#what is free will and why can i do this to myself

[risestarkiss]

No paywalls. (a mini rant + a promise!)

So, I'm working on my Kofi page and looking around for inspiration, but I don't like what I see: "Become a member for exclusive content." or "This tier gains you access to blah blah videos." etc.

It's the same on Patreon. All of the cool stuff is behind a paywall.

Also, I've realized that YouTube is quickly following suit... I tried to click on a video this morning only to not be allowed to view it because it was "members only." ....I don't like that feeling. And I never want YOU to feel that way either.

(BTW, No hate to any one plugging their exclusive content! I have no issue with people who do this! It's just a practice that I realized I'm not comfortable with doing myself, and I'll explain why below. )

You see, new Rise content is already few and far between. Also, when it comes to "exclusive content," I feel like the show itself was ultimately put behind a wall that we can never scale, a wall of executive decisions that were driven by MONEY.

They can do what they want. It's their show! But as for me, unless it’s an exchange for goods or services, I don't feel comfortable monetarily restricting access to my content. 😤

...SO, I'M MAKING A STAND:

I will NEVER lock my Rise content behind a paywall or make my Rise videos "exclusive to members only!"

Instead I want to offer free content, content that anyone can enjoy!

❤️ My ROTTMNT Analyses will be available for free.

🧡 The Rise Reprise Soundtrack will be available on YouTube for unlimited listening.

💜 All seasons of my ✨Don the Fashionista: The Animated Comic✨ will be available for free.

PLUS

💙 I will be offering free ROTTMNT assets on my KOFI (Backgrounds, digital downloads, extra tracks & scores, and more!)

All I ask is if you want to send me a slice 🍕 you can!

💜Otherwise, enjoy the free content in the shop!💜

(...OH AND PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL. I'M TRYING TO GET MONETIZED THERE AND NEED SUBSCRIBERS. MY BIRD’S GOTTA EAT-QUICK! SHE’S RUNNING OUT OF TREATS-)

[mysteryshoptls]

R Azul Ashengrotto - PE Uniform Vignette

"What do you want?"

[Sports Field]

Azul: I can fly… I can fly…!

Vargas: Ashengrotto… Are you really serious about practicing flight magic!?

Azul: Of course, professor! Have I ever done any less than my best in all my classes?

Vargas: All you're doing is clutching your broom between your legs and jumping. You have my gorgeous flying skills to base yours off of, why are you still struggling!?

Azul: I am doing image training of taking off. Please do not bother… Ack!

Azul: I lost my concentration, so the broom ran from me… Come back here! Please don't drift so high!

Vargas: Oh, boy… You're in your second year, and this is all you can do!? Take a look at Viper!

Vargas: He may not be as skilled as I am, but his flight skills are well cultivated. How are you both sophomores!?

Jamil: Ah, no… This is all thanks to your superb teaching, Vargas-sensei.

Azul: Should an instructor truly be comparing the abilities of two students? Isn't that rather insensitive?

Vargas: Hey, no talking back, now! I won't have any time to be checking any of the other students if I have to keep this up with you.

Vargas: Viper, take care of Ashengrotto for me!

Jamil: …Huh? Me!?

Vargas: You are the best flier in this class. I'm counting on you!

Jamil: Wait, coach, I… And there he goes. Ugh, he's too much.

Azul: Indeed. What an irresponsible instructor.

Jamil: Isn't that just because you can't do what he asks?

Jamil: You struggle a lot when it comes to flight magic, Azul. It's completely different from when you're in the classroom.

Azul: It has only been a little over a year since I've come to walk on land, you know.

Azul: I feel like I should be praised just for being able to walk, and yet they're asking me to fly, as well? …Seriously, this is asking for too much.

Jamil: You can threaten all you want, but when you're hanging upside down from your broom like that, it's not intimidating at all.

Azul: Well, that is only because the broom won't listen to a word I say.

Jamil: Guess I should start teaching from the basics, then. I'll give you a tip. First, lay the broom on the ground…

Azul: No, thank you.

Jamil: Huh?

Azul: There is no way you're going to teach me a trick to flying for nothing. There is no such thing as a free ride.

Azul: What do you want?

Jamil: I mean, I'm not doing this out of the goodness of my heart, I was told to by the coach…

Azul: So, there's nothing you want in return? There's no way I can believe such a concocted story.

Azul: I have no wish to be in your debt because of something like this. It would be problematic if you were to attempt to extract a hefty price for this afterwards!

Jamil: Listen… I get where you're coming from, but can you really afford to act like this?

Jamil: You're a Housewarden, and yet you can't even fly in a straight line… Even Kalim can do this much.

Azul: I know that! I am trying to focus, please stop distracting me.

Vargas: Ashengrotto, Viper. Have you come to appreciate my beautiful flight techniques yet?

Azul: I am doing my best.

Jamil: Nothing has changed yet, Coach.

Vargas: If Ashengrotto can't fly 50 meters in a straight line by today, both of you will be staying after class.

Jamil: Why me, too!?

Vargas: You both have a responsibility to see it done!

Jamil: This is ridiculous… I have plans after… Wait, Coach!

Jamil: …Tch.

Azul: Poor thing. You have my pity.

Jamil: This is all because you won't listen to my advice at all. It's a waste of time just uselessly trying to jump up like that.

Azul: I'm not jumping for no reason, I'll have you know. I am doing so to visualize achieving my goal.

Jamil: So, is it working? Then hurry, and…

Azul: If I continue at this place, I should be capable of floating by tomorrow morning!

Jamil: Tomorrow morning!? And all that, just to float!? No way I can wait for that long.

Jamil: Even someone like Kalim was able to fly by sincerely listening to my advice. Stop making me repeat myself!

Azul: How persistent. I told you I have no need of your assistance.

Jamil: Fine. I want a study guide for the upcoming test. I want it, I reeeeeeeally need it.

Jamil: So please, let me teach you the tricks to flying. That should be a fair give-and-take, right?

Azul: …I understand. If you insist, then it's a deal!

Jamil: Seriously… You really don't want to be in debt to anyone, do you?

Requested by @pianostarinwonderland.

[starfox017]

Life Series College AU

Hi guys! This is my first time ever writing fanfiction! (i'm fueled by the hyperfixation) and I wanted to share the very first bit of the Life Series College AU I wrote! ---

Alright New school You’ve done this before But this is different right? I mean college, that’s a BIG deal. Will you know anyone here? Well, of course you will. Pearl’s here, and so is Mumbo. Maybe I’ll find other friends too.

I feel a fist punch my shoulder and I flinch at the impact, only to see Pearl on my right side skipping along the sidewalk. “Hey! Stop being so much in your brain, brain is bad. It’s college, you have got nothing to worry about. No one knows you here, it’s a brand new experience, with brand new people!”

“Yeah but—” I can feel the binder pressing against my chest, all the air starts to leave my lungs. “No buts!” Pearl turns in front of me and grabs my shoulders. “Just breathe. Okay? If anyone messes with you, just call me, okay? Now get in there, and make a good first impression! What’s your first class?”

“I- I think it's the history of architecture?” I say, swallowing the lump in my throat. I roll my shoulder back and stick my head up and fill myself with fake confidence. My words taste artificial, and my brain is filled with lies. Pearl and I stroll into class together, having the same class. She leaves me to sit across the room.

“This is for your own good. You need to be your own person, make your own friends.” I sit alone in an empty room, way too early for class. I fiddle with my fingers and start to pick at the dry skin around my nails. I wince at the slight pain of removing a hangnail, and see a drop of blood appear. Shit. I stick my finger in my mouth and try to remove the blood so no one notices. People begin to enter the room, sparcing themselves everywhere. I turn to stare at Pearl. From across the room she gives me a thumbs up with a warm smile. I quickly take the finger out of my mouth and give a thumbs up back, a fake smile plastered across my face.

“Why hello there!” “AAAH!” A voice startles me from behind, appearing at my left is a person propping up their cane against the chair next to them.

