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Louis: so i got into the confessional booth and i said to the priest I LAID DOWN WITH A MAN!! I LAID DOWN WITH THE DEVIL!! AND HE HAS ROOTS IN ME, ALL HIS SPINDLY ROOTS IN ME! AND I CANT THINK NOTHING ANYMORE BUT HIS VOICE AND HIS WORDS! PLEASE! HELP ME! I AM WEAK! I WANNA DIE! but Lestat, he knew where I was and he found me, Mr. Molloy. He found me and punched clean through that priest’s-

Armand on that damn ipad:

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i will be your shadow, i will follow you, never let you go

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Iwtvtober Day 3: Coven

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Interview with the Vampire 2.05

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Cough cough

Oh who could be coughing in my inbox... it's a mystery... Anyway come over here, I'm getting you some mint tea, some freshly made cake, and several blankets just for you ^-^ <3

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Got home and immediately started making a cake after editing for several hours... yeah it's a productive day so far

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hanging out after school

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drew over something i wrote for a class and liked :] sorry the cars are lowkey ugly, its because I fucking hate cars and cant be bothered to learn what they look like beyond ominous hunks of metal

edit: transcript of the poem by itself under the cut

6 Tips for Crossing the Road

Look both ways

The road is for cars. 

Make sure to look for them before crossing. Even when you have the right of way, cars have a lot of safety features and you have none. 

Use designated crosswalks 

The road is for cars. 

So is the crosswalk but, under brief and temporary conditions, you can use it too! Never jaywalk, never walk in the road, just hope there is a clear and functional sidewalk. 

Cross at the light

The road is for cars. 

There are rules and signs for them, but that can only go so far. Walk quickly and hold your breath and hope that the light doesn't turn. Make eye contact with drivers as their cars teem with potential energy, rumbling with disdain at the inconvenience of your crossing. Try to ignore the cloud of exhaust that you are in and they are above. 

Leash your pets

The road is for cars. 

Obviously. 

To you, it may be natural to sacrifice so much space to them but to your dog, it is not. His instinct is to explore freely. You must curb it. Modern US car models have such high hoods that the average child, let alone dog, is obscured. Even on the sidewalk, hold the leash tight because the sidewalk (if you are so blessed) is next to the street and the threat still looms.

Look out for road kill

The road is for cars. 

And no one was there to leash the deer. 

Or the raccoon. 

Or the cat. 

Did you know that the most reliable sample method for wildlife in an area is looking at the roadkill? 

Remember these tips

The road is for cars. 

Cars are everywhere. In the city. In the suburbs. In the country. In the woods (the US Forest Service manages more roads than the entire Ministry of Transit in China.) Cars are everywhere because there are roads to bring them there, which is great if you are a car and want to get from place to place fast without worrying about the in-between. 

Unfortunately, you are not a car. 

You are an animal. 

You are in-between. 

So remember to look both ways. 

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Currently working on a wip I have not touched on in MONTHS because I needed a little refresher...

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i love mcsr

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Have you ever travelled by plane just to go to a specific concert?

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Lowkey thinking about making Reigen’s life worse and making it so Reigen had to endure workplace abuse and harassment when he worked at that one office...

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Ok now lemme talk about Ritsu and Reigen comparisons again because I just know that if, as an adult, Ritsu doesn't get enough Enrichment he'll do some impulsive shit like Reigen did

Cause like, Ritsu does impulsive shit because he has a fickle sense of identity while also trying to maintain a certain image

He wants to seem like a perfect student and obedient and a goody two shoes but that's not really who he is

Stuff like studying is easy to him but exactly because of that it isn't fulfilling, it isn't challenging, he doesnt think it's anything special to be booksmart

He said it himself, he wants to live life to the fullest! To work hard! To struggle! So ultimately he can feel accomplished. And letting other peoples perception of who he should be dictate his choices isn't getting him anywhere closer to that goal

Reigen is similar because like, we're all aware he has practical skills. He's a smooth talker and a good masseur, has excellent abilities when it comes to reading people, manipulating situations, even fucking Photoshop like this man could probably do well at a normal office job. He's smart, he can adapt quickly

But he doesn't want to do that. Sure, selling water coolers probably made him more money, but he wasn't satisfied

Reigen didn't want money, he wanted to feel needed, to feel special, to be able to leave a mark

He wanted to have a purpose. And a normal desk job where he's another nobody wasn't going to help with that

So he does something impulsive in hopes of feeling accomplished and being happier with the direction his life is taking

Look me in the eye. Look me in the eye and tell me Ritsu wouldn't want to bash his head against the wall if he worked a mundane office job

I'd also say Reigen would have abused his powers if he developed any as a youth, but tbh he probably had a stronger moral compass than Ritsu wjdnwjskwz he'd still take advantage of them tho, just wouldn't beat up people, maybe, probably--

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what's the water container symbolism with reigen

CASS YOU COULD'VE JUST ASKED IN DISCORD DMS LAMAHAHAHDFN BUT THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN EXCUSE TO POST THIS

Okay uh. It's been a hot minute since I've seen the Separation Arc (it is really hard for me to watch) but I will attempt to do something coherent...

So Reigen used to work as a salesman for a water cooler company before he abruptly quit to start his own business. It's implied that he worked at the call center in particular, since this is what we see of it:

Call center jobs are notoriously draining and monotonous, but Reigen was probably pretty good at selling to other people considering his gift for the gab. Still, he quit because he wanted to be something more than just that. He'd always wanted to be recognized by others, and a call center is one of the worst places to achieve that goal. You don't get to talk to people face-to-face, and he probably dealt with a lot of rude people as well as annoyed people who didn't want to be sold anything. Every day, he was just a random voice through the telephone (among many random voices through the telephone).

And so, he quit this job despite the stable salary to make his own business. But even still, his past continues to haunt him, symbolized by the water cooler he keeps in his apartment. We see this a lot in the Separation Arc, with shots like these:

IIRC that first frame is when he got the idea to start a psychic business, a place where people would come to him to seek his help in particular. However, that water cooler continues to loom behind him during his lowest points, symbolizing the insignificant past he was so desperate to rise above. (But at what cost?)

It kinda reminds me of Icarus flying too close to the sun after escaping the Labyrinth, how he plunged to his death and drowned in the sea. Water is something everyone needs to live, and yet we can drown to death when there's too much.

I think this part of the Season 1 OP really highlights that, how his boring past where he felt insignificant and unrecognized threatens to drown him. He becomes to determined to become someone special that he loses sight of what he really needs (someone to see him for who he is and accept him). He becomes a public laughing stock, true, but I think what horrifies Reigen most of all is when he realizes he was holding Mob back and using him selfishly instead of helping him like he did when they first met.

Fortunately, I think he does eventually rise above that massive complex of his, thanks to Mob and the other people he meets and helps along the way (: He still has a ways to go, but he's getting there. As we see in the series finale, there are now many people who recognize Reigen for who he is, and it may not be the entire world but it's more than good enough for him.

Bonus Reigen Drinking Water From A Cup in the Season 1 ED:

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Hate how lighting a candle does wonders to my mood. Like wowwww. Grug like fire? Grug not sad anymore because Fire in Cave? Wow. Real predictable of Grug.

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My job on the leftist commune is showing homophobic men gay porn and checking if they get hard

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MAJORAS MASK

This is not only my favorite game but my favorite thing in the entire world and I will claw and scream and bleed until everyone knows it

Deliberately posting this on zelda anniversary day because this is my zelda.

HAPPY 39TH BIRTHDAY THE LEGEND OF ZEDLA YAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY