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carpetcat2 · 1 year

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Want yo know your fusion knights better! 😲

16. What makes their stomach turn?

21. Why do they get up in the morning?

B) What inspired you to create them?

D) Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look?

Sorry for the long wait ^_^u 16. What makes their stomach turn? They're all toughies! I'm sure most of them could handle things the average person would find creepy or crawl-y. Most of them would agree that whatever degree Parasite is awful, though.

21. Why do they get up in the morning?

Hiber: To appreciate nature <3 and to take care of basic health needs that's really important too. Snare: Sometimes he doesn't. Wheel: Spite. Psilo: For the thrill of discovery! Every new day is an opportunity to learn plenty of new things! Like "hey, did you know there were a billion spiders under your porch?" Very cool. Train bros: Well, they've got a business to run, don't they? They have to make sure the trains run on time! Lumin: There are always new stories to be collected. Tales of treasure and tales of woe, of fortune and of fate. Parasite: "Oh boy! I can't wait to make other people's lives miserable! On purpose!"

B) What inspired you to create them?

I wholeheartedly love character design exercises and this was one of my favorites.

D) Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look?

I have plenty of concept art for these guys lol. I think Hiber, Wheel, and Steam are the only ones that basically didn't change too much from their initial concepts.

Design notes -

Hiber was a lot skinnier before, but she has a lot more meat on her bones now bc I wanted her to fit more into her hibernating theme. Gotta have enough meat survive the winter.

Snare was always gonna be big and tall and imposing, but it took a lot more finangling than I first thought to finalize his design. His earlier concepts had a more armored and ragged look. One cool idea that I scrapped was that he'd have his head and hands in a pillory, but he had extra arms on his back that he could use instead. Another one was that he’d carry around a giant coffin and smack people around with it the same way Puzzle used his compass. Those were overhauled bc they leaned into Specter a bit too much, and felt incohesive with his theming. I ended up taking more design notes from BodySwap Specter since they had a bit more design overlap with Puzzle. In was a fun decision in the end bc I think that caused him to look a little like Luan too.

I think I had a pollution theme going on in Lumin’s early concepts. He was and still is based off of siphonophores so I imagined he would steer around some long train of boats absolutely filled with human garbage and human treasures, but underneath they’d be attached to some gigantic eldritch sea monster. I think his earlier concepts had mechanical arms for some reason. I think I’ve solidified him into being a vaguely eldritch creature cosplaying as a goofy pirate trope, but his design itself is still a bit of a work in progress.

Coal and Steam were supposed to be one guy, but I couldn’t decide between making the one guy a conductor or an engineer so I had to split them up. I don’t think they changed too much from their initial designs except for some tweaks, like giving Coal a belt and fixing his hat, or shaving off a few inches from Steam.

Wheel’s design is mainly based off bikers and medieval jousters. One thing that didn’t make it in was her also being a cowboy(?????). I got rid of that pretty quickly bc trying to fit too many concepts into one character would be really messy, but I mourn the fact that I couldn’t figure out how to fit in wheel spurs in her boots. Her final design didn’t stray too far from her first concept, but some stuff was reworked.

The funny thing about Psilo is that I specifically chose Plague, Spore, and Prism as his components bc they had a lot of similar design elements. That turned out to be more of a challenge rather than a convenience bc I had to actively work to make Psilo Not look like one guy over the other. He still looks too much like Plague Knight, but I will keep convincing myself he is not a Plague clone. I wanted to go for a witch-y design for him at first, and I settled on that for a while. I don’t really remember why I went in a different direction but I guess it’s bc I wanted to represent Prism and Spore more in the design. I think his final helmet was actually based on concept art of Plague Knight from the SK artbook where he had a bottom visor that made him look like he had a big toothy grin, which was really cute and convenient for incorporating Spore’s visor.

A Lot happened with Parasite. I was gonna settle on "grouchy old man" Parasite, but he was being developed to be used in a friend's DnD campaign as an enemy and said friend characterized him very differently to that idea, so I wanted to make him fittingly look unhinged. The way I draw him now vs his current "official" render is a bit different, but that mostly comes down to me getting a better idea of his proportions rather than any significant design changes. Sorry about how disorganized this concept compilation is. I'll try to organize these by character later.

#Carpart #carpet rambles #ask game

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bogkeep · 3 years

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Hey! I'm the one who asked the poorly worded art process question. I'm here to give it another try by being more specific. The problem is . . . that's hard. Because that was about a specific as I can get, since I kind of want to know everything about how your art works.

Big things, like how you come up with ideas, or how you design characters. But small things, too, like what tools you use for drawing, how you balance between traditional and digital art, and how you decide what color to use for your unique and beautiful line art.

I want to be more specific so you can answer, but the question in my head is too vague and broad for me to be specific about it. So . . . here are some subquestions of my question, I guess! Maybe that helps?

Sorry this is so weird, and thank you, your art is amazing

first of all, thank you so much <3

and yes, this is far more answerable! i hope i can satiate some of your hunger for insight without writing a whole book.

HOW DO I COME UP WITH IDEAS?

this is obviously going to be very different for everyone. i very rarely have to dig for ideas or sit down and brainstorm, unless of course i am trying to achieve something very specific, like fulfill art contest criteria or working on a commission. my brain is very visually wired, so a lot of my ideas literally just pop up in my head (i know of several artists with aphantasia - some people don't have any visuals in their head at all and I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT'S LIKE AND I AM IN AWE OF THESE ARTISTS), sometimes i see a character or character design and im like HNNNG i need to draw them, or i just... have a concept i really want to Exist and i'm going to figure out how.

my biggest problem is that often, when i get an idea i want to DRAW IT, NOW NOW NOWNOWNOW, and that's just Not Feasible. sometimes because i'm Literally In Bed, sometimes because i have too many things i need to do or draw first... but i need to clear up space in my head, because my Urge To Draw will be like, beeping and whirring until i satisfy it... so i write it down on my TO DRAW-list! it's a real list that exists on my phone and i have to use it frequently. if i keep scrolling down i start finding weird notes that i have NO idea are supposed to mean anymore, but that's fine. i can't satisfy every Art Urge. sometimes i need to let them pass.

HOW DO I DESIGN CHARACTERS?

this one might vary a bit, but it can often be boiled down to "i sketch around until i figure something that Works." many of my characters, especially my older characters, became characters by accident when i kept drawing them over and over and i was like Ah I Like Drawing You... You Exist Now. that's how sparrow spellcaster happened, at the very least. this could happen because i had school and i would focus in school by doodling/sketching while listening to class. since i no longer go to school, pretty much all of my new characters are far more intentional. Timian and Vinta specifically exist as a result of a "favourite character fusion" challenge, and a lot of iphimery characters started with a Purpose rather than just harnessing the vibe of something i drew multiple times without thinking.

it helps to write down elements or tropes i want to include, like "sturdy-looking" or "VILLAIN OF EVIL SCARY MAGICS but it's a little girl and the dark magic is bright lightning and not shadows" or something. it can vary from a tiny visual detail to their role in the story. whatever i want to Achieve. my Intent. because my brain works so visually, i just really need to sketch somethign repeatedly until i nail it and can be like Yes That's It.

sketchbooks look a little messy but that’s what they’re for.

WHAT TOOLS DO I USE

for digital art, i’m currently using an ipad pro and procreate. i use a lot of the brushes that came installed, like Mercury is my primary lineart brush, and Moorilla is my primary sketching brush, but i also buy a lot of custom brushes on the hunt for More Delicious Textures (DAUB has a lot of good ones, especially if you want some that imitate traditional art). i have also used Huion and XP-pen tablets and generally recommend them, as well as clip studio paint as an art program (i love it very much and if it wasn’t subscription-based on ipad i would still be using it).

for traditional art, mostly just whatever sketchbook i have + my trusty mechanical pencil. i mean i have two: one with softer lead (it comes out darker) and 0,7 mm thickness, and one that’s 0,5 and harder lead for more light sketching, or if i’m going to line it with ink.

i also have a trusty pentel brush pen that i love DEARLY and feel bad for not having used in a while for reasons i will get to.

when i work on calendar pieces traditionally, i like to draw lines with ink - i use a dip pen with exchangeable nibs - and then color with watercolors. i have several sets because they’re all slightly different and i want the Range.

i sometimes travel with a little sketchbook in my bag and an assortment of pens, so that i can sketch Anytime, Anywhere. i think doodling with a pen can be very useful because you gotta become comfortable with the mistakes and imperfections and keep going anyway. if i doodle at work that’s the tools i have - regular ball pens and a bunch of paper lying around.

HOW DO I BALANCE BETWEEN DIGITAL AND TRADITIONAL ART?

currently, i... don’t, really. it was easier when i had school, and i would just doodle freely and then maybe use some of my sketches as thumbnails or concept ideas. it’s harder now that i need to intentionally sit down with my sketchbook, and tbh... the ipad works very well for sketching. it’s so CONVENIENT and i have WORK all the time and my time to create art has become much more limited than it was. i miss going to my weirdo art high school where we would try out a whole bunch of different tools and methods. sure, yes, i had to paint with Acrylics My Beloathed, but getting to play around in different mediums is VERY valuable.

i genuinely want to be able to make more time and space for non-digital art again, but i just don’t have the ability to right now. it’s also different now that i’ve moved away from my parent’s place - i used to have an enormous desk and my mother has a large collection of art tools and there was a lot more storage space for whatever i created. digital art is very convenient and very accessible. ah well!

HOW DO I DECIDE ON THE COLOR FOR MY LINEART?

i usually line in black or a very dark color, and when i’m done coloring + shading i might play around with the colors and see what works. if you lock the layer you can just throw all the spaghetti at the wall you want. i decide on whatever fits the piece. i tend to be pretty fast and loose about it too, sometimes you can probably spot parts of my lineart that have slightly mismatchy color, but it’s like... done is better than perfect! i don’t have the energy to overlook every single pixel of my piece or else i would drive myself utterly mad.

HOPE THIS ANSWERS ANYTHING AT ALL!! THANKS FOR ASKING!!!

#art advice #(tag for archival purposes not to imply my methods are gospel)#everyone has their own ways!!!

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grayintogreen · 3 years

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So we’re in the endgame now and I’ve been thinking a lot about Lucien’s inevitable fate. Now I LOVE the guy, nasty boi that he is. He’s fun. He’s an asshole. He’s exactly like Molly, except that he has nine sugar daddies in his head convincing him to use all of that flimflam he excels at to be a fucking nightmare cult leader bastard.

(Sidebar: is this why Molly’s charisma was lower than it should be? Because he didn’t use Lucien’s charisma the way Lucien did? Fascinating.)

BUT therein lies the dilemma. Bitch gotta die. That’s a non-starter. I’m pretty sure Caduceus’s point about the Nonagon being Lucien’s rabies is accurate and that removing that from the equation might level his dumb ass out, but when it comes down to it, will they resurrect him and try to get Molly back?

Personally, I think Caduceus is gonna be the one, as the least volatile about it, to make the suggestion- he seems like he was pretty keen on the idea, even if he’s also like “hey I have no personal attachment to that body and you’re literally a thing of my nightmares so if I have to personally end you I will.” It’ll be up to the rest of the party if they want to chance it- and only if it meant Lucien would come back without the nine eyes, because at that point, he’s not really a threat and they can find out how much of the corruption was in those rather than Lucien.

Again, “big if.” I don’t know if bringing Molly back is even a priority anymore. Saving the world is. When the dust settles, it might be a conversation, and only if there’s NO ONE ELSE to bring back or if there’s even a body and Lucien doesn’t get devoured by the Somnovem as is probably at least 50% likely.

But let’s assume that happens. Let’s assume they all agree.

Molly was a sliver that existed as a piece of the whole left behind when Vess did her soul crush. Whether we believe that Molly’s sliver died and Lucien is just existing without it or he’s been lying full tilt about it and THAT’S why he can’t fucking let go of the M9 and seems to be fucking obsessed with them, despite seeming to have no actual use for them is a non-issue. If Lucien dies and they bring back Molly, I don’t think they’re just gonna get that one sliver. They’re gonna get Lucien as a whole back, because Molly and Lucien are the SAME PERSON. They’re just different versions of the same person. You can tell that Matt built Lucien that way- he took Taliesin’s concept for Molly and built a backstory into it and a horrible nightmare cultist vibe. If Lucien and Molly weren’t clearly meant to be the same person (Molly is just Lucien with his baggage removed and a better environment to grow and flourish in), then Lucien wouldn’t be ANYTHING like Molly. There would be zero overlap at all.

So if they bring Molly back, they’re going to get Lucien too, probably a little fusion dance of the pair, like I’ve mentioned before. I have a lot of ideas about how the Somnovem arc is gonna play out and at least one of them is that the Somnovem are gonna betray Lucien once he’s no longer any use to them. He’s clearly a pawn high off his own power. The Somnovem are nine Trent Ikithons gone mad and they just want stooges to mold and shape the way they want to get where they need to be.

I’m babbling, but basically I think bringing Molly back without considering that Lucien is a whole-ass person (the SAME person in many ways) too, who has been corrupted and twisted and become this monstrosity is doing a little bit of disservice to both Molly and Lucien. I think they need to be whole again and figure out who they are now that they’re no longer bound to the Somnovem, and I think that makes for an interesting story, alongside the nature vs nurture concept that Matt has already set up. Also with Essek, it brings the party to nine, and if the purple redemption boys get to hang out when they’re not with the party proper, I fuck with that.

Also, like, I’m 100% sure that even if they bring Molly back as a level 14 Blood Hunter, Taliesin is gonna be like “yeah I’m definitely not gonna play him as a PC again and deal with all THAT baggage when I could play Caduceus trying to rehabilitate his stupid ass.”

I could be wrong about that! Cad’s arc could end here, since this was his goal all along, but I don’t feel like it’s going to when there’s still Caleb and Fjord storylines to wrap up. And also Tharizdun out there... being awful. Somewhere.

This, of course, all depends on if they bring Lucien/Molly/Mollucien back to begin with, which MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, but if it did, this is the storyline that works for me, personally. I’d be cool with whatever they did! Obviously. It’s their game, Dave. But god I just want the delicious un-fucking of Lucien’s cult bullshit to bring about a better version of himself due to Molly’s influence. It’s a delicious way to end that arc. Mwah.

