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the thing about caeru is that he's not as obviously Completely Batshit Insane like 99.9% of seekers because he has the sheer willpower of a semitruck. he's like the terminator. if he decides something needs to be done god help you if you're in the way of doing it. if he was still in the undertale universe he'd probably end up melting from determination a-la undyne the undying during the no-mercy route. at all times every single bone in his body is screaming crying throwing up chomping at the bit to go utterly fucking feral and at least 25% of his brain is devoted solely to keeping that impulse under lock and key no matter what. and thus most of the time whenever he wants to eat silverware and/or paperwork and/or people and/or furniture he ends up staring into space like a neurotic weirdo and biting giant holes into his scarf instead. he's the guy of all time

the funny thing is originally caeru was that kind of character. at least in the very early days during his original incarnation. and then as time has gone on he's very definitively solidified into the self-sacrificing brooding fool full of love we all know and at least mildly tolerate

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the funny thing is originally caeru was that kind of character. at least in the very early days during his original incarnation. and then as time has gone on he's very definitively solidified into the self-sacrificing brooding fool full of love we all know and at least mildly tolerate

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Tragic. Tumblr user made a good point but was unnecessarily condescending about it. Will not be reblogging

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Who is Real

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Scott Pilgrim is, I think, the best example I can think of for establishing a setting's Nonsense Limit. The setting's Nonsense Limit isn't quite "How high-fantasy is this". It's mostly a question of presentation, to what degree does the audience feel that they know the rules the world operates by, such that they are primed to accept a random new element being introduced. A setting with a Nonsense Limit of 0 is, like, an everyday story. Something larger than life, but theoretically taking place in our world, like your standard spy thriller action movie has a limit of 1. Some sort of hidden world urban fantasy with wizards and stuff operating in secret has a nonsense limit around 3 or 4. A Superhero setting, presenting an alternate version of our world, is a 5 or 6. High fantasy comes in around a 7 or so, "Oh yeah, Wizards exist and they can do crazy stuff" is pretty commonly accepted. Scott Pilgrim comes in at a 10. If you read the Scott Pilgrim book, it starts off looking like a purely mundane slice of life. The first hint at the fantastical is Ramona appearing repeatedly in Scott's Dreams, and then later showing up in real life. When we finally get an explanation, it's this:

Apparently Subspace Highways are a thing? And they go through people's heads? And Ramona treats this like it's obscure, but not secret knowledge. Ramona doesn't think she's doing anything weird here. At this point, it's not clear if Scott is accepting Ramona's explanation or not, things kind of move on as mundane as ever until their Date, when Ramona takes Scott through subspace, and he doesn't act like his world was just blown open or anything, although I guess that could have been a metaphor. there's a couple other moments, but everything with Ramona could be a metaphor, or Scott not recognizing what's going on. Maybe Ramona is uniquely fantastical in this otherwise normal world. And then, this happens

Suddenly, a fantastical element (A shitty local indie band finishing their set with a song that knocks out most of the audience) is introduced unrelated to Ramona, and undeniably literal. We see the crowd knocked out by Crash and The Boys. but the story doesn't linger on the implications of that, the whole point of that sequence is to raise the Nonsense Level, such that you accept it when This happens

Matthew Patel comes flying down onto the stage, Scott, who until this point is presented as a terrible person and a loser, but otherwise is extremely ordinary, proceeds to flawlessly block and counter him before doing a 64-hit air juggle combo. Scott's friends treat this like Scott is showing off a mildly interesting party trick, like being really good at darts. The establish that Scott is the "Best Fighter in the Province", not only are street-fighter battles a thing, Scott is Very Good at it, but they're so unimportant that being the best fighter in the province doesn't make Scott NOT a loser. So when Matthew Patel shows off his magic powers and then explodes into a pile of coins, we've established "Oh, this is how silly the setting gets". It's not about establishing the RULES of the setting so much as it is about establishing a lack of rules. Scott's skill at street-fighter battles doesn't translate to any sort of social prestige. Ramona can access Subspace Highways and she uses it to do a basic delivery job. It doesn't make sense and it's clear that it's not supposed to. So later on, when Todd Ingram starts throwing around telekinesis, and the explanation we're given is "He's a Vegan" , you're already so primed by the mixture of weirdness and mundanity that rather than trying to incorporate this new knowledge into any sort of coherent setting ruleset, you just go "Ah, yeah, Vegans".

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So embarrassing finding one of your oc's attractive.

Like. Yeah this is my oc. Yeah they're hot.

Just LOOK AT HER

I should NOT be cooking.

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if someone like the yearner killed me i would simply spend the last few seconds of my life asking for her number (she is victorian. i would not receive it. but i would break the thin guise of historical accuracy to ask anyway)

it's so unrealistic when fictional characters get upset about being murdered, especially when their murderers are hot women. personally if a beautiful lady killed me i would be going to the afterlife in complete and utter bliss. 100% a skill issue on their part sorry

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"murder is bad" can't women have hobbies. can't women express themselves. can't women have a little spot of fun

it's so unrealistic when fictional characters get upset about being murdered, especially when their murderers are hot women. personally if a beautiful lady killed me i would be going to the afterlife in complete and utter bliss. 100% a skill issue on their part sorry

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it's so unrealistic when fictional characters get upset about being murdered, especially when their murderers are hot women. personally if a beautiful lady killed me i would be going to the afterlife in complete and utter bliss. 100% a skill issue on their part sorry

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scoundrel name guessing! i would say with delora or derora. delora means sorrow, so its what the scoundrel intended to leave behind but is fated to always suffer. derora means freedom, which is also up the scoundrel's alley! (it also means bird. which is close enough to bat)

"it's what the scoundrel intended to leave behind but is fated to always suffer"

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dana terrace is teaming up with glitch productions (the murder hornets + amazing digital circus guys) to make a 2d animated psychological thriller sci-fi show?? that's coming out this year??? and it looks BANGER???

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the scoundrel and the yearner both get isekaied to the mtg universe, see this guy, and immediately start a love triangle the likes of which could implode an entire plane and then some. that is Simply How They Are

funniest thing about the vake yearner's Entire Situation™ is that by virtue of literally being the scoundrel she is thus a furry. she may not consciously know it. but she is. this is an omnipresent d█████ trait that simply cannot be altered nor denied

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funniest thing about the vake yearner's Entire Situation™ is that by virtue of literally being the scoundrel she is thus a furry. she may not consciously know it. but she is. this is an omnipresent d█████ trait that simply cannot be altered nor denied

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thoughts on scp-3999

if i said at least 1/5th of caeru's inspiration probably subconsciously came from researcher talloran would you believe me

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Commission

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