#where is the seventh samurai

[tamayula-hl]

Headcanon about Sebastian and my mc, Sakurako

NOTE ･Sakurako is a Mary Sue-like character with an unrealistic personality. Reading is not recommended if you don't like Mary Sue-like OCs! ･It's very long. To be honest, all the descriptions of Sakurako are nothing more than a product of complacency for me. I am a little embarrassed to disclose my headcanon, which is filled with these particular settings and delusions...😳 ･Read from the top right in Japanese manga style. ･And again, please bear with my poor English🤣

Until admission to Hogwarts

In 1875, Sakurako was born into a former samurai family when the cherry trees (sakura) were in bloom. In Japan, the samurai society was abolished around 1868 and the samurai were forced to take the status of commoners. Sakurako's samurai-turned-commoner father became a successful trader and took young Sakurako and his family to Britain to get serious about the raw silk trade with Britain. (At the time, there was a thriving raw silk trade between the British and Japanese.)

Her father, who had a male-dominated mindset due to his birth in a samurai society, restricted her from academic opportunities that she did not need for a better marriage. Whenever she went out of the house, local children always made fun of her yellow skin. One day, after such a depressing life, with the sudden awakening of her magical powers, Sakurako received her Hogwarts acceptance letter and became a member of the Wizarding World, a place free of sexism and racism, where she had a fateful meeting with Sebastian and formed a warped love with him.

During the relationship quest with Sebastian

In my personal opinion, I consider Sebastian to be a very calculating character. Sebastian initially comes into contact with Sakurako as a means of breaking Anne's curse. Sakurako takes an early liking to the boy, Sebastian, who is very kind and helpful to her in her first time in the wizarding world, but it is around the 'In the shadow of the study' quest that Sebastian begins to take a liking to Sakurako. Having grown up watching her parents become arrogant new rich through their success in the trades, Sakurako has a desire to be a good person who is not conceited by her talents and luck. Impressed by the fact that the wizarding world is free from sexism and racism and that everyone treats her with openness, Sakurako is so excited that she takes on any request from anyone without refusal. Sakurako feels threatened by Sebastian's obsession with the relics after "In the shadow of the study", but she can't refuse Sebastian's request and continues to cooperate with him. Then came the tragedy of 'Avada Kedavra'.

After all is over, Sakurako realises how stupid she has been. She continued to help Sebastian (and the other students) out of kindness and goodwill, but as a result she realised that she was not a good person, but an arrogant monster with no sense of right and wrong. Sebastian's mistakes were all her fault, and she blamed herself from this moment until her death, and she would have lifelong thoughts of 'rewinding time and starting all over again'. Sakurako was deeply in love with Sebastian at this point, but out of remorse she tried to distance herself from him. However, Sebastian forcefully continued to contact Sakurako, confessed his fondness and they began dating.

About relationships

Elsewhere, Sakurako had established a friendship with Anne over a number of correspondence until tragedy struck, which was disrupted by Anne's disappearance after Solomon's death. In my headcanon, Sebastian heard the news of Anne's death in the seventh year, and Sakurako was also deeply saddened and even more remorseful when she heard of her death. Sakurako kept Anne's letters and the last letter she was unable to send to Anne for the rest of her life.

Subsequent relationship with Sebastian Since she and Sebastian have been seeing each other, Sakurako has been constantly worried that the love Sebastian has for her is not genuine love, but an obsession caused by the confusion and trauma of losing Anne. She was aware that their relationship was codependent, not healthy love, yet she spent her days loving Sebastian so much that she could not reject him. She dreads every day that one day Sebastian's love will disappear and he will instead resent her and saying 'Solomon's death was your fault'. When she is in the seventh year and thinking seriously about her future life, she finally decides to break up with Sebastian.

When Sebastian realised that Sakurako was acting strangely and that she wanted to break up with him, he asked her to marry him in The Great Hall at a crowded time, in front of many people watching, in a situation where she could not say 'no'. As per Sebastian's cunning intentions, Sakurako is unable to reject Sebastian and becomes engaged to him. However, even after her engagement, Sakurako's insecurities were not exhausted. Worried that she would never be happy even if she married him in an unhealthy codependent state, Sakurako finally came to her senses and, after secretly returning the engagement ring in Sebastian's bag after the graduation ceremony, disappeared without saying anything to him. Sakurako then went to Japan and spent her days learning about Japanese native magic, which she had long been interested in. However, after about a year, she is discovered by Sebastian. After Sebastian apologises for how selfish he had been, he asks Sakurako to marry him again. After a few days of deliberation and discussion with Sebastian, Sakurako accepts his engagement with a smile.

(This is an Illustration I drew for a previous Twitter post introducing the MC's image song) Afterwards, Sakurako returned to Britain and officially married Sebastian, giving birth to their first daughter the following year, and then to male and female twins the year after that.

About the death of Sakurako Sakurako became Unspeakable of the Department of Mysteries shortly after returning to Britain. https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Department_of_Mysteries#Early_history It is official canon in the Wizarding World that the Department of Mysteries conducted time travel experiments in the 1890s and then had a serious time accident in 1899. I have built on this canon to create a head canon in which Sakurako dies in 1899.

Ever since the tragedy of 1890, Sakurako had been harbouring a wish to 'go back in time and do it all over again so that Sebastian would not make the same mistakes'. Then, she is asked by the other Unspeakables to help them with a time travel experiment using her ancient magical powers. She understands that it is a dangerous experiment, but with a strong desire to redo the past, she accepts the request and takes part in the experiment.

Then one day in 1899, Sakurako was involved in a time accident with Madam Mintumble and her existence was lost. The Department of Mysteries determined that she had died in the chasm of time.

When Sebastian heard the news of his wife's death, he despaired violently, but had no time to grieve as he had the three young children Sakurako had left behind to look after. He vowed to raise them well on his own. After his wife's death, Sebastian, who had been active in the outside world as an Auror, moved inside work and, after the twins entered Hogwarts, became a Professor of Charm, watching over his precious children as they grew up.

The consequences for Sebastian and Sakurako I consider an even more specific headcanon for Sakurako: 'She survived only her soul by the power of an ancient magic, losing her memory and trapped in an endless loop of time'.