#critical role #look lucien is a bitch and i LOVE HIM SO MUCH #and i love molly #but i really want matt to keep playing mollucien because he's great at him and also i need to not lose caduceus #it's a hard knock life for me #i'd fuck with tal playing struggling to cope molly too #i think he'd be good at it #but it also makes me feel HORRIBLE for molly because there's so much he'd have to deal with #i know i wouldn't feel up to playing molly as a pc after he's been gone over a 100 episodes and almost murdered his friends #and ended the world #mollymauk tealeaf #lucien #lucien the nonagon

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daylighteclipsed · 4 years

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Yo but can we break down each part of WD’s dialogue during that scene tho??? ‘Cause from “I only want you to be yourself” (when she really doesn’t/doesn’t understand what that means) to “If you can’t do that, I’ll do it for you” (you *literally* CANNOT be someone else for them, nor can they for you, it goes directly against the very definition and concept of self) and even beyond that, hoo boy is there a lot to unpack 😧😧😧

“I only want you to be yourself” *who I think you are *how I think you should be *who I want you to be

“If you can’t (*don’t) do that, I’ll do it for you (*make you)” By literally imposing herself--her beliefs, desires, ideas--on to someone else, erasing that person’s entire self, entire sense of self, stripping them of their agency, their color. It’s pretty obvious what White Diamond is a thinly veiled metaphor for, a bigoted parent, and on a greater scale, societal conformity.

But it’s pretty interesting that RS has said, because WD sees herself as every gem, as this collective of ideals that, in WD’s eyes, equal perfection, which she projects on to gems, sometimes literally; because she spends all her time striving for ‘perfection,’ she has no sense of self. She has no idea who she is as an individual. She exists as a standard, not a person, statuesque with her arms held out, elbows bent at the forearms, stationary in balance and grace. I’m pretty sure Rose’s stone statue in her Fountain is in this exact same position, and no way that’s coincidence. That illusion of perfection, Rose reduced to a standard, a belief, a symbol. When you strive for perfection you lose everything that makes you human. When Steven cracks WD’s pedestal--no, even before that. When he refuses to let her control him, he forces her out of her perfect position, out of her perfect smile, her perfectly pleasant voice. Suddenly there’s passion. There’s fury. Her facade is cracking. Her pedestal is cracking. She’s not a statue. She’s a person. Bratty. Stubborn. Uncertain. Embarrassed. She blushes like a human. Because in many ways, like many of the Gems we see and get to know, she is. Gotta love submitting to the mortifying ordeal of being known.

I think it’s particularly brilliant that WD takes over Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst during Steven’s confrontation with her and that we specifically get a shot of White speaking this line through them: “I only want you to be yourself!” The Gems have long abandoned this rhetoric, but for a while there they wanted Steven to be who they wanted too, Rose, and Steven has constantly felt that pressure to meet their expectations, that standard that Rose had come to represent, and the show really spends the entire story deconstructing this idea of Rose as a standard by humanizing her. And I’m too lazy to add pics and research rn, but there’s this quote on the wiki I love. I think its from RS and it’s like ‘Steven has to realize it’s impossible to fill his mother’s shoes. She’s always been barefoot.’ And that’s it, man, that’s what it’s all about, there’s never been these shoes to fill. Rose’s pedestal is an illusion. WD’s pedestal is an illusion. Perfection doesn’t exist. To be flawed is to be human, and all that matters is that you’re happy with who you are. Steven’s fusion dance with himself is him sticking it to White, to the Diamonds as a whole, to the pressure the Gems had unintentionally put on him, even to gems that wanted him to be Rose for bad reasons like revenge. Sorry to disappoint, but he’s not her, or better yet, he’s not this image they have of her. Never has been. Never going to be. And that’s great! The catharsis I feel by simply describing this scene. god. I digress

I think White understands the concept of self in others. She just believes those selves are wrong if they don’t conform to her vision and takes it upon herself to purge them of their perceived imperfections by forcing her ‘self’ on them. “now, they are perfect. now, they are me.” But she has no ‘self’ because she exists as this concept of perfection instead of a person. She doesn’t let herself have a ‘self,’ have flaws, which is why she doesn’t understand herself. When she throws a childish tantrum and is rightfully called out on it by Steven, she doesn’t understand why she did that or why his call-out makes her blush. She immediately assumes there’s something wrong with her when, really, she’s just being human. Steven proves WD’s a person, and she’s forced to reevaluate everything she thought she understood about other gems and herself. She’s not different or better than them, she’s a gem too, has flaws too. She’s an individual, she has a self and now she has to figure out who that is like the Crystal Gems have, and it’s good. SU is good.

#steven universe #su #i may have uhhh gotten a little carried away here #what can i say i like smart writing

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lunar-lair · 4 years

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Uh,,ok so like,,,,,,,I had this? Idea? And I just wanted to know what people thought of it before I actually wrote it, so uh. Yeah

(Sidenote, this is basically an outline/bulletfic? Like it's Mostly fleshed out in terms of concept but that doesn't mean it's a full Fic yknow? I plan on...hopefully, eventually...writing this Fully. I just wanted to get input on just how off base my characterization is and shit...hehe. Also my excuse for any weird writing is that I wrote this in the bath and I was trying to go Fast so my water wouldn't get cold. Anyways notes over bye)

Named 'Cleaved Apart, Cleaved Together': abt The Split and how the two were separated (physically AND emotionally) and then how they bond again after Remus is accepted and the boys like,,,,,,accept each other as Bros again

At first I was thinking No Fusion but also like,,,I really like the idea of them fusing again on accident when they're really super happy or in sync

So after a Lot of bonding-chilling in the Imagination, just fucking around with each other, and even talking thru shit together-they finally manage it.

They were just in the common room with all the other sides, maybe setting up for a movie night or something?

They came rushing down the stairs, talking frantically together about a new idea they had while pushing each other lightly with every silly tease and making jokes about old shenanigans that only they could really understand

(Patton and Janus could remember days before The Split, when the two were one.

Janus could still remember them shouting not to be seperated.

Patton still hated the fact that it was basically his decision to keep them apart.

Thank the Lord they were close again.)

The two finally stepped into their usual spot in front of the tv, chatting with each other and the others

Eventually, they ended up talking about some stuff they'd made together. Some plans they'd been making together. They finally told a joke at the same time that got them falling over each other laughing,

And then it happened.

There was a flash of light and then-and then-

It wasn't King. It wasn't Creativity, the original.

But it was them.

Patton and Janus only sat there, teary eyed with dropped jaws, and Virgil and Logan began questioning what the FUCK was up, how are two sides fusing-?

And Roman and Remus sat there, tearing up before laughing a moment.

"Roman."

"Remus."

Two almost-different voices right after one another, happier than any of them had ever heard them.

"We need to talk about this separately though, hm?" Roman, with a laugh.

"Yeah."

Another flash and he was gone, replaced by the brothers again who shook their heads, in a bit of disarray.

"Was that ok?" They asked at the same time, staring at each other.

"We don't have to be him anymore...I mean, we're our own people now Remus."

"Yeah, but that was FUN!" Remus replied, throwing his arms around Roman.

Roman laughed. "Then maybe every now and then?"

And Remus just laughed back. "Why the Hell not!"

They finally turned at the sound of a sniffle.

Janus was crying, and Patton wasn't really much better. Logan and Virgil seemed bewildered, though Logan a little less so.

"Janus? Patton? I understand you remember original Creativity more vividly than we do, but I do not understand what elicited sadness. Are you alright?"

Janus gave a watery laugh, wiping away some tears. "God, I couldn't be better."

Remus and Roman stopped, their smiles finally dropping. Roman reached forward, arm just a few inches in front of Janus. "Did we...do something wrong?"

Janus smiled again and shook his head, tugging on Roman's arm. "Come here you dork."

Patton pulled Remus in along with them and they all ended up in a little cuddle pile, Logan and Virgil joining in too, on the outside, bc Bitch, We're Worried Too.

Remus looked up at them, just Confused. "Then what's up??"

Janus and Patton's smiles dimmed a bit, and Janus began with a sad smile; "It's...simply a long story."

"That long story short, though, uh…" Patton continued, rubbing a hand on his neck nervously. "Wellll...the Split was really scary…"

Janus chuckled. "Exactly. Imagine the friend you've known since you were born splitting into two all of a sudden with ear-ringing screams to match."

"And then, after that…"

"You...decided to split those sides of him...just because one wasn't as perfect as the other."

Patton looked down and held Remus a little tighter. "...that was...mostly my decision."

Janus gave him a Look that simply meant 'we've talked abt that Way too much dude' and moved on. "But either way...it was...well…"

"Neither of you remember it, but...you...didn't want to be split."

Janus smiled again, sweet as honey. "And even after all we did...you two still managed to stick together."

"And even if the person you make now wasn't who he used to be-and it shouldn't be, really-it was like…"

"...seeing two...old friends you used to know meeting again."

"Or seeing two pieces of a whole come together again to make something even more than what they started with."

Janus teared up a little again, gripping them a little tighter. "It's so great to see you two whole again."

Remus and Roman had memory upon memory of feeling...empty. Like there was a piece missing of them. Like nothing they made was quite right. And since they had started to bridge their gap, they'd finally felt that emptiness filling up.

Janus and Patton could remember so, so many times where the two of them had missed their brother, where they told them something wasn't right-especially in the beginning.

Even Logan had memories of trying to figure it out with Roman.

Virgil remembered plenty of days where Remus just seemed off, but couldn't explain what was wrong, and...no matter how little Virgil understood, he would sit with him and try to ward it off anyways.

Remus and Roman laughed, eyes teary, and locked hands between them all.

"Yeah.

We're glad too."

And now for my myriad of Notes:

I was actually thinking of just some kind of melding shit for the fusion bc I thought it would be Cool but then I realized it was Thomas' brain so it'd probably look like the shit from SU. Big F :///

Sorry for any inconsistencies, I was giving .2 shits at the time and also In The Tub, so

Me, a bitch who has siblings but isn't very close to them emotionally: *shaking my phone wildly* hoW THE FU CK DO I WRITE BRO THERS INTERACTING S O F T L Y-

I'm Certainly planning on more stuff coming from Virgil and Logan, we can't leave them out

I'm Aware that 80% of this isn't canon, but,,,,last I checked we didn't really care here? So??

For the scene after Roman and Remus defuse, I'm honestly thinking more of smth where the two go to one of their rooms and talk it out and THEN go back to the commons to check on The Boys and o h sh it why are Janus and Patton crying-

Answer: they thought they'd fucked everything up for them but they didN'T! FUCK YEA!!!

Idk how to explain,,,Why they're emotional abt this actually

Like...idk. Um...they both care for both of them and didn't want them to be separated Permanently bc they Knew they didn't feel right w/out each other?

Ok that works

Anyways but uh

Then Logan and Virgil get to ask some questions and THEN we get to the part where Janus and Patton explain why they are In Tears

Also Logan wasn't as old as Pat and Jan when Creativity split, so he doesn't really...remember it

Virgil was probably Very New tbh

The opening scene is ABSO LUT ELY going to Extremely metaphorical and sad and like 'two pieces of a whole cleaved apart' yknow

Gotta make angst to make that fluff!!

Also don't ask me why Janus falls apart Even Harder than Patton does here man, I think he's just On The Mind and I'll make our dad friend more emotional in Post, I Promise

Also pls hmu if the shit I've managed to put here so far is So Out There it's Impossible, I've written Janus one (1) time and I have written Remus zero (0) times ok

Also Remus and Roman don't...really remember much of the split. They remember feeling whole and then empty and whole again, and they have some of OG Creativity's memories, but the Split and moments following are...Foggy. Rightfully so, aswell, tbh.

Also how I imagine it going is like,,,,the boys are split, they hang out for a bit, and then they're taken by their respective Parent(ish) and are taught Entirely Differently and therefore grow to dislike each other!!!!!!!

patton has oh so much to regret.

They could've been Brothers...

Oh my God they could've been Br ot her s...............

Patton and Janus at 3 am crying over the fact they separated the boys at the Split be like:

Anyways!! My whole point is that Hopefully any problems will be Fixed when I actually write it but I just wanted to get the concept out there and uh,,,,,,yeah

Anyways uh *shuts my door* yea that's that,,,thanks for coming to my ramblings ig

(I'm so sorry I can't put a read more, I'm on mobile,,,)

#sanders sides #ts deceit #ts remus #ts roman #ts virgil #ts patton #creativitwins #catch me crying over the twins 24/7 #ts logan #i forgot logan;;#i wrote the whole og idea in google docs on a ideas doc #it ended up......Way longer than i anticipated #also f for us mobile users in the chat #trash talks #long post #lots of text #sorry;; :'(

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krisseycrystal · 4 years

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rated: g

fandom: Steven Universe

prompt: “Protecting Someone You Love” + BisPearl (& Steven)

requested by: @moominquartz

i’ve been on an SU-love-fest i think alskdjflakjsdf trying to write as much as possible for this show that means so much to me now that it’s over i’m so sorry

HERE’S THE OTHER HALF OF THE REQUEST MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND @moominquartz GAVE ME !!! When he first said “write BisPearl” it was a tie between “Protecting Someone You Love” and “Competition” and I already did “Competition,” so now it’s time to finish the duet with “Protecting Someone You Love”

i got really sappy in this but shrug emoji what else is new. ENJOY

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Instrumental [Read on AO3]

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The broken stonework of the world bursts into dust and fragments around her. It settles on her tongue and sticks to her throat. Bismuth coughs and hacks to try to get it out, but time is passing strangely and she’s not in full control of her limbs. Reality has been cut and pasted into snippets that reel past too quickly. Consciousness slips in and out of her grasp. Everything seems as flimsy as clouds, which, for the record, is not proper for construction. She’s told the Morganites over and over again: you can’t build a castle on top of sand. Did they listen?

There are birds chirping, twittering, from far away. It tastes like morning. She has always liked the seasonal changes on Earth. Very fitting.

Ivory keys dance along her shoulders and draw her into a slender chest. Someone is shouting.

Bismuth can’t make out the words. She thinks she wants to reach out to that voice. She thinks she ought to comfort them. She knows them.

“Just hang on!”

A butterfly has latched onto her hand. It’s funny; she hadn’t even been aware she had a hand until it was held.

Wait. That’s kind of whack. Of course she has hands. How else does she—

“It’s cool,” she tells the butterfly. She lifts her hand to eye level. “Hey, now. Y’don’t gotta panic. Everything’s gonna be fine.”

“Bismuth? W-what are you…?”

