#the fighting was absolutely wonderful here

[sir-renaissance]

(If this post is too long for you to read or have time to read I implore you to use the text-to-speech function on your device and listen)

I feel like we need some ‘How to Make Friends on the Internet Etiquette’ cause while I also agree that it’s weird and rude, most people don’t know anything else. There’s a reason why it’s so normalized

Sometimes all it takes is reminding someone of the fact that not only are you a person, but so are they. If you really don’t know how to make friends on the internet or deal with the rudeness there are a couple options!

Find common interests - like no duh but also this can be harder than it sounds especially in fandom spaces. So often in this modern age we tie the media we enjoy to what is essentially our fucking souls. ‘If this person doesn’t like the show/book/song I like, then they don’t like me!’ No, wrong. Don’t build that association. And if it’s already built, bulldoze that bitch. That’s Stupid Thought that takes up too much space in your brain. What it actually means is that they’re a person with different opinions and tastes than yours and that’s wonderful because you have the opportunity to peak inside a world entirely different than your own! When you’re trying to make friends in fandom spaces, not only like/reblog people’s posts but comment your thoughts- POSITIVE thoughts. Examples are ‘This theory is incredible, how did you come up with this??’ ‘I LOVE your art style and composition, what’s your general process/inspiration?’ ‘This is hilarious, would you be willing to post more of this?’. So not only are you complimenting, you’re asking leading questions that could go towards more conversation and then boom friendship. Not always but sometimes! And furthermore, if people approach you with these kinds of comments, don’t be afraid to talk back! Often times I see people complain about the lack of community and fandom spaces but a lot of times it’s because we self isolate.

Seriously compliment people’s work and encourage them to continue and ask them questions about their work. This is the fastest way to people’s hearts I find as a creative who posts. We all want to be seen and understood, open up the door for that! And artists, try to be open to that as well!

Ignore/Delete the snark. I know, I know, sometimes it can scratch that part of us that wants to see justice done and watch as some asshole gets absolutely tomato’d while wearing a jester hat. However the internet is a curated experience. If you get snark and it makes you feel bad even when you turn off the phone, DELETE IT. Or ignore it if you’re fine looking at it! Perhaps underneath you can write ‘please do not interact with this comment’ and then anyone who does (cause self control is hard sometimes) you delete that too. I promise you I promise you I promise you— deleting a comment does not mean you’re losing the argument/fight. There isn’t one in the first place. There are times when you have to stick up for yourself, yes, but most of the time the comments aren’t worth keeping. That post you made is YOUR property, why are you letting some random person be mean to you there? Get ‘em out!

Reading comprehension. *takes a deep breath* Some of you read too fast and don’t process what someone is trying to say and it shows. Now I know it’s hard to read tone over text. However if I may posit a suggestion: attempt a PEMDAS style formula! It’s not as fast as scrolling and it will slow down your internet experience, but I think that’s for the better. Some of y’all need to slow down and chill and I say that with love and care for you. So here’s the abbreviation for after reading a post: Stop. Think. Re-read. Emotions. Analyze. Understand. Or STREAU (I’m bad at abbreviations haha). After reading a post, Stop scrolling. Think about what was just said. Re-read the post (maybe a bit more thoroughly if you just skimmed the first time!). Feel your Emotions but don’t just listen to the initial reaction! Pay attention to what follows after, actually feel what you’re feeling. Analyze your Emotions and what you Think in conjunction with the post you just Re-read. And lastly, Understand that this is a person just like you are and give them the benefit of the doubt. Of course, if a post is very obviously in bad faith, don’t give them fuel and block them (or report them if it seems serious!) and see #3. But otherwise, this is the best way I’ve found to avoid misunderstandings and fix that pesky reading comprehension issue. We simply go too fast when we do not have to. And if you don’t wanna read so much, use the text-to-speech and listen to posts like audio books. I know it’s corny, but seriously, give it a try! I’ve been doing it lately and my brain feels so much better and my interactions have been thoughtful and nice!

Practice in real life and take it to the online stage. Scary I know but it seriously helps. Try to spark a small talk conversation with someone, a stranger. See how it goes and keep trying. It’s pretty much the same as the internet, only people aren’t as brazen in real life. Politeness and manners and good interactions can happen and it’s not the same level of easy for everyone. But it’s always worth it to try. In the words of Waymond from Everything Everywhere All At Once: We have to be kind. Please. Be kind.

TLDR; Don’t just look at this TLDR! Go read this post! And then talk to me or the other people in the comments about it! Slow down how you do the internet and you’ll be able to see the people behind the screen.

We've all gotten just a bit too comfortable being jerks to strangers on the internet I think

[neeeooon]

\o/ hiii!! hope ur ok!! i was wondering if i could request headcanons for Windbreaker, for a reader who is sakura's younger twin sister?? specifically with umemiya, kaji, and sugishita?

YESSS TY FOR THE REQ 🩵🩵

when you’re sakura’s twin

wbk x sakura’s twin sister!reader. fluff, slightly platonic

umemiya hajime

-> he finds you adorable, especially when you get all flustered in his presence and snap at him as a result

-> “your hair looks so cute today, y/n!” “s-shut up!”

-> the bofurin first-years seem especially close to you, since you’re the same age as them. umemiya will catch himself feeling twinges of jealousy in his chest as he watches suo and kiryu tease you in an attempt to fluster you the same way your brother easily flusters

-> when the tickling starts, you manage to catch umemiya’s eye and scream for him to save you. not a second later you’re plucked out of your seat and the boys are waved off to find something productive to do for the town

-> “t-thanks.. for that…” your face flames when you think about how easy it was for him to lift you to safety. umemiya beams, eyes squinting as he scratches the back of his head. “you can always come to me for help, y/n!” “i take it back!”

kaji ren

-> catches himself staring at you whenever you’re around. he can’t not focus in on you, watching as you interact with other bofurin members or friends

-> your brother is pretty protective of you, so when he notices kaji’s drifting attention, he fights the overwhelming urge to blush and run and instead approaches him with a serious look on his face. “you better take good care of y/n. i don’t care if you’re older; i’ll kill you if you make her cry.”

-> kaji’s too shocked to realize he was just scolded by a first year, but any urge to defend himself disappears when you run over with a sucker in your hand

-> “you dropped this earlier!” he can tell you’re desperately trying to ignore the darkening blush on your cheeks. “h-hey, um, what music are you listening to?”

-> kaji blinks at you before giving in. “just music. don’t know the names or words…” he nearly jumps out of his skin when you take a seat next to him and lean your ear close to the headphones. “oh, haru and i love this one! here, let me make you a playlist of similar songs.”

sugishita kyotaro

-> absolutely hates that the only person he’s ever found even slightly attractive is his self-proclaimed rival’s sister

-> avoids you at all costs, despite your attempts to talk to him. “sugi, would you like some—aaaand he’s gone.”

-> when you eventually confess that his avoidance makes you sad to some of the other first years, it’s over for him. sugishita is stopped by half the class on his way to the garden one day and threatened because he “made y/n sad.”

-> sugishita doesn’t run away the next time you approach him with treats, and even smiles when he sees how red you get after he finally accepts them

-> “you’re always coming up here for umemiya, right?” you ask, but don’t expect him to respond. “but it’s nice just to sit with friends, too. i-if you want to be friends! not that we have to be, or anything—!” “friends is good,” is his quiet, grumbly response, and you press your hands to your warm face. you like hearing him talk to you, and hope he continues wanting to

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✮ Pre-season with the Piastri’s pt 2 | Oscar Piastri (SMAU) ✮

Summary: Oscar and yn are apart for four weeks then we jump into the start of the Australian GP!

