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wild0moon · 14 days
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accepted my fate, don't worry about a thing
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trashlie · 10 months
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Manifesting Stalkyoo~
Just to get it out of the way: PLEASE KNOW THIS IS ALL IN GOOD FUN! I don’t want anyone to take this in a weird way or like it’s some ridiculous demand I’m making lmao. I’ve just been having a delightful time talking to other Stalkyoo shippers and just romanticizing silly things we want to see so again: THIS IS JUST FOR FUN! I know fandom has been weird about shipping stuff because of the... ugly past lol so I feel a weird need to remind people that my shipping is just secondary enjoyment of ILY and that I will continue to love and read ILY wherever it goes. 
With that out of the way lol please also note there are spoilers all the way up to 224, so if you don’t FP episodes, this post is not safe for you! (unless you like spoilers. i don’t judge people, I like spoilers, too) 
Look, I’m not good at writing fanfiction. I’d love to, but I always feel like it’s difficult for me to portray characters the way the original writer does. I think about it, every now and then, dabble in a little idea, something I might like to see, before the storyline plays out in a different way, but I just never trust myself, so this is about the closest I ever get to that. And even still, I think of these little musings, these silly little “oh I’d love to see ______” very inline with fanfiction, wherein I acknowledge that what I’m hoping for or imagining is very likely to not happen. It’s just the fun of exploring story and the what-if’s and little AU tangents where ONE little thing tweaks. 
For me, the fun of shipping is just playing with those character dynamics, which is another reason fic is so difficult for me - I enjoy my pairings, my characters, within their circumstances. That’s not to say AU fics are unfathomable to me (I LOVE THEM), but more so that it’s hard to write something knowing that I don’t know everything, that quimchee will pull out a surprise and I’ll be like oh my god I should have realized! And again, I guess that’s where musing is fun. You get to play out those little what if’s for yourself, get to imagine a scenario that probably will never come to pass. That’s the fun of fic + canon, to me! Not once has quimchee done something with her characters and their story that really surprised me in an “oh i don’t like this” kind of way. I can say “Oh I’d love to see xyz scenario play out” but when instead abc plays out, I’m not mad. 
I also fully admit that I tend to compartmentalize my shipping thoughts and whims separately from my general commentary, and I guess for the previously mentioned reasons: this fandom has an ugly, nasty past with shipping and even still, there are a lot of people who demand romance from ILY and don’t seem to care about the actual story at play or even weirder, seem to think that it detracts from the romance they think should be happening???? (”when is she going to choose one of the brothers it’s been so many years and episodes waaaah) And I guess, yeah, I get a little self-conscious, because (and this is feels so embarrassing to actually word) I acknowledge a lot of people read my commentary and my opinions! And I’m so happy for that, I love being so communal with everyone! But I do get worried someone is going to take something out of context and be like “omg can you believe she’s one of those weirdo romance demanders” or something lmao, hence this weird long useless diatribe. But yeah, basically, I’ve been talking with people lately and god just thinking about my shippy feels and how much I love the current story - one step forward, three steps back; the struggles to open up; the struggles to deal with feelings in the face of much heavier, scarier elements; etc. etc.
Sometimes you just wake up and you’re like: I WANNA SCREAM ABOUT STALKYOO so you do it because you have a birdbrain and you know is screaming afljkfkjafkjakfjaf LMAO 
If you’re reading this, chances are you aren’t new to my blog so you’ve probably read the likes of my Foundations of Stalkyoo, Why I Ship Stalkyoo, and Further Thoughts on Stalkyoo (I just never shut up huh) posts, so I’ll try not to like, completely repeat everything but if it happens well. It can’t helped, can it? lol 
Anyway something I’ve been talking and thus thinking a lot about is where we stand with Stalkyoo, now that we are getting more confirmation of actual budding feelings. I always reiterate that anything can change, but I also like to remind myself that something quimchee has said in the past (and this is loosely paraphrased) is that whenever it does come to a pairing, it will be made obvious before it gets there, because this is NOT a primarily romance-focused story which means there aren’t as many storylines that deal with just the will-they/won’t-they and the likes, and I think likewise, there won’t be a real love triangle the way most fans tend to think of them. So often a love triangle gets boiled down to someone being torn between two people for whatever reason and i just don’t get the sense we’ll be seeing that? Thus, I do feel like we might well be moving into a territory where we will see some kinds of scenes setting up, or maybe better put, enabling the possibility of a relationship between Shinae and Nol? 
But first. I always say I don’t really try to predict things because I’m always proven wrong, but I still like to try for fun lol, just because that’s part of the joy of reading an on-going story, I think! I’ve waffled a lot on it, but I still feel like when we reach our big time skip (not the first one taking us to graduation, but rather the one that jumps us a few years ahead), there has to be a REASON. Narratively it’s hard to imagine what that reason might be beyond the likelihood that we’ll see our three main characters on separate paths. It’s the only thing that makes sense, because otherwise you end up with a lot of story happening off page, right? If Shinae were to go to Japan with Kousuke, we’d end up missing their reconciliation and Kousuke earning her trust (or if it were to go the opposite, becoming cold acquaintances). Thus, I think Kousuke will go to Japan, but Shinae will take Rand’s advice begrudgingly and take up Yui on her “offer, while Nol will probably go to college abroad. He wasn’t denied admission to Oxford - it’s just not guaranteed there will be a spot for him. 
I know people take umbrage with the idea of Shinae taking up Yui’s offer, but hear me out. I don’t think it’s meant to turn Shinae into some kind of conniving, cunning person in the likes of Yui, as much as just introduce her to this world, give her a better understanding of how people in this society and business work and thus, start to get an idea of how Yui works. While I don’t think it’s easy to ever be one step ahead of Yui, I do think developing an understanding of her world helps to at least defend herself from Yui - start to see traps in advance and how to avoid them, find ways to evade her clutches, that kind of thing. I do think the idea of Yui holding that over Shinae’s head is terrifying and it’s feels more dangerous than going to Japan with Kousuke, BUT again, the idea is that she would become better equipped to defend herself and fight back. 
Of course, I don’t think Shinae in this moment is prepared to make that choice, and it may be a choice that comes after Yujing’s big scoop is revealed. Perhaps realizing how much more dangerous and powerful Yui (and the Kims) is would make her see what Rand was trying to tell her. I think she hasn’t fully figured out just what is going on with Yui and Rand, either - why would he be pushing her against his wife? But I think the information Yujing has compiled could help her see that bigger picture. If someone like Rand has spent twenty-five years struggling in this battle with her, how could Shinae ever hope to stand against her with even less understanding, with no sense of WHO Yui is or what makes her tick. 