She loses her memory but somehow survives with only her soul and travels back in time to 1890 with only her soul for her obsessive wish to 'start all over again for Sebastian'. But because she has lost her memory, she ends up repeating the same mistakes and is unable to save Sebastian, despairing and wishing to 'start all over' again. Trapped in the Ouroboros circle of time and tormented by eternal guilt… is the headcanon about her. (I love novels and movies about time leaps and infinite loops… 😳) But I also have two possible outcomes when she is able to escape the endless loop. The first is route A. If Sakurako is able to time leap without losing her memories.

(I like Butterfly Effect soooooo much!!!!!!!!) During that fateful encounter with Sebastian at DADA on her first day of transfer, when he spoke to her after class, she rejected him and said terrible things to him. Sakurako thinks that that tragedy happens because she and Sebastian have become friends, so she tries to save him by making Sebastian hate her… and so the ending goes.

And Route B. If by the power of love she accidentally escapes from the infinite loop and travels back in time to a world 100 years later. (Never mind the details. The power of love is powerful in the Wizarding World, right?)

She is miraculously reunited with Sebastian, who has been surviving and waiting for her return for all of a hundred years… and that is the ending. Having fulfilled his purpose in life, Sebastian soon dies, and Sakurako's soul, weakened by multiple time slips, also ascends.

In any case, Sebastian and Sakurako do not end up completely happy… which is my preference. I love tragic love stories 😂 But it's nice to see these tragic couples having fun in extra episodes and so on!

(The drawing on the left is part of a cartoon I drew when the Sebastian T-shirt was decided to be launched. The drawing on the right is a parody/trace of a meme that used to be popular in Japan)

These are my headcanons on Sebastian and Sakurako! I'm honestly embarrassed to reveal my brain fantasies 😳. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this long post! 😭💓 The following are the Japanese versions!

[gayfranzkafka]

Okay from my movie list the ones that have a lower percentage of people who have seen them but are genuinely like So Good and not just some of my Favorites:

The Watermelon Woman (1996) - This and Desert Hearts are THE two definitive lesbian movies of all time to me. Really really good meta-exploration of the importance of Stories (AND absolutely incredible 90s lesbian fashion)

Bringing Up Baby (1938) / The Philadelphia Story (1940) / His Girl Friday (1940) / The Thin Man (1934) - these are SUCH classics of the screwball comedy genre, in which you get to watch the most charming men & woman in the world talk really fast & drive each other crazy & ultimately fall in love. You will have the time of your life!

Seven Samurai (1954) - Toshiro Mifune is THE actor of all time and you will not be able to take your eyes off him the entire time he is on screen. Also this movie is a classic of the samurai genre for a reason (and it's what The Magnificent Seven is based on, if that matters to you).

First Cow (2019) / Shoplifters (2018) / Harvey (1950) - okay these might not seem like they go together but these are the three movies of my life that have made me feel like my heart is going to burst out of my chest with love for humanity

Night of the Living Dead (1968) - Once again, a classic for a reason. It kind of invented Zombies (not joking). It's a huge influence on Halloween & Friday the 13th & A Nightmare of Elm Street & modern horror in general. It's about race in America. It's about ordinary people in an ordinary town facing horror & was kind of one of the first films to ever do it.

A Night at the Opera (1935) / Duck Soup (1933) - if you are a MASH/Alan Alda fan watch this and you will go "Oooooooh that's where he gets it from." Groucho Marx was THE foundation of comedy to me (and many other people twice my age) <3

Orpheus (1950) - Such a weird and cool retelling of Orpheus that is about mirrors & radios & stories & dares to ask the question, "What if death was hot?"

Kajillionaire (2020) - You neeeeed to watch Evan Rachel Wood and Gina Rodriguez be gay together (NOT clickbait) & this love letter to absurd and awkward humans figuring out how to exist in the world

Minari (2020) - Just a really lovely, intimate character portrait of a family, my exact favorite kind of movie that you will love if you also like that kind of thing

The Seventh Seal (1957) - really good if you want to watch a Swedish guy play chess with death (you do)

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) - Watch these men be gay together (subtext. heartbreaking. COMPELLING.)

The Sting (1973) - You want to watch Paul Newman & Robert Redford be gay together while seeing if they can pull off an absolutely BONKERS heist. You just do!!

[alicesadventuresinffxiv]

Telling "The First Step" as Background NPCs

One of the interesting quirks of the FC I'm in is that we often help a Youtube Let's Player record his FFXIV videos. Last year is when he did the Stormblood patches, and when I and a dozen friends got together for a special project!

Since the Lodestone short story "The First Step" would otherwise not be in the Let's Play (nor would the SMN 80 quest) we wanted to convey the plot beats of that story in another way. Specifically, we designed a handful of "scenes" that the Let's Player would naturally run across as he progressed the 4.x MSQ.

The goal was to make it look as though "Arenvald," "Fordola," and the rest of our cast were overworld background NPCs who changed position after every patch, much like the B-Team Scions do in the Rising Stones!

Our first scene could be found in Rhalgr's Reach at the tail end of 4.3. Here, Fordola and a few other Garlean prisoners are being conscripted into the Ala Mhigan Resistance. The idea was Raubahn’s, so Arenvald and Pipin are on hand to pass along the details as various Resistance and Alliance soldiers chat and train nearby.

(Credit to @halcyonlioness - here playing a Meteor-lookalike Garlean prisoner - for the first screenshot!)

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Come 4.4, this same mix of soldiers could be seen early on in Ala Mhigo. The Resistance and the Alliance are collaborating on something, it appears...

(This screenshot by @shepspencil, with his character Anri as an Immortal Flames soldier! You can also see the Let's Player's Lalafell samurai in the background, where Alisaie and Thancred would appear for a quest at this point in the MSQ.)

Later in the same patch, more "NPCs" could be found by approaching the steps to the Royal Palace. Here, Fordola and Arenvald are being introduced to the Immortal Flames' Summoner squadron from the SMN 60-70 quests:

(More screenshots by @halcyonlioness!)

Of course, in the real short story, the scene where Fordola meets the summoners actually takes place outside Forgotten Springs. But the Let's Player wasn't going to pass through a random ARR village, so we picked a different location… albeit one that required getting our alts through a good chunk of the MSQ. It was quite the journey!

(Double Pipin shot by Pipin's player, who is a delight but does not have a tumblr!)

