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shslskaterboy · 1 year

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YOU'RE SO RIGHT THOUGH Komahina truly is such a good ship and I feel like it's the one implied most in canon. The way they compliment each other, they remind me of a yin and yang. If you have the time for it I'd definitely love to hear your Saiouma thoughts too because Saiouma is definitely one of my favorite ships (I analyzed their characters way too hard and just fell for them)

Yes absolutely 🙏🙏🙏

Something I actually like about saiouma is kinda the opposite of Komahina, and that’s the lack of in-game subtext. I don’t just mean that in terms of romantic subtext, but also just who Ouma is as a character, since you get absolutely no concrete backstory for him, and don’t even know if you can trust the small tidbit you do get with DICE, and because of this he can kinda be whatever you want him to be. He is purposefully shrouded in mystery because the theme of the game is truth vs fiction, and I think his character was meant to exemplify that theme by being unknowable. I’ve seen the claim that Kokichi is just a knockoff Nagito but I don’t think that’s fair because I think he’s very purposefully the way he is.

That being said, I personally buy into the hc that he is anxious and has trust issues, which is why he constantly avoids the truth and acts out the way he does in game (Weeby News has a really good ouma analysis on YouTube I would highly recommend if you haven’t seen it)

This hc is sort of the hinge of why I love Saiouma, because this puts them in a position of understanding each other, both fearing the power of truth, albeit for different reasons. This along with what in-game context you do get from FTEs is what drives it for me. All of the other characters write off Kokichi as a trouble maker, bad news, purely antagonistic, but if you do all his FTEs then that makes Shuichi the only one to extend the courtesy of trying to get to know him.

That being said, unlike Komaeda, Ouma does NOT care to submit to the terrifying ordeal of being known- at first. He is having fun with Saihara, he’s definitely a little gay boy for Saihara, but he’s not revealing anything; of course Shuichi sees Kokichi as an enigma, or even a puzzle to solve, which is why he keeps coming back. However, over the course of all FTEs and his Salmon-mode ending, Shuichi comes to appreciate Ouma for who he is- lies and all- and agrees to meet Kokichi in his level, literally hand in hand.

Again we come back to the idea that this ship is very mailable, as is seen by the plethora or pre, post, and in-game art and fics. There are AUs left and right because there is just so much room for adaptation: people can pick and choose exactly what they want Saiouma to be to an incredible degree. Of course my preferred dynamic is always going to be the A+ banter that you get with the introvert/extrovert, and because they’re both anxious and insecure in their own ways, I think this enables some very cute content.

I’m the end I do tend to latch on to what existing canon content there is cuz that’s just how my brain works; they compliment and contrast each other because they both understand the gravity of truth and lies, and I think they end up understanding each others different ways of using them. I think there’s a lot of room for growth for both of them, and I think they’re both in a position to empower and uplift the other on their character arcs.

I do think the game could have done a better job of giving subtext that they might genuinely care for each other (much the way Komahina does) but I do understand the reasoning behind leaving it more open to interpretation. Either way I greatly appreciate the levels of creativity that come from saiouma shippers, and I will always be a sucker for phantom thief AUs 😅

#let’s not forget the complimenting colour scheme #anyway canon is what I choose and I say they like each other #in my brain Shuichi actually CARED about ouma’s head injury in ch3 #I do genuinely wish they had more in-game interactions the way Komahina does #but alas #I must live vicariously through the fan creation community #saiouma #danganronpa #skaterboy answers

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firespirited · 3 years

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Monsterland the anthology series was really good. Stylistically it’s simple if a little dated, you’re not getting arthouse soundtracks, sound effects or visuals. The CGI and makeup won’t age well. But that doesn’t matter, the way the win95 spaceships don’t matter in Babylon5 or the spraypainted supersoakers in that movie that makes you cry everytime. The storytelling is solid.

I’ve put a read more for length not for spoilers.

There are eight stories for grown ups on the theme of What is monstrous? and the answer isn’t humans are the real monsters or monsters are just metaphor everytime. There is no over arching background plot, they’re just short stories set in the same world. Almost all end very abruptly so you have to go over it in your head to piece everything together or rewind the last ten minutes (which is what I did). A lot of the reviewers were annoyed that it didn’t give answers and some of the monsters seemed to be representative and others were legit cryptids. I went into it with the knowledge that it’s based on a collection of short stories so wasn’t surprised when it didn’t ‘commit' to a specific lore but I grew up on collections of novellas on a loose theme, it’s a sci-fi and french lit classic; and also modern short story or poetry collections tend to like different angles, it’s kind of the point. I felt it answered it’s premise quite concisely: a monster is defined by the damage it causes.

When I say it’s for grown ups what I mean is there are some very upsetting and disturbing themes like poverty, abuse and mental illness explored: more distressing than your cursed demon book or killer clowns. If you’re looking for horror as fun escapism, I got some recs for you but this isn’t it. This is humans in terrible situations who encounter the monstrous. This is at times very delicate and complicated: people who do harm who are also sympathetic. I found it deeply cathartic but in other circumstances I wouldn’t be able to stand the grim. It’s hard to explain but sometimes having your pain represented on screen, even as you watch through your fingers can feel like you’ve been recognized. Someone else out there believes that your baggage is like a monster, that the people who would look away or contribute are monsters. I guess it’s like that therapy on ecstasy or hypnosis might be like: seeing your own issues but at a distance, here through the lens of someone else’s story which is set in a fantastical otherplace.

Not going to pretend it doesn’t toy with ableism for effect like a lot of horror, it also has sex scenes that weren’t always necessary for plot (it made total sense for episode 8). I can do a detailed trigger warning for each episode if anyone wants, they made sure to warn for an episode that deals with suicide (in a very honest head on manner, seriously respect that they didn’t romanticize or water down anything) but not for stuff like a guy showing the cigarette burns his father gave him in the middle of an episode about something else so it’s really rolling the dice when you have rather specific triggers that are domestic, not trivial but kinda mundane like doors slamming or making food for someone abusive and stressing over every detail, ya know? You have to be in a headspace to be able to switch off and walk away from the story if it hurts, pick it up later if you’re still intrigued, allow yourself to be upset and either chew on it or go fill your brain with anything to drown out the thoughts. That’s not the healthy place I’m in depending on the day or even time of day LMAO so yeah I watched this in odd increments and am still not okay with some of the stories but that’s alright.

I’m also down to discuss interpretations. That’s part of the fun.

