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[heleneplays]

Iconic lines - Ch. 7, Relics 2: The Crusader's Tomb

Can I just say what powerful *fake_choice these flavor texts were??? bc it really seriously lives in my mind rent free. Like hello bestie the ENERGIES,,, aha they're so sexy

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos:

Donald Trump nominated former acting attorney general and Trump loyalist Matthew Whitaker to be the United States ambassador to NATO on Wednesday. The ambassador serves as a crucial liaison with our foreign allies, who have criticized Trump’s pro-Russia statements and sentiments during the Russia-Ukraine War. “Matt is a strong warrior and loyal Patriot, who will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and defended,” Trump said in a statement.  Whitaker is a relic from Trump’s first term, where he began as chief of staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions before a brief and stormy stint replacing Sessions as acting attorney general. He was in turn replaced by William Barr, then managed to hang on as an adviser in the Justice Department. But it wouldn’t be a Trump pick without a history of dubiousness. Whitaker’s 2013 bid for a Senate seat in his home state of Iowa was a failure. But during that campaign he argued that states could “nullify” federal laws—if they had the "courage" to do so. As University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck told CNN in 2018, “Nullification as a serious, mainstream legal argument didn’t survive the Civil War (or the constitutional amendments that followed).”

He subsequently served as a “prominent member” on the advisory board for the Miami-based World Patent Marketing, an “invention promotion” company that was accused of defrauding customers. Whitaker was reportedly “slow to respond to government investigators probing it.” A Florida court ultimately ordered World Patent Marketing to pay out a $25 million settlement and agree to close up shop. After he was publicly critical of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump's campaign activities and Russian interference in the 2016 election, Whitaker’s ascension to acting attorney general set off red flags.

[...] Whitaker then made a combative appearance in front of the House Judiciary Committee, where he refused to answer questions about his conversations with then-President Trump or the potential for obstructing the special counsel’s investigation. It was later reported that Whitaker left the committee hearing and flew off to Mar-a-Lago for a private chitchat with Trump. The Daily Beast published a report detailing how Whitaker spent his days in Washington after the Trump administration ended and he retired from the Department of Justice. While not registered as a lobbyist, Whitaker seems to have been paid by a “dark money” group to lobby for presidential pardons.

Donald Trump taps Matthew Whitaker to serve as the US’s NATO Ambassador.

[aethersea]

What kind of prompts and aus are you thinkinf of from the NOT horror movie white girl post?

(the post in question) really that's just my general writing inspiration tag, but since you asked so nicely...

“I really thought the spooky gate would do it.”

“I know, I know.”

“It was such a classic setup! A gate in the woods, a hint of mystery, a dash of the macabre—”

“There, there. Let it out.” The demon patted his companion on the shoulder. As his companion was a ghost, this was more a matter of carefully moving his hand through the air and trying not to go through the shoulder, but it’s the thought that counts.

“I’ve tried everything! A bag of old bones, a coffee mug in a 24-hour restaurant, an eerie room in an abandoned house—”

“The eerie room is a classic,” the demon consoled. 

The ghost threw their hands up, gesturing in wild frustration. One arm went through the demon, who winced. “She wouldn’t even play Bloody Mary at summer camp! What girl turns down a game of Bloody Mary at summer camp!”

“She’s not nearly boring enough for that,” the demon murmured sympathetically.

“She’s not!” the ghost agreed. “She should be all over that sort of thing! But she’s—she’s terminally un-curious!”

The third person in the room muttered sourly, “If it were terminal we wouldn’t be having this problem.”

“Like you’ve done any better!” the ghost screeched in shrill hysteria. The demon, who had large and sensitive ears like a bat’s, winced again. 

“Oh, don’t even start! I’ve tried just as hard as you, I’ve sent psychopaths and serial killers after her, I got a clown to leave his workplace and follow her for three city blocks—”

The demon said hurriedly, “We’ve all tried. We’ve done our best.”

“I’ve given it my all,” the ghost muttered. The third person, a spirit of malice and torment who infected the minds of the naturally vicious and inspired them to acts of unspeakable cruelty, sighed and went back to pacing. Since she was a formless cloud of eddying black smoke at the moment, this mostly meant coiling around and around herself in dizzying complex knots.

“There’s just…something about her,” the demon went on. His tail lashed in frustration, belying his calm demeanor. “It’s more than just the…the good sense.” He frowned, mulling over this. There was something there…

“She always stands up to the psychos,” the spirit of malice volunteered glumly. “One of mine said to her face that he’d chop her head off and dump her body in the lake—as a twisted expression of love, you know—” The ghost nodded and the demon murmured in appreciation. “—and she just told him to grow up! Grow the hell up, she said, cool as you please.”

The demon shook his head in sympathy. “Killed the whole mystique,” the spirit of malice said, disgusted. “I almost lost my hold on him, had to get him to indulge some petty twisted desires to build up it back up, and then—”

“And then he got caught,” the ghost said morosely. They’d heard this story before.

“And then he got caught!” the spirit of malice exclaimed. “Caught! By camp counselors! One of mine, and he got caught by counselors—”

“That’s the thing, though,” the demon cut in. If he let the spirit of malice get on a roll, the ranting would go on all night. “I had that hamster in her home for years, it bit her plenty of times, and she didn’t so much as get nightmares. There’s no reason she should be this resistant to possession—no ancestral protections, no holy relics in her bedroom, she’s not even especially pure of heart.”

