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[hattythewriter]

Wholehearted Asriel's birthday

Today, February 14th, is Wholehearted Asriel's birthday! Happy b-day to the fluffy goat.

[wesleysniperking]

Usopp and Conqueror’s Haki | part 1 (TL;DR)

Read this if have you any doubts. True Usopp fans only.

This is probably one of my MOST favorite topics to just think about and mull over. For the past couple of days, I’ve just been spouting streams of consciousness it seems, but I’m really wanting to showcase what there is to like and truly appreciate about Usopp.

So, this whole discussion on him having Conqueror’s haki just gets my neurons goin’ baby. Meaning it makes me really happy and theoretical and the like.

As long as I’ve been in this fandom I’ve come across all these theories and speculations surrounding Usopp. And guess what? They never stop. And they don’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. The Final Saga is here and OP fans are getting anxious and bold. Behind all the scrutiny and petty hate, the real question everyone is asking is, “What will Usopp do next?”

Anywho, every time the convo gets to Conqueror’s haki Usopp gets name-dropped. I never entertained what people would consider bullsh*t. But every time I’d look into Usopp theories and speculation, Conqueror’s Haki was at the forefront. But then when I started frequenting websites such as Worstgen, Reddit, YouTube, etc. Conqueror’s haki kept being brought up and Usopp was in that same sentence. Even the haters with all their doubts think Usopp shows the most potential when compared to other characters people speculate on (no shade to them at all, whatsoever). So, after that sh*t started being shoved in my face, I decided to look into all these theories and speculation arising when it came to Usopp and Conqueror’s Haki, AND despite being skeptical and straddling the fence, I mean, the guy has potential.

First, I’m just gonna say this, when people start talking about how he’s gonna use it and when he’s gonna use it, they come up with all these scenarios that got me thinking they are cooking up something quite tasty.

Like, a multitude of a multi-page thesis.

One scenario that stands out to me is that there will be a moment where Usopp finds himself amid battle and unfortunately he once (again) gets the overpowered baddie whom the monster trio can’t defeat. So per usual, Usopp runs, hides, lies, makes a few seemingly tactless shots with Kabuto, and grovels (maybe), and then he starts getting beaten to a pulp. Like he starts getting the sh*t beat out of him. Then the baddie leaves him or more clearly the baddie starts walking off while giving a diatribe about Usopp being a worthless piece of sh*t and deadweight, throwing Usopp’s insecurities back into his face. So, Usopp gets back up and tries again (bleeding and tired), and some way and somehow (due to desperation and sheer will) he unleashes conqueror’s haki and it’s game over for the big baddie. But it depends if the true fight gets started then (Usopp’s Kabuto raised and ready) or the baddie just ends up on the ground, stomped. The end. This also clarifies that when people imagine Usopp with Conqueror's Haki, this isn't something he's trained for; so it's very sloppy and new to him. He won't know he's used it. It's a one-time, big moment thing, and then whatever else happens from there we run with.

But let’s get back to the ground. That’s daydream-ville. I gotta come back to earth. Needless to say, there are some supposed and still growing/adding conqueror’s haki traits that are/include:

The ability to force their will onto others/a strong will

This one is very complex, somewhat, when it comes to Usopp. But it’s also where it’s the most interesting. From the jump, the Going Merry crosses my mind. Ship developed a Klabautermann because of Usopp’s wholehearted care. That was one of the MAJOR (if not only) reasons why she came to save the Straw Hats during the buster call. So, he was basically the captain of the GOING MERRY (not the SHs, he lets Luffy have that with no qualms—and never did have any).

Then let’s not forget Usopp’s iconic speech when Luffy needed to get his a** up and finish Lucci off. Many people claim that—when discussing how far the crew could’ve gone without Usopp—this is where the deal-breaker comes in. If Usopp hadn’t been there to give Luffy that speech, Luffy would’ve been cat food.

Then there’s Usopp lies coming true. Call it a coincidence or irrelevant, there is indeed proof. If you’re an Usopp fan, you know you know.