I don’t think it was a good choice to bookend the anthology with Toni’s story as she’s the one left in limbo, still stuck in a rut of self loathing *mild spoiler alert* she rejects the revelation that she’s trapped in a crap system that gave her no choices and prefers to think of herself as a monster. I felt that was them not wanting to give us resolution because closure is not something you get in real life and that makes me ache because I know Toni, I know multiple Tonis who’ve taken multiple paths, there was a time when I was certain we might end up with a kid in our care and Toni in the wind and there’s only so much you can do, you can tell someone they did the best they could but they might choose living in guilt. yeah maybe that’s personal, it’s not like the other stories necessarily get tied up neatly in a bow.

Ok enough rambling. I enjoyed this very much as psychological, sociological horror (and because Frankenstein spoils you for monster stories with range) Horror often doesn’t approach stories with nuance leaving that to painful true-feeling if not true-story dramas. This strikes the right balance of unreal and real for me.

Quick addition: Don’t watch just because someone says hey it’s got got POC and queer rep, like The Old Guard there’s diversity, there’s also a ton of blood, guts and suffering. You don’t have to watch or want anything more than fluffy representation in this cruel world okay? Just getting that out of the way. Sometimes the diversity is just showing how the world looks, sometimes part of the point is the added alienation. The first two episodes center white poverty because they were trying to pinpoint things about poverty and healthcare without ‘resorting’ to POC which might make part of the audience feel like it’s not them and not their problem so it was important to have the characters be white for that. Two of three asian characters’ otherness contributed to their self image. The fact that a guy is black makes his looking for answers more dangerous as the police could have hurt him for snooping. But i’m seeing reviews by people who watched because they saw a lesbian love story or their fave actress and then got whacked in the face by the dark plot. What we *need* is media where you can watch Nicole Beharie and Loan Tran act their asses off in ALL the shades of grey from romcoms to historical dramas to fantasy elf princesses.

#monsterland #good storytelling #diversity used judiciously #some incredible acting #tv #reviews #saf #movie reviews

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kaoarika · 5 years

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A couple of things about the HypMic manga I want to say based on the scanlations /summaries around, so spoilers ahoy (as of August 27, 2019)-

About Before the Battle:

I still think it has the most nice art of the bunch.

Still cannot believe the turn that they are giving it of as canon. Maybe in my head I was expecting something better? as backstory, even though some elements click pretty well here and there. Like, Jakurai’s past as a hitman makes SO MUCH sense... and his way to become a doctor as a mean to atone from his past’s actions, feels also... right for some reason?

In some ways, it’s pretty understandable giving the world they are living with (a post WWIII one), and how men are taking approach to it, especially as how Central Ward was established in Japan.

I still want to know “why”. Why Ramuda (or Central Ward) picked Ichiro, Samatoki, and Jakurai. I can of assume it was because Ichiro and Samatoki had great abilities and they clearly showed that when they took their respective territories with their respective partners... but why picking Jakurai, who was a former hitman? It would translate well into the mechanism of the mics? Or because something entirely else.

Although, I find it criminal a couple of things, including turning the head of the orphanage that the Yamada siblings were in, as an entire as*hole who will do things just for the name of money (and last month I wasn’t that off about WHY).

Look, I can buy that Jiro and Saburo hated how Ichiro was here, especially if they seemed to have idolized him when they were younger because he is their last blood-related family... so him as a punk and finding out he was doing bad stuff is... plausible. But also being fed with ideas cemented by the orphanage’s head is also plausible :|c

Oh, at least Jyuto appeared... but again was expecting much more better for a cameo of him in this storyline *sigh*

I feel bad for Nemu and wish she doesn’t become traumatized by this kidnapping thing, even though she knows her brother is in the Yakuza. WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHERE IS SHE IN THE PRESENT, THOUGH.

Maybe I’m still a bit sad that some of the headcanons I had last year are being pulled down from their feet :)))

Then again, *I* can bend canon as much as I want. I mean, i’m a bit disappointed, yeah.

About BB & MTC side:

The art makes me feel baffled for some reason. In some scenes, it’s pretty nice to look at... in others, not so much. I like how the artist tends to draw MTC... not so much with the BBs, especially Ichiro. And this month’s chapter’s preview is now viceversa...

I like how they paced and gave info about the backgrounds of Jyuto and Riou.

HEY, if you have an opportunity to introduce Nemu’s present self, it’s in THIS manga! And I’m still waiting before present official lore in Drama Tracks comes in next season. I really just hope she doesn’t become a satellite character to Samatoki (or give him “man pain”, because I’m REALLY thinking in sad stuff about her, even though he did mention something about her at the end of The Champion CD’s Drama Track gives me hope she isn’t doing THAT bad???).

I don’t have much to say, in all honesty?I don’t too much to complain about. (And my complaints about the art style being wonky at times, at least they gave us Ichiro’s tiddies memes *bricked*)

About FP & M side:

Has the prettiest art style of the three??? Although flaws happen.

I liked how they were showing FP’s friendship developed in a short time because it makes it feel right when you listen to the Drama Track in their Battle Season CD, and it provides some... up-to-interpretation(?) context for “Stella”, too.

However, I think it lacks something?

I think partly it has to be the pace. Which was different from the other side-series.

Not saying it’s a bad thing whatsoever, but I suspect that, instead of digging much more into Dice or Gentaro, besides few hints here and there, they are planning to make some revelations in the Drama Tracks instead of showing it off here. Like I have mentioned before, Fling Posse are wildcards, and they are still the most mysterious trio of the bunch. And if it looks like Ramuda recruited them in a way as it probably happened with TDD... it indeed makes me wonder.

That being said, I wish Ramuda wasn’t still that much of a mysterious character besides what we know about him... but again, related to above.

Kinda wish we had much more inside stuff about Central Ward, though... BUT I SUPPOSE THEY WANT US TO FOLLOW THE CDS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I MEAN, let’s take a look to the ETHM album’s drama tracks, for a bit of “there’s something going on here and we don’t know what it is yet”.

It may be me, but there wasn’t too much focus in Matenrou, tho? Like, okay, we did have a glimpse to their personal lives and what not... (I’m taking the side Drama Track from their single aside). And Jakurai’s past is briefly touched in Before the Battle... however...

I do want to know why Hifumi has gynophobia and this hasn’t been mentioned as of yet...? unless they explain it when they adapt that part from their side track in their Battle Season CD.

#hypnosis mic #hypmic #kao's ramblings #hypnosis microphone #hypnosismic #i'm probably wrong in some aspects but #spoilerish spoilers

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kawaiikichi · 5 years

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Three Words (Saiouma)

Saiouma “I set up the blanket fort. The password to get in is three words” from the Valentine’s Day Starters list for Anon! I had loads of fun writing this 😊

I hope you like it and let me know if you would like anything changed/edited! :D

Based off of the request below:

Title: Three Words

Prompt: “I set up the blanket fort. The password to get in is three words.”