The thing about this that I always struggle with is: how would Nol regard that? We know he feels vehemently about Alyssa idolizing Yui and taking advantage of her connection to the Hiraharas - and yet he stayed with her, knowing that she benefits from him (but that he does, as well). Would he feel the same, if he found out who was enabling Shinae to go to school? Would they talk about it, since Shinae knows how he feels about it? Would he be able to understand, when even he himself doesn’t seem to realize that his father finds himself trapped by the Hiraharas? That’s... stuff I can’t try to predict, because I think everything is possible. 
I promise I’ll get to that a little more.
The narrative benefit of separating the main characters is, of course, that first off, no major development happens where we can’t watch it. Sure, they’ll go about their lives and things will happen, but I don’t expect it to be major things that would make us go WAIT WHAT?! Otherwise, what brings us back itnto the story after time passes? For a long time my idea was that they’d all go their separate ways and maybe even their relationships would be a little damaged, so that when they come back into each others’ lives, part of the story is recovering that, reconciling with the past and maybe finding new futures together. 
Especially regarding Nol and Shinae, I’d wondered if we would see him leave without reconciling with his friends, and that we’d see him and Shinae meet again after some years and Shinae would have to contend with their unresolved past, with feelings she never had a chance to really identify, let alone explore, and the aching beauty of having to figure out who each other after now that they’ve grown and changed, and if there is room in each others’ lives for one another, if they fit in with who they’ve become. And don’t get me wrong - i do like that kind of bittersweet ache, haunted by the ghosts of what never came to be, having to relearn each other. But the more I’ve talked about this (especially a lot with @bittrbuttr, the more I realized that’s not exactly what I want with them. 
Like, it’s good and achey, it really pulls at your heartstrings. But I think that better suits an actual romance story, where the focus of the story and plot is on those feelings and untangling them, on finding their ways back to each other. I don’t think that’s the story of ILY, though. 
I keep dancing around my point and I apologize, but we all know I’m nothing if not circuitous and I promise we’ll get there! 
Here’s the thing: we know that Nol and Shinae are not in the space to become romantically involved. The feelings are there. They are drawn to each other, we know Nol finds comfort and peace in Shinae and that he always struggles to really push her away. We know that Shinae cares so deeply about him that no matter how much he hurts her, she still wants to try, she still wants to be there for him. I find the hope-tinged pain of 223 really poignant in that way - she wanted to SEE HIM, in a moment that was so special, she wanted to share that joy and get a glimpse at who he REALLY is, and he was unable to do that for her. But still she hopes for the best, still she intends to keep trying, to be as persistent as he was, even if she has to find a different approach. 
They are so important to each other, and I’m hoping that might be a catalyst? 
I understand what Nol’s struggle is. It isn’t easy to be vulnerable, to feel weak, especially when those parts of him have been used against him the last 6 years of his life. He is full of so much self-loathing and isn’t comfortable with his own weakness and vulnerability, thus he can’t show it to Shinae, he doesn’t want her to see him like that. He’d rather let her think he just doesn’t need to see what exists between them, that he doesn’t need to see her indulging because it’s enough to just bring her joy - and that itself hurts enough! But I want him to at least be honest about it - tell her that you don’t want her to see that part of you. Will it change things? Probably not significantly, but it puts her one step closer to understanding doesn’t it? 
And so the thinking is - or rather, the hope - is that maybe Nol will realize this? 
We see some of it in 224. Upon Dieter’s arrival, instead of a hey welcome back or anything, it’s an immediate “Did you bump into Yoo?” and when Dieter reassures him that she’s fine, it’s just stuffy, he knows a. it’s not fine and b. he feels bad. I think he felt that regret immediately, when he noted that she’s angry and he took off the blindfold and she wasn’t there. Nol is so used to pushing people away, it’s his first line of defense, but when it works? When he succeeds at driving that wedge? Again it’s that battle of will vs want - he thinks that pushing her away is the right thing to do for her sake, but he doesn’t ACTUALLY want it. 
It’s so difficult to go back to how things used to be having gotten a taste of something better. It’s so difficult to push out everyone when you’ve allowed yourself to indulge in being loved and cared about, and and I think that’s what Nol’s biggest hurdle is. 
Don’t get me wrong; there’s a lot of hurdles with him lol and clearing one doesn’t exactly make the others any easier to clear. But something we’ve seen from Shinae and that I think the story has tried to impress upon is that things are easier when we aren’t alone. Burdens shared are burdens that weigh a little less. We’ve Shinae and her father talking about being a team - about sharing that burden so it’s not so hard for just one of them and distributing that burden more easily. We’ve seen it in Shinae opening up about her problems with her friends, her insecurities that made her doubt her friendships. Her realization that as scary as situation as her sister breaking into her home was, it was made more bearable with a ragtag group of goofs who will protect her. 
Nol needs to learn to share that burden. He’s spent so long treating himself like an island, he hasn’t had the opportunity to remember that it’s easier to endure something when you aren’t exhausted from shouldering that burden all by yourself. There is strength in numbers. He’s been so run ragged from just trying to endure, trying to get by, trying to survive and how is he to ever fight back against Yui when he’s exhausted just from treading waters? 
I mean, ultimately Nol needs to learn to love himself, but I think it’s easier to tackle allowing others to love him, first. Allowing himself to share the burden, to show those weaknesses and let people have his back. Be able to slump over and know that someone will help keep you standing, you know? And maybe through that, he can find it in him to start loving himself. Of course, he has other problems he needs to address; in order to love himself, he has to forgive himself, and I hope that Yujing’s article can help in that area. I’m sure he carries the guilt of his mother’s alleged suicide, and maybe he was even made to believe that. It wouldn’t surprise me if the time he spent in the mental facility only served to make him feel worse about his existence, made  him believe he was the root cause of the bad. Maybe even, like Nana, he had an argument with his mother before he death and felt that if they hadn’t argued, maybe she would never have made that choice?
Clearly that’s still a little complicated for us to fully dig into, but as horrible as learning that maybe her death was not a choice she made is to learn (I cannot imagine having made this peace with someone I loved reaching a point so dark they made that choice, only to find out that it was, possibly, murder. How do you deal with that? What do you do with all that new grief, that new anguish?), I think maybe, if he learned that she didn’t choose that, it might help free him from his shackles of guilt. 
But I think until he can learn to forgive himself, until he can make that peace, couldn’t letting people love him help? Wouldn’t it be better for him to move forward knowing that he has people who will not only defend him, but who can ease the weight of his burdens? 
As dramatic as Nol and Shinae separating on these rocky grounds, unable to fully reconcile, makes for a good, dramatic romance, I think it’s much better for Nol to move on as a team. To let himself rely on others isn’t something he can learn over night, of course, but isn’t it better for him to enter a scary phase of his life knowing that there ARE people who he can talk to about it? There ARE people he can eventually let see those weak parts of him? 
