#what to do when the only thing i really want to do (read a specific fanfic) is triggering. help.

[fishnapple]

How your admirers view you

This is a general reading meant for multiple people. Take only what resonates and leave out the rest.

Your feedback is much appreciated. If you find the reading resonated with you, leave a comment, I’d love to know 🎐

About me | Masterpost Book a reading with me - KO-FI (→ personal reading)

CUBE 1

The majority of them are likely intimidated by you. You seem to emanate an air of competence and confidence that make them question their worth. They probably ask themselves if you really need them in your life, what value can they contribute to your life. Because you seem to not need any unnecessary attachments and focus on your success. You seem to be very ambitious and determined when it comes to social status and money. You're serious and hardworking, ready to put up with the grind and challenges, as long as you can achieve your goals.

You're not warm and friendly, but you can charm anyone, like a fantasy, a perception spiral that draws in people's eyes. The snake and the apple together, the cat and mouse, the tiger and the deer, the bee and the tree, these pairs form an image of something forbidden and dangerous. Those who are attracted to you romantically feel like they're being preyed upon,but they can't help but want to come closer. Some would think that you would make a great trophy and elevate their status and value if they're seen being with you.

They think you like to keep a roster of admirers around you just for fun. Like you're toying with them, giving them the illusion of hope but always out of reach. Whatever you're showing to the world, people can only admire from afar, they are not allowed to touch. If you flaunt your beauty and talent, it's simply because you like to, without any motives of capturing a specific someone's heart. They can feel like you just want to capture the heart of everyone, the adoration of the mass rather than of any individuals.

The way you speak can be teasing. Your words seem to have hidden meanings, innuendos that only a discerning ears and a sharp mind can catch on. You don't like to argue or shut down anyone. You seek verbal entertainment and companionship everywhere you go. They may feel a little cautious when talking to you, afraid of unwittingly slipping up some of their secrets. And they don't know if you would use those to your advantage later on.

Being in a relationship with you feeling a tug of war, a struggle for power and domination. You don't do the subtle game when it comes to someone you're interested in. Once someone becomes your target, they can't help but feel like they're being hunted. And I think some actually want to be willing preys. Because they feel like it can transform them, that they can experience the highest of high and the lowest of low when they're with you. It would take a brave soul to stand in front of you without running away after some displays of power.

CUBE 2

They probably think you're a work hard, play-hard person, you know how to get what you want and how to have fun. You have an air of graceful but passionate competence that is not for the weak of heart. The first thing they notice about you is your go-getter attitude, you seem to have whatever, whoever you want, you set your sight on something or someone, next moment, they are yours. You just know how to go after your desire. But not in an aggressive manner at all, just pure confidence and focus. This also makes them think that you have everything you want already, you don't really need anything that doesn't add value to your life. You might be a target for some opportunists who want to bask in the light of your abundance. But you're wise and discerning enough not to entertain them.

Your admirers might feel that your life is not very stable at the moment or was like that in the past, you had to face something very difficult and had triumphed it. This gives you a resilient yet shrew way of viewing life. They sense that you will be able to get out every crisis with ease, because you're experienced and no stranger to the act of reinventing yourself. This also makes you a little slippery, as if no one, nothing can hold you down, you're always free and belong to yourself only. Some are very intrigued by this depth and attitude, they want to explore more, to see your hidden demons, it's thrilling, like trying to conquer a mystical creature of the deep.

You probably don't show these demons of yours to just anyone. The way you talk doesn't have any hint of struggle, you know just what to show, what to conceal. To everyone, you're this perfect creature that nothing can stand in your way. You also have the tendency to point out fallacy and pretence. They think they won't have any chance with you if they try to act over the top, boast or flaunt unreal achievements in front of you, deceit is out of the window, you have no patience for that. You seek someone who can elevate your spirit, someone who is your equal, who can confront you and stand their ground.

In love, you are much more softer, you like to joke, to play with your lover. In fact, romance is something vital to you, no matter how much you try to disguise it behind the image of independence. To the people you love, you're loyal to the extreme, you're willing to go through any hell for them, that's why you're extremely picky. Some would mistake your general detached friendliness as romantic interest. You could strike up a conversation with any stranger and easily get them to open up, but you don't let them in easy, not without some testings first.

CUBE 3

You have an interesting combination of strongwill strength and softness that can be seen in various situations. Your admirers' views of you might differ wildly, maybe you attract different kinds of people and they have different way of perceiving you, some can see a trait more prominent, some see other traits as more representative of who you are as a person.

At first glance, you can be authoritative and protective of your energy. You come off as reserved and a little bit aloof, someone who prioritises their peace and solitude above all else. But you aren't standoffish or dismissive of others. When the situation calls for it, you can step up and work well with others. Some would see you as a protector, while others see you as the one who needs protection. There's vulnerability in your expression, but you're never a victim. You know how to direct your life as your own master. But at times, some can see that you don't welcome them at first interaction, almost as if you're trying to run away or hide from them. It takes a lot to gain your trust and for you to open up with someone. Even then, they still feel like you're ready to bolt at the slightest of threat.

But in general, their impression of you is favourable. Once you've decided that you can trust a person, you relax and be in your nurturing energy more. You're a loyal friend, even those with romantic intentions can see this clearly about you, this is what they find so attractive about you. They feel that being with you won't be just like being with a lover, but with a best friend, their biggest supporter, and a cheerleader. Your light doesn't outshine others, it enlivens and inspires other to shine on their own. Your admirers find your individuality and creativity really attractive. They admire you as a person, and at the same time, feel hopeful and lifted up by your energy, which makes them want to be like that themselves. You have a way to nurture the biggest treasure in a person, you help them connect with a deeper meaning in life.

Some can feel lost in your energy because it's too encompassing. They wonder if the compassion you give them is for them only or is it universal. So they can feel like they're competing with a lot in your life for your attention. You make them feel so grounded, yet you remain elusive. They feel that no matter how much they try, how close they get to you, how long they're with you, they can't never grasp your true essence.

CUBE 4

Many would think that you're hiding a vulnerable inner self behind a mask of bravery and strength. They feel like fear is the main motivator of your actions. You don't want people to discover that you're actually a vulnerable human being, that you can be needy and fearful, that you need someone to protect you. Because you feel that showing that side of you to the world will make you an easy target for exploitation and hurt. So you don a mask of independence, sometimes aggressively.

