#the person behind the curtains

[heavenlyvirtuesarg]

Introduction and Information

((ooc post))

Before we even get into the madness of it all, I would like to make sure that there is a baseline for everyone to look back on and be able to reaffirm what this is, and what it's about. That's what this post is. It will be sectioned for ease of finding the info within the post.

Basics::

This is a Mark egos ARG

It's the sister to another ARG, Seven Septic Sins, which was sadly never completed.

This is an 18+ space because of the themes included in this game.

All muns, players, characters, and spectators are and MUST BE 18+

The ARG is a cross-platform between Tumblr (you are here) and Discord.

This game includes secrets, such as multiple routes and endings

Heavenly Virtues part one starts on 8/20/23. Part two will be when the discord link gets dropped.

This game has two muns, both of which are chronically and mentally ill.

Warnings::

This game contains the following themes and topics, some of which are visible to the players as they happen or are brought on by the players. If you are uncomfortable with this, please do not interact.

Death, murder, self-harm, suicide, torture, gaslighting, manipulation, abusive relationships(non romantic), verbal abuse, physical abuse, cult vibes, religion, Christianity, falling into insanity, mental illness, queerness, abduction, unreality, forced abandonment, extreme body modifications, eating inedible objects, corruption.

Topics that will not be included and are not tolerated.

There are certain topics that I do not feel comfortable including, or seeing, attached to this arg. Please do not ask for it, why it is not included, or use it in any sort of fan reproduction.

Sexual assault, incest, mpreg, eye horror, the "dream" smile-- a colon and a parenthesis-- and forced romantic relationships

Game tags::

This section will be updated as the players discover them! If we are not up to date, please send a private ask to remind us.

Found tags:

#HV! out of character -> self-explanatory

#The Person behind the curtains -> The mun(s)

#The bells are Ringing.. -> Important

#The One and True... -> ???

#Questioning the Virtues -> Asks

#Unlabeled Virtues -> Anon function

[teddybeartoji]

i feel like suguru might not actually be a morning person on his own, but he is a morning person for you. like he wants to get up early and he wants to cook you breakfast. he wants to watch you wake up and he wants to see that darling sleepy smile of yours, so he forgets all about his morning grumpiness. you are way more important than that.

[gabelew]

stolen kisses

[vampyrebellion]

Ball outfits I wanted to make for William and Alecdora because I thought it would be fun teehee

[inkynightmaresau]

Bendy- be careful and please concider, is it really worth it? (Apolgizes for my bad english)

(Bendy chooses to ignore you. He's determined to search the office.)

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》PREVIOUS《

》NEXT《

[clowndensation]

it's like. louis attempted to tell this story to daniel the first time, broke down, and attacked him before he could finish it.

and then decades later he's convinced himself that it was leaving the story unresolved that's holding him back from living his life fully now. so he invites daniel back again. and louis is sitting poised and put together, confident in his ability to recite his history in a pretty, poignant, neat little narrative that will resolve all the guilt and yearning and emptiness inside of him. that if he can just tell a compelling, satisfying story, maybe it will actually be that, and not the life he lived through, with all the pitfalls of his own failures lurking inside.

and then season 1 ends with him once again being forced to confront that the story he wants to imagine and the life he actually lived aren't the same thing. the boundaries around his narrative are shredded and he's left exposed, and subsequently able to face his past for the first time since that original interview. and you think, you think, "well this is it. they've crossed the event horizon. there's no use hiding the truth anymore, not after it's come flooding out into the open like this"

and then season 2 opens. not only is it back to the original, practiced distance, we now have armand literally enforcing that distance. a man sitting at the table who's interjections must be disregarded, an intentional interruption to the flow of the story. he doesn't exist to aid or add detail, he exists to distract louis when he gets too deep in the story. the only time we do get louis allowing any deep truth to come out is when armand leaves the room.

it's like. louis wants a story that's true, and the truth is what he's convinced will leave him satisfied. armand wants a story that will satisfy louis, to the extent louis will accept it's true.