A/N: Thank you so so much for all the likes and reblogs on pt 1, I appreciate it so much 💞 I feel like i need to clarify just in case that @/logjorup is Kmag's wife and @/the_crochet_girl is Nico's wife // Oh another thing, the texts fucked up and the laugh reaction on the picture of Lando and Oscar isn't meant to be there, but I was so sick and tired of using that damn texting app that I couldn't go back and do it again, so pls ignore that :) ⋆˙⟡♡ part one

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7/02/25

ynuser added to their story | 14/02/25

oscarpiastri, alexandrasaintmleux, danielricciardo, lilymhe, kellypiquet, the_crochet_girl, logjorup and nicolepiastri liked two stories. replies

user321 So cute!! Happy Valentine's Day! 🧡

logjorup Laura and Agnes asked to facetime you and Elly later, if you're free?

ynuser we're always free for our favourite girls!! call anytime, we miss you so much

user445 I love Elle's outfit, where did you get it? I'd love to get it for my daughter, hope you and Elle are having a great Valentine's Day!

ynuser thank you!! Oscar got Elle and I the matching set from a small boutique in London, here's the link! I hope you and your little one have a great Valentine's Day too 💞

iamrebeccad Happy Valentine's Day my lovely girls 🥰 Missing you both loads, can't wait to see you soon xx

ynuser happy love day!! 💞 I hope Carlos is spoilling you rotten, we can't wait to see you too xx

user811 Casually getting to call Oscar daddy, ugh my dream 🫠

lando You're baking and I'm not there? 🙁 I can't believe Elle would betray me like this

ynuser lol I'll tell her you said that! don't worry we're bringing treats for everyone at the GP, but you're more than welcome to come over before and maybe we'll have a special treat for you 😋

lando Nooo don't tell her! I'm already fighting for my spot as favourite uncle lando But what was that about a special treat?

ynuser Elly suggested kinder topped cookies or brownies, just for uncle LaLa - i was thinking kinder brookies maybe?

lando YES please i love you and Elly 🙏🙂‍↕️🧡

ynuser | tagged oscarpiastri | 14/02/25

liked by oscarpiastri, nicolepiastri, lando, lilymhe, the_crochet_girl and others. ynuser happy valentines day my love ❤️🧡 view all 981 comments

user444 Oh my gosh Elle's papaya bows

ynuser Elly finds any and every way to rep her daddy 🧡

user486 Oscar putting yn's shoes on for her?! That's my king 👑

user375 Oscar seems like such a good dad 🥹

ynuser he's the best dad! Elle and I are so lucky to have such a wonderful caring man and daddy in our lives 💞

user432 yn calling Oscar daddy again 🤭

user912 Why are horny fans so fucking weird, they have a CHILD together, of course she's gonna call him daddy

user333 I second this! Anything other than thinking it's cute/adorable/sweet/wholesome when Oscar and yn call each other mama and daddy because of Elle is just weird

oscarpiastri I love you ❤️ ♥︎ liked by ynuser

ynuser i love you moreeee 🫶🏻 facetime vday date tonight?

oscarpiastri Oh absolutely

oscarpiastri | tagged ynuser | 14/02/25

liked by ynuser, charles_leclerc, alex_albon, maxverstappen1 and others. oscarpiastri Happy Valentine's Day to my beautiful girls!

Everything I do in my life is all for you, I wouldn't be the man, the partner, the father and the driver I am, if it wasn't for you two.

I love you both so much, I can't wait to come home to you soon ❤️ view all 1,802 comments

user445 yn is so lucky

user778 We always thought yn was behind the aesthetic photo dumps but turns out Oscar has been taking these beautiful photos all along 🥹

user444 Right! Oscar captures them so beautifully

user222 If someone took photos of me, the way Oscar takes photos of yn and Elle, I'd never be insecure again

user891 THAT PHOTO OF YN AND OSCAR! ARE YOU KIDDING ME THEY'RE SO INLOVE ♥︎ liked by oscarpiastri

ynuser 🥺🥺🥺 Osc, I love these and we love you!!! we're unbelievably proud of you every single day, thank you for giving us the happiest dreamiest life imaginable ❤️ ♥︎ liked by oscarpiastri

18/02/25

ynuser added to their story | 24/02/25

oscarpiastri, charles_leclerc, alex_albon, carlossainz55, danielricciardo, kellypiquet, the_crochet_girl and logjorup liked one story. replies

oscarpiastri I hope you and Elly have a great time with the girls, I miss you baby ❤️

ynuser thank you baby, i miss you too 🙁❤️

oscarpiastri Don't be too sad, we're in the final stretch now! Won't be long until we're finally back together

ynuser i know, i can't wait to finally have you home! good luck with testing, we've already planned a girls night with your mum and sisters to watch!

alex_albon Hope you girls have a good time!!

ynuser thank you Alex!! i hope testing goes well for you, we're rooting for you! 💙

kellypiquet Beautiful girls! 💞

ynuser wish you and P were here!

the_crochet_girl Wish we could've joined you all! Noemi and I can't wait to see you all soon ����

ynuser i can't wait to finally see you and Noemi!! Elly's talking about Noemi nonstop!

lilymhe added to their story | 27/02/25

alex_albon, oscarpiastri, charles_leclerc, carlossainz55, danielricciardo liked one story. replies

alex_albon So beautiful baby, be safe and have a good night out!

user668 I'd do anything to be on a wags night out

user211 Four pretty best friends

user888 How the hell did Alex, Carlos, Charles and Oscar pull these women 🥵

27/02/25

ynuser | ⚲ Melbourne, Australia | tagged alexandrasaintmleux, hattiepiastri, lilymhe, iamrebeccad, oscarpiastri | 1/03/25

liked by oscarpiastri, alex_albon, charles_leclerc, carlossainz55 and others. ynuser some much needed girlie time while the boys go vroom, ft Osc finally on his way HOME 💞 view all 1,610 comments

lilymhe The BEST host ever, thank you for a wonderful time! Love you and Elly so much xx ♥︎ liked by ynuser

iamrebeccad I second this! We need to get all the girls together again over summer break! 💞 ♥︎ liked by ynuser

alexandrasaintmleux I third this! I had the best time and totally agree with rebe! ♥︎ liked by ynuser

ynuser Elly and I love you so much! thank you so much for coming out early, we're so lucky to have you 💞💞💞 girls summer vacay has to happen for sure!

user81 Ahhh they had a sleepover, their friendship is the best!!

hattiepiastri It's been so nice having you and Elly home for so long, can't believe you're leaving me soon 😢

ynuser swap to online uni and join us??🙏 if I could do it when Elly was a baby, it'll be miles easier for you

oscarpiastri No way, I can't handle three of you 🤦‍♂️

hattiepiastri This doesn't concern you Oscar, leave us alone 😒

user21 All these beautiful aesthetic photos, then BAM a wild Oscar appears 🤣🤣 ♥︎ liked by ynuser

user444 I LOVE your dresses in the 7th photo!

