#v; we are soulmates.

[officialrapunzelfitzherbert]

and it feels good to be known so well / i can't hide from you like i hide from myself / i remember who i am when i'm with you / your love is tough, your love is tried and true blue

prints

[kaiser1ns]

TAKIISHI CHIKA IN CHAPTER 153

[jicklet]

absolutely BONKERS thing to say casually, thank you Bess.

[omegalomania]

new elvis duran interview where fall out boy talking about how touring together has changed:

andy: yeah, we know when to stay away. we still hang out. we go to movies together, get food together sometimes, but then also have our separate times.

patrick: you know one of the things that i think is funny is the way everybody expresses anger, right? not like freaking out anger, but just when you're frustrated about something. it took a long time to understand that, where now it's like, 'oh is pete mad at me? oh, no, he's frustrated with something.' like you can kinda...now it's like this unspoken thing where it's not a lot of like, you leave the room like, what was up with him? you kinda know what the vibe is. you kinda know what everyone's feeling. it's kind of intuitive now after twenty years.

when asked about how they would describe so much (for) stardust

patrick: i don't wanna be...too much of a tangent, but...we made this record, folie à deux, which was our last record that we did with neal avron. and it was very experimental and we were all just kinda pushing things and seeing what we could do, but we as a band at the time were very fractured and very all over the place. and i had had this wanderlust to get back in the studio with him now, because we are a different band of people at this point. we get on so much better, we communicate better, both interpersonally and musically. so i was like, "i would love to see that again." you know, now that...and we've also learned so much. andy, you said it was like superpowers. we all have superpowers now. and it's like what could that be -

andy: that is what i said.

patrick: that is what you said, yeah! and so i feel the sound of this record is really just...us actualized as us, you know...

andy: at the height of our -

patrick: yes! at the height of our power!

[loosingmoreletters]

full confession I don't think even 30 chapters are gonna cut it for patching the road. they keep fucking derailing the plot.

[v-thinks-on]

Phoenix Wright has been out at sea for three days. He has no more food and his water is almost gone. The sun beats down on his bare shoulders. Exhausted, he lies back in his little wooden boat and squints up at the bright blue sky.

He doesn’t expect to hear a voice calling to him; he assumes it must be the delirium setting in. When it becomes more insistent, he finally pushes himself upright to at least see what his brain thinks all the commotion is about.

“What are you doing here?” The sounds finally coalesce into coherent words, even if their source isn’t coherent.

Only a few feet away from the side of the boat, there’s a man’s torso sticking out of the water. He’s entirely naked except for a small, tight harness on his chest that looks like a fine fishnet, and Phoenix isn’t quite delirious enough not to notice how it accentuates the man’s figure. However, the man's handsome face looks haggard, thin and tired.

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[amillixnvoicesarch]

Send ‘NAME’ for a starter where soulmates have each others names written somewhere on their body. - ( Bea ) @legeandary

The thing is: STATISTICALLY speaking, it's highly unlikely for people to find their soulmate, Nora knows as much. Even if you find someone with the name that's written across your skin, there's no guarantee that it's the right person. There's a hell of a lot of people in the world, and it's easier to settle for someone you can see yourself having a future with, regardless of your connection, because again: still meeting that person, even after marriage, is very unlikely.

Of course she's heard the stories about people finding each other. About how you're supposed to FEEL it when you come across what society has deemed the right person for you, but Nora's always had a habit of dismissing things that couldn't be proven for herself, and if she's being honest then she's had better things to do than going looking for a soulmate.

Her own mark had appeared on her eighteenth birthday, as they do, and Alex had been the one to discover it, the name Bea etched in the skin on her ribs, and honestly? Alex had seemed MORE surprised than Nora. It hadn't been the reason they had ended things, and she's glad about that, she really has.

Now she's got her arm linked with his as they fall into the line to be greeted by the royal couple whose wedding they're attending, along with their siblings. Alex is...in a MOOD, but Nora is determined to enjoy herself, so she smiles and swats at his shoulder when he misbehaves, and they're both eventually greeted by Prince Henry and his sister with smiles. Nora returns the smile and extends her hand to the woman, feeling a flash of electricity rush through her veins the moment their hands touch and her entire body seems to lock up for the briefest moment and then the right side of her ribcage begins to burn ever so slightly.

