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summerbummin · 3 years

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Headcanons about Apollo and his former lovers from TOA

Naomi Solace 🎤

-Her and Apollo met when she was singing at a dive bar, he bought her a drink and they had a whirlwind summer fling

-They loved hitting up karaoke bars together and wowing everyone with their singing talent

-She really liked Apollo’s car and they’d did a lot of things in there (including conceiving Will lmao)

-One time when they were making out Naomi climbed into Apollo’s seat and her butt accidentally hit the steering wheel and HOOONK

-They jolted in surprise, then delved into hysterics, anything they had going on dying down as they laid their heads against each other’s shoulders and laughed so hard their ribs hurt, until Apollo suggested they used the back seat and things got going again lol

-Once Naomi said Jesus Christ in like response to smth, Apollo replied actually I’m Phoebus Apollo and Naomi was like what? And Apollo was like whaaaaat and Naomi just moved on bc she had other things to deal with lol

-Apollo ended up saying goodbye and leaving at the end of summer and a few weeks after he left Naomi realized she was pregnant and was like well shit

-She’s from the south and people there can be p judgmental about pregnancies outside of marriage, but Naomi never let them get her down, she actually met this great support group of women who helped her out and are still good friends even now

-Apollo eased her labor pains when she was giving birth to Will (and that’s why the kid has such good medical powers), but Apollo disguised himself as a nurse, not wanting to stress her out because the ex who she thought had no idea abt the baby was here, with her, holding her hand while she was gave birth

-Naomi brings Will up with love and kindness and she just wants the best for her sweet boy, but she gets concerned when Will talks about some weird things he saw at school and he gets pegged as the “weird kid” and is picked on by his classmates as a result

-Naomi would’ve fought those kids but Will told her it was fine, mama! His stuffed animals were his friends

-Will loved those stuffed animals and got really attached to them, so Naomi taught him how to sow them up when they started fraying and that’s the first thing that made Will want to be a doctor (when Will told his siblings this story they started calling him Doc McStuffins lol)

-Apollo didn’t tell Naomi he was a god and she didn’t find out until Apollo sent a satyr to bring Will to camp once he was old enough

-Realizing she had a fling with a greek god was a bit of a shock but Naomi dealt with it gracefully and gave Will the biggest hug before he left, making him promise to be safe and write to her as soon as he got to camp

-Naomi’s career as a country alt singer got a lot more successful after her whole thing with Apollo because he put a blessing on her, her voice was beautiful she just needed help getting noticed so Apollo nudged some influential people in the music industry towards her on his way out (he kinda felt bad about leaving so abruptly, even if it was just a fling, he tries to make it up to his ex-lovers with things like this)

-Naomi actually ends up writing a sad country love song about Apollo after he left, she titled it Suburn, not knowing how fitting the title is until years later, it becomes one of her most popular songs

-Naomi travels a lot for her career, touring around Texas and some nearby states, and that’s why Will stays at camp year round, but they write to each other frequently and love each other sm

-Naomi doesn’t date much since she’s always busy with her career and traveling, she’s just not ready to settle down yet, she’s happy living as a free spirit and a single mom with a wonderful son

-Naomi is 100% supportive of Will’s sexuality and loves Nico to bits (Nico is a little awkward around her at first bc he’s not used to affection lol)

-She tells Nico stories abt Will when he was a kid, whipping out photo albums and everything and Will is like mom s t a h p ur embarrassing me in front of my bf and Nico is reveling in how red his face gets

Latricia Lake 🎶

-she met Apollo when he was posing as a street performer for fun on the streets of the college town she worked in

-she put a tip in his guitar case and complimented his playing and his voice, Apollo was pleased by this and complimented her in turn, saying she must know her music which made Latricia laugh because she is a professor

-the two of them hit it off and start dating, spending hours talking about music

-being the god of music, Apollo could tell when people really loved music, feeling loved in return, and Latricia was one of those people

-being a college professor, Latricia was a bit older than Apollo’s usual lovers (she’s like in her mid to late 20s) and Apollo looks like 21, so he jokingly starts calling her a cougar just to tease her (when he’s so full of shit bc he’s over 3 thousand years older than her)

-Apollo attended some of her lectures, watching from the back of the room and her students were like ooh who’s that hot guy and she was like my bf and their jaws dropped bc daaamn ms lake way to go (Apollo found those reactions very amusing lol)

-There are many times when Latricia considers smacking that smug smirk off Apollo’s face, but she refrains and smacks his ass instead

