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[kuurake]

for endorsi week 2023 on twitter (day 2: friends/teammates)

[empty-dream]

To the Workshop Battle

[luclfrog]

I made this in celebration for the release of season 2 🔥

[deiaiko]

#23.2 Teases

Dan sighed wistfully. He couldn't help but feel jealous as he witnessed the couple kissing.

It must be great to be Grace. He was attractive, rich, powerful, talented, and respected. He had everything every person in the tower could ever wish to have. So it should come as no surprise that even Princess Endorsi would want him.

But despite all that, Dan didn’t want to be in Grace's shoes. Power and fame came with a price, and he knew how hard Grace had to work for it.

Maybe he wasn't actually jealous of Grace's charm. He was just not willing to let his goddess, Princess Endorsi, pick anyone else as her partner.

Dan let the realization sink in, sulking while chewing on another spoonful of meat curry. Gyetang must've felt even sadder than him, considering that his reason to join their team was to meet Princess Endorsi.

"What happened?" the guy in a tracksuit –Sibisu, if he remembered correctly– asked, as he and the others took a seat.

"Princess…" Hatz trailed off. "She used her tag to 'talk' with Grace. And when they returned, Grace had a kiss mark on his cheek."

That was a surprisingly objective summary.

"You know, I realized something after kissing him." Boss commented. He was looking at Princess Endorsi mirthfully. "The kiss mark on his cheek earlier was tilted in an odd way."

Princess Endorsi raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Boss waited a few beats. Then he shrugged. "Never mind. I was simply sharing my thoughts."

Princess Endorsi gave him a long stare, before her eyes lit up in realization. She chuckled, "How observant."

Dan could only sit there. At least he wasn't the only one that was confused. After all, he didn't really pay attention to the mark position before Grace wiped it out, so he didn't know what kind of odd that Boss meant.

"Woah! Bam–"

The Khun guy whisper-shouted, loud enough to pull Dan out of his thoughts.

"–You learned how to use chopsticks?" 

Khun looked pleasantly surprised, and it kind of baffled Dan. He didn't think anyone, especially from the Khun family, could be impressed by such a mere act.

Viole grinned sheepishly. "Yeah. I've wanted to learn it ever since you showed me how."

The smile that crept up on Khun's lips was genuine and fond. It was a familiar expression, one that Dan often saw Boss wearing when he looked at Grace.

He noticed that everyone was also looking at Khun and Viole, as the conversation around died down. Hatsu coughed, and Princess Endorsi rolled her eyes.

Khun, noticing this, glared at everyone. "What?"

Sibisu waved his hand dismissively, grinning. The others avoided eye contact.

Grace smiled as he glanced at Boss…expectantly? Teasingly? Dan couldn't tell.

Boss glanced back at Grace, smirking.

Grace chuckled, as if they were gossiping telepathically.

They did that enough times that Dan had gotten used to it. Exchanging looks without words as if they could read each other's minds. And honestly, Dan wouldn't even be surprised if they revealed that they actually had a telepathic ability.

Khun was now frowning. Dan could imagine two cat ears on his head pointing backwards. "Are you making fun of me?"

Grace quickly waved his hands in front of him. "What? No! I would never."

Boss laughed at Khun, as if daring him. "You are so obvious, it's embarrassing."

Novick coughed, trying to hide his laugh. "It somehow reminded me of that one time Grace tried to make a perfect apple pie, and we ended up having a week’s worth of pies. All because he wanted to impress Boss."

"The pie was delicious. I was impressed." Boss nodded approvingly.

Grace closed his eyes, smiling proudly. "Worth it."

Oh, the lovebirds, Dan thought to himself. Khun must've reminded Boss of himself, which was probably what he and Grace were making fun of earlier.

Princess Anaak raised her hand, palm facing Boss and Grace. "Please don't kiss again. I'm trying to eat."

Dan heard Viole whisper to Khun. "So that's what a kiss is…?" Which was just another whiplash to him.

The more he learned about Viole, the less he fit a slayer candidate's fearsome and mysterious persona. FUG's god, as they called him. He was still a kid at heart, clueless and learning.