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By the 4.5(6) MSQ, things might be looking dire for the Warrior of Light, but our "background NPCs" managed to defeat Ifrit offscreen, so they could be found celebrating in the Seventh Heaven bar...

And what a celebration it is! A few people were called away for Savage raiding important military errands throughout the day 😉, and we also had some random other players go AFK in the middle of the Rising Stones. As a result, the tableau actually evolved quite a bit as the Let's Player ran in and out a few times for the patch quests.

Here's where we ended up by the finale!

Some fun little details I’d like to highlight (with thanks to @halcyonlioness once again for all these screenshots):

-The summoners and the thaumaturge are all using Ifrit weapon drops now, and Crispin has his Ifrit-egi out to further emphasize the point of what we were up to.

-The Resistance thaumaturge was wounded in the fight and saved by Fordola, so she and Pipin are checking up on him again here.

All in all, it was an extremely fun creative challenge to "adapt" a written story to this unusual storytelling format. It was also quite an intense undertaking to organize! Even before the actual Let's Play recordings, we had weeks of rehearsals where we worked together to come up with our "stage blocking" and determine when in the MSQ each scene would be visible.

Ultimately, while I might have been the instigator of these shenanigans, I couldn't have pulled any of it off without such an awesome and talented cast.

Some of whom are also on tumblr! In addition to @halcyonlioness (Hyal) and @shepspencil (Anri), I'd like to shout out @darquingdragon (Arenvald) and @newsiesgirl (Alexia)! Thanks for putting up with my wild ideas. :)

As for me, I haven't done a project this involved before or since... but who knows what the future might bring?

[likemosaic]

BASICS

full name. enishi chiyo; typically styled in reverse in the west. nicknames / aliases. goes by "chiyo kanshi" to distance herself from her family and few know her family name; playfully referred to as "chichi", though not by her preference. known as "the bard of light". referred to as "mistress kanshi", formally, due to unmarried nature. height. 4'11". age. verse dependent. is 23 in a realm reborn, though due to louisoix time fuckery, should actually be 28. zodiac. sagittarius. spoken languages. verse dependent. doman/hingan is her first language, common her second. due to the echo, can understand most languages, but even without it, is intelligent enough to learn new ones. in her modern verse, a polyglot with an ear for language, which is how she furthered her world-traveling career.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

hair colour. very blonde. eye colour. bright green. skin tone. darker skinned than most westerners due to doman heritage, but middlingly so when in the east. body type. short and rubenesque due to muscles. dominant hand. right. posture. holds a lot of tension in her body, generally, and usually keeps arms crossed subconsciously. was brought up to have good posture and keeps her shoulders back and back straight as a result. scars. post-stormblood, a scar across her chest where zenos cut her down; various other smalls scars from combat and various scuffles. tattoos. a kanji tattoo down her spine. birthmarks. n/a. most noticeable features. her blonde scales which match her hair; her prominent horns; her large, thick tail; bright, green eyes; generally very beautiful as well as curt and forward, and receives much unwanted attention as a result of it.

CHILDHOOD

place of birth. monzen, doma. siblings. enishi yoichi (alive, younger brother). her mother miscarried chiyo's other siblings due to her husband's older age. considers the fortemps sons to be brothers, of a sort, or at least treats them like brothers and is very protective of them. parents.

enishi suzume. alive; strongly resembles chiyo, but with long, well-cared for black hair. a very serious and no-nonsense shinobi spy who served the garleans in order to protect her family. was chosen by koichi in her twenties for marriage. though she was never necessarily happy in their marriage, suzume believes that happiness and marriage are incompatible--and that marriage to a powerful man is the best way for a woman to protect herself in doma, something she pressed upon her daughter. and as a result, chiyo ran away from home. her daughter going on to become a famed warrior was not something suzume anticipated nor wanted, and chiyo and suzume are at odds because of it. despite her lectures and cold nature, suzume does love chiyo deeply, and is secretly relieved that chiyo went on to become such a beloved success in eorzea. in certain verses, she's also very relieved that, by endwalker, chiyo's settled down to marry and have children.

enishi koichi. deceased, passed away of a heart attack shortly after chiyo ran away from home, due to the stress of worrying about her. koichi was a renowned samurai known for his good humor and his notable blonde hair, and who was exempt from garlean service due to his old age and poor health. chiyo was always the star of his world and suzume often accused him of "spoiling" their daughter. though he treated chiyo kindly, he had very high, unfair expectations for suzume and thus the two women have very different views on who he was. chiyo's younger brother was too young to form much of an opinion.

ADULT LIFE

occupation. verse dependent. in main verse, starts out as a paid assassin and becomes a scion of the seventh dawn and the bard of light; in her companion verse, goes on to become lady of doma. other verses include a bd star and actress (cyberpunk 2077), a diplomat/legal consultant (modern), an assassin (baldur's gate 3), and a legatus (baelsar au). chiyo likes to choose jobs that are physically active or exciting, as per her adventurer nature. current residence(s). has an apartment in ul'dah in ARR; after ARR, moves into the rising stones with the scions. technically has a room set aside for her with house fortemps. after endwalker, buys a massive house in thavnair and moves into it with her loved ones. close friends. in her main verse, her closest friend is j'tanga khilim (@windcovet) though chiyo would describe it more as a babysitting job. is also close with krile, tataru, nanamo, and yugiri. due to her friendly nature post-heavensward, most who know her (including other wols in shared wol verses) know her serious nature is a front, and consider her a friend in spite of it. relationship status. verse dependent. post-heavensward in main verse, various "situationships" with others. due to the open nature of her relationship with thancred, is willing to have one night stands and engage in flirtation as well as bring home "strays", so to speak. by endwalker, ends up married, in a polycule, with a surprise baby. whoops. in her companion verse, marries hien (for politics and for love) and the two have twins that factor into the endwalker plot. driver’s license. n/a. criminal record. attempted assassin of the sultana (cleared); should technically be under investigation for various deaths of men in ul'dah, but due to her close relationship with nanamo, nothing has ever come of that. vices. refusal to ask for help; chooses to solve problems with violence; very dark humor; flirtation and general promiscuity with various people (post-heavensward).

