#tia talks theories ﹒✶

[realtieswithryye]

♡ ⠀⠀ ⌣ ⠀ ৶⠀ . The Hedonic Treadmill and Reality Shifting a/n : also yes i know i have been inactive but uh.. that's changing!!

When it comes to reality shifting, a lot of people (myself included!) can get caught up in chasing that next big shift—whether it’s to a desired reality (DR), manifesting an ideal life, or constantly searching for the next goal. It's easy to think, "Once I get there, everything will be perfect." But, just like in the hedonic treadmill theory, no matter what reality we shift into, our mind will eventually adjust to the excitement and newness, and we could find ourselves back at our emotional starting point.

Why? Because external realities—no matter how amazing—don’t necessarily change our internal emotional state in the long term. We might shift to a reality where everything we want is possible, but eventually, our mind adapts, and we’re left searching for the next thrill or change.

♡ ⠀⠀ ⌣ ⠀ ৶⠀ . How to Break the Cycle in Reality Shifting

The goal isn’t just to keep hopping between realities in search of happiness, but to cultivate inner stability and fulfillment wherever we go. Here are some ways you can break the cycle while shifting:

꒰ 𓂃 Focus on Inner Growth Instead of solely focusing on the external features of the reality you want to shift to, start by strengthening your inner mindset. Work on self-awareness, mindfulness, and personal growth so that when you do shift, you're bringing a strong and balanced mindset with you.

꒰ 𓂃 Practice Gratitude Gratitude is a game-changer for shifting out of the hedonic treadmill. By appreciating the small joys in each reality, you train your mind to find contentment in the present moment, instead of constantly searching for the next thrill. Whether you're in your CR (current reality) or DR, gratitude grounds you.

꒰ 𓂃 Understand Your Emotional Baseline Recognize that no matter which reality you're in, your emotions are cyclical, and you will adapt to new highs. Instead of chasing temporary highs, embrace the process of shifting as a tool for growth, not just an escape from dissatisfaction.

꒰ 𓂃 Set Meaningful Intentions Shift with purpose. Instead of focusing purely on the excitement or aesthetics of your dream reality, ask yourself: What will this shift help me learn? or How will this shift support my personal evolution? Meaningful intentions create lasting fulfillment.

꒰ 𓂃 Balance Between Realities Don’t get caught up in trying to live in one “perfect” reality. Remember, each reality—current or dream—has something to offer. Finding balance between them, and understanding that shifting is a journey, helps break the cycle of constantly seeking new highs.

[unicornlovers10]

Raine would love Chrome Music Lab. They would spend hours creating little tunes with it.

[unicornlovers10]

This is going to be extremely simplified, but this is how Grimwalkers are made in my fanfics and AUs. I'm also trying to figure out a few details here and there.

Gather all of the ingredients including blood, whether directly from the creator or from a vial. The blood makes the Grimlet related to the creator or blood donor (Like parent and child). Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly and have the Grimwalker mixture flow into the soil below directly from the pipes. Wait about 9 months, and then you have a brand new Grimwalker.

which of these headcanons ive seen about the grimwalker creation process is y'all's favorite

throw all the raw ingredients in the hole, bury em, and water it with magic until your new child soldier grows big enough to harvest

carve a wooden doll out of palistrom wood, add the bone and galderstone and stonesleeper lungs all at once, cover in selkidomus scales like they do with fish skin on burns, and then bury until the pressure from the soil + magic fuses it all together

carve a fetus out of palistrom wood, put bun in oven (palisman baby in it's womb-grave), bake at 60 degrees fahrenheit for several months/years while you add the other ingredients at various intervals just to make sure it cooks properly, and continue to baste in magic juice until it's a perfect golden guard

it's an extremely complex and difficult process that cant really be described or summarized so easily. due to our lack of knowledge on how magic really works, especially magic that isn't simple glyphs or made from the phlegm in a witch's bilesac, it's not something that you want to put detail into until we are given more detail of the magic system on the boiling isles from dana terrace.

use a glyph to combine all the ingredients and then bury the body until the stone activates and brings your new homunculus to life

[celestefox13]

So..... can we talk about how Sphene is a foil to Shadowbringers G'raha?

Like, under slightly different circumstances, or if he started to doubt his plan having a chance at success, he could've distressingly easily become like Sphene.

He admits to how he tried everything he could think of to save the WoL on the gondola ride. And the unspoken part, that perhaps even he doesn't consciously realize or want to acknowledge, is that he did everything he could think of without violating his morals. He held onto lines he wouldn't cross.

But what if he hadn't? What if his poor heart finally broke and he decided the means were justified if it meant saving the one person he wanted to save?

Or what if Emet got to him and figured him out sooner and managed to get the idea in his head that an umbral calamity would be a small price to pay if it meant saving the WoL?

The scale is arguably smaller, and much more intimate and close to the heart, than Sphene, but the steps to lead to that alternate timeline where our precious G'raha Tia burns the world and beyond if it means saving us was probably a lot closer than we ever dare consider.

The fact that he managed to endure and save everything that he did while going through all of the research about what leads up to the WoL's death in the world he woke up to, and didn't lose his morals in the pursuit of saving the WoL is an impressive display of mental and emotional fortitude.

But his poor heart. All those years of stress and frustration whenever a wall was hit, or an idea didn't work out when applied even in theory.

Their desperation levels even reach similar points. Because on every try to pull the WoL to the First, there IS desperation in his voice, increasingly so with each attempt. The try that finally works, he rushes to where they land because he has to be sure. He has to see with his own eyes to confirm that this plan that he finally landed on after YEARS of hard work and research is at least working on step 1. That he's finally gained a foothold on his goal.

And what a blessing that that plan didn't end up like Sphene's. That he never hit a point where the thought of "by any means necessary" truly meant by ANY means necessary. But now I wonder and worry about how close he may have been to that edge.

"This tragedy, even greater than the Seventh Umbral Calamity, must be undone. If history must be unwritten, let it be unwritten." - G'raha Tia about his goal to save the WoL

"For them I will do anything. If bloodshed will save my subjects, I will become history's most brutal Queen." - Sphene about her goal to save the Endless

[alost-traveler]

7x10 Speculations

So, today we got stills (x) and I have some theories. It’s going to be multiples theories at once, so buckle up.