"What's up, Blue Turtle? Did you finally find your banana?"

Khun whipped his head, and Dan noticed a light blush on his cheeks. "What does that even mean?! Stupid crocodile."

"I wonder who's actually the stupid one," Hatz shrugged.

Khun growled, took a deep breath, and sighed. "Let's just ignore them, Bam."

It seemed like Khun was used to being antagonized by his own team. But Dan thought that he might understand why.

The strong temptation to tease and nudge the lovebirds, especially when they were so obvious yet clueless. Case in point: Grace and Agni, when Dan was new to their team. He couldn't keep himself from smiling at the memory.

He enjoyed Grace's old team’s company so far. He used every opportunity to join the conversation, especially when everyone started bickering and exchanging stories. The cafeteria had never been so lively before with only the five of them.

The chaotic energy that Grace's old team brought was like adding new flavors into the mix. Only time could tell whether it was a good combination or not, but he hoped that they'd get along. Especially because it would be a lifelong regret if he were to lose the chance to have Princess Endorsi around.

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[meliohy]

I’ll never get over how good the first arcs of season 2 were

[zukadoodleswithrin]

#togsecretsanta2024 for Grass! (@/bobbybob12177)

I couldn’t pick between the prompts of Snow fight or firefish heating up chocolate for Bam so I combined them!

Let it be known that team Shibisu put up a fight 🤣

[k-ru-h]

not to get all analytical and stuff, but bam and endorsi shouldn't end up together- not because of bam, or khun, or whoever else you ship with him - but because of ENDORSI.

characters in tog are quite commonly either parallels or foils to the main cast - wangnan wants the role bam was forced into, hatz is the complete opposite of khun, and khun, bam, rachel and endorsi are... well. the general story of bam, khun, and rachel is "person is abused by their family, forms an unhealthy relationship with the first person they recieve genuine affection from, leaves and finds someone else". there are so many parallels between the three of them, its hard to analize their characters without delving into the other's. endorsi... well, shes got everything but the last step. her story ended on the first floor, and shes been begging bam not to leave her for whoever she thinks hes interested in. she has a team of her own - she has aanak - but bam was the first. bam was the first to offer her friendship, the first to show her genuine care, the first person she ever connected with. she didnt have a rachel or a maria or a bam, she only had her abusive family and... bam.

and bam doesn't care about her as much as she cares about him. which is perfectly fine! he doesnt owe her a return of her feelings. but to him, she isnt even *the* friend. he objectively cares about khun and rak more, to the point where its a running gag that he wont even realise shes talking to him if hes already talking to khun. he doesnt become as vulnerable or as trusting as he is with khun when around her. he doesnt revert to the sweet, happy persom he truly is when hes with her, like he does when hes with khun. he cares about her, a lot! but in the same way that he cares about team shibisu or sweet and sour. shes had to fight her entire life to be seen as worthy, shes had to be the strongest and the prettiest or she wouldnt be worth FEEDING. there is no way in hell being in a relationship with a person who shes never going to be the priority for is healthy for her.

she cares about him, a lot, and it goes both ways. but sometimes your loved ones, in any sense of the word, arent the destination, but the bridge. and she deserves someone who she is the number one to, no matter what

[udonnnnn]

THEORY: PARACULE IS PART OF FUG OR REVOLUTION

Hear me out

Paracule makes constant references to revolution all the way in season 1.

Revolution is actually a group affiliated with FUG seeking to bring change to the tower, first mentioned in the Marriage Arc → Paracule could be referencing them.

In season 2 to keep track of Bam’s friends FUG had Ron Mei watching team shibisu via Anaak and Michael + Apple watching Khun and Rachel

For FUG, though, who was watching Rak? Rak was alone on an island → Paracule knew where Rak was and was the one who traveled with him to WSB → was Paracule the Ron Mei for Rak?

Paracule’s silhouette giggling before Ran and Anaak’s fight about it being his turn → seems to run around the arena pointlessly, but then manages to perfectly arrange himself underneath Ran and Anaak and knock them both out in the all-in opportunity.

