#{{because her memories have been erased and altered so that}}

[bookwyrminspiration]

reading gideon the ninth:

reading harrow the ninth:

#htn #tlt #everything has gone from like. 50 to 1000 #like sure there were things going on before and I had to pay attention #but now I have to pay ATTENTION #like okay. okay harrow is 'remembering' that there was a sleeper or whatever #and there was a 2 hander with it. under it. okay. okay so what does that mean #and this 'body' #which for some reason she's continuously hallucinating? #and the whole thing with the letters and ianthe #i'm trying to parse through everything but I don't know how much I can figure out and how much is explained #by context and events I simply haven't been told about yet #so it would be fruitless to surmise because I quite literally can't know yet. missing pieces #based on current knowledge my assumption is that for some reason harrow has retroactively altered her memories #for an unknown purpose #because ianthe's 'who? oh the cavalier' at the beginning leads me to believe she recalls gideon just fine. and that gideon was in fact real #though there's something going on with her #well yeah no shit she's disappeared straight up #not like disappeared like gone missing but she's straight up been erased from the story like she doesn't exist #except for these tiny mentions #of a two hander #which also brings to question the importance of a reader in a story #but that's a whole other can of worms #the point is I have to pay so much more attention now #i love it I love being confused (genuinely) #the first book was fine but it wasn't like this #anyway. harrows the fucked up scrunkle cat of the group and I'm endlessly amused by it

[horsechestnut]

I just think it's really neat how much fans have latched onto the fact that Stephanie Brown was Robin.

Like, both in and out of universe Stephanie was never meant to be taken seriously as Robin. The writers only made her Robin so that her death in War Games would be shocking and Bruce only made her Robin because he thought it would make Tim jealous enough to come back. She only had the mantle for 71 days before being fired (for doing something that literally every other Robin has also done and not been fired over), and she was only active during 50 of them. There are only six issues where Steph is Robin in the canon timeline.

Her final words before her death are asking Batman (Batman, because even on her death bed he doesn't trust her enough to take off his mask) if any of it was real. Was she really Robin? And Batman assures her that of course she was, that she was part of the legend and no one can take it away from her. Except it's a lie, because despite his reassurances, Batman never puts up a memorial or does anything to preserve her memory. He never really thinks of her as Robin, and even her friends will always think of her as Spoiler before ever remembering Robin.

Meanwhile DC spent years ignoring her time as Robin, to the point where it was completely erased from existence for awhile. It's technically back now, because timelines are weird, but unlike the others it's never been altered. She's never been given a second chance at it, no one's ever gone back and added more issues or details about those 71 days, or even seems to want to acknowledge them most of the time.

But fans have clung on to it anyway. Sure, there are lots of people who make Robin posts that are just about the boys, but there are just as many people who are ready to fight anyone who doesn't include her. Maybe it was only for a little while, but she was Robin, and we're sure as hell not going to forget it. If DC isn't going to bother to remember, than we will.

Stephanie Brown was Robin. She was part of the legend. It was real. No matter what, no one can take that away from her.

#i know she's a fictional character and her dying words don't actually matter #but also I just think it's really fascinating to look at the similarities between how Steph was treated in and out of canon #and it does kinda make me emotional thinking about how #her dying wish was to always be part of the legend and to this day #20 years later #we still insist on including her in Robin fan works #stephanie brown #robin iv #robin stephanie brown #batman #the spoiler #batgirl iii #batfam #batfamily #listen man #war games bad #but also steph's last words always make me so emotional #war games #batman: war games #batman 633

[notedgyanymore]

Dp x Dc idea 💡

Jazz has been dating Jason for the last few months the bat family loves her, and she hasn't given any of them red flags to trigger their paranoia as to make them look into her past, so to them jazz just seems like a normal nice girl. Everything changes though when she gets custody of her younger brother, who according to her has spent the last six months recovering from an unknown disease in a specialized hospital in another country.

Danny unlike jazz is a walking red flag, you can tell in your gut that there is something inhuman and terrifying about him and now the bat family is scrabbling to find information about Danny and jazz's past which seems so far to be purposely erased in a way that is so efficient that it's as if it never happened in the first place. The bat family current theory is that Danny is some kind of monster/creature that has infiltrated Jazz's life and altered her memories and that she never had a brother in the first place this corroborates with the fact the while Jazz Fenton existence is very well documented by government, there's virtually no evidence of the existence of Daniel Fenton before he appeared the last month with a fake recently made ID.

The truth is Danny has spent the last six months recovering in the ghost zone from an attempted dissection courtesy of Jack and Maddie Fenton and was being taken care of by his ghost guardians/parents frost bite and clockwork, while healing he discovered the that he really likes "living" in the realms specially after a traumatic experience, not having to deal with humans feels great ! Anyhow, Danny decides that he wants to live full time in the ghost zone and makes a wish to Desiree so his identity both as Phantom and Fenton get erased and the only people who remember that he ever existed are jazz, Sam, tucker and of course the ghosts.  

Jazz wasn't all that happy about the wish, but she understands that it is better that her parents forget Danny's existence, so they can't go after him again also making a new identity together seems easy enough. The reason why jazz got Danny's custody in the first place was because of the agreement she made with clockwork and frost bite that Danny should at least finish high school and get to complete his eighteen birthday on earth, and they were fine with this deal after all is just a few years and ghost children age much slower which means that clockwork and frost bite would also get to raise their kid.

Danny currently is very unhappy with the deal having to live on earth, specially on a city like Gotham, moreover having to deal with Jazz's terrible boyfriend and his family who are treating him like dirt. Well jazz isn't happy either, she loves Jason, but she will not stand anyone treating her brother this badly, so he better step up before he gets dumped.

Note : Out of the bat family, Jason is the one with the most antagonistic attitude towards Danny, the pits recognize him as a threat to their existence and activate a fight or flight response in Jason. He tries to be sneaky and not say anything bad about Danny when his sister is around, but Jazz knows what going on and is deeply disappointed. Also, after six months in the zone, Danny has gotten worse at hiding his ghostly nature.

#danny phantom #dp x dc #dc x dp crossover #dp anger management #This is the longest thing that I ever wrote in English if it's a bit incomprehensive or nonsensical now you know why┐⁠(⁠ ⁠˘⁠_⁠˘⁠)⁠┌ #Still #I'm pretty proud of myself.