First, I think the episode will pick on the same night when Athena’s house burns.

The dinner date – The aftermath of the Kim/Shannon situation

I think Buck’s night starts by him cooking dinner for his dinner date with Tommy. Tommy wouldn’t be here maybe because he’s still on shift. Then, he receives a phone call by Eddie who is losing his shit after the Kim/Shannon incident. Buck talks with Eddie who explains to him everything. Maybe Eddie will explain that Chris has locked himself in his room and both Kim and Marisol broke up with him. Then, the Diaz Parents are here. Why are they are? Same reason that Abuela was there for the wedding, YOLO. Maybe the Diaz parents are there to visits family, don’t forget that Tia Pepa also lives in LA. I think they invite themselves or Chris called them since he knew they were coming. But I think they invite themselves and they feel that something is fishy. Just after they arrive, Buck gets a phone call from Tommy and is happily leaving. Then the Diaz parents look at Eddie who has no one in his corner. Eddie explains the situation and even shows them the photo.

Buck then has his date with Tommy and everything seems to go well. Either during dinner or after, Buck gets a phone call telling him that Bobby and Athena are in the hospital. Tommy goes with him; Lou has been seen wearing the same clothes that he is during the dinner dates.

The Madney – Henren scene:

From interview, we have seen JLH wearing the same outfits that she’s wearing on the still and on that same interview, Aisha was wearing the same outfit that she’s wearing on the hospital stills. It seems to be a happy scene full of smile and sunshine. We know that’s not going to last. JLH had said either in interview or in a story that Chimney and Maddie will do something romantic for a couple. My guess is that after the Mara situation, Chim and Maddie invites the Wilson at their home and try to find a solution. There’s a theory that’s roaming around and I agree with that theory. I also think that the solution find would be Chimney and Maddie proposing to become Mara’s foster family until she gets permanently placed at the Wilson’s. Will they succeed on the episode? Not likely. The episode seem packed but I think they will be one step closer and that will set their storyline for S8. Then either Chim or Hen gets a phone call.

The hospital:

I think Chim and Hen would arrive alone and first. Upon seeing that neither Buck nor Eddie are there, I think they will call them and ask them to come. Then, the four of them are. Athena wakes up and asks for Bobby. Bobby is not doing well because well the guy is on a ventilator. So, not fun. Then the chief comes and informs them of Bobby’s retirement. Which is why they are shocked. I also think that Gerrard might replace them, we saw the actor on set. I have another theory so more on that later.

The day after: I think most of the episode will be spend during the morning after and I have multiple points.

The 118 will stay all night and the scene with Chief Simpson might be the day after.

All the 118 have a moment with Bobby. Eddie has one and will pray using the Bible gave him.

Hen might leave first, maybe to confront the congresswoman or to have a meeting with Dedra. She will then call Chim to explain the situation.

Buck and Eddie will go home and change. The next day, Eddie will have a talk with Christopher who will say that he’ll leave with his grandparents. Eddie will not take the news well and will have a talk with his dad. Since the previous season, Ramon became more and more supportive of Eddie so I think he will try to recomfort Eddie by telling that Christopher leaving for the summer might be a good thing. If one of the Diaz parents will attack Eddie, it would be Helena.

Before Chris leaves, Buck goes to say goodbye to Chris. Before leaving, Eddie and Chris will have a heart to heart and maybe Chris will tell that he’s mad at his dad and leave without forgiving him.

Athena will leave the hospital and goes to Amir. She feels that something else happen in the desert will find a photo that would prove that. She goes to Amir to asks for question. But then, the troubles come. I think that the Cartel are the one that burned Athena’s house. They have the resources. Also it won’t be the congresswoman; Bobby has no tied to her son’s death. Hen was in charge that night. Not Bobby. Bobby was away.

What about Gerrard?

The fact that he was bought from the flashback is interesting. The guy will for sure come back in S8. I think he will replace Bobby as captain. Gerrard is just one lucky son of a bitch.

Why wouldn’t it be one of the 118? Let me explain

We know for Chim that he doesn’t want to be captain. The guy had the job and prayed the Lord for Bobby to come back.

I think Eddie doesn’t want to be captain. He seems content in his position and might not want to be captain.

Buck is not ready to be Captain. Buck is the one that is more captain material. He was shown to have leadership skills. But he also lacks rigor and discipline. He would be a great captain, could even be better than Bobby. But now is too early and he still has a hot head temperament.

But then why not Hen? She was acting Captain twice while Bobby was gone, one in S6 when Bobby was in Florida because Athena’s dad had a heart-attack, once in S7 when Bobby was on a cruise. So, if Hen had been already been acting Captain twice, why not a third time? Two possibilities:

One. The chief refuses because of disciplinary reasons. She might got a medal because of the cruise ship situation. She still disobeyed orders. She might not be awarded because of that.

Two. The congresswoman. I don’t think we will see the last of her in S7. She is razor focus on ruining Hen’s life and she pulled out the Mara situation pretty easily. Who said that she doesn’t have another card in her hand?

[lover-of-mine]

ngl it makes me nervous that in episode ONE after only TWO MONTHS of dating, our first intro to eddie and marisol together is them in his house being domestic and smiling at his son as if they’re both his parents….. i know ryan said their relationship would be up and down and later on eddie is considering how she fits in his life, but they seem to be serious and settled real quick. like not only has she met chris already but she’s hanging at their house with them?? hmm what are your initial thoughts post-premiere?

