#she is crazy for £130

[figurecollection]

Doria 1/7 Scale by Myethos, from Honor of Kings

[malhare-archive]

LGDs are so intelligent that it's almost weird to refer to them in an ownership sense, like "what do you mean my dog? This is my furry room mate"

[misahyochaeng]

“Shut up and Drive” (Jihyo x Fem!Reader🔞)

TW’s//Smut, Slight fluff, Sub!reader, Dom!Jihyo, Street Racer AU, Joyriding, Cop chase, Mommy!kink, Car Sex, Strapon.//

Small summary: Park Jihyo, Alias “Zyo”, AKA: Your girlfriend is a 27 year old street racer from Seoul, known for her multiple expensive and modified rides. She decided to invite you as her plus one for her upcoming race, but let’s just say, cars aren’t the only thing you’re riding.

The sound of screeching tires and smoke filled the atmosphere.

You're not one to race or show off cars, but you decided to be your girlfriend's plus one for today's race. You hopped into the passenger seat of her black Toyota Supra, putting on your seat belt and praying to whatever god was out there, just hoping you'd make it out alive.

Your girlfriend entered the car and buckled her seatbelt swiftly.

—"You ready?"

Jihyo asked with a raised eyebrow as she checked you out, admiring your beauty, giving you a warm, reassuring smile before starting up the engine.

You weren't exactly dressed appropriately for a race, wearing a short black mid-thigh dress and a pair of short heels.

On the other hand, your girlfriend was wearing a muscle tee with a leather racing jacket and leather pants; she looked so attractive.

You were snapped out of your thoughts when she started accelerating to the car meet, placing a hand on your thigh while she drove with the other.

You sat on the hood of your girlfriend's car, scrolling on your phone, still a bit nervous since the race was starting soon. You glance over at your girlfriend, who's showing you off like a dork, and you can't help but to let a giggle out.

She rushes over to you and signals for you to get in the car. You feel butterflies in your stomach; you get inside the car, buckle your seatbelt, and pray for the best. She takes a glance at you and notices your nervous fidgeting. She grabs your hand and looks into your eyes.

—"Hey, it's going to be okay, baby; I promise I won't do anything crazy,"

she assures as she plants a kiss on your lips.

She starts revving up her engine as you and the other cars speed up through the streets of Seoul. Your girlfriend quickly caught the lead, swiftly drifting around twists and turns, taking alleyways and cutting off cars like if it was nothing.

It was all fun until a pair of blue and red lights started shining at the car.

—“Shit, hold on, Y/N.”

She put down her foot harshly on the accelerator, a harsh trail of smoke blowing towards the police car as the sound of screeching tires echoed through the almost empty city.

You were holding on for dear life as your girlfriend swiftly cut through tunnels and alleyways, escaping the cops; you had no idea how fast you guys were going—probably 90 —WHAT—130 mph!?

Though you felt like you were practically dying as your heart sank down to your stomach, —maybe to your ass..— you couldn't deny that your girlfriend looked so fucking hot, one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the gearshift, her racing jacket falling off her muscular shoulder, her biceps flexed and exposed, and those hot leather pants—IS SHE WEARING A STRAP?!

Your mind went blank as you stared at the large bulge on her pants.

—"Hey, earth to Y/N?"

You glanced at her quickly, making your neck crack loudly,

—"Fuck, I-Uhm.."

You noticed the car was stopped in a dark alleyway only lit by the car's headlights.

—"Come on, pretty girl, let's go to the back."

You both quickly hopped into the back seat.

—"Sit on mommy's lap."

You rushed to straddle her lap, nuzzling into her neck.

—"Baby, what about the race?"

You ask, a small pout toying at your lips.

—"Oh come on, baby. Who cares about that race when I have my winning prize right here?"

she coos as she starts marking your neck with wet, sloppy kisses.

—"And it's mommy to you, pretty girl."

You whimper softly and begin grinding on her lap, the strap rubbing your clothed clit.

—"What do you say?"

she says as she lifts your face up, a finger on your chin.

—"Please touch me, mommy; I need you."

She let out a dry chuckle, tucking a loose strand of hair behind your ear

—“Good girl. Now, let me make you feel good.”

You pleaded as you looked at her desperately.

She began thrusting her strap inside you ever so gently, taking her time with it; she knew how to push your buttons and get you desperate anyways.

—“Gosh, you take it so well don’t you, Y/N?”

Your mouth fell agape and the feeling, the cock was big and girthy, the slow thrusts hit deep, and Jihyo loved how well you took it; the sight of your soaking wet pussy practically swallowing her girth completely could make Jihyo cum.

Though these slow teases began taking a toll on you, you needed it faster, you needed her to absolutely ruin your wet cunt.

—"More, mommy, please.."

You buck your hips, grinding against her length, a needy pout evident on your lips as small beads of sweat dripped down your forehead.

You looked up at Jihyo with needy eyes, and the sight snapped something in her.

She grunted loud once your eyes lock and she began to speed up her movements, biting down on her own lip hard as she fucked you relentlessly.

The atmosphere is thick, the windows are fogged up, and all you can hear is skin slapping and loud moans. Your dress is bunched up to your stomach, and the straps of your dress are falling off. Jihyo kisses your collarbone, biting and marking your entire chest. She was pounding into you relentlessly, your breasts bouncing at every thrust; it felt euphoric, and you couldn't get enough.

She harshly slapped your ass before gripping and kneading it with her hand. Your voice rose an octave, and you started screaming and begging for more; she was in so deep and the strap was so big, you felt so full. Jihyo knew you were close, but you both know she won't let you go if you don't ask permission.

—"Come on, sweet thing, you know what to do."

She said while speeding up her movements and going even more rough.

— "Pl- Mmf..  Please let me cum, Mommy,"

your breath hitched as her movements sped up.

—"Cum for me, bitch."

she groaned as she started thrusting at a primal speed, the car shaking from how hard she was going, you were clawing and gripping her back once you started to cum.

After you finished she helped you come down from your high, pulling out and cleaning —licking—you up.

—"You did so well for me baby"

she says as she kisses your temple

—"Come on, let's go home"

There's a moment of silence until you blurt out

—"I can't believe we almost got arrested"

A/N: AHHH HELLO TUMBLR… This is an extremely old repost from a fic i made last year(?) so it’s not my best, i did add some extra stuff to “improve” it, but i’m sure i could’ve done better, I apologize if the layout is a bit messy, i’m not use to this app so much. I hope you guys enjoy! I’ll be reposting more stuff from now onnn

TOFU OUTTT🫡🫡

[tylermileslockett]

Theseus #8 "The Abduction of Persephone" For many years Theseus reigns in prosperity over Athens and has many more adventures. He battles against the centaurs at Perithous’ wedding; the battle known as the Centauromachy, and joins the many heroes in the hunt for the Calydonian boar. In these years, King Theseus meets and marries the Amazon warrior Antiope, or some say it was her sister, Hippolyta. Some say she was abducted, others, that she betrayed her matriarchal clan, and went willingly. With Hercules also having stolen the Amazon Queens Hippolyta’s magic girdle for his ninth labor, the Amazon warriors cross the Aegean and invade Athens, resulting in the Attic war.

