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*staring into a mirror*
Hey... hey jhom?
I'm sorry. I came to say that I'm sorry.
- @oxymoronic-dunce-cap
*the same yellow-eyed jhom from before appears upside-down in the mirror*
Ohh really now? Had a change of heart did we?
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I don’t know what I would do with money, Clandestine has removed all shops or any bits of civilization now that I think of it.
Kill that Stupid Clown.
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* @oxymoronic-dunce-cap watches you through the mirror despondently.*
What's this?
A collection of beings in-between existence gazing out into reality and other dimensions.
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love that Thad interprets inertia to mean continuing at all costs and Three takes it to mean stagnancy, bc theyre both right!! objects in motion saty in motion objects at rest stay at rest just like newton said
exactly yeah! because i knew i wanted Thad to reclaim the name for himself (with the whole "it means what i say it means" mantra) it needed to mean more to him than just a representation of Thawne Legacy Kill The Allens etc.
a reoccurring thing in Frequency that i liked to lean into was this idea of Good Inertia and Bad Impulses (bc Bart and Thad as narrative foils continues to rotate in my brain forever). i think Bart's solo does a cool exploration of both good and bad impulses throughout the run, it's kind of the central conflict of the whole thing, but it's usually in regards to Bart either unwittingly getting himself into trouble or accidentally solving problems by just leaping into everything without thinking twice. but the concept of inertia is pretty exclusively portrayed as negative. which is fair, the phrase "coasting on inertia" is in the lexicon for a reason. but i think it deserved a fair shot - the concept of continuing in spite of everything can actually be a really good instinct when you're in a bad situation. keeping up that momentum, moving forward no matter what, there's definitely something inspirational there that appeals to me.
and an aspect of impulses that didnt get as much spotlight in Bart's solo was the kinds of impulses that recoil at the thought of unpleasantness. the impulse to hide from responsibility, the impulse to distract from pain, to avoid discomfort, etc. (big part of that is because in Bart's solo, most of the worst moments of his life hadn't happened to him yet) so i wanted to explore it a little in Frequency
anyway yeah, Bad Impulses and Good Inertia. which was kinda in conversation with Bart and Thad's dispositions, and how they run counter to typical hero/villain narratives. (Bart doesn't really get people, goes his own way, has pretty emotionally selfish and sometimes violent tendencies when he's pissed off. Thad's much more of a people person, lives for praise and pleasing others, seems to forget to do violence when he's supposed to i.e. that time he put Bart in VR jail even though Bart was completely incapacitated and by Thawne logic Thad should've just killed him. it just... doesn't occur to him as a thing he should do lmao)
#asks#anonymous#not to belabour the point but yeah i tried to stay true to their core kinda mechanics and how they respond to people#i see bart and thad as mirrors in the low-empathy/high-empathy departments#where bart doesn't really relate to people most of the time - although he can guess at what they're feeling and try to respond accordingly#drawing on what he learned from max and helen and his friends#still caring deeply for people but never seeing himself reflected in them#and then on the flipside there's thad who cant seem to stop himself from projecting on everyone and getting caught up in their feelings#not only in his hyperawareness of how people see him and subsequent stage-fright as a result#but also when he tries to steal jo's truck and literally can't because she told him she had a daughter and he doesn't want her to get fired#and when he drops his possessiveness over CRAYDL the literal instant he sees that Nathaniel cares about them as much as he does#or when he sees Jude at his lowest and can't stop himself from thinking ''been there''#basically bart is an unbothered king and thad finds himself unwillingly empathizing with anyone who shows him a shred of vulnerability#an extremely interesting dynamic for a “heroic/villainous” pair#frequency fic
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THE RESPONDER | Martin Freeman as Chris Carson
#he’s got that smoldering intensity going on a dangerous kind of sexy#the buzz cut makes his eyes seem even deeper and the beard#it’s like a soft dark shadow that just begs to be touched#the responder#it’s a revelation a breath of fresh air in the world of TV shows#tony schumacher crafted an incredible script that pulls you in from the very first scene like a hypnotist#martin fully inhabiting his role delivers an unbelievable performance that makes you experience every emotion alongside him#I live I die I live again#that’s what I felt during those ten episodes#even amidst the seemingly bleak reality every frame touching your soul#reflects the profound beauty of life urging you to contemplate its meaning#I crave rewatching this masterpiece again and again to immerse myself in its atmosphere once more#martin freeman#chris carson#mf/serial
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Give it treats, nothing bad will happen if you give it treats.
there is an ominous black dog lurking around my half of the wizard tower, does anyone know what's up with that? banishment spells seem to be having no effect on it
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*one day while searching the reflections for the person Selma warned you about, you find a pair of eyes, watching her intently*
-@the-final-knight
Gotcha!
*jhom snaps them up in a shoebox and takes them back to the main point where they keep most of the eyes they find*
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I finished your body!
-@kasey-the-goddess-of-death
Ooh! Thank you!
