Machete and Vasco are so pomegranate-and-the-hand-that-slices coded. To me.
Pomegranates are seen as messy, bloody, inconvenient fruits. You slice or tear or bite and in return for your effort you come away underwhelmed, disgusted, and stained too deep to wash. The consumption of a pomegranate is a violent act of defilement, for both the fruit and the eater.
But that is because most do not understand how to open a pomegranate. They have little patience for the precise carving. They see no point in coreing the fruit gently, no reason to be reverent as they pull the quarters apart. When done correctly, opening a pomegranate leaves little mess. Your fingers will still stain, your knife will still slick, but there will be no pool of crimson drowning both you and the fruit.
The seeds are only sweet to those who understand the merit of a light hand and intricate slicing. Why put in so much effort for a food so bitter and clearly armored against consumption? Surely it must not yearn to be eaten.
(^insane about silly catholic dogs)
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So I was already doing a bunch of biochemistry math, and while I was still in math brain(TM), I started doing some more math in order to create a Bible/Tolkien style genealogy of the first thousand years of Narnian kings and queens (the Frank and Helen dynasty basically). And then after a while I thought to myself "why in the world am I doing this?" But I'm already five hundred years in. Not just names and years, but also exploits and how they ruled and whatnot. Modeled after Genesis and Chronicles.
So um. I don't have polls yet, but please sound off if that sounds cool/if I should finish. Like I said, idk what I'm doing. Think today might have driven me slightly insane.
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Poor Wyll. :(
"Gods damn her straight back to the Hells. Just look at me - I did what was right, and Mizora made me pay for it. I'd be hunting devils and demons, she said. Traitors and hypocrites, heartless evils of all sorts, but not... not Zariel's victims. Not innocent tieflings."
"The Blade of Frontiers has some explaining to do."
This is sort of an interesting growth moment for Rakha I think. (I'm trying not to completely speedrun her development bc I keep having to remind myself that we're still REALLY early in the game, lol, but there's a lot for her to absorb very fast.)
Wyll has already said a lot to her about putting himself at risk for the people who can't defend themselves, about it being his purpose in life. This is a very strong, sharp visual demonstration that his money is exactly where his mouth is on the subject. He has quite literally sacrificed his humanity in order to keep a single other person - Karlach - alive.
This is not a thought process that comes naturally to Rakha. In her current state of memory loss her primary motivation has been survival, answers, and vengeance. Altruism has not been a top priority.
But it is very important to Wyll.
The most interesting thing, though, is that Rakha is angry on his behalf. She joined up with this group of people because they shared at least some of her experiences with the worm, and because they all have need of the same things. But... perhaps somewhere, deep in the memories she has lost, she had a concept of loyalty, once. Because there is a difference in the way she thinks about them compared to how she thinks about those outside the group.
She was ready (ill-advised or not) to lash out at Mizora on Wyll's behalf. She still would, if the devil came back. And that anger is hers - it is not the Urge, though the beast was certainly ready to feed on it.
Perplexing. Difficult. So she focuses on demanding information instead, which is always easier. Facts are easier than feelings.
"I'll say what I can. But it won't be enough," Wyll answers. He's watching her thoughtfully, as if surprised at her interest. Perhaps he, too, would not have expected her anger on his behalf rather than her own. "It's Mizora who grants me the power to conjure armor and cast eldritch blasts. Before I was infected, I could even call hellbeasts and summon festering clouds. But I promise you - ever thrust of my blade and every flame I sparked was for the good of the Coast."
"How in the Hells did you get involved with Mizora?" Rakha demands. It is one of many things that do not seem to make sense about this situation. Why would Wyll make a pact with such a creature in the first place, given his nature?
He smiles - sadly, but he seems pleased, just a little, that she wanted to ask. "Ah. The one little question that put me out of house and home. I can't utter the terms or circumstances of the pact. I can tell you most all else - but the pact? I'm forbidden, unless Mizora permits it." He sets his jaw. "But I'll say this. The moment I pacted myself to Mizora I have not regretted for a heartbeat. It was my proudest deed. It was worth the sacrifice. All I can give you on that is my solemn word."