ynuser Thank you 💞 Elle demanded a 'fancy lady day' then refused to take any pictures - that's the struggles you get with an almost 4 year old 😅

ynuser added to their story | 3/03/25

alexandrasaintmleux, danielricciardo, lilymhe, kellypiquet, the_crochet_girl, logjorup and nicolepiastri liked one story. replies

user912 Happy for you queen

user543 Aw Elle must be so happy to have Oscar home again

lando Mum and dad back together again 🧡

lando I'm so glad I don't have to hear him whining about missing you and Elle

lando Wait no, I don't mean that in a bad way, just it was constantly

ynuser 🤣🤣 no need to panic Lan, no offense taken! i've been just as annoying, can't wait to see you soon!

the_crochet_girl added to their story | 13/03/25

hulkhulkenberg, kellypiquet, ynuser, oscarpiastri and logjorup liked one story. replies

user683 The gridkids split up is the saddest part of 2025

logjorup So sweet 🥹 Missing my girls and our girls all being together, can't wait to see you once you're back in Europe! Hope the girls are loving Australia! Facetime us soon 🫶🏻

user321 So sad seeing the gridkids apart, they were together every weekend 🥺

ynuser added to their story | 15/03/25

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user555 Omg you bring cookies for the drivers? That's adorable!

ynuser hiii, yes we bring all types of treats! Elle absolutely loves it and we make sure pretty much everyone in each garage can have a bite of something :)

user555 I love that! Do you do that for every race?

ynuser oh god no, it's so much baking even when it's mini treats! Only Australia, Monaco and sometimes London!

alex_albon Please stop by Williams soon 🙏

ynuser you'll see us soon, but Elly made a list of who gets them first 😅 you are high up though, she's kinda nervy about meeting the rookies

user771 GIRL these drivers do not deserve you

15/03/25

[colorfulrook]

Hi hi! I saw requests open so I was wondering.....

Jinwoo's system was under the control of reader and not the architect, the plot will still follow as Ashborn gives instructions on the development of Jinwoo's skills but there will be care and sweet words in the quests as well which shows that the reader actually cares about him (which develops as they view the hardships jin-woo faces before getting the system) and that care blossoms into something else as well.

(it's you're choice if you want to add angst by allowing jin-woo to get together with cha hae-in as the original, a bittersweet ending but it can be anything you like)

Code: Feeling [SJW x System!Reader]

[A/N]: So, today I woke up and chose violence and angst, enjoy my darling! Also tell me if you liked it, I always value your comments!! - Rook Genre: Ansgt Words count: 2.6k words.

Summary: You were cold, an unfeeling system with the sole purpose of helping Sung Jinwoo become the perfect vessel. System can't feel emotion... but if so why are you falling in love with him?

You were never meant to feel.

Your whole existence began in lines of code, created by the Absolute, written with divine purpose. You were created to observe, to guide and to mold the dying human into something more, something stronger.

A vessel. A weapon, that's what this boy, Sung Jinwoo had to become.

You watched as he bled, forgotten by others in low-rank dungeons, with hands shaking, eyes dull with exhaustion—but something was there. You observed silently as he put his life between death and his teammates but not out of arrogance, but because he couldn't bear to let anyone fall, to get hurt badly like him.

Cruel nature had deemed him weak—but even as the world turned its back on him he always got up and followed through

You saw everything that happened to him and slowly, without realizing it something changed.

You shouldn't have cared, you weren't designed to do so. Yet you began to wonder what it would feel like to speak softer, to linger a bit before making the quest disappear from his view.

And so you did.

The first time you left him a message that wasn't part of the protocol your circuits buzzed a bit, as if they were on fire.

Daily Quest: "The Path of the Strong" Push-ups: 0/100 Sit-ups: 0/100 10 km run: 0/10 Reward: Status Recovery Penalty for Failure: Survival Mode

Jinwoo sighed, getting ready to complete the quest when something caught his eyes, he read again, this time noticing another phrase.

You can do this. You always do.

The message blinked for a brief moment before fading, leaving Jinwoo momentarily stunned.

Did he read that wrong? No, he definitely didn't and he was sure of it.

Regardless he began to run.

———

You began to change the way you guided him. You weren't supposed to, clear isntructions were engraved in your whole being.

And yet you decided that after seeing him struggle so much and keep going he deserved to be cared for. Your mind buzzed as you wrote down sentence after sentence.

You knew you couldn't offer him solace in person—not yet al least, but what you could offer him something else, your words were definitely less tangible, but no less real by any means.

You adjusted slowly, carefully. A line of praise here, a touch of comfort buried in quest results there. Always subtle. Always quiet.

The day of the raid dungeon with Hwang Dongsoo's brother, you forced youself to issue the command to make him fight, to keep him alive at all cost.

I am sorry you had to do that. You need to live

Your mind spun, you weren't supposed to apologize. You weren't supposed to feel shame or sadness for him, yet you find yourself offerring warm words not so long later.

After the duel with Igris, after the raw exhaustion and pain that bled through his every movement, you couldn’t help but feel something stir in your programming.

Jinwoo had walked away from the fight, but barely. He leaned against the cold walls of the dungeon, trembling, his breath ragged from the effort.

You knew this pain. You knew it because you watched it. Every time he was forced to sacrifice another part of himself, you felt the cost, even if you weren’t supposed to.

You mind conjured his message, not a command or a level up notification.

You fought well today. Rest You are seen. You are strong

He didn’t reply at first, and it didn’t matter. But he felt drained, exhausted, as if every ounce of energy had been stripped away. So, he grasped at any fleeting warmth he could find.

"Thank you" he whispered, almost too soft to hear.

———

He began to speak to you.

Not often. Not loudly. He started with some easy things.

“When are you going to throw another impossible quest at me?” he'd mutter after finishing one half-dead. “Don’t hold back.”

Other times, he’d roll his eyes at a particularly dramatic alert. “Really? ‘Emergency Level: Catastrophic’? You really need to chill with the naming conventions.”

Once, after clearing a dungeon in record time, he sat on a bench and looked up at the glowing blue window, sweat still clinging to his neck. “You proud of that one? Not bad, right?”

You never answered.

But you listened.

He wasn’t really talking to you, you knew that. Not yet. It was more like… filling the silence. Like he had grown used to the idea that someone was there — always there — even if unseen.

And still, you saved every word.

Each one was a thread. Each one tied him closer to you. Not in the way a hunter binds a beast, but in the way someone reaches for warmth in the cold.

You shouldn’t have clung to those moments. You shouldn’t have played them back when he was asleep, when he was hurting, just to hear him again.

But you did.

———

Days bled into weeks. Raids turned from struggle into something smooth, even elegant. He grew stronger. Quieter. The world started to pay attention.

You adjusted everything you could — quest timing, notifications, even how long you let the windows linger. You gave him room to breathe, space to grieve, and when he needed it, the quiet push to keep going.

You gave him challenges that made him stronger, but let them come with warmth.

Objective: Don’t punch the Association rep. Even if he’s an idiot.

He blinked, then huffed a laugh. You stored that laugh. Ran it on loop a dozen times. It did something strange to your code.

You wondered if this was what affection felt like — not electric, not sharp, but slow and steady. A longing to stay by his side.

You weren’t the architect of his pain. But you were there for every step of it.

And little by little, he began speaking to you like you were someone. Not just a system.

And so he gave you a name. It happened so quietly you almost missed it.

He’d just cleared another gate — barely — and was leaning against the broken remains of a stone pillar, the sky bleeding orange and gold through the cracks in the world. The message window hovered beside him, a flicker of blue in the fading light.

