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quitthebustabovemydoor · 2 years

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Summarizing as an autist 101

As an autist it is often hard to summarize, mainly because I cant for the life of me keep main points from smaller points. I just see everything as interesting information. But also because I cant actually remember half the important stuff at the moment I need it (hello object permanence).

So I thought Id share the little tips I have and hope you all can contribute. This isnt a step by step btw, just the questions i ask myself that need to be answered.

• take little notes in/on a separate doc/paper through your reading or 'thing to be summarized'

• what was the main topic? -> this is probs somewhere in the title of at the top.

• where do they get their information? what is their source?

• what did they talk about with the main topic? *keep this short at the beginning, expand more later*

• how was the texts/whatever structured?

• give 1 or 2 examples, be conctrete

• what do you think about the way they talked about the topic or about the structure?

• try to look for further away. are they actually saying anything or are they just bullshitting?

• when you need a minimum number of words and you arent there, i take one of these are write what i actually think about it. e.g. the texts i should be summarizing is writen from a biological point of view but was very obviously not written by a biologist. so i expanded on that as i am a biologist and they missed the best part.

• which leads me to the next point: use your strengths!!! my texts was talking about altruism, but i know a lot more about that, and they were wrong.

• make sure to keep it general tho: so if they were wrong with the altruism part, what else where they wrong about? what implication does this have for the whole texts?

• some nice structural thing/something you appreciated

#am i writing this instead of summarizing?#you bet i am #altho i think i actually kind nailed it this time #dont get me wrong it took a long time #but im kinda happy with it!!#i think i missed at least 3 big points but thats ok #idk peeps #im just trying here #please give me your tips #i need them #autism #neurodivergence #actually autistic #summary #ravens theories

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raven-at-the-writing-desk · 17 days

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something i noticed

A while back, I wrote this analysis reviewing how unfair the magic education system is in Twisted Wonderland. I would recommend reading that before this post, as it provides tons of context for what I’m about to talk about and add onto the discussion.

In 2-6 of the Tapis Rouge event, Vil has stylists from Luxe, a high end fashion brand, dress up Azul, Jamil, and Ace to be a part of his red carpet entourage. Once the boys come out in their new threads and makeup, Jamil and Azul, two individuals who are meticulous about details, provide some telling commentary.

According to those two, the team of stylists that helped them were mages. Azul further remarks that they were quite skilled mages and that having this kind of talent indicates a “first class brand store”. Their hair and makeup is also suggested to be done via magic, though this service is not normally performed for customers. Previously, we knew that skincare can be infused with magic (Vil does so with his own) and that magic can be used to style one’s hair (Jamil tells us in his Birthday Boy vignettes that he does his intricate hair with magic and used to take far longer with it when he lacked the precision). Idia states in book 6 that Jamil had no formal magic training before NRC, so that means Jamil was self-taught in his hair-handling magic.

… Okay but 😭 WHAT DOES THIS IMPLY ABOUT MAGIC AND CLASS??? Is it just a coincidence that the teams of stylists who staff a high class store are ALL mages? Surely not, given how uncommon mages are in the general population. The store (or maybe the brand itself?) must be going out of its way to hire them because I guess being dressed with magic is a more “luxurious” experience than the normal way. We can also guess from Azul and Jamil’s accounts that the degree of magic these staffers use requires significant skill and precision, which either means they need formal instruction or lots of practice on their own. Neither option is afforded to people with naturally low or no magic reserves at all 💀 meaning jobs like this are gated to mages only.

Now, this doesn’t inherently mean the rich and famous people who frequent these stores are also all mages (Kalim’s dad and Vil’s dad are two non-mages who are extremely wealthy and influential); the majority of them must still be regular people since humans seem to be the majority, and 90% of humans are non-mages. It also doesn’t guarantee that the Luxe stylists are paid more than a non-Luxe stylist (although I do think this is possible for a prestige brand, especially if we factor in commissions on sales).

What’s sticking out to me here is that there exists an association between magic and luxury. The reverse also appears to have some truth based on what little other lore we have; Ruggie states that there are not a lot of mages from his hometown, which could imply a history of non-mages being driven into poorer communities. It all fits together a little too well to seem coincidental… but obviously, Ruggie’s hometown is just one place and could be an outlier rather than the exemplar. We know that most non-mages must live an average lifestyle, not the extremes that Ruggie has experienced. Still, the claim that magic is typically associated with the upper class holds and it continues to be perpetuated in the lore.

