#theory for fun don't get pissy about this

[internetmisfitsworld]

"What if Perseus is Makarov's father??" I said, jokingly.

And so begins my quest of finding whether or not how logical this theory could be.

And well...

I don't think it's a joke anymore lmao.

It really is unsettling how truly similar they are.

In certain ways.

Before we begin, let's clarify something here.

Since AV de-aged reboot Makarov, this theory only make sense if you pair Perseus with the OG Makarov. Why? Because Perseus died of cancer in 1983.

Since we have yet to know how old is the new Makarov, I'm gonna assumed he's around Price's age. At least I hope so. Idk how I'm gonna feel if they decides to make him late 20s. He's gotta be born either in 1985 or younger than that. At least that's what he looks like. So, there's no way Perseus could be his father.

Now, the OG Makarov though......

Let's go through this points by points.

He was born in 1970. October 4th, to be precise (at least according to Soap's journal). There's no indication or mentioned siblings in his record. Parents or whatsoever. I have my own personal HC on this but that's another essay.

Perseus himself doesn't have any canon date of birth and place of birth. Let's assume he was born in, maybe, around the year of 1918. I was gonna go ahead and make him the same age as Adler (1937). But according to this modelling mugshot pose he pulls photo,

If he looks this scrumptious old during 1960, then he's gotta be at least 42 years old. That would make him 52 when baby Mak was born in 1970.

"Isn't he a little old to be a dad at that age?" Uhhh not really. Especially given his situation, my dude was constantly on the move busy doing spy shit all over the world. He was young, patriotic. So, perhaps domestic life wasn't exactly on his mind at the time being or just haven't found the one yet. My guess is, he found someone in 1968/1969 yada yada fall in love yada yada get married yada yada and boom baby Mak was born in 1970. Whether they settled for one kid or more, that's up to your interpretation.

Now, in terms of looks, I don't think they're exactly copy paste. We know that Mak has Heterochromia. Perseus had blue eyes and Makarov's mama must've had green eyes.

If we want to compare their pictures, let's start with in-game model.

Ehhh I'd say they score about 75-80% in terms of appearance alikeness. Big ass forehead? Check ✅️

Now, if you put Perseus real life model and Makarov MW3 model..

Yeah okay score about 95%. Especially the eyebrow scrunch thing.

Perseus was 6 ft'2. Our boi on the other hand was 5 ft'11. My dude did not inherit the tall genes unfortunately.

Perseus and Makarov both had comradeship with Imran Zakhaev.

Zakhaev looked up to Perseus, claiming him to be "a mentor, having played a part in radicalizing his attitude towards the West."

As for Makarov, we know how much he looked up to Zakhaev. He did took him in during the lowest point of his life and gave him a purpose. Something he lost when he was forced to discharge from the military. Zakhaev's protégé. Zakhaev's executioner.

However, Perseus and Mak share one common trait; their methods were frowned upon by Zakhaev.

"Imran, however, soon realized the danger of Perseus's ideas. Believing Perseus's actions would turn the world against the Soviet Union, he prevented Perseus from taking control of a facility in Verdansk, where a chemical agent called NOVA-4 was produced."

"While Zakhaev was grateful to Makarov for saving his life on the day of his assassination attempt, he also kept him in check, possibly due to the fear of Makarov's extreme methods and ambitions, which later proved correct."

It boggles my mind that Zakhaev have the patience to continously kept Makarov's in check for 15 years of their partnership. He's aware of how terrifyingly brutal he is and even though it clearly bothered him, he still kept him around.

This is one of the key points that makes me wonder if Makarov is not just a nobody that he picked off the underworld. Maybe him being Perseus's son is what drives Zakhaev to mentor him and stick with it till the end. Well, at least as long as he could control him. I had no doubt that if Makarov push Zakhaev too far and shows signs of being too out of control, he'll be dead way before Price could wrung his neck.

Speaking of methods,

"Perseus' true plan was to detonate all the American nukes across Europe and have the United States take the fall. Perseus wanted to rebuild Russia from the ashes."

"Makarov's scheme was to initiate the global conflict of World War III, and that was accomplished by massacring a Russian airport and making it look like the US was involved. Later on, he would attempt to nuke all of Europe for Russia to fully invade and rebuild from the ashes."

See the resemblance?

Their speech pattern really parallel each other;

Perseus: Today, we reshape the world.

Makarov: Today, we show the world our true strength.

Perseus: Our motherland is lead by cowards and weaklings.

Makarov: Now our country is run by squabbling lackeys and politicians who can hardly be called patriots.

Perseus: The superpowers will fall, victims of their own greed and corruption.

Makarov: The corrupt talk; while our brothers and sons spill their own blood.

Perseus: We will rebuild Greater Russia from the ashes.

Makarov: Russia will take all of Europe, even if it must stand upon a pile of ashes.

Perseus: They sleep soundly at night, knowing they put on a good parade - but they lack the will to do what must be done.

Makarov: Our enemies believe that they alone dictate the course of history, but all it takes is the will of a single man.

Perseus: The others, however, are still out there. I will finish them off if I have to.

Makarov: I will not rest until I have killed or captured the men who killed Imran Zakhaev.

Perseus: (to Bell) You remember my face don't you?

Makarov: (to Vorshevsky) You know who I am?

Perseus: But have no doubt. These are but temporary losses. We are just getting started, my friend.

Makarov: The road to our future begins here, my friend.

So in conclusion, it seems that the possibility of them being father and son is really plausible so far.

[revalition]

OCT 20 - HALF LIGHT Let the body take control. Threaten people.

half light!! I really like this guy. had some fun with today's doodles

lots of commentary and quotes under the cut!

Half light name translations!!

suspicious, chiaroscuro, twilight, semi-darkness, dusk, instinct, dawn, primitive instinct

thought it was interesting that there's a mix in here of more literal half-light (dusk, dawn, etc.) and the fight/flight aspect (instinct, suspicion).

I do think his name works best in english. But I like the french version Clair-obscur too. that's the one that translates to chiaroscuro, but clair = clear and obscur = obscure for context... I want to say it's less direct than the others, but I speak french and I don't speak the other languages so if there's any double meanings there I would miss them sadly. localization is so cool...

quotes!

this guyyy

I wish I could tell if he's even being sarcastic or not. I want to say yes, cause he does have a sense of humour

see, see? (points happily)

sorry half light I don't remember you being the lie detector skill??? why's he being such a brat

hehehe half light loves telling anyone to fuck off -- even your own skills

nooooo half light! of course he would jump all over a conspiracy theory

this is during the tribunal -- my first playthrough my odds of success got worse and worse as I avoided throwing the bomb and half light was absolutely right. (though the second time around I got the difficulty down a bit cause my harry wasn't dumb as bricks and actually had some stuff to stay to improve things)

thank goodness for the calm skills that balance some of these idiots out...

he's so over the top. my poor high strung guy...

APOCALYPSE COP HALF LIGHT my most beloved. he knows greek! it's okay if it's a coping mechanism harry, you gotta do what you have to to survive...

he gets *so* pissy when he's told no haha

this one is big but you have to read it!! half light losing it for absolutely no reason! logic's information hoarding reflex! (understandable) volition, volition my most beloved looking out for half light <3 he gets overstimulated okay

he just wants to swear okay?

this is delightful hehe

volition fighting for his life to stop this guy from exploding constantly

one second later him being calm about it

wow that's... super embarassing

this guy creeping you out and then getting upset when you act on it

half light at high levels makes me sad :( poor guy...

okay my dude

half light unlocking the fuck off dialogue option!

unbelievable! someone password protecting their data???? the horrors

re: the leopard bodysuit. electrochemistry is sooo unconcerned

poor half light...

hehehe

hghk he's so... like that. all the time.

that's all for half light!! my first playthrough had pretty high half light and he was kind of a lot? I actually didn't like him much at first, he was a lot (the first time I played my anxiety disorder was also unmanaged and I wasn't too fond of harry's anxiety embodied lol). but he totally ended up growing on me <3 he's great. I really missed him and his unhinged comments in my low fys second playthrough.