“Sorry, did I startle you?”

“Yes, sorry.”

“Why are you apologizing, for being scared? My name is Scar!”

“My name is- Grian” I say, the words not wanting to come out of my mouth. What do I tell people? The truth, or a lie? Is it even a lie anymore?

“Is that a question? I don’t know what your name is, sorry about that buddy.”

“NO! No. That’s- I’m sure. My name is Grian. That’s what my name is! Why would it be anything else?”

“I don’t know! I’ve never seen you in this class before. OH YOU’RE NEW! Welcome, welcome. Oh you’re going to love this class! Professor Andersson is the best!” Scar’s eyes flash to the professor standing at the front of the classroom. He’s dressed up in a blue crew neck shirt and some black pants, exactly what you would expect an engineering teacher to prepare. He adjusts his classes before introducing the class. I try to pay attention, but my mind keeps drifting to the man sitting next to me. He said he was a junior. He’s older than me, but acts so much younger. He has a goofy smile on his face always, and has such a way of speaking unlike anyone else I’ve ever heard. His hair is long and outgrown looking like a nest a bird would make, yet magnificent in a way you don’t normally see in a man. His green eyes gleamed like grass covered in mud but shone with sparkles of emeralds in the fluorescent light of the classroom. He had tan skin with a scar across his cheek— fitting with his name. When you stared at him enough, he was almost pretty. His face danced through my brain the rest of the class. If you want to hear more about what I have planned for this AU, feel free to ask me! I hope you guys like this, as I've never written fanfiction before.

[doberbutts]

I understand why you don't want to get into the nuance of what privilege is and such but I have been aching to every time I pass by someone talking about this post.

And you know what! I don't feel bad linking it, because it's free! Available for free from the mouth of the woman who gave us the concept itself! And you can pay just $4 for the rest of the essay!

Specifically:

For this reason, the word “privilege” now seems to me misleading. We usually think of privilege as being a favored state, whether earned or conferred by birth or luck. Yes some of the conditions I have described here work to systematically over empower certain groups. Such privilege simply confers dominance because of one’s race or sex. I want, then, to distinguish between earned strength and unearned power conferred systemically. Power from unearned privilege can look like strength when it is in fact permission to escape or to dominate. But not all of the privileges on my list are inevitably damaging. Some, like the expectation that neighbors will be decent to you, or that your race will not count against you in court, should be the norm in a just society. Others, like the privilege to ignore less powerful people, distort the humanity of the holders as well as the ignored groups.

And

Difficulties and dangers surrounding the task of finding parallels are many. Since racism, sexism, and heterosexism are not the same, the advantaging associated with them should not be seen as the same. In addition, it is hard to disentangle aspects of unearned advantage which rest more on social class, economic class, race, religion, sex and ethnic identity than on other factors. Still, all of the oppressions are interlocking, as the Combahee River Collective Statement of 1977 continues to remind us eloquently.

And

One factor seems clear about all of the interlocking oppressions. They take both active forms which we can see and embedded forms which as a member of the dominant group one is taught not to see. In my class and place, I did not see myself as a racist because I was taught to recognize racism only in individual acts of meanness by members of my group, never in invisible systems conferring unsought racial dominance on my group from birth.

You see, it's very interesting to me as I'm sure you're tired of hearing by now, that we've got the theory directly from the people who have coined the words, and for some reason we have a serious, grievous misunderstanding on what the theory is talking about.

To put it bluntly, privilege is about material benefits for being a member of an empowered class, and not simply something that you possess due to your identity. This is not just my understanding but the direct words of the woman who coined the word "privilege" to be used to talk about this exact concept. To say that it is not is actively going against the theory that surrounds the concept in the first place.

As for whether or not trans men have male privilege- that entirely depends on the trans man in question, is highly conditional and individual, and relies on a significant amount of overlapping dynamics of various systems of oppression. I don't know that Julie (but Jack in his head) who looks identical to any other cis woman and moves through life this way has a demonstratable amount of male privilege. I do think perhaps Roger, who looks identical to any other cis man and moves through life this way, probably does as long as he keeps his mouth shut about certain things. I think the same system that harms Julie is the one that uplifts Roger. I think this system hurt Roger quite a bit when he was still going by Kendra. And I think this system turns on Roger the instant it smells blood in the water, and hurt him very badly the moment it gets the opportunity

In this essay, McIntosh goes on to list a number of privileges she as a white woman holds over any and all black people. She relates most to black women- unsurprising as she namedrops the Combahee River Collective and is working primarily through an anti-racist yet deeply feminist lens- but does mention at times how whiteness grants her a shield not shared by black men's own male privilege.

This is why I always ask- what are you (general) defining as privilege? Give me an example, and don't just say it's because the demographic exists or by definition of identity. Identity is not privilege. How the world treats you, how society is structured to either lift you up or grind you under the heel, and the relative safeties or dangers of your life are what privilege amounts to.

If you (general) don't want to hear it from me, you don't have to. But at least read the damn essay so I can stop saying "that's not what privilege means though" every time I read a take like this.

i’m not even gonna break this one down bc “male privilege isn’t a material benefit it’s just literally not being a woman” i think pretty much speaks for itself.

[geowrites03]

Good Girl

Tim Drake x Kent!Reader smut

Summary: You both wake up horny from a brief nap after a smoking sesh. OR. Horny Tim Drake likes to munch 😋.

I was alone in a basement, chained and locked up in a small dog crate. I wasn’t scared, I knew I could get out. I just waited for a perfect time. The guy who thought he could kidnap me watched the camera, if I tried to escape with him watching he’d come down and try to stop me and I didn’t particularly want to fight anyone again today.

I looked through the floor and walls to watch for when he would walk away from the monitors but it was like watching paint dry. ‘Fuck it’ I broke the chains off of me and kicked the door of the crate off which made it fly across the room. He jumped up from his chair and ran out of the room he was in.

I ran to the basement door and broke it down. I heard his footsteps as he ran down the stairs and around the corner to me. I kneed him in the crotch and punched him in the jaw. I ran out of the front door and got blinded by the bright sun.

“Fuck. Why does it always have to be so bright in Metropolis.” I threw on my sunglasses and flew home so I could pack my bags to stay with Tim for a few nights like we’ve been planning to for a while now. Once I got home I had to explain to explain to mum and dad what happened to me today.

“That’s it. If you can’t handle yourself here, even as a Kryptonian how do you expect to handle yourself in Gotham?” My dad had questioned, not wanting me to go.

“Please. Come on, I’ll have a house full of vigilantes there to protect me. Even though I can protect myself.�� He looked down at me then to mum.

“If you can protect yourself then how did you end up in that situation today.”

~

“And then he was all like, ‘young lady if your mother and i send you there and the slightest thing goes wrong i am flying there myself’.” Tim and I start laughing as I make an amazing impression of my dad while I retell the story.

“I’m sorry for laughing babe.” He takes a hit of the blunt we have lit and blows the smoke in my face. “You okay after all that today?”

I nod at him while still giggling. “It’s nothing, Timmy. I’m a super, I’m sure I can handle a creepy guy wanting to keep me in his basement.” He passes the blunt to me, so I quickly put it to my lips and inhale.

“Yeah, I mean physically you’re okay. But what about mentally? You sure you okay? Especially with what happened late last year.” I choke on the smoke that’s in my lungs at the mention of the incident.

He quickly pats my back at puts the blunt in the ash tray while he’s apologising. I tell him that I’m fine and that we should be finishing the blunt that we’re currently neglecting.

He picks up the blunt and takes a long ass hit, thinking he was just going to blow it in my face and pass me the blunt I hold out my hand. Rather than the blunt, he puts his hand in mine and with his free hand he grips my chin.

He pulls me in close but also meets me halfway, our lips match each others perfectly, more so when we’re getting high. He blows out the smoke into my mouth and it goes directly down my throat instantly.