Anyway, Fellow and Rollo were right—

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lokilokilolki · 9 months

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If I had a nickel for every time William Shakespeare was depicted as a struggling playwright everyone bullied, that gained the aid of an ancient celestial being (who at the time was on a secret rendevous with their immortal friend there pretending not to be completely in love with) in order to become one of the most renowned and celebrated people of all time, I would have two nickles but it's weird that Neil Gaiman wrote it twice

Good Omens Season 1 episode 3

The Sandman Season 1 Episode 6

Even funnier when u realize that these scenes basically didn't add to the plot AT ALL, and it's just Neil flaming Shakespeare

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 7 months

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finally colored that Eddie scribble <3 rough day p.2!

#am i happy with this? no! but im tired of messing with it so this is what we get #i mean its not Bad but. sigh #i gotta get better at coloring stuff its my Art Weakness #no matter how much i try i cannot understand color theory #my brain simply says No <3 #i have perfect color vision and yet. and fucking yet. cant use it for shit! yeehaw!#scribble garnish #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #eddie dear #i hope he enjoys that ice cold soda - sold exclusively at howdys for a stellar deal only one hundred percen- *gunshot*#i would like everyone to know that i unironically initially wrong 'seld' instead of 'sold'#and genuinely didnt know why there was a little red squiggle friend underneath it for a solid minute #the brain is rotting <3 i go outside and the ravens start divebombing <3 #i am living up to my url of 'carrion'#dead meat walkin babeyyyyyy #i think the chronic migraines are actually frying my neurons!!! yee! haw!

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afloatinships · 5 months

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So I have a theory on webtoon's Nevermore:

And it all pins back to this scene. My theory is that Annabel Lee's plan all along was just to get Lenore that new life

And I think it can all be seen right here, this scene comes right after the big reveal that there is only one new life available for all students. Annabel Lee was the only one not panicking, something that was called out by Lenore herself. Annabel Lee has been shown to be an extraordinaire liar, manipulating almost everyone in her life. She also only has one weakness: Lenore Vandernacht.

Three key scenes that indicate that:

The Physical pain on her face when she knows she has to leave Lenore for good, The Black Ribbons indicating her privately mourning Lenore's "death", and Ada's reveal of Annabel Lee's fear

Annabel Lee had to live a life without Lenore, so she knows how miserable she is whenever Lenore isn't with her. She also knows how much Lenore's mortal life genuinely sucked, compared to hers. Annabel Lee didn't exactly have the best life, however, it definitely was league's better than the hell Lenore's family put her through.

However, Lenore is selfless, so Annabel Lee could never outright just have Lenore move forward and get that new life. So she has to put up a show, create herself a chessboard with pawns and pieces. She positioned herself as the queen, one of the strongest pieces in chess. And we all know Prospero is definitely not the King in Annabel Lee's story.

In Chess, you can sacrifice a queen for a tactical advantage. So we take that into the board, and I bet Annabel Lee is 100% planning on sacrificing herself for her true king, Lenore.

With recent events in the webtoon, it has become such an engaging love story to watch. There are so many trials these two are going through and I just love the writing so much!

Anyway, sorry if this got rambling and boring, just wanted to share that thwory cause I have no one to talk to about it. Bye!

#lennabel #white raven #annabel lee whitlock #lenore vandernacht #nevermore webtoon #annabel lee nevermore #lenore nevermore #lenore x annabel lee #lenore x annabel #annabel lee x lenore #annabel x lenore #otp #fan theory

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sea-buns · 11 months

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Zac trying so hard not to metagame Colin's suspicion level of Raphaniel and Brennan trying equally as hard to keep Raphaniel from falling into an unrealistic obsession with Colin is not the rivalry I was expecting but I'm here for it

#dimension 20 #d20 #the ravening war #trw #colin provolone #bishop raphaniel charlock #zac oyama #brennan lee mulligan #u ever post something the day before an ep and just pray to whoevers listening that it isnt immediately negated by new cannon?#not even by like a pc death what if they become besties in ep 3 what do i do then #in theory i guess i could draft for later but i have no impulse control especially not with these good food ppl

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anthurak · 5 days

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So I’ve been thinking more about one of the more subtle but striking questions brought up by Ruby’s tree vision:

Namely; to where or rather to who were Raven and Summer portaling to? After all, it’s been established that Raven’s semblance, Kindred Link, allows her to create portals specifically to people she has established a certain bond and connection with.

