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nobodysuspectsthebutterfly · 6 years

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Gosh, I never did post my con report for Ice and Fire Con, did I? Well, 3 weeks past, but hopefully not too late...

4/26, Thursday evening: Arrived in Columbus airport. While packing my big-ass suitcase for the con Wednesday night Thursday morning, I realized my white makeup had somehow disappeared, but I looked up a Party City in a Columbus suburb that had some. (Didn’t have time to go shopping on my way to the Chicago airport.) So, having figured that I could rent a car for the whole weekend for less than the price of a Lyft from the airport to the lodge, I did so, found that shop, bought that makeup, and had a lovely drive to Deer Creek State Park. Approaching the park, I found the name was very accurate, as a deer was crossing the road on the way there, in a very stupid way. “Should I jump the fence? Or go back in the road and wander everywhere? Durhurhur!” Finally he got a clue and I moved on, only for another car to zoom around me like I was standing still. That’s how you get deer through your windshield, son.

But anyway, got to Deer Creek Lodge by 9ish, got my room and registered and all, and started seeing people I’d met last year. Chloe (@liesandarbor) and Emmett (@poorquentyn) and Wendy (@wendynerdwrites) and Jim (@warsofasoiaf) and all, as well as others who I don’t think have tumblrs (or I don’t know them) but are excellent folk. And I heard there was an unofficial party that night, thrown at the cabin of the Chicago boys (who I don’t know actually), same as last year, so I headed down that way. This year the party was in support of one of their fellows who’s getting married, a Stag and Doe party, with raffle tickets and games, so it was extra fun, besides the drinking and all. :)

Picked up a raffle package that included a blue rose flower crown, and had a moment when I met Tara (@ageeksaga) and she thought I was Wendy, lol. I was like, nope, sorry, I’m the other short brunette Jewish fandom fave from tumblr who’s dating a guy named Jim. (And who sometimes wears blue rose flower crowns.) She was tired, it’s hard getting this con ready, I didn’t blame her at all, but lol. :) Also at the party was Michael (@1000eyesandone) and his wife Adrienne, who are awesome people who I met at last year’s con, and ended up hanging around a lot with this year. Anyway, after a night of drinks and meeting people and drinking and chatting and drinking and games and drinking and winning tickets and putting them in the raffle prize choices (there were many cool prizes but only a few that I really wanted so I put most of my tickets in those), they had the raffle, about 1am I think, and I won a prize! Woo, chocolate and popcorn and bath bombs and other relaxing things. And then I was tired so walked back to the lodge with a bunch of other people, did a tiny tumblr update, and collapsed into bed.

4/27, Friday: The con officially opened today, and I got up late but made it to the second half of the ice breaker opening thing. They had the bingo where you’re supposed to find people who meet the qualifications for the bingo square (newbie to @iceandfirecon, newbie to cons in general, prefer direwolves to dragons or vice versa, have a particular fave house, are a shipper - I volunteered a lot for that one, and so on), and also that game where you have a name on your forehead and you have to guess who it is (I was Janos Slynt, joy), and I met some very neat people. Then I went down by the lake (or creek, I guess?) for my picture with a wolf! And here, some more pictures:

Logan is such a good boy. :)

Caught lunch with Wendy and Jim and Michael and Adrienne, then I went to the Q&A panel given by the Ironwood Wolves people, where they talked about the education work they do with their ambassador wolves, and what wolf behavior is like, and all that interesting stuff (watch the video, there’s a sweet sleepy wolf in it). Got some pictures of the lake, went to the History of Westeros meetup for a bit (I have a processing thing with podcasts so I can’t listen to them, but Ashaya and Aziz are the most excellent people), and soon it was time for the @asoiafuniversity meetup panel with me and Emmett.

