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people’s favorite the untamed scenes  —  for @v-arbellanaris
who cheated by asking for my favorite zhancheng moment
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subastian-swallows · 10 months
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HLC ROMANCE — WHAT WE DESERVED
Sebastian Sallow — Head Empty, Thoughts
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Hello, my fine friends. I had a thought and I desperately wish to relay it. SIMPLY because — adding romance into this game, would have been so freaking easy and I am mad. So here it is, my interpretation of Hogwarts Legacy if they had the BALLS to add romance. I have a great stand on this, because my two favourite games in the world are Dragon Age and Mass Effect and BOY DO THEY UNDERSTAND ROMANCE. ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡)
So let us begin at the very beginning:
If you decide to be in Slytherin, you meet Sebastian in the Common Room. Already he shows clear indication that he is interested in you, albeit, because of your entrance into Hogwarts. Surviving a Dragon? Hello? Points already. If not, you meet him in DADA (officially), if you decide to do Charms first, well no interactions — apart from glances and amusement. WITH THIS: I will go from the DADA stand point, it's already pretty perfect. Sets up Sebastian, at first glance as a cocky, flirty guy. Easy. Having added conversational dialogue here, to tease him or flirt back, would have been easy to add. Such as: teasing his title of being a great duellist etc.
Now you have Hogsmeade. You choose Sebastian, obviously. Now I also believe this was pretty well done — it terms of setting up a friendship and more with Sebastian. HOWEVER, needed more. This is where we needed to see more from the cutscenes, the moment with the troll, flirty banter, PERFECT MOMENT FOR SEBASTIAN TO FLIRT HIS BUTT OFF. "So, you're not just a pretty face." Then with the Three Broomsticks and with Rookwood, it's already pretty good, I wish that the little moments of him looking at you were more obvious. He could have said more, which is the whole point of this post, SEBASTIAN COULD HAVE EASILY SAID MORE.
Pause of the quests to bring up gifts. It has been shown, that it was coded to have been a thing. SAD, that they got rid of it. This is a big thing in Dragon Age, especially in Origins. I think this would have been such a fun thing to do, to have, not only raise friendships — thus making friendships seem more real, rather than just, "hey we are besties now." Example: for Sebastian, it could be gifts you find on your journeys around the outskirts of Hogwarts. Books being a main factor, especially those that you find in Ashwinder camps.
Normal books: x10 romance points
Curse books: x30 romance points
Other small things could be used too. I also think shrivel figs could be something you could often give him, to slightly gain points. It being important to his quest with Anne.
Restricted Section. Hello, I hated how this couldn't have been more flirty LMAO. But I do think it did enough. Especially the ending, with him taking the fall for you. I would have loved to see more moments of him supporting you. Say a cutscene when you enter the restricted section and he holds you back from walking around the corner, before a ghost appears. Other than more flirty dialogue, this quest was pretty good. I still think that although Sebastian is flirty, it's not like he's head over heels for you....yet.
Undercroft, was also good, but like everything it could have been better. I like the idea of him telling you and risking Ominis being pissed, but I think it would have been better IF Ominis caught you both inside. More intense and fun. Before that, I think flirty dialogue could have fitted in so easily here, Sebastian complimenting your quick ability to learn spells, etc. He could also step in and take the heat for you from Ominis.
Meeting the family. Already a big step for a stranger, thus the gifting thing could have really come into play. Perhaps, you couldn't get this until he had a high enough romance level, would also make it seem more "real." This would have been a great place to add more dialogue to support Sebastian, if you wished. Stepping in or not being a complete observer. I understand it's the first time meeting his family, but I think being able to at least step in, would add points to Sebastian's romance. Talking to Anne also, getting insight on Sebastian, bringing it up later in other moments.
Scriptorium. HELLO, this whole quest screamed perfect opportunity for flirty banter. It had some and did well enough, but I would have loved to see more, seeing as at the point, your romance should have improved, point wise. More dialogue. When it's time to curse you, MORE EMOTION. This would have been interesting, if you could manage to get enough relationship points, I like the idea of making it a thing, that you could miss. If you have enough points, he would be more worried, support you to your feet, check you over. If you didn't, it would be like it is now in the game. The ending would be interesting too, if you had the points and maybe he could say something to you, or hug you.
Relic moment. Now I would love to say that having enough romance points would support this not happening, but it needed to happen for the plot, so we shall keep it. I would like to think the lead up to this was already pretty neat, flirty and such. BUT, we needed more, like literally everything else LMAO. When you get to the relic, I'd like to believe, with enough relationship points, you could make him hesitate, and although he takes it. HE, hesitated, meaning he considered what you thought. Being able to get Ominis to let you leave without using a spell, would give you huge relationship points. THIS I THINK WOULD HAVE BEEN NEAT, if you had to make sure at this point, Ominis and your relationship points were high enough, if not....RIP, and you lose points with Sebastian.
The Mine. RIP. I think it was pretty good. Should have been more intense, especially if your relationship was huge by this point. More relationship style dialogue. Making the moment he calls you ignorant, hurt more.
A BETTER APOLOGY BITCH WTF. I think the way he apologised was dumb, I hated it LMAO. If your relationship points were high enough, I think he should have apologised to you in person and more nicer than he did. BUT I do like the angsty, the relic is affecting him thing. The mountain quest was pretty neat, I like that he was a grumpy boy. This could have worked better with romance dialogue, and showing that you were hurt.
Solomon LOL. This would have been SO GREAT IF YOU COULD HAVE ROMANCE POINTS BECAUSE WHAT IF YOU COULD STOP HIM BEFORE IT ALL. Like look, I get killing Solomon, I get that it had to happen. But I like the idea of having romance points high enough to change people minds. In Dragon Age, if you have high enough points you can persuade people, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS GAME UGH. I would have loved to be able to see Sebastian first and persuading him against this. THUS, not killing anyone and Sebastian not becoming a killer.