SEX & ROMANCE

sexual orientation. bi/pan. prefers men for one night stands but finds forming relationships (platonic or no) with women easier. preferred sexual role. very submissive, though it has to be earned by someone she trusts. prefers to be penetrated but will top every now and again, especially with a long term partner. libido. non-existent due to trauma during ARR; rising during heavensward and much higher afterwards. turn-ons. blondes and light hair, though it's not a requirement; competency, particularly in battle; due to traumatic history as well as the nature of sex in doma (that being between two married people and purely for children), chiyo loves to "break the rules of tradition", and have kinky, casual sex. also loves sex that can border on violent, ie hair pulling and urgency, though again, it has to be someone she trusts. chiyo may be a spoony bard, but she does need to trust that the person she's with won't hurt her or bring up her history, even if it's a one night stand. all of this applies to post heavensward chiyo who has had thancred teach her the "rules" of sex, including consent and kink; ARR chiyo is withdrawn and borderline asexual due to fear. turn-offs. drunkenness; a lack of dignity; maliciousness towards others, especially the helpless. love language. just like her mother, will fuss to show her worry, ie lecturing, picking at your appearance, seemingly random fits of temper, etc. though she can be a gift-giver now and then, is more prone to acts of service--ie, throwing herself in front of the metaphorical train to protect you and never bringing it up again. can be very protective and defensive, perhaps too much so, if she believes the one she loves is being slighted or is in danger. has also been known to write poetry or songs about those she loves, though whether she'll tell you it's about you is uncertain. relationship tendencies. see above.

MISCELLANEOUS

hobbies to pass time. a musical enthusiast who keeps a harp on her at all times to write music; an artist who loves to depict portraits of those she knows (like haurchefant and nanamo); very physically active, loves combat and learning new classes and ways to fight. mental illnesses. chronic depression that can be triggered by loss, as well as untreated PTSD due to her sexual assault and various deaths that she's suffered. self-confidence level. even during her lowest moments, chiyo is very self-confident, though there's an undercurrent of self-blame and doubt always ready to drag her back into depression given the chance. knows that she's beautiful and capable, but rather, believes she has an air of "bad luck" that destroys everything (and everyone) she touches, which is brought up in dark knight quest. "woe to those who join the warrior of light, and those who don't" quote, etc. by endwalker, chiyo has recognized this "bad luck" has nothing to do with her--it's just the way life is, and all you can do is fight to protect the ones you love, which she never plans to stop doing.

tagged by: @magicxecustos chiyo kanshi's number one fan <3 tagging: @strnza, @eclipsecrowned, @butnobodyhome, @clockwork---heart (for any of your blogs), @aeonsolitude <3

[musicalpancakes77]

Extremely interested in Ghost AU (the title so nice you say it twice lmao)

Hi Indigo!! omg the ghost au... god I haven't thought about it in so long, but as soon as you asked this and i saw it this morning I did indeed have so many thoughts about it 🥰 Thank you for asking!! This is gonna be slightly long I'm so sorry but stick with me LMAO

So the Ghost AU is a rather generic AU based off the peanut gallery from the movie Stardust- you know, the 2007 hit movie Stardust?? Surely we all know the one- but I say generic because I'm pretty sure at least half of the Ace Attorney fandom has individually, on their own time, went "Hey, what if Phoenix could see ghosts??" so like. It's really not THAT unique LMAO

But that's kinda what it is when you boil it down: an AU where Mia dies, befriends Greg in the "ghost world", and together the two of them have fun peanut gallery moments over the course of the OG trilogy. This is all possible by the magatama that Phoenix carries around of course; at first it's just their hushed voices, maybe a cold touch, but it develops into something more. By the time Phoenix starts cases from game 3 he begins to develop a more literal Sight for the deceased- I don't think the magatama cares who is using it, it doesn't discriminate, hell if Miles had it on him for long enough I'm sure he would have developed an ability to see them too. But in this AU it's just Phoenix dealing with joyful heckling from two more experienced (albeit dead) lawyers, Maya who complains it's so unfair that she's the spirit medium but she can't see them, Miles who would never believe this if you told him, and Pearls who is so happy to just be here LMAO

I never wrote more than about 7 pages in my document for this one- I barely got past the end of Turnabout Sisters 😭 I do still love the idea; if I were to ever come back to it I think I'd write it on a smaller scale than what my brain typically tries to achieve with fanfic (cough slowburn 100k stories COUGH) and I'd put a heavier importance on dealing with grief between all the comedic heckling 🤔

This is already one of my longer posts, but since you asked so kindly I can even provide a snippet or two, since I haven't talked about this AU in so long and there is an unfortunate chance it may never see the light of day again,,,

She wakes up to adrenaline, buzzing through her veins, with breaths that shouldn’t be choking in lungs that don’t exist. Her mind screams that there’s supposed to be pain- a single, blooming, unbearable pain in her temple- but miraculously, there is none. It’s just her, sitting in the dark, feeling like she’s having an out-of-body experience as her mind reels and reels over why she thought she was in pain, what she remembers, why she remembers being scared.  It takes a few moments of hushed breathing for it to hit her.  A hallowed clock, a wiretap, and a snake. 

“I would ask how she can watch that episode for the seventh time in a row, but that would be redundant since I know for a fact that Miles has watched it at least twenty times.”  Mia raises an eyebrow while Mr. Edgeworth hovers over the Wright & Co. office couch. Miles Edgeworth? Watching the Steel Samurai? At the same interest level or more than her literally obsessed younger sister, Maya?  “Miles Edgeworth, your son, the Demon Prosecutor? Watching the acclaimed children's show The Steel Samurai? I’d sooner think he’d die than watch a show like that.”  “Objection, Miles would rather die than admit to watching a show like that.”  Mia sits on the statement. “... You’re fucking with me.”  Maybe it’s the bluntness, maybe it’s the uncharacteristic use of language, but Mr. Edgeworth laughs to the point his hand meets his chest. Mia can’t help but giggle herself. Miles Edgeworth likes the Steel Samurai, who would have known. 

That's about it; thank you again for asking!! It was a joy to explain <3

[seventhofcrows]

(OLD) David Lore aka My Organized Autistic Ramblings

I don't feel the best unfortunately due to some life events, but I figured I'll give out some new information about David! He's one of the oldest Splatoon original characters that I ever created in a while!(Despite Jasmine, lol) He's also AUHD! (He has both autism and ADHD)

Without any further ado, here is a few things about my son!

