#say what you will about her but there's no doubt she's made an insane number of people happy SO HAPPY that they're crying
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Incorrect. For a couple reasons:
1. Less than half of Americans who could vote, voted.
2. It's not how Kamala ran her campaign. It's how She and Biden wasted their incumbency doing nothing.
3. Trump had 2-3 million LESS people vote for him than in 2016. The fact that Kamala had 14-16 Million less people vote for her is not indicative of a "swing right"; simple math says that Trump's numbers would have to be positive for that to begin to be the case.
4. The Democrats took NO steps to head-off Trump or Project 2025. There are a lot of things they could have done, COULD STILL DO, to make that as difficult as possible. Enshrining Trans Protections in Federal Law. Creating a law establishing an agency that exists to ensure Women maintain the right to Abortions, with mandatory budget allocation. Creating a law requiring all accused Undocumented Immigrants be afforded full Constitutional Protections, that they are tried individually, and ICE has to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are truly here illegally, knowingly and by choice. But they didn't. They wanted to tie all of that to a Democratic 2024, meaning that they saw a murderer wielding a gun labelled "Project 2025", and instead of stopping him, they whispered to us, "You know, if you keep voting Democrat, we'll keep him away from you."
5. If your Incumbent Party bungles an election against Trump, that is not a failure of the voters, it's a failure of the Party.
What did Democrats do to challenge the insane levels of power-grabbing from the Supreme Court? Well, they granted SCOTUS Justices extra Secret Service protections, of course!
What did Democrats do about the fact that the average rent in EVERY State is more than the average monthly wage? Did they introduce price controls? Renter protections? No. The FBI raided one office and then seemingly did nothing. This is not a new problem, and the Democrats have had four years with a solid, if not unshakable, Congressional control to do so.
What did Democrats do about the fact that a hurricane destroyed western NC? Did they send National Guard to establish Rationing, to ensure that people still had access to basic needs? No, they sent cops to threaten to beat anyone who wanted the food and water in the stores which had no power so all of that was going to go bad anyway.
What did Democrats do about the fact that Climate Change looms above all of us as a loaded gun pressed against the head of the Human species? Did they reactivate Nuclear Powerplants to create a massive source of emissions-free, too-cheap-to-meter electrical power, forcing Oil and Coal to break up their market hegemony? No, they decided those plants would EXCLUSIVELY go to AI datacenters so we could make really good pictures of Shrimp Jesus amidst all the intensifying mass digital surveillance.
What did Democrats do about the fact that we are currently embroiled in two major wars, one of which is deeply wrong and deeply unpopular? Did they pressure the aggressor, who is reliant on American-made weapons and technologies as a majority of their stockpiles, to back the fuck off? No, they made patronising statements to the media and
then sent Bill Clinton to go tell Lebanese Americans how it was good that Israel was bombing Lebanon and Gaza, actually, and they ought to be thankful.
Jesus fucking Christ, this isn't about Kamala's advertising like she's a commercial on TV. It's about the people who are sick and dying because Neoliberal Economics refuses to recognize they exist as long as GDP Go Up, Mr. Bond.
Remember when Biden arbitrarily decided Covid was over? I do! Is it over? No! People still are contracting it, getting sick, and dying from it. I see those people when they come to pick up their suddenly-much-more-expensive Paxlovid. I've seen people who can't afford it and break down crying because they don't know if they will live through their next paycheck.
#us politics#fuck off pretending that this result was anything other than the last grasp of a dead ideology punishing âthe poorsâ one last time#if you use Donald Trump as a gun to try and force people to vote for you#you shouldn't be surprised when those people just shut down instead#it's not like major Democrats and Democrat donors aren't White Supremacist either#Biden wanted to send the Hatians back#to the country the Clinton Foundation intentionally destroyed so Haitans would be forced to buy American Arsenic Rice
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it would feel so nice to work towards a career that has meaningful impact and makes millions of people happy
#i follow this person cleo abrams on youtube and she's always talking so excitedly about scientists#and their amazing discoveries cool facts and she's so excited and starry eyed and hopeful#she genuinely just wants to educate people and has so much hope that we can make the world a better place#also like idk maybe unrelated but i saw the mv of new romantics and just. wow#say what you will about her but there's no doubt she's made an insane number of people happy SO HAPPY that they're crying#so many tours#idk i want#i wish my life was bigger#i feel so isolated and always just focusing on myself my career my health my enjoyment#what about everything everyone else#i keep trying to be completely okay with being alone i keep telling myself to not need anyone and be 100% independent#find happiness within hobbies interests#but it feels like a losing battle#i don't know i just. miss everyone đđđđ#but it hurts too much tbh always more sad than happy always more crying than laughing#i miss my bestfriend i don't know what i did wrong but she won't pick up my call she keeps saying she's busy#i don't want to be clingy because she hates that shit i don't want to drive her away but she's my only friend#i miss my fucking mom she doesn't care if i live or die obviously but i miss just having her presence in the house#and even tho my sister is here she's never fully present always on her laptop working#i wouldn't really say i miss my dad but wow it's been so long since mom and dad stayed together at home it was almost#always miserable but sometimes at the lunch table it was nice#i don't know everything and everyone is moving and changing so fast and i can't breathe under it and it's already september#but this entire year felt like a blur it's like everyone who left took a chunk of my heart with them#and i should be happy because im so close to the exam which will get me out of this house finally be financially independent#like i wanted since i was 11 i could finally start my life#but it all feels so. i don't know the whole future seems black like i can't imagine life past november 2025#how do you imagine happiness if you've never been happy?#and all these feelings are making it so hard to study and studying is so fucking important because if i don't ill be stuck here forever#and i don't want to go thru attempts fail and pass again atleast back then i had a reason first heartbreakâ not getting to go to college#but what now why now i don't even understand i know objectively i do not have it that bad it's literally better even if i compare to my own
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7x10 coda. beware the spoilers
Three months pass, and Eddie still isnât used to it. Itâs too quiet at home, and too awful at work, and he still grabs two bowls every morning even though heâs the only one eating.
He thinks about quitting, again. Leaving behind Captain Asshole and following Christopher to Texas. He knows he canât. Heâd promised. Eddie clenches his fists and forces himself to finish buttoning his uniform.
He sends Christopher a text, the same one he sends every morning, then shuts his phone in his locker.
âLine up in five,â Gerrard bellows from the loft. âIf youâre late, youâll be scrubbing the rig with a toothbrush, no exceptions.â
Eddie stands mechanically and walks over to the bay.
Another day, another goddamn reason to bury himself in blankets and hide until the world ends.
Buck invites him over for dinner most nights, or offers to go home with him. Eddie says no more than he says yes, but Buck⊠Buckâs always known Eddie better than he knows himself. He doesnât stop asking.
âCâmon Eddie, itâll be funâyou, me and Tommy, we can come up with ways to drive Gerrard insane.â
Buck looks at him, soft and imploring, an expression Eddie rarely knows how to refuse. But despite everything thatâs happened, Buckâs managed to carve out a small sliver of happiness, and Eddie doesnât want to drag him down.
âYou go ahead,â he says. âIâm picking up half a shift at  the 136 tomorrow. Need to get some sleep.â
Itâs true and itâs not. He is picking up the shift, but he doubts heâll sleep.
He goes back to therapy, but he never knows what to say. It was allâeverything was in his head, last time. Itâs not, now. Itâs all real, and it all hurts, and no amount of talking about it makes it hurt any less. He says as much to Frank.
âThen why are you here?â Frank asks.
Eddie looks away. âI donât know,â he says.
Thatâs not quite true either.
Kim calls him, and Marisol doesnât. She leaves voicemail after voicemail, apologizing for that night. Eddie can never bring himself to answer the phone. Eventually, he blocks her number.
He texts his own apology to Marisol, but it never goes through. Itâs probably for the bestâhe doubts the message wouldâve made either of them feel better.
Eddie needsâhe doesnât know. Before, he wouldâve said time. Now though, heâs got all the time in the world, and heâs desperate to get rid of it.
Buck calls. Eddie canât answer him, either. He lets it ring out, then listens to the voicemail.
âHey Eds, itâs me. I uhâjust wanted to check in. Itâs been a couple days. Call me when you can.â
Eddie tells himself he will, but he has no idea when thatâll be.
Christopher doesnât text him, but he does text Buck.
Eddie never asks what he says, and Buck usually doesnât offer to tell him.
âJustâheâs okay, right?â
Buck smiles, a little bit sad, and leans into Eddieâs space. âHeâs okay,â he says. âHe misses you, even if heâs not ready to tell you that.â
Tears streak down Eddieâs face before he even realizes heâs crying. Buck wipes one away and pulls him against his chest.
âWhat if he never comes home,â Eddie whispers into the soft material of Buckâs sweater.
âHe will,â Buck replies. âHe will.â
Good morning, Eddie texts on the one hundred and second day since Christopher left. I love you, and I hope you have a good day.
He drops his phone on the table and tries not to hope for a response. A second later, though, it dings. Eddieâs heart leaps into his throat as he scrambles to open the message.
Morning, Dad.
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SPOILERS FOR DRDT CHAPTER 2 EPISODE 13
TW: SUICIDE
I just wanted to share my thoughts on the episode too since I've seen a lot of people do that
By the way I had to watch this like 7 hours after it was released and I have not scrolled through Tumblr yet so I might bring up stuff that have already been discussed. Also all of these notes were written down while I was watching the episode so yeah
-Levi just moved up so much on my kin list it's insane like omgâŠ
- This was one bad day for Acevi fans, huh. I guess the Xanvid came at a price
-Whit I can now see why David told you to shut up I like you but that was bad đ (he was probably left affected by how David reacted in episode 12 and is either really uncomfortable or somewhat intimidated by David now)
-Nah nah nah that's definitely not Teruko's secret so I'm gonna start theorizing now. Teruko might have most of the secrets. It's not like they belong to her, but if you think back to episode 8 she said that she doesn't know which secret is hers because so many things have happened in her life. She probably said that she got the family secret because she thought that was the most likely one. Hu's secret might also be accurate to her considering the fact that, in episode 4, she told Arei that failed suicide attempts are painful, hinting at the fact that she might have tried to kill herself at some point (also backed up by the fact that, in episode 3, she says "why save my life if you're just going to ruin it afterwards?" when talking about her medical debt). The idea that she has most (if not all, but I doubt that) of the secrets might tie in with the killing game secret since it says "How could I even select what secret to be your motive?". The wording here is very ambiguous since it could be interpreted as "secrets about your life" or "secrets that are on the board", like the ones that the other cast members have, the latter being something that I bet that nobody in the fandom thought about until this episode. Anyway theory over back to saying stupid shit
-AREI ILYSM YOU ARE MAKING ME CRY YET FEEL HAPPY THAT'S WHY YOU'RE MY FAVORITEEEEE đđđ
-SHE GOT NEW SPRITES TOO SHE IS SO PRETTY
-I MADE AN AUDIBLE GASP NOISE WHEN THAT CG WITH EDEN SHOWED UP HOLY SHIT!!!! I think she might have hurt or killed the girl she kissed? Unless she killed Arei, which is still a posibility, or Levi lied about his secret for Edenâs sake (idea which could contribute to the "Eden killer Levi accomplice" theory), though Charles would have also needed to lie for Eden since he had her secret. Also, if we're going with Eden remorseless murderer theory, in my opinion, it wouldn't make sense for Eden to be a remorseless killer after what Arei said about her making a mistake "that she couldn't take back" (showing that she probably felt remorse for what she did). Also also this is a good time for me to bring up the note with "Eden's motive" that Charles gave to Teruko. That note could be proof of whether or not Eden really does have the girl kisser secret and I want to mention that the note could be anything since we only have Charles' word to rely on. I really hope we get to see what it says because it's been making me more suspicious of Charles (I personally think that Charles is somewhat suspicious so I might make a post about it soon even though there isn't much proper evidence to say that he has something to do with the killing game, there's still a couple of questionable things about what he's done/said). Okay yap session number two over
-Arei moved up even more on my kin list how is that even possibleâŠ. I also love how her voice changed so much in this episode. Even in prior episodes, her voice seemed so cheerful and energetic, yet in this one, it's much calmer. Showing that she truly is feeling relieved that there are other bad people in the world like her and that she might have a chance to redeem herself if so. God damnit Mokaui (Arei's VA) did such a good job with all of her voice lines she needs to be credited more
-THE AREI CG I AM CRYING AREI YOU ARE EVERYTHING TO ME ILYSM I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BONUS EPISODE AFTER THIS
-They're finally talking about the murder method this is a new evolution for humanity
-Monotv causally breaking the forth wall, now we can blame it on the cast that they were talking about the secrets for an entire year because they didn't watch the Chapter 2 recap
-YESSS FINALLY A MINIGAME IâVE MISSED THESE SO MUCHHHH
-Ooh so that's what the broken handles meant also that Veronika art is so pretty
-I wonder why they would want to break her neck though, it doesn't seem like it would help with the murder at all, but maybe the killer was trying to cause confusion
-This is proving a theory that I've had for a while. If Arei was hung from the ceiling of the playground, then that could be tied in with the broken lights and the movie screening room above the playground. How would they be able to get her into the playground from the movie screening room thoughâŠ
-J đ (that's all Iâve got to say literally)
-That's a lot of very precise information Whit I can understand Veronika but why would you know all that. Care to share something with the class?