She tries to blink and regain some sort of control, her eyes snapping up to meet the other woman's, if only to gather whether or not she's the only one feeling whatever the hell this is. "PLEASURE to meet you," She finally manages, somewhat out of breath.

[sushisocks]

Hey there! I believe you said in another post that the final confrontation would be unlikely to happen if lenny and sean were alive, so i'd like to ask if you could expand on that pls(if u havent already and i just didnt see it lol)

Btw on a side note im actually super invested in your sean content😭😭the fandom seems to only talk ab him to label as an idiot, so as a fellow sean lover the way you characterize him has me so in love❤️❤️❤️❤️

Oh Anon you are SO LOVELY!!! Thank you not only in giving me the opportunity to rant more about Sean and Lenny (which I am always so willing to do), but also for your super kind words!! Sean is very dear to me, and I'm glad my reading into him as much as I do strikes a chord with other people ;;u;;

The way the general fandom often characterizes him isn't very surprising to me, given his personality & the surface level impressions he gives, but maybe for now I'll save THAT rant for another time, else we stay here forever lmaoo

So, to start answering your question, I believe you're talking about my post from a few months ago, where I talk about how I believe Sean & Lenny would've sided with Arthur & John if they'd lived to see the final confrontation. In it I mention how I find that final confrontation a lot more unlikely were Lenny & Sean to survive that far and stick around for the entire thing.

Now, WHY do I believe this? I touch on it briefly in that original post, but let's really get into it here!!

Okay to start off, there's a LOT of ways I see things going, in regards to Sean and Lenny, were they both to survive, because it adds SO MANY variables, but let's start at the very top.

At a meta level, it is important to recognize that RDR2 is a prequel to RDR1. This meant from the get that RDR2, as it is canonically, was bound to a certain outcome, to set up for RDR1. This ALSO means, that every step from the start of RDR2 was very much there not only to lay the groundwork for the end of RDR2 but also add another emotional layer to RDR1. This is all certainly things we are aware of already, but I think it's important to have that context in mind while we talk about alternative outcomes.

Because, see, Sean and Lenny HAD to die for the outcome in RDR2 to be the one it is. Not only them, but Hosea, Kieran, Molly, and Susan's deaths are ALL integral and important to the story, they ALL make a difference and contribute in pushing the story a certain way, and in reinforcing the steadily increasing hopelessness which infest the gang from Sean's death and out.

So if we're like "what if none of them died?" there are suddenly a LOT of new variables for every mission and every scenario we know from the game, which need to be considered. This is true EVEN if the change in survival count is only reduced to Lenny & Sean.

How different do you not think Shady Belle would have felt, initially, without Sean's death hanging over it? What about the bank job -- would Lenny & Sean end up on the boat to Guarma? What would've happened to them there, then? Would either of them be caught by the Pinkertons instead, with John or in his stead maybe? What other options would there have been, where would they end up at the end of that?

And already here we have to consider how those experiences might've impacted them psychologically, because of who they are.

In the post I mentioned earlier, I talk about how Lenny is new to the gang and probably isn't as stuck in it mentally as Arthur and John, nor do Sean and Lenny have the same emotional attachment/baggage in regards to Dutch. They're loyal of course, because they feel a sense of obligation to the gang, because it provides them with safety, friends, and allies, in an otherwise unkind world.

But what then happens when that changes?

How do you expect Sean and Lenny to respond when the gang starts turning on itself? When Dutch visibly starts losing it? When people start snapping at each other and threatening one another in the middle of camp?

(I have a half-formed thought here about how people would ABSOLUTELY be snapping and talking down to Sean in a way more cruel way towards the end of the game, for trying to keep things light and easy, yknow, fulfilling his role in the gang. I can only imagine what that'd end up doing to him, tbh.)