Heck, he’s even lied about having conqueror’s two times (was it two or three?), and everyone knows that his lies come true. Even haters (to a point) or non-fans actually can consider this. Like, bro lies about having conqueror’s haki two times and it’s bound to come true.

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[thepilotdogee]

On March 4th, 2023, fellow Undertale fan Hatty Hattington ( @hattythewriter )   has passed away from an illness. He was an active member over at the Asriel discord server, sharing his fanfic AU Wholehearted Half Souls, and many including myself enjoyed talking with him. His passing was a blow to us all and will surely be missed.

Before he passed on, Hatty sent me this Q&A question to my version of Asriel and as of this moment, he has only crossovers with Yukimura’s Asriel, @epicsackboy54 ‘s Robot Asriel, and of course, Hatty’s Asriel. Even though Hatty is gone, I just couldn’t leave this Q&A unanswered. Someone over at the Asriel discord server dedicated a shrine for Hatty in Animal Crossing and did my best to replicate it here as close as possible. Even though Kingdom of Hometown!Asriel may not always see eye to eye with Hatty’s WHHS!Asriel, he was still a good friend, and I think he’ll miss him as much as we miss Hatty. Rest in peace dude, and thanks for everything.

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Souls Link!Asriel belongs to Yukimura-4

Robot Asriel belongs to @epicsackboy54

WHHS!Asriel belongs to @hattythewriter, Art made by TC-96  ( @xxtc-96xx ) Hatty's Undertale Fanfic can be found here:  Wholehearted Half-Souls  

Hatty’s Prequel Spinoffs: The Wholehearted Saga: Origins 

More of Hatty’s Prequel Spinoffs (Uploaded by me): Undertale: Wholehearted Origins (Continued) 

See the rest of my Undertale arts here: [LINK]    

[satoshi-mochida]

Publisher Kadokawa Games announced Project Wolf, a completely new RPG entry in the Metal Max sister series, during the “Metal Max 30th Anniversary Pre-Birthday Live Stream: A Wholehearted Thank You” live stream.

Platforms and release window were not announced, but when egged on by pro wrestler Danshoku Dino, 24Frame director Yuusuke Tomono joked that “it’s not Xbox-exclusive.”

An official reveal is planned for the Metal Max series “Birthday Eve” live stream on May 23.

Visit the teaser website here.

Here is the full calendar of upcoming Metal Max series 30th anniversary events:

March 13 – Metal Max 30th anniversary special website officially open and special wallpaper released

March 17 – Metal Max Xeno and Metal Max Xeno: Reborn big spring sale (from March 17 to 31)

April 1 – #MM愛 (Metal Max Love) 30th anniversary art submissions begin (from April 1 to May 7)

April 1 – Metal Max 30th anniversary special goods (special site pre-order area open)

May 23 – Metal Max series “Birthday Eve” live stream featuring the official announcement of a completely new Metal Saga title and new information on Metal Max: Wild West

May – Wallpapers and icons released on Hagane collaboration special site

Early Summer – Metal Dogs (title tentative) launch in Early Access for PC via Steam

Late July – “Maniac 2” live stream (details to be announced at a later date)

[squidproquoclarice]

Does the game ever indicate if Eliza and Issac happened before or after Arthur and Mary were a thing? If it doesn’t what are your thoughts on it?

