#that was literally the main reason

[erigold13261]

Random HC. Yinu hates rock music bc it physically hurts her ears, and sounds like noise. (Sensory overload) She is the first one to X B2J in the audition, and doesn’t consider B2J to be music makers.

(I flipping LOVE the opening X scene so much! I wish we could replay it like all the other cutscenes)

But that makes sense! I always just took it as all the Megastars knowing to vote against any rock music, probably because of how Tatiana has talked about the genre. Though, looking back at things, it does make more sense that the Megastars voted on their own accord based on their own preferences. (I do know about the Zuke and Eve X thing that a lot of people have talked about).

Like okay, Yinu not liking rock because of sensory issues would explain why she is the first one to reject B2J (though it was more likely just because she had to be in the middle since her silhouette is not the most striking and having the X's start in the middle would have been the best visually way to go).

She also rejects them the fastest other than 1010. I did some math, trying to time out each rejection from the moment Tatiana finishes her sentence "Fellas, what do you think?" to the moment each red X sound is heard (couldn't go off visuals to make sure I hit my timer correctly).

I did this 4 official times, not counting the times I messed up and scrapped my data, and Yinu was definitely the fastest at .91 seconds. Then it would be 1010 at 2.57 seconds. Then Sayu at 4.11 seconds. DJSS at 4.84 seconds. And finally Eve at 5.23 seconds.

And honestly, to me, that makes a lot of sense.

Yinu is a child. Sure she likes being loud and stuff like that, but if she is unprepared for something like a live rock concert, it is going to distress her and make her very quick to reject B2J. And if she was overwhelmed just because she knows she doesn't like the genre (or at least the subset of the genre that B2J play) then of course she is going to be the fastest.

Next is 1010. Which is funny because they are supposed to be gentlemenly and kind, but are the only ones to actually cut off Mayday as she speaks (DJSS and Sayu cut her off right at the end of a sentence while 1010 cut her off right in the middle).

They are also significantly faster than the other artists, but not nearly as fast as Yinu. I would say that this is because they all have negative feelings of rock (from hearing Tatiana talk about it and Neon repeating it to them since he would back up Tatiana's word), but also because they are split as some of them do still like the genre just a bit. Honestly, I like to think Purl was the one to push the button to reject B2J, which is why it so rudely interrupted Mayday and was still pretty fast. Purl couldn't wait that extra 2 seconds (or 8 if they were gonna wait a whole 10 seconds lol) so they just pressed it themselves.

Sayu is next. And I would say the Crew (Sayu is not sentient at this time) are not struggling to decide on whether to reject B2J or not, but when to do so. They wait a moment. But they also really like cutesy hyper-pop kind of music. Stuff that could potentially be similar to rock but is a lot more upbeat and obviously more EDM. So their more dislike for rock makes them faster than DJSS.

DJSS on the other hand, I can see him as being a rock fan when he was younger (like disco rock or something, idk). He has convinced himself that rock is "no longer relevant" and put it beneath him though. There is no strong dislike or hate for it, but he sees themself and their music as better than that genre. Which is why they are ready to reject B2J, but also give more time with their rejection.

And finally Eve. She waits the longest and to the end (not counting Tatiana) to reject B2J. She probably doesn't hate rock at all, probably even played a bit with Zuke when they were together. However, she is more upset with Zuke and May as people (especially since Zuke is playing with some rando). She waits til the end, and when all Zuke can say is "tadaa?" she rejects him. She knows he is better than what he has stooped so low to become right now, and to her this rejection is probably a good wake-up call for him.

I obviously didn't time Tatiana as there is a whole conversation between her and Mayday after Eve rejects them. And it is obvious as to why she rejects them (she hates rock and was going to reject them anyway, but also the fact her skills as a musician were insulted even though May had no idea who she was beforehand). So yeah, we know why she rejected B2J and why it took so long to do so. She was, like how I guess Eve was doing, trying to give them some good advice on what to do next, even if that means never playing music again.

