#the real answer summed up is just like “yeah ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”

[shopwitchvamp]

I just got the midi matcha skirt and I love it!!! So of course I immediately tripped and fell in a mud puddle the first time I wore it (dw I'm able to wash it out but it was still very much a orz moment). I have really sensitive skin so I'm really excited to have a skirt that doesn't make me break out in hives.

I want to ask: do you guys have plans to expand into more clothing items beyond skirts/pants? Like dresses or shirts? Or is that a secret for now?

Oh no!!! Not the mud puddle attack (relateable as a disaster prone clumsy person 😂) So as for future expansion, it's no secret but it's more just like there's nothing in particular solidly on the horizon right now. And thennn some of it is also that we've actually cut a bunch of stuff over time to where we almost only have skirts/joggers. Like we used to have all-over print tshirts using the same patterns that are on skirts/joggers, but I stopped selling them after the pandemic hit & I was no longer going to cons. Lots of cuts are due to "no longer going to cons" really, 'cause online it's just skirts and pants that sell. You can expect some more random small misc. drops this year tho. Like last year we made some hats & I also worked with other small businesses to stock a few fun things like soap, tea, candles, etc. that went along with the theme of a big new collection drop. I think the next most likely thing is beanies 'cause I have a couple ideas for those. Maybe tea and tea strainers again this fall because those two items actually sold really quickly for a side-item, and I the shop I worked with before has a perfect blend for my fall collection. Beyond those I'm currently looking into a collar supplier. Oh and one thing I can say for sure that we *won't* be doing that I get requests for a lot is button up shirts. For so many reasons... I'm sorry to say to everyone that's asked, I'm 100% not intested in getting into making them. 😅 What else.. Well I don't think I've said this before but I've got a pile of plain white cotton jean jackets that I want to dye/paint/put spikes on/etc.etc. So far I just haven't found the time or energy to do all that, but maybe hopefully I'll get around to it soon.

[toomuchawesomenessforyou]

Thank you @ifindus for tagging me 🌼 and sorry about the 9. question: I couldn’t describe the situation wtih any less words 😅. Still, I had fun with all of this!

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1) What’s your favourite place in the world?

Stony shores and raised bogs: just a good broad red-coloured raised bog full of cranberries and hare's-tail cottongrass and if you bother to look a little closer then you’ll notice the tiny pink sundews glistening in the sun. And the smell of both the raised bog and the sea is just the best. So soothing.

2) What’s your favourite book?

“Pokuraamat” (“The Poku Book”) by Edgar Valter probably XD Idk but it was my fave as I was a child and the aesthetic is still deeply engraved into my heart <3 I actually adore “Memoirs of Ivan Orav or the Past as Azure Mountains” by Andrus Kivirähk as well. I love history so a good parody about our tragic past is just my jam. I mean what else there is to do to just laugh about it all and move one. No one cares about the little nations anyways. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

3) What’s a guilty pleasure you have?

I wouldn’t deem it that guilty of a pleasure since I’ll always stay a child in my heart (I promised Pippi!) but anything “childish”, if you may, I still enjoy even though I’m a grown up now. Like playing on a playground or tag with friends. The only tragic thing is that I don’t have anyone to “play” with since everyone is too busy being “grown up” and thinking about their image in front of strangers. Well, at least I know how to still enjoy life. 😛

4) What’s your favourite snacks?

Blueberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries. Sadly it’s the type of snack you won’t get fresh the whole year.

5) Do you have any musicals you like?

To be honest I haven’t seen that many but the most recent ones I adored were Hamilton and Les Misérables. The last one I got to see in real life and damn the actor for Javert and his costume were hot! (Guess his songs helped to create this chilly atmosphere full of authority)

6) Do you have any games you like?

Since it’s me we’re only talking about board games. I love Dixit a lot. There’s like four extensions to it on my shelf. 

7) What are you most looking forward to do after this pandemic is over?

Since my time during the quarantine was dedicated to Zoom seminars and writing my thesis I’m planning on resting when I’m finally finished with the latter. I’d like to go hiking and dedicate more time to drawing and writing fanfiction since I’ve come up with so many new ideas for stories over this time under quarantine.

8) What’s your favourite disney movie?

🐉🗡️ MULAN !!!!!! 100% NO questions asked! It always was and always will be my favourite. Still, an honorary mention will be given to Atlantis as well.

9) What are you most proud of in your life?

In the 7. grade I went to the German Department in my school which basically meant that all the main subjects were in German with German teachers from Germany. So the 7. grade me was quite shooketh with the sudden intense German 24/7 and when my Math teacher asked me a question and I didn’t know the answer to it I went red in my face. The teacher noticed it and with a loud voice told the whole class “Haha, your face is as red as a lobster!!” ...okay, teacher. It happened once more only this time it was “Haha, your face is as red as your deskmate’s sweater!!” Since that day I decided to hide my emotions from that teacher as well as I could and never speak in his class or else he’s gonna comment on something that I can’t really change in front of everyone again. I mastered the art of “I have no emotions” and actually never spoke in his class again. The thing was that this type of handling the teachers I soon started to practice in other German subjects as well because most of the teachers happened to be difficult persons which meant that the perfect way to deal with them without any problems was silently obeying. I mastered that as well. Now, the problem was that for Germans speaking is apparently a very important part of the class. 50% of the grade of one subject consisted of only speaking in class. And I HATED that. Still do! Because it didn’t matter if you perfectly and carefully summed up everything in one sentence. The only way you were valid in the eyes of the German teachers was when you talked a lot, even if it was just straight up bullshit. I’ve never been the type of a guy to just talk about something, I need to get straight to the point and that didn’t go well with the teachers. Basically, everyone thought that I just wasn’t good enough in German so that’s why I never talked.

Now fast forward to the end of the 12. grade where we were taking our Abitur and specifically the speaking part of the German exam which consisted of 20 min non-stop talking about a literary piece we were handed 15 min prior. No doubt no one had any faith in my German skills because I had never talked in the class that much. And boy how everyone in the room was shook when the results were announced and I actually was the second best with my score in the speaking part in the whole class full of literal geniuses. My German Literature teacher seeked my out twice, once even during the after-party of our graduation, to ask “How did you do that?” The second time he asked I decided that I’ve had enough with playing this obedient silent student and told him that I started learning 3 days before the exam day (which was outrageous by the standards of my German teachers) and that I actually never read more that one chapter from one of the four books that were chosen for our Abitur because I hated it so much. And you know how he answered? He said a tiny “oh” and walked silently away. No comments. No nothing. I felt so empowered. So alive suddenly. It was the last day I had to see those teachers in my life  and I actually threw away my shackles and for once said what I actually thought into their face. I’ll probably always deem this moment as the proudest moments I’ve ever had.

10) What makes you happy?

🎶 Singing. I have been in a choir since I was 3, for two years I was in a school band and every now and then I would perform during public ceremonies in school or for the important guests there. I’ve never officially learned singing anywhere but experience is a good teacher as well :) Singing is one of the few things that always helps me forget my problems and makes everything feel so much better.

