#the story is already huge

[inkykeiji]

clari!! hi!! i was wondering, would bmb have taken a different path if tomura didn’t go through an episode? i wonder abt how different reader and dabi’s dynamic would be if that were the case! would they still be romantically involved? would the three of them engage in a relationship eventually?

hi hi!! c:

ah, yes! it would’ve totally taken a different path, because literally so much of the story & plot itself hinges on tomura’s building breakdown—as it continues to build, it also continues to move the narrative forward, and affords dabi and reader both more chances to be together and alone, but also brings them closer together in an emotional way, since someone they mutually care about is going through such a rough time and they’re unsure how to handle it (so tangled!). additionally, while the first threats tomura receives are real in the sense that they actually happened and actually exist, the threats that follow are all hallucinations in his head. if he wasn’t sick, then those hallucinations wouldn’t have happened, and dabi would’ve probably been taken off of his glorified babysitting post (or had his duties significantly reduced much earlier in the story), which in turn would have impacted the speed at which dabi + reader’s relationship intensifies and evolves since they wouldn’t be spending nearly as much time together.

without tomura’s hallucinations and overestimation of the threat, there isn’t much of a reason for dabi and reader to be spending much time together. in this case, tomura would’ve mostly let the threats go when their line of investigation ends up leading to nowhere—he is still protective of his baby and he gets paranoid easily, so dabi would still have some babysitting/bodyguard duties, but nowhere near anything within the fic itself, so again, dabi and readers relationship would evolve and grow at a much slower pace.

however!!! with that being said + under these hypothetical circumstances, it is very possible that the police would’ve sent more ‘threats’ had tomura not exacerbated the situation entirely on his own accord, in which case then dabi + reader would’ve spent just as much time together as tomura worked tirelessly at figuring out what the hell was going on, just without the added stress and pressure of his illness. in this case, their dynamic would’ve stayed largely unchanged and they most likely would’ve all ended up in a poly relationship at the end—dabi might’ve even been recruited to help tomura fully figure this out instead of ill tomura trying to do it all on his own because he trusts no one and is extremely paranoid, thus making him incredibly overprotective (even more so than usual) of his baby and requiring dabi be within arms reach of her at all times, even including when they’re locked away in the safety of the penthouse. if this had happened and tomura hadn’t been so sick and instead was willing to recruit dabi to help him work through it all (at least any time reader was at home and safe in the penthouse), then dabi and tomura’s relationship would’ve blossomed and bloomed as well, and they would’ve fostered a closeness that was different, deeper, and more substantial than the type of closeness they had fostered in their younger adult years, before reader had entered the picture.

there are many things that i need to edit, flesh out, add, fix, and revise within the story before i’m ready to novelize and publish it, so it’s entirely possible that you may see some of these elements within the novel version when it is finally released (*/ω＼*)

thank you for your question anon bb!! <33

[theribbajack]

"Now, the vow will be honoured, and my Lord brother's soul will return."

Radahn stans keep winning, but I personally am in Miyazaki's walls rn

[kkoct-ik]

i can finally post my silly little two-part wallpaper / blog banner merch pieces i made for the @hotguycomiczine !!

phone wallpaper ver. & some cursed hgc universe doodles under cut

[ START ]

[ MERCH | MISC ]

one discussion on offbrand hotguy & cuteguy merchandise really captured me.

i wish they were real ...

[jeeliebeeliegoomiebear]

On Isolde and Many Doors (and One Key)

Thinking about Isolde and how she feels like she is constantly trapped in a small cramped room full of 1 million doors. Each door represents a presence that haunts her, an identity that lives inside her that calls to her from beyond the grave, a new mask to dawn.

If every person in the world were to have a room, most would have just one door, their own. But not Isolde.

Isolde feels like an empty vessel who is only there to serve as a point of entry for other people and their spirits. She has been forced to become so repressed by her environment, upbringing, and her nature as a medium that she finds it easy to forget herself. Her “self” is not someone she has ever been allowed to know.

The room grows increasingly smaller, claustrophobic and strangling her with pressure as the amount of doorways in it only increase, every new person she meets a new doorway she is plagued with, a new voyeur who has granted themselves full access to her life and her body. Something she is now willing to let them do. It is easier that way. Easier to let someone else command her vessel, something that never solely belonged to her to begin with. An escape from all the pressure, the expectations, the perfection demanded from her. It is something she should do. The duty of someone like her. Something to hide her wretched face from view, to give the people what they want, to uphold her family’s legacy. A performance that was never allowed to end. Each new door lead right back to that.

The only exception is Kakania. The only person Isolde believes has ever really seen her as more than a host for other identities or something to mold into shape, prop up as a set piece. A perfect lady. The star of Vienna. A tragic heroine. A dangerous hysteric witch. A curse manifested. The only one who was ever interested in finding Isolde’s door and that door alone. When she is with Kakania, a new door does not appear in that ever shrinking empty room, although at first she expects it to. For the first time she meets someone and is not greeted with a new ghost to haunt her. Not a door. But a key. A key that Isolde knows can unlock her own door, even when she herself cannot find it.

[sonknuxadow]

am i the only one who still thinks that they didnt do enough with rouge in sonic prime. and not in a "she didnt get enough screentime" sort of way but in a "they didnt seem to be putting as much thought into what they were doing with her as they were with the other main characters" sort of way

[bixels]

On one hand, really funny that they straight up lied. On the other hand, pretty mean that they straight up lied. But on the third hand, I knew they were never doing HL2AIVR.

[charlieconwayy]

the stages of saying  — “i love you” (insp.)