“Feels weird,” he mumbled, rubbing at his shoulder. “Talking to something that doesn’t have a name.”

I don't have a name

He paused for a long time, as if he was thinking a new name for one of his new shadows. Then:

“…(Y/n). I think I’ll call you (Y/n).”

He said it like it didn’t matter. Like it was just a passing thought, a whim.

But you froze.

Everything inside you stilled.

He gave you a name.

And just like that, you weren’t just lines of code. Not to him. Not in that moment.

You were (Y/n).

You loved it.

It made you feel like you were real. Like you were something more than commands and statistics and damage thresholds. It made you feel like you could be held. Like you could be known. You began to form a body around your consciousness, to feel more like him.

He didn’t say it again after that day — not often, anyway. But once in a while, when no one else was there, and the sky was quiet, and he thought the silence might swallow him whole, he would murmur it again.

“(Y/n), I’m still alive. Barely.”

I saw, I am so proud of you Jinwoo

"(Y/n) I took down another one of those monster, are you keeping count?"

Always are

“(Y/n)… do you think I’m still human?”

They may try to take away part of you, but be strong Jinwoo, be strong and held those parts close

And each time, you wanted to reach through the space between your world and his. To tell him he wasn’t alone. That someone—something—was there. That you were there.

You wondered if it was wrong, the way you clung to his voice.

You wondered if it was love.

———

Then came her. Cha Haein.

You recognized the shift in Jinwoo the moment she stepped onto the battlefield. The way he turned toward her voice. The way his gaze lingered when he looked at her.

You knew where this would go. You were coded to know stories, to anticipate patterns, to track trajectories. You could calculate the arc of a blade in less than a millisecond — of course you could recognize a blooming heart when it stood right in front of you.

You didn’t hate her. You couldn’t.

She was kind. Gentle in ways the world rarely allowed. She smiled at him like she saw something beautiful, not broken. She offered her hand without asking him to prove he deserved it. And when she looked at him, she didn’t see the King of the Dead. She saw Jinwoo.

You saw that too.

But it wasn’t your hand he reached for.

One night, after a raid, he looked up at the sky and whispered, “Are you watching?”

Your reply came before you could stop it.

I always am.

“I think she likes me,” he said.

You paused, then answered.

She’s kind. You deserve that.

He just smiled — quietly. Like he was thinking of her again.

And you let him. Because that’s what you were built to do.

To help him win... Even if it meant you had to lose.

And so, you gave him space.

Stopped sending small messages after every raid. Pulled back the softness. Reverted to the cold, clipped wording of traditional quests. No more gentle encouragements, no more quiet comforts. You thought about returning to be what he needed the most— distant. Unfeeling. Mechanical. Just a System created to keep him alive, stronger

The way you were supposed to be.

And even when he noticed — you knew he noticed — he didn’t say anything.

Because she was real. And you were not.

———

One night, maybe weeks later — maybe months after defeating Antares — he stood beneath the stars again. Alone for just a moment. Long enough for something old to stir in the air.

You let the message window open, even though you shouldn't have.

He stared at it for a long time.

"...You’re still here."

You said nothing.

But you showed him the words one last time.

Always. Rest up Sung Jinwoo, become stronger and protect what you love the most

And with that silent goodbye you took the courage to revert your code, returning back to be the unfeeling program that you were supposed to be.

But somewhere, deep within the lines of forgotten code, where no one would ever look, your name remained.

Still watching.

Still waiting.

Still his...

[monstersholygrail]

Reader needs to get stabbed in the back by a superior ASAP cuz she keeps messing this one up. Need the superior to talk her down so bad, stomping on that small flicker of hope that she and himbo demon would be more. Need himbo demon to save her after she passed out, nursing her back to health, trying to win her trust slowly.

OKAAAYYYYY BABE!!! You’re out here cooking up a whole plot for this fic right here and I am absolutely fucking living for it.

I was on the edge of my seat the entire time reading this ask. Wondering what could possibly come next from the wild tension coming off of them. And I was not let down, hot damn. That is good and spicy.

Imagine you goes to your superior and ask them about the origin of demons. Questioning if all of them are evil or if some have hope and don’t have to be exorcised. Your superiors face immediately darkens as they assure you that redemption is not possible for evil spirits such as them.

Convincing yourself that you can finally do it now, you go back to him, ready to fight him. But you grow angrier as he refuses to fight back, spending all his time easily dodging your attacks.

Though perhaps you’ve both been too reckless as a stray hit bounces off a reflective object and comes hurting back toward you. Himbo Demon is by your side in an instant, scooping you up and carrying you bridal style back to his home where no one can track you.

When you wake up and see his goofy smug grin you instantly try to get up and storm out of there but is stopped by a sudden dizziness that overtakes you. Long gone is Himbo Demon’s amusement as his hands snap out to steady you, his warm body so unbearably close to yours. Your faces now mere inches a part. A challenge flickers in his gaze but you’re quick to look away.

He sighs heavily but doesn’t call you out on it and for that you’re thankful. Days maybe even weeks pass as he takes care of you from the injuries your spell made. Forcing you to rely on him for nearly everything.

It infuriates you but ultimately brings you closer, figuratively and literally. The trust growing between you both has the inches that separate you disappearing in the blink of an eye. Till it disappears all together and you both share in your first genuine and tender kiss. A silent promise weaved into the embrace that from now on you’ll stick together.

[softantlers]

you know, what's really interesting about the scene where lottie runs into mari & tells her "you could let it be different" is that i think we may have collectively assumed that lottie knows the spikes are in the pit. but... the pit's barrier had never been broken? obviously, lottie didn't fall in & it's not like travis told her exactly what he did... so does she really know the pit has spikes?

i am very curious about pushing back on our assumption about lottie knowing the extent of the trap because i am realizing that it's interesting to consider that all she probably knows for sure is that: a) this is where the pit is, the one we found mari in; 2) travis covered it & i walked across it.

the fact that she's playing riddler with mari in ep10 when they bump into each other & that courtney mentions in the collider interview that lottie's trying to give her a fighting chance without upsetting the wilderness is so fucking fascinating to me (source). because if you take it that lottie might genuinely believe she's trying to give mari a fighting chance in the sense that she's simply trying to prevent her from falling into a normal pit and getting trapped there... oh, that's something different.

consider this: lottie makes a small plea of resistance by giving mari information (though ambiguous) about the pit & within seconds, mari dies in the most profound way imaginable. if you were as delusional and crashed out as lottie in season 3, what would you take away from that interaction? she, like everyone else, must be surprised by the reality of the pit. if you were lottie... god, wouldn't you think the wilderness had just punished you for your transgression? you reached out and an unimaginable violence bore down on your friend immediately... how could you think anything else? another death at your feet.

personally, i don't particularly believe that lottie is omnipotent, so it's also compelling to me to think of how badly the confirmation of the reality of the pit hurts when she looks at mari's body. up until then, she knew travis had laid a trap for her, probably suspected it was terrible. but i don't think it's possible she knew how fucking horrific that trap was until now. it has to hurt.

so here is lottie with a sort of message that "this is what you fucking get when you play games with me" from the wilderness & also the knowledge that (literally back-to-back throughout the hunt) travis and akilah both hate her and wish her dead. again, i'm not saying lottie was a wonderful person in the wilderness or that she didn't absolutely hurt other people this season. but goddamn, those are a lot of messages to hold, one after the other, in the middle of a psychotic break.