-Apollo claims Latricia only loves him for his pancakes bc he made them for her the morning after their first time as a way to get her to keep him around lol (and it worked a little too well)

-When Latricia got pregnant Apollo told her who/what he really was and that was a bit too much for Latricia so they stopped dating but Apollo gave her the briefing about demigod children, powers, monsters, camp half blood, etc before he left

-One day when her sitter had to cancel on her she brought Austin to her class and all the college kids thought he was so cute that Latricia started bringing him around more often, Austin was just a baby but she could tell he loved the attention by the way he was gurgling lol (like father like son)

-Latricia is p busy since she’s a professor but she always makes time for her son and she has been teaching Austin about music since he was a kid, he grew up surrounded by it and that’s why he loves it sm (that and being a son of Apollo)

-On his 10th birthday there was a really nice new saxophone with a ribbon at the foot of his bed (a gift from Apollo) Austin always thought his mom bought it for him and Latricia just didn’t correct him

-Latricia sent Austin to camp half blood when he told her he saw a monster at school, he was only 11 but Latricia would rather be safe then sorry

-Latricia actually met someone while Austin was at his first year of camp, Austin was a little unsure around the guy at first but more out of awkwardness than anything the guy was lacking

-Austin and him bonded over “being boys” as Latricia put it (they blew up hot dogs in the microwave together) and the man soon had her son’s stamp of approval

-They ended up getting married the next year and Austin played the saxophone at their wedding

-Latricia was the first subscriber to his YouTube channel and showed all her coworkers and students her son’s videos, she’s a proud mama

Darren Knowles 🏹

-gay (obviously)

-he loves the outdoors and the crisp cold weather of Canada

-met Apollo when he saw him checking out the flier he had pinned up advertising his archery classes, Darren asked if he was gonna join and Apollo not so subtly checked Darren out over his sunglasses and was like well now I’m def joining

-Darren lowkey thought Apollo was a dumb American tourist at first and Apollo keeps telling him he’s not American and Darren is like uh huh

-Apollo is such a flirt during class and actually misses a few shots bc he too busy staring at Darren lol, but that does give the opportunity for Darren to come and “correct” his stance

-Darren is determined to be a professional with his students but he ends up caving because Apollo is just,, so cute

-Then when they start going on actual dates he finds out Apollo isn’t some dumb blond and is actually really intelligent and educated and Darren is like oh no my weakness, guys who are goofs but not dumb and also hot (Apollo be checking all of his boxes lol)

-Apollo told Darren he was a god while drunk off his ass one night and Darren didn’t believe a fucking word, Apollo just rolled with the drunken nonsense thing the next morning and didn’t tell Darren again (until Kayla)

-Darren lives alone but he’s always wanted a family, he was kicked out by his parents for being gay and he knows if he was a parent he would never treat his child like that, he’d love them unconditionally like his parents should’ve loved him

-Apollo magically created a child for Darren after the man confessed to him how much he wanted a kid of his own

-Darren was happy but like really confused because h... how? And Apollo is just like magic~ which explains fuck all

-Apollo tells him he has to leave now, he was having to leave soon anyway because of some trouble brewing back in America, but that he wanted to do this one last thing for Darren before he left

-he tells him to have take care raising the baby and to send her to cbh’s address when she starts attracting monsters, then poofs away, leaving Darren with a baby in his arms and wondering what the hell just happened

-Darren does raise Kayla with love and care just as he said he would, she grows up hiking through the woods with her dad and learning archery along with other wilderness skills (Artemis would really like her)

-Kayla has her aspirations for the Olympics pretty early on and Darren admires his daughter’s ambition, at first he thinks it’s just her being a kid but then later on as she keeps getting better and better he’s like damn she might actually be able to do it

-But then ofc monsters come and Darren drives her down to New York, lying through his teeth to the border guy who surprisingly lets him through without a problem (Apollo may have insured that but shhh)

-Darren sees her off at the barrier of Thalia’s pine tree and they say goodbye with a hug that lifts Kayla off her feet, there’s promises to write and reminders to practice her archery and take care of her bow and such before Kayla is escorted into camp by some other campers

-Darren managed to keep a hold of himself while saying goodbye but as soon as he’s back in the car he’s fucking bawling, all the way back to Canada because he’s gonna miss his little girl sm

-Darren has had some boyfriends but a lot of them end up jetting as soon as he tells them he has a kid ripp

-He does eventually land a good man and they’re going strong, even when Kayla, who was like 10 at the time, threatened to shoot him in the nads if he hurt her dad

-Darren and shows up to every archery match Kayla has in the future and promises to be there cheering for her with a big ass sign that says THATS MY DAUGHTER when she eventually reaches the Olympics

Bonus!

