#ramb-of-god

[taikoturtle]

15 people, 15 questions

Thank you @ramb-of-god for the tag. I too have not done one of these in years lol

1) Are you named after anyone?

No

2) When was the last time you cried?

I'm not quite sure, but I guess the last time I can recall was last October.

3) Do you have kids?

Nope

4) What sports do you play/have you played?

In a team setting, I've played basketball, soccer (american meaning of soccer lol), and softball. I also like to snowboard.

5) Do you use sarcasm?

Yeah sometimes I do, but I'm not very good at it haha.

6) What's the first thing you notice about people?

I guess their clothes and hair? I don't really know.

7) What's your eye color?

Brown

8) Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings! I'll watch scary movies but they also sometimes give me nightmares so I guess I prefer happy over scary.

9) Any talents?

I'm musically inclined. Played a bunch of instruments when I was younger (violin, viola, drumline pit section [i.e. xylophone, vibraphone, marimba etc.], and taiko). Also I can make gifs.

10) Where were you born?

Southern California

11) What are your hobbies?

Playing videogames (primarily PS5 stuff), reading fanfics, making gifs, and watching TV shows. I used to doodle, but not anymore. Currently I've become obsessed with kpop again lol but I try to keep it off my main blog since y'all didn't follow me for that hahaha.

12) Do you have any pets?

Nope, not currently. I used to have rats and dogs growing up as a kid though.

13) How tall are you?

5'5" (167cm)

14) What was your favorite subject in school?

Music and English back when I was in high school. Then photography back when I was in college.

15) What is your dream job?

Working for a videogame company! It'll never happen, but I think it's probably for the best. I feel like when you work in the industry that you like as a hobby, it can sometimes kill your love for it? I think right now I'm fairly happy with product development. I think maybe a toy company might be more fun, to work on figurines or dabble in soft goods.

Tagging: @arashimaru @unicornaffair @oclcl @moondrifts @molten-stardust - feel free to do this if ya want.

[lbhslefttiddie]

ep 61

[veryobsessedchild]

Read this and tell me that they’re not in a committed relationship cause you can’t. Like Hearth’s dad has met Blitz before and he disapproves of their “friendship” (gay relationship) right? Well elves are like ‘you need to be perfect’ so WHAT IF and hear me out- they were gay👍👍👍 cause then Mr. Papa Elf can have ANOTHER thing to hate Hearth for yay everyone’s happy😃👍

[lyinyao]

tbhk 115 rant </3

god this whole chapter was a harder read than the entirety of jjk

obviously the biggest change in this chapter was hanako following his future as planned

before actually reading the chapter i alrdy saw the panels and read through em but actually reading it and not through a tiktok slideshow fr broke me

when i first read that hanako was supposed to be a science teacher i cried

but now that im reading about hanako being a science teacher, one that students are comfortable enough to be asking for advice and career guidance and can genuinely have fun with I'M CRYING AGAIN WAAAAHHG

he looks like such a friendly teacher i'd love him irl, as someone who would've joined an astronomy club if my school had had one :')

and with this new present, the fact that kou and nene never interacted, HANAKO AND NENE NEVER MET AS WELL

i hate this 😭 bring the old timeline back..

that whole scene with nene talking about how the 'plant' she's been taking care of, which represents the old world

being replaced with a "prettier" pot of plant, the new present which is indeed more peaceful and has lesser problems and everyone is enjoying themselves in this new world, save for the people who have memories of the old world who are suffering instead...

but as nene expressed, it was important to both her and us readers

and from here it's like she's not giving up on it, even if it's been causing her so much problems

she's giving her best to nurture and fix it, or at least make it bloom a flower, to at least have one good thing come out from all this struggle

sighhhh aidairo loves bittersweet pain.. everyone else is happy or just content but my girl nene just can't catch a break

the only plus in this new present is this yuri scene <3

aonene my beloved 🙏

[bucksprettygirl]

y’all i js finished yellowjackets (bc i always take large breaks in between watching shows then binge them within a day or two) and i am NOT OKAY!!

