#she's NOT

[pynkhues]

There's something to the picture that all this season and the release of the first three seasons' scripts have painted of Logan and Caroline's divorce not as one of maternal abandonment, but one of maternal dislocation and suffocating abuse that's ruining me right now.

The way Caroline tried to take her children and flee in the dead of the night to Morocco, the way Logan took meetings with every worth-its-salt law firm in the city to cut off Caroline's access to them, wielding the legal system like an axe to an umbilical cord, the way Caroline's one recourse was to try and keep their position in the company, to keep them with something even if she gave it away later as they rejected her in adulthood. The way she stayed for their adolescence in New York even as Logan froze her out, the way she had to bargain for Christmas even in their adulthood, the way she sat in the pews with the rest of the women Logan loved and hurt and discarded while her children cried, with no tools or ability to comfort them, the way she sat as her son wrote her out of her own motherhood as he gave their father sole credit in creating them, stood opposite her daughter as she told her she wouldn't see it, i'm just gonna do it the family way like it was on Caroline and not their father, that she never got to see them.

Something about the way it feels like Logan trained them how to bark at her scent, to make sure she stayed away from the door.

[flipomatic]

Ruby? A-are you-

[larissel]

[meiloorunsmoothie]

me: -blasts the gatsby soundtrack for everyone to hear-

my sister: so, have you actually seen stuff from this show?

me: i haven't watched a bootleg if that's what you mean—also, stop talking over jeremy.

my sister: well, don't. you shouldn't spoil it for yourself.

me: ....👀.....does this mean....you're going to get me tickets?

[aho-dapa]

Rant about ccity. Warning, I am not being nice about it

I'm not lying when I say all my lingering sympathy for Bryce went up in smoke when she thought that Hunt deserved his punishment of being Sandriel's property again

Boo fucking hoo, Bryce, that your boytoy of a slave wanted his fucking freedom and didn't tell you shit about it. Fuck off

Don't even get started on how Hunt's suspicion of Danika is actually pretty logical considering the nonsense world sjm shat out of her ass this time, but whatever

And sjm literally writes that aside from lying about all of it and accusing Danika, what bothers Bryce the most is that Hunt choose them over her

Let me rephrase that. Hunt, a slave actively being physiologically tortured by Micah, wanted a chance of freedom over Bryce (and her feelings but whatever, she has the right to be hurt blah blah blah). Be fucking serious sjm and shut up, actual acid in my chest because of stupid ass plot line

sjm thinks she's making nuanced characters with actual flaws. No, she's making assholes that don't have two thoughts about slavery other than how tragic it is. And to be honest? That says more about sjm than anything else will, especially since it's an actual fucking theme she has in every single fucking book of her's

Edit: I know that sjm acknowledges Bryce's behavior in a way with Einar saying that the part of Bryce that's like him isn't good, but fuck off with that. Bryce thinking that Hunt deserved Sandriel for hurting her is actually disgusting and fucking nasty

The idea that she even thought that and that sjm thought it wasn't disgusting enough to ruin her character is telling

[themonotonysyndrome]

Phew! God, it fucking STANK of Entitlement over in the Redacted TikTok. Nasty ass shit.

And oh look, she even turned off her comments! I wonder why.

Lazy writing? Girl, if you're falling out of love with the content then why are you still on his Patreon? The fuck?

[highschoolstoryliveson]

weirdly perfect option for Chloe here

[besiegedhunter]

Hey I read your analysis about Red Project and they are extremely interesting! And I wanted to hear your opinion about her possible connection with Lappland, if it's okay?

I mean everyone noticed Texas name in her profile and voiceline, but she also has a lot of mentions of Red?

Like she's an only Lupa in whose file mentioned Red, and it's stated that her reaction on Red not only stronger, but also differ in very unexpected way.

Also in her voicelines, she has that description of Red, and you know her voice actresses greatly differed in intensity of her well, madness , but this voiceline sounds absolutely unhinged in every version.

She also has a second line about Red!

And in contrast Lappland is the only one of originally Lupo whom Red doesn't mention?

ALSO with this OPERATOR page where Lappland stole Pozyomka's coat because "It's red and belongs to Lupo, so she couldn't help" it seems like she actively searching for Red, in contrast with her own words to us?

So do you have any thoughts about those two?

Hi! I'm super happy to hear you enjoyed my analyses and am more than happy to delve into your question! Which likely will turn into an analysis of it's own because truth be told there does appear like there are connections being drawn between the two which I would like to explore.

So I'll put it under the cut.

Starting off I don't think that they have any established connection or at least it wouldn't be one that either of them are aware of, though there's a slim chance of it.

To begin, there's nothing that implies that they have met before but also looking at their lives prior to Rhodes, it likely couldn't have happened.