And, I'll be repeating myself from other posts here, but how do you think Lenny, a young black man painfully aware of the social structure as it exists in America at that point in time, would react to realizing what Dutch's plan with the Wapiti is? Same goes for Sean, who has SEVERAL instances through the game showing him just as politically aware as Lenny - certainly moreso than Arthur.

Would the outcome for the Wapiti tribe be the same, do you think, if Charles had more people than a very sick and tired Arthur to lean on, willing to help? Would Lenny in particular want to stick around to see Dutch attempt to drive the tribe into the ground for his own gain?

Also, I'm sorry but like, Lenny has a camp interaction with Dutch where he disagrees with him (about Miller, Dutch's favorite author) and explains why in a very well-articulated manner. In one instance, Dutch gets straight up offended by it, bcz Lenny can argue very well (and is RIGHT mind you lol).

I do absolutely believe that Lenny would not just sit around quietly in Beaver Hollow. I'd expect him to be among the most vocal in their discontent with the situation, and probably the best at arguing against Dutch.

That is, up until a certain point. Lenny is a young black boy, and Dutch is a white authority figure. Watch Dutch snap and yell at him, like he does John in Ch6 for example, and see how much longer Lenny sticks around fr. The trade is loyalty for safety and the same in kind. Why do you think members start leaving when things start looking their worst? And don't you think Lenny would be among the first to see the writing on the wall?

Though that is hinging on that very specific vibe in Beaver Hollow, where they're all scattered and losing their ties to one another. Add then in Sean, who is VITAL as social glue, and for making conversations easier. If he, and Lenny, and Mary-Beth, Tilly, Arthur, Charles, etc etc, insert your favorites here, managed to retain some of that community feeling, despite it all, then I absolutely see Lenny sticking around for them.

Same goes for Sean, tbh. I can see him leaving earlier, bcz the trade stops being equal and bcz he's not being taken seriously, and I can see him staying, for his friends.

There IS also a version of things where things are similar and I do see Sean siding with Dutch; but that is a very sad and lonely Sean, who is VERY different from where he's at in Clemens Point, and I think that's an unfair perspective to take for him in general.

Okay so, now we're back to that final confrontation, after I said I found it unlikely, why is that? Because, with every question I've posed thus far, about what Lenny & Sean's reactions might've been to canon events after their deaths, I have essentially presented a variable that comes with their survival to those points. Them being there for it, HAS to mean a change, has to mean something different happens, because their deaths are direct contributors to the path we already know the story takes WITHOUT their presences.

Now, what are those differences and changes? I honestly can't answer; something being different earlier or later can butterfly-effect into something completely new or remarkably similar to what we already know. I could sit here all day and wax poetic about all the different options and possibilities for where things could go, were ANY character to survive past their death point, BUT thankfully, that is what fanfiction is for, lol.

I hope this satisfied some of your curiosity, dear anon!! It was a lot of fun for me to write and think about, so thank you very much for asking!!!

[sirnavergi]

stupid scientists

[tabellae-rex-in-sui]

Best kind of historical speculation is looking at a historical figures who were a couple whose relationship was tragically cut short by one or both of their deaths and asking "If both of you had lived a full life, would you two still be on speaking terms by the end of your lives?"

[archlovesvmin]

Hey I’m the same anonymous that sent that ask you reblogged about “I wish you could love me again” being an answer to “Face off” by Jimin. Now there’s no doubt that “Rainy days” is also about Jimin. I don’t wanna be excited because we haven’t listened to the rest of his album. Lets just wait and see.

Oohh Hi anon! At first I will say, I'm not someone who can analyse well, and I just post what catches my eyes, so I hope you just expect me to be as delulu as every other vminie, cause yes, I'm not a vmin analyst.

That being said, yes, I also think that Rainy days is about Jimin. There is like, zero doubt now. At least from my perspective. With the clover in the lyrics, the alien, the rose and the lyrical reference to Sweet night, i can't think of anyone but Jimin listening to the song.

Even non-shippers also think its related to Jimin. Come on.

Im eagerly waiting for the other songs on Layover. I don't know if this is only memories of past, or present, (or maybe for someone else), I just hope Taehyung finds the love he deserves. Thats all <3

[bnprm]

you know those moments in between us where you seen bounprem instead of winteam? yeah me too.