-The text animations in the debate are so unique like the question marks with Rose and the one that circles around the top of Leviâs head those look so cool. Also getting to hear a lot of characters talk in a row feels amazing. It gives them a lot of depth showing the contrast between those charactersâ tones of voice.
-Also there goes my screening room theory damn
-Everyone just roasting Teruko again is the best thing out of this episode /j
-We got puppy Whit 10/10 episode
-Also THREE CGS AND TWO MINIGANES IN ONE EPISODE??? DRDTDEV YOU HAVE BEEN COOKING đ„đ„đ„ YOU CAN STOP NOW THE KITCHEN IS ON FIRE (IN THE GOOD WAY). YOU MADE AN ENTIRE BUFFET. THIS IS AN ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT YOU CAN STOP NOW-
-Ooooo she's talking about Ace's attempted murder
-(Probably) Nico and Ace focused episode next week Nico and Ace fans are gonna be eating good
Overall, this might be my favourite episode so far. Not like I had a favourite episode before but still this was SO good
Also I just checked my Tumblr notifications why are there 50 like oh my lord đ
#drdt spoilers#drdt theory#drdt#danganronpa despair time#drdt arei#drdt david#drdt teruko#drdt whit#drdt ace#drdt nico#drdt charles#drdt veronika#tagging this is so difficult omg
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Matching the DRDT Characters with their Roman Numeral Quote (LGI MV)
So, I immediately fell in love with newest Literature Girl Insane MV, and I have to drop everything Iâm doing just so I can talk about it. Although there is so much to discuss I donât even know where to begin, one thing which immediately caught my eye was the crosswords which flashes on the screen for a moment.
As many have figured out, itâs made up of the names of everyone in the cast, plus Mai Akasaki, minus David. As the footnote on âNowâ says, itâs better to use full names instead of nicknames (such as Julia instead of J) and to exclude the protagonist of the MV.
Hereâs the solution by raspbeyes, who I believe may have been the first person to upload it to Tumblr.
However, whatâs really interesting is that, by the nature of a crosswords, it connects all characters with a Roman numeral. And these Roman numerals show up throughout the video, attached to different sentences. That way, you can connect the characters to these sentences. And so, you get some pretty interesting stuff. With that in mind, I went through and collected all the Roman numerals (itâs not very difficult, apart from one exception), and I wanted to share my thoughts on them.
Now, the numbers donât actually show up chronologically for the most part, and the only real logic they seem to follow is âthey show up after the crossword flashed on screenâ. Iâve decided to list them in the order of the actual number instead of the chronological order, as I donât find the latter to be very important (apart from one case).
That said, I will actually start by number two, since number one is a bit of a special case. Youâll see. For now:
II - Rose ~ Ego cogito ergo (turbatus) sum
We have some latin to kick things off! âEgo cogito ergo sumâ is the ever famous âI think therefore I amâ philosophy, but in latin! This phrase (from what I understand) claims that the only thing we can be truly and absolutely sure exists, is our own reasoning and consciousness. This fits Rose decently well, as sheâs established her photographic memory causes her trouble separating whatâs real, whatâs a memory, whatâs a dream, etc. Even more so, it sorta fits with the song âCartoonsâ from the now vanished character playlist, which some theories placed as Roseâs.
However, there is also the addition of âturbatusâ to the saying. Turbatus, from a quick Google search, means something like âdisturbedâ. Thus, the full meaning is something like âI think, therefore I am disturbedâ. This fits Rose even better, considering her scene with Teruko and Nico in the dress-up room. Donât think I have to go too far in explaining this one.
III - Charles ~ If you doubt brittle things are broken
So, is this about his dead brother he doesnât remember? As in, âif you doubt your memories, as theyâre brittle, theyâll break? Or is this talking about the relationships between the cast? âDistrust will lead to our collapseâ, sorta fits the talk he had with Teruko early in chapter 2.
However, I actually lean more towards the brother thing, because of the blue, long quote which is flipped upside down on top of the image.
âAnd now hereâs my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyeâ
So, hereâs where the Roman numerals become sorta weird. Does this count as part of Charlesâ quote or not? I assume itâs at least related, especially seeing some of the other stuff weâll see in the background.
Now, to the actual quote. I recognize it as a quote from the fox in âThe Little Princeâ, a book which if you have not read, you should honestly read. Itâs a surprisingly sweet book to attach to Charles, but I can honestly see him blushing while talking about it, so it fits.
The quote itself is simple to understand; the material things in the world are not as important as our feelings, relationships, hopes, dreams, all that which can only be seen with the heart. This could be talking about the groupâs relationships like I mentioned, but I lean more on thinking itâs referring to the memories of our loved ones, aka, Charlesâ memories of his brother. Yes, the fact the quote starts by talking about secrets influences this interpretation.
IV - Arei ~ Right now, why do you cry?
Not much to talk about here. Areiâs the victim of this chapter, thatâs why she cries. You can read into it a bit more and claim it has to do with Areiâs bullying of other people (âwhy are you crying, you wimp?â is something which could conceivably come out of her mouth), or more optimistically, itâs talking about how Arei used to only cry crocodile tears, but as sheâs grown more empathetic, she now cries for her friends. Or some sappy shit like that.
Yeah, itâs still probably just about being the CH 2 victim.
V - Ace ~ Right now, why do you go insane? [flipped]
Iâm not gonna lie, I kinda laughed a bit when I checked which character this one belonged to. Yeah, itâs pretty fitting, Ace is always going off for the most inane stuff.
More interesting is perhaps the background quote, âa cat has 9 additional livesâ. Considering weâre talking about one of two people whoâve survived murder attempts so far, it makes sense, though I wonder if itâs going to come into play again later.
⊠Also, this just confirms in my mind the song from the playlist which belonged to Ace was âYesmanâ. Undead, undead! and all that. I swear Iâll make a post about it eventually, Iâm just more focused on this at the moment.
VI - Arturo ~ mind exercise 1 2 3 4
⊠Uh, well, as a surgeon, he do be exercising that mind though? Or something like that. Yeah, frankly I got nothing. This is just another moment where we Arturo enjoyers gotta take the L.
(Yes, I did just come out as an Arturo enjoyer-)
VII - J ~ Do it like that, letâs live together!
Another one I have no answer for. Like, what do you want me to say, this implies Jâs the mastermind? Because it sort of does, seeing as sheâs telling everyone to live together. But I really donât see anything too interesting in the main quote.
However, the background quote may be more noteworthy. Anything in brackets is covered by something else but can be guessed with context.
âThe Moral La[w] causes the people to be in com[plete accord] with their ruler, so that they wi[ll f]ollo[w] [him] regard[less of] their lives, undis[mayed] by any dangerâ
Had to look this one up. Jâs quote is from Sun Tzuâs âArt of Warâ of all goddamn things. The Moral Law the quote is talking about is, from basic research in Google, some sort of unity of purpose; the idea that if the followers and the rules have the same interests, their side will have an advantage in war.
⊠What?
Yeah, this oneâs a bit odd too. For now, my best answer is that it may have to do more with Mariabella than J herself. If you see Mariabella as a sort of leader, and her fans as the followers, it could be talking about how the combined pressure of Mariabella and the media overwhelm J, the âother sideâ of the âwarâ.
But if youâre really into the mastermind J idea, you can read it as âsheâs the leader of the killing game, with the followers being the people at home that have the same purpose of wanting to see despair and keep the show running by watchingâ. But I really doubt weâd be getting this sort of mastermind allusions in an MV from chapter 2 of all things.
If anyone has better ideas on this quote or any other, Iâd love to hear them.
VIII - Nico ~ even if i try to think, idk!
Another one I canât talk too much about. My best guess as to what this means is âNico tries to think about social cues, but doesnât get itâ. Relatable, but also nothing new. Maybe Iâm missing something big, but itâs what I got for now.
IX - Levi ~ look, aside from the usual, give me that medicine
Disclaimer, the words donât actually appear in that order in the MV, but this phrase makes a lot more sense than âlook aside from that the usual medicine give meâ.
I really donât know what this means. I mean, I can guess Levi might take some medicine? Whit did say some people took prescriptions apparently. But I really donât quite understand why this is the first time weâve had his character associated with medicine.
EDIT: The last few paragraphs about Levi are dead wrong, Iâm just leaving by them up so you can laugh at how stupid I was. Hereâs a correction with a better analysis.
The background quote doesnât make it much better. Itâs just talking about the orbit of a thing, something something representative trajectory⊠something something Jupiter⊠something something 1930âŠ
Oh shit, itâs about the discovery of Pluto! Thatâs what Google seems to think when I put those keywords in, anyways. Well, as fun an astronomy tale as that one is, I actually have no idea what it means for Leviâs character. I guess itâs something weâll see in the future.
⊠Or maybe, crazy idea. You know how Pluto was first thought to be a âplanetâ but then got reclassified asâdwarf planetâ? Maybe this means my theory is right: Levi will get âdiscoveredâ as the blackened of the second trial, but then âreclassifiedâ as an accomplice when they find out Eden is actually-
Alright, Iâll stop. Iâm joking, obviously⊠(unless?)
X - Min ~ Democratic-ly
Wait, hold on a second, you may say. That is an X, but it doesnât really look like the rest of roman numerals font-wise. There are plenty of times Xâs appear in the video aside from here, such as⊠well, the blank death portrait thatâs always in the background.
And yes. To my joy, Min got given a bit of special treatment, since the roman numeral for ten, being an X and all, can be seen all throughout the video. However, there is one reason I believe this is absolutely Minâs X.
You see that tiny little 10 next to the X? Thatâs a footnote. And footnote number 10 is âThe Roman numeral for 10 is Xâ. Of course, the reason weâre reminded of it here is because that X isnât just a bunch of blood, itâs a Roman numeral.