To understand Red's part and because it's relevant later on, it's important to know what a Signore dei Lupi is and I believe this is the easiest way of explaining them:

So the Signore dei Lupi, as Sovereign of Beasts are intrinsically connected to the wilderness and as such they train their chosen Fangs isolated from civilization, within their territory. This is no different for Red who is Grandma's Fang and further more, her Trust 1 (Family? I do not have a family. I have always been alone.) Suggests that she's been a Fang for as long as she can remember, likely from a very young age.

Additionally when she finally left the wild we know from her module that Grandma didn't teach her how to survive civilization and she struggled until she met Kal'tsit and very likely joined Rhodes Island:

This makes it very difficult on Red's end but it's not much better on Lappland's, seeing how she was the heir to the Saluzzo family. This means being trained to to hold such a position and occasionally leading the Saluzzo's mafiosi such as the Texas family purge. These reasons likely meaning that she didn't leave the Saluzzo's family territory.

There is a specific period of time that they could've met, being 1092-1094 as the former is when the Texas family purge happened and Lappland was exiled from the Saluzzo family and the latter is when Rhodes Island was founded which Red likely joined early on, being raised by Kal'tsit and a founding member of S.W.E.E.P.

During this period of time Lappland was a lone wolf, hunting down gangs and possibly at this point doing tasks for Signore Sicily and Red was probably at this point might've been hunting and not yet met Kal'tsit. (Though we don't know much of the specifics.)

There's also an implication that because Red met Kal'tsit specifically that maybe Red needed medical attention and might've been injured. But again, because neither Red nor Lappland recognize the other, Red being the stealthier one got hurt and there being no reason they'd fight, it's unlikely it was Lappland.

But! We don't know what Red's past prior to becoming a Fang is, just that she likely was by herself for Grandma to take. Maybe it's possible that the Saluzzo's orphaned her? Which is an unsubstantiated claim but nothing says it couldn't happen.

Either way Red nor Lappland probably have a connection as of the launch of the game. So why does Lappland react the way she does?

Well truth be told I'm not confident in character analysis but Lappland's reaction to Red is likely a much more concentrated and unrestrained reaction to fear and danger. As created because of her abusive childhood at the hands of Alberto.

I feel that the entire event does a good job of painting how uncaring Alberto was towards Lappland's wellbeing, only caring about her reaching his expectations and how Lappland reacted to this through rebelling, something that because of Alberto punching her and saying that he'll discipline her as a threat, happened a lot.

But we know that Lappland grit her teeth and kept doing it. She also met his expectations and became "the perfect Siracusan." and it was only seeing Texas leave her family and Lappland being exiled from her family for failing to kill her, that Lappland escaped.

Before then though he'd get her a pet as a gift and kill it, likely because of her acting out. She probably also was caged within the Saluzzo territory as everyone around her would report on her to Alberto.

There's this one moment in her Azione Solo where there's a photo of her as a child, she's not smiling and is actually stoic and her eyes aren't looking at the camera but next to it, at her Dad.

This hatred and likely fear fueled her rebellion and it got her nothing but beatings, acts of cruelty and much more. But she kept doing it and judging by this moment:

She came to feel excitement from it. The adrenaline she felt from fear, anger and anxiety turning into that.

And so the fear she feels from Red gives her the same rush of adrenaline, as it does Provence or Crownslayer but it's so overwhelmingly strong that she can't think rationally and while she can restrain herself around her Dad (cover up the anger and fear) she can't with Red.

I also think it's interesting that Lappland aspires to spite and destroy authoritative figures in her life (her Dad, Signore Sicily and Siracusa. Maybe even Zaaro.) And from what we see in IS-10 of Zaaro inducing the same fear as Red does, it's described like this:

An almost authoritative power that demands a Lupo to bow down and surrender. It's poetic that if this is the same feeling Red causes that Lappland would rebel against it as well.

But that's my thoughts on that. I don't know what legs it has but there is something else I want to delve into and it's how Il Siracusano aligns Lappland with Red on the side of the "wilderness."

A big theme of Il Siracusano is of "wilderness" and "civilization". With Siracusa struggling to throw off the wilderness to become more civilized because of the mafias. All the while the embodiment of the Wilderness: the Signore dei Lupi's game has been dragged into Volsinii. The ability to enforce laws on the mafia, to have a city without them and to create a new city in the first place, is all to push Siracusa further into being a proper civilization.

And various things in the event put Lappland firmly in the box of the wilderness. Whether it be how she describes and is described as the perfect Siracusan for her violence (her wildness). Or when she crashes into the courtroom, a symbol of Signora Sicily's attempt to make Siracusa more civilized, in open defiance of her and Ben has this to say:

Ben who is very interesting to me and who constantly talks about the wilderness and civilization and who I don't know whether of those he's more aligned with but in this event he mostly deals with the people who're more tied to the wilderness and violence.