[sharkselfies]

imagine time traveling back to 2013 and posting that 10 years from now there would be a good omens TV show, written by neil gaiman and john finnemore, starring david tennant, with music by david arnold of sherlock soundtrack fame, and that they actually went for it and made it gay. people would straight up not believe you.

[sarellathesphinx]

Sometimes I take a step back and think about like the very concept of Reeve Tuesti and Cait Sith and I’m like. Nomura I know you said Cait and Barret were characters you desperately wanted to use. How the fuck did you come up with Cait and Reeve specifically. How

[laundryandtaxes]

This is a really interesting time to be working in the service industry because I've noticed that guests sometimes make a new expression which I can only say I immediately and intuitively understand to mean that they are thinking, "Oh, one of them said 'behind' to to the other! Just like in The Bear!"

[tj-crochets]

Hey how many indoor wasps is a concerning number of indoor wasps, and how do you get rid of them? I am not anti-wasp and am fine with them living in my yard, but this is the second wasp in my house in like two weeks and I am prone to severe allergies. Like, I don't know that I'm allergic to wasps, but I would not be surprised if I was, given my long list of other allergies? Also one of the wasps was a dead wasp on the floor right next to my bed and I found it after almost stepping on it barefoot. I would like to not do that again. I am not concerned about being stung if I know the wasp is there, but I am not always the most observant of people lol

[your-local-grinning-cat]

Can you also see the future?

-@official-nrc-prophet

*blinks*

Hmm… depends on your definition, pretty eyes!

And the definition from your “man behind the curtain!”

*waves at the mod, giggling and grinning*

[heavenlyvirtuesarg]

(( Ooc mun post, wheeeeeeee

So, I have playlists. And secrets. And I'm holding them hostage. Here's my negotiation

You give me exposure in the form of new followers, I give you a playlist.

Your goal: 15 followers (we have 5)

So tell us to your friends, your coworkers, family, whatever you can. Yell about it on other platforms, mayhaps, idk. Whatever works. And if the goal is hit, I'll release a playlist for you all. And you'll get to pick it.

Plus, more interaction from you all = more from the muns = more fun

[xkuja]

❌ When was the last time your rules were broken? Almost broken? Is there anything making you contemplate a rules change?

|| A Munday Ask Meme I can’t grab on mobile yet ||

Well... ok. I’m slow sometimes. I have limited free time and a lot of interests with which to fill it. I don’t like being slow but I’d rather not give friends half assed stories, or force myself and resent my hobby.

There are some who will, despite best efforts, take slowness deeply personally. I’ve learnt this. It sucks, but it’s ultimately on them to tailor their experience to suit themselves. But I won’t bend my time to fit into someone else’s ideal rp experience if I’m not already good enough as I am, yknow.

It’s just rp.

[constantvariations]

Why Some People Don't Like Jaune Arc

I've seen some folk confused about the dislike towards Jaune, such as @the-sapphic-raven and @foxgirltail so I thought I'd compile all the reasons (that I can remember without a whole-ass rewatch) in a single post. For the most part, it's not the character himself that earns ire but the way he's used

Volume One

All the goodwill Jaune built up by being sweet towards Ruby is immediately soured by his chauvinistic attitude towards Weiss and his dismissal of Pyrrha, a strange choice given this is supposed to be a progressive society/show. And Pyrrha, the prodigy of the entire school, is somehow into being treated like dirt

There's also the matter of his sneaking into a school dedicated to protecting people from man-eating monsters despite the fact that Jaune had negative skills (while somehow being from a long line of warriors). It makes for good story, but it's also an incredibly selfish and dangerous decision that put people, most directly his teammates, at risk due to his inexperience. This would've been smoothed over had he actually been proactive, but instead he sleeps in class and Pyrrha has to take initiative in training him

The biggest problem comes in the "Jaune Arc" where his generic bullying plot not only overshadows the anti-faunus attitude, not only comes before Blake or Yang get an arc, but takes up an entire twenty-five percent of the first season. That was a whole month of Jaune instead of RWBY back in the days of release