You're on guard towards strangers, but to the people who have gotten to know you better, your admirers included, they can see that soft heart of yours and they really love it. It's the contradictory energy within you that intrigues lots of people. You can look fierce on moment, but if something happens to touch your heart, your expression can immediately soften. Behind the hard exterior is a caring and nurturing person. As long as you feel safe in their presence, you can relax and act more spontaneously. Your laugh might be very contagious, filled with pure joy that can immediately make the other person feeling at ease with you.

In a group, you can assume the role of a "leader" or someone who can give the direction and guide people. You don't like to talk too much but still have a way to make people listen and respect your opinions. But some can feel that you tend to hide your true intentions, your plan. You might show off your skill, your verbal dexterity, but you don't like to actually talk about your deeper thoughts. You like to make people around you laugh, but you don't want to reveal your sadness. It's like, when it comes to your own world, your own path, you don't want anyone to see it, lest they hinder you from moving forward. This can make some people think that you can be sneaky and strategic in your moves. What they see might not be what they get.

This group feels shorter and hard to articulate because there's a resistance. Even when you do allow people into your world, you are still reluctant to let them in fully. Some will feel frustrated and give up, and some will take it as a challenge and want to advance deeper to finally solve your mystery.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Hi! I've been making my way through your lessons, thank you so much for them!

I might've just missed it in the lessons, but do you happen to have tips about how having a character be Black might change the implication or reception of a story? (Like I'd assume that e.g. Wyll's story has a very different reception/implication than it would if he were white) Do those implications change if both Black and non-Black characters are in the same situation?

I've been reworking an old story idea I had when I was a teen, and was considering reworking one or two of the MCs to being Black. But the basic plot has the characters stuck in a lab and experimented upon, and while it's definitely more SciFi than what would've happened in our world (closest similarity I've read would be Maximum Ride, human teens getting animal attributes like fur/feathers, ears, etc), it felt like something where reception and implication might differ between Black vs white characters (especially with the animal thing, now that I see it written out like that)

The space of privilege from which you can ask this 😅 I'm not mad, just a tad incredulous. There aren't really like... Tips. All of my lessons are tips 😅 real life is the tip, because it really is everything. I don't know how I can express it to you in a simple way. The implications will only change if you write them to be so. If you treat your Black character on par with the nonblack characters experiencing the same thing, then on your end, you've done what you can. But you cannot change how readers with prior biases will treat them, no. I mention that in lesson 6 part 1.

The most on the nose example I can give you is violence, and how violence is perceived (I have a lesson on this). The next time a crime- let's say armed robbery- happens in your city, committed by a white person, I want you to check the Facebook comments underneath. Then, for the same crime but by a Black person, I want you to check the comments on the same page.

Hell, I got called slurs by a line up of butthurt Nazis on here for suggesting that what violence we consider to be and excuse as "self defense" in this country depends on how white Americans perceive it (specifically what I said is that they believe it to only apply to themselves. The Nazis certainly didn't like that. Perpetual hero, perpetual victim). It has even been studied that in American courts, the race of your victim often correlates to intensity of sentence.

You can even check it in fandoms 😅 check how people respond to two antagonists with similar backstories and/or actions, but different skin color. Oh man 🤣 they don't even have to be antagonists fr! The amount of empathy available; the "oh well there's surely a sad backstory" excuses available will change depending on who you're looking at. So if you're looking for pity for your Black characters who have made questionable decisions, it's going to depend on both 1) your writing and 2) the beliefs of your readers.

I'll ask fans here to drop their stories in tags, in case it might help you with more examples.

[loveafterdeath-if]

Yeah, similarly to what another anon said, I was kinda hoping for this to be a story about moving on after losing a lived one, specifically your partner, which I thought was a beautiful and heartbreaking concept, and while we did get that in the first few chapters, it feels like this plot twist kind of defeats the whole point.

Though, unlike the other anon, I personally will probably continue reading because I think you are an amazing writer and because I love Ekissa. The only thing that makes me not sure about continuing is that the situation is a bit awkward, makes me feel a bit uncomfortable, so I was wondering about how you were going to manage it? Because MCs moving on process obviously gets cut short, but for those of us who are gonna romance someone else, we still need to finish that process, and one important thing when moving on from an ex is time apart, especially for one you were grieving not so long ago. Otherwise old feelings, nostalgia and a lot of other emotions get mixed up and that would probably lead to confusion. (Sorry, for the long paragraph, just a bit worried about how this is gonna continue)

It's heavy spoiler territory, but I'll have to address this for anon. And it'll be a long-ass response, so be prepared,

You are right about one thing, the whole plot falls apart if El is alive, doesn't it? And like someone said in the LAD discord "why love after death then". They didn't phrase it exactly like that, but you know what I mean. The plot does start with El, but it won't end with them. Idk how to explain without giving away too much, lol

There are clues that El isn't really dead in the first chapters. The flowers MC receives, and now players know El was the one offering them. The doc and Athiel never talk about death when discussing El. MC doesn't have the right to go to the funeral or even see El's body. Even L being called by Juliet at the beginning will have its importance. They're small details, nothing too obvious, but they're here.

I'll be honest, sometimes when writing Athiel talking with MC, I struggled to remember El wasn't dead because I tried to make it look and feel like El was dead, so I drowned a bit in that department.

The characters might seem like a lot, but each has their own purpose, big or small. Some are a breath of fresh air for MC since they're not caught up in all the drama and can be objective. Others are here because they'll play an important role later. Then there are those who serve as reminders of the past with El (like the neighbors). And some are just like those background characters in anime; you don't even see their features because they're just there to serve a small purpose and keep the intrigue going. They come and go.

Sorry, I'm talking too much. So how I'll manage it, is by—and it's where it's gonna get tricky—make MC aware of it as soon as possible. There will be a reunion between MC and El. The tricky part is showing that El won't remember MC, no matter how much/if the MC tries to jog their memory.

The past El is dead; the memories won't come back, and if any fragments do resurface, El won't feel the love they once had. It's more like a ghost of memories; their body remember, but it's more mechanical than actual feelings. Like an old habit that won't go.

MC will have to grieve the old El anyway, even with them actually alive.

In El's route, it'll be all about falling in love again, getting them out of this toxic relationship with their mother, helping them learn to love themself again, and living with someone who is El but not the El you used to know. They have trauma, the confidence they once had is gone, they're insecure and they're more reserved than before.