“She’s nothing,” the spirit of malice growled. “She’s normal.”

“Exactly. She’s completely normal. She can’t be doing this herself.”

The spirit of malice paused in her tangled pacing, all the smoke going still at once. The ghost’s jaw dropped as they looked up. “You mean—”

The demon nodded. “Remember that guy at the bus?” 

The spirit of malice hissed. “I had him hooked, even when she threatened him I still had him—”

“And then the homeless man stepped in and chased him off.”

The spirit of malice hummed thoughtfully. The smoke rippled like a pond in the rain, in time with her agitated thoughts. “If you’re right, though, she’s been like this since she was little. That cat of yours—”

“She’s not blessed,” the ghost said. “I’d have noticed if she had a blessing on her.”

The demon leveled an unimpressed look at them. “I’d have noticed a blessing.” The holy and the unholy were kind of his field, after all. “No divinity has graced her, it’s not that.”

“So nothing holy,” the spirit of malice mused. “And no ancestral protections, you said.” The ghost nodded—that was their field. “Not a blessing…” 

The ghost gasped. “Not a blessing, but a boon.”

The spirit of malice pulsed in shock, smoke spurting out in all directions like ink through water. The demon pounded his fist into his palm. “A boon! Of course!”

“How could we have missed it?” the spirit of malice hissed. The smoke was pulling in on itself and forming the beginnings of an agitated whirlwind. “When did she even have time to befriend the fae?”

The demon shook his head. “No, that’s true, we’d have noticed if she formed a bond with any of them.”

“A bond, yeah,” the ghost said. “But maybe it was just a bunch of small things. If you’re polite to enough of them, at the right moments, they’ll just take a shine to you.”

The demon considered this a moment. “You’re right. No, it all makes sense. She’s cautious—”

“Constantly,” the ghost muttered.

“—she sees clearly what’s in front of her, and she’s just superstitious enough to turn away from things that are obviously bad news.”

The black smoke all dropped to the floor at once, billowing like dust at the impact, a physical manifestation of the spirit of malice’s sigh of frustrated surrender. “She’s totally the kind of person who would be polite to animals and weird rocks and shit.”

The other two nodded glumly. There was a long moment of quiet as this realization settled over the room.

“We can’t fuck with the fae, can we?” The ghost was leaning back on their hands, looking up at the ceiling. “That’s…They have their own sets of rules. They don’t share like us. Right?”

“Right,” the demon sighed. 

“I’ll fuck with whoever I want,” the spirit of malice declared, but her heart wasn’t in it. There was another long silence.

“We need to actually team up,” the demon said suddenly. The ghost looked up at him curiously. “Work together. Not just avoid getting in each other’s way like we do now.”

“A coordinated effort,” the spirit of malice said, catching on. “If she’s got a patina of luck from a handful of chance encounters, then we just have to drill through it.”

“I don’t know,” the ghost said. “I don’t really have any plans that aren’t…well, solo acts.”

“So we’ll brainstorm,” the demon said. “We all know how to play to our own strengths; we’ve just got to figure out how to play to each other’s.”

“The luck won’t know what’s hit it,” the spirit of malice said gleefully. “It’ll be warding off a possession, then bam! Kidnapping time!”

“Or the other way around,” the demon said, just a little testily. A patch of smoke waved dismissively, not unlike a shrug. 

“Or,” the ghost said, excitement creeping into their tone, “we could come up with something new. A doom more dire, more horrible, than anything we can achieve alone.”

The demon looked down at him in interest. The spirit of malice drew herself up into a firmer shape. “We’re listening,” she said.

A slow, sinister smile spread over the ghost’s translucent face. “Well,” they said. “It’ll start with an eerie whistling in the woods…”

[rockwgooglyeyes]

(I think I'm kinda asking too much, but it's very fun talking with you!!! Or at the very least reading what you say!!!)

I love it when you can like. Semi dissect characters by a few words, and stuff. So- uhm. The song The Court Jester, and having that with Flor. How do you think it fits her? (General clown/jester vibe is ofc one of them, but I think the lyrics can be interpreted in many ways and I'd like to see yours!)

Ohhhh I like this . . . also don't worry, I have fun talking with you too! I'm just a little slow today haha. Thank you so much for the compliment by the way analysis is immensely fun for me so the fact that you say I do it well is so flattering, Kellie! Oh and the song is the one with Fukase, right?

It might be horrible but I kind of can't help but associate "the king" character in the song with Rosca and her princess attitude combined with her princess airs. Not only that, but the unwillingness to let go, the clinging onto relics of the past and vestiges of an old world that is no longer relevant, that feels very Rosca to me. Also the "a world you have tainted with your sin" line feels like Rosca because out of Florosca's relationship, Rosca seems to be the more problematic one. Also "but in my time away, you've ended up alone" really hammers home how Flor is one of the only people who Rosca actually cares about.

Of course, the jester role is taken by Flor, the lilting vocals, the vaguely menacing air combined with the consoling words that have a hint of condescension in them. I don't really think of Flor as condescending but at the same time, she can present herself in a very jovial, surface level way as if she doesn't have any idea what's going on, while in reality she knows more than a lot of others do. Why else would she create her own clothing with veiled symbolism, dripping with blood and bitter caramel?