Of course, Min gets the biggest numeral because she is just that much of a girlboss.
Anyways, numeral oddity aside, itâs pretty obvious why this is Minâs. The background text is just the description of the rules of a class trial, a trial where the outcome is decided democratically, and the reason Min died. This scene is directly followed by more references to class trials, which although they have some interesting implications for the MV as a whole, only help to solidify Minâs connection to her line.
As for other footnotes, footnote seventeen on the word âdemocratic-lyâ is just an objective fact (âNot a real word. Canât be found on any dictionaryâ), though the fact âdemocraticallyâ is spelt wrong could be a reference to Minâs execution, where she was forced to get a lot of things wrong before dying.
Final note is footnote 12, on the class trial definition, which talks about majority rule and how, because itâs the fairest way to make decisions in a group, âmurderers never complained when we voted for them to dieâ. There are implications here about the fact Teruko also received votes in the first trial, but for Min, there isnât anything new here.
And yes, Min got three footnotes. As she should.
XI - Mai ~ God is dead
Honestly, I guessed who got this line before even checking the crossword. It just fits what we know of Mai too much. Which isnât a lot, but itâs enough to know she would get a line as dramatic as this. If you want a proper interpretation, Mai is sometimes treated like a god by the others considering the secret quotes, but now sheâs dead or gone or something.
Of course, thatâs the literal meaning of that phrase. When you look at it through the lens of Nietzsche (and Wikipedia to make sure I didnât fuck up anything), the phrase âGod is deadâ refers to the idea that as christianity became increasingly non-universal, the ethical and sociocultural elements of society which had been built on it would be questioned and revised. So, âgrowing lack of faith causes shifts in the status quoâ, or something like that. Itâs something which, again, may fit Mai from what we know of her backstory. Someone everyone had unquestioned faith on, who did something which had consequences, so maybe that caused a breakdown of that original faith, or something? Anything involving this character is always extremely speculative, but I frankly think the more literal interpretation works better in this context.
In any case, this phrase is about as cryptic and dramatic as everything involving Mai, so it fits.
XII - Eden ~ ???: But youâre in my way, arenât you?
⊠Alright, Eden, I know I believe you to be the CH 2 killer and all that, but you gotta at least try to defend yourself against the allegations! The hell is this?
In case anyone was wondering, I think sheâs the killer who wants to get out to meet back up with the girl she kissed (who Iâm starting to get convinced is Mai but Iâm not ready for that conversation), so this line reads like something sheâd say to Arei in that theory. However, itâd be kind of a weird thing to put in the MV before the chapter ends, and besides, thereâs an interpretation I like more.
You see how thereâs a triple question question mark there? Thereâs a chance someone is saying this to Eden. Iâll actually get back to this later, because I have to talk about XVI before I cover my theory on this. Apologies.
CW for XIII: Suicide
XIII - Teruko ~ or
⊠He. Alright, out of context, this is kinda funny. But if you let the MV play, itâs â⊠or not to be?â, from âTo be or not to be?â Shakespeare and all that. That said, the video does, in fact, only keep the number on screen while it says âorâ, so I choose to notate Terukoâs quote as just that. Also, as raspbeyes noted in their original post, the number thirteen is considered unlucky, so Teruko.
With that, I have to talk about how insanely dark it is to cut that phrase off at the ââŠor not to beâ section. For anyone who hasnât read this speech from Hamlet (which I hadnât either, btw, had to look it up), the phrase âto be or not to beâ is actually about suicidal ideation, with the word âbeâ serving as a synonym for âliveâ. Therefore, cutting the phrase off at just this section leaves behind only suicide as the option.
It had already been implied Teruko has attempted suicide before (see: her telling Arei that failed hangings hurt a lot), and that her luck is the only thing keeping her alive. This just seems to imply itâs a much more present issue than we believed.
Then thereâs the background text. From my research, the one on the left is a quote from âMurder on the Orient Expressâ and the one across the bottom is from âThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelasâ.
âMurder on the Orient Expressâ is easy to tie in, as itâs literally a murder mystery novel. Uh, spoilers for the novel, I guess, but it ends with the main detective, Poirot, concluding that the murderer was either no one in the train or everyone there. That sort of ties into Terukoâs hidden quote of âIt is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust no one at allâ, I guess? For the line itself, it seems to be about a character hatefully looking at the detective. You can take Poirot to be Teruko because sheâs decent at class trials (as opposed to everyone else being horrible at them), and the person looking at her to be⊠any blackened, or anyone, or David, take a pick.
âThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelasâ is a bit weirder. Itâs a short story about Omelas, an utopia which is the perfect life for everyone there, except for a young child who is forced to live in mysery for the sake of the others. The quote in the video expresses this pretty succinctly. I guess itâs talking about class trials? How the happiness of everyone hinges on one person being very unhappy? Terukoâs the protag, so it makes sense she gets a line like this. There could be other interpretations, but I think thatâs the most straightforward one.
XIV - Veronika ~ Things like substance of the arts
I mean, it fits. Veronikaâs talent is artistic in nature. It seems a bit⊠non-dramatic for Veronika? But I guess thereâs nothing wrong here.
⊠Well, there may be, but Iâll get there in a moment.
XV - Whit ~ Remaining ignorant, isnât that âhappinessâ?
(Trust me, thatâs the order the words show up on screen)
This oneâs also easy. Whitâs secret is âYour mother is dead. You omit this truthâ. This, combined with his behavior in the killing game, characterizes Whit as someone who prefers to ignore tragedy rather than process it, remaining âignorantâ in a way. The footnote attached, 15, just talks about the phrase âignorance is blissâ, which is pretty much what the quote is.
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The problem is the background text.
Thinking Time: âSubtract 4 due to tetraphobiaâ
Thatâs the phrase in the background, which appears as both Veronikaâs and Whitâs lines are there. This is noteworthy because this is the only time in the MV that two different Roman numerals appear on screen at the same time. The phrase is also attached to footnote 4, which defines tetraphobia:
âThe practice of avoiding the number four; it is most common in Eastern Asia. This superstition arises from the fact that the number 4 can be read similar to the word âdeathâ in several languagesâ
This connection is further implied because the character with the Roman numeral IV is Arei, who died this chapter. There is special attention brought over and over again to the number four, and this phrase asks us to âsubtractâ it.
And of course, this phrase chooses to appear when two âcharactersâ are on screen, to make sure we canât figure it out definitively.
Letâs start with Veronika: If you substract four from fourteen you get ten (astounding maths, I know). That connects her to Min and âdemocratic-lyâ⊠which is the part of the MV most related to class trials and the killing game. Because if thereâs a way to look like the mastermind, you bet Veronikaâs hopping right on that train!
Other than being âVeronika playing mastermind footsiesâ for the fiftieth time, and the fact she sorta enjoys class trials, I donât see any other connection between her and Minâs section, so.
I should address, too, you can remove 4 from 14 in a more literal way, and end up with 1 (doing it with Roman numerals just gets you ten again). This would connect her to Xander, whose line Iâve yet to cover, but trust me on this, I donât think it connects to Veronika.
However, thatâs for the line itself. Veronika might actually have a connection to Xander himself, because of their lines about Mai. Xanderâs is âshe couldnât stand to do nothingâ and Veronikaâs is âa girl who didnât foresee the consequencesâ. These are the only lines which allude to whatever big thing Mai may have done. If Xander and Veronika have a connection, it is likely through Mai.
And then thereâs Whit, who is also on-screen at the time. Or, well, his Roman numeral is.
Alright, Whit. Veronikaâs being super suspicious, so the tetraphobia line has a good chance of being about her. All you gotta do is be normal about this âsubtract fourâ thing, alright? Good.
When you subtract 4 from Whitâs 15, you get 11, which is Maiâs âGod is deadâ-
For fuckâs sake.
He really just canât dodge these mastermind allegations, can he? Anyways, if this is about him, he killed Mai, or something, and thus is likely the mastermind.
Iâm joking- well, kinda. There are other interpretations, like maybe he⊠was the first to lose faith in her, in the Nietzsche interpretation of Maiâs line? I donât know, but the murder is the more straightforward answer for this, if you ask me.
The problem, of course, is that thereâs no way to tell which character the âsubtract fourâ thing applies to. Well, the use of the word âtetraphobiaâ feels more Veronika leaning, what with phobias being related with horror and psychology, but to counterbalance, the line only appears when Whitâs numeral shows up, so itâs even again.
Anyways, back to the last numeral in sequence.
XVI: Hu ~ ???: Go and cry
Alright, you donât have to be so mean-
In all seriousness, I believe this relates to Huâs reaction to Davidâs reveal. And possibly her secret if itâs the one Veronika has.
However, whatâs interesting about this line is that it seems to be a direct quote from a character, because of the triple question mark at the beginning. And this is where my theory comes in.
I believe triple question marks is David. This would fit perfectly with this line, as itâs totally something David would say post-magical girl transformation. And with him being the protagonist of the MV, it makes sense for him to be involved.
And that takes me back to XII. If you remember, I said I would talk about Edenâs line a bit more after talking about XVI.
Well, itâs pretty simple, really. Edenâs line comes right after Huâs in the video, so itâs reasonable to assume ??? is the same person for both of them. In other words, I believe itâs David who tells Eden âbut youâre in my way, arenât you?â This still implies Edenâs the CH2 blackened, by the way. As in, âyouâre getting in my way because now I need to figure out a murderâ, or something like that. There really isnât any other thing it could be referring to. Unless itâs like, âyouâre getting in my way because youâre so nice youâre preventing murders from happeningâ or âyouâre getting in my way of manipulating Arei by befriending herâ, but the first one is too abstract and the second one doesnât work since David didnât know about their friendship until after Arei died. So donât go thinking Iâm giving up on that theory. It just changes the context a bit.
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And with that, weâve successfully gone through the sixteen numbers. Except, wait! Donât think I forgot about the funny British boy!
Well, to be frank with you, there is a reason why I chose to save Xander for last. And that is⊠I didnât want to start the list with disappointment.
I - Xander ~ Inconclusive
See, the problem is that Xander runs into much the same issue as Min, but without a footnote to help solve the problem. The Roman numeral for 1 is just âIâ, so any time the word I appears, Xanderâs Roman numeral appears.
Now, maybe you think this is stupid. Obviously any time âIâ appears as an actual word, itâs not meant to be Xanderâs numeral! We just need to look for the time itâs not a part of the lyrics or a phrase in the text!
This is obviously the most intuitive solution, and it does arrive at⊠an answer. So, I present, the First Possibility.
First Possibility
I - Xander ~ (the world of abnormal sentiment dances)
Now, at first glance, this works! You have the numeral next to a phrase, and thereâs nothing else it could be!
Except, the problem is that that only extends to the screenshot. In this part of the video, the same phrase is on the screen for a good few seconds, but the âIâ disappears and gets replaced by several numbers, then the â&â symbol, more numbers, and what seems to be a â=â sign, maybe? But could be II sideways. Donât know, looks like code, not my expertise.
The issue here is that this would be the only time a characterâs phrase lingers longer than their numeral. This is pretty inconsistent with the other phrases weâve seen, which is what gets me to hesitate and wonder if that âIâ is actually made to be part of the code and not the crossword thing.
That, combined with the line itself. Because what does âthe world of abnormal sentiment dancesâ have to do with Xander? I looked it up, but itâs not the name of a book or anything. Maybe Iâm missing something, but I really donât think this is related to Xander in any way.