Juliet is like, the first villain before introducing the final boss. What I wanted to do was weave two kinda plots in the same book because I didn't want to make two separate books. Love After Death is Love After Death for a reason. The plan is to make the players realize that El wasn't the focus of this book in the first place.

I hope there won't have any inconsistencies in this story, but if you find any plot holes, you're free to let me know, and I'll do my best to improve. It's only with advice and constructive critique that I can do so. I'm sure there are blind spots I won't see right away; I'm only human😭

[lxdymoon0357]

Hello! I don't know if you are still taking requests, but can I request yandere (if you write) Leilin Shan Candmione with male! Reader who is her personal bodyguard and her childhood friend. And if you could, can you write yandere platonic!Xavi who see Male! reader as a brother or a father figure and the only one in his opinion who deserves Leilin.

If there is something uncomfortable for you, I am apologizing. And I don't want to pressure you, you are free to ignore my request.!!!

Have a good day/night 💗

(Warnings: financial blackmail, abuse, non-con relationship, sexism against men, financial abuse, buying slaves (Xavier), SA accusations, SA. TW: this one was pretty triggering, read at your own risk. Yandere content. And this was written mostly from a pov of the fact that she isn't a morally good character or even interesting or compelling. Sorry. Male!reader. This is not AT ALL romanticization of any of the toxic behavior I write. Be careful, get help and stand up against such people in your lives. I don't support this, none of my thoughts. Kinda short)

© Writing belongs to me, Lxdymoon0357. Do not plagiarize, but reblogging, liking and commenting is deeply appreciated.

Yan!Leilin Shan Candomione with a Male!bodyguard!Reader HCs + Platonic!Yan!Xavi

❒ You were her childhood friend, maybe friend because your parent was hr tutor in something. But maybe her tendencies fostered because you got close to Iris Von Conrad, some small viscount's girl. That stupid, lowly girl always tried to challenge Leilin's authority!

❒ And you're probably her bodyguard because she begged her father to hire you and specifically you. I also imagine you were likely Iris' bodyguard and you couldn't do anything as you were forced to become Leilin's bodyguard and protect her all while hurting form betrayal you gave Iris despite you not having a choice.

❒ Leilin very obviously tries to buy your affection. For her, money is everything and it can get you everything, it is ultimate power and really, she has no worries for public humiliation and slapping you if you're not up to her standards, be it infront of others or in private.She likes to be sen with a perfect darling, she could even ruin you if you meant you would depend on her!

❒ To her, every kiss and every hug, every form of affection should be utmost genuine. She's the only, sole daughter of branch of the empire's wealth. Richer than the emperor himself and she's bold, pretty and everything you could want as a man. She doesn't accept love if not genuine in her ways. Boys are dying t her feet to pick them, who are you deny her?! Some lowly knight and just some boy!

❒ She would love to recreate old childhood memories and moments. From getting same treats to dancing together and in a delusional way do activities which would have been fine back then but now definitely count as harassment as you're both adults..like she might even insist on you bathing her because she just might think it's a way to get you closer to her. She'd like to see if she could turn you on, tease you..She loves to see you be uncomfy! To her, you're just shy.

❒ She'll have you care for Xavier and train him too, mostly as a way to keep you around even more and tie you down to her since she knows Xavier would get attached to you after he's already attached to her and she only feds his tendencies when she meets with Xavier.

❒ Xavier would use emotional blackmail, using his past and even ideals to keep you with him. You're almost his dad or even brother and no one else in his opinions fits Leilin more than you. You're kind, honest, you're her childhood friend

❒ Xavier is always using his past to keep you around as I just said. But sadly, the poor thing doesn't even realize he's doing it. He thinks he has to do anything to keep you beside him. Be it using his past, his talents, his childlike stature and face to keep you connected to him as if he was your son or brother. And what type of man would abandon those he's close to?

❒ She threatens to cut down on you payment and abandoning you with a bad record in a way, no other noble families would hire you if you were to be removed from the top noble Candmione family of the entire empire. It would be hell for you to even be able to secure and make a living.

❒ There is no fear in her, even if she were to force her presence. People would start to stray away from you if she were to demand in, in almost ways. Rumors do cause problems and she could feed into thm if it meant keeping her darling boy around!~ Come on! I mean, who'd wanna be near a guy who is rumored to abandoned his sick family, his possible wife or his children just to get more money! I mean, sexism!

❒ And if, by some reason, you do get old enough to speak out. She's easily able to bye lawyers and judged and even accuse you of SA'ing her. Because to her, the world she lives in is sexist. She's a powerful, yes. She's able to get away with bribery. but she's also woman and you're a man. People are more likely to side with her, even if she's somehow proven wrong. And you're morally and societally ostracized.

❒ And by extension of her accusations of you SA'ing her, she just might use it as a leeway to actually forcing you to sleep with her. I imagine, societies like that and sleeping with her would entail her father forcing you to marry her, keeping you tied down to Lielin for likely the rest of your life. She would hate to be away from you, you're everything!

[rainbowkittyblossomwings]

Gravity Falls analysis post that I'm just screaming into the void... Was watching Gravity Falls with my sister, and haven't been able to shake what she said about Soos and the Real Girl out of my head, about how isn't it pretty awful that people are trying to push him into a "real" relationship/forcing him to have a relationship and shaming him for not having one for Reggie's party? His abuelita says he's a man now, it's time for him to start meeting girls. There's this sort of pressure to have a standard heterosexual relationship that I really didn't like.

And that made me think, especially in the context of the episode, about how invested Soos gets in this relationship with this dating sim woman who is not an actual real person. One of the thing's he says about looking for a woman, is he's worried about a lifetime of loneliness. It's not something like "Girls are so pretty and I do not have one." or anything to do with women specifically at all. It's just a desire for companionship he's looking for so he can avoid a lifetime of loneliness. Dipper said "Soos, can a computer game go to Reggie's engagement party with you?" It wasn't something like 'if you want a girlfriend there's one right there for you,' or 'a video game does not have intelligence or a real personality.' No, it was that Giffany can't physically go to a party to adhere to society's normality. That's her real flaw. He later dumps Giffany because of this conversation, because he has to think long-term, and she's too "beep-boop" (not real.) But he admits he's having trouble deciding between two things he likes, but he doesn't know what's right for him.

