#recollection tag

[cowardlybean]

This is the journal of missing 31 year old Reigen Arataka, distributed with permission from friends and family. The version presented in this document has been kindly edited with added commentary by a loyal customer of his. -Editor’s Note

hey guys check out my weird ass fic :3c

[deanmarywinchester]

hobbies include: close reading the Redwall series to answer my most burning questions. such as:

- can I replicate any of these delicious-sounding foodstuffs and would they in fact be delicious if I was able to

- corollary to the above: are we just supposed to read “oat cream” and “nut cheese” every time we see the words “cream” and “cheese”? I think so. bc if not, what tha hell are their livestock animals

- what is Society like? I don’t think we ever see a Mouse City or even Mouse Town though we do see castles and obviously an abbey. are we supposed to believe that most creatures are either in wandering bands or these societies based around a single structure (castle/abbey?)

- they appear to have an idea of what currency is (the bad guys always want treasure — maybe just to have, not to sell? but less ambiguous is some dialogue I just read, “acorn for your thoughts?” “you can have them for free”) but again, we never see anyone using money or making goods for the market. is this after the fall of Mouse Capitalism? are the bad guys (the idea of rat pirates gives me a headache, vis a vis the political/economic systems needed to power piracy) raiding preindustrial mouse societies for treasure/meat?

- corollary to the above: the abbey creatures have oats and wheat but we don’t see anybody farming or trading for farm goods on a large enough scale. is the abbey “orchard” really a like an indigenous forest farm of mixed foodstuffs? is that possible if you live in the same place the whole year or only if you travel each season? I have to do some googling

- both the lack of mixed-species families and the idea of mixed-species families give me a headache. has a squirrel never fallen for a handsome otter? what is the culture shock like if you marry into a subterranean mole family?

- this is the least “important” question but this read through I’ve been desperately trying to figure out What Size Everything Else Is. i’ve come to the conclusion that everything other than animals are at mouse scale, given that they can make seaworthy vessels their own size (a mouse sized vessel with real-world-sized waves seems impossible) and pick and eat apples and plums. but so far it seems like they’ve avoided mentioning how tall trees are — like a person compared to a tree or a mouse compared to a tree?

[bacchuschucklefuck]

class swap design masterpost for convenience (from top to bottom: bard!riz, cleric!gorgug, sorcerer!kristen, barbarian!fig, artificer!adaine, and rogue!fabian)

[valtsv]

one bright spot of hope in my miserable life is that ever since i started taking my current antidepressants my memory loss has definitely improved

[kirby-the-gorb]

[fatedroses]

He laid at the brink of death once more, staring at the face of despair. He remembered the path that led him to this purgatory, and with a smile could only ask:

"Shall we be friends?"

[dracanboys-m]

More of this. + nnotes on the normalest boy

[mishy-mashy]

THE CONTRAST OF THE ONLY TIMES WE EVER SEE BRUCE SMILING????

[trashyvanillabean]

I’ve been stewing recently over Black Swan’s appearance on the Astral Express.

Usually after a Trailblazing Mission, we say our goodbyes to our newfound friends, and it’s on to the next journey! (Or we go back to revisit other worlds we assisted.)

That doesn’t seem to be the case with Black Swan. Instead, it seems she still wants something from the Astral Express and, oh boy, she makes quite another entrance by casually strolling out of March’s room. (It seems becoming Memokeeper causes you to forget basic courtesy, like respecting your hosts’ ground rules and privacy. *side-eyes the Messenger*) Whatever Black Swan’s motives are for staying with the Crew, it surely has to do with Amphoreus.

For a a brief recap, Amphoreus is also known as “the Eternal Land,” can only be seen through the light of the Garden of Recollection’s mirrors and is “fettered by three Paths.”

I’m willing to guess that two of those Paths are the Permanence and, of course, the Remembrance.

I’m guessing the Remembrance because of the aforementioned description, and also Black Swan making her entrance from March’s room, whose owner has already been established as amnesiac with ties to the Garden of Recollection, and there are a few clues pointing towards March previously being a Memokeeper such as Black Swan mentioning a Memokeeper who liked to preserve memories with a camera. (You can find this dialogue towards the end of the Dreamjoy Memoir event by talking to Black Swan.)

I’m also guessing the Permanence is one of those three Paths because when Black Swan addresses Dan Heng, she points out his “mired memories.” She could have well simply called him the Astral Express’s archivist, or just left it at him being a descendant of the Permanence and a charming little dragon and whatnot; but she also draws attention to, once again, someone’s memory issues.