Despite being a Octo Samurai, (I'm treating it as its own species because Nintendo has not given any sort of information regarding him or where he comes from) he doesn't really have much to do with the OG that much. Some could speculate that he was one of Octavio's offspring that decided he didn't want anything with the military.

Comparing to the OG, he's slightly taller. And his shoulders are not broad. He looks pretty small compared to the OG.

His special interests change a lot, but he's currently into psychiatry, pottery, caring for his two pets, and nature. He used to collect leaves and collect cacti.

He tends to mask his behaviors, but when he's around his pets at home he has LOTS of energy where he feels like running around the house. He has learned to exert that energy through playing football as well as golf. He has a GF too who loves playing sports and they go out on the trail sometimes.

He has anxiety.

The OG Octo Samurai has met David before, but they don't really talk much.

That was quite a lot of stuff. If you enjoyed any of it, please feel free to comment and maybe draw him if you want to. (Just mention me at @seventhofcrows when you do!) I'm AUHD myself (I think?) and my current interest is specifically Octo Samurai, analog horror, and whatever other stuff my friends are into. Also into certain music, but i don't really talk about it.

Feel free to HMU if you want! Thanks!

Seventh of Crows

[lukestarkillerisgay]

tiktoker i follow has found herself in a position that i would say is a party of the seventh circle of hell - she and her boyfriend made their living off of an only fans they ran together , now they’ve broken up , i wanna kill myself just Imagining having to like ? what split only fans royalties? with my ex ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, my money and rent is coming from graphic and intimate elements of the life we used to lead …,,,,,,, And HE DUMPED HER, like she’s SAD about it the way i would kill myself so fast it would be like where the samurai sword clicks and the person is cut in half but it’s me and i’m killing myself

[footballworldcuptickets]

These National Teams Will Take Part in FIFA 2026

FIFA 2026: Looking for every nation to secure qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026. The tournament has been enlarged to 48 nations, and teams are securing their positions. Searching for every nation to have earned a qualification for the FIFA World Cup, look no further. There is now under a year remaining until the competition begins with the United States.

Mexico and Canada are acting as co hosts for the 23rd edition of the globe’s premier tournament. Next summer’s competition will feature an increase in participants from 32 to 48, which suggests we are set to witness numerous World Cup newcomers. With qualification campaigns progressing across every continent, FourFourTwo examines each team that has punched their ticket to next summer’s finals so far.

As one of the trio of co hosts for the event, the United States of America qualified by default. Most matches will be staged in the US, who welcome the tournament back to their land for the second occasion after the 1994 edition. Mauricio Pochettino’s squad will be making their 11th appearance in the finals, with their highest finish being third place way back in the inaugural competition in 1930.

Canada, Mexico, Japan Secure Spots for FIFA World Cup 2026

Accompanying the US as a co-host will be Canada, with games set to be held in Vancouver and Toronto. Former Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch, a former USMNT international, will guide Canada in what will be their third participation at the finals.

The final nation to be awarded an automatic spot in the tournament is Mexico, who will become the first country to host three editions of the event, following the 1970 and 1986 tournaments, where they stepped in at short notice to replace original host Colombia. This will be the ninth consecutive World Cup that Mexico has qualified for, with their top achievements being two quarter-final finishes on home soil.

Japan became the initial non-host country to confirm their place in next summer’s tournament after clinching qualification with three matches remaining in the Asian Football Confederation’s qualifying phase. This will mark the eighth appearance for the Samurai Blue, who will be joined by at least seven other nations from the AFC.

Argentina, Iran, NZ Join Early Qualifiers for FIFA 2026

Iran secured a place in the World Cup for the seventh occasion after finishing first in their group in the third round of AFC qualification. They have never progressed past the group phase, with their most memorable win being a 2 to 1 triumph against the USA in 1998. Considering the current political environment, another encounter between these nations would surely draw significant attention.

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The reigning champions will have the opportunity to defend their crown next summer, after Argentina confirmed qualification by cruising through the South American qualifying campaign. Lionel Scaloni’s men qualified without playing a match in March when Bolivia drew with Uruguay. Argentina then went on to thrash Brazil 4 to 1 in their following fixture.

Uzbekistan, Jordan Debut in FIFA World Cup Lineup

Uzbekistan will make their World Cup debut after securing second place behind Iran in their AFC qualifying group. Previously a republic of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan was not yet a FIFA member when the World Cup was last staged in the US in 1994. However, they did claim the Gold Medal at the Asian Games that year.

Coming second to South Korea in Group B were Jordan, who edged out Iraq for the automatic qualification berth. This means Jordan will also be a debutant at the tournament and will aim to carry forward the momentum from their appearance in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final.

Brazil, Australia, Ecuador Book Spots for World Cup

Australia was the final team to secure qualification next summer from the AFC’s third round of qualifiers, finishing behind Japan in Group C. That marks their sixth successive tournament, with their best showing being a round of 16 finish in Qatar.

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It wouldn’t be a World Cup without Brazil, and the Selecao extended their record of qualifying for every tournament edition with a victory over Paraguay in June. That match marked Carlo Ancelotti’s debut in charge. Now, the former Real Madrid and AC Milan coach will set to work assembling a squad capable of lifting the trophy.

Ecuador joined Brazil in qualifying during June’s round of fixtures when a scoreless draw with Peru was enough to secure their place. This will be Ecuador’s fifth appearance at the finals, with their peak performance being a last-16 finish in 2006, when they were eliminated by Sven-Goran Eriksson’s England.

Joe Mewis Reflects on Career Ahead of Football World Cup 2026

He currently serves as a digital marketing coordinator at Harrogate Town and counts among his most cherished professional experiences attending the iconic Spygate press conference under Marcelo Bielsa and witnessing Leeds clinch the Championship trophy during the COVID 19 lockdown.

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[kandoros]

The Honor Harrington series*, by David Weber**

* Or at least the first six of the main series; there's a lot of them. * The series has also sucked in several other authors for anthologies and collaborations and side stories, but Weber apparently keeps tight editorial control

The wikipedia page for this series says it was meant to be Horatio Hornblower IN SPACE!!. Lost of naval battles, translated from sail powered water vessels with cannons to spaceships armed with missiles and lasers; and with a main overarching story with an analog of France battling a space version of Great Britain.

However I've neither read Horatio Hornblower or seen the movie, so what it seemed most similar to be was Drizzt Do'Urden. IN SPACE!