It doesn't indicate one way or another. My personal read is that it really only makes sense if Mary happened before Eliza, but both were when Arthur was quite young. Mary and Arthur both make clear references to their sorta-engagement being when they were very young, and the photograph of a very young and fresh-faced Arthur with a young Mary makes it clear this is nothing recent, so I think it had to be pre-1888.  Eliza also has a boundary. Arthur can't have been riding off to see her and Isaac after 1894, as this is when the gang's population exploded and people would almost definitely know about his secret son. It would be much harder to keep it from all of them as opposed to perhaps just a young John (since Dutch, Hosea, Susan, and Bessie almost inevitably had to know.)  From Arthur's references, he also talks to Jack about teaching another little boy, who almost had to be Isaac, to fish "long before you was born [in 1895]".  For me, this is the sequence: they meet right before Arthur turned 20, in 1883, and were courting somewhat over the next year and change when the gang was in the area. It's rather notable that Mr. Gillis refers to him as "your thief" to Mary and sneers something like "he might kill somebody, but you'd like that, wouldn't you?". Which, given he identifies Arthur first as a thief rather than a robber or a killer seems to indicate that when Gillis knew him, Arthur was likely more of a con artist/thief than a dangerous bank robber and killer. This means it was definitely pre-April 1887, the date of the first Van Der Linde bank robbery.  It all fell apart when John came along, in the spring of 1885 when they headed to Chicago to look for more scam opportunities. John, who Arthur feared was indication he wasn't good enough anymore, and that he'd been replaced. Arthur started acting out when they got back west near Mary, trying desperately to get Dutch's attention and approval again, pulling bigger robbery jobs. While Dutch probably loved that, Mary (and Asshole Gillis) didn't, and this was likely the cause of Gillis demanding that Mary break it off with Arthur and make a "proper" marriage with Mr. Linton. Mary obeyed.  Arthur took it badly, as you'd expect, drinking too much and moping. A few months later, in late summer 1885, he gets drunk with an equally lonely waitress named Eliza, ends up buying her some drinks and commiserating, and they get shitfaced enough to end up in bed together pretending or believing they were with the ones who'd jilted them but who they still loved. Isaac is born in May of 1886, and he and Eliza are killed in May of 1890, shortly after his fourth birthday.  I feel like Mary had to be first. It makes a lot more sense for Arthur to have a lonely drunk hookup (which Eliza likely was given they didn't marry despite Arthur clearly having no objections to the idea of marriage, and he doesn't mention loving her) as part of the heartbreak. Then you need to look at how Arthur and Mary are around each other. These are two people in their thirties. But they don't act like it. They're giddy and immature, all wild fantasies and wild bickering, like a pair of teenagers acting out their own dramatic Romeo and Juliet saga. Their relationship understandably never could grow beyond that.  And it seems bizarre that if he'd suffered the heartbreak of Eliza and Isaac first and been so scarred by it that we clearly see it years later when he's 36 years old, that Arthur could so wholly lose himself in this delirious "first love" romantic fantasy. I also see it being a hard sell to say he got Eliza pregnant before meeting Mary, and Isaac was still alive while he was courting Mary. There's an innocence and wholehearted commitment to their romance that doesn't seem to fit with Arthur also sneaking off to see his babymama.  He describes himself as "hardened" after it, and it's pretty clear he's very closed off romantically after that. So again, another reason Mary couldn't have happened after Eliza and Isaac were killed. But it makes sense that he retreats to that established foundation later when he meets Mary again in 1899, as if he's trying to find shelter in it again and wipe away all the pain of the years in between.  tl;dr: it's not specified in-game but I feel like literally the only way it all makes sense with Arthur's demeanor and his relationship with Mary if is Arthur and Mary courted and broke up before Eliza happened, probably as a result of the breakup.

[trans-advice]

Actor Michael D. Cohen Has Something to Share: ‘I Transitioned’

Actor Michael D. Cohen in Burbank, Calif. on April 16, 2019.

“We need more sweat!”

On that command, a production assistant takes a spray bottle filled with glycerin and scurries over to actor Michael D. Cohen, making his bald head glisten as a crew stands by at a studio in Burbank, Calif. They’re filming the fifth season of Henry Danger, a farcical superhero saga that is Nickelodeon’s longest running live-action sitcom. In it, Cohen plays a character named Schwoz, a quirky genius who aids the show’s good guys much as Q aids James Bond. In this scene, as a goof, Schwoz is leading some of the show’s younger actors through an aerobic workout. Cameras roll as Cohen, clad in spandex and now suitably sweaty, breaks into action. “Your life begins where your comfort zone ends!” he barks while huffing through the routine.