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i don’t know too much about motogp in depth enough to send specific asks but please know that i am ALWAYS seated for your class! i really enjoy reading your takes + essays
man this is so so kind, I am always a little lost for stuff to say when I just get like. people being lovely in my inbox - trust I do read and appreciate it, just get very hung up on the responding bit
anyway, this ask I think was sent the day after this long post about the similarities between casey and valentino was dropped, which has kinda been where this blog has been living for the past month,, so. in my head. I'm choosing to believe this was specifically about that essay. and I just wanted to quickly toss in one more thing - y'know the bit about sachsenring 2010, right, where valentino shows up way way ahead of schedule from the whole broken leg situation and also jorge and casey have kinda been engaging in a teensy bit of trash talk in his absence and the vibes are. off
so then casey and valentino had a very tight very cool battle for the last podium position, 10/10 would recommend, low key one of the top 3-4 races that season. valentino's fighting his demons (leg recently broken), casey's fighting his demons (bike sucks), you can tell how badly they want to beat each other... and casey manages to take the shine off valentino's return by snatching the final podium place in what you just like. know. was extremely satisfying to him. you just know it!! he won't say it because he's so hung up on the 'ooh I don't get obsessed with my rivals' shtick (lol) but it's very obvious how badly he wants to beat valentino! and then after the race when they're talking to the press, casey's like,, valentino's comeback is really not that serious, the leg's fine he's just lost a bit of muscle mass,, idk why everyone's making such a big deal,, and then valentino starts throwing jibes in his direction about how CASEY would have complained if VALENTINO had ridden like CASEY had, but of course VALENTINO would never do such a thing,,, and in the timeline of the rivalry this is very much when we start descending to kindergarten level
anyway given the tone of the on-track battle and how much shit they talk about each other in the immediate aftermath, you simply have to be deeply endeared by how they behave post-race when they're actually on the bike. classic hand grab and thumbs up situation, valentino recognising casey's performance in all its viciousness:
but then what really prompted this whole thing was. this photo..? where valentino has managed to straight up reach into casey's helmet:
like is he trying to poke casey's eyes out what's happening here. looks like he's doing finger guns in his face. why's he getting so close. isn't this a lovely quirky little photo... casey's doing an insincere thumbs up at him and valentino's attempting to stroke his cheek. fascinating. they're about to say some out of pocket shit about each other to the press btw
#common motogp etiquette dictates you don't do post race handholding with those you are engaged in an active feud with#but let the record reflect that as late as 2011 these two have been recorded engaging in post-race handholding...#gonna try this new thing where i actually reply to people being nice in my inbox rather than just. putting those off. i do treasure themmm#//#brr brr#batsplat responds#heretic tag#the Problem with sachsenring 2010 is that it very much feels like the start of something#like valentino is right in that it does reflect a bit of an escalation from casey's side#and you'd think that would lead somewhere but obviously because valentino nukes his own competitiveness it really doesn't#so casey's line of 'oho he shouldn't have made an enemy out of me!!' obviously doesn't stand up to scrutiny. but maybe it would have!!#The People Would Have Liked To See It Play Out#it also means casey's on-track narrative arc feels a teensy bit unfulfilled#because he does low key get to win the 2011 title exactly as he did 2007. like he doesn't really have to integrate the lessons he learned#off-track? yeah absolutely 10/10. jerez 2011 is like a graduation ceremony in that regard. but we needed another valentino fight.....
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Hey you…you watching me from the reflections and shadows
wanna come join me on an adventure or something?
Well I can only do stuff through reflective surfaces, due to living in the mirror dimension
And while I have no idea on how well it would play out, I’d certainly be down to try some kind of adventure.
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Given the bajillion different interpretations of vampires out there, in your opinion which flaw is the most fundamental to them and should be present in every adaptation?
#vampires#poll#very important question pls respond#not including decapitation. everything is vulnerable to decapitation they're not special.#well okay hydras aren't vulnerable to it but MOST things#aside from that i think this is most of the big ones#honorable mention to the ''has to count grains of salt'' flaw. can you imagine a story that includes vampires and that's their only weaknes#i was thinking of adding ''always falls in tragic love with a young mortal'' but i don't know any interpretations where that's always true#...i say even though i also know there are some vampires for whom pretty much none of these are the case#like in twilight i think none of these apply. they can live off animal blood right? i haven't read it. not to say they aren't valid.#wait do twilight vampires have reflections?#anyway my personal favorite is the invitations one but i think blood and sunlight are usually higher priorities for me
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Are you doing ok?
She's watching me I can feel it. I see her dark eyes in the mirror but none of that original warmth is there anymore.
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I need your help. Could you find where Ava is? Somewhere in another planet, looks like this:
*a figure with a light blue eye answers back*
We quite possibly could, would you mind if I ask a few questions to help us find her faster?