Summary: Due to the heavy snowfall, Shuichi decides to cancel his restaurant reservation and spend Valentine’s Day with Kokichi at home. Kokichi decides on building a blanket fort for them to be in while they watch some movies and even sets up a password to get in. However, Shuichi has some trouble figuring out what said password is...

Warning(s): Implied past self-harm (it’s very much implied based on their conversation and the fading scars Shuichi takes note of, but you can interpret it however you wish; this lasts for, like, half a second, but it never gets brought up again; mentioning it just to be safe!)

One-shot is under the cut!

“Yes, I would like to cancel my reservation for seven.”

Feet padded against the hardwood floor.

“Yeah...we’re kinda snowed in at our home and the weather doesn’t look like it’s going to clear up anytime soon.”

Shuichi rose his eyes from the kitchen counter, watching as Kokichi made his way into the living room with a bundle of blankets in his arms.

“Thank you. You have a good evening, as well.”

He set his phone as he watched Kokichi drop the blankets down onto the couch.

“And what exactly are those for?” he asked.

“That’s a secret~!” Kokichi chirped in response.

Shuichi sighed.

“I had a feeling you’d say something like that...” he trailed off.

“Soooooo,” Kokichi leaned against the couch, the fuzzy lilac sweater he wore slipping off his shoulder, “did you call the place already to cancel the dinner reservation?” he asked.

“Yeah, I just got off the phone with them.” Shuichi replied.

“Heh...” Kokichi twirled some hair around his finger. “So? What are we having for dinner instead?” he asked.

“Well, while you were in the shower, I went to the grocery mart on the tenth floor and bought ingredients for chicken alfredo. Is that okay with you?” Shuichi asked.

“Yeah, that’s fine. Also, I stuck a bottle of white wine in the fridge to get cold. You can take it out if you want.” Kokichi said.

“A bottle of white wine?” Shuichi turned and opened the fridge door, spotting the wine bottle laying next to some containers of food. “Ah, I see it. I’ll take it out.” he said.

Upon taking the bottle out, the label caught his eye.

“Sauvignon blanc?” he questioned.

“Yeah. I know you hate how sweet white wine is, so I picked one that isn’t too sweet.” Kokichi explained.

“Ah.” Shuichi said as rested the bottle on the counter and proceeded to take out the ingredients needed for the chicken alfredo.

He began prepping the dish as Kokichi pulled chairs from the dining and kitchen tables into the living room.

“And you? What are you going to do?” he asked.

“Oh, I’m just gonna back to what I was doing before.” Kokichi replied.

“You mean you’re not gonna help me cook?”

“No? Come on, babe, you know that everything I touch burns and withers away into nothing but ash.”

Shuichi’s eyebrows furrowed.

“Kokichi, you know you shouldn’t be talking like that, especially with what happened seven months ago.” he spoke.

There was silence for a couple of seconds before Kokichi sighed.

“Sorry. I know that these past few months have been rough, especially for you.” he apologized.

“It’s fine, it’s just...” Shuichi trailed off.

Kokichi finished positioning the chairs exactly how he wanted them and he leaned against one of them, glanced at Shuichi.

“Look, I don’t want to put a damper on tonight. It’s Valentine’s Day, we shouldn’t be talking about something so serious.” Kokichi said.

Shuichi looked at the fading burn scars on Kokichi’s arms and then into Kokichi’s eyes, which held a serious look in them.

“Yeah...” Shuichi murmured.

“Good.” Kokichi turned and dashed into the hall. “Now then, I need to gather some pillows and other junk!” he chirped.

“Alright.” Shuichi replied.

He turned on the stove and poured olive oil into a skillet as he looked over at the kitchen bar counter.

“Alexa, play my Valentine’s Day playlist.” he called out, hoping that some music would distract him from what they were just talking about.

“Playing Valentine’s Day playlist from Shuichi Saihara’s iPhone X.”

Thinking Out Loud came on as Shuichi began cooking the chicken in the skillet. Kokichi returned to the living room a couple minutes later with more blankets and some pillows. As Kokichi continued doing what he was doing, Shuichi observed him.

Kokichi had decided on wearing black tights and fuzzy lilac socks with his sweater. His hair was pulled back into a small ponytail and his bangs were pinned back by sparkly purple bobby pins.

Shuichi brought his bottom lip in between his teeth, marveling at how cute his boyfriend looked.

Aaaaaagh, why does he have to be so cute, he wondered to himself.

Shuichi’s heart skipped a beat, cheeks flushing a rosy pink as he lowered his gaze to the blankets that Kokichi had thrown over the chairs and held in place with some clips.

As Kokichi fixed one of the blankets, Shuichi realized what he was doing.

Ah, so that’s what he’s up to, he thought to himself.

Time passed and eventually, dinner was ready. After pouring some of the wine into two glasses, he set them on a tray with their food and he carried the tray with him into the living room.

“Are you done doing what you were doing?” Shuichi asked.

He watched as Kokichi nodded in response before disappearing behind the blankets.

“Yup! I just set up the blanket fort. The password to get in is three words.” Kokichi explained as he poked his head out from the blankets.

“Is that so...” Shuichi trailed off.

“Yup! You can’t come in until you get it right~” Kokichi singsonged.

Shuichi chuckled.

“Well, I guess I’m gonna have to try and figure out what the password is, huh?” he said.

“Indeed, indeed! Now, hurry up and give me it so that we can start being all cute and romantic and stuff like that!” Kokichi whined.

“Alright, alright, I’m thinking.” Shuichi told him.

He set the tray down on the coffee table and tapped his chin, thinking of what the password could be.

“Hm...I love Panta?” he answered.

“Nope! That’s not it!” Kokichi chirped in response.

“Huh? That’s not it? I really thought that...” Shuichi trailed off.

“You’re gonna have to try harder than that, Shuichi.” Kokichi said.

Shuichi sighed.

“Alright, then...I hate Momota-kun?”

“Nope! Incorrect!”

“I eat pie.”

“Nope!”

“Top secret organization?”

“No dice.”

“Shuichi and Kokichi.”

“Hmmm...that sounds nice, but no.”

“Ice cream cat?”

“Huh? No.”

“World is mine?”

“No!” Kokichi stuck his head out from the blanket fort, cheeks puffed out in an adorable pout. “Are you dumb?!” he whined.

“I am not—Wait, is that the password?” Shuichi asked.

“No, it isn’t!”

“Kokichi, this is too difficult!”

“Okay, fine! Let me give you a hint: what do you think couples say to one another on a day like today?”

“On a day like today?”

Shuichi knitted his brows together as he began to think.