Hiking in nature makes me content as well. I dare to say that I am quite a nature loving person. Just hand me my camera and the normally 30 min long stroll through the woods will turn into a 3 hour long session of capturing the tiniest details the forest has to offer.

Travelling is a passion of mine as well but I’m not rich so yeah there’s that… 

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I’m tagging @justajojokejobro, @kakashis-kunoichi, @sand-rose, @succulentbutt, @who-let-the-deans-out-doctor-who, @louiserandom, @hokutodecuisine, @raven1aris and anyone else who wants to participate!

My questions for you can be found under the cut:

1) What is your favourite kind of cake?

2) What language would you want to magically learn overnight and why?

3) What do you think about Eurovision? (Do you have any favourite performances?)

4) What is the best food your mother/grandmother makes/has made?

5) Do you have any people in your family tree whose history is interesting or about who you know a funny story you would like to share?

6) Do you collect anything?

7) What are you good at?

8) What is something you are trying to achieve or master at the moment?

9) Is there something weird/uncommon that you like/do?

10) What makes you happy?

[thylacritical]

This chapter was ridiculously long compared to previous ones, so the read is gonna be long too OTL

Beginning of the chapter and already hitting a bump. The Kanheri Caves are real, so good on you for including a real place I guess. But, why change the name then and act like there’s only one? More on this later.

The super important Seal that the villain wants and is the literal reason for the tiger’s curse... yeah they just leave it on her bedside. No need to protect it or anything. It’s more important for our heroine to make googoo eyes at how pretty it is.

This is probably just me but lowkey this feels like part of her “not like other girls” shtick. Dunno how to explain.

W h y  d o e s  s h e  l i k e  l i s t s  s o  m u c h

fingered anyway who does this

Popular belief? I’ve never heard anyone say Shoushan stone is jade or genuinely believed that they were Phoenix eggs. Also, it’s called Shoushan stone after the specific type of carving done in the Shoushan village, that’s not the name of that type of stone... and “Shoushans”?? Ugh.

We get it, you’re eating mango

I feel like this sums up one of Houck’s major writing issues. “The drive was uneventful” *proceeds to describe said drive anyway*

So first of all, she prefaces the dialogue with a synopsis, which is totally unnecessary. You really don’t need to say “I started talking about my parents” and then talk about your parents. The bit about her mum is alright but following that... what? How the hell is this dialogue? It sounds like an 8 year-old’s answer to a “Tell Us About Yourself!” activity in school - except this is even worse because she supposedly said this aloud. I could even suspend my disbelief if this was some speech she wrote and say, okay, maybe she’s just not great at writing, but no. She speaks like this in a fucking conversation.

Also, note this. Note how she spends half a page talking about generic shit like how she liked to read and that she ate pancakes on holiday, but then Houck skips over what could have been a meaningful and emotional reflection on her parents death and synopsises that to just “I felt alone when it happened”. Even the more personal parts of this were already mentioned earlier (the chocolate chip cookies) and integrated better into the text (though not much better).

Jesus, she’s having better luck seeing animals in a wildlife reserve than I do at the zoo. I could maybe understand if this was some ~untouched piece of nature~ or something where the animals have never seen humans and don’t fear them but... she explicitly mentions tourists later on? Do they just appear all over the place in plain view because she’s Special (TM)? Was the author trying to show off her knowledge bc wow porcupines! Monitor lizards! Spotted rhesus monkeys! See, I know what lives there! I do my research! It’d be funny if that was the case, considering she included rabbits, animals which aren’t even found in India. Maybe she thought they were the same thing as hares, which are found there  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Another thing: I’ve brought this up before but I’ll say it again... why does she know all this? I’m a biology student who lives in fucking Malaysia where teak is native, and yet I couldn’t ID a teak tree. This girl is from Oregon and has never mentioned an interest in nature before meeting Ren, yet she can tell what a teak tree looks like and finds spotted rhesus monkeys of all things familiar? The only time she showed glimpses of interest was back in I think Chapter 3

Soo she watched late night Nature Channel and read a couple of National Geographics. Which I’m betting she never even paid much attention to in the first place since she doesn’t know white tigers are a colour morph, not a species

and can’t even identify a male tiger

even though she’s seen him up close (not to mention jumping around) and I’m pretty damn sure he would not have been neutered, or he’d be a sad prince indeed.

A+ description

Can we talk about this nickname for a second? There’s a lot about Ren that doesn’t make sense, like the fact that he knew about modern fashion trends and doesn’t speak in an archaic way, but this stuck out to me particularly. I think it’s because even if he wasn’t centuries-old, I just can’t imagine someone who didn’t grow up in America (or maaybe the UK?) shortening someone’s name like this.

Buddhism originated in India you absolute clown. Also Buddhist and Indian aren’t mutually exclusive identities? I mean “Isn’t it strange that we’re looking for an American prophecy in a Christian settlement?” sounds dumb as hell lmao

1) Going back to the fact that Houck clearly looked up the Kanheri Caves and just changed the name... literally the wikipedia page tells you what goddamn languages were inscribed on the stone. Did she just stop at the name? Why use a real place when you can’t go beyond step 1 of the research? Why does she only say stuff like “Indian currency” and “Indian writing” when they have names, not to mention there’s so many different Indian languages smh

2) Hieroglyphics? Hieroglyphics? Bye. 

Sulfur doesn’t smell. Sulfur compounds tend to smell almost sweet or of rotten eggs. Acrid or bitter would be better used for the smell of burning.

Girl who cannot tell the obvious difference between a male and female tiger: ah yes... the exoskeleton.... mandibles

cOnVuLsIOns

She said these like, a few sentences apart. We know you were lucky! You don’t have to tell us 3 times!!

How does one manage to make the prospect of drowning sound so boring? The whole chapter is like this btw, since this is their first real “adventure”. I wish I could put it all up because it’s truly a feat to make booby traps, poisonous spikes and giant bugs such a slog to read about that it’s taken me two days to just read this single chapter.

Idk about you but if I was actively drowning, I don’t think I’d be this introspective (even though she wonders what it would feel like to drown here, just before this passage she mentions not having any more air so yes she is in fact already in the process). I would imagine repeatedly just thinking “I can’t breathe, I have to get out, I need help”.. oh wait, I don’t need to imagine because I’ve almost drowned! The panic cancels out this kind of thought because self-preservation takes over. My incident was far more sudden than hers, I’ll grant her that - I stepped onto a pool cover (I hadn’t come across one before) and went straight under, then got tangled in the plastic, so I was totally disorientated and thinking “what just happened? I’m stuck I can’t breathe help”. But still! The room wasn’t filling so slowly that she could just stand around and pontificate. Let alone be concerned that SOMEONE ELSE who she met DAYS AGO would feel guilty about HER death.

She almost died and yet while she’s still coughing water out of her lungs, she’s fucking laughing about the fact that a wet cat looks like a wet cat.

Collapsed lungs???

Are you sure about that?

Considering the entrance to the cave literally shut and she was afraid they’d be trapped for a while... she’s got her priorities straight!