[scarafvcker]

“she wasn’t you”

synopsis: wanderer reflects over how he treated you during his last few months as scaramouche

cws: infidelity

word count: 453

wanderer couldn’t stop the memories that flowed through his brain, couldn’t stop the squeezing feeling that occurred in his nonexistent heart, couldn’t stop the way his eyes lingered on you from across the crowded cafe, couldn’t stop the way his attention shifted from the traveler and onto you. the traveler’s words were going in one ear and out the other, even paimon’s grating voice was unregistered to him. the only thing that mattered was you and that smile you wore whilst you talked with that blonde architect.

before, while he was still scaramouche, he had made sure to erase any and all connections you had with the fatui before he erased himself from irmunsul. he’d done some altering, making sure that you got into your dream school and didn’t have to turn to the fatui. and while he was glad to have given you a better life, he wished he didn’t have to see it. he wished he didn’t have to see the that bright smile that deep down he yearned for—because it wasn’t directed towards him. your smile was directed to a man who everything he wasn’t—tall, gentle, kind and deserving of your smile.

he knows that he doesn’t deserve your smile, especially after all the things he’d done. he hurt you in a way that he never would’ve thought about. he betrayed you even after he vowed not to.

he remembers that disgusted look you threw his way when you had found him in bed with that green-haired woman whom he’d long forgotten the name of. your glare was the harshest thing he’s ever seen in his many, many years of walking teyvat and it racked every inch of his being with a heavy feeling that he now knows as guilt. he remembers that pathetic excuse he tossed your way in a sad attempt for you to not leave him, to take back that ring you had so angrily threw to the ground.

“it wasn’t you! she wasn’t you!”

and it was the truth, she wasn’t you. she didn’t look up at him with the same love that you did, she didn’t moan his name with the same love that you did, she didn’t declare her love for him with the same love that you did. all that woman saw was the god that he’d been so focused on becoming. she didn’t see him as the discarded and broken puppet that was deserving of love, she didn’t see him the way you did.

“that’s exactly right.. she wasn’t me.”

nobody would ever make him feel the way you did.. nobody would ever look at him the way you did.. nobody would ever love him the way you did.. because nobody’s you.

#genshin #genshin impact #genshin scaramouche #genshin impact scaramouche #genshin scara #genshin impact scara #genshin wanderer #genshin impact wanderer #genshin angst #genshin impact angst #scara x reader #scaramouche x reader #wanderer x reader

[jenlrossman]

Tuvix as a metaphor for Janeway's mindset throughout Voyager

When Tuvok and Neelix merged into a new individual after a transporter malfunction, Tuvix was born. Possessing a combination of the memories and personalities of his component parts while still being his own unique self, Tuvix quickly proved he was more than just a transporter accident, showing he had potential to find his place among the crew of Voyager and settle in to this new normal.

And when Janeway learned of a way to separate him, bringing back Tuvok and Neelix, Tuvix was killed. Against his wishes, against the doctor's ethical subroutines, Tuvix was killed.

I'm not going to discuss whether or not this was right. That's an entirely different subject that many people have debated ad nauseam.

I just want to talk about how the decision to kill Tuvix and bring back Tuvok and Neelix might actually be the defining moment in developing Kathryn Janeway's mindset for the rest of the series. The sometimes questionable mindset best described as

"There's the right way, the wrong way, and the Janeway."

To Captain Janeway, Tuvix is a problem to solve. He is the thing standing in the way of the status quo, the thing preventing her from seeing her loved ones again.

She says as much, when Kes is expressing reservations about developing feelings for Tuvix and says she hasn't given up on the idea of him being separated.

You’re experiencing what people on this crew have been going through since we first got stranded in this quadrant. Do we accept that we're separated from our loved ones forever, or do we hold onto the hope that someday we'll be with them again?

Tuvix, therefore, is a physical representation of being stuck in the Delta quadrant. He is the thing preventing them from being with their loved ones, and she might not be able to get everyone home right now if ever, but she's going to do everything she can to see Tuvok and Neelix again.

Whether or not it is right for her to kill Tuvix, that isn't as important to her as proving—to herself and to her crew—that she is going to do anything she can to get them home, and killing him is a symbolic representation of that.

We see this mindset continue throughout the series, and the Lower Decks episode Twovix gives us some great examples.

While most of the crew is dealing with another transporter malfunction, Boimler and Rutherford are dealing with holographic representations of various things the Voyager crew encountered. And they just happen to be some of Janeway's greatest hits… Or misses.

Michael "delete the wife" Sullivan—Janeway's holographic Irish boy toy, who she widowed and altered to suit her preferences even though those episodes deal with the possibility of all holograms having a chance to achieve sentience

The macrovirus—which was dealt with by Janeway unleashing it on a crowd of (again, possibly sentient?) holograms

The personification of fear—the clown who was defeated when Janeway went so far to save her crew that she literally made the concept of fear afraid of her

Chaotica—Janeway didn't particularly want to play the role of Queen Arachnia but she got very into it because when push comes to shove, she really doesn't mind being the villain if it means protecting her crew

And of course, the Borg…

The series finale of Voyager is the ultimate example of the "anything to see our loved ones again" mindset Janeway shows in Tuvix.

Voyager gets home. It takes 23 years, but they get home.

However, Seven is lost along the way, Chakotay dies after reaching earth, and the delay in getting home has exacerbated Tuvok's Vulcan equivalent of Alzheimer's to the point that he is not himself anymore.

Three of the most important people in her life, gone.

So what does she do? Of course she doesn't accept that, she can't, she never has been able to.

Kathryn Janeway goes back in time, erases the lives of everyone in the universe to rewrite history on her terms, she defeats the goddamn Borg—just to see them again.

And of course she does it herself. As we learned in Tuvix when the doctor refuses to separate him, Janeway doesn't care. She'll do it all herself, ethical consequences be damned, she just needs everyone she loves to get back to the Alpha quadrant.

So whether or not it was right to separate Tuvix, it doesn't matter. The right way, the wrong way, none of that matters. Not to her, not as long as doing things the Janeway gets everyone she cares about home safely.

#star trek #voyager #star trek voyager #janeway #kathryn janeway #captain janeway #tuvix #twovix #lower decks #Star Trek lower decks #my literary analysis

[thebramblewood]

If the Vatores stand united on one thing, it's their absolute disdain for Old Man Vlad.

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(Psst... there's some bonus lore under the cut for those who can't get enough.)

More on the Vatores' complicated relationship with Vlad to come, but for now I will say that settling in Forgotten Hollow despite hating his guts was absolutely a (petty) power move on Lilith's part. Vlad doesn't have any qualms about killing humans. In fact, he has little interest in the affairs of humans at all. But what he doesn't care for is Lilith's ostentatious style. He's very old-fashioned and set in his ways regarding how a "proper" vampire should behave and doesn't like when they draw too much attention to themselves because he believes it puts vampires as a collective at risk. He once hoped to mold Lilith in his image, but that obviously didn't work out, and he now finds her indiscreet, disrespectful, and lacking manners, and he finds Caleb a wimpy annoyance who should have never been turned.