Honor Harrington starts off as the commander of a small ship (complete with a sentient feline companion) and works her way up to larger vessels and into commanding entire groups. Along the way she gets knighted, becomes a lord and local hero / saint for a world populated by religious fundamentalists who don't even let women own property (but there's an offshoot of their religion the next star over that's even worse to make them the Real Bad Guys of that novel), engages in a couple duels, gets demoted for pissing off some politicians, is given a tiny understrength command where she's set up to fail, succeeds there and is put back into high command once more.

She's pretty much the picture of a Modern Vice Admiral from the first paragraph and stays perfect the entire way through. Not a lot of the other characters experience much growth either. There are a few - a business magnate that learns to swallow his pride, and the French dictator who gets humanized a bit from being a generic scheming overlord to having to juggle competing factions to stay in power and try to reform his country - but they're very few and far between.

By the way, the name of that tyrant who overthrew the French aristocracy and created the Committee for Public Safety is named Robert S. Pierre. I have to admire the audacity of an author who decides to forgot the rapier and instead unlimber his sledgehammer wit.

Most of the advancement seems to be in the form of new technology and tactics. Space battles, pirates, 'splosions, a couple really detestable people getting their heads chopped off (when the fundamentalist's planet was colonized the only movie that survived the trip was The Seven Samurai, so it because a planet of katana-wielding Mormons) - if this sounds like something you'd be interested in, you'll probably be happy with it.

From reading on the wiki, this changes a bit as the series goes forward and Harrington is mostly put on the sideline in front of other characters, but I got a little tired of soon into the seventh book. Not to mention I happened to see a copy of Guards! Guards! on my shelf and got sucked into that.

I think "I got through seven novels before putting it down because I got distracted by Discworld" is a pretty good review.

Also, some of Weber's novels were released with CDs containing most of his earlier work with free distribution licenses, so you can find them for free and without even hoisting your own flag. You can get the first novel in the series, On Basilisk Station, here from the publisher's website.

[damientheionandroid]

Damien's 20 Favorite Pokémon

Ultra Beasts.

These monstrous marvels were introduced in the seventh generation games of Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon. I adore these abominations due to how much they look like they are not from the Pokémon world with their outlandish designs: from the elegant Pheromossa, to the monstrous Guzzlord, to the ridiculously masculine Buzzwole, and even a stack of bricks!

But if I were to ask a question, it's this:

How the hell is a 5th grade arts project considered an Ultra Beast?!!

7. UB-04 Blade/Kartana

No, I'm serious. When it comes to absurdity, this looks pretty tame. I mean, this doesn't look like an inter-dimensional creature that invaded our world; this looks like something made by an origami enthusiast with way too much spare time on their hands.

Unnecessary tangent aside, Kartana is my personal favorite Ultra Beast due to various reasons. Firstly, I love its design, looking like a samurai or rōnin with the two white "horns" on its head resembling ones on a samurai helmet and the yellow protrusion behind it resembling a cape.

Secondly, despite being made out of paper, Kartana is extremely sharp; according to its PokéDex entry, its blades can cut through steel and solid rock in a single stroke! So yeah, this isn't no mere paper cut.

And thirdly, its domain of the Ultra Forest looks pretty neat: definitely looks like something out of an Asian forest, which ties to Kartana's origin based on the tale of the Japanese Bamboo Cutter and Princess Kaguya (and yes, this is why UB-04 consists of UB-04 Blade {Kartana} and UB-04 Blaster {Celesteela}).

As you can't tell by now: I love anything related to Feudal Japan, and Kartana really shows it in its design.

Fortunately, this pint size paper shredder is just as ruthless in battle as the Bushido warriors it is based on!

Kartana's stats lean extremely close on the glass cannon side: pitiful bulk (with the exception of 131 Base Defense, though a super effective attack will take a good chunk of health from it) that is compensated by obscenely high Offensive stats as well as a Speed stat high enough to outspeed just about half of its checks and counters. It has the highest Base Attack of all OU Pokémon and 108 Base Speed lets it beat the likes of Urshifu-Rapid Strike and Victini without the risk of getting knocked out first.

Grass and Steel make for a pretty good type combination: sure, a 4x weakness to the Fire Type means that any Pokémon with the move Flamethrower can OHKO Kartana, but the good thing is that 10 out of the 18 types will take neutral damage and being able to hit common types such as Water, Ground and Fairy for super effective damage is great for its time.

Kartana has the same Ability as its Ultra Brethren: Beast Boost. This Ability functions similar to Moxie; the only difference is that instead of giving a +1 boost to the Attack stat after knocking out an opponent, Beast Boost gives a +1 boost to ANY of its stats as long as it is the highest. Since Kartana's highest stat is Attack, dealing a knockout means snowballing into a devastating sweeper where even a non-effecttive hit will take a good chunk of HP without a high enough bulk.

Of course that astronomically high Attack stat needs to be put to good use, and Kartana's movepool certainly proves that: whether it's the high crit Leaf Blade, the accuracy ignoring Smart Strike, the Defense ignoring Sacred Sword, and the sheer utility of Knock Off. When it comes to items: Choice Band makes Kartana hit harder right out of the gate, Choice Scarf makes it able to get the jump on faster opponents, and Assault Vest means patching up your terrible Special Defense stat at the expense of being unable to boost your Attack with Swords Dance (though with Kartana having a very high Attack stat that is boosted even higher by Beast Boost, it was worth the sacrifice).

Glass cannons are my favorite archetype when it comes to battles; kicking butts and taking names while avoiding getting your butt kicked and your name taken very easily. This is how I describe UB-04 Blade a.k.a. Kartana: a Pokémon that is just as easy to clean house with, assuming it doesn't get 2 rounded on the way. Plus, it looks really cool with the samurai motif and the fact that it is a sentient origami creation that can cut cleanly through the hardest of materials; perfectly summing up how otherworldly Ultra Beasts are.

And this isn't going to be the last we see of a concept such as this in future generations.