So, I looked for other possibilities. The problem is that, like I said, all other possibilities are part of lyrics or phrases, not a standalone numeral.
And yet, there is one which stands out to me as a good candidate. This has a high chance of being wrong, but Iâll bring it up anyways because I think itâs cool.
Second Possibility
I - Xander ~ I hate the things that I love, and I love the things that I hate
⊠Well, I know itâs hard to read it in that clusterfuck, but that is what the red text says.
This line has a bit more to do with Xander, or at least, Davidâs feelings towards Xander. We know he probably did like him based on some scenes from the MV, but heâs sad about his death. He hates him for leaving, but his heart loves him anyways. That could be read as romantic or platonic⊠hesitant on the platonic-
That said, the problem is explaining why I believe this is the Xander line. And that comes down to the background text.
⊠Yes, that background text.
You see, in the MV, it slowly fills out in a way which lets you read it somewhat. Iâll tell you what each part of the text means, but if you want visuals, Iâll ask you go to the video.
What first appears is white text on top and the right. The white text on top is Big Clue #1, as itâs a definition of electrocution. You know, that thing Xander died from.
The text on the right, meanwhile, seems to be an excerpt from âAlice in Wonderlandâ. The specific passage seems to feature Alice lamenting how much âpleasenterâ [sic] things were âback homeâ. And well, for everyone but Teruko, their homes were likelier âpleasenterâ than the killing game. However, in this context, it could be an analogy to David missing the past, when Xander was still alive.
Then, more white text appears on the bottom as yellow text appears under the white text on top. The bottom text is, again, more talk of electrocution, but the yellow text is a bit more complex. This is the line (from Google, exact wording may vary):
âTo me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world...â
Another âThe Little Princeâ quote, another straight banger (I love that book). Imma need the hornier of you to not focus too much on the âtamingâ wording and focus on the important part. This one speaks of the beautiful simplicity of relationships; everyone is âjust some dudeâ until you meet them and establish a relationship, and then, they become unique.
This is an especially wonderful quote for Xander and Davidâs relationship. David truly wanted nothing more than to be âa fox like a hundred thousand other foxesâ instead of the idol Xander saw him as. He wanted a genuine relationship with him, where they were not just each otherâs idols, but something bigger; each otherâs boyfriends :D
Alright, sappy stuff aside, this quote is related to Xander, thatâs what you need to know.
Then thereâs the big pink text. It says ânote: canât readâ. Yeah, fair.
But before that note appears, some cyan text begins sprawling out. Itâs not a quote from anything as far as I can tell, so hereâs a transcript:
ââŠman crushed by reality puts on a s[how]âŠ
âŠ[of end]urance. If thatâs beyond your
[com]prehension, dear reader, then you a[nd]âŠ
[Iâll n]ever understand each other. LifeâsâŠ
[short?] so we might as well make itâŠ
[count?] real life is a realm thâŠâ
So, yeah, Iâm sort of guessing half the words here, and I canât even tell what the last line is, but I think we can get the gist from this. Reading this with the context that Xanderâs probably connected, itâs easy to figure out. David was crushed by reality when Xander died, and he put on a show of endurance after that. The insult to the reader is a bit uncalled for, but I donât particularly care, it fits David.
So, with the idea that this little breakdown is related to Xander, itâs safe to say the line âI hate the things that I love, and I love the things that I hateâ (not a quote from anywhere I could find btw) is linked with Xander as well.
And, well. There are other references to Xander, but theyâre never paired with an âIâ. And there are other instances of the word âIâ, but never in relation to Xander, at least not as much as this little breakdown.
This clusterfuck of text also forms directly after the crosswords shows up. And while most of these arenât in chronological order, number II through V do. Wouldnât it make sense for I to appear right after the crosswords and make I through V in chronological order?
In any case, I believe this is a decent alternative to the âworld of abnormal sentiment dancesâ, whatever that means.
Conclusion
This was really fun! I am satiated for now, the content drop was awesome, I loved it a lot. Thereâs so much more I want to talk about in this MV, but this was priority number one in my mind.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading! If you made it this far, you deserve your own Roman numeral, all for yourself! Take care!
#drdt#danganronpa despair time#fanganronpa#drdt spoilers#drdt mv#drdt theory#god i love this mv so much#i am already going insane#this is not good#teruko tawaki#arei nageishi#arturo giles#david chiem#eden tobisa#veronika grebenshchikova#xander matthews#whit young#rose lacroix#charles cuevas#ace markey#nico hakobyan#levi fontana#min jueng#hu jing#mai akasaki
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Hello once more, sorry for the inbox spam!!!
I wanted to give you an update on the 30 year old guy hitting on me (insane cause when he was my current age of 21, I was 12 years old, LIKE WHAAAT the heeeell). Context for memory: met him at an event I was volunteering at. He wasnât in the volunteering event but stopped by to help, and stayed a while to chat. He got my social media and messaged me that evening. Very quickly off the bat he started flirting and taking EVERY chance he got to do so, ie when i said im more of a mountains than lakes person, he said, âitâs not gonna work then ;)â and a bunchhhh of other stuff i donât remember. And when I told him that my â(possibly) my favorite person in the world is the only person I message consistentlyâ he replied with, âFavorite? Damn, donât know if Iâll get there, but Iâll try to be your second favorite.â And this was literally like a day into messaging. It was SO weird because I never thought somebody that much older would go for me AND he doesnât even Know Me. (Even though two 33 year old men did try to pursue something with me when I was 19 years old). Like, 25 is the max age Iâll date being that Iâm 21, and the brain stops developing at 25. I was strictly platonic and didnât even flirt back/reply to those weird messages.
So the update: I think it was after your advice that I made it clear to him that I am 1. Not interested in a relationship with anyone, 2. I only feel safe around women because of past experiences with men. // So hereâs where things get a bit stickier. He keeps saying that his number one value is empathy and that he learned he can trust his morals and values, and that he learned to not doubt himself. He keeps saying he wants to get close with me and see where âthis connection goesâ (in my head Iâm thinking, what connection?). At this point, I told him my 3rd boundary: That I Am Not even Guaranteeing Friendship. I donât trust guys, I have a very finicky social battery, and I told him that I have been left much more jaded than my naive, optimistic, overly caring 19 year old self after a string of incidents with straight guys that left me feeling confused and used (was used emotionally and also they wanted to use me physically, but I didnât let the latter happen. These events are not even including the 33 year old guys incidents). So this 30 year old, Iâve been on and off messaging him to give him a CHANCE to be a FRIEND. Because heâs desperate and honestly I love making close friends IF theyâre good people. But I noticed that whenever I mention (not trauma dump, mention), more sensitive things such as the consistent, TW, abuse and neglect Iâve faced for years, he goes radio silent for a day or few days. The only time he DOESNâT reply quickly is when itâs about sad stuffâ the only other time I said anything sad was when I told him I was grieving my late kitten, and I Literally gave the gruesome, truly awful details of my 1 month old kitten passing due to leukemia (it was devastating. She was precious, amazing, resilient, kind, and wonderfully adaptiveâ ie her siblings would cry during socializing and she would WALK UP TO THEM AND LAY HER HEAD ON THEM. She would also go to Me instead of her Mama cat for food, as she was too weak to compete with her siblings (but she gave her BEST awesome efforts.) Despite her resilience and intelligence, she was too young and her immune system didnât work. Itâs devastating, and Iâve been processing it in healthy ways as months go on and on. She was wonderful, demonstrated kindness and she was a fighter, and she deserved a long life. Anyway, to this he responded with âđźâ âŠLIKE. I WAS SO confused and a bit irritated at that reaction. He DID later say a few short words of sympathy but wtf was the âđźđźââŠSo a week or so later I thought about my lingering irritation, and now Iâm MAD. He expects me to be empathetic towards him, and I am, but whenever I even BRIEFLY mention struggles beyond himself he wonât give it the proper care it deserves. Ie one time I mentioned womenâs struggles with gross men and then I also talked a bit about menâs struggles being hard too, and he said, âIâm glad you acknowledge menâs struggles!â and itâs like yes I did but⊠the first and main point of this particular convo was women??? Are you so self absorbed and stuck in your head??? At least acknowledge women too? He preaches about empathy but doesnât live up to it, or at the very least, doesnât realize his own need to grow. So, Iâm quite tired and irritated. All these guys have the same thing in common, and itâs that they see me as some sort of saint for them to be loved and validated by. They seek me to use me for their own benefit, but they do not CARE about ME, AND they think of themselves as top shit. I know they need love. I sympathize with them. Trust me. But they donât see me for me, nor do they treat me well. I am no saint, though I want to be a good person, the best person I can be. They idealize me because Iâm a friendly and curious and caring person, but they donât treat me as a person.
Iâm teetering on the edge of cutting him off. But I know he went through a breakup 2-3 months ago, and I personally believe heâs acting this desperately and strongly because heâs lonely. I sympathize with him and I wonder if I judge him too harshly⊠But the red flags are raised. A 30 year old going for a 21 year old??? Am I crazy to think that thatâs weird as fuck?? I feel bad for him. Iâm irritated. Iâm tired and I need to put myself first, as Iâve already got a hard life to deal with before I can be stable and give more of me. At least, this is the thought process I currently have. Do you think so too? Did I miss anything or see something inaccuratelyâ what do you think?
Heâs the fourth guy who is significantly older than me (30+) to try and get in a relationship with me. It keeps happening. I donât even go out much. I donât even interact with guys much. Itâs insane. Everytime I go out and interact with people and the world (like coworkers and meeting people when I volunteer), this happens. They all told me they love my care/empathy (which is, of course, a work in progress). I think my natural curiosity made them think i was interested in them, even though i never flirted with any of them or even thought about a romantic or sexual relationship with any of them!! I even told some of them from the start that I only like women!
Is this normal, do most guys do this?
Tough constructive criticism towards me always welcome.
And you donât have to answer!! Ty for reading :)
- m <3
That's me, pushing you over the edge you were teetering on, r.e. your decision to cut him off.
There's nil else that needs to be said. You have suggested to him in many ways, without actually saying the words blatantly, that you are not interested. By continuing to pursue you despite your discomfort, going so far as to think this is a matter of simply convincing you, shows that he's not empathetic, and is in fact, absolutely in this for himself.
What women aged 30+ tend to find (anecdotally, on average, from discussions with my cohort) is that men who routinely target younger women for relationships/sex, do so for a number of reasons, none of them good, but some of them being: recognition of reduced confidence and therefore vulnerability in younger women, average lower standards of younger women due to life experience (not a crime at all!), and the mens' underdeveloped emotional maturity, and age fetishization.
It's all about Power.
"You're so mature for your age!" Yeah yeah-- 'for your age', but not for his age. Women his age are simply more likely to not tolerate his bullshit, and he's probably underdeveloped emotionally with bad habits that make him a bad partner.
If you're being routinely targeted by these men, which is, I must absolutely clarify, NOT YOUR FAULT, try to have a little self reflection; is there something about you aside from simply your age, that makes you seem more vulnerable to these men? Because your chances of ending up in a badly balanced age gap relationship are higher the more associated vulnerabilities you have.
My only criticism of you? Take this opportunity to strengthen your spine. Lash out hard, and if you are absolutely not interested in these men, make it brutally, savagely, immediately clear. Don't be wishy-washy. Give them absolutely zero soft answers because unfortunately with men like these, soft answers make them think they have a chance.
Stop being kind to people who try to manipulate you.