Okay, so sorry I hijacked your post to talk about all of this! I can definitely see Yinu being a rock hater, or at least a heavy rock hater. Things like industrial or hardcore rock is a definite no-go. And since that is probably the only rock she has ever heard then she would say she hates ALL rock. I am sure she can find a decent sub-genre in rock that she likes (like people who say they hate country and all they listen to is trash country).

Honestly, she probably had a rough time with Neo-Classical EDM (and EDM in general, at least stuff like Dubstep like Skrillex) as that could be pretty overwhelming at times (like have you heard experimental or glitch EDM? Yinu would HATE that, I love it though :3). So I can see her wearing some kind of ear plugs or headphones when she first started out. Once she got more used to playing with EDM she wouldn't need those as often.

But hey! When she does need them, Mama keeps some earplugs in her pocket. Also, I love the idea that DJSS has little child-sized noise cancelling headphones in their jacket pocket in case Yinu gets overwhelmed around them. :3

[stil-lindigo]

bite of winter.

a comic about a princess who died in the snow.

--

creative notes:

--

all my other comics

store

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i vote that next year instead of reading Dracula we do a Jeeves & Wooster Book Club. those two never got the rabid tumblr shipping fandom they deserved (disqualified for the sheer technicality of being published a century too soon). we must correct this injustice

[yashley]

campaign 3 episode 120: Imogen Temult, Exaltant Hope of the Red Storm (hot girl shit)

[kiivg]

.I will complete my durge run and I will romance Wyll Ravengard.

[cosmicredcadet]

All this aroace character shipcourse has proven to me that a majority of people that interact in fandom cannot actually interact with characters and media outside of shipping and genuinely I believe you need to learn how to interact with media outside of shipping.

[aliemboyfriend]

im strictly following this manga for the SCRAPS of 1) married inukag content and 2) certified dogdad moments and boy. Boy this one Hurt Me Bad

[lambmotifz]

“wincest isn’t canon!” dean winchester canonically thinks that “little brother” is a synonym for “wife”

[nenoname]

Details in Stan's letter that still haunt me

(how long will I continue thinking about a two page letter that's technically not even that long because Stan's handwriting is fricking large? .....you don't need to worry about that.)

The bro code only shows up in the Lost Journal pages, and to me Stan's message feels like it purposely echoes Ford's "miss you" in the college photo (and for some reason the message doesn't appear in the website version of the photo?) ....or alternatively Stan simply noticed how distressed Ford was about this entire thing and wanted to support him in a way so he can be sappy but without the kids knowing, or both!

Stan's claim about the Oregon lottery contradicts what the Lost Legends website said about Tate McGucket's ability to predict the winning numbers!! ...but also breaking into the Lottery HQ is definitely a very Stan thing to do and it's not the first time small gags have been retconned

Despite spending most of his letter nonchalantly destroying him, the taunt about ripping a dollar bill in half is the only part where Stan is directly responding to Bill. Maybe it's the two of them having similar ways of thinking but it's rather specific considering Bill taunts the reader about it...

And after Bill spends an entire book calling Ford Sixer despite normally using a pretty wide range of nicknames for him, Stan then spends his letter mainly referring to Ford as Sixer, even though post-Weirdmageddon he tends to use a mix of nicknames. And it's not like he'd gotten to see Bill himself for long, let alone see him steal that childhood nickname (that is only used twice in the actual show btw!). Did Ford tell him what happened or...?

With all this and the website's "still on your mind" message, what I'm getting at is my tinfoil hat theory of Stan somehow seeing some of the pages the irl readers saw, even when it should be personalised to the specific reader, and he's been lying about it for some reason. Considering that the book flat out doesn't make an attempt at convincing Soos, I find it a stretch that whatever Bill was telling Stan via the book was an attempt to convince him either.

Wouldn't be the first time Stan's skimmed through a book and lied about what it meant to him.