Volume Two

Once again, Jaune has a disproportionate amount of time dedicated to him but this time he's joined by Neptune so we can have a love triangle between these two and Weiss. Given that Jaune and Neptune are voiced by Luna and Shawcross, the writers who, yknow, write Weiss's every word and action, this comes off as super creepy. Additionally, he pursues Weiss despite her multiple unambiguous rejections, and the narrative is clearly on his side. And then, after learning that Neptune turned down Weiss - something well within his right to do - Jaune gets pissy and confronts him with language objectifying Weiss as some sort of possession and forces Neptune to reveal something he's obviously very ashamed about

There's also the man-in-a-dress "joke" that shouldn't be considered a joke in a gender-equal society, but that's simply more bad writing choices with Jaune as the victim

Volume Three

There's not as much here since Jaune plays more of a supporting role to Pyrrha, which is where he really shines as a character. There's that bit during the Vytal Festival with the team name shenanigans throwing off the scene's rhythm, but it's more of an annoyance than anything else

But then after Pyrrha sends him away, instead of calling Glynda like he'd been about to do or any authority, he calls Ruby and breaks his phone before calling anyone else. Grief does make people do stupid things, but this is goes beyond that. This was a choice of the writers to refuse Pyrrha backup so she could die, leading into the most consistent complaint of Jaune in all subsequent volumes: trauma hogging

Volume Four

While Ruby, Ren, and Nora get only outfit changes, Jaune gets upgrades to both his armor and weapon using Pyrrha's crown and sash. This is pretty blatant favoritism since Ren and Nora don't get anything of hers to symbolize their connection to Pyrrha despite them also being teammates and friends. This trauma favoritism continues when Ruby wakes from a nightmare about Pyrrha only for the scene to be about Jaune's feelings. We never come back to Ruby's trauma (unless you want to count that one talk with Oscar in V5, which still isn't great) and Ren/Nora are completely passed over

Then in the Nuckleavee fight, instead of Ruby being the one to rescue Qrow from oncoming attack because she's got the speed and that's her uncle, it's Jaune who saves the day. It's Jaune who gets that silent handgrab with Qrow, which means nothing because these two don't really know each other but would mean a wealth of things had it been Ruby instead

Also, the sword sword "upgrade." It's not Jaune's fault that it's poorly designed, I'm just legally obligated to say it sucks every time I talk about this fight

Volume Five

When Qrow and Lionheart talk about Raven, Jaune knows she's Yang’s mom despite the two of them sharing maybe 10 words with each other. Yang didn't even tell Blake, her own partner, much about Raven, but for whatever reason she told Jaune? Sus

The climatic fight nerfed everyone, but Weiss and Cinder got special stupid juice specifically so Jaune could be the main character. Cinder spent the last two seasons building up and reinforcing her hatred of Ruby, even agreeing to Raven's alternative plan just for a stab at the kid. Yet her attention during the big fight is solely on Jaune because...? And he goes toe-to-toe with her! She was trained by a professional huntsman for years as a child while Jaune has, what? Maybe a year of training? And she's a Maiden! The deck is so stacked against Jaune it's not even funny

Then to punish him, instead of attacking Ruby - who's entirely preoccupied by Emerald, his very first friend, and the person he crossed continents to follow - Cinder goes after Weiss. His crush. Who conveniently forgot her sword isn't a wand and her glyphs can do just about anything so her aura could be broken

Weiss got fridged so Jaune could discover his semblance. Female empowerment at its finest

(Before anyone tries it, no, I'm not saying Ruby should've been fridged instead. The situation as written is set up so that somebody HAS to be fridged, which is stupid. This could've been revealed in a million ways that didn't involve girls being maimed)

Volume Six

Getting aggressive with Oscar was out of line. I understand (not condone) Qrow being violent because he's been in the game longer than any of the kids and just watched an entire HD powerpoint of Ozpin's lies. Being Oz's spy was essentially his life