Why is she suddenly all sarcastic and making shitty “jokes”? They just narrowly escaped drowning and now she’s sassing Ren at every turn when she never acted that way before? I know some people cope with jokes but she’s just... not given any impression that she does before now. And this is really terrifying, out of the ordinary stuff! You’d think she IS an Indiana Jones-type and just waltzes into trapped caves every day with how blase she is about the whole situation.

Not to mention the fact that seeing a tiger turn into a man doesn’t make her question her sanity out loud, but seeing a real-life phenomenon like a sinkhole opening up does. Okay. 

“I just hope you don’t plan including me” she says, as if she can just sit tight on the other side of the chasm and die in the cave while he escapes.

What kind of dumbass plan is this? If he can clear the gap easily as a tiger, why not just have Kelsey ride him? He never tried clearing the gap halfway as a tiger and halfway as a dude, so he has no idea how well that’ll go. This just seems unnecessarily complicated and dangerous. And I know people tend not to think well under pressure but... surely riding is the obvious and less complex answer?

35 words and not a single comma or dash or ANYTHING to break the sentence up. And this is supposed to be fast-paced and exciting.

Low-key I find this kind of skeevy. If this was banter between an already established couple, fine, but she’s known him for like a day? Maybe two days tops? I don’t like it man. Actually... holy shit could this be why he wanted to change into a man halfway across the jump? As an excuse to hold her? Yikes.

1) Damn Kelsey! Back at it again with the complaining!

2) You’re not allowed to be happy when you avoid dying? Okay.

3) What teenage talks or thinks like this? “I could practically hear him chanting to himself I’m a man”” what?? And what’s this “all men from every century are the same” comment about? Ah yes, the annoying trait that all men just have to have, being glad that they didn’t die.

A mini lightning storm was occurring between my hand and the stone. Occurring. Yknow this is inspiring me to make a bonus section.

“We get it, you own a Thesaurus”:

*collapses*

[ghosty-schnibibit]

late amnesty liveblog because my sleep schedule has betrayed me :P

i've scheduled this liveblog to come out around 10:00 am on friday, but as i'm typing this it's around three in the morning. summer has utterly fucked my sleeping schedule lmao, i literally went to bed around 6:00 am yesterday and didn't wake up until a little before 4:00 pm... which is about a normal amount of time to sleep for me tbh, just at a wack time. oi vae. i’m going to try and get to bed a little earlier tonight, but i had to get this done now so i didn’t have to avoid tumblr altogether for fear of spoilers while me and my parents are driving to IKEA tomorrow :P

i've been procrastinating listening to the new ep all day because of well, the same reason i tend to procrastinate listening to every new ep of amnesty: i'm scared as fuck for all of these characters and a lil bit nervous about how griffin intends to unify all the disparate plot threads in a way i wasn't during balance. i'd say that nervousness is less of a product of me being distrustful in the boys’ abilities and more a product of me binging all of balance over the course of a month and only catching up in time for reunion tour, aka when all the main mystery threads were either solved or would be in the next few eps. also, ngl, still a little shaken by ned's death, along with how bloody the last arc was in general and what that means going forward vis a vis character mortality. please griffin, all i ask is that you don’t kill off duck and aubrey, p l e a s e

tl;dr: my sleep schedule is fucked and i'm a nervous wreck about fictional characters, what else is new lol? anyways, onto the liveblog!

the description is probably the least terrifying of the last five or six 

"how's the scene doing?" "lil cold" i caught that pun trav

MY BOY :D

griffin what the fuck

good to know indrid isn't at fault lmao

aww duck :'(

"what a delight" bless

the heathcliff is out of the bag

indrid you dramatic twink jfc

i really love these moments of just... pure dialogue

q u e l l

"why did you invoke submarines?" ilu aubrey

... you're not really being helpful here drid

i love thacker so much holy shit

yep, all bummers sums it up pretty well :|

a very finely feathered cast lol

minerva's voice is so similar to indrid’s jesus

i only know of minority report through the lost in adaptation ep on it lmao

well that's not great

"our- well, your world technically" aww indrid

aubrey you dummy ilu

i forgot kirby was there lol

i need fic of aubrey and thacker watching movies together and getting him caught up to modern day, i don't even like the mcu and i want that fic

d u c k m a n

JESUS CHRIST INDRID

what was that noise clint???

indeed quite zany lol

which one of them is clicking their computer mouse a bunch???

"gotta getchu a sword" leo ilu

i know there's gonna be fanart of that lmao

ooooh, new music! very good new music!

yes please keep the together party after splitting it caused so much heartache and literal death last arc 

i love thacker's dad energy so much, can't wait to see how that plays out

"WHY ARE THEY SITTING IN RUBBLE" ilu trav

sammiches c:

keith is just d o n e

i just remembered the throwaway line from the last arc about hollis being into saturday night dead and got sad :(

JESUS THACKER

i need fic of thacker interacting with the baby hornets, i need it so bad

duck you cannot just spring all this on them

"my friend the mothman" D U C K

YUP, you need to roll for that

that's better than failure! that's not complete failure!

JAKE! JAKE! JAKE!

OH MY GOD THAT'S SO FUCKING CUTE

they're in it for jake :')

i’m so excited for the new graphic novel!!! hopefully i will have enough money to buy it ha haaaaa for real tho i have no money or autonomy

ghost dewey! :D

who does he need to talk to? pigeon maybe?

that was so good clint! i loved it :D

WHAT THE FUCK, DUCK NEWTON

i know i've said it like eighty times but thacker's peak dad energy is absolute gold and i'm super happy we get to see him interact with juno again after how adorable their last scene was :)

"gross" bless travis

oooh no, i'm getting bad vibes

i have never heard milanos pronounced that way in my entire life

i have to hide mine from my dad lmao

WHO IS CLICKING

thacker you sound like the goddamn unibomber could you please be more forthright about what the plan is

hmm... here's a fun question: did thacker inherit ned's spent luck???

well that answers that lol

i love juno so goddamn much

sensors? stealth could be an option

why is she so scared? like aubrey brought her coworker back to life, i personally would not be afraid of her murdering me after that

"no one needs to go to chicago" ilu aubrey

federal paperwork is an absolute bastard

some monday what???

"well i don't care for the tone!" aubrey ilu

that's a good way to put it :/

WHY IS DEWEY IN THE CLOSET

s p e c t r a l  m o m

well dewey is immune to death sooo...

ned was one of aubrey’s best friends... even after everything that happened she still called him one of her best friends... travis you've made me cry ; _ ;

PLEASE MAGIC TRAVIS DICE SHE HAS NO MORE LUCK TO BURN

damn this really is a wild ass scenario isn't it

"you're melting my fucking brain" pfff

thank you clint, i completely forgot too

travis is the irl voidfish lmao

i love dewey so much

"can't kill me twice, i think" i hope dewey can't double die lol

d u c k o l a s

why did you go to buffy and winthrop duck??? why did you want to talk to these weird edward and lydia reskins duck?????

yeah that feels right

okay, it's griffin clacking on his mouse

playing what???