THE ENDING BITCH: Regardless of everything, when you meet Sebastian in the Undercroft, IT WAS THE PERFECT MOMENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A KISS OR HUG MOMENT. LIKE IT WAS THERE, I WAS WAITING FOR IT LMAO. SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED.
Bonus: A winter ball scene for shits and gigs, if you had enough romance points, you could ask him. If not he goes with someone else. RIP LMAO.
Alright my guys, this was random and I might have missed stuff, but overall, WE NEEDED ROMANCE AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY.
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March ask game:
1) if your practice was a cologne/perfume what would it smell like?
2) pick a painting that you feel in some way is evocative of your practice
3) what’s something you’ve had to learn the hard way?
4) what’s march look like in your corner of the world?
5) what’s your craft look like this month? Interpret this how you choose
7) what colors are your practice? Interpret this however you like lol
8) what animals come to mind when you think of witchcraft?
9) what plants come to mind?
10) pick a song you feel, in any way, describes or captures your craft
12) what do you think your practice would taste like? If one could taste a magico-religious practice
13) How does your craft feel in the spring vs in the darker months?
14) do you work with stars? Constellations?
These asks are all over the place lmao sorry!
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bioloyg · 6 months
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Do you think Carmen's anxiety would let him do a haunted house? Like, hypothetically, if Syd mentioned off hand that she was going with some friends and Carmen, hypothetically, was like 'sorry -am I-are you--is that an invite?' and then goes to said haunted house...would he even survive? Would he be staring at Syd the whole time and miss all the jump scares or would the overwhelm of everything else just make him absolutely cranky/jumpy/batshit???
Interesting ask, I read this after work and had to think about it for a bit, but ultimately I think my answer remains the same as what my first instinct was. This is kind of a semi-serious answer to an ask that has some lighthearted elements so bear with me under the cut.
I think Carmen's anxiety is near inextricably linked to his PTSD. I don't think he has generalized anxiety, and while there are some signs he has a little bit of social anxiety, I mostly think he's just awkward from living a life in the shadow of his brother as a dorky kid who had zero game and thus pulled no bitches until later in life. I think his anxiety is tied directly to traumatic events in his life (both big and small), and it manifests in earnest when he's at his lowest.
Alright, so with that interpretation out of the way, here's what I'll say about him in a haunted house setting. Carmen is not a fighter and I will stand by this until I die. My man cannot fight to save his life. Both times things get physical in S1 (the losers in line for ball breaker, the bachelor party), Carmen almost gets his shit rocked until Richie steps in. HOWEVER, it is almost instinctual for Carmen to choose fight in a fight or flight situation. It's also in his nature to puff his chest a little to assert that he shouldn't be fucked with. SO, I think he'd go with Sydney and whoever else to a haunted house, but I think he'd bitch about it being stupid beforehand. Maybe not to Sydney, but to someone. When he got there, I do still think he'd get got by the jumpscares, but I think his reaction would be a lot like mine when I'm startled: immediate annoyance, lmao.
Carmen is anxious, and even though he hallucinates his old boss breathing down his neck sometimes, he's otherwise capable of separating fiction from reality. I think he could get immersed enough in the experience of a haunted house to be startled while still maintaining a firm grasp on the fact that it's just some dude (gender neutral) getting paid to jumpscare people.
If this is a world where Carmen has already realized his feelings for Sydney (god fucking help us all, the man is practically a year in and has not put it together yet) then I could see him being focused on her since he'd have the benefit of a dark and distracting environment. Love the idea of Syd grabbing onto his arm when she's scared and Carmen ribbing her after the fact, love the idea of him completely missing a jumpscare because he was so in his head bc that feels on brand. But I mostly think he'd only startle slightly and then get annoyed he reacted, and this would lead to Sydney wondering if there's anything that would truly get a good scream (get your mind out of the gutter) out of him. I don't think she'd follow through on antagonizing him though, that seems much more Richie's speed. Which means Sydney would bring up the fact that Carmen barely reacted in the haunted house, Richie would make it his mission to prove a point, and he'd end up startling both Sydney AND Carmen because they're attached at the hip, and then Sydney would yell at Richie<3
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mollish-art · 6 months
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mmmmm. How about cranboo and Tubbo (if you have any) and then just regular Minecraft/dsmp worldbuilding?
Omg I have so many headcanons for them it's been so long since I've had the excuse to talk about old beeduo on main lmao - they used to mean so much to me! Anywho - let's dive in :)
TW: burn scars, blood, long post, beeduo I guess
I took the popular fanon design of c!Tubbo as a faun/goat hybrid critter and RAN with it. I wanted him to come across with a similar vibe to an LOTR dwarf, if that makes sense: short but strong, capable of great warmth to friends he keeps close and great coldness to the enemies he keeps even closer.
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Of course, he has his iconic burn from the firework explosion that marred half of his face, blinding him in one eye and causing him to lose several of his fingers.
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He keeps his platonic engagement ring on his horn, both as a decoration, and as a promise to the world that happiness can still be found even in the darkest times.
c!Ranboo keeps his ring on his finger, however.
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c!Ranboo's design is probably my most iconic and well-known, by a mile. I originally actually envisioned him to look more like the Cherubs from Homestuck, but as time passed his design changed to be more fae-like, and 'Mooseboo' was born.
When it comes to his general demeanor, c!Ranboo would always hunch himself over and keep his tail close to himself in order to try to appear smaller and less menacing. Despite being incredibly tall and quite physically powerful, he mastered the art of looking like a lost puppy.
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The gold and gems from his MC skin's crown I incorporated into the 'Mooseboo' design via his antlers, which are gilded and decorated with gems and Ender eye stones. Some more headcanons I have about the antlers: during Christmas time, Michael would climb up onto Ranboo's shoulders and decorate his antlers with lights and tinsel! Just like a regular moose, he does shed his antlers annually. He would normally choose just dispose of them, but Tubbo likes to keep them on display in the mansion (they are covered in gold, after all!).