[the-nosy-neighbor]

Ok, i was looking for a new subject or thing to puzzle on (as well as check for new stuff, in case they get sneaky), and found the hooplah barnaby toy pipe ad. Oddly enough, the audio for this item doesn't have a transcript on the website. When we have seen that before, it has been for secret videos and things, for the most part. Even then, there are usually hidden subtitles. So, weird.

I listened to the ad, and have to wonder if it is just color. It is a funny thing to us that cigarette ads were ubitiquous in the past, when ads now are very limited in comparison. There are lots of laws now that control how and where ads for smoking can be run, and about cartoon character mascots. I believe there were internal documents leaked at some point about cartoon character mascots being targeted toward children, despite their denials of that fact.

Apparently, the much less regulated e-cig industry is back on that bullshit. I guess this makes this topical in a modern sense, especially once you consider that Barnaby's pipe is going to seem like a toy and the comparison to the e-cigs, which don't feel like smoking to some people.

There were still cigarette machines around when i was a kid. So, for that alone, it is a fun gag. It's almost like a smoker training program.

Anyway, went on the look at the wishbook, because i know i have missed things there. I found this:

"STRETCHED THIN" Eddie Dear. Stretched, overextended, need the rest, work too hard. This sentiment is all over the place with the latest update about Eddie, in particular. So much Eddie in this one. The real world item that this is related to would be Stretch Armstrong, which I may have mentioned before.

So farm in this update we've had Eddie as Frankenstein the (previously a scarecrow), stretched-thin, and the focus of the commericals segment.

Oh, and the looks on the faces of the Wally and Frank pillows. Wally is smirking and has half closed eyes, which Clown has used before to indicate flirting or love feelings. But it is also a villian thing.

From tv tropes:

Snide, cynical, flirty, sleepy

(I haven't read all of this series yet, but they also have a theory about gender being expressed through eyeshadow color in cartoons.)

But they do list in the villains post that villains have "eyeshadow used heavily for villains or hypersexual characters." Given that we have no information about Wally being hypersexualized, could this feature have been given as a way of characterization?

This is an interesting look into the phenomenon. Examples:

Eye art by laurengigglez on deviantart

Early Wally had the coded eyelids:

(If you read the villains post, you will see this image features gender eyelids as well as villain eyelids, as the lightness of Julie's is in stark contrast to the bold colors, larger eyelids, and darker lashes of the two villains.)

Eddie has limited eyelids, except for in times of stress or high emotion.

As much attention is given to the eyes in this project, it is hard to believe that it is a stylistic choice, but all kinds of muppets have eyelids:

This is specifically for sleep. But Piggy gets eyelids for emotion--there is a whole wiki article about that. Sally could be a special case, but her character sheet makes her suspect

Frank is looking toward Wally with fear on his face. Eyes wide open, eyes are big and focused, it seems, on Wally. His arms are crossed, which seems normal for him, but definitely getting scared more than pissy.

AND Frank is standing between Wally and Eddie. He is much closer to Wally than he is to Eddie. This could be more fuel for the idea i have posted about before, where Frank is in opposition to Wally, while pretending things are totally fine. He has a secret thing of some kind with Eddie, obviously, whether romantic or conspiratorial. He looks afraid, though the eyes are slightly off.

My theory has been that Frank is being a double agent, while working with Eddie (and maybe a loving relationship with Eddie.) I have speculated that Frank is decommissioning puppets on his friends or just Eddie, and he sings his lullaby to versions of Eddie that have become too aware.

(Which is an honest metaphor for the marginalized person's experience of aging and learning to speak out about inequities and being pushed back into an "acceptable" role.)

Eddie, however, is looking somewhere else. It looks like it lines up with the top item on the list, maybe some of the numbers? I think it is arguable that Wally isn't focused on us, and Frank is not focused on him, but it is close enough to consider the possibility.

What is the significance of the idea "stretched thin" or the area Eddie is staring at? Are the eye positions and facial exoressions there for us to interpret the motives of the characters?

[capnkerfufflez]

I contain multitudes, so i made a uquiz for some of my quintessential sonas for fun

i dont really expect people to take it, but man i love an excuse to draw some of my boys i don't give much love to brief descriptions and the result descriptions under the cut

here's the link outside of just embed btw : https://uquiz.com/hkfS0R

in image order and i marked the number and color of the background above we have :

1 [red] E : non-fandom sona I use to vent mostly - "Conceptual Chaos Junkyard" / "CC Junkyard" so he's mostly negative traits of myself turned up to 11. He's the overly emotional and sentimental and over-reactive side of the duo between him and G.

"[[ oh baby girl, I'm so sorry for you, get some help ]] Everything you've ever done blows back up into your face, you don't know what you're doing wrong?! Or well, you've figured out a few things wrong with you, but you can't figure out how to fix those things about yourself…"

2 [red/orange] Knox S. Consumer : kinda a minecraft sona? - "What's Minecraft is Yourcraft" / "Yourcraft" He's in general a minesona, at least when I first made him. In Yourcraft he is the sona/character version of an oc that's a minecraft youtuber/streamer and who is very distinctly not me, so Knox falls into an odd character category where's he's both my sona and an oc's sona. He's an old grouchy wizard type, but breaks character often to help friends

"[[ you may think im stretching on this one, but i assure there's more obscure ]] You know so much yet so little. The type of guy that can recite so many video game lore details and fun facts across all subjects, but will fail to realize that they really did mean it calling it "cream cheese," it is actually a cheese. You are very smart though, with your intelligence only rivaled by your stubbornness."

3 [red/pink] Dong : pokemon not a big surprise, but he's a pokesona of sorts. He's a Mareep that's specifically paired with my friend's Wooloo "Ding," he's somewhere between a pokemon in the anime and pokemon mystery dungeon in terms of personification, he's very bitey.

[[ haha dong ]] Lil gremlin guy. You're the typa bitch to fucking taunt people bigger than you and when they get pissy you go 'oh im just a lil guy a lil birthday boy.' All talk no bite. well, maybe a lil bite, like consensually or deserved.. BUT the point is you take no responsibly of the misdeeds you may or may not do !

4 [orange] Bibbly : double life / life series Bibbly is the character I made soulmate's with my friend cause we were watching other people make sona's and pairs with their friends too. Bibbly is based off of a drawing I did based on a more literal interpretation of one of my minecraft skins (specifically my 453 skin), "Bibbly" coming from "Biblically accurate." Personality wise he varies a lot cause in conception and most practice he is an utter coward, very reliant on my friend's character, though in other interpretations I make him a lot more jaded and no-bull shit but also those are usually what is supposed to be later in his development and/or away from my friend's character

[[ telephone game of sonas ]] You are a recursion of self analyzation. You try to map out your intricacies only to have your theories on yourself become rules. And once you've realized its a set habit of thinking. You know trouble and you avoid it the best you can.

5 [muddy yellow] Clart : minecraft sona ? - "What's Minecraft is Yourcraft" / "Yourcraft" Similar case as Knox, where Clart is my sona and the sona of one of my oc's who isn't me, but for Clart he and the oc, they align closer with who I am so it's not quite as weird a case. Clart is very easy going and cares a lot, he isn't particularly notably in Yourcraft as he's not really someone who develops more a character that help's the other characters develop

[[ straight up gooping ]] You just want a break, things to be nice and easy and do menial tasks and be with your friends. You give all you can, not because you feel you need to, you just want to and you can. You know pain and cruelty, you choose to be kind.