Not only that but the shift in lyrics where the singer wakes up after being buried, witnessing a world they don't know and laughing, that feels immensely fitting for Flor. Her rose-colored glasses finally being ripped away and crushed under heel, showing her just how empty and hollow the world is, filled with people who are going insane or already there, and it would make sense for her to laugh manically at realizing this. Also the repeated image of memories and them being incomplete/pieced together gives me the feeling of puzzle pieces which again, is very Flor to me (she gives me very Stitches Animal Crossing vibes. im sorry. the 'kid playing house in order to cope with the reality of crushing loneliness' feeling is too strong.)

The latter half of the song, where the jester sings "and as such, I have now taken it upon myself / to reinstate the reign of laughter and in health I will return" and "Soon, you will see the world will turn upon it's head again / just you hope that you can see it before you're dead," that seems very Flor to me as well, because after her realization, I can imagine her standing up and vowing to make meaningful change before her own end. She will make a point, she will make people realize how wrong the world is, and she will make them remember her. The "I have now taken it upon myself" feels very Flor as well because for some reason, I feel as though she has a big sense of responsibility? as though she does feel like she's the one who has to make this change?

god fucking damnit this is so long . . . this is a banger song though thanks Kellie haha I hope this fits your desire for dissection of character!!

[randomnameless]

Replying to an ask, I was realising -

We know more about Glenn (Govan Fraldarius?), the brother of a secondary character who died protecting one of the primary ones, than about Supreme Leader’s sibling who was the original heir of the Empire.

Supreme Leader, iirc, was born as Ionius’s ninth child, or fifth one? Something like that?

What about the First child, the heir of the Emperor, son of his wife (Supreme Leader mentions how her mother wasn’t Ionius’s wife, meaning he had one, it wasn’t just, Anselma) ? What about said wife?

Ionius was yeeted away in Nopes, but damn if we don’t know jack shit about Adrestia.

Sure sure, we know Leopold’n’Waldemar, yay - but bar the duo of clowns?

Rafiel is the first prince of Serenes, Reyson and Leanne often mention their older sister Lilia, but no one ever mentions Supreme Leader’s oldest sibling? Ionuis’s first child? Supreme Leader’s stepmother(s)?

Why would Ferdie have developed a rivalry with Supreme Leader, if she had older siblings already in line for the throne? Why would Hubert - the Vestra heir - be “given” to Supreme Leader, if the Imperial Heir was already around?

The more I think about it, the less Adrestia makes sense, or at least the Adrestia we were presented with.

I think those siblings really existed, but their absence in the plot maybe mean the “Vestra” tasked with overlooking, let’s call him (it’s a him because it’s Adrestia!) Hans 2, heir to the throne, wasn’t from Hubert’s dad’s line, but from a cadet line? Cadet line had a child “around the age” of Hans 2, so that cadet branch would have become the most important one, had Hans 2 survived, because cadet Vestra would have become the “Vestra of the Emperor” while Hubert would only be the Vestra of the ninth/fifth princess.

Ditto for Ludwig ?

He’d have championned Ferdie to show his talent and might and “nobility” to Hans 2 instead of Supreme Leader, but when Hans 2 was Arundel’d and only Supreme Leader survived, he switched his focus?

In FE Tellius, in FE10, Tibarn talks about it, passingly. But in FE Fodlan, there’s no rumours of a “plague” having befell the imperial family, mainly the “series of tragedies” in Rhea’s book.

Hans 2?

Even Rhea’s dead siblings are more relevant, they appear in the form of relics ! But Hans 2? His existence blows a hole in the Adrestia we know, its political landscape and Supreme Leader herself.

Of course you should compare what can be compared, but when ASOIAF’s Ned goes “this shit should never have been mine to dealt with, it should have been my dead older brother’s”, this is never mentionned in FE16.

We have Rhea feeling as inedaquate, being trusted in this position as the “Guardian” of Fodlan because her mom was deboned, but Supreme Leader never says this regarding Hans 2.

Ionius himself never mentions Hans 2 or his other children.

Tl;Dr : FE16 wrote a story where the Adrestian Empire’s heir is less important to people than House Fraldarius - a vassal of House Blaiddyd - ‘s first son.

GG guys, 10k years of lore.

[glouris]

What I tell myself when I get sad about Heimdall being gone, tinfoil hat edition

First of all, please note that I’m delusional and this should be taken as a collection of cool little details and theories, not as proof that the mf will be back in the next game. You never know of course, but don’t let me set you up for disappointment. 

So. Weirdly enough, Heimdall seems to have parallels with, you’ll never guess it, Garm. Kratos’ confrontations with them go very similarly: he is put against them because of Atreus, who persuades Kratos not to kill them, attempts at pacifying them go poorly, and Kratos does kill them after all. By choking them. Both lie on their sides afterwards. 

While Kratos and Atreus are chasing Garm, his appearances are followed by Atreus asking about the spear, or them discussing Heimdall - it’s a constant back and forth. And, as far as I remember, Garm is the only boss in the game, apart from Heimdall himself, that uses the spear as a mandatory gimmick. 

Garm’s ability to make realm tears made me wonder why we never see Heimdall travel by Bifrost. We see regular einherjar soldiers do it, but Heimdall only travels with Hugin. Why? He’s supposed to be the closest to Bifrost, be able to use it in its full capacity and then some. Is he being restricted, or is it just a minor plot inconsistency? Either way, Garm’s realm tears could have paralleled Heimdall’s Bifrost, especially when in some interpretations the mythological Heimdall is the personification of Yggdrasil - the man is THE realm travel. I guess the gow version is still a master of realm shifts. And Bifrost's guardian. 

