#v; forgive. not forget

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[ash-underdash]

Our current detective agency!!!

[momo-shut-the-fuck-up]

Can u believe me i just now got this reflection. I saw him at the beginning of the game and went "i hate this guy" and refused to get any of his reflections if i can help it

[bidisaster-peanut-romano]

What kind of S/O do you think Petey would have/need?

OH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ASK????? i totally don't talk nearly enough about pete for how much i love him

okay first of all we need to make a distinction between what he might think he wants and what he really needs.

see, thing is, pete is extremely intelligent, psychologically and emotionally. he's terribly good at penetrating into other people's both thought and emotional processes. therefore, the people who attract him are challenging people in this way- but also, people who are confident and step up despite all the odds.

he totally had a crush for gary, once. because he's as intelligent as gary (except that gary isn't emotionally intelligent; he has a lot of trouble understanding emotional processes, despite how good he is at intercepting and manipulating people's thought processes), but gary has the initiative and isn't afraid to use it againts other people. they were a good duo, in this sense, because pete had the exact emotional blindspot that gary was missing - at least, they would've been good if gary didn't bully him mercilessly. mostly he knew he could afford it because. pete didn't have anyone else.

and then jimmy came; i think jimmy being kind of, uh. (EDIT) emotionally dumb. was kind of a turn off, but he was totally thoughtless, whereas pete would have a hundred worries jimmy would have zero. he probably did crush on him a bit but. as i anticipated, he's not really challenging to understand. also i think, like gary, jimmy is a bit... gratuitously mean? like, it's not like pete is an angel, but mostly he bites harder when he's bitten first.

the thing is that the s/o i think pete would need is someone who is as emotionally intelligent like him, someone who hasn't a hard time understanding that. maybe you should avoid saying certain things to certain people. like to use previous examples; yes, jimmy says mean things to pete out of the blue, but he does do this with everyone. meanwhile, with pete you kind of need to understand that some things just. hurt him and you should avoid saying them.

like yes to answer your question i think emotional intelligent is the quick fundamental requisite. and also someone patient, bc i totally think (even tho this might be me projecting LMAO) that from time to time he has a hard time accepting that. maybe someone does love him for real and is not just pushing him around. but the idea is so ingrained in his brain that he'd need quite some work to get rid of it, you might say.

[beatriceportinari]

it's like maybe my dad doesn't communicate much and hasn't ironed anything in years but also he's never negged me abt my chosen method of suicide so like picking your battles and all

[aro-aizawa]

reminder: if you've got young family members or family friends take note of how they walk so you can spot problems early on. for example, i walked somewhat lazily when i was a kid occasionally dragging my right foot. it was spotted by my dad who did not mention it to anyone nor address it with me, because he thought it was cute. for the 24 years or so i've been walking, i have injured my right foot so many times by bashing it into things. i would not be surprised to learn that i have fractured my toes in the past. the earlier you catch it the easier it is to fix it

[neyxmessi]

KYLIAN ?????

[kitnita]

nine (9) people you'd like to know better

tagged by @starscelly!! thank you so much!!! 

last song: kick in the teeth by hippo campus!! the whole ep is so good & honestly it feels like it was tailor made For Me as someone who routinely uses hippo campus lyrics for starsfic titles. 

currently watching: uhhhhhh. well. the bachelorette w my sister because i am who i am. there’s a guy this season who looks kind of like costco brand tyson barrie, which is different from a couple seasons ago when there was a dude who looked like alternate reality quinn hughes. 

currently reading: true crime story by joseph knox, which so far has been fun! i usually read 2-3 books at a time because i have a whole pile of physical books to get through but ebooks are so much easier & i probably Will Not finish this hockey romance on kindle because the amount of québécois french the author has dumped in the middle of random sentences in the first couple of pages is insane. 

current obsession: i’ve been trying to get this one story idea to work for almost a month now and had to scrap it & start over w something completely different and ended up writing 2.5k in a couple hours. ALSO i’m trying to figure out using epoxy and glitter to diy a tumbler except that the final layer went on super lumpy and the tape at the rim got fucked up when i took it off so i’m gonna need to sand it down and fix all of that at some point soon 

lil spot for tagging other people: except that i get SO nervous about being annoying w tag games & i can’t keep track of who’s already been tagged and who hasn’t so if anyone wants to do this feel free <3 i love being nosy & hearing about people <3 <3

[todayisafridaynight]

CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S TAKEN ME SO LONG TO REPLY YOU'VE ALREADY FINISHED THE SECOND MOVIE LOL BUT

I LOVE showing The Mole Song to people because it's like, love it or hate it, you can't possibly have a lukewarm reaction to it. I'm thrilled you liked it so much!!! Hong Kong Capriccio definitely has its moments and I'm glad you enjoyed it too; on that note, I haven't seen Final yet, and it doesn't seem to be hardsubbed online, but I was able to find a raw and subs separately. They seem okay from the scene I skipped to twenty minutes in but not positive lol

It really does set the tone early! I love the cutaway gags too The manga has a lot of absurd non-sequiturs and it was a fun way to adapt that to a new medium. As an adaptation as a whole, Undercover Agent Reiji in particular definitely has the tone down and I appreciate that it kept a lot of the Moments I liked.

Hiura had me from the blood oath… one of the guys of all time… despite how I sound from what I just said, I actually didn't even know there was a manga or a sequel when I first watched it, so I was SO relieved he survived the explosion. I was honestly 100% convinced he'd crash the plane at the end though lol, but I guess that ended up happening in Hong Kong Capriccio anyway?