Well, today is Valentine’s Day, so I’m pretty sure there are many things that couples say to one another, he thought to himself.

He looked at Kokichi.

Let’s go with this, he thought to himself.

“Happy Valentine’s Day?” he spoke hesitantly.

Kokichi looked like he was about ready to climb out of the fort and smack Shuichi upside the head.

“Okay, let me phrase it a different way: what do we usually say to each other when we express our feelings of love and what not?” he asked.

Shuichi eyed Kokichi, still not being able to piece it all together. Then, realization hit him.

Oh...that’s what he wants me to say, he thought to himself.

He had to stop himself from giggling.

That’s really cute, actually, he told himself.

Kokichi blew some stray strands of hair out of his eyes as the pout on his lips grew bigger.

“Ugh, fine, I’ll tell you. The password is ‘I love you.’” he said.

Shuichi watched as Kokichi looked away, his cheeks taking on a rosy red color.

He’s even embarrassed...oh my god, he is so cute, he thought to himself.

Just watching his boyfriend get all flustered almost made him blush, as well.

“Well...I love you too, Kokichi.” Shuichi responded.

Kokichi eyed Shuichi out of the corner his eye, the blush on his cheeks refusing to disappear.

“I knew that already...” he crawled back into the fort. “Now, hurry up and get in here.” he muttered out.

A small chuckle escaped his lips.

“Alright, alright.” he took the tray and slid it into the fort. “Before I do that, though, poke your head back out for a second.” he requested.

“Heh?! But why?!” Kokichi complained.

“Come on, it’ll only be for a second.” Shuichi said.

Silence came from inside of the blanket fort. Then, he heard Kokichi release a loud sigh.

“Fine...” he mumbled as he poked his head out.

Shuichi smiled before reaching out and cupping Kokichi’s cheek. He closed the distance between them, their lips coming together in a kiss. Kokichi stiffened for a second before melting into the kiss. Shuichi’s heart fluttered at the sound of Kokichi sighing against his lips in content.

He broke the kiss after a couple of minutes, pressing their foreheads together. Kokichi’s eyes slowly fluttered open, a mixture of love and need sparkling in them as Shuichi spoke.

“I love you.” he whispered.

Kokichi shuddered at Shuichi’s words as his breath hit his lips.

“I...love you, too...” he muttered out, finding himself captivated by his boyfriend.

“I know.” Shuichi stroked his cheek. “Now, can I come in?” he asked.

“Hm?” Kokichi hummed out in response.

“The fort. I gave you the password properly this time. I’m asking if I can come in now.” Shuichi said.

Kokichi blinked, trying to process Shuichi’s words. Then, it clicked.

“You sly fucker!” he reached out and whacked Shuichi on the head. “Stop teasing me and get your ass in here already! The food’s going to get cold!” he barked out as he retreated back into the fort.

Shuichi smiled, feeling accomplished over getting Kokichi all flustered.

“Alright.” he said before parting the blankets and disappearing inside.

#anon #request #valentine's day starters #danganronpa v3 #saiouma #shuichi saihara #kokichi ouma #tw: implied past self-harm #tagging just in case #it's very brief and very much implied #but it only lasts for half a second before becoming fluffy again #blanket forts #romance #fluff #they're both dorks lmao #oblivious shuichi XD #kawaiikichi

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avengcrwanda · 6 years

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The Last Jedi Secrets Explained: Transcript

So I watched the video shared by @sleemo on the secrets of The Last Jedi as discussed by the Lucasfilm story group. I made a transcript of the interesting tidbits (at least, for me) and am sharing in case you guys want to read. I have interpretations also in between so let me know what you think!

(For the Reylo force bond one, I referenced the transcript of @felixazrael - you and @sleemo are awesome!)

I’m just halfway through the video so please forgive me. Will add when I watch the rest. :)

Topics I covered are:

Kyber crystal necklace of Luke

Resistance access to First Order blueprints

Millennium Falcon dice

Porgs and their colors

Holdo Hero Silence Scene

Rey and Kylo force bond

1) Kyber Crystal Necklace of Luke

Andi: I was asking you about the kyber crystal necklace... Pablo: That's right. Andi: And it's just something that he has? Pablo: It's just an interesting prop to suggest he's been out in the galaxy collecting clues and doing research about the history of the Jedi. So I mentioned that it was just a captured trophy from a Jedi crusader from ages past. What I'm hoping to is to just be evocative enough to pick up that thread and say, "Hey you know what, I bet you that's what this story is." And we definitely have the avenues and the channels to tell those kinds of stories.

Potential Knights of the Old Republic storyline? Revan? I just remembered all the fake leaks saying it was Darth Vader’s kyber crystal LOL. This was a case of reading too much into things.

2) On the Resistance having the layout of the First Order's ships

Matt: There's one more good Battlefront Connection. In the Resurrection DLC...(laugh on spoilers) Iden and her daughet Zay and Triv (?) actually find plans to the Dreadnought, which are then... They transfer it to the Resistance and that is what kind of helps with Poe's attack. They wouldn't have known where to plant those bombs if it wasn't for Iden and her squad. Andi: That's cool. Pablo: It's not only the Dreadnought but also more information about the First Order military and fleet. We'd like to think that's partially where the map that Rose has that she projects in order to explain what the plan is to get to the Mega Destroyer.

This explains a lot to me. I just found it so weird the Poe knew where all the canons were and that Rose suddenly had the layout of the First Order’s ships.

3) Millennium Falcon Dice

Andi: We have to talk about the dice: legendary Millenium Falcon prop. And we finally get to see it up close here. Leland: We were gonna put it in The Force Awakens and then they ended up changing it. Matt: I think they're technically there, you just don't actually see it in a shot. Leland: There was a shot where Han was gonna put the dice up. Pablo: JJ shot a scene where Han hangs them up and Rian saw that and that's why he made such a - you know - a meal out of the dice in The Last Jedi. But then JJ cut the dice appearance in The Force Awakens. So as a result, what Rian ends up referencing, is not so much The Force Awakens but A New Hope because that's the clearest thing - Andi: Right. Thats just something that people who've been fans for a long time - they just know it's there even if they haven't really seen it. Pablo: But even if they don't, the shot establishes that Luke goes onto the Falcon and reaches up so you understand that's something that's remained on the Falcon - Andi: Something sentimental. And that might be something that pops back up. Matt: *hinting voice* Maybe. Wink wink.

I’m pretty sure Luke never gave the dice back so maybe Matt’s “wink wink” doesn’t mean anything. Unless Rey is coming back to Ach-to to retrieve Luke’s stuff. Or Kylo/Ben might get it back one day? I’m not sure.

