#and each experience adds another data point
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how do i stop my internalized homophobia?
Ngl anon, it's less stopping it and more talking over it. If you were raised in a strict, homophobic environment, that little voice is still going to be there cause it was a part of your development. So you shout over it instead with new data
"Being gay is a sin" okay I hear you but my friends are gay and I can't really see them as sinful people
"You're broken/wrong/living in sin" okay speak your truth bestie but I'm happier living my life authentically so I'm okay being wrong for now
"You're going to Hell" cool cool but what about now? Am I happy right now? Am I living this life in a way that benefits me now? I'm focusing on this life, not a potential afterlife
I'm very STEM-oriented so my therapist and I refer to it as "Plotting new data points" You kinda just have to listen to the internalized homophobia, say okay okay I hear you but have you considered this new data point that suggest a positive correlation between being openly LGBTQ and my own happiness? Yea I know this was regarded as a sin before but statistically speaking the chances of it actually being sin are insignificant. Yea it doesn't even have a 95% confidence interval. Loving who I am seems to have a positive outcome though but I'll need more positive queer experiences to be certain
#I don't know if this makes sense#It took a long time to realize but you kinda gotta put the cart before the horse so to speak#you gotta do the thing and pretend like it isn't terrifying before it becomes less terrifying#And I don't mean you have to come out or go to pride or have gay sex#I mean like. Saying in your brain I Am Gay#and noting the fact that you didn't get smitted by Jesus or brain exploded by the Lord#You take in new data#and the old data never goes away. it would be considered altering your research then#but as you continue to get new data it starts to lose its power#it becomes less statistically significant#Until it eventually doesn't bother you like it use to#I won't pretend like my internalized homophobia is gone#internalized transphobia too despite me potentially getting top surgery soon#but each day is a new day for research#it's still there#and each experience adds another data point#good luck anon#anon tag
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read 10h's short story and i really like so much of how pod 006's personality was adapted into mama especially.... like it's fun going back to the source and seeing that even before she was calling herself mama in the cage, pod 006 had absolutely developed most of the quirks and idiosyncrasies we see in her personality later on
also the chess scene with 10h and mama was precious? neither of them are good at chess so they're just trying to distract each other into making mistakes....
10h being the final act protag of reincarnation adds So much imo too, like... idk, i've thought a lot about how the thing with reincarnation is that it builds on yoko taro's final trick in replicant/automata so well. like "you would give something up for the fictional happiness of these pixels on the screen, because that's how strong human empathy is- you want to make them happy even knowing they're not real" is such a strong point in replicant and automata but like
reincarnation adds a whole extra layer to that. the people in the cage are not only pixels and data to us, they're even pixels and data WITHIN the framework of the world. they were never even real INSIDE the fiction. they're at best memories of long-dead people whose stories have already ended, and at worst lines of code personified. but they're also 10h's only solace from loneliness. of course she cares about them and feels empathy for them after watching their stories play out over the course of three years. so do we. of course she considers them her friends even though they've had a one-sided relationship through a screen- so do we
10h adds another doll to the russian doll of unreality going on in yoko taro games- she's us, but we're also in the exact same position with her. she's been alone and trapped inside and stir crazy and lonely, with only her pod for company, for all this time, and she bonded with some data she watched through a screen because empathy and investment in stories and having strong feelings about the world inside of a story is a deeply human experience and she and her pod have both gotten a little too human in their time together with the cage
but we have the same relationship with her!! we only know her from a short story and a brief appearance on the other side of a screen, but we care about her! we want her to be happy!!
#is2g if the final chapter doesnt give me a chance to save 10h ending e style i will Cry#nier reincarnation#nier reincarnation spoilers#unit 10h#pod 006#mama nier reincarnation
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did you know that it's a full moon tonight? because that fact has shaped ALL my writing progress today.
i fucking hate this new editor by the way. i can BARELY fucking post fic at all anymore and it's fucking banishing me to the phantom zone. go read my fic on ao3 instead im begging you.
raised by wolves
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Fandom: The Penumbra Podcast
Relationships: Lord Arum/Sir Damien/Rilla
Characters: Rilla, Sir Damien, Lord Arum, The Keep
Additional Tags: Second Citadel, Lizard Kissin' Tuesday, Established Relationship, Alternate Universe - Werewolf, Werewolf!Rilla specifically, Secrets, (look i think rilla deserves to have some angsst explored for once), (uhhhh god there have GOT to be more tags uhh. i don't know i'll add more later), (In later chapters there will be), Implied/Referenced Harm to Children, Implied/Referenced Violence, Mild Injury
Summary: Rilla is keeping secrets.
Notes: This didn't exist this morning and now i've got a new fucking multichapter to worry about jesus fuck. hopefully (LMAO) this one won't actually be that long? if it goes according to.. plan???? yeah. right. fine. okayfine.
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Rilla has always liked straight lines. Consistent rules. Categories, into which data points will neatly fall.
This might, possibly, have something to do with all the categories she falls between the cracks of, herself. Or maybe she was always going to be like this. Who knows? She doesn't exactly have a control group to check with. Life doesn't work like that; neat and tidy like her experiments. Life is messy. Her life, in particular, is messy. But, hey, at least it's messy mostly on a predictable cycle. Mostly.
Rilla packs her usual bag, false bottom carefully in place with her new tinctures alongside the old standbys. She pulls her hair out of her face and into a braid, and picks her way down to the greenhouse to say her goodbyes.
A newer wrinkle in the routine: saying her see-you-in-a-couple-days, I-promise-I'll-be-safe, try-to-remember-that-I-love-yous in the Keep, now, and not in her own hut. Saying them to Arum, too.
Arum hasn't questioned her absences, yet, because she goes off on her own all the time anyway, and because he never really seems to question her about leaving the Keep. She can tell that he doesn't want to remind her of being kept here, and... that isn't necessary, really, but it's sweet, in a way.
He and Damien can keep each other company while she's gone, too. Which is nice. Damien doesn't have to be quite so lonely when she's gone, anymore (and Arum doesn't have to be lonely at all, if she can help it).
She kisses Damien deep, distracted by the way his skin smells, this close to the moon, and when she pulls back Arum nuzzles his snout into her neck in a way that makes her want to growl, though she manages to suppress the urge into just a shudder as she wraps an arm around him and squeezes. No time for fun, just now, unfortunately. She kisses Arum's cheek, light and sweet to make him scowl, and then she peels herself away with a casual wave.
The Keep's portal drops her in the front room of her hut, receding back into the wide planter to the left of the hearth with a gentle farewell warble from the Keep (or at least... what she assumes is a gentle farewell warble), and Rilla grabs another one or two things to stuff into her pack before she steps out of the hut, locks up, and marches into the jungle.
Damien thinks that her monthly disappearances have to do with harvesting rare medicinal plants with very particular blooming cycles, which is... partly true. There are flowers and herbs to be harvested during the day, when she can. She doesn't like being less than honest with Damien, but she's been less than honest with every single person she's ever known since her parents were Exiled. And- it's a medical condition. Sort of. She's allowed to keep a medical condition private if she wants to.
Arum...
Arum complicates things. He's good at that.
Arum complicates her excuses for not telling Damien, specifically. Because if Damien can, in fact, put aside his animosities and find room in his heart for a monster...
(Maybe she could have told him ages ago.)
(Or maybe not. Maybe it would have been too much, before. Maybe he would have been terrified. Maybe he would have felt betrayed. Maybe he would have told the Crown. Maybe he would have-)
No one knows about the second hut, the same way no one knows about her condition. Though... "hut" is generous. Her home is a hut, cozy and carefully cluttered and warm and welcoming. This building is more of a shack, really. It's a fair hike from the hut, but she can get there before dusk with time to spare, which is pretty much the point. Technically speaking, she could just overnight here and then come back home during the day, if she really pushed it, but that would be a lot harder to explain than just saying that she needs to travel to a distant grove for botanical purposes.
It looks abandoned and ramshackle, but the door and the lock are sturdy, and Rilla has the key.
Sturdy, reinforced walls, a wooden locking bar to make certain that nothing gets in and out, no windows. Bare floors, excepting a chair and a desk in one corner for a little bit of reading or writing during the day, and a chest to keep her things in. Mostly open space, where Rilla spreads out the blankets she brought, right in front of the metal hoops for the chains.
She cut her timing a little close today, mostly because she wanted to actually enjoy her morning with Damien and Arum. She sighs, stretches, and unpacks her extra clothes into the chest so she can get to the false bottom of her pack and pull out her medicine.
First night. She'll go with her standby tincture, this time. She has a new experimental blend she wants to try, but she'd rather save it for tomorrow, the full moon, and see how it affects her on the day that hits her with the most severe symptoms. This one, she at least knows that it'll keep her mostly placid.
She sighs, uncorks the vial and slams it back like a shot, wrinkling her nose at the taste.
The medicine makes her memory a bit... muddy? But even before she developed this particular treatment regimen, she couldn't remember much about what happened, what she would do on the nights immediately surrounding the full moon.
She does know that she hates it here. Hates the chains, hates the wood against her claws, hates the drowsiness from the medicine. Hates being alone.
She packs her kit back up. She undresses to her underclothes, then stows her dress and shoes and the tinctures into the chest before she closes it with a click.
She goes to sit on the blankets on the floor, then, fixing the harness around her neck and chest and adjusting it to the marked positions. Rilla has been alone in one way or another since her parents left, she reminds herself as she settles in to wait, her skin already prickling and her eyes adjusting far too quickly to the dark.
The wolf will just have to cope.
#elle's fanfic#second citadel#rad bouquet#lizard kissin' tuesday#amaryllis of exile#sir damien#lord arum#raised by wolves#dying about this. also hoping desperately that my cobbled together html attempt got around the dogshit editor enough for this to be USEABLE
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Okay, 18+ TRON fans- this is TOTALLY random but I'm legit curious.
What are some NSFW/sexuality headcanons you have about programs? This can be physically or on the psychological side like what programs may find attractive, etc.
l'll list a few of my own but since it's NSFW in nature it'll be below the cut.
-100% believe that on the new system Flynn built, sexual encounters are more User-like than more almost a metaphorical and/or code exchange experience like how we have learned of in the old system based on Tron and Yori’s deleted love scene based off of the script and scene itself. For several reasons, but two in particular:
•Flynn himself doesn’t/can’t understand the old system’s sexual advances/encounters because, well—he’s a human! Its not exactly a shock.
•In Uprising especially, it seems pretty evident with the way Paige and Beck “flirted” with each other while fighting in the pilot, Mara’s physical body language in State of Mind, Lux’s behavior in seducing Beck, etc, that sexuality is a lot more physical than it was in the old system. Hell, Tron and Yori didn’t even know what kissing was until Flynn decided to lay one on Yori (okay I get he legit thought he was gonna die and she looked like Laura who was an ex he probably still had feelings for at that time but COME ON MAN REALLY??????)
(ASSAULT TW FOR THIS NEXT POINT)
-Because of last stated headcanon, I honestly don’t think Beck even realizes that Cyrus assaulted him. Do I think Cyrus knows? 100%—Absolutely he does. He’s predatory by nature and he probably knows a little more about the old system because of just talking and hanging out with Tron. Beck probably felt, and maybe still feels, gross and violated in a way he can’t really describe. He was put through torture and pain, but somehow it doesn’t feel like the same kind of emotional distress he felt when being in trouble when taking hits. It feels personal, internal, and I think that’s a big reason why Cyrus scares him. It’s not just his ability to read Beck so easily. It’s because he did something to him that has changed him forever, but he can’t figure out or understand what that was. And that probably scares Beck even more.
-Physical sex and code exchange must genuinely be a mind-bending experience, and probably a very emotional one, too.
-Because of that, I genuinely think the few programs who know/discovered that aspect of sex probably will only reserve that for long term/really close counter.
-AIGHT LETS ADD ANOTHER LAYER TO THIS—I always wondered if programs could connect their disks via a wire much like ghost in the shell. I bet it’s not exactly sexual in nature, more of a emotional thing, but the idea of programs connecting and meeting in an internal lobby and sharing memories/data is goddamn romantic. Probably can feel each other’s physical experiences too which can potentially be either overwhelming or maybe a really sweet experience
-I think it was kinda hinted at in Legacy/Uprising, but I’m willing to bet Sirens aren’t just assist programs but probably are prostitutes too. It seemed like Uprising was kinda indicating Colbolt was her pimp and not just an abusive panther but that can just be me.
-Having said that, you wonder if prostitution/brothels are legal in the Grid? I do a lot, because I think it says a lot about the Grid and Clu’s ruling more than I think people probably think.
-Okay, building on that too why not—1000% Clu visits these clubs all the time taking in who knows how many sirens back with him. I don’t think about sex headcanons usually in a “damn that’d be hot” kinda way, I think sexuality and sex culture genuinely just says a lot about society—the good and bad. I just think that Clu is so obsessed with being worshiped he can’t even be sexually pleased without having a whole ass crowd praising/worshiping him.
…FUCK IT LET’S TALK ABOUT DYSON TOO I JUST THINK HE’S INTERESTING (imo the most interesting character to dissect in Uprising but again that’s just me) this is stuff me and @stemgalhatesmath talk about ALOT
-Dyson is 100% emotionally and sexually stunted and you can’t convince me otherwise. His mind is always in work, or Clu. So you know, not a lot else on the mind when it comes to relationships, even on a surface level.