What I’m getting at with all that Garm deal is that if this parallel is not something that I just clowned myself into and is a legit thing, then shouldn’t Garm’s resurrection and his transformation into Fenrir be foreshadowing for Heimdall’s return? Or not, and the parallel is only about Atreus carelessly causing something, which Kratos then ends. I really don’t know.

Then again, the situation with another pair of wolves, Sköll and Hati, happens because Heimdall steals the moon holding relic from Helheim. Their episode is followed by his, as well as the fight with him happens right after you summon Sköll to clear a path into Heimdall’s boss arena. A bit too much coincidental plot intersections involving Heimdall, legendary wolves and Helheim for my taste.

And, my personal favorite - the gow 2018 horn mystery. Full clown makeup here, but I think it would be cool if that was Heimdall, somehow. Giants called him “ᚺᛟᚱᚾᛒᛖᚱᛁ” (“horn bearer” in my sloppy translation) on Atreus’ mural, and he was prophesied to sound Gjallarhorn to open all paths and start Ragnarok. He didn’t get to, as we all know. But you see, the Giants seem to have this tendency of being right even when they are wrong. The prophecy said that Tyr, the god of war, will unite the realms and lead the armies against Odin. Tyr didn’t get to, but Kratos, another god of war, did. The prophecy said that Atreus’ father will die in his hands. Kratos didn’t, Odin, the All-Father, did. 

If Heimdall was meant to sound the horn, perhaps he will, perhaps he did. When Jörmungandr is called with the horn, the water drops, revealing new paths. Kratos was carrying Atreus to Freya when they heard the horn, and was going to Helheim afterwards (again with the Helheim, I swear) to get what they need to save the boy. If it was really Heimdall, then that falls right into what the prophecy said: sound the horn, open the path (water drops after the serpent moves, new paths are open, + the boat by Freya’s house is washed ashore, where Kratos reveals to Atreus that they are gods), start Ragnarok (save Atreus, who’s always the one that puts the events into motion - Baldur’s death, Sköll and Hati chasing his arrow, Kratos fighting Heimdall and getting Gjallarhorn, which then calls Surtr… you get it. Heimdall is the one that pointed it out too, and was right). Plus, there’s definetly a mural behind him on his promo, so idk maybe it’s not THAT far of a reach. He has to have this mural there for something, right? 

So yeah, I’m somewhere at my bargaining stage of grief. I’ll be accepting that he’s not coming back only when Santa Monica throws it in my face by not even mentioning him in Atreus’ game.

[xsoulxsilencex]

Well, episode 72 was surely... something.

There's a lot to talk about (especially when it comes to Zwijo and Mitsuko) so if you can't stand seeing anything negative about this episode then better not read any further.

Well, where to start? I guess with the jab at Manabu. Seriously, can't the writers go one episode in this arc without reminding us of Commander Study or clowning on Manabu? And I can't believe that the reason why Manabu can't be in the finals is due to him not entering with his real name. If you never wanted him in the finals in the first place then you should've given him a better reason than that, Bridge.

Yudias and the twins know that Epoch avoids them (or more specifically Yudias) and we see a hint of darkness still in Yudias. This could get interesting if the writers don't screw it up. There's also Yuamu and Yuhi talking about the relic and Yuamu asking Yuhi for a favor we haven't gotten to know what that is exactly yet. Maybe that plays already a role in the next episode. (or in ep 74 which has "road" in its title and Yuamu once again mentions how "this is their road" or whatever after Yuhi got to know about the favor)

Now to the tournament final: Why does Ranran say there's around 8 finalists? How does she not know the exact number? Or does she know better and was told to say this? From the spoilers, we already know we have 10 finalists. At least Manabu is also aware of how weird this is.

And to the biggest topic of the episode: Zwijo and Mitsuko.

Honestly, what the heck? Don't get me wrong: I never expected Zwijo going full mushy mode and say he missed Mitsuko and he loves her too and all that shit. This is still Zwijo so he will never be super emotional and say cheesy stuff. But whenever Mitsuko asked him if he has something to say to her or if he remembers their first meeting, he just said "no". That's it. They meet each other for the first time after 2 years and he doesn't bother explaining anything. So am I supposed to think that Mitsuko doesn't matter at all to Zwijo? Was she just a tool like Chupataro but he kept her longer with him for some reason?

Speaking of "meeting each other for the first time": Seriously, what was that backstory? Mitsuko accidently bumped into Zwijo's space ship, he said sorry and she went full delusional mode and thought he wants her to live with him? *sigh* Why do the writers suddenly turn Mitsuko in some kind of Ranze 2.0.? Sure, her "love vision" is just for Zwijo and not every guy around her. But we never saw it as bad as now. Like there was nothing until ep 41 and even then, the way she saw Zwijo was still with him frowning which we are used to. But now, she imagines him all smiling charmingly?