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I further deviated from his canon design by giving him teal blood (as that's what color Ender eyes are) as opposed to red and green.
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Another design difference is his facial markings. Instead of interpreting the grey spots on his MC skin as tear scars, I interpreted them as his own natural facial markings!
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One other random headcanon I have is that while c!Ranboo is a capable warrior, he does not like to kill if he doesn't have to. As such, I always loved the idea of him using a bo staff to incapacitate or knock out enemies, rather than a sword or axe to fatally stab/cut them.
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As for Ghostboo, I really leaned into the idea that the character really was just c!Ranboo's walking corpse, so I designed him to look emaciated and zombie-like (at this point I had started to draw c!Ranboo with his di-colored blood as opposed to my classic teal).
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When going into the Enderwalk mode, Ranboo would take on a more menacing appearance. His antlers and limbs would seem to grow, his complexion would darken, and his eyes and mouth would glow purple.
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If you haven't seen them yet, I'd recommend checking out my two beeduo-centric animatics, both exploring some plot-variant ideas!
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But yeah! That's a bunch of stuff that just came to mind. If you have any further questions about my designs (either for these two characters or any others), just ask!
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littlespoonevan · 1 year
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I've followed you for a while (for gallavich actually but your buddie fics convinced me to finally watch 911!) and we've always been of the same mind about the likelihood of buddie happening in canon. But after Buck fell asleep on Eddie's couch and now all of 6x13, I now feel like it's inevitable that the show IS actually going to make it explicitly romantic. How're you feeling about canon buddie these days?
ahh hey bud!!! i'm honoured i was able to convince you to watch the show lmao 🥰
okay i'm gonna try and organise my thoughts bc my brain has been going in a lot of different directions these past few weeks. so. i don't think i'll ever be able to confidently say buddie canon is happening until we get a very deliberate Moment with either buck or eddie where it's clear something has changed for one of them.
by that, i mean i need another 'just make sure you're following your heart, not christopher's' eddie-face-journey-esque moment where eddie looks at buck or buck looks at eddie and we know (and by we, i mean the whooooole general audience, not just the fandom) they're looking at each other differently
and it's not that i think everything that's happening right now isn't deliberate, it's more just that it's not quite confirmation in the overt sense for me???? particularly as far as them being attracted to each other etc. (i know they love each other, i know they're a family but are there feelings, y'know)
however
there has been a lot happening in the past two episodes that's been making me go 👀👀👀
firstly. the couch. that fucking couch metaphor has me by the thROAT and has done since 6x01. and genuinely i cannot explain the narrative of 6x12 as anything other than proof that eddie is the couch. like. i have an english degree. i legitimately analyse texts for a living and there is no other way to interpret this whole thing other than the idea that the couch that buck has been quietly searching for all season (which is repeatedly conflated with a romantic partner and happiness), is eddie.
buck wants to pick the right couch. margaret chooses for him but it's Not Right. buck goes to eddie's and falls asleep on his couch in seconds before opening up to him and effectively highlighting to us that his safe space is at eddie's house. it's just???????????
(also the fact that oliver said the other couch will be gone by the end of the season my mind is sPINNING)
next. the buckley-diaz family of it all in 6x13. i've said a few times this week that this ep felt like a speedrun season 3 (i'm also currently rewatching s3 which i think is why it's on my brain). as in, we have buddie and chris paired off while the other couples have their own plot. we did have that quite a bit in s4 and 5, don't get me wrong, but it was rarely something that wasn't tied to an overarching plot like the shooting and eddie's subsequent breakdown. whereas these were fun scenes just because. so we had the season 3 dynamic back but there was so much more weight to it because of all that's changed since then.
there are plenty of posts about it but their family unit was emphasised A Lot in 6x13. both in the scene with chris' homework and the baking for chris' class scene. like it's heavily established in this ep that whether it's at buck's place or eddie's, the three of them spend their days together. and not in an organised, 'let's have a movie night' kind of way. as in, they exist in the same space together the way any couple and their child would and that's so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
also the baking for christopher's class scene literally dO NOT get me started i can't believe they did that askjdfhsa
on a smaller scale, buck and eddie's dynamic had a very Particular energy about it in the poker scene. i don't necessarily wanna say flirty bc i legit haven't rewatched since i first saw it tuesday morning when i was barely awake but there was a sort of tension there that i'm very interested in tbh bc i don't think we've seen that in a long time??? also i'm soooo suspicious of captain mehta's re-emergence and how arbitrary the whole poker thing was in the first place @ 911 i have questions!!!!
finally. i can't quite articulate this yet. but something about the episode titles is making me very askdhfs
mixed feelings. performance anxiety. lost and found. love is in the air. it's just. like, yes every episode title has multiple meanings but also every episode title has a level of suggestiveness that has me paying attention. lost and found bc of the tsunami connotations and chris asking buck in his dream if he can help him find his dad. and love is in the air bc it's giving me buck actually vibes and we all know i fully believe buck actually is where buck's story post-abby really begins and i will clutch at every romcom coded metaphor this show throws at me askjdh
TL;DR at this point i think we're going somewhere. like, i feel as though we're on the precipice of something and all it would take is one tiny moment to fully tip us over the edge. if and when that moment comes, i can't say for sure but gOD i'd love it if it did ✨
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bellshazes · 1 year
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PLEASE GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT YOUR BDUBS ANALYSIS FOREVER
restricting myself solely to bwbs3 for the moment because i am going to finish DIA tonight so that'll have to be a separate. thing. about narrative
i'm not interested in it for theory's sake, but because I think a lot of content around minecraft does not scratch the itch I want - sure you can teach me how to copy a build block by block, or even explain a process for massing a roof, but these still aren't enough. what I truly, truly want is many people having a conversation that would include things like...
how do i move around in the game? where do I spend my time? what are the implications of that?
