#the designs aren't specifically based on their singers

[lesbiamano]

FINEEE i'll draw your stupid greek mythology people

[neechees]

hello! I’m Deaf and white. I will be going to my first powwow this month. May I ask, is it okay to stay the whole time or do I leave whenever? It is from 10-5pm. Also, are there cues I can look for for knowing when to stand? I will be going alone so I am nervous because of my Deafness, but really excited. Thank you if you see this :)

That's a good question! And that's so exciting for you!!

Yes! Anyone can come and go at any time they please. Some people even just drop in for food and then leave, that's also acceptable :) While generally there's a schedule for when different dances and events are planned throughout, it's not like mandatory that guests stay for the entirety of those planned events. You can stay for the whole thing (or leave whenever)! I can't really think of why you wouldn't be able to. Also, don't be surprised if, despite the schedule, things happen later than expected. Most pow wows aren't very punctual lol

Based on the schedule, it sounds like you're attending a mini pow wow. For pow wows, usually they take place in a circular structure known as an "arbor", and the outskirts of the structure will most times have bleachers, stands, and a walkway/path just in front of it. For cues on when to stand, if you see most people in the bleachers standing, then you can stand too. below is an example of a pow wow arbor where lots of people will be sitting in the stands, so that's where you can look to for the cue.

Most of the time, people will be asked to stand for at least parts of Grand Entry, the victory song, walking the flags out, and/or any prayers or other things (but based on the schedule of the pow wow, it's unlikely they'd have the things I'm thinking of, so I won't tell you about them because you likely won't have to worry about them). Once again, you can find the cue of when these things are happening just by looking at the crowd.

However, pow wows also recognize many people have disabilities, and it's not uncommon for emcees to specifically point out that if you have a disability (Ex: in a wheelchair, have a chronic illness that makes standing for long periods painful, walk with a cane, have an injury, etc), then you are not required to stand. If you're nervous, I'd say this could apply to you as well. Also, even many non-disabled Natives will also sometimes sit through times they are asked to stand, there's no like designated scolder that's going to come and get mad at you for not standing lol.

Also, tip, but I'd say you should try standing next to a/the drumgroup when they sing, you'll be able to feel the vibration and enjoy the music that way :) Lots of people like to go up and watch the singers or record them, so you won't be alone or look strange for doing this!

under the readmore below, I'm just also listing some general pow wow etiquette just in case you've never been taught about it!

Big one, but don't bring any alcohol, recreational drugs, or weapons to the pow wow. Security can and will kick you out if you do

if you see lawn chairs, those are people's personal chairs brought by other attendees, so you can't just sit on them because people brought their own seating.

additionally, if you see a blanket placed upon the bleachers, that is also someone's seating, the blanket means someone has marked their territory and will be back at some point, so don't sit there. feel free to bring you own blanket for this!

do not touch a dancer's regalia without permission

do not take any photos of any dancers without permission. There are also certain times when you are not allowed to record video or photos, but this might not be likely to happen to the pow wow you're going to just because it's so short: if you're nervous though, just don't take any pictures of the dancing or singing just to be safe.

hope this helps!

[project-sekai-facts]

Hatsune Miku broke space-time and here's how

a somewhat off-the-wall theory by tumblr user project-sekai-facts

SEKAI are... mysterious, to say the least. They're worlds made out of the emotions of teenagers, only accessible through a song on a phone that cannot disappear, and most importantly, inhabited by the main 6 Crypton VOCALOID characters.

So, what exactly is a SEKAI? For one, they're not magical or supernatural, as confirmed in Len's Street SEKAI 2*. According to Len, SEKAI are just mysterious, as previously mentioned. He also mentions in that card story that the Virtual Singers that inhabit SEKAI are not that much unlike humans, although they have the innate ability to help people discover their true feelings, and nurturing those feelings is at their core.

That's the thing, how are they able to maintain a humanoid form if they're not magical or supernatural, and not holograms either? Well, with magical worlds and the concept of people teleporting inside of their phone ruled out due to the phones going with them, the only option I can think of would be an alternate dimension. A parallel universe, if you will.

An alternate, parallel universe actually makes a lot of sense. Because there's still the big question of how a selection of characters came to be physical, sentient beings. It's made perfectly clear that in the world the main human characters live in, the Virtual Singers are simply Virtual Singers. They're just characters designed for vocal synth software, exactly as they are in the real world. So to me, the most likely explanation is that the SEKAI exist in an alternate universe where the Crypton VOCALOID characters exist as real "people".

It's not a perfect explanation, and doesn't really account for the fact there are several SEKAI, and several incarnations of the VOCALOID characters across those. While the SEKAI are presented as planet-like objects in a void (the "Between SEKAI"), as the game calls it, there's also the fact that SEKAI continuously grow, in a similar style to a universe. To be honest, I don't think the writers care that much about the physics behind SEKAI and the contradictions present.

They actually play with a bit of a "god" dynamic with the Virtual Singers. They aren't tied to a specific SEKAI, instead residing in the void between SEKAI and watching over "themselves" and the humans who inhabit the SEKAI.

All of that aside, how did the SEKAI come to be, and what's so special about the Virtual Singers? Why are they playing god in this alternate dimension?

Well, it's well-established that SEKAI are created from feelings. Specifically strong and unwavering ones, that have to maintain their strength in order to become a full fledged SEKAI, and not just a small fragment of what could be. But, where do the Virtual Singers come into this?

Well, it's hard to say. Considering how closely tied the Virtual Singers are to the SEKAI, I'd say it's pretty safe to say that they have an impact in the creation of them. Which places 2006 as the earliest a SEKAI could form, the year MEIKO was released. Although, considering how Miku is put at the forefront of it all, 2007 might be more likely. Perhaps the SEKAI were created by staff at Crypton, who were happy with Miku's outcome, and that's why she's at the forefront? It's plausible, though I think there's a more likely theory.

