#S.I.U
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Ummmm...woof.....
#Tower of God#Sinui Tap#Kami no Tou#S.I.U#Naver Webtoon#Line Webtoon#Webtoon#Manhwa#Baylord Yama#Lo Po Bia Family#King of the Canines#Chapter 187
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SIU・しう Translation
Title: SIU・しう
Translated: Archeia and JuriTea_
In its rawest form, S.I.U is about the privileged rich person looking down on people. There are themes of blood superiority, people being dispensable and antinatalist. I think Miyashita Yuu's version changes the meaning because of the multiple voices and PoV that I enjoy it a lot.
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Baila morena baila morena
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This is Zy, a silly guy who likes to playfully fuck around. He is so fucking random too 😭 But man, he has been the guy to keep me grounded recently which is honestly really funny to think about HAHA
Alter description below ~ ° ★ .* ○ ° ●
ZY || "NAKED"
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Age ⚝ 21+ (unsure of exact)
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Pronouns ⚝ He/They
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Gender ⚝ Genderqueer
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Sexuality ⚝ Pansexual
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Proxy ⚝ 🗣
・゜゜ . . * *✧･ﾟ:* ・ ✧･ﾟ: ・゜゜・．
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Brain-Made
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Co-Host, Mental Protector
𖥔 ݁ ˖ PDA? ⚝ Okay with
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Flirting/teasing? ⚝ Okay with
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Nicknames? ⚝ Okay with
・゜゜ . . * *✧･ﾟ:* ・ ✧･ﾟ: ・゜゜・．
Listening to: S.I.U - MARETU
01:04 ──•───── 04:39
⇆ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ↻
ılıılıılıılıılıılı
ᴠᴏʟᴜᴍᴇ : ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮
#sms★#smsreveal#sms brainmade#Zy 🗣#Naked 🗣#did#osddid#osdd#endos dni#traumagenic system#c did system#actually dissociative#actually mentally ill#polyfrag system#polyfragmented#alter art#system art#actual did#actually plural#actually did#digital art
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BATIM/BATDR characters as vocaloid songs
[PREV POST]
sorry if any of these feel ooc </3 some of these are covers
//just like last time heres the playlist//
Joey Drew:
World is Mine - ryo [Jubyphonic Cover] (i am only half joking with this one...)
Outer Science - Jin [Kuraiinu Cover]
The Game of Life - Yuzuhico [Jubyphonic Cover]
Matoryoshka - Hachi
Henry Stein:
Bad Apple - Minoshima [Jubyphonic Cover]
Donut Hole - Hachi [MioDioDaVinci KYO Cover]
Nonsense speaker - Nekobolo
other characters below the cut :)
Sammy Lawrence:
Stop Nagging Me - Neru
Crystaline - CirCrush
Echo - Crusher [JubyPhonic & Mes]
yes i am plugging my old mashup
Phony - Tsumiki [Will Stetson Cover]
Love me, Love me, Love me - Kikuo [Mey Chan Cover]
The Ink Demon:
Karma - CircusP
Copycat - CircusP [Dima Lancaster Cover]
Amygdala's Rag Doll - GHOST
The Cat's Dining Table - Kikuo
You are a Worthless Child - Kikuo
Audrey:
Rolling Girl - wowoka
White Happy - MARETU
Brain Fluid Explosion Girl - rerulili
Susie Campbell/Malice Angel:
Let's go to Heaven - Kikuo
Hitorinbo Envy - koyori
Machine Gun - KIRA
Again - Crusher [ARAKI Cover]
Bacterial Contamination - Kanimiso-P
Norman Polk/The Projectionist:
Emptiness, Emptiness, Emptiness of Emptiness - Kikuo
Henry and Joey:
Therefore You and Me - TadanoCo
Patchwork Staccato - toa [Jubyphonic Cover]
Talent Sampler - koyori [Agi UTAU Cover]
Monster - KIRA [Aruvn Cover]
Mind Brand - MARETU [Kuraiinu Cover]
Sammy and Joey:
Honey I'm Home - GHOST
I Hate You - dennoko-P
Disillusioned - MARETU
Sammy and Norman:
Hole Dwelling - Kikuo
Corpse Dance - Kikuo
Audrey and The Ink Demon/Bendy:
Hide and Seek - SeeU [Lizz Robinett Cover]
S.I.U - MARETU [Chinjireta Cover]
A Tale of Six Trillion Years and a Night - kemu
Childish War - Giga-P & Reol
Audrey and Joey:
Death Should Not Have Taken Thee - Jesus-P [Jubyphonic Cover]
sorry i just think this one is silly lol
and of course, leekspin for wally
miku's levan polkka is so fucking funny bc apparently shes not even singing in finnish shes just singing giberish that sounds vaguely like the original song its great
ALSO SHOUTOUT TO YOU BTW BECAUSE YOUR MIND 💥
i already had karma down before seeing this but i put it under bendy HFGHJDFJHD definitely fits sammy i think too!