Light bursts into a towering column that swallows them whole. Bismuth’s vision is filled with an alarming clarity, accompanied by the soft popping chime of an activated warp pad, which seems pretty confusing at first, considering that means they’re leaving the place Bismuth thinks they should probably be at.

“Hey,” she tells the butterfly, “The fountain…”

“Not now, Bismuth.”

The butterfly lands on her shoulder again as their destination solidifies under their bodies. There’s a breath, another young voice she knows that shouts, “Pearl!” and a rustle of grass.

“Steven! Oh, thank goodness—”

“—It’s okay, Pearl! I got your text! I’m here. Is she—?”

“—yes, she’s a little…”

Bismuth can’t make out what the words that were supposed to follow are. She blinks slowly and the next time she looks, her perfect view of Earth’s blue, blue sky has been eclipsed by pink shoulders and black clouds.

“Who put that floof there?” she mumbles and reaches up.

A salamander laughs and pushes her hand away before she can move back the black clouds. “Y-yeah, I see what you mean,” the salamander rumbles. He sucks in a sharp breath. “Oh, Bismuth…okay, here we go.” Then, something wet and warm and strange sets itself upon her gem.

And there’s pink.

And pink.

And pink—

Bismuth gasps upright hard. Her hair flings forward over her face; she shoves it back with a broad hand and winces before she realizes she can’t feel any pain. She’s fine. She feels fine. Her eyes snap to her whole, unblemished gem.

“I—”

“Bismuth!” Pearl’s wobbly voice is her first warning before she’s encircled in thin, white arms. Pearl’s face presses into her shoulder. “Oh thank goodness you’re all right! I was so terrified after…”

“Pearl—” Bismuth’s laugh dries up the instant Pearl pulls back.

That’s a scary look on her face Bismuth doesn’t think she’s ever seen before.

But Steven, on Bismuth’s other side—hey, she hasn’t seen him in a while; did he get his ears pierced?—winces as if he knows very well what that particular, specific turn of Pearl’s lips mean. “Oh boy,” he murmurs when Pearl opens her mouth.

“Bismuth.”

“P…Pearl?”

“Don’t you dare do that again.”

Clarity is a sharp mirror in Bismuth’s head, replaying the events preceding the wonkiness of the world. Bismuth sets her own mouth in an unhappy slant.

Steven frets. “Uh, do what again? Guys?”

“I can’t promise you that.”

“Yes! You can! I can take care of myself, Bismuth. I have for millennia.”

“You think I don’t know that?”

“When you pull stunts like—like that, you certainly seem to suggest—“

“—I was just trying to protect you!”

“And look what it did!” Pearl throws out her hand. “That fusion, whatever she called herself, Charoite? Whatever; she got away! And even worse than that: Rose’s fountain is now in ruins! Gallons of her healing tears, lost! It’s going to take ages for Steven to be able to replenish that, if he even can!”

“Uh, guys?”

Bismuth scowls. “It’s fine, isn’t it? I’ll fix it! It’ll look just as good as it did before. At least that’s something I’m good to have around for, anyway.”

“What?!”

Pearl’s voice pitches high to a degree Bismuth hasn’t heard in centuries.

Bismuth and Steven’s gazes snap to her. Pearl’s brows are pinched tight on her face, peaking just below her gem. Her pale blues shine under the sunlight peeking through the canopy of leaves high above. She looks hurt and wounded, which is the strangest thing considering that last Bismuth checked, she had done everything she could to ensure that wouldn’t happen.

“Bismuth,” Pearl says and Bismuth has never quite heard her name sound like that before, like someone needed to say it, “this is exactly the problem.”

The sensation of a hand against her cheek is new. Pearl’s touch is gentle. Warm.

Steven’s face softens from worry to something else: something starry-eyed and open-mouthed as he watches them.

“How could you possibly think you matter so little to me?”

“W-what?”

“You honestly think I don’t want you around for more than fixing things? That you’re…”

Bismuth kind of feels like she wants to take back her words, now. Her face is burning, burning, burning. Her stomach has swooped. There’s embarrassment and something giddy rising in her chest all at once. She doesn’t know what to do with it. “Aw, geez, Pearl, nah. I didn’t mean to…”

“Don’t do that again.”

There’s something in the way Pearl’s voice shakes as she repeats her words. Something in the press of her fingers into the edge of Bismuth’s jaw.

Bismuth chuckles, low and quiet. She dips her head. “Pearl, you know I can’t promise you that.”

“No! I don’t know. Why not?”

Aw, stars. Is this the moment? Bismuth would be lying if she tried to say she hadn’t imagined over and over again how she’d confess the big, goopy mess inside her that’s feelings. She could have done big, grand, pre-planned gestures, or small, intimate ones. She always fancied making Pearl something, but could never decide what would be good enough. She never figured the opportune moment would be immediately post-almost making Pearl cry.

But then Pearl looks at her with those big eyes and all that concern and with all that grace in her and Bismuth thinks maybe, well, maybe she’s been thinking too much.

She would just really awfully like to hold her.

“Pearl, I—”

“—aw, just kiss already!”

The tinny voice echoes across the forest clearing, followed by shocked and indignant, “Amethyst!”

Amethyst’s voice cackles loudly from Steven’s phone as he hurriedly jams his thumb over the face of his screen. Just before it clicks off, Amethyst shouts out, “Hah! Hurry, Steve-O! Warp to the temple! Pearl still can’t get into my room; you’ll be safe here!” and Steven’s face is red red red. He stuffs both hands in the pockets of his jacket and shoots to his feet. Quick as he can, he bolts for the warp, shouting, “Sorry!”

The only one perhaps most off-color than all of them is Pearl. She stands, aghast, but by the time she reaches out, the warp pad chimes and a familiar, melodious pillar of light stretches to the sky.

“Steven! Get back here!”

“For the record: it was Amethyst who video-called m—!” Steven’s voice is cut off before he can finish.

Pearl stares at the place she last saw his red flip flops against the top of the warp pad’s surface.

Bismuth can’t help it.

She laughs. She laughs and laughs and falls back against the grass, arms spread out in an open invitation to the sky.

Pearl slaps a hand over her face and lets it slowly fall. “Ugh. I’m sorry. Those two can be so insufferable together. They have no concept of personal boundaries whatsoever.”

“Oh, believe me. I know.” Bismuth sits back up once her chuckles have subsided. She props up an elbow on her knee and looks to Pearl with a lazy grin. “I mean, I was just thinkin’: y’know, it’s such a shame Steven probably had to leave his Dondai parked somewhere around here when he came to meet us at this warp pad…it’d be a tragedy if, y’know, somethin’ happened to it while he was hiding…”

Pearl blinks. Slowly, she smiles and presses a hand to her own cheek. “Why, Bismuth! I knew there was a reason I love you.”

And there it is.

And it’s so simple to hear.

And it’s perhaps the first time Bismuth has ever actually heard the words, which is funny, because after all of her imagining and all of her notions about what this moment would be like: to know that she matters and is cared for reciprocally…she never expected for it to be so unsurprising.

Pearl smiles at her as if she, too, knew exactly what she was saying and wanted it said and had no trouble at all saying it.

It makes Bismuth think maybe, she’s been hearing those words all along, too. Maybe she’s been trying to say them back just as much: throwing herself into harm’s way, trying to protect her, but these are not the ways Pearl wants it said.

“Yeah,” she hums instead. “I love you, too, Pearl.”

#steven universe #su #pearl #bismuth #bispearl #fanfic #a little bit of amethyst too #but really she's just the left wing to steven's right wing as the together-wingman these two #if that analogy makes sense #aslkdjflakjsdf #fluff bingo!#protecting someone you love #krissey writes a thing

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duhragonball · 4 years

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7 Comfort Movies

Tagged by @pandemicpicnic . List your seven favorite comfort movies, then tag 7 people.

This is a good thing to pass around, since I could use the diversion, and as I think about this list, I realize how long it’s been since I last saw a lot of these movies.

In no particular order...

1) Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn

I dunno if these are necessarily comfort movies, as opposed to just movies I like the best, but I don’t watch movies a whole lot, so I’m guessing my all-time favorites are probably close enough. Movie 12 is good watchin’, period. This is a movie about everyone working together. Friends, enemies, strangers, the living and the dead, the damned and the divine. I watch this movie and wish that we in the real world could put aside our differences so easily and blow up all the Nazis.

2) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

People say this is the worst Superman movie, but fuck that noise. This is the only one where Superman throws all the nuclear weapons into the sun. But one of them has a chicken nugget attached to it, which grows into a clone of Superman with scratchy fingernails, his only weakness. So Superman has to kick his ass on/with the moon, and then tell everyone that nuclear war is too big a job for Superman, because we’ll just re-arm the minute his back is turned.

This is a story about high school physics, Luthor. Sometimes the things we fear the most are only the darker side of our greatest strengths. If humanity has the power to destroy itself, then doesn’t that mean we have the power to save ourselves as well? The choice is ours.

3) Spaceballs

Some killjoys actually hated this movie, and point to it as evidence that Mel Brooks lost his touch. I respectfully submit that those people are dumb. Spaceballs came out during the dark years between Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace, when we all wanted more Star Wars but thought we would never get more. Brooks heard our pleas, and gave us this movie, which is basically Star Wars with dick jokes all over it. People always go on about how Star Trek predicted smartphones and the Simpsons predicted the Trump administration, but only Spaceballs was prescient enough to declare: “Fuck! Even in the future, nothing works!”

This is a story about following your heart. If all you care about is duty, and obligation, and profit, you’ll end up marrying some dullard, or owing your soul to a talking pizza, or roaming the universe in search of air.

4) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

This is the best Batman movie ever, and maybe even the best comic book movie period. In 1994, Batman the Animated Series was popular enough that they made a feature film and ran it in theaters and everything. I remember some smartass article at the time questioning whether parents would see the point in taking their kids to watch a movie of something that’s on TV for free, which is just dumb. It’s not like they ran four episodes of the TV series for this thing. It’s an original story! Anyway, Batman has to figure out what the deal is with this new vigilante who fights crime with murder, which is also a crime. He also gets very sad in place and it’s very emotional and I bought the soundtrack as soon as I could because I wanted to listen to it and feel things.

This is a story about the future, and promises, and the roads not taken. And when all is said and done, maybe the choices we made were the right ones after all, in spite of our second-guesses.

5) Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

I considered putting Revenge of the Sith on this list, since that’s usually the one I look up clips from on YouTube, but there’s no topping Jedi. I saw this in the theatre when I was six and everything was awesome. Jabba the Hutt, wint-o-green lightsabers, speeder bikes, Ewoks breaking stuff with logs and rocks, it’s just a pleasure to watch. Also, this movie introduces Emperor Palpatine, and lays the foundation for the Sith lore that made me love Revenge of the SIth in the first place. Not long after we got home from seeing this movie in 1983, I tried to draw this scene in the screencap above, because it left such a deep impression on me.

This is a story about feelings. Every butthole in Star Wars is always telling everyone else what to feel and how much they should feel it, and don’t get too attached to this or that. But in this movie Luke has to exercise restraint and then cut loose, give into his passions and then reign them in, care for his friends and family but also be willing to let them go. Everyone can give him advice, but he’s got to hoe that row himself, and figure it out as he goes. He doesn’t always get it exactly right, but he still gets it.

6) The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

The historians will say that cartoons like the original Transformers were nothing more than glorified toy commercials, made possible by the deregulation of children’s entertainment in the 1980′s. I find this incredibly unfair, because that analysis ignores the fact that Transformers was a fucking awesome cartoon. They’re all robots, so they could shoot and punch each other without any guff from standards and practices. And since the show was designed to promote an entire toy line, there were literally dozens of characters, each given a surprising amount of character and personality. Starscream (center) and Ramjet (right) are practically the same toy, but kids wanted both of them because Starscream is a whiny, shitty drama queen, and Ramjet is a dumbass who likes to hit things with his head. Astrotrain (left) is just a cool dude who can be a train or a space shuttle.

This movie is the height of the franchise, where they could raise the stakes even higher, and introduce even crazier concepts like planet-eating monsters and robots actually killing each other for keeps. I see fans from my generation acting all traumatized over all the deaths, like they never should have done that in a movie marketed for children, but this was a story about renewal. The old order changeth, and it falls to the newcomers to rise up and carry on. I’ve always taken a lot of comfort in the way these characters pass the torch. The Smurfs were never brave enough to have Papa Smurf name his successor.

7) UHF

Geez, I haven’t watched this one in forever. I’d have to double-check to see if I even have it on DVD. UHF was the ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic vehicle from the late 1980′s. I want to say ‘89. He plays a guy who takes over a TV station and runs all these ludicrous shows on it until it becomes the most popular channel in town. It’s basically a bunch of sketch comedy stitched together into a movie, and it doesn’t try to apologize for this.

This is a story of the importance of imagination, and of being true to yourself. Al’s character has trouble finding a steady job, and its’ easy to conclude that there’s something wrong with him, but it’s really just that he hasn’t found the right opportunity for his passions and skills. Once he finds his place, he rises to the occasion.

And that’s my list. Now I gotta tag people. @auralime, @ediblenonsense, @semercury, @twobellsilence, @drowning-in-this-starry-serenade, @cozymochi, and @glintea.

#that shot of the twinkie weiner sandwich is strangely poignant to me #when i was 11 it was hilarious #when i was 18 i was determined to make my own #out of some misplaced sense of patriotic duty to the weird al fandom #then al went vegetarian and it seemed kind of silly #now i watch the scene where he makes the thing and i just feel bad for him because his character's broke #i'm old enough to get the context finally

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twilightknight17 · 4 years

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Forgetting to buy more SP patches before taking on the final boss was probably a mistake.

Forgetting to sell the items I can’t take into NG+ for cash that I can take into NG+ was probably a mistake.

Forgetting to get Arsene out of Lockdown so that I can record his awesome new stats for NG+ was probably a mistake.

In my defense, I was really excited. I wonder if the game will let me make a side trip while I’m out...buying flowers. Because that is what it has come to.

Buying flowers.

Shinya is a terrible brat and wasn’t in Akihabara at ALL until the day before the deadline. Thanks, Shinya. There goes my max confidants. Blugh. At least I got some other things done. Got the award for the maid cafe, so I don’t have to go back except once to open the Twins field trip. I still suck at batting even with third eye. But I am a champ at fishing, it only took me like five trips to the fishing pond to catch the Guardian! I could have done it in less if I’d figured out how to manage my bait properly sooner.