It's sad that being nasty is the only way, and they'll try to make you look like the bad guy ('oh I was just being friendly, you're safe around me'), but you're not, and you should give them the middle finger they deserve.
I guarantee that they will age but will continue to target women and girls your age. Our current 'daddy' and hyperfetishisation of age (especially for young women) culture, sadly, gives them support to do this.
That is, again, not your fault; doesn't it look so clear now that they don't have your best interest at heart?
While not all age gap relationships have a power imbalance, a great, great many do. Consistent targeting by fully adult men should be a massive red flag.
Again, in the job I'm in, I witness and examine a great great number of heterosexual relationships in intimate detail, and I assure you, big age gap relationships are amongst the most likely to leave the women (because it is almost invariably the woman being the younger one) on a significant back foot.
Brief reminder that women aged 30+ aren't 'jealous' that lots of men their age target barely adult women; we see them as the manipulators they are, and we want to protect you.
Love,
-- Haitch xxx
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teleports in here for ask game purposes. asking this one again bc I like this question
đŒ what's your favorite thing about your oc !! any of them! whichever one(s) you wanna talk about đŠ
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OOOOOO HELLO!!! Thatâs a tough question I got no idea đŠ
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đ„đ„ I love everything about my ocs but I will attempt to answer!!!
I have a ton of ocs a majority of which I have never and may never post about so Iâll try to stick to the ones that I have shown to the world (though Iâll briefly summarize those too because i doubt anyone remembers them) but I might sprinkle in some of my Super Scary Secret Ones as well
âą OC NUMBER ONE!!! TERRI (the dumbass pikmin oc with the moth I posted about yesterday I think? Was it yesterday? I must admit I have been completely out of it this week and I have lost any concept of time but REGARDLESS)
I HAVE NOT DONE MUCH WITH HER SO THERE IS NOTHING TRULY DEEP TO HER CHARACTER. BUUUT I like how she was my first real oc based on a preexisting franchise. for a loooong time I was in the horribly toxic mindset of âheheheh oc? thatâs so cringe heheheâ so a few months ago I made her as a big middle finger to that previous mindset. YES I made a pikmin oc YES sheâs the sibling of a preexisting character YES I posted it on tumblr and NO I do NOT give a damn!!!
Or if you want a more basic answer I like how I made it so her hair kinda looks like butterfly wings cause it looks really goofy but she probably thinks it is So Awesome heeheehee
âą OC NUMBER TWO!!! PUTTERS AND GAF (counting them as one)
I just think they are very silly. If I had to choose a favorite aspect itâd be how they influence other characters, like the pure, blinding jealousy and rage that Putters brings upon her ownerâs husband. You either love putters and gaf or you want to see them dead and there is no in between
âą OC NUMBER THREE!!! DOMITONE!!!
actually in my original post bout her I didnât fully mention some of her personality traits. I was focused more on her relation to the Turtlemeister but thereâs more to her. Not a whole lot more admittedly but yea. If I had to pick my favorite though Iâd sayyyy her brashness. I feel like I didnât get that across well in the original post but she is intense. She will speed down the road at speeds way over the limit (and in this universe driving is already a taboo unless you have good reason for it) while blaring music, she tried to start the âsequel to the ice bucket challengeâ (the boiling water challenge, it did not go well) and has zero filter. Sheâs not completely insane (I think if she was constantly like that itâd be way too much) but those aspects are definitely my favorite
âą OC NUMBER FOUR!!! GOURDIE
fear not if you have no idea who this is! You arenât simply forgetting or werenât around for me mentioning her, I have just never mentioned her existence! Sheâs putterâs owner. I could go wayyyy into her but then weâd be here all day and Iâve already been typing this out for way too long soooo. Itâs incredibly hard to pick one favorite aspect soooo Iâll just go with:
sheâs prooooobably the most emotionally intelligent of the ocs in this universeâŠâŠ.not to say sheâs a complete saint by any means, hell sheâs kinda the catalyst for a LOT of problems with some Really Bad Decisions but she actually owns her fuck ups (except for the time she accidentally killed someone and was too horrified to tell anyone so she staged an accident and lived with the guilt the rest of her life but shhhhh) and tries to improve. Which by the end she does! Yippee (SHE IS NOT OK BY THE END) (SHE WON BUT AT WHAT COST)
Sheâs also just one of the nicest characters, you wouldnât get that from my brief description but she actually is. Sheâs forgiving to a fault, like she got back with her ex husband MULTIPLE times on and off despite the fundamental disagreement that caused them to break up in the first place never being resolved, and tries to be the best parent possible (uhhh she mightâve failed with herâŠfish daughterâŠ.crap I havenât mentioned the fish peopleâŠ.uh BUT SHE TRIED HER BEST AND WORKED THINGS OUT WITH SAID FISH DAUGHTER AND THEY ARE A HAPPY FAMILY NOW YAYYYY)
âą OC NUMBER FOUR!!! I AM YAPPING SO MUCH SOMEONE STOP ME: DEUX SOURIS
once again you are not crazy I have just never mentioned her before. And yes her name is French for âtwo miceâ you will see why that is. Brief summary, sheâs French (shocking) and joined the police force at a young age and was on path to be an incredibly successful and talented officer (much to the chagrin of herâŠgrandmother I think? Yeah itâs her grandmother, who attempted to do the same as her but failed miserably and ended up being a lifelong traffic cop in a region where there is like. No traffic) but then!!! Had to go on a rescue mission and ended up getting. Extremely traumatized in the process! But she rescued the fellas she had to (said fellas losing their eyesight in the process uhhhh donât ask) and got all sorts of medals for her bravery but she was like. Nah screw this Iâm quitting (again to the chagrin of her grandmother, HOW COULD YOU THROW AWAY YOUR CAREER LIKE THIS I WORKED SO HARD AND I NEVER EVENâ) and spent the rest of her life in a group called the âtwo blind mice and one seeing eye mouseâ with the people she rescued where she was the, well, seeing eye mouse! She didnât actually have to do much work guiding them because the other âmiceâ in the group were incredibly adaptive and could pretty much function independently immediately but she stuck around anyway. Letâs pretend the story ends there heehee she had a happily ever after mmmhm nothing bad happened after that ahahaha. Um way too much exposition for a simple point but! My favorite thing about her! She carries a soundboard everywhere so she can make goofy sound effects for certain situations. She also plays the horn. Like a car horn. She will make music with car horns. She does a very good job at it surprisingly
I could yap so so so much more but I will restrain myself. Final oc who I am obligated to mention but I will be So Vague about: i wonât say his actual name but. Some call him pumpkin daddy. He has been haunting my thoughts for over 2 years now. He is not even an oc. He is not original. He is someone elseâs old oc but when I mentioned he was my favorite part of his original universe, the original creator randomly gave me full ownership of him. So technically he is mine now I suppose. I changed him beyond belief, the only remnants of his old life being his name and appearance. Iâm speaking of him like a cryptid lmao my favorite thing about pumpkin daddy is everything. That is all
I am still awaiting the shadowban lifting but pretend that I sent in an ask to you asking the same question!!! @starlightswordfight Whatâs your favorite part of your ocs!!!
#ah yeah that didnât take long to write ouâit has been an hour ok#you made a fatal mistake asking me questions about my ocsâŠ..very fatal mistakeâŠ..#oc posting#I spent more time yapping about the ocâs histories than answering the questionâŠ.yayâŠ..
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You ever notice how Violet barely interacts with the regular citizens of Navarre? She goes to Rhiannonâs house twice and never talks to Raegan despite having more conversations with Rhiannonâs on-and-off girlfriend.
Idk if thereâs a scene I skipped in Iron Flame where she goes around talking to people, but it kinda reads like Violet doesnât actually care as much as she should about their plight (which makes sense considering sheâs a military nepobaby). I think this is one of the reasons why the world feels so empty to me.
Yess!!! I've commented about this with a friend and thank goodness someone else noticed it too. I have issues with how the Tara/Rhi situation was done but that's for another day.
Sorry in advance for the essay, I have a lot to say about this and am very happy someone asked.
I can't remember any interaction with a non-military on the page, which is weird considering there's a little village in Aretia, but RY never bothers to show it to us, just like she never showed us Shantara (the little village near Basgiath) and instead opted to include Xaden and Violet having the same fight for the fifth time. (the romance in IF took too much off the plot for my taste)
It's weird that Violet never interacts with civilians, (who are probably the ones keeping things clean/cooking/sewing/etc) but again, including civilians would require RY to develop the world beyond surface-level and I don't think she's too worried about Navarre's culture/currency/lifestyle beyond war, death, and dragons so why include a character who's not involved in either.
Now, on a character level, Violet is often used as a self-insert (unfortunately, because my girl deserves better) so we can say that, just like RY, she understands the value of civilian life abstractly since she was raised in the military. Civilians are numbers, casualties, workforce and must be protected on principle but she doesn't interact with or consider them on a personal level. That has nothing to do with her own morality, it's simply the way she was raised and could be an interesting arc for her character (there's already a moment during Resson that it really hits her that those numbers are people) and I hope it happens but I doubt it.
Another thing that drives me insane is that we never see a child in any of the outposts (even tho Violet says very clearly that she grew up going from outpost to outpost) in fact the only time besides Rhi's nephew that children were included in the story was in Resson, and they were only used as cannon fodder to show how horrible the war was.
That itself wouldn't have bothered me so much if we had seen a couple children playing in Montserrat to at least show us that the officers have lives and aren't just soldier-shaped cardboard cutouts, BUT when we take the way children were written in addition to RY's Instagram post about the "conflict" in Palestine it gets weird with the whole idea of "a perfect victim" she sprinkles here and there in her books (I can elaborate if someone wants to)
Anyway, that's it, I hope it made some sense and that I answered what you were asking
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college sports au where annabeth is a star soccer player for nyu whoâs dream is to eventually make the womenâs soccer team and percy is the assistant coach.
I cannot believe you are making me, a person who understands all of 0 sports and played soccer when I was 8, try to write like I know anything about how any of this works. How dare you. Here you go.
Iâm so mad at you.
A crooked smile should not incite such fury as what Annabeth currently felt.
But for the record, it shouldnât make her heart flutter the way it did, either.
Both at the same time was just confusing.
âWhat did you just say?!â She hissed under her breath, glancing anxiously out the dark tunnel where her team waited to sprint onto the horrifically wet fieldâ it had been raining since the night before, and Annabeth was already dreading the mud and the cold.
Well, now she would happily take that over Percy Jacksonâs stupid dumb annoying crooked smile.
âI asked,â he spoke slowly, his voice patient as if he were explaining a basic concept to a child, âif you would like a kiss for luck?â
Annabeth sputtered, glancing again to ensure the rest of the team wasnât paying attentionâ they were not.
Though that may have been because their star striker getting royally pissed at the NYU Violetâs assistant coach was not a novel scene.
âThisâyouâhitting on players is creepy!â She snapped, face red and only growing brighter as Percy leaned in to speak low in her ear.
âBut hitting on girlfriends, even secret ones, isnât.â He paused. ââŠUnless I missed the memo.â
Annabeth huffed, tugging on the hem of her jersey as nerves about the upcoming game were replaced with nerves about the stupid man in front of her referring to her as his girlfriend.
It was a new development, and one that made her feel insane to think about for more than ten seconds at a time.
