#you’re very iconic

[emofujoshi]

Little known fact. Sometimes folks send me requests to read and record certain chapters of their favorite fics so that they can listen to them when they’re on the go or for reasons that are not my business 😏

My latest requests have all been from Backslide and now I’m out here simping harder than Lestat again. Never doubt that people still care!

Wait, what?! So you’re out here doing audiobooks of fics? Why am I the last to know?! Maybe I should stay online more often 😭😭😭 Also, I’m gonna need to hear these fulfilled requests because I need to hear you reading Backslide 😳

I’m never not going to be surprised at how many people enjoy my fic… It’s so rewarding to know this. I really feel all the love and appreciate it so much ♡ But I’m serious, drop the link of you reading fics haha ♡

[starbuck]

Ravenous is Haunted

Within the lore of Ravenous, eating people causes you to “absorb [their] spirit,” but what does that mean in practice?

Ives mentions that eating someone brave gives you a surge of bravery, which is exactly how Boyd goes from too scared to move to single-handedly capturing the enemy command. The spirit of his fellow soldiers and specifically his commanding officer compel him to do it. But we know that this personality shift is not permanent, it abates. However, I believe that there are other more subtle influences that remain. 

There’s a whole collection of things Boyd, Ives, and Hart do and say that mirror the actions and words of the people they’ve eaten…

The protectiveness that Boyd shows towards the Fort Spencer crew after Ives arrives as colonel is a new trait for him and highly reminiscent of Reich’s protectiveness towards Toffler. From the moment he’s stuck with Ives at the fort, Boyd also immediately decides to murder him, the thing that Reich died furious at him for not doing, and never strays from this mission at all. Boyd and Ives both headbutt each other in their final fight, a Knox fighting move, and Boyd also attempts to strangle Ives at one point, which is Reich’s. Another example that I like is when Hart says to the chickens he’s feeding “run away! run for your lives!” which is what Toffler died doing. These are all small moments in isolation, but together they form a compelling picture. 

For another thing, you have Boyd mentioning to Hart near the end the “nightmares” he’s “still” having about Reich, Cleaves, and Knox. These aren’t just random trauma nightmares, they are specifically about the three people of the Fort Spencer crew that he’s eaten. And, considering how strongly Hart reacts to the mention of this, he is likely experiencing the same thing. Since it is canon that they have actually ABSORBED these people by eating them, I don’t think it’s a stretch at all to call this a haunting. 

Put these together and you have the people who have been eaten haunting the cannibal characters at night and maintaining at least some sway over them by day, often without them even realizing it… Fun stuff!

As far as Ives goes, I think that he is less affected by this phenomenon than Boyd and Hart are. He’s been eating people for much longer than they have, he has no moral compass whatsoever, and he has a very strong personality, so he’s not gonna let a little haunting get to him. That being said, who knows what quirks of his personality we might be able to attribute to people he’s eaten in the past if we knew more about them? I also think that his assumption that he is unaffected by the people he eats is a part of his downfall, and I’ll explain that in a moment. 

The last thing I want to talk about is the bell because that’s what REALLY gets me mmmmmmmmmmm… SO! During Boyd’s fight with Ives, there’s a moment where Ives has fled the room they were fighting in and Boyd doesn’t know where he is, so he’s checking behind all these random doors and not finding him when he hears a bell ringing in the courtyard. He goes out and sees the ringing bell but no one near it. Instead of going towards it where he knows Ives is likely waiting for him though, he walks towards the barn, as if in a daze. When he enters, he sees the bear trap and gets an “Aha!” look on his face. 

Now, who do we know who is associated with both that bell and a bear trap? It’s Reich! He is the only person we ever see ring that bell and (in a deleted scene) he uses bear traps as target practice, shooting at them to snap them shut while Boyd watches. So, at the very least, we can say that Reich indirectly inspires Boyd in that course of action. 

BUT, because I am me, I’d like to take it a step further by proposing that, since Reich is haunting both Boyd AND Ives, he influences Ives to ring the bell (with Ives not consciously thinking anything more of about than “this will surely get Boyd’s attention >:)”) and then influences Boyd to walk over to the barn instead of immediately continuing the fight so he can show him how to end it once and for all. Boyd asked Reich to “tell me what to do,” and Reich answered him!

I did also write a fic about this concept a few years ago if anyone is interested!