[liinsomniac]

okay i am back home now. i will be getting back onto drafts likely tomorrow because i need to settle back in again lmao. i will be on the cord though and lurking while playing infinite wealth.

also, to remind, i will not be changing kiryu's canon. even in ships. he will have loved yumi, dealt with all that bs through the series, fake his death, and of course.. well.. not gonna magically take his ending away.

[kachimera]

Hugghsigsjfkw why do i rb stuff that upsets me even when its rlly stupid witowgkwotkwk *dissolves into a puddle*

[misunderstandings-georg]

Me getting a vaccine: yeah this is gunna be fun im so well behaved at medical appointments and my fear of blood definitely doesn't carry over to needles

Me when the plunger squeaks a little louder than what I'm used to:

[beemintty]

today was an interesting day. I have this friend who I actually love so much. we have had very similar experiences and grew up in similar environments. both of us are incredibly blessed when it comes to the life we have been given. I thank God for her every day because I get to have these incredible discussions with her about the world and our faith and Christianity without judgement and regards of whether we agree or not. and it's just so refreshing to be able to just talk with her.

she's also incredibly strong in her faith and honestly it's so admirable! and admittedly I have walked away from my faith a little bit... most of that is because I'm never going to be accepted into a church for what I think or how I think or who I love or who I am. and part of that is because I spent my life going in and out of churches that didn't want my family. and part of it was just because I had no one that consistently pushed me in my faith. and ik my faith is my responsibility but when you become so far removed from the church, the only community you have in faith is your Christian friends.... and I live so far from them that it's hard to keep in touch all of the time. and most of that's my fault. I let my faith become my last priority. but I'm realising how much of who I am I miss being built on Christ. I will admit, there is stuff in the bible and in the church I can't sit behind, but the church is only human and god is not the church and the bible is read so out of context most of the time that if I sat down to understand the context I think I would have a better time connecting to my faith.

remember: god is not the cause of my suffering, he is the solution. it's not all churches and it's not all Christians --those that truly follow Christ will love you and accept you just as you are and allow you the space to grow. love completely and live through Christ-- afterall, he gave his life so I could live a life in step with him.

so this is where this starts again. today I give my life back to Jesus and seek to understand and live by his wold.

[queen-scribbles]

I FINISHED IT

I'M

IT'S DONE

IT'S DONE

I'm gonna go happy cry in a corner now, then type it up, but it's D-O-N-E

Done

Heeyyyyyy so I hit ~750 more words for Heodi before I had to stop + it's poised to easily add more(aka FINISH) when I next get a chance.

I'm so fucking happy, this fic has been haunting me for years.

[ziekkfreak2-0]

Obligatory procrastination posting.

Too lazy (and busy) to draw out all my ideas, but I really want them outta my head. So have a bunch of unorganized thoughts abt my MD Swap AU. Don't take any of them as final or canon tho.

Below the cut ofc hehehehehe

THE BUNKER:

🚪 No joke, I forgot if they ever mentioned what the name of the bunker Uzi lives in is called.

🚪 ANYWAY, what if besides making big ahh doors, the Worker Drones also used the DDs' overheating issue against them? So their colony is designed to be very warm, not enough to overheat a regular Worker Drone, but just enough to gradually affect a DD. Sorta like a contingency for if they ever infiltrate the bunker.

🚪 Could also add an aspect of the bunker having a lot of lights and being very vibrant, to play with the fact that the DDs are bug themed in this. This + the idea above would kinda make the colony like a big ahhh bug zapper.

🚪 Does this mean that the colony is a lot more serious about the DD issue and not just playing cards all the time? Nope! Still a bunch of incompetent silly billys.