BUT YEAH LIKE THE GUY JUST HAS A HYPERFIXATION AND I HAVE TO RESPECT THAT. Which, you know, in-universe, to have the whole butterfly motif and then dress your man up in florals… I repeat, Reiji was slaying in that dress… I love everyone's costuming in these movies. SPEAKING OF THE AUCTION, the PSP segment onward was insanely RGGcore wasn't it… good god……

It's kind of funny how little Reiji changes--I guess that's how you keep a manga going for like 900 or whatever chapters so far--because he'll pretty much Always have things he needs to figure out. Still very much fun to watch, though!

ALSO the drugs reminded me (I was expecting them to be In The Dogs too lol), shoutout to manga Tsukihara for having the exact same character arc as Mine and ending up an invaluable ally. Also getting to beat up Ryuji Leo (sorry my boy but Mine is overall the stronger combatant to me and I am tired of the Reddit-y discussions on the wiki saying otherwise </3). Living vicariously while Mine's status is still uncertain lol

P.S. I Too Treat Your Blog Like The Morning Paper and it means a lot to me to have the opportunity to write in and talk! I would also love to join a stream if you ever go for it!

P.P.S. NOOOOOOO PLEASE THE SLOW DANCING…….. UNWELL. I've imagined the same thing but at home… in the light of the refrigator… Jo is still tense as hell both because of the situation and it's such a waste of electricity and they really should close the door as soon as possible… but Arakawa insists if it's only for the duration of the song, it's fine……

YEAH THE MOLE SONG MOVIES WERE REALLY FUN thanks again for recommending it to me (I found out it had a manga series the moment I went to look it up, but I haven't read a lick of it. I'd say I'm surprised it's still running but I mean... manga like One Piece have over a thousand chapters at this point, so I shouldn't be too surprised. Maybe I'll give it a read sometime just to check out how the movies and manga compare-and-contrast with each other)!

1.) BIGGEST HONOR I'm glad my blog can entertain a lot of people (and a big part of that is due in part to people writing in and giving me a chance to chat a bit, so of course I always have to thank you and everyone else for sending me asks as frequently as you all do. They're absolutely the highlight of my day whenever I get the time to answer them ^^)!! I've always liked the idea of streaming (I've attempted to years back but I never tried again afterwards), though I always end up getting too anxious about it (plus I tend to get performance anxiety and I end up taking a lot longer to draw whenever people are watching me). I hope to get over that anxiety one day though- I bet it'd be fun to respond to people in real time or take quick doodle requests mid-stream :)

2.) AW THEM DANCING IN THE KITCHEN THOUGH I CAN SEE IT..... Jo being worried about the electric bill though that's so accurate..... I'll definitely think on the concept of Slow Dancing AraSawa with all the apparent enthusiasm around it.. I promise..

YAYA my friend (who made the post) told me a moment after I told her (also PLEASE I was so heinous reading the name- first thing I said to her aside from 'new movie night plan' was 'how many times does this man play a dude named 'Jo' ☠️☠️)! I wasn't able to find any recordings of the actual play (I know a trailer was posted last year so I don't know if they've actually performed live since then) but here's to hoping one day there's a recording of it posted somewhere...

[sulkingsmoke]

FERRAN TORRES THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU🙏🙏🙏🙏🎉💫💫‼️‼️

[orcelito]

Tho ex assistant manager aka miss bitch, her boyfriend came in. Or ex boyfriend at the time, except he used her rewards account & I had to see her name (ughhh), so I'm like. Are they back together? Who fuckin knows

Anyways I had to make a drink today that possibly went towards the person that holds the #3 spot for most hated in my personal life. I was Slightly tempted to spit in it, but I did not.

[mythlit]

writing new stories. / verse tags.

[investighost]

tag drop.

[aletheialed]

It's the first time Barok has heard Kazuma speak.

And it's difficult not to recoil at the question. Hearing such a raw, raspy voice from his apprentice's lips... it's not unsettling, but the faint hint of an accent that's awfully familiar is, and there's something even underneath all that that has Barok feeling on edge.

It's not a feeling he can make sense of... but it's thoroughly unpleasant, and for a moment, it feels as if his sins have come back to haunt him. Which is a ridiculous thought. There may indeed come a time when Barok must receive punishment, for all that he has done and all that he has failed to do, but... why would it be at the hands of this man? No, he can't accept that his fate would come from the hands of a loathsome Nipponese.

...But there's also the question his apprentice asked, that strangely, he doesn't know how to respond to immediately. Because... in Barok's experience, everyone has always known what it means for him to be the Reaper. The people of London look at him with fear and scorn in equal balance, and Barok can't deny that it's a painful, lonely existence - but never one he's had to explain to another before. The Reaper is a shadow he can't escape. He's used to accusations, both spoken and unspoken, but a question like this... why does it feel different?

"Did Stronghart not tell you?" he asks, first. He feels no need to scold his apprentice for speaking and breaking Stronghart's orders - as much as he's sure that Stronghart must have his reasons, Barok's sure that he must've also known that this particular command of his could ever last.

"The Reaper is... a title. One given to me a long time ago." Unconsciously, his hand drifts to his badge, and he clutches it gently. "Are you familiar with the history of the defendants whose trials I prosecuted? Particularly, those who escaped justice through their own conniving schemes."

@howthesleeplesswander ( continued from here! )

[mysteriouslotuscasebook]

hehe... yay