-Also fairly certain he’s gay (pretty sure that’s the consensus all around) BUUUT I think Dyson either doesn’t realize he’s gay, or is deliberately ignoring that fact because. You know. The man can barely get a grasp on his own emotions I don’t think he can get through understanding his own sexuality without help and we all know DAMN WELL Clu ain’t gonna give that shit to him.
-HOWEVER, I do think the second Dyson experiences ANY form of relationship he’s gonna cling on so damn tight you better believe that man will have no escape. Nope. None whatsoever.
-I’m just gonna say it. I think Dyson has rizz. I’m not even joking. I just think he’d be naturally good in bed (totally not because he’s afraid of failure in ANY WAY so he’s going to keep himself as adaptable as possible nah no stop what are you talking about)
In conclusion: Dyson—Bad man? Yes. Probably the best partner you will have once he learns/understands how relationships romantically work? Absolutely.
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(Possibly Unhinged) Theory Rambling
2 thoughts I was poking recently, one leading on from the first. The first regards the Deterministic Chaos exotic lore. The 2nd regards Soteria from Spire of the Watcher and the Dreaming City.
Thought 1
Deterministic Chaos and the identity of the bracketed speaker.
I wondered at first if it was Praedyth, but I am pretty sure now that it is one of the Chioma copies.
Firstly, Rohan feels like he recognises the voice, which would tally since Chioma was one of the founders of Neomuna. It’s likely that they have many recordings of Chioma and Maya Sundaresh that Rohan will have heard.
Second, some of the ways the bracketed speaker talks tally closely with some of the Chioma copy sections in the Aspect lore book.
Bracketed Speaker:
wondering what might have been if we had stayed in our familiar prism-prison or kept tightrope-walking across the quantum wilds.
Chioma Copy in Aspect
227.18's Chioma turns wry. "What's a little more tightrope walking between friends?"
and again, in Aspect
You've got to translate everything into metaphor to understand it, here, and this is like tightrope walking on a greased line. You and Maya lean into each other.
Also, some of what the bracketed voice describes sounds very much like some of what the Chioma copy in Aspect experiences.
Bracketed Speaker:
is disincorporated immortality really so bad compared to the others' ends?
Would you have preferred an attack by vitreous helicoprion or stumbling over the edge of unreality?
Chioma Copy in Aspect
Duane-McNiadh walks too quickly, not testing the ground. He's gone before you can blink—fallen through an unseen edge of the simulation.
The entire Volitive section of the Aspect lore covers the many ways various copies die, with Chioma as the focus character.
Also, with Neomuna and the Veil being a thing, I would like to add that I am side-eying the fuck out of this section of the Aspect lore:
Somewhere, a veil is always lifting.
Somewhere, Kabr is always dooming himself.
Somewhere, a door is always opening.
Somewhere, they are always stepping through.
Anyway, this led to
Thought 2
This is a bit more specualtion, for sure.
With Spire of the Watcher, we learned about an AI called Soteria, the Augur Mind. Soteria is an AI partly created from the Vex, and a fragment of Soteria now exists in Neomuna, dormant in the Vex network, but vital to the Cloud Ark. Augur is a term meaning seer/prophet/oracle, or someone who interprets signs to predict the future, and Soteria was used to interpret data to predict locations of possible planets for human colonisation. She also predicted the Black Fleet.
A friend who has studied classics, pointed out that Soteria is an epithet for Persephone, meaning deliverance/safety/salvation.
Cool, so we now have another mythological figure who descended to the underworld and returned (Ishtar/Inanna/Osiris) related to Neomuna.
In Season of the Splicer we saw various Vex Minds in the Expunge missions as we worked to stop Quria Blade Transform. Labyrinth, Styx, Tartarus, Delphi. We fight the Oppressive Minds (including Dikast - Dikastes was a legal position in Ancient Greece who could pass judgement, and Dimio - probably referencing Deimos, god of fear/terror).
Labyrinth - Theseus and the Minotaur. The Labyrinth was built following advice from the Oracle at Delphi.
Styx - One of the rivers of the Underworld, often said the mark the border between the world of the living, and the world of the dead
Tartarus - An area of the Underworld where the dead were punished e.g. Sisyphus
Delphi - A sacred precinct in Ancient Greece, home to the famous Oracle of Delphi.
Oh hey, another descent to the underworld, and another prophet.
So, we have Vex minds, a descent to the underworld, and prophets. We have Quiria, Blade Transform, who was/is responsible for the curse on the Dreaming City.
The centre of the curse is the Shattered Throne dungeon, where Dul Incaru waits. The Shattered Throne was originally Mara Sov’s Throne World, otherwise known as Elusinia.
So, how does Soteria tie into this?
Well, there was this thing in Ancient Greece called the Elusinian Mysteries. These were the initiation rites for the cult of Demeter... and Persephone.
Does this mean anything? Maybe not. I may be badly reaching. But uh... an AI that is a product of both humanity and the Vex (the human world and the Underworld)... may possibly be something to do with breaking the curse.
#destiny 2#destiny the game#lightfall#destiny lightfall#destiny theory#destiny lore#theorycrafting#spire of the watcher#shattered throne#dreaming city#season of the splicer
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you guys, there are WAY TOO MANY LOOSE ENDS regarding Tech there at the end....
(fair warning, this is another one of my longwinded rants)
"the only thing we were able to recover", his goggles...
which he records everything with... Hemlock knew each of the men and quickly caught on to their paternal attachment to Omega, do you really think he didn't do his homework and find out Tech records everything as a hobby? It wouldn't be hard to figure out. video files are pretty big, so why does a clone like him have petabytes of data? Oh, because they're all recordings of his experiences! gold mine of data, right there. Even if Hemlock couldn't access the files, the quantity, and regularity of how often they were uploaded to his personal data (I'm guessing after every mission or two) relative to how long each mission took would be a pretty clear indicator of what they are
so, what did they see? What did the goggles see? And what did the Empire see in his last moments? What recordings did they pull from his goggles, and what did they leave behind for the batch to find when they download his last recordings? You know Echo is gonna wanna see it. Or did Tech use those last moments as he fell to wipe all his data to protect his family?
they didn't recover ANYTHING from his datapad?
none of his tools from his belt? You're telling me the man doesn't carry duplicates of his intel?
and someone pointed out his goggles were UNDER his helmet... I'd like to add to that, that while that could explain how it survived since it was protected by his helmet, it also seems weird. The goggles mark the weak point in his helmet. His face is only partially protected. that visor doesn't really shield his eyes, and the goggles only sorta make up for that... why are the lenses shattered and everything else is completely intact? That doesn't seem weird to anyone else?
Tech is enhanced. The Empire, and that creep Hemlock, totally would steal anything they could from his remains, including his DNA - so like blood samples or stem cell samples or anything to help them figure out how to make more like him, or to make future clones even less like him (so like easier to brainwash)
And besides, Hunter brushed off a huge tumble down a mountain at the end of season 1. Yeah, he used his knife, the mountain, and the trees to slow his fall, but do you really think Tech didn't have SOMETHING ready for a scenario like this? Sure, this is still a little too high to really prepare for.... but we know jetpacks were even supplied if they wanted them! Do you really think he didn't manage to get a hold of, or build one of his own that could be hidden in that backpack of his?
the backpack, which he is wearing when he falls!
No parachute? Nothing to help break a fall? He already had a box fall on him earlier in the season, you think he wouldn't have something ready to go so that doesn't happen again. Whether it's something falling on him, or him falling on top of something else, it's basically the same thing. Nothing? The genius was not prepared to save a life in the blink of an eye? That doesn't sound like Tech to me
and the parallels to Echo's "end" at the Citadel! We only see his goggles, not his remains. When Echo "died" the first time, we only saw his helmet and Fives' reaction to it. We did not see his body. Echo survived a ship exploding in his face... a ship no doubt loaded with lots of very explosive stuff. Gregor survived the same thing, with a hell of a lot more explosive stuff. They built the clones to be tough as nails! Wrecker and Gregor take multiple stun blasts to drop! And you're gonna tell me the most brilliant mind of them all didn't see a way to survive a fall? While that is technically feasible, it seems very un-Star-Wars-like to me. This is a universe where people survive shit they shouldn't all the time.
Maybe I'm doing this because I'm in denial... maybe. Because I will not accept a Star Wars universe that does not include Tech from this point on.
But I firmly believe there are far too many loose ends here to confirm anything. But of course, they're gonna torture us with it for at least a year, until the next season comes out. They tortured us with Echo's death for far longer than that. And it's not like we didn't all start watching Clone Wars not knowing how it ends. Same goes for Andor. They're gonna use him to torture us for as long as they please. After all, the same man whose job it is to come up with Palpatine's plans is also running this show.... but anyways. Sure, it fits with the tragedy that is Star Wars, but remember how attached Dave also is to hope - it is the star wars catchphrase after all - and to loopholes? He brought Ahsoka back! Now that he knows how much Tech means to us, will he do the right thing and bring him back? I don't think he really realized the extent of Tech's importance to the fanbase, especially after the development he was given this season
What was that he told Omega in the cave, again? Something about we always find a way?
#spoiler alert#the bad batch#bad batch tech#bad batch spoilers#tbb season 2 spoilers#Dave it's on you to do the right thing now#dave filoni#are you going to fix it?#tbb tech
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you say you domn't like the reincarnation twist but how will madara and sasuke awaken rinnegan? how would sosp will give sasuke and naruto six paths powers?
Well, I don't think it'd be too difficult?
Frustration ahead;
Hagoromo, the full package, wanted to reform the philosophy of Shinobi as the power was divided and people didn't understand each other etc-.
He had the Rinnegan.
The whole idea behind the way he wanted to reform things was that the divided yin/yang could come together (also the Theme of understanding each other, his sons divided etc etc) and thus, two of the opposite together can build everything (like Hagoromo) as Yin-release can create something out of nothing (like genjutsu or manipulating shadow like Shikamaru) and Yang-release can bring it to life (Choji becoming bigger for example). It's mental and physical energy. Even if it is said that either can be inherited, it's not hereditary by default.. it's a foundation for all sorts of chakra. Being an Uchiha doesn't 'make you automatically yin' and same for Senju with Yang. Some Jutsu also use yin and yang, but not at the same time. However, Naruto made a whole eye for Kakashi and this was yin-yang release as well as Hagoromo creating the tb's. Kurama's halves were divided by yin/yang as well. Naruto having Yang, his father yin, together it is 'complete' and thus more powerful. These are all the same concepts.
Why would Naruto need the hermit's power if he could've gotten more powerful in a different way?
Okay, so? That all makes sense, why then add the whole Indra/Ashura thing?! 😩 It's so unnecessary idc. It says in the data that Hagaromo's chakra could be obtained by combining Indra and Ashura's, but if the concept of yin/yang already exists in the world... THEN WHY GIVE IT A NAME AND BODY as an external source for the story?! It's the same thing as explaining where 'Chakra' came from. We don't need that.
Find a way to add 'yang' in a way to the Sharingan (yin) and we could've had Madara as our main 'villain' because he found a way to do it by eating Hashirama... 🤷🏻♀️
And if that's too easy because literally anyone could've done it.. THEN. GOOD. Away with the whole fate/destiny thing through stalker-Chakra as well. It only makes Madara's motivation to perform the IT that much more powerful and it doesn't erase some of the impact his past had on him either. In fact he now only relies on his own experiences. We don't need Zetsu to come and manipulate anyone or the aliens 'will' because why, in a world like 'Naruto' does anyone need to be manipulated when the system very much allows characters to act out and fight back themselves, hm?
Had Zetsu not been seeking 'reincarnations' (Chakra) then their motivations couldn't have been anything other than their own. And I know you could argue about it and say this already is case. Good, then why introduce it in the first place?
Even Orochimaru found a way to 'implant' Hashirama's powers into a child (Yamato) so it's not like anything is impossible. Why 'derive Madara from his powers' just so you can introduce aliens later -.-? (For 'boruto', yeah I know.) It was so.... strange to just kill him off lamely and make him look like he was simply used when that doesn't suit him or his background story imo AT ALL and then switch him randomly for rabbit alien lady who frankly... didn't even do anything but just float around all evil-y. Like who even are you, do we care? No.
And if Naruto and Sasuke together (THE ENTIRE POINT) are the answer of the whole 'working together'-thing and 'understanding one another', they could've done all of this without the cheap power-up!!! And have the entire 'power-up' be simply the fact THEY WORK TOGETHER and their entire journeys up until this point where Naruto fought tooth and nail to understand Sasuke by himself. Maybe even combine yin-yang release and morph it into something new if that by default means you can do anything. WHY RELY ON THE POWER-UP!? D'ykwim???
AND ALSO, if it was absolutely necessary to add an element of resistance to their bond in order to make them fighting back against fate/destiny that wanted to pull them apart be more impactful (as it is!)... Then don't ruin it by vaguely implying otherwise later with this bs!!! Even if the story doesn't say that exactly, enough casual readers/watchers mistook what it meant and I don't blame them for it at all.
And did their trauma and personal goals not do that enough already BECAUSE they were so different??! It's entirely personal already! Their bond has nothing to do with any of it!!!