how do i build the infrastructure necessary to support the continued playstyle i prefer without devolving into base chores and in fact encouraging the development of goals and completion of them in a game with no prescribed finish?
how do I interpret meaning from the world I build around me? how do distance, color, texture, scale, size, lighting, shape, time spent navigating, terrain, machines, mechanics, movement, etc. and their interrelationships impact the meaning I derive?
these are mere starting points; concretely, a conversation could look like moving from "what's the best most efficient farm objectively i can build?" to "how do I choose or construct a farm that matches its output and ease of access to my current needs and goals?" farm throttling is a huge concern in my imaginary discourse, since it's highly variable even across a single player's single world. (this may shock you to learn this is something I appreciate greatly about etho.)
bdubs is making really, really big arguments about what visual representation can signify not in isolation but in concert across many dimensions: he loves his fog and render distance settings because of what they do to an environment, and his builds interact with those distance limits; he is constantly pushing himself further beyond simple gradients into texturing into doing ambient occlusion on flat walls to suggest crossbeams and now expanding scale to increase possibilities for meaningful coherent block palettes. it's got his usual wrapping of bluster and pride but he's a lot more mellow and didactic in bwbs3! like, he is arguing for this approach in terms you would expect with historical art movements, about how to communicate meaningfully through art. he is doing pointillism!
today he talked about building in all those terms and more, and then also in the fourth dimension of time; this is the first thing I built and it is a time capsule of my skill and style at that point in time, and I am going to build this today as a capstone to my current skills and style, a proof of concept and a temple and a focal point and a new scale marker (since the mountain he built is now tiny in comparison lmao). he is playing minecraft in 4D! this is a really neat and meaty line of thinking - if you're playing a world, what could you build to be a snapshot of where you are now?
that turns the world, built-up, into a historical register. it's not that groundbreaking to do in retrospect, but combined with the foresight and level of intent and skill and on top of that articulating that to the audience makes building with bdubs season 3 really special to me. it's a cross between a seminar and a let's play; it's not building with like s1/s2 senses of just recording himself while building and talking in detail, it's building with in the sense of instruction and encouraging you to go try it out. it's his pitch for his theory of building! from what I can tell, it's pretty unique for that.
honestly the derrida and perec and everything is relevant and ripe but my first turn to theory with bdubs was bernard tschumi's advertisements for architecture, because some of them work so well with his life series builds (another post, another time). however, check this shit out!
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advertisements for architecture frequently also engages with murder and the erotic as components of architecture - "Murder in the Street differs from Murder in the Cathedral in the same way as love in the street differs from the Street of Love. Radically." the erotic is less relevant, but the call to baser human desires is a fun touchpoint when considering the meaninglessness of death and especially in the context of MCYT the use of architecture even more explicitly than irl as prompts for interesting, novel, unpredictable interactions. at the same time, many built things in MC are mere facades (grian hcs7 megabase...... not to be rude but jesus).
and so the novelty and love for a guy who cares about and executes well a manifesto on unifying aesthetics and function in a dynamic four-dimensional framework. with that basis, you could start engaging piaget on play, baudrillard on simulation and simulacra, derrida on bricolage, perec on space, any number of theater-centered theorists from any number of lenses (marxist critique of the gradient trend when?) and so on endlessly. but I'm always overjoyed and intrigued by bdubs' arguments. he's so breezy about it, too, like he's driven toward something he's figuring out for himself and trying to share as he learns. nothin else like it
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girlgerard · 2 years
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i would get where that call out was coming from if gerard wasn't so open about his experiences because public figures have been forcibly outed before and that's not okay but they way that has been done is not the same that is generally when people are probing into people's personal lives relentlessly. all you're doing is literally just gathering together information that gerard has given us publicly and willingly and drawing a conclusion that doesn't actually call them anything specific beyond saying 'that's not how a cishet man speaks/behaves' so i really don't get the problem. he quite possibly doesn't think of himself as or call himself trans or nonbinary but he is still... not cis... and i don't see why it's so controversial to say that given that he has talked openly about his experiences so it's not really possible to 'out' him.
this!! exactly!! thank you for putting into words what i've been trying to say. what i think has happened is because this blog has suddenly gotten so much engagement due to the excitement of the return, people are being exposed to my readings and posts without the prior context of knowing that i'm genuinely joking 90% of the time. like i write my posts laughing my ass off. would i ever seriously use she/her/feminine terms for gerard without the context of affectionate humor? no, of course not, jesus christ. i specifically choose to post on a platform i KNOW they do not access because i would never want any of my posts to reach anywhere near their inner circle. do i believe the trans themes in their lyrics are a solid reading and sometimes deliberate? yes! i absolutely do! however i am also aware that these are just my interpretations - they are interpretations i believe are sound and are sometimes confirmed (ex. get the gang together), but i don't pretend to have all the answers gerard keeps in their head. that's why i call these readings.
the reality is that gerard has been extremely open about their gender identity, and have used the wording 'coming out as gnc' as late as 2018. they have heavily identified with transfems and women in general for decades, and much of what they've said/written lines up with mine and a ton of other trans people's experiences. when i call gerard a girl it is a way of joking about a reality that they have openly, deliberately, and heavily implied. and it's also just straight-up funny. like nobody gets mad when i call frank a lesbian LMAO. anyway this is badly worded and i have a lot more to say, but i'll just wrap it up with this: i am a random person using a broken website to blog about my interests. i am not headlining a conspiracy, i am not claiming to have forbidden knowledge, it simply brings me joy to follow themes and motifs in music and interpret what interviews mean in the context they're in. if people cannot pick up on the fact that i'm joking when i call a celebrity i do not know 'babygirl', that's something they gotta work out.