6 [yellow] [453>- / 453 / The cooler Casey : a general sona He's a more stylized, exaggerated version of myself and usually a lot more malicious for the fun of it. In his "lore" he is a shapeshifting sand.. thing, it depends on the specific backstory I'm going with. He is generally very energetic and bitey and evil for the sake of it cause man villains are fun when they are having fun and he is having a blast

[[ creature !! ]] You are the coolest sexiest mother fucker out here! or you sure pretend to think so. A whole fucking jaw breaker flipping between god-complex and inferiority-complex, who knows what's at it's core (probably inferiority). You love to be an edge case, probably the type of guy to make a fan character concept that's over done but do it with a twist. No fear of ocs coming off like a mary sues just cause YOU know how cool and really clever they are really even if they give a bad first impression.

7 [lime/green] Casey : general sona / how i draw myself This is just me, like, just how I draw myself, it's as general and genuine as I can manage which my not really be all that accurate maybe but oh well

[[ oh fuck u are just like me frfr ! or like at least closest approximation ]] You are only human. You love your friends more than the world and you try to be worth all you're given. You have some self esteem and self image issues, but maybe if you shove your ocs full of enough of your issues you'll solve some.

8 [green?] Caddle : general sona / fursona / the one i use for sexual stuff Caddle is a cow-adject shapeshifter. He is the sona I use the most when it's anything sexual, usually paired with my partner's fursona, but he's supposed to have other buddies too that I never really draw. I've got complicated feeling on sexual stuff and myself in relation to it, so he gets those feelings dumped into his character too. But aside from that he is a fun character especially to draw cause inconsistency is baked in and I love him dearly, he is very lazily chill with a big heart, he's also a rodeo clown even though i dont draw a full on clown get up for him much

[[ honka honka we got certified clown ova here ]] You are silly, a goofball even, one may even argue a jokester. You may present all goofs, gafs and dick jokes, -and by all means you do genuinely loving goofing gaffing and dicking- but you are a person with complicated wants and thoughts and feelings. Wants and thoughts and feelings you hold close to yourself, you do not know how to voice, so more often than not, you don't.

9 [bluish green] Gilon Kurt : lesser sona Gilon is a sona that I made just on a whim off of a twist on my name with "fluffle" being a the name for a group of rabbits, he's "Capn Kerfluffle." And then I made him a rival to my main fursona in their story and he gained a personality outside of me as they so often do

[[ rage rage murder rage !!!! ]] You have worked so hard for what you have and yet it is never enough. There is always something else to achieve more to earn, people clawing for what you have. You can have no peace nor solace, relax? chilling? never heard of her!! There are experiences to be had!! People to meet!! Friends to continuing loving!!! And you'll fight for it all, fight until you die!!

10 [cyan] Yeode : minecraft sona [real] Yeode my beloved, she is my darling rock-based robot made to search villagers that learns to live for herself kinda. A lot of her kindness and softness and story comes from backstory for just me playing minecraft ig who is a lot less kind in practice.

[[ yippee !!! ^.^ ]] You are a people pleaser to your core! You are born and molded by your attachments and use to others. Even in their absence you still live on for them in part.

11 [saturated blue] G : non-fandom sona I use to vent mostly - "Conceptual Chaos Junkyard" / "CC Junkyard" similar situation to E of mostly negative traits, but the other side of it for the most part. she is full of anger and malice at being stuck with little control over her situation and takes it out on E

[[ oh sweetheart, no ]] You think yourself a "bad bitch" a "girl boss" even. Emotions are not your strong suit. You have a hard time managing your own feelings, let alone dealing with other people's. You may not always be right, but you work hard to try to be.

12 [less saturated dark blue] D. Base : minecraft sona, specifically in magic mods / heavily modded minecraft he came about from when i was testing a modded server with my friends there was something that would crash my game if i entered specific chunks, and in those 'dead' chunks was my silk worms so i made dBase as a character for the friend server and he is supposed to be that glitched silkworm i got in testing, uuh end then that server slowly broke too, so i like to think it was somehow also his fault; while i did get to play on the server i got really into a few magic mods, mainly mana and artifice so he is not only gitchy but a magic man

[[ grub ]] You think of yourself highly, not perfect, but damn good. You've worked your ass off for the skills you've obtained and are happy to show off when they are even slightly relevant. Your "fuck it we ball" attitude somehow works out for you most of the time, though some collateral damage to others.

13 [light blue] Clerk James : fursona / used to be mascot character to note if you see other art of him there is a stark difference between the silly goofy Clerk that's my sona and the asshole angsty backstory version of him before he got so very concussed; current Clerk is very sweet and very dumb, he's the "capn" of a pirate themed ferry though also goes on some genuine treasure seeking adventures pg pirate style

[[ consider it the post-drownings one, don't worry ]] A mix of poor memory, self-doubt, and self-hatred that results in a potent blend of guilt for things you aren't really sure you deserve to hate yourself over, being it maybe not or fault or maybe never really happened. Aside from that you're upbeat and a bit stupid in a silly lil guy way. You're just a lil guy!

14 [purple] Cassio Inerta : homestuck / trollsona - "retroll" he is baby, very sweet and well meaning but oh so very problem avoidant and low empathy mostly from being sheltered; in retroll he is canonically in-universe a self insert of myself watching the plot go down and has a made up boyfriend given to him who loves Cassio by virtue that is what the boyfriend was made for, but kinda just puts up with Cassio, a projection of how i felt and feared in some previous relationships

[[ explicitly cannon self insert huh ]] You are a suckerrr for romance. You want and want and want so badly and you feel and in every instance you are given a taste it feels unreal. it feels unearned. It feels disingenuous. But you need it so bad. You don't know shit about anything, so terrified to fail you're terrified to try. But little by little you keep trying.

15 [magenta] Carcumber : a sona based off of my friend's previously-main sona's species so my friend's main sona and mascot character was a "lavamander" though the species had other character with other elements such as ice and sound waves and species had name trope of two favorite foods combined; Carcumber's name was Carrot + Cucumber but my friend changed main sonas and has since renamed most to just a single food name hence the opening statement for the quiz, i dont remember if he had an element associated, if he did i think it was "cart" or "car" or "money" or something stupid like that, and his is a used car salesman, similar energy and pathetic-ness of spamton

[[ oh man do i gotta change his name now that's that not the naming scheme? ]] You are passionate about everything you do! Cause if you aren't you don't do them! You exaggerate yourself to the point the mask becometh you.

god ya that's a lot of em and i have more sona's than just that, but most fall similar to others or i dont use enough to care

if you read it all thanks so much i love u :D

[tonydaddingham]

Yes, my ask was entirely in good faith and with the aim to get a PSA out to the fandom. I have more I'd like to say but not the time to say it, unfortunately.

I will just quickly state that I used the Lucifer theory as my example solely because it was the most recent and causing the most discourse right now. I have also seen some earnestly and genuinely insisting Neil is lying and intends it to be canon. Those are the people my comment is aimed at, as well as anyone earnestly saying they should send him the "Magic Trick" theory. Or the Raphael theory, which he has already seen and debunked multiple times. Or the "Time Stop" theory, which I believe is why he's been asked twice now about the clock during the Final Fifteen. Once more I will say, as a general PSA to the fandom, do not put any fan theory in Neil's line of sight. Keep it to your own blogs, as you yourself did with your separate posts on the Lucifer theory. Otherwise all you (general) do is ruin the fun for everyone else, in several ways.

hi again anon✨ thank you for the clarification, i appreciate that. my response came across quite pissy (and i won't pretend that i didn't intend some small measure of that, the whole debunk fiasco, whilst funny, has had my hackles raised since last night), but i am sorry you got the brunt of it. understanding tone and intention can be difficult on here✨

you're absolutely right re: the arguing back that neil - the author, screenwriter, and showrunner - is lying is not the way to go about things. look - if by some slim, slim chance he is? cool. if he isn't, as i imagine to be the case? we will get something even better than what we imagined. i genuinely trust that. it's a win-win for us either way you slice it.

re: the other theories; tbh i wouldn't be surprised if neil has at least seen some of them. maybe not these ones, maybe so, but it would stand to reason that he has. but that is his risk to take, and completely his choice. so yes, i completely second you in that regard - the fandom should not take that choice away from him.

ask questions about the show, if you spot errors, etc., yes sure! and if the answer supports your theory, take it back to your blog and discuss it there! but don't send theories, don't send fic, don't send anything that could land him in hot water, directly into his inbox. if he wishes to rb or like anything that contains a theory etc, that's up to him. but don't remove the choice✨

once again anon, sorry for my shitty tone in the last ask, but hope you got where i was coming from in the grand scheme of things. sometimes fandom politics is A Lot.