Smile, Akira, we’re awesome! ...still not even halfway to enough fish points for the award, though. :/

I am also awesome at the crane game in Akihabara, and by that I mean I am persistent and have enough yen that it doesn’t matter how many tries it takes.

Ryuji truly knows the way to my heart. <3 I missed two episodes of Featherman; one I forgot to check the TV, and the other I was laughing so hard at the title that I forgot to write it down. But I know where they are, so it’s something else for NG+. ^_^

So I romanced Sumire, and I’m...slightly off-put. Only slightly. Not because of her, but once again, because of the writing. Sumire is cute, but the game is singling her out as “special” again.

She is the only one who confesses to you, and you explicitly have the option to turn her down, rather than the implications of a confession that you can shoot down indirectly (Haru’s, Makoto’s, Futaba’s), or the absolute fucking galaxy-brain leap of logic that is Ann’s dialogue choices. X’D

If you ignore that, though, they’re stupidly cute. Akira’s a little shit, as usual. Sumire asks you to “look at her”, based on her whole confidant thing of realizing that having someone you care about watching you makes you want to do better.

And so Akira looks.

And looks closer.

Dorks. XDDD

They’re sweet. Not my favorite romance route; that still goes to Haru. I think in the end I still prefer Akira adding another member to his army of younger siblings. He’s gotta be better than Yu. XDDD

So I got Kasumi’s rank 10 and literally the next day was February 2nd, and I spent the afternoon getting her third-tier persona. So I didn’t even get to see...Vanadis? in battle. Vanadis matches a little too well to Arsene for my tastes, and Ella is pretty, but I’m not sure how I feel about it looking kind of bride-ish when Maruki’s running around in a wedding tux.

Anyway...what do we do the night before the meeting that will decide everything?

We make curry and we pretend everything isn’t about to go to hell.

So, Maruki. Let’s chat.

Does no one die in your world? Or move away? What if someone’s dream is to move abroad, and someone else’s dream is for that person to stay with them forever? If what we saw in your Palace is any indication, both of them would be tortured into accepting new dreams where they wouldn’t hurt each other. Dreams that you deemed acceptable. And that’s why you’re wrong.

So you’re giving up your happiness to make sure everyone else is happy? Why can’t you just use your powers to make her remember you, without the trauma? Are you not all-powerful?

Or are you running away from the person that reminds you how helpless you used to be? You’re not moving on, you’re dwelling, and using it as an excuse to be terrible. For all of your kindness, you know Akira is a threat. And benevolent or not, you’re being manipulative. You’re using Goro against him. You’re hoping that he makes the decision you didn’t, and chooses the person he cares about over the reality he wants.

Every time he says something like this, I feel exactly the way he says he didn’t want me to. Newsflash, asshole, that’s exactly what it seems like. If we break your reality, you’re heavily implying he won’t be here afterwards. And you’re gambling that it will be too much pain for Akira to bear, because you know how important they are to each other.

Goro, meanwhile, is both perfectly determined and perfectly stupid.

“Don’t tell me you think dangling my life before us is going to have any impact on our decision.”

Goro. Honey. Do you really think he cares so little that he wouldn’t hesitate for just a moment?

Akira practically throws the calling card at Maruki before he leaves, which I think sums up his feelings pretty well.

I appreciate that Morgana understands that this is something between them.

Goro doesn’t want to be controlled or manipulated ever again. Which... I get it. He’s never had a chance to have full control of his own life. But that doesn’t mean Akira isn’t going to be upset by the idea of him dying. Again.

Two out of three dialogue options are basically “hang on one fucking second, your life matters to me.”

“Don’t oversimplify this.”

“Oh, but it IS simple. Do you think I’d be happy with this? Being shown mercy now of all times? I don’t want to be pitied-- this isn’t something I’m debating with you! Your indecisiveness is essentially a betrayal of my wishes.”

It’s not pity, you stubborn, idiot boy. ...and I hate that you see it as a betrayal.

Maruki is...very confident. And very kind. And part of the reason he upsets me is because he isn’t wrong, in many cases. But he uses that to justify imposing his will on everyone.

And being kind doesn’t mean that you are free from sin. You can be kind and still be manipulative. And selfish. In the end, that’s what separates him and Akira. Akira, despite all of his hesitation, refuses to be selfish. Even when he has every right to be. He will not hurt someone else to prevent himself from being hurt.

He will not hurt Goro by refusing to fight Maruki, even if it will rip his own heart to pieces.

Oh, I like you. At first glance, the silhouette was very similar to one of Mordred’s original pieces of concept art, though, and I was ready to Yell before I looked closer. XD

And so, at 11:30pm, having completely forgotten the several things I needed to have done before the meeting with Maruki, we head in to steal the Treasure.

This man needs to stop. How dare he know how much I love Cool Stairs?

I find it very concerning that the core of Eden is a writhing mess of tentacles. The metaphorical worm in the apple? X’D We were so close to getting Nyarlathotep, but Azathoth is suitably intimidating. And I appreciate that he’s using the same concepts as the Thieves: his will to rebel against what he sees as an unfair reality, and removing his mask to summon his distorted persona. Thanks for validating all of my headcanon meta about Adachi and Palaces all in one go.

But...

I can’t do this. What the fuck are you wearing?

At least Azathoth is cool.

Somehow I managed to bring exactly the right team to get consistent four-person baton passes for the whole first round. That one was about half an hour.

...the second round was an hour and fifteen minutes because holy shit this thing was a tank and had entirely too many arms and really needed to stop healing.

The torch is very pretty, at least.

And then before we can completely book it out of there, he steals the torch back and literally forces his second awakening so he can keep going. And at that point...what is he even hoping to accomplish? What is he going to do? Are you really willing to kill us to maintain this illusion?

The answer is apparently yes because it was a surprisingly poetic battle as each teammate in turn got a chance to fling themselves in the way and stop it from crushing Joker to death with it’s big giant hand.

And THEN he goes even further and validates some canon meta and me all at once by fusing with his own persona in a continuing last-ditch effort to... I really think he’s trying to kill us. I think he’s that far gone. Or at least his persona is. Because after the fusion, it’s specifically called “Adam Kadmon”, not Maruki. The persona is in control. It’s canon that if you try to summon something stronger than you, it can overtake and possess you. I know Maruki seemed to willingly give up control, but it’s also possible that forcing his second awakening like that left him with a persona that was entirely too strong for him.

(Nevermind that him being that strong in the first place is kind of ridiculous. That’s a discussion for after the final credits. I’m just hyped that someone fusing with their persona was a thing that actually happened!)

He’s so big. Where’s Satanael so I can fuse with him and we can have a megazord fight in Collapsing Ideal Tokyo? XD

The kids up the Holy Shit Quotient by a mile by catching the giant fist all together so that Joker can deal the final blow.

And what a final blow it is.

I really like this, because I don’t know if it was deliberate, but I read it as a callback to Daybreakers. Which came out before the game, iirc, so the first real piece of content. It’s just on a bigger, grander scale.

Everything comes full-circle in the end.

I really like the Mona helicopter. XD I just wish it was a little bigger, because poor Goro squished into the bottom. And poor Akira not managing to make it into the helicopter.

And this asshole WILL NOT STAY DOWN.

What is the point of punching it out on top of the collapsing Palace? Are you trying to kill us both? Do you just want to keep going until neither of us can stand? Dude.

And of course Akira won’t let him die. I think the upsetting thing about this, though, is really that you don’t get the chance to say a proper goodbye to Goro. Or anyone, really, but mostly Goro. The Palace crumbles, Akira wakes up in jail, the Thieves wake up the next morning after fighting all night, and Goro is...gone.

At least the Thieves seem properly sad this time. Even if it’s only for one scene.

Lavenza calls it “ironic” that “your wish for other’s happiness prevailed over your own.” I just call it unfair. Once again, hasn’t he done enough? At least he was only technically in jail for nine days from his perspective, but that must have been a whiplash of an adjustment.

Out of jail, Sojiro acknowledges he was Terrible at the beginning of the year, it’s 2:30am, time to do Valentines and then go to bed before the final walkaround.

And then Valentines passes. I spent it with Sumire. They’re cute.

And then it was February 15th and all the rest of the girls gave me chocolate?? It was just a constant ambush of being given chocolate all day?

And then it was March 3rd, and the Thieves are all splitting up and moving away? Are we sure this isn’t Scramble’s timeline? I get it, narratively, they’re taking the opportunities to move forward that Maruki’s reality would have denied them, but it still hurts.

And then it was March 13th and I still can’t save and now it’s 3am and apparently we get to play out White Day and Sojiro is giving me advice for the perfect date because captain idiot here forgot to plan anything and what heckin’ restaurant is getting this flustered that just mentioning Sojiro’s name is enough to get a table when they’re fully booked and---

Now it’s the 14th and I have to go buy flowers for my dinner date and I have finally been given control and saved and I am free.

Now next time I play I have to see if I can go sell my leftover items, because I’ve got a couple-hundred-thousand yen worth, and also rescue Arsene from prison. X’D

More thoughts on Maruki and everything after I see the ending, most likely.

#Li plays P5R #long post #the Longest Post #2.5 hour boss fight O_o #last time I spent that long on a boss it made me so mad I put the game in question down for six months

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mandareeboo · 4 years

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Unfinished Work #26: Untitled

Been a bit since I did one of these babies!! I have a couple of unfinished oneshots I wanna post over the next couple of days, but I figured I’d start with this one, since I intend to handle this concept again someday.

Basically, I’ve always wanted to see Lapis and Peridot handling the very real problems Steven suffers from. They always got him at his best. So this was gonna have him at his worst- a foe that can puppeteer water or ice or smth (it’s fuzzy now, but the basic plot was that it was one of a few corruptions so strong the gems decided to leave them alone for their own safety, but now that they’re bringing more gems to earth they have to handle it), forming the hulking image of Rose Quartz.

Usual trauma stuff, ending with a very poignant scene where Connie stabs the vision while Steven is huddled beneath it, and poof. What now? Where do they go from that? That sort of thing.

The living room had gotten more and more cramped as of late. The Crystal Gems could just barely squish themselves onto the sofa and loveseat, leaving Peridot, Lapis, and Bismuth to sprawl out on the wooden floor. Bismuth eagerly sprawled out, checking the wood for signs of flaws or rot. Lapis and Peridot weren't quite as happy.

"All I'm saying is that we're older, and therefore we have sitting rights."

Bismuth crossed her arms. "That ain't how this works, Lazuli."

"How would you know?" Peridot snorted. "You're just as new to this system as we are."

Connie politely raised her hand. "I can move, if it's that big of a deal. I don't mind."

Steven, however, seemed to think this was a big deal, grabbing her hand. "If you move, I move," he told her, then smiled apologetically at Peridot and Lapis. "Sorry, guys. It's just tradition, you know?"

"Thanks, Steven."

"I love you!"

"Mission traditions are important. S'bad mojo to ignore them." Garnet adjusted her shades with a shrug. "Put your hand down, Maheswaran. You're staying put."

Connie did so with a little salute.

"This feels... unbalanced," said Peridot.

"We'll go get ya'll some chairs tommorrow. Promise."

"I'm holding you to that."

The fusion sent them a finger gun. Her smile slowly fell as she looked at the spots on their map. "Alright, let's focus. We gotta round up these Gems before we can even think of setting up a bigger home base." She pointed to a volcano. "Bismuth and I will take this one."

Bismuth pumped her fist. "Race you across the lava!"

"Sure. Just don't bet anything you aren't willing to lose." Next was a flat plateau, far to the East. "Pearl and Amethyst, you take that one. A sharpshooter wouldn't hurt, if you catch my drift."

"Literally everyone caught your drift, G."

The final dot was a cavern built into a waterfall. Garnet cocked her head, considering it, before nodding to herself. "Steven, Connie, you take Lion and handle this one."

Pearl let out a gasp. "Garnet, are you sure-"

"You've taught them well, Pearl. They'll be safe."

Connie and Steven traded a look. It was Steven who spoke. "We've never had a solo mission before!"

"You never crushed an oppressive matriarchy with the power of love before, either. Now you have." Something relatively proud flickered across Garnet's face, quickly vanishing at she looked at the place again. "This one specializes in illusions. Be careful, you two."

Lapis was studying the map with a surprising amount of intensity. "That's all the dots. What are we supposed to do?"

Garnet looked at her, lips pursed. "You could do crowd control. I'm sure the others are gettin' antsy."

"I thought we were Crystal Gems now."

"You are. But that doesn't mean you have to go out fightin' corruptions." She paused. "You never did before."

"They could go with Con and Steb," Amethyst offered. "Make it one big first mission?"

"Next time," Garnet replied. "They don't wanna be there for this."

Peridot, affronted, stood up. It didn't really make her any more imposing. "Hey, now! I recognize that we're new to this, but we're allowed to have a say! Besides, it's just fact that four is far better than two. We'll be unstoppable!"

Garnet sat back. Something about the Gem's tone struck her, and not in a good way. "This isn't a game, Peridot. This is real work. You'll be seein' some nasty things."

"Garnet?" asked Steven.

The leader reconsidered her words with a frown. "S'your mission, Steven. You decide who does or doesn't go."

"I'm alright with it," Connie said, knowing the question was coming. "I mean. It's only fair. I did just kick them to the floor."

Steven hesitated. "Guys, when Garnet says no, it's for a good reason. Trust me. I'm the one who goes against the no most of the time. It's not fun."

Lapis met his eye. "We can handle it."

"Alrighty, so that's happening," Amethyst nudged Pearl with a roll of her eyes. "It's your funeral."

#Unfinished Work #Steven Universe #Steven Quartz Universe #The Quartz Family #Amethyst #Garnet #Pearl #Connie Maheswaran #Bismuth #Lapis Lazuli #Peridot

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Oh man, I'm just imagining that there's so many close brushes with kiribaku almost realizing or almost being in positions to find out that the other is a vigilante-- an injury and no way to get into contact with Jack or Mina-- a rainstorm washing Kiri's dye away on the job. I think it'd be especially funny if he thought for a minute that Kiri was bleeding but then Kiri is like "UH GOTTA GO ITS NOT BLOOD" and he realizes it's red hair dye

Oh Kirishima sort of already suspects it’s Bakugou - more or less? He’s in the process of starting to suspect it, at least lol for being someone who really doesn’t want to be found out Bakugou’s more carefree in his disguise than Kirishima is (his hair is a pretty obvious giveaway, for example, thought Bakugou relies a lot on the ‘attacking and running’ strategy, so in his mind all he gotta do is just not be seen by anyone at all lol) compared to Kiri he gets bruised and beaten up way more too (Kiri’s hardening makes it easy for him to avoid that in general) - Kiri’s noticing Bakugou’s bruises and his vigilante friend’s bruises match up a whole damn lot, so he’s starting to figure that one out

Bakugou’s a dumbass tho (read: he doesn’t really look at people he isn’t particularly interested in) so for him it’s gonna take a while haha

Anon said: If in vigilantes au Bakugou and jirou are just friends why do they live together and hug like a couple?