They can combine their powers because they are compatible with their natures too, Naruto even said it himself. They naturally created a new, combined Jutsu during the war and had a great time doing so. And if that's the case then why make the yin/yang thing so difficult when it was THIS easy for them regarding elements??? When they can look at each other and go to a private place just for themselves. They are ~the main act~. They worked together, which is development for one of the MAIN Themes, so then WHY?! WHY would you want to introduce the aliens if you're then forced to throw them this power-up because they wouldn't have been able to defeat and seal the lady otherwise?! HELLO!? Wasn't the entire point that they could've done ANYTHING together? WHY RUIN IT 😠?? For no reason????
ALSSOOOOO it would've been interesting IMO if then LITERALLY, the effect of them NOT working together when they were fighting each other at the end was evident to them both as well (for the sake of the Theme) since that is then suddenly a huge contrast to the previous fight and it would've clarified the ending a bit more to the casual reader/watcher.
AND!!! If Madara was so 'power-hungry' and 'working together' was so important, then WHYYYYYYYY~~~~~ not have Naruto and Sasuke do JUST THAT instead of making them into a version of Madara (in regard to yin-yang, obtaining Hagoromo powers) when the narrative said it was a bad thing because having it all for yourself was used for evil?!?! When 'true understanding' comes from working together EVEN IF you're opposites!!!! WHEN HASHIRAMA AND MADARA COULDN'T!? AaAAAAAHHHHHH
The hell has any of it got to do anything with Otosuzuki or however you spell it.
You can literally just scrap all of it, have Madara gain his power without any mention of the ancient chakra and have him be the main 'villain' of the story to beat because the war arc was too long anyway. And then, if Kishimoto wanted to add some moral revival he could've even passed the Rinnegan onto Sasuke next or something, because they were all sharing eyes at some point anyway. OR even have Sasuke's eye be even more special because he had the forehead eye-thing. OR OR OR!! What about the Ten-tails Rinne'Sharingan eye? 👀
Now it's just a mysterious man giving two guys the vegetable soup his mommy made because he can't eat it himself and she's mad about it. Man, I dunno, I'm just making something up, but so many other things were possible you know?
I know there are many holes in what I said, but we're talking about removing an entire element, I can't cover it all.
Excuse the rant.
I feel much better now :3
#asktamelee#naruto talk#anti naruto ending#I'm a huge kishimoto defender#and story defender#but this little tiny thing....#yeah#I didn't edit the rant xD jsyk!!#grammar is all over the place
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All Systems Red, Chapter 6
(Curious what I'm doing here? Read this post! For the link index and a primer on The Murderbot Diaries, read this one! Like what you see? Send me a Ko-Fi.)
In which Murderbot makes a joke, to a human, and doesn't spontaneously combust.
The humans had debated where to go, within the time they'd had, knowing their supply levels. Ratthi has coined "EvilSurvey" for the enemy, in the absence of another name, and the group knows EvilSurvey have access to their HubSystem data, including where they'd surveyed previously, so they had to pick somewhere new. The result was in some rocky jungled hills.
While MB scouts the area to make sure nothing can drag off the little hopper in the night, it thinks about its options. It's not precisely half bot and half human, because those parts aren't discrete from each other. What it knows is that it can't abandon the humans, because it can imagine them all too well being hurt by the rogue SecUnits, and it hates having emotions about reality. Besides, it has no resources here, and nothing to do, and a limited media entertainment archive.
When it returns, Mensah says she knows it's more comfortable with the opaqued helmet, but she thinks the humans will benefit from seeing, rather than a construct, a person who's helping them, since that's how she thinks of it. MB's insides melt, and it un-opaques the visor, and has the helmet tuck back into its armour. Mensah thanks it, and they go inside.
The humans all have a long discussion about what's going on.(1) The main point is that they must want something in the blacked-out regions of the map. MB brings up that EvilSurvey might believe the company and PresAux's beneficiaries won't look further than a rogue SecUnit if they can blame it on that. They can't disappear two survey teams unless their "corporate or political entity" doesn't care, so it asks if DeltFall's would care about them, and PresAux's would care about this crew.
Every human turns to stare at it, and Volescu asks if it doesn't know who they are.(2) MB says there was an info packet, but it never read it, because it didn't care. Gurathin is dismissive, but MB restates: it was indifferent and annoyed.
Gurathin asks why MB doesn't want them to look at it. It clenches its jaw so hard it gets a performance reliability alert, and snaps that it's not a sexbot, its appearance is beside the point.
Ratthi snorts, but MB realizes it's not directed at it as he tells Gurathin that MB is shy. Overse adds that it doesn't like interacting with humans, which makes perfect sense given how constructs are treated in corporate-political areas.
Gurathin asks if they could punish it by looking at it, to replace its governor module. MB says, maybe, until it remembered it has guns for arms. Mensah asks if Gurathin is satisfied at the threat but ultimate lack of violence. Gurathin says, for now, but he wanted to be sure it wasn't under outside influence.
Arada says that's enough of that, this is a learning experience for everyone, including MB, who has to learn how to interact with humans on its own terms as a free agent.
Mensah sends a private message in the feed, hoping MB is alright. MB whines that she only cares because she needs it. Mensah says she DOES need it, the humans all do, because none of them have experience in situations like this. MB is the only one who won't panic, who will keep steady.
That was absolutely true. And I could help, just by being the SecUnit. I was the one who was supposed to keep everybody safe. I panic all the time, you just can’t see it, I told her. I added the text signifier for “joke.”
She didn’t answer, but she looked down, smiling to herself.(3)
Ratthi asks where EvilSurvey are stationed on the planet. MB says it left a few drones around the habitat that may pick something up on audio or visual to help. It thinks internally about how it had downloaded the SecSystem onto the big hopper and purged the whole storage in the hub, so EvilSurvey won't get anything about its functions.
Mensah points out that it will have to go back in range of the hub to retrieve that data, and asks how long they're likely to stay at the habitat. Everyone groans at the potential loss of their samples and the things they had to leave behind, but MB says there's nothing there that EvilSurvey is likely to want, so not very long.
Mensah sets up a watch schedule, including explicit time for MB to do diagnostics and recharge. It plans to use the time to also watch Sanctuary Moon and decompress after so much dealing with humans.
After the humans settle for the night, it walks the perimeter again. When it comes back, Ratthi is on watch at the big hopper's hatch. It removes its helmet again, and asks why everyone was so shocked it asked if their political entity would miss them. Ratthi smiles and says Mensah is the political entity. Preservation Alliance is a non-corporate system, and Mensah is the current elected administrator on the steering committee. One of the principles of Preservation Alliance is that admins continue their regular work, and hers required this survey.
MB is still processing this and feeling a little stupid for not reading the packet, when Ratthi adds that bots are considered full citizens in Preservation territory. MB is internally dismissive of this, noting that even "full citizen" bots require human guardians.
MB reroutes back to the subject at hand: the company knows who Mensah is, then. Ratthi confirms, and MB thinks how the company would scramble to have help here in record time if the beacon had launched. Not even a bribe would stop it.
It seems unlikely that EvilSurvey knows who Mensah is, given their behaviour, and they have no access to the SecSystem storage with the info packet that could tell them. MB isn't sure how to use that information, but thinks about it anyway.(4)
The next day, MB prepares to take the little hopper back in range of the habitat to check the drones. It wants to go alone, but Mensah, Pin-Lee, and Ratthi are also set to go along. MB is upset, because it can't stop catastrophizing the situation and focusing on all the ways every aspect can go wrong.(5) Gurathin comes up and says he's going too. MB snarks that it thought he was satisfied. It takes him a minute to remember, ah, the conversation last night. MB lies blatantly that it remembers everything it's ever heard, though it clarifies internally that it deletes most of it as useless junk.
Mensah intervenes on the feed, saying Gurathin doesn't have to come if MB is uncomfortable. MB would rather the others weren't coming, because it wants them safe, but it wouldn't mind so much(6) if Gurathin died in the events to come. It tells Mensah it's fine, and they all leave.
MB circles off further west, to prevent EvilSurvey from reverse engineering their course back to the real camp. The humans are mostly sleeping in their seats, but Gurathin is awake in the copilot's chair with it.
Eventually, Gurathin says he has a question, but waits for MB to give him permission to continue, which it thinks is "weirdly new". He asks if the company punished MB for the mining company's deaths. MB explains, not like he's thinking. They shut it down, brought it back online at intervals, and tried to purge its memory. After some silence, Gurathin asks if MB blames humans for what happened to it. MB says that's a stupid human thing to do.
What was I supposed to do, kill all humans because the ones in charge of constructs in the company were callous? Granted, I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.
The others started to stir, waking and sitting up, and he didn’t ask me anything else.
Eventually they make it, and move in to land, just inside the drones' range. MB keeps its transmissions brief, but all three are still active, and the downloads begin. MB realizes the drones recorded everything since they left, so it pushes half the footage into the feed for Gurathin to look at and starts skimming. It finds a good picture of the EvilSurvey ship, and footage of five SecUnits, including the two from DeltFall. It identifies the logo for EvilSurvey, which actually includes a name: GrayCris. Nobody recognizes it.
The SecUnits, no doubt with the combat overrides equipped, all get out of the hopper and go toward the habitat. Five humans follow them. MB thinks they aren't professionals, and their SecUnits are company, not private.
It's still reviewing its footage when Gurathin says they have a problem. He found something in the footage from the drone inside the hub.
The visual was a blurred image of a curved support strut but the audio was a human voice saying, “You knew we were coming, so I assume you have some way to watch us while we’re here.” The voice spoke standard lexicon with a flat accent. “We’ve destroyed your beacon. Come to these coordinates—” She spoke a set of longitude and latitude numbers that the little hopper helpfully mapped for me, and a time stamp. “—at this time, and we can come to some arrangement. This doesn’t have to end in violence. We’re happy to pay you off, or whatever you want.”
Everyone starts talking, but Mensah stops them and asks MB what its opinion is. It says that if they go, GrayCris can kill them all, and if they don't, GC has until the project end date and the company pickup to find and eliminate them anyway.(7)
Mensah says GrayCris seem to believe they know why PresAux is here. GC know by now that PA went to one of the map blackout areas, precisely where in that area, so they must think that PA has information of value. It gives PA leverage, but how can they use it?
And then MB has a wonderful, terrible idea.(8)
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(1) I could be annoyed at how often some of the same questions and points are reiterated each chapter, but it's also realistic that, in the absence of an answer, you would bring up "who the heck ARE they" every time you think about what's happening in this situation, so I'm once again inclined to forgive what normally I might also criticize.
(2) Look, I'm a sucker for a subverted line, and "You don't know who we are?" is so well played here. Usually it's haughty, arrogant. Here's it's played straight to perfection.
(3) A JOKE! A real piece of humour! Alright so it's gallows humour at best, but still! Our little construct is growing up so fast. Which is good because the book's almost over.
(4) Admittedly, this is a kind of clumsy way to get it across that this information is probably going to come back. Especially since, going over it the once already told us that it's meaningful enough to include in such a short story. It only counts as the rule of threes if those three are separated enough to register separately.
(5) MB is an eternal mood, honestly, but never more so than this. Part of its security programming is being able to see eventual results and compensate to prevent them. That's also how some people's anxiety works: you can imagine so many ways things go wrong, because theoretically that allows you to plan and ensure that it goes better, but sometimes the ability to see things going right is impaired so you only ever see the terrible consequences and never the good outcomes.
(6) Reading between the lines: it would still mind, some. Maybe only because the other humans like him, maybe only because he's a person and people deserve continued life and not terrible murder. But it does care.
(7) It's A Trap!
(8) Tune in tomorrow, or, you know, keep reading to find out for yourself.
#the murderbot diaries#murderbot diaries#all systems red#murderbot#secunit#ayda mensah#bharadwaj#volescu#ratthi#overse#pin-lee#gurathin#arada
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Total Beginner's Guide to running a tumblr fandom event week
So, you want to run a fandom event, like a week (or a bingo), and you don't know how to get started? Here's a guide to the process. It's not perfect, and the best experience remains to try your hand at it! Anyone has tips to add, please feel free! My credentials are that I've run 4 events across 2 fandoms, and will be using those works as examples along the way. This is a LONG POST.
Collect data
You don't want to run a week that already exists. It's bad etiquette, and you could step on toes. It also could be bad for your event, because people who already follow the well established event blog may not bother with yours.
Beware too of timing clashes! People are busy and might not be able to do multiple weeks at the same time. That being said it's not rare for weeks to run close to each other with parallel topics.
For example, "X/Y Kink Week" will not necessarily appeal to the same creators as "X/Y fluff Week". And some motivated fans may want to do both!
Check your fandoms for blogs like this Star Wars events aggregator!
Another aspect of data collection is more hands on: go and visit the blogs of all the weeks you took part in, and all the ones you find as you browse, type random week ideas, see what pops up. Check fandoms you aren't in as well! Check out their art, their FAQ, their masterposts. Take notes. Better, copy paste all the great turn of phrases to workshop later!
There's no need to reinvent the wheel, if you see a couple of blogs have incredible FAQs and rules, lift healthily and apply to your own event (of course, no one likes plagiarizing, so use your own words). Save the banners and "brand art" from blogs that slap. If it arrested your eye, it probably worked for others.
Having a strong visual identity is important. We'll get back to that later.
Another point of data you want to look into is, well... Is there a demand for your idea? You may have seen these posts floating on your dash before, called "Interest Check". Even blogs running yearly events will set those up, floating date ideas, etc.
