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[darkngoo]

Terri iwiwiw

[franciscolemos]

Another android

[mymarifae]

everyone going crazy about "RATIO IS FROM AMPHOREUS" theories while i sit in the dirt playing alone with my personal interpretation that he's a distant descendant of someone ultimately irrelevant to the story that managed to escape the planet (or they just left before aquila started freaking out and killing anyone who tries). like you can see the culture has influenced him but he isn't practicing any of it properly. almost like he grew up with diluted remnants of it developed by a handful of generations that lost touch with the source and started reinterpreting it, rather than actually literally being born and raised on amphoreus soil

[daylighteclipsed]

Y’all ever think about if Sora falls to darkness that inside his heart will look like the Destiny Islands falling again

[dinoberrypress]

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[hopeless-eccentric]

detective fiction and the RCM

ive been thinking a lot about the RCM since playing disco elysium (especially because some dear friends asked me to use my detective fiction thesis knowledge on a powerpoint night about it) and it's such an odd and nuanced corner of the text that's made so much more complicated when approaching the work as a piece of political occupation fiction

when you get into the academia/lit theory about detective fiction, one of the first and most consistent things you'll read is that most of it is about a person (who the reader thinks they relate to) punishing undesirables on behalf of the government--William W Stowe puts it very well (and very bluntly) in this paper:

"Politically, morally, and epistemologically, detective fiction tends to affirm rather than to question, to take social structures, moral codes, and ways of knowing as givens, rather than subjecting them to thorough, principled criticism. In conventional detective stories crime is usually seen as a symptom of personal evil rather than social injustice, and the detective is depicted as an ideal incarnation of competitive individualism" (570, emphasis mine).

(i could get into how disco elysium does a ton of stuff to break out of that but it would be a long aside--thats a meta for another time)

in short, detective fiction is usually about affirming the idea that individual punishment is an effective and desirable way of controlling "undesirable" people, particularly coded as jewish, immigrants, communists, queer, etc. (if anyone's interested more in the marginalized coding of detective villains i can hook you up w some reading material btw)

so that being said, what the hell do you make out of the remnants of a rebel army who now enforce the repressive law of an occupying government, are the only citizens who get any kind of political representation in said occupying government, and whose leader is actively plotting an insurrection? theyre this really fraught and interesting microcosm of how the Moralintern has attempted to occupy Revachol (especially structurally and psychologically). on the one hand, they uphold an occupier's law which asks them to punish people their broken system has failed (particularly disabled and queer women, which ill get into later), while on the other, they cant quite escape into individualism, and as a department, seem deeply haunted by a spirit of collectivism and ICM-era tradition. the few we see seem to be at a breaking point of faith in procedure (especially when procedure actively harms someone's wellbeing), but we dont have any way of knowing if that's a department-wide culture or an individual experience

you definitely have your conservative/centrist figures who "affirm rather than question," (or, like kim, just do their best not to think about it), but it's hard to use classical detective fiction theory with the RCM. this classical theory assumes the detective is a willing and obedient appendage of the government, even if it's one that sees the rest of the body as corrupt and flawed. what do you do with an appendage trying to tear itself off?

in a lot of ways, they remind me of the union--distanced from their ideal "people serving the people" through systemic corruption of overbosses and the capitalist/imperialist system, now just trying to keep their heads up and stay alive. theyre also a lot like the union in that the potential for revolution is there, percolating, and hopeful(?)--you just have to have a high enough score in your camaraderie skill (esprit de corps) to see it

[dancing-rowlets]

I am. Very normal about this arc's depictions on teaching and learning, and how about so far the tests are not about winning the battle but rather what the character have learned so far on their journey as well as in the battle itself, and how the ones giving the lessons are not only the teachers but the elite four and the gym leaders too, turning them into a key part in the learning process of the students taking the terastal course. I am. Very normal about this.