~

We both woke up from a nap we had after our smoking sesh. We looked around the room, noticing we had unknowingly hotboxed the room since we forgot to open a window. I laughed as he got up to open one, letting some smoke out and light breeze in.

He turned around and started walking back to the bed. I giggled when I saw that he was hard. The outline of his dick was on full display through his thin sleeping shorts.

“What are you laughing about?” He spoke as he sat down and pulled me into his lap. I moaned when his hard-on pressed against my clothed cunt.

“I just noticed that you needed a little help.” I moved my hips, rolling my ass against his dick. He blushed and hid his face in my neck.

He started kissing my neck and trailing across the top of my chest. He slid his hands up the back of my shirt and unclasped my bra. His lips pulled away from my chest when he pulled off my shirt quickly followed by my bra. His lips found their way back to my upper chest.

His hands went up to grab and massage my boobs. His lips trailed down from my chest to my boobs sucking marks into the soft flesh.

Tim’s POV~

I suck on the squishy parts of her boob while squeezing the other in my hand. Her boobs are one of my favourite body parts of hers, after her thighs. She moans as pinch her nipple, then whines as my attention goes down. I love hearing all of her noises, all of her moans and whines. It makes me want to tease and edge her for hours on end, just to hear the sounds she makes.

I push her down onto the bed carefully and take off my own shirt. Her hands go straight to feel my abs, the way her nails trail over skin makes me heat up.

I take off her shorts and kiss the inner sides of her thighs. My hands come down to squeeze the flesh. Her whines fill my head, intoxicating me, as I place more teasing kissing on her upper thighs.

I ghost my lips teasingly over her wet cunt, pinning her hips down when she thrusts down to gain contact. Thankfully weed dilutes her strength so she’s nice and malleable, all for me.

“Stay still, princess.” I make sure my breath fans across her cunt, just so I can hear her whine. I chuckle and nip at her clit, causing her to flinch and throw her head back as she moans loudly. “Shh angel. As much as I love to hear your pretty sounds, you can’t be too loud this time.”

I dive between her thighs and lick a stripe up from her entrance then flicking my tongue at her clit. She gasps and tangles her fingers in my hair. I wince, enjoying the light tug.

I focus on swirling my tongue around her clit. Her quiet little moans getting me drunker than her sweet cunt already was. I bring my finger up to her entrance and slide it in, eased by her slick. She took that easily so I added another two.

I pumped my three fingers into her tight, soaked cunt, sucking on her clit. Her breaths were heavy, eyes brimming with tears as one hand grips the sheets and the other in my hair.

I curl my fingers into that one spot that drives her crazy and bit down on her clit. The soft, soaked walls of her puffy cunt squeeze on my fingers, as she reaches her climax. One of her hands moves up to cover her mouth, to suppress her squeals.

“Good girl.”

[abbysimsfun]

Zion Spangler for @riverofjazzsims' A Holiday to Die For!

Hi! My, uh, my name's Zion Spangler, and my coworkers encouraged me to audition for this Holiday to Die For, as ominous as that sounds. They reminded me it can't be much worse than what I deal with at my day job, and I'm 27. Am I in my mid-20s or my late-20s? I don't know what, but I'm starting to feel like I've been holding myself back a bit from finding the right person to share my life with.

I'm not a big dater - I'm married to my job as one of Brindleton PD's finest detectives, and when I clock out, I usually drive a bit out of town to dance all night in the club. I love a bangin' DJ, and maybe I've banged a few DJs in my time! (looks offscreen) Should we cut that? I mean, it's not like I do it all the time. Sure, I've got kinks and I'm bringing my Sasquatch suit just in case, but I'm not that guy, you know? I like to be respectful.

More after the cut because editing said cut...

I'm sorry. There were free drinks in the waiting room and I haven't let loose lately. I'm so rusty. Ask me anything, I dare you! Okay, I'll tell you: I grew up with Mormons and have dreams about living as a spellcaster sometimes. I don't know where they come from, but life can get stressful and in those dreams I get to fly, so I like having them.

We just put this really big case to bed involving a cartel and a body in the Bay, so I really could use a vacation. My coworkers think it's cute that I'm the only single detective on the force and try to set me up any time we go to the Salty Paw after work. But the girls and guys in Brindleton Bay aren't really my scene, and I'm kind of excited to dance the night away with Winter.

What is there to know about me? Well like I said, I'm a detective, married to my job, I'm unflirty, cheerful, and a dance machine. I have level 5 skill in dancing, level 4 fitness, and level 4 logic. I'm bi sometimes, but I don't really put labels on it. You just lock eyes on the dance floor and you don't even need to flirt. You just know.

Favourite Colour: Blue, White (but keep Yellow away from me!) Height: 5'10" What Makes Me Naughty: vibing on the dance floor What Makes Me Nice: when people aren't breaking the law!

I smuggled in a third everyday outfit because, like I said, it's a sasquatch suit. Just in case. *Detective outfit pictured above not included*

My likes and dislikes are plentiful because I'm particular. It's why I'm single!

That's probably good enough for now. Hopefully, Winter likes what she sees, and she and I can see if we vibe on A Holiday to Die For!

Private download for @riverofjazzsims. (I don't use a lot of sliders and made his height up, but if you want to use them, do it! Pretty sure I'm sending him off to die because how do unflirty sims win BCs, so he's yours to toy with as you see fit!)

[stellamancer]

am thinking of a nikooj-esque reoniku au where he is so desperate to get you out of the wage cage and into one of his fancy apartments but contrary to gojo he is like . throwing up blood and spiralling over it LMAOOOO u could break him so easily truly….. suggesting you split the hotpot bill will have him staring at u like i do anytime you mention suguru

a high school / college au or something would be so cute too……… are u seeing the vision 🎤 any thoughts 🎤🎤 HE IS ACTUALLY SO PERFECT FOR ALL NIKU AUS I FEEL ASHAMED ………………..

LMAOOOO ARI THROWING YUKIMIYA OR WHATEVER AT ME WHEN MIKAGE REO WAS ALWAYS RIGHT THERE. i think, while gojo has a problem entering my tiny ass apartment, and vocalizes his disdain, reo would just retch on the spot at the sight of me living in what he would think is poverty, and then he would black out when i tell him it's by choice. hehehehehe. suffer little purple guy, SUFFER.

unfortunately, i can be won over through my stomach (i have this really cute story about the guy i dated in high school who did just that to me). so IDK IF I WOULD AGREE TO GO HALVSIES.... people who give me food for free are my weak point... though i think i would be very suspicious if he continued to do it and would probably eventually start offering to pay my share which would cause a very hilarious crash out since i had been accepting the food bribes previously with no complaint.

TRYING TO PICTURE MYSELF IN A COLLEGE AU (because a hs au is. impossible at this point for my brain under most circumstances) and like, for me it's really picturing what i would have done instead of what i did in college (which admittedly i did love but did not help my career prospects at all which is why i work in my wage cage). and idk maybe i would want to do interior design which. i think reo would have a field day with. idk i think no matter where you put him with me, i think i would eventually grow suspicious of his motives.

that is all to say idk if i can be crazy enough for mikage reo despite me considering him to be the most ideal soccer freak for me.

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

The polls are soon ending! I think this is a good time to talk about my personal favourite location, Ember Twin :)

Honest to cod I didn’t expect to care too much about the Hourglass Twins when I started the game! My followers already know that I’m an aquatic environments fan through and through, I tend to like them the most in any given piece of media and find them the most interesting. While exploring I did my research one planet at a time, starting from Timber Hearth, to Giant’s Deep, to Brittle Hollow, to the Ember Twin. I was pleasantly surprised…

I don’t know when it started, likely in the midst of doing several repeated visits to the Ember Twin since going to places and exploring them has a time limit (moreso than the game usually has), but I started to really like the atmosphere of Ember Twin. Firstly, the concept is cool as hell: two planets that orbit around one another exchanging sand between them. What!!! That’s awesome!!!! Like twin stars but you can actually get in there! And then there’s the environment itself. The red-orange stone of the surface and cave walls, the sun that’s nearly always in the sky, the massive canyons and crevices and tunnels, it’s beautiful. Ember Twin and Ash Twin do not settle for just being “generic desert” and go hard into one extreme which makes them lots more unique, either being super rocky with canyons or basically just all sand. I know that some people find the caverns of Ember Twin claustrophobic — and the squashed-to-death animation and sound is pretty morbid — but in a way they’re also comforting? Despite being in this dark maze of tunnels you know exactly where to go, no one can get you, you can do your own little adventures. You sort of feel like a kid adventuring around their home town, which is funny, because that’s just the position that many Nomai children were in, literally exploring the caverns and stepping stones and tunnels of their home!