[abyssalspamton]

I GOT TO SEE THE FNAF MOVIE ON THE DAY IT RELEASED IN AUS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH im so happy i did. I kinda need to talk about. EVERYTHING that happened. As this is what i just do now when i get all hyperfixated on stuff. but maybe a lil review for people that don't want spoilers (if anyone actually sees this), any spoilers will be under the cut. you have been warned. (i also go off about thinking about theories i apologise)

NO SPOILERS So I liked it. I think it was a good, FUN movie. i say fun because. IT WAS VERY MUCH FUN. It didn't take itself deadly seriously, and while part o f me was interested how it would go if it did, i'm also EXTREMELY happy it didn't as i feel that would've made it's. bad moments bad in a less. than funny way. I wish Matthew Lillard was in it a lil more and I don't think it's like. perfect. i had a few gripes with some of the scenes (which i'll get into under the cut) BUT.

overall? loved it. 10/10 100% recommend you watch it. Also people y'all should never trust the critic reviews for movies like these because they don't CARE about the plot. they don't KNOW fnaf, nor are in t he fanbase. ofc a fucking 40 year old that knows nothing about fnaf isn't gonna like it. I SURE HOPE NOT!! CAUSE THEY ARE BORING OLD MEN!!

ONTO THE SPOILERS.

firstly, getting this out the way because i had a fucking STROKE when i saw matpat. WHAT A FUCKING LIAR. WHAT A LITTLE SHIT(lovingly)!!! HE GOT ME WITH HIS CROC TEARS! i thought he was so deadass when he was all teary eyed saying he wished he was in the movie. i was so upset! i was gonna have a fucking go at scott! I'm so happy he's in the movie it was. such a cute little scene. though how dare he were a nametag that says ness.

secondly vanessa being afton's daughter wasn't that surprising. When i realised that michael wasn't willy's son (like bio or anything) my first thought was "oh well he has to have some type of child" because. scott does that, like in his books. things get changed up sometimes but most things stay the same. aka him having at least one child, just means he didn't get two deadones as well. So when vanessa showed up (i forgot she was in it lmao) i was like. OH YEAH THAT'D. WORK I GUESS. and just assumed immediately thats what they were doing.

ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE WAS GETTING ALL PISSY AT MIKE? like that was a lil obvious she was trying to hide that her father committed the murders cause she didn't want any backlash.

I cannot judge children for their acting because they are children. But i will say one of the children (cough eric) was looking at the camera before. you can see his eyes focusing on the guy behind it. NOT A BIG DEAL I WAS JUST OBSERVING AND FOUND THAT DISTRACTING. also abby's actor was cute i just think a few scenes are a lil iffy with her (she is a child im not blaming her).

vanessa's and mike's romance. what a. thing huh. kinda crazy considering in an alternate reality (the canon universe) mike is william's son and Vanessa isn't. feels kinda weird. but laso like if me MYSELF was vanessa and saw mike? that pathetic man? that absolute sopping WET cat of a man? yeah. fair. i'd be down bad.

listen. i stand by that the whole. abby befriending the fazgang was. 'bad' in the sense of. bro that's so cringe but i am LAUGHING keep on GOING. but also because. hey. consider this. those anamatronics are children. and stuck like that. THEY ARE STUCK AT THAT MENTAL AGE. I THINK IT'D BE SO FAIR THEY'D BE EXCITED TO BEFRIEND A NORMAL FUCKING KID THAT'S NOT DEAD!! this is why im happy the movie didn't go super serious because.

while YEAH it would've been emotional to see this played more seriously, them upset they're dead and still befriending abby, it's just the fact that it probably would've. not landed well, or at least completely, so it would've still had a 'bad' vibe to it. just THIS way we can all laugh at it. I had my head in my hands a few times because i was just "oh gOD" looking @ you. pillow fort. bonnie fucking laying his ass down.

i also understand why scott didn't do the fnaf games lore, or book lore, because he can have more fun with it this way, and also work with blumhouse to make original ideas instead of just. copy pasting from the games/books and hoping they do it well enough it lands.

Lore wise im interested if william has more bio children and how many other children he's killed. what animatronic eric is, if they're going by the logic that everyone bro kills turns into one (imagine he's bb). my friend charlotte said he might be the puppet but. that role i would expect from Henry's daughter. if henry still exists? please tell me henry still exists-

I'm also interested how they're gonna make mike keep on coming back/being involved? we can't go back to fnaf 2 since that was a prequel, i mean i quess you could but also that just doesn't feel correct to do in a movie. so im expecting scott is going to have to (SURPRISE SURPRISE) completely clear up what games go where. so rn it's fnaf 1, we know fnaf 2 was before since bb is there so we're not gonna get a fast one pulled on us on that end. fnaf 3 might be next? but i could also like. see scott skipping that one. BUT i could also see him not skipping it because he wants to 'redeem' it and show that. yeah he fucked up the game but he can make up with it via movie.

oh something obvious to say. vanessa is more than likely a robot. im not gonna get into a fight with the whole robot people are stupid when it's fucking in the books JFHEDSKNJA SO. IM JUST NOT. but like. considering she's afton's daughter i would not be surprised if she actually died when she was younger and got turned into a robot. it's just how it is.

can't wait for fnaf 2 probably coming out in fucking 2031 and fnaf 3 the final coming out in 2045 <3 i might not make it to those movies HFNKEJSD jokes aside im. happy with the movie, excited to see more, especially the lore for it, and though i think fnaf's lore is a garbage fire it's also fun to look at when you take a step back and just. decide to enjoy it with 0 thinking skills for a second.

also thanks to anyone who read this <3

[dykeogenes]

Twitter cr fandom is a bad place

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Madrigal Music Headcannons except i slowly ran out of ideas

Camilo: He is a theatre kid. He listens to songs from musicals and knows every song from every musical by heart. He acts them out dramatically in his bedroom, until he's just put on an entire one-man show for Bruno's rats. He's one of those people who can't just put on music in the background to study; he puts it on and them jams out to it for the next 5 hours until someone stops him.

Delores: Because of her gift, listening to music is hard. She either listens to very soft and calming music, like lofi or sm, or she just listens to ambient sounds like birds and waterfalls.

Antonio: He listens to songs from Cocomelon. Camilo thought it would be funny to show him Cocomelon as a joke, but then Antonio got unironically obsessed and now he just blasts it 24/7 and accidentally annoys the crap out of everyone.

Felix: He listens to that really cheesy Spanish romance music, ya'know the kind with all the saxophones. Sometimes, when Pepa's in a bad mood, he'll start playing it and ask Pepa to dance with a plastic rose in his mouth. At first she's like 'not now Felix I'm in a pissy mood' but eventually she'll begrudgingly agree, and they'll dance. They don't try to dance or anything, it's just about having fun and enjoying each other's company and it's really sweet. Sometimes someone else will walk in and join them.

Pepa: She probably also listens to that cheesy romance music when shes with Felix, but she also likes really alternative rock. Okay I know this sounds really random but hear me out- imagine if as a child she, like most of us, had an Emo Phase™. Because of that, she discovered a lot of cool bands and good songs. And even after she grew out of her emo phase, those songs still stuck with her and sometimes when she's just really upset she'll stand on her bed and just scream to these songs to get her emotions out. She probably doesn't listen to music very often tho, and most people don't know what kind of music she likes. Idk man I just feel like Pepa has a secret emo side...these are just my hcs tho you don't have to agree-

Isabela: GIRL IN RED. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ISABELA 100% LISTENS TO GIRL IN RED AND HAYLEY KIYOKO.

