high school when his world turns upside down and it's now a little harder to breathe. His father...has passed on in a police related incident. Aaron Davis, Rio Morales, his extended family, several police force, and Ganke are at the funeral with him.

Ganke is there by his side, supporting him from the get go. Going to the funeral, checking in on him, being there beside him, anything. Miles doesn't know if he can go back to how he was before his father died, but Ganke assures him that that's ok and he can be who he needs to be to be easy on himself.

Over the next few weeks, Miles knows he's not ok...but he's getting better, settling back into himself. Going back to working out and using his punching bag. He's still here and he still has his mami, tío, and Ganke...and he'll always have his father in his heart.

Miles settles back into a routine and finishes his sophomore year, with summer break on the horizon.

That summer, Miles visits his tíos apartment for a surprise visit only to open the apartment and find his tío in his Prowler suit, and his worldview does a 180. His uncle is The Prowler. His uncle doesn't see him yet, so Miles quietly slips back out of the door an runs for his life. He doesn't know what to do, he doesn't know what to think, he doesn't know whether to feel betrayed, scared, or angry that tío is the opposite of what his father fought against every day. So Miles goes home exhausted, and falls asleep. Little does he know Aaron saw him run from him, and it hurt his heart.

A week later, Miles tries to forget the whole thing as he walks to tíos apartment to deliver lunch made by his mami, and he knocks on the door. Aaron let's him in, and they eat together. Miles doesn't look him in the eye. They both know why, but Miles doesn't know that Aaron saw him. Aaron lightens the mood by telling Miles stories about his father to cheer him up, and for a moment things are almost normal.

Then people start banging loud on Aaron's door. Aaron tells Miles to hide in his bedroom closet at the far end of the apartment while he takes care of it. Miles does, then he hears a fight outside with his Uncle in the middle of it. Miles gets too curious and looks through the window blinds to see his uncle in the Prowler suit, soloing everyone who tried to get the jump on him. Miles didn't agree with what he was, but in that moment he couldn't lie like his tío wasn't cool.

Fast forward and one day Miles takes the alleyway that his mami said not to go through, just so he can make it home before the citywide curfew, and Miles gets cornered by 5 large men. Miles does his best to put up a fight, but when he's on the ground and thinks he's really messed up big time, a purple flash comes from above, and a villian becomes a hero for a night. It's his tío, Aaron Davis, The Prowler.

On the way back to Uncle Aaron's apartment, his tío carries him in his arms while he's still suited up, mask up, claws out. Miles for once feels the safest he's ever been. His uncle patches him up as they finally have a heart to heart, and Miles makes a decision that changes the course of his destiny. He asks his uncle to help him become strong so that he can protect others like he did, and protect his family like his father would.

This would be the start of Miles G. Morales, The Prowler.

During the summer, Ganke and Miles hang out less and less and Ganke gets suspicious but he's also wrapped up in his own secrets so he can't ask without being a hypocrite and blowing his own cover...so he can only hope that with Miles, everything is ok.

It's the Junior year for Miles and Ganke at Brooklyn Visions Academy, and things are already off to a rough start. Miles is acting off and Ganke is worried (and a little pissed) that he's being brushed off...but he cares about him and he's still gonna be there for him even if it comes with a risk. Ganke knows there's a new sidekick spotted prowling around Brooklyn with The Prowler, and that there have been rumors that The Prowler has defected from Kingpin and is now a vigilante. Pair that with Miles skipping classes, coming to their dorm and slipping in and out at odd hours with injuries that Ganke takes over in patching up again and again, and Ganke has put two and two in his head.

Finally Ganke flies a little too close to the sun and implies that he knows what Miles won't tell him. Miles gets scared that Ganke is going to put it all out on the line and say it. Blow his cover, blow both of their covers. Layout all their secrets they've been dancing around each other, but Miles just can't handle that. So he hits a low blow, saying Ganke kept secrets from him first, and then Miles runs away from his dorm and leaves.

The next day, it's Saturday and there's no class, so Ganke slips away from campus on his bike and goes to the one place he's never been to but has been tracking for months.

Uncle Aaron's apartment, home of The Prowler.

He sets his bike aside and hacks the front door keypad lock in 5 seconds without breaking a sweat, and sneaks in until he sees The Prowler's sidekick standing up and facing away from him with his mask on, fiddling with tech at a work bench, before taking off the mask and revealing his face.

He knew it...

It's Miles.

It's then that Ganke makes his own decision, the one he's resolved to make for months, as he walks forward ready to blow away all their covers, no secrets, no games, so he can say what he's been wanting this whole time.