(...Now I kinda wanna see a story about the family reading their versions of the book and making fun of it while Stan is improvising every single one of his pages and blatantly ignoring Bill's attempts to mock and taunt him)

But also I'm fascinated by the letters that only showed up on the website (aka the Soos+Wendy+McGucket+Pacifica ones). I'm assuming that Mabel had stuck them on after Stan's letter... but they were basically eaten by the book itself because seeing Stan's letter kick-started Bill's breakdown which takes up the rest of the book

[turtleblogatlast]

Something I like about Leo is that he’s honestly really chill? It’s easy to remember the moments where he’s being obnoxious or excitable but I feel like most of the time he’s incredibly “go with the flow” and has an overall affable demeanor.

[lyxchen]

Okay so I've heard this said a bunch of times and I'm gonna admit I thought like that too for a while but no, Gi-hun did not win the games because he was lucky. A lot of people think that's how he won because he never killed anybody but that's really not the point. Gi-hun won the games because a) he's smart and is able to look at things from a different angle, b) because he is a good and kind person who also believes in others and c) because of the goodness and care get got back from other people.

In the first game he survived because Ali saved him and that wasn't luck, that was Ali being a good person and helping somebody not get killed. Ali could've not caught him, let him die, he didn't even know Gi-hun at all at that point and he put himself in more danger too by having to hold on to a person while standing completely still but he still saved Gi-hun because Ali is a good person.

In the Dalgona game he quite literally Was Not Lucky. He decided to go with the umbrella which is the worst shape to pick and he probably would have died if he hadn't looked at the game in a different way and decided to change his strategy. Gi-hun is smart. He is also optimistic and so he tried something new and found a different way to beat that game.

In the third game he survived because he was smart and kind enough to listen to Il-nam. The other people in their group dismissed him as just an old man speaking but Gi-hun didn't and that way they had a good strategy to beat the other team. The same goes for him listening to Sang-woo's idea of running three steps and then stopping, which ultimately was what saved them. His group also chose him as their leader (who, as Il-nam said, needs to not seem weak or loose hope because then the whole team is doomed). His team trusted in him and his optimism and they were right to do so.

In the marbles game he won because he was once again kind and decided to team up with Il-nam and also because in the end Il-nam decided to "sacrifice himself" for Gi-hun because he showed him kindness before. Yes Il-nam didn't actually die but he also knew that Gi-hun had cheated and still let him continue on to the next game, probably because Gi-hun had been good and kind and caring towards him before, even though he really didn't have to be. Gi-hun also didn't know this but by teaming up with Il-nam he inadvertently ensured that Il-nam had a lot more fun in the games than he would have had, had everybody just ignored to "old, fragile man". Gi-hun was good to Il-nam throughout all the games and it ended up saving him in the marbles game.

In the fifth game it's only some small moments as Gi-hun isn't really involved in the game because he's the last number but still it wasn't just luck. First of all he was kind enough to give the number 1 to the player that asked him for it. Yes, that number was bad but he didn't know that and had he been selfish enough to say no to that other player he wouldn't have survived. Being the last to play in any game can end up being bad for you, still he decided to give up the number he picked because the other player asked him to. Secondly he also survived that game because Sae-byeok was kind enough to remind him of which glass tile to step on after he had forgotten which one it was. It's only small but she didn't have to tell him and still she did. Sae-byeok btw is also good to him because before that he was good to her and protected her (even though he was angry at her at first) and that way he was able to gain her trust.

Lastly he won the Squid Game because Gi-hun was kind to Sang-woo and because Sang-woo deep down was still a good person. There were probably many reasons as to why Sang-woo decided to kill himself in the end but part of it, I'm sure, was also because Gi-hun was a good friend to him. I mean Gi-hun was even willing to give up all the money and go back home with nothing gained if it meant that Sang-woo didn't have to die and would be able to come home with him. Gi-hun deserved that win and that money and in the end Sang-woo knew that. He also knew that Gi-hun would make sure to take care of Sang-woo's mother and that he wouldn't just take all the money for himself because Sang-woo knew that Gi-hun is a good person. (Gi-hun technically also won the Squid Game because he was good at it which is also him being smart)