Mirabel: Probably also listens to some Girl in Red with Isabela, but she also likes pop songs. Sometimes Maribel, Isabela, and Luisa get together and just listen to their music together to jam out and have fun. They often will have a 'sisters night' where they play a mix of all their playlists in the background while they do whatever and enjoy each other's company.

Luisa: She doesn't listen to music alot, so when she does it's just a blend of whatever her sisters have shown her. Her favorite genre is indie pop, because she likes the calming atmosphere and relatable topics. Her favorite artists are Cavetown and Coyote Theory.

Julieta: Her favorite type of music is the classic music from her childhood. She doesn't keep up with all the new stuff being released, and prefers to spend her time reminiscing on older songs. When her daughters show her a one of their favorite more recent songs, she's a little confused and doesn't really understand it. When she is feeling energetic in the kitchen, she likes to put on a fun song while she cooks, but sometimes she gets distracted by Augustine coming in and asking her to dance. Sometimes they'll dance together in the kitchen from dawn to dusk, just happy to be in each other's presence.

Augustine: Like his wife, he likes the more classical songs from the past, and some newer ones of the same genre too. However, he also likes the type of music Felix does, and he tends to sing it loudly (and pretty badly) to his wife. Sometimes he and Felix get together and plan a 'concert' for their wives where they stand on a makeshift stage and 'sing', while Pepa and Julieta try not to die of laughter.

Bruno: He is also a theatre kid, so his favorite music has always been showtunes. However, because of the time he spent in the walls, he isn't had a chance to listen to music in years. His solution to this? Making music! Well, sort of. He likes to come up with simple melodies and a beat, then he builds it from there. They aren't amazing, but at least his rats seem to like it. He usually uses a cardboard box as a makeshift drum, and a few other made up instruments to help make some really interesting music. He also likes to use his rats to make "Rat Music Videos" using songs from musicals or his own songs. Sometimes he even puts on entire Broadway productions with only his rats, when they don't feel like doing telenovelas that day.

Abuela: She is very traditional, so the only music she is accustomed to is that which she heard in her childhood. However, over time, she has also taken a liking to all the other kinds of music in her household. She is happy that now everyone is free to express themselves through their music tastes.

As a bonus here's another headcannon: Whenever people are playing songs, La Casita likes to dance along with them and help them feel like they're in a music video

Also yes I just realized most of these could only happen in a world where they have phones and modern technology but I still think these headcannons are cute-

[bilgisticallykosher]

Oh, look, cool, an anniversary video- wait where's Virgil and Logan oh my gosh is this an episode?! I can't believe you've done this on the Unus Annus deathiversarry.

Oh my gosh, is this the season finale?! I thought it was a quick birthday thing. Vibrates. NEW SERIES?!

Five years? No omfg, even joking about that all a dream thing, I hate that trope. YEAH THIS IS SEASON FINALE IT HAS TO BE! Haha, murder, arson, and jaywalking. Went to the mall. "One of those self-indulgent interviews" like you're about to do, I know your humor, sir. Oh hey outfit change. Skull shirt and brown leather jacket. Oh Logan's right there?! Listen, nine and a half hours feels like a lot-

That cutaway, perfect. Awww, nicknames. Microsoft Nerd, Pop Star. Ha ha I'm sure this will be fine and I Won't Be Sad At All. Eating the chalk- they're all drinking- oh no bad juice, okay. Okay. Oh no, Roman sobbing... nope? Just? Dramatic? Haha five years of me. Hm. Virgil somehow sounds different.

Bananaconda. He gets his music. Listen, Janus nobody said they were perfect discussions. "Fun *discomfort* additions" Awww oh no he's ripping into all of them. AHAHAHA INFINITESIMAL. Oh no he's not going to do that compliment thing to him is he. Okay, Roman in the clear, actually legit compliment??? That fother mucker! What happened between- NOBODY TALK REMUS'S ASS IS ON SCREEN oh hey his symbol- His symbol is on his butt. I'm. I need a minute.

Sit different! He asked knowing he'd regret it- Anti spoiler spray. KNIFE! Oh it is an insult? Different nicknames every time! Is Logan's wine getting bigger? Some salt from Logan. What did he do in Thomas's mind omg. Mind palace. REMUS AND I YES HELLO CANON INTERACTION!!!! No omfg DDR pads. Dukey and Pissy. Hey, that's a healthy way to interact for them.

Virgil why you lying. !!! Puppet Virgil. Who broke this vase?! Oh oh no, callback. Oh it's Forbidden Fruit. I do not get that reference. Oh the 12 days. Teehee Janus and Lies. I fixed that in the latest TA chapter. YES IT CAME FROM REMUS!!!! Newest- oh! Nico. Of course. Scare-amore and the Prinxiety shippers go nuts. Space marriage. Hmmm. Patton has reservations about Nico. HOLY CRAP VETAL MIKING THE SOUND I MADE!!!! Oh yeah, Valerie flirting. It wasn't that bad, but uh. I mean, it wasn't the cringiest episode, y'know.

Listen if cringe culture wasn't dead- LOGAN that glass is totally growing. Hmmm. Patton. SACAGAWEA IS IN HIS HAT. "No use your brains-" SHE'S IN HIS HAT! Oh gosh it's a wedding cake. Pfftffftfff. Stock image. Oh wow, look at Logan. Oh dear, Patton here it comes- no we love falsehood. Chugging that bottle. "A lack of attention to detail-" that's not- oh okay. He hasn't been Patton the whole time has he?

You have grown, sweetie! Aw Virgil appreciation hours. "They think they feel that way" Logan you're the wine mom. Awww Roman still sad and oh no. Remus is a great uncle out of jail. Janus is wine aunt confirmed!!! What do you think is next?

Oh. Oh no, Roman's putting a lot of stock in Nico I think I saw a theory about that a while back... Patton's so uncertain. Virgil's accurate. I'm sure he will hate it.

"To better receive acceptance and praise" He's lying- ah there we go. Hey they're not green! Happy Anniversary!!! Cystic surgeries.

No, don't show Logan at the beginning omfg please. That was horrifying the double finger guns. "There's no knowing where we're growing" Willy Wonka?

New series yes preview this- woah art. Nice poem. Hmmm that's definitely Thomas, though- What woah!!!!! Roman DnD?! Nope not literally-

Huh, I thought there'd be an orange side thing- oh. Wait. Oh I love hate this music. NO!!! THAT'S MY JOKE, THAT BASTARD! Do you know how often I reference Orange Side with A Literal Orange?!?!?! Ugh. But also okay that didn't actually feel season finale-ish. So. One more episode?

[kdjdhdhebx]

ok maybe bad thought

but I think high functioning people are taking over ... spaces? like idk, I have an autistic cousin brother who can't do shit, hasn't been able to go to school ever so doesn't know how to read and write and he is in a situation he can't get help cause india🌟 but I have been trying to find sources on the internet for him. but I won't get shit, everything is either centered on high functioning autistic people, they have like categories and shit for the most minute differences among high functioning autistic people... or it is focused on caretakers of autistic people extremely on the other side of the spectrum. nothing for my brother, no one is talking of his needs and ways for him to cope and get better at things he needs to or wants to. and like he can't speak clearly, doesn't have a lot of coherent vocabulary to speak eloquently as a result of not functioning properly and getting care, so no one even spares a while to listen to him