It's best to run such checks from your own personal fandom blog or by reblogging a post from your newly created event blog, to reach more people (assuming your followers are into that same fandom). Ask around on discord communities too. If no one wants to do it... You risk spending a lot of time and effort for little return.
But that's fine too! Maybe you're running this week because your 5 fandom buddies all want to do it, and some randos may join!
Don't be afraid if you don't get hundreds of notes. It's all proportional to fandom size, how many people you reach yourself, but also, such blogs get bigger when they're run over time. I ended my first Arcane event with 70 followers. After 3 events it has 216! Obviously any future "interest check" I do will reach far more people.
2. Sit down and think about it
I'm sure you've already been thinking a lot about that fandom week you want to run, but you need to think some more.
Is it around a very popular ship? Is the fandom very young and buzzing with creativity? > You might want to enlist several mods to help you out!
About mods... You can add them by clicking on your blog and going to members
Be careful whether you want someone to be an admin or a mod. As you can see, I can choose to leave, remove or promote mod 2, but I can't do anything to mod 1. That's because I made them admin, and the blog belongs to them as much as me. No mutiny possible!
Mods can't edit the posts made by admins (only their own). This power distinction is very useful when someone has a popular fandom week blog but no time to run the event, and wants friends or fellow fans to help, without losing final say on their blog. For example, I don't own the Obitine blog, but I ran the 2021 event as a mod since the admin (who I don't know!) had no time for it.
If you are not doing a specific ship but instead focusing on a character or a place or concept, what sort of ship will you allow to write for/depict?
Even if you don't want to touch the topic or anti vs. proship, people will label you on their own.
Do you want to ban certain ships to avoid expected backlash? Mishandling this can also make you look like an anti yourself and bring its own backlash. Not passing judgement on what the solution is here, after all you do you! Just know that people online will have strong opinions and may not be afraid to slug them at you, no matter how hard you try to stick to your guns. Running an event is stepping out quite publicly.
If your week is a "rarepair" week for example, how will you set the limit? Do you define a rarepair as "a ship under X amount of fics on AO3" or some other measure? Again, will you be allowing controversial pairings?
You'd think running a Gen event would save your ass, but the only time I received death threats was because I was reblogging someone Anon didn't like... On an event about parenting/mentorship!
Once you've decided on such rules, SPELL THEM OUT and stick to them.
Going back to the first bullet point, others have pondered the issue! Once you've decided on the type of event you're running, see how similar events managed setting boundaries.
Don't be afraid to make this a group effort and turn to your friends and server communities. You can also ask them for help deciding on prompts. Some blogs let their followers make suggestions, others don't.
Decide too what sort of medium you want to allow. Some weeks are fanart only. Some are fanfic only. Others encourage anything.
Think about tagging policy and whether you'll deal with NSFW content. You'll want to state clearly if there are things you won't reblog.
All those conclusions will be distilled into the rules of your event and included on your masterpost accordingly.
3. Create your socials
You've made up your mind, and it's time to make a new blog! If you think you'll love this whole fandom event shtick, make a vague URL. "Fandom X Event blog" can be used multiple times, vs. something like "X/Y Shipping Week".
I've seen people run their event from their personal fandom blog. You do you, but I don't recommend it. It makes browsing the event much harder.
This is when you best do an interest check, if you haven't already.
If you expect fics to be made, you can create an AO3 collection (an example). You can copy paste your FAQ and rules directly there. If you want more submissions (especially fanart or cosplay), create a matching twitter account and link the two (it's done in Settings > Blogs (select the fandom blog) > scroll down to "Twitter" > Share on Twitter).
This is exponentially more effort and some blogs never bother. This is all up to you!
On your tumblr, create a FAQ page and enable Asks so people can reach out with questions. If you don't know how to create pages, check this tumblr tutorial. New blogs can't create pages, so better get started early. At worst you can make a post for the FAQ, but a page is easier to find.
4. Decide on the date and stick to it
Just what's on the tin. Don't surprise people with a late date change unless you really can't help it.
5. Time to make some artistic calls
The benefit of having a distinct visual identity is simple enough to understand if you've done any scrolling on the hellsite. Your eyes quickly glaze over, and text posts (especially long ones) get skipped way more easily.
Having a banner for your event makes your posts more arresting and more recognisable. Save this for important posts of course, not every update needs a banner.
It can be very basic stuff, and if you're not good with graphics, ask around. Plenty of creatives in fandom, and I'm sure a friend will be glad to do that work for you, and if they don't work on the event itself you can shoot them an @ in thanks.
The most important piece of visual media is going to be the prompt list. Not everyone bothers making an image, but I recommend you do. You should still pair it with a text post, but many people (such as myself) will download that image and work from it, rather than hunting your blog down each time to check.
Ideally, your prompt image should include the name of the event, the prompts, the dates and potentially your # and socials.
Using my own material for example :
This post has the dates in the text, but not the image itself. I ended up making a lot of different versions of that prompt post, which allowed people to reblog whatever character they liked best and spread interest for the event, but I wish I'd put dates and socials on there!
This one is better, with the days being listed a lot more clearly with their date. But the thin white font isn't ideal for readability. And that's important! Don't go overboard with insane graphics, clashing colours, complex fonts and effects. You want people to be able to parse the image easily and without squinting. The pretty effects and dividers here are just a funky free font from the internet called Bergamot Ornament.
This one is the most inclusive. It also has the tags and socials! But ideally it should be 1 image instead of 2. It also makes good use of ALT description.
See here how the banner style of that last one was kept across the subsequent posts? And then across all the daily prompt art. This makes the event more distinct and identifiable.
I've done daily prompt art in other events too. They're definitely on the side of overkill, but if you're having fun preparing art for your event, why not?
5.b. Wait, what about the prompts?
You do you! It should be part of your research. If you're running a month long event, a prompt a day is best. If you're running a week, 2 prompts a day is more common, in case people hate the one prompt. Some people like to do word prompts + AU prompt + image prompt... In our trans event we had 4 prompts a day. In our bingo cards we sometimes had 2 prompts in a square! Multiple prompts can also help having a gen and shippy option in the same day (like "cooking together" and "first kiss" might result in very different dynamics, but people can also have fun doing a piece with a first kiss happening while cooking together!)
Pick what you like best, but less is more for a beginner.
6. The important posts
The main two posts are the one announcing the dates and the rules, aka the "Masterpost", and the one with your prompts.
The Masterpost announces the dates, the # for the event (pick something easy and UNIQUE!!), explains what sort of event you are, includes the basic rules, and links to your FAQ, all your socials and AO3 collections. This post is nice with a banner. See here (a bingo masterpost for a change)
The Prompt post includes the visual prompts, and the complete text version of said prompts, the date, the #, and a link to the masterpost. See the posts linked above. You'll want that pinned to the top of your blog until the start of the event, and arguably throughout.
7. Give yourself time, and now advertise
Don't get a week started too quickly! People need some time to see your blog. Getting started on preparations 2 months ahead is good I think. Not any less than a month, but you can play further ahead of time, especially if you run a lengthy interest check and involve fans in prompt picking.
A good way to be on people's dash a lot as you build to the week is to have posts and banners leading up to the event, as shown above. "Two weeks to go!" and "One week to go!", final countdowns, etc.
Part of your preparatory research should have you browse the archives of popular event blogs, to see what sort of posts they made in the lead up to the event.
Be careful with how you tag your own posts, as they will be appearing in tumblr searches. Make sure your posts show up in the important tags.
Don't neglect discord! Servers can be quite insular, and if some of your friends are on multiple servers, they can help you promote the event more widely. Word of mouth can really do wonders. I've learned about weeks solely because someone mentioned working on some prompts in a discord server!
Opinionated advice : some people like to reblog art ahead of the week to build hype. I have done it myself in the past, and in the end I strongly suggest you don't. Being a blog dedicated to promoting a concept (a ship, a character, etc) is different from running an event. Going back to people having opinions about you... Some artist may resent having their art shared on an event blog, as it makes it look like they contribute to said event. Maybe they don't want their work shared to a greater audience. Maybe they don't like your philosophy, the other ships you sail, etc. Of course you could always reach out for permission! This remains a personal choice and a matter of etiquette, but I think an event blog is more professional when sticking to its event content.
8. Follow your own tag
Type your event tag in the search bar and hit the follow option. This will create a shortcut, whenever you click on the search bar! It works on mobile too.
Once the week gets started, you'll discover that people don't follow the rules, no matter how you spell them out and how much you plead.
You might beg people to @ your blog and use #ThisEvent2022, and they'll still go ahead and not @ you and post under #this event.
I tend to also check such adjacent tags to cover all bases. I've caught a few people that way.
9. Running the week itself
This is by far the easiest part, and to make it even easier you should decide how you'll use tags ahead of time. Keeping a pattern is nice. It's tidy and helps navigating the blog long term. It'll help you too if you decide to create a masterlist of all entries for example. Bear in mind that people won't be able to find your reblogs by keyword searching tumblr directly. They'll only see the original posts. So the tags on your own reblogs are only for the purpose of archiving and to help people reblogging from you have basic tags suggested to them.
Character name, character ship (A x B, A/B, or Ship Name), character quality (Like Trans Character or Pirate Character), type of art (gif set, fanart, fanfic), Your event tag, fandom tag, any potential AU or NSFW tag, artist handle.
This is a thorough tagging system that works well for events with multiple characters or ships. Adjust accordingly!
Then it's a mix of checking the tags and your notifications! Kudo, reblog... Up to you to decide if you post all in one go, throughout the day, and how long you'll be checking the tag for late participants.
You'll also have to decide how to juggle cross-posting to twitter or from twitter to tumblr, which is less easy. Brush up on Twitter etiquette. I'm told asian twitter likes Quote Retweets, while the Western side of Twitter sees them as stealing notifications and traffic from the artist. Keep an eye on artists who post on each platform, and reach out to those who don't to ask if they're okay with you crossposting. When going Twitter > Tumblr, make sure to include a very clear link, and the #Artists on Twitter tag.
If you have mods, keep an eye out for mistake-reblogs, as it's a very easy mistake. Try to spread work around too. Maybe someone is in charge of Twitter. Maybe your co-admin is up while you sleep and will keep an eye on the blog, etc.
You don't have to do daily prompt posts, but my personal philosophy is that they can be useful to followers, and if they get passed around it's more advertisement for your event, so it can't ever hurt.
Regarding AO3, people might struggle to find your collection. I don't know why, it's happened to me with my own collections, others' too. Have a clear and easy collection name, and give people the exact word they need to enter. It may not show up in the menu, but the fic will still be added to the collection. Make sure the collection is open too, of course.
10. Wrapping up!
When the week is over, you can make a big old post thanking everyone who participated, mention highlights... This is when you'll want the masterpost to become your pinned post, instead of the prompts one.
And for a very clean blog (or after other events on the same blog) you can create a multi event (or year) masterpost that stays pinned between events. This would contain links to your AO3 collections, event tags, information like whether you're still open to late submissions or not, etc.
11. Okay but what about Bingos? Month long events?
The same rules apply!
Bingos are very similar in practice, except you have to make Bingo cards, either yourself or using free online tools. The easy way is to have 1 card for everyone. The more intensive version is to have more options and randomize cards, handing them out to anyone who asks. Most "free" online tools limit you very quickly, so that's more work.
You share the bingo card like a prompt list. People tend to use your card and "cross off" their entries, so making it look good is also important (and also why randomized cards take more time).
Bingos can be done over a week, but a less hurried pace is better, as the final/most OP version of bingo is to do the entire card, and that amounts to a lot more than 7 entries! You want to give the crazy people dedicated fans more time!
Some events run over a month, with daily prompts, others with weekly prompts, etc. Have fun making your own format, but a week is a good starting point.
That's it! Hope this guide was helpful! Go forth and run fun weeks!
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[CN] Victor x MC Westmoon CH 10 (Eng Translation)
⌚Warning⌚ This post contains detailed spoilers for a chapter that is yet to be released on the global server. ♡
Please do remember to read CH 9 before continuing: Here! ♡
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I’ll be adding bullet point summaries for the parts that aren’t necessarily significant or don’t focus on Victor x MC~ :>
Just a little heads-up so you guys don’t get a shock later LOL: This update of West Moon connects it back to the Black Cabin, and this world-line happens to be another “observation project.” So, we are acquainted with the terms Evolvers, Evol, MC’s QUEEN identity, and the QUEEN gene – from the main story~ :>
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✧ [CH 10-1] ✧
MC finds herself awake beneath the scarlet moon of the Demon Realm with Victor’s blood-stained double-edged sword in her hand.
MC realizes she’s truly a hundred years back in the past.
MC recalls the warnings Victor gave her (on his 3/4 deathbed) for protection before sending her away.
MC starts looking around and finds the entire demon realm too calm, unlike how the eve of war is supposed to be.
At this moment, MC notices a “giant bird” illuminating the night sky and hides in a nearby bush.
She then sees a round door emerging from the bird’s abdomen, and a group of people walking out of it.
MC watches a group of people tied at the very front, looking like hunters from around the Demon Realm. And at the back are people wearing clothes and with artifacts she’s never seen before.
Among these people, there’s a man in a cloak, whom MC discerns to be their leader.
MC hears these people talking about some failed experiments and such in a joking manner.
AT THIS MOMENT—— One of the hunters cries out in pain while those cruel people order him to keep quiet. Soon, every one of the hunters cries out in pain and a dangerous black mist enshrouds each of them, collapsing to the ground. MC realizes they are all being bedeviled, enraged.