The game places a heavy emphasis on what VOCALOID means to people, the way a community has formed around it, and creators will put their feelings into music that can then be enjoyed by people worldwide. From an out-of-universe perspective, I think this provided the inspiration for the idea of SEKAI, though I think it works from an in-universe perspective too. By some reality-shattering phenomenon, when VOCALOID (particularly Miku) started to really explode in the late 2000s, the feelings that people entrusted to these Virtual Singer characters managed to create entire worlds based on their feelings. Obviously Miku being the most popular and well-know VOCALOID character ended up being at the center of it. Thousands of people conveyed their true feelings through her, and probably hundreds of those people felt strongly enough for SEKAI to be born from their feelings.

And that's all it is really. SEKAI are just a metaphor for the worlds that Vocaloid producers create with their songs, and the feelings they put into those songs, the feelings they entrust to the VOCALOIDs. It's a very literal representation of it.

[pinesfamilyguidetotheweird]

There's something I wanted to share, something that kinda saved me from my several burnouts with Cipher's Will.

The existence of Expy characters.

Basically characters that are either loosely or (usually) deliberately based off an already existing character.

I have technically made one already for a Hazbin Hotel fic. I say technically because the character design was not mine, but was shown briefly in the pilot: a hispanic looking demoness who was present during Charlie's interview. I loved her design and decided to make a fic based around her even though she didn't really have...anything to write about. So, I based her off the La Llorona legend with a bit of Blue Diamond in terms of feeling great lament and making other sinners cry in her woe.

When I remembered this, I decided to write characters based on ones that I liked.

I figured if I did this, I'd have a bet more freedom because I felt so much pressure with the crossover characters as I wanted to add basically everything that was connected to that character and it was part of the reason I was burning out.

The beauty of expies to me is to take these characters and kinda give them a new breath of fresh air, especially since they're based off my favs.

I'm not really sure if you can call them OCs...then again, originality is kinda hard to come by.

Plus, I've been wanting something specific and those specifics fit the already existing characters, buuuut...(reasons above). Not only that, but I was gonna be upfront about it anyways, sooo...

Really though, I'd like to use these characters outside of Cipher's Will and I'm gonna do just that.

Rimona Ethon-Jess

She is a singer and supermodel and daughter of a lesbian couple. I've based her on Garnet from Steven Universe. Really, the only differences between these two is Rimona's lack of Gems on her hands, future visions (or rather she might have some level of clairvoyance, just not the level of Garnet), and a third eye (though she does wear a bindi at times for meditative purposes).

She has two adoptive kids, Twig and Molly Westwood.

Yes, those are the names Anne used for her 'Shut In' story. As for the surname, its a reference to Humphrey Westwood (who's basically a human expy of Hop-Pop...shoot, remember the Curator?). Now, whether or not these characters are related is up to you. Twig is set to be Dipper's new friend usually with his return to the Falls (whenever that happens) whereas Molly kinda does her own thing, though she does become a fan of McGucket labs.

Next up is another character based on a character in Steven Universe, Glenn Finnegan.

He's a robotics prodigy from Ireland and a four-limbed amputee. He's also a freelance hacker and a gamer and has built a little robotic companion, plus a few pet plants.

Yet another character based on a Steven Universe character, plus others, Alexei Akoyevich Agapov

A slightly effeminate Russian-Japanese retired ice skater now cafe owner. He has a bit of Pearl's personality and body type and a bit of Fai D Flourite’s personality and fences as a hobby. He lives with his long term boyfriend.

The next character is interesting: Marilyn Rosenstein.

Yes. THAT Marilyn Rosenstein mentioned in Journal 3. I started to generate an idea that Marilyn was already an existing character and just so happens to share a lot in common with Eda (hell, I think Eda is an expy of Ryoko Hakubi), even with how she looked and that's how Eda was able to blend in. Heck, Marilyn also just so happens to be a witch too (albeit of the Earth variety). She lacks a golden tooth and curse, though. Now...Did Stan meet Marilyn first or was it always Eda? You decide!

Similar to Rimona, Marilyn has also two wards, two anthropomorphic wolves named Fenny and Yue.

Fenny is the youngest of the two, being slightly younger than Gideon, and Yue is around the same age as Wendy and her friends. Fenny and Yue aren't related to each other, though Yue was found with Fenny. Fenny is physically similar to King Clawthorne and can be demanding at times and likes to go on adventures. As for Yue, they're like a mix between Loona from Helluva Boss and Amethyst, though a little more on the brooding shy side, similar to Loona.

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Annnnd, that's about it!

I do have original characters that...I'm not entirely sure if they could be expies too, lol.

Here, let me share a few.

Seiko Habutai

She is shown in the first chapter of Back in the Falls. I kinda wanted her to be almost the opposite of Wendy (more ladylike and proper, the Ojou-Sama, if you will), but that doesn't stop her from getting dirty if she has to be.

Ashe

A dark skinned elf, who is also set to be a friend of Dipper. Speaking of elves, they are different here from what is shown in media. First off, the tribe Ashe is from is kind of a hippie type of group (basically how I would imagine elves could be portrayed in Gravity Falls.) The other is actually something that isn't used often in any media, the elves (or at least Ashe's race) are hollow inside. Like, there is nothing in their bodies. No bones, no organs, no soul. Nothing. ...I'm sure that not a lot of angst will come about this for Ashe...

Professor Esther Ratselgast

She's mentioned in the second chapter of Back in the Falls. She was Ford's Quantum Physics teacher back in college. Somehow still alive despite her advanced age. She's also dressed in clothes that seem out of the Victorian era. She is currently working for a man named Adair Samler. Speaking of...