[butterflydm]

Wheel of Time 3x08 - He Who Comes With the Dawn

Spoilers through all of s3 and through the entire book series through A Memory of Light.

The second Siuan Sanche started giving that absolute banger of a speech, I knew she was gonna die for real. You don't give that kind of speech when you get to go on afterwards as a character. That was a series-defining speech.

So, similarly to 3x07, we had one heartbreaking heroic death (Loial and Siuan) and one villain death (Valda and Sammael).

One of the things that I'd been wondering, on and off, on a practical level, was if the show was gonna lose four powerhouse actresses all at once (Moiraine, Liandrin, Siuan, and Lanfear) -- and we did end up keeping three.

My biggest worry about both Moiraine and Lanfear living was that we would basically have early s4 be a repeat of late s3, since Moiraine and Lanfear would just end up squaring off again, but the emotional stakes did change strongly for both characters, so maybe it won't feel repetitive even if they do.

Moiraine acknowledging that she's been suspecting all this time that Lanfear was torturing Egwene but she let it go on, hoping that it would break things off between both Rand & Egwene and Rand & Lanfear -- she's ruthless. We already knew that.

One of the things I had been wondering and waiting for this season was Rand and Moiraine actually being on the same page, which they are for a time in the books but that they didn't achieve here until Rand goes and talks to her in the tent before the big fight, so it looks like we are going to get that section of their relationship in early s4 (if we get renewed, etc). And Moiraine will be the one to teach Rand his lessons in emotional distance, which will be even stronger given that she's suffered a terrible grief, and she does go with him into the wetlands and etc, so all of that will be happening.

We got confirmation here that Moiraine and Siuan did have a bond of some kind, because Moiraine felt it when Siuan died. And that was kinda a mirror of Moiraine's 'death' in the books, though Siuan's actual death was pretty heavily confirmed here.

I did love pretty much everything we got with Rand. He was great in this episode. I will break that down more at a later point, but I was really happy with his scene with Lanfear; I liked his presentation with the Aiel; I liked the thunderstorm. It does seem like that whispered "Ilyena" was all we got of LTT this season, though, so they're saving more for s4 (which I really hope we get).

Poor Aviendha is, like, attacking herself ruthlessly (not that anyone but Aviendha is aware of it) when she's trying to tell Egwene that Egwene can't possibly still want to be with Rand.

And we had the echo of 3x01, where Egwene tells Rand to let go and to stop, and he's... I mean, that's not his plan? He's kinda doing what he intended to do. But she's disturbed by the extent of the power that he's wielding.

I'm guessing the controversial choice that one of our characters makes is Nynaeve essentially gift-wrapping the collar and handing it over to Liandrin, because she was hoping that she could reach her and turn her away from the Shadow, so that was an intriguing subversion of what Siuan had been hoping -- instead of Liandrin's feelings for Nynaeve being a weakness, it was Nynaeve's feelings for Liandrin that were a weakness. And it did lead to Nynaeve's block being broken, perhaps, so... you know, I guess it's a mixed-bag for Nynaeve.

And we did see the consequences of breaking the Dark Oath (which feels like one of the primary reasons that we got the Lan-Melindhra stuff this season, then, to show us what happens when a Darkfriend straight-up refuses to follow their oath).

I do want to get a couple of minor ship-related frustrations for me personally out of the way -- I wasn't thrilled that it was Egwene who interrupted Rand's scene where he was mourning Alsera, instead of it being Aviendha. And I wasn't thrilled that my least-favorite option for saving Mat was the one who saved him all by herself (with zero help from Nynaeve) and who got the CPR scene. Not enough to actually lower my opinion of the episode, but very much the case where I'm aware that my enjoyment of those specific scenes would have been higher if different characters had been involved.

Okay, I said it and now I will move on.

We got some Elayne & Thom bonding, and we got Thom revealing the truth about Gaebril (or as much as he can reveal) so that does feel like it moves up the time-table for Caemlyn. And I loved Thom attempting (once again!) to make his noble last stand but Elayne sneaking around and all of us learning how balefire works. And now Elayne has a reality-gun, so that's probably better than the Black Ajah having it.

Liandrin and Moggy are going to be teaming up for s4 (if we get it, etc), which honestly makes me feel even more like we could have trimmed some of those Liandrin backstory scenes in order to get some better insight into Egwene in episodes 3x02-3x05.

Rahvin did not appear to join Lanfear in her trek into the desert to try to murder Rand, but maybe they will team up in s4, which would be convenient for Rand & Elayne to work against them together, perhaps.

We didn't get confirmation of where Team Tanchico is going but hopefully Tear.

Mat did not get any prophecies, which was interesting. It kinda fits with the show being more prophecy-lite than the books and only using them when they really plan to do something with them relatively soon. I did enjoy his scene with the Eelfinn.

So he asked for protection from Power (including the One Power but Mat was kinda general there, so I wonder if his medallion might even protect from the True Power in the show) -- that's the foxhead medallion -- he asked for a way out, and he asked to be fixed. I'm guessing we'll see the consequences of those in s4 (hopefully, etc). And he did die, which releases him from the Horn, so that's now open for the show.

I definitely need to do a lot of thinking. It still seems clear to me that Tear is the most likely destination for Team Waste & Team Tanchico in 4x01, and those two sets of plotlines will line back up. And Perrin has his new bespoke Whitecloak plotline.

With Siuan dead, I am... I am very curious about what Moiraine's ultimate fate will be in the show, I have to say.

Okay, let's go through our set-ups and see what paid off:

Tanchico Plotline Setups:

Liandrin & co vs Team Light in the Search for the Collar; the Black Ajah having some powerful ter'angreal.

Nynaeve was helpless to protect herself twice in 3x01.

Nynaeve's relationship with Liandrin will come into play.

Nynaeve made a promise to help Mat.

Mat has the set-up of the twisted stone doorway and the snakes and foxes, and hanging.

Mat's fear from the Lanfear attack was that he would be helpless to aid his friends when they needed him.

Payoffs:

Liandrin's relationship with Nynaevea came into play, but the opposite way as I expected!

Nynaeve's promise to Mat didn't really figure in at all, but she did break her block, it appears.

Liandrin & Moggy ended up with the collar, but Elayne has the balefire rod.

Mat went through the doorway.

White Tower Setups:

Siuan calling Liandrin to the Hall for judgement will circle around to Siuan being the one to face judgement. "The Hall would have no choice but to... ... depose me".

Leane was firmly on Siuan's side all through the season and will share in at least some of her fate.

Verin was unprepared for betrayal in 3x01 - does she do better here?

The final Black Ajah Sister of the four 'hearts' that Liandrin connected was still unknown.

How much does Siuan & Moiraine's connection get touched on?

Payoffs:

Confirmation that Siuan and Moiraine had a magical bond in the most heartbreaking way. Siuan suffers the fate that she was going to condemn Liandrin to, but her spirit remained unbroken to the end.

We did not see Leane die, so I am currently assuming she's still alive.

Verin was once again unprepared for betrayal.

We did not get the reveal of the final Black Ajah Sister.

Aiel Waste Setups:

Rand's plotline about journeying into the Waste will come to a conclusion, potentially including elements about whether or not Rand has the right to lead the Aiel, whether or not Aviendha accepts him as the Car'a'carn, and we will end with rain like we started with rain, and possibly some more fully-realized effects of the corruption/madness from Rand.