#can you tell im a kikuo fan lmao#dont look at me#batim#bendy and the ink machine#batdr#bendy and the dark revival#joey drew#henry stein#sammy lawrence#the ink demon#ink demon#audrey batdr#audrey drew#susie campbell#malice angel#twisted alice#norman polk#the projectionist#creatorship#you can see any of the 2 character songs as romantic or platonic either work#except for audrey and bendy AND ESPECIALLY JOEY AND AUDREY#shipping bendy and audrey makes me very uncomfy so please dont with this post at least#and i dont even need to say why you shouldnt see audrey and joey as anything but familial#so simply dont
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With faces old and new, The loop starts again and again.
Welcome to the official Tumblr blog for Suck It Up! (S.I.U! For short!) A FNaF re-imagining project that began back in 2022 created by three close friends! Here, we will be posting artwork, fics, animations, and more all about it and our journey into madness.
Askbox is open, and so is Submissions! Come join us in the world where Fantasy and Fun come to life!
S.I.U! is created by: Troope/Cinna(@spectralfineries), Jay(@jay-borb) and Rin(@rin--ren)!
Blog Mods: Troope/Cinna, Jay
S.I.U! Fic AO3 Portal: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2836984
S.I.U! Website: [WORK IN PROGRESS]
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Synopsis: Graduation is in sight and chrissy's relationship with jason is breaking down.
Warnings: drugs, language
Author's note: thanks to everyone who's been reading my blurbs! I now have 100+ notes on each one, which might not sound like much but it's made me really happy!!!! This blurb is just a short one, set before eddie and chrissy were eddie and chrissy. Please feel free to chat with me about your headcanons for them and of course, feedback is always very welcome :)
“So, what exactly is going on with you and Jason?”
Eddie steals a sidelong glance at her as he sits up slightly to ash the joint over the side of the van.
“What do you mean?”
Eddie laughs humorlessly.
“Come on.” He says, incredulous. “The whole school knows you barely even talk any more.”
Chrissy doesn’t know when she stopped buying pot from Eddie Munson and started smoking it with him, and she definitely doesn’t know when their designated hang out time became most nights of the week. Most recently, on the bonnet of his car, in the woods overlooking the lake, watching the stars.
“He’s got things he needs to focus on.” Chrissy says defensively, snaking her hand over to his side to grab the joint. “And I do, too.”
Eddie would be smoking a spliff if he was on his own, but Chrissy prefers joints. She doesn’t like tobacco-taste.
“Like studying for finals, right?”
He’s smiling at her now, only slightly evilly. Chrissy hasn’t caught on to the fact that he’s making fun of her, yet.
“I got a conditional acceptance to S.I.U.” She reminds him. “I need to get a good score in the math retake or I’m screwed.”
“Uh huh.”
“Plus, Jason needs to make sure he gets in on his basketball scholarship, so. Everyone’s counting on him.”
She exhales, deep and a little shaky, smoke mixing with visible breath.
Eddie rolls onto his side.
“Wasn’t it his big game tonight?” He wonders.
“Um, yeah.”
“And you cheered, correct?”
He knows she did. She’s in her cheer uniform right now, pom poms and school bag stashed safely under Eddie’s back seat.
“Yeah?”
“Who won the game?”
She feels a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. She’s figured out what he’s doing.
“The tigers.” She concedes.
“The tigers, that’s right.”