Alas, we were up against Quiplash in the big conference room, and I don’t think the schedule was that clear unfortunately, so we didn’t have many people showing. (Unlike last year where we got a pretty good crowd!) But for those who did come, we explained what we do, and discussed some meta topics, and it was really nice. Then I caught the end of Quiplash, which is kind of a Cards Against Humanity -type online party game where you write the answers and the audience votes... well, it’s fun, and I got to be in the last answer panel, and even had an answer some people liked. :)

Went over to the vendor room and saw so many gorgeous things, ASOIAF art and statuettes and cloaks and such, but the only thing I bought was butterfly fairy wing earrings. (Which I think takes my number of butterfly earrings up to... 10 maybe? I have a lot.) Then as it was starting to get dark I went back to my room and got ready for Shabbos (had the room key situation arranged with the hotel staff, since my Jim wasn’t at the con), and then... it was time for IaFcon’s first musical!

Inspired by the awesome performance of Tara and Brian last year in D&D’s “You’re Welcome”, this year the crew put on WESTEROS, a tribute/parody of Hamilton. And oh my gosh it was sooo good. You should watch it, honest. (@draganchitsa, I spent half the time thinking of you.) Of course the costumes and casting were excellent, and there were some truly fantastic lines, all telling the KL story from the start of AGOT to the Battle of the Blackwater... Including one last song for the shippers among us, heehee, oh gosh I was covering my face and blushing the whole time. :) :) :)

Then dinner with Wendy and Jim and Emmett, then back to the con room for karaoke. :D As it was Shabbos I didn’t perform myself (didn’t want to deal with not using the mic and stuff), but I sang along with everybody, including when Michael did Head Like a Hole to the music of Call Me Maybe, which was hilarious. ;) That ended about midnight, and I headed back for sleep, as big day Saturday... or should I call it... Weirwood Day!

4/28, Saturday: Got up early(-ish) to get my weirwood tree costume ready. :) My makeup, since I’m not that often a cosplayer (like almost never), took a while (took forever, didn’t get to two panels I wanted to see, thankfully they’re on youtube now), and I had a panel I was actually on at 1pm and I still hadn’t put the bloody tears on at almost 12:30... So I dressed up and wigged up and leafed up, and headed out, got stopped on the way for a picture, got to the panel just a wee bit late... but still, it was an excellent panel, all about the animal symbolism in ASOIAF, lots of discussion of direwolves and how they interrelate to the Stark kids; as well as other houses, dragons, lions, krakens, bears, birds, trout... all that sort of thing. The panel’s up here on youtube if you want to see me as a white-and-red dorkus talking about direwolves. :)

Then there was the tourney, outside, which looked awesome, but it was coooold out and I still wasn’t quite done with my costume, so I went back to my room and had lunch and got finished up (occasionally glancing out the window since my lodge room had a tiny corner of a view of the tourney field), and finally... finally I was ready. :D

Headed toward the con rooms with a big backpack full of art books for my panel (that was going to be after the costume parade, and I so didn’t want to go back and forth), as well as my bag full of ravens. :D On the way, had a selfie with Ashaya (@buskerlenny), who had an excellent Danelle Lothston costume. Made it in time to catch the end of Emmett and Silas’s panel on Lovecraft Mythos and ASOIAF, listening while I checked that my leaves and ravens were all arranged properly. (Next time safety pins maybe?) And soon other cosplayers started coming in, including the lovely older lady who was such a perfect Old Nan last year -- this year she was the Ghost of High Heart, with a weirwood-print dress, and she was delighted to see me. :D She had a photo taken with her sitting and me standing (as a tree) behind her, which I haven’t seen but hope shows up one of these days, it should be so neat.

And then the costume parade! So many amazing costumes, so much fun. While we were waiting to line up, I actually started tearing up (because of my contacts, eyeliner, mascara, god knows), but consensus among those who looked at me that it really didn’t hurt my makeup much and really fit the crying-tree look? so hey. :) Last year in the parade people stopped to do performances, but this year they separated out the performances till after the parade (and the voting only for that), so it moved pretty quickly. But I got a lot of applause for my weirwood, especially when I lifted up my “branches” with the ravens on them. And I heard someone say that if they had been doing voting, I probably would have won, which is really really nice. :D :D :D

Then I sat down for the performances, and oh my gosh. There was a Rohanne vs. Dunk rap battle (with shoutout to Jaime/Brienne lol), a Brienne vs bear fight (set to the Bear and the Maiden Fair of course), Chloe did a parody of Free Fallin’ (with Lyanna and Ashara themes *wince*), and there was Michael as Tom O’Sevens singing Edmure’s Floppy Fish song that had everybody lol’ing... but the room went dead quiet in awe for Septon Meribald’s Broken Man speech. Damn. (And yeah, I cried some more.)