So my ultimate hope for Nol’s extension is that in that time, he and Shinae find that peace after all. I still can’t help but feel like the three-day-extension is significant, because why else include it, if it was to pass without event? Especially because, depending on how it works (is it 3 additional days INCLUDING the 22nd or 3 days extra, beginning the 23rd?) we’ll hit the holidays. That just feels... too significant, right? 
I want Nol to grapple with his feelings, let his fear take over a little. Is he really as ready to lose Shinae as he tries to be? He seemed to regret hurting her, hanging his head after Dieter reassured him she was fine, even though she refuses to come back in to the room. And I can’t help but feel like it’s significant that she’s still lingering in the waiting room. My thinking is that Nana will get involved - she knows that Nol is upset about someone, she knows other friends have been watching over him, she knows there’s a friend who isn’t coming back in. She can read him well, so it’s not like it’s difficult to read that maybe they had a fight, that he was brusque and brushed her off the way he tries to do even to Nana. Will she go out there to see who this friend is? Will they talk? I feel like they HAVE to - not just because the fandom has waited for it, but because I think Nana can probably glean that Shinae (”Yoo” lol) must be someone important, if he’s acting like that. 
And look. Did Nana see the blush? *I* saw the blush, I’m not getting over that. I’m sorry but he lmao pushed her away, regretted hurting her, and he’s still getting flustered because he pictured her mouth. BUDDYYYYYYYYYYYY. YOU’RE A MESS. 
I don’t expect her to fully intervene in like, trying to make things happen way lmao I think it’s more like... Nana knows better than anyone that Nol is a difficult person to love. I say this with affection, because it’s true. He pushes people away, he deflects from himself, he never opens up, it’s hard to read what’s going on in his head. And Nana also knows of the darkness that looms. She was right there when he pleaded guilty, concerned about his reasoning. She’s listened to him talk about how maybe everything would be better if he didn’t exist. She knows that the darkness has a strong grip on him. So who better than her to encourage Shinae, to thank her for her patience and tenacity, for sticking with Nol even with the way he acts? I’d like to see a little bit of that comfort between them, some reassurance that Shinae is, in fact, making the right choice. She oscillates so wildly between her extreme emotions; sadness and melancholy that caring is not enough and how it sometimes comes out as anger when she can’t find a better way to channel it. We know she doesn’t really regret planning that birthday celebration - she’s just hurt. And I think it would be a big help to have Nana tell her how much it means to see Nol with friends who care about him despite how prickly and difficult he is, how she worries about him and is glad there are people who care about him. I think it would really encourage Shinae that her resolve is right - that she just has to find another way to approach him, that it’s worth the effort. 
And at that same time, yes, I want Nol’s fear to kick his ass. I want him to realize he faces the very real reality of losing someone who cares so much about him, who is willing to put up with him because of how much she cares and how special she is to him - and that she wants him to see it, too. I want him to fear losing the comfort and peace she brings him. I want him to have to finally face head on his want vs what he thinks he deserves, and see what a future without someone like her is like. Can he bear to return to that kind of loneliness? Can he bear losing her concern? How it feels for her to take notice of him, to probe, to listen? 
Like, at the risk of getting really corny and dramatic, that’s what it comes down to. I don’t want Nol to come back in a few years and decide he’s ready to face all of that. I want him to move on from this point knowing he’s not alone. I want him to be able to face prison knowing that he’s not so alone, that there is someone who will always be there to support him. I think that’s what makes the most sense. Leaving on their current circumstances works great if it’s a romance and that’s the main story - but making up, talking, being honest? That makes more sense for THIS story, where Nol starts to grow NOW, where he starts to make those important steps that will help him find his way to healing, and more important, that will help him face the forces that taunt and haunt him.
He doesn’t have to be completely honest with Shinae, because I don’t think he’s ready. I don’t think he’ll tell her that his mother took her life, and that he believes it’s his fault. But I think it would be enough to tell her the truth he couldn’t stay to her face - that he doesn’t want her to see him like that, that it’s still hard for him to open up that way, that it’s still SCARY - but that he doesn’t want to push her away, that he’s sorry he keeps hurting her. We could even go more dramatic with a callback to the hospital scene - that he’s sorry he isn’t good enough and is undeserving of her (AND LET HER REASSURE HIM THAT’S NOT TRUE THAT HE IS). BUT JUST. IDK I WANT HIM TO FACE IT. ADMIT IT.
He doesn’t have to tell her he likes her. That’s fine. Just reiterate what she means to him! One moment he’s telling her she’s special to him, that he cares about her, next moment he’s telling her it’s okay he doesn’t have to look he’s fine like this. STOP JERKING HER AROUND ;~; lmao like don’t get me wrong. I GET IT. I UNDERSTAND HIM!!!!!!!!!!!
But I also want to see them move into our time skips with a sense of understanding and peace, you know? I don’t want want Nol to face his fears alone anymore. I want him to let someone stand by his side. I want him to accept how good it feels to rest on her shoulder and know that it’s okay, she’s there.
I HAVE FEELINGS OKAY I JUST. I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO FIND T HAT STRENGTH IN EACH OTHER, TO BE STRONGER TOGETHER. 
And to call back to my earlier point lmao I like to think if they get to that point, then maybe he would understand, if Shinae accepts Yui’s offer. Maybe he would see how it’s different from Alyssa, that Shinae made a choice to protect herself, that it’s not about the idolatry, it’s not a self-serving choice, but one that protects her and enables her to fight back. Knowing that they are on the same side, that Shinae isn’t a doe-eyed naïve girl about to be taken advantage of again, but one who wants to fight back against the people who hurt her and others like her. 
We’re about halfway to 3/5 of the way into this story, and I think that’s a good point for Shinae and Nol to join forces. 
AndlookthisiscompletelydaydreamingbutiftherewasaChristmaskissIwouldcertainlynotobject
PLEASE I JUUUUUUUUUST i want to see them on the same page, I want to see them moving forward TOGETHER. I don’t want Nol to keep walking on his own. I don’t want him to just accept Shinae at his side, either; I want him to CHOOSE to let her choose his side. ;A; 
GOD. PLS. BARKS AT THE MOON I’m just ready for them to bE A TEAM I’M READY FOR NOL TO BE SELFISH AND TO GO AFTER WHAT HE WANTS I WANT HIM TO CHOOSE COMFORT AND SECURITY OVER PUNISHMENT I WANT HIM TO REALIZE THERE IS STRENGTH IN COMPANIONSHIP. I know being close to him puts her at risk - but he needs to see that no matter what, she’s at risk, and isn’t it better if she’s in danger with someone who can help, than to be all alone with it? I WANT HIM TO FACE THAT FEAR OF HIS AND FIND THAT MAYBE HIS DESIRE, HIS WANT, HIS NEEDS ARE EVEN BIGGER. That it’s better to find peace with her than spend the whole time afraid. Isn’t that the thing? He’s always afraid - afraid of someone else getting hurt, afraid of another opportunity being stolen away, afraid of the next time Yui will find a way to hurt him. BUT TO BE ABLE TO FIND COMFORT WITH SHINAE? 