I have another cousin brother who has major adhd i think, I mean these both are my theories tbh, but he couldn't pay attention for shit. I remember trying to teach him when I was younger and he can't functioning at all. he also had dyslexia yeah. lately he has been better, after my aunt finally got her shit together a d found a more accommodating school(not very tho, just one that won't hit him and kick him out of classes) but man I tried so hard to find stuff on the internet for people with adhd who can't function at all, cause he was struggling a lot a few years ago, but can't find shit. it is all about, hidden adhd, frustration around not having 100 percent productivity, and honestly just a bunch of people making shit up because anyone has adhd now lol I cant believe the amount of people diagnosed in my school, almost half of my 3 classes is diagnosed with adhd and 1/4 of other 3 lol and these kids have nothing that "abnormal". I am getting into criticism of overdiagnosing and psychiatry yeah. for the smallest of "abnormalities" that are not true a bunch of people are diagnosed and getting medicated so they can meet upto capitalist requirements of productivity but my brother who can't function at all, can't do anything, no one gives a shit about him, no one even acknowledges he exists they all just want to send him to extra care cause if u can't function then there is not point right you got to function at least a bit to get help

the following opinion will like change in a minute because I know this is majorly my fault but. I have depression and I dont function at all maybe bc of it. no, not just like "oh m not bathing for two days omg having such a bad episode suicidal thought aaa" (sorry for being bitter m pissy and jealous and tired) but like I haven't been able to work at school a little over 3 years, my grades are bad and over time they have gone down so bad am failing high school risking everything and I cant get out of bed, can't eat and that is when my parents are on my head 24/7 trying to take care of me but I cant cooperate and... everytime I try to have a conversation try to find shit to get me help all I hear is about high functioning depression and how it is so hard to live while hiding and whatever even my therapist sometimes pits me against it talking about how they all may have it worse and am just. yeah I know they must have it bad I know depression thoughts and symptoms are not fun first hand but. I have some consequences I am suffering that they don't, and these consequences kill my chances of ever surviving and it seems like many people don't care bc no one wants to invest in low functioning...

people dont care if you can't function. as long as you can do the shit u need to, u deserve help. but when u can't, they don't want u. I have had small chat with like 1 person who had depression like mine, she was an adult in her late 20s and she was rich, so she is ok though not doing anything makes her feel worse. she doesn't have a therapist anymore, no one cares if she feels better, she failed at school and college she cant do shit now. I feel like the reason I never see someone else in my place is because they all either got silenced, or killed themselves. I'll end up the same.

it is really funny that my 3 irl friends who have depression but are high functioning have medications, got them pretty quick because they were like this is hindering my full productivity but I didn't get it and still have to somehow prove that I need them even though I failed school while those 3 freinds I am not exaggerating 1 of them is a top student at school, other is also going to a prestigious uni in uk, and the last one is a genius artist he does exhibitions and shit

these are my, close friends but somehow everytime I mention anything remotely about how it really sucks that my depression is ruining my life, my future. if I mention that i wish I could function even if I stayed sad, they get crazy mad and I mean crazy mad. one time they all just straight up ganged up and told me how horrible I was for being ignorant to them and I was like no. no, it is not the same. no, our places are not interchangeable. maybe I am being a bitch, yes i am jealous, but there is a part of me that feels like I really am not bullshitting. it is different. those terms low-functioning/high-functioning should exist, and need to be acknowledged for their differences, because of the society we live in. they say "it doesn't matter bc u both feel the same and both need treatment" but that is idealistic and utopian. it does matter if u r ruining ur future or not, if u r not being able to participate in life or not. people use heavy terms so easily to excuse this, they are like "u r suffering at hands of capitalism" but that doesn't mean it is not a different level of suffering. capitalism is the reality at the moment right, so why are you all speaking over us... and not acknowledging that we are suffering more. idk if this makes sense

idk who am criticizing. this is a rare moment when am not criticizing me, majorly cause am thinking of both my brothers... maybe am hitting the wrong spots maybe my jealousy is blinding me cause in cad if ny brothers it is the lack of indian mental health system that is preventing help to them and trust me I am majorly frustrated at that. but I am in the right system and somehow I am still not idk.... but m also frustrated at the internet, for not giving them or me the basic stuff, any damn acknowledgment man any acknowledgment. this post is more about how none of you care or say anything except when it is speaking over low functioning people and scream about how hard it is

Idk but I think it is like that gifted child burn out thing that a couple people here brought up. honestly I was a gifted child who is now burnt out, I found it relatable but after a while I was like ok I get it, it sucks u can't live upto expectations but stop acting like it was worse for people like u and me than those people I saw being abused bc they weren't born genius the low functioning people who got bullied and rejected since they were 5 and that always held me back from gathering pity about being a former gifted kid. you guys made such a big deal about it that it was speaking over them I felt like. when I saw a couple people finally bring up how they wished more people talked about not being good at shit since they were kids and everyone hating them being abused by the system and stuff... I think death2america did it too... I was like yeah... and I feel like that is a parallel to this. people said that it was tiring how gifted people kept speaking over them, snatch away any sympathy they may get by loudly crying about how it was really bad for them though, and I feel like, this is happening again too. high functioning people take over idk spaces and dont let low functioning people speak. no one is interested in them, how to help them how to talk about them bc they are useless to them. and it may be like how people dont like acknowledging their privilege... they don't want to acknowledge there is something worse than their situation bc they fear it will dimish the value of their pain which is understandable and pitiful but, at why at the cost of others. why can't we acknowledge it and rather work on what everyone needs instead of speaking over others. why can't we have more conversations about low functioning people have sources alongside ur shit

and I think this along with other reasons may also be one of the reasons why over diagnosing happens and we let it bc rather than focusing on the reasons we begin diagnosing for to treat people stuck in viscious cycles we are now more focused on listening to people who can at least contribute and function and be useful reach their full productivity levels rather than people who are suffering bc of things that are not artificial bc they should die right if they cant do shit let's not even help them in the slightest. this doesn't mran high functioning people shouldn't get help, it means they should not be shadowing low functioning people ig

[imzadi-caskett-huddy]

House, M.D. Fanfic (3/?)

First of all, I want to thank you all for the kind feedback. I hope the rest of my story lives up to your expectations! As always, I don't own House. If I did, season 8 would have had partypants.

As stated in previous chapters, the story follows the big picture laid out on the show, but with my own take on things. This chapter is super Huddy. It's is probably one of my favorites, if not the favorite, that I've written so far. It was the first one I wrote to completion. I really hope you like it! It starts at the end of the episode when House first injects Cuddy with the fertility drugs.

Thanks to @love-hope-faith-feels-like-a-lie for reading my ideas and providing positive feedback! Anything in the way of feedback is always appreciated! Enjoy!

"Thank you for the injections."

House studied her for a few moments. "You came all the way up here just to tell me that?" Now he was curious. She wanted something.

"No." And she left.

He'd been thinking about that all afternoon. About the injections. About what she said earlier when he injected her. He told her it should be with someone she trusted, and the first person she had brought up was him. God, he was an idiot. She was going to ask him to be the donor in his office. The initial morphine high had worn off, and he jumped on his bike to confirm his theory.

When she opened the door with her arms crossed in her robe, he couldn't hide the self satisfied smirk. "If you wanted my sperm, all you had to do was ask."

"Are you high? Why would I want your sperm?"

"To make baby Cuddys," he raised an eyebrow. "I was the first person you mentioned when I told you it should be someone you trusted... not some loser kid who likes Mozart and snorts when he laughs. You came up to my office earlier to tell me something... and it wasn't just a thank you for injecting that perfect ass of yours."

She started to deny it, but what was the point? He had her figured out. He always had her figured out. And it was infuriating how he was always right about her. "Ok. You're right, I was going to ask you," she stepped aside to let him enter.

He nodded and stepped inside then. "Changed your mind?"

She was quiet a moment. She hadn't really changed her mind... just chickened out. "Do you want kids, House?" She finally asked.

That question did silence him for a moment as he had to think about the answer. "I would make a horrible father. I'm not rated G. But I've got good genes. Which is something you need to counteract the neurotic genes you'll no doubt pass on."

She looked almost amused. He was deflecting away from the original question... talking his way around a real answer. "You didn't answer my question. Do you want kids?"

He breathed deeply. If he answered this one wrong, he would hurt her. Probably lose any chance he might have with her... lose any chance he might have at not being alone. "Under the right circumstances..."