Years later, With the true audacity of a demigod, Theseus assists his friend Perithous, into the underworld, some say to rescue, others to abduct, Persephone, wife of Hades. But they are caught by the God of the underworld and imprisoned upon the “chairs of forgetfulness”. Here they meet the ghost of Meleager, the hero of the Calydonian boar hunt, who admonished them for such a foolish plan. Luckily for Theseus, Hercules, on his twelfth labor to kidnap the guard dog Cerberus, comes upon his cousin and, imploring Hades for mercy, is able to frees Theseus. Unfortunately, Perithous is left behind, or, as some say, he was brutally ravaged by the hound of Hades; Cerberus.

Cerberus purpose was to guard the exit gates of Hades, to prevent anyone from scaping the underworld. According to Hesiod, the hound had fifty heads and was the offspring of the titaness Echidna, the “mother of all monsters” a half snake-half woman creature who drove enemies crazy with her venom, and Typhon, a hundred dragon headed creature who was defeated in battle by Zeus. It’s later that playwrights like Sophocles and Euripedes describe the hound as having three heads.

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[coveredinsun]

what i think about sometimes is that it’s lowkey crazy that it took 130 years for an eldest girl vs. younger boy succession conflict to break out into Actual War among the targaryens. i mean, in every single generation after the conqueror’s sons (in which there were no daughters at all) the eldest child of that generation had always been a daughter, but their inheritance was never formally scorned until rhaenys.

firstly, rhaena was aenys i’s eldest child, but she was quickly married off to her brother, not necessarily with the explicit intention to prevent a succession conflict, but prevention was a result; it made for a simple father-son succession with a built in queen consort.

of the next generation, there were 2 daughters elder than jaehaerys’ eldest male child aegon (who died as an infant and actually left a presumed female heir for a few years, daenerys!): aerea and rhaella. rhaella was sent away to be a septa, but aerea was even proclaimed heir! her claim against jaehaerys, like rhaenyra and daemon later, was a matter of king’s daughter vs. king’s brother. however, her inheritance was unofficially spurned, and with less publicity and outcry than rhaenys, because A) her father aegon “the uncrowned” was, as his nickname implies, never officially crowned king; and B) she was proclaimed heir by maegor, which left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. but jaehaerys was indeed chosen over her because of the male primogeniture that put viserys over rhaenys! and rhaena, her mother, held a valid resentment over that.

and then finally after jaehaerys is crowned king and has ruled for a little while, he actually has an eldest female heir, daenaerys, for ~6 years—and her mother alyssanne specifically contended for her right to be heir! but then she dies, and jaehaerys gets an uncontroversial male heir, AND a uncontroversial male backup. but then both of those male heirs die, and like 4 of their daughters die/run away/are sent away in rapid succession (alyssa, daella, viserra, saera, maegelle) and suddenly there are TWO possible options for jaehaerys’ children, so he turns to his children’s children, and we all know how it goes.

TLDR: the dance of the dragons was not the first succession conflict based on gender. it is simply the only one that did not have a clean “wrap up” (sorry for such an insensitive turn of phrase), and thus turned into a war. targaryen women have been spurned since day 1, but it was never officially ordained until rhaenys, and never viciously fought over until rhaenyra.

[pedrithink]

thirst tweets ✩ kylian mbappé

summary: kylian and you sit down to read the thirstiest tweets.

"Hey, I'm Kylian Mbappé and I'm here with my beautiful girlfriend. We are here today with Buzzfeed to read together the thirst tweets made by you." Kylian makes a fake embarrassed expression and you just let out a laugh as you stare at him. "The first one, let's go."

"Y/N and Kylian reading thirst tweets when?" You read and let out a smile as you raise your thumb towards the camera. "Well…here we are…reading the naughtiness you guys write online."

Kylian playfully glare at you. "Imagine getting married waking up in the morning with a man in your bed that ain't Kylian Mbappé. Could never be me."

You bite your lower lip to try to contain a provocative smile and just stare at Kylian. "Well… I can confirm to KylianMyBf7 that it is extremely wonderful to wake up with this man by my side."

Her hands playfully run along his chest and Kylian can only let a loud laugh ring through the set, causing the producers to fall for her provocative banter as well.

"I want to eat Y/N (respectfully of course)." Kylian shakes his head negatively at the camera and you can only laugh at the situation. "My first one was already like that? Wow. Thanks, I guess."

Kylian's eyes slide over the open tweet on the cell phone, a devious smile on his lips as he glances at you, you return his gaze and lean your head on his shoulder for a few seconds.

"I'm sure the best way to eat chocolate is to have it off Kylian Mbappé's abs." Kylian lets out a "Hm…" as he frowns. "Inspiring…"

You look at him with an arched eyebrow and he moves his shoulders as if he doesn't understand people's taste either, you ignore the strangeness with a weak laugh and move on to the next tweet.

"What does Y/N feet look like? It's for a project. Can someone just send me a picture please? It's for a project." You read this laughing with every word, it's crazy how obsessed some people are with feet. You spend a few seconds switching your gaze from the phone to camera. "Hm…" You narrow your eyes. "I'm pretty sure I have a lot of pictures out there of my feet, but on Instagram, if you look it up, but yeah."

You say everything slowly and Kylian laughs along with you, but he puts his arm in front of you as a way to joke. "Hey, only I can get pictures of your foot." He stares at you and runs a hand up your thigh.

A deep groan leaves Kylian's lips after the tweet. "Kylian Mbappé meaty thighs can choke me anyday everyday." He stares at you with a tired look and you already prepare to speak what he is already tired of hearing.

"I tell him that every day." You shake your shoulders as if to say I told you so and he rolls his eyes. "I always ask him to choke me with his delicious thighs and he says no. What good boyfriend denies that to his beautiful girlfriend?"

You make an expression like it's absurd that he denies you this and you know that later the fans will make fun of you for this moment. "Anyway…" You scratch your throat. "I would let Y/N sit on my face."

"Damn, why is she getting the worst ones? I'm starting to get jealous." Kylian says with a pout. "Go ahead, say your answer."

"I just like comfortable chairs, sorry…" You run your hand over Kylian's face as you say this and he lets a victorious smile grow on his face. You laugh, watching as his face squirms in a tease for your answer.

"So…" He doesn't let the smile fade from his face. "With all due respect, I would drag my vulva lips across 130 degree concrete right now for Kylian Mbappé to spit in my mouth." You roll your eyes and Kylian frowns. "Baby, don't do that. You know what?" Kylian looks at you with a questioning look. "I would love to meet them in person and hear them say this in my face."

You agree, looking at the camera, but then you realize something Kylian said. "Hey, why did you call this person baby?" You look with a false expression of betrayal while pointing an accusing finger in his direction.

"Baby, I'm sorry." Kylian rolls his eyes playfully and holds up both your hands in an attempt to turn your gaze to him. "Can someone lend me a white shirt?" The staffs, and even you, are confused. "For the apology video."

Not only did you burst into a fit of laughter, but even the crew present inside the studio as well, finding Kylian's humor funny. He used the joke that all the famous people's apologies, they are wearing white shirt.

"Shut up." You can't let your laughter die and read the next tweet amidst interspersed laughter. "I need Y/N to crush my balls." A heavy breath leaves your lips and Kylian makes a grimace of pain. "I don't think that's nice for me to do," you pause and face the camera. "But also that's gonna hurt a lot."

