Parasimmer, TheSimlish, I deserve an apology.

What am I gonna do when croissant finishes the game their journey... TT_TT I don't wanna say goodbye to them!!

I don't know buddy I've been wondering the same thing :') Let's not think about it-

getting into actual angry arguments: awful. terrible. going to be thinking about it for the rest of the day. leaves me seething about what I could have said differently for the rest of my life.

getting into friendly debates: ohhhhhh enrichmennce.. :) mine brain is so full and thinking..........yippie yaaaaaay!!!!!!

> Someone remind me to elaborate on how I want to characterize Kirby later

:) ? I'm curious now

Like I said on the post that prompted this, he's a nice silly boy who's also the strongest being in the known universe. He's pretty emotionally mature for his age and always wants to help people out. Kirby radiates positivity to everyone around him. He's the kind of person that makes a really great friend.

He loves simple pleasurable things, like eating and sleeping and playing. When he's not saving the world, he's out somewhere enjoying himself, probably with a buddy.

His life isn't perfect. He's unsure of himself and doubts if he deserves everything he's got. He feels guilty for not always being able to save everyone, regardless if that's even possible. He loses his patience sometimes, most often with people like Marx or Magolor who like to push his buttons. He struggles with identifying and dealing with his feelings, especially negative ones.

When he feels bad, though, his friends have his back. They care about him a lot, especially his closest friends like Bandana Waddle Dee and Gooey.

ok nvm i'll elaborate right now

i think one of the many weird choices in the finale was to make belos possess raine out of all people. one, because it really comes out of the blue. when has belos ever shown any interest of raine? like, i'm sure he must be aware of raine's record of plotting against the establishment, but he never deals with them himself. instead he sends a plethora of other people to do it for him (darius, eberwolf, kikimora, terra). if anything, it is terra that has a bone to pick with them. and in a parallel work where raine got more to do, i believe terra and raine's dynamic would've been something really interesting to explore. kinda like the relationship between atreus and odin in GOW ragnarok, like this "okay i know you hate me and all that i stand for, but i see potential in you so i'll take you under my wing and prove to you that i am worth of your time and loyalty" kinda thing, which is a banger dynamic btw.

but the second part is that there are two way more attractive options. the first one, immediately on demand, is darius. ofc it would take some canon time of developing that dynamic between belos and darius (it pains me that it doesn't exist), but it would make sense that belos would keep a close eye on darius. after all, he was mentored and was a good friend of the previous golden guard, and it's implied in various scenes (mostly ASIAS) that he knows enough about hunter's "ancestors" to praise him when he doesn't follow orders, and ultimately play the long-con to betray belos. he may even be aware in some sense of belos killing the previous golden guard, or even the existence of the grimwalkers. in that case, it would make sense that belos would have built some resentment towards him that ultimately shows in the choice to possess, corrupt and kill his puppeteer-ed body. but then, there's an even better option here, and a character that belos has hide a long-time resentment against: lilith.

look, if belos remembers luz from all those years ago, then he abso-fucking-lutely remembers lilith as well. and in a sense you can interpret the actions in canon as him trying to exert his personal vendetta against her: keep her close in the emperor's coven, trying to get her sister to join and get branded with a sigil with the promise that he'll cure her from her curse, all this while knowing that she would eventually betray him and join luz's side. we know belos kept her close for a reason and he knows the extent of her abilities, her history and relationship with eda, and her weaknesses as well. belos possessing lilith, then, would not only be the definitive "fuck you" to her, but could've also been an effective way to provoke eda emotionally and lead her to abandon her hideout to confront him. and honestly, from the way belos acts in that scene in FTF, his reaction to finding the best candidate to possess would make so much more sense if it was lilith and not raine.

but like, aren't lilith and raine just... insanely similar characters in the show's narrative? both are figures of eda's past, who loved each other sincerely back in simpler times, and through plot-related actions (raine's reason is much better narratively though, IMO) abandoned eda and joined the opposing side, climbing the ranks through their powerful abilities until becoming important figures in the coven circle. trying to think about the things i'd change in canon to make raeda a better couple involve making them go through similar plot beats that eda and lilith have gone through: an emotional, powerful moment where raine has to choose between their position of power and eda's wellbeing, actual tension between them (resentment and guilt from eda's side, frustration and confusion from raine's side), situations where they are forced to colaborate and their chemistry can still come through but still their dynamic is permeated by those lingering wounds... like, all of those things are stuff that already happened in canon, between eda and lilith. there's even that moment in king's tide where eda has the same somber moment with raine and lilith before executing their sabotage:

to me, it event seems like lilith got a lot of attention and development with eda in S1 and early S2 and then her character got sidelined when raine started to appear, and simultaneously: how raine's backstory and conflict of interest with eda are pretty much an afterthought but they still get to be a key player in the plot through late S2 and S3. i'm really sorry that economic character construction has to work this way, but that's how it is: you don't get to give eda a sister and a significant other and then make those two characters the same one. you have to commit to just one and integrate all aspects onto them.

some of y'all care way too much about your constant accessibility to entertainment goddamn

god ok so @jatp-renaissance is a real blog now as of this morning and the basics of it are set up. I'm working on setting up a queue, an event calendar, and mod applications (because holy hell I will not be managing this on my own even with the obscene amount of free time in my life, i have to save time to clean the litterbox you know?) and will post there about them as they come to fruition. It is empty right now, but it will not always be, so if you want to keep a closer eye on the development you'll want to hop over there.

Thank you to everyone who showed so much enthusiasm and interest in this project, and I really hope this can be as exciting a chapter in the jatp fandom story as we're imagining! If you have any questions, thoughts, or ideas, throw them at the new blog!

(also let me know if you have any accessibility concerns about the web blog or the mobile version, I've tried to find a nice middle ground between strong contrast and fun colours but I am not exactly a graphic designer.)

just saw someone refer to the Titanic sinking as the biggest maritime disaster in history. trembling. inconsolable.

stg i am this close to convening the diasporic jewish council so we can call a vote and take the word "zionist" away from y'all until you learn how to use it responsibly.

like, with the level of vitriol y'all are hurling that term around, we know what you're actually saying. just call us kikes and get it over with.

grey's accidentally byan energy thoughts: "wait can u get high smelling nail polish"

I'm about to be so tired ghejeje

one thing about thai dramas that really botheres me that they'll all use the same (royalty free? i assume?) music. or maybe they all have the same go-to website for music idk

anyway, it's a Problem bc i have such a strong emotional reaction to music that has been on theory of love and so when other series use that music i just. cannot™ deal

actually the alleged piastri lawsuit means SO much to me

lets just appreciate his visuals . . .

ok one last thing I gotta say while I’m still hyped on adrenaline and feeling salty, and then I’ll shut up for the rest of the night I PROMISE

but

y’all gotta chill about Phee flirting with Tech fr

hating her for that specific reason is SO petty and childish, y’all need to let it go

idc if you find her annoying or whatever, I get that

but hating her JUST because she’s showing a slight interest in Tech? plz lolololol

genuinely about to start throwing rocks