Eddie’s grinning mischievously, teasing her and it makes her whole body feel inexplicably warm. Her stomach is doing flips.
“Well if you know everything, why are you asking me?”
She says it quietly, but she’s laughing now, and he is too. He shrugs, fingers tapping at the car hood.
“I’m just saying, if things were really going well between you and Jason, you would be out celebrating his win. Definitely not hanging out with me getting baked out of your fucking skull.”
He says it in a sing-song tone, snatching the joint right out of her mouth. Her eyes go wide and her cheeks flame.
“Fine.”
He smiles triumphantly, taking a long pull.
“But we’re not broken up, ‘kay?. Just…” She waves her hands at the inky sky, searching for the right words. “Giving each other a little space.”
Eddie hums pleasantly.
“Space. I like the sound of that.”
She fights a giggle.
“And why’s that?”
She already knows the answer.
Eddie flips over onto his belly, chin resting on his hand so he’s hovering above her.
“Well, don’t be too shocked, but I never really liked the guy, so uh.”
She can’t stop herself from grinning, now. Eddie’s talking badly about her boyfriend and she can’t stop grinning.
“Pluuus…” He’s airy, pretending to be casual but there’s a fluttering in his stomach, too. “It kinda means that I get to see a little more of you, so.” He stabs at her stomach with his fingers while he says it and she laughs, face turning red. “It’s a win win situation.”
He blows smoke into her face and she squeals and pushes him off.
He loves her like this. Open. Laying so close to him in the dark, blushing and laughing at every word he says. He could so easily pull her in closer. Grab her. Kiss her. And sometimes, he could let himself believe that she wants it, too. But he’s always careful not to let the conversation lull for too long.
“So, um. Where does Jason think you are tonight?” He implores. He stubs the spent joint out on the van and throws it, settling back down on his belly, head resting on folded arms.
Chrissy shrugs.
“At home, probably.”
“And I'm guessing your parents think you're with him?”
“They think I'm at the party, yeah.”
“Okay, next question.”
She rolls her eyes at his interrogation.
“Does Jason know you smoke now?” Eddie wonders.
“No. No.” She says, tone quickly turning serious. “And you can’t tell him, Eddie. Really. He’d kill me. He really would.”
Eddie half believes her.
“I’m not gonna tell him anything.”
There’s a pause.
“So long as YOU don’t tell anyone I let you smoke my stash for free. It would ruin my rep. Plus, can’t have Rick finding out about that.”
“Why do you?” She wants to know, even though she thinks she already does. Maybe.
“Do what?”
“Let me smoke for free?”
Eddie laughs again, picking at peeling paint on the van instead of meeting her eyes.
“What can I say? I’m a charitable guy.”
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“Have you told your mom and dad about S.I.U yet?”
Despite the fact that he just helped polish off a joint, Eddie’s lighting up a cigarette practically the second they get back in the car, one hand on the wheel as he messes with a zippo. Chrissy frowns at him as she rolls the window down.
“I thought you said no more questions.”
“I never said that.”
She sighs.
“No. And I never told Jason, either.” She says it quickly, anticipating Eddie’s next line of enquiry.
“They’re gonna have to find out sometime.”
“I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.”
It’s quiet as Eddie pulls onto the highway. There aren’t many cars on the roads, but he’s not driving at five times the speed limit for once.
“So, uh. You have a curfew today?” He murmurs, eyes concentrating on rounding the bends in the dark. He jumps slightly when Chrissy gently grabs his wrist, trying to get a look at his watch.
“I have some time.” She says, softly.
“Yeah?”
She nods, swallowing around nothing. The car suddenly feels small.
“You wanna watch a movie or something?”
It’s probably against his better judgement, but it’s out of his mouth now. Plus, she even said it herself: her and Jason were getting space.
“A movie?”
“Yeah.”
He isn’t doing anything wrong. He isn't doing anything-
“I’ll let you pick.”
Fuck.
Too far, Eddie. He thinks. What are you, in love with her?
“You can pick.” She forfeits. “If. You study with me afterwards.”
He huffs a laugh, rolling his eyes.
Pretty girls don’t pay for weed.
He knows it. She definitely knows it.
He looks at her out of the corner of his eye, a smile growing slowly on his lips. They round the corner into the trailer park.