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

🖤

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

So Kenny. Do you know him? I think you might know him. Anyway we see him in sweaters right. But we never see Suguru in those sweaters. Do you think Suguru had those in his closet and gege never drew him wearing them (a crime) or do you think Kenny took his fruity ass to the store to buy cute clothes. Asking for a friend (it’s me)

REMMMMM…… i DO know kenny >:3 i know him personally actually. here’s a pic of us

BUT YES . I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS. my personal hc is that kenny tries to match the wardrobe of whoever his host is!! it might not even be a conscious thing…. but!! with that in mind!!!! i think it’s safe to say that even if the sweater he wears isn’t suguru’s, suguru is still VERY much a sweater guy. and i’ll die on that hill!!!!!! you can pry sweater boy sugu from my cold dead hands!!!!!!!!!!! he just strikes me as someone who dresses for comfort above all else :33

wait actually . i just remembered that sweater boy sugu is canon bc we see him wearing a black sweater in hidden inventory and it’s one of his best looks…….. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

GULP . he looks soooo boyfriend it’s insane ….

[abba-enthusiast]

Dear GOD i wish Jeremy Fragrance never found a christian girlfriend that is under 32, what the hell is that man posting

[axoltex]

winter whizzvin. they like snow. and poofy clothing.

[ranjxtul]

dance moms came out over a decade ago and it’s still a beloved piece of culture, like abby lee is a very abusive person and i genuinely hope the girls are doing okay at this point, but i eat that shit up every time. like goddamn dance moms is my roman empire

[theklaapologist]

Virus and Trip

[goldensunset]

nemona: ‘do you think kieran’s at his house? i can’t wait to bat-uh, befriend him!’

arven: ‘i’m gonna make it clear once and for all who your REAL best friend is. just you wait and see’

[website-com]

is the cure considered goth? i just saw a goth music post that said it was, but my only reference for what goth is is my dad who was one in the 80s, he was literally robert smiths number one fan but insists it’s not goth and if you said it was to any goths at the time they’d skin you

[bethiewhimsy]

forever grateful to mister wood for releasing songs on in case i die (misanthropologist and and if i did you deserved it) but sir. pls. you forgot one of the best ones. i’ll never amount to anything.

[ikea-doona]

microsoft teams is such a snitch. get that yellow clock away! am i not allowed 5 minutes of scrolling :(

[methinmycoffee]

Season 8 rankings!

From best to worst:

Quest For Ratings (Ep. 11)

The Jeffersons (Ep. 6)

Good Times With Weapons (Ep. 1)

Awesom-O (Ep. 5)

Cartman’s Incredible Gift (Ep. 13)

Woodland Critter Christmas (Ep. 14)

You Got F’d In The A (Ep 4)

Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes (Ep. 9)

The Passion of the Jew (Ep. 3)

Preschool (Ep. 10)

Douche and Turd (Ep. 8)

Goobacks (Ep. 7)

Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset (Ep. 12)

Up The Down Steriod (Ep. 2)

[transselkie]

In high school I played Ponyboy in a production that was a weird unauthorized fanfiction of the Outsiders. The play opened with me doing my homework on stage before the audience ever entered the auditorium. I did about thirty minutes of homework as people came in and sat in their seats. I could hear people wondering why I was out there and not backstage with the rest of the cast. As soon as start time hit the light for the audience got cut and Darry walked out to shout at me about how he didn’t know where I was and I complained back that I’d just been doing my homework. He told me to do it inside not out in the street with all the noise, but I wanted to be out there because I was waiting for Johnny. There are very few choices my high school drama teacher made that were any kind of clever but I always really liked that one.

so what do u think about plays

i like how in a theatre time and space are necessarily metaphorical. i don’t like how plays always have to begin with someone walking onstage and talking. too many directors try to work around this by having someone walk onstage and brood in silence for a moment before talking. this is worse. 

[beguilebrontide]

IM SCREAMING I THINK I JUST SAW A FIC BASED OFF A CHARACTER ONE OF MY TEACHERS PLAYED IN A TV BUT LIKE BASED OF THE ACTOR AND IT MENTIONS THEIR KID BUT ITS LIKE AN AU???STYLE DEAL WHERE THEYVE BEEN REPLACED WITH BLURBO FROM THE SHOWS IM CACKLING

[chairwiththreelegs]

Met a bi icon today (a 4 year-old who asked to marry my sister and said he wanted to kiss my brother)