Speaking of, the locations of Ember Twin are so cool! I can’t get enough of the Sunless City, it’s confined underground but still feels really big. I really like the High Energy Lab and Quantum Moon Locator, Nomai design is really fun to see and, well, I just find myself really liking the various locators and machines lol. Feels really major. The lakebed cave, it took me a while to figure it out, but it was always sort of comical to fly my ship directly into the canyon and then drop down when it would inevitably get stuck in the walls. I think the equatorial canyon is really cool (and scary! But cool) and the paths on the sides offer the same comfort as the caves themselves. And! Chert! Chert is there! Chert is my favourite Hearthian!!! Science rules!!!! :DD I also really like flying from place to place! A lot of Outer Wilds locations have a gravity similar to Timber Hearth (or um. I guess just three? Timber Hearth itself, Brittle Hollow, Giant’s Deep — which actually has more gravity. Though recall those are the places I went to first!) which means that you basically use your boosting power only for big jumps. But Ember Twin? Why, you can circle that whole planet with ease! It’s just so fun to start from say, Chert’s camp, jetpack your way into the sky, and then go around the planet to another location super fast. You’re free! :D

Even though the sand tends to halt your exploration at some point or another, the feeling of getting to one certain place in time or getting a crucial piece of information just in time feels really good also. At some point I was trying to figure out how to get to a room as the sand was rising up dangerously close — I realised how to do it and got in just in the nick of time! I felt really accomplished about discovering everything in the Sunless City hehe

So yeah! Cool atmosphere, cool locations, cool Hearthian, hot and dry environment!

[crystalsenergy]

ASTROLOGY OF THE SOUL

Interesting points to connect with your soul mission details - natal chart 🤍✨🩵

Sun: Your primordial essence, what you come to manifest with greater strength and centering. Where your being finds strength, certainty, and centering. Where the core truth of your soul lies in this existence. It will also represent your major habits, patterns, and layers of personalities most visible to others.

North Node / South Node: Missions and lessons vs comfort zones and traits already embedded in your personality. The North Node challenges us, while the South Node can keep us in the comfort zone if we don't realize that we have exactly the opposite side to look at, reach, and develop.

Midheaven: Where we are called to shine and bring doses of our being to others—in a practical way. What missions and careers are perfect for our life purpose and/or which careers and professions will allow us to move further toward our life purpose.

Chiron: The greatest wounds we are here to heal and at the same time teach, to bring something meaningful to others (if we open ourselves to this), precisely because we already understand this area in practice—often through painful experiences, knowing many layers of that experience.

Saturn: The beliefs, foundations, and issues we are here to revisit, reconsider, recreate, undo, and rebuild. It’s all about weak foundations, distorted paths, restrictions, fears, and blockages. What do I close myself off to and why? What do I limit myself in and why? What is my soul inviting me to be more open, flexible, and kind with myself?

Pluto: The deepest facets of our personality that call for rebirth, transmutation, liberation, and reframing. My greatest fears that may be turning into control. My biggest traumas that may be becoming dependency mechanisms. My greatest blockages that may be turning into self-sabotage. My biggest wounds that may be transforming into projections. Unlike the others, Pluto translates such intense, immense energy that things appear—but in an unconscious way, and we often don’t notice it. It’s a latent energy we hold onto, but often project it onto things, situations, or people in unhealthy ways. It has deep roots, whether from fear, trauma, wounds, and the like, which causes us to avoid looking at the root of the issue. Even though it’s challenging and deep, Pluto invites us to be reborn. After all, with the part of our chart that hurts the most, there is also immense strength, capacity, and connection to our psyche. Thus, navigating Pluto is about gaining resilience and empowerment in your soul’s journey. Your soul invites you to dive into its plutonian shadows with the greatest openness and as few taboos as possible. Will you accept the invitation? ❤️

Vertex: The Vertex is related to the movements of destiny, meaning things that lead and push us toward a higher purpose of our soul. I say higher purpose because we have quite a lot of free will to choose whether or not we will follow our missions, lessons—especially because being on Earth is often a challenging experience. We deal with different people at different levels of evolution, consciousness, and goodwill. So, we are somewhat, to a certain extent, exposed to such diversity of frequencies and vibrations. We don't always manage to keep our will, perseverance, and focus. And when we lose it, we need to reconnect with this inner strength, which happens at the best time and moment for us, but it is important that it does happen. The Vertex comes precisely to lead us back to the direction of our mission, with situations that, when they arrive—especially in the transit chart, we can see this—emerge more intensely, almost overwhelmingly, moving things around, and you might not understand what’s happening. Especially the planetary conjunctions (the slower they are, the more significant the transit), with the natal Vertex, bring these movements of something that sweeps, moves the waters of your life, also touching something your soul wants you to look at and/or experience and/or learn. It’s important to remember that nothing is destined to be painful; there is no pre-defined negative destiny. This is a belief of the human punitive mind! The Universe doesn’t work that way.

Pallas Athena: This is where you are called to develop and apply your independent spirit in this life, as well as your strategies, artistic abilities, and wisdom! Where you have the ability to find balance between wisdom and action, movement—that is, between fire and air. Pallas Athena is related to truth, justice, trust, combining strategy with wisdom, spirituality with science, earthly health with spiritual health.

Lilith: Lilith in your natal chart reflects the invitation and desire of your soul to look at where you deal with some imbalances, such as extremes, either denying or overindulging in something or a situation. For example, someone with Lilith in Libra may easily give themselves to relationships, doing this excessively, overgiving, or conversely, denying and neglecting their relational life and relationships. Lilith, therefore, reflects part of our mission to fully, healthily, and integratively embrace parts of ourselves that we are not accepting (after all, when I choose to live something and then deny it, I am afraid to fully embrace that part of me).

Part of Fortune: This is where you find easy fortune, ease, when you go down the correct path (correct = the one that aligns with you). So, when we follow the paths our soul most expects us to follow, we are on the path of Fortune. Fortune is something personal; that's why each person has one in their chart. And it’s no coincidence that happiness is something only achieved when you align with the desires of your Self / Higher Self, meaning stepping away from the pattern and the desire to live a life like everyone else.

[fangdokja]

Not really a request, but just a thought to share with you! (If that’s alright?)

Imagine Yandere! Demon King having to resort to “granting” his darling immortality, having realized that her lifespan was impeccably fleeting compared to his and demonkind. And seeing how unruly, ferocious, and self-reliant she was throughout their entire time together (or more like her captivity), he went through the trouble of binding her to him in body and soul by turning her into a succubus.

With this, she would be forced to rely on him during “feeding hours”, leaving her utterly helpless as she refuses to “feed” on other people.

Not only would this bring her closer to him, but also the fact that she’s under his dominion now as a demoness.

— Random Anon

WARNING: Semi-formal rambling and formatting. Includes Library Recommendations (nsfw + sfw).

If you guys want Reader lore? (low-key surprised people asking for Reader lore in some series) Well... I already have it all prepared. It's coming next week. Not all of Reader lore yet, but enough to tell you that Reader is not as helpless against even the Yandere! Love Interests, as one might believe:

We have four new characters coming up. And these guys are part of the top tier powerhouses, even compared to Yandere! Demon King. Most likely stronger actually. Actually maybe the strongest four man lineup in the entire series. And personally, I like these guys best. Though, unsure if I'll give them more screentime than one chapter. There's reason for that, but we'll see.