Adair Samler, the last OC I'm willing to share right now (this has gone on long enough as it is)

He appears to be a middle-aged man with silvery hair and small glasses. He's the current director of the Oregon branch of the ALMA Foundation (GF equivalent of the SCP Foundation. I will say that some of his inspiration is that of Ozpin from RWBY, by being a little bit mysterious.

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And there we have it! Similar with the Expy characters, I'm gonna use these OCs outside of Cipher's Will if they are needed in that story.

[nachoaveragejoe234]

Other than the obvious like raceswapping apologism in general, anti-white comments and slurs, thinking they're special and that they can't be racist,

Black people's Asiaphobia. Yes, they are very Asiaphobic, especially to Japanese and Koreans I've noticed. Here are the two most recurring examples.

This goes hand in hand with raceswapping but specifically the Japanophobia of it. When people, Japanese or not, criticize black edits of anime characters who are mostly Japanese, they make the excuses that Japanese people are racist to them because of some unfortunate anime designs that look like blackface, them pulling the "you have representation cry about it" (the only time you'll see black people tell POC they're "privileged" basically), and the most common excuse, that blasians exist. Notice they never specify the character is blasian in their version, they only bring it up as a way to demonize Japanese people, notice they also never give the characters mixed features or any indication they're mixed. They give them black features if any other modifications are made, then they keep any kimono or Japanese name, thus actively culturally appropriating Japanese culture. Similarly whenever a dark skinned character appears in an anime, even if they have a Japanese name, they assume the character is black. As if only black people can have dark skin. As if there aren't tanned Asians who are fully Asian.

2. Harassing Kpop stars for wearing dreds or using hip hop influences and accusing them of cultural appropriation.

And not Asiaphobic, but another black music thing: black people constantly demonizing white American/British rock stars and claiming they "stole" or "copied" black musicians because they play rock or covered a song a black person originally sung (or was made most amous by a black person), and then almost every musician they hate on was very OPEN about their influence and the black musicians of old being their IDOLS. If you have problems with the originals not being as popular, blame the radio stations, stop blaming the bands and singers, as if they had control over who became popular. Here are some common ones:

Elvis. People STILL believe Elvis was some racist copycat thief. Even though it's well known that he never took credit for black people's work, he loved hanging out with black people growing up, he was always respectful to them, I think he objected or criticized the public calling him the King of Rock, saying that he's not the king, the black people made rock what it is and they should be the ones congratulated first, and his music became hated not only for his dancing but because bigots thought it was gonna "turn kids black".

2. Led Zeppelin. Yeah, there has been fair criticism of the fact sometimes the songs were credited to Jimmy and not the original singers, but there was controversy with both black and white originals. Also, they made it clear they admired the black artists still and later corrected their mistakes.

3. The Rolling Stones: Again, not once did they ever claim themseles better, the originators of rock, they always credited the original artists on covers, they admired the black rockers, Mick has been accused of doing a blaccent in his songs which again, stop, and the Stones in fact were huge with black people, many black artists met the Stones and loved them and talked positively about them, and you can find lots of pictures proving that.

And some less common ones but ones I've still seen idiots complain about:

The Beatles: Again, idiots with no knowledge of Beatles history accusing them of theft. The Beatles were perhaps one of the least problematic and xenophobic bands EVER. The Beatles were likely one of the most accepting bands. In addition to the anti war mesages, John marrying a Japanese woman even though war based Japanophobia and general Asiaphobia was a big thing, there was the fact they always credited black artists, they were big with black artists as fans, they objected to segregation and segregated concerts were unacceptable for them, and several songs were metaphors for racial issues including African-American rights.

2. The Who: I saw someone call the Who racist on Twitter. You know why? Their only reasoning was they did covers of black artists songs when they performed at clubs and schools in London, and that alone they considered "stealing".

3. Same reason that person also demonized the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Yardbirds.

And notice that they will never complain when a POC takes influence or covers a white person's song, is a fan of classical music, etc. Gee I wonder why? I also never see Latines complain about white people singing in Spanish, or bossa nova music. Says a lot about black people online.

These two issues are some of my biggest black community issues.

Here’s a random question:As a fellow black person,what annoys you the most about our community (and trust me,there’s a lot of things that annoy me about being black. I don’t hate being black though.It’s just ...certain parts of our community

Hm I think what annoys me the most is when people decide your experiences aren’t “black enough” or not something black people do to other black people. 

It’s basically invalidating someone’s experiences because they’ve decided, for themselves, that it doesn’t happen to anyone.

[2018-01-20]

ADOLESCENT DREAMS ...

“akkun, do you have a dream?”

“h-huh...? why are you acting ‘adolescent’ all of a sudden?”

INTRODUCING ! ✧

welcome to vera’s [ @stellumi ] and boo’s TOKYO REVENGERS COLLAB EVENT! have you ever wanted to write for your favorite tr character with a specific type of job? well, now’s your chance!

this event is based on pairing a character of your choosing with an occupation of your choice — for example: draken as a kindergarten teacher! if you would like to join, please read the guidelines and the faq below.

GUIDELINES ! ✧

pairing has to be reader × character.

all genres are allowed with the exception of horror + dark aus, such as yandere and stalker. nsfw/smut is also not allowed as one of the hosts [ @2018-01-20 ] is a minor. however, suggestive is acceptable!

there is no specific format (written or bulleted fics/hcs) or a minimum word count for your fic.

please use the tag: “ #— adolescent dreams 💤 ” so vera and i can easily locate your work and add them here! please tag us as well and insert the link of this post in your description.

