#what a terrible realisation.

[katyspersonal]

Hi I just saw your lore posts on Arianna and Cainhurst

It reminded me that I wanted to ask about the League. Do you think they were basically Yharnam’s police?

I do think that Vermin is one of the possible reflections of human dregs or otherwise a way to reflect the evil, and we do know that the rune of Impurity was discovered thanks to Valtr!

I am using this ( x ) retranslation document, and interestingly, localisation and either of translators versions say that the rune was found 'inside' of Valtr, not BY Valtr! So I presume that because he ate a beast, there were strange vibrations coming from within him, that Caryll or someone familiar with Caryll's rune language deciphered and wrote down (Adeline and Ludwig prove that other people can discover new runes on their own).

^ My inspiration for there being multiple ways to envision human dregs was the fact that on the Clocktower dial, there is a rune that looks similar but not the same, and I always felt like it was someone else's vision of the concept!

So yeah, for a long while I was thinking that Impurity was supposed to reflect Valtr's personal vision of evil, that supposedly would have to include a lot of broken laws too. But now I think its more likely that it was rigged by the concept of HOW Impurity was discovered! Whether Valtr was consciously trying to process whatever weird Insight he received upon eating a beast or someone basically just leaned an ear close and listened to his body, in either case - this concept of human dregs is tied to beasthood. And why beasts are bad? Well, because they eat their own, are blood-hungry, etc etc.

In offline mode, Vermin can be found by killing Old Hunters that have red glowing eyes instead of mob's regular yellow:

Red eyes appear to be special for beasts too - Abhorrent Beasts have them, many Beast Patients have them (that we all know have especially poisoned blood, I speculated it was the use of blood from Blood-Starved Beast ( x )), a special scourge beast that deals poison damage in Old Yharnam has them... Choice of red eyes feels like displaying very massively spoiled blood. But you also can get Vermin if you fight a boss with a League confederate and the confederate survives, so: Ludwig, Laurence, Paarl (beasts); The One Reborn and Shadows of Yharnam (have to do with cursed Pthumerian rituals); Rom and Living Failures (both are associated with lumenwood that reaches for the stars to be saved from curse of beasts, however Rom is also a spider person like Patches but with 999+ more Insight, so maybe blood/Pthumerian bit too).

So yeah... I tried to find some system here, but not only in online mode you get Vermin out of ANY hunter you defeat in PvP, but also Valtr himself talks about how Vermin is pretty much everywhere. So, as long as someone's blood is taunted by hunt/beasthood/ministration/whatever else, he (and anyone that keeps the rune in mind) will find Vermin in their body. And in Yharnam it is... well... EVERYONE...

I presume the post about Arianna inspired you to send this ask because she is supposedly on Valtr's hit list as a sex worker, so I will just say the goals of the League are different from that. Sure maybe in his constable past he would try to close her booth, but times have changed and the only reason he'd have something against her is by sensing Vermin in her. That might even come off especially strongly because Vilebloods are "cursed"; but at the same time, it might not even be there because they exclude themselves from the circle of blood and hunt the way hunters and the Healing Church do it and their "beasthood" manifests differently! It is up to interpretation what's up with Vilebloods, though I do like the idea that ironically they do not have human dregs (at least as they are present in others), and poor Shadows of Yharnam only became exception because of getting infested with snakes who DO have Vermin!

Another bit about 'police' comparison is that the League appears to be a hidden society, whose mission is so insane that virtually it means killing everyone - perhaps with taking their own lives when they're done. Rather than ensuring certain 'rules' are followed and punishment follows only if they are broken, they are in the position where the single 'rule' (to not be the "filth") is broken by everyone or almost everyone ALREADY, and they are exterminating ones like that. It is more like... idk, a secret society of fanatics. A cult, sort of? Actually:

League more or less shares the same mindset as what School of Mensis is doing - forcing themselves to be redpilled about whatever horrors lurk within world of humanity! Forcing oneself to look at something that is everywhere and presumably there is nothing TO do about it besides either killing everyone or killing yourself. Only, League doesn't have a cage that (presumably) lets the person to handle it without mental pain. League confederates only have their own willpower and guts to carry them through it (RIP Yamamura).