Okay, imma start this off by saying I only watched the episode once and I usually type my metas and theories out after at least 2 watches (I do one for the plot and one for details) so I might come back to this later. Also, my first reaction to this was actually "Shannon's ghost had more screentime, we're fine". But one, we didn't actually see the date, we saw Eddie telling Buck about the date, even Ana had multiple dates we saw as they happened not as flashbacks, and Eddie was having panic attacks about her. Two, the show made a big show of how Chris is being supportive this time around and Eddie has this whole no secrets thing with Chris policy so Marisol being at the house makes some sense when you look at it that way. Three, this one is less about the episode and more about Eddie's character as a whole, Eddie overcorrects with everything that went wrong once. From telling Chris he can do anything and being ready to crush that because Chris fell off a skateboard to quitting without a second thought because Chris was scared. Tia Pepa said he's gonna die alone, so he went golfing and hiking to meet people when we never saw him golfing or hiking. His automatic reaction to doing something wrong is to do the opposite. And that reflects on his relationships too. He barged into the loft because Buck was mopping after almost dying and that ended with Buck and Chris getting caught in the tsunami, so the next time Buck died, he stayed off Maddie's list and waited for Buck to come to him. He held Shannon at arm's length for months and then she died so he lost months he could've had with her, so when Buck apologizes he forgives him with no hesitation. Shannon kept accusing him of not actually being present in their relationship with him joining the army, so he's all with Ana way too fast. And that could be the case with Marisol too. I stand by the fact we still don't have enough information on Marisol to get anything definitive, which in itself is proof they are not trying to make us care about her or the relationship, but the thing it's the couples episode, the characters reintroduction episode, the show of dynamics episode, and Marisol's introduction as Eddie's girlfriend episode, and it has more of Eddie's dead wife than his girlfriend (which is exactly what I needed, justice for Shannon Diaz and the way she was written to be fridged). Sure, Marisol is chaperoning with Eddie, but Eddie is talking to Buck about the date, not in the date, so the date is not even relevant enough for us to actually see it, and sure she's existing in the same space as Chris but when Eddie needs actual help with the situation, he goes to Buck. We also don't know how she met Chris, and we didn't see them interact, so we don't know how she exists in Chris' life yet. So, like, we're fine.

And also, Buck and Eddie have some personal growth to do before they can get together in a satisfying way and that could absolutely come from low-stakes relationships with other people, like Eddie learning to have fun and Buck learning how to ask for things.

[bluecheeseinmyoffwhites]

Y'all do not worry about Eddie & Marisol. Like be so fr. He does not like this girl. He has actively been avoiding finding dates all last season. Up to 6x13, there was no plot point regarding Eddie in the dating scene, until his Tia literally tried to trap him.

He constantly turns down BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, he voices that he does not want to go on these dates with these women, he goes on these dates already planning to turn them down??

He can't even be bothered to remember the plans that HE MADE AND WROTE to lie to his Tia about how the date went last night (but he sure had those three minutes & 17 seconds locked in). Like that's not the actions of a straight man

Feeling like he is "forced to perform"???? Like y'all it doesn't get any more queercoded than that. &&&& we're supposed to think Marisol stands out??? Wasn't the episode she debuted in about like home invasions or something? Red flags from the jump. If anything I was digging the bar girl more than her.

& matter of fact let's talk about that bar date because there's actually sooo much to unpack there. Eddie understands that she wouldn't want to break her Tia's heart, THEN she says "or mine, you get that don't you?". Eddie is still prioritizing other people's wants over his own. Forcing himself on these women is only breaking his heart.

Eddie was being pressured to date again, & Marisol just happened to be at the right place at the right time. This is just girl he met on a call. He doesn’t know her. And something is telling me he doesn’t want to.

Bonus: A little color theory here (6x14). Eddie is wearing his signature green while his setup was wearing Buck’s baby blue. These colors hint that something is off, as the previous episode has him in green & Buck in baby blue, & Eddie was much more relaxed there. Also, Eddie wears a red suit at his date with Vanessa, which going off the previous episode that has Buck in a red suit, could imply that someone else was on Eddie’s mind during his date.

[ollieoliveoboelo22]

Music of TURN

Round 23

The Turtle Dove

4.03: Blood for Blood

In the previous version from season three, it was in Bb minor. Here, it is in E minor. Restless love, grief, and mournfulness.

The song also opens post fight scene of Arnold and Peggy. The topic? John Andre, Peggy's love for him, and his death

The last time we heard this song, we saw the division between Abe and his father. And now, the song Richard once sung to Abe as a child, now plays as Abraham must say goodbye to his father. Death has already occured, and so now it is a time of mourning. The use of the key, knowing that Richard cannot return adds to the grief already expressed in the song.

The instrumentation is so simple, small string ensemble and guitar. But the simplicity just adds this emotional connection and almost a rustic feeling.

Also... little fun fact, I made an arrangement of this for my music theory 4 class. I never did get the live recording... and MuseScore did me dirty with the marimba rolls, but it's just so beautiful.

Surrender Theme

4.09: Reckoning

Once again, I'd consider this Washington's theme more than just the surrender theme. Last time I went into the brass instrumentation of how it feels so grand. Well let's go ahead and check the key... and look at that F major.

(This was actually REALLY hard to do as it's chord progressions and not just a simple melody to follow.)

I thought it might be D Major... (the key you use when you want grand) and it DOES center on D quite often. Using it as a pivot chord to get that grand feeling when it resolves. And it also happens that d minor is the relative key of F Major so I take that as a win.

F Major is associated with calm, serious, and optimism. Which I think very much reflect on Washington for the most part.

One music theorist explained it as "at once full of peace and joy, but also expresses effectively a light, passing regret—a mournful, but not a deeply sorrowful feeling." Which I think perfectly embodies the moment. The passing regret being the war and bloodshed.

I might do a full analysis.... or as best I can on theme, as I'm going to have transcribe by ear. But that way you can see what exactly I'm talking about with the chord transitions and eliciting certain feelings.