"But I think that's the only thing I'd let you do, out of all the things that have been listed so far." Kylian snorts and nods briefly while facing the camera.

"You heard him." You point your finger in Kylian's direction. "If you're down, just hit me up. I'll crush your balls." Your suggestive look makes Kylian hold back a laugh.

"Wow, that's a big one." Kylian takes a playful deep breath and fakes an expression of fatigue. "Kylian Mbappé, I'm bowing down on my knees right now. Let me wash your feet king. Let me scrub and lick between your toes. Polish those feet until they shine like diamonds. Scrape the dry skin flakes off and use them as seasoning. Just a taste please."

You shake your head, making a sign of disapproval in your seat. "Hey, babygirl. Calm down. I'm the only one that can lick these toes."

Clearing his throat, Kylian's eyes widen as if he can't believe what you just said, eyes skimming over the next question.

"I would lose a limb and bleach my eyeballs to have sex with Y/N." Kylian reads the tweet about you and bites his lower lip a little hard to contain his jealousy. "You can do all that, little man. But sex with this woman here will never happen."

Kylian points at you with his thumb and the small smirk dancing on his lips gave you an idea that he is a little bit jealous.

"No comment on that one." You stare at the camera until Kylian shakes his shoulders and starts reading his.

"Kylian Mbappé Sir, I'm just a hole for you." Kylian sighs and shakes his head and when you whisper a low "Me too" while shaking your head he can only let out a low laugh.

You nudge his waist and pick up the phone so you can read the next one. "I would suck Y/N's butt plug like a pacifier." You stop for a moment and can't hide your expression. "I, no. I don't know what to say."

Kylian taps your shoulder as if to say "I understand you" and you shriek with a small laugh. "People are so crazy nowadays." He shakes his head negatively and starts reading another tweet. "Kylian Mbappé is the type to destroy your vagina in the most romantic way, bye."

"He really destroys mine, but it's not very romantic." You widen your eyes and Kylian just pushes your shoulder lightly while covering your mouth to keep you from talking anymore.

"She doesn't know when to stop talking."

You jokingly roll your eyes at him. "At least 3 times a week me and my boyfriend talk about wanting to have a threesome with Y/N." You open your mouth feigning astonishment. "Do I look like a third to you?"

Kylian turns to you and with a provocative smile wraps a hand on the foot of your chair, pulling you towards him. "You are the only one for me."

You leave a kiss on his mouth and turn to the camera waving, Kylian follows you and does the same. "That's it. Thanks for having us BuzzFeed."

[beep-beep-imma-sheep]

Something I need you guys to understand about Venezuela's economy that we have two dollars and a completely unstable Bolivar.

Lately, prices have been increasing like crazy. Just look at the official conversion by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV).

Take into account that those are not 40 Bolivares, those are 40 million bolivares. But we call it 40 because who can keep up with millions and millions of bolivares to buy a piece of bread?

This is the other dollar I was talking about. This one is the most used and, as you see, the most... Expensive, to put it some way.

The minimum salary it's at 130 Bs which today it's like 2-3 dolars. Saying "today", because it goes up and down at least two times per day. There's a morning dollar and and evening dollar.

Source

And this is the app every Venezuelan use to keep up with the changes in the dollar, it's called "Al Cambio".

Of course, there's the 'bonus' that the government takes away- except a lot of people don't receive them. My family, for instance, doesn't. A most of my neighbors don't receive it. either.

The basic basket, or rather, the minimum products, including food, that someone needs to, y'know, live it's around 500$

Even if people get the bonuses (usually don't) having 132 $ monthly it's not enough to sustain your family.

Why am I mentioning all this? Oh, nothing, just heard my mom as she came back from buying groceries, saying that we may not be able to eat soon because everything is way too expensive to buy. Like, the amount of money that gets us eating (not eating well, necessarily. Just eating) for like three days it's not enough to buy enough things for those three days.

Yes, this is basically a vent with statistics.

I know prices rise in every country, but it's not every country that you and your family can't eat BECAUSE of that rise.

[thebramblewood]

That moment you find out the girl you’ve been seeing is famous - for being a 130-year-old missing persons case with an entire "theories and speculation" section on Wikipedia.

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Yes, I made Lilith a Wikipedia page because I'm just that extra. If you want to read it (I threw in some new information), you can find the whole thing following the transcript below the cut.

Real-time footage of Helena researching:

[Snippets of Caleb's letter echo in Helena's mind] I will put it to you bluntly: Lilith and I have been vampires for some 100 years. Faced with your otherwise certain demise, I chose to make you one too. You may not believe me. It will feel like a bad flu for a day or two; then it will feel like the heat of 1000 fires blazing inside. I very well knew it would turn you into a monster against your will.

Helena, thinking: It's just a hangover, Helena. It's just a hangover. Yeah, that crazy bitch bit you, and her crazy brother wrote a dumb letter to scare the shit out of you. But vampires aren't real.

Thank god Ulrike left all these fucking tarps. This sunlight is murder on my eyes.

Several internet rabbitholes later... [Helena scanning Wikipedia page on computer screen] Last seen alive March 16, 1918... disappeared under mysterious circumstances... seemed to fall ill... Tangled Vines... immortal vampires... This can't actually be her. It's impossible...

Lilith Violetta Vatore (December 2, 1891 – last seen alive March 16, 1918) was an heiress and socialite who disappeared under mysterious circumstances at the age of 26 along with her brother, Caleb Vatore, 24. Before vanishing, the siblings were poised to jointly inherit the Vatore fortune, home, and 100-year-old vineyard and winery. This was considered unusual for the period, as family property, wealth, and business interests were often only passed to women in the complete absence of a male inheritor.

Despite societal expectations, Vatore reportedly had little interest in courting or eventually marrying. She was said to have rebuffed dozens of engagement offers, much to her parents' dismay. However, she rarely turned down an invitation to a ball, and her baldly flirtatious escapades were frequently reported on in society columns. One such columnist wrote that she "bandied about in a bold and bawdy manner most unbecoming of a respectable lady, laughing uproariously, drinking excessively, and making coy conversation with every handsome man in sight." Some historians suggest based on a series of candid letters from Vatore to fellow socialite and confidante Prudence Crumplebottom, donated to the University of Britechester by Crumplebottom's daughters, that she may have preferred the company of women in private.

The Vatore siblings were said to be so close that one was rarely seen without the other. The society columns were not kind to Caleb Vatore, calling him a "poor chap" who seemed "nothing more than a playmate, servant, or lapdop, his role at any given moment wholly dependent upon his dear sister's whims." Little is known about his personal life.

In the days preceding the siblings' disappearance, Vatore seemed to fall ill. She sequestered herself to her bedroom, allowing no one but her brother to enter. On the morning of March 16, a maid found Caleb's chambers undisturbed, and Vatore's locked bedroom door was forced open, whereupon she was discovered to have absconded in the night, along with her brother and her finest jewels.

Various court battles ensued over the fate of the Vatore estate, and interest in the siblings' disappearance was briefly renewed when their alleged children materialized in the mid-1950s. However, the entire ordeal all but disappeared from public consciousness until the recent publication of Tangled Vines: A Complete Investigation of the Vatore Disappearances by journalist Salim Benali. Benali posits that the Vatores are immortal vampires who still live today, and though some scholars find elements of his research intriguing, others dismiss his argument as an elaborate, attention-seeking hoax.