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shoegazingmonad · 3 months
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re: being an ultimate dirk defender—i try not to take this shit too seriously for the sake of my own mental health but lmao it's hard to resist the urge to defend to the death the fact that ultimate dirk is NOT a transphobe. like, objectively. he's not transphobic!! LOL
As much as I'd like to believe he isn't (speaking as a trans person), it's way more implied that he is rather than he isn't
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In Meat 19 aka the Jade, Roxy and Calliope gender discussion chapter we get a whole speech from this guy after Roxy comes out as non-binary. He says he's got no problem with it but it all comes off as very insincere and sarcastic
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After that, he brings up Jade's thoughts on the topic and how she has her own concerns and she doesn't seem too sure about it, and he calls them 'reasonable', and says he'll be staying away from the topic.
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But he immediately continues to make weirdly sarcastic comments on gender and even throws a 'woke' in there (good lord rereading this is making me physically cringe)
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We also get this from him later in the bonus where he (sigh) brings up wokeness in a negative context so clearly he's got a few opinions of his own that don't look to be all that great.
However Meat 36 when Terezi corrects him misgendering Roxy and states he's going by he/him now he doesn't make as much a fuss as he did when they mentioned being non-binary, so he might just have an issue with genders that aren't either boy or girl? Which kind of makes sense considering he's part Lord English / Doc Scratch, two dudes who enforced the dual stereotypical human gender roles onto a genderless race of aliens, and also part Caliborn due to them + Lil Cal, a guy with very strong misogynistic views on gender and seems to think there's only two of them to choose from, the better masculine one he identifies with and the shittier girly one Calliope associated themself with.
So far we haven't really got much of a sincere objectively true statement on his views on gender from him but all of his conversations regarding it look pretty negative. I believe to some degree he's transphobic but I understand if you interpret it otherwise, since for now without his actual opinion it's all subjective and piecing little implications together
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ghostputty · 5 months
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Hii so get ready cas there’s a bunch of them (feel free to choose) 🫣
🍊 for Shion, 🍈 🌶️ 🥭 for Kestral, 🧅 for Ares and alsoo 🥑 for Genevieve
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🍊 Does your OC have a prophecy surrounding them? If they don't, what would it be?
hm. shion doesn't have an in-universe prophecy, but if we wanted to give him one i'd probably say [SPOILER I CAN'T SAY THIS ACTUALLY] so i suppose maybe you could also interpret that [SPOILER AGAIN I AM SO SORRY] and basically guilt and grief ensue
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🍈 If they had to be put into a box, what box would it be and why?
okay so my brain interpreted this as a Literal Box. like cardboard style, however, after thinking about it i realized that it probably does not mean literal box. and so naturally i looked it up and all it gave me was coding stuff BAHAHAHA. anyways. i'm gonna use jung's character archetypes for this question moving forward, and for kes i'd give her the explorer archetype :)
🌶️ Who would your OC declare their sworn enemy if they could meet them?
she already knows them actually, that'd be inesa LMAO (this is true for a lot of characters) but i can say that will change in the future to someone else
🥭What colours best represent them and why? Does this differ from their favourites?
kes's fav colors and the color that represents her are the same !!! i color code a lot of my characters w their outfits or just like general colors u see in the background near them. the main color i associated her w is orange
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🧅 What is surefire to make your OC cry? Who knows of this information?
nobody rlly knows ares's situation w his mom cause he just like .... doesn't like to talk abt it, but any sort of news (good or bad) involving her would make him emotional enough to cry. frustrated or happy tears :,(
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🥑 What will they never back down about, even if it makes them seem bad?
there is a sort of trifecta between genevieve, inesa, and silver (which i'm excited to show hehe) but they all have a similar sort of stance. gene's and silv's aren't as extreme as inesa's is because they don't have her gigantic ego. but in gene's case, she's a hard worker, and she may have her own insecurities but if the situation presented itself she would Never back down from a challenge. she sticks to her goals and beliefs very heavily, which is why shion is a very inspiring person to her, but she'd never just lie down and give up (even if she wanted to lol.)
send an oc interview question ??
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consul-valerius · 10 months
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Show Me What Normal is for You
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Donna’s voice trailed off, their eyes widening as they spoke. They glanced up at Valerius, seeking some sort of validation, some sort of recognization. They silently hoped he would be normal; neither upset nor happy. Just… normal.
An evening of drinking and story-weaving leads Vesuvia's most dysfunctional polycule into a discussion of the divine (which leads to discussions of the past and perhaps the present too). However, not everyone involved is as intrigued when a certain Arcana is mentioned. It is up to Valerius to encourage his lover to open up to him in a way they haven't: to tell the full truth of their murky upbringing.
Rating: T for discussions of past abuse & darker themes
WC: 7,401 split between two chapters
Characters & Relationships: Valerius, Donna, Nadia (all in their own traid lol) & Sam and Lucio
Content warnings: discussions of past childhood abuse, discussions of attempted infanticide, childhood trauma, negative self talk/self thinking (most of this appears exclusively in the second chapter), casual discussions of death, mentioned parental death, and very casual daddy dom language because Sam and Lucio are there lmao
A/N: after years.... i have finally sat down and made Donna actually talk about their childhood/upbringing lmao this is a pretty personal fic for me for a variety of reasons, and it's one that I'm fairly proud of but also deeply insecure about all the same LOL again, very dialogue heavy and introspective; please heed all content warnings!
First chapter preview undercut, with links to both chapters there as well! if darker themes aren't your jam, you can just avoid the second chapter and know there's a lot of hurt but also a lot of gay comfort lmfao
Part One // Part Two
“What do you mean by that?” Nadia asked. Gods, it was becoming grating to Sam how endearing she was behaving. 
“Well, let’s use the cards as an example. Anyone can read the cards. I know their assigned meanings, and if you paid me, I would do a card reading for you and may actually sell you on my sincerity. But that’s all it is: storytelling. I can twist any general reading to be specific toward you if you told me enough about yourself—that is why there are so many con artists when it comes to this. If you can tell a tale, you can read the cards. 
Donna, however, actually can hear the Arcane and interpret their messages. That isn't exactly standard practice, and certainly not one I can do anymore.”
“Any more?” Lucio prodded, snuggling closer. 