And by the end of the episode Soos has "moved on" from "fake" relationships to "real" relationships with Melody. He immediately asks her to go to Reggie's party with him after their date which was not as bad as her date with the magician, because his main want was "someone to go to Reggie's party with" because he was pressured to. It wasn't 'I have a crush on Melody am doing this solely for me.' Part of the appeal to him was clearly still the pressure he's being put under by Abuelita. He also says when she says she'll still be in town "A relationship with a girl that I can only see through my computer...sounds perfect!". He does not seem disappointed about this at all/and I've known many allo people who are disappointed by LDRs since they can't hug or kiss their partner as frequently. And anyway all of this sort of speaks to me as someone asexual. It's an experience that I'm sure other asexual people have felt before, that LDR relationships or relationships over the computer are a lot less intimidating/scary/because they don't have that pressure of social conventions to have sex or kiss. Both my gf's and my first relationship were LDRs (not with each other) because it didn't feel "real' and "scary." When Soos meets Melody, he talks to her as if he's hanging out with a new friend. He calls her a nice lady, and although she is very clearly into him, it takes Mabel and Dipper telling him that he accidentally asked her out on a date to register interest/the possibility of that. (I'm sure other asexual people have also set up platonic hang out time with someone only to learn they did not pick up on the social cue of attraction/and that they are not on the same page with the new friend. I often fear that I have "accidentally" flirted with someone, when I'm just complimenting them.)

Anyway, my read is that Soos is asexual, and that the people in his life sort of shamed him a bit to have a "normal" relationship, but with Melody one of the draws was a middle ground. A "normal" relationship + before the end of the show where she moves back to Gravity Falls/none of that pressure.

Obviously Giffany had other negatives about her besides the whole "not being real" but one of the thing's Soos likes about her is that she predictable. I could see an argument being made here that one of the good things about being predictable is not having this intimidation when it comes to sexual acts. It was probably just him being shy/having some level of social anxiety/inexperience when it comes to relationships, but I also like this interpretation. The only other relationship we see Soos have is with pig girl, who kissed him because she thought he still had Waddles's personality/was that bold, and he kinda just listens to her as she cries about how different she is/does not seem that broken up once she dumps him. He DOES ask if they can kiss again/if that's an option which does imply he likes kissing, but some ace people do! He never says anything like "she's beautiful" for pig girl.

I also realized that looking at the transcripts, when Soos says Melody looks nice, it's because Mabel coached him to say that. The only one he really calls "pretty" is Giffany for her sparkley eyes. (Which super valid. I agree, Soos.) Anyway, it's crazy to me that there was more sexual chemistry between Stan and Old Goldie that episode than Soos and Melody. And I thought I'd share why I personally headcanon Soos as asexual! This post was kinda a mess. Sorry about that!

[papermint-airplane]

✨Non-Sims Interests✨

I was tagged by @eljeebee and @living-undead.

The big ones:

✈ Horror Fiction

I kind of group all the Creepypastas, Nosleeps, SCP Foundation, miscellaneous horror fiction together under one great big umbrella but basically, if it's a spoopy story, I'm interested. That being said, my enjoyment of these things comes with a few caveats.

I'm not into splatterpunk. Miss me with that shit. That's not horror, it's just horrible.

There's a fine line between horror and comedy. If I don't vibe with/buy into a horror story, I start finding it extremely funny. My enjoyment of any given horror story could be because it's good or it could be because I find it hilarious. Your mileage will definitely vary so be very cautious of taking recs from me. Sometimes I'll slip you a bad one just for shits and giggles.

No visuals. I'm a lightweight when it comes to horror movies. I can't stand gore when I can see it. Reading about it is completely different for whatever reason.

✈ Cults and Other High-Control Religions

*looks at you looking at me* What?

Ok so, the not fun answer is that I basically grew up in a cult and leaving that religion and belief system behind has been a huge struggle for my entire adult life. Even before I was an adult, if I'm being honest. I find it easier at this stage in my deprogramming to make sense of what I went through by listening to the stories of others who have left cults or high-control religions and finding common ground with them. What you don't realize until you've listened to survivor accounts and read books from people like Steven Hassan or Janja Lalich is that, no matter what the belief system claims to be, all of these organizations are exactly the same underneath the different paint jobs. Learning to spot the similarities is an incredibly useful tool not only for avoiding falling into a cult yourself, but for honing your critical thinking skills in general.

The fun answer? Something something starting a cult in the Sims. I don't know what you want from me.

✈ Fashion Dolls

Would you like a neck brace for the whiplash?

I grew up with Barbie and I collect them now as well as several other fashion dolls. I don't collect everything in a specific doll line, rather I just collect dolls I think are pretty or have cool designs or gimmicks. As a result, my collection isn't very big but it means a lot to me anyway. I can and will talk at length about which doll hair types are the best and how to properly take care of it.

✈ Kpop Girl Groups

I've been listening to Kpop since 2009. I used to be more into boy groups like Shinee and BTS from the No More Dream to Not Today eras but I'm all about the girlies these days. My current ults are Ive, NMIXX, Aespa, and Le Sserafim. Yes, I'm too old for Kpop. No, I don't care.

✈ YouTube

By "I'm interested in YouTube", I don't mean I watch a lot of YouTube. I mean, I do because I don't have cable or any subscription services anymore, but what I really mean is that I know all of the YouTube drama, am way too invested in certain creators' content, and can do an hour-long TED talk on any given YouTubers' scandals with no preparation. I am not a proud woman. This shit is like crack to me.

And yes, before you ask, I do watch CreepCast every Sunday.

I am tagging @nitetrait, @necile, @happy-lemon, @ethicaltreatmentofcowplants, and @silwermoon-sims

[directdogman]

I figured I'd reblog + share my own thoughts because this was a fun read and there's some really solid character analysis here that deserves to be seen by more people and shows someone who clearly pays a lot of attention to DT's narrative. It mainly focuses on the route content itself, where Gingi only knows each datable for a few days, so I figured I'd mention how both interpretations are actually correct, but specifically when you account for time.

The point about Randy is eternally solid. His newest scene in Roger's route shows him agreeing to take part in a predatory business to scrape his way out of poverty and while he's very submissive to Gingi, he intends to profit from something he knows is evil. Randy is NOT pure. I wouldn't call him malicious or unkind, but a lot of his words come from what he sees as self-preservation.