[sapphoswh0re]

recap post: star lords

(warning: lots of spoilers, old and new theories, personal rants ->this is going to be really long, maybe I should split it?) While waiting for the end of the hiatus, I decided to organise my notes and thoughts to create this personal summary of events/characters.

⭐ Who are the star lords? ⭐

They’re mentioned for the first time in chapter 110 with the beginning of the Blue Cult arc and the introduction of the ‘stars’, but only in chapter 115-116 the existence of "special" individuals inside the Sphere Music Hall is made explicit.

In the same chapter, we understand that the 4 stars are connected to 4 figures (Sirius, Vega, Polaris, Canopus)

->why do I only say 4 and not more? In fact, in later chapters, when the star lords' rooms were shown, some fans had doubts that some stars (like Sirius or Canopus) could be represented by more individuals/twins.

In my opinion, however, it's already clear from 116 that they could only necessarily be 4 people. Nina is the one who takes care of their clothes, it's true that she didn't take the measurements in person (so she didn’t see them), but she’d have noticed if she had to create pairs of the same article for a single "person". I think it would have been suspicious, something easy to notice, instead she only talks about 4 people.

Even if the topic of blood and transfusions is there from the beginning, it's in chapter 117-119 that we're given the confirmation that each star corresponds to a blood type and they have different degrees of rarity:

Polaris = A

Vega = 0

Canopus = A

Sirius = AB

So, who are “those with the names of the stars”? Four people who need the collected blood, aka bizarre dolls (at this point it may seem trivial, but at that time it was still debated hahah).

Thanks to Sebastian in chapter 117 we can see the rooms of the star lords (from which they speak in 123).

Door with a star-> Sirius

Two stars-> Canopus

Three stars-> Vega

(the "infamous" double room that with the dialogue convinced some that Vega were two people) 

Four stars-> Polaris

SIRIUS ✨

Sirius is the first one to be revealed, and as the real Ciel who returns in 129-130 with the beginning of the Blue Memory arc. 

Despite being perhaps the most incisive figure among the 4, he's also the one on which there have been fewer conjectures since the “twin reveal” had been awaited by fans for years, so yes crazy but not THAT crazy.

The cover of 129 itself confirms this by showing the door of the “blue star” open.

However, why did Sirius, according to fans, have to be RCiel? 

Well, if you're desperate enough (like me), the clues can be found in the choice of the stars. From the article : “Sirius is a binary star consisting of a main-sequence star… termed Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion… termed Sirius B”, “A binary star is a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound to and in orbit around each other” -> twin theory (Ciel A/Ciel B) later also confirmed by the attempt to make OCiel another Lord Sirius for the police (two Lord Sirius?) “Sirius is colloquially known as the "Dog Star", reflecting its prominence in its constellation, Canis Major (the Greater Dog)” -> reference to the role of the Queen's Watchdog

Questions I still have about RCiel (some have been answered by now so I removed them)

is he a bizarre doll? Yes, but is he special in some way?

what is his purpose? Obviously it concerns his relationship with OCiel, but could it be just that? Actually, given the unstable personality he has shown so far it could really be just that -> clarification, RCiel's goals ≠ Undertaker's goals

how did his body "grow" to keep up with OCiel? Can BD grow or was he the exception thanks to some intervention from Undertaker?

what was it that Undertaker made him drink in chapter 108? An attempt to bring him back to life? (like a soul or something??? was the eye actually twinkling, or was it a scenic effect?)

what happened to RCiel's soul? We know it was used as a tribute to summon Sebastian, but did Sebastian absorb/eat it, or was it just lost as payment? The explanation was a bit too vague for my liking (they repeat a lot “price”, “payment”, ”paid” without really telling us where is it or if it still exist)

is his distorted personality an effect of being a BD, or is it something preexisting? (or something in between)

could his obsession with his brother really be a clue for theories about his role in the Phantomhive family tragedy??? This is one of the things that interests me the most, along with how BDs work (reminder: maybe add a post to remember pros & cons about the theory)

extra: was it RCiel who left the message on the wall or did Polaris carve it? (doesn't really matter, but I'm curious because the scene of Ciel who has to climb on the furniture to get up there made me laugh a lot)

CANOPUS ✨

Canopus is a character who, after many chapters of silence, was revealed as Doll in chapter 204.

First, what did we know about them?  The only information we had was the room, which was shown kinda bare, poorly furnished, with bloody bandages and what could be IV accessories -> we therefore knew that either they were patients (wounded, probably seriously?) or it was a blood drip for BD, or both options -> reanimated body of a person who died from a serious wound

The dialogue of chapter 123 for Canopus was almost useless, so at this point I tried to find clues by searching the actual star (like with Sirius) but in the article I didn't seem to find anything except this passage(?):

“In Greek mythology, Canopus… was the pilot of the ship of King Menelaus of Sparta during the Trojan War. According to legend, while visiting the Egyptian coast, Canopus was bitten by a serpent and died.” -> some kind of foreshadowing about her future relationship with Snake? update post chapter: sorry Snake, I’ll pray for your return 😭

Questions about Doll (old and new)

is Canopus dead or alive (BD)? A reanimated corpse but injured 

was she chosen for this role because of her feeling of revenge against OCiel? ->do the other star lords have similar motivations, or do they collaborate for personal purposes? What is her goal now?

does each star lord take care of a main blood source? Why are only Vega and Polaris out to get “nourishment”? ->now we know Doll was just too injured to go, but then she went to the orphanage (orphanage reminder: create a separate post, too suspicious, too many questions, I don’t think the arc is really over)

others I thought of: Madame Red (died from very serious injuries, body prepared by Undertaker, forehead covered by bangs ->she could still come back though), Doll (and I got it right hahaha), a new character

VEGA ✨

On Vega we kinda had some clues (when my ramblings got confirmed I screamed with my friend for like 20 minutes) and in 187-188 is revealed as Layla/Al.

But before the sanatorium arc, what did we know about Vega? We're told that they're out to get blood and their room looked like the bedroom of a (or two) noble girl with childish tastes. The presence of pairs of pillows, stuffed animals and vanity led to the belief that there were two people (but in my opinion, the single bed and the clothes thing mentioned above only indicated one). Another passage that tried to be misleading but was actually a clue is the dialogue in 123 where we have two text bubbles that join together while saying the same thing -> this passage!!!

Layla is introduced in chapter 172 and to me (and Lau hahah) she immediately seemed suspicious, with characteristics that matched the few things we knew about the star lord:

-> too young to be a nurse, good manners like a noble and it could make you laugh but the thing that most caught my eye was her pair of bows because it reminded me of the pairs of objects in Vega's room. 

With Bard’s attack we got the proof she participates in the blood collection and that she is a BD but in 191 she pronounces a sentence that sounded too familiar to me -> it didn't seem to match at first but I found it so suspicious that (even if it's something I never do since I do not understand the language) I searched the Japanese scans of the two scenes and... it is the same!!! insert screams

Even in this case we maybe had a clue thanks to the star Vega:

“Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr.” ->Lyra/Lyrae=Layla and Alpha=Al?