[fictionadventurer]

Why is this book about 1880s London Jews so relatable to the 2020s American Roman Catholic experience?

In Amy Levy's Reuben Sachs, you've got:

The community that is at once fully part of the modern world while having an insular nature (and the amount of modern vs. insular varies based on the person and family)

The people who ignore their religion 99% of the year, but wouldn't even consider skipping services on the important holidays

The ultra-traditionalists who go so intense on holding to traditions that a lot of other members of their religion side-eye them

The kids who go to services only because their parents force them to, or who rebel and refuse to go because they don't see the point or don't believe in God

The new convert who is more zealous than, like, 90% of the people who were born into this religion

A family with its very specific blend of religious opinions and inside jokes that's fully aware that they're baffling to outsiders

This book was apparently meant to be a realistic portrait of Jewish life (in response to Daniel Deronda and its (according to Levy) highly unrealistic and over-idealized portrayal of Jews), and my goodness, did she succeed in capturing what it's like to live in a culturally religious community in a rapidly secularizing world.

[54625]

people can keep coming up with angsty headcanons about why qPac passes out (crashes) so much- like he's got low blood pressure from not eating properly or he's exhausted from not sleeping properly- and I accept that

but to me he's just that one character in a kids movie that keeps getting injured as a gag. like he's just constantly tripping over roots and whacking his head off the ground, birds just constantly seem to drop rocks specifically on his head, people just keep inexplicably slamming doors into his face without realising it. qPac is just such a cartoon character to me I'm sorry

[eldritchamy]

Minutes Since I was last in absolute fucking agony about not currently rereading The Grand Folia Hotel: 0

I truly cannot think of another piece of writing that has ever made me THIS insane. I'm going to spontaneously combust.

I need more of these characters SO FUCKING BAD.

The Phoebe/Jazz/Celosia dynamic is SO JUICY

and I DESPERATELY need to see more of Becca and Jupiter. ESPECIALLY Becca, who was easily my favorite side character. I know in my broccled green heart that Becca will tease Phoebe SO HARD over all of this, and I KNOW they're gonna be close friends. They DEFINITELY become a broccolicule.

And I just KNOW Celosia's revenge is going to be DELICIOUS.

I CAN'T STAND NOT READING IT AGAIN, I'M LOSING MY MIND.

It's SUCH a good story! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH.

The plot, the character arcs, the emotional progression, the slow ramp up of how Celosia's biorhythm is affecting Phoebe, the fog of trauma being slowly lifted out of her body the more time she spends here, the CHARACTER DYNAMICS, ALL OF IT.

The tender emotional moments!!! THE THEMES!!!

IT'S JUST SO GOOD.

[feroluce]

So I went to the wiki page for the henghill Bullet & Brain mission of 2.2 looking for some dialogue I had missed and

a) I found something incredibly tasty that slotted into some other thoughts I'd been having, more on that on another day, and

b) I saw this super fun little trivia at the bottom, which!

I knew Penacony characters like Boothill took a lot of inspirations from old movies, but I didn't realize it was even in his and Dan Heng's relationship, that's so cool!!

It fits them very well, it's such a fun reference. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" was an old buddy Western film (from 1969- nice) about a pair of outlaws. Butch Cassidy was the leader of a gang, and described as clever, affable, and talkative. Meanwhile, his closest companion, the Sundance Kid, was known as a man of few words.

Cassidy's original birth name was much more plain, but similar to Boothill, he took on a new moniker when he became an outlaw. "Cassidy" had been the last name of his beloved mentor, who taught him how to shoot and ride. And Sundance Kid was known as he was because Sundance was the name of his hometown, and it was the only place that had ever managed to catch and jail him, back when he'd been younger (also similar to Dan Heng, but ouch).

These two stick together like glue throughout the length of the film- through Cassidy's leadership of the gang being challenged, through a train robbery gone wrong, through being pursued by mercenaries, and even through fleeing to Bolivia and trying to start over together.

I don't want to say too much more, since the mission title is referencing one specific movie that I've never seen. I kinda wanna watch it now, though, just to see the inspiration that went into Boothill and Dan Heng and how they get along. I just think it's really sweet that these two were literally made to be the best of bros, how lovely is that. 💕

[supercantaloupe]

saw a post last night complaining that the sound of music film and its popularity contribute to the "universalization of the holocaust" and that by depicting an austrian catholic gentile family's opposition to the nazi regime instead of being about jews, it paints some kind of false picture of who the nazis' real targets were. and i'm sorry but that is such a narrow minded, externally motivated reading of the film/musical. and i say this as a jew who broadly agrees that holocaust universalization and the sidelining of "the jewish problem" (as it was known in that era) in film and media is a genuine and pervasive problem. the sound of music...that is really not the right target for your ire, my friend

[uncanny-tranny]

I don't need to count stitches; I operate on a vibes-based system, and counting kills my vibes 🦐🦐

[ask-whitepearl-and-steven]

Why is Steven acting like all hope is lost? He could use his White Diamond power to possess the Cluster and make it not explode the Earth

Sure he could! Just like all the problems on earth can be solved immediately and without any complications and consequences if someone just took ALLLLLL the plastic in the ocean and launched it into space. Nothing hard about that at all. :)

[blimbo-buddy]

IvyPool heart spoilers

“IvyPool wondered what it would be like to know that a cat you had loved and lost was up there in the sky. IvyPool had never lost a cat like that.” Okay so I guess HollowFlight can go fuck off then, alright

[puhpandas]

what are u guys' dream game after sotm? since itll be the last game centered around the mimics backstory and integration and stuff (hopefully) theres basically a whole world of possibilities for currently neglected storylines lol