Georgina’s Mom 🎨

-She was an art student in community college

-She was on her own because her parents refused to support her “unrealistic” career choice

-She met Apollo at a party at some college dorm and they both got super smashed bc college parties be like that

-They had a one night stand that both of them mostly forgot about in favor of their hangovers the next morning

-until Hello!! You have a kid!

-She is most likely dead given that Georgina was led to the waystation by a ghost

-But Georgina has two new mommies now who love her very much (and an awkward dad)

#naomi solace #latricia lake #darren knowles #trials of apollo #toa #pjo #apollo #apollo pjo #will solace #austin lake #kayla knowles #georgina #georgina pjo #headcanons

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yyh4ever · 3 years

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Togashi’s Comments from the Table of Contents (1990-1994)

WSJ #45 (1992) to WSJ #1 (1993)

Volume 11: Chapters 92 to 100

ᐊ Volume 10: Chapters 82 to 91 Volume 12: Chapters 101 to 109 ᐅ

1992

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°45 (October 26, 1992)

★ Chapter 92. "The Day Before the Storm!!" (嵐の前！！, Arashi no Mae!!)

*Part 3 of Togashi’s 4-koma about the Dark Tournament Teams. This time, it’s about Team Mashoutsukai. For translation, check: H☆S Award - Special Advice from Yoshihiro Togashi* ▼

Chapter opening: “I’ve been in trouble, whose fault is it...?” ▼

Table of Contents:

"Thank you all for the many letters. It's hard to write back to you, but I have read and kept all of them. I'm grateful." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 沢山の手紙有難う。返事はなかなか書けませんが全て読んで保管しています。感謝。〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°46 (November 2, 1992)

★ Chapter 93. "Leveling Up! Rules" (レベルアップ！, Reberuappu!)

*Part 4 of Togashi’s 4-koma about the Dark Tournament Teams. This time, it’s about Team Uraotogi. For translation, check: H☆S Award - Special Advice from Yoshihiro Togashi* ▼

*Anime promo has been appearing at the beginning of the chapters: "Every Saturday at 18:30 ~ TV animation is on the air on Fuji TV Network!!"*

Chapter Opening: “The battle of the century begins!!” ▼

Table of Contents:

"I was riding my bicycle and when I looked away, I hit my knee against a guardrail. Daaamn guardrails, get outta the way!" - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 自転車のよそ見運転でガードレールにひざ打った。ガードレールてめェよけろよ！〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°47 (November 9, 1992)

★ Chapter 94 (Intro Color). "The Rules Rule!!" (ルールの壁！！, Rūru no Kabe!!)

*Final part of Togashi’s 4-koma about the Dark Tournament Teams. This time, it’s Team Toguro. For translation, check: H☆S Award - Special Advice from Yoshihiro Togashi* ▼

*Lead pages in part-color*

Table of Contents:

"This is a new record. I went to the bathroom 33 times in a day. Don't take strong medicines on an empty stomach." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 新記録です。1日で33回トイレに行きました。すきっ腹に強い薬は、やめましょう。〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°48 (November 16, 1992)

★ Chapter 95. "The Invisible Feat!!" (見えない技！！, Mienai Waza!!)

Table of Contents:

"Wake up Araki and destroy everything ♪ This song is dedicated to manager Nomura by a Hanshin fan" - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 荒木を起こしてすべてをこーわすの♪　この唄を一阪神ファンより野村監督にささげます。〈義博〉

T/N: Araki refers to the baseball pitcher Daisuke Araki. After being away for approximately 4 years due to injuries, he came back at the end of the 1992 season and helped the Yakult Swallows win the league championship after 14 years without winning a league title. Manager Nomura refers to the then supervisor of the Yakult Swallows team, Katsuya Nomura.

The song Togashi is singing is a reference to the famous hit "Arashi no Sugao" (The True Face of the Storm) by Shizuka Kudo, released in 1989. The beginning of the song says: "Wake up a storm and destroy everything…"

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°49 (November 23, 1992)

★ Chapter 96. "An Exchange of One-upmanship!!" (秘技応酬！！, Higi Ōshū!!)

Table of Contents:

"For the first time in two years, I finished a manuscript by myself. 19 pages in two and a half days was really tough. I'm dead." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 2年振りに、1人きりで原稿を上げた。2日半で19Pは、さすがにきつくて死んだ。〈義博〉

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°50 (November 30, 1992)

★ Chapter 97. "Sacrifice...!!" (身を捨てて・・・！！, Mi o Sutete...!!)