Questions about Layla (they’re a lot but it’s because it’s a new character)

how did she get a death scythe?

why does she drink blood from other blood types? On the Campania the first BDs attacked people in search of the soul, Layla instead attacks for the blood?? -> why do transfusions to BDs follow the blood types? (connection to the orphanage?)

is Layla really a girl? Not so important but in the FOL Orphanage arc the categories that represent the stars made me doubt. The Collie Class is made up of children (almost all boys) dressed as nuns/nurses who do housework (and Oliver handles a knife) ->same dress as Layla even though they are boys -> could Layla be a boy?

how was she chosen as star lord? And why even though her blood is less rare than Canopus is she of higher rank? (room decorated as a noble) ->does she have more funds? Or did someone finance the project for her/to give her that role and therefore wanted to bring her back to life?

following the question above, who was she before she died?

Is it possible that she is the daughter of Baron Heathfield?

theory (not my only one, but this has more connections): in chapter 155 it's said that the baron lost his wife and daughter in an accident.

(Obscured faces but the little girl has a bow on her head, light hair, short bangs, young woman from a good family)

->for this reason he looks for replacements for his wife (theme of the shape of the soul, could it be important in the future? reminder), but why not for his daughter?

->maybe the daughter was brought back to life by the Aurora association, for this reason he finances them and it’s an important blood collection site not directly managed by a star lord (he has a personal interest in the blood being sent to the Aurora’s labs and the research continuing).

Disgusting detail ->can the baron's practices be reflected in Layla's sadistic attitudes (or is it a consequence of being a BD)?

Could she have witnessed or suffered something when still alive?

->Al is a second personality: (I tried to follow this article) said to be a disorder often caused by strong childhood traumas, the personality is born to protect the person from those painful memories and it allows to detach from them, just like Al does in 191.

POLARIS ✨

Polaris is currently the only star lord still unidentified, and he's perhaps the most mysterious.

Having no confirmations yet but only clues I'll create a dedicated post about him with a link from here (definitely not because I've reached the images + links' limit and this became so long??? like when did it happen?)

if you've read this far you deserve a prize 🎁

this was just a thing I made because after 10 years as a fan I wished to contribute to the fandom, if you don't agree with some theories/comments/observations just let me know since I'd like to expand this file (plz just not too passive aggressive 🙏)

[againaweasel]

What age do we think Witches go through menopause?

Or i suppose more aptly, have we considered the impact of magic on a witch's fertility?

CW: Pregnancy, fertility, infertility. This is really long (oops)

I ask because if we take Cursed Child as canon (begrudgingly for me btw) then Bellatrix had Delphi when she was 46/47. This isn't impossible given it's only the average age women start menopause. But even before menopause by the time most women hit mid 40s fertility has dropped so low that getting pregnant is very difficult.

Bellatrix pulled it off in the middle of a war with little traditional medical intervention.

So witches might be on a different time scale here.

But that's only one example so let's look at a much more intense example:

Euphemia Potter.

Euphemia Potter had James when both she and Fleamont were, to quote an interview with the terf in 2005 "[James's parents] were elderly, were getting on a little when he was born, [...] They were old in wizarding terms"

Old in wizarding terms is pretty fucking old. The average wizarding life expectancy is 137¾ years [according to the films]. Average. So it's possible that to be considered "old by wizarding standards" you'll have to be around or above 137 years old.

Harry was born when James was 20, and they'd died before that. So, if we take 'old in wizarding years' to be roughly 130 years old then Euphemia Potter was 110 when she gave birth to James.

But I think we can lessen it a little because Auntie Muriel takes pride in reaching 107, suggesting that's also considered quite old. So we can make Fleamont and Euphemia like 90s+ when they die and therefore 70s+ when James was born.

That's still a good 30 years after fertility in women typically tails off. The oldest mother on record was 73 and that was accomplished through IVF which Euphemia (being magic) likely didn't have access to.

So there's something going on with the fertility of witches. It seems to last forever.

Which really does beg the question why so many characters have children in their early/mid 20s given the window for fertility is seemingly double the length.

Tonks’ pregnancy in her mid 20s was nearly guaranteed accidental (based on circumstance and y'know Remus) and being in hiding she likely didn’t have a choice in the matter. I think Lily's could have been accidental too just based on vibe - but the others?

You're telling me Hermione Granger decided to pause her career to have children at 25? Or that Ginny gave up professional quidditch playing in her prime to have children at 22? When they had a good 50 or so years left?

bullshit.

IDK this is a long rambly post to say none of this makes any sense to me.

Wizarding birth rates could be going crazy but only the Weasleys are repopulating

[doodle-do-wop]

Did some weak googling because I was curious but I think Sophie might be running at maybe near 45-50 MPH when she flash teleports

Cause let's say Sophie's usual free fall height (the cliffs) is about cliff diving height so maybe around 130+ feet give or take, she would be free falling at about 40 or 50 MPH for approximately 3 seconds before she cracks into the void

I think she's jumped from the fourth floor at Havenfield before but we don't know how tall each elf story is compared to normal humans but considering Sophie is capable of cracking the void it might be 100 ft

Anyway if Sophie's average needed height to teleport is about 100 or so feet, then she would fall for 2-3 seconds at 40 or so plus MPH, to get that full free fall experience Sophie would need to run about as fast to crack into the void when flash teleporting (maybe even faster for further distances)

This means Sophie might've been carrying Keefe and running at 40+ MPH during Legacy

HOWEVER I'm curious if Sophie was channeling when she was running or not because she might've been and I just don't recall cause the fastest a human has ever ran is 28 MPH, Sophie is doing at least double that with possibly channeling. Sophie's running about as fast as the fastest race horse (never beating the horse allegations fr) and the crazy part is not knowing if OTHER elves might be capable of this stuff

[nogoodsheepstealing-greatgrandma]

Missing Women of HOTD - Marilda of Hull

A familiar sight about her father’s shipyards, the girl was better known as Mouse, for she was “small, quick, and always underfoot.”

When Addam was ten and Alyn nine, their mother inherited the yards upon her own father’s death, sold them, and used the coin to take to the sea herself as the mistress of a trading cog she named Mouse. A canny trader and daring captain, by 130 AC Marilda of Hull owned seven ships, and her bastard sons were always serving on one or the other.

That Addam and Alyn were dragonseed no man who looked upon them could doubt, though their mother steadfastly refused to name their father. Only when Prince Jacaerys put out the call for new dragonriders did Marilda at last break her silence, claiming both boys were the natural sons of the late Ser Laenor Velaryon.

On Driftmark, the town of Hull experienced a rebirth. Scores of new ships were built and launched, and Lord Oakenfist’s mother greatly expanded her own trading fleets, and began work on a palatial manse overlooking the harbor that Mushroom dubbed the Mouse House.

On his tomb is engraved a single word: LOYAL. Its ornate letters are supported by carvings of a seahorse and a mouse.

The fleet set sail at mid-year, led by Oakenfist in a galley he named Bold Marilda after his mother.

I can't believe we had to sit through Sharako Lohar the cool lesbian slaver when we could have had this Queen instead.

Both her sons are so proud of their mother and she's clearly so important to them, it's so shitty the show erased her. And then there's 30-year-old Show Alyn giving a speech about going hungry just to rub the salt in the wound - because we can't have Bold Captain Marilda and her fleet of trading ships. It's not as though this season centered around a sea blockade or anything.