TLDR; I am not sure whether Valtr would judge Arianna or not, but his problem with fellow humans by now evolved into higher plane (but at the same time into more basic plane...?) so he'd definitely not bother. UNLESS vile-blood is corrupting as well, and Arianna sharing it with hunters would count as spreading human dregs (ie Vermin). THEN Arianna is dead. Overall I think if he found a person who is clearly a harm on the society but just HAPPEN to not be filthied by Vermin, he'd still not get them off the hook easily. Just that the League as it is doesn't deliberately police the bad guys, but exterminates the ones with impure blood; simply doing the SWIPER NO SWIPING could've been just a fun light-hearted change of the pace for them.

[lazylittledragon]

cringe culture needs to die because when i was 17 i printed out the entire player's handbook and monster manual with my unlimited school printing credit and also wore a black velvet cape the first time i ever DMed and somehow still thought i was too cool for dnd novels. who tf did i think i was fooling

[currentlyonstandbi]

[ratatatastic]

Vanha Kauppahalli date: en full, a 2 minute 50 second masterpiece...

Primetime Panthers | 11.6.24 (x)

[sundayinthcpark]

actual life goal is forcing spirkers to acknowledge bones at all

[treasureplcnet]

various karl and esther drawings :') netflix give them back to me PLEASE i don't want to keep going without them

[ocdeeznut]

As much as i hate and reject the s8-post cannon… i can’t deny one of my favourite klance tropes occurs during that span of time.

Lance waking up cold and sweating in the middle of the night, trapped in a mundane life, aching with years of unresolved trauma and dormant adrenaline.

Something in his body just knows. That this isn’t right. When his friends told him to give himself time, that adjusting to normality wouldn’t be easy, he’d laughed. Adapting is what he does. But he’s not normal, how could he possibly be normal after everything that happened to him?

He thinks back to a time when all he wanted was a quiet life like this. But it’s hollow, and he feels more alone than he ever did when they were trapped in space. It’s not some grand realisation, really. But a quiet, resolved awakening. A primal acknowledgment that snags his soul to heel.

It was always him. (I told you so).

Keith is passing through his system, dark clad and steaming with resolve. A man who knows himself, truly. Who did the hard parts of personal growth while Lance was still pretending to be happy. Keith was forged in fire and suffering, but Lance’s suffering had only gained him grief.

And Keith answers when he calls. Lance’s heart pulses, aches more than just for his face. But for his life. He finds himself insurmountably jealous of Keith. And he finds himself utterly foolish for ever trying to hold him back. When he left Voltron, and when he came back. Everything in between. Keith made hard decisions, took impossibly dangerous leaps of faith, put everyone he loved at risk and thrust his own life into god’s hands like some fucked up sort of yo-yo.

Lance answers the doorbell when it rings. And he’s there. He could scream until his face went numb, drown himself alone in the dark, run to the tethered edges of the known universe - but he would never escape Keith. The bond their lions shared, neither pilot would ever be untangled. A sore mess, flashes of red, black and blue. He sees the lion for a moment, flashing in the back of his mind’s eye. Keith became the most formidable leader he’d ever known.

And they take vacations down to sample that countryside living, sure. When it suits them. But Lance and Keith, neck and neck, could never have been normal.

And they could never have been apart.

[bambooswordwielder]

I've seen a few posts about how Lan Jingyi is the second coming of Wei Wuxian but like imagine being Lan Qiren.

Man made it his mission to target Wie Wuxian just from one class and then that student later on became their world's equivalent of the boogeyman and kinda seduced his star pupil nephew into becoming a rebel.

Now that student is gone and Lan Qiren probably thinks everything is going to be normal.

A few years passed and a couple that Lan Qiren is distantly related to have a child. All good and well... few years passed and Lan Qiren sees the little toddler walking around, smiling and following his mother.