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I didn't get a chance to vote on the poll, but also noticed what would have been my answer wasn't there so I'm writing it in now- I personally see it as he's their CREATOR first, manager second. They don't call him manager in a lot of materials, and they also don't call him father, they call him "Captain" or "sir," (this being pulled from largely the additional voice actor's portrayals at least, which I think are worth at least considering in a wider scope of interpretation)
That feels like the title or nickname he'd prefer they use, hence programming them TO use it for him- and that betrays neither fatherly intent nor producer intent, but pre-existing intent he didn't change (lifting from prior coding) or that he preferred. Beyond that he definitely refers to them as troops- it is their aesthetic, but it's more impersonal
the items you get for the lore on 1010 are toys, and while it's not stated, I've always thought there was an implication that he had made them- His relationship then isn't one of a father to sons, but of a creator about his creations, which IS different. It's why he's as willing to literally throw them at you in combat and, simultaneously, seemingly instinctively, puts a hand out in front of himself to protect them when the final attack is coming- even if they are tools to some degree, he MADE them what they are and he's PROUD of that- He doesn't want to see his work destroyed
Obviously this gets increasingly more complicated if you believe that 1010 gain sapience of some degree, but I still think the relationship isn't quite what I'd call fatherhood. He is simultaneously all the family they have and deeply, inherently unlike them- yet there is undeniably pieces of him and influences from him present in them, because every creation will reflect its creator in some way, in ways they can't even predict
Then, y'know, yeah, it's being a manager time. Ultimately he's gotta organize them and tell them what to do- how he feels about that could be a variety of ways, but he is doing it nonetheless, so something about it matters to him as well- likely the vow to serve the city thing, if leading a boyband is the way to ensure the lights stay on, then he's going to do it 'till his heart gives out.
To start, I do think you're getting a little caught up in the semantics of the poll, but since you're making the case that "creator" is different from "father," I'll hear you out.
And tbh, I really like that interpretation. It's a little more nuanced from what I'm used to seeing, and it is giving me something to sink my teeth into.
I do differ in that I don't think Neon J. personally made the toys or the base 1010: I felt like the implication of the MKI - MKIII standee was that 1010 has actually been around since the wartime era, since MKI 1010 are build more similarly to the recycled battlebots in the Metro Division. Parallel to that, I think it's implied that Neon J. is a cyborg due to suffering injuries in the war. Since they appeared to exist at the same time, it seemed more likely to me that 1010 and NJ's body originated from the same source, but not that NJ was necessarily the direct creator of either them or the toys. (Though, I will admit that knowing that the toy company is called "J-1" does imply that he has something to do with it. But to rectify that, I'm gonna say that he just bought out the company/factory, but he didn't start them.)
But that's just an argument of history. Both interpretations can still lead to the "creator" theory in the sense that NJ still views 1010 impersonally, but still fondly. Even if he didn't make the base, he still turned them into what they are today, which is still a lot of hard work and dedication to the craft.
It's not making him out to be this overly sentimental guy (which is ultimately what I dislike about most "father first" interpretations), but he's also not heartless, and I like that. It's retaining what many interpretations (including mine, sadly) sometimes miss out on, and that's that he's an artist, just like all the other stars. He values his craft, and 1010 are the result of that, for better or worse.
#nsr#no straight roads#1010#neon j#gbunny responds#thanks for the good meal~#it's been a while since someone's sent in some interesting analysis#i'm a little too stuck with what i've got to change my own headcanons#but i genuinely really like this take#so i'm gonna go ahead and file it into my brain as 'valid 1010 opinions'#which i will promptly do nothing with but will make me happy when i think about it~#tbh. i stick with the 'father' interpretation because it gives me the platform to explore generational trauma and the cycle of abuse#that is the whole point of NJ/white/green's horrible relationship#i made him a father just so he can be absent#BUT if you take away that angle then there's a better platform for discussing NJ's war-trauma with more focus#because if he doesn't see them has his kin#then he doesn't have the obligation to 'raise' them nor do they have the obligation to expect it#so whatever 1010 are becomes more a reflection NJ's psyche#which i think is a great angle to come from#it's juicy. i'm into it~
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*I look into the mirror*
I've seen you. Why are you only watching and not communicating with people?
-@kasey-the-goddess-of-death
*a dark shadow with messy hair, a baggy outline, and a glowing yellow eye, poke their head into a nearby reflection, and speaks with a low, monotone voice with a little bit of southern drawl*
A few reasons really.
A main one is that we’re all quiet busy, ever since the mirror realm imploded and then stabilized, we’ve been trying to make a comfortable living space again.
Another reason, would be the fact that we spent a very long amount of time as unthinking automatons. We’ve only had free will for a few weeks now, and uh…. just ‘cause you listen in to people’s private conversations for a thousand years don’t mean you get any better at actually talking to others.
The third would be that normally yall have much more happier lives then we do, and Moral support is greatly appreciated in troubled times.
#responding from the reflections#wizardposting#the Jhom’s have social anxiety#yellow eye is the best at talking
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Sometimes, I’m glad that I’m still bound to the mirror realm.
Welp, @odd-animated-armor have fun dealing with this, I’ve got tea I need to ration.
Oh fuck
Uhhhh. HEY WIZARDS:
Anyone seen a cube of black and shiny metal?
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