They’re best friends, and sometimes when your best friend is going through a real rough heartbreak and he’s in literal tears over it, you might be nice enough to offer your back for him to hide his face in and let him pretend he isn’t currently breaking down on you. Sometimes, you like a person in a platonic way enough to emotionally support them as best as you can when they’re at their lowest. It. Sort of happens between best friends, now and again. You don’t really need to want in someone’s pants to care about them.

They live together cause they started working together as vigilantes when they were in high school, and once they moved up to college they found it a good idea to have someone back home who knew about what they were doing to treat eventual wounds, since they can’t go to the hospital! Also the rent is cheaper this way

Anon said:Can you draw more comics of childhood kiribaku? You’re art is sooo cute 💓

It’s something I’ve regularly kept on going back on for years by now, so sure, it’ll probably happen! And thank you!

Anon said:OH MY GOD. Please tell me you will make an official webcomic of your Vigilante AU. It’s so beautiful, cute and I definitely need more of this. It’s like a drug that I did not know I needed until I read your concept(????). BTW, your art is soooo pretty. Thank you so much for drawing KiriBaku ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Ahhh I’m really happy to hear you like it! For personal reasons I’ve decided that making a cohesive, coherent succession of comics isn’t something I want to do, but I think I’ll draw more of that AU soon enough, snapshots and things like that! I hope that’s good enogh for you~

Anon said:May I request a pissed kiri??

Didn’t I draw that less than 10 posts ago

Anon said:Hey, I rlly admire you! I wish we were friends, you seem rlly nice!!

Thank you!!! The few close friends I have might tell you I’m actually not that great at the whole friends thing, but I appreciate the feeling a lot! :D

Anon said:Were Kirishima’s eyes red in the last panel of the last comic??

Yep :( he really does like Bakugou, after all

Anon said:I saw you answering the other anon and if I may ask, why posting the gem au was a big mistake? Were pol rude with you? If it’s so, I’m sorry abt it

Anon said:You said that posting your SU AU stuff was the biggest mistake you ever made… is it because of something that we, as viewers and worshippers of your KiriBaku (damn, I’ll never stop telling you it’s cute and adorable and it hurts but it’s also sweet), can help NOT doing? Or is there anything we can do?

It’s okay, it just got in the hands of people who don’t particularly like Bakugou, and these people started talking about the AU in less than nice terms, which was honestly pretty ridiculous and made me wonder how people can survive being alive on this earth when they consider Steven Universe sensitive material but either way it brought around in my activities a bunch of people I would have preferred not to interact with ever, and that sort of took the fun out of the AU? Now every time I think about drawing for it those people come back up in my head and I get annoyed all over again, it’s no fun

Anon said:are you still doing the fusion au? id love to see kaminari and shinsou

I’m not, sorry! Though someone did ask about baku and mineta and I’ve been thinking about drawing that horrible monster since then, and I’ve also been wanting to redesign the krbk fusion, so maybe I might get back to it ??? I’ll add shin*kami to the list haha

Anon said:I really like the relationship Jack and Bakugou have, and the angst is nice too! I really like the vigilatne AU! I hope we can see more of it, only if you feel like it of course!

Thank you so much ;;;

Anon said:Silly question. If Kirishima activated his quirk being in water. Would he float like wood, or he’d drown like a rock? >//w//

Oh, I’m pretty sure he’d go down since his quirk makes him into a rock haha

Anon said:I think this is around the eighth anonymous ask I send you, but being a porn-making Tumblr user, it’s better if I don’t go public. I just wanted to say, once again, that I love your KiriBaku, it makes me both ache and feel so warm and fuzzy inside; but right now, the focus is that Bakugou’s crying face against Jack’s back is just so good, expressive and painful. I often hate his guts, but yours I can never hate. And the sheer intensity of that expression, and the environment too… so many feels

Aw, thank you!!! I’m glad I can make you enjoy my fav character, anon :D !!

Anon said:I have a question about the vigilante AU. What’s the relationship between jirou and bakugou? Because they don’t look like just friends

Why don’t they look like just friends tho

Anon said:Hypothetically. How would Bakugou react (or what would he do) if Kirishima stopped showing interest in him?

Are we talking about a specific AU or is this meant for the canon universe? Well, either way I’d say he’d be pretty hurt, but it’s not like he can force Kirishima to like him can he. Ah, in the vigilantes AU he’d probably think it’s for the best even if he’d hurt a lot over it, but in canon and most other AUs I like to think he’d try to fix it somehow? Unless he has other reasons to not act on his feelings for Kirishima… gosh this is a vague question, there are so many possibilities really!

Anon said:🧡Hi Fran! I’m pretty sure you’re the one who introduced this concept to me so I wanted to say thanks! Touch starved Bakugou and super cuddly Bakugou are totally my fave, especially when you have him all curled up with Jirou! Having them be Mina and Kiri level besties makes so much sense and I love you for introducing that thought to me!!!🧡

I’m!!!!!!!!!!! so happy to hear that!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;O;

Anon said:in your vigilante au, Kiri has a scar, does Bakugo ever notice the scar?(curious if it reminds him of Red or nah, love yur art btw~~

When he’s not doing vigilantes work it’s actually hidden by the hair, so Bakugou never noticed! But if he were to notice he’d probably mark it down as a Kiri thing and leave it at that, as I said he’s not the most observant when he’s not particularly interested in someone so he hasn’t really registered it on Red’s face anyway haha

Anon said:I RLLY LOVE YOUR AU!! I haven’t found an AU in this fandom I’m rlly into but THIS IS SOCUTE??? will there be more?

Heck I sure hope so!! Thank you for liking it!!!

Anon said:hey for the anon you were looking for an outrageous ship to draw to test out their theory, try Tokoyami and Link (legend of Zelda link) cuz I just saw cosplayers of them hardcore dancing at dragoncon and I die every time I think about it. You can find a video of it on quirk-registration-office

…………………..I’m probably never gonna draw that ngl LMAO BUT this ask made me wanna draw Tokoyami as a Rito so I guess that’s ???? something that might happen instead heck that’s a good concept I should have thought about earlier

Anon said:I absolutely love your art its soon amazing and I really like the vigilantly au but take care of yourself okay

I dunno what I did to make you worry about me but thank you so much for it? I’ll try my best !!!! And thank you for liking my doodles too!!! ;^;

Anon said:Do you know about any fanfics based in your art?? (Idk if that’s grammatically correct sorry 😅)

Hmmmmmmmmmm there are a few but the only one that comes to mind right now is such a funny pair !!! boy ellen’s fics are always so damn amazing, I still can’t believe she wrote for me ;^;

#fran answers #inbox will stay closed still for a while #sorry! ;;;;#anonymous

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e350tb · 5 years

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Steven Universe: Marooned Together - Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Five

“I hate that you’re here.”

“Yeah, nice to see you too, Peedee.”

Peedee sat on a bed in a hospital ward, his arm bandaged, surrounded by his friends - and Lars. The space pirate leaned against the wall, arms crossed, clearly trying to look mysterious (and, undoubtedly failing to do so). Closer to the dockmaster sat Jeff, who seemed none the worst for his experience, Stevonnie and Lapis. Occasionally, Lars would glance around, clearly uncomfortable in the sterile environment, and Stevonnie wondered if he had a fear of hospitals.

In any case, they were glad to be able to see him this time, rather than simply be unconscious while he was around.

“So,” asked Peedee, smiling wryly at his husband, “Am I grounded?”

“Yeah,” replied Jeff, “You’re banned from being shot. Forever.”

“Well, once is enough.”

The two chuckled, Jeff taking Peedee’s hand.

“I gotta run soon,” Lars muttered, “I just… I can’t stick around.”

Stevonnie and Lapis both turned - for their part, Jeff and Peedee were too focused on one another to take much notice of Lars.

“What do you mean?” asked Stevonnie.

“This is all… too settled,” replied Lars, pensively rubbing his beard, “Too safe. We’ve been out on our own for so long, it’s just… this isn’t my world, you know?”

Stevonnie and Lapis glanced at each other.

“Yeah,” said Lapis, “We do.”

“That’s why we live in a barn,” Stevonnie shrugged.

Lars smirked, then sighed.

“Stevonnie,” he said, “I, uh, just wanted to say, I… I’m sorry.”

Stevonnie tilted their head.

“Sorry?”

“When I first heard you were fused, I was just… I guess bummed? Because I was thinking I’d never see Steven again,” he replied, “And I… that was wrong of me. ‘Cause you’re happy, and that means Steven’s happy, and if you’re happy… gee, this was much less awkward in my head.”

“It’s okay,” replied Stevonnie, “I understand. Thanks, Lars.”

They exchanged smiles.

“Well, I’ll be seeing you,” said Lars, “Gotta get back to the ship in case Jasper reforms and takes it on her own.”

“I hope you find what you’re looking for,” said Lapis.

Lars smiled sadly.

“Me too, Lapis, me too,” he replied, “You take care of them, alright?”

Lapis chuckled as Stevonnie blushed. Then, with a flourish of his cape, he turned and strolled out the door, leaving them alone.

“...so is he still a jerk?” Peedee asked.

Stevonnie turned around, chuckling.

“Nah,” they replied, “And I don’t think he ever was.”

“...so I’m thinking, Human Resistance? They’re out - so we need something that works for humans and gems, right? So what if we made, get this, a Home Guard? I hope you like it because I’ve already spent a lot of time drawing uniform concepts, and…”

“Why does the helmet look like a bowler hat?”

“It’s a classic design!”

Garnet walked into the Diamond’s Lament and past the Curator, who was talking at a weary and beleaguered-looking Jenny. She paid them little mind, looking instead for the fusion sitting alone at one of the tables.

Rhodonite looked up as she sat down.

“I see your hiding from Lars,” said Garnet.

“I’m not hiding, I’m just… procrastinating. Going back. Because…”

She sighed, holding her head in her hands.

“Because I don’t wanna be a pirate anymore,” she sighed, “But I… I don’t wanna let the crew down, you know? I mean, I’m already a wreck, so I can’t disappoint them…”

“They won’t be disappointed,” said Garnet, “They respect you, Rhodonite. They’ll respect what you choose to do.”

She put a hand on her shoulder.

“So tell me what you want.”

Rhodonite bit her lip, closing her top set of eyes as she thought.

“Where would I stay?” she asked.

“I have a pad,” replied Garnet, “There’s room there.”

“...like a warp pad?” quizzed Rhodonite, “I don’t… I don’t get it.”

“It’s a room,” clarified Garnet, “You can stay as long as you want - until you decide what you want to do on New Earth.”

“And what… what can I do here?”

Garnet grinned.

“Anything.”

“You’re alive.”

Yellow’s words were soft, far softer than Blue had ever heard from her.

“Yes,” she replied, “And I’m… a rebel now, I think.”

Yellow’s hand raised to her mouth and she fell onto the chair. The two pearls were in Jeff and Peedee’s apartment, alone, taking the moment to reconnect.

“I… I thought they’d shattered you,” said Yellow, “And nobody cared. And I tried not to feel… to feel anything about it but…”

Her voice cracked.

“Are we defective, Blue?”

Blue sat down next to her, slowly and carefully placing a gentle hand on her shoulder.

“No,” she replied, “We’re us. We can do what we want now. It… our Diamonds… they don’t matter anymore.”

“So what does?” demanded Yellow, “Without our Diamonds, what are we?”

Blue pursed her lips, thinking for a moment.

“Free,” she said at last, “We’re free.”

She got up, walking over to the living room drawers and opening the top shelf, pulling out an old, ragged sketchbook.

“I’ve… I’ve been drawing a lot lately,” she said, “Would you… would you like to see?”

Yellow ran a hand over her wet eyes and nodded.

“Yes. I’d like that.”

Stevonnie and Lapis walked up to the warp pad, Vidalia following, crutches under her arms. The fusion had offered to heal her wound, but she had declined - “The doctors need work, and besides, it’s a learning experience.” It had been a long day - a long series of days, really - and right now, all either of them wanted to do was rest.

“So, I’ll send Amethyst and Peridot your way when they get back,” said Vidalia, “Wouldn’t want them to miss out on…”

“Uh, excuse me?”

Simon the Bartender leaned around the door.

“What’s up, Simon?” asked Vidalia.

“Couple of people here to see you,” replied Simon, “I…”

“Stevonnie!”

Simon tumbled over as Peridot bolted into the room, Amethyst close behind. The green gem leapt up onto their midsection, clinging to them in a tight hug.

“You’re alive!” Peridot shouted, “You’re alive!”

“Good to see you too, Peridot!” replied Stevonnie, pulling them closer into the hug.

“Hey, save some for me, ‘Dot!” said Amethyst, “Don’t choke ‘em.”

Peridot laughed, letting go of Stevonnie and dropping back to the floor, allowing Amethyst to hug to fusion. She turned to Lapis, and there was a brief moment of silence.

“...hey, Lazuli?” said Peridot at last, “Thanks. For, uh, for bringing them back.”

Lapis smiled.

“Anytime, ‘Dot.”

They turned, just in time to see Amethyst letting go of Stevonnie, stepping back and taking Peridot’s hand. For the briefest moment, Lapis felt a tinge in her proverbial heart - but it was small, almost unnoticeable. Her past with Peridot, she now knew, was just that - the past.

She smiled to herself and took Stevonnie’s hand.

“...so, I heard a few weird little rumours on the way in,” Amethyst was saying, “I know a lot happened, but you’re not telling me you just…”

She looked down at their hands.

“...nnnno,” she breathed, her mouth twisting into a wide smile, “You… you finally… you’re a… she’s your…”

Stevonnie shrugged.

“Yeah,” they replied, “She’s my girlfriend.”

Amethyst clutched her head, letting out a long scream before bursting into laughter. To Lapis, it was quite jarring - what was she doing? What did this mean? - but then she turned to Peridot and raised her hand - “Up top, Peri!” - and she realised that the quartz wasn’t upset, she was excited.