Group photo time!

All these amazing people. :) I’m kind of easy to find, though, lol.

And then there was my and Ashaya’s panel on the history of ASOIAF fanart, also with artists @sanrixian and @palewhiterabbit. It went really well, I think, lots of cool info... I brought my Art of Ice and Fire books, the D&E graphic novels, and some @kallielef and bubug prints (also one of @chaouenmadrid’s sansan books), Ashaya had Draw ‘Em With the Pointy End and another art book... but alas, we were up against the trivia contest in the big conference room, so again not that much of a crowd. (Someone asked me if I was cross-scheduled because Emmett and Wendy and I won trivia last year, idk lol, other people won too.) But anyway, the people who were there for the panel seemed to like it a lot -- not sure if it was filmed, but if it was I’ll put up the video eventually. Or maybe I could write down my mental notes, if you like.

Afterwards, I headed back to my room for dinner, and when Shabbos was over I took a few selfies (including some duckfaces for Kelly Sue DeConnick, whose costume inspired mine), and then washed up. Because party time!

(me and Wendy, at the party - I’m wearing little bird earrings and this tshirt)

I have few mental notes for the Flea Bottom Fete, alas. Just that it was a hell of a lot of fun, tons of great music (having a convo in the hallway, “oh wait this is my song, gotta dance”), people’s party cosplays were hilarious -- I recall Michael’s punk Bloodraven, there was a group of sexy Greyjoys, Tara had party Cersei, a bunch of girls came with a Qarth dress theme, and of course there was stripper RobbWind... and, well, there was a bar. :) (And also someone brought macarons, nom nom nom.)

4/29, Sunday: I had to check out by noon. I had a panel to give at noon. I managed to get packed up, check out, put my suitcase in the car, and make it on time for this panel, coffee’d up and everything. I consider that a grand success. And then in the very excellent panel (on GRRM’s many other works, with me and Aziz and Amin Javadi and one of the con volunteers I didn’t catch his name augh), I managed to actually sell a few people on reading Wild Cards, I think. Truly a success. :D And then the closing ceremonies were lovely -- and the wolf puppy from the photos that were taken Sunday even came, oh my gosh he was so cute... but sigh, alas the con was over for me.

I’d left a note on the Facebook group that I’d rented a car and could take up to 3 people back to the airport for an afternoon flight, and a few girls had contacted me that morning to take me up on the offer. So that was a nice trip. :) Returned the rental easy, caught my short flight easy, and was back in Chicago by Sunday evening to watch Avengers and get dinner with my @jimintomystery. A lovely weekend, full of ASOIAF and friends and fun, I truly hope to do it again next year!

(goddamn, this is long. no wonder I never properly wrote up last year’s con report...)

#asoiaf #ice and fire con #cons #con reports #gpoy as the kids are calling it these days #wolves #weirwoods #cosplay #personal stuff #long post #long post is loooooooooooong #it's behind a cut but gosh it's long #go watch the westeros musical it's awesome

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silverryu25 · 6 years

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Back from Atlantale! ♥

I got back yesterday but was too out of it to make much sense so now I’m gonna gush about all of the wonderful and amazing people I met and things I saw X3

The trip to Atlanta was more than worth it! I had so much fun with everyone and it was really incredible meeting so everyone in person. It was a long way for me to go and I’m incredibly happy I did (≧∀≦)♥

I’ll post it under the cut cause I may have went a little overboard ^_^;;

It was wonderful and amazing to stay with so many talented, kind and patient people in the airbnb. Thank you for letting me stay with all of you! You made my stay an incredible experience and I enjoyed every second of it! You are all amazing and I’m so happy I got to meet you, hang you with you and pun with you all! ♥＼(￣▽￣)／♥