Table of Contents:

"In V JUMP's 'Yu Yu Anime Special Feature' on sale now, the secret story of the birth of Yusuke and his friends is revealed for the first time. If you're interested, take a look." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 発売中のVJの幽遊アニメ特集で、幽助達の誕生秘話を初公開。興味ある人は見てね〈義博〉

T/N: Some of Togashi's mini interviews revealing "Yu Yu secret stories" to V JUMP magazine can be read here: "Togashi-sensei talks about Yu Yu" (V-JUMP, 1992-93)."

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°51 (December 7, 1992)

★ Chapter 98. "The Reason Behind the Armor!!" (鎧の理由！！, Yoroi no Riyū!!)

Table of Contents:

"My bicycle stolen in Ogikubo seems to have been found in Tachikawa. It was goddamn used by an unspecified number of people." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 荻窪で盗まれた自転車が立川で発見されたそうだ。不特定多数が利用しやがったな。〈義博〉

T/N: Tachikawa is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo. Ogikubo, where Togashi worked and lived at the time, is a residential area of Tokyo, in Suginami City, also located in the western part of the ward area of Tokyo, approximately 30 km away from Tachikawa City.

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°52 (December 14, 1992)

★ Chapter 99. "Eat or be Eaten!!" (喰うか喰われるか！！, Kuu Ka Kuwareruka!!)

Table of Contents:

"In judging the awards, I saw many works. Considering your age, you guys are too good. I'm a little bit anxious." - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 賞の審査で多数の作品を見た。年齢から考えると君達うますぎる。ちょっぴりあせる〈義博〉

T/N: Togashi is talking about the Hop Step Award - H☆S. He was one of the judges of this edition and wrote some advice to the participants. Read: H☆S Award - Special Advice from Yoshihiro Togashi.

1993

➤ Weekly Shounen Jump N°1 (January 1, 1993)

★ Chapter 100. "Kuwabara Snaps!!" (桑原切れた！！, Kuwabara Kireta!!)

*Yu Yu Hakusho is on the cover of this issue. 1993 was also the year of the 25th Anniversary of the magazine, announced on the cover: "25th Anniversary Appreciation Year starts".*

*This issue also announced the results of the 10th Hop Step Awards (1992). Togashi was the judge of this edition. (photos by @katsura_00)*

Table of Contents:

"In addition, the bicycle that was stolen a year ago was found in Imagawa. Gori-san, head straight to the crime scene immediately!" - Yoshihiro

🇯🇵 さらに一年前盗まれた自転車が、今川で発見。ゴリさん早速現場へ直行してくれ！〈義博〉

T/N: Detective Makoto Ishizuka, known as "Gori-san", is from the television detective series "Taiyou ni Hoero" (Roar at the Sun), which ran from 1972 to 1986. He is called by the nickname "Gori-san", short for gorilla, because of his tough personality.

Imagawa is a neighborhood from the Iogi Area, in Suginami City. Ogikubo, where Togashi's apartment and workplace were located at the time, is also a neighborhood from the Iogi Area.

*On April 2, 1993, Volume 11 (Chapters 92 to 100) was published!*

▼ Togashi’s comment from the dust jacket of volume 11. Translation by VIZ Media.

ᐊ Volume 10: Chapters 82 to 91 Volume 12: Chapters 101 to 109 ᐅ

#weekly shounen jump #table of contents #yoshihiro togashi #volume 11 #chapters 92-100 #WSJ 45 (1992) to WSJ 1 (1993)

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artificialqueens · 3 years

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Tree House Kisses, Chapter 44 (Adorney) - Scorpio and Veronica

A/N: We’re getting close to the end, guys. Only 2 more chapters after this. (Allegedly.) Click here for previous chapters here on AQ or here if you’d rather read on AO3. xoxo!

And thank you SO MUCH to wonderful betas: @saiphl, @sillylittlecandycane, and @tumble4rpdr

Chapter Summary: After a heartbreaking prom night, Courtney takes drastic action.

Chapter 44: I Can’t Love You

It was oddly comforting to be miserable with Violet. A reminder of their misspent youth, both of them pining after unattainable best friends, with all the guilt and angst that went along with that, but there for each other. They didn’t even have to explain why they were so upset--both of them just knew.

They’d been sitting in the vinyl booth at the diner for almost twenty minutes, in silence, before Adore ventured to ask what had happened.