[darknessillumina]

Outerversal

[Verse] Blood gushes from decapitation though I'm Sleepy Hollow Creeping follow cut you with glass shards from a broken whiskey bottle Leave me alone with dead zombies on Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment My group of vigilantes could raid the whole FBI department Jason Voorhees torn in pieces torturing aborted fetus The hellfire brimstone keep scorching people with the sport of evil I'm Genghis Khan strategic atheist and non-believer Like the demon in the sky that made you believe you talked to Jesus Fucked a corpse and bleeding inside his eye, the silence is fine No banshee screaming force-feed it and helicopter chop this creature into 40 pieces Pestilence horsemen about to fill you with AIDS diseases in Watch you suffocate with your throat stuffed with wet cement Make a statue of your last breath and shatter it all to pieces My heart pumps colder than the combinations of winter seasons Oh lemme guess you hate magic? I could peel your flesh and Stretch it into a straitjacket, your rapping is trash and the tape You made is a waste faggot, bash your brains and the bloods looking Like paint splashing I possess demonic entities and take 'em over Make sure my life is always at risk while I'm raising cobras Sitting lower under the effects of novocaine I'm lower Peep the flow, I go to Skid Row to announce cocaine is over Fucking Victoria Secret's models in kamasutra positions Channeled more demons than an Vatican inquisition Kidnap aliens in abductions and drag 'em through 10 dimensions Third-eye biomechanical with astro-projection lenses Beat you senseless, my seventh senses are enhanced Let's get demented, enter trenches and they're defenseless Rusty blades, I spank it with rusty barbwires fences Cut your tongue off like an dentist then rip your guts out And watch it fall into place like Tetris flashing visions I'm deathless hacking people headless get left in the Cecil Hotel in the room where Ramirez killed the Maries Open portals snatch the specimens from older ages Put them in the modern world though hahahahaha! Crack your bones with a jagged knife and a jackhammer Then smoke your bones in the crack pipe with the mad hatter Leave you stranded somewhere on an distant abandoned planet Then stream it live from a webcam that the feds planted it Lust gluttony envy fighting I'm trained by Ali and Mike Tyson Bruce Lee and Rocky Balboa so wait 'til the cal blow up Hahahahahaha! Henrique sadistic as I laugh crying Hahahahahaha! I'm so evil I blast cancers in the gas chambers What I'm radiating is fast silent and mad violent Body bags piling flying to Thanos the Mad Titan Caio the vigilante in an hockey mask wilding All black but half-serpent and half-lion Burn you with a shotty that's flamboyant and cast iron If I read pyrokinesis it enchants fire smirking in the smoke Taking off the hockey mask proceed to mumify the victims in an Body cast get your torso chopped in half like samurais invading Breaking in Karate class the radioactive wastelands after the rocket blast Razor Raisers army of mutated psychopaths we dash and smash But we bash and blast Cho Virginia Tech, my villain name is the Stormsuper While you're keep missing like Stormtroopers Doctor Satan giving octopus Tentacles to an barracuda Anonymous Legion will keep sending viruses to your Computers waiting until an volcano eruption just summon destruction Superhuman that can fly laughing 'cuz you can't survive never feeling Satisfied everlasting mastermind mighty hands blast the nine We Nirvana battle cry amplify the hands of time banging angels in the sky Hack-and-slash, I can't decide, pet insects or pesticide? Leaving whole eyes petrified, feel me as I laugh and cry Darkness Harkness trapped is like you would never rap these lines Polarize the Poltergeist with the coldest solar eyes

[Outro] Hehehehehehe….

[artsycervidae]

@vinnxav

It's right before bed but also I HAD to get a headstart on this because it's the usual 'side villain in a Shonen anime' story, man, you know me.

So Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) is set in the Taisho Era, in a universe where a secret war between demons (nocturnal cannibals with supernatural abilities called Blood Demon Arts) and the Demon Slayers Corps has been going on since ANCIENT times in Japan. It's all the fault of this one dude who achieved immortality with some caveats: demons are susceptible to sunlight, wisteria, and a sun-soaked alloy called 'nichirin' which is used to make swords and weapons. Because the thing you gotta do is lop their head off. Becoming a demon usually involves going wild with hunger and bloodlust, and family members are often the first ones to be hurt. Becoming a demon also comes with a lot of other obstacles specifically put in place to keep them in control: amnesia, conditional surveillance, etc etc. The series as a whole dabbles in grief, love, the supernatural, familial ties, and the duties we owe to each other.

Anyway. The characters I'm fixated on are demons in the second season (or 3rd? The 2nd season was a movie technically)-- they're a part of an elite force that serves directly under the big baddie. All of these characters have different themes of basically enforcing the status quo or otherwise "fuck you i got mine" reasons. But the characters I'm obsessed with are Gyutaro and Daki, designated as the 'Sixth Moon' (so basically seventh-in-command). Daki serves as the initial boss, and she lives as an alter ego: she's an oiran in Yoshiwara. Her Blood Demon Art is related to the obi she wears around her waist.

The final boss hiding literally under her skin is her brother Gyutaro. His Blood Demon Art is his blood, which can solidify into blood scythes.

Their tragic backstory: Gyutaro was born with congenital syphilis in the impoverished riverbanks of the entertainment district, and was thus ostracized from society. His mother actively did not care for him and eventually died, but not before giving birth to Ume-- Daki's former life. She was an incredibly beautiful child, and Gyutaro essentially became a menace from then on to protect her (which is hard as it is, given she was a child sex worker), working as a debt collector who was notorious for violence. But he raised her to be just as aggressive as him, and she ended up viciously defending herself against a samurai. She was tied up and burned alive while Gyutaro was away at work. When he returned, he was also attacked, but he killed them first. Before dying, he was found by another character who inducted them.

The fanart I've been making is just modern au stuff. Things playing in my brain and all that fun stuff.

OKAY I GOTTA GO TO BED but if you have any questions or you want me to infodump more then just shout my dude

[777wave]

77th edition.

May 14 - 25, 2024

—

The Official Poster of the 77th Festival de Cannes

All the poetic beauty, hypnotic magic and apparent simplicity of the cinema emerge in this scene from Rhapsody in August, authored by the great Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, 81 at the time. In this film, presented Out of Competition in Cannes in 1991, a grandmother who was a victim of the Nagasaki bombing on August 9, 1945, passes on her faith in love and integrity as a bulwark against war to her grandchildren and her American nephew, with tenderness and contemplation. The next-to-last film by the director of Sanshiro Sugata, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Dersu Uzala and Dodes’ka-den reminds us of the importance of coming together, and seeking harmony in all things.