And then that toddler looks Lan Qiren directly in the eyes, smirks, before running dead straight in a random direction, his mother in a panic chases after him leading to many Lan Disciples and even elders rushing to see the commotion, and the toddler is then found covered in two layers of mud and filth, a bunny from who knows where, and holding the hand of Lan Yuan (the child his nephew found mysteriously all those years ago).

Even worse, the child doesn't look one bit guilty, only more smug as the elders all sigh and groan about the chaos.

Lan Qiren returns to his room that night and prays to all his ancestors that the Yiling Patriarch didn't reincarnate and into his Clan of all places.

Years pass and the child grows up. Lan Qiren still performs calming melodies and inquiry to VERIFY that this child is indeed a Lan and not at the reborn Wei Wuxian.

When Wei Wuxian is exposed as Mo Xuanyu, Lan Qiren is both angry and furious at the blatant trickery of the Yiling Patriarch, but also a little bit relieved that Lan Jingyi is actually just a naturally rebellious child and not a Demon sent to torture him for all his past transgressions...

That thought is shaken a bit as Lan Jingyi would proceed to very loudly insult and fight with the brand new Jin Sect Leader, Jin Ling, in public and blantly threatened to punch him in the face.

Lan Qiren would return to his room that night and hope and pray that hopefully someone like Lan Wangji would show up to at least try and control this Lan-Made Demon child.

[completeoveranalysis]

[4]

Of course Doumeki prefers Rakugo.

He’s very traditional like that. 

Also I really like that Himawari has a bag with a sunflower on it! Commitment to the naming theme!

Yuuko’s incredibly patient smile when Watanuki recounts what Haruka said about Doumeki only eating things he trusts. 

Like, Yes, Watanuki. Yes Indeed. Now, how do you think that applies to your cooking…? 

Take your time you probably need it. 

Meanwhile Mokona also wanting to perform with Watanuki is darling and I actually want to see it. 

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

questioning sexuality is so exhausting

[conqueenror]

People often forget the fact that the main character/cast in the story doesn't have to believe in the right thing. They can be very wrong, they can die while believing in something very wrong. And it's not just the "tragic" very wrong, nor the "badass villain" very wrong, it is actually something disgusting and inhumane, that makes people feel terrible knowing that in some story, the main cast can have awful morals. In some stories, no character, not the main cast nor the villain, may have the right insight on something. And people will automatically assume that the story and the author are terrible, because everything is so bad in the story. Except, this makes people ignore said story itself. The right belief may actually be hidden, and only uncovered by seeing what these characters, main cast or villains, get in the end. You can't know that running wild on the rocky ground is a bad idea, until you fall, or hear it from someone else.

[deargravity]

one of the many things that bothers me about goku luck is the fact that they have kenta (a minor) in a penitentiary full of adult convicts. where was the juvenile welfare officer and why are they not doing their job. hope they’re fired

[crowkniife]

They’re going to talk to their exes

[saltynsassy31]

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[jichanxo]

sunday six!

tags 👋 @four-white-trees @passthroughtime @overdevelopedglasses @phantasy14 @skysquid22

yagami calls kuwana and they have a very normal conversation. (still on track for my word count goal for senseific 💪 but i took a break from it for this :D)

“Four hours, wow, that’s a new record for you.” Kuwana’s voice was sarcastic, but compared to earlier there seemed to be some affection in it. One might even call it a good-natured tease.

“And you call me the needy one.” Yagami complained back regardless, sighing. There was no winning with him, was there? “Are you busy?”

“Was just about to walk home, so I’m afraid I can’t entertain you right now.” He sounded bored. “Not that I’d go back on my word about not sucking your dick.”

Yagami facepalmed. “Wasn’t calling for that.”

“Yeah? What else do you talk to me for? Are you making good on my terms earlier?”

[feline-evil]

Never gonna be over how unutterably pathetic and in dire need of ANY kind of companionship or friendship that doesn't revolve around their band the entirety of dethklok are. I love these horrible idiots who are so devoid of any real connections outside of themselves that they will latch onto anyone unfortunate enough to get too close to any one of them! And GOD help anyone they latch onto!!