#pv. all american

[headstrongblake]

letter 2. i'm at bellamy's. home. but how fucked up is it that none of it feels like home anymore? nothing in this city...no one here, i can't feel it. i can't feel at home because you're not here. i don't think i ever realized how important you were to my sense of belonging, did i ever tell you that being with you felt like coming home? i don't feel at home now. not without you. i'm being such a girl...such a stupid girl crying over you, crying myself to sleep. i was at your condo last night. crying and drunk. i almost got arrested cause i can't understand why you're gone grant. after everything together...after all your promises of love, i can't make sense of it. it's all just...wrong without you.

letter 3. i see that man everywhere grant. it feels like i'm going crazy and every time i close my eyes, i see him on the ground. i see his blood everywhere, coating everything and me, my hands. i can hear that awful strangled noise he made when he struggled to breathe and...when my eyes are open, when i'm wide awake and trying to survive— it's like his ghost follows me around. baby, i need you to unblock me. please. let my phone call go through because i'm dying here...i feel like i'm going crazy and that you're the only one who's going to make it all make sense. you'd come back right? if you knew how this felt inside of me? what this was doing to me...i had to kill him. i had to or else... i know i lost you in the end but at least you're alive somewhere.

letter 24. today is a good day. they happen more now and i'm happy. i'm finding a place again with my family and our friends but there's still this ache...this reminder that you should be here. i've had the time of my life this summer, kass and i have even planned a trip with alec. but there's a part of me still, maybe it'll always be there that wishes you were here to. this was your family. is your family, i don't know. you don't believe that anymore, i try not to...but i still believe it. we're your family and...this is where you're supposed to be. making these memories with us. that's stupid, i know. i've moved on even and so i shouldn't think any of that right? i don't know...sometimes when i think about you, i get all confused inside. i know you don't believe in us anymore, that you don't want to be part of this family but...i wish you were part of these memories this summer. we deserved one good summer...

letter 27. nick's back... and i can't even say i'm happy to see him. i'm grateful. relieved. seeing him means...you didn't do something worse. but he came back. without you. i think i always knew when he returned it would be without you but, i didn't realize how much it would sting. kind of like tearing off a bandage left on too long. im glad he came back...we needed him. i know she won't admit it right now, but kassy needed him. grant, i don't even know how to tell you all the crazy things that have continued. i left the city with kassy and alec for a vacation, we really needed it. kass and i needed time together, really together. but, all i learned is the whole world is screwed up. bad things happen everywhere. i think that's really what brought nick home...i don't know that he gave up on thinking you'd come around. there's something different in him. maybe you know why, but...you didn't come back.

| @thewholecrew

[headstrongblake]

@thewholecrew: grant, octavia & nick. / verse: all american.

"i'm not dope sick," nick replied to grant's clarification with less of his harsh venom, acknowledging that it's his own mind playing tricks. neither of them have blamed him, nor have they accused him of being a drug addict strung out looking for the next hit. no. that's simply how twisted he feels inside. it's not grant or octavia berating him. it's his old man's voice ringing in his ears, taunting him for being the weak little boy he always knew he'd be.

nicklas forced out another tense breath, shaking his head as he listened to them pleading with him, begging him to see reason. to see that the drugs he's chosen to manage his pain could end with him in a pine box. "a'ight, alright!" nick snapped again, "damn, you two don't fucking quit," he muttered, lifting his trembling hand to scratch through his beard. "i get it, a'ight? i'm home, you're home...there's no need for this street crap, i'll get in to see my doc about the nerves, and if that shit doesn't work, i'll see hunter, alright? that make everyone feel better?" he asked, dark hues scanning between grant and octavia with a lift of his brow.

while a bit of relief trickled through octavia because it finally seemed they were making more sense to her brother, octavia knew they had barely scratched the surface. nick agreeing to go back to a doctor now that he was home, it's a start. a great one where the doctors can help if he actually is suffering, but in her experience, it's never that easy. "yes," she snarked toward nick with a roll of her eyes. god, is this how she's sounded to bellamy any time she's snapped at him for simply giving a damn? "thank you...i need you to be okay nick..." octavia spoke honestly, grief still shining in her gaze because after everything...octavia can't lose him. she can't lose any of them.

regret pooled in the pit of his stomach, hearing the sadness drip into octavia's tone. she's been through enough, and the last thing he wanted to do was be the source of any more of her pain. he'd done that enough by blowing up all their lives with garrett. "i'll see the doc, o, i promise." he said as he approached both grant and her once more. "i hear you guys," he told them as the corner of his mouth ticked upwards, a foreign smile tugging on his features. slowly, his hand reached out to rest on grant's shoulder, giving him a friendly squeeze. shaking his head, "i don't hate you, but hey, guess you were listening to me...s'good to know." he added as his grin grew. how many times had he yelled at grant that grant could fucking hate him, but he wasn't going anywhere? "alright, i'll see you guys later, yeah? i got shit to do." he said vaguely, letting his hand fall from grant as octavia's brows furrowed together with confusion. "we're not leaving nick...neither should you...i don't know how much you're using but without it, you're going to be just as sick as i was." if not more she feared, but didn't say.

nick had only gotten a step or two away from the two of them when octavia threw another wrench in his plan. his fist coiled at his side, twitching with impatience. they've searched his home, but he knows they would not have been able to get into his safes. let alone find them all. he just needs them to fucking leave. "i don't need any fuckin' babysitters like i've been saying, not all of us are addicts who need a whole ass program to save themselves. i'm not fuckin' weak. so thanks for all this, but grant, o, you two can see yourselves out." he said, glaring daggers toward them to let them know how serious he was before he turned, retreating into his home. they have to leave. they have to leave. they. have. to. leave!!!

@headstrongblake: grant, octavia & nick. / verse: all american.

brows furrowed as what he said seemed to trigger nicklas again, how nick then shouted at him, telling him he knew nothing and while grant could agree to some extent, he trusted octavia and her experience, and if she said something very wrong was going on, then there was. plus, though grant wasn't an expert by any means on the drugs and medication his brother was taking, it was impossible to ignore both the physical changes and the unstable, emotional outbursts. how aggressive he was in a way he had never been before towards octavia. it kept grant tense as he stood beside her with a protective step forward. though his hands appeared relaxed at his sides he would be ready in a moments notice if he would have to restrain his brother once again.