@soloshikigami thank you so so much for asking me to stay with all of you and for waiting for me at the airport! I was just so happy to meet you I didn’t know what to do with myself (that’s why I was so stiff and distant when we met... sorry for that). Also, thank you for carting me around Wallmart and treating me to lunch! It was just amazing meeting you Solo ❤ (ɔˆ ⌣(ˆ⌣ˆc)

@nsfwsinningsans thank you for renting the airbnb and letting me stay! It made me so happy to meet the person behind the incredible art I keep staring at every time you post X3

@pancakeuniverse thank you for the pancakes! It was so nice to have a homey breakfast on my first day! And thank you for cooking for us, your meals were just scrumptious! Also, thank you for drawing my sona in my little notebook, they turned out so amazing I couldn’t stop staring (^3^)♥

@elegantfolly thank you for the company and fun! And for the amazing Sans and Blooky art! They both look so adorable and happy and I’ll treasure them both forever (●♡∀♡)

@accidentalfeelfest thank you for making me laugh like crazy! You are one of the funniest people I have met and now all the Jerry fics make so much more sense X’D

@colbypuppythebaker thank you for all the yummy food you made and brought for us! It was my first time trying everything that you bought and I loved it. And thank you for the company! It was wonderful meeting you in person (^ ω ^) ♥

@purrfecktlysinful thank you for the fun! It was adorable hearing you gush and worldbuild for Reborntale! I love your writing and seeing it be created like this was so much fun (≧∀≦) ❤

@sesurescue thank you for all the hugs! You were definitely the best hugger in the group! Also, thank you for the Fellcest sketch, they are just the cutest beans *hugs* ⊂(￣▽￣)⊃ ❤

Meeting everyone else who came to visit the airbnb where we were staying was just amazing! It was a real joy to meet all of you and to get to know you in person! I’m so happy I got to talk to all of you and share some fun times ( ´ ▽ ` ).｡ｏ♡

@mercy-run *huggles* glad I got to meet you Mercy! I’m so happy you managed to come after all! Meeting you in person made the trip completely worth it and I really enjoyed spending time with you. Also, the panels you did were just amazing! You didn’t seem nervous at all. Thank you for the company and all the hugs (/^-^(^ ^*)/ ❤

@undertailsoulsex thank you for the company and fun! It was great to meet you! I love your writing and linking a face to those incredible stories is just wonderful (*°▽°*) ❤

@fanficcentral30 thank you for the chocolates, the company and fun times! It was amazing to meet you! You are a wonderful person and I had a lot of fun talking with you (*≧ω≦*) ❤

@theyaois thank you for the company! It was a lot of fun meeting you and talking to you! I really love your art and it was just so wonderful to meet in person (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ ❤

@wildunderbeastly *smooches*glad we had a chance to meet! I was worried we would miss each other due to my lack of wi-fi but we got to hang out so much and I’m so happy!! You are just as amazing irl as you are online and I hope we get a chance to meet in Europe as well ❤ (ɔˆз(ˆ⌣ˆc)

@magyka13 you are adorable! I was happy that you made it and could come hang out with us! Thank you for raising the pun factor! The puns multiplied tenfold when you arrived *high fives*╰(*´︶`*) ❤

@nojiko444 I’m glad you came with Wild and I got to meet you! It was so much fun talking to you and I hope I didn’t bug you too much with my doll making! Thank you so so much for the gorgeous dragon! I love him to bits (*^◡^*) ❤

@nightdreamerdoodles it was great meeting you! We didn’t get to talk much but it was fun and I’m so glad you came with Wild and everyone! Thanky you for the babybones blaster, he is the cutest little guy ever (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ❤

@mistressofundertail it was incredibly fun to see you talk about your writing! I need to read up on everything you wrote so I can find all the little details you put into your stories! (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ ❤

The event was absolutely amazing! I’m sure everyone has seen pictures and videos posted on the event tumblr and could see there were many incredible artists, cosplayers, panels, things to see and people to meet! I loved every minute spent at the event and I loved meeting all the amazing people there. You are all just incredible and I’m so happy I met you all (≧◡≦) ❤