“Alright!” she cried, “They did it! I call Best Gem!”

“Amethyst!” Stevonnie did a double-take, blushing furiously.

“Well, Garnet’s gotta plan the thing, and Peri’s gonna be Lapis’ maid of honour,” replied Amethyst, “I mean, I guess you could have Peedee, but come on, that would be…”

“Amethyst, we’ve been in a relationship for, like, a day,” said Lapis.

“I’m messin’ with ya!” replied Amethyst, “Come on, we’ve gotta celebrate this! Party at ‘Vonnie’s place! I mean, unless you two wanna be alone, because that’s… that’s fine…”

Stevonnie and Lapis glanced at each other and smiled.

“Yeah,” replied Stevonnie, “Party at ‘Vonnie’s place.”

“Alright!” exclaimed Amethyst, “Me n’ ‘Dot, we’re gonna show you two a good… hey wait, is this a double-date? Oh man, it is! If I’m dreaming, never wake me up…”

The four stepped onto the warp pad, leaving Vidalia alone. She stood there, smiling after them, for just a few seconds.

Slowly, the smile disappeared.

She turned around, bones and muscles aching, and limped out of the room into the Diamond’s Lament. On the way, she passed Simon, quietly wiping the counter with a spare cloth.

“Feeling alright, Vidalia?” he asked.

“Yeah,” replied Vidalia, “Just, you know…”

She sighed.

“...getting old.”

Her eyes opened and she was met with instant agony.

She was in a void of pain, vision smeared with black and red. Everything, every single facet of her existence, was pure, unceasing throbbing. She couldn’t move, and everything felt wrong. Who was she? She knew she was a she, and she had a name, but all memory was drowned beneath the swirling pain.

She could hear a pair of voices - one strangely familiar, but the tone was wrong. On the other side of glass, she could see figures - silhouettes.

“Please, we’re working as fast as we can, but we need time… if we activate Chrysalis too early, there’s no telling how…”

“The Diamonds don’t want excuses.” The voice was haughty, and she knew she’d heard it before. “The Diamonds want results.”

A brief pause that felt eternal.

“The excess material. Can that be used?”

“Y-yes, but only crudely. In drones, perhaps - and we’d need more-”

“Lucky for you, we have an excess - My Diamond has allowed access to her reserve.”

“But… but Blue Diamond expressly stated…”

“White Diamond convinced her otherwise. This project is of utmost importance. Do not fail, Peridot - remember, you’re very expendable.”

“I-I-uh-yes, Aquamarine. Of course, Aquamarine.”

“Good… and why is it awake?”

“Uh… I, um…”

“Put it to sleep, now!”

“Yes ma’am, doing it now.”

A strange calm crested over her, and for a moment, her mind was unfogged - a memory played through her head, but even then, the image was spotted by white burns like an old film reel.

“No, not that, please… I don’t want this… I don’t want this!”

Whose voice had that been? Her’s?

Darkness claimed her before she could decide.

#steven universe #marooned together #stevonnie #lapis lazuli #peedee fryman #jeff #lars barriga #garnet #rhodonite #blue pearl #yellow pearl #vidalia #amethyst #peridot #lapvonnie #amedot #jeffdee #bellow pearl

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sharedfete · 4 years

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An interview with Ivan Longoria

N: Tell me, or tell us, a little bit about this place. What’s the origin Thin and Crisp and how did you get started making pizzas?

I: It kind of happened by accident. I guess I can start from the beginning. I was a sous chef for about six years in my early twenties, I’m 35 now. This was a little bit after the military, wasn’t really doing anything. There was this guy that I got along with at the mall and I really liked his style of food. It was just kind of unique. We got to talking and I told him I grew up in kind of a mixed household. My mom’s Mexican, my dad’s Puerto Rican and so I always had the best of both worlds when it came to food so I’m kind of used to that fusion style of both of those worlds. Anyways, we got to talking and I said “I got this really good recipe for Papas Rellenas” which is basically like a mashed potato…the best way I can describe it’s a deep fried mashed potato and it’s like stuffed with meat. At the time I wasn’t really looking for a job but working with him seemed like fun so I said “hey man bring me on, I’ll bring these Papas Rellenas and we can collaborate.” And so yeah, I brought him a couple different samples and he liked them and he says why don’t we start with a couple dozen of these a day and whatever. After about a few weeks every single day we would sell out of Papas Rellenas. That’s kind of when it sparked for me like alright maybe I might be pretty good at this. You know, this whole cooking thing. This was before Iron Chef and this was before all of those cooking shows. So you know it’s kind of like one of those things where you uh you know there’s a lot of people who think they become passionate about food after they watch Hell’s Kitchen or something but this was time where like you just… I stumbled upon it I guess. So anyways I worked with him for about six years and he pretty much taught me everything that I know. I mean he was a pretty popular chef there in Wichita. His name was Michael. Long story short I got the opportunity to franchise his business and we opened another one outside of, cause at the time we were at the mall, and the one that we opened was a little bit…its within…it’s called Andover Wichita so its like…its like what? You know what Silver Lake is to Topeka. Its kind of a suburb of the big city if you will but it’s still Wichita. Anyways fast forward. We were doing incredible numbers there. I remember we would easily do 30-40 grand a month our first few months of being opened because everybody knew us from the mall and so again fast forward a little bit and, bitter divorce between the wife and the chef at the time and I just got caught in the middle and ended up leaving all together. Got into sales and just lost my way when it came to cooking and being creative. I was still being creative but I was still doing stuff at home with my family because I love to host and stuff like that so. But again you fast forward I would say almost fourteen years later… let’s say 12 years later cause that’s when we started out Buff Guys mobile car wash, me and my buddy Isaac. So we started as a mobile car wash company, we kind of thought brained it up together and then six months we were doing well enough that I was able to quit my full time job and then I pursued that full time for the next two years. So how we got into the pizza business, we had a friend that we offered the opportunity to say hey let’s expand. So again fast forward, things just didn’t work out. He had to do his own thing and so here we were, we were stuck with a brand new building with two rents and all the equipment to make pizzas but no one to run the show. So I had to put my hat back on had a serious talk with Isaac, said “hey man, here’s the deal, here’s the scenario that were in. The only way that this is going to work is if I step over hear which I know how to do this man I’ve done this before.” He was just like “alright let’s do it!” So I put my buff guys hat up and put my chef hat on and the next week I recreated an entire new menu that was just fusion… The best way I can describe it is fusion Italian meets Spanish decent. That’s the best way I can describe it. I don’t know. I just know that it tastes good to me. And I feel like I have those taste buds that are the mainstream. If you listen to a genre of music I’m the mainstream taste buds and so I do pretty good about putting stuff together. This sounds crazy but I don’t know how else to explain it but to tell you this that I created a whole menu and didn’t taste any of my pizzas for maybe after two months of actually making the pizzas.

J: Do you think most cooks and chefs do that?

I: I don’t know. I don’t know. But I… what I was trying to say from that…

J: Were you confident enough from your food and your taste buds…?

I: Yes! This sounds crazy but… obviously It has to be something that I’ve tasted before… but in the sense that I can’t know what turmeric tastes like if I’ve never tasted it but in my mind I can put the tastes together and just know that it tastes good. So again you know two months… I probably went two months without tasting my own pizza and I already knew what it tasted like.

N: Almost like a photographic memory but with like flavor?

I: But with like flavor, exactly. Every time I tell people that they’re like “yeah…okay” but I don’t know you just kind of have to… I don’t know. It seems to be working for me.

J: That’s good. You’re confident with your palette.

I: Yeah. So, yeah I mean that’s how I… it’s always been… I guess when it comes down to it it’s always been a part of my life as far as food and tradition and culture and stuff. Again, I come from best of both worlds, Mexican and Puerto Rican. My teacher of all of this, he was Italian Spanish… actually he was Cuban is what he was. But yeah, that’s how it happened. It just kind of… The stars aligned and here we are a year after opening in a location that was said to be a horrible location, in reality it was but I think that the way that we were able to I guess survive if you will is people just liked you know what we were doing on Facebook, they saw that it was different. No matter how inconvenient it was to get to, the food was that good to them. We built up quite a customer base off of that little tiny inconvenient place that we were at. Then of course the stars aligned and here we are at a much bigger place and a much more appropriate style setting for the pizza genre that were producing.

N: Why NOTO? What drew you to move your location? I: Well, interesting is this is the god truth is before I chose 21st and Wanamaker or 21st and Westport is technically where it’s at, before I chose that I was talking to the then kind of business partner that we were talking to about making this new pizza joint, and I had never been here before… I think that I was like… I had been here in Topeka already for 2 years but I had never been to NOTO before. I don’t even remember how I stumbled across it but I remember driving through here and I was just like, I got on the phone and I said “bro we gotta get to this place. Whatever this place is this is where we need to be.” It didn’t at the time work out cause there was nothing really available here to rent or anything but then we found that 21st and whatever location. I remember that was so strange that like the exact place that I wanted to begin with in the beginning is where I ended up. It’s almost like it was meant to be.

N: Specifically when did you get started? How long have you been making signature fusion pizzas?

I: The reality of it is about a year ago. I’ve always been creating and stuff but doing actual pizza wasn’t till about a year ago when I was kind of pushed against the wall to. Everything that is on the menu, I mean I didn’t make at home, by any means. The closest thing that I made to it at home was maybe our napoleon secret which is fresh spinach and tomato and balsamic and olive oil and a little salt and a little pepper. That was probably the most basic thing and that’s because my wife she’s kind of a healthier person, I’m not, but she was so I would make her that. But yeah, when it all comes down to it I haven’t actually been doing pizza very long. I don’t know if that’s disappointing or not.

I will say this, I’ve always loved thin crust pizza, so that’s another sort of inspiration behind it is I never uh… Any time I would order from anywhere I would always go thin crust. I actually felt like there was a niche that needed to be filled when it came to thin crust because nobody else is doing that. Everybody does deep dish, everybody does New York style… you know, Detroit style. But no one is actually specializing in thin crust which if you actually look at you know even in Italy, they don’t have all these different types. As a matter of fact their traditional pizza is like smeared… a little tomato sauce, a little bit of cheese. Everything is like a hint of everything. And it’s thin crust too you know. So yeah I mean yeah…

N: What’s something on your menu that everyone has got to try? If they have never been here before and they’re curious about what the first thing to try is…

I: That’s like asking me who do you love more, your mother or your father?

N: I kind of figured this question would be like that. J: But we all know who you love more.

N: There’s always a favorite child.

I: I guess… really… here’s another thing I will say about this. I feel like… I was telling my employees about this and they just laugh at me but I feel like the pizza that I make is… each one can kind of be a relative to the mood that you’re in, if that makes sense.

N: Sure.

I: Just kind of like you know our concept is actually pizza and wine and knock on wood we should have that liquor license here pretty soon so we can pair up our wines but you know it really just depends on the mood you’re in. If you want to bring in a hot date and you know set the mood with something a little sweet a little bit spicy you’ve got to try the sweet chili trio. If you’re feeling kind of hungry but don’t want to eat to heavy you’ve got to do like the prosciutto de parma or the napoleon secret. If you’re really hungry we have one that’s named after our other business called the Buff Guy because it’s nothing but protein. It’s got chicken, chorizo, bacon, and then it’s got all three of our signature sauces… the sweet chili, the remoulade, and of course sriracha.

N: The last question I have before I was going to defer it to Javi is what are you hoping people take away from dining here at Thin and Crisp.

I: You know, I mean, I think um just the uh… just for them to feel like they came to not just a good place to eat but a fun place. It’s one of those things where family comes in and they’re trying to decide “oh where can we take them that’s fun,” you know what I mean. Like I want to be that place. I want people to enjoy the music and enjoy the crunch of the pizza and the wine and sit in our cool patio area at nighttime with the lights shining and of course you know you’ve got to make room for the date. It’s like be that kind of date night slash place where you can also bring your family and have a good time. The most important of course is the heart of it all is that it’s in the middle of NOTO, you know, that were nothing but local business entrepreneurs and it’s so cool because in a way we all kind of work together. Like we work for ourselves but we work together. You know we support each other. I know that several of the fellow shop owners around here, everyone has pretty much came and introduced themselves and every single one is thankful that were here because it’s going to draw in customers for them too you know? And so yeah I think I’d like to not only establish that were local, were local business, were entrepreneurs just trying to make it. The NOTO area just happens to be the heart of the city when it comes to local entrepreneurs.

N: Big on art, big on community.

I: Big on art, big on community. Exactly!

J: What do you think separates you from every other pizza place?

I: The thing is, and I always feel like initially people get that disappointed look when they take the initial look at the menu.

N: I just wanted a pepperoni pizza

I: Yeah! Can I have mushrooms with Canadian bacon and you know the things that they’re used to. For me, I’m not traditional. I’m not traditional pizza. As a matter of fact I was talking to Pedro about this the other day who is our business partner in this. I said we’ve got to stop using the word pizza and just start using the word za because were technically not pizza were something different and so therefore we kind of have to create that genre that when people think of us they think of za not pizza, you know? So its fusion. Wait till you taste like you know the napoleon chicken, there’s just so many flavors just going off.

J: So as much as you want to go traditional you’re not there. You’re trying to have the base of tradition but push the limits into the food!

I: Yes exactly! I want to be Instagram worthy. I want to be that… You know what I mean…

N: Hashtag trendy

I: Yes, hashtag trending. You know? I just want to be different. I don’t want to be like everybody else, and I don’t try to be like Pizza Hut or Dominos or you know, some of the mainstream people because that’s boring. Everyone listens to the same tune, what’s so fun about that, you know? Yeah, I just want to be different. That’s all. That’s what it comes down to.

J: You were talking a lot about family. Do you think your food comes with that too? Like when you make a recipe does it come back to your parents and your mom and dad, like your grandma?

I: Yes and no. I mean yes I think about you know like some of the stuff that I had as a kid you know from my mom and dads side. I love flautas, and frijoles, and I also love ______ and tostones you know but to be honest with you I wouldn’t be my parents first choice. Maybe you have parents like this too. You know, you’re Hispanic, they’ll tell you whats Mexican and whats not Mexican, you know what I mean? They’ll tell you what’s Mexican food and what’s not Mexican food. It’s kind of like that. They don’t understand cause… don’t get me wrong, my parents do love the restaurant and you can watch on Facebook my dad is always bragging about it and he does love the flavor but if you were to ask him if im Puerto rican food, I’m not real Puerto rican food, you know what I mean? Same thing with my mom. But yeah, I mean, yes and no in the sense that I don’t think… yes it derives from growing up and what my family taught me but I mean I’ve kind of made it my own thing. J: What are tostones?