"no one said or thinks you are using it for kicks, nick..." he clarified, with a slow shake of his head, watching carefully as nick stalked away to put out what was left of his smoke. how painfully ironic was it now that he was on the other side of this, that it was grant who was desperately trying to help someone he cared about. how he was where nick was standing not more than a couple months ago, hatred shining in his eyes as he spat venomous lies to try and get octavia and his brother to leave him be. to think he didn't care about them, to think they had never been as close as they thought. to degrade them for daring to come after someone they loved. and here nick was, trying to distance himself from them as if nick hadn't done the exact same thing when octavia had been struggling with her own addiction.

lips parted to speak but he paused when octavia's desperate plea escaped her. the look on her face killed him, honey eyes shining as he shared her pain, as he agreed to her statement. as she reminded nick that she thought he was dead and how it tore grant on the inside both for the fear octavia must have felt having found nick like that but also the horrifying thought of if nick hadn't woken up. his jaw clenched then after the brief pause, as octavia continued, reminding nick how they hadn't wanted to lose grant, his heart squeezing painfully in his chest for all the grief he had caused them. swallowing the lump in his throat he nodded slowly, "we don't want to lose you nick. no one does. i promise you, we will figure something out for your pain, but what you're doing... nick, it can kill you."

he took a step closer to nick then, honey eyes searching for some sliver of acceptance, of acknowledgement that he truly could die from this. "you can hate us all you want; me, you can hate me with everything you have. but i won't let you die, brother." he never had before and he never will. everything he had done, getting him back from garrett, to leaving, to being downright terrible to nick -- he had done it to try and keep him safe, but first and foremost, he had done it to keep him alive.

[yridenergyridenergy]

Sukekiyo 2025/04/21 "Makoto, Ryougan Chishibaru" live report

-Setlist-

Candis

MOAN

Aishita Shinzou

breeder

Houmonsha X

Creeper

Sharara

Honnou okotowari

mystery na

Kashikomi Kashikomi

Frame out kara no

(session)

anima

-encore-

Kashikomi Kashikomi

I'm not really going to write much about Kirito's part. No one wants my opinion on his songs. He did nine or ten songs, and he was reading almost all the lyrics that were in Japanese. If there are any Pierrot fans reading this, could you please explain? The fact that he constantly had to look down at his memo sheets, even having to step back from the crate to make sure he could see the words well... There's something very wrong about this. Is it a lack of self-confidence, or something medical? We got a sheet for his tour this month and the next, so it's not like he has zero experience and practice. And I'm clearly sensitive to memory disorders myself - that's why I write these reports to begin with - but I've never heard of a singer reading so much.

Other than that, one major difference that I noticed between Kirito's band's presence on stage and Kyo's bands' is the lighting. The musicians were constantly lit up, even if there was a backdrop video. It definitely made the show a lot weirder and less submersive than Kyo's bands. Fans of Kirito probably get much better pictures, but performance-wise, there's nothing like being bathed in darkness, apparently.

Kirito did MCs. From what I gathered, he teased the fact that sukekiyo fans are referred to as "torii-chan". He said it was cute, like fragile. I think he had his fans shout in comparison, and it seemed to be mostly male voices hah. Kirito also said something about Kyo but I was totally confused with my basic level of understanding for verbal Japanese because he never added a suffix after Kyo's name... It seemed to be about the discussion on the title of the show.

Onto sukekiyo, what a fucking show! I'm so glad people are now at the level of physical excitement as I was two years ago, pretty much on my own hah. It was amazing, the crowd followed everything and reacted to the songs even if we didn't know at first whether we could clap, let alone cheer after the songs or even when the members walked on stage.

Yuchi wore a kind of tutu skirt, I think? With a weird protruding black bra on top of a white dress shirt. He had a spiky hat, beautiful makeup, black (fingerless?) gloves and goldej rings around his neck. Takumi's hair strands were mostly pink/purple but a couple were blue on his left. He had a kind of black and white suit, I think. Mika wore all black. UtA wore a black ensemble with buttons all down the front, like a school uniform. His hair was either blond or pink, slightly puffy.

Kyo wore two articles from Adidas:

I think he hiked up the skirt higher than the model in this picture, because it appeared puffy, and it definitely seemed like a lot of his thighs was showing. Due to how Club Citta is constructed, I have no clue what shoes he wore. He also had large glasses, like in the breeder PV, and he added a couple of blond extensions to the sides of his head, in bows.

Candis was awesome as usual, the extension at the start really enhancing the song. I can't get enough of Kyo's sudden knee drops in this performance! I hadn't known whether we even needed penlights for the show - Kyo usually warns us ahead of time. When I realized which it was and that it needed a penlight, I rummaged through my bag, but like a sign of life, one penlight started flashing out of the three: the right one!

It was my first time witnessing MOAN with the penlight. We essentially do our best to replicate Kyo's moves in the chorus.

Aishita Shinzou is kind of where we started being less stiff, I think. Kyo asked us to sing a few times, and he was jumping and dancing (the dance reminds me of North American Indigenous dances) a lot. Oh and he did the finger-in-his-mouth thing before jumping!

breeder came on and woah, the PV plays in the background but whatever, what a banger, as expected! Kyo at first asked us for a few "kill my mind", but near the end of the song, we were basically tasked with them all, essentially wrapping up the song ourselves. I think we also had to do one or two "how much am I worth?" At first, it was just Mika and Yuchi playing. Yuchi had this big bass placed vertically. Kyo looked at us and nodded, hopefully when he saw that many of us were excited for the song to be performed.

And you know what? To be honest, there's something to be appreciated with projecting a PV that doesn't feature Kyo behind him on stage. It's always weird when they show the PVs since Kyo is different and unique, so he has starkly different looks and he doesn't always move the same way on stage and on screen. Having some rando isn't distracting, in that sense.

At some point, Kyo briefly asked us, seemingly out of curiosity, if this was indeed a "Ceremony of Liberation", to which we cheered and understood that we could let loose completely.

In Houmonsha X, I found Kyo to move less than he did in the Jetblack Ceremony performances, but maybe because he compensated then for the fact that nobody else could move. Even the musicians were hella concentrated and immobile during the instrumental parts. At least now, we could dance.

I got to see Creeper live! The pot-stirrong at the beginning, all the little moves throughout this song! Kyo asked us to shout the "kaeru"s sometimes, and I seem to recall that Kyo pointed a lot to us based on the lyrics.

Before this point, maybe in Aishita Shinzou, Kyo walked over on the right side of the stage and he was teasingly chewing his index in his mouth with a grin while staring at us, as if considering who he'd ask out.