"I knew it"

Miles freezes and whips his head around with the most deer in the headlights look that Ganke has ever seen in his life.

"What are you doing here, you shouldn't be here. You need to leave"

"I already knew, and I already know Miles"

"You don't know anything!"

"I think its pretty obvious at this point"

"Shut up and leave Ganke, you don't know what your messing with. Leave."

Ganke keeps walking at a steady pace towards Miles, resolved in his decision.

"I think I do, and I'm going to help"

"What?!

"Miles...you have a lot of eyes on you now, and I know you're in deep. I am too, I know what it's like...and you know I that I know what it's like, even if I never told you..."

"Ganke stop talking" Miles warned

"But I'm going to tell you now" Ganke said

In a desperate attempt, Miles takes Ganke's shirt collar in his hand as he stares Ganke down with a stare that can only be described as the calm before a storm.

"Get out of here, Ganke. Before I make you".

For a moment Ganke looked down at him with fear, but Ganke has never been a pushover and he sees even past Miles' threat that somewhere in his eyes Miles doesn't want him to go. So Ganke places his hand over Miles' hand that's currently grabbing his shirt collar, and leans his forehead on his when he says

"No."

And Miles looks back into his eyes with a look of sadness, defeat, and underneath it, relief. He then drops Ganke's shirt collar and reluctantly leans away from him and sighs, looking at the ground. How is he supposed to keep Ganke out of danger now?

"See, the funny thing about the truth is sometimes it can hurt like hell, and sometimes it comes with a risk. And when you take that risk, you do so knowing that whatever outcome happens you're willing to face it head on because it's worth it. And as cheesy as it sounds, I'm here because I know you're worth it. We're worth it, and I'm not gonna let you fall without me there to catch you when you need me. So since I know your truth now, I'll tell you mine..."

Miles waited with a baited breath as he let Ganke's words settle into his heart, and prepared himself for what Ganke was about to tell him.

"Over the past few months I've hacked into Kingpin's, Dr.Ocks, Brooklyn PD's, Scorpion's, and several other government websites and organization mainframes for intel and other reasons. I've created blueprints and tech for various sectors, I do all this on closed circuit tech and get cash for it, and I have a 4.0gpa in the school system but I'm the only one who knows it's actually a 3.87"

It's then that realization comes over Miles as he realizes exactly who Ganke really is.

"I'm Ganke M. Lee, and in the digital underground I'm the hacker and enginneer known as... The Gh0st_Kni9ht"

And as Miles thinks about how many times the foes in the night he's fought say that name on repeat whenever there's a security breach or on-site hacking, all Miles can say is

"Holy shit Ganke"

"Yep that's my name, my real one anyway. I know its crazy, but you'll get used to it since you're the only one who knows now anyway"

"Ay díos mio! Ganke you have an entire bounty on your head!"

"I mean, so do you. Mine is only slightly higher than yours through. But you'll get there, Prowler" Ganke said with a laugh

"You're crazy!" Miles said with a look of disbelief and a huff that was almost a laugh "How can you be so calm about this?"

And Ganke, the clown he is actually taps his chin as if he's thinking about it. As if he's trying to solve some huge mystery before he chuckles again and reaches for Miles' ocular interface mask.

"Think about it this way..." Ganke says as he places Miles' mask into Miles' hands. Miles holds it and looks back at Ganke who's now standing right in front of him, with a look of fondness.

"When you hide behind a mask, you feel like you need to keep up appearances to be whatever people expect of you because you're not really you. You're just a character for people to project onto. Maybe you even project yourself onto it. A mask can be anything, for any reason, but it's still just a mask. It's you, just not the real you. When you take off the mask, or in my case when I log off, sometimes it still feels like you're wearing it, and you may still face the consequences of wearing it, but in the end it's still not really you. Sometimes it gets lonely and dark when you feel like a mask is all that you have to be...but look-" Ganke says as he places both of his hands on Miles' shoulders

"Your mask is off right now, and so is mine. We both know what each other's masks are, but we know who we are without them, and that's what matters more. From the start, you and me both knew the part we played for others and who we really are, and even then we both know no matter what that we've got each other's backs. Even if our masks are a part of us, and extension of us or whatever comics con hero bs you wanna call it, as long as I have one person in the world who I trust to know me behind the mask and without the mask, then I can take on anything the world throws at me." Ganke said with an easy grin.

Miles was speechless and at that moment he felt like a huge weight was lifted off of his shoulders because díos he was right.