I also wanted to explain a bit more about vampire telepathy in my universe. There's a psychic link between sire vampires and their children that allows them to communicate internally (as we've seen Lilith and Vlad do before - and we'll explore the circumstances of her turning in the future!) and also to probe each other's thoughts/memories (which, for example, is what allows Caleb to track down Helena). Physical distance weakens the link, and stronger vampires can establish barricades against intrusion (like Caleb is trying to do now with Lilith). It's also not a constant thing. It's an active choice to enter another's mind. Caleb is considerate (yes, even with his sister), so he does it sparingly and accesses only the information he needs. Lilith and Vlad couldn't care less, so they'll shamelessly dig for secrets. Most vampires are also able to wield telepathic powers over humans, although obviously this takes skill and practice. Humans' minds are more vulnerable and as such more susceptible to hypnosis. This allows vampires to control humans for feeding and other purposes and also to erase or alter their memories. I don't think any of this greatly deviates from what you would expect, and I've tried to imply most of it through the storytelling, but I just wanted to explain it all in one place.

Caleb: [stiffly] Straud.

Vlad: It seems you’re out and about these days more than your sister is. How is Lilith anyway? I can’t imagine she's finally come to her senses and decided to practice moderation for once in her life.

Caleb: Why don’t you rummage around in her thoughts and find out for yourself? She picked up that habit from you, after all.

Vlad: She’s learned how to keep up her guard against me. [pointed look] As I’m sure you’ve learned your own tricks against her. No matter. There are things in that girl's head beyond description. I’d rather not get mired in her depravity. Surely you know what I mean.

Caleb: I never acquired a taste for extracting people’s secrets without their permission.

Vlad: Of course not. You’re a peculiar creature, aren’t you? I warned her you wouldn’t be suited to this life. Well, in this case, you’re likely better off. Maintaining blissful ignorance is undoubtedly more pleasant than holding the eternal knowledge of all she’s done.

Caleb: [impatiently] Is there something else you wanted to discuss?

Vlad: That man - what is it, Benali? - and his charming little book… It’s not going to cause trouble, is it?

Caleb: I haven’t seen any angry hordes yet. This is your town, old man. There’ll be no trouble so long as you don’t let it in.

#ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 story #sims 4 story #simblr #story: hzid #vladislaus straud #caleb vatore #vlad said “yeah i'm evil but lilith is the DEVIL incarnate” #LISTEN i can't do too many scenes with him because i have no idea how to dress him lol!! #it's hard enough with caleb #i just don't have enough non-modern/sporty male clothes #also the book mention is a distraction #you should be more concerned about the rest of the conversation ;)

[yasmimkilleruwu]

If the proxy already has Slenderman's mark on his body, it already belongs to him, Slenderman possesses that proxy's mind, body and soul.

Slenderman can control the proxy's body, erase the memories he wants, can create false memories, can make the proxy hallucinate and make him hear voices.

He can also see what his proxies are doing, but he cannot see what they are doing if they are in the Southern Forest.

I don't remember saying this here, but basically, the Northern Forest is where Slenderman's mansion is, this forest is Slenderman's territory, he allows creepypastas to live there as long as they do some work for Slenderman and follow orders what he created.

The Southern forest is a forest ruled by Zalgo, Zalgo doesn't really care about this forest, and lets anyone in there, except the proxies and creepypastas who work in some way for Slenderman. In that forest there are Zalgo creatures that are poisonous, there are also normal animals that have been altered because they are living in that forest.

Making these things clear, Toby is not a proxy who truly obeys Slenderman, and there was an occasion where Slenderman controlled Toby's body. (Actually, there were several occasions like this, but I will talk about one in specific.)

After finishing his “training” to become a proxy, meaning he was tortured to become tougher, faster, stronger, and smarter, Toby was ordered by Slenderman to kill a family. Toby completely rejected it, because in addition to the woman and the man, they had 3 children, a 7 year old, a 10 year old and a newborn, but Slenderman obviously wouldn't accept a no, so he controlled Toby's body and left Toby watch as he killed the entire family using Toby's own body.

Toby blamed himself a lot, this happened repeatedly, and it was destroying Toby's psychology even more, so much so that he stopped caring, he started killing everyone Slenderman told him to kill. Because it wouldn't change anything for him to say that he wouldn't kill these people, because they would die anyway and it would still be by his hands.

Clock helped him calm down, helped ease the guilt he felt, but Slenderman sent her away from him too, which made Toby's condition worse.

After some time, Toby met Eyeless Jack and after a long time they got along well, and Eyeless Jack became Toby's safe haven, whenever Toby was feeling bad he went to Eyeless Jack, Jack stopped him from hurting himself.

{I don't like writing English, because I use the translator and the writing is probably bad, and it probably gets worse because I speak Portuguese and Portuguese has a lot of words, and even gives objects a gender T-T}

I'm really bothered, because in Portuguese I write in one sense, but in English it translates to a completely different meaning.

#ticci toby #slenderman #creepypasta

[theamityelf]

Wait, but also, in the AU where Izuru kidnaps memory-erased Makoto, we still eventually get Kyoko finding the files on all the other students. So it's like, "Mukuro Ikusaba, the 16th student, hiding somewhere in the school. Also, there's this guy named Makoto? I don't know, he was the Ultimate Lucky Student. I don't know what that means or entails. He feels significant, too, but I don't know where he comes into play."

Except of course, she probably doesn't confide this in anyone. But there is a point in the game where she knows there's another student in their class but not what the deal is with him.

The way I'm imagining the scenario, Junko was fully caught off guard by Izuru taking Makoto, and she restructured a lot of things to accommodate that. Either she goes through with the killing game right away, which will be the case in this post, or she delays it to track down Makoto. Maybe sends the 77th class after him; that is a cool scenario to pursue.

But for now, the scenario where she just starts the killing game without him. She left Makoto's room with his nameplate and everything, so now there's a question of, "Who's this fifteenth guy clearly represented as one of us who we've never met or seen?" Then they get to the courtroom and there are sixteen podiums, and that's like...Okay, noted.

Junko doesn't kill Mukuro, because in her mind she's going to confront Izuru later because she can't let this one classmate get away unscathed, and if she wants to confront Izuru then she'll need Mukuro.

Mukuro also knows that Izuru has Makoto. She's still pretending to be Junko. She's deeply worried about Makoto the whole time.