4) DJ

Andi: Speaking of DJ...who wants to tell the story of DJ? Rayne: When Rian was developing the story, he had this idea of this politically agnostic character that would be of service to them. So I feel like in the story group conversations we just called him DJ for don't join because that was his ideology - don't join. And I don't know when did we decide that that is actually gonna be his name. Andi: Instead of Ezra Bridger. *laughs* Pablo: That's what his hat says - I'm Ezra. Rayne: But that was a placeholder name that ended up working out really really well. Pablo: And it's a reference to Elvis Costello. Matt: Yeah, an Elvis Costello poster - really great kind of punk rock Elvis Costello poster. Pablo: And yeah, his hat does say "Don't Join." Leland: Which was on the action figure so that was actually revealed before the movie came out.

I’m putting links for both Ezra and Elvis in case you guys don’t know them. LOL. This tidbit we basically confirmed (as mentioned by Leland) before the movie came out. I just feel we need more DJ content. Hahaha.

5) Porgs and Their Colors

Andi: Has it been confirmed that Porgs look different based on their sex? Rayne: The male Porgs have the orange around the eyes. Pablo: Yeah, they're the more colorful ones. So Chewie's little sidekick Porg is a boy Porg. Andi: Does Chewie's Porg have a name? Pablo: No, but that's something that we could get Star Wars to hashtag. Matt: I feel that Chewie would have named it and we wouldn't have been able to pronounce it. Pablo: What if he named it Han? All: Awwwww.

I’m a fan of Porgs so this was really interesting. I noticed that the colors were different but didn’t think of attributing it to sex. And I don’t have a copy of the Visual Dictionary and Art Book (sadly, not available in my country yet) so I am putting this here.

6) Holdo Hero Silence Scene

Andi: One of my new favorite moments in Star Wars is that moment of silence. Rayne: Holdo the hero. Andi: Is there any specific inspiration that went into that, or what was the process of creating that moment? Because that was astounding. Pablo: All I know is that Rian - he had it in the story pretty early on. Rayne: We called it the Holdo the Hero Scene. Pablo: He was asking about the dynamics and the physics - Star Wars physics - could a ship do this? What does it mean? Does this upset anything? And we were like, well, the fact that the Resistance cruiser and the Mega Destroyer are so close in size - I mean obviously one's still much bigger - that kind of what allows you to have this Titanic explosion that happens. If you flew an X-wing into a ship at light speed, you're not gonna get that. You're only gonna get that if something is big as Holdo's ship, that's what it does. But in terms of how it was staged, I think we were all caught by surprise at how we did it because it was really beautiful. Matt: Especially the sound. I didn't l know that they were gonna cut the sound until the film. First time I saw the final cut - Andi: It's brilliant. Matt: It's amazing. And it's cool 'cause as an audience member it allows you to hear what everybody else says.

One of my favorite scenes - it was done really nicely. I think the silence really drives the impact home.

7) Reylo Force Bond (!!!)

Rayne: The little subtleties when you have the Rey and Kylo force connection moments, how the sound from each of their environments kind of seeps into the other's and just that simple way of telegraphing that they're connected. Pablo: And that's something Rian had in his idea from the very start - that we would use a very low tech - basically in-camera cinematic trick to understand that those two are communicating. You could have done a version where there was all sorts of wizardry shaping the screen but no. It's just the oldest cinematic trick in the book. Rayne: Eye lines and - Pablo: Yeah, and it works. Matt: Yeah, and it completely - just the eye line itself completely sells it. Leland: Plus there's some dialogue in there that Kylo Ren says: "Can you see me? I can't see you." Andi: That's why he was shirtless the next time. *laughs* Pablo: You never know. Working on his guns - Andi: *counting, exercising* Pablo: Oh, I didn't see you there. Andi: Oh, hey. Matt: He actually spent a lot of time walking completely shirtless hoping for that connection to kick in. Oh, sorry. Andi: So good, so good. Rayne: It kinda goes back to something that Larry Kasdan used to talk about when we were doing The Force Awakens. It's not in the script but when he peers into her mind, there's something profound that happens between them and the way that Larry used to describe it was there's this *emphasis* ENERGY between them like this kind of almost - and I don't want to say it - but something a little more than you expect and I think it's fun to see it play out in the story as well. Pablo: It feels like there's definitely a door opened between the two of them in The Force Awakens, where they pull from each other in terms of skills and memories. And then that is the more poignant at the end [of The Last Jedi] when that door essentially closes, it's sort of - it's The Godfather shot of the door closing between Michael and Kay. And that's like *door closing actions* Millenium Falcon door separates them. Andi: And actually the connection between Rey and Kylo made me think about the connection between Ezra and Maul that we see in Rebels. Something happens with them in the Force that links them. That's something that we've seen before. Pablo: Yeah. I think Rian and Dave share a lot of ideas and commonalities and interesting themes. The crystal foxes are an example of nature coming to the aid of those on the Light. And that's definitely part of something in Ezra's story line.

Reylos are right! Force bond in the interrogation scene! Rey pulled skills from Kylo/Ben! (although Pablo hinted at this before)

On The Godfather reference - I've linked The Godfather ending scene above in the transcript. I don't think they mean it's the same literally. It was just shot similarly and they both show two love interests who are separated by their ideals. I haven't watched any of The Godfather movies but I read the summaries and Michael and Kay reconciled in the end. There were still some tragedies but it's important to note that the two films/trilogies are very different. Star Wars won't follow The Godfather route.

Also, I don’t think that Pablo means the force bond is gone. It’s just that they’re separated at that moment - physically and on their ideals. I feel that it’s a waste of story potential to do away with the force bond. Everyone I know found it cool.

So there ya have it! I’ll watch the rest of the vid when I get home.

#star wars #star wars: the last jedi #reylo #rey of jakku #kylo ren #ben solo #porgs #!!!#finn #poe dameron #amilyn holdo #tlj spoilers #luke skywalker #leia organa #princess leia #han solo #rose tico #paige tico

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tumblunni · 6 years

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Also, i had another odd dream!

I dreampt i was watching a lets play of some Tokimeki Memorial esque thing. And apparantly everyone hated the third one for the same reason i loved it- ADDITIINAL PLATONIC FRIENDS!

Like theyd replaced the whole system of statraising with friends. Instead of picking a part time job or a study session yoy got different stats depending on which Cool Bro you haang out with, and thus you were encouraged to make as many friends as possible.