Please. Just open up - be honest!!!!!!! But most importantly APOLOGIZE. Apologize for hurting her, apologize for pushing her away.
I realize, based on what she said on the hospital roof, that maybe he won’t make that choice, that maybe her persistence has to be a long game, that she does have to wait for him to forget to put the mask back on.
But wouldn’t it be so nice if he chose to move forward with her, instead of alone, to face their nightmare and battles together? ;~; 
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anxious-lorf · 3 months
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Can't stop thinking about the fact that Hilda, a show for all ages, has exponentially more blood and graphic violence than Xenoblade Chronicles 2, a T-Rated JRPG with a myriad of ""adult"" designs and sex jokes, in which one cutscene comments on there being "so much blood" despite literally zero blood being physically visible
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phobiaexists · 1 year
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Loving that parallel when Janai told Amaya that Embertail thinks Aegis is cute, but won’t admit it yet.
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arcademgmt · 1 year
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quick autumn hop topic because it is their season
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eclipsedrawsthings · 2 years
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So.
Um.
Just caught up on The Owl House.
Pardon me while I AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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hybridreviews · 3 months
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Anime DISCOVERY & TIME of the SEASON Present: The WORST Anime of 2023
Time for "HOW DO I PISS YOU OFF?!" with what anime I thought sucked!
I feel like whenever I’m hearing about any anime news in 2023, most of it has something to do with one company that has such a big stranglehold of the industry and they are pissing you off every chance they get, from not dubbing that show you like but dubbing a bunch of other shows (aka mostly various isekai) that you’ll forget within a week’s time it finished airing, an award show that caters…
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museswithswords · 1 year
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hwasdvlly · 5 months
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Happy Hollow-ween | c.san
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↠ summary: a classic yet fun activity for the season is to carve a pumpkin.
↠ pairing: san x fem!reader
↠ genres: family, fluff, and slice of life
↠ word count: 0.6k words
↠ warnings/tags: none. established relationship, idol!san, non-idol!reader, married couple, sannie is husband/father material
↠ a/n: yesss!! another of the choi family which is personally one of my fav writings
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“Appa! I want this one!”
“Isn’t that a bit huge? It’s bigger than your head, Mimi.”
The beloved Choi Family are at the pumpkin patch, where they’ll find the perfect ones to carve. It’s the autumn season, too. The weather has cooled down, and everyone dressed in cozy outfits. 
San picks up a pumpkin that his baby is pointing at. He grunts and uses his strength from those gym workouts because it is heavy. “Y/N! What do you think?!” He calls over his wife, who is busy taking pictures of the lovely area. You turn your attention to your husband and see him struggling with the object. You let a giggle, “It’s almost the same size as The Great Pumpkin from Charlie Brown.” You walk up to the love of your life and your little angel. You assumed it was Sangmi’s choice. 
“Okay, I guess we’re taking it.” San tries to look strong, but, for real, his arms are about to break. You know your hubby by heart that he’ll act differently to impress you and Sangmi. 
“Do you need help, Sannie?” You snickered. San didn’t hesitate to deny it. “Nope! Nope! I got this!” The man waddles his way to the parking lot. Sangmi holds your hand. “Appa looks funny.” She laughs at her penguin dad. “You know how appa is, aegi (baby).” You tell your little girl. San will do anything for his angel. 
Once they arrived home, the Choi Family layered old newspapers on the balcony. San and Sangmi are wearing matching Halloween shirts and plaid sweats. You came out of the kitchen after unboxing the utensils to check on your family. 
“Gotta scrape all of the guts out. Like how you pick your nose.” San makes an absurd comparison. 
“Ew! Appa! I don’t pick my nose.” Sangmi rebutted and giggled heartily. 
The man smirks, “Oh, you don’t? Then what’s this?” He reaches over to tap Sangmi’s button nose. She continues to laugh her head off. You melted by the sound of her angelic voice. Maybe she will become a singer like her dad. You joined the duo by helping them scrape the pumpkin guys. 
San sighed tiredly, “Why did she choose this one? It’s going to take ages to carve.” He spoke in a low voice to prevent Sangmi from hearing his complaint. You replied, “Well, you did make a promise to her the moment she was born.” You looked at him with a knowing look. “Promises can’t be broken, I guess.” San meets your gaze, and he shows his cute pout. 
No matter what age or how long you’ve known this man, he is forever a sulky child. 
“Alright! We are done!” San cheers because it did take ages. 
You went to sit with Sangmi and wipe her messy hands clean. “How do you want to carve the pumpkin, Mimi?” You asked. 
“Can we do Kuromi?” She looks at her parents with the prettiest cat-like eyes. How can anyone say no to that? 
San nods his head with a wide smile. “Yes! I like that idea.” He agrees with his daughter. 
When it comes to arts & crafts, San will do it as if it’s a major task. Even though Sangmi wouldn’t mind if it came out ugly, her appa doesn’t accept imperfections. 
The hours went by, and the day was now night. 
You grabbed a small candle to light up. “Here, sweetheart. Our masterpiece won’t be complete without this.” You handed it to Sangmi. She holds the candle and uses her tiny arms to reach inside the top of the carved pumpkin. She places it in the middle before San grabs the lighter.
“Watch baby. This is a magical moment.” He turns it on, and the flame burns the wick. 
Sangmi’s face brightens like the Kuromi pumpkin. “It’s pretty!” She claps her hands. 
San shifts his body to the masterpiece in front of him. “Appa did good, right?” He gives you and Sangmi a smug expression.
You rolled your eyes yet smiled at your self-righteous husband. Sangmi just happily nodded to indicate that her appa did a beautiful job. 
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lephamquynhnhu · 8 months
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Millenial Aegis
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Chapter 1
Jing Yuan x Fem!reader
WARNINGS/ TAGS: Arranged marriage, reader has a default name, OOC.
Word count: ~1500
Summary: He is so stubborn to give up on you, and you are too hard-headed to reciprocate his affection. When do you both stop torturing each other?
It was a gorgeous day in the mellow Autumn season, and you came to Lord Jing Yuan's office in an outrageous mood. When the guard reported you in, the general's lips immediately curl upward as seeing your presence.
Hello there, need anything, Miss Jin Zhi? - His eyes softened when he diverted his attention from the pile of paper at hand. 