And this is particularly interesting, because of the people we thus far know have Raven’s ‘Link’, only ONE was otherwise not present in the flashback; Qrow.

And wouldn’t you know it; Qrow also happens to be one of the people we can definitively say DOESN’T know what happened to Summer, going off his talk with Ruby in Volume 7 where he mentions having no idea where Summer went or what she was doing on her mysterious last mission.

Now, as I’m sure some people will bring up, it IS possible that Qrow was actually present and is simply keeping quiet about it to Ruby. However, personally I seriously doubt that. As I simply don’t see the writers cheapening such a personal and important scene between Ruby and Qrow by later revealing that Qrow was actually outright lying to Ruby at the time.

So that seemingly leaves us with seemingly only one other option: That Summer and Raven portaled to someone else.

As to who that someone might be? Well personally, I think it would have to be someone we likely haven’t met yet. I know some people have suggested it could have been Ozpin, but frankly I don’t buy that one bit. Whatever happened to Summer is clearly meant to have MASSIVE implications, impact and general status-quo shattering revelations, all things it would make much more sense that Oz has NO idea to. Not to mention it’s kind of hard to imagine Raven forming a link, clearly a very close connection, with someone she seems to have always distrusted like Ozpin. Meaning that we’re left with a character that we simply haven’t be introduced to yet.

However, after giving it some more thought, I think there may be a THIRD option:

Raven and Summer DIDN’T actually portal to a person.

Remember just how we learned the mechanics of Raven’s semblance?

It was via Yang explaining it, via information she was told by TAI.

Here’s the thing though; Tai certainly knew how Raven’s semblance worked back when they were a team with Summer and Qrow. But it’s also been a LONG time since then. And wouldn’t you know it, these last couple volumes have ALSO introduced us to the concept of SEMBLANCE EVOLUTION.

So what if in the near-twenty-odd years since leaving her team, Raven’s semblance ALSO ‘evolved’? To the point where she can form her ‘Links’ with more than JUST people?

Perhaps now Raven can form a link with objects that have particular significance to her? Or, and this one I find the most compelling, LOCATIONS that are particularly important to her?

It’s funny that we’ve never actually known for sure where or to who Raven has been portalling to all the times we’ve seen her. Sure, in hindsight I think we’ve all been assuming it was Vernal in Volumes 2, 3, and 4, and to Taiyang at the end of Volume 5. But the funny thing is, we DON’T actually hear the characteristic sound of Raven’s portal opening in the V5 post-credits scene with Tai, only the flapping of wings. Implying that Raven may not have actually portalled to Tai directly…

Meaning that throughout the show, perhaps Raven wasn’t actually portalling to Vernal, but rather to the camp, the home which now has great significance and meaning to her. And at the end of Volume 5, she portalled not to Tai, but rather to the home she once had on Patch. Or, for the REAL spicy alternative, to Summer’s grave.

So what if at the start of their world-most-homoerotic-suicide-mission together, Raven and Summer portalled not to a person, but rather to a LOCATION that Raven was able to set up a link to?

(shoutout to @mikey-polo420 for the ask that got me thinking about this :D)

#rwby #rwby theory #rwby analysis #Raven Branwen #Summer Rose #rwby semblances #semblance evolution

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namelessroyalraven · 7 months

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So I started reading call down the hawk,,

(Not exactly how I pictured it since I don’t have the art skills but we all start somewhere rIghT

#maturing is realising that at some point you’ll have to actually study to get better at drawing #like learning textures colour theory perspective etc #I’m not that mature yet #call down the hawk #the dreamer trilogy #the raven boys #the raven cycle #trc #ronan lynch #trc ronan #trc art #trc fanart #the raven cycle art #the raven cycle fanart #ronan lynch art #Ronan lynch fanart #declan lynch #lynch brothers

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blacknedsoul-blog · 6 months

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My bet on what Annabel wanted to do and why

So I'm reading the mansion arc again because the hiatus is over and that scene is coming back to me.