[thetangycheesemanwithaplan]

Eddie Diaz (+ Family) speculation

Highlighted is the main points and then i go into more thoughts on each

•One of Eddie's sisters has moved to LA(Maybe even both)

-Eddie said at the beginning of EP 6, that he dropped Christopher off at his cousins. I know this could mean one of Eddie's cousins (which would be second cousins to Chris) But we've never heard of any of Eddie's cousins living in LA. We only know of Tia Pepá currently living there. And although this could still be Tia's children/Eddies cousin's, I find it odd that they're only coming up now. All the years of child care support Eddie has needed ? It would have come up sooner

-We've been told we will meet his sister(s?) and I don't think it's going to be just a passing moment (like his probation ceremony where they were just seen)

-I feel like they're laying some ground work for more Diaz Family stuff and this could play into that. I feel like his sisters will be key to parts of his story line (more on this below)

•Abuela has also moved back to LA

-Look is this partially cause I want more Abuela? Yes . Do I want a spin of show with Tia Pepá and Abuela being gossiping shenanigan queens? Absolutely! But Abuela was at the wedding. No context was given to this she was there, I don't think she's flying in just to be a guest in the wedding and if she had flown in with the rest of Eddie's family it would have been mentioned? (If the whole family was in town Eddie would have maybe said I've dropped him off with my family not at his cousins- it sounded like a more permanent situation with his cousin not a visiting situation)

-She lived in LA prior and moved back to Texas cause of COVID and I can bet your ass she wants to come back (get away from Helena and Ramon) I also see that being a problem to Eddie's parents and they would have brought it up as a concern for her well-being but if Eddie's sister has moved also, you know Abuela is arguing a case to move cause there's even more family to keep an eye on her etc (she packed her bags and went fuck this, I'm out)

-This plays into the groundwork for Diaz Family stuff

•Shannon is back

-We know this based on the photo we've seen and it's going to be interesting to see

-We can almost rule out the reason Eddie sees her as anything medical as they've just been through that with Chim. And I reckon it'll be in ghost form (hence the title) but my question is will it be like the Shannon&Chris scene where she's there but not seen or is it something Eddie sees

-I think there will be an interaction of some sort between them, maybe not directly but there will be an Eddie x Shannon conversation going on. Eddie has just finally been made aware/acknowledged of all his repressed catholic guilt (RCG) and a lot of that is going to tie into his relationship with Shannon and the reasons behind it. His unresolved feelings that he is dealing with have come up now because of this RCG. He may have thought he'd made peace with it but now he's dealing with this its probably brining up a lot for him. He either imagines a what if scenario and we see Shannon if she had lived and they have a conversation or its a ghost version who appears to him when he's thinking about it all

-I like the idea of a ghost version that Eddie interacts with because he's now questioning his entire belief system (RCG) and what better to challenge that system then a mf ghost (Eddie doesnt belive in that kind of stuff. Talking to a grave and them watching over-yes. Shannon the friendly ghost not so much)

•Eddie will reach out to Abuela (and his sister) to talk about the Shannon of it all

-After Eddie see's Shannon, he's got even more on his mind. He goes to Abuela's. His sister also happens to be there (You see al these theories coming together now). He talks about what he's going through and his sister and abuela talk him through some of it. His Abuela offering the supportive parental side that he doesnt always get from his parents and his sister offering an understanding thats on the same level because she was raised the same way, she understands his upbringing better than anyone. And yes there are differences , Eddie was told to be the man and step up,but she was there, she lived through it with him

-Eddie has done so well with therapy that i feel he would want to talk about it but not with his parents so Abuela seems the most likely. I feel like he would want to get an understanding of it before he even dared to confront his parents. This RCG will be an ongoing thing but i think Eddie starts to take steps to figure it out.

•Diaz Family Drama(The Will)

-His parents will be in town for something (maybe an award ceremony/presentation of sorts) and although i don't think Eddie's going to come out and say RCG to them, i feel like some comments will be made towards his parents.

-I believe these comments will be about The Will. It'll come out that Buck becomes Chris' legal guardian if anything were to happen to him and this causes outrage and Eddie explains that he wants Chris raised a certain way and Buck understands this(aka not the way Eddie was raised-RCG). Also that Buck is the closest thing to another parent Chris has and therefore it makes the most sense as a person in Chris's life.

-Bonus of if this is when Chris also finds out and despite Helena and Ramon's protests Chris just says 'Buck is like a dad to me'

Shoutout to @whollyjoly and @buck-up-buck as always for listening to me ramble about this like last week! I'm only now putting it in writing

[scottishoctopus]

(To the mun) I'm not quite sure what we could find in the next POTC movie, but the point is it's very hard to believe that Davy Jones will return to us just like that. I mean...Since Sparrow killed Jones taking off his own heart and made Will Turner the future boss of the Flying Dutchman getting his own heart and gaven to Elisabeth Swann...How could Jones be able to return to us? Just curiosity and confusion with the cannon of all POTC movies, just all.

Well talking about the next POTC movie is reaaally frustrating if we're talking about it being in the works. Disney is being an absolute dumpster fire at the minute and they're considering doing a reboot which doesn't have Johnny Depp in it. And whether people like it or not, he is the face of the franchise. People are always going to watch POTC because of Captain Jack Sparrow! If Disney does make that reboot which might be likely, then it's certainly not going to do well at the box office.

There is no pirates without Johnny Depp!

Now I know that wasn't entirely the focus of your question and I'll get back to it since it's Davy centric XD.

Dead Men Tell No Tales was a pretty bad pirates movie, with plot holes and all sorts of canon breaking such as Jack receiving the compass not from Tia Dalma/Calypso as she says in Dead Man's Chest, but from a dying Captain which still rightfully pisses me off!

But the movie did give us the Trident of Poseidon that held all curses of the sea but then was later broken by Henry Turner which released Will from his duty as Captain of the Flying Dutchman, and Henry got his dad back and he, Carina and Will reunited with Elizabeth.

(Course this raises a whole load of questions because Will no longer has a heart so I don't understand how he's still standing and plus this yet again pissed me off because Davy could have done that all along and he could have been freed? I DON'T KNOW DAMN YE DISNEY)

But at the end of the credits, just like the previous movies there is post-credit scene which reveals Davy entering Will and Elizabeth's home and dramatically limping towards their bed as if to strike them with his claw. Will wakes up with a start, figures it was a nightmare and falls back asleep. BUT! The camera pans down and reveals a puddle of water with a bunch of barnacles in them, so that must mean Davy was actually there but he disappeared for whatever reason.

My theory goes, Calypso resurrected him like she did with Captain Barbossa (POOR HECTOR HE DIED AGAIN GOD DAMN YOU DISNEY) for a purpose. She's the only character in the franchise that has actually brought back someone from the grave, and so she's a likely candidate for bringing back Jonesy. And also, they were in love so maybe she's in some way forgiven him for what he did.