“I used to have… some connection to my patron, yes.” Sam paused to glance down at the hand Lucio was playing with; he seemed to be reflecting on what to say next. His shoulders straightened out before he sighed. “But she severed that tie long ago. It was my own doing, of course. The Arcana do not take kindly to those who break from their paths, and they especially do not enjoy feeling replaced by some mortal being.”
“Huh—"
“They can do that?” Nadia cut in, a sudden and uncommon anxiety now in her tone. “Break off a connection, that is.”
A bitter smile graced Sam’s features; he regarded Nadia up and down for a moment before nodding. 
“In my case, yes. Though perhaps it was for the best; breaking that tie broke off all of my connection to the arcane realms. I am much better at judging and denying earthly temptations than I would be magical.”
“Magical temptations? Like what, fairy circles or what have you?” Valerius piped up again, his focus now squarely on Donna’s hair. He thankfully did not seem aware of Sam’s giggle at his question. 
“Well, no, silly boy,” Sam sighed as Lucio snickered. “I mean much more divine intervention.”
“Do the Arcana… meddle in earthly affairs?” Nadia reclined further into her seat, getting more comfortable. 
“Obviously they do,” Sam said, mirroring her posture. “The fact that they choose humans to take under their wing says enough. But most patrons know not to directly interfere with this world; many will only tend to their flock in dreams or drug-induced stupors; whenever the veil is at its most thin or what have you.”
“And you are implying there are those who do more, are you not?”
“Well, yes.”
“Do you know which ones specifically—“
“The Devil.”
All eyes quickly snapped down to Donna. Their head was down, their shoulders hunched, and their fingers dug into their knees. Nadia tilted her head as she pushed forward slightly in her seat, readying herself to dart to the floor if need be. It seemed as if Sam was going to do the same, but he was stopped by Lucio grabbing his hand with a bruising grip.
“The Devil…?” Valerius prodded, the only one not fully aware of the tone shift. 
“The Devil represents an excess of indulgences,” Sam cut in, trying to keep his tone neutral while trying to focus his attention between Lucio and Donna. “Out of all of the arcana, it makes the most sense that He would be most interested in earthly affairs and getting entangled in them; to want more than the vast expanses of magical realms he can control is in line with what he represents. He is the one patron to meddle in the affairs of others, regardless of who their patron is, to a normally… detrimental effect.”
“Detrimental?” Nadia pushed, her own curiosity outweighing her concern momentarily. 
Sam shot Donna a concerned look, his lips sealing into a thin line. They slowly lifted their head, the pink in their hair gone and back to its normal blue. 
They only shrugged up at him, a small smile on their face. 
“Well…” Sam finally continued, pulling Lucio closer to him by the waist. “In my life, and in the type of work I used to do, I’ve seen people get… desperate . Desperate for a variety of things: money, power, friends, family, the love those people can give to you—we traversed in dark places, and it can lead to ravenous desires. I was lucky to have not just been disconnected from the magical realms but to have a mentor who knew too well the horrors that lurk there. 
Others do not. Even the faintest whispers of the divine can twist the noblest of people. And this world is often cruel and unforgiving: to be offered a lifeline, to be offered some notion of control, is sometimes far too captivating to ignore.”
“You’re speaking in riddles,” Valerius interjected, now annoyed. “Speak plainly.”
“The drunkard says to the master,” Sam finally laughed, though there was little joy there. Lucio and Donna had both, shockingly, fallen silent, neither quite looking at anything or anyone. “What I mean is that it is easy for The Devil to tempt and offer solutions . I once knew a woman—a good, strong woman, I might add—who lost her entire family to a group of highwaymen. A senseless tragedy that falls on many—she is not unique, and neither are the effects of grief. She sought out my mentor for guidance, but your fellow human can only do so much for you. She was desperate for answers and for justice, and this world marches to the beat of its own drum. It was just taking too damn long. 
So who better to come in than The Devil himself? Or what she thought was him. In exchange for something trivial, he can give you a name, a place they live, and even their weaknesses. But even more than that—what of power, what of strength? If you are to face your family’s slayers, should you not be prepared to dish out justice? She made deal after deal behind our backs, each one more complicated, each price growing steeper and steeper. By the time I or anyone had noticed a change, it was far too late. The Devil’s chains are… unbreakable. And the damage they do is far more than anyone can help.” 
A long, heavy silence filled up the space like a thick smog. Nadia averted her eyes entirely, lost in her own thoughts, unsure what question to ask next. Valerius sat up straighter, his hands still petting through Donna’s hair. He could not see their expression from where he was sitting. He could only see how Lucio glanced back to the doorway as if he was worried someone was there. Valerius couldn’t help but think the same thing. 
“But why go through that only to be… well.. ruined?” He asked without thinking. Sam only smiled sadly at him. 
“You are so lucky, my dear boy, to have never been in want of anything.” Sam patted Lucio’s hip as he spoke, soothing him absently as he regarded Valerius. “And I hope you never experience it—truly, I do. Anyone may fall victim to this—it is our nature, after all, to seek out temptations with no regard for ourselves or others. That is the essence of the card; it is neither good nor evil: The Devil just exists as a paradigm of our makeup. He cannot help himself to crave more from this world, and we, in turn, cannot help but be tempted by him. It is up to the person on what they choose to do or not do, on the vile acts they may commit, and on giving up everything to gain their single want. Had I any line of communication left, I am not so sure I would be here—“
“ Gods , this is grim!”
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marvus-xoloto · 11 months
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Hi, it kind of came out of nowhere but do you think that Marvus's music would be actually good ? Like I can't imagine some 14-15 yo kid, supported and working for other kids, being professional (not that teenagers can't be great artists, but in the context of Alternia it's just different). It just kind of cracks me up if IRL he really made shitty mixtapes that hypes everyone up lmao and Teals would just work as some weird ambassador for purples/artists that resolve teenage drama haha
What do you think ? Do they have enough cultural background to compose things for themselves or Condy gave them just enough space but not quite so things can't evolve?
great blog btw i like tour writing :)
Hi!