Think Danbrown, Lappland and Lunacub who he spends his entire Azione Solo with and who is of course a Fang just like Red.

Of course, the end is the most significant part as she fights Zaaro for three months straight and at the end he decides to stick with her.

Which I don't think is her becoming a Fang like Red and Lunacub but it is her joining their world in part which right now we don't know the significance of. Just that Lappland has a Signore dei Lupi alongside her and is consistently connected to the wilderness.

But the fact that this is the story that they gave Lappland, involving her with the Signore dei Lupi really does serve to push her closer to Red and her situation. The both of them now being intrinsically tied with the Signore dei Lupi and the wilderness of Siracusa.

It makes me wonder whether they do have something planned for the both of them, maybe dating back to the launch of the game. I mean, Red is in Siracusa and has officially left Rhodes Island and I believe it can be assumed that Lappland also hasn't left yet either.

If a statement is made about the wilderness for either of them it'd be the same for the other as it would Lunacub. Also Lappland would know of the Signore dei Lupi's plans through Zaaro or if Red wins the Signore dei Lupi's game as she's set up to and it means all of them need to meet then Lappland very likely would have to go with. Or anything we learn through Lappland about the Signore dei Lupi we also learn more about Red.

So whether or not there's plans for their stories to overlapp they are intrinsically tied right now in their situations and a lot of things regarding one will reflect on the other. And also their stories could be the opposite.

Lappland is a part of civilization but leaves to join the wilderness with a Signore dei Lupi. Red is a part of the wilderness with a Signore dei Lupi but her story points in the direction that she'll rejoin civilization and separate herself from Grandma.

Also another thing I find interesting about it is that they were similar even before Il Siracusano because of them being lone wolfs who're outstanding fighters and without families. Now they're in the same boat.

We'll see where it goes but I hope that this is a good enough answer and as an analysis was fine!

[firkant-fugl]

Winston saying "You're cold and I don't respect that" to Maggie I was like "this is heartbreaking and also confirms that Maggie is autistic"

[lonelynpc]

HI LONELYNPC'S FIANCEE!! I'm going to ask qs from some ask games I found

what’s an inside joke you have with your family or friends?

what's your funniest relationship/friendship dealbreaker?

Hello. I will capitalise my answers because I'm a professional unlike NPC (she is a loser)

Inside joke:

I know that NPC likes to pretend she's funnier than me but I am considerably funnier. I like to randomly play the Greys Anatomy or Casualty theme song over the speaker when she walks into a different room or when she's leaving after being called in. I like medical shows but NPC hates them and will not watch them with me unless I :(( at her. To be fair, I get it lmao, I can see her age 20 years per episode. She also sucks to watch them with because she ruins the mystery cases by going, "I bet it's this specific thing," and being right.

Dealbreaker:

Anaesthetist. 😔

[crowsintheforest]

dragon age update: I'm playing a qunari shadow dragon rogue because of course I am playing a rogue, it's a dragon age game, I always do a first playthrough as a rogue, need to explore the double dagger jump

I got through the first few hours, the gameplay hasn't really clicked yet (it is extremely heavy on the action-style gameplay and it's not a format that I'm used to) but so far I like what I'm seeing? it doesn't quite feel so much like coming home, as much as moving back to your hometown and into a new apartment down the street. the town's gotten cleaned up a bit, new paint in some places and entirely new buildings in others. there aren't many of the old folks left, but these new people seem nice enough. it is kinda weird that no one is commenting on your horns or assumptions about your religious practices, or your friend's ears or that quiet dalish's tattoos. there used to be a lot more commentary about your horns. you haven't decided if you miss it yet.

that asshole who lived in the creaky house is still there, still yelling at the clouds about the elven gods, and he might have broken the municipal pipelines, but that's part of the charm. you think. you really hope.

but harding is here and I love harding, so we're already in the right direction

[gensokyogains]

chubbykanmuses

Too late darling- Enough money to get by the week... and more importantly- More snacks than a poor Miko should ever have~

"I'm strong."

[musette22]

Shoutout to my mother who came across my beloved Cap apron during the move and cried out "What the hell is this? This is the ugliest thing I've ever seen. Why do you own this? Surely you can afford a less hideous apron?" And then when I explained that it was a Marvel thing ('the thing I write about, remember?') she blinked and went "Oh right. Well. It's not that bad, really."

[itshawthorningtime]

My senior friend is such a femininomenon

[shallowseeker]

one of these days i will break down the cinema in STUCK IN THE MIDDLE (WITH YOU) to show that it's Dean who Mary is assessing and suspicious of in the diner, not Cas.