"Miles I see you, man. You're juggling all these responsibilities with school, and your mom, and prowling around town kicking ass, but Miles, my friend...my best friend. You don't have to do this alone anymore. From now on...I'm right here, and I'm not going anywhere, so let's do this together." Ganke says before letting Miles go and offering a hand to him

"Deal?" Ganke asks with a smile

Miles places his mask back on the table and looks long and hard at the hand offered to him, thinking of all that they have been through together and all that Miles feels about him, and what this means for them now. He accepts it all in his heart with a slow inhale... and an exhale.

He takes Ganke's hand in his and gives it a hearty shake.

"Deal" Miles says with a slight grin

"Good...now hand me that Maglev 200 wrench, and those shoes on the table, we've got work to do" Ganke says with a grin.

The End Claws and Code AU

[probably-a-plant-thing]

ooo you wanna hear me ramble about how Phillip and Rodney are funky lil guys ooo you wanna click that read more and get that yummy lore dump ooo~

Phillip killed his boss on accident and in an attempt to bring him back, created Rodney.

But when he found out Rodney remembered nothing about it's past life Phillip quickly took the opportunity to be in charge.

Phillip is pretty moody, getting snippy with anyone he thinks is "disrespectful" to him (but really it's just disliking anyone who doesn't kiss his ass)

Phil got constantly praised as a miracle doctor, so literally bringing someone to life (albeit without the memories) defo ruined his ego in the best way.

Phil's relationship with his old boss wasn't really friendly, so he tends to be very sharp towards Rodney since it's hard to disconnect Rod from his boss. Rodney takes it a little personally.

Rodney figured that was his name because Phillip called him "Mr. Rodney" and just didn't know what a last name was at the time. Phil just changed it to his first name.

Rodney has multiple large scars across his head that are deemed to be the original cause of death, which is what Phil hypothesizes is the reason for the memory loss.

Rodney has a surprisingly fast mind for learning, so that's why he's an apprentice/assistant.

[rei-does-stuff]

MLP MYM TIME PART 2 BABYYYYY

Ep 4!!!!

-I always get giddy when the mlp jingle appears

-AWW HE RESPECTS HER BOUNDARIES

-OH ALPHABITTLE IS GONNA WANNA KILL OPALINE FOR ALL THE TRAUMA SHE GAVE HIS LITTLE GIRL YOU KNOW IT

-OH SHE DOESNT REMEMBER SO SHE CANT RLLY RELATE ANYMORE OUGH I LOVE THIS

-IZZY SEES ALPHABITTLE AS A FATHER FIGURE CONFIRMED

-Jog your memory, that’s what zipp tried to do man!! It aint gonna work!!

-WAIT WAIT I NEED TO CHECK THE INTRO TO MAKE SURE BUT I THINK IT CHANGED SO MISTY IS HAPPY INSTEAD OF SCARED OMG I LOVE THAT

-OMG SHES IN THE GROUP SHOT OF THE INTRO AAAA

-AWE THAT WHY HE LOVES GAMES OMG OMG

-OMG SUNNY AND ZIPP TEAMUP???

-IZZY TOO?? SUNIZY MOMENTS MAYBE??

-AWW PITCH MOMENTS

-AWW AN ACTUAL ROOM FOR HER

-Dust bunnicorns aww

-NOO MISTY YOUR FEELINGS MATTER TOO!!

-Aww he listens to her!!

-Aw Alphabittle ik you’re trying but she’s an adult buddy a grown mare!!

-Damn misty way to trauma dump /j

-I love this old woman she is SO fun

-I love the poetry ponies <3

-CAROUSEL BOUTIQUE REFERENCE OMG OMG

-NOO SHES CRYING :((

-This is such a mature topic and theyre handling it SO well man!!

-VINYL SCRATCH’S GLASSES???

-Dawn?? LUSTER DAWN??

-MOONDANCER?????

-AWW NOW SHE HAS A REAL REAL ROOM!!!

-AWW THEY BOND OVER TEA NOW

-AMAZING EP MY FAVE SO FAR

Ep 5!!!

-ooo I might not like this one! Dont like smell-stuff things in eps

-JAZZ

-TELL HER YALL

-Least pipp is happy

-SUNNY ZIPP MARRIED COUPLE ALERT I AM A TRUTHER AT THIS POINT

-OOO WE GETTIN LORE!!

-I like how they show the colts getting in on the beauty too!!