THE WHAT

WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT, JUSTIN MCELROY

DUCK WHAT THE FLYING FUCK ARE YOU DOING I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON

i love justin's triumphant laugh so much

i mean i already mentally associated them with the wonderland liches so this isn't much of a jump  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

griffin what on earth is this

"that's it, that's all the latin there is" i wish lmao

THE SHADOW BRETHEREN

we are... so screwed lmao

this was very good! this ep kept up the trend of funnier interactions from the last ep and i’m grateful for it after how sad the past arc was. i am still very worried but i’m happy we’re seeing a lot of npcs that we hadn’t gotten back to in a while just to make sure they’re okay. pretty much anything else i had to say is summed up by the mini rant i made before listening above lol. 

see y’all next right thursday!!!

[kveom]

My first follow forever (wOW)!!!! cya 2017!!

It’s so crazy to think that at the start of this year the only Seventeen I knew was the number… and now, whenever I hear the number seventeen, the first thing I think of is the group of 13 boys that brightened up my 2017.

After my introduction to seventeen came my introduction to this fandom and to some really beautiful people. I’m so grateful to all of you for being so welcoming, and filling my dash with posts that are memetastic, creative, beautiful and filled with the awesomeness of 13 precious boys. Oh! Also, thanks for brightening up my dash with awesome tags as well hehheheh. I hope 2018 treats you all with the happiness and love you deserve 💕💕

So for my mutuals I thought I’d write out my first impressions of each of you or the first post I saw from you (i’m really cheesy okay). Most of them I remember, but for the few I couldn’t, I wrote down the post that is most memorable for me or what I love about you/your blog :))

Also, it isn’t in alphabetical order... eep too lazy

@dokyeoms-angel - ’wow she loves dk as much as i do... i love her’

@17dad - i was a bit like ‘lol wut’ at your url because you were one of the first blogs i followed (and i was still getting to know svt) so i didn’t know how much of a dad scoups was

@kwoncoups - i followed you when you were imhobi and i remember thinking your url was for hoshi (even though i’d never heard hoshi being referred to as hobi idk) because i didn’t know hobi was jhope’s nickname lmao

@exxtramint - the first thing i saw from you was this vocal unit gifset and it was an instant follow hehe

@pechajun - i’m pretty sure i started following you when you were lunarjun and i rly liked your username ^^

@powerfulhoshi - this is the first gifset i saw from you and the font and the gifs and everything was soooo clean and nice!!!!!

@bubkwan - i wanted to steal your description

@hoshi-ssi - i’m pretty sure it was hoshi’s palm fairy gifset that made me follow because... yes... that’s the content i’m here for

@junshva - i found your layout so beautiful <3333 esp. that picture of seokmin *-*

@kyoem - i think this was the first i saw from you, but even if it wasn’t, it’s amazinggggg

@mvngyu - ‘heehee the sidebar is so cute’

@swimmingfool - this!!!! freaking!!!! edit!!!!! <3333

@jeong-hanie - beautiful gifs, must follow

@keyboardaegyo - i thought your theme(+ navi page) was really cuteee!!!

@vernons-laugh-is-my-aesthetic - ‘memes??? um YES’

@jeonwoooo - okay, this one is probably the creepiest... i thought ‘ooh i like their name’

@wonnwoo- i loveeee your wonwoo starsign edit

@santascoups - read your desc + about page and thought you seemed cool lmao

@the1the8 - i think the first thing i saw of yours was that simple but gorgeous chocolate edit <333

@woenoo - i thought your tag for wonwoo was so cute wnfnadssndk

@wonshu - will always remember you as the one to tag me in that lethal dk photoset... so there’s a love/hate relationship (jk i love)

@leejhs - tbvh, your love for milk tea is what i remember

@dearseventeen - ’this theme is sooo cuteeeeeeeee... dino!!!!’

@vitaminniedk - ‘they love dk, i love them’

@myungho - tbh your url kept coming up on my dash because of follow forevers/mentions and i was like this person must be really cool lmao (and you are)

@96kwon - your memes 😂

@rappershua- *reads* lee seokmin; you’re my love (on your navi) ‘SOLD’

@jeongahn - i found your layout so beautiful!!!!!

@7unhui - saw this and... yeah...

@jisoostar - this was the first post i saw from you and it was amazing (colours!!!) and i also thought ‘why haven’t i seen that photo of dk, he looks so good skdnfjdfsn’

@wonhuis - i love that you’re a tag talker hehehe

@bbaksu - i love your rocket edit *-* (it also might’ve been the first edit i saw from you but i can’t 100% remember)

@jishua - 'this secret santa is so sweet lfmslmdf’

@pitdae - ‘only an awesome person can write this about page’ (and thank you for awesome gifs ^^)

@pinktomatocat - this edit made me cri follow, it’s so nice!!!

@kwoncity - ’wow they know their stuff’ (was reading your answers about music and yeah)

@chiwoopsie - the ‘types of carats during comeback season’ post was the first one i saw from you. it’s gold <333

@hoshidotcom - ’i like my soonyoungs spicy’ yes okay that’s a follow

@captainoates - thank you for everything you provide for this fandom <3333

@boosonseok - lmao this post

@xiyeonah - ’wow... her dk tags.... are me....’

@zeonghan - i’ve said it before but you’re a cOOL person

@softmanscoups - ’this one’s a riot’ / i still remember when dk was your bias and there was one post about slushies and tongues lmao... i will never forget

@seokmins-thighs - i don’t think you had this url when i followed you but it said somewhere that this used to be your username and i thought ’they should totally go back to seokmins-thighs’ (also, the fact that you have a tag for his thighs... thank you // edit: i’m going through that tag now and your tags are gold 😂😂 i luv dk stans)

@bangtanbombdotcom - this one’s probably the most vague but... it was some sort of text post about seventeen that made me follow you but i can’t remember lol (it might’ve been talking about their dancing or just praising them, but anyway i agreed so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

@cafewoozi - (you were meant to be down there ↓ like a day ago but now you’re here and that’s amazing) ‘pastel everywhere 😍’ *reads description* ‘ahhh’

@sunshine-turkey - ‘sunshine-turkey... interesting url’ lmao

If we’re mutuals and you’re not here, pls let me know!!! and if you’re up there ^ and we’re not mutuals... hope you had fun reading my first impression anyway!!!

I know i’m the worst mutual ever because people scare me but I hope you know that I love and appreciate all of you!!!