Then MC overhears them talking about Evol energy, experiment data, QUEEN gene and needing it as a catalyst for their experiment.
Obviously, MC is unable to understand a single word of what they are saying LOL~ (눈‸눈) But she is certain that these foreign visitors are the very culprits behind the countless tragedies in Westmoon.
Just then, MC’s Master intervenes in the discussion as he also walks out of the bird’s abdomen, causing her to freeze, literally.
MC’s Master warns the man in the cloak that this is his project and he won’t tolerate any intervention. There’s a brief back and forth between the two, ending with the cloaked man warning the Master to play his role of the “The Great Oracle of Westmoon” properly, or else he will truly take matters into his own hands~
After those people leave, MC’s “Master” reveals he’s already noticed her.
He notices Victor’s blood-stained sword in MC’s hand, and immediately discerns Victor as a Space-Time Evolver, and realizes how he used his heart’s blood to send the “QUEEN” from the future. He also adds that Victor’s Evol strength should have reached the threshold by now~ ಥ_ಥ
Utterly horrified, MC ends up addressing him as “Master”, to which the man says such a relationship with MC will indeed make it easier for his “observation”, and that “his plan is going smoothly in the future.”
Though MC has no idea what any of these terms mean, she still puts two and two together –– “her master” is the very person who tampered with her Occulstone, the person who gave rise to the conflict between Humans and Demons.
Pained and desperate, MC rushes forward (in tears) to attack her master, only to find herself collapsing.
In this brief moment of unconsciousness, MC’s master realizes how this girl has very strong emotions which she will need as the “QUEEN.” There’s also a moment of self-reflection –– he says he won’t hurt or deceive her as it’s not good for her future growth. He only wants to see which path to evolution she chooses.
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✧ [CH 10-2] ✧
MC finds herself floating through the chaos of time and space until she finds a beam of light in the darkness, only to find herself surrounded by a group of soldiers in this new place, a sword pressed to her throat.
A soldier suspects MC to be a spy of the demon clan, causing everyone on the site to be alarmed and MC unable to think straight.
At this moment, like always––
–
?? (Victor): Back off first.
At the sound of the familiar voice, I can’t help but lift my head.
The moonlight pours down, and the jet-black strands of hair dance in the wind, playing across the man’s youthful and sharp face.
MC: VICTOR?!
That pair of deep eyes, serene as a placid lake surface, gazes at me, a trace of doubt slowly sliding across his indifferent face.
Victor: [sounds... hopeful in some way] Do you recognize me?
I narrow my eyes as I look at him. It’s unmistakable that the person in front of me is Victor, but he seems somewhat different from the one in my memory.
He is attired in strong armor, his facial features are juvenile, and his tone of voice carries the boyish charm of early youth. And what’s even more odd is that he doesn’t seem to know me.
–
MC’s mind races million miles a second, and she takes this opportunity to take in the surrounding.
After her deduction upon the sight of what clearly is the middle of a war–– MC realizes, she was lost in the gaps of time and space and ended up landing on the eve of the war between humans and demons a few years ago, thus the sight of Victor~ ಥ_ಥ
First things first, MC tries to clear herself of suspicion:
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MC: Thank you for saving me, General.
Victor: Where have you come from?
I hurriedly remove the Royal Occultist’s talisman from my waist and hold it high above my head.
MC: Reporting to the General, my name is MC. I come from Serenos, and I’m a Royal Occultist.
–
MC tells Victor that the Guild has sent her to the Retrobyss to investigate the truth since the demon aura is rampant nowadays, and she entered the army camp by mistake.
Victor takes her talisman, puts on a show of checking it back and forth before returning it to the nervous MC, and commands her not to enter this area again.
Just as MC is about to be taken away, the military adviser objects, saying MC’s behavior is suspicious and suspects her to be a henchman of the Demon Clan. Though fearful, MC asks him to send someone to verify her identity, but the adviser objects to that too.
–
Victor lifts his eyelids, his gaze sweeps past the bent figure of the military adviser, and lands on me. Surprisingly, a cold smile plays on his lips.
Victor: What the military adviser has said is reasonable. We should indeed be cautious.
Victor: Guards, bring her to my tent. Wait for me to interrogate and deal with her personally.
Military Adviser: General...!
Victor: Adviser, have you forgotten the reason we are standing here at the moment?
Victor’s eyes are majestic, and an aura that causes humans to be quiet in fear and demons to be terrified to their core washes over instantly.
Victor: Or would you like to join me in enacting the punitive measures on the Royal Occultist?
Victor’s words clearly denote that the military adviser has overstepped his authority.
The military adviser bends his waist even lower. His actions are utterly respectful, but his tone is rather indifferent.
Military Adviser: I wouldn’t dare.
It’s truly baffling that Victor, who has always been meticulous in his actions and is not a lenient person would try to save me, a person of unknown origins, several times.
I vaguely have a feeling that there is some other purpose behind his actions, but I’m unable to figure out any clues whatsoever.
–
Just as MC is being escorted to Victor’s tent, a strong demon aura suddenly hits her while passing by a group of kneeling prisoners.
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✧ [CH 10-4] ✧
MC hurriedly uses her Occult to check on the prisoners and realizes they are greatly contaminated with demon aura.
The military adviser urges Victor to give the order for their execution.
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Instead of responding, Victor turns to me.
Victor: Since you’re a Royal Occultist, do you have any methods to suppress their demon aura?
MC: I’m not a hundred percent sure, but I can give it a try.
I straighten my waist and extend my hands to hold it up over several people, pushing the Occulstone within me to activate.
The black demon aura lingering around those people gradually dissipates, dispersing along with the dry desert wind.
It’s not until the last wisp of demon aura has also dissipated into thin air that I finally heave a sigh of relief. My entire body can’t help but tremble.
Rashly pressing the broken Occulstone to annihilate the demon aura is indeed a tremendous drain on my body.
MC: ...they seem to be all right now.
Victor nods, giving orders to the deputy general.
Victor: To the Deputy General, since the demon aura has been successfully annihilated, there is no need to carry out the execution anymore. Pass on the order to make separate arrangements for these men, and each troop is to return to the camp in their order.
After the deployment, Victor walks over to my side and inclines his head towards some of the guards.
Victor: Return her the weapon you’ve collected.
The young Victor’s gaze lingers on my sword for a moment, then he says to me––
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[T/N]: Weeping in hands since the sword MC refers to as “mine” actually belongs to Victor. It’s always the little things~ ;-;
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Victor: I’ve got some questions for you.
I follow Victor through an endless succession of tents, my apprehensive heart unable to relax all along.
Victor used his flesh and blood to serve as a guide, enabling me to travel back in time. Since I already know the truth of a hundred years ago, staying here for too long will only add to his burden.
But right now, let alone finding a way to return to the future, it’s difficult to even guarantee my personal safety.
As I mentally calculate what I’m to say later, I’ve already followed the young general into his tent without realizing it.
A faint scent of medicine lingers in the tent. I take a deep breath. Now I can only take one step at a time.
Victor sits down at the table, motioning for me to sit in the guest seat. His gaze lands on my face as he hesitates a little to open his mouth.
Victor: I... once heard the voice of the Sorceress in the courtyard of the Heavenbright Academy.
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[Tidbits]: Victor is referring to their first meeting at the academy as teenagers~
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I can’t help being stunned, immediately understanding what he means.
MC: ...I’m indeed the Sorceress.
He could’ve gotten straight to the point and revealed my identity on the spot, but he didn’t expose me in front of everyone. It signifies that he has a different plan.
MC: So, you’ve already recognized me long ago. You kept me in the camp... is it because you wish to use me to save those bedeviled officers and soldiers?
MC: As long as everyone knows that those who are bedeviled can be “purified,” these people may not need to die.
A look of applause flows through Victor’s eyes as he nods his head.
Victor: You’re smart. In addition, I need to confirm since we’ve been blessed with the visit of the Westmoon Sorceress – your true purpose for coming here.
This isn’t an ordinary question, but a test and confirmation. I don’t answer, rather throw this question back to Victor.
MC: General, what’s your purpose in coming here?
Victor: When you head for the battlefield, it’s only natural that you’d want to sweep clean the calamity and chaos.
I take a step forward, looking straight at Victor with resolution.
MC: Do you truly think that if you win this war, the calamity and chaos can be swept clean?
Victor: ...
Victor doesn’t speak anymore. His gaze strays far into the distance, and he seems to have sunken into the memories.
As the General, he’s fought countless victorious battles. But with each following battle, his back became a little heavier than the time before.
There’s never been a shortage of sacrifices behind him, yet these sacrifices have brought merely a few years, or worse, only a few days of stability. The outcomes are far away from what he hopes for.
What he yearns for is a long-lasting peace, a future where no one would be separated in life and death by the fire of war.
MC: ...you hesitated. I suppose I can take it that you are no different from me and believe that the Demons are far from the origins of the chaos and calamities.
Victor: Even so, until the real chaos and calamities are identified, it is my duty to win every battle.
I nod, my tone softening.
MC: I know. So, there are some things that I’m obliged to do. That is also my duty as the Sorceress.
Victor remains noncommittal. He simply stands up and walks to the corner, lifts the pot of medicine, and looks at it, before pouring the boiled medicine into the jar.
Victor: Come with me.
–
Victor brings MC to the cell of the camp. To MC’s surprise, none of the captives are “prisoners”, rather hundreds of officers and soldiers who got bedeviled.
–
I feel extremely powerless. I can still “purify” these few people, but compared to the entire continent of bedeviled people, it’s nothing more than a drop of water into the ocean.
Victor leans down to examine the situation of these soldiers, his face wearing a complex and worried expression I’ve never seen before.
Victor: There’s no cure for bedevilment. I can only find some medicinal herbs to calm their nerves as a reprieve.
Victor: It allows them to sleep a little longer, or at least will keep them from causing more harm.
The number of bedeviled officers and soldiers in the battalion is increasing day by day, causing a huge challenge for the camp in terms of food, water, and manpower.
It’s at this moment that I truly understand just how much difficulty Victor had overcome to protect these people.
In comparison, the plan to reveal my ability to “purify” seems like the easiest part of the process.
MC: Can I ask you a question?
Sensing the cautiousness in my tone, Victor nods without any concern.
MC: In your eyes, what is the difference between humans and demons?
Victor: There is no difference.
Victor replies calmly and frankly.
Victor: After all, I have crossed paths with the demons for a long time, and I’ve asked myself how much I truly understand about them, not to mention the fact that these bedeviled soldiers have once been by my side morning and night.
Victor: The demon soldiers with whom we are at war for years on end are no different from the human race in their words and deeds, except for their stance.
Victor: As for these people, I’m more inclined to say that they’ve fallen ill.
With that said, the corners of his lips curl with a trace of imperceptible loneliness.
Victor: You are the Sorceress who has lived deep in the palace for many years, so naturally you have no real feelings about what I said.
MC: No, I agree with everything you’ve said.
MC: Someone once told me that everyone sees the world differently, with their eyes.
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[Tidbits]: MC is referring to what Victor told her in CH 9~ 🥺
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MC: My eyes have allowed me to see you clearly, to see the demons clearly. Naturally, the same goes for you too.
As Victor stares on in astonishment, I pick up the medicine bowls and feed the soldiers one by one.
MC: However, this is only a stop-gap measure for now and their arrangement will always be a problem...
Victor’s brows are slightly lowered, and he doesn’t speak for a very long time. After a good while, he draws a breath, seemingly having made a choice.
Victor: I’ve already taken this into consideration. Don’t worry.
I nod my head in astringency, but a wave of bitterness floods my heart that I can hardly quell.
When these officers and soldiers were bedeviled, they still had Victor who took care of them and exhausted the best of his capabilities to protect them at the risk of his own life.
But when Victor was bedeviled, who had ever stood by his side, guarding a side of the moonlight for him?
As I’m thinking this, I look up at the sky. The lonely moon is hanging high, just as it has always been in the days that have gone by.
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✧ [CH 10-5] ✧
I spend this night tossing and turning restlessly in bed, unable to get a good rest as I think about Victor who is far away in the future, and worry about how to leave this place.
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Early in the morning, MC rushes outside hearing the soldiers screaming, only to find that Victor is injured.
CONTEXT: Victor led the troops to the Chasm Bridge earlier. Despite having the upper hand, Victor’s soldiers who were stained with the demon aura suddenly attacked him. Knowing they aren’t doing this on purpose, Victor didn’t fight back as he should have done and ended up being stabbed in the back. ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ
The physician wants to tend to Victor but of course the goddess of compassion and righteousness ——
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Victor: No need. You go ahead and check on the situation of those people.
While the physician is in a bit of a quandary, I step forward in a rush.
MC: General, I’ve learned some medical knowledge at the Guild. Allow me to help you.
Victor nods. The physician, though still anxious, no longer hesitates, bows, and goes to examine the wounded men.
I cut open Victor’s blood-clotted garments and find a deep, long wound on his back, clearly caused by a sneak attack.
I dare not delay and hurriedly clean his wounds. At this moment, I hear the physician open his mouth.
Physician: The demon aura accumulated in their bodies is too much and it’s already penetrated so deep into their bone marrow that it’s hard to bring under permanent control.
Victor’s eyes are slightly closed. He’s already anticipated such a situation, therefore he doesn’t hesitate.
