#prism rant

[bunnakit]

I keep getting frustrated with myself today. I woke up to a bad pain day so I've decided to stay in bed and work from my laptop, relax, read fics, whatever.

The only problem is if I'm even a little bit horizontal, even just slightly slanted, my eyes start to close and I fall asleep. I slept last night! I'm not really that tired! But I just can't stop sleeping!! So I get frustrated and annoyed because this wasn't the fucking plan -

- and then I remember I'm chronically ill. I took my weekly immunosuppressant shot last night. My body is fighting an invisible battle and even though I haven't outwardly done anything a lot of my energy is being used to keep my disease at bay.

So hey, here's a reminder to disabled folks and people with chronic illness, invisible conditions, etc. Be patient and gentle with yourselves. Sometimes what your body needs won't always make sense to you, but it's always important to listen.

[champion-prism]

but all might's characterization drawing so much strength from mother figures. his victory pose, his laugh, from his earliest memories with his mother. learning to smile and be strong from nana. thinking of nana in his worst moments and gaining strength- i thought of her as my own mother, being formed as a person by nana's life and death. i dont know why hori specifically chose to make the seventh holder a woman (shigaraki's story would have worked if nana was male) but i love that toshinori yagi is a mama's boy.

so much of the media i love has cool male mentors or emphasises fathers, male mentors, or if women are a source of drive or inspiration they exist in that capacity as lovers; but to have an Incredibly Powerful male hero that goes "yes, i derive all my strength from my mother-figure mentor" is so dear to me. his earliest memories of his happy childhood featuring his biological mother.

[prismartist]

i'm cryingggggggg quackity dresses up as fred and immediately gets the frubbo curse of everything turning into a sitcom. he was so anxious the entire time. he realized very early on that oh right, the workers communicate through writing which he cannot do and spent the day nodding and shaking his head and doing jumping jacks. other workers kept fucking asking him about his/fred's feelings for tubbo and being so hilariously sweet about it. then he got hit with the shaking bug and the other workers noticed and even assumed it was about tubbo???? "el amor es amor"????? and even fuckin cucurucho asked him if he was okay??????? he saw the others failing miserably at spying and could only scream internally. when he ran into pac, pac of course assumed that quackity must have been fred the entire time and then asked if tubbo is a good kisser. i'm going to explode. this is so embarrassing for him

[phoenix-and-found-family]

Okay but...

How long had the Phantom been planning the note, code, and safe in the control point???

The hat, safe, and number carved into the side of the drawer were all there in the tutorial. That building was evacuated because of Rising Phoenix. Which meant it must have been evacuated recently.

The note, after further inspection, says this:

[Image ID: A note that says "To The next Agent, Control Point Babadag has been evacuated following Agent Phoenix's demolition of Zor's nearby base. To reconnect to the Agency and restore power, follow the protocol outlined in this tape," followed by a drawing of a VCR looking tape.]

So, it was actually left after Phoenix blew up the building???

Which, because I am assuming the evac took a while because there's no trace of people in there, means the Phantom put a whole ass safe in the base that there was only a probable chance you'd end up in.

Getting a safe made that would only open to specific medallions, making those specific medallions in the first place out of a metal that doesn't fucking melt in a volcano (the last one is in the lava of KBOOM), and then hiding them, in mission locations you didn't even know you would be in, seems like it would take months, if not years.

And that's not even considering where they actually are in the levels:

In Roxana's house it's in her home computer, which, given the way the circles are drawn on the note, she 100% didn't know about

In the mines, which were used by the agency until she left and Zoraxis found them, they're in a stalagmite??? Specifically one the drill can't even reach, which is probably why it's still standing. But how did this person know you'd break the drill??? And why have none of the robots, or the supervisor, who can actually see the marking, ever tried to break it open to see what you could find? How did they get it in there?

In Blind Spot it's behind her license plate, which, as well as raising the question of how on earth Roxana didn't notice that but immediately knew when you and Reginald showed up, makes me wonder how she didn't get pulled over by police for having something covering up her plate

Hot Water has you A. Put a grate under the vending machine with the shield maker in it on a chalkboard, and B. send the code you get to Ollie, who sends it to you confused. Which means A. The chalkboard was assumed to not going to be erased when the grate was installed/replaced, B. The agent would figure out where to put it, and C. Phantom managed to sneak the medallion into wherever Ollie was located without him knowing anything about it

Cold Shoulder: They froze the medal in solid ice in the gondola control panel. That could only be melted by the bear laser. How in the fuck.