The rest aren’t mutuals, but are still blogs I adore <33

@woozzi, @camera-seventeen, @verngyu, @12fools, @incorrect7teen, @svt-laughing, @happydk, @17cuties, @amemericans, @pledisboys, @yoonjeonghannie, @gyuofficial, @17hateblog, @seungkwa, @dokyummm, @juunshua, @adoreu-carat @livelovelunch, @je0nghans  + my whole blogroll (also there are some blogs who i constantly reblog from or who make me laugh but i can’t remember the urls so... there’s that // there’s one in particular i tried to find but i can’t remember :(( )

okay, now this is gonna get real extra but here are some special mentions lmao:

@verymerryotl - when i was first getting into svt your analyses were really interesting and helpful, so thank you for writing them ^^

@pabospoiler- your giffing of dk actually made me start giffing because i wanted to make him shine like you do :) (even though i’m doing a bad job of it lmao)

@fyseokmin - *bows down* you really make my dash a happier place (you might not see this bc you’re on hiatus but i hope you’re doing okay <333)

@kristian-do - thank you so much for everything you do for this fandom!!! i know you’ve said before that you’re not sure how long you can maintain your blog for, and i hope that when the time comes, you put yourself first ❤️

@jisoosmeoli - the first person to talk to me on tumblr!! thanks for dealing with this socially awkward weirdo >< you’re awesome 💕💕

@raphamster - thanks for being dk trash with me 💖💕❤️ i’m so glad i made that post about seungkwan being the best person ever :))

Happy new year!!!! Kick 2018 in the behind 😎

The last part is just a cheesy thank you to seventeen, which you don’t have to read if you don’t want to (and i couldn’t put it under a read more, sorry) -- this is kinda something I don’t want people to see but I also do because it needs to be said and I want to show people how wonderful seventeen is

so halfway through the year i found out about seventeen. i’d never stanned a kpop group before and i never really wanted to, just because of the emotional toll it would take on me. but seventeen pretty much said ‘nuh uh, coming through’ and... yeah... and i’m so grateful for that :’)

discovering seventeen this year has helped me a lot. these boys just radiate happiness and love, and you can’t not feel it. i’m a really (negative) emotional person, so if i get one whiff of sadness or anger, either from others or myself, i fall into this dark hole of negative emotions, which i usually just wait out. but now, whenever i’m in that dark hole, i can watch some seventeen videos or listen to their music and my heart will feel a bit lighter. i mostly watch their dance practices idk why?? maybe because it makes me feel so proud??? oh, also their performances!! which shows how much of an impact their stage presence/energy has. anyway, just watching them do anything really fills me with warmth and all these good emotions that override the bad. even just daydreaming about what it’s like to be part of their lives, surrounded by that bubble of joy and love they create gets me through it :)

they also made me realise that i need to surround myself with people who make me love life. i have a circle of friends but we’re not super close and i used to be fine with that, but learning about these boys and how important they are to each other made me realise that i shouldn’t settle for that. i need a friend that i can tell anything to, to lean on when i need to (and who’ll listen to me talk about seventeen all day). they give me hope that i’ll find friends like that, who i’ll treat like family. they also reinforce my belief that everything happens for a reason. can you imagine if scoups or woozi had debuted before the rest?? or if seungkwan ended up in jyp?? but nope, they all found each other and they adore each other so much while creating AMAZING music, so they give me hope for the future :) 

i wanted to write another paragraph about dk but i’ll just say this: he reminds me of all the good things in the world and he can make me smile like no other 💖💖

so to sum this up, i want to thank the 13 beautiful boys of seventeen for making my 2017 a bit brighter just by being them :)) go and make 2018 your year like you did 2017, but look after yourselves!! i hope you carry this joy for life and love for one another into the new year 💕💓💖❤️💕💞💘💚💛💙💜❤️💕 

[lynfantasy]

This is YOUR fault!! -- fanfic

For Lotor Week 2017 @voltronweeks Day 2: Broken (sorry this is a day late) AO3 link

Summary: Lotor was honestly minding his own business, just walking around campus at Voltron University, when a random girl ran into him. It really wasn't his fault her laptop broke, but, well, it's easier to just agree when a feisty redhead girl starts yelling at you.

Genfic, no shipping, Lotor & Pidge (platonic)

Human AU, College/University AU, fluff

Rated for general audiences

Warning: cursing, yelling

I’m sure that this prompt was meant to be deep and/or angsty, but have a broken laptop instead. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

To be fair, it really wasn’t actually Lotor’s fault, but, well, when a feisty redhead girl screams in your face that it is, there’s really no way to fight that. It’s far easier to just… go along with it. Case in point: Lotor was minding his own business, walking through campus at Voltron University at a brisk but unhurried pace, certainly not fast enough to pose any real risk to anyone traveling at a reasonable speed.

Unfortunately, one particular girl was flat-out running straight at him, and Lotor did not have time to do much more than slow down before she directly collided with him. Lotor took a step back to avoid falling, but he was otherwise unaffected. The girl didn’t fare quite so well; her own momentum had caused her to bounce off of him and fall on her backside, and her unzipped backpack and its contents were sprawled across the pavement. Her round glasses sat askew on her nose, and the flannel shirt tied around her waist had been shifted down to her hips as she’d slid back slightly in her fall. When she moved her arms, it was clear to see that her elbows had been scraped up pretty badly, nearly to the point of bleeding. She groaned in pain as she gently shifted her weight, trying to get up.

Lotor offered a hand to her and said, “Oh dear, are you alright? You should really be more careful, running around campus like that.”

Her expression turned sour at the implication that the incident was her fault (which, to be fair, it really was), but she accepted his hand, so Lotor gently pulled her up to her feet and helped steady her, only letting go of her hand once he was sure that she wouldn’t fall down again. “Thanks,” she muttered as she brushed herself off and set her glasses straight, “but I was being careful enough! You need to watch where you’re going too, you know!”

Lotor felt… strangely uncomfortable. At his previous university, no one would have dared to speak to him like that, but he didn’t have the same reputation here at Voltron University that he did at Galra University (for a good reason – he rather hoped, actually, that no one would make the connection between Lotor Imperator, son of President Zarkon Imperator of Galra University, and Lotor “Sincline” here at Voltron University). He froze for a moment, biting back a harsh reply and composing himself before saying, “I do apologize for my speed; however, you underestimate your own. I did see you right before you hit, but I simply did not have enough time to properly react.”

She glared at him with fury in her large, honey-colored eyes. She was probably trying to intimidate him or at least make him feel the force of her wrath, but she mostly just looked rather cute and child-like with her wide eyes behind her large glasses. Her short, reddish-brown hair was doing her no favors either as it fluffed around her round face and made her look pretty adorable. She reminded Lotor of an anime character or a particularly grumpy kitten.

She glared at him for at least five seconds before she finally broke eye contact with a huff and said, “Fine, whatever. Can you at least help me pick up my books?” Without waiting for a reply, she began gathering her stuff and shoving it back into her too-small backpack.

Lotor began to help her gather up her books, but he’d only picked up a few when he heard her cry of dismay. He looked over to see her gingerly picking up her obviously-damaged laptop. She opened the screen to reveal cracks spread across the screen from the lower right corner, emanating outwards like rays of light while twisting and branching like lightning. It would have been almost beautiful if it wasn’t such a costly loss.

“Damn it!” the girl yelled. “Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck…” She carefully pressed the button to turn it on, and her expression was simultaneously relieved and pained when the screen came on, illuminating the cracks but proving that the computer itself still worked aside from the broken screen. She gently closed the laptop before taking her flannel shirt tied around her waist and using it to wrap up the broken piece of tech to protect it from further damage before sliding it into her backpack. She then turned to Lotor with an absolutely enraged expression. “YOU BASTARD!! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!”