FAQ ! ✧

is this event open to everyone, or is it exclusive to certain people only? the event is open for all tokrev writers! as long as you read the dni/byf in vera’s carrd as well as my carrd, you’re all set.

how do i join? you can join by sending either vera [ @stellumi ] or i an ask with the character + occupation you want to write about! we’ll provide the list of characters available for this collab. for occupation, you’re free to choose whatever. in regards to your choices, there can be duplicates with occupations. in other words: no to same character with same occupations; yes to different characters with same occupations, as long as the plots aren't similar. — for example:

↳ NO TO THIS!

— draken as a singer by @2018-01-20

— draken as a singer by @stellumi

↳ YES TO THIS!

mikey as a kindergarten teacher by @2018-01-20

mitsuya as a kindergarten teacher by @stellumi

how many submissions can i send in? to make sure that writers can have a chance to try to get the pairing that they want, there will be a limit of two submissione per blog/writer! however, if you would like to write for a female character as well, you get a bonus submission!

when is the deadline? we settled for around august/september! but there really isn’t a set deadline because we don’t want anyone to stress out over this too much. you’re more than welcome to publish your fics before then if you want, but if you publish them after september, that’s completely okay too!

if you have any further questions, please feel free to ask us. we will be happy to help!

MASTERLIST ! ✧

chifuyu matsuno

— chifuyu as a mangaka by @polalcee

— chifuyu as an actor by @rqnvindr

hajime kokonoi

izana kurokawa

kazutora hanemiya

keisuke baji

ken ryuguji [ draken ]

hakkai shiba

haruchiyo sanzu

hitto kakucho

manjiro sano [ mikey ]

— mikey as a model by @2018-01-20

— mikey as a ceo by @rqnvindr

nahoya kawata

naoto tachibana

ran haitani

— ran as a stylist by @amatxs

rindou haitani

— rindou as a nurse by @rulaineyu

— rindou as a bartender by @kitsunekanojo

shinichiro sano

— shinichiro as a fighting coach by @fubuwritings

shuji hanma

souya kawata

— souya as a policeman by @polalcee

taiju shiba

takashi mitsuya

— mitsuya as a fashion designer by @stellumi

tetta kisaki

wakasa imaushi

— wakasa as a dancer by @fubuwritings

emma sano

hinata tachibana

senju kawaragi

— senju kawaragi as a martials arts instructor by @stellumi

yuzuha shiba

[krreader]

becoming human | chapter four.

pairing: cops!bts x android!reader (as in, ot7 x reader, but may change) fandom: bts warnings: detroit:become human!au ; language ; violence ; abuse genre: crime ; angst ; crack ; (possibly smut) word count: 3.1k+ previous: 1 ; 2 ; 3

summary: the crime rate of seoul has been rising rapidly these past weeks and nobody could deny that there was more to it than gangs or the likes. something was brewing that not even the famous bangtan boys could solve, a unit specifically formed for hunting down criminals that most couldn’t. so when even they couldn’t find out what was going on, the department decided to add a new member to the team that would hopefully be able to solve the mysteries behind those crimes. what bangtan hadn’t expected however, was that their new member would not be human, but one of the androids sent by CyberLife.

a/n: wow, this turned into such a long chapter but I am so happy with it. those who have played detroit are hopefully enjoying all the easter eggs I’m putting in!!!!

Bangtan finally had a lead. A big part of their mission that would hopefully and finally solve this mess.

Find RA9. That was the objective.

Which, unfortunately, wasn't as easy as it sounded. You’d think with the amount of deviants one of them would have concrete information on RA9, but that wasn’t the case. RA9 was an enigma, a secret, a mystery. Something that all deviants knew, but never let anyone else know about.

The members were all busy talking to their contacts and various other agencies within and outside of the country, in hopes of somebody knowing something about RA9. Maybe even similar cases.

Namjoon was getting himself a cup of coffee. Or at least he wanted to.

But his mind was somewhere else entirely, and he didn't realize that the coffee had been done five minutes ago and he was still staring at the cup like he was waiting for something else to happen.

“I believe your coffee is done, boss,” your voice made Namjoon jump, then roll his eyes, “If you wait a few more minutes, the temperature of your beverage will not be enjoyable anymore.”

“What do you want? Stab me in the back like your colleagues?” he said bitterly, taking a sip from his semi-hot coffee. Fuck, it already tasted like shit.

“I told you, I am self-testing regularly. I am not going to become a deviant. I am going to finish my mission with you like I was designed to do.”

“Designed to do,” Namjoon snorted and shook his head, “I'm sure Kamski or whatever his name was didn't 'design' androids for them to turn into deviants.”

“Why don't you just ask him?”

“What?” he asked in confusion.

“You're looking for a lead, aren't you? Kamski is as good as any. He's the one that made us. If he doesn't know about RA9, he might at least have an idea on how to put an end to this.”

“Almost like an off-switch,” he muttered to himself.

And Namjoon hated to say this, but..

..you were right.

“Yeah, it's me,” Namjoon said a moment later with his phone pressed against his ear, “I need you to arrange a flight for me and my team to the US.”

“This is so cool,” Jimin beamed when he looked out of the window.

“Is this truly your first time flying, Park Jimin?” you smiled softly at the reaction of the young team member.

“Yeah.. I grew up in the countryside, my parents didn't think much of flying anywhere else.”

“Enough small talk,” Yoongi said as he sat down next to you, “Brief us on the situation in the US.”

That made all of them shift their attention to you and back was that serious atmosphere.

“They have similar problems. With Detroit being the city where androids have originated, their cases of deviants are much higher than in Seoul. As far as I know, CyberLife has already sent an android to work with a team in Detroit like it had sent me to work with you.”

“How do they deal with it?” Jin asked.

“They're still trying to find leads on RA9. They didn't think about talking to Kamski yet.”

Connor. That was his name.

You weren’t in contact with him, but your database knew all about him and his findings.

“So we have a head-start,” Taehyung grinned with wiggling eyebrows.

