#sleep deprived rambling lol

[another-lost-mc]

you are so real with being disappointed on nightbringer cause i feel the same way

Oh, I have complicated feelings about Nightbringer.

(I’ll use a Read More link here because of vague OG S4 discussion.)

I didn’t whale in OG but I was much more willing to spend extra money chasing cards I wanted. I was really motivated to catch up on all the story content too since I didn’t start playing until the later part of the pandemic. I know S3 and S4 aren’t the greatest bits of story-telling ever written but I had hopes for more Celestial Realm content (a visit and maybe Michael appearance) in S5 based on where Simeon’s storyline was heading.

(I usually picture MC traveling to the CR to see Michael in S5, and maybe another visit of new angels to the Devildom in S6 once tensions are resolved.)

Overall I really liked getting involved with the fandom and I started posting fanfics here. I was so happy with my curated little card collection of favs — Lucifer was my original favourite, followed by Simeon, Barbatos, Solomon and Asmo — and exploring the game with my writing.

And then Nightbringer was announced.

After I spent probably too much money collecting all the HDD cards I wanted not long before that.

And the cards weren’t going to be transferable to the new game! ISN’T THAT FUN?! (Solmare logic, probably.)

I mean, I get it. It’s the nature of gacha games and the motivation is to grow the player base and revenue potential.

Sure, whatever.

And some parts of Nightbringer are fine, while other parts leave me desperately wanting more. Detailed lore that ties into the OG game and characters I care about, more in-depth characterization. Another slow burn love interest would be nice too since NB completely changed the direction of Barb’s development compared to OG S4 (side-eyes Mephisto and Raphael as new potentials). Also, as time goes on, I find myself not really caring who Nightbringer is. Does it even matter anymore? Like…whatever, you do you, buddy. lol

My face if they reveal it’s Barbatos/Solomon/Michael all along:

Oh, and more ROMANCE? Hello??? The babysitter role and goofy family dynamics are satisfying to a point but then it gets stale. Some of the Devilgrams are boring too, and don’t get me started on the EVENTS. I enjoyed the vampire one last year that sparked a random writing frenzy of vampire AU fics, but so many of the events fall flat for me. Anyone else just use S or A Rank skips to breeze past the story bits because 90% of it is boring as hell? Yeah, same.

It sounds like a lot of complaints, but there’s still more about the game I love or I wouldn’t be here: my favs, most of the artwork, the music! The new Dateables song is so goofy - what are those lyrics? - but they didn’t autotune Simeon to death and he sounds so much better than he did in Question Love (the only song whose remix I like better than the original).

I love the people I’ve met in this fandom and being able to share story ideas and headcanons. It’s so exciting when new lessons and cards are announced because the player base gets invigorated again (even if things fall a little flat upon arrival). I’ve splurged on some merch (official and fan-made) and I love being self-indulgent and commissioning artwork of my favs and MC together.

Oh, and I love my OCs. 😚 @ them all.

[franky-y]

finally managed to finish this

[batbabydamian]

🦇🐥 Batman and Robin (2023) #6 rambling and screaming crying throwing up about a single page

so right off the bat, i'm adding these panels to the Ms. Hall is Shush conspiracy board - the first suspect in mind for who could train Zach would be Principal Stone, but Ms. Hall is conveniently placed in the "teacher's pet" panel HMM

Damian's history with Zsasz is mentioned again! any further reference to Streets of Gotham ends here once Damian and Zsasz face off, but i'm not complaining when Damian gets to kick his ass again LOL

AAH SUCH A COOL PANEL!! i rambled enough about Cizmesija's impact shots last time, but this is just. SO COOL... DAMIAN'S POSE, the light streak from the eyes, the jittery effect at the point of impact from Zsasz's front to his back - LIKE DAMN, YOU KNOW THIS KID HIT HIM HARD

ok i was gonna shut up about the impact shots but to accompany the Robin panel, THIS SICK BATMAN PANEL!! THE SPEED LINES ALONG HIS WHOLE ARM, the hilarious waves of that hit going through Zsasz's face asdfg, the cowl and cape silhouette in the back - and the KRAK SFX!! it's got a bit of that gritty splatter effect Cizmesija uses so either another smooth choice by letterer Steve Wands or extra kudos to Cizmesija!!

i thought the action would be my favorite aspect of this issue, but it was THE EXPRESSIONS. from Damian's frustration here (his glare and his seriously gritted teeth) to the page that brought me to my knees lol

a breakdown of my breakdown for this page:

DAMIAN'S WIDE EYED EXPRESSION AT BRUCE'S COMPLIMENT, THE SHINE IN HIS EYES!! what gets me about Bruce’s praise is how specific it is, especially pointing out Damian’s storytelling 😭 Bruce already knows Damian’s technical art skills are amazing!! storytelling through comics is a whole different skill and Bruce recognized that!! 😭 no wonder Damian is so touched, Bruce is paying attention 😭