I also have four more new characters alongside these guys, but I haven't finished writing for them as of the moment.

WHY IS THIS SERIES SO POPULAR. adnljdsddsgawfuishas. Is it really 'cause it's otome isekai???? or something else hahaha. I was literally just writing about myself 😭 I DID NOT MEAN TO MAKE THIS INTO AN ACTUAL SERIES.

OK, now onto the ASK + Library Recommendations (sfw + nsfw).

Nice to meet you, Random Anon :)) I'm glad you're comfortable enough to speak with me about your thoughts. Don't worry, it's fine. I'm glad you're willing and open to share ideas or thought dumps.

Also, out of topic, but I like how you guys are picking "names" and not just emojis haha. Actually, for me, I prefer you guys picking actual names of your choosing. I don't want to constrain the name picking, so feel free to name yourselves anything, when asking anonymously. It'll also help me identify you better. Just make sure it aligns with the blog RULES and Tumblr guidelines.

Ok, this is a thought. But, even in dark humor content and especially in world building. Logic and reality is a must here. I heavily dislike making non-canon lore, it's basically me writing fanfiction on my own work. I can do it, but I heavily prefer canon works only. It's also in my RULES. I will always prefer transparency and honesty, so I will be honest in my answer here. I am aware what you gave is a thought dump and an imagine-scenario, so not necessarily canon. Just sharing thoughts. But, I will expand on the reality of who Reader is.

Reader doesn't just have basic intelligence, nor a dead inside personality when it comes to romance. Canonically speaking, Reader can in fact take on the love interests. So, why does Reader rely on wit, the romance system, and no-powers-mode?

Well, that will come in the next extension of the series. Yes, I'm officially making these into a Headcanons Series. This one:

Yandere! Otome Game

♡ Characters Included. Yandere! Crown Prince, Archduke, Supreme Mage, Demon King, War Hero, Master Thief, Enemy Spy, Demon Assassin

Drabbles

How do you escape a yandere harem? Asking for a very distressed friend (me).

How to Turn ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ Into a Very Literal Situation.

"Romance is a garbage genre, but if I have to play, I might as well do it on easy mode."

The love interests were bad. The backup plans are worse.

One of them wants to marry you. The other wants to make sure he never does.

Headcanons 1 : How to Survive a Reverse Harem (You Don’t) (General)

I hate it here.

Why am I saying this? Because based on the timeline of the current story with Reader officially escaping and in hiding. It's practically an impossibility for any of the Yandere! Love Interests to try capturing and doing whatever they want with Reader. Yes, impossible.

And even if there was a slim chance of capture even before the escape. Let me tell you know.

No. It's impossible.

Why am I so sure? Well, you'll know why once the new characters come out.

In actuality, all my Reader characters have lore. I just don't give it away so freely, compared to yandere lore. Why? Well, I focus mostly on yandere content for one. The other is because all my Readers are meant to have enigmatic backgrounds. No, I did not just make this because I want you all to feel more in-depth self-insert or something.

The Reader characters have actual lore in fact, all of the characters I make do. I just don't say it outright, because spoilers obviously.

I wouldn't be a psychological horror-thriller author, if I gave things away so easily. I decided to give some crumbs because of the effort Random Anon put into this message. I want you to know, Random Anon, that I appreciate you having the courage to do this, being comfortable with me, and giving me a message of substance. So, thank you.

And, it's why I'm taking this seriously, even if it may disagree with yours or others' thoughts. These crumbs are canon information on the series and characters.

Ok, I rambled a lot. But, to clarify the following:

It's impossible for Yandere! Demon King to turn Reader into a demoness. Considering it's still very early into the series, and unlike my novellas, this is still a lighthearted dark humor series. As of the moment, there will be no permanent and explicit horror factors yet. Why? Characters are still being introduced. Did you really think I'd stop at eight? haha.

Anyways. Yes, later on, it can be changed. But not now.

The Veteran Readers and those who have read my novellas, should know how I write. Take a dip and see how I actually write my horror content. Like this one, newly uploaded as well. It's not even novella length, it's also a headcanons series, if that's what you're used to:

Yandere! Author

Headcanons 1 : Fate’s Final Draft (General)

He’s the hero in his own story… and you’re his latest toy.

🔞"You like happy endings? Too bad. I don’t write those."

I recommend reading Part 2, if you want to see how I write my actual horror content.

Anyways. I'm saying this now. If you honestly think I'll write vanilla yandere content, then I'm sorry, I don't. What I mean is that ALL the Yandere! Love Interests are still part of my yandere collection. Hence, they'll do way more than just controlled feeding and monitoring lifestyles. Especially the demon race, for example.

Or, rather, the stronger they are, the more dangerous they become.

These are the kind of yanderes I generally write: Dom + Top + Older + Sadistic + Red / Black Flag Yanderes

Nor do I hold back in writing horror content.

What you gave is basically the barebones part of yandere content. Trust me when I say, Yandere! Demon King is going to do a lot worse than just isolate and force feed you. In fact, I would even say, he would NOT turn Reader into a demoness. Why? Well, let's just say, he's not as kind and collected as he seems. And I'm not talking about him simply being an emotional mess.

Would Yandere! Demon King grant Reader immortality. No, he wouldn't. Not only is it illogical for him in his eyes, but he has better plans than simply turning Reader into a doll or servant.

Not to mention, yeah, I mentioned Yandere! Demon King can be emotionally unstable. But, I don't mean in simply losing his cool and patience; thus losing his sense of rationality, then acting reckless and stupid. Or losing himself in rage and emotional turmoil. It's something better.

Also, for non-human races. Here, to give you New Readers an idea on how I write them. Read the Sukuna part if you want to know:

Novella 1 : Dominate Me, Daddy. (Brat Tamer)

🔞Will you scream? Or will you beg? (Bakugo Katsuki, Yoichi Isagi, Ryōmen Sukuna, Rex Lapis, Sunday)

I know some of you New Readers came here for dark humor, and lighthearted comedy. But. Let me tell you now, once I write actual "true yandere" content. Well, it's not for the faint of heart.

I only made the dark humor content because I was mindblocked on horror content. It's basically idea generation to me, so I can exercise my brain for erotic horror.

The true yanderes I make are hard doms + top + older + unapologetic + sadistic + does not need darling's validation + will hurt the darling + may kill the darling + truly confident in themselves.

They do not care nor need the darling's permission, validation, feelings, etc. to take what they want. They're not weaklings like that. As individuals, they are strong in their own right. Including mentality.

Yes, this also includes the yanderes in the drabbles.

Do you want to know the ONLY yanderes that won't physically hurt you? It's these guys:

Yandere! Royal Guards

Drabbles

Royal Duties: looking pretty, sitting still, watching your guards destroy the kingdom.

You got isekai’d. Now three murder machines think your blank stares are divine wisdom.

And, that's because they're engineered to protect you, not harm you. These yanderes are the only canon yanderes that will never hurt you physically. They're the ones who will protect you with their lives. Aside from them? Nothing. No one. Every single yandere in my library will hurt and may kill you. Yes. Even if they may not seem like it, even if it's dark humor content, even if they look ridiculous and dramatic.

And you know the good thing about being a psychological horror-thriller author?

No one can tell what happens next.

❤︎ Fang Dokja's Books.

♡ Book 1. A Heart Devoured (AHD): A Dark Yandere Anthology ♡ Book 2. Forbidden Fruits (FF): Intimate Obsessions, Unhinged Desires. ♡ Book 3. World Ablaze (WA) : For You, I'd Burn the World. ♡ Book 4 [you are here]. Whispers in the Dark (WITD): Subtle Devotion, Lingering Shadows. ♡ Book 5. Ink & Insight (I&I): From Dead Dove to Daydreams. ♡ Library MASTERPOST 1. The Librarian’s Ledger: A Map to The Library of Forbidden Texts.