She shrugs. She believes that he believes it. But is it true? She doesn't know. She is all too aware of how bound she is to the whim and control of the beast in her head. And Wyll has made such a decision by choice, deliberately placed the voice into his head to tell him where and when and how to kill.
Bravery. Or foolishness. Perhaps a little of both.
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Shattered glass Shockwave headcanons
So today i read someone being upset that all the sg headcanons they see about shockwave isn't really good and they wanted to see some more input from others, i forgot who they where nor what the blog is called but i decided to give my own two cents in this form. Shout-out to this person this post is for you and i hope you can enjoy it
👾Still a scientist and looked up too for his amazing inventions but he isn't the same infamy then his counter part.
👾Mainly because he is messy and disorganized/not being able to set priority's because he doesn't understand what is a priority and what not since all of it is important for him.
👾 He also refused to do stuff if he sees the invention being used to harm others or if the negatives are too damaging in his opinion. The safety for others are his priority and his invention is just for the people in need.
👾Very autistic (his counterpart too but he is somewhere else on the spectrum). The type of autistic that, instead of having flat effect/ a monotone voice, has it going all over the place. It being very expressive and more loud then calm and quiet. Which also can come off as not so great because people still interpretate it wrong a lot of times. Thinking he is angry because his voice has a lot of intensity that is meant to show his happiness and eagerness to help or what also happens is that they think he is sarcastic because his voice tone goes up and down a lot essentially having a voice; LiKe hOw yoU WouLD ReAd ThIs OuT.(happens the most when he indulgence in his special interest).
👾A lot of his intellect comes from him being emotionally very smart. Like he knows exactly what your feeling and why and can help you with this exact problem and comfort you just right, making you feel like the world could end but everything's is alright as long as he has you in his arms, telling you sweet and encouraging words that hit just right.
👾But ironically (or better said autistically) he has problems to express his feelings in words. He doesn't seem to find the right once or can't read his own emotional right because their all over the place/just ????? (I hope you get what i mean, other autistic people who know that feeling give me a yippe in the comments/hj)
👾Will explode if he can't stim. Which also paired with when he info dumps it can be very intense. His voice gets loud and booming not being able to tell that it just does it's thing and he either walks up and down or rocks back and forth very intensely. He once feel back from a chair because he broke the backrest due to his stims. But he laughed about it and thought it was funny.
👾LOVES humans, most of his info dumps is about humans. A lot of inventions are for humans (also the reason why he isn't seen as much as a great scientist because like 60/70% of his stuff are ment for humans. And the Cybertronians just think "wtf are we suppose to do with this".) He has to be thoroughly convinced to not spend the next cycles to build some sort of stuff for humans. It can be really hard to do so. Not just for the one who tries to convince him but also for shockwave because it makes him sad that he can't spend more time with it :((. (It's also a high chance he will half ass his Projekt if no one checks in often enough or give him some sort of reward to motivate and show him it's not a wasted of time). But once you pull out the *insert Bot who struggles because of a thing out of their control and needs support for it* he is convinced. The other projects are much harder to convince for,their is going to be a hour long conversation with a really well made PowerPoint presentation that was made by a group to show him why he should do it.
👾 Beside that all of his project are ethical, his moral and justice compass is STRONG. Like STRONG STRONG. He would rather die then do something immoral that could hurt someone. It's just not logical for him to hurt others.
👾His work also besides helping humans, mostly focuses on Cybertronian health instead of war inventions. Be it support for disabled Mechs or the once who have mental health issues or just figuring out how you can get rid of a common cold the fastest and easiest. He generally focuses a lot on health and super for other's.
👾is very cheerful in general always here to build you up and share his love and passion with others.
👾Can also get overwhelmed by a lot of work very easy so he needs support on that with people he trusts the most.
👾Originally wanted to work as a Psychologist or sociologists but due to the war making his plans very messy he realizes right now the Mechs who lost it all needed inventions to help them out. He still pursues his original plan and already is called the "psychologist friend/Psychologist that has an invisible degree" because he knows so much about it.
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