HE LOOKS SO OVERWHELMED BY THE VALIDATION FROM HIS FATHER - THE TENTATIVE SMILE!! BEFORE HE BREAKS OUT INTO A FULL GRIN!! 😭

HOW HE BURSTS ABOUT HIS PROCESS AND THEN THE LIL ASIDE OF “I love those…” HE'S SO CAUGHT UP IN HIS JOY PLEASE I’M COUGHING UP BLOOD THAT'S SO CUTE 😭 happy Damian is my weakness i mean LOOK AT HIM OH MY GOD the wide smile his lil fist and the pointing, he cannot contain himself!! 😭

his art is so fun, i'm glad we get to see more of this!! the shadow of Bruce and Damian over the pages is a neat touch too! Damian expanding from realistic renders to this manga style on top of these amazing comic layouts…Bruce is right his growth is crazy 😭

to add on to Damian's progress from Bruce's eyes - Detective Comics (2016) #1003 was the last time Bruce acknowledged Damian's art!

the return of Flatline!! for this last bit, i'll be referencing Lazarus Planet: The Next Evolution (2023) since that's Nika's last notable appearance!

Nika calling Damian out on not contacting her asdfg she mentions something similar before, and i could only imagine it's been months since then considering that issue came out a whole year ago 😭

besides Nika meeting Bruce, the most important thing that needs to be addressed is if Damian's aware that she resurrected Ra's and finally, what they could have discussed??

ending note, upgrade from earbuds in Batman and Robin (2011) to headphones haha wired earphones only!!

[plumomi]

Yearning for season two to give us Canon Lilith Personality™ and open the fic writer floodgates for a wider variety of Hellradio stories.

There's a lot of pure smutfic out there already, and that's all well and good if that's your thing, but the Possibilities of exploring a fucked up polycule between Hell's monarchs and our resident radio demon beyond that, and all the political implications and drama that would entail, intrigue me to no end. I'm honestly so here for it. Need it in all its Messy Glory.

[adarkermiserablecrow]

I like to think that becoming disgustingly besotted when in love is a trait that skips siblings in the Durin line. So Thorin and Kili are absolutely cringeworthy with Bilbo and Tauriel (though I dare you to say that to their face) but Dis and Fili do not show it that much.

And like, imagine some poor dwarf maiden entering into courtship with Fili, the current heir of Erebor, and seeing how his relatives act with their beloveds, and then Fili is just... way lowkey. Too lowkey. He's nice and all, he's always there for her, but shouldn't he be acting embarassing? Isn't he related to Thorin 'I love Bilbo' Oakenshield? What is going on?

And then she meets his mother. And it just makes sense then

[cindergarten]

what are your kg ships? can be ships you absolutely love or also ships you think are cute.

I absolutely love 🩷Cindix💙 x100000

it grew on me and now it's like my biggest ship! 🫶 But it's also the only "popular" ship I have cuz I like lots of lesser known ships like:

💚Emindy🩷 and 💜Austix💙

( those two coexist in my mind. If I'm not shipping Cindy with Felix, I'm most likely shipping her with Emmy. Same goes for the boys. Listen, you just gotta see the vision )

Now for some that I like but I'm not as crazy about as the ones above: Perla, Bindy, Felonty, oooh and I really like Austemmy!! and a bunch of others. And I mean a BUNCH.

But yeah I'm veeery open minded when it comes to ships, the joy of being a multishipper ^^

[cassied03]

right now, the nickname honey bunny hasn't left my mind and I've been calling all my friends that in my head for the past couple hours, so heres another thought i had. Keith with an absurdly thick accent. Like, he spend a year (maybe??) in the desert all by himself, and was raised for like, the first 8 years by his dad in the desert with no one else, so just like. Keith has a thick accent that died down when his dad died but came back after he was kicked out of the garrison because he didn't have to make his accent more "normal" for other people.

[ahappyphjl]

yknow.. i just look at them and feel warm inside. that warmth is the glimmer of the love they have, the special kind that only grows over time and fills your whole world with the brightest colors. seeing their love for each other so powerful and unwavering, but gentle and precious, is like seeing a moment of eternity

[daz4i]

wait I'm not done talking abt fyolai. let's look at the anthologies art

(sorry for the big sample lmao this is what i had on hand)

fyodor is in a bath of what is likely blood. if i had to guess I'd say it's symbolism for the whole story, really - blood being spilled by him or in his name, so he can achieve his goal. he is deep inside the blood of those the doa have hurt

nikolai has a part of his leg in it. he's helped spill some of that blood, after all, with his murders and his part of the plan to frame the agency. however, he could easily get up and go with barely a stain anywhere else on him. not because his hands are clean, but because he always makes sure he has a way to escape. he has agency. he is not being controlled by fyodor to stay in the tub. he spends time with him willingly - just like he went to meursault to put fyodor and dazai in the game willingly, even though he could escape and no one would even think to look for him.