-Okok ik I’m a Sunizy stan but SUNZIP IS RLLY GROWING ON ME WITH THESE EP

-POSEY BEING TWO FACED I LOVE IT

-SUNS THEY HAVE NICKNAMES

-OMG OMG THEY ARE SO CUTE

-SPROUT

-Youhoof

-CHOSEN ONE SUNNY

-OPALINE

-Poseys fuckin smile she KNOWS she’s a bitch and is reveling in it, this is why you shouldn’t feel bad when she gets hit a boulder in tyt yall

-OH THE PIPP RECOLOR IS BACK

-I keep worrying they’re gonna drop the locket

-OOO LORE LORE LOR—

-GOOD EP

LAST EP!!!!

-HALLOWEEN EP!! Or nightmare night ep haha

-AWW SPARKY IS CUTE IN THAT OUTFIT NGL

-OOO MISTY GOT A PLAN

-I will admit they are being a little dumb not noticing the pumpkins disappearing but i will let it slide

-OPALINE

-OH ALL THE PUMPKINS ARE GETTING SENT TO OPALINE

-OHHH NOOOO

-“Opaline’s coming to town” OHHHHHH I LOVE HERRR

-OUGH ITS LIKE NIGHTMARE MOON APPEARING I LOVE IT

-AWW THEY LOVE HER

-Au where Opaline is redeemed and she just puts on fright shows <3

-Rocky and Jazz have the best dynamic

-NOO POSEYS CUTIE MARK….I surprisingly dont feel that bad— BUT ALSO MORE POSEY x WINDY MOMENTS GIRLFRIENDS????

-SPROUT

-Also yea the town’s ppl being dumb is annoying BUT ILL LET IT SLIDE

-Small SunIzzy moment <3

-SHE SCREAMED!!!

-DRAGONS!!!!

-MAP TIME!!!!

-DRAGONLANDS

-OUGHH I NEED CHAPTER 6 RIGHT NOW!!!

[aikoiya]

Hello there with a (long) vampire question about weakness (mostly about WOD vampire weakness but with a couple of other vampire weaknesses).

Can you please tell me your opinion on these vampire weaknesses (beside the common ones like sunlight or fire because it very common)

a stake to the heart which paralyzes them

their power depends on the amount of blood (vitae) they have which depletes when used

holy item like crucifixes or holy water, but only in the hand of a true believer

they have an id (the part of the mind in which innate, instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.) called the beast which compels them to feed or cause a frenzy ( go on a blood rage to feed which is a bad thing because it causes a masquerade breach)

do a torpor (do a deathlike stasis) upon taking deathlike damage, while looks like a good thing, it is a bad idea when a hunter who knows what happens when a vampire truly dies looks like and has a fire weapon.

(from Vampire the Requiem) grow more powerful when older, while sounds like a good thing when vampires get more powerful, the type of blood they need to feed on changes from being able to just live on animal blood like a rat, to human blood, to finally having to drink vampire blood to survive (which is not allowed by vampire society) which is why vampire willingly go to torpor to weaken themselves, also sunlight affect them faster).

And of course saving the best for the last, surprise shotgun blast to the head (even better if the shotgun round is fire-based like dragon breath or heat slug).

also, do you think it funny that there is so much conflicting lore about how to kill a vampire that when some hunter has to kill a powerful vampire they use everything as overkill (like kill and dismember the vampire, burn the body, mix the ash first with holy water and concrete, separate the concrete into ice cube trays, and dump the cube into the sewers) just to be sure.

Actually, I do find it very interesting.

Something to add onto that? I'd like to think that a Palo Santo stake through the heart specifically would, if not kill them outright, would at least hurt a heck of a lot worse.

The True Believer stipulation is also interesting because it suggests that part of what gives it power might be the believer's actual belief. Though, I feel like this would only extend to the crucifix thing. (Meaning that holy water or holy oil would work regardless.) Like, I don't think that God told us to start carrying around crosses. So, in a way, you could call it sort of like "faith training wheels." Which honestly sounds kinda sacrilegious when I think about it. Last thing I ever want is to take the Father lightly. But, if it is a case of true faith equals bad times for blood suckers, then wouldn't someone, like... super mature in the spirit, not even need one? Can you imagine that? Some priest dude is just sitting there, super chill, & this jerk vamp comes up to him & tries to take his blood, but guys' like, "sit down, son." And the vamp feels the weight of just being glanced at by THE One that you do NOT want to mess with. Like, is it bad that I'd find that cool? Though, I think this sort of thing would only work on a vamp that was evil.

Because, what if a vamp was a True Believer? Like, they didn't choose to be turned. It was forced on them & even now, they continue to have faith. In such a situation, I imagine that... I dunno. I don't think the holy oil or holy water or the faith of a True Believer would harm them.