He's nodding his head.
“Deal, Cunningham.”
Her smile back is triumphant - no - radiant, and he's fucked.
Absolutely, completely, fucked.
#eddie munson x chrissy cunningham#eddie munson#eddie munson headcanons#stranger things s4#stranger things headcanons#joseph quinn#chrissy cunningham#eddie x chrissy#chrissy x eddie#eddissy#stranger things#eddie stranger things#joe quinn#my writing
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Round 1 Winners: May Vocaloid Song Tournament 2023
Set 1, Match 1: Eureka by Hiiragi Kirai
Set 1, Match 2: Hyperdontia by Creep-P x GHOST
Set 1, Match 3: Le rouge est amour by SCL Project
Set 1, Match 4: Dance of the Frogs by Kikuo
Set 1, Match 5: Rainy Boots by inabakumori
Set 1, Match 6: Machine Gun Poem Doll by cosMo@bousou-P
Set 1, Match 7: Faraway by Hiiragi Kirai
Set 1, Match 8: Ángel by Kairiki Bear
Set 2, Match 1: Bottom by Hiiragi Kirai
Set 2, Match 2: Cendrillon 10th Anniversary by Signal-P
Set 2, Match 3: S.I.U. by Maretu
Set 2, Match 4: The Lunacy of Duke Venomania by mothy
Set 2, Match 5: Queen of Hearts by KANON69
Set 2, Match 6: Unknown Mother Goose by wowaka
Set 2, Match 7: Dakini by U-taP (won after a tiebreaker poll)
Set 2, Match 8: Spider on the Wall by GHOST
Set 3, Match 1: Villain by Teniwoha
Set 3, Match 2: My Love is Hellfire by SLAVE.V-V-R
Set 3, Match 3: Galleria by Hiiragi Kirai
Set 3, Match 4: Entomologists by GHOST
Set 3, Match 5: Pygmalion by U-taP
Set 3, Match 6: Aura by GHOST
Set 3, Match 7: Eva by Hiiragi Kirai (won after a tiebreaker poll)
Set 3, Match 8: Unhappy Refrain by wowaka
Set 4, Match 1: Bug by Kairiki Bear
Set 4, Match 2: Vocalo-Colosseum by DIVELA
Set 4, Match 3: Kagami no Mahou by Hitoshizuku x Yama
Set 4, Match 4: Alluring Secret ~Vow of the Holy War~ by Hitoshizuku x Yama
Set 4, Match 5: NON-USE by inabakumori
Set 4, Match 6: Dummy March by momocashew
Set 4, Match 7: Autophagy by Hiiragi Kirai
Set 4, Match 8: Seraphim in the Ring by Mitchie M
Set 5, Match 1: Finders Keepers by Riproducer
Set 5, Match 2: I'll Throw My Emotions Away by Riproducer
Set 5, Match 3: Those Who Carried On by GHOST
Set 5, Match 4: Merry Unbirthday by Natsuyama Yotsugi
Set 5, Match 5: A Clown's Tears by Saitomo
Set 5, Match 6: End-World Normopathy by GHOST
Set 5, Match 7: OVER DRIVE DANCE CLUB by Edgar Lovecraft x Maretu
Set 5, Match 8: Mr. Schadenfreude by Hitoshizuku x Yama
We went from 80 songs to 40! Round 2 will start later today with new randomized match-ups! Thank you for voting thus far and please continue to reblog for other people to see!