Putting his hands up in a gesture of surrender, Lotor took a couple steps back as the girl marched over to him. “Please, calm down,” he placated. “This isn’t my fault.”

“THE HELL IT ISN’T!!” she yelled, and Lotor instinctually tensed up in response. The girl sneered as she looked at him. “Some rich kid striding around campus like you own the place, not bothering to look out for people because you assume the world’s gonna bend around you—”

“I’ll pay for it!” Lotor blurted out in an attempt to make her stop with her accusations. He was certain that she didn’t even know how accurate those statements had been to the kind of person he used to be, the kind of person he was trying very, very hard not to be now that he had a second chance. “I��� I can cover the expense. I’ll pay for it. Just tell me how much.”

The girl froze; she obviously hadn’t expected him to cooperate so easily. Her anger was replaced with suspicion as she looked him up and down, reevaluating. Finally, she seemed to accept his offer. “Alright,” she said, “but it’s not going to be as simple as just buying a new one. I built this.”

Lotor swallowed harshly, but he kept his tone even as he replied, “I can pay compensation for your time and buy you all of the spare parts you need. Money is not an issue.”

“Of course,” she scoffed. “Rich kid like you going to make your daddy pay for it?”

Literally biting his lip to keep himself from rising to her challenge, Lotor took a few deep breaths. “Actually,” he finally started in a measured tone, “I have been… cut off from my family’s fortune. However, I managed to steal large sums of money from my parents before that happened, and I am now using that money to invest. That is why money is not an issue. If you have some sort of distaste for stealing from the rich, I’m afraid I cannot help you.”

“Oh.” Finally, she looked at least a little apologetic. “Right, okay. Um. I have no problem with that. I’m sure it was justified.”

“How much money do you need?”

The girl fidgeted uncomfortably, absent-mindedly playing with the edge of her shirt. “I’ll have to assess the damage, search for parts both online and in-person… and this model is getting fairly old, so I might have some trouble buying new parts…”

“Perhaps you could use this as an opportunity for an upgrade?” Lotor suggested.

She eyed him with a hint of her former suspicion. “I guess I could, but I’d be starting from scratch. I’d love to do that as a side-project, and the end result would be worthwhile, but the cost—”

“—is unimportant,” Lotor insisted. “I will buy you a high-end laptop if that is what you want.”

“Why?”

Lotor hesitated, considering his words. Finally, he answered, “I have treated people in ways I am not proud of in the past. I cannot really make amends – most would not give me the chance to – but perhaps I can pay kindness forward?” He stopped, hoping that this was enough of an answer, but the girl kept looking at him with an intensely questioning gaze until he added, “Also, your words rather stung, and I was rather hoping to prove you wrong by showing how generous I can be.”

The girl gave an amused snort of laughter and finally cracked a smile. “Alright,” she relented, “I’ll let you buy me a better model. Just let me do some research first.”

“Right, of course. May I give you my number?” Lotor offered.

She gave him a deadpan look. “I’m ace. And aro.”

“Good for you. I’m gay, but that does not change the fact that you will need a way to contact me if I am to pay for your replacement computer.”

“Oh,” she said softly, cheeks coloring a little with embarrassment at her assumption. “Right, okay. Maybe an email instead? I prefer that to phone calls.”

Lotor nodded and agreed, “Of course, not a problem. Should I write it down, or…?”

“One sec.” The girl pulled out her phone and poked at the screen a few times before saying, “Okay, I’m ready.”

“Alright, it’s Sincline, that’s S-I-N-C-L-I-N-E, dot Lotor, L-O-T-O-R, at Voltron dot E-D-U.”

“Sincline.Lotor@Voltron.edu?” she read back to verify.

“Yes.”

“Perfect. And the name…?”

“Lotor Sincline.”

The girl paused for a second before laughing a little at herself. “Right, that should’ve been obvious. Okay. I’ll email you soon.”

Lotor hesitated for only a moment before asking, “What is your name, if you don’t mind?”

“Pidge Holt,” she replied without any pause. “I mean, technically my name is Katie, but everyone calls me Pidge.”

“Well met, Pidge.”

“Uh…” Pidge seemed a little uncertain about the formal greeting. “Same, dude. Lotor. Yeah.”

Lotor stifled a chuckle and ignored the pang in his chest as he thought of his old friends at Galra University. The girls would have probably liked Pidge a lot. Still, there was no reason to dwell on the past. Lotor watched as Pidge struggled to fit everything into her backpack, which looked ready to bust at the seams. “Perhaps I should buy you a new backpack, too,” he offered, only half-joking.

“Dude that would – Do you mind if I call you dude? I call everyone dude, even Allura – that would be amazing because I swear this thing is gonna fall apart any day.”

‘Allura Altea?’ Lotor wondered, but he decided to save that question for another time. “I’ll buy you one, then,” he replied. “And I do not… I really don’t mind.”

“Okay, cool.” Pidge swung the backpack up onto her shoulder. “Well, later then!”

Lotor smiled. “Yes, I… I’ll see you later.”

As Pidge walked away, Lotor couldn’t quite shake the warm, happy feeling that he’d just made a new friend.

[midnight-in-town]

Do you still think Francis knows about the fake identity thing and that she's already chosen her side?

Do you still think Francis knows about the fake identity thing

Unless Sensei reveals at some point that she didn’t, I’ll keep believing in that, yeah. :)) It just makes way more sense that way for a lot of reasons that I’ve been constantly rambling about for the past year, so I’ll spare you. xD

And if it turns out that she didn’t know (because that remains a possibility), I’ll settle for her just shrugging and not making a big deal out of it. 

As I said before, I don’t see why this would be any different from the whole blue miracle lie during the Weston arc, since it involves the same characters. :)

and that she’s already chosen her side?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That part is trickier because I believe that Frances is on her family’s side. Kinda like Tanaka if you would, except that Tanaka is a servant loyal to the Phantomhive household…

when Frances is a member of this family. 

If I had to sum up her character from my point of view, I’d say she’s after not letting what happened 4 years ago happen again any time soon…

Kinda like UT if you would, except that Frances didn’t decide to bring the dead back because she couldn’t stop mourning her mother’s and brother’s death. 

First thing first, after how the whole arc shook Lizzie, I’d say the most logical for Frances’ role in the arc would be to help her daughter figure out how she feels and what she’s supposed to do now, especially since Sensei insisted several times before that Frances was Lizzie’s role model. 

Then, once it’s done, I guess I don’t really see how she could be on the twin’s side, but that’s because I strongly suspect that she’s aware of UT’s shenanigans and totally against them out of principle or because she and UT don’t get along. 

Finally, if she’s not going to have any active role at any point during this arc, then I guess she could simply be the guarantee that the Midford family will end up supporting our!Ciel again, because whatever real!Ciel said to Alexis and Edward…

if Frances doesn’t side with his explanation, then I doubt they will either. 

So in a way, yes, depending on what she already knows, Frances may have chosen her side, but I wouldn’t define it as taking Ciel’s side over real!Ciel’s. 

It’s just that taking real!Ciel’s side is taking UT’s side and, if she ends up being aware of this, maybe even Seb’s bangs will seem like a better option (because UT is a problem now when Seb is for now a shield and will be a problem later).