And i just remember being like AAAAAAAAAAA THE CHOICES when i saw that the stats interface was like a Where's Wally of different Buds And Pals Of Joy. And like it was a pretty nice and endearing scene of them all at tge park or something, showing their personality clearly and also how theyd interact with each other and the many possible friend groups you could compose that would have bonus scenes together. Cos i think ir was something like you had to pick a maximum of four or five friends from this sea of fifty equally amazing students, and then your stat gain potential was locked in with no way to xhange it until a second playthrough. So reviewers hated the friend system cos.of this, when really the flaw was that it didnt makw it clear enough what girlfriends needed what stats so you could picj your friends well.

But man i was more interested in the friends!!! There were a bunch of very strange character archetypes, like there was a guy who looked like the shy blonde sweater man from Hustle Cat but his personality was like Laharl from disgaea crossed with anghel from hatoful boyfriend?? He was a cute over the top drama queen who loved b-movies and thus pretended to be the secret vampire lord of the school. HE WAS MY FAVOURITE WHY IS HE NOT REAL???

And like there were a few friends who could also become secret romance routes later? Mostly it was like 'every female friend inevitably is heterosexual and wants yer dick' but i think maybe vampire guy was like the one gay option? Him, cliche ego rivalman, and buff football star dude. And i think it was possible to get them all together as a friend group too; but it was really hard to manage cos they had such clashing personalities and then theyd end up in a love triangle over you.

But anyway i just recall that vampire cosplay cutie's plot was kinda like the pairing of the two main characters in Hot Fuzz. Grumpy serious protagonist learns to loosen up and admit to his Nerd Aspects, then they fall asleep cutely in each other's arms while.watching buddy cop comedoes from the 80s. And then the audience is like What The Fuck Why Isnt This Canon, Hot Fuzz? But this dating sim did actually have a kiss scene so all is well. Also i think the magical stuff actually did end up being real and you had to fight his seven monster brothers to prove youre worthy of boyfriending, and he was all like 'no, wtf, i thought i was making it up!' But it turns out theyre a family of werewolfs instead of draculas, so he mixed up some of the details lol

Also!! More great and good friends!!

You had like two slots of school friends and outside friends? And the outside friends group was the most interesying to me, cos you did have some friends who just went to other schools but you also had a lot of other ones! There was an interesting plot about some sort of senpai figure who just graduated from your school and now he was working at a minimum wage hotdog stand and was ashamed to let you see him like this. (Dream me was like WTF BRO I'M MAD AT OUR FUCKED UP ECONOMY, NOT YOU! YOU HAD LIKE FIFTY DEGREES!!!) And then also you had some friends who werent even school age at all, there were AT LEAST THREE (!!!) Grandmas!!! Your actual grandma, a retired favourite teacher, and a nice next door neighbour. Youd always see her taking her baby grandkids out for a walk in the park and there were VERY MANY cute scenes witj the bebs abd you could gain potentially a lot of random stats from how hard it is to babysit the lil terrors. So everyone loved Grandma Friend cos her route didnt lock you in to any particular romance route, the luck of the dice made her a great supporter for any role!

Also then my dream randomly changed to the lets player doing a nostalgia critic style cheesy parody skit of a bad 90s movie. Thats actually how i knew the first part of the dream was my sleepy interpretation of tokimeki memorial, he did a song and dance number about the 'bomb fuse' mechanic thay the series is infamous about. But he called them cappuchinos. But there was clearly an icon of a bomb...

Anyway all i remember from this movie is that it was a murder mystery and i think the final twist was that the protagonist was really the villain, so the parody song played him as if he was super obviously responsible and everyone else was just dumb as shit. walks in on him mopping up the blood and is just like 'oh, the janitor'. And then it zooms out to show the also dead janitor, who looks absolutely nothing like him. But he took the (incredibly bloodstained) nametag!

Also there was something similar to the incredibly terrible 'toast prophecy' from the real life movie Devil. except instead of toast people were throwing bath bombs that contained human teeth. And if they rearranged into different faces it meant sometging?? And protagonist got away with a 'well that frown could be an upside down smile from another point of view' excuse, and then walked out over a giant person shaped lump in the carpet.

Also i recall that the scene of the first movie was really bad and overly dramatic, like the lady just fell over and died instantly from the slightest bump to like.. the nose??? I woke up cos i was personally offended the joke they went with was 'mmm whatcha say' again, when this was a great opportunity for 'I THREW IT ON THE GROUND! I AINT A PART OF YOUR SYSTEM!'

...okay now i need to find the link to that again. And i will be even more sad if nobody has ever made a parody with terrible b movie murders.

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And this is going to be a very self indulgent hpm rambling to work through my own issues bc i’m on a roll tonight on self introspection so ya can skip that unless you want to see me project on characters for god knows how long

but ANYWAY I was so caught up with the fact that Dice was so inspiring to me and was specifically the one to give me strength to think “fuck it” and actually thinking more seriously about my independance that i completely overlooked that like… there was reasons why Gentaro became my fav the MOMENT i’ve read his song, and that Gentaro is just as much my fav as Dice.

And I feel like this is always the sort of duo i have both with my fav characters and my fav ships by extension it is like, 1) the character I can enter in depth about while distached from their plot while generally also having some admiration for them, 2) the character I either relate too much to OR I ended up projecting to HELL on that i don’t even know anymore if any of what i’m saying is relevent in analysis bc is it meta or is it therapy you might never know-

But there’s so much to Gentaro where I can just *shoves my symptoms* that it is hhhhhhhhHH.

I mean it always striked to me as odd that while he says his family was poor the reason he was bullied was because “he was adopted” and bc I’m Like That i ended up projecting that perhaps he had some abandon issues that could manifest just like mine, and like I could…. write a lot about that.

But i tend to overlook that one of the thing that makes it easy for me to project it is that, I was bullied at school and i honest to god closed off for years because of that. I still have a lot of difficulties with where that left me per se, but the kicker? I was told that the reason i started to get bullied in elementary school was because of the rumors surrounding the reasons of my eldest sister’s running away from home, which is the thing i have Abandon Issues About since my parents thought it was clever to Not Let Me Know for about a year that my sister had ran away (and yeah i talked about it to my mom a few days ago, she confirmed it to me that they did try to hide it from me, leading me to believe my sister ran away at my 7yo rather than at my 6th bc they were covering up the truth in that time, that’s f u n)

And the thing is how he specifically talks about how he viewed himself as twisted because he MUST be a bad person if people hates him this much, tat’s something i Feel Deep In My Bones and have felt all my teenagehood, that there was something wrong with me. Bc Like in elementary school i was thinking “it’s the rumors about why my sister left”, but when it kept going in the three middle schools i went to i just thought i was the problem.

When I entered high school i was tired and angry and i remember going to class the first day thinking i dont even want to TRY to make friends. Like not even TRY. Plus one of my elementary school bully was in my class and that didn’t help at all feeling like this year would be any different than the others.