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hold on ive got two more songs for victim
bo en - My Time ("Hands (Hands!) of time will wring my neck / Every little moment spells regret / But I don't have to feel this way / As a voice inside my head") (and the general swtiching btwn calm and going completely apeshit)
Maretu - S.I.U
TY FOR FEEDING MY VICTIM OBSESSION
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vocaloid songs i associate with the grumps because brain do weird thing
Some of these I can’t explain why I associate them because I don’t know why, but others. I sure do
Filbo - Donut Hole (Hachi)
Alright so I only vaguely know the meaning of Donut Hole because the only english cover of it that appetizes my ears is kinda unclear, but half knowing the meaning, it feels. Filbo enough
Beffica - Spinal Fluid Explosion Girl (Rerulili)
Don’t ask
Gramble - Lost Ones Weeping (Neru)
Okay. Okay i. Hi i don’t know with this one. it just felt angsty enough to Gramble
i am absolutely not revealing the song i associate with wiggle herself so instead you’re getting the one i associate with Wigglefunny
Wiggle and Gramble - Magnet (Minato)
Generic love song. relatively generic couple
Wambus and Triffany - On The Rocks (OSTER Project)
Okay so this song, at first i associated it with them without knowing the meaning because I was like “oh, on the rocks is probably about a rocky yet working relationship, because the titles of vocaloid songs are known for reflecting the song” I was wrong it’s about sex. It is still their song
i got nothin for Cromdo
Chandlo - Sweet Magic (Junky)
Happy guy happy song :)
Snorpy - Shinkai Shoujo (Deep Sea Girl) (Yuuyu-P)
Really want to make an AMV of it to him to the Glutamine cover of the song. Also I base the english translation of this song off of MeloDelta’s english cover and not Lizz Robinetts!!
Floofty - S.I.U. (Maretu)
i have nothing for shelda
Eggabell - Rolling Girl (Wowaka)
You fucking know why
Lizbert - The Disappearance Of Hatsune Miku (coSmo(?))
YOU ALSO KNOW WHY
anyways yeah i have poor taste in songs i associate with characters. explode
#bugsnax#filbo fiddlepie#beffica winklesnoot#gramble gigglefunny#wiggle wigglebottom#wambus troubleham#triffany lottablog#chandlo funkbun#snorpy fizzlebean#floofty fizzlebean#eggabell batternugget#elizabert megafig
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Today in Great Lakes shipping history. September 4th.
1967: The tugs MICHAEL McALLISTER and AMERICA towed the retired passenger ship NORTH AMERICAN through the Welland Canal enroute to a new career as a training ship for the S.I.U. at Piney Point, MD.
Boat Nerd
#great lakes#cruise ship#ship wreck#ship#tug boat#ore boat#passenger ferry#nautical#maritime#edmund fitzgerald
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Tiene algún antagonista cuya historia no sabemos??
Esta pregunta me hizo analizar mi historia JAJAJA
He contado como antagonistas a todos los pjs que intentan matar a los protagonistas directamente. No he contado la historia de ninguno, así que sentíos libres de preguntar sobre cualquiera 👌
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Side note, for that S.I.U song. I imagine it's Tysons father and mother having an argument (with the male void of course being the father since he says the worst of it)
Also now my theory (long post ahead?)
Ok OK so for a long time after I realized adastra is a TV show in echo (not the events based on the game, but an au of adastra where amicus is straight and there's no humans blah blah blah) so adastra and echo are connected in that little way so echo project now has a multiverse on their hands yeah? Ok so the theory is that The Hum/ other paranormal stuff that happens in echo is the result of the evil presence we learn about in adastra. "The Other" as you will. The evil force that even the parents are scared of and the reason the galaxias exists. But in adastra the other isn't in the area and it'll take thousands if not millions of years to reach them as noted by the parents. (Also side note, in arches its kinda obvious that the town of echo is ALIVE. Like full blown. It is aware of things scarily so, more than a town should since you know. It's not a living organism.. but here we are with a town thats alive). But the thing is though, what if the other can infect things on a multiversal level because it's a being outside of time and space, it can be in many places at once. (Like how Flynn can be in many places across time when he becomes socket face.)
I know this all sounds insane but I feel like I'm on to something, plus the other talked to Marco before despite it being so far far away from where he was in the universe. So that's my theory. The other and the evil presence infecting the town of echo are one in the same. Just not in the same universe.
Anon you might be onto something
I can't say you're wrong because even tho Adastra is just a tv show in the Echo universe, we know there are infinite universes/timelines (that's why every route in every game is canon) so it could perfectly exist a timeline where the other exist in the same universe than Echo and that's the only thing they need to travel through other universes/timelines.
Still, it seems like a long stretch. We know little about what's causing the hysteria in Echo and tbh I found a little weird that an omnipotent deity would be messing with a town in the middle of nowhere.
Guess who's writing a late response again?