This feels so mean, but I am going to say Chihiro survives because the idea of training with Mondo is not suggested. The reason I'm saying this is to make it so we no longer have to worry about how the group will get through the final trial without Makoto to encourage them; they have Alter Ego and they have Chihiro, so their solutions are more in the spy thriller genre than the intended hope/despair stuff. The world isn't given hope, the killing game is pretty much a bust for both sides.

When enough cards are on the table that Kyoko can talk about Makoto openly, Monokuma reacts with extreme irritation, like "Don't even say that name in front of me! I'm still pissed off that he was taken out of play so early! To put a guy like him in a killing game- that would really pull the heartstrings! But I guess you wouldn't know, since you've never met him before. Puhuhuhu~" Very different to how he reacts when Mukuro is brought up.

Maybe at some point someone asks, "Could Makoto Naegi be the masked figure who attacked you?"

And Kyoko just goes, "No. Look at his file again; Makoto Naegi is five foot three."

All of this to say: Eventually some of these kids get out of the school, get their memories back, and find out that someone took Makoto. Maybe Junko even leverages this; maybe she induces them to recover their memories so they suddenly care about Makoto and then makes it a race to see who can find him first.

Izuru's secluded place is well secured against intruders, and his entire focus has been on "guiding" Makoto to love only him. He's not paying enough attention to the broader world to know that there's a hunt on for his luckster. That Enoshima's disciples and what remains of the 78th class are searching for him, the full weights of their talents devoted to the search.

One day the power suddenly cuts off, and Izuru sits up in bed at once. Makoto's just like, "What? It's just a power outage, right?"

And Izuru goes, "We aren't connected to the local power grid; we have a private generator. And it should not have failed." He gets up to leave the room. "Wait here."

#danganronpa #memory kidnapping au #yandere izuru kamukura #kamuegi #kyoko kirigiri #makoto naegi #izuru kamukura #junko enoshima #mukuro ikusaba #chihiro fujisaki

[pixelheartthrob]

In Defense of Princess Elise.

When I first got heavily into the Sonic franchise in 2020, I had already heard of how bad 06 was and that Elise was the worst part of it. While 06 isn't a great game by any means, Elise is definitely not the biggest problem. The fandom made me believe that she was an uncaring, selfish person who liked doing...inappropriate things to animals. Once I played the game, however, I saw that this is the complete opposite of how she is. The fandom and the entire internet (because the hatred people have for Elise extends far beyond the fanbase) lied about this character and everyone went along with it for decades.

She had an arc where Sonic taught her to open up, enjoy life, and made her feel genuine happiness for the first time since her father died. I thought it was a sweet and simple arc, and compared to how headache-inducing the time travel stuff can be, I prefer the simplicity of Elise's story. A lot of people blame Elise herself for getting kidnapped but it's not really the character's fault, it's the contrived plots fault. It's common for fan rewrites to try and fix this by changing Elise into a fighter with capabilities on the same level as the other characters, but that's not really fixing. It's more akin to replacing because Elise isn't a fighter. Even worse, there are rewrites of 06 that straight up replace Elise with Sally or Blaze. It reminds me of people saying Elise would be better if she was an anthro character, but her being human isn't a problem. It's just the art direction that needs improving. I actually think Elise being human is one of the things that makes her unique (and her controversial status as Sonic's human love interest is what she's most well known for, so if Sega was to remake 06 and she suddenly showed up as an entirely different species, it'd be a bit jarring lol). You can also considerably lower the number of contrived kidnappings without changing Elise into something she's not. Elise's story and character are more emotion-driven than action-driven, so there are other ways she can be strong. She's already a strong character in an emotional sense. In fact, she's the most emotionally strong character in the series.

For example, I think Elise blowing out the Flame of Disaster (or the Flame of Hope, as it was previously called) is one of the most powerful moments in the franchise.

People give Elise a lot of crap for her breakdown, mostly her "I don't care what happens to the world!" line. This line gets blown out of proportion by a lot of Sonic fans and gamers in general because they aren't very observant and take everything at face value. People call Elise "selfish" for this outburst but just put yourself in her shoes. Imagine if you had to give up the only friend you've ever had ‐ the only person who made you feel genuine happiness in years. All the moments you spent together would be erased from both of your memories. I don't think most people would be able to make such a sacrifice. Get off her back, guys. She's not selfish. Everyone has had moments where they got upset at how unfair the world is.

She obviously didn't mean it, because she regained her composure when remembering Sonic's words and blew out the flame shortly afterwards. People also claim she's being dramatic and crying over someone she's known for a few days, but they conveniently forget that Sonic was literally her only friend and the only one she felt happiness around since the death of her parents. It's understandable that she'd get attached. The fact that Elise blew out the flame and put the world's needs above her own despite all she's been through and despite knowing that she'll lose her only friend shows how selfless she is. She does care about the world.

So, how would one fix Elise without completely altering her character? It's simple, really. Just give her more screentime. Maybe explore how she feels about her parents (especially her father) and how she coped with their deaths. The "not crying for 10 years" thing is the only problem people seem to have with Elise's backstory, but I think there's an easy fix for this, too.

In the scene where Sonic is killed, we see a glimpse of Elise remembering her father's words. At first I wondered what this flashback was showing, but I think this is meant to show Elise's reaction to the news of her father's death. As we can see, she's not crying, but is gently clutching the blue chaos emerald and seems to be in a trance-like state. My idea is that maybe the energy of the chaos emerald regulates her emotions and she carries it around for comfort. It could also help her cope by detaching from the situation or reality altogether.

We can see her clutching the emerald during the first cutscene at the festival when Eggman threatens to take it from her, too. She is understandably reluctant to hand the emerald over because it was given to her as a charm to ease the pain of her father's death, so she holds it dearly. She probably had the emerald in this cutscene as emotional support just in case anything went wrong during the festival because other than that, I can't think of a reason for her to be carrying it. There are also moments where she blanks out or has hallucinations.

So that's my idea as to how Elise went for so long without crying. Elise is a decent character that just needed more screentime, not a complete character overhaul like people say. In my proposed fixes, I didn't make many drastic changes or remove anything from Elise's character or backstory, I just added to it. The main problem is that Elise was underwritten, not badly written, as there were things that should've been explored more regarding her backstory and her parents. I'd like to mention what I said at the start about people portraying her as a creep whose into necrophilia and beastiality, mainly because of her kissing Sonic. People really overreact to the kiss scene as if it's a scandalous moment that Sega tried to sneak into a kids game, but it's...really not. It's clearly meant to be reminiscent of a fairytale and the kiss was obscured by a light. It's quite literally the most tame thing in the universe. Plus, Sonic's spirit was present during the kiss and the first thing he does upon being revived is thank Elise. It's also not beatiality because Sonic isn't a literal hedgehog. He's an anthropomorphic cartoon character that's able to walk, talk, and think like humans do.