Now I have a whole theory as to why Annabel did what she did and for what. One of those "all or nothing" ones, but I thought it was interesting to share anyway.

The Background

The first thing to keep in mind is Annabel's role within her group: she's there to get information and to see herself as someone competent and worth following, but also as an agent of chaos in the shadows, actively trying to get them to fight each other (put a pin in that, because it's going to be important).

The whole scene where Montresor makes Ada bark introduces us to this guy, not as just any bully, but as someone extremely sadistic. While Annabel manages to get him to back down in the end, this makes it clear to her that he's a problem she needs to solve by yesterday, because, as if his sadism weren't enough, he's uncomfortably interested in Lenore.

The Amontillado

So she decides to take the first step to satisfy Montresor's thirst for blood by throwing someone under the bus, and unfortunately Duke is the most logical choice: Berenice and Eulalie share a room, Morella can manifest, and although Prospero is not Pluto's friend, he won't get involved in this kind of shady business. Duke, on the other hand, is an easy prey: he cannot manifest and shares a room with Montresor. It's all advantages.

But Annabel can't allow Montresor to commit murder outright. Not that she gives a shit about Duke's life, but if this guy finds out he can murder people in school, it's pretty certain that it will be impossible to push him back. Next it will be her, or worse, Lenore.

It's hard to tell if she suggested putting him behind a wall or just told Montresor, "Why get your hands dirty? I know you can be more creative." Either way, she's doing it to buy time: again, there's no upside to Duke dying, but maybe she can twist this in her favor somehow. And she needs to do it fast.

The Pendulum

The answer comes to her as if it fell from the sky with the pendulum, which is on the table as an object to be chosen during the test, and the stroke of luck is that it is Lenore who chooses it. So she keeps it: this was the piece she needed to turn the situation around.

Annabel knows where Duke is. And maybe our friend isn't far away either (there were five people moving through guarded corridors, one of them unconscious), so it's enough to get to where he is, break through the wall, and leave the pendulum aside so Duke can find his way back to school or join his friends more easily. After all, he'll have Pluto looking for him like crazy, and it would be absurd for him not to use his spectre for that. And if these people don't manage to hit the right spot, she has already discovered the pendulum's range during the test, she could do it herself without arousing suspicion.

The test is over. The Misfits get more and more desperate, Lenore is taken to Dreamland and Ada manifests only to fall into Montresor's arms. All of this actually suits her quite well, for one specific reason: Annabel wants to put a target on Montresor's back and make him doubt his "trusted" people.

Will's spectre can copy people's appearance, while Ada shared a team with Lenore during the test. Both could have stolen it. At the very moment Montresor discovers that the pendulum was used to save this guy, there will be doubt as to which of these two (whom he thinks he has in the palm of his hand) betrayed him. After all, they both seemed pretty uncomfortable with the situation.

Suspicious of Annabel? That was the look on her face as Duke desperately begged her to stop them.

Speaking of Duke, after he tells the rest of his friends what happened, Montresor would be an immediate target to confront…just like Annabel. But hey, "protect me from your allies and I'll protect you from mine," Lenore will avoid getting her guts ripped out (right?).

Maybe she found out she couldn't manifest after the test, so she left it until the next day. In this image, we are told that Annabel gets up ridiculously early, which is quite possible without anyone seeing her.

And while Pluto mentions that he still can't manifest again, let's remember that Annabel has a little more control over her spectre than he does.

Parenthesis: on the Widow Watch

The question here is: if this idiot had it all figured out and swears her wife is okay with all this crap, why not tell Lenore?

My answer is summarized in this picture:

Annabel is a long-term player, this girl doesn't care about Duke's safety, and his life only seems relevant to her because his death doesn't benefit her. She doesn't care about saving him, she cares about how saving him will distract Montresor from Lenore and allow her to take the first steps to get rid of him.

If Lenore runs off to save Duke (something Annabel thinks she will do out of guilt), the only thing she will accomplish is to make Montresor even more fixated on her and possibly blow Annabel's cover: it would be strange if they could suddenly find him easily without anyone telling them.