So in conclusion and I hope y'all haven't stopped reading yet: Gi-hun didn't win the games because he was lucky. He didn't just sit around doing nothing and won anyways. He won because he was smart but even more importantly he won because of the kindness and goodness that exists in humans and that is especially present in him. He won because he had empathy, because people trusted him, because he got back from them what he gave to them first. He never killed anyone and we can clearly see that he Could Never kill anyone in those games but that's not his weakness. Just because he didn't let himself get corrupted and turned into what the games wanted him to turn into doesn't mean he won because of luck. Him not playing by those subtle, hidden rules that are made to force him to be bad, to not care about others and to give up his kindness actually means he was better than the games. He won because he didn't let them turn him into a monster. They tried really hard and they failed and that's how he won!! But also on top of that he also won because he isn't the only good person in this show. He also won because other people helped him, were kind to him and gave a shit about him. Each and every person that helped Gi-hun didn't have to do that. They all could have not helped him, Ali could have not caught him, Sae-byeok could have not told him which one was the correct glass tile, hell, she could have Lied to him about it and the only difference it would have made for the other players would have been them being one more dead person closer to winning all that money. But that's really not how humans are and act which is why all these people helped Gi-hun, helped each other in small or big ways and in the end his own kindness and the kindness that exists in other people is what lead to Gi-hun winning. That's not luck. That humans being good

[spirkbitch]

[quillsinkwell]

do you ever think about how Michael probably hated being compared to his father, yet in both Watsonian and Doylist terms, that's all he ever was

like in watsonian ways, all the animatronics targeted him and attacked him because he looked so similar to his father that they were the same people to the children.

and in doylist ways, the only thing that defined him was his quest to defeat his father.

like, what in canon has clued us in about Mike's personality? That has nothing to do with his family or animatronics? it's that he likes a show called the immortal and the restless.

that's it.

everything else we have given him in fanon.

he spent his whole life trying to deal with his father to prove he wasn't him, yet he's entirely defined by his father.

and without him, he's barely a character.

it adds a sort of horror to his death in pizza sim. like when he attempted to lay his father to rest permanently, the universe laid him as well, because it had no purpose for him outside of his father.

it also kinda makes glammike a little fucked up if you think about it this way, even if he either moved on or his spirit lingered in the pizzeria. his father rose again and the universe either dragged him out of the afterlife or kept him in the basement because what else is he if not his father's watcher

do you ever think about that despite his best efforts to not be his father, he's entirely defined by the man

do you ever think about that

or are you normal.

[karmelarts]

the get down circa 2017 literally shouldve had this website in a fucking chokehold like. shao and zeke shouldve had white yaoi tumblr ship levels of engagement..... we're in the worst timeline

[nicoriice]

UR NOEL AND FAROE AUU MY DAZZEEE🙌🙌🫶

HEHEHHE I'VE ACTUALLY MADE TONS OF AU'S WITH DIFFERENT CHARACTERS INTERACTING WITH FAROE for the mere reason that i love this girl with all my heart and we've barely heard of her she's literally my whole world

arthur of course :)

parker !!

oscar !!!

and of course noel UGHHH

i've been planning on doing more because it's seriously the cutest thing ever and it fills my heart with joy

so yea

[tackykachowch]

By the way, did we ever talk about how stupid it is that they made Silco the reason Felicia died? I don't mean that he killed her personally, but that he jumpstarted violence on a peaceful protest. Because that's sooo who Silco is, right? A character who makes impulsive and poorly thought out decisions, right? A character who goes into a fight headstrong without carefully planning his moves and strategy and just YOLO-ing it, right? Right?? ......sigh

And don't even THINK about giving me the whole "wElL hE cHaNgEd SiNcE tHeN dUh" crap. Even s2 is smart enough to show us him writing something in a notebook in a flashback, which implies that he was the brains behind the Lanes' creation/revolution as a whole. And if he was he would never sabotage his own plans with something so stupid as throwing a single molotov at enforcers. Literally who does that???? Silco we know would probably organize an attack under the guise of a peaceful protest, but not just. Straight-up ruining just a regular peaceful protest. That's stupid. And Silco is the last character in arcane that would do something stupid. Literally the whole plot of season 1 relies on him being intelligent and sneaky with his plans are you kidding me.