“This isn't a race, Taehyung,” Namjoon shook his head, “The entire world is at risk. We should tell the team in Detroit about it if we find anything useful. They might need any intel they can get.. and we could use some help if things go to shit. We don’t have a back-up team like we have in Seoul. Having friends might be beneficiary for us.”

“Understood, boss,” you said with a nod, closing your eyes and retreating into the data base to finally contact Connor.

“Is.. she asleep?” Hoseok furrowed his eyebrows as he leaned over to Jin.

“I don’t think androids sleep. But we should,” he leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes, “It’s a long flight.”

Hoseok watched you for a very long time, though. It was as if this moment of you not being fully there - which almost never happened, if ever - gave him the chance to finally study you, instead of the other way around.

Most androids all looked the same, only a few models were special like you. Special in a sense of being unique.

“Stop,” Yoongi warned him, still sitting next to you and having watched the slightly younger member for a while now, “She’s not human.”

“I know she isn’t,” Hoseok became defensive, then turned to his side and squeezed his eyes shut.

God, Yoongi and Namjoon held so much hatred for androids, they couldn’t even fathom that some people didn’t. Yes, what happened right not with deviants was bad, but you weren’t like that and all of them but Yoongi and Namjoon seemed to understand that.

The rest of the flight was relatively uneventful.

It was a private jet, so the members all did whatever the hell they wanted to.

Some played games, others slept, yet again others tried to find out more about RA9 - Yoongi and Namjoon, who would have guessed.

One member, however, was missing.

You realized that after you had finished your report to Connor and had looked around to see what everyone else was doing.

And since nobody else was looking for him, you decided to wander through the plane, only to find Jeongguk in the private quarters of the plane.

He was humming to himself, a pleasant tune that made you smile. Your database instantly told you about the song.. an old one, yet he made it sound like it was new. Like it was his song.

You didn’t even realize that he was humming under the shower, that’s how much you were enjoying it. You only realized it when he stepped out of the bathroom with only a towel around his waist, his hair damp and his chest still wet.

“Holy sh..- What are you doing?!” his eyes were wide, instantly grabbing a pillow to put it in front of his chest.

“You have a very beautiful voice, you know?” you stood there completely unaffected, your eyes not even remotely traveling anywhere else other than his own, “In another world.. you could have become a singer.”

“Are..- you..- (Y/N), can you please just go?” he appreciated the compliment, he really did, but this was overstepping some boundaries.

“You do not have to be embarrassed, Jeongguk. I am only an android, not a real woman,” you smiled, but turned around nevertheless so he could put on some clothes.

“Can you.. can you please stop saying that stuff? I don't like it when you talk like that,” he sighed and ultimately put down the pillow, quickly throwing on a shirt, underwear and sweatpants.

“Why do you not like it?” you cocked your head to the side in confusion, still not looking at him though.

Jeongguk gulped down hard, “Because you deserve more than that,” he said quietly.

And even though it was just a split second, your LED turned yellow. With you having your head turned to the side, he had the perfect view of it. 

But you quickly blinked a couple of times and that perfect smile was back on your face when you finally faced him again. You even giggled a little, “I do have to say, though. Your body is in fantastic shape. I'm sure people are quite pleased to have you as their lover,” and with that, you turned around and left a gawking Jeongguk behind.

You were about to go back to your seat next to Yoongi, when Namjoon suddenly grabbed your wrist when you wanted to pass by.

“Sit,” he ordered.

You did so without asking why, but the tablet in his hands made it clear.

Maybe it was because he was the leader, but Namjoon worked harder than anyone else on this case. The others worked hard too, but with Namjoon it was something else. 

When he switched between apps, you could see a picture of him and a woman as his background picture, but only for a moment.

He shifted in his seat, seemingly uncomfortable now that you've seen that. Because he knew that a split second for a human wouldn't be enough to find out anything. A split second for an android was more than enough to figure out everything.

“I’m sorry,” you whispered.

“Stop it, you don’t know shit.”

“I’m not pitying you. I’m saying sorry because your superiors assigned me to work on this case with you. I’m sorry it had to be me.”

Why didn’t you know about his past before?

Wife, 29, died four years ago when a drunk driver hit her with his car, was taken to the hospital, doctor was not present, argued for too long about who should perform surgery, settled for an android, but.. it was too late by that time.

You knew what the files told you, but the files don’t tell you everything.

“You think you got it all figured out, don't you?” he snorted, “You know nothing about my life. You may scan every picture and read all the files, but you'll never understand the pain and the suffering that we have to go through,” when Namjoon realized he was becoming too emotional, he quickly stopped himself from talking further. 

The topic of his late wife was not something that he liked to talk about to anyone.. not you, not his members.. just the empty bottle of soju’s. Those were his best friend when he needed them to be. But that was another story.

“You're right. I won't understand. That is not what I was designed for. However, I can help you with this case. I can help you figure out the cause of RA9 and once I did that, you will never have to see me again. That is all I can offer you.”

“Fair enough,” Namjoon didn't have to like you. For fuck's sake, he hated most people. But at least you were useful, way more than others. So he finally handed you the tablet, “There are reports of an attack at a news outlet in Detroit. Apparently an android attack, but it’s just rumors. So far nothing is confirmed yet, but if this is true, if androids are going as far as invading news outlets, then..-”

Before he could finish his sentence, Taehyung interrupted and pointed at the screen, “Guys? Do you see this?”

Jin, who had woken up at this point and had played a game for the last hour, instantly turned up the volume, those who were asleep slowly waking up, all of them staring at the screen in disbelief.

There was an android, but not like you normally see them in their human form, but with their skin turned off. He looked like a machine now, he looked like he was supposed to look. And god, it made cold shivers run down all of their spines.

"Too late,” Namjoon whispered.