Sharara and Honnou okotowari were very nice, but I don't necessarily remember anything specific right now. Probably because it involved a ton of headbanging? I think Kyo might have moved sensually more at the end of Honnou okotowari than at the beginning, even though that's how the song sounds with his low singing? And it's lovely that Kyo changed the tone of the third or fourth paragraph in Honnou okotowari to ramble on in a high-pitched voice as though he's 'bitchly vexed' and disappointed.

For mystery na, I haven't heard the studio recording beyond the audio teaser that they added on YouTube a week or so ago. They kept the essential parts of it, but there's a weird kind of empty section near the end? We were also expected to sing a part that sounds like: "...smile" but hey, most of us haven't had the chance to listen to it yet, so it showed. Otherwise, I loved how Kyo rapped, and how he made a gesture from his chest to three parts of the crowd for the "ha haha haha" part after "Odoreeeee", as though he was distributing the wealth or some emotion.

Kashikomi Kashikomi played next and it's crazy how everybody in the band is super demanding of us even in this super short song hah. For some reason, there's an emphasis that the 🙏 be bumped upward, and since the song is about ditching the concept of sexes/genders, I must say I'm confused. When Kyo sings the "woman?" "man?" part, at least once he pointed to Yuchi for one of them, and UtA for the other, before going crazy growling the rest and leading us to the headbanging part.

Frame out kara no was as cool as I expected, even if Kyo didn't do the same "throwing his hands in the air and walking around mad" move like in the video I posted recently. There was a ton of gesturing of a camera frame, and Kyo adlibbing or again changing the tone of some lyrics to act really disappointed by the resulting photograph that he held so much hope for. And when he sings about stabbing, he goes straight to Yuchi, who has his back turned because of whatever instrument he plays then, and Kyo boldly gestures stabbing him, before retreating to his central position.

Sukekiyo then started playing an improvised session, with Takumi peoducing a simple melody on the piano at first. I can't remember all of Kyo's lyrics, but it was about finding someone, something killed, tears, etc. and it became very intense rather quickly, with him shouting out his emotions. At that time, a lot of hands at the front of the crowd got up and became really agitated, so I was thinking that they were vibing way too much with Kyo and believing that they were the ones who resonated with him the most, but no, I guess they were frantically pointing out that someone had a medical emergency right there. The band kept performing like professionals.

Anima then played and the credits rolled on screen, signaling that it was probably the last song. It was emotional, most people listened stoically, in silence. This time, we started cheering before Kyo had completely walked off the stage.

We clearly didn't get enough sukekiyo with just about a half-show, so we quickly chanted: "ske-kiyo-sama" and man, you gotta love sukekiyo's punctuality. They always start their shows earlier than Dir en grey does, with little delay for latecomers, they took less than thirt minutes to come on stage after Kirito left, and once we called them for an encore, they were back right away.

Kyo asked us, unbothered, if we could go on. He kept alternating between "Ikimasu ka?" and "Ikaremasu ka?", the lattet of which is a much more formal question that would mean ", sir" in another context but which is hard to translate here. He sometimes used a tone that was like that of a polite employee asking a patron for confirmation on their request. He had his hand on his head while asking us that.

Kashikomi Kashikomi was played with somehow even less restraint, more intensity. Kyo took out one, then the second of his ear monitors to hear us, and he headbanged with us a lot. At the end of the song, he promptly walked out while the musicians jammed like a real end of concert. They were all smiles. UtA came to the very end of the other side of the stage and basked in gratefulness at multiple points on his way backstage. Yuchi insisted on us maintaining the Kashikomi 🙏 as high as possible. Mika left promptly the second time, but he had waved broadly at us from behind his screens after the main setlist in acknowledgement.

By the way, when we entered the venue, the staff asked us one by one which band we mainly came to see, and they had a counter for each.

I haven't felt like wanting to run until I collapse and exhaust all this overflowing energy in a long time.

I am definitely not bringing any penlights tomorrow - this show is meant to be danced unhampered!

[deceit-and-knowledge]

Another diary/journal entry this time about pv and smilk, written by pv per request

cw: minor obssessive behaviour

Also date format used, day, month, year (blog owner is from the country that lost a war against a bird aka I'm not American)

Warning might be kinda long?

journal entry #xxx 5/3/xxxx

Dear journal

Today is the 5th day of spring so I took the time to sheer off the costs the cream sheep built up over the winter, it's still cold here. So I'm keeping warm by moving around and doing tasks around the kingdom. I stated many entries back that I was in possession of a particular blue cookie. Shadow milk cookie, his body is rather cold it's self so he'll be a wonder come summer. But that's not the point here. I am yet to write out about our complicated relationship.

He's a tough nut to crack. He's a cookie that's built up walls around himself so much it's hard to see through his feelings and emotions and true reason behind his actions. But I understand him.i understand his actions and why he's the way he is, it's true. We've walked similar paths. He's clearly been hurt in the past by someone, he's lost his sense of self and love, friendship and kindness. He was hurting so much that lies were something he discovered as a means of comfort.

I dread the idea that I nearly became that myself many times, refusing my truth for deceit. Deceit is like a forbidden fruit. Delicious yet bad for you. The truth is like a sour candy. Hurts you in the beginning but becomes sweet to you later. I'm glad shadow milk cookie is beginning to learn who he was again. Even if it's a slow process.

How did this occur again? He just showed up on my doorstep one day. He claimed to want vengeance and that I'm "nothing but a pathetic marionette on a string, he'll play like fiddle until I give up what I stole." So I gave him a whole speech about friendship and why I want him to accept it. He "pretended* to get it but I knew. He accepted it from the start. He came here already wanting my friendship but because he's so scared to be vulnerable he has to lie and pretend he's not "weak" or "soft" when really he is.

He has his moments of "weakness" where he allows himself to open up to me and even cry. He's afraid of being judged and while I wish he wasn't I understand why he is. He's the "master of deceit" the once fount of knowledge, I believe even a king. He has many important titles and roles and clearly played a huge role in this world's development. Everything he did had responsibility and immense impact. A cookie as important as that couldn't be "weak" or show "immaturity" let alone be submissive and just give in his emotions. A cookie that claims to be a master of all lies, that governs all truth, deceit and knowledge can't be shown sobbing. It breaks my heart that he can't let his walls break.