NEXUS:

🐾 Finally figured out his trauma: Extremely knowledgeable with vehicles and zoology, but given that no one seems to care about cars and all biological life on Copper-9 is dead, his knowledge is almost entirely useless.

🐾 Puts up with all the bullying bc he sees it as his own punishment for being a burden on his peers.

🐾 I need to make his backpack bigger. I want it to be big enough to fit all his friends in (well at the beginning of the story, I guess it does since he has no friends). Note to self: make a doodle of this.

🐾 Might scrap the school bus idea and instead have him find a military car of sorts?

SERIAL DESIGNATION Z:

🪰 Oh god I haven't made her solo yet. Sorgi I frogor 🫶🫶🫶

🪰 DDs aren't as short as her. In fact, she was a little taller as a Worker Drone. L and T got a lot taller tho LMAO

🪰 I like to imagine she would get along well with Tessa and inevitably picked up some of her characteristics. Thus, Z is now "The Scavenger" of the DDs, looting the carcases of her victims and using it to build... Something.

🪰 She always loses to her teammates if they ever spar, even though she's a really good fighter. L just likes to take advantage of her low self-esteem, and T disturbs her, to say the least.

🪰 Dies the most frequently bc of the points above + her experiments.

DISASSEMBLY DRONES:

🔺 Okay but listen, I am absolutely crazy about their overheating weakness. So it's like their DD specific features (interchangable hands, wings popping out of nowhere, and nanite acid tail) all require a lot of power, but they're still working on the same amount of power they had as Worker Drones.

🔺Rarely ever gonna draw em, but the DDs should all have different insect wing types. Just to show I did like. At least a little research.

🔺 Antennae for receiving signals from their other squad mates. Possible to intercept and listen into.

🔺 Possibly giving each of the DDs a unique ability related to their titles. Small hints to the others, but I'm considering "The Watcher" for L and "The Travesty" for T.

🔺 The titles aren't an in universe thing btw, I just like foreboding names.

edit: Frogor to add the intro post to the AU

[lesbiansanemi]

was rereading some of your posts for everyone bleeds red and GOD i am so invested in the potential of tanjirou and nezukos dynamic with ume and gyutaro, especially since gyutaros going to be on the mugan train at the same time as those two which means umes definitely gonna come out to help fight the two different kizuki and god the reaction and potential resentment of nezuko seeing the corps allow a full fledged demon to live even if its as a tool of the corps is gonna HURT. (and potentially lead to more internalized guilt because they werent going to kill her family until she rebeled against the corps. maybe theyd have let them all live if she just laid down and died like a good demon.) and tanjirou seeing a demon who presumably doesn't eat humans which given his reluctance and dislike of killing humans is definitely gonna strike some kind of cord in him beyond just the relating and wanting to help them immediately. also VERY interested in how the various demons will respond to ume, will they respond to her with the same 'filthy traitor' perception that the canon demons responded to nezuko with? i can imagine like all of them being pissed off at how shes muzzled and kept hidden away in a box for her 'protection' by her older sibling, unable to truly make her own decisions. (and won't that strike a cord with tanjirou and his own relationship with nezuko rn) and makomo, kyojurou or nezuko are definitely going to tell tamayo about ume and that begs the question, if tamayo knew about the traitor demon who hasnt eaten a single human, and didn't tell anyone, and how that'll rock the relationships around her. or if she didn't know about ume, what she's going do now that she does know about the full fledged demon girl (who she didn't know about being turned in the first place, so shes definitely one of kagayas demons) being used as a weapon for the corps. also in tanjirous eventual seeking out gyutaro to try and help him potentially revealing that gyutaro is doumas student, and if tamayo or any of the other kizuki caught wind of this and connected the dots, essentially paint a target on gyutaros back as the first lead on kanaes killer they've found in years. (and if douma has the same 'if ume eats someone i'll commit seppuku' rule for bringing her into the corps that giyuu had, which even if he does the likelihood of follow through on enforcing that isnt high but if its at least there for appearances, could lead to shinobu (or one of the other kizuki) trying to get ume to finally eat someone because its working towards finally getting to do something to hurt kanaes killer. and its doing the poor girl a favor, getting her out of the hands of the corps and finally giving her a proper meal after being starved for so long (potential mitsuri kinship) itd be a win win for everyone involved, really) and GODD im obsessed YOUR AU IS SO INTERESTING AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT MORE YOU DO WITH ITT. sorry if this ask is rambely or too much or any of the questions are too spoilery for you to answer (which is 100% understandable) your writings are just so INTERESTING they make me shake with excitement