It’s just a line that Cohen is delivering in his character’s silly accent. But it also expresses an idea that the actor has come to understand intimately, one he is ready to embrace again, whatever it might mean for his future. Spurred in part by the political climate — which in recent years has seen fraught public reckonings around issues related to gender — Cohen wants to publicly disclose a private fact that he has been sharing with colleagues on the set of Henry Danger: Nearly twenty years ago, he transitioned from female to male.

“I was misgendered at birth,” Cohen says. “I identify as male, and I am proud that I have had a transgender experience — a transgender journey.”

Today, there are more actors than ever who are open about having had, as Cohen puts it, a transgender journey. This is in part because there is a proliferation of shows, including Pose and Transparent, that are portraying nuanced transgender characters. But Cohen is rare in that he worked in the entertainment industry for more than two decades before he chose to make this disclosure.

In many ways, the environment is far more welcoming than it was when Cohen first transitioned, back when issues of gender identity were largely relegated to spectacles like The Jerry Springer Show. In Hollywood, figures like Laverne Cox and Asia Kate Dillon have nabbed major roles, helping to shift mindsets among producers and audiences alike. More broadly, there is unprecedented awareness about LGBTQ issues, in courts and legislatures as well as the cultural zeitgeist. Yet that visibility has also spurred backlash from conservatives who cast transgender and gender nonconforming people as a threat to societal norms.

Cohen does not use the word transgender to describe himself, but he does view himself as part of a community that typically embraces that label, and he didn’t feel he could be an outspoken advocate until he made his history known. The actor has grown restless while watching the Trump administration roll back protections for transgender people in schools and the military, as Republicans have fought bills that would protect them from discrimination in public spaces.

“This crazy backlash and oppression of rights is happening right in front of me. I can’t stay silent,” Cohen says. “The level of — let’s be polite — misunderstanding around trans issues is so profound and so destructive. When you disempower one population, you disempower everybody.”

It’s a chilly April evening in L.A., and I’m sitting with Cohen on the otherwise empty patio of a sleek restaurant on Sunset Boulevard. One of the first things you notice about him is the same thing casting directors do: he’s short, just over five feet tall. Tonight, his big eyes are framed under a flat cap and he’s sporting salt-and-pepper stubble that will be shaved before filming starts the next day. As we talk, Cohen has a tendency to fiddle with the cuff of his blue blazer. The Canadian-born actor also has a tendency to crack jokes, displaying the comedic talents that have propelled his career. When asked about how it’s been having the name Michael Cohen lately, for instance, he says that he’s had it: “I’m thinking of changing my name to Paul Manafort.”

Today, a central struggle for openly transgender actors is combatting the expectation that they should play transgender characters. If Cohen has been hemmed in, it’s only by the perception that he’s a character actor — a type of thespian he defines as “not good looking enough to sleep with a leading woman.”

He recalls watching The Carol Burnett Show as a kid in Winnipeg, marveling at the way that television can be unifying for people laughing together on a couch “regardless of whatever else is happening in that family unit.” Though Cohen always wanted to be an actor, there was a time early in his career when he focused on behind-the-scenes work and voice acting instead. “I think I loved acting so much,” he says, “that I didn’t want to do it as a woman.” Eventually, his love of acting won out. Cohen played female roles until he transitioned in 2000, a process that, in his case, involved medical treatment as well as changes in how he presented himself socially.

Some years later, Cohen left the studios of Toronto for Hollywood and started landing roles at a greater clip. In 2014, he began appearing on Henry Danger. Today, more than 750,000 kids tune in to watch the sitcom each week. According to Nickelodeon — which, along with parent company Viacom, shares wholehearted support for Cohen and “diversity in all its forms” — it’s the number one live-action kids’ show on basic cable. Adults may have seen Cohen elsewhere, on sitcoms like Powerless, in films or commercials like a Wendy’s “Biggie Bag” spot that has been airing recently.