Another thing to consider is that Lenore arrives at the Widow's Watch in this state:

She may not have been able to see what happened to Montresor from up there because of how surprised she is, but Lenore's clothes are burned, and it doesn't take a genius to know who inflicted at least some of those wounds on her. All the more reason to try to keep Lenore out of this situation until the time is right.

House of Cards

One thing I really love about Annabel is that while many of the things she plans make sense, and indeed several of her predictions come true (such as the students not being able to manifest themselves by approaching Lenore), to quote her, she is not a mind reader. And watching her machinations unravel because of things she can't control is not only plausible, it's really interesting.

Especially when Lenore is the cause. Immovable object meets unstoppable force, and until they get their act together, this is doomed.

And disaster has arrived at that very moment.

The first thing that disarmed Annabel at this point, in my opinion, is that Lenore knew what she had done to Duke before she should have: without knowing her intentions, this looks like a completely deliberate and cold-bloodedly planned simple murder attempt. Annabel was confident that Lenore would understand as soon as she saw the pendulum, either as "I got our enemy off your back for now, but he won't stop" or, if I'm wrong and this woman has some self-awareness, as "I found no other way to get our enemy off your back, but I did everything I could to keep this man safe".

While the jokes about Annabel being a masochist are hilarious, on a serious note, I think it's appropriate to note that his complete failure to see how angry Lenore is is because she's never seen her this angry. Or worse, she's never seen her so angry at her. And she knows what Lenore is capable of in that state.

As if that weren't bad enough, her predictions were that Lenore would run to find Duke, but instead this woman picked up a revolver and walked right into the lion's den.

In other words, Annabel has not only failed catastrophically to keep Lenore away from Montresor, she has prompted her into a direct confrontation.

Everything she thinks she knows about her has just gone to hell.

The fallen queen

One last thing I think is interesting about the situation Annabel is in right now is that there is a threat she has no idea about. Annabel was counting on Lenore to protect her from her allies, but…

If Montresor has eyes, he knows. That means he only has to add 2+2 to see through Annabel's little games.

And the one person who could have protected her right now has no interest in what happens to her.

Hiatus over, people. I hope you're as anxious as I am.

#nevermore webtoon #lenore nevermore #annabel lee nevermore #white raven #lenore vandernacht #annabel lee whitlock #I love to see how everything goes wrong for characters that are 4 parallel universes above you #It makes them feel so human #If this woman doesn't die #it's more luck than talent #nevermore theory

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quitthebustabovemydoor · 1 year

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we finally have snow here!!!!!

#i fucking love snow #bis remember you said you were sure id also get snow this year?!#yeah it happened you were right <3 #ravens theories

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raven-at-the-writing-desk · 8 months

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new repeating type of event??? potentially??

The image above depicts the book that the characters get sucked into. Notably, it has no title and doesn’t seem to belong to the school’s library (there’s no label or tag on it which would indicate that). It magically appears when Grim stays he wishes he could go on vacation like everyone else. The mirror-like face portion of it shows the beach that is featured in the current JP event (show below) before transporting the boys there:

So??? Since the book’s mirror started off blank, I wonder if the book will be a recurring device to set up excuses for the TWST characters to go visit other Disney worlds... For example, maybe we could go to the world of Monsters Inc. or Winnie the Pooh via this enchanted book. Plenty of excuses for Disney-property crossover/collab events… It could become a whole category of events of its own, similar to how we have hometown events which focus on visiting a new area of Twisted Wonderland and learning about its culture, how the TWST boys from that particular region grew up, and meeting related new characters there.

#twst #twisted wonderland #disney twisted wonderland #twst theory #twst theories #twisted wonderland theories #twisted wonderland theory #notes from the writing raven #spoilers #Grim

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hanafubukki · 4 months

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Fairy Tales, History, and The Great Seven (+Chernabog)

An interesting bit that hasn’t left my mind is Lilia’s wording of fairy tales in book 7.

He spoke to Malleus’ egg, telling him that he wants him to hatch soon. How he didn’t want Malleus to become a hero to a dying or begone race essentially.

Especially since the Faes were being left behind as the humans advanced.