His attitude in his Roger's route cameo is 'fuck the system, what do I have to lose?', which introduces the dynamic for how the rest of Roger's employees react to the scam later on. And need we forget the bad endings of his route where he brandishes his iconic hammer? Randy is, on the surface, someone who will take anything that life throws his way with complete submission. However, Randy does have a breaking point and if he reaches it... All hell breaks loose. And yes, the point about the route centering around Randy's own agency is very important.

Oliver IS very confident but as pointed out, we do see some scenes of him second-guessing himself in the route. It's important to note that during the route, he doesn't know Gingi very well and is concerned about making a good impression and not scaring Gingi off by being too weird for Gingi, a fun inversion of the usual dynamic (not that Gingi cares if ITS weird ofc.)

The key thing to understand is that Oliver is kind of a pack animal in a sense. He derives confidence from those around him. I think it's fair to say that with more time in the group, Oliver WOULD be less self-conscious with strangers, knowing his friends would back him no matter what. I could still picture him acting confident when speaking to strangers with his friends around, but showing the same aforementioned insecurity on occasion when speaking to group members 1:1, desperate not to lose the favour of the group. In that way, late-game Oliver isn't that much unlike Callum Crown. The group would change everyone in subtle ways over time, as the DT characters are still evolving as people :)

The point about Karen is interesting. The emphasis on her rashness/jealousy is definitely very much valid and a great point to make. She is very much protective of what she sees as hers, but I do feel this could lead to situations where she automatically becomes the voice of reason in the group. The group is made up of Randy, Oliver, Gingi, Bigfoot, Norm + Karen. Because Oliver and Gingi are both fairly reckless, Randy has a tendency to panic/screw things up and she already has a dynamic of feeding Bigfoot (a dynamic of care) and he startles easily, this kind of has her + Norm having to think responsibly for the group, with Norm's father instincts and Karen's older sister instincts kicking in.

That being said, Karen's base personality is very much still there and in certain situations, like if the group was threatened or critically disrespected by something, I feel Norm would probably have to hold her back to avoid her clawing someone's head open. I should also note that DT's narrative (eg, Dietown) implies that Karen is as close as Randy (if not CLOSER) to completely snapping and having a psychological breakdown before Gingi intervenes and she quits her job. That's probably important to note.

I also completely agree about wanting to see more Norm + Mingus stuff as they're great characters! Norm's a little tricky because he only appears at the end of the game, and I've been a bit squeamish about doing ANYTHING after the ending of the game since I already have fairly detailed plans for what happen NEXT that continue very shortly from where DT leaves off (which would be prime sequel real estate!) But, I'm sure I'll think of something.

I'm currently writing a little Mingus fanfic to explain some of how she ended up where she has (first part is here), but yeah, Mingus is critically underrated and a very fun/complex character. She's actually in my top 3 favourite DT characters (with Gingi + Crown), which is saying something, given how much I like the other datables! It's a bare lead, but worth noting all the same.

Great analysis though! Made me smile seeing how much thought someone put into the characters :)

gimme 1 and 17 dialtown ☎️

hiiiii griffin i hope you're having a good time at graduation. probably not since u sent this ask but hey man i get i too was on my phone during graduation. anyway

1. the character everyone gets wrong

oh boy where do i start with this. i mean like. tee bee aych i feel like most people have a fundamental misunderstanding of randy. like he's not pathetic for pathetics sake he kind of intentionally puts himself in the worst situations imaginable to feed his worldview of everything being bad for Him specifically and no one else. the fandom kind of babygirls him? like treats him softer and generally makes him more of a shy uwu guy rather than a person stuck deeply in his own fractured worldview that is intentionally letting himself get worse. like randy's whole route is about making him realize his happiness is His Choice, His Decision and not a work of fate/luck/unseen outside force that he has to relinquish control to, and everyone just goes "yeah but what if we make him sopping wet uwu yaoibait guy with oliver".

speaking of oliver i feel like EEEEEEEEEVERYBODY makes him way too wacky and not actually grounded. like, despite his many odd mannerisms and such, he is still one of the few characters who has a job and is able to Maintain That throughout his route (though, of course, in the good route it changes). oliver is a pretty stable guy, all things considered. sure he talks funny and has a general inclination for the ridiculous, but a lot of people kinda coke him up and let him run loose like he's a wild animal. and i think it's more fun if you ground him in a place of reality and then let him play. instead of being the guy to drag people into stuff, let him be a part of a scenario and see what his reactions are. much more fun. also i feel like a lot of people forget how, like, awkward he is? like he tends to apologize when he says really outlandish/forward shit and seems to view Himself as a "freak" in a way that would suggest he's aware of how he stands in comparison to most people. like dude knows he's weird, and that's not Always a good thing.

and yknow what while im talking about the main dateables i would be remiss to bring up karen because like. WOW. i mean this is a problem with most fandom spaces unfortunately but the way people straightman her is so fucking sad. like people forget she literally quit her job on a Whim because someone vaguely suggested leaving and she went full throttle. karen is impulsive and karen makes bad decisions based on rash judgments and she is generally not that hard to goad into doing something stupid. i mean, she agreed to a date with gingi. twice! that takes some real loose grips on impulse control to just go along with that. like sure she is a bit more deadpan than, say, oliver, but she does have a sense of humor. she likes to use sarcasm! she has wit she has sass. also she is like. INSANELY jealous and i feel like a lot of people dont hone in on that aspect of her being the reason why she is sometimes so rash. she is fiercely protective of those she considers "hers". she wanted to Kill A Giraffe because gingi liked it. she is jealous she is rash she is impulsive PLAY IN THE SPACE STOP MAKING HER THE DEADPAN STRAIGHTMAN ITS SO BORINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

okay that's enough of that but just know i could've done it for every character

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

maybe i am insanely ridiculously biased but there should more content of mingus and norm. or just mingus. or norm. those two are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fascinating and i feel like people kinda gloss over that. like they're similar beasts in their rampant paranoia and flawed perspective on callum/the world and they butt heads about it like crazy. generally their dynamic is one of the most interesting parts of chapter 3 to me and i feel like there really isn't enough chapter 3-focused content out there. we should talk about these guys more. and if i have to stand on a podium and take a stand there should be more content of MINGUS. girl is the driving antagonist of AN ENTIRE ARC. BASICALLY THE WHOLE GAME IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. AND NOOOOOO I DON'T SEE HER ANYWHERE. IS IT BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T FIT IN YOUR FOUND FAMILY DYNAMIC? IS IT BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN? I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DIRECT YOU PEOPLE TOWARDS HER BUT I WANT TO. if my brain was functioning at the capacity it was last july i would've written ten million fics about her i have so many days. alas, i don't know if they'll ever happen... (but if people were curious i would gladly share)

but in a slightly more biased take, i think there needs to be more normingus in the world. how we were the chosen few to proclaim the good word of normingus is beyond me. like don't get me wrong i'm happy tryt had its impact but JESUS CHRIST I SHOULD NOT BE THE MOST POPULAR. SOMEONE ELSE COME TRY AND PLAY IN THE SPACE WITH ME. I CAN GIVE YOU IDEAS. I CAN GIVE YOU SO MANY IDEAS.