âSoâŠ?â Her boyfriend (boyfriend?!) pulled back just enough that she could see his stupid terrible grin, âWhat do you say?â
The poor hem of Annabethâs jersey was now a bunched up mess in her hands, twisting in her fists without her even noticing. âIf we winââ
âWhen.â
âIf!â She heaved a breath, âThen maybe I will think about giving you a celebratory kiss. But weâre going to lose, so it doesnât matter.â
Percyâs grin didnât waver, âNo, weâre not. Weâve been over their weaknesses, know their playsâ and everyone is gonna be playing their best with the club scout out in the stands.â
Annabeth groaned, âDonât remind me!â
âNot to mention, the best center forward on this side of the continental US.â
âThe best center forward in the world.â She muttered, though there was doubt in her voice, her usual confidence shaken by the fact that the opposing team had won every game against the Violets for the past 3 years.
ââAtta girl.â Percy knocked his forehead to hers, their eyes meeting, âGive them hell. Especially so I can get that kiss.â
He dodged out of the way of Annabethâs fist, laughing as he jogged through the tunnel to the sidelines to join their coach. Annabeth forced a deep breath, and turned to the team to give a pep talk that would rival any pre-battle hype speech in the history of the universe.
And when they won, covered in mud, 2 to 1, Annabeth Chase, center forward, star player, flashed a grin at Percy Jackson, assistant coach, new boyfriend, the promise in her eyes meeting the excitement in his. Who knew when theyâd tell peopleâ but while Annabeth was happy to share this and any future wins with the rest of the world, Percy?
Well, for now, he was all hers.
And their kiss behind the shuttle to the teamâs hotel was nearly as satisfying as the business card with the pro club scoutâs number in her hand.
#morgan murmurs#writing#percabeth#drabble? idk what the terms are tbh#also!#I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you#why would you DO THIS to me!!!#Iâm feeling murderous#I probably messed up a million things#itâs fine Shh whatever#anon#ask#prompt#writing prompt
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Thanks for the tag @kaleido-scope-lady! đ This was highly appreciated for procrastination purposes.
Tag game: Give your KCâs first impression and final opinion of each of their companions!
Siavash's (not spoiler-free) hot takes:
First impressions
Seelah â A paladin with a party spirit. Now this is someone I can really get behind. (wink)
Camellia â Not even a smile? How about a little half-elf solidarity? ...Not that either? Give it time. Iâll find her angle. She canât be as bad as she seems.
Lann â Weird combination, and not just the body parts. Pessimism and determination. Seems like a reliable guy and since thatâs one thing Iâm not, heâll be good to have around. Also â perfect straight man for my routines.
Wenduag â Tough as Hell. I wish she didnât beat Lann up about his idealism because thatâs the one thing that might save him. I wonder if she has any idealism left to save herself.
Woljif â Dreamboat. I do look like the kinda guy that would work on, donât I? Heâs got my number already. âŠand he can have it.
Ember â Dreamer, this poor child. The things she says are so crazy theyâre almost inspired.
Daeran â The folly of feudalism: exhibit one. Surprised nobodyâs slapped him yet.
Nenio â Curious, for someone who knows so much trivia I donât think she knows how funny she is.
Ulbrig â This towering barbarian calling me warchief is excellent for the bit
Galfrey â Exhibit two. No, thatâs uncharitable. Sheâs had a lot on her plate, and for longer than most people could stomach. She needs to lighten up. Maybe I can show her running a crusade doesnât have to be soul-crushing. It can be fun!
Sosiel â I think this kid is tougher than he seems, coming all the way here from Carpenden. I sure hope so, because Iâd hate to see that freshness turn sour.
Regill â Who invited this guy?
Trever â This is what happens. Dreamer, donât let it happen to me.
Arueshalae â This is one of those times when Desna tests you â gives your heart the choice of Cynosure or cynicism. Iâm going to believe in her if it kills me.
Greybor â You know what, Iâm just gonna prove him wrong. âProfessionalâ doesnât have to dress sober.
Aivu â Best. Friend. Forever.
Final opinion
Seelah â Biggest heart in the world. And after everything - party spirit intact. Dreamer Iâm lucky I crossed paths with this woman. Wouldnât have made it without her hugs. Well, also without her as body shield.
Camellia â How could I have been quite that blind? Only saw what I wanted to see. Itâs hard to admit but Iâm not sure there was anything that could have been done for her. For all his faults Horgus did try. Even setting her free to find her own way would have ended badly for her, because it wouldnât have been freedom.
Lann â Love this guy. Iâll never forget that moment, seeing him look up at the starry sky and see possibility for the first time.
Wenduag â Ironic how trying to claw her way up is what brought her down. Probably because she never looked up far enough to see the stars.
Woljif â My love, forgive me if I ever doubted that your heart was stronger than your shadow.
Ember â What was it Lann said? A saint or insane, or maybe both? Both. She doesnât believe mortals can save ourselves, so all we can do is be kind to each other. I have so much to learn from her.
Daeran â You know what I admire most? This man knows what he wants out of life â and fiercely, unapologetically pursues it. I count myself lucky that true friendship is one of those things because it turns out he's great fun and I'm surprised how fond of him I am now.
Nenio â I think she cited me in her entry on âFriendship.â By name. Sometimes I regret taking my pants off that one time. But actually no.
Ulbrig â I can really relate to having two more-or-less incompatible halves pulling opposite directions. Iâm glad he let his guard down with me eventually because behind all the stubborn bluster the poor guy really felt lost, and commiserating with someone helped us both. Second only to Seelah for great hugs.
Galfrey â The best thing about her is her humanness. I wouldnât like her nearly as much I do now if she hadnât had indulged in a little spite. Just kinda wish it hadnât been directed at me. No no, we're good. It's fine. Would you guess she can be surprisingly funny?
Sosiel â He did turn out to be tough. Strong enough to face terrible things, temper his idealism and still keep his heart. That portrait⊠(he starts to tear up) âŠif thatâs how he sees me thereâs no greater compliment.
Regill â The thing is, I trust him with my life. Because even if thereâs a perfectly logical reason why he ought to kill me heâll be three chess moves ahead with an even better reason not to. One thing I resent about the lawful types is the arrogance in thinking theyâre following some universal order when itâs really just their heart all along. Yeah, you can tell him I said that.
Trever â When I visited the Vaenics in Carpenden after the war I saw him with his lathe, and as he worked there was such peace in his face and hands. Scarred as they are. He made me the most beautiful rosewood writing desk, a true work of art. Thereâs so much hope in that.
Arueshalae â One of the strongest people Iâve ever met. I have an idea what itâs like to try to keep your eyes fixed on an impossible star even with the claws of the Abyss pulling you under. Where we connect is that we both want to be better people, and to do that you sometimes have to look back and face what youâve done wrong.
Greybor â Is he happier now? I like to think so. Being an assassin was easy for him. Being a father, not so much. He needed a new challenge.
Aivu â Best. Friend. Forever.
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puppy your game collection is beautiful i dont know what most of those are except like the disgaeas (because youve explained them before), disco elysium (the occasional meme crosses my dash), roblox, and undertale maybeeeeee you could give me a tour of the others you like and what theyre about and stuff! whats muse dash ouppy that sounds like a rhythm game ^w^
thank you i know its incredible :3c soo here it is again i will go game by game and yap my ouppy little head off im sorry
starting from the left! desmume is a DS emulator that i got to play puyo puyo fever, a fullmetal alchemist ROM and a lucky star ROM and PPSSPP is a PSP emulator i got for uhh. i cant remember which game i specifically installed it for. i think it was puyo puyo fever 2?
roblox is. you know. roblox
my hero one's justice is a demo i downloaded from steam which i have not actually played LMAO i got the demo to see if i wanted to buy the full game but i guess its pointless because i havent bothered to check out the demo
class of 09 and class of 09 re-up (the sequel) are visual novels, hard to explain what theyre about.. basically its all about toxic evil yuri and drug abuse and self harm. its like if needy streamer overload was about coked up high school lesbians
disgaea pc is the second best game ever made
disgaea 2 pc is the number 1 best game ever made. no further explanation necessary
i have not actually played dont starve yet, it was recommended by a friend so i bought it during the steam summer sale for like 2 bucks. from what ive heard, its a survival game, kinda like minecraft if minecraft was way harder and the game hated you
disco elysium is the same, recommended by a friend, i bought it for super cheap during the summer sale, and have not touched it yet LMAO
muse dash is a rhythm game yes and its FUCKIGN INCREDIBLE. AND IM AMAIZNG AT IT. LOOK AT THESE SCORES BONESY ARENT YOU PROUD OF ME
full combo means i hit every note and didnt miss a single one >:3 im genuinely really good at the game not 2 brag,,, and YES you saw that right, hatsune miku and kagamine rin and len are playable characters!! they come with two respective DLCs which also come with a bunch of vocaloid songs and i bought them both <3 these are their sprites in game!
and if you buy it it gives you a bunch of adorable art on the loading screens :3 this isnt even all of them just a few i screenshotted. if i screenrecorded myself killing it in muse dash would you watch the video teehee...
ok back to game yapping. leaf blower revolution is an idle clicker game i got for free on steam, which i got insanely hyperfixated on for three days and played for like 14 hours straight once and then gave up and never touched it again
yume nikki is a little pixelated adventure game where you explore around a girl's weird dreams. the soundtrack is INCREDIBLE especially this song. its transcendental. listen to it while youre high trust me you have to
DDLC requires no explanation i think. its ddlc. you know what it is theres no way you dont
the song of saya (saya no uta) i will be yapping extra about because i LOVE IT. its a horror eroge visual novel about a guy named fuminori who, after a brain surgery, sees the entire world and other people as a disgusting fleshy abomination, whereas everything looks normal to other people. for example this:
is a completely normal hallway. but it looks like that to him. then he meets a girl name saya, who is the only thing in the world that looks normal to him, and he falls in love with her
and i reeeally really dont wanna spoil it cause its really good and i highly recommend you go watch it (theres a full playthrough on youtube) but lets just say saya is Not as normal as she looks.
celeste is a game ive only played a little of, but i love it so far. its a platformer about a trans woman named madeline climbing celeste mountain, and encountering a personification of her self doubt that she has to overcome to get to the top. i lovee the style of the game its so pretty and way easier than i expected it to be, which is great for me because im garbage at every game in the world that isnt muse dash or disgaea
disgaea 4 and disgaea 5 are self explanatory. i ADORE d4, though im not super far into it, but i havent started d5 yet im waiting until i finish d1 and 4
phantom brave is a game set in the same universe as disgaea which crosses over with it, i havent played more than a few minutes of the game but obviously i love it so far cause its similar to disgaea. im waiting to jump fully into it until i finish d1 and d4 though
OFF is an rpg also recommended to me by a friend, i downloaded it online but havent touched it yet đ pro at owning games i dont play
omori is also very self explanatory. i downloaded it off my friends steam account and he and i have been playing it together, im not far in but obviously i like it, i knew i would. aubrey is sooo mecore <3 i really need to keep playing it... i should have gotten into omori sooner. actually no i take that back because i think 14 year old me getting into omori would have been so world-ending that it would have shattered my psyche
spore is spore. idk how to describe it. you make a fucked up little creature and you make the fucked up little creature do shit thats the whole game
undertale is also very self explanatory. and boom thats all my games :3 well i also have animal jam classic which didnt fit in the screenshot but theres not much to say about that. other than the fact that i own a super rare nonmember mantis pet and im proud of it. and my den fucks
okay thats more than enough yapping im sorry .. stop asking me questions because i do not know how to shut up. ily though thank you for asking :3c
#𩮠anon#also your ask about togachako has been sitting unanswered in my inbox because i know that the minute i decide to answer it#im going to be typing for three hours and youre going to get a 10k word essay#so. im waiting#until i have the time and also the brain to do all taht#im sorry in advance for whatever my reply to that will be
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idk if you take asks but enchanted is such perachel (esp from rachel pov on how like she was so wonderstruck by him and his life/world)
Enchanted is definitely Perachel coded, and some sections work for both Percy and Rachel pov.