This ask got me deep diving haha. I'll get to some more, long, rambling headcanons under the cut, but here's the short of it:
Canon tells us he has a huge, cult like following, so his music is likely "good" (which is subjective, but we'll get to that later).
He already had a background (loosely speaking) in entertainement before he got famous by being a contestent on Slam or Get Culled (which keeps him relevant; most contestant series bing back previous winners, so he's very present in the entertainment sphere). In my opinion (and this is entering headcanon territory), this means he's had plenty of relevant training regarding... hmm how to put this. Finding and keeping an audience? Putting on the entertainer's face and saying the right words? Public relations stuff, you know? Does that makes sense? This does imply that his music is somewhat commercial and easy to sell, however (although I choose not to headcanon that. Popular fanon and I agree on one thing: I like the idea that his music is kinda silly yet clever with excellent samples a la young gravy).
The idea of teals being the auspictices between the music/ entertainment industry and like, just the general population is a super fun world building element haha! I love that. I've always seen certain castes being culturally predisposed towards certain quadrants, and teals have always read as ashen-predisposed to me. Might be the neurodivergence speaking, though, haha.
That being said, the entertainment industry- both on earth in real life so likely on Alternia- is the forefront of propaganda. And while Marvus styles himself as a musician, he's actually somewhat more of a politician.
Before I deep dive under the cut, the TL;DR is: imagine if Hatsune Miku worked for, idk, the CIA. That's... kind of how I see Marvus lmfao (although not a super literal parallel obviously; I don't think Marvus works for anyone beside himself). I'm at work so this post is pretty rushed, but hopefully you can get my jist.
So here's the thing that has always stuck out to me: Marvus and the music industry are kind of one in the same, you know? Made to get stuck in your head haha.
This puts him in a very powerful political position. It's noted in his friendsim that his music is "super woke and definitely not casteist at all." As MSPAR attended that concert with Zebruh, it's important to note that weirdo castists were on their mind. To me, this says that Marvus's music is so open for interpretation that people will always hear exactly what they want.
(I know the popular opinion is just that he's psychic pulling psychic fuckery, but honestly that's no fun for me. Marvus is very intelligent and conniving, and I'd prefer to deep dive into that.)
You know what Marvus has that most seadwellers don't? An audience, an opinion, and the means to make it all happen.
I think it's worth noting that when I say "politician" on Alternia, it's honestly more like an influencer? Cridea, for instance, strikes me as someone with a political agenda and political pull (and I don't think it's a coincidence at all that they're linked in act 2). They are, after all, young adults at best (I see Marvus as 19 on Alternia).
Do I think Marvus went into the inustry with politics on his mind? No, not at all. He was- in my headcanon- just a sixteen year old kid with no delusions of grandeur at all. He simply was that good.
The only problem is that he doesn't really hve anyone he's working for. He's religious (canonically, and imo to an extent), so it's very possible all of his power plays and messages have a subtle religious tie-in. Mostly, though, I think he's in it for himself. Mirthful Idolotry: he's an idol. This isn't sustainable in the long run, though, so I always wonder about what might cause his downfall in the future.
I think he's intelligent enough to come up with clever word play, and frankly there's the caste element as well.
Anyway. Because politics are involved, I'd be shocked if off-world trolls (trolls who are like Tirona for instance) aren't involved in the effort.
So do I think his music is good? No.
I think it is evil :o)
Anyway, random headcanon: I think music on Alternia has a slight buzzng sound to it that only trolls can pick up the subtlties of. For humans, it sounds like that cicada buzz sounds of flourscent lighting.
Hope that was anything haha.
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rateatingraccoon · 4 months
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Demon brothers as Sir Chloe songs
Sir Chloe has been my favorite music artist for a year now, but I've also been on more of a listening streak. So... the Obey Me! demons brothers as Sir Chloe songs!
(Warning: Spoilers in Belphie's explanation)
Lucifer
Leash - I Am The Dog album
I was a bit torn on this one, but I think Leash suits Lucifer quite well. Centered around feeling in control, with mentions of sinning, it definitely gives Lucifer towards MC vibes.
"Pretty shiny, newcomer In the corner shaking off the water"
"My home, a place above the sinkhole I know, my only love is control"
Sinner in a pool, it's a bitter blue I'm nobody's you"
Mammon
Center - I Am The Dog album
This one was a bit easier, since there are only so many songs from SC that aren't super angsty, lmao. Center is focused on, well, an obsession with someone, not being able to control your desire to be with them. Lots of themes of impulsiveness and attachment - both things that scream Mammon.
"Thought I was patient, but I bit right through I could never get enough of you"
"I like a challenge when the prize is you Try my hardest if you ask me to"
"Itching for a fix Habit I'll never kick"
Leviathan
Hooves - I Am The Dog album
Not as confident with this one, but with Hooves centering around themes of being different, I think it suits our introverted demon well.
"At the end of your pack, I know Can I offer a drag?"
"I don't want to hold hands, I don't want to hold hands You've been chewing my hair over and over again"
"Eyes like a goat Blinking sideways at the show"
Satan
Wrath - Party Favors EP
Daddy's Car - I Am The Dog album
I couldn't just choose one for this guy, partially because these two songs are what inspired me to make this post. Wrath is pretty self explanatory - centered around failing to suppress anger. Daddy's Car, however, is harder to explain but gives very strong Satan vibes. Basically trying to help someone with daddy issues. More MC -> Satan rather than vise versa.
"I, I took a bath Couldn't drown my wrath It's alright to be mad"
"Lock on the door, holes in the wall I wasn't there, but I know it's my fault So watch me come apart"
"It was haunted, I was asked to leave it Politely, a warning"
"See your glower through the rosy lighting I can see the numbers in the air"
"And I'll drive with no headlights this time You're my baby forever even when you're not mine"
Asmodeus
Company - single
This one was probably the easiest. Centered around a longing desire for someone - and their company. This desire can easily be interpreted as lust.