Hehe don't ever apologize for this kinda thing I looooove it!! (Sorry it took me a bit to answer, it's been a busy couple of days). Also, as a general rule of thumb, I'm more than happy to spoil things lol There are very few events in a couple fics that I fully intend to keep entirely hidden until those scenes happen, but for the most part, I'll spoil anything lol I love talking and also I personally enjoy spoilers for things haha So yeah! I'll do my best to answer!!

Fun little thing about the roleswap, it was a project I originally started for two reasons. The first being character studies for the Hashira (which was what all their backstory pieces were initially about, and you can definitely still see that influence in a lot of them). The second was to examine the parallels between Tanjiro and Nezuko and Gyutaro and Daki. It just... spiraled horrendously.....

That's to say that I'm also ecstatic for them to start interacting

Their first interactions are actually before the mugen train incident! They initially meet on Mt. Natagumo during that conflict. They're very brief encounters, but that is what makes them aware of each other's existence. Mt. Natagumo is an extremely messy conflict between a group of slayers, a group of demons not truly affiliated with Tamayo, and then Nezuko and co. During that meeting, they don't really process a lot about each other. Rui actually holds most of the Kamados' attention here, but they take note of Gyutaro and Ume

It's during the mugen train when they genuinely start to realize things about each other.

Nezuko still largely ignores them. She's too focused on Akaza and the fact that he is gunning for Makomo's head (and he very, very nearly succeeds). Tanjiro is the one who really zones in on Gyutaro, and starts to process the implications of him having a demonic sister and working for the Corps. It's mostly just.... immediate projection on his part. He comes to all these conclusions about them being forced to work for the Corps like his family was, but there's also those complicated emotions regarding the fact that Ume clearly isn't... eating people. There's a demon out there that isn't eat people. Yes, she's muzzled, the situation can't exactly be good. But... it's possible. And Nezuko has adamantly refused to even consider ceasing the cannibalism.

Once Nezuko does actually process the existence of Ume after the chaos of the mugen train (yk, Akaza almost killing Makomo, Kyojuro almost kill Akaza, Akaza learning she's a demon and freaking the fuck out), like you predicted. She is.... hurt, but mostly enraged. After her partial transformation during the Final Selection, as soon as the Corps finds her struggling through the wisteria, they immediately decided she needed to die. It was never considered that she could still work for them, still deserve to live. Why did she immediately get written off while Ume was allowed this? If it had been allowed, her family would still be alive. Tanjiro never would have had to train to become a slayer. What was so bad about her? Well, unluckily for Nezuko, she had no Hashira to argue for her like Gyutaro and Ume did (because Akaza doesn't count and also didn't know), and she was written off as a lost cause because of how... volatile she was.

As far as her feelings on Ume herself, she mostly just... pities her. Because while Nezuko is angry she was never given a chance and a choice, she is glad it never happened because she's happier with the Kizuki and is reveling in her hatred of the Corps. She pities both Ume and Gyutaro, but in a really... condescending way. The fact that they lowered themselves to groveling to the Corps, Ume starving herself and allowing herself to be muzzled... it's pathetic! (No one ask her if her anger is a front for anything else, why would it be?)

This ultimately leads to Tanjiro projecting heavily on them, desperately trying to "save" them to prevent another family tragedy, while Nezuko resolutely ignores them and the path they represent.