But little does he know I've been breaking them slowly, love and kindness is what he needs to build trust in someone to let them see him cry. See him at his lowest which is all the time. He hasn't had a high in maybe eons. I feel horrible for him.

I'm so glad to be the cookie guiding him, being his friend and making him happy. I'm aware he's harmed me, harmed my friends, some probably worse to others. Elder faerie gave up his life to white lily cookie so she could stop shadow milk cookie. Remembering that gorgeous faerie form she took makes me feel. Strange.. she looked pretty, yes but now when I look back I feel nothing. I don't feel love the way I do. I suppose I no longer possess feelings for white lily cookie. I still love her as a friend however, besides. Our paths stray much different from one another. A relationship with her would stop one of us from being happy and feeling fulfilled. I want her to be happy and if that means our paths don't align I accept that.

Admittedly my previous behaviour about her was rather concerning. A giant lily garden made from mourning isn't normal. I recognise that. It's always been an issue for me, I get so overally attached to something or someone it makes me feel ill not to have it. I'm addicted to the scent of lillies. I know. It's a problem but now I'm slowly developing a particular fondness for the milky scent of milk crown flowers. Yes. It means exactly what you think it means.

But at least it's not one sided. I see right through that liar. He's so obvious about it but I'm unsure how much longer I can wait for his walls to break down enough he admits it to me and tells me his feelings. I love shadow milk cookie. I understand him and care about him more than I've cared about the other heroes, white lily cookie and the kids. We even literally share a soul in a way. Could that be anymore perfect? Our paths align perfectly, it's mere fate. I never thought it would be this way but he's just like me. Despite the past, I want to move past it and show him empathy for his hurt. I hate to sound so enthralled despite the past but the thrill rubs me the right way.

He's still cruel but it's kinder now. He calls me names but it's because he's scared to admit how he truly feels, luckily I get it. He doesn't think I do. For the once fount of knowledge, he's not great at realisation. It's quite humorous. He doesn't even realise how much I admire him. I can't help but stare, those silly blue eyes pierce right through me, he even likes the same things as me. Yes I'm gushing. I love the thrill, I love watching a cookie so angry with life finally smile. Learn to care about someone that's not him, today he yelled at me for not eating. Before he'd just point it out and pout but today he screamed at me. He was so worried about me he used his little strength to cook. He then threw a pie at me but it's the thought that counts. Can't be too kind now can he?

every moment with this cookie feels amazing all over. I need him, I'm getting quite impatient. I need him all over me. I want to be.

tomorrow i plan to take him to do some gardening, last time he offered me a flower and it was so sweet. I love watching him warm up to me. We've gotten so far and there's no going back now. This cookie will forever be my dear friend I met through strange means but he'll forever be important to me as a show of my compassion.

I must sleep now. Tomorrow I will write again.

[seventeenlovesthree]

If Beyond got turned into a full blown series or a movie or even a manga or audio drama, what do you think the plot would be?

We do have at least the implication that there is going to be a novelization of the story - and let's be real, considering the following paragraph(s), even if Kakudou narrowed this down to a (quite incoherent) 4-minute-PV (that took over a year to make!!!), he said it himself: It was VERY selective and since he's been brewing up ideas for probably 30+ years at this point... There'd be enough plot for at least 54 more episodes.

We DO have a short synopsis for the part with Taichi, Yamato and Iori, but we can see that there is a lot more to it:

Considering the amount of cameos and nudges within the PV, one has to ask the question how much of what we've seen is SOLELY Kakudou's vision - and where he had to make "compromises". (I'm quoting a Japanese Twitter account moping about the hints towards Tri onwards, claiming that "we don't know if those were really Maki and Rui - and Meiko may really just be a random Chosen Child in this universe." We really don't know anything here, they may as well just have been cameos and nothing else!).

@jamesthedigidestined has come up with a general plot idea that I'm gonna post and elaborate on just a little bit!

"So, Jap government already has a Digimon research division, being the epicenter, but USA wouldn't want to lag behind on a new field of research, and would basically hunt for the American Chosen, leading to Japan/Koushirou (possibly as 1337 hackerman) to locate them, while Taichi, Yamato, and Iori are out recovering children. Taito because brawn + marketing and Iori because gatehop + Engrish.

This leads to America to build a supercomputer in an attempt to take over the Digital World, as the Digital World servers naturally migrate to the strongest computer of that era, and the current strongest (Yggdrasil) is an anonymous supercomputer that they can’t locate, leading to Digital World: Liberty (WIP title) and the attempt of Liberty to overthrow Homeostasis as the master controller, which is when Koushirou attacks and this is when the supercomputer Liberty reveals its its own consciousness now and can project AT Fields. The gears are Liberty’s attempt at forcibly controlling Digital World: Yggdrasil, specifically the Digimon."

Having the military involved was already a little nod towards Takeru's little drama fanfiction after the events of The Beginning (which also mentions the Evangelion-esque AT Field we see, coincidentally, with Koushirou and Kabuterimon in Beyond). Even if that drama was not authorized by Kakudou himself, we KNOW that higher-scale-involvement HAD been a thing in Kakudou's previous epilogue-related ideas:

Of course that doesn't really help us plot-wise overall, because these are all very loose ideas, but I'd narrow this down to three separate POTENTIAL main-plot-strings:

1.) The "Liberty" plot outlined above (or something similar along those lines).

2.) Everything that could be a 02 leftover, such as, but not limited to: Armor evolution (as seen with Daisuke, Ken and Iori), Arukenimon (maybe having a Wizardmon-esque cameo since she somehow survived?), the whole Dark Ocean aspect. Hikari being affected by those dark particles could be either a nod towards the Dark Ocean, or, as James pointed out, may have been Liberty trying to enter Hikari's mind. Also, as posted above, SOME kind of space-related involvement.

3.) Leftover plots from Tri/The Beginning - IF that was Rui, Dark Gennai or someone entirely else. Some people on Twitter speculated that Takeru got Maki back from the Dark Ocean and in my opinion, the whole reason Meiko showed up in this context would be to show the connection between this subplot (Meiko+Maki/Tri) to the original cast (Hikari being affected by it and Takeru going to act on it - thus, they'd finally get something to do in the forefront).

So yeah... Lots of stuff to figure out and focus on!