I: That’s my Puerto Rican side. That’s my aunt ____ from Cayey, Puerto Rico. You know?

J: Cayey…

I: Cayey, yeah! And then yeah so yeah she actually is the one who showed me the Papa Rellenas. That’s how I got started with this is with what she showed me. But yeah I mean… What else do you want to know?

J: Your dough. Not exactly the recipe but, what made you just do it from scratch? Like what inspired you just to be like…cause it’s a lot of process, it’s a lot of technique on doing the dough. So what really pushed you to do that? And, you were saying thin…

I: Um, you know… the fact that I feel like I have the tongue of the people, or the taste buds of the people if you will. Like I’ve got… I feel like people… I want to give people what they don’t know that they want yet but once they have it they’re going to love it. You know what I mean? So I guess that’s where it kind of comes from. Two things, the niche and the fact that it can become mainstream once people actually taste it. Like you set the bar for it. Like there’s nobody that’s going to be able to contend with they’ll know that that came from Thin and Crisp gourmet pizza, NOTO bistro.

J: How do you feel about your staff?

I: My staff is awesome. Dude… I’ve got the best staff. You know I was… I found all of them probably about two and a half/three weeks ago. Not even. And the reason was because Heather yelled at me to find some staff because we were like literally probably like three or four days away from not necessarily opening but at least going through some trial runs and her and Pedro basically said like yeah you’re going to really shoot yourself in the foot if you don’t start finding some people right now. That you’re going to be under prepared and you know and so yeah I got really lucky. I found a good group of kids who like you know they’re not just here for the paycheck, they’re… you know, they have fun in the kitchen and they really seem to enjoy what they do and they’re respectful and you know they’re… I feel like I’m kind of helping mold them a little bit because they’re really intrigued by the process. Really intrigued by what we’ve done. You know, even my other businesses they look at what I actually came from when I tell them the story of how this began you know and I think in reality I have a bunch of group of little entrepreneurs in there who are just kind of trying to see what they can learn from me and in the meantime I get really good help so…

N: I don’t know if people use the term green flag, like you know a lot of people say that pops up red flags, but for me that pops up the opposite. Cause that’s something that a lot of people don’t appreciate. Because I’ve worked in a few different kitchens here and there and a lot of times when people show that passion most people for whatever reason they just like decide I don’t want to teach you because I feel like you’re either going to gun for my job or you know what I mean? Like they’re going to steal my secrets along the way. So it’s nice hearing that you’re eager to teach people. I think that’s actually going to keep those people around.

J: Any shout outs to restaurants or chefs, cooks, or even bartenders, cause like the whole thing about this is to promote, what we want to create is like kind of a network, community where everybody feels good and everybody feels like you go to certain establishments like “hey I like this person there” like everybody loves that. Just that networking that were trying to do.

I: I mean I guess I’ve got to give a shout out to, well my main partner in crime is Isaac. You know he runs the buff guys mobile car wash and detail shop for us which again we used to run together but uh now he kind of runs that for us by himself and we’ve got a great staff over there and I run this part. I’ve got to definitely give a shout out to Pedro Concepcion, I think by accident but with good intention like that’s how we ended up here. Like I was seriously… I don’t know if you know the story but I was there to buy a fridge from him and he said “hey how’s your new building going?” and I was like “what new building?” he’s like “you don’t have a new building? Cause someone was asking if you wanted to move to NOTO burrito” and I was just like “yes get me on the phone with that person right now.” So, I’ve got to give a shout out to him cause you know he helped kind of collaborate this whole thing together. Heather, she’s been very supportive. My wife, obviously… and then as far as other business owners who have like kind of watched over me and had my back I mean Alfredo ______ from CiCis Pizza, he also owns Los Mandiles Rojos, he’s a good dude. Always checks on me like you know I don’t know if I should repeat this but he says you make me not want to eat my own food, I only like yours now. Anyways, like even that he’ll randomly text me, hit me up, he knows I’m a person of faith and god and stuff and so he’ll hit me with some spiritual stuff and whatever that’s between us so shout out to him. Miguel from, well he’s actually in Ozaukee, out at the lake, Lago Vista you know again another dude who is just kind of there if I had any questions or whatever… and then Adam, he’s been really cool with me and like he was really supportive. Adam from White Linen. Really supportive and is always, I know that if I need to I know that I can hit him up for some advice and he’ll shoot me back straight and whatever so a good dude… and then of course everybody here at NOTO has again kind of helped collaborate this whole thing. Norseman wanted us to you know personally serve their customers so that their customers would have drinks and something to eat and so that has definitely been a huge stepping stone. I mean, you know, I get several orders from them every day and on top of our own customers that’s like having an extended you know kitchen… not necessarily kitchen but an extended dining room if you will. Um and um yeah I mean there’s… and forgive me I don’t want to offend anybody if there’s anybody that I’m forgetting but I mean that’s uh you know there’s probably a dozen more but off the top of my head that’s what I can come up with.

#NoTo #Thin and Crisp Bistro #pizza #za #Fusion Food #Topeka #Kansas

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Happy Go Lucky Heads - wosushi ~Wall of Sushi~ - English Translation

Lyrics: Sekihan Music: 324

魚魚魚　こっち側はシャリ Fish~ Fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the rice 魚魚魚　こっち側がネタ Fish~ fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the toppings 魚魚魚　こっち側はシャリ fish~ fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the rice 魚魚魚　こっち側がネタ Fish~ fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the toppings

業界用語 Insider argot 寿司はシースー If sushi is shi-su, then ルーウォーのブーオー Ll-wa f-o スーデーでシューモー Th-dea in the pit-mosh

しょう油つけ過ぎ　ネタ殺し Cool it with the soy sauce, topping killer しょう油つけ過ぎ　ネタを殺してる Cool it with the soy sauce, you’re killing the toppings しょう油つけ過ぎ　過ぎたるは Cool it with the soy sauce, too much of a good thing しょう油つけ過ぎ　及ばざるが如し Cool it with the soy sauce, is a bad thing

業界用語 Insider argot 寿司はシースー If sushi is shi-su, then ルーウォーのブーオー Ll-wa f-o スーデーでシューモー Th-dea upon the pit-mosh

魚魚魚　こっち側はシャリ Fish~ fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the rice 魚魚魚　こっち側がネタ fish~ fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the toppings

お寿司　お寿司だよ　パーティーナイト(シースー) It’s sushi, here’s your sushi, it’s party night (shi-su!) 踊り踊る　(魚魚魚) Dancing and dancing (Fish~ Fish~ Fish~) オドリ一気食い Take one big bite of this dance!

握り寿司　ハッピーナイト(シースー) Nigiri rolls, happy hour (shi-su) アガりアガる　(魚魚魚) Pumping the pumps up あがり一気飲み Take one big gulp of the refreshments

ネタとシャリ　ぶつかって(シースー) Toppings and rice, slammed together (shi! su!) 司る(魚魚魚) Cooking up the 寿の字 happy go lucky characters

思いやり　ぶつかって(ふわっふー) Show respect for your fellows when, slamming together (Ya!hoo!) 形取る(wow wow wow) Shaping up the 幸暴の陣 Peppy and fucky team

魚魚魚　こっち側はシャリ Fish~ Fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the rice 魚魚魚　こっち側がネタ Fish~ Fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the toppings

12 12らっしゃい One, two, one twelcome!

業界用語 Insider argot 寿司はシースー If sushi is shi-su, then ルーウォーのブーオー Ll-wa f-o スーデーでシューモー Th-dea upon the pit-mosh

That's purple haze！！醤油焦がすぜ Burnt soy sauce plz!! 脱法ハーブかい？ You think we've got a roll of drugs? nonno　こいつぁ　海苔だ nonno, this lil’ guy is the seaweed 目立って colorful です Such colorful eye candy ain’t it ちらし寿司 Chirashi rolls

はーいお愛想ねー！ありがとよ！ Aww, you guys are too sweet! Thankies! え？高すぎ？てやんでぃ！ What the fuck? Can’t afford it? Don’t give me that shite! 庶民派のあんたにゃ A commoner class normie like you, is gonna get ぐるぐるぐるぐるぐるぐる…回る Swirly swirly swirly swirly, spun around 回転寿司でぃ！！ Rotary sushi!!

魚魚魚　こっち側はシャリ Fish~ Fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the rice 魚魚魚　こっち側がネタ Fish~ Fish~ Fish~ Over here we have the toppings

くるり　手巻き寿司　クレイジーナイト(シースー) Twist and turn, hand-rolled sushi, crazy time (shi! su! 釘付けよ(魚魚魚) Nail it in ヅケをペロリ Take a lick of fish kebob

赤だしも　はいどうぞ It’s red and raw, ripe for the eating 出汁が命(カツオ) No dashi fish stock, no life (KatsUO) 妥協しないぜ We don't skimp out on anything

握り寿司　ハッピーナイト(シースー) Nigiri rolls, happy hour (shi-su) アガりアガる　(魚魚魚) Pumping the pumps up あがり一気飲み Take one big gulp of the refreshments

ネタとシャリ　ぶつかって(シースー) Toppings and rice, slammed together (shi! su!) 司る(魚魚魚) Cooking up the (Fish~ Fish~Fish~) 寿の字 Happy go lucky characters

思いやり　ぶつかって(ふわっふー) Show respect for your fellows when, slamming together (Ya!hoo!) 形取る(wow wow wow) Shaping up the 幸暴の陣 Peppy and fucky team

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Footnotes:

● The title Wall of Sushi is a pun on the mosh pit's 'Wall of Death' — "When the crowd splits into halves which then run at each other during a music drop or prompt from the artist. The aim is to slam into each other but to keep elbows down and not punch each other." via.

● ウォール, 魚, wow: these all include the syllable ‘wo’, a phonic akin to the celebratory cheer “woah!” 魚[fish] is normally read sakana, but the on-yomi is ‘uo’.

●Insider argot: The specific argot here is an outdated one, which revolves around the swapping of a word’s syllables to create a code word! It was originally used by insiders, entertainers or such people in the public eye who needed to avoid being followed to places, like sushi bars. Though the argot proceeded to then evolve into a trendy lingo, used during Japan’s 80s economy boom when a majority of people had enough money to splurge on high-class sushi and dance clubs often.

On that note, please try and figure out what the lyrics in this verse are saying~! Swap the syllables!

○ ネタ(neta): common chef lingo for ‘sushi topping’. It’s a shortened version of the original term ‘sushi-dane’ Turned into → ‘dane’ then into→ ‘tane’ (dane w/o the sonant dakuten), then finally into → ‘neta’ (tane’s syllables swapped). The syllable swapping spoonerism even in the origin may have been hat inspired Seki to use the 80’s argot/lingo in..!

○ ’Neta’ has even evolved to take a place in modern day speech as well! The origin is the same, but the use is different. ‘Neta’ is used as a slang equivalent to mean ‘lore’ or ‘memes’ etc. In the same way sushi/food has toppings/ingredients stuffed in, does content have lore...

Puns:

○ "おどり[Odori]" normally = dance. "おどり[Odori]" in the realm of sushi = nickname for the shrimp roll. This is because the shrimp look like they’re dancing.

○"アガる(agaru)", and its conjugations is slang for “pump up!”, used for concerts, clubs, etc. “あがり(agari)” is shortened term for あがり花(agari-hana), a fancy name for fresh tea used at restaurants or sushi bars . (Literally ‘Freshly brewed up flowers).

○"That’s purple haze！！Burnt soy sauce plz!!" ... Sekihan is matching ENG terms and JP terms which sound similar again! The same way "tea" has a special name, does soy sauce at sushi shops have one as well. It's “むらさき(Murasaki)", lit. "purple".

There’s many theories as to why it’s called “Purple”, from maybe the usage of different purple-colored beans to make it, to maybe color-blindness, to maybe because purple was on the top of Twelve Level Cap and Rank System and soy sauce used to be expensive…. Alas it remains a mystery.

○ 幸暴(kouboku) is a made-up word lit. meaning happiness and craze. They seemingly molded it specifically to harmonize with 寿(kotobuki), the more happy go lucky words the merrier.

Related Rockin' On Interview:

Interviewer, Tanaka Dai “The fusion of concerts and sushi in wosushi, is this turn of events also a product of your principles?”

Sekihan “That’s exactly right. Dominating our opponents with our concerts is high on our to-do list, and to that end we’ve gotta make songs which dominate the concert hall too! So we’ve gotta do ‘Wall of Death’s or ‘Circle Mosh’s. But we ended up discussing how scary for people it would be if we abruptly started doing moshes at this point, so we should stick to more pop-esque things... We didn’t give up though, we got the idea to put them together. 'What are two different that work well when slammed together…. Hmm… Rice and toppings. So sushi eh? A circle mosh is like a sushi wheel!’"

Interviewer "There are a lot of similarities between the phenomenons of sushi and concerts."

Sekihan "There really is! For example The lyric 'That's purple haze!! Burnt soy sauce pls’ is a tip to Jimmy Hendrix’s song ‘Purple Haze’ and the connection there is that soy sauce is sometimes called ‘Murasaki(purple)’ here."

Interviewer "Good thinking!"

Sekihan "Thank you. I don’t think it resonated with anybody though (laugh)".

Ponikingdom “The thing we ponder the most when writing is the jokes."

Mito-juu “What is the joke all about?”, is a key factor in our thought process.

mao “We try to tuck away hidden easter eggs inside the jokes as well.”

Sekihan “Early on we were doing this excessively to the point nobody got our jokes though (laughs). But now we’ve figured out the proper dose of joke. Leading to our new song ~Super Spa~.

Interviewer "You portray that the cleansing of the soul can be done at concerts and in the bath both."

Sekihan “Yes. We say it direct and outright. We intend to make songs with good balance like this going forwards as well.

Interviewer “'Ebi-Swinger’ has become a staple at your concerts, and that song is well-constructed too. It feels like it’s an attempt at rectifying the misinterpretations towards Nagoya, but at the same time, exemplifying the misinterpretations…."

Sekihan “You gotta be kidding me! That ain’t how it was supposed be? (laugh)

Mito-juu “We can’t necessarily deny that viewpoint."