[the-fandom-is-now-my-life]

With the firstborn's ring I made you mine

Lying down at night you start to wonder how to hide your ownership of the ring of light, thankfully Solomon has an idea

Wc: 800

Cw: at one point a witch teases you two about being careful about not having a child so it could be read as AFAB reader but honestly Lucifer gave 'birth' to satan so mpreg wouldn't be the strangest thing

You are lying down on your bed looking at Solomon, ready to sleep " Solomon?" you play with the thick golden band absentmindedly " if the brothers notice the ring of light how do we hide that, huh?"

Solomon takes off his coat as he hums "well, obviously deny it"

" Of course smartass, but that would only work with the brothers and maybe diabolo, I doubt the very owner can't tell his ring apart from other similars"

"If Lucifer was to confront you about it…" he takes off his shirt and starts brushing his hair, showing multiple contract marks along his back and neck " push all the blame to me"

" What do you even mean by that?" You look up from the jewelry magazine in your lap. You were trying to find a ring close enough to say you bought it and made some customizations

" Tell them that I gave it to you as our wedding ring" the brush stops mid stroke just above his ear. You could swear he left a juvenile breathy laugh, like a preteen who just confessed to their crush

" Won't you be in an awkward situation then?"

" I'm always in hot water here" he laughs loudly as he walks to the bed and lies down next to you looking over your shoulder to the magazine you were reading, he remembers these styles being in fashion so long ago, he even remember that by the time he befriended Asmodeus he had gushed about them about 10 times. Chunky thick rings, some engraved with various animals, others plain and bejeweled "either way they need to trust you to make pacts with you, what they think of me doesn't really matter"

You just sigh, leaning backwards against his chest, your head resting against his shoulder, " can't you just cast transformative magic and make it look like a brand new ring?" You lift your left hand to emphasize how eye catching the ring is

He seems deep in thought but ends up laughing softly " I guess I could but I don't wanna!" His bright smile almost lighting up the room

" Ugh! Why are you so mean!"

" I don't do it to be mean~" he hugs you closer to his chest as he rubs his head against your neck like a cat marking its owner " if anything you could say I'm possessive~"

"Oh?" You pat his head, making him lean against the soft contact " and why is that?"

" Even if in this timeline the brothers don't have feelings for you… I guess saying that the ring displaying our 'marriage' being the firstborn's ring is like a big Fuck you toward them" his nimble fingers toy with said ring before kissing your hand " don't you think so~?"

" It truly sounded possessive"

"Because I'm possessive of my apprentice, obviously~" he exclaims as if he was offended you didn't know or doubted that. Without giving you one second to answer he playfully bites your shoulder

" Hick!" Your wings spread to push him off "Why are you biting me?! If anything the big bad demon should try and eat the human! At this time demons should still eat humans so beware great sorcerer, for you will be my dinner!" As you bear your teeth, slowly running your tongue through the far more angular shape

Suddenly it seems that Solomon remembered your fangs.

Quickly jumping away to the foot of the bed he starts sputtering excuses " H-Hey don't get too hung up on the joke! Remember I'm your human teacher, be nice!" You see a little droplet run down his nape but you doubt it is from his shower

Slowly like a predator you get closer and closer until you jump towards him, mouth wide open " Retribution!" And your face lands just in the junction between his neck and shoulder

It's not necessary to say the morning after it would come out to bite you in the ass. The red patch of skin being noticable from meters away

" Oh? Solomon what happened there?" A friendly witch ask when you two go for groceries

" It was a mosquito bite, you know how big they can get in the devildom" quickly you interrupt before he can answer

" But sweetie~" he brings his hand to cover his mouth like a bashful highschool student confessing to their crush " mosquitoes don't have such sharp teeth~" as he angles his head to the side, as if he was showing off the marks your teeth left

The witch can only laugh "Aahh~ young love, i remember being just like that with my Cornelius. Just make sure to use protection, I'm sure the academy would hate to have mini Solomons running around"

Leaving the shop you whisper yell at Solomon " what the fuck! Why did you do that?!"

His eyes darken as he smirks, almost mocking you " THIS is retribution, brat"

[tatck]

i love sonic boom (games)

[entropiasgift]

"Quería la cabeza para regalársela a su madre."