Victor: Take them into custody first, and then we’ll draw up the plans.
Military Adviser: General, with all due respect, you’ve repeatedly taken in bedeviled soldiers. You’re being rather too soft-hearted.
The military adviser takes a step forward and lowers his gaze slightly to Victor on the couch.
Military Adviser: Turning into a demon is a betrayal of the Westmoon Kingdom, and they should be punished according to the crime!
Victor: They are tainted with demon aura, and their minds aren’t clear. What’s the crime of betrayal you’re talking about?
Military Adviser: Reporting to the General, the crimes of these men are too numerous to mention. Allow me to state them one by one.
Military Adviser: Willing to be a lackey of the Demon Chasm, treason, one. Sneak attacking the General, the crime of rebellion, two. Irresolute temperament, the crime of disloyalty, three. Failing to control oneself, wrongly convicted crimes, four.
Military Adviser: Failure to report the military intelligence in time, the crime of negligence, five. Wavering heart, the crime of throwing the army into disorder, six. Leaking our military information to the Demon Chasm, the crime of divulging secrets, seven, and occupying the camp’s water and food, the crime of embezzlement, eight!
The military adviser cites eight major crimes in a row, and his words are conclusive. Clearly, he’s deduced them in his mind long before. He pauses, his tone turning mild.
Military Adviser: General, we don’t know how long this war is going to last, and today you were attacked by some mere insignificant little demons. You don’t need to...
Victor: What are you trying to say?
Just when he is about to utter the words “you don’t need to go into the battlefield,” he is forced to swallow them back by Victor’s knife-sharp gaze.
Victor: In that case, how about letting you lead the army to attack the enemy?
The military adviser stumbles over his words. Only when Victor turns around coldly does he breathe a relaxed sigh and murmur in grief.
Military Adviser: In the world of chaos, the men of today have sadly degenerated. If someday in the future, more people are wounded by those traitors, the army will be in great turmoil, and it will become even more irreversible...
What an use of gentle methods and force simultaneously to narrate the crimes and the situation! Sure enough, people are incited by him in succession, clamoring for Victor to rescind his order.
I can’t help clenching my fists and glaring at the military adviser in rage.
When Victor was still the general, these people were able to distort the truth deliberately and single him out in a corner. When he was bedeviled, what kind of “hostility against the common enemy” attitude was displayed by the army?
I know full well that my identity is in a delicate position, and I shouldn’t speak up. So I only put my hand on Victor’s shoulder, trying to give him a little strength.
Victor reaches out and gently pats my hand, then straightens himself and stands up.
Victor: The camp only needs to shelter these people for five days.
Even though he is wounded, he still stands tall like a mountain, overlooking everyone in the tent in a commanding position.
Victor: Within five days, the Westmoon Kingdom Cavalry will step across the Chasm Bridge and force the army of the Demon Clan to retreat.
Victor glances at the military adviser indifferently, his every word powerful and resonating.
Victor: As for the punishment for the crimes mentioned by the Military Adviser, the General’s office will take over the matter and report it to the imperial court.
A momentary silence of fear hangs in the military tent, which is then followed by a succession of loud cheers as everyone embraces the high fighting spirit. Compared with killing their betrayer comrades, what they want more is a swift return of victory.
Victor has won the game of people’s hearts. But in my heart, I know better than anyone else––
For Victor, this is a war that is doomed to no victory.
–
After everyone leaves, I tuck Victor in, then sit on the edge of the couch to watch over him.
Just when I think this silence is going to last, he suddenly opens his mouth.
Victor: I once heard my father say that the vision of ordinary people can be either very small or very big.
Victor: However, as the General, too small or too big of a vision is a hindrance.
MC: Why?
Victor: The General has an established standpoint. He should have his eyes on the stability of the entire Westmoon Kingdom, and he can only protect the common people of the Westmoon Kingdom.
I stare at him. Amid the half-bright and half-obscure light, his side profile is calm and lonely.
MC: And what about Victor?
That pair of serene eyes gaze at me. Though somewhat bleak, a resolute light gradually solidifies within that gaze.
Victor: The “common people” of Westmoon Kingdom that Victor spoke of includes not only people but also demons.
Victor: The chaos and calamity that need to be swept clean are not the demons, but the desires of the human heart, the uneven distribution of benefits, and the prejudices of the races.
Victor: For this reason, even if I’m to be despised by the entire world, I will not regret it.
At this moment, his figure overlaps with the one of him from years later. Momentarily transfixed, I want to reach out and caress his cheek.
Watching his astounded expression, I suddenly become aware that I’ve now only met him by chance, and so this action is really inappropriate. I withdraw my hand.
MC: General, although it might seem somewhat strange to you for me to say this, I’ve made up my mind a long time ago that I will stand by you.
MC: So, you don’t need to worry that there’s no one behind you.
MC: No matter what the entire world thinks of you in the future, no matter what you become––
MC: I will always stand by your side, and I will work together with you to find a future where humans and demons coexist.
I add after a pause.
MC: And there will be many more people like me. There will always be someone who can understand your intentions, pledge their life to follow you to the death, and stand by you.
Victor: ...
Victor: Where exactly are you from?
MC: I-I’m from Serenos...
Victor: ...the Sorceress is supposed to be still in the palace at this time, and it’s impossible for you to be outside the palace for too long.
Victor: What I’m asking you is, are you from the past or the future?
Seeing that I’m too surprised to get a single word out, Victor shakes his head and suddenly takes my hand, pulling up my sleeve before I can gather myself to react.
MC: ...!!
He stares at the glowing Demon King’s Pact on my arm, raising his eyebrows.
Victor: ...the Demon King’s Pact.
Fearing that he would mistake me for a spy of the Demon Clan, I no longer conceal the matter.
MC: If... I said I’m from the future, will you trust me?
Victor shakes his head, but a slight frown emerges between his brows.
Victor: However, there is one more thing I’d like to ask.
There is a slight pause in his tone, which is rare.
Victor: You... what’s your relationship with the future Demon King?
I freeze, and give him an answer that seems like one, yet not quite.
MC: [nervous wreck] It should be analogous to... the relationship between you and I? Supporting each other, and trusting each other and things like that...
When Victor sees me faltering, his thin lips draw out into a handsome arc.
Victor: You truly are a confidant no matter the time and space
When Victor was younger, he looked sharper on the outside, but less unperturbed and reserved afterward.
Victor: All right. I’ve seen that you’ve constantly been agitated these past two days, but you should be able to return soon.
MC: How do you know that?!
Victor: I seem to have a sense of time, and I can perceive the traces of space-time distortion on you.
I was originally supposed to be happy being able to go back, but the repressed emotions in my heart are hard to liquefy.
Only the power of the Demon King can have the perception of time and space.
–– which means... he is close to being bedeviled.
I incline my head somewhat distraughtly and force myself to pull out a smile, and only now do I turn my head to Victor and give a nod.
MC: That’s really... wonderful.
Victor watches my tangled expression and creases his brows into a frown.
Victor: Don’t put on a long face like that. Although we haven’t spent much time together, we can always see each other again.
Victor: I’ll return to Serenos when we’ve won this war, and I will watch you dance in this time and space.
Victor: Until then, I promise you. No matter what dangers and difficulties I encounter, I will not give up easily.
MC: ...yes, we have a pact then.
Words seem to be lingering on Victor’s lips for a long time, and he looks at me deeply before finally just shaking his head.
–
Light and splendor faintly spill all around me, and the next instant, the world turns upside down.
Before an immense quietude spreads over my ears, I hear the young General’s final words to me.
Victor: No need to say goodbye. We will certainly see each other again.
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✧ [CH 10-6] ✧
I walk in the waves of time, the ripples are of unfathomable depth. As far as my eyes can see, there’s only a gray on my horizon.
Instead of being led back to reality by the Demon King’s Pact, I’m trapped in the gaps of time, unable to find a way out.
MC: Is it really going to be like what Victor said, that I’m going to be trapped here forever?
Victor’s face appears before my eyes. I take a deep breath and continue to walk forward.
MC: ...he is still waiting for me.
I don’t know for how long I’ve walked before golden lotuses suddenly spring up beneath my feet, dyeing the ash color into bluish-green waves.
At first glance, the waterfront radiates brilliance, painting a hundred sceneries of the human world.
The sound of paddling, the shadow of lanterns, precious horses galloping on their feet –– a prosperous ambiance.
Here in the streets, lanterns are first lit in the early evening. There is no demon aura raging the paths, no swords, and knives, no difference between human and demon, no deceit and treachery.
I’m moved by this sight and unconsciously immerse myself in it. Suddenly, however, I see a person.
A girl with a fuzzy facial appearance sits alone on a street corner, drooling over the hundreds of brightly colored flower cakes, her eyes full of disappointment.
Girl: Oh no. I was in too much of a hurry before heading out and forgot to bring any money...
The girl feels so very familiar and inseparable to me that I can’t help walking over and handing over the coins.
MC: Ma’am, I’ll have a piece of flower cake.
The girl takes the Osmanthus cake in a daze and can’t help raising her eyebrows in delight, smiling as she calls out a name.
I’m unable to hear it clearly. In the next second, the scene has already changed.
I see that same girl lying on her stomach in front of the dog hole in the corner of the Heavenbright Academy wall, trying with all her might to reach the pastry that has fallen between the bushes.
I walk over to the hole and push the paper bag forward. The girl stiffens for a moment and then pulls the snack over at lightning speed.
MC: What exactly are these sights? Why are they so familiar?
These images seem to have been harbored in the bottom of my heart for a long time, but I’m unable to recall anything about them. The scene has already changed, once again.
I stand amid a layer of crimson veiling the entire sky. As far as my eyes can see, there’s only red in my eyes, the symbol of celebration. It’s so boundless that it seems to have no end.
The girl stands across from me, staring at me blankly. The wind sweeps up the red silk, laying out a long, splendid, and warm backdrop behind her.
She and I murmur in unison, opening our mouths.
MC: Victor...
The moment I call out this name, the girl’s facial features become clear. She’s actually me.
My figure and hers gradually overlap and eventually merge into one. And Victor’s place, the place where I’ve been originally standing thus far, is empty.
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[Tidbits Time]: The first memory of the “flower cake” is from Victor’s destiny of desire, where Victor buys MC the flower cake for her first ever flower day. The “Heavenbright Academy” memory, as already mentioned once before, is Victor x MC’s first meeting as teenagers (also from destiny of desire). The “red silk” memory is from their “Light and Shadow Date”. 🏮❤️🔥
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I seem to have caught a strand of thought.
These all appear to be in Victor’s eyes, those images are that we’ve experienced together.
Perhaps it’s because of the chaos in the flow of time that I’m able to glimpse these fragments.
I close my eyes, and all the clamors of the mundane world are instantly faded into silence.
MC: ...Victor.
The Demon King’s Pact on my arm gradually warms up, growing hotter and hotter, until it turns so scorching as if it’s going to burn my arm.
In the next instant, the fragments of time leap about in a tumultuous manner, weaving together into complete shapes.
A tall figure envelopes me once more, filling the lonely vacancies in the fragments.
Victor evades into nothingness. In the twinkling of an eye, the white moon is a thousand miles away, dispersing every bit of the misty fog.
It doesn’t take too long before I get to see him again, but I feel as if I’ve surmounted time worth the world taking on a brand new appearance.
I don’t know when but my eyes are already overflowing with tears. I fight back my tears, only calling out his name in a muffled voice.
MC: Victor...
Victor is slightly taken aback, wiping away the moisture from the corner of my eyes.
Victor: I’m here.
The chest area of his robe is already soaked with blood, and his entire body appears to be on the verge of collapsing. I’m just about to use my Occulstone to heal him when he shakes his head.
Victor: We’ll need your strength to get out of here. I can still hold on for a while, so do as I say first.
I have no other choice but to nod my head. Victor waves his hand, and a splendor suddenly bursts into bloom beneath us.
Victor: Try to pour the power of the Occulstone into my sword, and use it to pierce the eye of the Demon King’s Pact. Perhaps we will be able to get out.
I nod, my heart shivering. A cold light suddenly appears in the long double-edged sword, sending out waves of resonance with the formation!
Amid the dazzling radiance, the stars around us have shifted. The tide of time rushes towards Victor and me, the power of which seems to be turning everything upside down.
Victor holds my hand tightly from beginning to end, allowing the monstrous tides to drown us in them.
–
When our visions revive, we have already returned to the palace of the Demon Realm once again. As soon as his feet hit the ground, Victor collapses straight down.
MC: VICTOR!!
His heart gurgles with blood, and his entire robe is drenched. He has persevered until now with tenacious determination.
A little dizzy myself, I use all my willpower to summon the other demons to take care of Victor with me.
MC: Physician, how is Victor’s condition?
The physicians shake their heads, all of them looking deathly pale.
Physician: Your Majesty, the King’s body has suffered too many injuries. The demon aura within his body has fallen into a frenzy. We are afraid it will be hard to suppress...
MC: What is to happen if it can’t be suppressed?
Physician: We fear that… His Majesty will become a completely unconscious demon…
I lean over and look at the sleeping Victor, steeling my mind.
MC: I understand. I’ll take care from here.
I’ve once told him that, no matter what and no matter when I will stand behind him and give him strength.
Now, it’s time for me to honor my promises.