"Shadows in my room And they're all in the shape of you Give me a sign to Do what I wanna do"
"You gotta ask me for it 'Cause I don't know what I don't know I wanna hear you want it I wanna hear you ask for more"
"Shadows in my room But I don't take my eyes off you"
Beelzebub
Walk You Home - single
This one was by far the hardest, but I think Walk You Home takes after Beel's vibes of helping you no matter what. He's just a sweet guy, and I think this song reflects that.
He could also be good for Center, since that song has a lot of lollipop themes.
"Don't know your name yet But your head's still resting on my arm Subway, fly by On the green line, no one does you harm"
"Just a pretty girl with a shot glass In your Sunday dress and coat I found you in the bathroom like that Help you up and say hello"
"I've been around the block And I see you cry a lot Can I walk you home"
Belphegor
I Am The Dog - I Am The Dog album
This one was also pretty hard, but I decided on I Am The Dog mainly because of Belphie's trauma with Lillith and, obviously, the murder that lead to. While I'm not totally confident on this one, I think they do share some similar themes.
"Head underwater Stones on my back I didn't do well, but I still tried my best"
"I am the dog under your couch Gnashing teeth and open mouth"
"Head underwater Hand in a fist Hard to describe something I'll never miss"
And that's all! Thank you for reading, and maybe check out Sir Chloe's music if you haven't because it's amazing!!
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damnation-if · 11 months
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Do you by chance have any references for the ROs faces ? Like art, ai created (like Artbreeder), or irl faceclaims?
Asking for doodle reasons : )
i do have a couple of faceclaims, but i'd like to stress that most of them aren't intended to be... direct representations as such. partially because some of the ROs' faces are varying degrees of inhuman due to wacky skin colours or horns or such and partially because of gender selectability in the case of some of them. and also I'm just not married firmly to many of them and only really look to them occasionally for vibes/inspiration. but i'll pass them on anyway! (under a cut for Images)
the closest thing to Official art i have (i'd love to have one for every character but it's not really in the cards for now unfortunately lol) is this gorgeous piece of Arianis done by my beloved friend, which we consulted back and forth about a bit as they were making it... you may all now applaud their incredible talents 😌
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next is Twilit; there's some information on various nonhumanoid aspects in this post, but I'll repost my vague faceclaim here as well:
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i went into as much detail as i could do without developing magical art skills myself about Malkorath in this post; this particular faceclaim is probably the least detail-accurate one that i have, but i still keep it in my mind (and sometimes look at it while writing lmao) because the Expression is *chef's kiss* pure Malkorath flavour. THIS is the Exact expression you can expect to see looking at Malkorath's face at any given moment XD
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the closest thing i could find to how i conceptualise Lithiana's face is probably someone like Kate Hudson... bright and bubbly essentially though again it's not a perfect representation.
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i also had trouble finding someone for Heluur as most actors don't have particularly Soft features lmao. the best example i could really find was someone sort of like Jude Law, particularly in a movie like the Holiday where his character is quite soft also.
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and... unfortunately i don't really have anything that i feel represents my mental image of Suchebh. however that might potentially be a good thing in a way since beauty is subjective and they're really supposed to be. Hauntingly beautiful haha... maybe it's Best to leave them in particular up to artistic interpretation. sorry if it's a bummer though 😔
i hope this helps! it would be easier if i had real life demons to choose from i suppose lmao
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I went into this trying to cause chaos but now I'm genuinely saying this because they kinda need to be called out.
Crimson, the big demon, the player, is kind of bleugh.
I would say pathetic but in truth the term they need should be more complex and left to interpretation.
Crimson, you clearly have issues and you have a horrible way of dealing with them. That is clear beyond belief. (It's even stated by lili herself.)
You should probably realize that you're never going to get what you want out of things. You clearly want some emotional attachment however the way you determined a "fool proof way" to get it will only lead you to disappointment. Though, personally, I don't care. You did this to yourself and you wrapped all of us into it because you're both selfish and blind. That's not my problem.
I can only be so calm and uncaring about your behavior, though I guess I still don't care lmao.
I don't care what happens anymore, I don't care about if we die(though idk about the others' opinions lol). We've been doomed to a cycle. We'll break eventually. The moment we weren't allowed to die was the moment that proved there is no turning point, there is nothing for us anymore.
God, all I wanted to do was relax.
I wish we were still with Dust, I really want cuddles right now.
Congrats, Crimson. You've officially made things harder for everyone, including yourself. I don't even care what you say to that or how you feel.
(Idk why I got so into typing this lmao)
yeah they're a bit of a self contradictory asshole. (you good bud?/gen/lh I did put the warning tags there for a reason lol. you're absolutely right to call them out for it. I hope it didn't trigger you!)
also not gonna deny them being basically a whirlpool of angst dragging anyone who comes close enough to the bullshit.
but this reaction of yours would... trigger them to go back to being absolutely HORRIBLE to you.
they were being "docile" and "peaceful" to you so far. but they can do SO MUCH worse to you than what they did to dust.
they'd also weaponize sans knowing you care for him. they're toxic most when they're being threatened with being LEFT BEHIND or left alone. if you treat them by ignoring them?
yeaaaah they're gonna fucking lose their shit and go off the rails just to keep you there... they're not yandere for no reason. and unlike most media actual people with yandere like traits aren't cool or bad ass. they're scary and disgusting selfish people who CAN'T see beyond their own desires. trapped in their own head.
dust is the opposite but has the same obsession he wants to save you from their games by killing you.
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I know they're mean. and it's okay if you hate them! I didn't make them to be likable. I just made them the combination of being completely apathetic AND obsessed to death...
are you gonna choose death/true reset? that's always an option to weaponize against both dust AND crimson.
I'll wait to see who else is on board.
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