@dandelions-sea your cosplay was amazing! And it was a pleasure to meet you in person! You are amazing and I was really happy we could hang out at the event! Sorry it was so short though but it was lot of fun (*≧∀≦*) ❤

@tically and the louder brother J (not sure I can write his name here) you two are both so amazing! It was so much fun to hang out with you both in the gamer bar. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time! Hearing about your adventures was really fun, you made me laugh to tears more than once ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡ ❤

@saturnwonder you are just incredible! The determination and dedication you showed to come to the event were just awe inspiring! I’m so happy we got to meet and hang you at the gamer bar. It was so much fun talking to you and joking agound together (ﾉﾟ▽ﾟ)ﾉ ❤

@knowmeknot101 it was so great to meet you in person! You are just as nice and amazing in person as you are here and I’m so happy we had a chance to talk! Thank you for singing my notebook as well! (*＾ワ＾*) ❤

@symphysins I was so happy to meet you! I love your art and meeting you was a joy! Thank you for singing my notebook! ଘ(੭ˊ꒳ˋ)੭ ♥

@cardboardhydrates I’m so happy we got to meet! You are just amazing and thank you so so much for the wonderful things you wrote in my notebook... they made me tear up... you are just such a sweetie (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ) ♥

@annaisu I’m so happy we managed to meet! You are so amazing, nice and wonderful and it was a joy to meet you in person! Hope you had a lot of fun at the event o(^▽^)o ♥

and anyone I might have missed... sorry guys there were so many people I kinda got lost... but I love you all and it was a pleasure to meet you!

And a special mention to @sin-cognito who couldn’t make it but sent me an incredible fic as a present! You are a real sweetie and I was so happy when I received that little mysterious envelope I didn’t know what to do with myself *smooches* good luck hun we are all rooting for you ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♥

and everyone sorry for my broken English, I’ll try to practice talking more for the next time ^_^;;;

#Atlantale #notundertale #thank you everyone for the fun times #my stay was just incredible and I'm so happy I went #*hugs everyone*#♥♥♥♥♥#sorry for the heart overload XD

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kessielrg · 4 years

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Major Mathias

Summary: In which the fictional hero Major Mathias finds himself in the real world, seeking the help of the young journalist Philomena Nikoya. It goes over as well as you’d expect it to. [oneshot]

Rating: T (for a lot of cursing)

Word count: 2,020 words

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Major Mathias was a comic book hero that everyone adored back in middle school. I didn't really keep up with the series, but learned about most of it from some of my friends. In it, the series detailed Major Mathias, a hero the likes of Superman; a jack of all trades with very little, if any, weaknesses. The fanbase was split between the boys and girls; the boys enjoyed the masculinity, the girls more so- but for a different reason, if you catch my drift.

In every issue, Major Mathias would battle his ultimate enemy -the grotesque looking Calamity Carlisle- and peace would reign again for another issue. It was a really predictable formula the more you thought about it. The formula for each comic book issue was the reason why I eventually lost interest in the series. I made fun of my friends for actually being surprised for the twist that C.C. had been disguised as a friendly character in a bid to trick Mathias. Like, no, you obviously knew that idiot was not who he said the moment he glared at the hero a funny way. It was, like, a calling card or something.

I completely fell out of the series once we got to high school. I still had a few close friends that were interested in the series, but they knew better than to tell me what was happening. It worked out pretty well, actually. For the bulk of high school I never heard a word about Major Mathias and it was an absolute dream.

But then something happened.

In an issue published on June twentieth 2016, Major Mathias went missing. And, apparently, not even the writer knew where he had gone. It was just like Mathias had just up and disappeared from the series without any input from the writer at all. Now, I'm not talking about that old 'my character made me do this while I was writing' trope that writers talk about; according to the main writer, Major Mathias was actually gone from something they had already written. Any reference to Mathias was replaced with empty space and an occasional threat from Calamity Carlisle. There were photos uploaded to the publisher's Twitter and Facebook feeds that gave before and after comparisons.