Just like how people will portray Elise as a creep, they'll portray Sonic as being disturbed by her very presence or Amy wanting to kill Elise because she "stole her man". This obviously contradicts everything in the actual game because Sonic is shown to enjoy Elise's company and Amy has a lot of respect for Elise. It's kind of misogynistic to think that just because two female characters have a crush on the same guy, they have to be at eachothers throats. It's also strange because Sonic fans will throw huge fits when the characters are written poorly, out of character, or flanderized, but that's exactly what they're doing to the characters. Writing Amy as hateful and violent towards Elise just turns Amy into the crazy, overprotective, Sonic stalker that fans hate to see people accuse her of being. If Sonic was to act like a jerk towards any of his other friends, fans would consider that out of character, so why do those same fans portray him as acting like that towards Elise - someone he is shown to appreciate and consider a friend? I guess it's okay to wildly misrepresent a character or flanderize them, but only when it's directed at another character that you don't like. This fandom makes no sense.

#sonic 06 #princess elise #sonic the hedgehog #sonic series #Elise deserved better #amy rose #sega

[cosmicjoke]

So, one thing I’ve been thinking about lately is how so many people just assume that Levi and Mikasa lost their Ackerman powers after the Titan curse was lifted, and how they base this assumption off of the very brief mention of the Ackerman’s being a “product of Titan science”.

But what does that actually even mean? I’ll often hear people say that the Ackerman’s are just titans in “human form”, which makes little sense to me, since titans ARE humans to begin with. But let’s look at it more closely.

The Ackerman powers share no actual resemblance to Titan powers. They have enhanced speed and strength, of course, but they aren’t able to regenerate their bodies from catastrophic damage, for example, or harden their skin, or alter people’s memories, or see the future, etc…. Case in point, when Zeke blows himself up, we see his body in the Paths, where Ymir resides, and we see her reshaping and reforming his body, which has been blown in half. And we see this manifest in the real world with Zeke emerging from the explosion, whole and with not a scratch on him. Meanwhile, from the same explosion, Levi remains mortally injured and dying along the river bank. He doesn’t magically heal or recover from his injuries. Hange has to intervene to save his life, and even after, Levi continues to suffer the effects of the injuries.

We also see that, years after being scarred by Eren’s attack, Mikasa still sports the scar under her right eye. It doesn’t heal or go away. Ackerman’s, then, heal and recover from injury in pretty much the same way as any normal person. Hange says Levi survived the explosion because he’s an Ackerman, but to me, that just suggests his quick reflexes and instincts saved him. We see Levi able to partially shield himself from taking a direct hit from the explosion by tucking his body behind his sword and jumping away. More than some magical or enhanced healing ability, I think Hange was referring to Levi’s instincts and reflexes.

Furthermore, Ackerman’s are shown to be immune to the Founding titans power. They aren’t able to have their minds altered or their memories erased, and they aren’t able to be turned into titans. At the end of the story, when the worm creature releases the gas which turns every Eldian present into pure titans, Levi and Mikasa are the only ones not affected.

So what does this tell us?

Zeke tells Eren that Ackerman’s are a product of Titan science, but the titans power isn’t science based at all, as far as we know. It’s more like magic. A curse that’s lived on through emotional manipulation, through Ymir’s love for King Fritz. It’s a power that is beyond scientific understanding, in fact. The Titan curse isn’t lifted then through some scientific means like a vaccine or some type of cure developed in a lab. It’s lifted when Ymir is finally able to let go of her love for Fritz. Again, this all smacks of something which is mystical or based in magic, not science.

Another point in favor of this, I think, is that if a titans power were able to be generated through science, then why would Marley have bothered with sending their newly minted warriors to Paradis in a frankly convoluted and dangerous plan to retrieve the founding Titan? Couldn’t they have just engineered the same power in a science lab? But again, the source of a titans power isn’t scientific, it’s magical.

What this all suggests to me, in relation to the Ackerman’s, is that, while their own power might be BASED on Titan science, it doesn’t actually derive from the same source that the titans power does. It doesn’t come from Ymir, or the worm creature that Ymir came into contact with.

What I think, based on all we know, is that the Ackerman’s were a group of warriors that were genetically experimented on using what little was known about the way Titan powers worked, in an effort to emulate that power and create more easily controlled weapons in the process. To me, all this suggests that the Ackerman powers derived from an external, man made source, genetic experimentation and engineering outside of the Titan curse. I think the titan powers were simply used as a kind of guide or goal of these experiments, or a foundational source of study for the experiments that would eventually lead to genetically altered super soldiers.

There’s nothing in canon to suggest that the Ackerman powers are in any way linked directly to the Titan curse, and their powers hold no real resemblance to Titan powers, other than perhaps the ability to access past Ackerman’s fighting knowledge. All we get is that the Ackerman’s were a “product of Titan science” and nothing else. Again, that could just as easily mean they were a product of genetic experimentation and engineering based on the STUDY of Titan power, but doesn’t actually prove that the source of Titan power is also the source of the Ackerman’s power.

So, basically, I just think it’s an assumption based on very little, to suggest the Ackerman’s lost their powers after the Titan curse was lifted. We really don’t know that at all, and there’s more evidence, I think, to suggest that the Ackerman powers derive from a separate source entirely.

#Levi Ackerman #Mikasa Ackerman #Ackerman powers #shingkei no kyojin #attack on titan

[vividstardustrevolution]

Fun fact: Futa is *not* the canon system character in MILGRAM!

...Neither is Yuno...

[Text Transcription: "Let's just do it, please smile?"]

...Haruka's not either...

[Text Transcription: "My loneliness was desired"]

...nope, not Shidou either...

Amane isn't canonically a system either, but I definitely understand the people who think she might be or headcanon her as such, especially after "The Purge March".

[Text Transcription 1: "It's the beginning of a most wonderful day"]

[Text Transcription 2: "With pure, unsullied body and soul,"]

No, Kazui's not the canon system either.

[Text Transcription: "All these memories and you Only if I could erase them"]

Where, then...?

Ah, I found him!

Hi Mikoto!

[Text Transcription 1: "It's like what's wrong isn't wrong"]

[Text Transcription 2: "I'm already the fake one"]

...but y'know, it is kinda funny that at least 7/10 of the MILGRAM prisoners have two versions of themselves on screen interacting with each other (I don't remember Muu, Mahiru, or Kotoko having scenes like that, but let me know if I'm wrong, and Kotoko still has Deep Cover coming, too), and yet only one of them is a canon system. Yes, you can explain Haruka and Amane's as self-abuse and dissociation, Futa's, Shidou's, and Kazui's as dissociation, and Yuno as compartmentalizing herself and how she acts around different people, but still.