Since all the curses were broken, maybe a certain curse holding back a gigantic monster even bigger than the kraken from the deep, released said monster and Davy needs to grudgingly team with Jack, Will, Elizabeth, Henry and Carina to take it down. Or heck, maybe Beckett's and Mercer's ghost comes back and starts stirring trouble on the seas, and a ghost Norrington helps the heroes because we also need James in there too.

I don't know, lots of theories are in my head but Disney is most likely not going to make another POTC movie that has Johnny and the iconic main cast again by the way things look at the moment. But it's nice to stay hopeful!

[heatwa-ves]

Hi Tia how r u doing. I have a long ass drive today that I'm not looking forward to... tell me about your jojos

yayyy gonna talk about hot pants because she's been on my mind lately. first of all yeah her name is hot pants from the james brown song it's deeply unserious but also I kinda respect it like she chose it herself as an alias and you gotta be a certain type of person to pull off being called hot pants. i have my own theories as to what her actual name is (helena pucci you are so dear to me) but she's only ever referred to as hot pants in canon.

so the whole plot of part 7 is that there's a load of people doing a pan continental horse race from san diego to new york in 1890 and along the way the main characters find part of a corpse and it gives them stands basically and so we have four or five groups trying to find all these corpse parts for their own goals johnny the main character is trying to find them because he thinks the corpse could help him regain the ability to walk after he was injured pre canon the president wants it because he sucks and loves america and jesus (the corpse is jesus btw) and thinks all these other backwards nations don't deserve the corpse of jesus christ diego is going after it for shits and giggles tbh hes vaguely working for the president but tbh hes just here to get paid

and hot pants she's a nun of the vatican and she's here on behalf of the vatican to find the corpse and take it back to the pope where it belongs I guess. except she's actually trying to get it because she's desperate for salvation and she thinks the corpse will save her from her sins

what sins, you may be asking. well when she was younger she and her little brother were in the woods for whatever reason I think they were picking berries idk and they were attacked by a bear and she survived and her brother didn't. she says that she killed him she pushed him towards the bear in order to escape herself but it's unclear how much of her own recollection of stuff is clouded by self hatred and time she's at least ten years older now than she was then probably more tbh . I imagine it was something like they were running and got separated and he fell behind and she couldn't go back for him or she would've died too she turned back and saw the bear kill him and had to just keep running despite his screams or something like that idk you could extrapolate a lot from here but I don't think she deliberately killed him I think that's something she's internalised and can't move on from. so she returns home and everyone is really sympathetic about the accident and the loss of her brother but because she blames herself so heavily she can't bring herself to be around all these people who love her she feels she doesn't deserve it and so she becomes a nun to get away from her family and try to atone for her sins. at some point she ends up moving to the vatican and then joins the race (at 23!!! she should be at the club!!)

so yeah shes in the race and she's a pretty important supporting character in her first appearance she rides up to johnny and gyro and is like hi im gonna fucking kill you because you killed my cow. she had a cow I guess . I don't really know why. yeah they didn't kill her cow but she's violence first questions later type of guy and so she does nearly kill them with her stand which is uhh. it's an aerosol and it shoots flesh out 👍 she does some pretty cool stuff with it tbh but that's not the point here anyway gyro thinks she's a man at this point which good for her I respect the gender game she's playing. anyway then the three of them get stuck in a timeloop and she passed out and johnny is like omg she's a woman that's cool and doesn't tell gyro because gyro hates women and johnny is the world's first feminist and them they steal her sandwiches and leave. thinking about this arc I missed out a lot because its mostly a gyro arc hp is just there it's her first appearance but she doesn't do that much

she shows up again later when the two of them are like 30 seconds away from death fixes them up with her flesh spray and steals all the corpse parts they had collected by this point she does some more stuff etc implicates herself so now she's wanted by the government and then my fav arc begins it's mostly about johnny and it's brilliant but hp is also here. they end up at a church and hp is there but she's in her nun clothes idr what it's called and gyro doesn't recognise her because he's incapable of being normal about women and he just fucks off to do whatever meanwhile johnny is talking to her and there's this scene which im soooooooooooooo obsessed with

in my beautiful world they fall in love post canon but . well. I'll get to that later and she doesn't answer him she says they're all about to die she's being taken over by this stand ability called civil war which is really really interesting it's basically like. anything the person it's targeting feels grief over comes back to haunt them and idrk how to explain what that's like ill just show u but it's pretty on the nose symbolism about hps whole character and offers pretty interesting insights onto johnny and gyro too

actually forget that im gonna talk about her and johnny they make me sick and somehow no one else sees how good their relationship is. they're really similar they both blame themselves for the deaths of their brothers but while hps family loved her so much she couldn't bear it and ran away johnnys dad said to his face yeah the wrong son died which is like. insane. hello. to your son's face. anyway they're both driven by this desire for something to save them it's like uh yk that post that goes "I hope one day they do a test on me and find out im deficient in some type of vitamin and I'm put on vitamin supplements and that solves every problem ive ever had" it's like that they want this corpse to save them but it CANT because nothing can save them but themselves johnny thinks if he's able to walk again his life will go back to how it was and a) it won't because this journey has irreparably changed him and b) he cant regain the ability to walk he can't and the problem is he can't accept that he's driven by this faith in something that can't save him and the same for hot pants she thinks of she can find the corpse it will save her from her sins but she has to be the one to move past her sins no one else can heal her theres not a switch that when flipped will fix her

she will always carry this grief with her always always and she has to learn to live with that but she's so deep in her own self loathing that all she's thought about in years is how she's a sinner in need of a saviour she has to be her own saviour she has to move on and she CANT she's been static all these years the grief is as raw as it was ten years ago arfghghhlgkfgkaglalgw however unfortunately for us all araki is incapable of writing a good ending to her (and johnnys) arcs because he regains the ability to walk magically thanks to the corpse of jesus christ and she dies in pursuit of salvation which is pointless because thats what she WANTS!!!!!

she'd rather die a martyr than live a sinner and by killing her off (pointlessly and pretty much off screen. Btw ) it ruins what her whole arc was building up toooooo god I'm so mad about this. it's fine in my beautiful world she survives and reunites with johnny after the events of canon and they travel to italy together and johnny is still disabled and they get close and grow as people and he becomes the first person she's let herself really be close to and they Get eachother and have a level of mutual respect from when they first meet and every subsequent meeting adds to that and they need another slower journey where they're not fighting for their lives all the time to address what they've been through and who they are and who they will be aghhjhj this needs to be a longfic so bad if I wasn't the worlds slowest and least motivated writer

I was gonna talk about the rest of civil war arc and her relationship with diego but it's 11:30 pm I have work in the morning and I've talked more than enough goodbye I hope this was understandable

[alyniaffxiv]

I wanted to make a post kinda compiling all my thoughts on what was announced today! First off feeling super hyped. I'm excited that we're adventuring off again after the events of endwalker, it'll be a much needed breath of fresh air. That trailer omg it was so good. Never seen one piece, but got such one piece vibes from it. The cgi for the scions and wol looked fantastic and the new areas look amazing. Very excited to see it's based of south america and hope they do it well.