[judesmoonbeauty]

Jude & Moon Travel - Follow Up PV Thoughts on the Pocket Watch & Big Ben

The 10:10 on Jude's pocket watch kept bothering me, and although the animation of of Big Ben in his PV is recycled from other PVs, it is very prominently pointing to 12 o'clock. Seeing as the moon is and the clocktower are heavily implied as route hints, I decided to read the book, "From the Earth to the Moon," by Jules Verne. There are no spoilers really, but just in case. This isn't that lengthy. And this is just for fun.

This book is the one that Jude refers to in his bond stories, "Hobbies", and "Moonlit Night".

In "Hobbies", Jude says that he's going to make Ellis look into every author on the papers Jude was looking into that discussed moon travel. "Physics, engineering, astronomy.....", Jude goes on to say that he is going to nab all the good researchers before others can. He goes as far as chiding the author of the book for spouting nonsense like it's something that could be accomplished.

In "Moonlit Night," Jude mentions that the book is telling the truth in that it would take 11 kilometers per second to make it to the moon.

So, what does that have to do with the actual book, his PV, and are there any other tidbits we can pick up on Jude from this?

A quick summary of the Book: It's just after the American Civil War, and a group of guys with too much time on their hands are basically complaining because they have nothing to do. However, Impey Barbicane enters the picture and says, 'Bros, let's go to the moon.' Barbicane then sets out with his friends to design and build a cannon that will shoot a hollow-shelled bullet to the moon.

Quick Thoughts: This book, while it's science and calculations are outdated, is very thoroughly researched. There's so many algebraic calculations, mentions of books, papers, and scrolls all the way from the B.C.E to C.E. that it's no wonder Jude read it and took a thorough interest in it. Jude likes scientific explanations after all (HW epilogue). If you're into sci-fi or astronomy, this is a very good book to read. The most important feature about this book is: TIME. Timing is EVERYTHING, down to the seconds.

If you want to read the book yourself online, you can read it here.

Hints/Potential Basis to Jude lore-

Impey Barbicane: I laughed when I learned that after being the director of artillery (in which he was an inventor), Barbicane made a large fortune as a wood merchant. He's described as being calm, cold, austere, of a serious and self-contained demeanor, not chivalrous, of immovable character and last but not least......punctual as a chronometer. He is also highly intelligent.

Six Questions: In the book, Barbicane writes a letter of six questions regarding moon travel to the Observatory of Cambridge in Massachusetts. I won't write what they are, but in time he gets a response from them with six answers. Most notably, here is what we need to know for Jude:

The cannon must be shot at a very specific time, when the zenith and the perigee align at the most opportune moment. Basically, this is when the moon is the closest to the earth. This will allow for the greatest chance of a successful landing.

The Observatory then tells the protag that in one year's time (on December 1st), the moon will be closest to the earth, and this is their best shot. If they miss this opportunity, then they'd need to wait another 18 years and 11 days after this.

The launch should take place exactly at 10 hours, 46 minutes, and 40 seconds on December 1st.

The crew should reach their destination precisely at midnight on December 4th.

Funding and Manual Labor: They even did the math of how much it would take to build and the cost was well over the millions in USD. To which, Barbicane said not to worry, and then proceeded to obtain the money. The labor was intense as a giant hole had to be dug into the ground for the launch space, amongst other things. It's a lot.....the building of the shell alone would cost about 2,035 pounds in Victorian times, which is equivalent to 327,712.76 pounds today, or $425,242.02.

PV Correlations: After I read the book I got super excited, because this means that the 12 o'clock hour on Big Ben, is probably referring to the 12 o'clock hour that Jude is supposed to land on the moon.

Additionally, the fact that Barbicane is a punctual chronometer says a lot about his pocket watch. It's not a normal pocket watch, but one that has a built in chronograph. Essentially, these are an extra built in complication (or feature) that can measure time, distance and speed. All of which are essential. It can come with up to three chronometers.

What does that mean for Jude's PV? After I researched all this, and reviewed the PV again, Jude's pocket watch has a chronograph/chronometer on it. Additionally, the watch is at 10:10, and I know some of us were wondering if that specific time held any significance. Well, perhaps (though the hands aren't shown to be moving), the minutes hand is making it's way down to the 46th minute of 10 o'clock....to the 40th second of that minute.

Time is running out. IF (and that's a big IF), Jude is truly using Verne's book as a guide, he may be in a race against time to launch his "cannon" into space as the moon and earth are reaching it's zenith, at exactly 10:46 at 40 seconds. Otherwise, he may have to wait a very long time to reach it again.

It's just another theory and it doesn't discredit any others in anyway. I think time will play a part in his route in several ways, but I think it's important to note, especially with the IkeVil LINE icon changing to a clock face AND, one of the LINE questions that Jude asks you is from Moonlit Night....about the 11 km per second (which is the distance it takes from the book of 12,000 yd per sec), to get to the moon.

That's all.

[oceansmotion]

Another Pleasantview

Almost every single lot has been remodeled, renovated, or replaced by me. I also added a few new houses, a bowling alley, a gym, a church, and a cemetery.

Sims have been genetically corrected by either myself or simgigglegirl.

Scripted events are available, although a few of the first prompts were already closed out. The only 4 lots I didn't do are the unoccupied trailers and the two condos closest to them.

All Pleasantview townies are now using my default templates.

The Oldies and Burbs have already been placed and have furnished homes. The Oldies live across from the park, and the Burbs live in their (probably) canon house next to the Goths (you can see it in the promos from Happy Holidays).

The Newbies have been placed. Joe, the brother of Brandi, and Jane from the Tutorial are both genetically correct and live next to the Dreamers.

The hood itself is made with MeetMetotheRiver's clean Pleasantview template. It's also CC free.

Because I copied over the houses from my other PV, Don has a "great date" arrangement in his kitchen…..from Bella. Oops. Don't judge me. Anyway, you can just ignore it…..unless you don't want to wink wink.

A few more pictures:

290 Main Street, the grocery store.

330 Main Street, an outlet mall shopping center. Has an H&M, a furniture store, a food court, a bookstore, and a music shop (instruments are blocked off so sims don't get annoying with them).

250 Main Street, the pool. Most objects have been removed from the lot so that Sims might actually go swimming.

95 Woodland Drive, the Oldie house. I renovated the entire house and added Mary-Sue's childhood bedroom and tea room.

215 Sim Lane, the Pleasant household. I tried to keep almost every house recognizable so the outside is pretty much the same though I did give Mary-Sue a zen garden. I subscribe to the head canon that Mary-Sue's birth parents are Hand Goddard and Pauline Wan, and as a child, Coral and Herb tried to help Mary-Sue feel connected to her Chinese ancestry. Mary-Sue has never actually been to China and her tastes are exactly what you'd imagine an American who has never been to China would be, and the house reflects that. it's Chinese inspired but still very American. I also slightly changed the shape of the upstairs because Lilith's side has always driven me nuts.