Jaune does not have that same depth of investment. One can argue that he was acting on his grief of Pyrrha, but that falls flat when neither Ren or Nora come even close to the same reaction

Once again, Jaune hogs all the Pyrrha-related trauma, even getting a visit from her mom(?) while looking at a giant statue of her (despite the fact that Pyrrha blatantly said in V2 she didn't like being treated like she's above others)

Volume Seven

Jaune hogs the camera for JNR's new landing strategies, his hair is dumb, and grown women fawning over a teenager is gross, but overall Jaune this volume is fantastic. Super swell in his supporting role here and that bit where he compliments Nora after her failed flirting always makes me giggle

Volume Eight

Imma be honest, I don't remember much of V8 and I do not have the time, will, or energy to rewatch it, so I'll just skip to the biggest thing in the volume: Penny's death.

Jaune did not try hard enough to save her. Whereas any other time this trope of mercy killing during combat has been implemented, it's typically done as a reluctant last resort after every other option has been exhausted. Cinder was still preoccupied with Weiss and Jaune's pretty beefy; he could've made a dash for the exit while still healing her

Instead, he boosts her aura for a whole 2 seconds before agreeing to stab her in the heart.

Another fridge for Jaune's collection

Volume Nine

Everyone's fears of Jaune stealing the spotlight once again get confirmed. He gets a legendary role in a story loved world wide, a pedestal only matched by Ruby's weird deified status in the rtx V9 epilogue, which may or may not be canon

Weiss is into him for "being mature" despite never having shown a preference for older men. Not counting villains we have Ozpin, Oobleck, Port, Klein, Qrow, and Ironwood; all of whom could've been used to establish this trait, yet it only comes out with Jaune? Highly suspicious

His relationship with the paper pleasers is incredibly terrible. He has no respect for their culture and treats them like children despite their obvious intelligence. It rings far too closely to missionaries "saving" people, usually of color, in third world countries

Then, when Ruby finally snapped and is venting her frustrations, Jaune cuts in to take his rage out on her. Jaune, at this point, is at least in his mid thirties, so we get a grown ass man yelling at a seventeen year old girl who then runs away, putting her in a vulnerable position that is immediately taken advantage of. Nobody blames him for being upset, but as an adult he now has a responsibility to take care of how he treats people significantly younger than him

Not even an hour after Ruby drinks the tea right in front of them, the entire group hugs Jaune with big, bright smiles. Ruby not once had someone actually comfort her despite her obvious failing mental health, but Jaune gets comforted by both the team and the narrative

Thanks for surviving this far

Feel free to add on, but I'm tired of this being in my drafts so Jaune be upon ye

If y’all disagree with any of the points, I'd love to hear your view and have a nice discussion

[littleplantfreak]

mmmm umemiya who makes you put on a show for him. who pulls up a chair beside your bed and gently positions you on the mattress exactly where he wants you and tells you where to touch yourself and how. and you look so pretty, so perfect, he has to squeeze the armrests to prevent the urge to reach out to you. and HE looks absolutely edible, leaned back in the seat with his knees spread and his eyes darkened with lust and appreciation and his undivided attention focused purely on you.

You're being soooo good doing everything he's telling you to do but he can see your fingers just aren't hitting the right spots, which has him losing it a little bit. The longer it goes on the worse he gets, seeing how frustrated you look by how hard you're trying to follow his orders but just not reaching the high he wants to see. Once he sees a little tear run down your cheek he's given up, and just tosses his pants off at that point. He's got his fingers in you in seconds and you practically cum right then and there because that's the ticket, they know exactly where to go inside you.

[elminx]

The State of Elminx

Tred, unmotivated. It's too hot (heat indexes well over 95f all week, and we don't have central air).

My partner returned home last night with the realization that they bought decaf beans last time...which explains the lack of motivation and headaches all week long.

I've actually gotten a lot done, considering.