Can we just look at HOW GOOD HE LOOKS ♡♡♡

A little bummed it is next summer, thought it would be beginning of next year but think it'll be worth the wait. Fingers crossed for early June/July.

Now this scares me don't let me fight the twins or g'raha please ;-; but honestly looking forward to some kinda of conflict with the scions and what it'll be about exactly. And will this have long term effects?

The new areas look freaking STUNNING with the new graphical update. It was cute seeing how excited yoshi p was talking about the shadows and plants being updated xD

SPEAKING OF THIS MAN WAS A TEASE ;-;-;-; But we all know yoshi doesn't wear a shirt without it having some kind of purpose so seen a few different theories. Based on the trailer we did see either the wol or somebody with a similar cloak holding a new weapon. Some people are thinking a corsair class which would be cool. And it could be a dual wielder with a pistol and a sword. If true that'll be a fun class. The two new classes were confirmed to be a melee and a caster (hell yes finally) But going back to the shirt it could be going many different directions. All the TMNT turtles are named after artists. So maybe some kind of Inkmage is what I seen most talked about. Or they are holding duel wielding weapons which could further confirm the corsair class. Whatever it is might see one of them at the EU fanfest in october.

Taking a break to admire the boys Erenville and G'raha Tia cause LOOK AT THEM ♡♡♡

Now probably the biggest thing this update is the graphical update and WOWW it seriously looks great so far.

Left is updated right is current ingame The way it just looks so much brighter and colorful fdjhfv seriously can't wait. It's a much needed update and so far they still aren't done but next time we see it will be even better.

Updated example of aura their horns look great so far not just a blob. There are some videos on youtube showing off just the updated graphical updates and it all looks stunning especially a certain flower field we're all quite familiar with. Now with this of course does come with updated system requirements not as bad as I thought I barley just meet the recommended but keep this in mind for Dawntrail. It makes me wonder if by 8.0 support for ps4 will stop entirely or they will just have a lower quality version for ps4. We'll have to see.

NOW THIS THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS This is all stuff I know myself and so many players have been begging to be added into 14 and it's finally happening.

Really hoping for at least 100 slots for housing inside and maybe 20 for outside. It seriously will just give so much more freedom for housing peeps. Now of course we have standard stuff we come to expect -Level cap -New Dungeons -New Trials -8 Player Raids -Ultimate Raids -Alliance Raids -New Gear and Recipes -Fates -Hunts -Treasure Hunts -Side quests -PVP Updates

P.S just love this little guy <3

But we also have what yoshi p said Expansive New Lifestyle Content so something like island but not. Super curious what they have in mind for that or what it even possibly could be? Now...the two things I would have NEVER and I mean NEVER guessed is this...

FALL GUYS?!?! Not just a collab in fall guys as a full pass but a probably perma game mode in the gold saucer! I could not stop screaming crying laughing in vc with a friend. I'm still in shock this is even happening. Much less skins being in fall guys but a fall guys game mode in 14! Ngl tho it looks like a ton of fun and I hope it brings some more people to the gold saucer. Now they said in 7.0 gold saucer is getting an update which they said in 6.x that was gonna happen. Please let it be a bigger update this time.

This is the second thing that surprised me was 14 is coming to xbox! Which is great bringing in new people to the game and honestly about time it's on xbox. Phil spencer also great to see him as awkward as ever :)

Nothing needs to be said about this picture lol this was so funny to watch live Overall though extremally hyped for what this expansion is going to bring. I think it's going to bring such a fresh air from the doom and gloom endwalker brought and what I am hoping is just more content. Endwalker does feel a little lacking in content and I just want more and hopefully they can deliver.

I know and can understand people not super vibing with the more relax vacation this is showing off so far. But we still don't fully know what mysterious or problems we'll have so I'm quite optimistic of what they will bring here. Anyone reading this I'm curious what other people think and if you want leave a comment I wanna know :D

[paopaupaus]

part 10 of the Buddie Development rant and analysis

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8 | part 9 | part 10

S6:E1 Let the Games Begin

Domestic dinners are now a thing between Eddie, Buck and Christopher. ughh i just saw this post where it says that Buck remaking the lasagna 4 times is: 3 times wrong and burnt for Abby, Ali and Taylor, then the perfect one for Chris and Eddie and UGHHH i love tumblr and all of our little theories. Team Lasagna Theory!!

S6:E10 In a Flash

As Buck is going to go up the fire engine ladder Eddie says “all right cowboy go get em 😏🥰🤠”

save a horse ride a…

fuck off how is Buck struck by lightning hasn’t this boy gone through enough 😭😭😭 i’m with Eddie, freaking out right there.

S6:E11 In Another Life

As Buck arrives to the emergency room Eddie switches with Chim doing compressions, and he is the one that got his pulse back, i’m-

the doctors say they’ll do their best, Eddie shouts “Do More!”

Okay i’m going to go off the racks with this one, but while he’s in a coma Buck is having this dream of how things would’ve gone if Daniel did’t die, and it’s sort of a search for himself and the reconciliation with the kid that he could have been, the family and the parents that he never had, in order to grow.

I feel like Eddie wasn’t in that dream for a reason and it’s gonna sound crazy but here we go. As Buck realizes that he is enough he runs through the hospital and comes across people trying to stop him from returning, like obstacles he has to overcome. He doesn’t come acrosss Eddie, but he does find Christopher.