Frances just doesn’t strike me as a character who would be happy to see her dead family come back after everything that they’ve been through and I do think that she holds our!Ciel in high regard and loves him.

So who knows if being indebted to him ever since ch14 might not be something she will repay in this arc.  

As always, I could be totally wrong, so please take with a grain of salt! We only got indirect insights into Frances’ character so far and I hope that Sensei did that on purpose, because she may be more relevant later (in this arc I hope), but there is no way to be sure right now.

I hope this answers your question Anon, please have a nice weekend! 

[sayonarashadow]

yooo guess what i was tagged by that mcfreakin awesome loser morecoffeethanhuman!! she comes up with some gosh dang good questions lemme tell u

Rules (which are 4 losers) 1. Always post these rules 2. Answer the questions given by the person who tagged you 3. Write 11 questions of your own 4. Tag 11 people

1. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you this year?

oh geez.. this year i think itd be becoming friends with my newfound crush and also finally deciding to watch rick and morty  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2. If you could spend a day with a fictional character, who would you choose?

listen,, we all knew i would pick prompto..., leave me alone

3. Are you good at making spur of the moment decisions?

CAN i make them? yes. do they turn out well? not usually  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ x2

4. Writing or typing?

boi u kno every millennial is gonna pick typing. i type at school whenever i can. it also helps me evade the inevitable “your handwriting is so small!!” and “i cant even read cursive how do you do this??” comments

5. Phone calls or texting?

hmm tough call (ha) but i think the anxiety up my ass is gonna go with texting

6. When seeing friends do you prefer to go out, go to their place, or have them come to yours?

if i dont know them super well then i prefer to go out somewhere like the movies, but if i consider them a close friend then we’ll switch between my house and theirs to hang out. i like going to other people’s places tho bc there’s nothing to do at my house except play video games and i like to see what other people’s houses are like

7. Does having uncleared phone notifications bother you?

nope!! i often have 30+ unread text messages in a group chat (one time it reached upwards of 100), and ive always got notifs from apps i never use/open

8. Do you forgive easily?

kinda yeah? if its a repeating offense then maybe not, but most of the time its my fault anyway and i just need time to realize that lmao

9. What do you do to cheer yourself up?

if im not feeling too down then i just listen to music and play a game like the sims 3 or smth, but if im feelin real depressed then i turn on sonic adventure 2 and play until i feel better B)

10. Have you ever had a phobia?

i had pretty bad hydrophobia until a couple years ago, ever since i almost drowned in a pool when i was little. its a little better now, but i wouldnt willingly go in the ocean or anything. ive totally still got the typical anxiety phobias of talking in front of large groups of people and phone calls tho

11. If you had to choose one song to sum up how things have been recently, what would it be?

death by glamour after digging through my itunes playlist i narrowed it down to dog days are over by florence + the machine or girl that you love by p!atd. so take that for what you will.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ x3 (no that was not meant to be an emoji)

fooorrr these questions i am supposed to make up, which i tag kyoraneko, patar-fuifui, craftie-cult, captmarine, occasionalobsessions, megalopoliis and neogreenhillzone to do (and anyone else who wants to do these):

1. What do you want most right now?

2. What is your favorite movie?

3. How much do you like your hair?

4. Will you please give me one million dollars? If not, then please reconsider.

5. What game did you play last?

6. How long have you known your best friend?

7. What is your favorite class that you’ve ever taken?

8. What is your most valued possession?

9. What video did you last watch?

10. How many songs are on your iTunes/Spotify/whatever music platform you use?

11. Which of these questions took you the longest to answer?

[midnight-in-town]

Hello Acchan! I was wondering if you had any new ideas about Lord Sirius' identity? Do you prefer Sirius being iClaudia or the twin or even someone new?

Hello Anon! Ah, such a question xD But yes, I still think Sirius could be one of the two (unless they’re a completely new character indeed, which is less probable imo but still a possibility until we know Sirius’ identity). 

Okay so, before I answer, let me just say something. I reached a point in my life as a Kuro fan where I’m now convinced that the 2CT will very probably be made canon and, while I’m still not the greatest fan of this theory to say the least (’cause psychological trauma >> hidden twin as an explanation if I had to sum up roughly), I have made peace within myself about the 2CT being the main explanation for Ciel’s character.

Anyway, I have made peace with the 2CT as long as the twin died 4 years ago and his body burnt so badly (like Vincent) that UT can’t even try to bring him back. If it turns out Sirius is the twin however… well, as of right now, I’m envisioning to put Kuro on hold for a little while, as sad as it sounds.

Just so you understand though, this possibility (of putting Kuro on hold) isn’t me being childish because a theory I don’t like became canon. I’ve been a theorizer about series I liked ever since I was 12 and I was obviously wrong a lot of times (I actually prefer being wrong anyway), so this isn’t about accuracy but about logic and consistency.

Yeah, I know, I love these words xD But anyway about Sirius being the twin…

I can’t say there aren’t hints in different chapters, although I don’t necessarily agree with all the hints other bloggers mentioned for this theory throughout the arc, but I have one big problem with it when it comes to such a development (Real!Ciel being BD!Sirius) making sense as a whole in the series.  

Of course I’ll explain why just after, but just so you know, that’s part of why I was so unsettled by ch125 last week. I used to… be sure of a few things in Kuro thanks to what we had seen until now, but after a chapter using plot convenience tricks + Violet’s plan being ridiculous and hinting at a larger explanation maybe not making a lot more sense, I am not sure of anything making sense anymore (and I don’t mean that just for the current arc). :/

From the moment an author seemingly stops being logical (although this could still be a storytelling trick of course, never say never), that means the wildest explanation could waltz in at any moment and that’s particularly unsettling for me, since I have fun theorizing by adding things together (which is why I like logic in the first place xD).

So anyway, now you know the reason why I actually was so pissed off about the new chapter: if Yana was 100% serious with what she hinted at through Violet’s plan, that means there are possible plot holes in sight (when she was able before to write arcs without those) and that means we can’t really rely on anything that was introduced in the story before. 

Back to “is Sirius Ciel’s twin being brought back as a perfected BD?” 

(more under read more)

here’s why I have a problem with this theory (knowing that again, I do think some hints are in favor of this theory + I’m now okay with the 2CT being introduced as the explanation to a lot of things, except when it comes to the current arc): 

it doesn’t really make sense with UT’s character

it doesn’t really make sense with Lizzie’s character either

it throws off the possibility for Ciel to get actual development

it basically means that Kuro is over because Seb has 100% already won and eaten Ciel’s soul

So, first thing first: let’s go back in time, 4 years ago, and decide that UT had the most surreal timing ever and that somehow he managed to find where the twins had been abducted just as our!Ciel and Seb were burning down the whole place -> UT retrieves the twin’s lifeless body on the altar before he burns. 

That’s the only way UT could have somehow experimented on the twin in order for him to become Lord Sirius because, considering his reaction in ch105, a completely burnt body apparently cannot be turned into a BD, which is the reason he was so sad when he basically admitted that he would never be able to bring back Vincent.