Percy pov:
Percy is sure his fatal flaw could have been hindsight. The number of times he has lamented the choices he has made, more so on the fact of whether he could have done it better differently; much like now that he's finished regretting his Nico conversation his thoughts finally return to one Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Yes, he remembers her full name, he has a good memory and even if he didn't she would be hard to forget.
For one, she saved his life despite him running her through with Riptide (he had never been more glad that his sword didn't harm mortals).
That and her face was a bit too memorable to ever forget. It's logical, too; he remembers Annabeth telling him the statistics for facial features. Red hair and green eyes were the rarest pair, and of course, Rachel Elizabeth Dare had both. It's not his fault he was enchanted, the sort of enchanted you get when you see a once in a lifetime thing cause that was what it was. He hoped, however, desperately that he would see his red-headed nightmare again; after all he had a debt to repay. Given that she probably lived near Hoover, chances were he would never see her again.
He shouldn't have doubted how much the Fates love proving him wrong because he sees her just a few months after the orientation of all places. He's equal parts glad and embarrassed, for he certainly couldn't apologize enough, and that makes him do something insanely stupid like run away. She finds him like she did last time, and he is so caught up in staring at her that he forgets he needs to run mostly cause he can't give her the answers she wants.
It starts out as he knows it would with her wanting an explanation. He wants to explain, too, but he's always been bad at it, and it's not like he got a good one from Chiron. Then came in the demon cheerleaders. They were so well disguised that he wouldn't have known if not for Rachel screaming. So yeah, it's now the second time he's gotten her involved in something dangerous. The empousai, something women, seemed to have it out for his blood, which wasn't new, but he drew the line at them attacking Rachel. He killed the first one and was almost on the second one when Rachel realized her scheme. Now Percy could definitely say thinking on his feet was his strength but between Rachel being attacked and Paul Blofis showing up he was a bit slow on the uptake. Rachel, brilliant Rachel gets them both out of there, they are almost out and he is half ready to drag her with him so they could both talk and so he could apologize again right until Annabeth shows up. So yeah, that ruins almost all his plans. Annabeth's in a hurry, and he should be too given the burning school, but he couldnât just leave Rachel Elizabeth Dare on her own. If not for her insistence, he would have taken her with her. Deja vu is quick to catch up to him as he flees with Annabeth, leaving Rachel to deal with the mass chaos he left behind yet again. This time, though, he has her number scrawled on his palm, and he memorizes it for good measure because now he wouldn't need the Fates to run into Rachel.
Rachel pov:
Rachel can't stop thinking about Percy I-am- not -a mortal- guy weeks after her trip had ended and the cold was long gone. Made sense. After countless years of thinking herself insane, she finally met someone who knows all the answers to her questions. Perhaps that's why she is so ridiculously obsessed with him. What's more ridiculous is that she can't stop sketching. No matter what she starts with, she always ends up with the same visage of a sea-green eyed boy. The only reason she remembers his face is because she's good at that sort of thing; being an artist requires good memory, not because he was excessively good-looking even in that awful lion fur.. Had he not run her through with his stupid sword, she would have gawked at him. Listen, she was an artist, and she could admire a good face. She was almost at the point of hiring a P.I. under her father's nose to look for Percy something. She was sure he was from New York , call it a feeling. But if so, New York could have like hundreds of Percy and what if he lived in some strange place only people like him,no, people like them could see.
Rachel had a barrage of such weirdly eerie encounters, but something about this one was far more enchanting than any other. He had seen what she saw and heard what she heard, and when she told him to hide, he listened to her no questions asked. Nobody had done that ever before, but just before he slipped into the stall, she was sure that the uncertainty he felt was less over hiding and more over leaving her alone. "I owe you one, Rachel Elizabeth Dare," he had said to her with so much belief in the fact that they would meet again that she almost believed him as vain as it felt.
Turns out Rachel didn't have to believe in vain for too long. She saw him at this new high school she had picked against her father's wishes. It was so random that she thought she was hallucinating. She almost doesn't catch up to him, which makes her next words angry, and then he just stares at her as he blurts out her full name, and she's forgotten entirely why she was angry. The fact that he remembered her name made her weirdly happy until she remembered he tried to kill her. He had finally begun answering her questions until demon vampire things came along. Percy couldn't see them, so she had to ask him to run. Even now, he believed in her without any hesitation. Percy was negotiating. She could tell when Kale something and her trainee cornered them. Negotiating to get them both out. Then the trainee lunged at her. Faster than she could process her fear, she lay dead sliced clean by Percy. It was gross to be covered in monster dust, but she was happy she was alive. The Kelli one attacked now, and Percy swiftly put himself between us . For all her bragging about being thousand years old, I had a feeling Percy could defeat her. Maybe that's why she didn't feel any fear, just adrenaline and awe. Percy was extremely good with the sword, and the demon thing probably caught that cause she tricked us into ducking as she exploded and started a large fire. Even that would have turned out fine is some professor who knew Percy hadn't interrupted and made Percy freeze.
As she called out about the fire he seemed to recover as he quickly counted his options and settled for jumping through the broken window. Because she was now certifiably insane she jumped after him into the alley. By the time she caught up to them some blond girl was standing with him. By the looks of it she knew him but Rachel hadn't seen her at orientation; as soon as her grey eyes settled on Rachel her smile disappeared but Rachel didn't much care about that. Percy had gotten her into this he was going to pay her back with at least a fee explanations.
She ignored the pang she felt when he told the blond girl Annabel something that she was a friend. But friend was good it was better than nobody. As Annabel was about to drag him away, possibly preventing them from meeting ever again, she scrawled her number on his hand in permanent marker. Contrary to her thoughts, he didn't call her crazy nor did he back away. It might have been her speech about him owing her, or maybe just maybe he was just as enchanted by their first meeting. As she ran away to make up some story, she could still feel his eyes on her. This time, it was he who would look for her maybe, just maybe as fixatedly as she had.
This turned out to be rather long but it's such a good theme it might deserve a part two. (Yes I do take asks , just takes me bit of time to deliver.)
I will never get over the fact that Percy Jackson called Rachel his redheaded nightmare. I can't-
#percy jackson#rachel elizabeth dare#perachel#annabeth chase#percy jackson and the olympians#enchanted#taylor swift
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Easily the most insane story idea Iâve ever had under this cut
Rosgondren: And thatâs a timeout called there by Edorasâ Coach HĂĄma, with just under a minute left on the clock here at the thrilling final game of the 3016-3017 NUAA womenâs basketball season.
Alweth: For sure, for sureâand Coach HĂĄma is right to take that timeout here, heâs got one of the best clutch players in the game in Ăowyn Ăomundsdottir, heâs just gotta have faith in her.
Redhangol: The numbers donât lie, but you know, in moments like these with everything on the line, the stats fall away and itâs all about the hustle mindsetâand does Ăowyn really have that? I donât know, I donât know!
Alweth: (laughing) What? You donât know if she has the hustle mindset? Câmon manâweâve watched her entire career and sheâs got nothing but hustleâ
Rosgondren: âthatâs us about to go back into play, Edoras spaced nicely around the arcâ
Redhangol: âwell sheâll have to prove it in the big leaguesâ
Alweth: âbig leagues? Sheâs in one right now! The Towers are already clambering for trades to secure her at this summerâs WMBA draftâ
Redhangol: âwell league talent has been a little thin on the ground lately. Sheâs good no doubt, no doubt, but how good?
Alweth: (laughing) Come on!
Rosgondren: âAnd weâre back, thatâs a clean pass from Leofric inâoh no, tipped away by Dunlandâs Angwun andâOH! Recovered by Ăowyn!
Alweth: Wow! Would you lookâ
Rosgondren: âDerwent forces Ăowyn back behind the arc, reinforced by Cledwun, oh this is a tight spot sheâs really being forced back hereâfifteen seconds left on the clock, it might be an ignoble end to a remarkable season for the University of Edorasâand THERE IT IS!! THERE IT IS LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, WITH TWO SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK, AN INSTANTLY ICONIC LOGO THREE BY ĂOWYN ĂOMUNDSDOTTIR. (Excited laughing) Itâs not often we get to see legends born in real time, but Ăowyn has done itâwow! What an end to the season.
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It would be a stretch to call it a positive omen that the Minas Tirith Marinersâ esteemed head coach had called his first timeout not a minute into the potential series finale of the Northern Conference Finals. In fact, the mood of the Dagorlad arena crowd had gone from nervous to gleefully hostile as soon as the call was made: if the Mariners were already showing their bellies, the series might yet be extended.
Within the team huddle, the mood was no cheerier. Coach Denethor, a veritable giant of the sport in his prime and an even mightier coach after it, gestured pointedly at his whiteboard. He was not one for theatrics, and he raised his voice only to be heard over the thundering crowd.
âWe have practiced this extensivelyâyou are to stay out of the paint after executing your screen.â
âIt makes no sense here,â answers Faramir, his youngest son and the teamâs beleaguered (point) centre. âDamrodâs a way better size match for AbarrĂĄn. If I hold back here it slows the backcourt downâwe canât afford that.â
âYou mean it puts you in a better position to grab the rebound, but the rest of your team trusts in Damrod to follow through.â
Damrod, a rather compact guard, looks immediately uncomfortable to be dragged into the argument.
âSo do I,â says Faramir, a touch defensively, âbut theyâre faster than us in transition, we need whatever we can get to gum them up.â
Cut to Faramir preparing to go out for the Minas Tirith Mariners in the Northern Conference Finals against the Dagorlad Aurochs; he gets into an argument with his head coach father about something, and Denethor says something about Boromir knowing how to do it better. Faramir still has to go out and play, and itâs immediately clear how dominant a hooper he is; the Mariners win the series to proceed to the league finals against the Harad Warriors.
Resources
Moach playbook
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Arike Ogunbowale highlight reel
Bill Russell highlight reel
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don't mind me I'm just going insane over nandor's rings
OK OK OK SO idk WHY but my brain suddenly remembered this post by someguywife and it got me wondering how long has he owned those rings?
disclaimer: 100% looking too deep into this and most likely going insane also for the most part I only focused on old photos in the show since I doubt they would go out of their way to edit the rings onto the paintings for nandor
first I looked through the intro and for the most part the rings are nowhere to be seen.
(side note: didn't notice that the last photo was taken on the same night as the new years eve photo :D)
anyway I say for the most part cause of this fucking photo...
Now I don't know shit about polaroids but there's some numbers at the bottom of these photos.
This probably means something but after looking it up all the info I could find talks about numbers on the BACK of a photo so that's fuuuuuuuun. I would keep looking into this but I keep going in circles so please if you have any idea what 090111225 4 could mean please let me know It's driving me fucking crazy. I'm assuming it could translate into a date but idk it could mean nothing.
now looking at the outfits in the photo I'd say this is in the 70s maybe? idk I also suck at analyzing clothes so for now this photo is a dead end WHICH SUCKS CAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO GO DOWNHILL FROM HERE!