A lot of these looked like a really poor Photoshop edit.

While my friends all freaked out about this mystery, I laughed it off as an elaborate ARG the publisher was doing to drum up hype for some new storyline or another. At that point, Major Mathias was a dying series anyway. Writers switched hands every other week; there were even rumors that some artists didn't even make it to the end of the issue. They always felt 'too sick' or 'felt like they were being watched' while they worked in their private homes. It was always some excuse after another- but the publishers would just refuse to let the dumb series die and have at it.

Now with Major Mathias 'mysteriously' disappearing from his own series, it looked like the perfect time to finally pull the plug. It was a brilliant excuse, honestly, and one that I admired in a 'fuck you' kinda way. Why give your series a proper end when you can just make your hero go away?

I'm sure you're sick of hearing about Major Mathias by now. What else more could I say about a comic book hero I lost interest in? I bet you're curious about who I am, and why I'm telling this story. Or not. Maybe you liked Major Mathias or something, good on you. But I want to be narcissistic now and you're going to like it.

My name is Philomena Jasper Nikoya. You can call me Fili if you'd like, it's usually easier to remember for most people. If you haven't noticed, I like writing- at the same time, I completely despise it. You can thank the dumb plots of Major Mathias for that; I used to write a lot of fix-it fanfictions back in middle school. Most of them involved Calamity Carlisle to actually win for once. Others involved Major Mathias actually recognizing that paper thin disguise because, my god, how dumb do you have to be to keep falling for that?

When I got to high school, I started doing some work for the school newspaper. At first, I was doing main articles with the help of a small team. It took me a whole year to convince the vice principal to let me do a column all on my own. You're looking at the proud writer of 'Superhero Nonsense', a very popular column in the school paper detailing superhero tropes and cliches with a mildly sarcastic narration. Our English teacher occasionally cites it when going over literary devices to help advance or enhance the plot- you could say that it's my crowning glory.

You can absolutely bet that I made a ton of riffs on Major Mathias. My friends gave me enough context to still harass the series even though I no longer read it.

I really annoyed them.

A lot.

I usually work on my column on the weekends at a local comic book shop. It's a real cozy place, kinda like those cat cafes I hear are all the rage in Japan. Except for the stunning lack of cats. Which is good- I'm allergic. Any way, our local comic book shop has a pretty good range of books; from the classics, to visual novels, and even official art books in every shape, size, and fandom. Located in the back corner is a pop-up cafe of sorts that offers simple coffee brews and light snacks- like cookies and donuts. Along that wall is a bunch of seating for us loafers.

My favorite place is a small recliner near the window. The recliner itself isn't much to write home about, but out that particular window you could see the busy street outside. It was nice sitting there, spacing out occasionally to watch the other people go by, as I worked on my column. If I had to pick a happy place, I think it would be there.

That is, until he showed up.

“FiliJazzPhone99?”

“Huh?” I wondered in a far off voice. I had been in the middle of an incredibly awesome writing groove and didn't feel the need to look up. When I finally did, I was looking up at a rather handsome looking young man. We're talking the whole nine yards, guys; a strong jawline, chocolate brown eyes that you could have melted to, and beautifully tanned skin that I couldn't quite place the ethnicity of. Not that I really knew what color I was on a normal day; but know this, it was not saltine cracker white.

“FiliJazzPhone99.” the guy repeated. “Fili. That's you, isn't it?”

As cute as I found this stranger so far, he was starting to creep me out. I started to carefully close the lid on my laptop as I looked him over. He was wearing the uniform the comic book shop employees wore when they were on the clock. So he worked here? Must have been new, because I knew practically everyone at this place.

“Even if I was,” I told him, humoring him for the moment, “Who wants to know?”

The stranger puffed his chest up, placed his hands on his hips, and grinned at me with a wide, cheesy smile. “Major Mathias, ma'am!” He relaxed his position a bit before going on. “And I really need your help Fili. Calamity Carlisle somehow forced me out of my series and into your world. They want to reboot my series from the ground up, and they want to do it without me! I need your help to get back to my world before their plans can come to fruition!”