I already talked about the lava thing so I'm not getting pictures for it (I'm lazy)

And the note they give you from the safe looks like this:

The code translates to "I expect you to live", which is awesome, but they also call you Phoenix.

You got this nickname, at most, a month ago.

There was no physical way to do all of that in a month or less.

So either this person is inhumanly fast, predicted where you'd be in the missions, made sure no one else got it somehow, did this without stopping anything that was going on, and also got you some gloves made of gold fabric as a reward for solving the puzzles, or something else is going on.

I don't know, but I think that this Phantom person is even more interesting when you factor in how they managed to do all of this in the first place.

[arkos404]

fanart for the personality swap au, the lawful joke au, by @chaosaliien

love makes you blind fr, prism bailed immediatedly afterwards, here some of the other fits he tried before tho (yes scrabby reacted the same way to all of them)

,,,,,also tagging @flaint and @rateater2000 bc they said they were looking forward to it 👉👈 sorry it took this long lol, some of the refs below

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

not over the fact this quote implies that: 1) robutler is at least vaguely aware of the events of the death engine 2) he believes that these events were not only cool, but pivotal to the role of a 'cool agent' 3) he considers phoenix a cool agent not for neutralizing a deadly supervirus, stopping nuclear armageddon, or surviving death twice over, but destroying the same space laser that they nearly died in. or, at the very least, those other achievements pale in comparison to the whole space laser thing 4) he presumably wants to do this himself

[ratsarecool222]

Is it bad that I’m OBSESSED with my friends characters like yes vro tell me more about your shape people

I almost lit myself on fire over these characters I was burning a paper of Cylinder and Cube kissing and I CAUGHT ON FIRE

THE SHAPES MADE ME CATCH ON FIRE

@literalseal

[lonelywriter26]

OKAY OKAY OKAY so this is going to be long-winded and I'm tired but I'm also a writer so characterization, here we go. WHOOOO!

Think about how the mission starts off normally. How it's just another encounter with Zoraxis for Phoenix. Except for the Handler, it's not. It's not just Zoraxis, he's facing off against someone who he's been friends with for years. Someone who he doesn't want to hurt, someone who he knows is, or was, a good person. He can push past that for now. Phoenix is already up to their antics, and they're having a good time. He knows they won't hurt Roxana unless absolutely necessary.

Think about that first encounter with the robots. Phoenix is up high, very high, and they can't deny that they're a bit nervous. After all, a big metal box and a huge drop? Where have they seen this before? Handler is nervous too, but the robots are easily dealt with. After all, they're Agent Phoenix! It's practically impossible for them to NOT be able to get to the factory. It's a little bit fun for the agent to do this part of the mission.

Think about when Roxana comes in her helicopter, when all of the robots face off against Phoenix. They've gotten nervous now. Is it fear that they're feeling? They can't tell, they haven't felt this in a long, long time. (Since The Death Engine, since The Peace Summit.) They're a highly skilled agent, they know that, but what can they do against so many robots and in so little space? What can they do now? There's hundreds of them, and only one little agent. Is this when they feel insignificant? Is this when they start to realize just how dangerous these things are, when given the right instructions? The Handler can only watch, and he knows they're feeling uncertain. He himself is terrified. Agent Phoenix has gotten lucky before, but surviving this is damn near impossible.

And then there's the explosion.

Think of the Handler, his horrified realization that Zor did it. Project K'BOOM has started, and the wave is coming right towards the agent. But Phoenix is safe. They should be safe, right? Think of Phoenix, staring in shock as they watch it come closer. Maybe they don't realize what it is at first. Maybe they do, and that horror is dawning in their chest.

But most importantly, think of Roxana. All of her life's work, her precious companions, her friends. All destroyed. "Back-up failure, back-up failure." Her factory, EVERYTHING Zor's given her. She's expendable. She's been manipulated. It's exactly what the Agency did, on a higher level. And her robots are paying the price. This is it for them. There's no coming back from this. Dr. Roxana Prism has finally lost everything.

Phoenix can only watch as the robots are destroyed. They never hated them. Honestly, the agent thought they were cute, goofy. They may have wanted to live, but they never wanted to see this. They can only watch in horror as the wave comes closer, as it kills every robot there is, as Roxana pleads with nobody for it to stop, and as she falls.