Christipher says: “help i’m lost, can you help me find my dad?”

Buck “sorry you’re but you’re not real and i have to go

as he runss away he says “i know i’m going to regret That one later. “

My theory for why eddie wasn’t in the dream was

1. Buck would have probably stayed with him (dead) 😅 and

2. up until that point he hasn’t seen Eddie for what he truly is, and he has to find himself and accept who he is in order to find Eddie too

but buck couldn’t have stayed in the dream with Eddie because he hadn’t figured it out yet, he doesn’t understand yet that he is lovable and that there are people in his life that love him for who he already is, he can’t see himself clearly.

metaphor for being struck by lightning and enlightening your thoughts huhhhh

S6:E12 Recovery

I love the couch theory 😭🫶 In this episode Buck can’t sleep in his couch (the one his mom bought) at all, and when he leaves a note to Maddie saying he was going out, he actually meant going to Eddie’s house <3 as soon as he touches the couch he is 😴 out of it. Buck it feels like the only place you are safe and comfortable is your best friend’s couch. See also every one of them has their spot on the couch! 😭 Buck left > Chris middle > Eddie right.

I am SO normal about this

They are so husband coded omfg

Eddie *talking about when he was shot* “so now am i allowed to ask how you are ? 😠😠”

Okay so read this post then come back here because Eddie says to buck

“Allow yourself to feel it”

allow yourself to feel it…

S6:E13 Mixed feelings

I love that aside from Just Hanging Out Chris and Eddie are also supporting (and entertaining) the idea of Buck’s new super powers, because of the lightning strike.

i have a theory that buck knows math because in the dream he was a math teacher, he never really figured out what it is he taught but i feel like that is it.

what’s up with that poker game? omg everyone there for sure thought they were boyfriends.

“three minutes”

Eddie “THREE MINUTES ANS SEVENTEEN SECONDS”

eddie is also so normal about this hahaha he’s gone

Buck playing and Eddie watching over him looks like a mafia boss and his boy toy out for some fun

S6:E14 Perfomance Anxiety

Eddie’s tia sets him up for a date and when he’s talking to the team about it he says that dating feels like a performance. ok gay.

Hen also gives him a sideye like she knowwwss. see also i laughed at the meme like ten minutes. 😂😂

S6:E15 Death and taxes

I feel like Eddie is so pissed and catious about Buck starting to date Natalia, he tells him that’s it’s not going to work out and when Buck says that she “sees” him for who he really is Eddie looks so conflicted.

S6:E17 Love is in the air

okay so Eddie decides to take matters into his own hands so his Tia leaves him alone about dating and it is NOT a coincidence that almost every woman he sees is either gay or married to that guy that checks him out in the golf course 😭😭 i screamed out loud at that HAHHDHA Eddie is like a gay magnet i fear

Alsoo!!! Eddie in the cafeteria is dressed with a grey shirt and a black puffed vest, as is the lady with the gay guy, same outfit… any thoughts?

Buck what’s with the ring cutter?!?!! that look he gives Maddy like you really wanna know why i have it 😭😭

he a ho

Eddie subconsciously realizing that he has never dated a woman for real and that comes from his upbringing of heteronormativity and fear of divorce? i know for my part (i’m mexican) that divorce is viewed as a failure and a disgrace. i also liked that he talked to his tía Pepa and he finds out she has divorced an remarried, he looks surprised because as i said, divorce are sort of a hush hush and taboo topic in our culture. so hopefully he starts his growing journey soon.

S6:E18 Pay It Forward

I know this is not the purpose of this rant thread but i loved seeing the mirroring between the first season when there is a full moon and the women are giving starting to give birth simultaneously and Buck is close to useless and that woman has to give birth herself 😂 and now, where Kameron is starting to give birth and he is caalm, and calls 911 and knows exactly what to do and what to say, i think it was a great example of his growth 🫶

Buck doesn’t learn, he’s just gonna jump and ask Natalia to pick a couch with him 😐

i really liked this season, as always if you have anything to add feel free go in the comments or repost 😚

[loo011]

So I have a theory that Jackson's Diary is less of a supernatural and more of a story about two mentally ill people with magic involved and I decided to reread it and keep notes on anything and everything that supports that theory

PS:much easier if you read the chapter after or while reading these notes

Chap1 notes:

•notice how cheery baby Jackson is and acting too understanding and good for a child so young like him but when his mom leaves his eyes start to tear up right away. he's repulsing his negative emotions to gain his mom's love and attention through being a good boy despite being seemingly left alone quite alot

•Jackson being formal with his adopted parents despite later on learning they have adopted him since he was a child sounds like a sign on previous negative things

•Jackson being frustrated by being called cute is a positive sign that he feels allowed to be frustrated. also notice how his (and maybe exer's) theme seem to be the sky and stars

•Jackson having eye bugs tells you he haven't been sleeping all that much and his comments about how ever since they moved he have been haunted by these nightmares about his mom tells that the whole town seem to be trigger for his trauma

•his words about himself being a sad little kid lost in the middle of nowhere is acknowledging he wasn't happy in his childhood, he will later on in s3 say the exact opposite and call himself a happy child with creative imagination

•his tio&tia seem to think they're doing the right thing but they're unaware that being here is hurting Jackson inside and Jackson himself seem to be hiding this from them

•'I just need to get out of my head' this sounds very innocent at first but once considering his repulsed behavior it sounds like a very subtle way to tell himself to pretend the negativity away

•the way Jackson looked at exer when he looked beside him and his expression tells that he might have sensed something strange in exer's behavior and the way he carrys himself to others but he decided to brush it away right after exer got out of his eye sight because knowing what's up with exer could very much make it harder for him to act

•Jackson stopping at his track before it looks like exer and David will handle it but staying to see how it will go before thinking that Rick and Morty need to pay for the way they're acting- Jackson had green on the close-up to his eyes panel before exer uses his own magic- it's not clear but personally talking I feel like they were thinking the exact same thing at that moment and it's why Jackson had green

•Jackson's reaction to the shoes but not the green is a sign he couldn't see the color of the magic then it's only when exer looks him in the eyes and holds his gaze that he shows sign of seeing it even more there's green in his eyes too- that could be a sign that they're both seeing right through each other's facades and that caused Jackson to see the green

[linaselandbasil]

Dimorphism in dragons

(Yes, this is eldarya content, I'm analyzing dragons. Don't worry we will talk about Valkyon and Lance. )

In a previous installation I proposed that the cause for different colored coats could be dimorphism. Dimorphism is the natural phenomenon of different looking genders, it is usually the result of $€xu@L selection.