(original gifs from @humilesque-myricae)

@heylelumus

[antirepurp]

i am soooo objective about video games haha i love forming my opinions on them based on things like the gameplay and performance and their cohesiveness as a piece of art and not stuff like how they finally let my favorite voice actor do real voice acting instead of soulless one-liners and how the fundamental vision behind the narrative was something captivating and interesting and how they tried to do a lot of cool and fun little things in the form of minigames and cute callbacks and how easily i can mod my own 3d models into the game and -

[darkngoo]

[franciscolemos]

Like a forgotten god, he spends eternity wandering the wastelands of the dark side of the moon.

[neonrockingvisuals]

If I´m not mistaken, I think I did this mimic monster way back in 2019 for an Inktober and I never really published it in colors. So I decided to rescue it and put some upgraded NeonRocking coloring on it and I liked the final result very much. I gotta thank the Beast Wreck guys and their newer beholder design for inspiration. Ok guys, enjoy!

[starfall-isle]

I never talk about it but Rise of Lyric is a favorite of mine the issue really is that I love sonic boom too much

[smileflowcr]

Eunseok tiene demasiado presente dos momentos en su cabeza: uno fue cuando se enteró que su familiar, aquel con quien tenía una relación complicada, quería romper el pacto que une sus almas (quedándose callado porque no sabía cómo tocar el tema a solas) y la otra, aquella batalla donde casi pierde la vida. Una entidad se presentó en la zona y los jóvenes hechiceros, acompañados de sus familiares y el maestro, tuvieron que luchar sin descanso. Su vínculo con Misuk estaba fragmentado y por ende, era el más débil en el campo, recibiendo golpe tras golpe, heridas que no tenía tiempo de sanar con magia y un dolor que compartía con el felino, el mismo que estaba en malas condiciones como su compañero. Recuerda algún ataque directo hacia este y corre a protegerlo con su propio cuerpo, cayendo ambos al frío suelo, perdiendo el conocimiento no sin antes disculparse por todo, creyendo que no volvería abrir sus ojos marrones para ver la radiante sonrisa que el otro solía mostrar cuando recibía mimo. Pero el destino aún tenía cosas planeadas por el brujo de la gravedad, haciendo que despierte en su cama acompañado de Misuk, aún acurrucado entre sus brazos, durmiendo profundamente como el gato que era. El corazón de Eunseok latía con tanta rapidez que le preocupaba despertar al otro y también tenía un dolor por casi perder lo más importante en su vida. Nunca ha sido bueno con los sentimientos, no los comprende del todo, desde que llegó a la tienda se ha dedicado a estudiar la magia minuciosamente, temeroso de cometer un grave error y lastimar a los demás. Ahí y en ese instante, comprendió lo que era el amor, el mismo que compartían Iseul y Jaesong o Namkyu y Seungmin, ese impulso de proteger alguien, ver su rostro pintado de felicidad y andar de la mano por la ciudad.

No obstante es incapaz de olvidar las palabras ajenas y acabar con la unión entre ambos por lo que, después de días de estar pegado a este, siguiéndolo a todos lados, atento a sus necesidades, es que decide huir a la biblioteca de Donghae en busca de un libro que tenía presente y que no había podido ojear antes. En este salía la forma de poder anular el trato entre hechicero y familiar sin las horribles consecuencias que conlleva hacerlo a través de la muerte. Tenía dudas de si mostrar el descubrimiento al otro, su pecho se siente pesado y se pregunta si esta es la sensación que ha tenido Misuk todo este tiempo que ha sido negligente con él. Unos pasos lo ponen en alerta, cerrando el libro no sin antes memorizar la página que podía cambiar su relación para siempre. “Mimi…” susurra con suavidad el apodo que no usaba de pequeño, cuando existían momentos felices y jugueteo entre ambos, haciendo bromas a Namkyu o escabulléndose en la noche por algo de comer. “¿Qué haces aquí?”