♡ Disclaimer. Not all stories are included in the masterpost due to Tumblr’s link limitations. However, most long-form stories can be found here. If you're searching for a specific yandere or theme, this guide will help you navigate The Library of Forbidden Texts. Proceed with caution—these tales explore obsession, madness, and devotion in their rawest forms.

[tutanchanup]

HOW WOULD VLAD III. DRACULEA BE AS A VAMPIRE?

(look how he still has his wedding ring but it's on his right hand as - from what I learned - in medieval times you'd actually wear it like that! Also did you notice the scars on his wrists from shackles of Corvinus' prison? Eek! 😊)

This question is inevitable. Whether we like it or not, the name of Vlad Draculea has been inseparably linked to that of the literary vampire. But we can at least look at how would the real Dracula, Vlad III Țepeș, voivode of Wallachia, look like in this role.

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So, I've decided to listen to you and give you my opinion about Vlad as a vampire (I am honoured that someone wants to hear that, thank you 🥰, I'll answer the call of my people!). It became quite long, so I broke it down to several parts:

First, we'll look what the curse of vampirism would do to a psyche of an average human, and then we compare it to Vlad, who was formed by his mediaeval upbringing (in some future post I'll also discuss that in detail, so if you're interested in that, look ahead 😄). In part 2 (in a future post), I'll look at how he would physically look like - what fashion would he use (you'll be surprised!), his physical behaviour, and what impression would his presence make upon you. And in part 3 we'll look at his personality and the reasoning behind his actions. And, if someone would be actually interested, I am willing to make part 4 where I'd tell you what depictions of Dracula in media that I've seen so far I feel are closest to this and why 😉.

Disclaimer: as I have yet to talk to Vlad Draculea myself (just kidding, I actually have him locked in my closet, bwahaha!), please note that this is all MY OPINION. Feel free to tell me to shove it up my ar*e. But since this opinion is based upon at least some reasoning, please give your reasoning as well 😉.

Should you listen to me or not? Find out here.

~°~°~

So now, when we're done with the formalities, let's finally get into the big question itself:

How would Vlad III. Draculea deal with a curse of vampirism?

Prepare your tea, as this will be long 😄

Since there are many versions of vampiric curses in media, we'll look only at the two most common aspects: immortality and the need to drink human! blood (a.k.a kill humans, no bloodbags or vegan alternatives this time)

Let's see first what would such a curse do to a psyche of a regular human.

There are several huge pressures which could lead to a gradual break down of the former self, eventually opening the possibility to become a sadistic monster (of course everyone is different and would take it differently, but let's now look at the average human).

1. The Constant Need to Kill

The curse forces the vampire to regularly take human lives, gradually normalizing killing. This loss of respect for human life would eventually lead to dehumanization and a loss of empathy.

2. Isolation and Loneliness

An immortal would always end up forever alone, without family, friends, or a true community. Even when they would talk to humans, that would painfully remind them what they've lost since they are not human themselves anymore. This isolation would lead to hopelessness and despair, slowly eroding their psyche. If there would be other vampires, then they could pact with them, but since those would be under the pressure of the curse as well, it wouldn't be a cheerful company, instead making you face every time what have you yourself become, accelerating your loss of humanity.

3. Guilt and Desperation

Every decision about life and death would carry heavy consequences. When you take life once, you can never take it back. And the more power you have, the more catastrophic are the consequences of your failures. Also everyone makes mistakes, but in an immortal life you'd eventually accumulate a huge number of them. This overwhelming weight of guilt could lead one to distance oneself from their conscience, and that could result in sadism.

But what if this curse has happened to Vlad III. Draculea,

the medieval voivode from the 15th century, who's name is irrevocably linked with vampirism thanks to that unfortunate novel of Bram's?

We have to take in mind that he already was a voivode. A role that was always destined to him thanks to his royal blood, and which he was being prepared to carry since childhood

(yes, he was not the firstborn, but given the high turnover of voivodes on the throne, there was a big chance someone would use him to make him a pretender one day anyway. When you were born with a claim to the throne in your blood, you usually became a leader, or you were murdered by those in power who were afraid that you might use that claim of yours one day. It wasn't a choice)

And here comes the big surprise, as you can see:

The role of a voivode already carried exactly the same psychological pressures as the vampiric curse!

Don't believe me? Let's have a look!

1. The Constant Need to Kill

As a voivode, you also had the role of a judge and also a war commander (voivode comes from the Slavic word voj (army) vode (leader)). So the taking of human lifes would be inevitable, even if you didn't take it by your own hands. It was your responsibility to carry out laws and reign justice. In mediaeval times, the punishment for many crimes were deadly. So you already had to cope with that responsibility that you're the one deciding over people's fate. There was really no other choice, too - if you'd decide not to implement punishments according to the law, your own people would be angry at you, as they would see you as someone not upholding the law. And if you'd be too merciful, you'd be seen as weak, which would lead to your downfall and decapitation at the hands of you rivals (no, they wouldn't let you live and become a threat one day)

2. Isolation and Loneliness

The role of a monarch is a lonely one. You're alone in your position. You're the sole leader of the nation and everyone counts on you, which means that you have access to some nice luxury, but you're also cut off from real human connection, because noone will see you as their equal (in their eyes, you're above). Yes, you might eventually be given a wife, but that's an arranged marriage. And what sense is there in falling madly in love when you never know when you'll be called into battle (where you'd be expected to lead at the front), or when will your rivals finally succeed in planting their dagger into your back? I'm not saying that you never could love, but you'd be very careful with that, since if your enemies would see that you actually love someone, they would exploit that new weakness of yours immediately. Your view on love would be the same as that of the immortal vampire - they would know that it can never last forever because their sweetheart will die. You as a monarch know that it won't last forever because YOU'll probably die.

3. Guilt and Desperation

When your every ruling decides the fate of your nation, the consequences of your failures will be massive as well - for example when you make a bad decision and that leads to an Ottoman Invasion, your country will be pillaged, your men cut into pieces, woman raped and children taken into slavery.

So as you can see, for Vlad Draculea, the pressures of vampiric curse would be nothing new. For him, it would only be the continuation of his voivodeship, only in different clothes. And he knew how to cope with them before, so he would also know how to cope with them now. Because in real life he didn't descend into becoming a sadistic monster (#don't believe mediaeval propaganda)

If you're interested in the specific coping mechanisms based in mediaeval psyche that he used to be able to fulfill his role as a voivode, I am preparing a separate post about that, and I promise you you'll be fascinated. And it actually could help you deal with modern problems as well. It certainly did help me massively 😉. I'll link the post here as well when it's done eventually.

So out of all people, it would be the famous Dracula himself, who would keep most of his humanity intact!

...which is quite ironic when you look at how in almost every traditional portrayal he's a sadistic monster. Yes, the curse could do that to a regular human. But paradoxically not to Vlad III Draculea himself.

Would Draculea descend into a self-deprecating existence, hiding away from human sight in shame like most vampires do?

I would not count on it. Not because he was a voivode, but because he was Vlad Draculea.

Look, even if he might hate what he have become (as becomming a blood sucking immortal would probably go against his christian values), if anything, Draculea has never before let anything define him as a victim.

When the ottomans tortured him as a child, he didn't become a "poor tortured boy". He used it to make himself stronger and became a warrior. And that's why the Ottomans never managed to break him, as opposed to others.

Same would happen now - he wouldn't let the curse make him into "a poor cursed monster". He would be still a "voivode who happened to be under the curse of vampirism, ah well, what can you do, at least now I've got more weapons in my arsenal, nice!"

I am not saying that perhaps he would not disagree with the course, no, I think he even might be angry that this happened to him, the same way as he was justifiably angry when the ottomans tortured him. He might even spend a long time trying to find a cure for the curse. Because he was a man who wanted to always be in control (which makes sense when you look at his childhood, where he as a prisoner had no control at all), and if he was cursed against his will, or if the curse made him do things he didn't want to do, he would try his best to get rid of it (like he tried to get rid of the ottomans).