For a moment, I just stared at him. This dude couldn't be serious. Sure, on second glance, he kinda did look like the hero. But a lot of normal people had really uncanny resemblances to fictional characters every now and again- the internet (and very dedicated cosplayers) was a testament to that.

I must have been taking far too long to respond because this not-Mathias made a stupid whining sound before forcing me to my feet.

“What do I need to do to make you believe me?” he asked. “I still have my powers- I can do anything you want!”

With a grimace, I forced myself out of his grasp. “First of all, you don't touch me.” I spat. “That would be a nice start.”

Not-Mathias recoiled a little. “Sorry...” he mumbled. “I just… You're the only one that can help me, and I just need a way for you to...”

Suddenly, a thought came to his mind; his eyes shot with a determination that almost intimated me. In a firm, certain voice, he said, “Archive of Our Own user, FiliJazzPhone99. Writer of 15 works. 2 for DC Superhero Girls, 2 for The Longest Journey, 1 for Dragon Age, and 10,” (he puffed up his chest in pride here) “For Major Mathias.”

I wish I could have seen the look on my face. I must have looked like I wanted to strangle him, or call the cops. Maybe both. I could feel my face boil over in white hot anger though. No force on earth could have stopped the profanity that came out of my mouth next.

“MY SHIT BIO ISN'T A DATING PROFILE YOU CREEP!” I screeched. “Just WHO the FUCK are you?!”

“I keep telling you! I am Major Mathias, and I really need your help Fili. Please!”

“You have a really shitty way of trying to convince me that you're real!”

“I know!” he shot back. For a moment, I thought I saw his eyes glisten over with tears. “You have no idea how confusing it is to be here! I have no idea how to get back, but you're the only one I know that can help! I could go to my publishers, or my writer, or… or anyone else but you if I could! Fili, I...”

Not-Mathias made a movement that he was going to take my hands again, but in remembering that I didn't like the last touch, he didn't do so.

“Who's going to believe me?” he asked, the desperation well laced into his voice. After a pause, he added in a small tone, “Who's going to believe you?”

I recoiled. Was it that obvious that I was ready to turn this guy over to the next looney ward the moment I was able to get my phone?

“Even if I did believe you,” I challenged, defiantly folding my arms, “Why me?”

“I've read your fanfictions.” he said, as if it were the most casual subject in the world. “I could see potential. I could see that you have a broader imagination that what you let on. You know what you're writing and you do so with excellent precision.”

I held my arms tighter against my chest. “There were better fanfictions than mine.” I heard myself grumble.

Not-Mathias let out a rather impatient sigh. “You're right.” he agreed. “But yours was the one I liked the most.”

“How flattering.”

“So you'll help?”

“Absolutely not.”

Not-Mathias gave another impatient whine before noticing the time. “I gotta get back to work.” he mumbled, more to himself than to me. He turned his direction to me before saying, “Please Fili. If you even remotely believe me, can you come back around 7? I should be getting off work around then.”

“And if I don't?”

I didn't get an answer. Instead, the young man deflated a little before starting to walk away. I watched him leave with a neat raise of my eyebrow. He had a very cute butt, for someone just two eggs shy of a dozen.

“God damn it.” I mumbled to myself before reaching into my backpack for my phone. I needed to tell my parents that I was going to be late for dinner tonight. Turns out, I was just as stupid as he was.

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drink-n-watch · 4 years

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Guys, I ate too much chocolate. As in I haven’t really eaten anything other than chocolate today and now my tummy hurts…for some reason… Why am I like this?

For those of you new here, I am in fact a legally functioning adult. A concept that is as terrifying to me as it is to you.

However, despite my self-induced tummy troubles, I did have a good time with Fire Force this week. It was yet another crawl towards an upcoming fight. We are seeing a lot of classic shonen episode progression ad structure here but I like it. I enjoy shonen anime quite a bit and I am having a great time with this one. If the season keeps up this early momentum of pleasant high action slow exposition progression, I’m gonna have a good time with it.