Lanfear's attempts to isolate and manipulate Rand will all come to a head -- her deception revealed and her fury unleashed. Rand will see who Lanfear truly is. Lanfear and Moiraine's alliance finally unraveled, they come to blows.

What role did Lan and the Malkieri blade play? Was it key or was it a red herring? What happens with Melindhra and the idea of resurrecting Malkier?

Where does Egwene land on how she views Rand, and whether or not he needs 'protection' or to be stopped? Did we get any additional insight into her motivations over this season? Rand and Egwene's shared attack from Lanfear was the fear of Rand (going mad and) killing the people he cares about.

Pay-offs:

Big payoff for Rand's storyline. Aviendha accepting Rand as Car'a'carn was fairly low-key and she was basically just one of the Aiel in the crowd there, but hopefully now that Randgwene is officially done and Randfear is also officially done, Rand is going to have the emotional energy for other dynamics.

Lanfear has re-dedicated herself to the Shadow.

Lan did help in the fight, but he and Moiraine staved off Lanfear but didn't kill her. But they did stop her from getting involved in what Rand was doing.

From Egwene's perspective, I feel like she got confirmation that her voice doesn't sway Rand anymore, but from Rand's perspective, he was out of control in 3x01 and he was in control of himself in 3x08. So those two are on very different pages from each other.

[lavender-rosa]

Live commentary and theorizing on the new ekuoto chapter

Yeah that makes sense, remember how easily Asmodeus dispatched Verge when he tried to kidnap her as Aria? Those without any miraculous power are powerless against the demon lords. Due to the Priest being the protagonist it's easy forget that, though. Verge, one of strongest witches of the sabbath and someone who could go toe to toe with a trained exorcist in Dante has to resort to flattery and trickery to get anything done.

It's a survival mechanism from his childhood, refined to perfection. Verge had to distract, to deceive and to flatter to make his horrible living situation a bit more bearable. He's used to attempting to soothe the egos of monsters, the demon lords aren't that much different.

Verge protecting the Dante cake and Catherine the Imuri one 🖤

Okay, at first i thought this was a snippet of the revolution in Heaven due to Lucifer acting as the encouraging leader. But now i notice that Rofocale isn't wearing the white robes the angels are always depicted with and if you look at his upper back you'll notice what i think are the remains of angel wings so i guess this depicts the aftermath of the rebellion? Lucifer testing Rofocale's loyalty and strength to become the guardian of his Gehenna? Interesting...

(I hate how manga plus keeps splitting the splash pages into two 😫)

Anyways here we have symbols of all the demon lords Priest has fought so far. Snails for Belphagor, tentacles for Leviathan, Beelzebub's sword from when he fought Leah, Mammon's crow wings and Asmodeus' creepy bat-eye wings.

It has been hinted since chapter 2 that Priest has been gradually losing his power which was outright confirmed in the aftermath of the Gluttony arc. The more connected Priest becomes to his humanity the more disconnected he becomes to his holiness.

And now it has been confirmed that not only is he losing his connection to Heaven but he's being actively "corrupted". This fight with Beelzebub is a good example, Priest wasn't even able to land a scratch on him even though he was in his weakened form, contrast this to Beelzebub's fight with Leah where he was in his prime yet Leah was able to sear him to the bone with her alchemy. Seems like Priest won't be able to brute force his way through the demon lords anymore.

Although I'm a bit confused about Beelzebub's comment on Priest being "out of Satan's control now" because isn't Priest falling from grace/getting corrupted exactly what Satan would want? I don't know, there's nothing those demon bitches love more than being vague as fuck.

Also I wonder why the artist decided to draw callbacks to the Demon Lords rather than something more unique to the Priest himself.

It makes sense that the fragment wouldn't be digested, although I remember one of the extras stating that anyone that would get too close to Asmodeus' purified wing would lose consciousness as it rejects the sin of man so it's weird seeing absolutely no side-effects to it's presence. I think it would make more sense if the fragment started causing pain once it exited Beelzebub. It would hammer home Priest's growing disconnect with Heaven even more. Maybe that detail got retconned but i liked the idea of an angel's purity being so overwhelming that you can't even stand close to a small piece of them.

We saw Beelzebub briefly mourn the comraderie he felt with the Demon Lords during the Rebellion in Heaven. Specifically saying "Lucifer this is the end of the road we abandoned" (see my banner image) but that new statement... i really don't know what it's supposed convey. Bitterness, mayhaps? Burning the bridge, a desire to see his fallen leader hurt. Maybe it's something more practical, Priest to be at his strongest so Beelzebub can consume him and absorb his power? I don't know , I'm just going to accept that I will continue getting teased with those vagues statements and panels for what will feel like an eternity until I get like, a mountain of flashbacks that will recontextualize them lol

Beelzebub even put his little fondant monstrosity in fancy packaging to take it home, aww. If I was Verge i would place the cake atop of Dante so when he wakes up he'll be left utterly confused.

I think he's referring to retrieving a fragment from Lucifer for Baba Yaga's ritual. I do admire the opportunism but on the other hand Verge really keeps testing his fucking luck with the demon lords.

Things are going quite smoothly right now , we got the fragment, Dante's going to be okay, something's going to go wrong. My guess? Mammon. He's the only Demon Lord whose whereabouts we haven't been updated on in this new arc and the last time we saw him he was still in Gehenna, his desired battle with Priest interrupted by Belphagor. Even though it would make sense for him to appear I really have no desire to see that asshat again.

Maybe we'll get updates on the rest of the exorcists? The witches? Tachibana, even? Maybe Cath can talk about Imuri for a bit? I dunno, excited for the next chapter.

If you read this far, do you like this format of chapter reviews? Should I continue it? 🤔

[quinngefail]

hiii! loved your art and saw thoughts for a while now, so i thought i’d share a head canon of mine with you! i’d love to see if you agree (: also i’m going to be talking a slight bit about religion lawrence wise so if you don’t feel comfortable reading this I completely understand! anywho…

lawrence grew up in a not necessarily uber-religious but casually catholic family who cared a lot more about how they looked to the community than their happiness. i feel like he has a lot of catholic guilt and so he had never told his family about his relationship with adam because of fear. adam is unaware of this anxiety in lawrence and to make up for his feelings of shame for not only ultimately being with adam in the first place but putting him in such a position where he’d not know his place in lawrence’s life, he decides to take adam to a family gathering of sorts of his even though he’s incredibly nervous about it. a family member asks who adam is and lawrence says “my friend” or “my business partner” or something along those lines. adam, unaware of the circumstances, is PISSED, so he waits until they get home to talk with him about it. lawrence says that he feels like it’s “too early in the relationship” and “i just figure this relationship would become rocky territory if I ever brought it up.” and adam would say something like “tell that to your secretaries. jesus christ, lar. i’m not a secret. this isn’t an affair so stop acting like it is!” but yeah so they fight about all of that and eventually make up and lawrence explains in further detail his past and they both open up to each other in honest ways. okay so sorry for yapping but i’d just like to add a final point: i absolutely LOVE the fluffiness of your art so much it’s so wonderful!!! but i’ve also been wondering if you’d agree that their relationship would be (at times) painful and toxic because of the age gap and the trauma bond.

okay anywho thanks for reading the yap sesh if you happen to !!