And then they're stuck, hundreds of feet in the air. Zor's getting close to killing all of the agents. Phoenix just watched hundreds of robots and Roxana die right in front of them. The Handler just watched who was possibly his closest friend go down in a helicopter, but he can't worry about that yet. Phoenix is still in trouble.

Maybe they stay up there for a moment, processing what happened. Maybe they finally realize it's fear that's surging through them. And then they bring the gondola down.

Think about how Roxana has lost everything. Absolutely everything. The Agency's never appreciated her. Zor's been using her. Everything is gone. Think of how she might want to fire that gun, how she might want the agent dead for all that they've done to oppose her. But it's not their fault, is it? They might be part of the Agency, but they aren't the one who....well, you know. All she's got left to live for is revenge. And then what is there? She doesn't know, but she let them live anyway.

Think about how Phoenix just has to watch her go, before signaling for help. Think of how the Handler comes to get the agent, but how he has to leave Roxana behind. Think of what must be going through Roxana's head. How, as she leaves, she must be passing dozens of destroyed robots. Her greatest creations. Her most trusted friends.

*slams hands down on the table* OHHH MY GOD that took 20 minutes. I'm feral for this game, absolutely feral. I've got like, 10 fic ideas for this, please save me-

[prismaticstarshch]

was looking at r/OopsThatsDeadly again and I feel like some people need to learn the rule of “if you can’t identify it, don’t touch it/handle it/pick it up/etc.”

also, there was a post showing a screenshot of a Facebook group post showing someone handling a WDB and OP also mentioned that there were people calling it a hognose… how the hell do you confuse a WDB for a hognose when you can literally easily see that the snake has a rattle and also vaguely see one of the heat-sensing pits if you zoom in on the picture

[dykeredhood]

I technically don’t need a brass ship’s bell because I’m the only person seeing to Starkiller Base/my apartment and I already have a wall clock

It’d be fun to have one though

[asurrogateblog]

for some reason I’m very approachable so multiple times while wearing pink floyd t-shirts in public I’ve had random old men come up to me and announce unprompted that they Don’t Like Roger. okay thank you for informing me bill

[bunnakit]

realistically I know I should start making edits of my novel cover with music and posting them on tiktok to advertise it, especially now that I'm farther than chapter 1

but I simply

Do not want to do that

I don't want to make marketing posts and beg people to read my story (which I happen to think is very good)

I just wanna write it, that's hard enough as it is

[curejiraiya]

Another reason (one of many) that I like KouHiro is that before I latched onto this ship I was mildly into AkeShu from Persona 5, but I didn't like 1. The fucking ship discourse 2. how it ends with Akechi probably dying & 3. How Akechi is a murderer and you have to like mentally come to terms with that. KouHiro is like the same kind of tropes, they're really similar people with an enemies to lovers dynamic but 1. it resolves and they become friends 2. Hiro isn't that evil he just commits plagiarism that's way better than literal murder 3. Hiro doesn't die 4. The narrative woobifies Hiro for me it's not like Akechi where the woobifying is fanmade & 5. Secret childhood friends trope on top of everything

and like it's really the trope that I like, enemies to lovers + redeemed character. but I'm media illiterate and persona 5 was the first fandom with a big enemies to lovers ship that ive been in. so they're super comparable in my mind despite not actually being that similar.

yeah that's right, Joker sucks because he doesn't have a Kazuki.

Also KoP Persona 5 AU, OTRs phantom thief names are Genius, King, and Charisma. Minato's name is Harbor, Yuki's is Princess or Kabuki I can't decide, Kakeru's is Kakeru because his actual name is Kazuo, Taiga's is Tiger (wow), Shin's is Shine but no one knows why. like the name just came to the group in a premonition or something. Leo's is Lion or Lion Heart. I feel like together it works as a name but it doesn't exactly fit the naming convention, Yuu's is Zeus, Joji has to be Joker we'll just say Ren and co. don't exist in this AU. Alec is like Muscle, or Punchy, or something. And Louis is something that would make it obvious in retrospect who he is, like Messenger or Prism. I can't think of a name for Ace that isn't Ace but the other shuffle members would have their suit like Tsurugi is Club. Jin is Whip. Rei is Fire, Hijiri is like Husband or Blonde or something lmfao I feel like I don't actually know much about him. If I got my way Ryo's name would be bitey because he's always biting something, but it'd more likely be like Hibiki (for his idol Hibiki Wataru)

idk why I did that I usually hate AUs

[prismartist]

the thing is, guillermo's main motivation is not just to become a vampire. it hasn't been for a while. if that were the case, he would've left and served another vampire a long time ago––which he actually did in season 2 with celeste. the only reason that didn't go through is because it turned out she wasn't a vampire.