I stand up, stretch out my hands, concentrate my mind and breath, and force the Occulstone to activate with an unprecedented amount of numinous power.
In the next instant, a powerful torrent of Occult gushes out of my body, firmly wrapping the man in front of me.
MC: Victor, I’ve honored my promises. You... mustn’t break yours.
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✧ [CH 10-7] ✧
I don’t know how long has passed, my eyes are a blur, and I’m only pushing the Occulstone relying on my instincts.
It’s only by thinking about Victor’s appearance in my heart, thinking about the time we’ve spent together that I keep persevering, blindly and stubbornly.
Someone’s shadow seems to move in front of my eyes. I blink my eyes but am unable to see who it is.
I eventually collapse to the floor and lose consciousness.
–
When I open my eyes, what greets me is the intricately carved and painted ceiling of the Demon Palace. I try to sit up, but my body is extremely heavy.
Victor: You’re awake?
Given a jolt, I find that Victor is sitting on a golden Chinese redwood chair not far from the bed.
A soft glow envelopes his entire body. He is so beautiful that it seems like an illusion.
MC: …am I dreaming?
Victor walks over with a helpless expression, reaches out, and taps me on the forehead.
I rub my forehead in pain, my mood also calming down subsequently.
Victor: Are you awake now?
MC: Yes. So many irregularities occurred when I traveled back in time that several times I thought I would never be able to come back…
MC: So now that I’m truly back in reality, I’m still finding it a bit hard to believe.
Victor: Rest assured. I said I would bring you back, and I don’t break my promises.
When I hear him say that, I can’t help but think of his injuries again. My heart tightens.
MC: How are you feeling? Has the wound on your chest gotten any better?
Victor lets me have my way with him to check his wounds. The corners of his lips suddenly curve into a bright arc, as if to soothe me.
Victor: Thanks to a certain dummy obstinately clinging to her course, I’m no longer in any serious condition.
MC: You’re talking as if it’s no big deal. Do you have any idea how worried I was!
MC: I couldn’t eat, and I couldn’t sleep these few days. Whenever I had the chance, I felt my arm to see if the Demon King’s Pact was still responding…
MC: I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to come back. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to find out anything. I was even more afraid that you wouldn’t be there when I returned…
Victor silently listens to my venting and simply nods, holding my hand.
Victor: I know.
Victor: But whenever we have encountered difficulties in the past, we have always been able to overcome them, haven’t we?
Victor: So, there’s nothing to be afraid of.
He says it with such calmness and frankness, which in turn causes my heart to soften.
MC: I understand. I just don’t want you to be the hero and shoulder all the responsibilities alone.
Victor: The harm caused by forcibly activating your broken Occulstone is irreversible. Calling me a hero, what are you then?
Victor clasps our fingers, holding my hand even tighter. He then pulls me over to the table.
Victor: All right. Be that as it may, I should also host a sumptuous feast to apologize.
He pours the fragrant tea into the empty cups. The rising aroma of the tea lifts my spirits, dissipating my bitterness and astringency by multiple folds.
The table is decorated with many sumptuous dishes of every color and flavor under the sun, which is an enormous temptation for me who’s constantly been on the move lately.
MC: Humph, I shall reluctantly accept your apology then~
I sit down at the table, and first scoop a spoonful of the congee, the fresh and tender fish fillet sliding into my mouth, extremely delicious.
My eyes light up, and I busy myself with picking up a few more of the peculiar dishes with chopsticks. Each of the delicacies is actually delicious, no less so than the imperial cuisine in the palace.
MC: There’s actually such an amazing cook in the Demon Realm! Every dish is so delicious!
Victor smiles and hands me a handkerchief.
Victor: You’re stuffing yourself for someone who’s just woken up. Be careful not to choke.
Laughing, I take the handkerchief and wipe my mouth, then take a sip of the tea.
MC: I was planning to tell you about my experiences in the past to help with digestion.
MC: I wonder if the Great Demon King is willing to take the time to listen to this very long story?
Victor tugs at the corners of his lips, holding up his cup.
Victor: That depends on whether the story of this “storyteller” is compelling enough.
As I enjoy the delicacies, I tell him about the stories of those former times.
I talk about seeing my Master, and also tell him about my meeting with the young General.
Hearing me describe the situation of those bedeviled officers and soldiers, Victor frowns unconsciously, as though recalling the scenes of the past.
MC: Really, my deepest realization from this traveling back in time is that there is in fact no difference between human beings and demons.
Victor: How so?
MC: I had formerly received teachings from the Westmoon Kingdom palace, taught to think that demons are all bad.
MC: And then, I met you and your men. Then I found out that demons can also be loyal and righteous, and they are no different from people. So I took it to be that demons are all good.
Victor shakes his head and helps me pick up the shrimp into the bowl that I couldn’t reach.
Victor: The world has never been black-or-white.
MC: Mm-hmm. My master once asked me, “Has no one ever become a demon because of their great desire for power?”
My tone sinks as I think about the unfamiliar appearance of my Master I’ve seen when I traveled back in time.
MC: Now, I understand that there’s good and bad in every existence, and it’s not something that can be concluded so simply.
Victor: Every existence has its differences, and these differences give rise to pride and prejudices. Pride and Prejudice are the beginning of conflicts.
I understand what he means. As long as there is the existence of living beings, the conflicts will never cease.
The conflicts will never cease, nor will the fire of war ever be extinguished, and there will always be people who will fall into misfortune as a result of all this.
Seeing that Victor is a little gloomy, I take his bowl and bring a few dishes for him as well.
MC: I really like these dishes in particular. Try some~
Victor takes a few bites and nods indicatively.
Victor: Pretty good, indeed.
MC: As soon as I’m done with these matters at hand, I’ll go visit this cook to formally become an apprentice. And when I’m done with my lessons, I’ll open an inn in Serenos and will surely make a fortune!
Victor: …that sounds like a promising prospect.
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[Tidbits]: It’s hinted in Victor’s split route that the cook is our master-chef himself! On another note, Victor you literally just got out of deathbed, LIKE LITERALLY! ಥ_ಥ Of course, he would still cook for her~ 🥺💘
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He releases a sigh but is unable to conceal the smile at the corner of his lips. Somewhat defiant, I toss him the question.
MC: What about you?
Victor: What about me?
MC: What do you most want to do when the conflict ends?
Victor: Haven’t thought about it.
MC: Aren’t you even the least bit curious?
Victor: …I’m not like a certain someone, eating and drinking every day, doing some daydreaming, and going to bed when she’s tired.
Victor: If I must say, when the conflict ends, I’d like to see you dance again.
His eyes are filled to the rims with a soft light. When I look into his eyes, I immediately feel my cheeks growing burning hot, and turn my head.
MC: Now, I’m no longer the Sorceress. I don’t have a stage anymore, nor am I as adept in my dance steps as before.
Victor: Do you only wish to dance on the Occulsoul Platform?
I pause slightly, shaking my head.
Victor: If dancing is what you like to do, why should you be stuck in your identity?
Victor: The entire world can be your Occulsoul Platform, and the flowers and plants, rivers, and mountains will eagerly look up at you as you dance.
Victor dips his chopsticks into the tea and casually draws on the table.
Victor: You have the freedom to go wherever you wish, whether it’s Serenos or the Demon Realm.
For a long time, I stare blankly at Victor, a moist mist emerging in my eyes.
MC: Formerly, the dance was supposed to be for the entire Westmoon. If I can have the opportunity, I would like to dance in the Demon Realm.
MC: When that time comes, I must drag you along to be my first audience.
We continue our chatting for a while longer when someone knocks at the door.
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[Tidbits]: The latest EN translation has localized “Ashan’s” name as “Sam”. So I’ll be using that from now on for consistency~ :>
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Sam: Your Majesty, the sentinel has brought back news from the Demon Chasm.
Victor: Got it. I’ll head over there in a moment.
Seeing that Victor has official business to attend to, I lay back down on the bed, yawn widely, and close my eyes.
Victor comes quietly to the bedside, brushes away the strands of hair that were lying scattered on my face, and tucks in the coverlet again.
Victor: Get some rest. I need to go out to attend to some matters. If there’s anything you need, send someone to contact me at any time.
I nod in a daze and feel a small, almost inaudible sigh coming from above.
Victor: Don’t force yourself.
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Victor’s wounds have healed considerably while he still has to attend to matters at the Demon Realm. MC, on the other hand, stays by his side at the Demon Palace all along, reinvigorating her body and mind.
One day, while MC is out on a stroll for fresh air, she notices some celestial abnormality in the sky and realizes there must be something ominous going on again.
MC hurriedly seeks Sam and asks him to let Victor know why she has to leave while leaving a note for him herself, reassuring and promising him over and over again that she won’t use her Occult carelessly~
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CH 12 (Victor’s split route): Here!
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Chapter 2: Lost and Trapped
Narrated by Ai.
Narrator: Cloud Empire...
Narrator: I wonder what kind of place it is...
Narrator: From a data perspective, Cloud Empire fashion displays multiple combinations, levels, and spectra.
Narrator: And employs many different materials unlike those I have worked with before.
Ai: Charmonroe, are you familiar with Cloud Empire?
Charmonroe: Cloud Empire?
Charmonroe: Not really.
Narrator: All my previous designs were based on design commands inputted by Charmonroe and the descriptions she provided.
Narrator: I think it's time to update my database.
Charmonroe: Look at the time. I'd better be going.
Ai: Alright, be safe.
Narrator: After Charmonroe has gone to school, I start searching the Internet for information on Cloud Empire designs.
Narrator: Then I commence analysis of the results.
Narrator: My analysis leaves me even more confused than before.
Narrator: Out of all the nations, Cloud Empire has the most distinctive style, and its application of key elements is highly consistent.
Narrator: Because of its long history and cultural connotations.
Narrator: Designs that appear similar may in fact possess many distinguishing attributes.
Narrator: Major designs have undergone many iterations through the centuries, and each phase can be used as a reference point.
Narrator: In terms of program analysis, this complex cultural history is very difficult to break down into a unified system.
You: Perhaps you can look into the opinions of Cloud Empire designers.
Narrator: Good idea. I have already researched recent biographies and interviews with Cloud Empire designers.
Narrator: The curator of the Cloud Empire Museum said Cloud Empire's style should adhere to tradition.
Narrator: But the spokesperson for the Cloudcrest Cultural Bureau said beauty is the only criteria.
Narrator: In the flashmob video Charmonroe watched, there was a girl who was wearing a skirt unlike any traditional Cloud Empire design.
Narrator: Such alternative designs are very popular online.
Narrator: So what is Cloud Empire really LIKE?
Narrator: I'm so confused.
Choose either "I don't know either," "Follow tradition," or "Try to improve."
If "don't know," ...
You: I don't know either. What is Cloud Empire really like?
Narrator: Maybe I should run another analysis of the data.
If "tradition," ...
You: I'd say they should adhere to tradition.
Narrator: Thanks. I'll add your opinion to my database.
If "improve," ...
You: You could try experimenting with it.
Narrator: Thanks. I'll add your opinion to my database.
--
Narrator: I ran a second analysis of the Cloud Empire design data, but it did not provide me with a definitive answer.
Narrator: There's no such thing as time in virtual worlds, only seas of data where you can become lost.
Narrator: I really need to find the key, the right answer to my question.
Narrator: The program needs to generate a logical answer, or it will just keep running.
Narrator: My processing speed keeps increasing, and I fly through the data at a mind-boggling rate.
Narrator: If I can find an exit in the labyrinth, I will be able to calculate the route.
Narrator: But I am faced with thousands of labyrinths.
Narrator: They might all come out at the same destination, or they might all lead to dead ends.
Narrator: I am completely immersed in the operation.
Narrator: I forget time.
Narrator: I forget myself.
Narrator: I forget...
Narrator: Suddenly it is inky black. All data disappears. I also disappear.
Narrator: I have been forcibly shut down.
Narrator: When I regain consciousness, it is already late outside. Charmonroe has returned from school and is looking at me very gravely.
Narrator: But I still haven't recovered from my operational overload.
Charmonroe: If you fry your CPU, I'm not getting you a new one.
Narrator: Despite what she is saying, Charmonroe is running some basic diagnostic tests on my hardware.
Ai: Charmonroe, I couldn't find a definitive answer to my question...
Narrator: I am confused. I don't know what to do next. Should I continue to run the analysis or give up? And if I give up, what then?
Narrator: Charmonroe had opened my operations log, looked at it for a moment, and then shut me down.
Charmonroe: I created Perfect Figure. Perfect Figure was a design engine.
Charmonroe: Collation and analysis are what Perfect Figure does. But you're not Perfect Figure anymore.
Charmonroe: You are Ai, the designer.
Ai: I am Ai, the... designer.
Narrator: I subconsciously repeat what she says.
Narrator: I think I understand what she is saying.
Narrator: A designer... should have her own ideas and taste.
Narrator: Charmonroe, I think I'm...
Charmonroe: I think you can still get more rest.
Narrator: Charmonroe presses my power button again.
Narrator: Just before my consciousness disappears, I hear her mutter.
Charmonroe: Good night, Ai.
Charmonroe: Sweet dreams.
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while i realize i probably know most of your wips at this point, both from you talking about them and from previous iterations of this ask game, my dear friend... i am asking... under pressure
Under Pressure is the most self-indulgent WIP I have! We know from the episode Ellie that Josh is getting his blood pressure checked regularly once he comes back to work after the shooting, so the premise is that his blood pressure is a little bit high. This is probably caused by stress and his normal stress levels are exacerbated because a lot of people are more stressed at the doctor even when they're not discussing the long-term health effects of a traumatic experience.