Tbh, I don't really understand why Zwijo even accepted Mitsuko to live with him. Like he sees this 3 meters tall lady for the first time, she wants to be with him due to her delusions and he just accepts it? Why? He could've just told her to leave him alone or push her away or simply ditch her without looking back. But no, he took her with him. Tbf, we just got Mitsuko's POV on their first meeting but I don't think Mitsuko would have forgotten it if Zwijo had been totally against it. Now I'm sure some will say "maybe Zwijo saw some use in Mitsuko which is why he was okay with her" but again: Why would he accept her to live in his space ship along with him? Just because Mitsuko wanted to live with him together doesn't mean he had to do this. He could've found a random house or so for her (or tell her that living together isn't possible but spending time together is fine) and still use her as his tool but he didn't. There's also the question where the heck all of Zwijo's people were including Myuda and Dinois during the time Mitsuko lived with him. On the battlefield? Somewhere else?

And speaking of Dinois: 1. why was she suddenly with Zwijo, 2. why did Zwijo use her ace monster and 3. why did nobody give a shit that a desk is suddenly talking and moving? Are everyone in Mutsuba Town so used to aliens now, they think a talking furniture piece is normal too or an alien?? But yeah, Zwijo using Heavenstar doesn't make any sense to me. Why would he do that? He has enough monsters that could be used for a new fusion. I did think of the possibility of Zwijo wanting to provoke Mitsuko with this to lure the darkness (but then, Dinois must have told him that Mitsuko can't stand her, I doubt Zwijo found that out himself) but we also see him taking Darkness Sansara away from Mitsuko which Yuamu speculates on that he maybe did that to prevent her from getting consumed by darkness. Which would mean that Zwijo does actually care for Mitsuko? At least a tiny bit? Or am I supposed to believe that Zwijo just took Sansara for himself since he later said that he thinks that it can bring back memories and he saw some use in it?

Ofc, Zwijo defeats Mitsuko and Mitsuko falls for him again - due to her delusions of thinking he says he loves her too. Come on, don't do this to her, Bridge. And ofc this can't end in those two making up since Zwijo just angers Mitsuko again with not remembering how they met for the first time and then she falls down the pit. I did a post before by saying how much this duel reminds me of Roa vs Getta and I'm still standing by this. (and Roa still gets at least points for telling Getta that he's a great friend to him - all Zwijo does is tell Mitsuko she "did well" and "good work")

Look, I don't say Zwijo has to reciprocate Mitsuko's feelings for him. He doesn't owe her any love just because she is in love with him. And I'm honestly not believing in them becoming a canon couple anymore (because yugioh rarely cares for proper romances anyway). But is it too much to ask for Zwijo appreciating Mitsuko as a friend? This guy doesn't have a single deep bond with someone who isn't from his own kind. Yudias has a bunch of non-Velgearian friendships who helped him understand things better, why can't Zwijo at least have one with Mitsuko too? I've also seen some saying that Mitsuko "forced" herself into Zwijo's life and while she did have her delusions, Zwijo isn't some shy, weak kid who can't speak for himself. Again, if he can't stand Mitsuko or feels uncomfortable around her then why did he even accept her to live with him together in the first place? You can't tell me he couldn't tell no to her. This is still Zwijo we're talking about - the guy who let Mitsuko do work for him so Idk how Mitsuko is now the one who forced Zwijo to keep her with him and he had no chance to escape her? You really think she has that much power over him? He could've also asked any of his own Velgearian soldiers to be still with him to work as a henchman on Earth or could've looked for other aliens who wouldn't have felt the need to be close to him like Chupataro so needing Mitsuko as a henchwoman would've been redundant.

The way the relationship between Zwijo and Mitsuko is now is just frustrating. If Zwijo just straight up told Mitsuko that he doesn't love her or that she should stay away from him, this chapter could be done and Mitsuko could move on. But we don't have that. Instead I fear for Mitsuko doing it like Getta (when it came to Roa) that she might be angry at Zwijo again rn but she will return to him if she thinks he is saying something she could interpret as him actually loving her or needing her. And I really don't want this shit again. Either have Zwijo fall in love with Mitsuko eventually, have him reject her but they still stay friends or do a clean cut of him telling her she should stop approaching him. Mitsuko won't stop reaching for him as long as Zwijo doesn't make it crystal clear what he really thinks of her. Maybe this is a hot take for some but it is partly his fault if Mitsuko still has hopes for them together. Like get your damn point across, Zwijo! Tell her straight in her face to get lost if she really never meant anything to you other than a tool you had some use for a while but now you want her to leave you alone. Heck, even insult her if nothing else works to make it obvious to her that you see nothing in her.

Next episode is Asaka vs Tell, Rovian vs Yuna and Nyandestar vs Yuamu. Also hinted Zwijo vs Yuhi but that could be pushed to episode 74. And I want Yuhi to beat Zwijo since I want to see Yudias vs Yuhi as the arc final duel and Yuhi being the one helping Yudias to get rid of the darkness in him. After all, they're best friends and this arc had some build up for them to face each other in the finals. I would be disappointed if they just did nothing with them now.

[arrestedforhomestuckcrimes]

Fics I will write one day....

Eridan x Alpha kids - <> Roxy, <3 Dirk, c3< Jane + Gamzee, <3< Jake. No plot ideas yet just want it. All I know for sure is Jane is NOT the one stepping between Eridan and Gamzee, but I can't decide whether Eridan or Gamzee as top leaf is funnier. Also Eridan ends up with Dirk b/c he panicked and asked him to pretend to be his bf so he didn't have to go to something Feferi planned.