Actor Michael D. Cohen on the set of Henry Danger in Burbank, Calif. on April 16, 2019.

Actor Michael D. Cohen on the set of Henry Danger in Burbank, Calif. on April 16, 2019.

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Another reason Cohen wants to publicly talk about his history now is that he is preparing to put on a new production, a play about his life that has been in the making for the past fifteen years. In the one-man show that he wrote and stars in — called “4 Cubits Make a Man,” a reference to Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous Vitruvian specimen — he chronicles how he came to grips with his identity, as well as how he navigated family, romantic relationships and widespread ideas about what makes someone a man.

“It is not random, it is not arbitrary, it is not chosen,” he says of gender identity. “It’s like trying to negotiate with gravity.”

The play, funny enough to get the audience through the raw pain of many scenes, centers on this tension. “In my experience, I was born male. What my body said about it was irrelevant,” Cohen says. “No matter how hard I tried, it was not up for negotiation. Believe me, it would have been so convenient if I was actually a woman.”

People like him are not, as some social conservatives have suggested in fiery debates about LGBTQ rights, the product of “radical ideology” spreading around the Internet or a figment of anyone’s imagination, he says. “My chromosomes do not dictate my gender. I’m a man,” Cohen says. “It’s not that hard.”

In the play, Cohen also explains why he does not describe himself as transgender.

He understands that this word is commonly used by people who identify with a gender other than the sex they were assigned at birth. Many people “feel that does reflect their identity and they’re very comfortable with that, and that’s completely valid,” he says. But, for him, the term feels off, and he does not want to make compromises about how he describes himself at this point in his life. “I have worked so hard to get to the truth and I’ve taken on labels in the past that didn’t feel true for the sake of convenience at that moment,” he says. While the word transgender may describe his past or his transition, he says, he has always felt his “core being” was male, and so that is the language he uses.

Cohen knows that may seem complicated. But that comes with the territory. He believes that animus toward people like him — however they identify — comes in part from the fact that their existence complicates simple maxims about gender. That is part of what has made transgender people a target in political battles over issues like the sports, religious freedom and civil rights. And Cohen wants to stand with them. “These are my people. I belong to this group,” he says of Americans who have been affected by policies like the Trump Administration’s guidance on Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education.

Though Nickelodeon has been supportive, Cohen knows this is a complicated time to be making this disclosure in Hollywood, too. The entertainment industry continues to grapple with what it means to be inclusive, and while LGBTQ issues are intermingling with kids’ programming more than in the past, sensitivities remain. Cohen is hopeful about the message that his continued presence on the show — which has filmed more than 100 episodes and was recently picked up for 10 more — will send to young viewers who are attuned to issues of gender identity. Yet he is also prepared for backlash from parents.

“People don’t understand. They think this has to do with sexuality and it doesn’t. They think this has to do with pushing an agenda on kids and it doesn’t,” he says. “What it does is send a message to kids that whoever they are, however they identify, that’s celebrated and valued and okay.”

There’s something about Cohen that kids respond to, the producers of Henry Danger say. Maybe it’s his small stature. Maybe it’s his talent for physical comedy. Maybe it’s the feeling that Schwoz is a fantastical bridge between the grownup and kid worlds.

Chris Nowak, the showrunner for Henry Danger, says that colleagues respect what Cohen has told them but continue to see him as they always have: “Just a guy who’s real good at his job.” Jace Norman, a teen heartthrob who plays the show’s protagonist, Henry Hart, says in an email that the news “didn’t change anything about the high level of respect and admiration I have for the guy,” and thinks “it’s in the best interest of the entire world to have every type of person represented on TV.”

On set, Cohen’s news seems to have been processed with little hubbub. Of far more concern is the timing for delivering jokes as he flees, still in his spandex getup, from a frazzled woman who has traveled back from the future to warn everyone that humanity will be enslaved by robots. As she pursues him, Schwoz zips frantically around the show’s secret superhero lair like he’s in a Benny Hill chase scene. In between takes, he jokes that, for this particular episode, he has been drawing inspiration from Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.