So, okay, UT had the most unbelievable timing when the twins were abducted for an entire month, but he somehow brought the twin back and experimented on him so that he would became a BD. Okay. 

But what about what it all means for the current arc?

Because if Sirius = the twin, then that means that Lizzie completely ditched our!Ciel (and her family) all for his twin’s sake two and half months ago, which basically depicts Lizzie as being the most shallow character of the entire cast (even more than Charles Grey 👍), when logic/good writing and characterization so far would have vouched for a different behavior [x].

But okay. I mean, Frances was literally depicted as an “I-give-no-fuck-about-my-children” mom in ch125 (or so it seems), so the principle “like mother like daughter” could definitely apply there.  

But then what about the implications of Lizzie’s behavior?  

‘Cause if Lizzie ditched Ciel, since she was one of the only characters whose influence could maybe lead to positive developments for Ciel’s character and since Ciel pushes far away everyone else anyway, well… Doesn’t that mean that Lizzie and UT taking care of his twin basically isolates Ciel from anyone who isn’t Sebastian?

Ah, but that’s okay! I mean, Ciel becoming more and more “evil” due to only having an emphasis on his relationship to Seb is a development in itself, even if it’s not the most logical one after 24+ volumes of Kuro in my opinion (since he canonly did good things before). But okay, why not.

……………But then what about everything we saw about UT’s characterization so far? 

Because you know, after 24+ volumes of Kuro, a few things were made clear about UT’s character, namely…

we know he started the BD project because he’s trying to bring back a few people in particular

he also has this chain that he calls his treasure, carrying the lockets of seven people, one of them representing Claudia Phantomhive + Ciel currently has it so it probably is plot relevant (right? right Sensei?)

however there is no locket for Vincent (or the twin by the way), even though UT was really close to him (and we don’t know about the twin), ‘cause his body burnt and he can’t be brought back ;_;

btw Claudia was introduced back during the Circus arc as probably having a lot of importance to UT :D + there is the strange lineage thing to explain (since it’s possible that UT has something to do with it)

which means UT has this big emotional link to the P family ever since Claudia’s generation at least, and his words of ch105 could imply that he wants to protect her successors (even if he failed once when he lost Vincent).

So… UT somehow saving the twin and bringing him back to life -> A+ okay, after all the twin is Claudia’s grandchild too and maybe they knew each other before Vincent’s death, so it’s definitely possible and I really don’t have a problem with that.

But UT making Lizzie ditch her cousin (our!Ciel) so she can take care of BD!Real!Ciel instead? It is basically equal to our!Ciel only having Sebastian by his sides and focusing on his revenge, with Sebastian who’s waiting to eat his meal (aka Ciel’s soul) once the revenge is taken care of.

So UT, man….. where are your priorities? I’m not kidding, where is the logic?! Why is he focusing on a dead kid who already lost his soul (especially since in the 2CT the twin is the sacrifice Ciel made in order to have Seb “cross the river”) when our!Ciel still has his soul but it’s endangered by his contract to a very real and serious demon?

Of course, maybe UT just favors the twin instead of Ciel because:

it seems everyone does anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   

also UT showed before that he cares in his own way about our!Ciel but it’s not like Yana gave logical explanations recently so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

btw, just saying but I don’t get why Tanaka is still working at the Phantomhive estate? Lizzie should have written to him so that he should have moved into the Sphere music hall with her, UT and the twin. 

…And I think you get the point. 

I know I’m being a bit savage with my irony right now, but I feel that it’s important I completely explain why I don’t like this plot twist at all at least once (especially since Anon asked). 

Really, I don’t have any problem with people liking this theory, but still, it doesn’t satisfy me because it doesn’t add up with a lot things that were introduced before in the story + it throws off the characterizations of both UT and Lizzie, making them shallow when… they totally weren’t before the current arc.  …Which is why I’ve been bitching about Kuro recently. xD

So again: 

UT bringing back the twin is okay if he managed to retrieve the body before it burnt; characterization-wise it makes sense because the twin is of Claudia’s family

however it’s involving Lizzie and making her choose the dead twin that’s throwing off the entire subplot on the aspects of characterization (2000% shallow) and logic (what about our!Ciel’s contract to a demon?)

but again since the last chapter gave us kinda wonky explanations, I’m kinda fearing that it will be the truth behind the arc anyway, with Yana not caring that it doesn’t seem to make sense on the points I mentioned 

TL;DR Anon, there are hints that can direct us towards Sirius = the twin, definitely, but I just… can’t see this as a clever plot twist, even if I gave up months ago and accepted the 2CT happening at some point. 

Just for explanatory’s sake though, here’s why Sirius = Claudia (the other likely possibility for me) pleases me more:

UT currently focusing on bringing Claudia back and involving Lizzie isn’t equal to Ciel being left alone with his soul contracted to a demon with no one caring.

Because Lizzie staying in the Sphere music hall isn’t equal to her ditching Ciel for Claudia, but to her learning about something big threatening our!Ciel (since the scene of ch113 would be about our!Ciel in that case) which means that she’s staying there to maybe find a way to save him, so it’s all for his sake.

it also adds up, considering that Claudia was first introduced during the Circus arc but was more emphasized on with every arc ever since the Campania (Campania -> Ciel gets the locket, Weston -> grandma confirmed, Green witch -> the family tree and the strange lineage)

and it promises big developments about the main plot, like Mr. K said would happen (since there is a high chance that Vincent is not the only one who ended up killed) + it’s a good way to possibly delve more into UT’s character and what he’s really after, especially with Othello being involved.

Finally about this scene…

Please excuse me since I might be biased, but in the theory that Sirius = Twin, what about UT looking so at peace here…? Was he in love with Real!Ciel or something? I just don’t like the Kelvin-like vibes I get from this scene if I imagine that the hand he is holding belongs to a ten year old dead kid (and I say that as someone who calls UT an obsessed stalker when it comes to the P family, but that doesn’t mean he’s on Kelvin’s level when it comes to being a pedo :/). 

TL;DR of the whole post: if I had to sum up roughly, Lizzie’s reasons for being involved (thanks to UT if he’s really the mastermind) and her reasons for staying/going back are kinda what decide if the subplot will make sense with the rest of the series.

In one case, by choosing to remain completely dedicated to the twin with no care to what she lived through with our!Ciel for the last 4 years, she appears as shallow and I don’t like it at all. In the other case, she’s doing it all for our!Ciel’s sake and I personally think it makes more sense with what we’ve seen of her character so far. 

Again though, that’s for me. As I said, if people are enjoying the possibility of Sirius being the twin or the explanations we got so far, then I’m very happy for them, but I personally haven’t been following Kuro for the last 6 years to end up with a big explanation that doesn’t make sense by my standards (and contrarily to what you could think, it’s not hard to please me. As long as there is logic, I’ll accept everything haha :)). 

Sorry for the super long answer Anon but I hope maybe it managed to convey my thoughts correctly (sorry that I don’t have much to say in case Sirius is a new character though xD). 

Have a nice weekend! ^_^