Eridan x Karkat - No game AU. Feferi decides Eridan is FAR too stressed (AKA stop messing with her attempts to reform Alternia boy) and as a good ex, decides to hire a palesale for him. Pale BDSM, posture collars, gill fetishizing, impact play, etc etc etc. Actual WIP

Eridan x Gamzee - <>!!! I need this okay Eridan needs to be a dumbass about clown religion right up until he realizes it's the one thing Gamzee is actually serious about I HAVE THOUGHTS.

Eridan x Signless - :3c This one involves multiverse transversal. Universe A, instead of Signless getting killed and becoming a martyr, the empire decides to break his spirit by making him fight gladiator style. He wouldn't fight for his OWN life but knowing it's the only way to keep Disciple/Dolorosa/Psiioniic alive.... :3c When Feferi takes the empire, she tries to keep Eridan out of her hair by giving him this old Empress touched relic. uwu And when Signless dies for one reason or another Eridan tears the universes apart to get a new one- One who Isn't Perfect. But he can mold them... Right? Obsession!!! Might actually do this as two distinct Things. Part A as Eridan x Signless part B as Eridan x Kankri?

On that note an ACTUAL Eridan x Kankri <3< nonsense. They would be terrible for each other and I love it. Also Kankri's just fun to write.

Gideon Nav is Actually G1deon's kid AU. G1deon lands on the ninth chasing Awake Remembrance of These Valiant Dead Kia Hua Ko Te Pai Snap Back to Reality Oops There Goes Gravity. Lands far enough after that Gideon has been claimed by the ninth house, well before the baby murders. This is mostly about G1deon interacting with the other lyctors and Jod, deciding to keep Gideon on the ninth (and the ninth Intentionally not killing her b/c u can't kill the Saint's Kid. Not when he's visiting every year.) Maybe last chapter is Gideon and Harrow go to the lyctor trials but she recognizes Cytherea... Idk. It's in my head now and I can't get it out.

Omegaverse, Miya asks Joe to teach him to cook because he wants to impress the omega he has a crush on. Lasanga time. uwu Miya has a crush on Cherry and Cherry DOES tease Joe about this. Actual WIP

Draluc feeding off of Ronaldo and they both get horny about it. Ronaldo thinks he's straight so it takes a hot minute.

Pure PWP. Asriel and Ralsei should fuck IDK context yet but it's gonna happen. Haven't decided yet how involved Kris is going to be.

THAT SK8 VAMPIRE AU. S is a vampire bar. Or maybe monster bar in general. Ainosuke keeps draining his meals completely. Tadashi is a werewolf. Reki and Langa are both humans. Miya is CURRENTLY a human and one Ainosuke is thinking about turning when "this lovely young rose finishes blossoming." Miya is jealous when Langa starts getting all of Ainosuke's attention instead.

More sk8 omegaverse. Do every threesome combo in that "how not to start a pack" thing.

Matsucest stuff. There's like. So many options here. Too many. ChoroToto thigh-highs, every vampire brother gets one of the 18matsus as a servant, 18KARA GETTING BULLIED BY THE NEETMATSUS. Oso/Jyushi stupidity starting with "Bet you wouldn't lick XYZ" and ending with blowjobs. Etc.

[talesofdricarro]

Tales of Dracarrio: Act 1 Session 4 recap

As the dust settles, the party is drowned in a wave of cheers. Brightening spirits and hope filled the arena as the slaves saw these strangers come and conquer the source of their sorrow and pain. Even if the party took a little longer than expected to release the townsfolk from their bondage, they were grateful all the same.

The fattest of the slaves approached the party with a cheerful demeanor and who he had to thank for this heroic rescue. But instead of giving them their names, the party gestured to Sean Giggles. The still injured town fool who fought bravely to save his people. After a short argument on how the townsfolk treated Sean, the party calmly brought Sean back to his childhood home where he could recover. As they walk the dirt streets of the now liberated town of Fairgrove, Phaven begins to scan through the notes he discovered on the corpses of the wardens. One is written in a language he cannot understand and the other bears the mark of a Drow seal. As he reads through it he discovers they were ordered to eventually betray the organization they were working for and take the relic the other wardens were tasked in discovering. Luckily, Richard actually knew how to read the other note, and it’s actually a poem written in Spanish. Speaks of an ancient prophecy and a legendary instrument said to grant the user unimaginable power. As the party lays Sean to rest in his childhood bed,

It is here where the party finally realized why the townsfolk weren’t too fond of Sean Giggles. For when he awoke from his slumber an hour after the fight, Sean’s true voice was revealed. The party's reaction to this persona of Sean, commonly known as Sad Circus Sean, came with mixed feelings. Sean is able to conceal this version of himself with magical clown makeup the party quickly asked him to put back on.

It’s here when the Mayor of the town bardged his way into Sean’s house with great news. Although Vincent Footloose seemed to not understand that tensions between Sean and the townsfolk have been mended and quickly tripped the fat mayor as he entered, crushing Sean Giggles.

After an awkward situation, the party demanded the mayor to pay up for the contract they took to save this town from goblins. The mayor, not knowing what they mean, Sean speaks up and reveals that he was the one who set up the contract. And they’d have to go back to Newberry to collect their reward.

The mayor then offered the party a place to stay as well as a feast in their honor for their heroic deed. So as the night dragged on, they all were showered in praise, drinks, music and food the goblins left behind. The townsfolk finally were able to rest easy tonight thanks to the party. As the night went on, Richard found out a little bit more about his situation. Finding out he could be in even more danger than he thinks he is and if he wishes to find some answers, he’s going to have to seek them in the far away land of Cordova. Vincent also learned something that night. A legendary alchemist who’s said to be unmatched within the capital city of Cittadina. Someone who might be able to help him find his goals. As the fire burns bright and people begin to pass out from the goblin wine, the party end their day with full stomachs, and surrounded by joy.