(by the way, it's not a plothole that nandor let guillermo go off to be turned by celeste even though being turned by someone than your master is bad. guillermo renounced nandor as a master as per celeste's conditions, so at that point she was his master, not nandor)

becoming a vampire is definitely the thing that drives a good amount of his decisions, yes, but it's not the only one that does. the desire to be a vampire is accompanied––and i'd even say overrode––by a desire to be family.

season 2 guillermo was very fickle. his vampire slayer lineage conflicted with his desire to be a vampire, and at the same time you cannot convince me that he didn't contemplate murdering the others several times. s2 guillermo was willing to drop the gang if it meant an easier way to become a vampire.

but i don't think the same could be said of season 5 guillermo. at this point he had made peace between his nature and his want, having used his vampire slaying skills to protect his masters. he had grown even closer to the vampires, and while i wouldn't say he never cared for them, that care has grown enough so that he hasn't attempted to properly leave since the end of season 2.

and more importantly, the other vampires had become closer to him. as he grew to see them as family, they had grown see him as such too. guillermo knows his worth, and his love for them would have only persisted if they also––slowly but surely––showed their love for him. otherwise, he hits the bricks, or tries to; the one time he tries to leave since s2 is at the start of s4, when they left him in a crate for weeks.

what nadja said to him in the motel comes to mind: "at first, i was just using [the little antipaxons] to get rid of my hex. but then it turned out... i really like hanging out with those guys."

guillermo started serving the vampires to become a vampire. but over time, instead of merely being his masters, they became his family. sticking with them became less and less about becoming a vampire, and more and more about being with loved ones.

he voices his regret to ask derek to bite him. "i really don't want to die," he says about nandor hunting him down, "but i'm more afraid of losing the vampires."

i think it's possible he continued to pursue vampirism if only to obtain this newer desire. but even so, vampirism ultimately didn't do anything for guillermo in the grander scheme of things.

guillermo wants to be fully accepted. he wants to be part of the team, an equal. not pushed away or dismissed. he's worried less about this recently, but judging by his looks during the guide's rant about being excluded, he still had his doubts. perhaps being a vampire would achieve that. but it didn't!

when the vampires came to say goodbye at the motel, they didn't do so because they respected him as a vampire. in fact, when they first found out, they just responded with astonishment (laszlo) anger (nadja) or indifference (colin, the guide). and even if he were turned by nandor, i still doubt they would've outwardly respected him.

no, the vampires each went one by one to say goodbye to guillermo because he was already part of the family. all this time, over the years, they saw guillermo as someone worth valuing, because he valued them. they just didn't show it, as vampires do. it had nothing to do with being a vampire. and even after the full transformation, they went back to putting on an indifferent and uncaring facade. being a vampire has no effect over the vampires' feelings towards guillermo.

in the end, vampirism didn't do guillermo any good. he had all he could ever need and want... as a human. except being a vampire. of course. but as a vampire the vampires didn't treat him differently, and if anything he's further excluded because he's too hesitant to kill. at least as a human, it's a given that he's an outsider. it's worse when you're supposed to be the same and you still end up too different

so in the end, it wasn't worth it. and guillermo chooses humanity once more.

do i wish we could've seen more of vamp guillermo, and definitely more of him building up to make that decision to turn back? yes. honestly most of my issue with the finale is the pacing; the latter half seemed like a separate episode on its own, and i kinda felt it needed to be a whole episode in order to stick the landing better. (can we bring back longer seasons please. even just a tiny bit longer, like 12 episodes :() but overall i am greatly fascinated with guillermo's journey, i am so in love with it, and i am looking forward to how he's going to grapple with the changes he went through this season :DD

[urstrulynoctis]

EVERY SINGLE ESTABLISHMENT THATS ACTUALLY LOCALLY OWNED NEAR MY COLLEGE R CLOSE WHAT THE HECK!!! EVEN THE COMSHOP WAS CLOSED 😭

[selfshipsobbing]

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