this art was actually the catalyst to my previous post abt them, bc one interpretation i keep seeing is that fyodor has the upper hand, almost controlling nikolai, probably under the assumption that he's manipulating him somehow (which, tbf, I'm p sure this is what fyodor thought he was doing too)

however i feel like this art is a way to show that's not the case

fyodor has a fork in hand, already in the cake. he could easily just use it and bring it to his mouth, he doesn't need nikolai to feed him, and he'll probably be cleaner about it too. i think, this is symbolism for his original escape plan from meursault - we recently learned that one of the prison guards is a vampire, meaning he had a man on the inside the whole time. nikolai showing up and putting him in this race can technically achieve the same goal - he's still eating the cake after all - but he's definitely making the whole ordeal way messier

it's not that nikolai is 100% in total control or something - fyodor could push him away if he wanted, or possibly kill him in meursault - but he's still the one taking the reigns, making a choice for fyodor, going into his personal space and making sure fyodor notices, both on the inside by putting his fingers in his mouth, and outside by practically enveloping him.

tldr: nikolai 1 always has an escape route. he's not giving in to just whatever fyodor plans 2 is in more control than he might give himself credit for

[bleaksqueak]

Insomnia is letting up off and on, but I'm still super jelly brained from it case in point, I want to continue back with posting WIPs for the aired pages, but I can't remember what page I left off on now lmao (guess I'll have to dig through my blog to check... eesh. at least it's decently organized by tags?) Not a result of goo brain, really, but equally "AUGH" is that I let my screen protector go for too long without replacing it and now it's slick as snot and I don't have a replacement handy to put on it. This isn't a resulting consequence of goo brain but it does mean I'm going to be trying to draw without any traction while I'm already loopy. Good times ahead!

[kaiserkisser]

oml my computer exam tomorrow is either gonna absolutely fantastic or extremely terrible there's no in between

[franky-y]

a drawing of Häärijä because why not

[aceofstars16]

Me seeing random things like “oh poor Bill” or whatever cause maybe the book had stuff in it about his backstory or something:

[xxx-angie]

chat i've ultra-fucked m' sleep schedule by tryna fix it :/

i have gotten 5 hours of sleep in ta past 36 hours

also it's gotten so bad that i had a breakdown over m' lack of ability to sleep that ended just five minutes ago

anyways lets see how well i can solve murder cases while sleep deprived fuck ya!

[vaporvipermedia]

Kei’s Childhood📺💡🔎

Because I’m fucking crazy

This post is to just ramble about my thoughts about Kei’s childhood.

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-Always hyperfixates on the news whenever Yoshinori puts it on the TV. Kei watched cartoons of course and even had her fair share of mystery/fantasy books. But whenever it’s on tv he just sits down on the ground and just listens.

-Would often make up crime scenes in his room by setting some of his plushies, use toilet paper as a makeshift chalk outline for the “body”(It was a teddy bear of his) and have her sidekick Maru(a cat plushie) help her during “investigations”

-Grim reminds Kei of Maru whenever they investigate crime scenes together. Like his childhood imagination became reality.

-Whenever Yoshinori and Ida goes into her room during these “investigations,” Kei would alert them by saying: “This is an active crime scene please step away from the premises!” They of course left him to do his thing since they respected their kid’s dream. [Yoshihiko was even more proud whenever he saw her play]

-%100 this kid owned a rubix cube. I JUST KNOW IT! THAT WAS HIS STRESS TOY WHEREVER HE GOT OVERWHELMED AND AGITATED!

-Can name every single case her father has ever been in and often told the kids in her school this knowledge. Which creeped them out because most of them were murder cases and also because Kei didn’t seem creeped out by it.

-Kei got all of that case info from Yoshinori’s desk whenever he away at his agency. I think I mentioned this before but Kei would often read through the files at his dad’s desk and not bat an eye the crime scene photos because he only cared about the documents info. [yes he did get caught and yes Yoshinori was concerned as fuck. Ida on the other hand didn’t really see a problem with it since she was fine]

Ida: What? These little scratches? Of course our kid isn’t scarred by it! Besides she was only looking at the text.

Yoshinori: They’re literal mutilated corpses…

Ida: Yeah and?

Yoshinori:…I can see where Kei got this behavior from.

-Kei picking up a psychology book was the beginning of the end. The way she called people out out back in the day was so accurate that it scared her classmates and it led to a student teacher conference. She was never allowed to do that again or else Kei faced expulsion.

Of course Kei grew out of some of these old behaviors but he cannot doubt the…interesting shit that he did throughout his life.

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Ok I’m done rambling for now I’m going to sleep lol

[nightthinker-08]

My R is such a Ragatha song...

if you get me... You get me-