[elliesbelle]

LMAOOOO i’m also part of the texting my ex gang (single tho),,, we haven’t gotten to sexting just yet but 🤭🤭🤭 how did y’all get close again?

uhhhh sgshdhdhd well originally my ex and i met here on tumblr (cringe i know sorry) on my main blog and we initially were just fucking around and sexting but then oops we fell in love and we started dating and for the past idk how many years now, we’ve had a “will they/won’t they” dynamic

we stopped talking for a couple of years until last november or so when one of my students called a bunch of contacts on my phone and called her and it led to some mess but then we’re back to talking and being in love and she’s supposed to come visit me in a couple of months, so yeah ♡︎

[zoennes]

ɢᴇʟᴜᴋᴋɪɢᴇ ᴠᴇʀᴊᴀᴀʀᴅᴀɢ, Sᴇɴɴᴇ Dᴇ Sᴍᴇᴛ 𒀭 16 ᴊᴀɴᴜᴀʀɪ, 2001

[quietwingsinthesky]

The tags on your rb about it being hard for a Sam/Nick/Lucifer shipper is edging me

😔 trust me I am also suffering. I outlined it back in October, wrote about 40%, and then got distracted. If it makes you feel better, it’s nothing special, just some self-indulgent smutty worship.

I have a snippet? Just set the scene with Sam!Lucifer and Nick in a grand old church with some pretty stained glass windows picturing the Apocalypse that Lucifer is putting together.

There are a few more windows. No more battles, no more death. The flourishing of nature, the beginning of the reclaim of cities by wildlife, and always Lucifer alone in them. Alone. With Sam. Sam can fill the abandoned parts of her grace better than Nick could.

“What do you think?” She asks when he has seen them all. 

“It’s beautiful,” he answers, honestly. He looks out at the empty pews that lead up to where they stand. “But who is it for?” He can’t imagine She would build something like this for demons to sit and worship Her in, not when She despised them so heavily. But a church must have a congregation. A God must have a devotee. Lucifer steps up behind him.

“For you,” She whispers in his ear. “For us.”

[ccaptain]

a particular inspiration for abyss!kaeya was, quite literally, mafuyu asahina from project sekai. the fact that i didn’t remembered that until i redownloaded the game is x3 hilarious tho-

basically: mafuyu was ALWAYS pressured (read: manipulated) by her parents, expecially her mother, to follow the path they have chosen for her. she thought about becoming a nurse but was manipulated into studying to become a doctor instead. her parents indoctrinated her so much to their liking that she forgot the person she was, and her ‘’real’’ personality is an empty shell of a person that gives pre-determined answers, talks in a blunt and monotone tone of voice and every single food has lost taste to her. she can no longer remember what she used to like and her mental state is... not great, to say the least? worse: mafuyu doesn’t see the terrible circle she’s trapped in and thinks that her parents really love and want what’s best for her.

and i realized: the same goes with abyss!kaeya. the indoctrination that his parents did on him ensured that his end goal is to restore their homeland to its ancient glory, and in the process they ‘’accidentally’’ crushed what kaeya was aside from their prince and future savior. baby kae used to have a dream aside from helping khaenri’ah, interests and hobbies, future ideas and a bright, cheerful personality that eventually got crushed under the weight of responsability. baby kae died of suffocation and ‘’the prince of khaenri’ah’’ took his place.

aside from his ‘’cavalry captain of the knights of favonious’’ persona? abyss!kaeya is fucking empty. he’s a blank slate with almost no emotions, no hobbies that aren’t devoted to progressing his quest somehow, no ideas that aren’t connected to advancing towards his endgoal. he has become a machine. he no longer remembers what his favorite food was, what was his favorite books, why did he found old history books so endearing as a child and doesn’t find an use for himself if he isn’t doing something productive. he gets fidgety if he’s inactive for too much time, prefers to drown in works from both the knights and paperworks from home. and he considers this normal. he’s at his happiest when he’s either with cursed!childe or his parents. everything, by now, tastes like duty.

he needs therapy so fucking badly.