We could have had Marilda play an active role in that blockade. Though of course, the entire plotline of the famine in King's Landing was ridiculous. Most of their food comes from the Reach, the Breadbasket of the Realm, by Road. That was why there was a famine in the War of the Five Kings when the Tyrells blocked the Rose Road. But we all knew the writers hadn't really thought the famine through the moment the starving crowd started throwing food in protest-

But if we had to have it, then Marilda could have been the one tasked with delivering the food aid. Or if we focused on the actual effects of the blockade (its impact on trade of goods from the free cities, which would have been more luxury goods impacting the wealthier of King's Landing), we could have had Marilda being the liaison with other disgruntled captains and traders, or the one helping to keep them in line and not break the blockade.

Imagine also if we had a book-accurate depiction of the Sowing of the Seeds (no Squid-gaming a crowd of bastards into a room and ringing the dinner bell for a crazy religious ritual or whatever the show was going for in The Bells Round 2). If instead of divine intervention dropping a dragon on a passive Addam (and triggering Rhaenyra's descent into crazy cult leader apparently) he was actually able to be a character with agency - actively responding to Jace's call for dragonseeds and willing to take the risk. Because he's Bold Marilda's son.

We could have then had Corlys quietly begging Marilda to keep the boys parentage a secret so he doesn't shame the memory of his recently deceased wife. And Marilda says "sure no problem" and then turns around with the baldest of bald faced lies that the kids are Laenor's and watches the succession chaos unfold (until Book Jace of course saves the day with "Yay, new brothers! Please Mom can I keep them?"). Marilda stares Corlys down until he guiltily chimes in to request his 'grandsons' be legitimised.

We could have seen Marilda's guilt and grief at what happens to her bold and daring youngest son - an age-accurate Alyn (14) who eagerly tries to follow in his big brother's shadow and suffers burns for life. Heck, the show could have even paralleled Marilda and Addam at Alyn's sickbed with Alicent and Kylo Raemond at Aegon's sickbed - only with actual love in the room.

We could have had Marilda's pride at watching Addam legitimised and knighted, tainted by sadness at the cost to Alyn, but relief that both her sons survived. We could have had her keeping a recovering Alyn company while Jace trains with Addam and the other dragonseeds (replacing the little brother he lost). We could have had her be the one to confront Corlys for his absence. We could have had Corlys make it up to her by telling Alyn tales of his voyages, offering him an alternative path now that he can't join Addam as a dragonrider.

It would have been a hell of a lot more engaging than Dull 30-year-old Alyn having what feels like the same conversation with Corlys over and over again about that time he was the sailor who pulled him from the sea-

Or Less Dull But For Some Reason Younger Addam, who talks about wanting an opportunity for glory but ultimately is a passive character who gets a dragon landed on him. Contrast to Nice Man With Wife And Sick Daughter Hugh, and Funny Drunk Ulf - two white men who we are for some reason following instead of Nettles, and who actually get to make the active decision to go claim a dragon. Because they get to be written with motives and agency.

Considering the treatment of Laena, the erasure of Baela's personality, the decision to merge Nettles with Rhaena, the dullification of Alyn and Addam... and considering the rush to shower attention on Hugh and Ulf and genderbent Sharako Lohar and Gwayne Hightower of all people...

It does lead me to conclude that any potential interest the writers may have had in adapting certain characters... abruptly vanished the moment a certain casting decision was made.

[zabala0z]

Hi I’m back! I think we all know what I’m going to talk about; “s4 of TMA and OH MY GOD JARED HOPWORTH STATEMENT”

MAG 130: Meat

Lucia Wright has the same last name as James Wright who ran the institute from ‘73-‘96 until he passed. I don’t know if there’s any relation but just in case. There’s that pit. There’s a lot of pits that’s related to The Flesh (MAG 49, MAG 80, MAG 97, I think, and MAG 130) so. Yay. Also Tom Hann appearance once again (MAG 30, MAG 72). Love the mention of the Carlisle boy which I think is Tony Carlisle from MAG 18, the neighbor with all that meat. Gertrude also mentions Dekker which is probably Adelard Dekker who I still need to see more of to fully develop my opinion on him.

Also what’s with all the recent cobwebs??? There’s been so many mentions of them around the institute, is The Web planning something?

MAG 131: Flesh

fucking hell, Jon. I think this man just decides to do shit without running it by anyone. Also yay Melanie! I feel like really bad for her. Again, I can’t even blame her much for her reactions cause one, there was The Slaughter and two, surgery is like hella invasive even when it’s run by the person so waking up to someone performing an impromptu surgery on you would linger with me as well.

Helen is back. Bit scared of her but she sounds much better then Michael (then again, The Spiral lies like constantly). Now onto the main guy: Jared Hopworth.

Um. I had no idea what his voice was going to sound like. My expectation wasn’t high, just “unhinged” and my god did Jared Hopworth deliver. (Also heard he’s also Martins voice actor???? WHAT??) he didn’t give much new information but lemme tell you, hearing the squelching of meat and shifting of bones made me want to throw up so congratulations Jared! You’re are in the top 3 of TMA voices that make me feel intense horror!

MAG 132: Entombed

Jesus. Okay so. Daisy. Not much lore in this ep for me to connect to anything, just a lot of sad stuff like I was speechless. I can’t remember if I mentioned on here that I thought Daisy was related to The Hunt but I did suspect and I’m not surprised! Also, the shirt thing, that’s crazy oh my god, I thought it was interesting she asked about his shirt out of all things.

MAG 133: Dead Horse

The Everchase. Why does every entity have such a cool sounding ritual name??? Anyways, pretty interesting.

“You know what my least favorite part of a case was?”

“The police brutality lawsuit” Im literally dying.

Also, Basira, man. I think she’s so interesting. I can’t put it into words but god she’s just such an interesting character to me. An ex-cop, one of the only ones who like logic’s her way out of The Unknowing, trying to keep everything together at the institute, I don’t know, I just like her a lot.

But god FORBID a character gets replaced OR SACRIFICES THEMSELF.

I need to see something from Martin, I’m worried about him. Maybe Peter Lukas. Actually, I kinda wanna see Nathaniel Lukas? Like he exists too, he has his own shit going on. I don’t wanna see Elias.

Okay I think that’s everything! I wish I could continue my notes, I low key miss sitting at my computer after listening to the eps and typing out every single detail, it was kinda calming.

[stabbyfoxandrew]

Some arson neil please?

WIP Wednesday (9/11) | Arsonist Neil / Firefighter Andrew AU (Part 228)

"Wow," is the first thing out of Aaron's mouth when he opens the door for Andrew twelve minutes later. Andrew cocks a brow and Aaron gives him a low whistle and a once over. "Damn, I didn't know we looked good in green. Where'd you get that?"

"It's a secret. Besides, it's out of your price range," Andrew answers. At Aaron's frown, Andrew says, "$130, plus tax."

"For a shirt?" Aaron's eyes bulge. "Are you serious? You paid—"

"Not me. Kevin."

"Oh." Aaron says. "Right. That makes sense."

"What do you mean, it makes sense?"

"Nothing, nothing." Aaron shakes his head, leaving Andrew confused. They stare at each other for long enough that Andrew feels like he's looking into a mirror. But, instead of green, Aaron is dressed in a familiar dark blue Henley shirt. Seems he must've hit the same Walmart sale as 10 the other day.

"Were you planning to move the table out here or...?" Andrew says, gesturing to the hallway. Aaron jolts.