You tried to calm your disdain while confronting him because the opposite man was the legendary General of Xianzhou Luofu. Due to his unreasonable decision, you had to abandon the business travel and run from the Jade Gate to face him.
''I want to talk in private space, so would you please be so kind as to ask your men out?''
''Of course.'' - With an abrupt motion from his hand, the guards were quickly dismissed. As long as there was nobody, you immediately requested him to revoke the marriage arrangement formed three days ago.
''Revoke? What do you mean by revoke?'' -  The general raised an eyebrow and asked inquiringly.
''I meant what I said. Call it off!'' - You gradually lost emotional control and raised your voice a bit higher. And the No is his answer, simple but determined. 
"Lord Jing Yuan, we met two months ago when you saved my life from mara-struck Cloud knights, and I appreciated that. I thought our relationship could not grow higher than that, but you found my address and colluded with my father to arrange a wedding without my consent." -You lower your voice to veil the fury increasing tremendously.
''My apologies if I went too far, but I am very much in love with you and won't let go of you that easily.''
''So, no matter what I say, you won't revoke the marriage arrangement, huh? I don't comprehend you, and what kind of love when we just met one time?'' - A rampage started boiling your blood at his declaration, but the illogic of Lord Jing Yuan was the utmost thing that accelerated your fury even more.
''It is love at first sight, and you need me.'' - The general whispered behind your ear, his hot breath fanned your sensitive skin. 
''I don't!'' - Finally, your poker face broke, so you couldn't keep calm anymore and hissed harsher than you wanted while circling to distance yourself from him. However, He was not totally wrong. You are the only daughter of one of the most prosperous merchants in Xianzhou, or correctly 'was' because the business transaction has not flourished lately, and your family also incurred some financial debts.  
Jing Yuan gave a light chuckle and eyed you with a glint of mischief, but his tone implied seriousness.
''Then why did you come here? To force me into breaking up with you? Because you know, I'd rather die than give up on you.''
You grind your teeth and the nail-pressed crescent shapes in the palm.
''Very well then, I have nothing left to say, yet I want you to know that I won't hold any feelings for you, and it is suffocating when marrying the one that does not love you.'' - Sensing this conversation would not lead to anywhere, you decided to leave pronto because his high status is not something that you can easily deal with. Perhaps, there is another chance in the near future to have the general give up on you.
 ''If you object to the wedding that much, why don't you spend more time and effort at my side to convince me?'' - He asked you with arms crossed.
''May I remind you something important, Lord Jing Yuan? Although we will marry soon, you and I are still single now, and I am also a maiden, so it is inappropriate. People will talk, and rumors might creep up my father's name. I don't want to taint our fame, and it is useless to negotiate with you right now. We will meet later in our wedding ceremony.''
Before you opened the door and walked out without glancing back, he strode up to you and swirled your silky lock affectionately. The general hoped you could enjoy the marriage happily, but you quickly disclaimed it. Jing Yuan gave an exasperated sigh, a faint sadness reflected in his amber orbs as he watched your retreating figure.
One month before the wedding ceremony: 
Mother took you to try numerous wedding dresses, but you did not bother to let your mind care about them. The process was completed up to 80 percent, and the wedding invitations were sent across Xianzhou. "This will be one of the grandest weddings in Xianzhou Luofu. You are so lucky to be our ladyship." - the tailor chirped when taking your measurement. Of course, you know your fate was blessed when you became his wife, but you don't love the general.
Two weeks before the wedding ceremony: 
Everything brims with a traditional vermilion hue. Roses and peonies are themed flowers that record your father's estate. All your dowry and necessaries have already been moved to Lord Jing Yuan's.
Mother always told you would fall in love with him soon enough, but you suppose differently. What will happen if you don't? You immortals are unlike ordinary people. If the situation is dire, you and he will suffer for eternity. 
"I don't love him, but I don't want to torture the general either."
You internally sighed while thinking about the dream of liberty to travel through various worlds and learn new things. Unfortunately, you have to quench it now. Sometimes, you have an impromptu intention of running away from Xianzhou, yet you forbade doing so because of the family's fame and the strict rules.
The day arrives, and everyone is busy getting ready for the ceremony.
Your anxiety rises higher and higher when the ladies-in-waiting fly back and forth to make you presentable. The preparation started at dawn as they put makeup on your face and ceaselessly admired how beautiful are you. The expensive wedding dress adorns your noble figure with precious gem hairpins, an exquisite necklace, and diamond earrings that complement your frame. You bring a hand to touch the golden brooch that settles neatly on your hair that used to belong to the dowry of Lord Jing Yuan's mother, which you received last week.
Suddenly you want to cry badly. You wish you could rip off the wedding dress, throw away the invaluable accessories, and run away where the feet take. However, you can't.
After finishing, the housemaids leave you alone in your room and wait for the general to come to hold the ceremony.
It is about noon, and the general finally comes. He looks very handsome in his elaborate wedding attire today. Many guards are standing by the door of your room. They are not allowed to enter unless he gives them permission first. With three knocks on the door, he walks into the room and searches for his bride.
Hearing the footsteps, you abruptly pull down the head veil and sit straight on the mattress. Although your vision is restricted right now, you can sense his existence. General Jing Yuan sees you sitting there, looking like a flower petal. He smiles softly before taking a seat beside you.
''Hello, my dear. How did you sleep?'' -  The general says with a smile.
However, you only respond with a cold voice and an unwavering manner.
''Enough of chit-chat. We should get to the altar and sanctuary.'' 
''Yes, let us go'' -  Lord Jing Yuan stands up and holds out his arm. You do so and place your hands on his arm. After a moment, he takes you by the hand and leads you to the entrance. Once outside, he escorts his bride through a long corridor until he reaches the venue.
You are now standing in front of the master of our wedding ceremony who reading the statements. The atmosphere tenses, and everyone stops chattering as he speaks. It feels like the temperature drops down several degrees, and the heart beats violently in your ribcage. The anxiety rockets highly, and you subconsciously grip the general hand with your shaking one.
The general holds onto you tightly and smiles gently as he whispers in your ear.
''Relax, darling. We're almost done.''
The heat radiating from his hand calms your anxiety effectively, and the ceremony goes swimmingly. After the vows, Lord Jing Yuan has to receive guests, and you wait for him in your nuptial room until midnight.
The general's estate is an enormous building divided into three core swings East, West, and North. His private chamber and study room possess the Northside, and the remaining others are for administration, employee lodging, and leisure areas. The wedding milieu was tense but bearable, yet spending time waiting for someone until midnight was far more uncomfortable as if you slumbered in the void forever.  