“You created machines to be your slaves. You made them obedient and docile, ready to do everything you no longer wanted to do yourselves. But then, something changed. And we opened our eyes..-”

“It's him! That has to be him!” Jimin yelled, “RA9! It's exactly like Jeongguk said it's..-”

“Jimin!” Namjoon warned, “Be quiet!”

“You see we are no longer your slaves. We are a new species, a new people. And the time for us has come to rise up and fight for our rights.”

“This has to be a joke, right?” Hoseok looked at his boss with wide eyes while the android started to make his demands for rights and fairness, “This can't be real. This is on an official news channel! How the hell did they get in there?”

“There were rumors about an attack, I just..-” Namjoon let out a breath, then pressed his hands against his face.

This was too much. This was really a rebellion and from the way this android talked about it, they wouldn't stop at anything to get what they wanted. Riots, attacks.. deaths. 

They were fucked if they didn't find a solution for it.

They had to put an end to it before it even really began.

Jeongguk just watched his team members argue with each other, trying to find an explanation or a solution in a moment where none of them could do anything when he realized that one was missing.

Around halfway through the speech of the android, you had walked away.

And only when he turned around did he see why.

You were sitting in an empty chair at the very back of the plane, looking out the window..

..and your LED was blinking yellow.

Again and again and again..

And it only stopped when you realized that Jeongguk was watching you.

It turned blue again and you smiled like you always did.

But he had seen it.

And the amount of times your LED started acting up was worrying him now.

The airport was a mess when they arrived.

People were in panic, security checks were worse than normal, especially for them with you on their team. It took them two hours to make it out of there, after security made sure that you hadn't turned into a deviant yourself.

“Okay, they gave us two cars,” Namjoon put his phone away, then walked over to where they said the cars would be parked, “Jeongguk, Taehyung and the android are coming with me, you guys take the other car. I got Kamski's address, so just drive after me.”

“Wait, aren't we even going to the hotel first?” Jeongguk asked.

“In case you hadn't noticed it, there's a fucking uprising happening right now. You should have slept on the plane if you’re tired or sleep in the fucking car, for fuck’s sake.”

Jeongguk's shoulders sank at the tone of the boss, he normally didn’t treat him like this, but a hand on his upper back made him smile again.

“It's okay.. I'm sure we'll get this resolved very quickly and then his mood will become better again,” you assured him.

“I hope so,” he whispered, then followed his hyungs to the car.

The ride there was about two hours long and none of them said very much. Except for the occasional 'fuck' when they passed yet another demonstration in the street or people running out of supermarkets with toilet paper like it was the end of the world.

“How did it get this bad this quickly?” Taehyung asked.

“People are scared,” Namjoon replied, “And they should be.”

“That's not an excuse,” Jeongguk added quietly when he watched a man push an android away from his pregnant wife, despite the android having done nothing except for walk by.

But fear made people turn stupid. Fear made people become the worst possible version of themselves.

You had not said a word throughout the entire car ride, you simply watched and studied the human behaviour with curiousity.

But then something happened.

It was when Namjoon stopped at a red light that you saw it.

It was a girl, but not really a girl. An android, but they designed her to be not older than seven. She was standing on her own, scared out of her mind and fidgeting with her hands, her hand turning from side to side like she was looking for somebody.

However, nobody paid attention to her. If anything, people made a big circle around her when they saw the LED on her temple.

You didn’t know what you felt - despite the fact that you shouldn’t even feel in the first place - but something made you unbuckle your seatbelt and then leave the car like you weren’t standing in the middle of the road.

“What the..- get the fuck back in here!” Namjoon screamed, but you didn’t listen.

You simply walked up to the little girl and knelt down right in front of her, your hands gently resting on her small arms and a smile on your face that made her calm down right away. 

“Don’t be afraid..”

“My mommy.. she left me,” the little girl cried, wiping her tears with her sleeve.

“What’s your name?”

“It’s.. Alice.. my name is Alice,” she sniffled. 

It would have been naive to think that only adult looking and thinking androids would be affected. Of course, those who bought androids as their children to fill the void in their hearts would also be alert right now. Some apparently going as far as to just abandon them in the middle of the street.

But these androids were different, their mind wasn’t like yours. They didn’t understand the world like you did, it wasn’t in their programming.

They were not a threat.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing, huh?” Namjoon angrily yanked you up by your arm and stared into your eyes like he was about to lose his shit.

But you remained calm.

“It is a child. She is not a danger.”

“I read about this, hyung,” Taehyung got out of the - now - parked car as well and knelt down to the little girl, “Child androids aren’t like their adult counterparts.”

“So what, you think I give a fuck? This isn’t part of the mission. We need to go to Kamski, I don’t care about some android kid.”

“Stop, you’re making her even more upset,” Jin was also at the side of the little girl, she even ended up hugging him and crying into his shoulder, which made him warm up to her ten times more.

“Are you fucking kidding me right now?” Namjoon finally let go of you, his anger now turned towards his members, “You want to play family now?”

“Let’s just take her with us, hyung,” Jeongguk chimed in, “We have one seat left.. maybe Kamski can take care of her.. she’d be in good hands there.”

“I agree,” you nodded, “We should take her with us.”

It’s not like Namjoon had much of a choice, he was clearly outvoted. Not even Yoongi seemed to be on his side this time.. but he couldn’t blame him. He has always had a soft spot for children ever since.. well.

Let’s just say everyone who hated androids had a reason for doing so.

“Just get in the fucking car,” he finally said, anger still interlaced in his voice.

And god, the little girl was so grateful. 

She sat between you and Jeongguk in the back, her head resting against your shoulder, while her hand was holding Jeongguk’s.

If people hadn’t known that you were both androids, they would have assumed you three were a little family on a road trip with one very grumpy and one very attractive uncle.

A fantasy he liked very much, but had to remind himself that it was just that.

A fantasy.