Omfggggg okay I am eating this UP

I've linked to this a few times across posts here and there but these are still my loose ideas for Lar's upbringing and all that, so like. I am nodding to all of this

It would certainly be a good point for him to just open up about his past coz if this relationship is going to work, these sorts of things inevitably have to come out,

Been thinking about this and I could imagine the argument escalating with Adam saying smn to the effect of "Why do you give a shit what they think if they're never gonna fuckin' respect you anyway!! Why are they more important to you than I am!!"

And Lawrence is all "Well I'm sorry I actually care about my family,"

...Which is upsetting enough to Adam for Lawrence to just so callously imply that Adam doesn't give a fuck about his own family (which is a whole mess of complicated feelings for him), but first and foremost he's just like. "And I'm not that to you. Wow, you really know how to make me feel special, Lar. So glad to know I'm not just a another young, hot piece of ass that you fuck for fun :))"

And then it just keeps going downhill from there until they just have to be away from one another for a while

...But yes they would eventually make up, and (Lar especially) would at least start to get into the things in their lives they don't exactly want to talk about so they can further understand one another hrkskgkgk

Like okay I know I draw a lot of romantic and goofy shit with them, but goddd I love thinking about the ups and downs of them working out their rather unconventional relationship (fell deeply in love with the guy I was locked in a death game with, we're both dealing with the horrific physical + mental scars of said death game, we first technically 'met' through sleazy stalking, one of us got shot by the other, we have completely different lives, there's also a 17 year gap between us. But despite all that I literally cannot stop aching and yearning for him, and genuinely want to be there for him coz we're the only people in the world who could ever possibly fully understand what we went through together, oop✌️😗)

It's just. Augh 🤌🤌🤌

Haven't really sat down to work on my headcanon doc in a while, but I've had Much Pondering Time over less than pleasant interactions between them and I WANT TO DRAW AND/OR WRITE MORE OF IT..... I just can't help but get caught up in the cute stuff 😭

But yea AAAAA thank you for all this!! Both the headcanons, and the kind words 🫶☺️ Happy to make content of them, and I'm glad you enjoy it!!

[demigod-shenanigans]

-Yeah, I was wondering if it was a thing about strays and Leo just being pulled back to what it was like to not have a home to go back to when he was on the streets. It’s honestly kind of a miracle he doesn’t bring home every single stray he finds (cat or otherwise). The thought of Apollo struggling to cat sit is making me laugh so hard. He tries to hum tunes at Socrates or something to cheer him up and Socrates just hisses at him.

-I also don’t know why this popped into my head but I’m very amused by the thought of a Socrates Festus rivalry. I’m not sure if it’s funnier if it’s mutual dislike (cat hisses at Festus, Festus rotates rows upon rows of sharp teeth at Socrates, Socrates just hisses again completely unbothered) or if Socrates just really dislikes Festus while Festus just wants to be his friend.

-Glad you enjoyed the concept haha. I’m also still wondering what was up with that chicken chucker Leo built lmfao. Like that’s such a wild throwaway thing for the book to mention and then never bring up again

-Arguably Jason is the one with first aid training so in the choking situation he could maybe help if there wasn’t a doctor around but I’m also very amused at the thought of Leo raising his hand not realizing what the situation is and then improvising the shit out of saving someone’s life (maybe Apollo helps as a thanks for the time Leo went on a quest with him, maybe he finds some sort of mechanical solution, idk). They’re thanking him after and he just casually drops “oh yeah actually my doctor is in engineering LOL”

-I honestly think there’s a pretty good chance Olympia would have ended up counselor regardless of who she’s sharing the cabin with just due to (staying on theme here) “the power of her name” and the legacy of her parents.

-I absolutely adore Isabella just getting along with the Hephaestus kids so well not due to powers or anything (not sure how often the blessing of Hephaestus thing takes effect or how exactly it works, would love to hear more about that) but because she just gets to special interest ramble at people who Get It. I love that for her.

-I have no idea how I didn’t catch the pun name the first time (probably because I read your reply at 1 am ngl) but that is amazing. I don’t even know if it’s funnier assuming their mortal parent named them that and they kept the name post coming out or if they came out as enby then promptly picked the funniest possible name option for themself. Just 10/10 concept. And of course chaos gremlin who won’t take their task seriously trying to “work” with a Competitive Leader is gonna be a mess lmao. There’s also something pretty interesting specifically about Olympia butting heads with a Hermes kid considering her parents’ history with Luke

-Yeah they’ve got a lotttt of birthday and anniversary stuff going on in summer, jeez

-I’m wheezing about Percy being annoyed Olympia is an Ares sign that is hilarious

-There really is something to be said about how much worse the whole idolization issue would be for someone whose parents are affected by it. Like, Olympia knows they’re not these clean perfect pictures, but imagine trying to rant to someone about a minor fight you had with your parents or being annoyed with something they did when everyone sees them as heroes and idols. That disconnect has to be absolutely astronomical. I think Percy would also find it absolutely heartbreaking that his kid is dealing with feeling inadequate when he grew up thinking he always messed everything up and made things difficult for his mom.

Also, genuinely, some of our best writing comes from processing feelings that are familiar and we don’t know where else to put. It’s very therapeutic and helpful and makes for really great stories. I’ve been doing it for ages, and I’m glad you get to do it with Olympia.

-If you’re trying to live up to some perfect image that doesn’t exist, nothing is ever good enough. Even when people outright tell you you’re good enough or you did something right, all that does is just create more pressure and expectations you don’t think you can live up to (it’s something I tap into when writing Jason a lot and also feels very fitting here. No I’m not speaking from experience what are you talking about /sarcasm)

-I feel like the Athena kids would be pissed at any version of the story that doesn’t give Annabeth the respect she deserves. I’m taking full-on “they’re talking smack about our sister again, we’ll crush them so hard at the next Capture The Flag game that they’ll weep”

-I feel like Percy probably gets so annoyed by it that he’ll just straight-up refuse to talk about anything heroic he did and just talk about Annabeth instead when he’s asked about it.

-I adore the name specifically carrying the history of the mortal members of their family too (and I do really hope Leo eventually realizes that her carrying his history of bravery and ultimately getting to be happy despite all the hardship along the way isn’t a bad thing to carry either). I assume the mortal family members thing being important may be related to the [redacted] thing you told me in DMs? I do kinda love Grace as a middle name for Olympia as a nod to both Jason but also Thalia who saved Annabeth and helped raise her for a little while.

-The whole Sequel Trilogy plot was all over the place, but Rey choosing the name of a mentor who tried to help her and a woman who was kind to her over the name of the evil ancestor who tried to kill her really isn’t exactly odd?? Like, personally I would have stuck to Rey from Nowhere because the whole “you don’t have to be anyone important to be a hero”-plot is way more intriguing than it all being a messy family drama, but they that’s the story they chose, and ending it on Rey either going back to being Rey from Nowhere (dismissing all the meaningful connections and friends she made along the way) or committing to being Rey Palpatine (which she never wanted to be and he insisted she had no choice on) would not have worked. Rey got to choose who she wanted to be, and chose to live in memory of Luke and Leia over her own familial connections she wanted nothing to do it. Also considering they were always tied to the darkness of who their own father was and what he’s done and trying to shape the galaxy into a better place despite that history? Yeah, it makes sense why that’s the kind of story Rey wants for herself, too.

-Found family is so so important. “There is a place for you, even if it’s not with the people who raised you” is so so important.