[welcometogrouchland]

I'm going to be so real I do not understand tim & steph shippers who feel that Steph dating Tim again would save her character. You can make an argument that giving Tim a more compelling love interest would be beneficial for him! And you can at least make an argument that the fujo mischaracterization of Steph would stop. However she'd still, inevitably, be treated as a prop character/extension for someone more popular 😭 it also wouldn't make her appear in more books! Tim doesn't have many frequent appearances at the moment either! You can just say you like the couple and want them back together without acting like you have some kind of moral stance

[bleghcourse]

A world where I read the campaign websites of Republicans running for office, who constantly tell me how much they want term limits. They rarely do anything about it, but nobody ever does anything about term limits besides talk about them.

That's nice. Meanwhile, in the real world, Chuck Grassley has been in office since 1981.

Corporate personhood is necessary to allow companies to be sued, so you really don't want that gone. And while you're right about bailouts, you're taking it way too far. I highly doubt that Disney, Amazon and Walmart would all fall apart tomorrow if we suddenly lived in ancapistan. If anything it'd be the exact opposite

It's also frequently been used to shield genuine bad actors from legal repercussions by marrying their behavior to the behavior of the corporation. Only in the most egregious of cases, like Enron, are individuals held to task. Corporations have also used their status to give thousands to politicians friendly to their interests under the guise of free speech. The system we have in place now is objectively bad.

Concerning Disney specifically, do you know what the nickname for the Copyright Term Extension Act was? The Mickey Mouse Protection Act.

The only interaction that the government should have with the private sector is in a regulatory or contract capacity. And I have serious doubts concerning the ability of the government to perform the prior given how often the latter turns into pork and graft.

I'm coming from a position of not being tied down by any ideology beyond "democracy=good, rights=good, non-democracy=bad and denying rights=bad", or at least I'm trying to. While I generally lean right-libertarian on average, from issue to issue I ping-pong about based on ^^^. I'm more pro-life than the current Republican administration by a country mile, but I'm also more anti-death penalty than most Democrats. So "where I'm coming from" is, to my best effort, based solely on preserving liberty, and since no ideology has a monopoly on that I'm never going to be consistently in favor of one above the other.

Then why are you tucking into the fat of my argument when I'm arguing against someone who thinks "social fascism" (socialism + fascism?) is a real thing when the only common ground between you two is that you're not left wing? Again, I like you, but I'm the contrarian, not you.

At what point do we start taking this joke of a man at his word that he wants to be a dictator?

[larrythefloridaman]

WOAH, HE'S BIGENDER? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

I’m taking this off replies and to your inbox or whatever this is called (I’m old and not hip to the Tumblr lingo). I just wanted to say I’m so enjoying your X-Files reactions and thoughts! I just became a fan a couple of years ago. My parents didn’t let me watch it when it first aired, as they didn’t think it quite appropriate for a child the tender age of 9 years. What I enjoy most about your posts are that you’re spoiler free! I sometimes wish I had remained spoiler free upon my initial watch, but my anxiety prevents me from not knowing what’s going to happen next. I do think, had I not been spoiled, my reactions would have been very similar to yours. Especially since when I re-watch the episodes (and films) I still have those reactions even though I know what’s coming. Anyway, that’s all! I love your content!

aww, thank you so much for this sweet message! i really appreciate it <3 i am so glad to be getting to see something a lot of people have loved and held close for a while through brand-new eyes! i would also have been terrified as a child haha, i was thinking that very thought tonight as a scary devil appeared in 6x07!

i often wish i could rewatch my favorite movies for the very first time, which is where the whole idea of this blog came from. i have been lucky to remain mostly unspoiled! with the exception of that first morning where i looked the show up on wikipedia and learned a few major plot points, LMAO, but it was the absurdity of those plot points that made me tune in, so. i suppose all is well with the world.

(well, that first morning i looked some stuff up, AND i've seen a few posts tumblr recommended to me because they correctly deduced that i like the show, but incorrectly deduced where i am in the show. allow me to shake my fist and curse at the algorithm. but still! MOSTLY spoiler free! and luckily, the community has been INCREDIBLY kind- this has genuinely the most positive fan experience i have ever had by a long shot)

anyway, thank you so much for this kind message; it really means a lot! <3 sending lots of love!!

[ceiling-karasu]

Congratulations on finishing the finals!

Oh, yeah, there are about 11 translated pages on the Words Without Borders website. Great General Mighty Wing is actually hundreds of pages from what I saw.

Sah Beetle3 does in fact have the entire thing in a Google Drive. I can ask them if I can DM you the link if you want (or send it through an ask that you can delete instead of posting), since I am not sure if they want it just posted out in public. Some of it is in PDF format, and some of it in in Zip files where every page is its own file.

It is in Korean, so you'll need a good translation app. I am opening each file on my laptop and taking pictures of each page in DeepL. Only trick there is the translation can be different depending on the distance to the screen and the angle of both the phone and the laptop screen.

So holding my phone one way is translating that the Wasps want to take over the bee kingdom because they make delicious honey and are very good at creating medicines that heal you quickly and cure rheumatism, and all that sort of stuff. Turn my phone slightly and the bees make delicious honey but are also the creators of the elixir of immortality, and many creatures want that for their own gain to become young forever. Those are vastly different concepts. Had to ask beetle for a direct translation on that one for the fanfic, and apparently it is more like the former.

Or a frantic speech about how oh no the wasps must have drugged a flower in order to capture someone, and they must have done it in the night and must still be hidden around in the area also just translates as 'It's my stomach! It's my stomach! It's my stomach!' if I move the phone a different way.