As far as the Kizuki as a whole, it varies. Most of them are disgusted about the muzzling, but don't think too deeply about her. She represents the direction that the Corps is trying to go with tamed demons, but they were already aware that was happening. Nezuko and Zenitsu have already proven that. She's just the first... genuine success. A sobering thought, but not the worst thing the Corps has ever done. It's difficult for most Kizuki to hate them anymore than they already do. But admittedly, the Kizuki who have siblings are a bit more sympathetic to them... Kyojuro, Shinobu, and Sanemi especially have some really complicated feelings, though they keep it to themselves for the most part

As soon as Tamayo is told about Ume, she almost immediately figures out that she must be a demon of Kagaya's. She can't find any proof of Ume's existence within the (frankly massive) hive mind, not even an old broken link. That raises a lot of questions.... because one thing about Kagaya was that he did not want to turn more demons. So why has he suddenly turned one now? Why is she with the Corps? There had to be a point, but what?

It's due to this that Tamayo encourages Tanjiro to try and connect with Gyutaro and Ume. She frames it as being supportive of him and sympathetic to their situation, but really she just wants more information on them, and Tanjiro seems like the person most likely to get through to them

Ultimately if Gyutaro and Ume fled the Corps, they'd be welcomed with open arms. Many Kizuki know the feeling of trying to get out of the Corps and how difficult that can be and all the complicated feelings that go along with it. It's just that, Gyutaro especially, is vehemently against any type of help and distrusts it and hates it and is angry and spiteful and and and—

Which.... causes issues for him and Ume.

But Ume is viewed much more sympathetically by everyone. She seems to have no autonomy, she's starving, she's very young, it's easy for many of the Kizuki to want to help her, especially the members that have big soft spots for kids

As far as Gyutaro technically being Douma's tsuguko, it is eventually found out (via Akaza lol good job for revealing that one buddy). Certain demons want to use that somehow (I'm sure you can imagine who...). But it's also been realized that Gyutaro is like. never with Douma (his saving grace, I can't lie). But that's just another motivator for trying to convince them to turn traitor. Then they'll turn on Douma and potentially reveal information on him, mostly places he can be found

The fact that Douma is currently public enemy number one for the Kizuki is something he is entirely unaware of, btw. But also lucky for him, he's not expected to commit seppuku if Ume snaps. He has no real emotionally attachment to them, this is an experiment for the Corps, if it fails, it fails, and they'll kill Ume and Gyutaro. Douma gets off with no consequences

I hope this answers some of your questions! And ofc I'm always happy to clarify some anything :3 I'm so excited for Gyutaro and Ume to genuinely show up in the fics, it's gonna be sooo much fun

[veryobsessedchild]

Magnus is so down bad the second he meets Alex😭😭😭

“What surprised me was the way I’d reacted to Alex how fast my impression of her had slingshot, and the kind of emotions that had stirred up. I wasn’t sure I could put that into words without turning as red as Mallory Keen’s hair.”

What do you MEAN😭😭😭 He’s just met her and is already crushing hardcore. Broski is stuttering in the next sentence like WHAT!?!? ‘N-n-n-n-n-n-no Alexy Walexy🥺 I pwomise dat I fink you are cwool🙇🏼‍♂️ D-d-do you wanna date me👉👈 I-I MEAN-‘

[die-schwanenkoenigin]

rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people to do the same

thaaaaank you @dummerjan i love these types of things 💖

1) confetti (feat. saweetie) - little mix

2) runaway - the corrs

3) only when i sleep - the corrs

4) radio (mtv unplugged live version) - the corrs

5) breathless - the corrs

6) was fühl ich in mir? - willemijn verkaik, lucy scherer + ensemble

7) margaret - lana del rey + bleachers

8) wie ich bin - willemijn verkaik + lucy scherer

9) ich bin es nicht - willemijn verkaik

10) ich bin es nicht (reprise) - lucy scherer

no i haven't been listening to the best of the corrs and wicked on repeat for weeks what are you talking about?