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I don’t know much about MDZS but the way I’ve seen people talk about JGY reminds a little about the song S.I.U when sung by Miy_Yuu. Just gives me his vibes I guess.
song is here (I hope this is the right one!)
VERY MUCH feeling the vibes, thank you anon!!!
#ask answered#people sending me songs and videos and things lately is so wholesome thank u all TT__TT
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Mike Wheeler Playlist compilation
(All songs can be found in my "#mike wheeler playlist" tag, but im putting the collection here just to make things easier)
(1) Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo
(2) You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison by MCR
(3) Headfirst for Halos by MCR
(4) Demons by Hayley Kiyoko
(5) Every Single Night by Fiona Apple
(6) Caught in the Middle by Paramore
(7) I'm a Ruin by Marina
(8) Bloodline/Difficult Things by Orla Gartland
(9) Voice by KIRA
(10) Sprawl II by Arcade Fire
(11) Bad Apple!! (German version, though the Japanese version fits too)
(12) Take Flight by Alice Phoebe Lou
(13) Gaping Mouth by Lowertown
(14) House of Cards by Madina Lake
(15) Self-Sabotage by Waterparks
(16) My Time by Bo En
(17) The Feels by TWICE
(18) Hate Me by Layto
(19) Car Radio by Twenty-One Pilots
(20) Old Future Hearts by All Time Low
(21) 30 by Badflower
(22) Devil by L.I.F.T.
(23) Where Is My Mind? by Pixies
(24) Lies by Will Jay
(25) Trrst by Ic3peak
(26) God Must Hate Me by Catie Turner
(27) Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell
(28) I Never Loved Myself Like I Love You from Dead Poets Society
(29) Moudoku ga Osou by Mafumafu
(30) S.I.U. by Miyashitta Yuu
(31) ONE OFF MIND by Miyashitta Yuu
(32) Mama by My Chemical Romance
(33) Think I'm Sick by Icon for Hire
(34) Hourglass by Set it Off
(35) Melancholy Ceremony by Miyashitta Yuu
(36) Happy Shape by Miyashitta Yuu
(37) Kids by Current Joys
(38) Other Side of Paradise by Glass Animals
(39) Darkling by The Mooks
(40) King For a Day by Pierce the Veil
(41) Again by Crusher
(42) The Witching Hour by The Ready Set
(43) The Lost One's Weeping by Neru
(44) If I Killed Someone For You by Alec Benjamin
(45) Oyozure Bito by Miyashita Yuu
(46) Hell is Where The Heart Is by Get Scared
(47) Grain by Miyashita Yuu
(48) You Get Me So High by The Neighborhood
(49) Softcore by The Neighborhood
(50) Saint Bernard by Linkin
(51) Nightmare's Lullaby by Miyashita Yuu
(52) Despair by leo
#mike wheeler playlist#mike wheeler#mike wheeler protection squad#mikewheelerdefenseclub#byler#byler playlist#gay mike wheeler#posting about the prick#byler tumblr#stranger things#stranger things playlist
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Tower of God: Symptoms of Loneliness
I place this at the service of Christ by the hands of His mother.
“It is not good that the man should be alone” - Genesis 2:18
First, disclaimers:
1.) As of 2022, Tower of God is an unfinished webcomic written by S.I.U., so I cannot comment on the series as a finished whole.
2.) That said, I really like ToG. I think the MC is a great example of someone growing in virtue and the author does a great job at creating a diverse cast of characters. If the art style turns you away, I suggest you hold out since it gets way better over time. Alternatively, you can watch the anime which is a good adaptation with a great OST by Kevin Penkin.
3.) I want to talk about loneliness, but that is a wide category, so this will have to be limited to a specific type as I’ll clarify later on.
Second, here’s the plot:
The premise of ToG is simple. There’s a tower. Climb it. Get to the top, and your dreams will come true. Simple, right? Yes and no. The issue is this: you climb each level - known as a “floor” of the tower - by passing a test, a test where there is always a winner and loser. Thus, it very quickly becomes every man for himself.
Our story begins with Bam a young boy who lives in an underground cave. One day a girl named Rachel stumbles across this cave, and the two becomes friends. But Rachel wants to climb The Tower and tells Bam to forget about her. Our infatuated boy is not to be put down and so quickly chases her up the tower.