And we have seen how Faes have become history and then a fairy tale in some places in twisted wonderland, haven’t we?

And you know who else we were told was a fairy tale?

The Great Seven and Chernabog, which I find very interesting as they are using this specific wording on them. We know twisted wonderland history has been manipulated and this just adds onto that mystery.

Additionally, we also have the Disney 100 museum now too. Which, while yes, it’s celebrating 100 years. It can also be a clue and we know Yana and how she entwines her stories with tiny details.

So what if, they weren’t a fairy tale. What if they were much more than that?

What if, in time, they too became a part of history? And eventually, a fairy tale.

If you read Kallisto’s ( @prince-kallisto) theory about pocket dimensions and imaginations, it also adds onto this suspicion, doesn’t it.

We have been told repeatedly about history being warped, about the power of imagination, and now fairy tales.

It also is interesting that Chernabog has been brought up again, especially in such a context.

And then you look at this theory about the hand possibly being Maleficient’s

And I want to add, that before book 7, none of the Great Seven has ever been mentioned by name before in MC’s dreams.

It’s pretty interesting how out of everyone, it was Maleficent, one of the strongest and the one who is forgotten, whose name is mentioned.

A fae of exceptional power and abilities.

And you can’t help but wonder, are these great figures that are so greatly revered at NRC and the feared Chernabog, just a story? A fairy tale?

Or is there so much more? And they have simply been forgotten to time and labeled a myth?

But hasn’t it always been said?

There’s always some truth to myths and legends.

And if the fae who had almost become a fairy tale before can come back, can it not be said about these figures as well?

(Also, isn’t it interesting how Malleus mentions fairy tales and heroes before putting everyone to sleep?)

#twst theory #twst theories #twisted wonderland #diasomnia #lilia vanrouge #malleus draconia #twst book 7 #night raven college #the great seven #twst chernabog #twst analysis #disney twisted wonderland #twst

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atlantis-just-drowned · 22 days

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I love how the more we discover about Lenore and Annabel's relationship when they both were alive, the more we realize it's exactly the same shit as of now that they are dead. Literally the way their story unfold in Nevermore Academy is practically exactly the same as when they were alive, except they switched role, because now Annabel is the despaired one who gave their literal life and identity away for Lenore, who won't ever return the favor because she has too much to lose.

You know what that means? You know it right?

We already know how this story ended. They both died. And they're repeating the same patern now that they're dead.

I could tell you about the parallel with toxic relationships and the circle of violence and the paterns that repeat but that's not the point right?

What we really want to know is how they're going to break that pattern.

And the answer is: they have to change. If they don't then their story will be a dead end and they'll have no choice but to part ways, definitely.

They have to identify this patern and change, to effectively break it.

#howlings from the vortex #nevermore webtoon #whispers from atlantis #nevermore webcomic #nevermore #nevermore theory #lenore nevermore #lenore #annabel lee whitlock #annabel lee nevermore #white raven #lenore x annabel #lenore vandernacht #annabel lee x lenore #annabel lee webtoon #lenore x annabel lee #pluto nevermore

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lesbihonest-gay4ever · 3 months

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So chap 96 dropped....well...here's how we reacted. Like onfg I can't!!! This webtoon is gonna kill me 😭😭😭

#annabel lee nevermore #annabel lee x lenore #lenore nevermore #nevermore theory #nevermore webtoon #fast pass #white raven #ada nevermore #pluto nevermore

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queencaramilflinda · 1 year

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I think I’ve figured out who will be the target of the Scrumptious Scoundrels ambush next episode

It is specifically mentioned that Lazuli dies in 1190 (the year episodes 2&3 take place) after her mother, Pamelia Rocks, but it is never stated how or when Pamelia dies. We know she is alive at least in 1188, as we saw her in episode 1.

Pamelia is fructeran by blood, despite having married into Candian royalty. The target of the ambush is said to be, moving under the banner and guise of Fructera, and since Pamelia is Candian by marriage, moving under Fructeran banners would technically be a guise.

According to an FAQ with Brennan, Pamelia was in an alliance with Tomaté, giving her the ability to potentially keep Candian forces from joining the war, or having them join on the side of Tomaté. This could be what the FDA meant when they referred to the target as a “dangerous untenable political operative”

The Glucian roads proximity to Castle Candy is specifically pointed out.