Sekihan “Ebi-Swinger stemmed from the idea 'I want to make a song that gets everyone swinging their towels around’, but then the conversation turned to “Does anyone even enjoy swinging a towel around?’ ’No’ ’Then what should we swing.’ ’Swing… Swinging… Meat wings… Shrimp fried? Let’s make shrimp fly!’, thus it evolved into a song about Nagoya's famous fried shrimp. I was born in Mie prefecture (Which is directly South of Nagoya), and I even spent 7 years living in Nagoya when I was younger, so I stuffed the lyrics with my knowledge from then."

Ponikingdom “The song’s concept was 'Everyone is strapped in to prejudice so much that they’re blind to see true colors, aren’t they?” but… It wasn’t clear enough (laughs)".

Interviewer “(Laughs). Shrimp is a celebratory party food as well, so it matches up with the happy go lucky concept quite nicely."

Sekihan “Yes. The concept of ‘Happy go lucky celebration’ runs deep in the veins of the Japanese and, I hope it spreads to other countries as well."

HMV: https://www.hmv.co.jp/newsdetail/article/1801221004/

Sekihan “Our efforts to reinvent the WOD (Wall of Death) as suitable for those walking the path of Omedeta, resulted in a song about sushi. ~~ The songs chock full of homages and stunts so please probe into it. Let’s do wall of sushi and kaiten sushi at concerts y’all! The salt in our sweat will turn the rice group of the crowd into all-natural sushi rice, what a catch! This song is pretty much a salute to the crowd. "

#omedetai #オメでたい頭でなにより #Youtube

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spoofenshmirtz · 6 years

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kamooi replied to your post “kamooi replied to your post “really just imagine if, in persona,...”

granted, i've been spoiled for p4, but i'm just hitting the tv world in game, so my understanding of the difference between masks + tarot may not apply? i tend to think about them in terms of the narrative after the fact, rather than in context of the game's mechanics. and yeah, confidants are definitely just a staple of the series - tarot is so deeply ingrained within the world building, it just makes sense to have a cast large enough to ascribe a major arcana to each

i've only played p2 + p5, and i'm working on p3+p4, so i'm missing a lot of context that might be added by shin megami tensei BUT! whether they've tried something more freeform, there are confidants + choices that will impact the game. i wish atlus had done more, but there are a variety of endings to each game - bad, neutral, and true, usually, w/ several spins on the bad ending. p4 has my personal favorite w/ the accomplice ending.

oh, with p4 i just meant like, i’m guessing there’s persona fusions in p4 just like there is in p3 and p5, and if you can only start wielding certain arcana after forging a bond of the corresponding arcana it could get REALLY annoying having personas you can’t fuse because of their arcana? but idk if that’s even the case so i won’t comment further, i mean a lot of the arcanas in p5 showed up simultaneously in both confidants and personas even when there weren’t any limitations to what personas you can wield! and it’s seems like p3 is similar in that regard as well, arcanas in personas seem to show up in a similar order as their corresponding confidants and this is a really convoluted description and i’m sorry for that

and yeah, i’ve heard praise for the p4 bad endings! i do like that there are bad endings and ways things can go wrong, but since i only have p5 as my reference point and it was really... kind of obvious with where you might go wrong, and it was kinda hard to fuck up, it didn’t really feel as impactful, y’know? like when you gotta convince sae to take the phone, it really isn’t that hard figuring out how to get her to take it, and when being offered to take the deal it’s just. all you get from accepting it is a quick scene and it’s over and done with, really. like it’s cool that you can do it but it doesn’t really mean much in the long run, y’know? (my brother told me, regarding the p4 bad endings, that it’s more rule than exception that a player gets a bad ending on their first run, and i think that kinda made me a little bit frustrated with how easy it is not to fuck up in p5... and now i already know too much about p4 to fuck up in that, too......)

i think, maybe what i’m trying to get at is that i wish there were ways to divert the whole story onto a new track depending on what choices you make. doesn’t nier:automata have like a billion endings depending on how you play and what choices you make? i guess that’s the kind of thing i’d like to see more of, especially in a game where you have a lot of choice, like with what confidants you hang out with and such. like in a game where your bonds are so important it feels like they could gain a lot from having that kind of meta-level importance as well, you know? where they’ll affect the way the story progresses throughout. it’s definitely hard to pull off, since you’d have to write all the different ways the story could progress depending on what confidants you deepen your bonds with and what choices you make, but that’s why i’d suggest like a couple key confidants that can make or break the story!

which brings me to the original thought behind my original post: i really wish akechi would’ve been an optional confidant and that whether or not you choose to deepen your bond with him can determine his fate. it’d be kinda cool if you’d get to keep him on your party and have him live if you’ve deepened your bond with him past a certain point, and if not lending him a listening ear would pretty much lead to his death. i mean, if sojiro’s confidant can be locked past a certain point until you free futaba, why not do the same with akechi? like you can’t progress him past a certain point until he joins your party, and after that you can’t progress him past a certain point until this or that happens... it’s obviously possible, so why not just do it?

fucking christ i’m typing up a storm here, tl;dr: persona bad/neutral/true endings are cool as a concept but don’t satisfy my hunger for stories where Every Choice Matters although not every single one but definitely some big ones

#kamooi #replies #p5 spoilers

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Dragon Ball 242

You know, if you had asked me a year ago, I would have said the Majin Buu Saga was better than the Babidi Saga, mostly because the Majin Buu Saga has Buu in it, along with Super Saiyan 3 Goku, Vegeta blowing himself up, Gotenks’ first appearance, etc.

But now I’m starting to think the Babidi Saga was the better of the two. It set up a clear goal and the heroes completely failed to prevent Babidi from reaching it. The Mr. Satan/18/MightyMask stuff kind of got in the way at times, but it was never boring to watch. It made good use of eleven episodes.

That’s not to say that the Majin Buu Saga is bad at all. It’s really good too, just not as good as Babidi, or the Fusion Saga that follows it. You can break it down into these segments.

232-237: Buu clobbers everyone at Babidi’s spaceship.

238-244: No one really knows what to do about Buu.

245-253: The good guys finally settle into a general path forward.

It feels a lot like driving on an interstate highway in Indiana. Not I-65, though. I mean a good highway, like I-64 with no traffic. And you’ve got some good stuff to listen to on the radio. Actually, this may not be an analogy at all, because I used to have a mix tape with the opening audio from Episode 245 on it, and I listened to it on a lot of long drives through these same roads.

The point I’m trying to get at is that this title card could apply to any one of at least six episodes. Goku doesn’t actually teach the boys fusion until episode 247, which continues into 248, and the boys don’t succeed until 251. I guess “Gohan revived” is a fairly unique event for this episode, but the Kai’s been hinting at his “other method” across multiple episodes, and that concept doesn’t really pay off until Episode 250. The Majin Buu Saga is very good, but a lot of it, especially this middle section, is like fifty miles of road surrounded by cornfields.

I will say this, Buu’s much more direct about his reign of terror. First, he kills all the people in a city by turning them all into candy. Now we have a completely empty town, which is very reminiscent of Imperfect Cell’s early appearances, except Cell only hit small towns, and it took him a while to kill everyone, and he had to suppress his ki so the Z-Fighters wouldn’t gang up on him and kill him. Buu did this in a matter of seconds, in full view of the entire world.

Then he blows up the city with a blast of super breath... that makes things explode. Still haven’t figured out how that works.

Babidid announces to the world that Buu will continue doing this until Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks show themselves. He estimates that at this rate, it’ll take five days to kill everyone on the planet. Then he’ll just have Buu blow up the Earth, so if his enemies don’t come out of hiding, they still won’t escape his wrath. So there’s shades of Android 17 and 18 from Future Trunks’ timeline, except they spent twenty years terrorizing the world this way. But those two needed the world to live on. Buu doesn’t. I’m not sure how Babidi plans to travel to the next planet over without his spaceship, but that’s his problem.

If it were me writing this, I might have worked the angle where Babidi was stranded on Earth, so he would focus on subjugating the planet’s population and forcing them to build him a new ride out of here. I might have a scene where some engineers are worried about getting the thing built quickly so they can get rid of these two, but then another engineer points out that they mustn’t build his ship, because once Babidi has a way off the planet, he’ll just have Buu destroy it. So the Earth is kind of screwed either way.

But that would take too long, and really, this is better. Babidi isn’t a long-term strategist. He’s apparently spent centuries on this Majin Buu project, but now that he has him, he doesn’t seem to have any particular plans on what to do with him. All he’s thinking about now is getting revenge on Piccolo for chopping him in half, which has completely clouded his judgment. He should be concentrating on Buu, and figuring out how to control him, since Buu is the key to what he wants, and the only thing keeping him alive, and the only thing that can stop him.

Anyway, the point of this telepathic address to the world was to get someone to rat out Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks. Babidi invites anyone who knows where they are to simply think at him, and he’ll pick up his psychic phone and listen. But barely anyone knows those three at all, and even fewer know where to find them. Hell, does Piccolo even have a permanent home?

In desperation, one of the officials from the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai recalls seeing those three at the competition, and he looks up their names on the registration forms. He contacts Babidi and reads them off, although Piccolo used “Majunior” as an alias, so even that turns out to be pointless.

So Babidi angrily makes the guy’s head explode, because he doesn’t care who they are, he wants to know where they are. This is what I’d like to do to the robocaller who tells me the warranty on my car is about to expire.

Piccolo’s so upset by all of this that he resolves to show himself, just to try to get Buu to cut it out, but Goku convinces him that this would be useless. Babidi would just be doing something like this anyway, and besides, he wouldn’t be satisfied until he’d killed Goten and Trunks to. As it is, Goku needs all of them here, because he wants Piccolo to train them on the fusion technique after he leaves. The irony is that Piccolo was just saying that they would have to endure mass genocide while they trained the boys, and Goku already has to remind him.

That’s the big thematic difference with the Buu arc. With Frieza, nearly all of the Namekians were wiped out before the heroes got there, and while they had to keep a low profile, they could at least do something by securing Dragon Balls and hiding them. With Cell, this is a lot like the period where the Saiyans were using the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and Cell and the androids were basically running loose on the Earth, but Piccolo was still actively searching for them. Here, there is literally nothing they can do about Buu’s rampage while they prepare their counter attack.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Kai has brought Gohan to his world, the Sacred World of the Kais, or the Supreme Kai Planet, or whatever else you want to call it. Kibito finds this unthinkable, since not even lesser Kais or Kami are permitted to come here. I’m not sure why Kibito is so bent out of shape over this. It’s like he really wanted to invite the Grand Kai over some time for beer and pretzels, and he knew it was against the rules, so he’s pissed that he respected that for so long just to have a mortal show up.

As for Gohan, he assumes he must be dead, but the Supreme Kai explains that he’s still alive, and that he brought him here to retrieve the Z-Sword. This makes Kibito even more apoplectic, because even the Kais can’t use the Z-Sword, so how could any mortal being do anything with it? The Supreme Kai takes a lot of lip from this dude. Then again, he seem to recognize that his orders must be very nonsensical to someone who doesn’t know what Gohan can do. And Gohan’s confused himself, because he doesn’t know what the Z-Sword is.

Meanwhile, Trunks and Goten wake up in Kami’s Lookout. They don’t know where they are, so they start checking out the place, then discover a table with a huge dinner just laid out for them. Is that yellow blob an omelet? That’d really hit the spot.

Then Mr. Popo shows up and hassles them, and Trunks panics because he thinks he’s in trouble for stealing food. Okay, so why is all of this here in the first place? The only explanation that makes sense is that Popo set it up for the boys when they woke up, but he seems genuinely surprised and a little miffed that they made there way here and started eating.

Then Popo tries to stop them from running, and they fight him as Super Saiyans, and Mr. Popo blocks all their hits. I’m really looking forward to seeing how Team Four Star handles this scene with their version of Mr. Popo.

Anyway, Goku finally catches up to them, and we’re finally ready to start teaching them how to fuse.

Back on the Supreme Kai Planet, Kibito uses Clothes Beam on Gohan to make him a suit more in keeping with the dress code. “If I gotta wear a tablecloth around my waist all day, then so do you.” Personally, I hate this look for Gohan, but his Great Saiyaman suit was pretty much shredded, so I can’t complain too much.

They fly over to this tall butte surrounded by a lake, and that’s where the Z-sword is kept.

The sword is embedded in the rock, and no one has ever been able to pull it out. No Kais, I should say, because lesser beings aren’t even allowed on this planet. The Supreme Kai figures that since Gohan is far stronger than any Supreme Kai, he ought to have a better chance.

Of course, this all resembles the Excalibur legend, and Gohan himself points this out, because he’s a huge nerd. Of course, with Excalibur, the whole point was that you had to be a specific person to be able to draw the sword out of the stone. It was a matter of fate more than brute strength, but this is Dragon Ball F’N Z. The Supreme Kai figures that if the sword won’t come out, that means we just need a stronger guy to pull on it harder. Either that, or he thinks Gohan can just blow up the whole butte and get it out that way.

Back at the Lookout, Goku tells the boys about Gohan and Vegeta’s deaths. Well, Gohan’s alive, but they don’t know that. The boys take it hard, but Goku tells them to stop crying, because it’s up to them to stop Buu, and they don’t have much time.

bUt gOkU iS tOo SoFt oN hIs kiDs tO tRaIn tHem

This is how you can tell those “Piccolo is a better dad” nutbars are full of it. They only watched the early Z stuff, and they ignored the part where Goku trained Gohan for an entire year and made him vastly more powerful than Piccolo ever did. And now he’s literally repeating story beats from when Piccolo first met Gohan. Remember? First he told him that his father died, and then he told him that he’d have to train to save the world. That’s what Goku is telling Trunks right now.

Piccolo brings up the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, since that seems like a good way to solve their time crunch, but Goku declines. You can only use it for two days out of your whole life, and he figures that Goten and Trunks may need it for some other battle later in life.

More to the point, I’m not sure Goku would have more time on Earth this way. I guess it depends on how Baba reckons his 24 hours. The key thing here is how long the boys get personal instruction from Goku, since he’s the only one who knows the technique.

And that’s the course we’re on. While Goku prepares Goten and Trunks to use Fusion, the Supreme Kai prepares Gohan to use the Z-Sword. So it looks like there’s two separate paths to beating Buu. I suppose this sort of thing happens in DBZ a lot, but usually one of the multiple paths is Vegeta, who sort of makes the whole thing into a competition. It’s weird that one (or both) of these groups might have to step aside for the other, and they’d have absolutely no problem with that.

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