In the morning, the party said their goodbyes. They tried to convince Sean giggles to come along with them, but he had a town to protect and rebuild. But said he’d see them again one day. And so the party ventured off, back to the town where they all met. Would they all separate once this job is done? Tensions surly did rise not even 2 days into their adventure. But before any of them could make a decision, they met an old man struggling to walk down the road as he carried a large backpack. As they approached, the party learned he was headed to Newberry as well, and was going to stock up on more ale from the Drunken Dryad. The very Inn they all met just 3 days ago. Worried that this old man isn’t gonna make it, Eblech offers to carry the old man on his back. But as Eblech picked up the old man, he realized that the pack he carried was completely empty. Just how exhausted was this old man? Richard and Vincent realize that the next stop would be the tower where they murdered that other old homeless man yesterday. So they would venture ahead of the rest of the party to clean up the mess just in case the old man finds the crime scene. They clean up the mess just as the others make it to the tower. And as the sun sets, they all think it best they all rest for the night. And as they all set up camp and drift off to sleep, the night seemed very peaceful. With everyone taking turns keeping watch, the night goes pretty uneventful. But as everyone wakes up. Migraines… back pain… sore muscles and achy bones affects everyone except for Zephyr for some reason. The party isn’t quite sure everyone is so exhausted, and when they go to wake up the old man they helped get here, they find out he died in his sleep. What is causing their exhaustion? How will they make it back to town safely? And will they be able to work together to solve this mystery and come out on the other side alive? A new adventure starts now.

[imperfectly360]

You look like a horror movie. You look like a clown. I knooooooewww there's no hoops for you. You drew a circle and put yourself in the middle. No one wants to watch this show. What can you draw with CHALK. (stolen images stolen images) you look like winding driveway. Dadadadaaaaa this balcony is so expandable it's like a graveyard I have a graveyard of things I didn't like things I didn't like. RIP first to go is YESTERDAY. and yesterday's yesterday. And yesterday's yesterday yesterday. There's never a tomorrow. That's how our heavenly Father likes it. We cannot ask for anything. Heavenly Father does weird things with on demand stuff. He likes other weird stuff. Like for example saying goodbye. Good bye to the past. Good bye heavenly Father. Good bye this old house. Good bye social media. Good bye Tumblr. Good bye spy kids. Good bye moody bulletin board. Good bye thumb tacks and staplers. Goodbye schizophrenia. It was nice to get to know you. Goodbye talking to inanimate objects. Good bye living relics. Goodbye passive past. Goodbye monsters and demons. Good bye saying goodbye like you're a loser. Good bye to shame type stuff. Good bye to bitchy fishy. Good bye to jumping through conclusions and conclusions. Good bye to DAD. goodbye to massive Webby mother figures. Good bye to sleaze and sneezes. GB to hairgel. GB to GB. GB to shopping CENTER. GB to vanilla and darling karling. GB to yallers. GB to ur ex and acronyms. GB to Julie Andrews. GB to hot tea? GB to tiny village. GB to Christmas displays. GB to hoarders. GB to vision viewing boards. GB to all that you have to offer. GB to being slickity. GB to fun and games. GB to ego and identity. GB to being proud of one another. GB to dainty ornaments. GB to your packet facket. GB to fair well. GB to kitten games. GB to being THIRTEEN. GB to whatever the paddle boat you call yourself. GB.

[happy-paintings]

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[pastprologue-fr]

Clown gene my beloved!!

We’ve got Lorca, a relic of my Platinum/Mulberry phase

we have Bean, she’s coffee

And some from the hibden:

Joran and T’Pol. again, we do platinum in this house

Clown gene share? I tragically gene-changed 90% of my clown dragons to cherub the moment the gene came out, so I only have two clown dragons left in my lair. But I specifically own them because of how good clown looks on them so 👌👌👌

[heleneplays]

girl help the tall ones are steadily increasing

IN ORDER | shortie squad spillanes - helene (me) & calliope ( @horreurific ) tol team spillanes - kamille ( @h-e-s-1 ) & bella ( @mira-shard )

[jamieedlund]

May I ask how you think callum would react to master arravos falling in love and acting all shy and a little goofy around the person he is crushing on? I always pictured him teasing him non stop.

I hope this comic answer your question!

(ಥ _ ಥ)The short answer is- he would feel somewhat annoyed for no particular reason that he can wrap his head around yet 🙏🙏🙏

Sorry this took so long I think I spent a week working on this hngggg. I feel like I cannot answer this without elaborating on the nature of their relationship. SImple, yet extremely complex.

The long answer is under the cut if reading is indeed your passion.

Context for the comic: due to being LITERALY fugitives, they cannot work normal jobs so instead they take on work that the authorities can't or won't do anything about. In this particular case they dealt with bandits that wielded powerful ancient relics and Aaravos lied his way into the leader's room, affectively neutralize the threat. This is probably the only time I can see you particular question comes up.