For example: Peahens choose to mate with the male who has the most impressive tail feathers. This trait is linked to the y chromosome (I assume, don't quote me on this one) so every male offspring is guaranteed to have it (unless a genetic mutation occurs) and every female offspring is guaranteed to not have it.

The *nasty word* selection is so prevalent that the natural selection didn't reverse it. The big feathers of peacocks make it really hard to fly away when a predator is after them, so the sexier the peacock the easier it is to murk them. Despite this, peahens couldn't give less of a fuck, they don't like him that much. If he distracts the tiger while everyone else flees that's his problem to deal with!

Usually, in nature, when a male is very colorful and yassified it means that they're competing for female attention (there's exceptions). When the male is a gigachad compared to less gigachad females that's usually because they live in groups where the male specimen aren't as important socially and they're selected (or compete) to be a walking sperm bank, they basically get hella pussy (lion, deer, chicken), or it's simply a result of a coincidence (canids, felines). When the females are bigger that's possibly a coincidence too, but larger females are more efficient when the creatures are monogamous (only one partner. Humans are not monogamous by nature) because if the male is any bigger than it needs to be, that's a waste of resources on such a small scale. Usually bigger females occur in carnivorous animals, more often in birds and therapods. (Eagle, black widow, T-rex)

Alright, I'm not an expert but I think this is enough context. Let's get into it!

...

Tia remarked that her sons grew up to be really tall. (Father is also tall) This might be because she is small because of her phenotype or she's small simply because dragons mature differently and she was young. Let's say she's small because female dragons are smaller than males. That could mean that: a)dragons live in a social structure where one male is protecting his partners and offspring, most likely his adult sons as well. b)It's a coincidence and they live in a social structure like wolves where the oldest members protect and lead the youth. There was once a study that concluded that there's alpha wolves and they lead the pack, but that's simply not the case. In a follow-up study the research concluded that the "alphas" were the parents and grandparents of the pack and they were teaching and raising their pups even after they grew up. This is very similar to how humans function, must be why we get along so well.

I'll assume that the wolfpack theory is the case, since male dominance is kind of icky and young males getting thrown out because their father is scared that they'll fuck their mother is not the vibe. Very small shriveled up penis energy. Also, with this social structure, young males either become loners or stick together because being alone is hard for social animals. The fact that this doesn't go both ways and females can't have more than one male even breathing in their direction, one of them killing the other one might have been inevitable. I really don't get why Erika is so hot to them, she's literally living drywall.

Let's propose that male dragons are yassified like peacocks or deer. That would mean that they're physically bigger than females and they beat each other up to impress females. This would make horns make scientific sense and it would mean that Lance and Valkyon would be fighting each other to the bitter end every year for two weeks straight, but otherwise they'd be civil and they'd be allowed to live with the rest of dragon society.

They might just get groovy and do a little dance to impress their muse, they might sing, or, my favorite option:

They build a nest and fill it with pretty things! Aah, I'm getting the downstairs tingle just thinking about it! My my, what a mating ritual~

...

I headcanon dragons to be social creatures who function much the same way as humans, so they would live in communities with hundreds of individuals, the community contains several smaller groups with 20-30 individuals. Since they're large bodied predators, they'd need to live relatively far from one another to have enough food. That would mean that a community would occupy several hectares of land per mouth to feed, so their numbers are small and they need tight social bonds and complex communication to avoid inbreeding.

In a community, the young ones are raised and taught by all members, much like in humans. The young ones get taught how to socialize, and then to forage and hunt. Contrary to what people might assume, intelligence is not always an advantage. Brains consume a lot of energy and if there's no benefit to thinking, it makes the animal waste resources. Dragons would need to be pretty intelligent to understand social codes, learn from example and then find a way to teach too. Their intelligence benefits them, because it is a lot easier to survive together than alone.

Something that I thought up a while ago: Art separates people from animals and compassion separates monsters from creatures.

Dragons don't need to be like humans to be successful, but since humans are by far the most successful intelligent animal, I would assume we could see eye to eye with them. My favorite animal is a dragon, mostly because they're made up and anyone can imagine them however they think is best.

Let's look at some drawings:

this last drawig I made for a different post but I forgot if I ever used it. Look at it regardless, they're some beautiful specimens! (They're siamese dragons from the post about pigmentation)

@dragons-nest-black-dragon would you look at this, it's finished! (Mostly, I feel like I can add more but I'm tired)

I SUMMON THE COUNCIL!

@losyashkakus @lumen-anima @aide-falls @lunii12

And you, @little-frog-from-the-saturn, you seemed to like these so here you go. Another one to read.

[terramythos]

g'waha AND zenos

i'm very normal about g'raha tia as you can see. my husband. i want that catboy OBLITERATED.

i don't think the fandom fully appreciates what a complex character he is like. yeah he's cute/silly and stuff post-shadowbringers. but then stuff like That One Scene in radz-at-han happens where he shifts into Exarch Mode. and then again in ultima thule. i was actually crying for real for that entire sequence. like ugly tears crying. g'raha very much wants to be normal and have adventures with you but the shit that has happened to him leading up to and during shadowbringers means that part of himself is always there.

1 thing i find really funny for no particular reason is he can flex tank/heals/dps as a party member. and the only other character who can do that is Literally God Herself. truly the 2 characters of all time

zenos is soooo fucking funny. one of the funniest villains ever. he's very "why are you like this" then you meet his great-grandpa and it ALL makes sense. he's so extra and so single minded. he's really fun. i didn't play a lot during stormblood but i remember him being very controversial as a character then. but i think he's great lmao. i love how he literally carries you through the final boss of endwalker

also he's like. a crucial part of the insane fan theory i keep talking about writing an extensive essay on and still have not done. so that's something

zenos is EXTREMELY gender - is this a controversial opinion? i mean, look at him