It's interesting how it's only seemingly portrayed negatively with Mikoto, too, although to be fair, Haruka and Amane both hurt the other versions of themselves in their interactions (Haruka looks down on and pushes and chokes the younger version of himself, and Amane looks down on herself and sends herself into the water), but...still, that feels different from Mikoto's case. Maybe it's because in the cases of 010203050708, we know that the other them they're interacting with is still them, but in Mikoto's case, we don't know that. Haruka, Yuno, Futa, Shidou, Kazui, and Amane's "other selves" aren't treated as evil (or, if they are, it's not to the same extent that we see Mikoto's alter (or alters, if you're one of the people who believes in one of the Trikoto theories out there) treated as evil and inhuman).

Now, I do think that you can argue in good faith that part of why Mikoto's DID gets demonized so hard in MeMe is because Mikoto is slowly coming to the realization that he's a system and has some internalized ableism to deal with regarding that (because internalized ableism isn't uncommon regardless of the disorder involved; it's not true for every system that there's internalized ableism, but it makes sense for Mikoto "I'm just a normal guy; what do you mean I'm a murderer?" Kayano). However, I don't think that completely explains the demonization that Mikoto deals with. We see it with his interactions with Kotoko. That interrogation answer where Shidou says, "Since Mikoto became 'like that,' the smoking group stopped really interacting," shows that Shidou seems to be uncomfortable with Mikoto now that his DID has been outed. The fact that Haruka is the only person who willingly interacted with Mikoto since trial two started (the only other person Mikoto has interacted with is Kotoko, and he was the one who approached her because similar to him, everyone is avoiding the fuck out of Kotoko) shows that most people are avoiding Mikoto. (Granted, Mikoto was kind of an ass to Futa and Amane, and Mahiru was busy not fucking dying, but what about the rest of the group?) In fact, the fact that the characters are treating Mikoto (who, while kind of a jerk, has not physically attacked anyone as far as we know and only fought Kotoko in self-defense) the same way they're treating Kotoko (who literally attacked three people, damaged Futa's eye with her baton, nearly killed Mahiru, attacked Mikoto, and is generally an asshole (/affectionate) and has been an asshole to all but two people in the cast) is telling me that the majority of the cast sees him the same way they see her - threatening and dangerous - and it's likely that he's seen as dangerous mostly because of his DID. Even Haruka, who literally threatened to kill himself, has been checked on by two people - Futa and Muu.

...Does that seem fucked up to anyone else - that the characters seen as "dangerous," and especially Mikoto, who is being treated as a danger mostly because of his DID, are isolated and not being interacted with or checked on by most of the cast (because we all know damn well that Kotoko has not interacted with anyone since trial two started other than to chastize Kazui and tell Mikoto his existence is a crime)?

...I dunno where I'm going with this. I'm just...kinda just dumping my thoughts out and seeing where it goes.

#milgram #choking #haruka sakurai #mikoto kayano #kotoko yuzuriha #fuuta kajiyama #amane momose #shidou kirisaki #kazui mukuhara #yuno kashiki #milgram analysis #Honestly it's more me rambling than anything else. #Anyway I will stop now and go attempt to catch up on schoolwork like a responsible law student. #I do want to hear people's thoughts though. #MILGRAM ableism #CW choking #threatened suicide #CW suicide threat #(Not my suicide threat Haruka's suicide threat)

[sserapic]

maybe in another world, my dearest.

summary. getting into a relationship with the balladeer was your greatest mistake, though you don't regret anything that had happened between you. after taking the side of the good guys, he just never felt the love he used to feel every damn time he sees you. but if you couldn't handle the pain then you shouldn't feel it anymore, altering your memories of him is such a great idea. you say.

character(s). scaramouche/wanderer, gn!reader

tw. angst, no happy ending.

"come on, traveler, lead me to him."

you had convinced lumine that you're the lover of scaramouche, well, ex-lover. she hesitated despite the fact that you're a harbinger in which you couldn't be trusted very easily.

scaramouche sat there, under a tree, in the grass where he admired the view from up there. "wanderer." wanderer? had he changed identities?

he was certainly in shock to see you, well he should be, he left you in the dark and never came back which led you to search for him.

"oh, it's you."

you noticed how the traveler had left as you sat next to the former harbinger who you used to fought alongside with, who loved you so dearly but changed so damn quick.

"so, wanderer is the name you go with now?"

"yep."

even up until now you wish that he'd just fall in love with you all over again and come back to you, but you both know it wouldn't even work out anymore even if he did come back to you, the feeling left him but yours never escaped.

"y/n, you do not have to make yourself suffer like this. just go back to being the harbinger you are, but im afraid i cannot stand beside you any longer."

you fought back the tears trying to break free from your eyes, "but i cant. i always need you by my side." you sniff, refusing to even look his way.

"you have to, you can't just cry about me all the time. you're the 5th of the fatui harbingers, there's a chance that we might be each other's opponents someday."

the thought of him taking the side of the good guys while you stayed with the villains hurts like fuck. but somehow, you also cannot betray the tsaritsa.

"why does it hurt so much.." your voice muffled from covering your face with both hands, not wanting him to look at you, crying.

"because the love you had for me was genuine, and so was mine. but ive already moved on, neither will mine come back even if we get back together."

he stood up, lending you a hand.

as soon as you got back to your feet you pulled him close and sobbed in his chest, he let you sob your pain out, ignoring the fact that you're ruining his clothes.

"the traveler has mentioned that nahida can alter memories, is she telling the truth."

"yes, but wh-"

"can you please just make her erase mine?"

"y/n i don-"

"please.."

although he had to make sure that the God of Wisdom was alright with helping a harbinger, he agreed and so did nahida. she was honestly touched and wounded from hearing about you and sc- the wanderer.

he wished to stay and observe how nahida erases him from your memories and will forever be an enemy in your eyes once this finishes.

"one last time, y/n. are you okay with this."

you nodded, glancing at your ex lover one last time. if the Gods ever allow you to live once more, at least let it be with him.

"here we go."

tears started streaming down on your cheek as you closed your eyes, and felt weird seconds later. your eyes opened and observed the unfamiliar place you were in, turning your attention to a certain man beside you who was on the verge of tearing up.

maybe in another world, y/n. i will love you with all i have, that's a promise.

now he just has to watch you from afar, knowing that he would forever be the opponent of the side you've always been with. as much as he wanted to grab his feelings back, he couldn't.

note. hey !! this has been sitting in my drafts for weeks now, and this is actually inspired by a genshin oneshots book in Wattpad ! also about the smau, i commented on the second chapter. please take a look at it if you're waiting for an update on the smau !