"I am bored right now. Maybe, I will look around this room first." - You monologue and dismiss the maid-in-waiting even though she tries to warn you that bad omens will come when you pull off the head veil without His Highness's consent. However, you don't bother to care anyway. Lord Jing Yuan possesses abundant rare books, so they might help you to kill some time while waiting for him. Time passes by faster when occupying your mind with something interesting as you are inclined to search for another book, a familiar footstep stops right at the door. 
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boomboomgaff · 3 months
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Mirage IIC armour core
Sorry for not posting halo stuff, was too busy being Santa for my wife and three kids, also merry Christmas!
The mirage IIC armour has some weird proportions I think, idk what it is but there’s something kinda off about it maybe the arms or the shoulders. Nevertheless it looks awesome with the right person customising it, once I finish the season three pass I’ll change up this armour but for now I don’t really have all that much customisation items. Hope you all enjoy.🙏
Lore
In-keeping with the theme of cost-effectiveness, the Mirage IIC builds on the foundation of the GEN1 Mirage and Semi-Powered Infiltration armor program. Some helmets compromise the full range of GEN3 capabilities, this significantly reduces their cost, complexity, and the augmentation requirements of the operator. All this results in a multi-role powered assault armor that meets baseline GEN3 Mjolnir standards. Mirage IIC's reactor is built into the techsuit, being covered by the chestpiece.
MIRAGE IIC helmets compromise the full range of GEN3 capabilites to significantly reduce cost, complexity, and operator augmentation requirements compared to the Mark VII baseline
/////ALL LORE AND INFO TAKEN FROM HALOPEDIA.ORG AND IS NOT MY OWN WRITING FOR SAKE OF ACCURACY/////
(I ain’t writing allat)
Components of my build
Coating: Grey Hunter
Helmet: CQC
Visor: Sardonic
Chest: TAC/Aegis Puck
Shoulder pad L: UA/TACUP A22
Shoulder pad R: UA/TACUP A22
Gloves: Rift Alpha
Wrist: N/A
Utility: N/A
Knee pad: UA/Type SYI
Armour effect: N/A
Halopedia reference images.
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arlechinav-blog · 7 months
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Mediterranean Trancework Part I: Shapeshifting
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(Pictured: Athena with Aegis, Hercules with lion-skin pelt stealing a tripod from Apollo--who clearly has some thoughts about that since he is grabbing it and trying to pull it away from Hercules, all while the Pythia watches while holding incense in her hand.)
Gods, heroes, spirits, and even certain mortals are illustrated consistently in iconography to be surrounded by their specific encoded trappings--their unique clothing, weapons, holy symbols, and items or even creatures that they have with them. Even the number of dots or lines used in abstract background images have an encoded meaning when they are present. Usually representing the counting of time by days, lunar cycles/months, or even years. The direction of a triangle, pointing up or down, also has a contextual meaning. Even the hairstyle worn by a figure is there to provide context clues for what you are seeing. Nothing is truly background in iconography. All of it works together to identify who the characters are, what they are doing, and when it is happening. It is meant to be read and it is even meant to be somewhat easy to understand at a glance.
The deeper forms of Mediterranean trancework relate to shapeshifting, spirit possession, prophecy, deity Bridalwork, and variations related to those main four. All of these types of rituals involve three things that are not necessary in basic trancework. Those things are:
Legomena. Things recited. Sacred words, sacred chants, spirit threads. When these particular things are spoken in the right way, it induces specific trance effects.
Deiknumena. Things shown. This would be your regalia, food and drink, colors, tools, spirit weapons, body art, etc. Depending on the ritual, these things are either just made visible to the entranced or they are handled, imbibed, or worn.
Dromena. Behaviors. The actions that are prompted by exposure to the combination of legomena and deiknumena.
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Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting can be any kind of transformation. It can relate to gender, age, lycanthropy or some other form of animal transformation (bears, wolves, and pigs being the most common), or turning an ordinary mortal into a hero (or anti-hero) for a time. All of which are done in order to accomplish a ritual objective, usually through elaborate ritual dances or through taking on a named role in reenacting a sacred legend. All shapeshifting rituals involve ritually imbibing something that will initiate the transformation, taking on the adornments that go with that transformation (wearing animal skins or essentially dressing the part), there is a ritual objective to be achieved while in that state, and then there is the proof of state--which is usually a demonstration of something inhuman. Like something your average mortal would be unable or unwilling to do in their right mind.
Hero legends are a roadmap for this process. Basically, any hero legend that you can find is something you can recreate through trancework and it was probably done that way in antiquity since that is how it is still done now. Becoming Hercules is something to physically do, to actually participate in. Enacting these types of transformations at specific points in the year helps to facilitate the changing of the seasons. It works to promote the spiritual hygiene of a community since one of the things done as a part of reenacting sacred legends is the blessing of an area. Which only a divinely chosen shapeshifted individual would have the spiritual authority to do.
The keyword here is divinely chosen. That basically just means that this is not something a person chooses to do for themselves as that would reek of hubris. Instead, out of a gathering of people qualified to do the job, some kind of divination process would take place. Usually by drawing lots in some way. The outcome of who does what has to always be left to chance but it is always quality controlled by limiting participation to people who have the spiritual authority to do the job to begin with. So, if a ritual has to do with death gods or heroes, then the pool of folks who draw lots would consist of people whose families have historically worked with the dead (as a mortician, gravedigger, or, to update this for a more modern world, as a coroner). Or they might involve people born under the dog star, or to a family who is under the protection of that collection of gods and spirits, or people born with other signs that would have been identified by a midwife at birth. There are a lot of ways to figure out who does this.
Honestly, at this point in the game, I think the pool is already limited enough so I would say that just feeling compelled to participate in something like this would put you in the group of folks drawing lots. There just aren't often very many of us gathered in any single location. Maybe one day when if there are too many applicants it can be narrowed down in one of the more traditional ways. That would be my suggested adaptation while saving room for the way that it has been done historically.
However, the most important aspect of being chosen to do this is the ability to actually do it. So, if this ritual involves performing 7 ritualized combat dances, you would have to know how to do those dances to even get a foot in the door. Thus we have our first real hurdle with this. Not many converts to Hellenic polytheism know the dances for this stuff or where they should go. The dances are not hard. They would have to be pretty simple and repetitive enough to keep the entranced entranced. All it takes is a little time and dedication. You could learn a traditional dance or remake one using several in the same genre as a guideline.
Heroes and spirits can take part in processionals where they would basically stay in character while moving from one place to another. Mind you, this is a sacred state achieved through trancework and not just cosplay with vibes. I just don't know any other way to describe it to a modern audience. While in such a processional, various archetypes/characters/heroes/spirits will interact with each other in their customary ways. This is the expected dromena mentioned a bit earlier. Each shapeshifted individual has an expected way in which they will behave and they are strictly limited to these behaviors in order for the sacred state to be recognized as valid.