165 Sim Lane, the Goth house. They are one of the few premade families whose house got a full rework. I made it more Victorian looking but did attempt to keep the interior recognizable...slightly. I actually typically play with recolors of the Mansion & Garden pieces I used so in my own version of the hood, the house has black and grey trim instead of white and wood. A few examples of what I've change in PV. Because I changed literally every lot but 4, I wont post pictures of every single thing, but this is the idea. Some houses were more dramatically changed (like the Goth house or 113 Wright Way) while others are more subtly changed.

I removed the stealth hoods themselves but didn't think to disable them beforehand, so the normal default socliates/downtownies are already there, sorry! I did replace the PV townies with my own default face templates, so there's that at least.

Download || Mediafire Box

[brybryby]

Contextualization/Analysis of Waylon Park’s Asian Coding

A deep dive into the cultural/racial significance of Waylon’s background.

Essay Link Below:

https://www.notion.so/Waylon-Asian-Coding-Script-aac19c8aa6074c5d982a68b5f6fae5cd?pvs=4

my pretentious abstract hdjshsjsk:

The realism of American and Western corruption is disturbing and horrifying. Outlast is not for everyone, and at the end of the day, it might be just a game to you. Just as Berkeley might be another school. Or Rage Against The Machine might just be another band. Or Park might just be another name. No one's obligated to look further than the gore and sex. After all, ignorance is bliss for those who benefit from the system.

IT'S TECHNICALLY STILL AAPI MONTH (Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month) FOR THE PACIFIC STANDARD TIME DWELLERS AT THE TIME IM POSTING THIS WOOOOOOO perfect for Waylon Park analysis :)

I wanted to make a video essay but the audio was coming out to 60+ minutes :( and I wanted to post this before the end of the month (at least for PST).

ARGHHH I may have spent too much time and effort on this, but this was really meaningful to me so I hope you enjoy reading this! Feel free to reference this or comment/critique this! Also feel free to open up discussion in regards to anything mentioned. Thank you!

[imthepunchlord]

Different nonnie, but Liiri always looked like a cute but bland little nugget to me, so I totally get liking Ying Ying’s character design better. The red-and-yellow glowing color palette that all the Renlings have made it harder to appreciate square-on, so I’m glad you’re switching the colors up too.

Your full answer to that ask reminds me, concerning which of your Miraculous WIPs you’d want to use this three-tier Miraculous setup on, you could honestly just have the Wish made by someone using the canon Ladybug and Black Cat in any of the MULTIPLE in-show close calls up to this point and then just alter and/or rewind reality from there, because SCREW all the unnecessary changes, additions, and retcons that this show’s lore has pulled over the last five seasons. The Prodigious, Order of the Guardians, Native American Miraculous, Miraculous potions, time travel, and so on were obviously far too complex ideas for the ML crew to handle properly, and now they’ve decided to delve even further into the idea of alternate universes for the upcoming Miraculous Paris special on top of all of that, so forget it, might as well use the one still-useful canon-established setup of a Wish to clean it all up so you can use your new lineup in any idea you want. After Wish AU? An accidental dual-Wish is already built into the premise, with Adrien wanting things to be different and Marinette rejecting that, and you get to play with the PV world’s interesting plot setups, a main cast whose characters are slightly to-the-left in terms of personality and looks, and a Marinette who remembers everything contrasting an Adrien who remembers nothing. Off to Italy AU? Maybe it’s later in Season 4 or 5 where Marinette is just tired and she Wishes she had gotten the chance to be a hero with actual support and/or really live her life with trustworthy friends and family at the start of it all, with both the Miraculous powers and her grandmother’s availability to take her to live in Milan with her shifting accordingly. Fortune Favors the Brave AU? Maybe Alya swipes Chat Noir’s Miraculous in Hack-san during their brief introduction-tussle and has the “bright” idea of making the Wish to make herself the Ladybug hero from the beginning only to find that a) main hero life is a lot harder than it’s cracked up to be, b) she’s now one of the five most powerful instead of the two most powerful as Karma for making the Wish without considering others, pressing the importance of teamwork in this new life even more than in the old one, and c) her new kwami is understandably NOT happy about how Alya not only betrayed her former owner’s trust but also reset the universe’s established power balances due to her Wish being too broad. And these are just three examples off the top of my head. All this to say that you’ve been a wonderful part of the fandom even if you don’t interact with it as much anymore, and I don’t think you’ll have to worry too much about which idea to fit your new Miraculous system into when the time comes given your writing track record. With all the grief that the canon plot has given you and everyone else, it’s only fair that you get to use its built-in Deus ex machina to your advantage.

I'll say that chances are I wouldn't do an After Wish au for a lot of the ideas, cause most I want to work off starting off fresh and no one having any recollection of a previous timeline and acting like this is the norm.

Like, the Off to series would have this set up since "Lady Lion" would be a character for Off to Milan, and Pixie Girl or Butterfly Girl will have Mantis. And Off to London, Sebastian the waiter is planned to have Songbird.

So Off to series will either be splitting up the Bagua set or it'll be all randomized on where Miraculous are, and Fu only has a few.

But After Wish au could happen for some ideas, especially since I do like @nobodyfamousposts Lament ideas and their take on the Wish. How the new reality deals with you can depend on your actions, where fighting against the new setting and not liking the changes makes things worse for you, and how rough a set up you'll have can depend on how selfish or selfless a Wish is. It's a fun set up and scenario to think about.

And oh yeah, full agree with all the choices and directions the show went. I'm certain a lot of it came down to doing what other superhero studios were doing. Like Marvel is trying to get the multiverse going and DC dabbled in it with that Flash movie, so clearly ML has to do it too! Which, I will say, there is potential in playing with the multiverse. Back when the show just started, this was the show for aus. Any au you could think of existed. ML being a tv show and the cast are all actors, kwami swap au, inverse/pastel au that just swapped or changed up their colors, personality swaps, life swaps, reverse love square, enemies to lovers, rivals to lovers, ect..

So Ml could work off the multiverse and have fun with it, but that does require creativity and a passion for the show, which given their lazy or odd choices, you got to wonder how invested they are.