#genshin scaramouche #wanderer angst #scaramouche angst #scaramouche x reader #genshin angst #genshin impact angst #wanderer x reader

[travellereon]

Someone probably got to this before me, but I haven't seen it yet, so I'm making my own sassy lil rant post about it!

We know that Hoyoverse is extremely lore conscious. I mean, take a look at the intense rewrites they do for Rukkhadevata's erasure! All of the Sumeru quests come with two versions of any line that mentions her, and they're played depending on whether you have or have not completed the Archon Quest. In all 4 languages, the team built in a hidden trigger that swaps out dialogue, changes voicelines, alters item descriptions, and even renamed a basic inventory item purely for the sake of lore consistency. They didn't have to rename the mushroom! Nobody needed to know the mushroom was named after a deity who didn't exist anymore! The Genshin team did that just for the sake of their world building and lore.

So why are Lumine's flowers still in the opening cutscene?

Lesson time kids

The flowers in Lumine's hair are the Inteyvat, the national flower of Khaenri'ah. That has been established since the main quest chapter 'Memories of Inteyvat.' Both Aether and Lumine will remark on that fact when they encounter the flower in the quest, saying that she's had the flowers since they woke up.

Since they woke up!

Hoyoverse polishes the daylights out of this game to ensure lore remains consistent. Could this really be a mistake on their part? It's such a major moment in the game when your character realizes the significance of the flower itself that I have a hard time believing this is a simple mistake.

The flowers certainly don't appear to change between the opening and the start of the game, not from where I'm standing. If someone can prove me wrong about the flowers being the same, I welcome it. But they really do look exactly the way they do in game from where I'm sitting.

It would be tedious, but they could edit the flower out if they really needed to. Hell, if they still have the full files for the original video, they could remove the flowers from the model in that set and re-render it for an update. They hid an entire trigger to swap out a massive amount of voice lines, written dialogue, lore, and even a useable item's name just to trip it based on where you stand in the Archon Quest. Hoyoverse clearly have the manpower and dedication to change this detail if it doesn't fit with their lore.

Lore and characters are the two big things that separate Genshin from other gacha games. If this truly is a continuity error, a video made before they decided the significance of the flowers in Lumine's hair, why would they not change it?

I'll tell you why!

Because it ISN'T a continuity error!

There's more than the 500 year slumber that we've missed. The siblings were in this world before they were separated. It could be insignificant, but from what we know of Hoyoverse, I'm betting it's not completely so. It might just be an emotional memory that will pop up towards the climax of the story, but it could be even more! It could be days of their time in Teyvat that have a great impact on why the Lost Sibling ended up in Khaenri'ah, and why they view the Archons with such disdain despite knowing Celestia probably forced them to participate in the Cataclysm.

This could be a major lore detail hidden in plain sight.

Now watch Hoyoverse erase the flower in the 4.0 update because that's always my luck

#words of eons #mad ramblings of a feral tiktok psychic theorist #HERE WE GO HERE WE GO HERE WE FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOO #genshin impact #genshin theories #lumine #aether #inteyvat #genshin #khaenri'ah

[carmmaart]

Spoilers for Inside Job season 2 but ….

The parallel of how Reagan was left at the end of season 1 angry that someone close to her was erased from her memories without her consent, with the justification of it being for the greater good, because it will be what will make her happiest in the long run, to then ending season 2 with her erasing herself from someone else’s memory, outside of how they agreed they’d go about it, without even giving Staedtler the chance to discuss it with her because it would be for the greater good and be what will make him happiest in the long run.

The fact that throughout the whole season we’ve been shown that even when we think it will be for the betterment of the person, that erasing or altering someone’s identity to lead to a “better” life doesn’t actually work, and that it’s better to make peace and work with the current reality because for better or worse it is the best outcome we could hope for. Myc joined the hive mind, the Pope was brainwashed, Brett faked his death, and they had to undo the mind wipe each time because the solution was worse than the problem. When the whole team left to an alternate timeline with better lives, and Reagan sent Brett off for the same reason, only to find Rand changing the fabric of time so he could have both Tamako and her, they ended up undoing the mind wipe and taking back their memories because the gains weren’t worth the cost. The one time we see memory erasing as a solution to a problem was when they needed to get rid of the virus at the party, and that was the catalyst for Ron needing to take time off to collect himself. But the issue was that the INFECTED cognito employees were posing a threat to them, not the employees themselves. If the virus hadn’t been made and spread, they would never have had to resort to memory wiping.

Reagan saying her next big project should be her happiness. Rand saying that you don’t know what matters most until you lose it.

The whole season you see the build up of the detriment of memory erasing and the importance of vulnerability. But then you remember Ron’s overall disdain of having to erase memories because of the guilt he carries with it, how he belittled Reagan’s complaints of having her memories taken away from her at the beginning of the season in comparison to that weight. And it all just comes echoing back with Reagan’s decision.

I want to believe Staedtler will come back somehow. He conspiracy theoried himself into the Illuminati ffs, no way that part of him is completely gone. But it’s also so hard to say, because damn did they bring all of it back full circle.

#that monologue broke me bro I am not okay #Staedtler babe pls come back :((( #inside job season 2 spoilers #inside job #inside job season 2 #ron staedtler #reagan ridley #ramble

[uptoolateart]

at the s5 finale,after gabe’s wish. It didnt reset the world but rewrote it? Right..?😃

Cause now im also seeing rumours such: ladybugs nd cat noir’s memories were erased of everything. that happened until now. (Not adrien and marinette’s memories itself but like..when they were transformed)

Like did any memories get erased in the first place? ANYONES.🤦🏼‍♀️👩🏻‍🦳

@hannahzthoughts

Correct - he rewrote it. They were very clear about the rules. You get one wish and it involves a sacrifice of equal weight. Only that exchange should be different.

Where I get confused is over the notion that it's Emilie at the pool party at the very end. If it is, then both she and Nathalie are restored to health, and I call that two wishes, not one. If that was Amelie by the pool, I accept it - his wish was for Nathalie, which was the right thing to ask for. However, what did Gabriel sacrifice? Because if it was his life for hers (possibly theirs), I don't think that's of equal weight. He said he only had hours (by that point, probably minutes) left to live, due to the cataclysm. We saw his finger crumble right off. Is that really a sacrifice, if it's about to happen anyway?? Either the writers don't see that the way I do, or Gabriel sacrificed something else that we have yet to see.