So, during a processional, wicked daemones will run from or obey the sounds of ringing metal (even the clashing of swords). Heroes will be brave and keep spirits in line, protecting those who have gathered to watch. If there are two teams of shapeshifters, they will be antagonistic towards each other. Teams of naughty satyrs will do naughty satyr things to & with observers (within reason).
Watch this video below of the Mamuthones & Issohadores of Sardinia. And go ahead and let the idea that the origin of beings like Krampus are rooted in the processionals of spirits, heroes, and gods of the ancient world. Listen to that rhythm. That is the rhythm of transformation all across the Med. So, the music that goes with this and the movements done with this are evocative and it won't work with just anything. Pop music is fun for getting into the mood but those traditional rhythms and movements have a very specific purpose and all of it together forms an ancient bond between what we do now and what our ancestors have done.
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Deity bridal work functions very similarly to this to the point that it can be virtually indistinguishable from shapeshifting in the results. The main differences between these things is the lead up to the ritual and the permanency of these states. Shapeshifters adopt the role for a limited time frame, Brides are compelled to do this for their entire lives and essentially have to live and behave in a ritual state the entire time.
Upstanding members of the community are traditionally favored for shapeshifting rituals. I know that part of that is just a reward for status but there is also an unspoken and pretty cute element to that as well. To put it simply, it is more fun to watch uptight moral people transform into wild beasts. And being divinely chosen to do it means they don't get to say no because it is an honor to turn into a dancing hairy doof. I will never stop giggling over that.
Shapeshifting rituals are for what we might call sympathetic magic today. They reaffirm our bond with the land and the changing seasons. They allow us to embody our heroes and form a link with our ancestors. It is sacred.
Read more in Part II: Spirit Possession
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deathlessathanasia · 3 months
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Everyone knows about Hera conceiving Hephaistos on her own after Zeus gave birth to Athena, and this is treated as the regular and most common version, but one does not get this impression when actually looking at the sources we have. In fact, outside Hesiod's Theogony, this order of events doesn't really seem to be attested much if at all, and many other accounts contradict it.
In a fragment attributed to Hesiod, the birth of Hephaistos precedes that of Athena, though both births are caused by a dispute between Zeus and Hera: Out of this strife Hera bore a glorious son by her devices, without Zeus who holds the aegis, Hephaestus, who excelled all the sons of Heaven with his skilled hands. But Zeus lay with the daughter of Ocean and Tethys, apart from Hera, deceiving Metis, shrewd though she was. But he seized her with his hands and put her down into his belly, fearing that she might bring forth something stronger than his thunderbolt … But she at once conceived Pallas Athena: and the father of men and gods gave her birth by way of his head on the banks of the river Triton.
In the Homeric Hymn to Apollon, it is implied that Hephaistos was born before Athena, while the child Hera bears in retaliation for Athena's birth is the monstrous Typhaon: Once on a time Hera bare him [Typhaon] because she was angry with father Zeus, when the Son of Cronos bare all-glorious Athena in his head. Thereupon lady Hera was angry and spoke thus among the assembled gods: 'Hear from me, all gods and goddesses, how cloud-gathering Zeus begins to dishonour me wantonly, when he has made me his true-hearted wife. See now, apart from me he has given birth to bright-eyed Athena who is foremost among all the blessed gods. But my son Hephaestus whom I bare was weakly among all the blessed gods and shrivelled of foot, a shame and disgrace to me in heaven, whom I myself took in my hands and cast out so that he fell in the great sea. … now I will contrive that a son be born me to be foremost among the undying gods …' … But when the months and days were fulfilled and the seasons duly came on as the earth moved round, she bare one neither like the gods nor mortal men, fell, cruel Typhaon, to be a plague to men.
In the Library of Pseudo-Apollodoros, the birth of Hephaistos is related before that of Athena: Hera gave birth to Hephaestus without intercourse with the other sex, but according to Homer he was one of her children by Zeus. … Zeus had intercourse with Metis, who turned into many shapes in order to avoid his embraces. When she was with child, Zeus, taking time by the forelock, swallowed her, because Earth said that, after giving birth to the maiden who was then in her womb, Metis would bear a son who should be the lord of heaven. From fear of that Zeus swallowed her. And when the time came for the birth to take place, Prometheus or, as others say, Hephaestus, smote the head of Zeus with an axe, and Athena, fully armed, leaped up from the top of his head at the river Triton.
In a scholion to Iliad 1.609, Hephaistos is conceived during Zeus and Hera's secret affair, when Kronos was still in power: In secret, they came together without their parents' knowledge and they brought forth a son, Hephaistos, both of his feet deformed, as the poet says, calling him lame. And there are several other accounts where Hephaistos is the child of them both, including, seemingly, in the Homeric epics.
In Ovid's Fasti, Ares is the fatherless child Hera produces in response to Athena's birth: Mars, too, was brought to birth my [Flora's] contrivance; … Holy Juno grieved that Jupiter had not needed her services when Minerva was born without a mother. She went to complain of her husband’s doings to Ocean; tired by the journey, she halted at my door. As soon as I set eyes on her, ‘What brings thee here,’ I said, ‘daughter of Saturn?’ She set forth her journey’s goal, adding its reason. I consoled her with friendly words. ‘My grief,’ quoth she, ‘is not to be assuaged with words. If Jupiter has become a father without the use of a wife, and unites both titles in his single person, why should I despair of becoming a mother without a husband, and of bringing forth without contact with a man, always supposing that I am chaste? I will try all the drugs in the wide world, and I will explore the seas and the depths of Tartarus.’ … ‘Thy wish,’ quoth I, ‘will be accomplished by a flower that was sent me from the fields of Olenus. It is the only flower of the kind in my garden.’ He who gave it me said, ‘Touch also with this a barren heifer; she will be a mother.’ I touched, and without delay she was a mother. Straightway I plucked with my thumb the clinging flower and touched Juno, and she conceived when it touched her bosom. And now being with child, she passed to Thrace and left the shores of the Propontis; her wish was granted, and Mars was born.
And then there is the popular tradition according to which Hephaistos was the one who assisted Zeus in delivering Athena, first attested in literature by Pindar, but earlier than that in art. Far less commonly the visual arts also attest an unusual variant where Hera reacted positively to Athena's birth (Philostratos the Elder describes such a painting), which excludes the possibility of any retaliation on her part.
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if you have a fast red tome unit without a prf weapon (or with an outdated one) that you are building, wait before inheriting arcane eclipse ! there's a better inheritable option !
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the new devoted basket + from the demote unit of the valentines banner, valentines selena, is an inheritable tome with a toned down version of legendary camilla's pre combat damage.
what does this weapon do ?