This just happens to be the one opportunity where every gambler except two, both of whom are FUG, are dropped out → allows the rigged final to melt Bam.

Is the one who stops Bam from running away from Endorsi and Rak, yes, BUT Novick had already arranged to distract the guards and Xia Xia and Reflejo so they wouldn’t get caught → in the next scene Reflejo says that they planned the thorn thingy, but this could also be implying that they PLANNED for Bam to break the deal and make contact first + how would Reflejo know that this happened if he was out and Xia Xia was drunk unless he got outside confirmation?

UNLESS Paracule planned for Rak to storm in and meet with Bam → stops Bam from escaping to force the meeting and thus Bam has broken the FUG deal → now Reflejo can do what he wants without having broken the deal first, AS REFLEJO PLANNED. And Paracule, as the witness, was the one who reported it was successful.

My conclusion: all these coincidences and plot points could possibly be lining up to reveal Paracule was part of FUG or Revolution.

My only other explanation is that Hwaryun somehow foresaw all of this, and accounted for Paracule and told Reflejo, but for Paracule to be this specific in that last action (didn’t arrive with Rak and Ehwa, and I think he isn’t part of Khun’s team either, but still knew where Rak and Ehwa were heading → timed it just in time, not even assessing the situation, to leap right in front of Bam → then immediately leaves with the others as if it was planned) then it’s likely in this scenario Hwaryun worked with him in some way →

either she a) manipulated him to be JUST in time with the right info, OR b) they were working together (and thus Paracule would be working with FUG)

[deltastra]

My Thoughts on Tower of God Season 2 Episode 2

So, premiere was great! Now it's time for a slower episode!

WEBTOON SPOILERS WAS TEASED BUT NOT OUTRIGHT STATED

Rating: 8/10

Summary: Music was great! Not much happened as it is meant to be the calm before the storm, but it was still enjoyable! I was a little disappointed over some of the scenes that were skipped but it's not a huge deal-breaker for me.

Always loved Rachel's story to Bam. Because it shows how different they are. Bam finds the story sad, but Rachel sees it as a happy one.

HAHA MY FAV SCENE IS ANIMATED NOW YAY! THIS WAS SO FUNNY.

This scene was always so cute! Miseng giving the "monster" some chocolate, and the "monster" actually accepting it politely. But...i thought she gave chips in the webtoon??? I dont know. I wonder if Viole thought of Rak when he saw that chocolate bar.

Oof I forgot that Prince was a jerk back then

WELL PUT HIM IN THE RING WITH HATZ AGAIN I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. Also it's so cool to see Hatz's name be held with such honour. Team Shibisu really made a name for themselves!

THE GOAT IS HEREEEEEEEEE. Also perfect voice for him! Exactly how I pictured it!

Man they nailed the feeling of dread they're all having over geting so low. I legit felt so sorry for them despite knowing what happens.

ABSOLUTE QUEEN I LOVE HER SIU I BEG OF YOU BRING HER BACK IN THE WEBTOON PLEASE I WANNA SEE HER AGAIINNNN

Hehehe He loves his fried chicken!

And its finally here! The OST was perfect for the build up. Viole just lightly touched it without making a sound and he instantly went to 1st place! Though, i remember Love doing the test as well and still scoring higher, showing that Rankers are still stronger than Viole and forshadowin of what's to come. I wish they kept that in.

I felt a bit sad seeing some anime-onlies finding this scene cringe. But honestly? I love it. Because it shows how unlike most of them, Wagnan KNOWS he's weaker. He KNOWS he needs someone to help him. And he NEEDS to climb the tower no matter what. So he is going to try his absolute hardest to be picked, even if he has to humiliate himself. That's dedication. Usually other stories would show these types of people as pathetic so it makes sense that people found this scene pathetic as well. Just wanted to provide my thoughts on this scene and why I love it so much. Oh and I love how the only people that begged were the ones who NEEDS to climb the tower no matter what.

:(((((((((((((((((((((( Poor Bam.

No thoughts I just love every scene Yihwa is in

BAHAHAHAHA IM SO GLAD THEY AT LEAST KEPT THIS SCENE IN IT WAS SO FUNNY!! (Also Yihwa's VA absolute kills this role I love her performance)

Hmm they skipped the whole bath scene. Tragic but given the amount of episodes for this cour, makes sense.