But in the meantime he would use it as best he could for his own purpose, like he still used an ottoman kilij for fighting, even though he hated the ottomans - because they trained him with the kilij and he wasn't a hateful fool to just throw it away the moment he got free from their captivity. He was pragmatic, he knew that after years of training he will always be better at fighting with kilij than with other swords (and also in some ways the curved sabre IS better than a straight sword, as we can see that it later took over. So Draculea would see that advantage as well).

Yeah, if you want to define Vlad in one single word, it would be: "pragmatic"

He had never let himself be overwhelmed with blind hatred - look how he withdrew his men from the night attack near Târgoviște, EVEN THOUGH he was this close to killing the sultan! But he withdrew his men instead because he knew that they would suffer horrible losses if he didn't withdraw in the right time.

But I also don't mean that he would let himself go and then try to excuse his behaviour like "ah, it's okay for me to murder you all, because you see, I am a vampire, I have no other choice" IF HE ACTUALLY HAD OTHER CHOICES AVAILABLE. He'd still feel obliged to use his power responsibly, as he did when he had power as a voivode.

So, when we take into account all this, we can see that he would probably never descend into crouching in the shadows (if that wasn't a part of some strategic plan of course), trying to hide away from the world so that noone may look at him and see the monster he became.

No, he would still have his honour and pride. He would never 'talk as a low vampire'. He would always talk as a voivode. But he would use his vampiric aspects when it would suit him strategically - for example he would smile exposing his teeth when purposedly trying to scare someone (as pictured).

So the final verdict is:

Vlad would never be a vampire. Vlad would be a voivode who also happens to be a vampire.

[mariyekos]

I've never done one of these before, but I figured why not give it a try! I wanted to cover a variety of fandoms for this, so I limited myself to 2 fics for each. The list is ordered by the date I bookmarked them, not by favorite. Links and summaries below the cut!

Heart Weather by bleachbleachbleach (kalliel) - Bleach

Living to see the end of a war is not the same as surviving it. In the wake of the Thousand-Year Blood War, the cosmic fabric of Soul Society has been fundamentally altered--and when Hitsugaya gets put in charge of managing the weather, it seems the prognosis can only get worse. Meanwhile, the consequences of his battle with Gerard are starting to catch up with him; and as the body count ticks up ever higher, the tolls of war are going to catch up to everyone. No body can contain all this grief.

Lead Me into Life Renewed by EclipseMage - Devil May Cry

Mundus made Trish for one purpose and that's to get back at Sparda and his bloodkin. Dante was only the cap of her project plan since they already had Vergil, and making Nelo Angelo was no easy matter.

Snatches of the past by WhiteBeakedRaven - Devil May Cry

A sharp taste, dripping with the essence of magic, suddenly blossomed in Vergil's space. Quicker than one could blink, the pen was switched out for the Yamato, Vergil changing his position to that of a crouched ready stance in one fluid motion. His sharp gaze was immediately drawn to the demonic presence he could feel, spotting the form of a person not too far from him. They were crouched as well. Two pairs of eyes of the same shade of blue met in the dim darkness. Recognition flared to life in both of them. “It’s you…” ----- Or, the five times Vergil met a misplaced man. And the one time Dante didn't recognize him.

ten piedad by aquilaofarkham - Castlevania (Cartoon)

“So you felt validated when Hell opened up and nearly swallowed this country whole.” The priest’s grip on his composure begins to loosen. “Never. Why would I feel validation or satisfaction in the suffering of others? To see those… things terrorize innocents?” The stranger lowers his head, face obscured behind locks of golden hair. Too beautiful for one who makes bold accusations. “Not all of them were innocent.”

eclosion by AayriSolassa - Final Fantasy XIV

Aymeric’s face turns white. ‘I had heard… stories but I always thought they were hearsay. Tales to scare children.’ Estinien laughs weakly, because he’s seen twenty seven summers and he’s fucking terrified. Aymeric’s jaw sets. ‘Well. ‘Tis a good thing I don’t scare so easily.' (or: the ritual of choosing the vessel for the new Azure Dragoon is all fun and games until wings burst from your back and aeons-old monsters speak from your lips)

Respite by u_andcloud - Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

In the spaces between battles, where his life's purpose can't guide his every action, Finn finds himself keeping unexpected company.

Will There be Birds by Aloice - Final Fantasy XIII Series

He thinks he’s mourning her a little better than he mourned his childhood. (a collection of snippets, XIII-2 and LR, Hope POV)

give me the bones of what you believe by Dawn_Blossom - Fire Emblem: Awakening

It doesn't take a sword and a shield to end a god. Grima is Robin, and he is Chrom's tactician.

Take Heart by ScribeOfRhapsody - Final Fantasy XV

Wake up, try, fail, die, repeat. Will he ever be free of this hell? Will he ever be able to keep all of them alive until the end? (M rating for darker themes, nothing more.)

tu fui, ego eris by vanitaslaughing - Final Fantasy XV

Ignis would do anything to change the fate he foresaw. Even if it means joining hands with a man he hates. Even if it means betraying those he holds dear. Even if it means tormenting them under the guise of being loyal to the Accursed. He can turn the tide if he just stays close to the man. Night falls. Noctis stays.

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[worldfianna]

Severance Theory

(Anotha one thank yew)

Buckle down and be patient with me because this is going to be the biggest reach of a theory anyone can possibly have mustered up, luckily it's not as stupid as miss huang being mark and gemma's daughter, but it still has some considerable holes. BE NICE, be patient, and feel free to argue otherwise AMICABLY. okay enjoy guys because i seriously started doubting myself when i got to the end of writing this. I was like "wow I'm actually crazy" but this show is crazier so.

Okay so maybe this is so so obvious, but i need to get it out there in case nobody else kind of thought about this either. So i finally convinced one of my friends to watch severance, so she came round mine and we got up to episode 3, and we got to petey. Now, petey has reintegration sickness right? So bad that it essentially kills him, but he also just disappears from work, he can't have resigned because otherwise he would've gone through the whole "goodbye" process of it, he didn't get fired, and cobel says he's still missing and they're actively searching for him, she believes he's been reintegrated and the board is like "oh no no no girl". I'm outlining all the holes in this theory before anyone else can. But I'm wondering if perhaps on the off-chance that the procedure COULD'VE gone wrong and that workers still have some memories from their job, they built in some kind of mechanism in the severance device that causes pain and eventual death? Petey is under the impression that people are after him, and i could be wrong but i don't remember Asal mentioning any post reintegration pain (forgive me if she did and disregard this entire theory) I'm thinking maybe petey began showing visual signs of reintegration, so much so that they activated the pain mechanism, to prevent any information about Lumon being brought to the outside. It's definitely clear that the severance procedure wasn't invented just so that your life is your free-time and you never have to worry about work again, they clearly want whatever is happening at Lumon to remain a secret, but need to disguise it as something else. Any information that gets out could be detrimental to their end goal so they need to eradicate any possibility that this could happen. I think they knew that Petey knew something - i mean, he doesn't show up one time and they say he's not with the company anymore instead of assuming he was like bed ridden or in hospital and wasn't able to call in sick. That's assuming this takes place on a monday, why would they contact him on the weekend? So that means the last time anyone will have seen him was friday. They must know that he knows. And i think the board knows that he knows something, but they have it under control because of the possible pain feature. When it get's really bad he can't tell what's real and what's not, making him appear crazy, giving lumon some plausible deniability. I feel like I've worded this theory terribily

In a nutshell.

Outside:

Lumon made severance device chip thing > device chip has pain inducing feature > pain inducing feature can cause death > pain inducing feature causes petey's death

Inside:

"Petey's not with company anymore" > bro missed 10 minutes of work > not fired? > not resigned? > they're looking for petey > why? > why look for petey if you think he's not a threat > threat to lumon > lumon knows petey's onto something > lumon knows reintegration is possible but lie about it > shows that authoritative figures like cobel don't actually know the full plan of what lumon is trying to accomplish > everyone is freaked > the eagans are cray

Does that make sense??