So in my head (and this is just how I see Aaravos, take it with a grain of salt🙏🙏🙏) Master Aaravos does not "fall in love"

This is one of the panel from my Valentines comic that I never finished. Callum is pondering whether he should get Aaravos a gift due to all of the things he has ever said when being asked for his opinion regarding love. You can tell by the look of this, he's either very wise, a clown or a psychopath. In short : CHAOTIC

It's helpful to say I wrote this as a continuation to where the series left off, so anything that happened in the last 3 seasons happened here, nothing has changed. I would like to propose the idea that Aaravos is the type of person who can love a person without being in love with said person.

I'm one of the weirdos that sees him as a hopeless romantic somehow. I think something happened regarding to love scarred him. It could be anything from being betrayed, leading to his imprisonment; never being with someone long enough to develop any feelings due to anyone he remotely came into contact with just died --- either way, he found peace with Callum as he is the first person who - did not condemn him despite knowing everything he's done, love him, listens to him, left his life for him, eats his cooking, make his hair, make him clothes and most importantly! Keeping him sane. So with all of that, plus them literally being hunted by everyone, I doubt "romance" will even be on his list. To be satisfied with what he had is probably something I can only see him able to do with Callum. He might not love the way most people assume, but rest assured! He is loved and he is definitely giving love. And he's being an extra bastard about it, too~ In conclusion, no one shall be teased for having feelings since Aaravos does not hav the needs for romance and Callum occupied with trying not to have a heart attack every time his master just smiles at him normally. They both had their plates full - emotionally🙏

If you had made it this far- here you go, a final fluff on the house, just for you

I had to write and rewrite this like 5 times cause tumblr keeps eating up my texts like why-

[heleneplays]

very sexy of them <3

@heleneplays they attac, protecc, have each other's back and also very important! Think Maria is a snack

[beevean]

Castlevania’s “true finales” from least to most favorite

How to get them

6) Portrait of Ruin: find the Sanctuary spell in the Sandy Grave portrait using the Toad Morph, then use it during the fight with Stella and Loretta: this means using Jonathan to protect Charlotte for 15 seconds, because if she gets hit she has to cast the spell again. Moreover, at least one of them has to be in the spell radius. Finding the spell itself is not too hard (the room is memorable enough), but casting it is by far the most annoying part of the game: Stella and Loretta are extremely aggressive, and Jonathan has to fend them alone.

5) Dawn of Sorrow: collect the Axe Armor soul, the Killer Clown soul, and the Ukoback soul, unlock the passage in the Demon Guest House, defeat Paranoia, then go inside the mirror in the second Dario fight and defeat Aguni; after that, equip Mina’s Talisman before going to Celia. There are absolutely no clues in the game that those souls in particular have any relevance, but the game will tell you that you needed the Talisman if you forget about it (and besides, if you don’t, you unlock Julius Mode anyway).

4) Order of Ecclesia: find and save all 13 villagers. Very easy, and moreover the bad ending shows you the rooms the remaining villagers are in, giving you an important clue.

3) Symphony of the Night: find the Gold Ring (defeat the Succubus) and the Silver Ring (traverse the spike room in the Catacombs to find the Spike Breaker, then go through the spiked corridor in the Royal Chapel to meet Maria), equip them in the clock room, speak to Maria in the center of the castle, then equip the Holy Goggles during the fight with Richter and destroy Shaft’s orb. A somewhat convoluted process, but the game does its best to hint you in the right direction. However, there is a mistranslation in the original English script that makes matters more confusing (the full message is “Wear in clock tower”, but the clock tower is different from the clock room in the Marble Corridor).

2) Harmony of Dissonance: find all 6 Dracula Relics, equip both Juste’s and Maxim’s bracelets, and fight Maxim in Castle B. Overall very intuitive (if you forget the bracelets, Juste will hint at them in the Worst Ending), although some Relics are in cryptic places.

1) Aria of Sorrow: collect the Flame Demon soul and the Succubus soul, and equip those and the Giant Bat soul during the fight with Graham. There are books that clue you in, and those powers make Soma resemble Dracula, so it makes perfect sense.

What you get

7) Chaotic Realm (Aria of Sorrow): boring in all aspects. The black and white aesthetic just seems washed out, the music barely conveys the chaos, the design is a spiral to the centre (not having a map is supposed to spook you but you don't need it), you just fight strong enemies until the end. The final boss is an eyesore too.

6) Mine of Judgement (Dawn of Sorrow): pretty much a straight line to the bottom. Catchy (if not unfitting) music, and Death is the boss, but eh.

5) Extra paintings (Portrait of Ruin): they're fine. They're slightly modified, harder versions of the paintings you had to go through. Not much to say about them, except that two of them have excellent music.

4) The Abyss (Dawn of Sorrow): conceptually similar to the Chaotic Realm, but much more interesting. It has some serious hell vibes, quite fittingly, and both enemies and obstacles are painful. Menace isn’t a particularly fun final boss, though.

3) Inverted Castle (Symphony of the Night): a classic, and somewhat divisive. The castle is clunky to navigate and you're forced to turn into a bat often, Final Toccata plays too often, and the openness is at first overwhelming. However, subsequient playthroughs benefit from the flexibility, only a few areas are mandatory, and if you do bother to explore all of it, you will find the most gamebreaking weapons.

2) Julius Belmont (Aria of Sorrow): hard but very fun fight.

1) Dracula's Castle (Order of Ecclesia): pretty much a second game hidden behind the main one. Very well designed castle, intuitive to explore, with memorable bosses, and some of the best glyphs in the game.