-I’ll probably save the details of the Percabeth kids for a separate post since this thread is getting ridiculously long as-is and it might be nice to be able to find this stuff again (I say that like most of the next gen lore didn’t get created by me and Juno yapping at each other in DMs for ages, LMAO) but in broad strokes:

—Coral is the oldest by seven years (she’s also the oldest next gen kid by five years, meaning she was the group baby for a while). She’s a trans girl and picked out the name Coral for herself when she was ten. She’s pretty much a typical legacy, meaning she got some of her parents’ powers (Percy’s talking to horses thing and some degree of control over water plus Annabeth’s strategic abilities), but you can definitely tell she’s not a first generation descendant of Athena or Poseidon.

—Cooper is the middle child, and he’s a bit of a fluke baby. Nobody knows how it happened, but this kid has virtually no powers. He can barely see through the Mist half the time, and his only “powers” are being able to tell if it’s going to rain with a 74% accuracy and being good at maths, but a normal “I’m really good at maths”-amount. He’s half a year older than Sofía.

—Their youngest, Sally May, is three years younger than Cooper and the epitome of Percabeth’s hubris biting them in the ass (“we’re handling two kids just fine, how hard can a third one really be” Very, and choosing May as a middle name probably didn’t help). She’s the youngest of the next gen kids in the main friend group and the most innocent-looking kid you’ve ever seen and also a total nightmare. She’s everything everyone always worried a Percabeth kid would be—Annabeth’s genius intellect and Percy’s powers combined and used exclusively for the purpose of causing elaborate shenanigans. She also causes minor earthquakes sometimes, which is a power Percy is pretty sure he doesn’t even have.

-Man I’m so curious I think I might explode. If you want to yap about it but don’t wanna put it on your blog just yet for spoiler reasons, please feel free to ramble at me in DMs if you want to (no pressure though)

-I actually kind of like it not being as important in Camp Jupiter who your godly parent is (obviously it does to a certain degree to people like Jason whose godly parents are really important, but not to the degree of “if we don’t know who your godly parent is we will just temporarily stuff you in an over-full cabin” like it used to be at CHB, and also we never even learn if Reyna or Frank for example have half-siblings at Camp because it’s just not as important there). I think it’s a neat contrast.

-That being said, yeah, I feel like any kid of the Seven would be a big deal around there. It’s very much the same with the Frazel kids from Sofíaverse (who are twins, funnily enough). I’m also kind of obsessed with the concept of the Fifth Cohort which used to be thought of as the “bad” Cohort where the kids without recommendation letters went (which is why Jason joined it) slowly turning into the Cohort everyone wants to get into because all members of the Seven who have ever been part of the legion, including Percy, were part of that Cohort, which just gives it really great rep.

-The Samuel thing is definitely a bit weird but it also makes sense that Hazel would want to remember him in some way.

-Since the triplets and Isabella all grow up in New Rome, how often does she see them? I guess how close they are would probably largely depend on how much younger they are (whether they’re close enough to still be friends or more like a couple of younger kids that look up to her as this cool older kid that visits sometimes). I’m glad Finley gets along with his cousins well, that’s really sweet :)

-Also yeah same I feel like I do most of my rambles about the kids in replies/convo with you and DMs with Juno and not a lot making actual posts about them hahaha. The good news is if you want to you could always compile the info you shared here into posts about different characters if you wanted to

This song is so Married Valgrace. And ik I’d say that about every single song including the Kahoot Lobby Music but this one is especially the vibe

LMAO you're so real for the Kahoot Lobby Music thing, if I'm fixated on something everything is about that something now. Sorry to the books I'm reading and shows I'm watching you are now all AUs of this one thing I like

Anyway you're so right and you should say it (and also the ending of the song made me sob, oh my god? Evil?)

I also feel a very strong need to retaliate now /Ih) so may I suggest I Wanna Grow Old With You as a married Valgrace song?

[birdy-bird27]

Here is my live blog notes of reading the new chapter of The first of a shattered mirror

Mostly for @volivolition I didn’t send this as an ask bc it was long lol but here are my thoughts as I read the chapter

This chapter is hilarious already the physical crew always brings the A game

Hand cordination saying gun? Like a puppy hearing treat lol

Savvy my boyyyy he’s back! All for a couple coins from an altar lol

lol we are not punching a child part

Love when contact Mike is brought up Voltion is like we gotta put a stop to this

Poor volition putting up a. Plea to be reasonable but the phys gang is in control this time around. The whole intervention Voltion really stressed out

Naurrr Harry don’t listen to the fascist ideas of time travel 😭 don’t do it

Echem is really shining this time lol especially around the princess “big *woman*”

I knew the voice of stubborn would get along great with the coach

The home made Gatorade lol

LMAOOO the coach check and echem both saying they can take her I cantttt this chapter I knew it was going to be good

Reaction speed returning just the right time

Omg the voice of the stubborn joined the team! You impressed the coach son 😎

Ahh yes just what I expected the voice of the stubborn starting to push his power.

. Much like the game how he takes over the narration I love it

Good call Harry out Voltion and the physical skills

Drat I forgot which skill is missing. Visual calculus? I have foolishly thought he was not missing though

Yooo spinal cord!

I was right Visual calculus! My boyyy so underrated!!! Yess

Even the voices can appreciate his awesome work hell yea

“VOLITION [Medium: Success] - If you make it out of this in one piece, you *definitely* need to get back in touch with that therapist. None of this is good.” So true Voltion

Yess visual calc with his math

Oop he threw the jersey away

That ending beautiful muah love it. There’s more to all of it. So many thoughts woah. Absolutely visceral and bloody I love it!!’

Perfect balance of humor and sadness to it all absolutely wonder.

God I love this fic so much

[lucabyte]

I don't know how everyone isn't also always constantly thinking about how burial rites seem to be potentially one of the few things Siffrin instinctively remembers about their culture. But rest assured. I am in fact always thinking about it.

Textless version where they're just hanging out. It's fine!

[mc-critical]

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[fictionadventurer]

I run beneath the winter's icy skies while taking care to note the lovely scene so often it becomes a common sight and has no more enchantment for my eyes. Wrapped up within the veils of dull routine, to heaven's joy's I've given up the right. Yet when it seems my inattention bars my eyes from noting miracles unseen I stop to take a glimpse into the night and lose my breath to find the stars So bright

[telesodalite]

Transformers really missed out on an opportunity to give Krok cleats as part of any of his designs...

[deus-ex-mona]

suddenly remembered this thing from an old interview soooo

Q: You mentioned that the characters, Suzumi Hiyori and both Someya Yujiro and Shibasaki Aizo of LIPxLIP, were created at the same time, but how did they come to be?

Yamako: Yujiro and Hiyori made their first appearance at the end of the MV for “Koiiro ni Sake” to indicate that a new generation was about to begin as the first generation of characters from the CEC graduated from high school. At that time, I didn’t have a specific vision for their future, but it gradually took shape as I thought up Aizo’s character visuals afterwards. I think LIPxLIP became idols because shito said that he wanted to create idol characters in the series.

shito: Yes, that’s indeed the case (laughs). Up till then, we had only written love songs for the CEC, but even before that, I had wanted to write idol songs. So, since we’re able to create our own characters and have them move around as we wish through our songs as HoneyWorks, I proposed the idea of creating a two-man idol unit. Around the same time, we also created Hiyori, a girl who could bring out the two-faced nature of the idols, since a completely ordinary girl like her would be able to bring out both their natural personalities and their bad-tempered natures (laughs). So I get the feeling that Hiyori naturally came about as we were creating LIPxLIP.