"Oh, no. Come in," He says, moving out of the way. Andrew steps inside and is immediately hit with the smell of tomato-y. Aaron shuts the door behind him and Andrew surveys the living room he's standing in. 

It's simultaneously bigger and smaller than it looks on Skype calls. This is partially due to the card table in the middle of the room that has the coffee table shoved up against the couch. But the enormous Christmas tree in the corner is also a factor. It's absolutely massive and covered with green and red ornaments. Its bottom branches are drooping with them where they jut out into the room.

"Good grief. What is that, seven foot?" Andrew says, looking up, up, up until he can finally see the star on top. It makes him feel like a fucking dwarf. Aaron laughs.

"Yeah. Katie's family is big on Christmas and she's kinda insane about—" Aaron cuts off when said insane woman appears in a doorway across the room. "Hey babe, Andrew's here."

"I know. I heard you telling him I'm crazy." Katelyn says with a pout as she dries her hands off on a kitchen towel. She tosses it back into the kitchen and her eyes flicker over to Andrew. "Oh, I didn't know you'd look so good in green. Really nice."

"Um. I," Andrew blinks. First 10, then Aaron, now his girlfriend. Evidently Kevin has a future as a personal stylist, in case the exy thing ever goes sour.

Aaron's eyes are wide. "Katie..."

"What?" When she realizes what she's just said, Katelyn slaps a hand over her mouth, completely flustered. "Oh. My God. I didn't mean. I'm sorry. That was... I meant—"

"It's all right. I know what you meant. We have the same face and apparently this is our color," Andrew says, making Aaron sigh in visible relief. Katelyn's expression smooths back out, though her face is tinged red with embarrassment. Andrew wets his lips, trying to think of something to say. Perhaps he should've brought 10 after all. "Something smells good."

[tylermileslockett]

Cassandra's Lament"

Her monologue here in this play is incredibly powerful, and is an early example of the "mad speech," whereby a character performs a monologue of madness. (it made me immediately think of Ophelia's madness speech from Hamlet, and I wonder if the English bard was inspired by Aeschylus's speech for Cassandra here.

CASSANDRA was a "Pythia" (priestess of Apollo). She was also a daughter of King Priam of Troy. Apollo fell in love with her, and offered her the power of prophecy as an enticement. But after receiving the power, Cassandra rebuked Apollo, so the god added a curse to the gift, that her power of prophecy would never be believed by any mortal. There's a story of Cassandra being held at the palace of Troy in a pyramidal building away from the others, as she was always spouting inane prophecies, and thus, deemed mad. Is this one of the first literary examples of a character with mental illness? What's more, she tried to warn the trojans of many coming horrors, such as Paris absconding with Helen and the coming trojan war, but alas, she was dismissed as touched, and ignored. Unfortunately, things get worse for the poor girl. After the sack of Troy, "Ajax the lesser" rapes Cassandra in Athena's temple (which Enrages Athena, and will cause many Greeks problems on their return journeys). Cassandra is then taken as Agamemnon's concubine and taken back to Mycenae, where we pick up with her presently in the play, at the front of the palace door. Agamemnon has already entered the house, and Cassandra, prophesying the coming violence within the house, gives a chilling speech, lamenting her cursed fate, and attempting to warn the chorus of Clytemnestra's deadly plans for Agamemnon and Cassandra; but, as usual, to no avail; the chorus dismiss her fears as crazy babbling. Cassandra finally accepts her fate, and enters the house, walking to her death.

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[ganondoodle]

so i sort of half accidentally did the end of totk on monday, i had over 130 hours and slightly over 50% of the game done and did the second to last fight with 3 hearts left and no way to heal but fairies after i gave up multiple times thinking the game might be trying to force me to fight a certain way xD

so im still playing it and am aiming for the 100% but i dont think theres gonna be much more to discover story wise the game is really fun and has a lot of detail and love put into it that you can really see, the music is fantastic as well, some of the characters get more love which is great but the story is … well disappointing but not surprising, especially in its treatment of ganondorf, who still feels incredibly flat as a character, which was to be expected but also … you cant fault people (including me) for faintly hoping theyd do something more interesting tho i will say the end fight is really well done and i cant think of a way to top that in terms of epicness xD

anyway, some unfiltered thoughts and opinions in no particular order (keep in mind i know its viddy game logic uwu but still some things can really destroy the immersion; and also i like to think too hard about the stuff i care about so take this with a grain of salt, i never expected the story to be world changing but i want to remind you that i am criticizing it bc i love this franchise)

--what the hell happened to all the sheikah tech?? botws story gets mentioned a few times but never is it mentioned what happened to all the tons of tech lying around everywhere? if they dismantled the towers for purah to build her new ones around i guess thats fine, but all the srhines? the titans ??? THE SHRINE OF LIFE??? its all gone, esepcially the shrine of life irks me bc the cave is still there and its still called by its bame but its nothing but a cave in a vague shape of how the buidling was it absolutely drives me crazy bc its so dumb?? even if it all stopped working for some reason why would you dismantled it all and even then where did the material go?? why would you dismanlted an neitre building like that anyway?? if you want to have a cave there just have it be half collapsed, if all sheikah tech has gotten useless just leave it there but overgrown?? and why is all of purahs tech still working then? zelda doesnt seem to care about it anymore either even tho shes been so obsessed with it for so long? the titans how would you even MOVE them?? you CANNOT tell me that all this tech that survived tens of thousands of years just went poof within a few years; and sometimes it even feels .. insulting? like you know how much robelo cared for cherry and now shes tiny and just serves as a way to buy fotos for your collection? the fact that the shrine of life is fully gone but the cave is vaguely shaped like its interior and where the bed used to be is a healing pool of water too? like idk if im just insane but it feels like 'haha lol remember what used to be here? get it? the water heals you like the bed in the shrine of life and lol there was the stairs HAHA remember? its gone now for no reason.lmao.' to be clear i like having some mysteries and all but that is just …. so weird? when i discovered the shrine of life i was so taken aback i didnt know what to do, it really broke my immersion, by alot even, it just makes it feel even more like all sheikah tech was replaced by much cooler (tm) sonau tech

--what happend to the sonau people? we only know that rauru and mineru are the last two remaining ones back then but … what made them die out like that? this is by far not as important to me as the issue with the sheikah tech but still feels like a point that could have been mentioned

--as much as i like the open world and how free you are to do things your own way but, regardign the dragon tears i think they should have been locked more behind story progression, i got all of them rather early on and it made it a lil frustrating to play through the other story parts bc you know the truth but you cant tell anyone and everyone around you is acting like a dumbass running after fake zelda while the real one is floating around above you, and i know thats partly my fault for getting them all so early but it still felt like some could have been more well hidden or locked or something since theres no hint to when it would fit to do which one; i expecpted impa to travel to each one but it seemed like she appeared on only a few here and there- additionally i fully expected her to be more important, that she would have an actual involment trying to help zelda undragonfy but that turned out to be very wrong lmao

--why are the enemies in the underground mining sonanium? ganondorf didnt seem itnerested at all in any of their tech, only in the mystery stones (only one too, he didnt seem to want any more of them either) they dont use it for anything? at least the ones on the surface collected stuff they could eat or use for fighting?