[plasticfangtastic]

Okay so i gotta talk about Gen V ep 5 or am gonna explode!

And gotta talk about The Boys S4 spoilers for 2 reasons... 1) something mentioned by Dr Cardosa in the episode and 2) the VoughtHQ twitter leaker... mainly cuz am getting this after trying to check on a leak from season 4... their twitter also wont load for me... like can we just let Becca Saunders rest? Can her poor life stop being milked for manpain??

Spoilers under cut obvi.

First-- off congrats Marie and Jordan I hope you 2 get married and be the power couple this universe needs.

Second here its out Butcher cameo lol. I think this is from S1 after killing madelyn but seeing him in a beanie its so weird altho there is a Homelander article in the same page so who knows.

Third-- Cate you poor bitch!! I felt so betrayed but i dont doubt she its being brainwashed/groomed by Dean Shety so maybe she can be redeemed and her powers are too strong.... i dont doubt that there its a chance she its involved in who appears in ep 6 if thats not a halucination.

Fourth-- Dr. Cardosa mentioning a virus to deal with them... so i guess thats how we r gonna deal with the supe population and why i think the vought hq leak might be real as it mentions the virus as well... i think its super interesting that Vought its developing a virus to kill supes, i guess stan edgar did had a way to make V24 viable despite having supes and maybe a way to get rid of Homelander... by giving him the common cold i guess.

Fifth-- am glad that Maverick is another bisexual king but its the bestiality jokes necessary?? altho I assume his alpaca gf Sloane its just a shapeshifter. So far we got Marie, Jordan, Emma, Cate and Andre as our bisexual monarchs and thats basically the whole cast sans Sam... absolutely iconic Kripke, best apology after fucking up Dean Winchester but i wont forgive you for what u did... still thank you.

Sixth-- the pv for the next ep has fucking Soldier Boy!!! Deep down i feel he its most likely a halucination... saw some ppl theorizing that Cate its mindstorm daughter and she witnessed Mindstorm getting killed by SB so she will use her powers to send them to a mind prison to fight SB which is absurd but i doubt SB its there unless Cate's powers were use to brainwash soldier boy and use him as a weapon in the future, as his powers r too good plus is Vought wants to kill all supes then it makes sense for them to team up with the american govt and have SB as back up while they work with the Superona.

Seventh-- i only now noticed there its a wall poster for homie and loneliness on those school mental health ads which is sad and funny.

Eight-- overall great episode loved how much its happening and its only been days inside the canon, and fuck Rufus! How its the next 3 eps gonna kill me!! Like its too freaking much!!

And finally this shit...

I would not be surprised if this virus is the one being developed in The Woods by Vought, second if this is real then Butcher its a complete pos and a hypocrite i expect the following scenarios of: a) during the time Becca was raped or the wk she went missing thats when Butcher cheated on Becca so its not hatred that motivated his revenge against Homelander but guilt for cheating on his wife... probably with his married fbi plug if i had to take a guess. Or B) Becca learned of his affair decided to have her own affair with Homelander tried to end it which resulted in her S.A. which its why Homelander doesnt see what he did as rape bcuz i guess its not assault if its ur GF/Wife in his mind.

And i guess he takes V or the V24 never left his body unless some Supe can give powers which cause Butcher to use them am so confused is he like a power conduit???

I am gonna say Frenchie or MM will die in this story unless by main characthers they mean any of the Seven, Vought execs or Neuman... doubt Hughie, Starlight, Kimiko or Homelander are gonna die in S4.... but maybe Ashley who knows.

And finally giving cookies to Ryan did like HL saw the tumor felt sad for Butcher and decided to let him see Ryan? or did Ryan just sneaked out and met Billy??

[headstrongblake]

letter 92. i've tried to reason with you, tried to reconcile this part inside of me that still believes you'll come back and explain, but i'm starting to feel like...maybe you shouldn't come back. it should be easier than this to move on but the history with us, the love i have for you runs so deep. but i'm tired of being so sad. i hate living in this angry state where i know you're only going to let me down. i can't change that about you...and if i love you like i know i do inside, i shouldn't want to. i hate that i want this but...i don't think you should come back. i'm happy again...and if you come back, i'll ruin it. you will ruin it.

letter 6. i hate you. i hate him. you ran away with him and i can't understand it. you claimed to want to have this grand beautiful life together and...you said you love me. but the second he came back to your life...there was a shift. i didn't notice it then, too blind and infatuated with your false promise of love but it was there. now i can see it. you know if you were here...if i could let out all this rage you created inside of me, i'd ask you what you would've done if that test had been positive? would you have left me? us? for him...would you have still stood in my dorm room, begging me to let you go in one breath while you promised you'd always love with another? i think part of me already knows the answer. screw you, grant. you and your promises...

letter 97. you can't be here. why the fuck are you here....you can't. / @thewholecrew

[headstrongblake]

@thewholecrew: grant, kassy & octavia. | all american universe

octavia swallowed thickly, nodding in silence when kassy agreed they could take her with them to see her brother. her heart squeezed painfully in her chest as her thoughts lingered on bellamy and all he'd been through. how terrible it must have been for him to recover from his assault in prison during the coldest months. how she hadn't seen in him in what felt like months. but her brows furrowed, anxiety tightening in her chest as she watched grant's little shake of his head out the corner of her eye. lips parted to argue with him. to defend her desire to see her brother when, thankfully, her best friend was already on it, ensuring grant agreed. reluctantly or not.

the more she talked about that night here, the less she felt trapped in the cycle of terrifying childhood moments. despite how distressing it felt to put herself back in that night to give grant needed details, it helped disconnect how her nightmare had looped her mother’s last moments with her best friend’s image. as the living room fell quiet, octavia lowered her gaze to the blanket spread across her lap as she worked the pads of her fingertips against the fabric, pressing them into her knees instead of anxiously digging nails into her palms. if she hadn't gone home that night, would any of this have happened? if the whole damn building wasn't so run down, so easy to break into, would any of this have happened? if grant had come over...would any of this have happened?

grant's quiet thank you pulls her from her thoughts as drained hues lift to him. "um..." octavia hesitated, tugging on her bottom lip as her gaze cast to the side, trying to sift through the haze and dark spots. she grimaced against the memory of crashing through the coffee table, when glass tor through her pajama shirt, slicing into her skin. they'd left her there, unmoving as they spoke. "not spanish," she shook her head, trying to force the men's voices as they chatted in another language louder in her mind. "mandarin?" she guessed, looking between grant and kassy before she nodded more confidently, pushing the memories back behind the wall she created. "remember last semester kass, when mrs. bank went on and on about how mandarin sounds more elegant, like they're speaking with their tongues instead of as guttural like japanese?" her memory is spotty at best but she could remember the shhh sounds that came from the men as they barked orders at each other. "yeah...mandarin." octavia concluded.