Honestly looking back at this scene, I didn't realise that it also shows that Viole's doesn't care about eliminating Jahad and the Ten Great Families. If he did, Wagnan would've been so screwed. But he just got his ring back without any further questioning.

Okayyy so that's all I have to say about episode 2. Sorry that I don't have much thoughts about this episode. It was mostly talking. But now, I am caught up with the episodes I have already watched! Episode 3's post will be my most initial thoughts as I will be watching while writing my thoughts!

[animenga123]

Tower of God Season 2 Episode 17 Baam Faces Off Against Shibisu's Team || Animenga #towerofgod #season2trailer #season2 #episode17 #releasedate #release #arrive #premiere #preview #teaser #animenga #anime #manga #trailer #teaser #teasers #2024  https://youtu.be/KJ2ch0rT39M 

[bb3qu9phr9pohn9puqnefopv]

manhwa writers rarely(imo) have the nuance to move on from 'character trait:smart' to digging into what type of intelligence each of their different 'smart characters' have. the fact that shibisu is kind of an 'idiot character' in terms of tropes but believably becomes the planning powerhouse of his team WHILE still being comic relief was really well done in s1. he's also not creating his own cliche about light bearers because shibisu is literally a scout

this was one of the things that got me to take ToG seriously from the start and commit to reading all 500 (at the time) chapters.

anyways unrelated who enjoyed the 'loner character's surprising backstory: he was rejected by a girl' arc from a few months ago?

When Yu Hansung basically told AA that his smarts are as good as useless if he doesn’t have the trust it takes to put those smarts to practice

[empty-dream]

BAM’S COMPANIONS - SEASON 2

Welcome back TOG and SIU-nim!! To commemorate, here is a messy offering. Ik some of them have multiple positions or have no official position, so I just categorize them based on functions and/or aesthetics lol

[evergreen-dryad]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 신의 탑 | Tower of God Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Khun Aguero Agnis/Twenty-Fifth Baam | Jyu Viole Grace Characters: Khun Aguero Agnis, Twenty-Fifth Baam | Jyu Viole Grace, Rak Wraithraiser, Ship Leesoo, Team Ship (Tower of God), Team Sweet and Sour (Tower of God), Team Novick (Tower of God) Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Fluff, Canon Compliant, somewhat resolved sexual tension, Christmas Episode of a Floor Fic Really, Christmas, Birthday, Christmas-Birthday, Surprise Party, Attempt at Humor, slight sprinkles of angst Summary:

They are on the 76th floor, aka the Christmas floor. Right in time for Baam's birthday. 

The test is simple, and it is not. The only test is for Khun: his patience when it comes to organising a surprise Christmas-birthday party with other people.

[FAIL: If Baam finds out. RSVP?]

//Merry Christmas everyone, here’s my work for the khunbam nation discord Secret Santa revealed!! For Erika: who asked for a Christmas-birthday fic and Khun getting super stressed about it :DD

Basically... my attempt at a floor fic and it grew out of control again oops.

excerpt below!

They are on the 76th floor, just in time before the season crush begins — where it will be the heart of the stampede that occurs every December.

For it is the Floor of the Saint's Forge — one of the seven headquarters of the Workshop. It is notorious for being ruled by a legendary figure that purportedly hands out A-grade weapons through its tests.

It's a very good way to ensure the Workshop stays in business in this area — land is already cheap up here, in the floor right below Wolhaiksong's, where Baek Ryun's living forest still exerts some of its force.

They say some of the pines can be seen growing through the cracks of the shinsu sky here, tenacious in their age and long curling roots.

Crisp air nips at the skin on his nose, and Khun shivers slightly as he pulls his jacket closer round him. He wasn't a fan of the cold climate here, but there's nothing he can do about it but grit his teeth and stay there till they've got what they've come for.

They're also right in the Christmas season, how irritating. Bright lights and neon ads flashed everywhere to lure in the storm of Regulars sure to come.