--did mineru really build herself a robot body just to fight ganondorf for a bit and then leave? as the last of the sonau, even tho long dead too, why wouldnt she tell their history and knowledge or something and instead if just helping a lil in the fight and then go poof (i half expected purah to be a surprise sage since the spirit one would have fit her i think)

--the zelda being the white dragon plot point lost alot of weight to me when it was just .. resolved like that in the end, i know she spent thousands of years like that and all but it seemed like a much heavier decision that later on felt a little less flat after fidning mineru even tho i felt like i didnt care at all at first bc of the way i found out ,and i half expected there to be an extra mission to try and find her soul again since that apparently gets lost when you do the whole dragon thing, but in the end that wasnt a problem at all, two ghosts and link (somehow naked again) blasting her with some magic(tm) and boom shes back and well and fine woohoo it was a non problem after all i didnt expect her to stay dragon since that would mean the end of the legend of zelda basically, but still it took away alot of the weight of her decision to me? like i get undragonfying her before the end would be difficult since you can get material off of her but still i hoped for something other than boom it resolved itself and i thoguht and worried about it for nothing honestly a post game or even another title where the main focus wouldnt be desstroying yet anyother one note evilest guy of them all and isntead the goal is to bring zeldas soul back and undragon her or something would have been a cool idea tbh tho i know its unrealistic

--did ganondorf think turning himself into a dragon would end the world somehow? did he mean the lil evil goo clouds he spit at you in the last fight to end the world? and how come that he was vunerable to fight? none of the other dragons could be hurt and for an 'immortal' dragon he sure went down fast also how did the stone get back on his forehead? you need to eat it to dragonfy yourself and zelda doesnt have her stone out either (i know viddy games logic but still) (on another note, gan shoving half his arm in his own mouth felt really cursed to watch)

--into WHAT exactly wanted gan to reshape the world into?? only destroying it is such a non reason if you want to rule it? theres nothing left to rule if you kill everything in it?? he just gonna play cards with some bokblins or what -i really wanted to fight ganondorf on the surface, not in his lil miasma incubation cave again :(

--so …. why he evil? are we really doing the and WHOOP suddendnly theres the eviliest guy of the world and he hates your guts for some reason thing again? no tension with the gerudo that seemed to follow him in the lil cutscene we see and the ones that went on raurus side? no actual origin? does he have ANYONE to talk to normally or did he just surround himself by monsters all the time or abadon everyone that once followed him once he got his power up?? you can make any design or fight as good as it can possibly be but in the end its still gonna feel hollow if the character has no character besides evil even the fake zelda wasnt actually him and just a lil puppet made of miasma so even him fucking with people is a little less interesting when he was actually just marinading in his lil goop cave, and the lil hand wink he gives you at phase two can only do so much lmao

--ganondorf is cool and all, but tbh he feels more like the evil miasma goop guy than anything else --why are the old sonau ruins in hyrule so different from the rest? like we know now that they arent actually a civilization from the sky alone but were even in the underground too, and all of their ruins have that blocky white style to it, the supposedly sonau ruins in phirone for example, albeit they share the dragon theme the style on the outside is very much different? and the ancient ruins from the other races dont match it either --are the sheikah descendants of the mixing of sonau and hylians? the white hair and third eye theme would fit to the only alive sonaus we see having white hair (fur?), the literal third eye and their affinity to techonology similar to the sheikah, and zelda having both light and time powers would make sense if its yet another descendant thing, but that would mean zelda was at least part sheikah .. (ngl white haired zelda might look pretty neat actually) but also … it didnt seem like sonia and rauru have been together all that long and no mention or even hint to them having children … which given that both of them die would be an important thing to mention no?

--why cant you do anything with the dongos but feed them????????? i wanna ride them :(

--where is kashiwa????????????????? they talk about him like hes a lost legend

--putting in all the amiibo stuff is cool and annoying at the same time, i spent 5 hours fighting my way throguh the underground to follow treasure maps and found 3 nigh identcal link hats from past games in a row, then two other parts of similar, then two aiimbo weapons and then jsut yesterday another one from a bigger quest that i expected more of; getting the armor sets of past games is cool if you want them but if i did i would have just gotten the amiibos back in botw, my inevntory already feels super bloated with all the new and old armor sets and now the amiibo stuff as well even tho i have like .. half of it all atm (and dont go and argue 'oh so complaining about more content for free???' yes. yes i am.)

--whats with this game and making link almost naked? rauru saving you from death? naked. (annoying) survival shrines? naked. weird teleport to alternate ghost dimension to blast zelda with magic power tm to solve all problems? naked.

--(added in edit) im glad dorephan didnt die!! i fully expected him to have died offscreen or something to make way for everyones favorite fish

--(added in edit) so are definitely other lands besides hyrule if yona came from there, also lol

--the story feels, espeically once you see the last cutscene, very …. uncomfortable to me if dare to think about it more than just taking everythign as its said to you, like … the oh so perfect descednants of the gods(what) marry a normal hylian lady and sourround themselves with perfetly obedient faceless servants of the other races so the perfect and good kingdom tm is born and oh suddendly theres an evil brown man (makign him grey doesnt change the implications, if anything, it makes it worse bc they wont even stand for it and instead are trying to hide it behind uuuuh no no its fine hes blue actally kinda way) from the desert that attacks the perfect good kingdom and king, then he swears alliance to them only to betray and murder da queen right away to get his hands on a super power the perfect and good king held and would have never never used it in a bad way nono and now they need to defend it by all means and at the end woohoo zelda has now again the perfect kingdom with no opposition except the yiga who are (as much as i love them) mostly played for laughs or .. well, evil(tm) as epic and cool the dragon fight was, zelda being the slim tiny white/gold/blue dragon and ganondorf being the evil spiky big black and red dragon and them literally being called white/black dragon feels like wow they arent even trying to hide the black and white storytelling huh (i know its a design trope to the bad be black(color) and the good anything else and spiky vs round and soft blah blah but that doesnt make it any better .. maybe even worse? idk)

the way nintendy was keeping stuff a secret and hinting around so much made me feel like it would finally be a little more nuanced and then it turned out to be even flatter than before and all that secrecy(?) was only to keep dragon zelda plotpoint a secret, something that was resolved no problem in the end anyway (i didnt need zelda to stay dragon but .. it all just lost so much weight the way it was done at the end)

-- (added in edit) master koga is the best character and no one can beat him, the most joy i felt was seeing him again and i am not joking, i wish i could talk to him normally tho without him being able to see through my yiga disguise :( im so glad he didnt die tho bc if he actually went to gan he would 100% be dead within seconds

--(added in edit2) i forgot to mention but was just reminded that link getting his arm back felt super weird too, so really everything that meant major changes got reversed basically ... coool ...back to status quo i guess, couldnt he if he wasnt missing it at least have it be discolored somehow? or scarred? any reminder? zelda too even, could she also have some sort of scar or similar due to her transformation ??

--(added in edit2) so where did the mystery stones even come from? gans and zeldas are gone after dragonfying i guess so ...what?

so in summary, im not eloquent enough to properly analyse all the problematic/questionable stuff and put it into the right words, but these are my random thoughts just spilled out, theres gonna be things i missed, forgot, or gonna think about later, maybe ill add it maybe not

again take it with a grain of salt, the game is still one of the most fun games i have ever played, my problems with it lie majorly in the story, its still very much worth playing!