As for what the third Path might be…um…I have one crazy idea, but I don’t know how to string it together just yet. 😅

What I’m also slightly curious about is that Black Swan doesn’t address the Trailblazer, who we know since the beginning is also amnesiac. All we know is that they’re connected to the Stellaron Hunters through Kafka. Maybe Black Swan already knows about this and doesn’t feel the need to bring it up; but again, she could have done the same thing for Dan Heng and well left it alone, yet didn’t. (This leads me to think that we’re probably not going to get crumbs of Trailblazer’s backstory during the next journey. 😞)

As for Black Swan herself and the Remembrance, some background on Fuli and the Remembrance’s related factions can be found in the Aeon and Factions tabs of the Data Bank, but I’ll put screenshots here for convenience~

Here is the entry for Fuli:

Here’s one for the Garden of Recollection:

And here’s one on the Cremators (and I’ll get to them later):

And then we have Black Swan herself. (Note: Unfortunately, I did not feel like pulling for her — nor did I even have enough Stellar Jades — to try and pull for her when she first released, so I’ll have to resort to fan wiki. 🫠)

According to her character stories, it seems like one way you can join the Garden of Recollection and become a Memokeeper is if another Memokeeper invites you. Obviously, this would require said Memokeeper to reveal themselves, as they otherwise make sure to leave no traces of their presence.

Now, for Black Swan to appear out of thin air on the Express to initially recommend a location as the Crew’s next stop, she most likely wants something and the Crew would be the best people to help her get it; and with the Astral Express running low on fuel, she now has greater leverage.

NOTE: This thing has been sitting in my drafts for so long, I lost my train (oop 🫢) of thought and have been struggling to remember the gist of this.

If you remember our first encounter with the Memokeeper next to the Memory of Chaos mirror, it was mentioned that the Garden of Recollection has some set of “rules” in place that apparently prevent the Memokeeper from introducing herself to the Crew and making some sort of arrangement for her to stay on the Express to do as she needs to (within reason — though I suspect some Memokeepers are not usually reasonable). She even goes as far as to tamper with their memories if we try to alert them about her presence (and basically proves Welt at least somewhat right about needing to be cautious around people related to the Garden of Recollection).

So that leads me to think that Memokeepers are not normally allowed to interact with the tangible (for lack of better words). All they can do is observe and record the memories of the universe. The only exception so far is when Gallagher sent out those invitations to the Charmony Festival, and the Garden of Recollection was among the factions who received the invitations.

Leading us back to Black Swan, who we met and collaborated with to fight off the Beyond the Sky Choir. That probably should have been the end of any business with her since she’s Memokeeper, so for her to appear to us again, and not only make a suggestion but also a recommendation…there could be something happening and the Garden of Recollection is involved this time, and Black Swan wants us to help her solve it.

And there could be a chance that the reward includes not only unlimited fuel for the Astral Express, but also precious memories — specifically, some details into March’s past before she was frozen (and maybe more as a bonus, such as Dan Heng’s past life as Dan Feng and what happened leading up to the Sedition, or even the Trailblazer’s time with Kafka and the Stellaron Hunters).

Now, again, there are rules in place that apparently prevent Memokeepers from interacting normally with other people. At the very least, they don’t seem to be allowed to interact with other people unaffiliated with the Garden of Recollection, or Fuli in any way. (Talking to the Trailblazer was probably as close as that MoC Memokeeper could get to communication.) If March really was a Memokeeper, did she violate some rules, and was frozen with her memories gone as a punishment? Welt mentions that whoever froze her probably meant to protect or banish her.

So, is the situation with Amphoreus dire enough that Black Swan is potentially bending those rules, or even outright breaking them? And if Black Swan is violating those rules, what are the repercussions for that?

Let’s hope nothing too drastic happens.

[cowardlybean]

Hi this is MalkyTop from ao3 I know I just wrote a long-ass comment on recollections and I sorta feel weird adding more to it there so I’m sending an ask instead, because! I am shaking the bars of my cell anyways since now im convinced that the stuff with reigen is heavily connected to Mogami I wonder if mogami’s “return” (chapter 2) is related to a certain evil spirit showing up at the office? After all they have previous history and dimple had just shown up. Anyways I am gnawing on this I love puzzling things out I want to get a good grade in recollections.

HELLO FIRST OFF I JUST WANNA SAY TYSM FOR BEING INTERESTED IN MY STORY!!!!! IT MAKES ME SO MUCH MORE EXCITED TO KEEP WORKING ON IT!!!!!!!!!

Mogami definitely plays a role in this story (if it wasn’t already obvious) though most of that role is gonna be shown in the next section! Not just through Reigen’s journaling either :3 I will say though! The author of the secret link is a canon character from Mob Psycho, so keep that in mind >:3c

APART FROM THAT I cant say much for the sake of not spoiling but about the plant spirit from S2 EP1 this is so embarrassing to admit but I did. Kinda rush that entry </3 To Reigen it was hardly any special exorcism apart from Mob learning something new, but to my readers the broccoli seeds are what is important! IM HEAVILY RESTRAINING FROM GIVING A HINT HERE ACK

but anyway thank you so much for theorizing and having fun with my fic!!! It makes it so much more fun to write :D

Read Recollection Here!