And I remember that bc on the first day actually i got lost, but there was a girl who had been following me around all day who therefore was lost with me, and when we were asked where we were going, we jusT. looked at each other and we started laughing from confusion, and from that point on we became very close and it is one of my closest friend still to that day. and she often mentions that she wanted to talk to me right away bc we looked like we would be on the same vibe, but i was terrifying her with my death glares dkfhdfk bc i was just in the mindset of nope, no need for friendship this time around.

And from being friend with her i also opened up a lot to others people and that’s how i’ve made the group of friends i now have, but yeah before her basically attempting all day to be my friend despite me sending signal that i didn’t want to, I was just basically also in this mindset of “i must be a terrible person and i don’t need friends” so that kinda rang a chord with me.

While the timeline isn’t the same for me though, the thing is that being bullied all time is what pushed me to start writting when I was about 11? I was writting in class and in between because then i could just afford to not have to think about the fact people hated me for some reasons and i could create realities in which i could just run away. (and it is still making me so, so salty i ended up completely frozen from writting bc of my ex guh but then i just found back the last drafts i’ve writen and i just… should get back to it tbh)

So like… all those issues i have from those things i ended up projecting on Gentaro a lot and it’s terrible.

One thing i don’t have at all in common with Gentaro is the fact i cannot lie to save a life, like, i freeze when i even think about lying per se. But the funny thing is that i’ve spent… my whole life actually thinking about whenever or not i should lie or not? Okay this is very weird to explain but - my parents lie all the time. And it had me doubt my reality a lot growing up*. And i’ve always… kinda lived this line of “not wanting to share anything about me and make up things about me so people cannot get to me” (which was basically the reaction from being bullied thinking there must be something fundamentally wrong with my real self y’know) VS “I dont’ want to be like my parents and i’m desperate for people to actually know the Real Me for once because it’s not like it’s my parents who’d know that”

and idk it’s something i’ve always found very fascinating with that theme in particular bc it’s not just something i don’t have in common with him, but it’s something i’ve reflect a lot about whenever i wanted to be like that or not, and just took the decision not to - but basically things alligned in my life that this was something i’ve regularly been thinking about ever since i’m a kid. (and THAT my friend is legit why my favorite characters are all either liars or people who had made up their personalities to distance from their real selves. Bc this has litterally been My Fantasy since i’m a kid. So Cloud, Allen, Lavi, y’all can see where my patern happens there.)

*about thatone of my major projecting or not is that well my parents spent my life gaslighting me on how some events of the past happened and it makes me doubt a lot of my memory, some of whichi just cling to bc i know i wrote them down when they happened. so when Gentaro's editor, a spy from the gov, tells him that the fiction Gentaro just wrote that is based on actual horrors we know the gov is doing, is truly just fiction and try to reinforce that while Gentaro still wonders if it is, i've read it as an attempt of gaslighting. and it was relatable to me and its why i really read the editor stuff as the gov trying tobmake him doubt his past, thus why reaching out to a private detective is to try to fight that back. and anyone who suffered from gaslighting can understand wanting to have someone neutral who can help you point out that no the person was gaslighting you. istg the private detective reveal was a relief to me bc it is just like when i ask my friends if they remember some events ive said in the past that would disprove my parents lies. and it is even worse bc me lile gentaro im sure, have a part of our past no one can attests for so thats when the gaslighting is the worst. i've related h ard to that but again how much is me projecting?? (and tbh this is why i read gentaro's lies as a "you are trying to make me doubt my reality, fine then i'll make my own that i know is false and you cant do anything about it". it's like reclaiming control on his narrative that people are twisting)

(in the end the real thing i don’t have at all in common with Gentaro is his loving parents lmao what are those? don’t know that. But his reaction to them being all “i felt a gratitude infinite for those people who didn’t have to care for me that i’ve refused to even let them know i wanted things so they wouldn’t have to sacrifice things for me” is….. my attitude toward my friends. As in my best friends always have to insist for me to actually let them spoil me from time to time. And by spoil i mean “giving me money to see the doctor bc my parents failed to do that”. So this is HUH.)

Anyway the point of what i’m trying to say is that therefore i can interpret every single of Gentaro’s reactions or stuff in the lenses of how i personally lived those things i ended up finding… relatability in Gentaro’s story y’know?

Like i’m thinking about the fact a while ago i did a long post about how Dice was Gentaro’s comfort zone. “ At any given opportunity, Gentaro would rather get close to Dice than to try to even connect with anyone else, avoiding every conversations possible if he cannot deviate it on focusing on Dice, almost as if the world scares him enough for him to prefer to be near someone he trusts. “

I’m.. just realizing (i mean this is what prompted this post) that the freak out i just had in my previous post about the fact People kinda scare me because it is outside of my comfort zone that this is about the reading i projected on Gentaro’s behavior there: That Gentaro seems to not want to spend a lot of time connecting with new people and eventually just always get back to a comfort zone and this zone is Dice for him, but like.. point still stand that it depicts him as quite uncomfortable with People in general as a result that he cannot stay around them unless he is staying close to Dice.

*puts head gently on table* and that’s likely major projecting but i didn’t realize it until just now where i realized i would… essentially do the same or that at least, this was natural for me to interpret his behavior as him being uncomfortable around people. because that’s how i’d live it. I just… didn’t think about how that connected until now.

And there were… more elements i’ve picked up along the time i’ve overanalysed Gentaro (remember i have a 178 page long file of rambling about how i read Gentaro and Dice?) i’m not thinking about right now per se.

but like his fear of the Posse splitting up really does call back to me to the fact he *was* abandonned *and bullied for that*, so while he initially was ready for the Posse to be just temporary, now he couldn’t let go of it y’know?

and hell lol there is the whole HC i have about him projecting on NLH that is litterally me just projecting bc that’s what i’d do, but then again NLH and Gentaro… has bounds that could explain that. And well i gues sjust the fact Gentaro is that attached to fiction is probably the one thing that is very easy to relate to. “reality is often more disappointing than fiction” is… litterally what i’ve always been thinking all of my life so lemme tell you that when i’ve read this translation after he did a full fanfiction of his life (which i do in my head a few times to try to process my anxieties so I ALSO relate to that), i had a big whiplash of huH.

Also man i get the thing about having ridiculous triggers, even if mine didn’t… translate themselves the way his did. But i have very ridiculous things that can send me down depression spiral down or panic at once and honestly this was.. woah to see.

“it’s by learning from the past that we can make a future” he says in battle x 3 and that one still cracks me up bc i’ve been litterally raised with the sentence “we need to learn where we come from to go where we’re going”, it was my mom’s motto to get me interested into history (although very bold from the woman who didn’t pass down any of her cultural heritage but that’s an irony for another day). Like everytime he says this sentence i have a throw back bc I’ve. litterally used this sentence in my /essays for classes/ that’s how much it is in my head.