However frivolous it is, when the episode airs, it will reflect a serious reality back to the actor: that the world sees him as he sees himself, a guy who plays another guy on TV. And he hopes that sharing the fuller picture might make the idea of disclosure less uncomfortable for others. “If I tell my truth,” Cohen says, “that gives other people permission to tell theirs too.”

Write to Katy Steinmetz at katy.steinmetz@time.com.

[biofunmy]

Britain leaves the European Union, leaps into the unknown

LONDON — So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu.

With little fanfare, Britain left the European Union on Friday after 47 years of membership, taking a leap into the unknown in a historic blow to the bloc.

The U.K.’s departure became official at 11 p.m. (2300GMT), midnight in Brussels, where the EU is headquartered. Thousands of enthusiastic Brexit supporters gathered outside Britain’s Parliament to welcome the moment they’d longed for since Britain’s 52%-48% vote in June 2016 to walk away from the club it had joined in 1973. The flag-waving crowd erupted in cheers as Big Ben bonged 11 times — on a recording. Parliament’s real bell has been silenced for repairs.

In a message from nearby 10 Downing St., Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Britain’s departure “a moment of real national renewal and change.”

But many Britons mourned the loss of their EU identity, and some marked the passing with tearful vigils. There was also sadness in Brussels as British flags were quietly removed from the bloc’s many buildings.

Whether Brexit makes Britain a proud nation that has reclaimed its sovereignty, or a diminished presence in Europe and the world, will be debated for years to come.

While Britain’s exit is a historic moment, it only marks the end of the first stage of the Brexit saga. When Britons wake up on Saturday, they will notice very little change. The U.K. and the EU have given themselves an 11-month “transition period” — in which the U.K. will continue to follow the bloc’s rules — to strike new agreements on trade, security and a host of other areas.

The now 27-member EU will have to bounce back from one of its biggest setbacks in its 62-year history to confront an ever more complicated world as its former member becomes a competitor, just across the English Channel.

French President Emmanuel Macron called Brexit a “historic alarm signal” that should force the EU to improve itself.

“It’s a sad day, let’s not hide it,” he said in a televised address. “But it is a day that must also lead us to do things differently.”

He insisted that European citizens need a united Europe “more than ever,” to defend their interests in the face of China and the United States, to cope with climate change and migration and technological upheaval.

In the many EU buildings of Brussels on Friday, British flags were quietly lowered, folded and taken away. This is the first time a country has left the EU, and many in the bloc rued the day. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen lamented that “as the sun rises tomorrow, a new chapter for our union of 27 will start.”

But she warned Brexit day would mark a major loss for the U.K. and said the island nation was heading for a lonelier existence.

“Strength does not lie in splendid isolation, but in our unique union,” she said.

Johnson insisted post-Brexit Britain would be “simultaneously a great European power and truly global in our range and ambitions.”

“We want this to be the beginning of a new era of friendly cooperation between the EU and an energetic Britain,” Johnson said in a pre-recorded address to the country broadcast an hour before Britain’s exit.

In a break with usual practice, independent media outlets were not allowed to film Johnson’s speech, which the government recorded Thursday at 10 Downing St.

Johnson won an election victory in December with a dual promise to “get Brexit done” and deliver improved jobs, infrastructure and services for Britain’s most deprived areas, where support for leaving the EU is strongest. On Friday, he symbolically held a Cabinet meeting in the pro-Brexit town of Sunderland in northeast England, rather than in London.

Johnson is a Brexit enthusiast, but he knows many Britons aren’t, and his Conservative government sought to mark the moment with quiet dignity. Red, white and blue lights illuminated government buildings and a countdown clock projected onto the prime minister’s Downing Street residence.

There was no such restraint in nearby Parliament Square, where arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage gathered a crowd of several thousand, who belted out the patriotic song “Land of Hope and Glory” as they waited for the moment that even Farage sometimes doubted would ever come.