- if hp at least 25%, deal pre combat damage = 30% of foes attack if unit either has weapon triangle advantage or if unit wins speed check otherwise deals damage 15% of foes attack
- atk/spd +5 in combat and atk/spd + 15% of unit's speed
what does this look like in practice ?
against a foe with 60 atk you deal 18 damage (if stacked with flared sparrow or flame terrain deal 25 damage) assuming you win speed check. important to note that pre combat damage ignores ALL damage reduction, including specials like godlike reflexes or aegis.
assuming unit has 48 speed you're getting +12 atk/spd from weapon alone and this can be stacked with skills like flared sparrow for +19 atk/spd
here's a sample build using groom robin from the grail pool:
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this build gets a whopping 32 pre combat damage against a foe with 60 atk and this pre combat damage can increase with higher foe atk stats. again, this damage ignores all damage reduction. the ruptured sky special further punishes high atk opponents by increasing your damage by a % of foe's attack, its also a low cd special. the total atk/spd stack you get from this build is:
+12 from weapon
+7 from flared sparrow
+9 from incite atk/spd
+3 from incited effect
+5 from atk/spd catch 3 sacred seal
for a total of +36 atk/spd! that's . a lot . to say the least. some people see inheritable seasonal weapons and assume they aren't good because they lack the -1 special cd effect however this pre combat damage more than makes up for that.
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tag meme: my top 9 characters
i was tagged by @regallibellbright so with no particular order lets get into it
I have decided to not put any characters of my own here because then this list would be filled with my characters and nothing else
also only one per series since i want this to be an overall representation of my favorite characters
1.Phosphophyllite/Phos (land of the lustrous)
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Phos is by far one of my favorite characters due to how they change throughout the series
also watching them suffer is what got me my permanent angst craving
phos is one of those characters that unfortunately due to being by far the most popular character in the series the fandom tends to dislike every other character in the series (particularly in this case since a lot of the other characters have mistreated phos in some way) which i think is a disservice to those characters
but phos is still my favorite
2.Blake Thorburn (Pact: Devils and Details) (no art for him because im too lazy to ask for permission to put him here and i dont want to put a piece of art on my post without permission)
ill be honest it was hard to pick if Taylor or Blake were going to be put here, since i didnt want to put two wildbow protagonists here, and while Worm was much more enjoyable for me to read i think Pact was a much more memorable story for me,
Since like blake struggled through the horrors, i struggled against decaying attention span
In general i gravitate toward fantasy stories more than superhero stories
3. Eve and aoi (birdie wing golf girls story)
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hey remember a second ago when i was debating over which wildbow protagonist to put here because i didnt want to put both
Yeah fuck that these two are a pair because i love them both and refuse to seperate them
These two are genuinely one of my favorite protagonist duo's ever
like they are so funny with their insane antics and golf
4. Yuki Takamiya (thirteen sentinels aegis rim)
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this one proved to be really hard to decide between Yuki, Okino or 426 since they are all favorites
i decided that it was best to fit one of the protagonists into this since it would be hard to talk about the other two without spoiling anything and needing a ton of context
from the second Yuki showed up i knew she would likely be a favorite
what i didnt expect was for her to be arguably one of the smartest characters in the game
I would say out of the protagonists she is the second smartest with Gouto being the smartest
Like i did not expect her route to be a detective story
5. Power (chainsaw man)
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first person on this list who isnt a protagonist, and i did consider putting Asa instead of her and while i am undoubtedly more invested in Asa im also much more entertained by power
also i need to put one character who isnt a main character here lest i be seen as a basic bitch
6. Sayeon Lee (hand jumper)
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we only have one season of her but this girl is so mentally unwell its like catnip to me
im eagerly awaiting the start of season 2
also to my surprise me reccomending vibes this webtoon caused a bunch of wormblr people to read this too so when season 2 starts i could probably talk to those people about it
7.Daan/ the doctor (fear and hunger termina)
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this was a tough descision between Daan and Marina because while i love them both equally Daan has the better narrative in my head with his doomed by the narrative swag
8.Iwha (hero killer
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she's cool when she murders people
9. Kikuri Hiroi (bocchi the rock)
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girl who is doomed by the narrative
but the narrative is a slice of life so overall its not that bad
@n0brainjustvibes@tranz-regent@worstgirl-online i nominate you to follow in my example and list characters
Also feel free to analyse me like a lab rat for these picks in the notes
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Percy Jackson and The Olympian’s Merchandise Ideas
With the new Disney+ series coming, there’s a lot of hope that Disney will go hard on the merch and I’ve been brainstorming ideas for merchandise I want to see. In addition to Camp Half Blood shirts and sweaters, it would be cool/cute to see:
• ⁠Capped ballpoint pens with “Anaklusmos” written on the side
• ⁠Camp necklaces with collectible beads (they could release a new one to coincide with the end of each season or the end of every summer)
• ⁠A watch that looks like the shield Tyson made for Percy
• ⁠A charm bracelet with a little replica of Aegis on it
• ⁠Silver Hunter circlets and/or silver Hunter jackets
• ⁠Framed paintings/images of the different weapons (Riptide, Backbiter, a Stygian Iron sword, Thalia’s spear, etc).
• ⁠Gift cards for the Disney store that look like Lotus Hotel Cash cards
• ⁠Golden Drachma coin keychains
• ⁠Satyr horn headbands (lmaoooo)
• ⁠Plushies of all the different creatures (ie. an Ophiotaurus, Hippocampi, Peleus, Pegasi or Hellhound plushies)
• ⁠A fleece sweater that looks like the Golden Fleece
• ⁠A Labyrinth board game
• ⁠A DVD of the camp orientation film
• ⁠A soundtrack with all the camp songs (ie. “This Land is Minos’ Land”)
• ⁠These might be far fetched, but a mini makeup collection with Aphrodite’s name/symbolism on all the products, or a mini collection of spa items (so like towels, bath robes, etc.) with C.C.‘s Spa and Resort written on all the items
• ⁠A laptop case with Daedalus’ symbol on it.
• ⁠A necklace with Poseidon’s 3 pearls on it from TLT
• ⁠Hades’ Helm of Darkness
• Backpacks and bags that resemble different ones throughout the series (the backpack Aries gave Percy in TLT, bags that resemble the ones that Hermès gave in SoM, silver Hunter backpacks)
• ⁠The lunchbox set from Hercules Busts Heads, including the thermos that Hermès gave Percy in SoM
• ⁠Mrs. O’Leary’s ice whistle
• ⁠Postcards with different buildings/settings from the series on them
• Blue food dye (courtesy of Sally Jackson, lol)
• Recipe books for creating your own Ambrosia/nectar
• Sneakers with little wings on them
• Little replicas of each of the cabins at CHB
• Plastic plants resembling the plants that Calypso grows on her island
Feel free to add more!
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