[glitchydyke]

𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲: 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 + 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀

[please-dont-pet-the-okapi]

Thinking about the whole complaint that so many characters these days are too self-aware about their mental health, or use modern therapy-language in an unrealistically casual way.

I think part of this is we've forgotten that it's possible to write about characters (to use our modern language) healing from trauma without using therapy language to describe their experiences.

But the thing is, people have been writing about mental health for thousands of years. Thomas Hoccleve describes himself having what we would call a mental breakdown. Margery Kempe's book of visions opens with her going through post-partum depression. But the language they use is different because of when they lived.

So in light of that, I think it's important to consider what language your character would realistically use.

[alexanderpearce]

hii where do you think someone should start with books on british politics, particularly the stuff you tend to post about?

omg hi!! if you want to read about new labour 100% the best place to start are andrew rawnsley's two books, servants of the people and the end of the party. combined they are about 1500 pages and they can be a little overdramatised but they are incredibly interesting and readable and batshit insane and homoerotic.

otherwise i've actually only read (listened to the audiobooks of) tony blair and peter mandelson's autobiographies and im not sure i'd recommend going through what i did with 16 straight hours of blair in my ear - @afieldinengland has read more books about them than me and might be able to give more recommendations :). ones i haven't read but intend to are alastair campbell's diaries, the rivals by james naughtie, and the new machiavelli by jonathan powell. i would also rec the documentary blair and brown: the new labour revolution, which is on youtube.

[sforzesco]

Does Rome ever get rid of Sulla's ghost ?

tbh I don't think rome ever really gets rid of anyone's ghost. the whole concept of rome is one giant grave piled on top of another grave. sometimes people are dead before they've actually died.

[chiyana]

My wife: Passengers, isn't that that movie you made a tumblr post about, like 'if you want to do this kind of story here's how you do it'?

Me, who has never seen Passengers and has no recollection of this: ...did I???

My wife: yeah, I saw it making the rounds and it came across my dash and I checked out the OP and was like 'oh I know that person!'

Me: ...I mean that sounds like something I would write????

[eod-agent-13-12]

About my Agent Phoenix

Legal Name: Floriana B. Ambrose Floriana Marife Ambrose(Corrected Post-Death Engine. Full Legal Name is currently classified due to ongoing investigations.) Pronouns: They/Them (Occasionally uses she/her) Age: Late 20s (27-29) Eye Color: Brown with Grey Spots Hair Color: Brown-Dark Brown

Brief Backstory Content Warnings: Inferiority Complex, Mentions of War, Implied Toxic Workplace, Time Loop Deaths

Agent Phoenix, known by family and close friends (only) as Florian but known as Marife or "Fe" by the agency (R&D in particular), will be referred to as Phoenix going forward, is considered one of the best agents (if not the best) in the entire Enhanced Operatives Division, capable of feats that impressed even the likes of Dr. Zor.

Phoenix has a warm yet slightly detached personality, often never speaking unless spoken to first, with exception towards those they consider close or those who are injured. Often, they would allow other people to speak for them in group settings. Their developmental environment's emphasis speaking in English, caused them to become self-conscious of their accent (in the beginning) when speaking, adding to their refusal to communicate.

Despite these roadblocks, they've been proven helpful in more subtle ways, usually in the form lf leaving snacks for fellow agents and leaving in sweet notes. They also try to be in their fellow agents' funerals as much as possible as a "sign of respect".

Their childhood had war as a backdrop, usually in the form of news reports from another part of the country, although one could argue they were fairly insulated. But some records suggest they were in contact with those in the battlefield at a young age.

However, their educators did not hold back on the reality of war and the darker parts of history. This led to their melancholic outlook in life, specifically towards leadership and authority figures.

While they often comply with regulations, they contain a skeptical and wariness that often made people uncomfortable once they become aware of it. They keep records and backups of any reports or paperwork that make it to their desk. A background check implies that their former workplace was far from the welcoming place it claims to be. (It is also worth noting that Zoraxis now have considerable control of the company.)

They also have an uncanny ability to ask their way when dealing with civilians, often by just being polite.

Records show that they're quite fearful of losing the ones they love but it is currently unknown to what extent. However, it's highly implied that they're willing to sacrifice their life if need be and are willing to devote considerable time and resources just to uncover the truth. This was the main reason they joined the agency, following an incident that led them losing their partner due to a Zoraxis attack.

Phoenix has also been shown to be quite secretive, often saying "you didn't ask" when questioned. One such example is regarding about their legal name, which forced the agency to correct it after the Death Engine. There is still an ongoing investigation about Phoenix's legal name/s. However, their loyalty to the agency had been proven time and time again. Even with their multiple deaths in the time loops.