I’m losing track of what i mean, my meds finally kicked in so now i’m not too much into digging into my trauma as i was 20 mins ago but at any rate,

Gentaro is very very very important to me and idk how much is projecting and all but his behavior just makes SENSE to me, it is just… so logical.

And to me he’s such a vulnerable character who is just trying to at least give off a feeling you cannot hurt him because he’s been hurt before and doesn’t want to… let it happen again. He can give an approachable facade but he doesn’t really let himself be opened with people around him and when he does he always does it in a way he can be distached from it -say sending the message via writing a fanfic rather than saying “hey i’m anxious about that”.

i don’t know. meds have kicked in too badly i’ve lost my train of thoughts.

But yeah.

Gentaro good and i just love him so much and it still kinda kills me how the moment i’ve heard his song i knew he was going to be my fav yet it took me months to actually get back to “why is he my fav” without realizing that i’ve therefore done meta entierely based on how “i can relate to his trauma and his reactions remind me of how my symptoms manifest” so that’s a thing.

jkhl it’s funny bc meanwhile i remain more comfortable with a dice icon and all but…….. man, gentaro man.

so yeah just ✌ what a saga man

#ichapersonal #also it falls a bit in #ichatalks about hpm #today on 'how much can i project on a character and how valid it makes me from just metaing everything in the lense of my symptoms'#✌#long post for ts #if the cut doesn't work out

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The Powers of Knights: A Follow-Up

WR: So, as you all likely know, the Aspect posts for today (Fear and Bliss) were made with the assistance of a friend of mine, Lucy. And, when I mentioned that I needed a curiosity of SBURB to cover given that it’s Saturday, she suggested a little more thorough a look into Aspect Symbolism and how exactly Knights draw their powers from Aspect-related implements.

WR: To try and give a bit of leg room when discussing the concept, I kinda want to pick a few Aspects and give some examples. So, for that, I’ll be using Time, Space, Blood, and Light.

WR: Starting with Time, one of the few Aspects I can safely say has a good handful of implements, we can sort of glean what Aspect implements would look like or could do. They affect certain things in relation to their Aspect - as with the case of time, and Dave’s primary weapon of choice, Caledscratch.

WR: As we’ve seen, Caledscratch is uniquely capable of changing its settings to various points in time - from being newly forged to being broken. This alone gives Dave a good few Time powers, in that he can control where his blade is on its timeline while fighting. But, this isn’t quite enough to serve my purpose: we should also look at Dave’s use of his Timetables.

WR: The Timetables we’ve seen are floating turntables with the ability to throw Dave forward or backward in time. Although this sort of implement is somewhat commonplace and easily usable outside of Time players, I believe that Knights of Time can actually make the best use out of it, or even learn how to use it in ways that others can’t.

WR: It’s also somewhat worth noting that one of Dave’s biggest uses of the Timetables was to completely dominate the LOHAC Stock Exchange with his knowledge of what stocks are going to make bank. This reinforces the Timetables as a tool that Knights of Time can use.

WR: So then, moving onto Space, what could we assume fit with the theme of tools or implements with the powers of Space? Well, if I may use an example from one of my close friends to start with, my friend Dizrae has a fairly interesting weapon in her possession.

WR: It’s called the Refractal Edge, and like Caledscratch, it has an Aspect-related effect: It can bend Space itself to strike at a target from several angles at once. Again, much like Caledscratch, the Refractal Edge gives Dizrae a modicum of control over her Aspect without innate powers.

WR: So, we’ve got a weapon down, but what about a general tool? Or, something that isn’t a weapon that still resonates with Space? This almost feels like cheating to say, but, my example for Space would be: Transportalizers. Just as the Timetables allow travel through Time, Transportalizers allow travel through Space.

WR: But, this isn’t to say that all Knight implements have to be a weapon or a tool (although i think weapons are kind of immutable as aspect implements among knights). There are cases where the implement isn’t actually something of a tool (like transportalizers and timetables are), but rather something that just resonates heavily with the Aspect.

WR: Which, brings me to Blood - the Aspect of unity. In terms of weapons, we could say that Karkat’s sickle - what was it called...(...really?) -...”Homes Smell Ya Later”, could be seen as a weapon-implement, in that it was a symbol of Karkat’s leadership, and its presence inspired a sense of unity in his session’s players.

WR: So then, with the previous two Aspects having some easily useful tool, what does Blood have? Well...Symbolism. I mentioned here in the Knight post that Karkat drew most of his strength - and consequently the strength of his teammates - through symbolism and leadership. His sickle and his sign inspired his teammates.

WR: But, how exactly /would/ his sign be an implement of Blood? It’s the Mark of the Sufferer, the shackles he was placed in at his execution. The Sufferer, formerly the Signless, was an inspiration to many on Alternia because of how he spoke of a time when the people he knew weren’t so ruthless, cutthroat, and willing to kill one another at the drop of a hat.

WR: And Karkat carries that legacy, the symbol of Alternia’s greatest pariah and beacon of hope, and it gives him some of his Blood powers.

WR: So, now we’ve established some pretty solid starting points to think about Knight Implements, but I’ve still got one Aspect I want to bring up: Light. And this, I don’t particularly have any good examples of a weapon implement. But, I can theorize, so that’s just what I’ll do.

WR: So, in terms of weapons, I could imagine something that glows, shines, or probably even radiates with flashes of light - a weapon that can blind, if need be, as well as be controlled to allow better visibility. Or, it could even emphasize the Luck interpretation of Light, and be something like a set of dice. But, these are only rough ideas, so take it with a grain of salt.

WR: Then, what of tools or items of resonance with Light? Well, I could argue that the best example of a tool for Light would be the Magic Cue Ball. Rose has mentioned a few times that that nigh-impenetrable orb has shown her quite a few things that have helped her, but this is coming from a Seer - I’d wager a Knight would be able to get much, much more out of it.

WR: As for things with a strong resonance with Light, I could probably go off on a whim and say books - tomes, librams, whatever have you, containers of knowledge. Properly unlocked, these items could potentially be used to amazing effect by Knights.

WR: And with that, I think I can wrap this up. I hope this fosters curiosity on the subject, and that it gives Lucy a good diving point for her curiosity as a Knight of Doom.

WR: And I know I’ve said this like...Four, five times already? But thank you again for your help with the Bliss and Fear posts, Lucy. .)

#Homestuck #AbsentInquiries #Class #Knight #Aspect #Light #Space #Time #Blood #Regent #wreckedRegent

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