So you can see that it is a bit tricky, and I am having fun with it. Rei-does-stuff and I are discussing translating it like they did for the Brave Hedgehog Manhwa, though.

I don't mind if the writers for sah use my worldbuilding if it means they can finish the series. If the North Korean studios themselves can suggest that Clever Raccoon Dog is in Flower Hill, then why not the others?

Yeah, I have a lot of references for the sideways heads, so they aren't completely flat. Still needs work that I'll get to eventually.

Haha thanks! Although I'll have to admit I've been watching tutorials and taking notes, which is probably why it has improved so much. Not that I copy the videos or anything. My backgrounds are mostly based on scenery of what I can see from my own backyard or while driving, and then I just follow the coloring tips. Doesn't always work as well when I have a specific color I want to use for a sunrise or something, and the video doesn't account for that, so I just have to work around that a lot.

Kind of wind up staring at my original Jollin picture a lot to think about proportions, though.

I redid a bit of the Watercolor Weasels for Mother's Day, actually, so I hope it prints out alright. Basically the view from a hospital room a while back.

I really do like using the salty watercolor brush to make clouds, although it appears to work best on a non watercolor background.

I would still like to see the ants at some point. It still sounds kind of cute.

I have absolutely no idea how I managed to get Bamsaegi in that photo. I do remember making a feather and then copy/pasting it as different sizes and angles all over Microsoft powerpoint, though, so I suspect I may have made Bamsaegi in a seperate file as well and then remove backgrounded and put him in, before sending a screenshot to my email so I could put it in Sketchbook. I am pretty pleased with how the anime hidden eyes part turned out.

Absolutely do not expect people to try and read those chapters during finals week. Especially given the deep introspection I was trying to have characters undergo, so the first one would absolutely be confusing if you aren't fully focused on it. Although I will say that a reference to Scout Goseumdochi and the tree does sort of appear in the third chapter there. Don't know if I will get around to drawing that since I am not envisioning other characters in similar poses and it is muddying things a bit.

I would not mind a bit if you drew it, though.

Yeah, Bucky Bug and Gus Goose are Disney.

I just think he's neat! And Mighty Wings hits the same vibe for me, but without the rhyming.

I'm trying to match Mighty Wing with the manhwa the best I can. The fandom might be even smaller than sah, so I'm less worried about OOC, although I'm putting my all into it. It is turning out very nicely so far.

Hello :))

Here's a small sketch of Siwoo (Haven't drawn this man in ages)

A quick explanation of the sketch:

The Raliaen Mountain Crescent Base doesn't have a formal financial department or anything related to it. Aera has tried to ask for a financial department to be established, but the Central government told her that they can't spare any for her as her base doesn't need one. Aera knows that's a lie since she and Hyeonsik are stuck maintaining the budgets and resource allocation of the base. Eventually, Aera is unable to keep up due to higher number of suspected enemy spies being reported. Hyeonsik hates to do anything related to finance beause he hates money (long story). So, he just gives them to Siwoo who had studied a bit of accounting before. Siwoo is genuinely still confused on why he is given the documents. Hyeonsik does actually give Siwoo a bonus for doing them, so Siwoo can't complain.

One of many reasons Siwoo needs coffee.

[torchickentacos]

do you have any pokeani fic recs for the classic vibe (read: the content is unhinged and wild)

Referencing this post- long reply but I give a few pointers in these fics' direction at the end!

I'm gonna be so honest anon, I'm not sure I want to actively rec some of them 😭 A lot of them are very of-their-time (usually 2007-2013) and, while HILARIOUS, often contain things that I really don't want to 'recommend' (homophobia, sexism, a lot of slutshaming, some REALLY out of pocket stuff that is not properly warned for, etc). OBVIOUSLY I am not reccing the yikes of things so much as the rest of it (the hilarious unhinged side), but the current fandomscape leans bad-faith and assumey and I'm just not keen to fuck around and find out tbh. Ye olde fic reccing takes a level of understanding of other time periods and attitudes and customs in fandom and on FFN that I'm... not sure that all of tumblr is always very good at tbh lol. If you guys really want me to and if we can all understand that it was a different time and that enjoyment of batshit insane fics does not equal agreement with everything said or depicted in them, then come back and I'll consider it again. But for now, I'm MORE than happy to tell you guys the best ways to find them on your own lmao. It's not hard once you get it down, and anything I'd rec, I've found through this method.

First off, FFN's search system is just frustrating imo. Between a less-than-intuitive UI and people not bothering to tag characters and ships and genres properly, using it the same way you'd filter stuff on Ao3 is a fool's errand (unless you're doing it by word count/completed/etc, which is objective and automatically tallied I think). You're better off using key words. I usually ignore the filters. The only thing I filter by is fandom at the start page (all of Pokemon is under 'games' in FFN and I don't bother narrowing it down to animeverse personally due to aforementioned mistagging or an entire lack thereof).

So, what key words do I use? When looking for that specific brand of insane campy 2000s kitschy wild unhinged stuff, I usually default to searches like "PS CS IS" (poke contest ikari, there's a lotta stuff in there, sometimes there's ORS/LGS/OS/ES/AS etc and you won't always know the acronym and it's just a surprise tbh) or trope related searches like "Assassin" or "High school" or "Vampire" other words you might find in a summary. You can also search by character names (in the search bar and not in the actual filters, which are not reliable in my experience). I'd say to go for tropes and AUs as far as keywords go. I'd ALSO say to not filter by completed, because that'll filter out a lot of two-week-passion-projects that someone dropped as soon as it got flamed, and there's some fun ones in there.

That's about it, but if you find one good fic then it's worth checking the rest of what the writer has. A lot of them have a bunch of unfinished fics and there's some hidden gems. Have a good time reading, and the search is half the fun! Come back with any funny lines you find if you want :)

[scionshtola]

i am not really a zenos enjoyer in the sense i think most ppl think of it but i do appreciate what his role does for cori. like i do think it’s neat he looked at them and saw their power and then made up everything about their personality in order to see connection. it’s cool to me that cori gets to be like no, he’s wrong about me. that cori gets to have all this power and still be kind, still not be bloodthirsty in any way, still not want to engage with him. idk i just think it adds a lot!

[op-sys-chaos]

How the hell is this the first time I’m learning that Cass is actually dyslexic?

I knew she couldn’t read early on because she was never taught how, and wasn’t even taught most language to begin with so she had a hard time identifying words she never knew to begin with when they were written down.

