When Nintendo inevitably does a Splatoon movie, it shouldn't have the same animation style as the Mario movie. Instead, it should have the same style as the Pokèmon movie but instead of being partially CGI, mostly live action, we should have the Humans be in live action and then the squiddies, kiddies, Octies, and others should be FULL ON Anime because they canonically absorbed Humanity's desires and too many of us love anime for it to NOT effect how they evolved.
No, I will not be taking questions at this time!
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You know what's interesting to me? For all people keep claiming at every juncture that perhaps Bells Hells will come around on the gods and see the harm they do (which, as discussed extensively, is, half the time, simply not intervening) not only have they never done so, but also they never quite cross the line into saying the party should join the Ruby Vanguard or aid them - and indeed, they defend against it - so what does this achieve? It feels like they're asking for a story in which the party stands idly by, which isn't much of a story nor, if I may connect this briefly to the real world, a political stance anyone should be proud of.
That's honestly the frustration with the gods and the "what if the Vanguard has a point" conversations in-game. What do we do then? Do we allow the organization that will murder anyone for pretty much any reason that loosely ties into their goals run rampant? The group that (perhaps unwittingly, but then again, Otohan's blades had that poison) disrupted magic world-wide, and caused people who had the misfortune to live at nexus points to be teleported (most, as commoners, without means of return). While also fomenting worldwide unrest?
Those were the arguments before the trip to Ruidus; with the reveal of the Vanguard's goals to invade Exandria, the situation becomes even more dire. Do you let the Imperium take over the planet?
And do the arguments against the gods even hold up? If Ludinus is so angry at them for the Calamity, what does it say that he destroyed Western Wildemount's first post-Calamity society for entirely selfish means? (What does it say about the validity of vengeance as a motivator?) What does it say that Laudna told Imogen she could always just live in a cottage quietly without issue before the solstice even happened? (Would this still be true if the Imperium controls the world?) What does it say that when faced with a furious, grieving party and the daughter she keeps telling herself was her reason for all of this, Liliana can't provide an answer to the question of what the gods have done other than that their followers will retaliate...for, you know, the Vanguard's endless list of murders. (That is how the Vanguard and Imperium tend to think, huh? "How dare your face get in the way of my boot; how dare you hit me back when I strike you.") She can't even provide a positive answer - why is Predathos better - other than "I feel it", even though Imogen and Fearne know firsthand that Predathos can provide artificial feelings of elation. Given all the harm Ludinus has done in pursuit, why isn't the conclusion "the gods should have crashed Aeor in such a way that the tech was unrecoverable?"
Even as early as the first real discussion on what the party should do, the fandom always stopped short of saying "no, Imogen's right, they should join up with the people who killed half the party," it was always "no, she didn't really mean it, she just was trying to connect with her mother." Well, she's connected with her mother, and at this point the party doesn't even care about the gods particularly (their only divinely-connected party member having died to prevent the Vanguard from killing all of them). So they will stop the Vanguard; as Ashton says, the means are unforgiveable. As Laudna says, it's not safe to bet on Predathos's apathy. As Imogen says, she's done running; the voice that she used to think of as a lifeline belongs to someone she doesn't trust. So I guess my question is: if they're stopping the people who are trying to kill the gods (and defense of the gods isn't remotely their personal motivation)...do you think the next phase of the campaign is Bells Hells personally killing the gods? Reconstructing the Aeor tech and hoping none of their allies notice? How does this end? Does your ideology ever get enacted? Or is this entirely moot and pointless and the story ends with Bells Hells saying "well, I'm really glad we stopped the people who [insert list of Vanguard atrocities from above]; none of us follow the gods or plan to, but honestly, the status quo we return to is preferable to whatever nightmare Ludinus had concocted in his violent quest for power and revenge"?
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oh look at all the homegrown boys we raised down on the farm!!!! (x)
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mini something:
Barty spent countless hours watching Regulus from a far - always trying his best to not be spotted. Regulus couldn't know that he was watching him, specially after the fight that broke out about ice time and him stupidly calling figure skating a useless bitch sport compared to hockey.
Regulus hated him, he knew that. But Barty couldn't help and watch him in secret, because nobody moved the way that Regulus did on the ice. It was beautiful and poised, and he could feel the emotion from him. It was weird when he thought about it, how easily it was to fall in love with Regulus skating and perhaps with Regulus himself.
Barty eyebrows furrow as the speaker began to sing out army dreamers by Kate Bush, you could feel how quickly the air shift and the emotions became so intense that it made Barty want to punch himself through them and break free but he couldn't keep his eyesight away from Regulus. As he effortlessly began to glide around the ice, as if he was a doll being controlled.
His breath hitches as Regulus did a spin in the air and landed on the ice as if this was just a regular activity he did. It was beautiful how his body moved and he seemed free and yet what always made Barty heart pick up was the euphoric smile that spread on Regulus face.
He was in his element and fuck, Barty wanted to desperately to be apart of it.
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Whumpee is locked in an empty dark room with a metronome. It ticks back and forth at a steady pace, 24/7. It never stops. Whumpee has no idea what time it is, how long they've been there, or even when they are fed. They can't even find the source of that metronome, it's like it changes places. Soon enough, they start going mad.
Another metronome prompt:
Whumper uses a metronome to hypnotize Whumpee and make them repeat every cruel, messed up word they say. The ticking never leaves Whumpee's mind.
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I love it when the cast/characters makes controversial narrative choices like Taliesin did tonight and suddenly you have all the snide "well I've never liked -insert player/character here- and this just proves it" think pieces until the next episode or until the cast gushes about how much they loved playing out that choice.
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