“This is the single most important moment in the modern history of our great nation,” Farage told the crowd.

“The war is over,” said Farage, who often describes Britain’s relationship with Europe in martial terms. “We have won.”

Londoner Donna Jones said she had come to “be part of history.”

“It doesn’t mean we’re anti-Europe, it just means we want to be self-sufficient in a certain way,” she said.

But Britons who cherished their membership in the bloc — and the freedom it bought to live anywhere across of 28 countries — were mourning.

“Many of us want to just mark our sadness in public,” said Ann Jones, who joined dozens of other remainers on a march to the EU’s mission in London.

“And we don’t want trouble, we just want to say, well you know, we didn’t want this.”

Britain’s journey to Brexit has been long, rocky — and far from over.

The U.K. was never a wholehearted EU member, but actually leaving the bloc was long considered a fringe idea. It gradually gained strength within the Conservative Party, which has a wing of fierce “euroskeptics” — opponents of EU membership. Former Prime Minister David Cameron eventually agreed to hold a referendum, saying he wanted to settle the issue once and for all.

It hasn’t worked out that way. Since the 2016 vote, the U.K. has held fractious negotiations with the EU that finally, late last year, secured a deal on divorce terms. But Britain is leaving the bloc arguably as divided as it was on referendum day.

By and large, Britain’s big cities voted to stay in the EU, while small towns voted to leave. England and Wales backed Brexit, while Northern Ireland and Scotland voted to remain.

Candlelit vigils were held in several Scottish cities, government buildings in Edinburgh were lit up in the EU’s blue and yellow colors, and the bloc’s flag continued to fly outside the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Brexit was “a moment of profound sadness.”

“And here in Scotland, given that it is happening against the will of the vast majority of us, that sadness will be tinged with anger,” she said in a speech in Edinburgh.

Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party government is demanding the right to hold a referendum on independence from the U.K., something Johnson refuses to grant.

London, which is home to more than 1 million EU citizens, also voted by a wide margin to stay in the bloc.

Mayor Sadiq Khan said he was “heartbroken” about Brexit. But he insisted London would remain that welcomed all, regardless of “the color of your skin, the color of your flag, the color of your passport.”

Negotiations between Britain and the EU on their new relationship are due to start in earnest in March, and the early signs are not encouraging. The EU says Britain can’t have full access to the EU’s single market unless it follows the bloc’s rules, but Britain insists it will not agree to follow an EU rule book in return for unfettered trade.

With Johnson adamant he won’t extend the transition period beyond Dec. 31, months of uncertainty and acrimony lie ahead.

In the English port of Dover, just 20 miles (32 kilometers) across the Channel from France, retiree Philip Barry said he was confident it would all be worth it.

“My expectation is that there may be a little bump or two in the road but in the end it will even out,” he said. “Somebody once said: short-term pain but long-term gain.”

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Associated Press video journalists Jo Kearney and Philipp-Moritz Jenne contributed. Casert reported from Brussels.

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[hattythewriter]

Wholehearted Half-Souls re-sharing

(Cover art is by ArtsySunbrush)

Good timezone, friends! The one year anniversary of the Wholehearted Saga is nearly upon us. Part 2 in the Wholehearted chronology, "Wholehearted Half-Souls", will be one year old on February 20th!

So, here's a goal I'd like to hit: the story currently has 2942 hits on AO3. I would really appreciate it if we could somehow hit 3000 hits in total in a week. That way, we could have a special milestone achieved alongside the main milestone of hitting one year for Wholehearted!

Here's the link to WHHS on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37252972/chapters/92946478

Please read, reblog, and share with your friends! I appreciate getting more readers, and I appreciate all the love and support thus far. I'll be making a more official one year anniversary post on next Monday, February 20th.

[hattythewriter]

"Filosophy" with Frisk

Philosophy with Frisk is called "Filosophy". Got quite the head-scratchers.