But I’ve never once seen her being actually explicitly dyslexic, even in fandom discussions of her.

Thinking back, I think someone alluded to it in a post I saw recently, but they just said “her disability” and I assumed it was just her generic struggle to read based on her lived experiences. I had no idea she was dyslexic on top of that.

(And to defend Babs for a sec, in the initial run where she’s trying to teach Cass to read (which I read) I don’t think she knows Cass is dyslexic either, she thinks it’s more generic illiteracy combined with a lack of language knowledge. (I think this bc I read that run and I don’t remember any mention of dyslexia at all. Just ‘she was never taught to read’ iirc.) I’ve never seen a piece of canon content that references her dyslexia directly, but I also haven’t read every Cass comic in existence (not even close) so it’s probably in a comic somewhere and I just missed it. But yeah, I think the reason Babs was so hard on Cass at first and so unaccommodating of her disability was because she didn’t know that Cass was disabled in that specific way and therefore thought Cass’s only obstacle was lack of experience, so obviously the solution was more experience. Without knowing Cass was dyslexic, she couldn’t properly help her.)

Damn, DC, you really dropped the ball. Tell us that Cass is dyslexic far more often please, let people in her life accommodate her and help her. They’re the type of people who would help if they knew, imo, so let them do it!! Let them know, let them mention it, let them help.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some googling to do. I’m gonna go find out when Cass’s dyslexia was first explicitly mentioned. 👍

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Okay, one (admittedly quick so I may have missed something) googling later tells me that Cass is never actually officially diagnosed as dyslexic, and all the screenshots I found show that she struggles to read but not that she actually has dyslexia on top of the experience-based language difficulties. I saw 0 canon mentions of dyslexia. (She is definitely dyslexia-coded, don’t get me wrong, and I don’t want to diminish the camaraderie that the dyslexia community had with Cass. But from what I saw, she’s not explicitly dyslexic.) Which means I can hop up on my soapbox and linguistics-nerd my way into a new theory about Cass’s language disabilities without violating canon, even if my theory is somehow a subcategory of dyslexia and I don’t realize it.

As a linguistics major who studied language acquisition in college (yes I’m about to be a super nerd about this hush) I actually am not sure if Cass being deprived of language truly counts as dyslexia. When you’re deprived of language as a child, the part of your brain that is meant to be used for it gets repurposed for other things. Even with training later on, they still can’t read, write, speak, or understand anything beyond the basics. (Thank you, unethical studies, for this intel.) Their brains quite literally no longer have the capacity to retain any linguistic information. They HAVE to develop language skills young if they ever want to be able to read. Which leads me back to Cass.

This is why I’m not actually 100% sure that this is actually dyslexia. Cass’s brain can only process language now because a telepath went in there and messed with her brain until he could speak to her (in her original origin at least, that may have since changed) so that’s why she can now use that part of her brain again. But that part of her brain is likely still performing whatever other function it got repurposed into doing (and even if that’s just the body reading thing she does, it still functions different than words, so my point still stands). So she had less brain capacity that she can allot towards English than most people do, since the Language Storage part is serving a dual function. I think that’s likely to be the true disability here - less of her brain is capable of being dedicated to language than most people’s. And I think that might not count as dyslexia. (I’m not a doctor and I can’t diagnose her though. I might be wrong. Take this with a grain of salt. But this doesn’t seem like true dyslexia to me, even if it presents in a similar way to dyslexia what with her struggling to read.)

I stand by what I said about Babs, though. Even if this is what’s really going on, Babs wouldn’t know - this isn’t her field of expertise. So she just thought it was lack of experience and the obvious solution was more experience, hence the comments she makes about Cass just needing to lock in and learn to read. So yeah. If she knew it was an actual brain problem (of any type, dyslexia or not) and not just an experience problem I bet Babs would’ve done far better in being able to accommodate Cass properly.

But yes. DC, one way or another, you’re dropping the ball. Let the awesome people in her life support her and let her be visibly disabled on page and subsequently accommodated properly.

TL;DR - whether Cass is dyslexic or just language deprived and suffering from the very real effects that has on the structure of a human brain, DC should actually talk about it more and have her accommodated more on screen, thank you very much.

Insane battakes/facts from me

Facts: there's decent ground to say Shiva's favorite Robin is Duke

Unlike Cassandra's other three parents, Shiva's shown to actually give a fuck about accommodating Cassandra's disabilities instead of trying to "fix" her.

Opinions:

Babs can be given genuinely any woman in the DCU as a ship and it's a great ship. I genuinely managed to sell people on ShivaBabs

Robins (2021) showed us that according to Bruce's best forecasting, Stephanie would have led the Titans if Bruce never existed.

Ahh—hii! I love you!!

I've always believed that Shiva’s most tolerable(?) Robin is Tim. Not a favorite, exactly—she clearly has distain for him. She’s more dismissive than anything and honestly that’s super nice of her given how entitled Tim can act. That said, I could totally see her fav being Duke—if there's a specific interaction or comic you’re thinking of, I’d love to hear about it!

The audiobook Shiva records for Cassandra in Batgirl? It’s such a rare moment of consideration from Shiva and I just— Shiva’s treatment of Cass’s dyslexia is one of the few things she does better than Babs.

Babs is by no means a flawless parental figure for Cass—but she sure as hell is better than the other options.

Also; it's criminal how often Cass’s dyslexia gets erased or ignored in fanon in favor for the “fully mute” propaganda. The full-mute-background-flawless-ninja idea flattens her character, removes her agency, and can veer into ableism as well as racial stereotyping.

Babs could absolutely be with any woman, no question. The DinahBabs arguments are sooo compelling. I love Dinah and Ollie so much, and I, personally, don’t really see DinahBabs prevalent in most canon, but even then I can’t say I blame you if you ship it. (I am, however, wondering how you managed to argue for ShivaBabs?)

Makes me sad when DC forces her to be with Dick so that they can sell the Batfam as a secluded brand. Babs could do so much better.

Also, yes! I read Robins (2021) a while back and it really solidified for me how much better Steph does when Bruce isn’t there to interfere. Like, her growth, independence, and confidence just soar when she’s outside his influence. (The art was also stunning??)

[crystalkitty1220]

Man I wonder where the leader of the fear realm could've gone, it's alMOST LIKE NEVIN HAS AN