Third, what I want to talk about:
My focus this article is a conversation between Bam and Endorsi a girl who is living only for herself. Endorsi has no problem stepping over people to get what she wants. She grew up in a family that encouraged the strong and neglected the weak. Bam on the other hand, had no one with him in the cave and so treasures anyone he meets.
At one point, the climbers need to get 10 signatures of “friends” they’ve made. Endorsi has set herself up as an independent climber and so she has no one to reach out to for such a task. At the same time, she finds herself out of money and so Bam buys her lunch each day in order to get her signature. Later she asks Bam why he wasted the money just to get her signature. His answer? “I hate being lonely, so I don’t want others to be lonely either.”
Endorsi, however, doesn’t immediately say “thank you”. Instead, she tries to defend her isolation. “I like being alone,” she says, “It feels worse to be with someone. They bother you… and make you nervous, so it’s better to be alone.” But Bam turns this argument upside-down. “But doesn’t that also mean… you’re lonely?”
His point is this: for some of us, the dislike of people is not a cause but a symptom of loneliness. And Bam proves this by his next question: “Is that how you feel with me?” To which Endorsi replies: “No.” The point is that, by realizing there are people she enjoys being with, Endorsi now understands loneliness isn’t being with people we dislike but being away from people we do like. If you’ve ever sought refuge in a friend at an event where you don’t know anyone else, I think you’ll know what I mean.
Okay, so what’s the point Mr. “Christian Commentator”
Recall the verse at the top of this page. “It is not good that the man should be alone.” As Christians, we believe that from the beginning of our existence we are called to live in a community. This is why family is not just a social but a natural structure. Despite whatever you may read from Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, we never find man simply alone in a state of nature.
We are not meant to be alone – no matter how much we convince ourselves that it’s good for us. Even the early monastic movement was aware of this with solitary hermits being the exception not the norm. You don’t take on the solitary life to be independent but to realize just how dependent you are on God. It makes us grow in humility by knowing we don’t have everything under control.
So now here’s the point.
To move away is also to move towards. In recognizing that it is not good to be alone, we know what it is we should be looking for: building community with others. Big surprise, a recurring theme in Tower of God is whether it’s better to dominate others or work together with others to obtain your goal.
As I mentioned at the beginning, loneliness is a broad category, so I’d like to look at a specific type of loneliness, one that makes us dislike people. Just like Endorsi – when there’s no one around us that we’re comfortable with – we can easily turn to ourselves to accomplish everything. Afterall, wouldn’t asking for help be a sign of weakness? And here pay attention to the lies of the devil: wouldn’t they think I’m stupid? Do they only help me to feel good about themselves? Wouldn’t I be in their debt or be putting myself under them?
All of these are ways the devil gets us to close ourselves off to others and put us in a state that is not good for us to be in. To borrow words from Classroom of the Elite, we mistake isolation for independence. We forget that God has said “Behold how good and pleasing it is when brothers dwell together” (Ps 133:1).
So what are we to do?
Talk is nice, but this is pointless if I don’t offer practical advice. I’d like to preface this by saying these aren’t magical cures, but simply things that I’ve reaped much benefit from.
Frequently invoke the name of Jesus. E.g. “Jesus Christ have mercy on me” or whatever form you find helpful and can be prayed repeatedly while you’re working. This reminds us that we can’t do anything without Him.
If you don’t have a devotion to a particular saint or your guardian angel, get one. Doesn’t matter who; start making friends with those we look forward to spending eternal life with. Just like with Jesus, talk to them about anything that’s happening.
(And this is the one I struggle with most) Put in effort to know more about people, it will help you love them. Spend time learning about their likes, dislikes, and family, and most importantly don’t be afraid to share your own life with them. (Endorsi wouldn’t have realized her scenario if she hadn’t talked with Bam about it)
As I said, this is not a cure-all. But it is a place to start. When we find ourselves hating the company of others, let’s stop and ask ourselves why. If it’s because we think we don’t need anyone, then that’s the first sign we’ve gone too far.
I could go on but will stop for now. Perhaps this topic can be revisited from a different perspective.
St Justin Martyr, pray for us.
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