But to return to your question - at the end, Marinette is in her bedroom with Alya and Su-Han and she tells them she went back to the basement to search for the butterfly miraculous but never found it. She also refers to the wish having been made. From that, we can deduce that:

She remembers the battle

She must remember that Monarch was Gabriel

She remembers Gimmi / the wish happening

She knows the world has been altered

She's told Alya and Su-Han all of this (because she just mentioned details to them, casually, and they weren't surprised, so they already knew)

When she then slides the twin rings on Adrien's finger, her words are double-edged and highly suggestive that she knows he's a sentibeing. We can even see it as her using the rings to give him an order not to take them off. I get that its for his safety but...just tell him. That is so wrong, Marinette.

Also, when he's about to make his wish, Gabriel asks Marinette not to tell Adrien what he did / who he was. He wouldn't ask that if everyone's memories were about to be lost. We can then infer that she has decided to keep that promise to Gabriel, for the sake of Adrien (which I totally disagree with, but that's by the by). Therefore, she's told everyone else that Gabriel helped her defeat Monarch and died in the process, going down as a hero. However, it's very clear that she remembers the truth and she's told select other people, as well. (She needs to tell Cat Noir - like...a;skldfj;lskjf this is why I write fan fiction)

As a final point...as per the rules laid out by Gimmi, people's memories being erased would have to be part of the wish, and there would need to be a sacrifice made to balance it out. If you outright wished for memory erasure, I'm not sure what the sacrifice would be. Maybe someone else gets burdened with heaps of awful, painful memories so that someone else doesn't have them?? Anyway, when we see Adrien at that pool party...it's so brief that we have no way of knowing what he remembers. Maybe he does remember the white room but he's choosing to move on from it because he believes (due to Ladybug's lie) that in the end, his father did a wonderful thing. Or maybe Adrien doesn't remember the white room because the nature of Gabriel's wish included wiping that away.

If Gabriel restored Nathalie to health, maybe all memories are the same but people believe she had a miraculous recovery. If he brought Emilie back to life, too, that would necessitate some altered memories, for sure, because how could you explain to everyone that she just came back from the dead?? So, I guess everyone could now believe she was always alive (although this creates a paradox because Gabriel never would've done everything he did to bring her back and even make that wish, if she'd always been there, and this is where it really messes with my head).

But then...does Marinette remember Emilie used to be dead?? Because she remembers the battle and the wish being made - so who in this rewritten reality knows what previously happened to Emilie?

Alternatively...you know, they always refer to Emilie as having 'disappeared'.... Apparently, Thomas once said there was a funeral, but they never actually show or refer to this anywhere in the show, and even if there was a funeral, they couldn't have had a body because Gabriel had to keep her preserved. It must have been one of those symbolic funerals they do when they presume someone dead but have no firm evidence. If she only disappeared, then no one knows she died and she could well have a sudden, miraculous reappearance, which would make a lot more sense and avoid issues of paradox. (All that said...I'm not sure the writers have thought this through to that degree....)

No matter what's going on in this new world...it definitely hasn't all been reset. Things have just been altered, and we will find out the specifics in S6.

#ask me anything #ask me stuff #ask me things #ml analysis #ml s5 finale #ml recreation #ml s5 #ml marinette #ml adrien #adrien agreste #ml gabriel #gabriel agreste #ml ladybug #chat noir #cat noir #ml speculation #ml theory #ml s6 #ml s6 speculation

[inquebrar]

i want to talk about the discovery of the new "alive egg" and an "unknown dead egg" and richas being from group 04 with his image glitching but i just kind of want to share my thoughts, i don't view this as a theory ok

first and foremost, i see only two options for the "Memories" egg that has been brought up to the conversation: either they are dead or they have always been Richas. personally i love this "richas theory" but i think, realistically speaking that the egg who wrote that diary, died. the reason for that is because when you create a story you need to create weight and depth for the characters as well, so people feel the immersion more deeply too.

i will mention Bobby's death, as it was the egg's death that had the most impact on the overall story and completely changed the course of the characters and their personal lore. Bobby's death was shocking and malicious, the feeling left was also of great injustice and this is perfectly linked to what the Federation and the Cucurucho mean to the story. more and more we have confirmations that they have total control over the lives of the eggs so it only makes all the situations more cruel, the eggs dying is a choice. and when you follow a story where this type of narrative happens, the attachment is stronger, the feelings are more intense and more significant, everything becomes more emotional because if you watch something where the most beloved characters are not at risk of death or when they die, it soon reverses and the character comes back to life... it completely loses the weight of the narrative. Bobby deserved to live, but Cucurucho chose that he deserved to die, the Federation does not see the eggs as children who have family, friends, personality and a life, for them, they are just experiments that can be used and discarded when desired. that's the weight of the story, this is the narrative we have been following for almost a year.

JuanaFlippa and the Codes. i still remember when everyone thought that Juana would come back to life, that she would receive another chance since (once again) her death would have been fraught with the feeling of injustice. there were several theories that she would come back to life after months of death, and when CodeFlippa's plot twist happened it was simply incredible. JuanaFlippa is dead, she will not return is what they reaffirmed once again about the narrative. therefore, rationally speaking, that little egg that was left to die by the federation must have died.

the Federation left that egg to die, that was their choice. it's unfair... it’s the feeling that remains, right? so it makes perfect sense.

i don't see any reason why it should be changed in the narrative that after 5 months since this diary was found, which was something impactful for the story and the weight of carrying the memory of a child who suffered and was left to die, this egg is alive after so long and after clearly the intention was to show once again how cruel the federation can be, as this also adds to the main story. unless it was the Federation's choice, to have used this egg that had been discarded to be the Brazilians' egg, which there is a lot of speculation that their arrival was something not foreseen by the Federation, so why not use that experiment that was discarded? it would make sense that Richas was a completely different egg that had their memory erased and was altered to be the new egg of the residents who arrived on the island without prediction. this would explain why, unlike Pomme, Richas initially couldn't communicate very well and didn't seem to understand things being said in portuguese, since the diary was written in english for example.

but this is just a theory that i really like, so i prefer something to be done that is more coherent with the story and not just for fanservice, so i believe that the egg from the "Memories" diary died or at least there will be a plot twist of explanation that somehow the little egg underwent experiments to be reused and become Richarlyson. well, that's it i don't know but i just hope to see new people from other countries soon and so there is a new egg to be discovered, i can't wait to meet more people from new cultures and see the new kid experiencing trauma together with their parents

i'm really excited to see what the QSMP 2024 will be like! more people, more countries, more cultures, more kids, more friends, more bonds to be created and more suffering from getting attached to characters and minecraft eggs!! :)

#qsmp #qsmp eggs #tw child death