So my post title refers to the somewhat questionable status of the tabernacle and by extension of Amaterasu (I still can’t quite separate that name from Okami…) and Adolla. I say Adolla like it’s a specific thing or a person but were not quite clear on what it is. a form of energy perhaps. A genetic alteration? In any case, the show has made sure to specifically link these three elements together either visually or thematically. So I’m going to keep associating them.

Before I get into my tin foil theories let’s talk about one of my favourite things: colours! There is a lot of purple in this season of Fire Force. I have been going over my screencaps and it is used as either an accent or contrast very persistently. Much more so than in season 1. and it’s a particular shade of purple. One that leans towards fuchsia or pink rather than blue. Why is that important? Well, it’s because there is some serious colour coding in season 1.

Namely, the Evangelist is generally blue. The accent colour for Evangelist aligned characters and settings is a clear bleu and scenes of battle on Evangelist territory, especially with Sho, had a blue filter. By contrast Fire Force tends to have a much warmer palette. Not exactly red but ochres and yellow filters are often used. Of course, Shinra himself is coded red which goes with the whole demon thing he has going on.

So if the tabernacle, and by extension everything associated with it, is coded purple. One that leans ever so slightly more towards a warm tone. Then that could be a way of establishing that as far as the Fire Force vs Evangelist conflict goes, it’s neutral or slightly on the protagonist side.

So this would lead me to believe the voice in Shinra’s head. If we can take everything at face value and Shinra is hearing the voice of the Tabernacle or of that early fire witch lady, who could be a personification of the goddess Amaterasu (why not?) then he is right to trust her. And Schop and the animals are also correct in thinking the lady ad the tabernacle are beneficial protectors of life.

Ok, before I go on I just have to talk about this. What the heck is this??? Who are these people supposed to be? I constantly praise the visuals on this show bu what happened here? Strapped for time?

excuse me sir, who might you be? It’s like they’re middle-aged Fire Force cosplayers…

Sorry but it’s been bugging me. For the most part, the episode looked good but there were a few scenes where the art quality just sort of wavered. Shinra looks decent though. He’s easy to draw.

Like I was saying, Tabernacle et al. = good. Except I can’t seem to shake the suspicion. First, the infernals called it a weapon of destruction. And clearly said it was the purpose for which t was created… Sure you can simply call it different interpretations due to drastically different world views but they’re not lying. Why would they? They have absolutely nothing to gain from it. That lady and the entire flashback to the appearance of the tabernacle were very sinister looking. Schop addressed it and basically told us not to judge a book by its cover but still.

And finally, both the tabernacle and Amaterasu are thermal-neutron reactors. Maybe they aren’t but that’s what they look like if we go by our world. I other words it’s a nuclear power plant. And nuclear power plants are just never good news in fiction. To have that as the source of a new Eden… Well, that would certainly be something new!

And then they’re the whole symbolism and spiritual rigmarole around it. Why are these infernals so much more rational and organized then what we’ve seen so far. Is it the influence of the Tabernacle? Amaterasu doesn’t seem to have that effect… Why aren’t they simply destroying it if that’s what they want, instead of collecting weird stone tablets?

Ancient stone tablets with mathematical code on it.

If the Evangelist want another cataclysm are they in fact trying to insight a meltdown? Was the first incident a huge nuclear explosion brought on by an industrial incident rather than a war? Is the poison gas that Victor is so worried about good old fashion fallout? Are pyrokinetic simply jump mutations caused by radioactivity and stabilized in further generations? Is the fire element simply a flourish meant to recall and honour Japan’s long and painfully personal relationship with fire? In which case that is very impressive symbolism.

I don,t know any of these answers and it’s possible that none of them matter. That it’s just fire ghosts and the big reactor is a reactor cause the artist thought they were fun to draw. But just the fact that it made me think about these things is kinda cool.

In the end, the episode left me with way more questions than answers. In fact, I’m not sure we got a single answer. But somehow, I simply knew Arthur would be the one to figure it out. Of course, it’s that fabulous dork!

Fire Force 2 Episode 8 – Mixed Messages Guys, I ate too much chocolate. As in I haven't really eaten anything other than chocolate today and now my tummy hurts...

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