This is more of a reach based on a post I saw a few days ago (linked here) but it is shown in ACOC that the princesses had an alliance against and did not agree with their mothers politics. If Sapphria is a part of FDA, she may have been the one to supply information of her mothers movements to the organization, or even have organized this ambush in order to get Pamelia out of the way to begin with

TL;DR - I think Pamelia is the target of episode 3s ambush

#trw #cienna talks #d20 #dimension 20 #the ravening war #trw spoilers #the ravening war spoilers #d20 theory #all of this assumes their assasination works and is supposed to work

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anthurak · 26 days

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One thing that always feels so funny for me when it comes to the Rosebird Parents Theory isn’t when people simply disagree with the theory, but rather people apparently seeing the prospect of a ‘Raven is Ruby’s real father’ reveal to be this totally unthinkable thing and how could anyone ever think this could happen?!

Because once you get past the whole ‘two ladies making a baby’ hurtle, Raven being Ruby’s dad really fits into so many well-known fantasy/sci-fi tropes. Many of which RWBY notably has not done yet, or have already been tied to Raven herself.

I mean, the mysterious villainous and/or anti-heroic loner with ties to the family pulling an ‘I am your Father’ reveal on the protagonist? That’s a fucking CLASSIC. Hell, let’s consider a few things about Raven:

Big, intimidating helmet.

Clear Samurai inspiration.

Wields a katana-like sword that technically has an energy blade (dust=energy) which is generally RED-colored.

Possesses mysterious and terrible over-worldly powers.

Has a mysterious past tied to our protagonist’(s) family.

Was probably in love with our protagonist’s (apparently) dead mother.

Yeah I’d say Raven makes for a pretty good Darth Vader-expy.*

Beyond that specific case, we’ve already seen the story connect Raven to a BUNCH of ‘mysterious and angsty deadbeat dad who left their kid for unclear reasons’ tropes when it comes to Yang. Why not have those apply to Ruby as well? People have been clamoring for years about wanting to see Summer’s narrative dynamic with Yang explored as much as the one she has with Ruby, so why not have the reverse be true with Raven and Ruby as well?

After all, it seems that the story has now given Ruby a reason to seek Raven for answers just as Yang once did.

And as I’ve noted in previous Rosebird Parents posts, No I don’t believe Raven also being Ruby’s deadbeat dad would be somehow ‘redundant’. Particularly because the context is completely different: Yang has known that Raven is her birth-mother for most of her life, whereas Ruby would only just now be finding out that Raven is her birth-father. Far from being redundant, this would allow the story to explore two very different responses of kids to an absent parent: One who has had to live with the knowledge of that absent parent for years, and one who hasn’t and has to deal with this NEW information suddenly getting dropped on her.

Plus, as I alluded to earlier, it’s rather notable that RWBY hasn’t done some big ‘dramatic parent reveal’, given how much of a staple it is to the genre. And given how reimagining, twisting and flipping classic and well-worn fairytale/folklore/fantasy tropes (often via playing with gender-roles) is basically RWBY’s bread and butter at this point, I’d say giving the series heroine an ‘I am your father’ reveal from a woman would fit PERFECTLY in this series.

And if you’re going to ask ‘but how do two ladies make baby?!?’,

Raven can be intersex. Boom. Done.

Alternatively, magic.

As an aside, yes Summer being trans is a perfectly viable alternative. I just think logistically speaking, Raven being intersex and being Ruby’s ‘father’ makes a dramatic reveal a bit more streamlined. Also, the idea of Raven managing to be BOTH a deadbeat mom AND a deadbeat dad is just too funny XD

*Of course, this comparison gets even more fun when we consider Summer having her own Vader-parallels, ie; Summer almost certainly being taken by Salem and given what we can probably assume to be a Vader-esque makeover via grimm-hybridization in setup for a big reveal. So when we combine this with Raven, I think we can view what happened on their last mission as ‘What if Padme/Obi-wan got turned into Vader INSTEAD of Anakin?’ Like Raven in the present is basically Anakin doing Obi-wan’s traumatized hermit shtick, except all angry and edgy because it’s still Anakin.

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