She arched an eyebrow. "Those circumstances being?"

He shrugged. "Right girl. Right time. Right place. The usual right circumstances."

She rolled her eyes. "Did you come here because you want to be my sperm donor?" She would simply spell it out for him. She was tired of games.

"If I say yes, are you going to hand me a specimen cup and send me to your bathroom?"

She leaned her back against the wall then with a small smile. "No."

"I told you it should be with someone you like."

Her eyes never broke away from his as she answered, "I like you, House."

He tapped his cane on the floor a couple times, thinking things over, trying to make sure his words were right. "So, how do I do this? You set me up an appointment, or what?" He finally asked, meeting her eyes again.

She pushed herself off the wall and moved closer to him. "I can do that, if you want. There are other... more direct ways," she said softly, biting her lip slightly.

He raised an eyebrow. "More direct than taking my best guys and putting them with your best girls and sticking them right into your uterus?" Why was she suddenly so close?

She could feel his breath on her skin as she studied him. It was now or never. "I had something a little more fun in mind. Something... mutually beneficial," she murmured before closing the distance between their lips with a slow kiss.

When he pulled back after a moment, he studied her eyes. He needed to make sure she was sure about this... that there wasn't regret or a sign of her doing this for any other reason other than she genuinely wanted to. When she still didn't pull away and he got the confirmation he needed, he kissed her again, this time rougher, hotter than the first.

Her robe was the first piece of clothing to go, followed shortly by his jacket, as they both fought for control of the situation. His shirt followed when she found her back pressed against the wall, his hands exploring her body freely.

He groaned as she basically flipped their positions, shoving him hard back against the wall, her teeth dragging across his collarbone as they worked their way toward her bedroom. She really did like it rough.

A yelp escaped her as she found herself on her back on the bed with a smile. It had been a long time since she'd given into pure lust and passion like this. Maybe she should have done it sooner. When he moved over her, she allowed him a moment before quickly flipping their positions so she was straddling his hips, her hands against his chest. "Do you want to stop?" She asked in a husky, bedroom voice he'd never heard but suddenly wanted to hear more of.

"Do you?" He countered, his hands lightly rubbing her thighs.

That seemed to be all the permission either needed before fusing their lips together in a searing kiss again.

Sometime after 3, he ran his fingers slowly down her bare back. It took a moment, but she finally lifted her head to look at him, a sleepy but satisfied smile on her lips.

"I should go home. Let you get some real sleep so you can be all administratory later," he murmured softly. "I'm sure I'll try to blow up a patient's heart or something in the name of diagnostics and you'll have to stop me."

She breathed deeply and stretched slowly before turning off her stomach and curling into his side, her leg draped over his thigh. "Mmm... you could stay..." she suggested in a quiet voice.

He chuckled softly. "That's the sex talking. I don't have clean clothes here. And I need a shower before work. Boss tends to get pissy when I'm late."

She smiled slowly. "She'll give you a pass this once."

He gave her a little grin. "I'll stay for no clinic duty this week," he tried.

She laughed softly. "Are you trying to negotiate your way out of clinic duty with sex?"

"Depends. Is it working?" He asked hopefully.

"No," she laughed again, swatting at his chest.

He breathed deeply, fingers lightly running along her bare shoulder. "I really do have to go. Believe it or not, charming my way into your bed was not my intentions when I came over last night."

She inhaled slowly and shifted comfortably under the covers to let him up. "Okay."

He started to untangle himself from her and her sheets. Before he could completely get up, she stopped him. He raised an eyebrow in question, only to have her sit up and kiss him slowly, almost possessively, like she was staking her claim. "You better not be late," she murmured with a smile before laying down to get a couple hours of sleep.

[arlingtonpark]

Yo so I don't know if you've seen this one theory thats been floating around the fandom but some of us think that the reason the writing has been so bad recently might be because Isayama really was going to go for a genocide ending but once the publisher got word they put their foot down and twisted his arm into doing a 'non-genocide' ending so as not to ruin the reputation of their magazine. I myself see some merit in this theory, but I'm not quite convinced. What do you think?

Hmm, I doubt that, honestly.

Admittedly, I did consider that some behind the scenes shenanigans were afoot when 126 came out.

126 suuucked. Like, it really fucking sucked, as if the whole thing had been made in a single weekend. Scene staging wasn’t just sloppy, it was nonexistent. Jean’s teleporting in Onyankopon’s execution scene still amazes me.  

It’s all even more inexplicable after reading 127 and 128. Those chapters had spotty writing, but…they weren’t obviously spotty.

Fans were just enjoying their time when 126 came streaking on the field. Then 127 and 128 came and… well, at least they were wearing towels.

I don’t pay much attention to the fandom, but I can see why this theory would have currency. It’s just the easiest explanation.

What’s one of the first scapegoats whenever a Creative falls flat?

“It’s the exec’s fault!”

Fans form connections with the creators of their favorite works. Creators make the stuff that make  us happy. And you can follow them on social media, and get some modicum of humanizing connection to them, and you can see them shitpost about their lives on Twitter, except it’s not shitposting because it’s Twitter and that’s the point.

Everyone is the hero of their own life, but people you consider your friends are also part of The Good Guys.

It can be hard to blame the artist when their art is suddenly not so satisfying; blaming their boss is just easier.

After reading 126, my first thought was that Isayama must’ve been pissy about something and let that show in his work.

There’s a reason why I didn’t talk about this feeling I got, though, and that’s because it’s just too speculative.

It is impossible to prove anything about what happened behind the scenes. None of us were there, none of us know, we’ll probably never know.

I don’t think it does any good to support something so purely speculative. There’s no way to know, not evidentially, nor logically.

I will say, though, that I find it unlikely that 126 happened because the editors butted in.

The mistakes we saw in 126, if anything, imply a lack of editorial involvement.

Careless mistakes like Jean teleporting between panels and Armin dismounting his horse off-panel should have been caught by the editor. That’s part of the editor’s job: quality control.

As an experienced artist, Isayama would likely avoid careless mistakes most of the time, but some will inevitably get through, and that’s why editors exist. They catch those mistakes and notify the writer.

Mistakes like this sneaking through indicate the editors might have actually been too hands-off.

I also don’t think ending on genocide is reason enough for any executive interference.

As in all stories, it’s about how it’s presented. Maybe Eren does slaughter everyone, but if Isayama presents it as a cautionary tale, what’s the harm?

Would the publisher’s reputation be damaged if it ran a manga that ended on a visceral, anti-genocide message?

Attack on Titan has already gotten away with a lot for a manga targeted at teenage boys.

The violence and depictions of real-world racism have been downright visceral. 128 ends with a major character shooting someone’s face off. I think Floch’s lost track of his kill count by now.

In Founder Ymir’s chapter alone we’ve seen desiccated corpses, rape, child abuse, and cannibalism. What’s the end of the world to that?

Theorizing about what’s up behind the scenes can make for fun, idle speculation, but I don’t think corporate interference explains much.

Thanks for the ask!

[carriagelamp]

what don't you like about the bioware fandom?

Mostly that it seems set to hate everything.

It is friggin exhausting my dude.

And yes, I get that this is a skewed perception from manydifferent people disliking a few individual things each rather than a singleentity hating every single thing about the entire b//ware library but I swearto GOD that’s what it feels like some times.

Seriously, every game seems to be hated for some reason or another and I’m honestly dreading the release of the next game because i know if i don’t block the hell out of it people are gonna do their damnedest to burn it the the ground. you should have seen my blacklist when the newest m/ss e//ect game came out, like sure, there are always things wrong with new media, but give me a hot second to actually enjoy it first smh.