IF this is the 70s then on we have a rough estimate of WHEN he got them but that's just the intro what about in actual episodes.
if we go back to s2e8 collaborations we get a look at nandor in the 70s when he shows us photos of him and is old familiar benjy aND GUYS GUESS WHAT? N O F U C K I N G R I N G S
the latest date we see on one of those photos is 1974 so around the mid to late 70s he got his ring grea- oh what's that? there's more? greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat...
so going from season 2 to season 3 on s3e3 gail we also get to see some more old photos of our fav cringefail. he says they've been on and off for 30 to 40 years and doing the math that means they met around the early 80s so surely he should have his rings by now right? RIGHT?
at first no BUT THEN
DING DING DING I SEE A FUCKING RING FOLKS
so the next photo shows him celebrating new years with her and she looks to be around the same age SO THAT MEANS HE GOT THE RING IN THE LATE 90- wait the fuck a minute...
huh... WELP SHIT THIS GOT COMPLICATED!
so looking at the photo booth photos again it's most likely the rings nandor usually wears so you'd think he'd be wearing them since you know HE WEARS THEM ALL THE TIME!? but NOPE he's wearing this red ring instead.
and in the next photo you can't tell at all what ring he's wearing.
so what does this all mean? well here's my current theory:
at some point when he was first with gail he got his rings (whether it was a gift or something he picked up idk) so around the 80s or 90s but he didn't wear them as often as he does now.
head cannon: after guillermo complimented the rings we see him wear in the show he made sure to wear those specific rings everyday
thanks for watching me go crazy coming to my TED talk
#what we do in the shadows#wwdits#wwdits meta#wwdits theory#nandor the relentless#word garbageâą#my head hurts#I'm gonna go take a nap or something :P#if I see ONE MORE photo of nandor's hands I think I'm going to actually lose it#I hope one day we get ANY sort or info about these rings#CUZ I REALLY WANNA KNOW WHAT THE EVER LASTING FUCK IS UP WITH THESE RINGS
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Do you know if the 150 vault tracks for 1989 was true? Iâve always assumed it to be false/exaggerated but itâs something Iâve seen being talked about on TikTok constantly so iâm doubting myself
as far as i've seen, that particular number comes from a secret sessioner. there probably some truth to it-- there's this aside from her New York Magazine article (which she gave on September 22, 2013) "While on the Red tour, sheâd been writing songs and stockpiling ideas: reams of lyrics, thousands of voice memos in her iPhone," and she also mentioned in a video (i think in the grammy listening session when she's talking about ryan tedder?) that she tried to bring 3-5 ideas to a producer before they got in the studio so they could choose what they wanted to work on. which is like, an insane amount of backlogged song ideas when it comes to taylor, so it makes sense.
that being said, i don't think they were full songs (at least the vast majority of them). based on the voice memos and the interviews i've read, it seems like taylor would have a verse/verse melody and a chorus, and then once a producer chose a song she would flesh it out more. there are some exceptions, but by in large, most of the voice memos she brought to producers were varying degrees of unfinished. furthermore, the stuff that didn't get chosen by a producer was likely not recorded in any real way, and therefore not legitimately considered for the album.
here is a list of all the vault songs we know about
she was in the studio in early october 2012
jacknifee lee implied her and harry wrote a couple songs together that fall
she's tweets about being in the studio in february 2013
she's photographed entering one in early march
she posts on instagram implying she's writing a song in late march
in november of 2013 she says a couple times that she has seven or eight songs that she knows she wants on the album. by that, taylor had likely recorded 10 songs that went on to make 1989, 7 that had been made since taylor and jack had a big conversation about 80s music in may, and 5 of which that were likely recorded in the past two months. so, depending on how taylor was judging "songs she knew she wanted on the album", that leaves room for about two or three songs from late 2013 that almost made the album but didn't.
she writes one with diane warren in january 2014
she's photographed entering a recording studio in march 2014.
by may 2014, she had likely wrapped recording and done the album photoshoot. so being generous, that's roughly a dozen mostly complete, unreleased songs. there's always the possibility of more, but i would still say that would bring the total up to 15, tops. furthermore, only 5 of those songs that we know about were written after taylor and jack had had their conversation about 80s music (x, x, there's so much more pick like any piece of press jack does about 1989) and taylor starts building the album around it (x, x).
so like, despite having a lot of rough drafts, taylor likely had a fairly small amount of songs she legitimately considered for 1989 but cut. which is what the vault songs are-- not a complete record of every song she halfway made while writing for the album, but a collection of killed darlings.
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Lost in labyrinth mall! Part 2
A Barley X OC (Izzy) fanfic!
There was no getting out of it, Laurel made that abundantly clear. Barley had no choice but to go shopping for new clothes. At least things should be that much more interesting with Izzy by his side. He grabbed ahold of his phone and rang Izzyâs number.
At the time the imp was in the middle of playing a video game, when she hears her phone ring she groans at first. F**king scammersâŠâ she mumbles, she had assumed it was just another person trying to call her to scam her. It had been happening a lot lately and itâs been driving her mad! Still, she knew she had to check and when she saw Barleyâs name appear, nicknamed âđ»Barley Bearđ»â she instantly got all excited! Her scowl changed into a huge grin as she answered the phone. âHey, snuggle wuggle!â She says sweetly.
Barley chuckled a bit once he heard the name she had given him. âGood evening, Princess! I hear that youâre still able to come up with new names for me?â She had dozens of nicknames for him, all with a similar theme. To many it would make them cringe but Barley finds it rather endearing how she gives him so many special titles like that. Deep down he actually likes it as well, even when he was a tiny bit flustered when it first started happening.
âAh- sorry. Is that ok?â Izzy says nervously over the phone. She was very affectionate but was always so fearful of ever annoying anyone with her quirks and whatnot.
âOh that is perfectly fine. I gotta hand it to you with that, youâre pretty creative with some of the nicknames youâve given me. What was it you called me the other day? Bar kins?â Barley said in response, a slight teasing tone to his voice.
Izzy blushes and giggles shyly. âY-yeah. I just canât really help it I just- I really love you. Thatâs uhâŠthatâs not weird right?â Izzy was an interesting person to date in this regard. She kept going back and fourth from being highly affectionate to insanely shy. The change can happen within a matter of seconds as well, but that of course all depends on how the partner responds.
Barley couldnât help but find that endearing about her as well. He laughed a bit more as he tried to imagine how bashful she might have been in that moment. âHahaha! Hey you know me, I love weird! And youâre the best kind of weird too!â
Being called weird was not at all uncommon for Izzy. Barley was the only one who ever used the term weird as if it had a positive meaning to it. There was a moment of miscommunication between the two before because of this. Once when Barley called Izzy weird as a term of endearment she immediately took it the wrong way. When they were able to work it out though, he made sure to try and refer to her as good weird and how he loves it so she doesnât forget. She is unique and he loved that about her. Although he did say those words before, Izzy still had a tiny bit of trouble understanding his type of logic but she loved him regardless and their love was new. âReally?â She says with a small hopeful smile.
âHeck yeah really.â Barley replied. âAnywaysâŠMom has kinda been bugging me to head out and buy myself some new clothes. As an adventurous young warriorâŠI find that stuff totally boring. But I figured it might not be so boring if you could accompany me? Perhaps we could have a look at any other storeâs you like the look of? Pick up a plushie or two?â He knew she would be happy too of course and he had no doubt that she would refuse. Izzy made for a very loyal partner as well and was always eager to accompany those she cares for.
âYeah! Iâd love to tag along.â Izzy says, she already got excited as she began to wonder what kind of treasures await her. Although while Barleyâs idea of treasure was more related to the far more literal term such as ancient relics lost in the labyrinth, Izzyâs term for her was any adorable plushie or figurine she could get her hands on. She is quite the collector.
Barley grins. âThen it is a date. Iâll pick ya up at nine in the morning! That should give ya enough time to prepare yourself for our little adventure right?â
Izzy nodded her head, even though technically he wouldnât be able to see it without FaceTime on. Her tail started to wag as well. âIâll be ready by then, Barbar!â
The next day Barley drove in as far as he could towards Izzyâs home. It was tucked away in a dense forest so Guinevere can only go so far sadly. She had moved into a home that once belonged to a very successful warden. A warden is a type of class in quests of yore and much like every other part of the game it is historically accurate. Wardens have a special connection with animals and nature, they can tame any beast and help any plant bloom even in the harshest of environments. Their skills are beyond just having a green thumb or love for animals. Much like how Ian happened to be a wizard in modern times, Izzy happens to be a warden in modern times.
This old hideout which was once a sanctuary for magical creatures is covered in dense strangle weed that not even construction workers could tear through. The mystical vines only move and allow passage for wardenâs and those who they trust. Because of this Izzy was able to move in easily and help fix the place up. She is now continuing the legacy of the warden who once lived there centuries ago, to take care of animals in need.
The strangle weeds opened up an archway that allowed Barley to enter. The place was out of control when he first got to lay his eyes into the place. But they were able to fix it up nicely. Barley was eager to help Izzy!
He looked to the stable and saw some of the wild unicorns she picked up from the streets, they were already looking much healthier. Then he looked to the coop that was full of Phoenixes who had been left behind, some flew above his head and landed onto the thick branches that covered up the skies like a giant tent made from nature. Large exotic flowers bloomed around almost every corner. It was like a piece of paradise. Back in the day it was not uncommon for wardenâs to have sanctuaries like this, a wardenâs nest is what they used to be called.
Barley had not even arrived at Izzyâs doorstep, she just dashed right out and ran over to him. Barley eagerly opened up his arms and scooped her up the moment she wrapped her arms around him. He lifted her into the air and twirled her around, the butterflies dance around them as they laughed. She wore a plaid blue and pink dress with a purple shirt underneath it, ribbons were on the straps of the dress that rested on her shoulders. âMy little Izzy! Looking as beautiful as ever I see.â Barley says cheerfully.
Izzy had always been bashful when it came to compliments, her cheeks went rosy but she hid it by complimenting him back. âAnd youâre looking as adorable as ever!â She says as she squishes his cheeks.
Barley chuckled a bit and the two kissed. âSo are you ready to join me on this newâŠnot exactly so exciting quest? Iâm certain your company will help make things far more interesting.â
Izzy nodded her head. âYeah! But you knowâŠshopping isnât actually that boring if you look in all the right places.â Izzy says.
âTrue true, you might discover an old tomb that lies underneath the mall itself!â Barley said with a glimmer in his eyes, he began to walk back, still carrying Izzy.
âWell thereâs that. But I am thinking more along the lines of finding cool collectables.â Izzy says with a giggle.
âAs much as I would love to seek out any old relics for saleâŠmother will have my head if I spend my money on something other than clothing.â Barley replied.
Izzy tensed when she imagined how furious Laurel might get. She felt bad for Barley in that moment, especially knowing her family allowed her to spend the money literally however she likedâŠonly scolding her on occasion when it came to her love of collecting many things. âIâm so sorry about that.â She says as she gently cuffed his cheek. âBut yâknowâŠmaybe you can get at least one thing you like the looks of? I mean you should be able to treat yourself at least a little, she canât really argue if itâs nothing too expensive too, right?â Izzy offered.
Barley grinned at the idea. âI like the way you think, little imp. OoooorrrrâŠmaybe she doesnât even have to know about it at all.â
âI get the temptation but if you sneak too many goodies she will notice the clunkiness of the bags.â Izzy stated.
Barley sighed, she had a solid point there. Plus his mother was always clever enough to figure him out. âYeah, youâre right. Hardly anything gets past her eyes!â
#onward#onward fanfic#barley lightfoot#onward barley#Izzy the imp#izzyley#oc x canon#Izzy sparklberry#fanfic#labyrinth mall#Disney#Pixar
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