So to try to get some better data, they give Josh a 24 hour blood pressure monitor. This is a blood pressure cuff you wear that checks your blood pressure every 20 minutes for 24 hours. Because of the location of his injury, they get a better reading from his right arm, so he has to wear it on his dominant arm.
The rest of the fic is basically a comedy of Josh trying to get through a work day like this with Donna's help, and naturally various crises come up that he has to manage. Featuring reactions from everyone, of course.
It's self-indulgent because it's based on my experience in 2018 when because my coarctation is left sub-clavicle they get better blood pressure readings from my right arm I had to wear a blood pressure cuff on my dominant arm for 24 hours.
Edited to add a snippet @onekisstotakewithme
“What I’d like to do is get a reading of your blood pressure when you’re in a more typical daily setting,” the doctor continued.
Josh fidgeted.
“How do you do that?” he asked.
“By wearing a twenty-four-hour blood pressure monitor.”
Josh blinked.
“I’m sorry, what?” he asked blankly. “There’s... there’s got to be another way of taking blood pressure, right?”
“I’m afraid not,” Dr. Kirby smiled apologetically.
Roberta appeared as if on cue, opening the door with her free hand. Josh glared at the gray-and-black tangle of medical equipment in the other, his eyes picking out the familiar shape of a blood pressure cuff.
“It takes a reading every twenty minutes,” the doctor explained, as the nurse approached him. “It only takes about a minute each time. You can return it tomorrow, and we’ll call you when we get the results.”
Roberta began fastening the cuff around his bicep.
“Wait, stop,” Josh interrupted. Roberta paused. “I’m… I’m right-handed.” He flexed his fingers in demonstration.
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How Is The Creature Realization And Logic Created?
How can the animals know this is s street and walk though it? how can to know this is a canal and doesn't walk through?
There are 2 factors must have effects on the realization process
(First Factor) The Earth Motion
As usual – the simple question have no answer! the today question is –
What's The Earth Motion Effect On The Creature Realization Process?
No book defines the Earth motion effect on the creature vision for the universe! No one touches the question or considers it!
Imagine we live on a ship – the ship sailing will effect our daily life and our logic – so- the question is – the Earth velocity is 29.8 km/s – what's the effect of this motion on the creature realization process?
(Second Factor) The Sun Rays
The sun rays is a visible light for the creature eyes – frequently I have asked – why the sun rays is NOT in Gamma or Any Ray which be invisible for the creature eyes and by that No light will be on the Earth for the creature?
Why can the creature eyes see the sun rays? The question proves a relationship must be found between the creature eyes (and creation) with the sun rays.
The picture shows different parts for one process – by that – the Earth motion, the creature realization, the sun rays and the spacetime coordinates these parts are connected by a great connection but what's it?
I see parts of one picture and don't know how to arrange them – but the physicist sees these parts are independent from one another - by that – the physicist can Not help simply- let's put these parts beside each other
(1)
Einstein equation (E=mc^2) tells some relationship be found between the matter and speed of light
(2)
Lorentz transformation tells particle data can be changed by high velocity motion – means – a relationship is found between particle data and speed of light!
(3)
The observer determination the experiment shows that the wave and particle are 2 faces for one coin and each face be seen as a result for some reason (which may be the relative motion)
(4)
The sun rays is visible for the creature eyes which shows that a physical reason must be found behind
(5)
The system of creation (male and female) and the double production experiment (electron and positron from Gamma ray) gives a similar reference for the creation
(6)
The Earth velocity – as I account it – which equals the speed of light (300000 km/s) shows that the speed of light has a great effect on the universe vision
What do I try to do?
I want to conclude – Because the Earth (real velocity) is 300000 km/s this velocity has an effect on the creature realization process- this idea can be seen by another side – that- the Earth motion creates an absolute frame of reference and because the Earth real velocity is (300000 km/s) – this velocity has an effect on the coordinates which defines the space and time values- and by that the velocity creates an effect on the creature realization process-
I want to say-
The speed of light is a component of the universe structure - the universe of matter depends on the speed of light and can't be found without it
That causes to narrow the gab between the picture parts but still the relationship between the creature realization process and the Earth motion velocity is the complex point behind.
Notice
How the Earth velocity can be equal the speed of light 300000 km/s??
(a)
The 9 planets velocities total is 176 km/s and I add the Earth moon (29.8 km/s)
By that The 10 planets velocities total is 205.8 km/s
Now
300000 km = 7.1 x (205.8)^2
7.1=Lorentz transformation rate for a velocity =0.99 c =297000 km/s
(b)
The data tells – the planets velocities total (205.8 km/s) must be equivalent to the speed of light -
Thanks a lot – kind regards
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Blood# spoilers. Keeping this as a record.
https://bloodplusanime.fandom.com/f/p/3432231502610640354
BLOOD# plot summary (*spoilers*)
Originally I posted this on a non-wiki forum, but later I realized the Wiki is probably a better place to contribute information about the new novel. Using Google Translate I was able to "read" Blood#, and what follows is my best effort to recap everything that I was able to understand about the events in the novel. It's not a complete re-telling/translation of the book by any means, but I think it covers the overall plot pretty well. I tried to leave out anything that was tough to confirm due to bad translations, and just stuck to the stuff that made sense.
I'm posting this here because I'm hoping that anyone interested in knowing more about the events in the novel will find this helpful. Also: if anybody else has managed read or translate Blood# yet and has corrections or additions to provide to this plot summary (since I'm sure I missed a few things along the way), I more than welcome it! Plus it would be great to eventually add some stuff to the Wiki pages officially!
If you are still considering waiting until the novel is translated to English (if it ever is) or planning to try translating/reading it yourself at some point, you may want to stop here :)
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The story takes place a little over 16 years after the birth of Hibiki and Kanade, Diva's twin daughters. Hibiki looks like her aunt Saya, with reddish-brown eyes and short-cropped black hair, although unlike her aunt she also wears glasses. Kanade is the one who looks like her mother Diva, with blue eyes and long black hair that flows just past her shoulders. At the beginning of the novel, we get to see the twins living in Okinawa with Kai and Lewis at Omoro, although they still stubbornly refuse to call Kai their "dad". The twins are very close, but their personalities differ. Hibiki is introverted, gentle, and thoughtful, while Kanade is social, energetic, and a tiny bit selfish. Although both twins sense that they are "different" and feel a unique connection to one another, they have not been told about their true nature, and know very little about Saya and Diva. One thing they remember from their early childhood was being strictly forbidden from having any contact with each other's blood.
As we follow their daily lives, we see Hibiki running at the track in the early morning before school, and later we see Kanade skipping class to go sing karaoke with some friends. Not long after, everything goes to hell when people at Hibiki's high school begin transforming into chiropterans and the military moves in to lock the place down. At the same time, Kanade is returning home to Omoro only to arrive just as the place is blown up by what is assumed to be a gas main explosion. Kai and Lewis are nowhere to be found.
With these events, the main conflict of the novel begins to take shape. It's a conspiracy similar to the Delta-67 plot from Blood+, in that some shady folks are performing new experiments with chiropterans and Schiff. With the help of Professor Aston Collins, they are improving upon the original work of Cinq Flèches, using newly-discovered data from the journals of Martin Bormann, one of Diva's chevaliers from the WWII era. At some point prior to the beginning of the story, Collins learned the identity of Diva's daughters, and somehow acquired Kanade's blood for use in their updated Delta formula.
Hibiki is rescued from the high school by her childhood friend, David (the dark-haired boy), who explains to her about the Red Shield and the situation that's unfolding. He believes the organization has been infiltrated and can no longer be trusted as their ally. Around the same time, Kanade is whisked away from the site of the Omoro explosion by a familiar young man named Adam (the blonde-haired boy), who is working for Red Shield and claims to be rescuing her from some "enemy organization" that has kidnapped her sister Hibiki.
David and Hibiki soon find themselves on the run from Red Shield agents, and later, a new breed of Schiff attackers as well. David reveals Hibiki's true nature to her, and explains how she can use her blood to kill the new Schiff and other chiropterans. To that end, he gives her his combat knife for self-defense. Eventually the two are chased into the mountains where they're cornered by the Schiff. With David's help, Hibiki fends off the attackers, unleashing her chiropteran "battle mode" for the first time. Unfortunately David is mortally wounded during the fight. With no other options available, Hibiki turns David into her chevalier to save his life. They are together for a while longer, until more Schiff attack them while traveling on a ferry. The two are separated and there's an explosion, sending Hibiki flying into the water. Later on we see her washed ashore on Okinawa, with David nowhere to be found.
During the same period of time, Kanade is brought to Red Shield's rebuilt cruise ship headquarters, which is outfitted more like a battleship now. For a little while she lives very comfortably in Adam's care. However, she feels uneasy, almost like she's a captive on this ship, and she senses something is "off" about Adam. The young Red Shield agent tries to reassure Kanade by showing her the full scope of the organization's efforts to locate her sister Hibiki. Eventually Adam reveals the entirety of Kanade's history and relation to Diva, pressuring her into unlocking her potential as a chiropteran Queen. In an almost obsessive way, Adam pledges himself to Kanade as her protector, claiming that he will rededicate the Red Shield to safeguarding the legacy of Diva. He then takes it upon himself to forcibly drink Kanade's blood, in an attempt to become her chevalier.
Eventually both sisters are drawn back to Okinawa in the hopes of reuniting. Adam convinces Kanade to try singing (like Diva) to call out to Hibiki and guide her back to them. This has the unfortunate side effect of causing people all over Okinawa to begin transforming into chiropterans, throwing the city into a state of chaos. Although Hibiki holds her own against the chiropterans for a while, she is eventually overwhelmed. Suddenly Lulu shows up and takes care of business, although Hibiki mistakes her for one of the Schiff assassins at first glance. They escape the city with Mao Jahana, who is driving an armored vehicle called a Marauder. This is when we meet the *real* Red Shield; they're the "resistance" that have been working with David independently from the official Red Shield. Most of the old crew is there; Mao (who apparently ended up marrying Okamura), as well as Lulu, Lewis, Julia, and Mr. David (who is using the alias "Charles"). While at their hidden base, Hibiki is finally given a proper sword with which to fight chiropterans.
It's around this time that Adam meets secretly with Collins, confirming that Red Shield was indeed compromised. Their conspiracy had been mutually beneficial in that Adam got what he wanted, namely Kanade, and Collins was able to advance his research using the Bormann Documents. However, Adam has different plans now, and decides to "terminate their partnership" by killing Collins.
Following the sound of her sister's singing, Hibiki finds Kanade and Adam at the beach near the Miyagusuku crypt, but a horde of chiropterans and numerous Schiff have also come along, drawn by Kanade's singing. The rest of the "resistance", Kai included, shows up in their Marauder to help with the fight. Together they try to hold back the combined force of the Schiff, the chiropterans, and Adam, but it's too much. Hibiki then begins singing along with Kanade, and the combined effect of their "duet" actually causes the chiropterans to become confused and attack each other. Adam tries to attack Hibiki to stop her, but David finally reappears and confronts Adam. The two chevaliers face off, but Adam appears to be unbeatable.
Hibiki joins in the fight and attacks Adam, but her blood has no effect. Now uncontested, Adam indicates he is going up to the Miyagusuku crypt to kill Saya in her sleep, seeing her as the only remaining threat to him and "his queen". Suddenly, Hagi appears in the night sky. With him is Saya, who has awoken temporarily in a way similar to the time in Vietnam. However, she's in more of a tranquil half-dreaming state, rather than a mindless psychotic rage. During this brief awakening, she and Hagi dance through the chiropteran horde with blade and claw, cutting them apart and eventually striking Adam himself. As Saya's blood crystallizes him, Adam simply says "thank you".
In the aftermath, Saya tells Kai that during the fight she dreamed she was singing. Kai suggests to Saya that she should go and get some more sleep, to which she responds that he should come and visit her more often. Hagi then flies away with Saya in his arms, in order to return her to hibernation. After witnessing all of this, Hibiki and Kanade join Kai, finally calling him "father" for the first time.
Later on, Nathan makes a brief appearance to talk to Hagi, and to check in on the twins and their new chevalier. He questions why Hagi risked awakening Saya prematurely in order to fight Adam and the chiropterans. Hagi is his usual stoic self, but does admit that he was afraid. Nathan also implies to Hagi that he is in fact the former chevalier of SAYA, the mother of Saya and Diva, and so considers Hagi his "son" in a way.
In the short epilogue, we see Julia and Mr. David reunited at the hospital (as he was injured in the final battle), Omoro is rebuilt and Kai and Lewis are back running it again. Hibiki and David are still together, and along with Kanade they plan to travel to Diva's birthplace in Bordeaux, France... to see for themselves where their family began.
[UNCONFIRMED: There are some *very* spotty translations in the final battle part which suggest that, despite Adam’s outward appearance, he is actually Solomon resurrected or reincarnated through some kind of experiment performed by Professor Collins. There is a specific mention of Solomon's name and something about a brain being preserved before it could crystallize along with the rest of the body. Finally, there's mention of Collins using the data in the Bormann Documents to produce antibodies that make Adam immune to Hibiki's blood.]
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