I suspect what makes this fandom particularly… volatile? is thefact that there isn’t really a “true” canon. As much as we in fandom loveeschewing canon, it does, ultimately, act like an anchor. Of course there is adegree of fixed plot in the b//ware games, but there is also a lot of personalchoice – which is fun gameplay, but a treacherous fandom dynamic. The waycharacters acts, which characters like which characters, what events happenedor should happen or couldn’t have happened, it all changes depending on theperson, with a healthy layer of personal interpretation thrown on top. But whenyou’re looking up fanart and fanfiction, the truth is that we are generallylooking to see works that reflects our own understanding of “canon”, to continueon the story we know and love, and so when those fan works DON’T reflect what aperson considers a fundamental part of their own canon, things get… tricky.

At least, that’s my theory. And it ties horrifyingly intothe fucking awful and aggressive ship wars. God listening to people bitch aboutwhich relationships are and are not abusive makes me want to lovinglysmothering the entire damn fandom. Yes, I get it, you prefer Protagonist with RomanceableCharacter A, that’s fine, great, live your best life.  Just search the relationship tags you likeand c h i l l rather than trying to attack people that prefer the Protag withRomanceable Character B – or, heaven forbid, those that prefer RomanceableCharacter A with NPC 1. People don’t seem to realize their own preferences,their own “canon”, isn’t being diminished by someone exploring a different dynamic.

Another thing that makes b//ware buckwild is the fact that alot of the dilemmas ARE moral dilemmas, in which you need to weigh your own beliefswith those of your player character and be willing to acknowledge the shades ofgrey that exist within a number of these questions. Tumblr, as I’m sure we allknow, is not particular fond of this concept, and goes hard for puritypolitics. So people get really pissy about people that like characters or plotchoices that push against their own decisions about what is the morally rightchoice.

I’ve seen people get upset that a “morally wrong choice” is even an OPTION. Like… this is a roleplaying game? The characters don’t necessarily have the same life experiences and beliefs that you the gamer do. If you want to play the game only going by your own meta understanding of the series, go for it, follow your bliss, but we don’t all want to play that way. My characters can vary a lot and so can their responses because my dalish elf doesn’t have the same knowledge as my human noble or my vashoth mage. And then people will go a step further and decide it means that b//ware itself is #evil for providing that option… somehow forgetting all the other options and social criticism they also offer? Like, just because every npcs doesn’t immediately renounce the chantry’s wicked ways doesn’t somehow mean that the company itself endorses slavery what… what are you talking about. It’s giving a glimpse into the minds of characters who have grown up with a very different set up ideological beliefs than us and… and I get tired just thinking about this.

TL;DR: basically you get this shitty combination of a massive ship war, tumblr’smorality politics, and no firm canon… and then wrap it up in a 30-100hr game that people get invested in and put it in the hands of a bunch of video game nerds, and this is what comesof it: a fandom that is determined to vocally and aggressively tear down everyelement of the games, the creators, the fanwork, and their fellow gamers.

Thisfandom has taken vows of mutually assured destruction and it’s gonna take everyonedown with it.

[mermaidsirennikita]

hello there, i'd just like to ask ur opinion on smthg pollard wrote abt henry viii if u don't mind me asking! here's what he says "the explanation of henry's career must be sought not so much in the study of his character as in the study of his environment, of the conditions which made things possible for him that weren't possible before" i'm not sure to understand what he's saying but does he mean that his character has nothing to do with how his reign went? if so, imo that's bullshit

same anon again hi, pollard also says “in our desire to reprobate the immorality of henry’s methods, we are led to deny their success; or in our appreciation of the greatness of the ends he achieved, we seek to excuse the means he took to achieve them”. he’s obvsly one of his stans lmao, i’m not sure to understand what he means, if you don’t mind me coming to you to help me clear things out; nobody’s excusing his shit behaviour and what success is there to deny i don’t think he succeeded at all 

Is this A.F. Pollard?  If so, I imagine that if you look you can probably find some rebuttals from more recent academics that might be fun to read!  He died in ‘48, and tho the perspective on when a historian becomes outdated ranges, I probably couldn’t cite his work to support my arguments at my university.  (Challenging him would be another thing entirely lol.)  At least in my department, they want us to be pretty critical of historians who were publishing shit before like ‘70s and ‘80s.  I mean, be critical of potentially everything, but someone like Pollard would have been writing before feminist methodologies or post-colonial methodologies were really like… prevalent at all.  So keep that in mind, if this is THAT Pollard, he’s writing before more feminist historians and for that matter many historians who took into mind what was happening to the little people who suffered under Henry’s rule re-examined him.  In fact, it looks like he’s been discredited by more recent historians in terms of his Tudor-related work, so that’s nice lol.

Having not read this entire work, I give this opinion cautiously, but it’s clear that he’s trying to defend Henry.  But the line about excusing the means he took to reach his ends, he does seem to be attempting to acknowledge the extent to which Henry hurt people.  At the end of the day, however, I would agree that Henry wasn’t a smashing success.  From the perspective of a Protestant historian, perhaps.  But Henry’s reformation in England, while giving the reformation across Europe a good push, ultimately wasn’t really about Lutheranism.  In fact, the Church of England wasn’t so different from the Catholic Church, which… wasn’t what Luther was going for.  Henry broke apart and created his own version of the Church for largely personal reasons.

For that matter, it’s important to remember that in the grand scheme of things, the Tudors were hugely influential in England, but they were hardly the dynasty that Henry VII and indeed Henry VIII likely envisioned.  Out of the 5 monarchs the Tudors produced (6 if you count Jane Grey) two ruled for a short time, three during times of extreme religious and political stress (many forget that while Edward didn’t have much to do with his reign for a good while, it wasn’t exactly an easy time religiously speaking). Henry VII’s initial rockiness can be credited in part to the fact that he was establishing a dynasty after conquest, and his reign ended up being… not particularly remarkable, perhaps, but a good establishing point for the Tudors.  Elizabeth I had ups and downs, but is generally remembered as a good, solid monarch.  Aaaaand then they’re done.  Lol.  Idk if Henry VIII would consider that a success, as his great push for an heir, I imagine, extended in his mind beyond a single generation following him,

He didn’t have many militaristic successes, at least not on a major scale.  The Rough Wooing did not… work…  He didn’t get France (LMAOOOOO oh did he not get France) and he engaged with men who frankly were more than a match for him in Charles V and Francis I, only to discover that they in fact knew what they were doing.  I think it’s kinda hilarious that Henry was like “idk about France” initially, then jumped into France with Charles, then when Charles was like “I’m out” he made peace with France fairly quickly but Henry, who initially didn’t want to be there, couldn’t make peace for like forever.  Oh…. H8.  He also spent excessively thanks to his attempts on France.  Like, he bankrupted his country.  That’s why he had to give up what he actually got in France.  He sold French land back to France because he bankrupted his nation trying to get a piece of that.  Plus he created religious unrest that continued well into Elizabeth’s reign, and arguably beyond that though she quelled a lot of the issues.

Basically, to me it looks like Pollard is trying to say that Henry’s personality and force of will is not that remarkable, but that his environment was.  Which I would agree with–lots of mediocre people made things happen at this time, which is probably thanks to the fact that legitimately brilliant Little Guys were rising up due to a wave of intellectual rediscovery that led to the challenging of the status quo in Europe.  This was the Renaissance, after all.  But of course Henry’s character ultimately had to do with his reign–it’s just that, if not for his environment, he may have ended up just being a pissy little shit.  He had the advantage of the Reformation already being a thing in Europe.  He had the advantage of being a king in a time when the king’s divine right was being considered.  He had the advantage of being surrounded by similarly pissy, power-hungry men who were ready to engage.  (Francis and Charles were hardly perfect.)  His personality ultimately led to his reign being perhaps not as good as it could have been, but he was given conditions in which other monarchs perhaps would have thrived more.  That being said, he did make a lot of changes and got a lot of shit done–which he perhaps would have considered a success.  Was it a success for the nation?  Maybe not.

Edit: I know I say “perhaps” a lot, it’s literally the art history major in me, our battle cry is “WE DON’T ACTUALLY KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW THIS IS ALL THEORY”