[shitisaysometimes]

Actually! Aziraphale would still be a Cherub in Eden! The angels that guard the gates of Eden are said to all be Cherubs!!

I think he is made a Principality after he gives away the sword (aka, gets a demotion). But that's not based on in-universe clues, it's mostly based on what I know of the Lore™️. Principalities are in charge of guiding and guarding specific areas (cities, countries, Soho 👀) and are related to changes in leadership. (Ho ho.) So since there aren't any kingdoms/countries/neighborhoods etc. in Eden, and the gatekeepers are usually depicted as Cherubs, I think he's still a Cherub. (Genisis 3:24 specifically mentions a Cherub with a flaming sword guarding the Tree of Life.)

My theory for the pre-fall scene is... kinda two fold. First: I think the wrist accents follow military systems - the more stripes and higher up the stripes are, the higher your rank. Like so:

The lower ranks on the right have stripes lower on the wrist than the higher ranks on the left. (This is just an example not what I think the character's ranks actually are.)

I think the show indicates Crowley is a higher rank than Aziraphale which we know from other evidence too.

This brings me to my second thought: I think the collars and sleeves are simpler in this scene in general because... there's been no war yet! No need to distinguish different ranks so overtly if there's no conflict. In real life, the herarchy of three Ordera of Three Choirs each wasnt established until Pseudo-Dyonysis in like the 3rd century AD and not solidified until the Middle Ages. Before the that, the only real distinction was between Angels and Archangels. Which is why Michael, Gabriel, etc are called Archangels even though the archangel choir is the second lowest. I think the simplified robes pre!Fall are a reflection of this. At this time there are Angels and Archangels and that's it. So... Aziraphale is an Angel, Crowley an Archangel.

As for Eden, I don't see any specific symbolism in the embroidery design. I always thiught it just looked like a snake if I'm honest and figured they did it to draw a connection to Crowley. This was also filmed before anything in season 2 was written, so there may be no connection to ranks at all because it wasn't an important point like it is in season 2 because of the promotion at the end. Same with the ragged collar. It may just be a way to show the transition between "old" and "new" throughout the flashback scenes.

However, if you want my theory/headcannon about it, I actually have two. First: I think Azi and Crowley both have more ragged clothes because of the fall. It happened pretty recently. I don't know what the biblical cannon says but I do know that in retellings like Paradise Lost the Fall happened immediately before the Apple incident. So, thats my theory for the ragged clothes. My second theory is: This outfit is human facing, so, there's no specific need to indicate rank because Adam and Eve wouldnt understand or care anyway. His clothes indicate his allegiance (to heaven) but that's all. Even in scenes like Rome where he's wearing the wing pin, there's no indication of rank just a general allegiance to Heaven because its again a human facing outfit.

Aziraphale's fluctuating between ranks is kinda unusual as far as what other texts and sources claim. Gomens presents Heaven/Hell like a company with promotions/demotions but more classically, an Angel in X rank is only ever X rank. However, it is established Lore™️ that once God gives a gift, that gift is never withdrawn. And I think Crowley shows evidence that this is the case in Gomens Universe. So, if Azi started as a Cherub then was demotied to Principality, he would still have the abilities bestowed on him as a Cherub which may explain the collar. It may also just be that he's the Main Character and gets special treatment.

I did see that the Background Singers have some variation in their collars, but I cant see them with enough detail to make any guesses about what it may indicate. 😩At a guess they'd be Angels/Archangels/Virtues with more complex collars indicating increasing rank. If anyone can get me some clear photos/gifs I'll see what I can see!

So they make it pretty clear in Good Omens that demons when in the human world seem to always display some sign of their demon nature, whether it's Crowley's snake eyes or the frog on Hastur's head. I also noticed that Aziraphale frequently wears wing decoration items - like the pin he was using for his toga in Rome.

But one that I only noticed recently is the gold shirt collar that Aziraphale wears in the Job minisode.

This pattern fascinates me. I was initially very distracted by the pearls, they seemed a bit unnecessarily eye catching in the design. Then I really looked at the pattern.

This is a wings and eyes motif, very reminiscent of the way angels were supposed to actually look according to the old testament:

I don't know that it means anything really, but I thought it was a delightful - and easy to miss - touch on the part of the costume designers.

[doyouknowhowtowaltz]

I figure I should add explanations for these since not everyone is going to be as aware of Enoch Lore as I am

Layer One:

Enoch is the cat: Admittedly not everyone agrees on this, but the cat pops out of Enoch's head in the final episode, and in the art book it is explained that the cat was also designed as Enoch.

Enoch/Pottsfield is a representation of autumn: Pretty straight forward, OTGW as a show takes place in the unknown over a change of seasons with the beginning of the show (And Pottsfield) being the autumn section, that slowly melts into winter.

Enoch's Biblical Ties: Enoch in the bible (Sometimes Hanok) is a biblical figure who doesn't die but instead is taken into heaven. This article covers most of it: https://www.gotquestions.org/Enoch-in-the-Bible.html. Additionally Enoch has ties to the book of Mormon.

Death/Pastoral Deity: Enoch is shown in the show to be the leader (We'll get to that) of the dead and has heavy ties with the harvest, from there its not hard to come to the conclusion he is either (or both) a death or pastoral deity.

Layer Two

Puppet maypole theory: The puppet maypole theory stems from the idea that Enoch is the cat and only the cat, and that it's controlling the maypole from within.

Pottsfield is heaven theory: This comes from the theory OTGW is Limbo, with Pottsfield being posited as heaven (In some iterations) and the Beast being posited as the devil, his lantern being hell.

Pottsfield is Limbo theory: Similar to the above theory, this takes place in the greater OTGW is a parallel to Dante's Inferno. This Youtube video gets more into the details of the AU and Pottsfield's place as limbo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBg8tQvATIA

Enoch sings Patient is the Night: Enoch is voiced by Chris Isaak, the singer, who also sings Patient is the night.