Also why would cobel theorise he was reintegrated if he missed one day of work. HE HAD TO BE SHOWING SIGNS.

I do genuinely believe irving reintegrated as well and that the paint/ black goop situation was similar to when mark saw helena as gemma in the tent in season 2. But I've written enough.

[son-solo-palabrass]

This blog is slowly turning into a Yellowjackets stan acc and I'm not even mad about it so it's time to share my experience watching the show as a former Scouts group member, as well as someone who used to have the same kind of friendship as jackie and shauna had w their best friend. (Not romantically tho) (I was the Shauna of the situation)

So, I was a Scout Girl from ages 11 till 17 aprox and in that group I met this girl who'd end up being like the Jackie to my Shauna; we were the best of friends, we did everything together, we grew up together, we went through adolescence together and, eventually, we broke apart bc of the trauma we shared (not as bad trauma as The Girls, of course). This girl was EVERYTHING to me, she was the first person I told about the eating disorder I developed as a teen, the first person I told about my sexuality conflicts, and the first person I tried drugs with. We had a bond like no other and I honestly thought we would be Best Friends Forever. She was the It Girl in my Scouts group and I was happy to be her Second on everything.

I wouldn't say I was in love with her? But I did love her like no other.

Obviously we grew apart bc you can only be the Second to someone for so long until you eventually realize that it isn't the best thing to be, just like Shauna did.

While on the Scouts group we would constantly go on camping trips bc that's what you do, and I can see a lot of resemblances between the dynamics of the Yellowjackets on the wilderness and the dynamics that developed between all of us during these trips.

Day one of the trip you're still the same as before, you adapt to the situation just like you would in "the real world", you go through chores, you try to make do with whatever you've brought, you act almost the same as you would at home. But by the third or fourth day you're not in the Real World anymore; you get used to the new routines, you let go of some habits bc they don't actually make a lot of sense in the place you are right now. And also, you're parent free, so you kind of start feeling like This Is Your Life Now. By the fifth day you're deep into this new scenario and you start to feel different, more free from conventions and like you can do whatever you want/need to "survive". The dynamics also change; eventually one person does rise up as The Leader bc we as humans usually look for someone to follow, especially in situations like this, where you're away from everything you know and you're forced to be more in charge of your own "survival", so I can understand to a deep level what happened to the Yellowjackets (minus the deaths/near death situations/extreme survival ofc) as a group and why they went so, and I quote, "fucking nuts".

I mean, we used to be crazy emotionally unstable by the end of these camping trips, and they were only 2 weeks long (at most), so I can only imagine what it would be like to, not only be on that kind of situation for as long as the YJ did, but also carring the whole lot of baggage and untreated trauma that being on a plane crash and seeing so many of your friends die tragic horrible deaths, can bring. But I can see myself succumbing to those same dynamics the girls did, bc when you're away from everything you know and are used to, with a bunch of people that are mostly kids/teenagers (although we did have adults taking care of us and stuff, they were also like pretty young adults. At the time I saw them as The Adults In Charge, but as a currently 26 y/o myself I can say they probably had no fucking clue what to do with 10 to 15 teenagers and how to meet their emotional needs at all) you tend to go a little wild. You leave behind some inhibitions, you start seeing these people you share every single second of your day with as the only people in the world bc, at the time, they are. And you get fed up over small things like someone not pitching in as much as the rest or not taking The Group's needs into consideration (ex: the piss bucket thing), and they pile up until this teeny tiny thing that, in The Real World wouldn't even bother you, becomes The Worst Thing anyone could do. I remember getting pissed at someone for not washing their mug or leaving a piece of clothing on the makeshift table overnight.

What I'm trying to say here are two things:

1. The way the YJ acted, the things they did, the fights they had, etc. are not far fetched from reality AT ALL. They're all things can, do and WILL happen if you put a bunch of teenage girls in the woods for the right amount of time. I'm not justifying the horrible things they did ofc but, at least up until the Doomcomming shrooms fiasco, everything that they did and everything that happened, I can see teenage Scout me acting the same way; fuck, I can even see little me becoming The Butcher bc they were so angry at the world and so desperate to be their own person apart from The Second and wanting to feel useful to the rest of the group.

And 2. I'm pretty sure that if me and my then friends had ended up in a situation similar to the YJ, I would've also probably ended up consuming my best friend like Shauna did, bc I remember the feeling of wanting to have her all to myself, to be one with her, to HAVE her, to BE her, to become ONE. I can remember the jealousy I felt whenever I saw her bonding with someone that wasn't me, which I then associated to wanting to be popular like her but now I realize that I didn't want to be her on those moments, I wanted to be everyone else and experience her like they did in every way, shape and form possible, I wanted to be the only one that could understand her. And I think that was inevitably what threw us apart all these years ago, bc as I said, you can only be the Second to someone for so long until you eventually realize that it isn't the best thing to be

[icecoldbeauty]

Personally, quitting was the best choice I think I could've made at that time. I made so many memories and connections that are extremely important to me afterwards- I likely would not have gotten to meet as many people as I have, go as many places, and try so many other things if I stayed. It was extremely freeing for me, but that was because I had over time started feeling tied down and restrained by staying. You seem quite happy to be in your position still, so naturally it'd be hard to imagine quitting! I do hope you keep enjoying it- and if there ever were to be a day you don't, well, there'd be no shame in leaving. Funnily enough, one of my closer friends these days is the man that replaced my spot in the League! Just another person I likely wouldn't have met if I'd never left! Oh Arc, I'm so glad I was already away from the league for a few years after I started talking about that choice to people, so the press was already long off my back. i'm inclined to think that would have been like a waking nightmare, especially the damn gossip magazines (which were torture enough as was). You have no idea how many times I'd get my friends and colleagues alike coming up to me showing me the latest one that was claiming I was dating a person that I did nothing but shake hands with. You know? Proper etiquette? Being friendly? Those don't exist to them, nope, anytime a woman interacts with a man they are 100% smooching when nobody's looking! Even though I couldn't be attracted to a man even if I tried, and I have, so I can say that with confidence! But of course being open about being lesbian would have made the press at least twenty times more annoying, so out of the question that was- only close friends and family knew for the longest time. Actually had no idea you were trans, so guess you're doing a pretty good job at keeping down low too! But I really do think it's so sad that being on the down low like that can just... make our lives so much easier. I wish I could've been more open about it when it mattered most. I had a few partners, but none of them lasted long at all. Even if gossip wasn't always threatening to snag me for anything and everything I did, it was just that much harder to be openly anything that wasn't straight when I was growing up than it is now. So I wasn't. I wish it'd been different, but I can't quite rewrite the past to be whatever i want it to be. I've considered dating again, but I'm old now. Doubt anyone'd want me anymore, and I've just... come to accept it, even if it does still hurt just a little when I think about what could've been... Ah, but anyways... I do think the idea of challenging her someday sounds awful fun! It's been a while since I last had a match, I do still enjoy doing them for some enjoyment when I've got myself a worthy enough opponent to properly let loose with. And yes, our gyms are open year round! ... Now anyways. Probably don't need to explain why we don't talk a lot about how the boss of Team Rocket used to run one of the gyms way back! Wish our staff was as extensive as yours is. ... Actually, more staff than just the five of us miiight have prevented the Team Rocket thing to begin with... Yikes. Does sound like a fascinating way to run things, though. Wish I could've given it a shot when I was young enough to be running between gyms and all that good stuff.

Oh yeah wait you're too old to know what inkay games is my bad

Oh, please, I’m only twenty-three.

[ he’s not old. don’t make that mistake again. ]

—💎

[causenessus]

most likely disappearing off the face of the earth for like a month/next few weeks i'm so sorry I'll be around if i can 😭 someone needs to stop me from continuing to get myself in these situations