Their test admin is also irritatingly nowhere to be found. Apparently, according to information from the lightbearers' network, they insisted on remaining scarce, and could only really be found at night, following the lead of that legendary Ruler of theirs. Most irritating.

Hence why in the meantime, they were living on this floor. It wasn't a bad place to be — there was easy access to supplies, and there were blissfully quiet cottages available for accommodation.

Most of all, Baam seemed to really like this floor.

From the moment they had stepped in here, his eyes had perked up and he had never stopped looking round in clear fascination. The trees going up, with all their gaudy decorations had arrested his attention, and he could stop in front of the displays for long, whether they were strings of stars in between lanes or murals of choirs of angels.

The mini snowmen and reindeer would bring a little smile of awe if he noticed them dancing about in displays or on cards, or if he heard the holiday's carols blasting out of shopfronts to the peal of bells.

It's definitely the smell of gingerbread wafting on the breeze, and the sight of rows of peppermint canes that stopped him longest in his stride.

The wonder of it on his face. Khun couldn't help but smile seeing it.

"What's the name of this festivity again, Khun?" Baam asks, catching up to where he and Rak were waiting behind the others. The little smile, still on his lips. It was perhaps the happiest he'd seen Baam in a while.

It occurred to Khun then that Baam had, most likely, never taken part of this kind of festive holiday. There are no holidays for gods, after all. Not in particular for those on the run.

"Christmas." He finds the words after a while. "When people celebrate the birth of a sun god or indulge in mass revelry with gift-giving. I never celebrated it much." Rak gawks at him also, but pretends not to just as immediately. He didn't hide his smile at that. It seemed this was something they all had in common after all.

Baam blinks a few times, pace slowing. "I think I might have heard of it before," he says finally.

Khun shrugs the easy joke of you've been living under a rock off, "Hard not to with Quant Blitz's face everywhere." He points out, the ranker's grinning mug on a billboard selling fried chicken. This one even has one of those red hats on his head, whether it's real or edited in.

Rak snorts out long and loud at that, and then growls, "We're looking for these test admin turtles," and the subject is closed then

Later, Khun does point out where on the pocket calendar the holiday falls to him, and tucks away the little grateful smile Baam directs towards him, along with the pang of warmth it brings.

[deiaiko]

#23.3 Fishes

After they finished eating, they were ushered to the living room to have an hour break before the next activity.

As they settled down, Agni announced that he was going to release his fishes to feed them, while also letting them play around and get to know everyone. 

Shibisu was surprised that there was not only one, but three electric eels. He had never been on the receiving end of electric Shinsu, and he would rather like to keep it that way.

One of the eels recognized him, swimming around him before disappearing out of sight. Shibisu smiled at her antics. She must be Auri, the same one Agni introduced to him last week.

Her brothers were named Zuo and Cosmo, as Grace introduced. One had several dots on his body, while the other had one dot on his head. Shibisu still had a hard time differentiating them though, since the eels rarely let themselves be seen.

And there was also a dolphin, who liked to be the center of attention. She was very affectionate, in contrast to the shy eels. Her name was Velt, and she liked nuzzling into open palms. 

She definitely worked here as a support animal. She was very friend-shaped and just the perfect size for cuddles.

According to Dan, she was supposed to be the eels' guardian. And Agni added that it was because her species was bred for their shinsu wave sensing abilities, and she was trained specifically to locate the eels and read their distress signals. The eels were already hard to see despite them being curious. It'd definitely be harder when they were actually trying to hide out of distress.

But the eels seemed to enjoy being near Ran, letting themselves be seen as they hovered around him. If Shibisu were to guess, it was probably because of Ran's affinity with electricity. The eels might feel some kind of kinship with him. 

That'd be funny yet cute if it were actually the case.

Ran complained about why they chose to annoy him specifically, yet he still fed them with the pellets that Agni handed him. Shibisu couldn't help but grin at his cute tsundere son.

Once everyone grew bored with the fishes, Agni herded them back into his lighthouse bowl.

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I just started to read Tower of god again to try to catch up now that the hiatus is over and I'm already back at thinking about my thorn!Bam au