#the secret strength of things

[etudiantfantome]

breakfast before heading to the fields

[fuzzydreamin]

The way that no wastelander knows where the super mutants are coming from in the Commonwealth

but Strong remembers that the Institute made him and being down there before they booted him

and that he sort of implys that the super mutants are just waiting for the Institute to resurface so that they can destroy their cruel creators

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

excuse me i need to Muse on something for a moment

so in Wally's secret 'vinyl' audios, specifically the last few (if we're listening to em in chronological order), obviously he starts to sound more strained/distressed. his breathing is more labored, like it's taking all of his energy to make contact.

but the audio that really caught my attention was the "But i still can't see" one. cause he just said he has more eyes than he did before. he knows We draw them a lot, and it's thanks to that that he can see. but he still can't see?

so my question is: where is Wally physically? cause although he can (assumedly) see the WHRP goings on, he can see through the eyes We draw, that could all be on a, uh... more Intangible level of sight. like the spiral pit is forming an eye, and then there's the eye on the ceiling in the secret Staff Only section - could Wally be in the pit, that space between his reality and Ours, "watching" through the eyes? but unable to actually see with due to the pit being pitch black nothingness? is he somewhere else? is he stuck? he can see, but he can't... see.

(or is he trying to explain an abstract concept - he's not actually viewing anything, but he can sense it. like how he knows We're there, even if he can't see or hear Us. but he just doesn't have the words to describe it other than using physical senses - see, hear, look.)

and him saying "...that I can see. But it is still... I can't..." but it's still what, Wally? dark? something else that he doesn't have the words to describe, so he just says that he can't see?

i know that in the Livestream Trivia Document (compiled by @/the neighborhoodwatch) there was something said about Wally being in a box. my first thought reading that was "oh, so he's in storage? the physical puppet, i mean?" which would make sense - show's over, there's no more use for him. pack 'em up and put him away. but that paired with the "can't see" audio makes both seem a lil... connected.

Wally can't see > he's likely somewhere dark > the inside of closed boxes are dark > Wally's in a box. (or maybe the Neighborhood is the box? it's a stretch, i know, but the map is a box. television sets are often set up in "boxes". maybe it's less of a physical storage box and more of a 'boxed in' sort of thing...)

one question i've had since the Start of my interest in this incredible project is: how is Wally communicating? how has he connected to the site? how does he connect to our reality? the pit almost definitely has something to do with it - most likely acting as a bridge, or the deteriorating of the barrier between our two 'worlds' - but if Wally is in a box and Not the pit or even just in the puppet's reality... how is he reaching us beyond just seeing through the eyes he's given?

or is he in their reality, and he can contact through the pit or something, but he can't actually see the other side? Our side? he knows it's there - that We're there - but none of it is visible to him. maybe his apparent disassociation in the 14 bug audios is a demonstration of him contacting Us. we can see through him, but it's a one way street.

and speaking of the pit - i just had a thought. his whole thing with Us letting him in, opening... the pit on the neighborhood map is getting bigger and clearer. but the presumed Other Side, the one on the Staff Only ceiling, is small. it's the size of a ceiling panel. it seems to me that Wally is chipping away at his side of the pit or 'portal', trying to reach Our reality, but he needs Us to do the same thing on the other side. the QA can hear him calling, but there's no phone on their (Our) side of the pit. how do We call back???

there's a fundamental barrier & lack of understanding between Wally and the QA/Us. he's trying. he wants to be let in, but what does that mean, really? let him in where? open what? he's desperate. he wants us to understand. he's trying so so hard Without the right tools to clearly communicate what he wants. he can't see Us, We can see him, both know the other is there, but there's no way to connect. and the attempts are hurting all parties involved, however unintentionally

[purplecelestial-buddy]

aight the people want to know

what are your top kagihira moments

There's so many but also when I read this my mind went blank

I wanted to re read everything so I could give a proper ranking but college won't let me so from the top of my mind:

1. The whole ending of the "gotta get great grades to keep being roomies arc" I know we all love Hirano's dissapointment when Kagi did nothing but everything about their relief and them laughing in the floor of their room, their space, the shared home they fought to keep is so precious

2. The entirety of chapter 24 ngl

Hirano's shinning smile

Him noticing Kagi's discomfort and discussing it with him

Everything

3. The time Hirano decided to use the 10 secs, establishing the rule that he has 10 secs too

4. The infirmary hug where he's clearly (I got a post on that one)

Special mention to:

Anytime Hirano simply looks bright and Kagi looks awestruck

Anything that leads to Hirano blushing furiously

Anytime Hirano looks so fulfilled and satisfied with himself whenever he can do something for Kagi

Their shoujo like moments (if this was any other manga there would be a ton of roses and sakura petals in these panels)

And whatever this is:

[doodlboy]

Toying around with a demon au for my kny oc and well

[chemdisaster]

actually fuck it. i want joel to have a season where he's in his loner arc again and no one wants to talk to him. i want to see the comedown from the high. gaining allies, learning what it means to not be totally alone, only to end up right back where he started. wondering, not for the first time, if his foolish hope and the game he makes of a world in which everything is ultimately destined to burn were ever worth it.

joel knows what it's like to find friendship after an eternity of solitude. now i want him to know what it's like to lose it and return to the same solitude, the cold mountain and the house atop a flowered hill once more.

[tenacious-minds]

I hate when I’m in the mood for something very specific in which searching tags is basically useless.

[no-1-rosalind-lang-apologist]

the grudge is orion about oliver i feel sick

[etudiantfantome]

saying hi to the trees

[dykedivorce]

if any other bitch in konoha had been gay apart from sasuke none of this would have happened to my son naruto.

[booksandmore]

every time i hear someone say camilla was the only charter they liked i lose my mind BECAUSE THATS NOT CAMILLA THAT WHO RICHARD WISHED SHE WAS WE NEVER!! KNEW!! CAMILLA!!

[bdslab]

[sproutedlavender]

[itadori-san]

no because u can see ukai and takeda just see the karasuno boys as . kids.

[ajarofpickledtears]

i wish i had something that kept me going and gave me some kind of drive but

[vagueiish]

for no apparent reason, steps away from sleep, my brain hit me with a ‘hey, remember that fantasy world you started building years ago and then did nothing with? you remember that???’

partially? bits and pieces. because i don’t write things down. why are you bringing it up now, brain?