Mirroring the movie theater, this poster celebrates the Seventh Art, with naivety and wonder. Because it gives everyone a voice, it enables emancipation. Because it remembers wounds, it combats oblivion. Because it bears witness to perils, it calls for union. Because it soothes trauma, it helps repair the living. 

In a fragile world that constantly questions otherness, the Festival de Cannes reaffirms a conviction: cinema is a universal sanctuary for expression and sharing. A place where our humanity is written as much as our freedom.

—

The Official Poster of the 77th Festival de Cannes was designed by Hartland Villa (Lionel Avignon and Stefan de Vivies).

Poster credits: © Shochiku Co., Ltd. – Rhapsody in August by Akira Kurosawa (1991) / Graphic creation © Hartland Villa

—

#Cannes77

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Kishimoto writes "Naruto" where he has the Nine-tailed fox sealed inside him.

After giving someone else the reigns for Boruto, he starts his manga Samurai 8 with the MC called Hachimaru.

Kishi comes back to help Boruto. Boruto has been very focused on what happened to Naruto, aka the Seventh Hokage.

I see what you're doing Kishi (tho I don't know if Boruto counts for the 7th). But I'm expecting 7 or 6 number with your next work.

[rubys-domain]

Reputation World Quests Tracker (Alt acc.)

*non-comprehensive

Mondstadt (22/22) [100%] [✓]

Liyue (44/52) [85%]

■ A Cliff-Side Hero's Past

□ An Ode to Yonder City

□ Luhua Landscape

□ Nine Pillars of Peace

□ Says He Who Seeks Stone

□ Stolen, by the Rightful Owner

■ The Millennial Mountains

□ The Missing Miner

□ The Yaksha's Wish

□ Trails in Tianqiu

■ Will of Stone

Inazuma (23/45) [51%]

□ Battle of Revenge

□ Clean House

□ Collection of Dragons and Snakes

□ Divine Plant of the Depths

□ Fertilizer... Salesperson?

□ "Heart of Watatsumi"

□ Hiromi's Watch

■ In Another Land

□ Lotus Eater

■ O Archon, Have I Done Right?

□ Reminiscence of Seirai

□ Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual: Yougou Cleansing

□ Sakura Arborism

■ Seirai Stormchasers

□ Solitary Sea-Beast

□ Storytelling Method

■ Tatara Tales: The Last Act

□ The Farmer's Treasure

■ The Gourmet Supremos: The Importance of Eating Well

□ The Narukami Trail

□ The Phaethons' Syrtos

□ The Saga of Mr. Forgetful

■ "The Seventh Samurai"

□ The Still Water's Flow

□ The Subterranean Trials of Drake and Serpent

□ The Sun-Wheel and Mt. Kanna

□ The Three Great Martial Trials

Sumeru (8/38) [21%]

□ A Short Encounter With a Rare Bird

□ Agnihotra Sutra

□ An Unwavering Culinary Dream

□ Aranyaka

□ Blooming Sands

□ Cost-Effective Hook

□ Courage Is in the Heart

□ Dreams Beneath the Searing Sand

□ Dual Evidence

□ Dune-Entomberd Fecundity

□ Even Beasts Stumble

□ Garcia's Paean: A Gift of Compatibility

□ Gourmet Supremos: Within Our Duties

□ Join the Eremites and Embrace a Wonderful New Life!

□ Memory's Final Chapter

□ Purbiruni's Commandment

□ Soheil's Wish

□ Static Views, Part II

□ The Eternal Dream, Ever Lush

□ The Foolish Fatuus

□ The Hymn of Tir Yazad

□ The Path of Papers

□ The Price

□ The Temple Where Sand Flows Like Tears

□ Treasures of Wisdom: A New Plan

□ Until Vana Is Healed

□ Varuna Gatha

□ Vimana Agama

□ Where Are the Fierce Creatures?

□ Wisdom Has Built Her House, She Has Hewn Out Her Seven Pillars

Fontaine (20/20) [100%] [✓]

[magnetothemagnificent]

Okay so. The aforementioned scene:

[id: screenshots of comic pages showing a progression of scenes: First, the ruins of a Greco-classical city. Second, people fighting in the ruins. Third, a group of people looking in terror. They have darker skin, and in the background, two men are seen embracing. Fourth, people swimming past an underwater volcano. Fifth, an underwater palace. Sixth, a sunken Mayan temple. Seventh, an underwater warrior dressed like a Samurai stadnign underwater. A narrative follows the scenes as such:

"Your Atlantean scholars never told you the story, did they? I'm sure they regaled you with tales of the Great Cataclysm of the sinking of Old Atlantis. And how Neptune saved the multitude from drowning by transforming them into seabreathers.

But did you know that as the New Atlantis was being raised from the ruins of the old....the newfound lords of the deep decided that not all would be welcome in their undersea kingdom. Those who had immigrated from foreign lands. Who spoke different tongues, worshipped different gods, loved each other in different ways. All such souls were cast out from Atlantis.

So those outcasts built their own cities. In different hidden locations throughout the oceans. Where they could live in peace, free from Atlantean persecution. Thus, the Secret Seas were born.

Over time, those cities came to interact with the people of the surface, both influencing one another. At my home in the smoldering sea, the great underwater atoll of Maluhia... we share much in cmmon with the indigineous cultures of the Polynesian Islands. In the Cenote city of Talokan, the customs of Mayan life live on today. In the transcendental currents of the Gomtl River. Among the ancient stone circles of Atlit Yam. Down the great carved steps of Yonaguni. The people of the Secret Seas live in sunken solitude all across the watery depths of the world." end id]

So, you see, it's mentioned that when Atlantis first sank, there were people there who were from other lands who spoke different languages and worshipped different gods......gee....I wonder which historically persecuted people could have been present in an ancient Greco-classical city.......hm.......I was already reading this and immediately thought of Jews. And then the next page mentioned an outpost in Atlit Yam, an archaeological site off the coast of Atlit, which is in Israel. So. Well. Underwater Jews.

*Also, side note, I think the implication that there also is an underwater city of just queer people is a little weird because queerness isn't really an ethnicity or nationality, but, ah well, blame writers not really Thinking and just trying to be as Inclusive as possible. But that's another rant.

Fascinated by the implication in Namor (2024) that there is a whole culture of undersea Jews dating back to ancient times who live off the coast of Atlit. I love it. I need to see more.