The vitae one makes sense because if you hungry, you ain't doing too hot.

The thing about eventually needing to feast on Vampire blood legit sucks, though. Like, great idea for a caveat to be placed in the small print of a contract. Doesn't jive with my hc... Unless one becomes a vamp through bootleg means... but anyway!

Ah! Gotta love a surprise sawdoff to the dome! Classic.

And with fire? Ooo!

A couple of things I'd add, though? Garlic still works, but not because it physically hurts them unless they eat it themselves (which would result in more of an extreme allergic reaction). More in the "oh, heavens, the heck is that stink coming from" sort of way. Like, not just the fart stink. The "oh my gosh, my eyes are watering & I need to vacate the area asap" sort of way. So, Italian cities are actually really cool for those looking to chill out on the whole vamp hunting thing. Like, you get enough people to start cooking with garlic in one area & it's like a scene outta Exodus.

But I also think that other, similarly strong, vegetable-y smelling veggies would also work, though maybe not quite as well. Durians, too, maybe. Though, only garlic would result in such a bad reaction upon eating it.

Another would be dead man's blood working as a sort of temporary off-button. At least, from what I remember.

[tortoisebore]

i love ur little rambles so what do u think the losers coffee orders and music taste is (in hey sharpshooter or otherwise) 🤲

ooooo oooo ooo yes yes yes

((TORTOISE LORE on the days i have to work onsite at my job i almost exclusively set up shop at the coffee place across from the office & listen to my little music & drink my little beverages all day so this particular set of questions resonates with me so bad))

for consistency's sake coffee-wise let's say we're talking starbucks. i think most days sirius would go for something high in caffeine but with a little sweetness to it. a venti iced shaken espresso with oat milk and three pumps of classic sweetener, perhaps. maybe switch that classic out for chestnut praline at the holidays bc he's feeling festive. other days i think he'd want an absolute sugar bomb as a reward for getting through a rough week or bc he was really mature today and refrained from screeching at people in the street when they didn't walk fast enough & blocked the sidewalk when he was in a hurry. on those days he requires a big ole mocha cookie crumble frap or an iced cinnamon dolce latte with an extra shot for fun.

on his walk home he's listening to one of three playlists depending on the day. the first one is a fourteen hour pop girlie playlist that starts with style by taylor swift and ends with kiss me more by doja cat, with some ariana, gaga, spice girls, charli, no doubt, & even some abba thrown in the middle for spice. the second playlist is for mocha cookie crumble days and starts with your best american girl by mitski and features lots of phoebe, lots of taylor, lots of lana, some ethel cain for sure, some select fleetwood mac, maybe some stuff from the 1975's a brief inquiry album. it's all stuff he can dig into & be angsty with & have strong feelings to.

the third is a more generic thought-dump kind of playlist where he just throws in songs he likes. buttercup by hippo campus. the view from the afternoon by arctic monkeys. concussion by girlhouse. ilysb by lany. like....,.,moonage daydream. 6 inch. pink pony club. bring it on home. just a mix of vibes and genres & things he gets stuck in his head.

contrary to popular belief i do think remus is a coffee girlie and would pick a mug of good dark roast drip over tea any day. i think he's simple for the most part & would go after a good tall americano on days he needs the kickstart but a grande drip with light cream would be his everyday go-to. during the summers he switches to a cold brew or plain iced coffee with cold foam if he's feeling fancy. he likes to pretend he doesn't like the frilly expensive drinks but every time he & sirius get coffee together, sirius orders him a grande mocha with two extra pumps of mocha and whipped cream on top & he downs it in about eight seconds.

remus is a hozier stan confirmed. remus is a boygenius stan confirmed. he likes poetic lyrics more than anything so sirius puts him on mitski and taylor. i like the idea that his music taste was a little outdated most of his life bc his parents had a huge record collection that they inherited from his grandparents so he just....played music all the time as a lonely little kid looking for things to do. when he was nine the only album he listened to all christmas break was otis redding's the dock of the bay & that made him gravitate toward stuff like leon bridges & amy winehouse as he got older. he learned about spotify four years after everyone else did & still only has two playlists. his parents loved the 90s rock girlies and they listened to a lot of the cranberries and fiona apple CDs around the house, so all those albums are really nostalgic for him now. he puts sirius on jeff buckley & regrets it instantly bc literally all he does now is play remus' grace vinyl full-volume and remus is afraid they're going to get a noise complaint. you can hear it in the stairwell sirius the neighbors are going to get mad please