[hattythewriter]

Frisk Default Dance

Frisk default dances. Asriel facepalms in pain from experiencing cringe culture.

I don't own UT. Enjoy.

[hattythewriter]

Dreemurr Sibling Interview Project

I'm requesting that all readers and fans of the Wholehearted series assist me with a new project! One of the stories that I release in the Origins collection will feature Asriel and Frisk being guests on a talk show, hosted by Sans and Mettaton! Not only that, but they'll be reading questions from you, the reader!

This is where we need your help. Submit as many questions as you wish to Wholehearted Frisk and Wholehearted Asriel, and they'll answer them for you when they have their interview on "The Fresh Puns of Bel-Ebott, ft. pop idol and 'The Bachelor' host Mettaton."

The "ask me anything" for Asriel and Frisk opens NOW, January 1st. Submitting questions to the Dreemurr siblings will stay open until March 5th at 11:59pm. So for the next two months, you'll be able to submit Frisk and Asriel any question you have for them! You may submit questions here on tumblr, or talk to me in Discord DMs if you're friends with me on there. The project will hopefully be completed on March 26th!

[hattythewriter]

Asriel and Frisk in Peanuts Style

Good grief, the Dreemurr siblings have crossed over into the Peanuts universe.

I don't own the Foxverse games nor the Peanuts/Charlie Brown franchise.

[hattythewriter]

Toriel Uses .00001% of Her True Power

WARNING: this comic has flashing lights in one of the panels.

Toriel uses a mere .00001% of her power to set everything in order once more at her home. Trivia question: what's the message Asriel gives in the last panel of the comic? Feel free to comment with the answer below. :P I don't own UT. I hope you enjoyed this silly little comic.

[hattythewriter]

Wholehearted Saga 1st Anniversary

Good timezone, friends! I hope you all are doing well. Today, February 20th, 2023 is the first year anniversary of the Wholehearted Saga premiering! It all began with publishing the first chapter of Wholehearted Half-Souls on AO3 and Wattpad, and now here we are one year later. Thank you to everyone for your support so far! I appreciate each and every one of you for reading my works and all of your support and care.

I also have milestone news! We hit our goal of surpassing 3000 hits on AO3! The AO3 version of Wholehearted Half-Souls now sits at 3003 hits on AO3 as of this post. Thank you to everyone who has read the story thus far, and for helping in achieving the goal of reaching the 3000 landmark before the 1st anniversary.

I would also like to thank all of the artists and beta readers who assisted with bringing this post-pacifist sequel series together. I couldn't do it without any of them, and I'm appreciative of them all.

Thank you again to everyone who has shown support through reading my stories, along with creating art for it and beta reading for me. I hope you all enjoy my current project, Wholehearted Origins. The chapter 3 parts of "Time" will be uploaded this week, and I'm hoping to continue working on more Wholehearted spin-off comics as well. Until I see you all again, take care! Stay DETERMINED.

[hattythewriter]

Time Chapter 3 release

The saying goes that time heals all wounds, but Asriel Dreemurr disagreed. Even with all the time that had passed since Chara's death, it still hurt just as much. His best friend forever found a new and better home, and yet she still died. And with the guilt from his past looming like a black hole ready to swallow him whole, Asriel needed to learn how to keep moving forward and apply it. The question is: would he get there or fall into the pool and drown?

The final chapter of "Time" is now available to read on both AO3 and Wattpad. Here are the links to both versions of the final chapter:

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44975452/chapters/114099109

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1318175794-wholehearted-saga-origins-time-3-1

WARNING: This story contains topics related to mental health struggles, along with other triggering topics. While nothing graphic is shown, all of the topics within are implied or seen to a certain degree. Viewer discretion is advised.

[hattythewriter]

One Last Time

*I just want to see your smile again, to laugh with you one last time. Having you as my best friend was special. Our BFF bond was wonderful and prime.

I'm glad God gave you. The time we had together was sublime. But oh, what I wouldn't give to see you one last time.