aaaanyway!! tagging @ptolftos-blog @amazingspider-boy @wilfriede @ramb-of-god @toastedpinata @lilolilyr @benkaben @lift-heavy-be-gay @dustnfeathers @eddiemartha 💖

[smokingasters]

A detail about the Peacebreakers in Providence. (translated + spoilers)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Overseas Research Department Field Survey Team/Peace Breaker Official activity period: 2098/04~2113/04

A unit that obtains and manipulates information useful to Japan from other countries. Its main mission is to enter other countries, gather information, carry out sabotage operations, and provide weapons and operational support to anti-government organizations who support the Japanese government. Regarding anti-government support operations, operations were carried out through domestic third-party organizations

(Example 1). It has been confirmed that it was provided to and expanded to the government and rebel forces of the former Southeast Asian Union (commonly known as SEAUN) (see corresponding data 04231 for details). Through "monitoring"derived from [...] The members were selected from among the soldiers who belonged to the Special Forces of the National Defense Force, based on the Sibyl System's advanced decisions, and from among them, those who had a particularly strong sense of national pride were selected. Establishment: Wave After its establishment, the company did some original work. Main strategies and execution records. 2099_Conflict within the Union of Southeast Asia

2111_Rebellion in the Republic of South Asia 2112_Operation Footstamp 2113_Kona Island independence group reduced cropping Involved in etc. For details, see 67721 data

In June 2118, the decision was made to dismantle the unit, and in the same month, the whereabouts of the unit commander and training staff went missing.

In October 2118, independent activity was confirmed, and it was completely destroyed. To this day, it is said that its range has expanded to include Japan, Northern Russia, and the Russian Federation. Tonami is said to have been the general manager since the company's founding.

■ PB2098 type TUSIMA PS (Peacebreaker Armor) A powered suit that is standard equipment for the Peace Breaker Corps. It covers the head, upper body, and lower body, and is equipped with heavy armor and assist functions in each part. Increases the wearer's mobility by 1.25 times. Visibility is ensured by using cameras in front and behind the head to project images directly onto the eyes using internal scale projection sensors. It is also equipped with an infrared sensor and 3D prediction function MS2 as an option. It is possible to carry out operations without securing visibility even under conditions of poor visibility. Multi-type labeling function installed on the front of the waist

***

Sibyl itself is promoting conflicts to expand itself, and then denying asylum to the refugees which is why they're confined to Dejima/Kyushu. Sibyl lets MFA do the dirty work and it's obvious that Sibyl just turns a blind eye to this because it benefits their colonisation approach. I wonder what Kogami's thoughts will be when he comes to realise that his "democratisation" in Siam Reap (Psycho Pass Movie) was just a part of Sibyl's grand plan. Also Kona Island? Didn't Rutaganda and his mercenaries live on an island? The knowledge that Sibyl would let the world suffer, after having seen the true effects of it in his journey abroad and that probably every person he met or lost on his journey (including the people that Tenzing lost) was suffering due to Sibyl's duplicity. In Case 3 Novel, Frederica is investigating the Peacebreakers in Tibet-Himalaya and Garcia by extension. Honestly, Kogami Shinya seeing the horrors of war, trying to help people and then returning to become a cog in the System is a tragic enough ending for me. I guess this was the meaning of that painting in that room. (The Abyss, I assume?)

Anyhow, I'm on my fourth rewatch (first time with subs so thank god I can follow the dialogues), and Sibyl has a knack of grinding my gears (pun intended), I've come to despise the System as much as Kogami. I'll delve into a proper review later, for now just accept my ramblings. I have 10,000 thoughts on Akane too, who in this movie punched me right in the heart, honestly I don't know how Akane-chan is so strong. I admire her grit.

[stitchieau-the-actual-one]

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