"anything else you need to know?" she asked grant with a lift of her brow as she shifted, pulling the blanket from her lap to wrap around her shoulders as she hesitantly scooted herself closer to her best friend. sad emerald hues lifted to kassy's shimmering gaze as remorse felt heavy like stones instead of her. "lemme in," she quietly mumbled to her best friend, shyly leaning into her stiff form as she pulled the thin blanket around her shoulders tighter, lowering her head to lean against kassy's. her past with her mother didn't get to take kassy or her comfort from her. neither did the men who invaded her home. "one of the times i came to...it sounded like they said viktor, you know...my dad." she explained with confusion in her eyes as she waited to see if grant had any further questions for her.

@headstrongblake: grant, kassy & octavia. / verse: all american.

both kassy and grant could understand her desire to see her brother after everything that had happend to the two of them recently and with her now more physically recovered as well as bellamy kassy thought it might be a good idea. that seing bellamy could comfort a part of octavia that she nor grant could reach, especially recently. she gave a slow nod to the demand though grant was a little more hesitant. not that he didn't want octavia to see her brother, but more he didn't want whoever had done this knowing the two were going to see each other. his jaw clenched at the thought of them being watched, of the next attack being planned. he shook his head more to himself, he wouldn't let that happen.

"we can take you to see your brother, o," kassy replied with a wary expression noticing grant shake his head before she brought her attention back to octavia, hoping she didn't think they wouldn't. the last thing kassy wanted was to hurt her more by restricting her from seeing the one person who could make her feel better. "right grant?" she asked with narrowed eyes and he gave a curt nod, hand raising to scratch along his stubbled jaw. she would be safe to see her brother after he found out who these scumbags were and took care of them. he kept the building vengeance off his face as he pushed it down, feeling the pressure of it in his chest as octavia then began to answer his questions.

as octavia explained how they pulled her from her bed kassy pressed her lips together, dark eyes shimmering as she squeezed the pillow in her arms tighter. she couldn't imagine how absolutely terrifying that would be nor did she want to and for her best friend to have experienced that her heart hurt for her. while grant tried to ignore that same feeling and focus just on the details that could help him find them, three men who spoke in a different language. there were gangs around here who spoke other languages and some who did not, it had him narrowing down who could have done this however dark honey eyes lifted to look back over at octavia who seemed to then hesitate, shining gaze on kassy.

she offered her best friend an encouraging if brittle smile and nod, hand reaching out only to close it into a fist and rest it against her own lap once again, body going ridged as octavia continued. she swallowed thickly, forcing herself not to look away. there was horror and grief and intense rage that twisted in kassy as octavia vaguely gestured to the bruise on her neck. grant also did his best not to grind his teeth before eyes widened at the mention of the dragon tattoo. now that was plenty identifiable. "thank you," he said quietly after a moment to digest it all and give octavia a moment. "you said they spoke a different language, do you know if it was spanish or.... german... japanese? mandarin?" he listed a few off that could possibly fit the description.

[catb-fics]

🎸 it’s not a wind up. My ex’s band was of the few American bands to support CATB after the PV/Alana thing. It was such a messy situation and Van wanted friends he could tour with. When Van’s name was cleared, we all became friends and close mutual friends. I wouldn’t reveal anything too personal.

I’m a pretty good negotiator and Van drove me to my wits end with arguments. He’s not an asshole but he will do anything to gain the higher ground and doesn’t know when to shut up. We got into a dumb heated argument that he wouldn’t let go of. I screamed at him to get the fuck out of my house. 3 days went by and he left Cadbury marshmallow bunnies and pink tulips as a peace treaty. I didn’t even like tulips he just thought they were pretty. So now whenever I see tulips I think of him

🌷🌷🌷🌷

Honestly Van could throw a handful of daisies at me and I’d be ecstatic lol

[doucesanguine]

https://www.notion.so/BoJack-Horseman-cd7d1be1b29142ccabf7d853766710b4?pvs=4#2fdc2f0ac2e84ceda22408121a8d2857

[jjinno]

Mechanical Engineering Services: Powering Industrial Excellence

Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Services

Mechanical engineering is the backbone of various industrial applications. It involves designing, analyzing, and maintaining mechanical systems to ensure optimal performance, safety, and longevity. Mechanical engineers work with a wide range of equipment such as pumps, compressors, turbines, and static equipment like pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and storage tanks. By leveraging industry standards such as ASME, API, and TEMA, these services help industries stay compliant and efficient.

In this article, we will explore the crucial aspects of mechanical engineering services offered by JJIES, how they impact industries, and why choosing the right partner can make all the difference in maintaining and upgrading your systems.

The Role of Mechanical Engineering in Industrial Applications

Mechanical engineering services are vital in various sectors like oil and gas, chemical, power generation, and manufacturing. They cover every stage from design and development to analysis, installation, and maintenance. A mechanical engineering service provider can help industries by offering specialized expertise in:

Static Equipment Design: Ensuring the safety and performance of equipment such as pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and storage tanks.

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Analysis & Optimization: Using software and simulations to analyze mechanical integrity and optimize material usage, stress points, and energy efficiency.

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Mechanical engineering services adhere to stringent international and local standards. At JJIES, the focus is on providing compliance with globally recognized standards such as:

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[judesmoonbeauty]

I'm running on fumes waiting for Jude's PV. In my copium haze, I decided to compare a few of the other character PV releases on the official YouTube channel.

(All below in American date and time format): Roger's PV - 06/20/2024 11:00 PM Ellis' PV - 02/21/2024 2:00 AM Alfons' PV - 10/18/2023 3:00 AM

So I'm praying that he blesses us either tonight or tomorrow! (please Jude I'm actually dying, I actively feel my soul evaporating out of my body.)

Cloudpuff, I LOVE how you even looked up the times for the drops! I reallllly hope you’re right. Originally, I thought it would be the first week and half into October (but that was me thinking of a 11/13 main story release date, and using the length of time from Roger’s PV drop to his main story release as a foundation.

I’ve had his master list in my drafts since May because I thought he was going to be released before Roger.