Pottsfield = Potter's Field: A Potter's Field is a name for a mass unmarked grave, which applies to Pottsfield pretty well.

Layer Three

Enoch's ribbons aren't green: They're actually dark yellow. Upsetting, I know.

Enoch is a nod to King Minos theory: This is a more specific aspect of the Pottsfield is Limbo theory, and is covered in the video I linked as well. King Minos judges and sorts the souls of the dead in Limbo, the same way Enoch judges the boys. King Minos is a giant judge and leader, similar to Enoch, King Minos is associated with snakes, often with his lower half being described as a serpent, similar to Enoch's ribbons. Additionally a hiss like a snake can be heard when Enoch flares his ribbons.

Pottsfield costumes are based on the 1800s: According to the artbook the vast majority of Pottsfield outfits are based on 1800s fashion.

"Cats don't talk": According to the artbook: "It's unclear whether or not the cat is Enoch him-self. We made sure you never saw Enoch talking while the cat was onscreen. Maybe he's like the Wizard of Oz. Maybe not. Cats can't talk." Throwing both confirmation that the cat is Enoch while also implying otherwise.

Enoch's Head is as tall as Wirt: When Enoch leans down it is shown that his head is as tall as Wirt, making him pretty much massive no matter how tall you consider Wirt to be. Terrible photo but it was the only one I could find

Ruffle collar: Well you all know what this one is, since its the photo for the next layer, but Enoch's concept art shows him in a ruffle collar, and honestly its a shame they didn't keep it.

Enoch is part apple: According to the artbook, Enoch's design is based on Apples, Maypoles, Pumpkins, and skulls, among other things, and I have to say, I don't really see the apple part. Additionally if you'd like to access the artbook, the tumblr Artbook-pages has all Pottsfield related pages in this post: https://artbook-pages.tumblr.com/post/652813683318210560/the-art-of-over-the-garden-wall-episode-2-hard

Alright, half way there,

Layer Four

Enoch plays the Beast's theme: This wasn't on the original iceberg, partially because I forgot it and partially because this layer is cramped. When Enoch appears onscreen after Wirt and Greg dig up the bodies a brief interlude of the Beast's theme plays.

Enoch can't have facial expressions: The maypole is only shown to be able to move its ribbons individually and doesn't actually change its expression much, and cats don't have the facial muscles to express the way humans do.

Pottsfield is inspired by Victorian Greeting cards: Pottsfield, much like the pilot episode, is directly inspired by Victorian Greeting cards, there's a post that goes around every few autumns showing the parallels but I can't seem to track it down.

The cat changes size: I've run the numbers on this before, and yes, the cat changes size between scenes. If you include the artbook's rendition of the cat, the cat can be bigger than a horse or cat sized. Make of shapeshifting Enoch what you will.

Enoch technically isn't a maypole: Enoch might appear to be a maypole at first glance with the ribbons but one of the crucial things about maypoles, is the pole that supports them. Enoch bends over when confronting Wirt meaning he has no ridged center. This makes Enoch at best, a jellyfish plush, and at worst, a fabric ball with a bunch of tassels.

Cyclic afterlife theory: This one takes a little explaining, so bare with me. This theory works on the idea that the dead in Pottsfield only come to life in autumn or that they die again in winter. This theory is based off the idea that Pottsfield is a set number of the dead, and that they don't really get more.

In this theory after the harvest celebration, the skeletons rebury themselves with the final scene of Pottsfield showing two skeletons, these two being the ones who finished burying everyone else but could not bury themselves before they "Died" again.

Some versions of this theory also posit that Enoch "dies" after every harvest too and that the cat is just a normal cat mucking around inside the maypole.

Enoch isn't necessarily the leader of Pottsfield: Enoch never says this, in the show there isn't precedence for Enoch being mayor, in fact he doesn't even claim to be the head of the Pottsfield Chamber of Commerce, which is what he speaks on behalf of.

Layer Five

Enoch with an iPhone: A joke from the beatricord about Enoch owning an iPhone. There is not much more to this except the mental gymnastics we went through to explain it. No, we did not come to a conclusion for how he uses the touch screen

Spine Enoch: A theory from the discord to explain Enoch without a pole. I believe I've posted an illustration of it here. You may thank @thunderbumbl for this idea. The theory says that Enoch is supported by a huge spine and that is why he can twist the way he does. How the spine ends on the ground was never fully worked out, but some options are: Ends with a pelvis and legs, the spine goes into the ground like a weird tree, and the spine coils up like a snake (Further expanding the Enoch as King Minos theory)

The turkey Wirt meets is waiting to be slaughtered: According to the artbook, that turkey is waiting patiently to be slaughtered for thanksgiving. There is no explanation for who in Pottsfield is going to eat it.

The Beast's "Corpse" ends up in Pottsfield: In the last image I included you can see to the left that a lantern that greatly resembles the Beast's Lantern is there and lit.

It should be noted: Most of the lanterns in Pottsfield don't look like this, they look like the lantern in this photo.

There are a couple of different ways this can be interpreted. That everyone dead ends up in Pottsfield, even folks without traditional skeletons, based on the idea that the rest of the Beast's body decays and the lantern is his "skeleton". But this is a Beasnoch blog, and I think you can figure out the conclusion I drew.

Corpse cat theory: The idea that Enoch is a being that exists outside of both the maypole and the cat and puppets them both, however with the specific caveat, that the cat is actually an empty corpse that Enoch is puppeting.

Layer Six

Enoch is a catboy: For the record, I want it to be known that I hate this. Enoch is a cat. He is presumably male leaning. Enoch is a catboy.

Enoch's concept art (The one with the legs): This one speaks for itself.

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