“Same shit, different day,” Violet said, sipping her coffee and staring out the window. “She doesn’t like me that way. She never will. But she loves me.”

Adore had never heard that word--love--said so bitterly. Violet closed her eyes, letting out an exhausted sigh.

“If my self esteem was lower, I might start taking it personally.”

A small smile pulled at Adore’s mouth. “Good thing it’s not then, eh?”

“Yeah. It helps that I can reframe the whole mess as like, her character flaw for not seeing how amazing I am.”

Adore laughed. “Good for you.”

“What’s that Einstein quote? About insanity?”

“Bitch, do I look like I know Einstein quotes?” Adore asked, eyes rolling so hard her head hurt.

“No, come on, you’ve heard it. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I guess I’m certifiable.” Violet stretched her neck and sighed again.

“Guess so. Me too.”

“What happened with you?”

“Just...you know, we danced together. And…” Adore shrugged.

Violet nodded. “Got it.”

“This year’s been so good,” Adore said, wistfully shredding a napkin. “I guess I thought it could last forever.”

“Can I ask you a really dumb question?” Violet asked.

“Sure.”

“We’re about to graduate. What...what do you have to lose at this point, by telling her? What’s the downside?”

“Tati asked me the same thing. And...I guess I just...I already know what she’ll say. Same thing as Fame. She loves me. She loves me so much. I’m her favorite person. But she still wants him,” Adore’s voice broke, head dropping, tears burning in her eyes. “And I just don’t think I can bear to hear her say it out loud. You know?”

Violet nodded. She knew. Of course she knew. Because she’d spent nearly four years reliving the exact same rejection that Adore was afraid of, over and over. But Adore wasn’t brave or fearless like Violet. She wouldn’t be able to take it. She knew herself well enough to know that.

“Have you ever...considered...that maybe it wouldn’t be like Fame? Maybe she feels the same way as you? I mean, I know I give her shit, and I still main that she deserves it and I don’t intend to stop-”

Adore couldn’t help but smile at that, watching Violet rile herself up.

“But…” Violet paused, taking a breath. “But...she does seem to think the sun shines out of your ass. So maybe...maybe she’d be like...open to something?”

Adore’s brow furrowed. She hadn’t considered it, actually. And for a brief, shining moment, she did. Imagined that maybe their story was different, before her fantasy was demolished by that awful memory of last year, when Courtney had been faced with that exact choice, and chose Roy. She shook her head.

“She wouldn’t.”

“Well…” Violet sighed. “That sucks.”

“Yep.”

“You know...I’m moving to New York.”

“Good for you,” Adore replied.

“No, I mean I’m not gonna be in a new place. I won’t have to see Fame, or smell her--I won’t even have to think about her anymore if I don’t want.”

“And?”

“And you’re doing the exact opposite,” she pointed out. “You’re planning to spend weeks in a car with her. And move in together, for fuck’s sake. You’re just asking for trouble.”

Adore sighed, nodding again. “I know.”

After the last dance, everyone gathered again to head out to the afterparty, and Courtney realized that Adore had never come back inside. Her stomach turned, realizing that maybe something really was wrong, wishing she’d followed her.

“Does anyone know where Adore is?” she asked, and Tati turned to her, biting her lip.

“Uhhhh…” Tati shifted uncomfortably, tucking her hair behind her ear and admitting. “She left.”

“She left? She just...left?”

“Yeah, I guess she wasn’t feeling that well.”

“Daaamn, bitches be dropping like flies tonight,” Willam commented, receiving a smack in the head from Trinity and turning around to retaliate, only to be faced with Pearl, who stepped forward to challenge him, chest to chest.

But Courtney couldn’t even laugh. All she could think about was Adore. She placed a hand on Tatianna’s arm, asking, “Did she say where she was going?”

Tati shook her head, brown eyes sad and apologetic. “No. I’m sorry.”

Courtney backed away, swallowing hard. When she looked at Roy, it was as if he already knew what she was going to say.

“I should find her.”

“Okay,” he nodded, giving her hand a squeeze.

“You won't be mad?”

“Uh...no. It’s your prom, right?” he asked, laughing uncomfortably. “Come to the limo with us, and the driver can take you wherever.”

“Thank you. And look, when I find her, I’ll bring her right back to the party.”

“Sure.”

As they made their way towards the exits, Trinity leaned over to Pearl and whispered, “Neither of them will be coming back, will they?”

Pearl shook her head. “Very doubtful.”

It was the first place she looked. Of course. Where else would she be?

Courtney climbed the ladder to the tree house, the awkwardness of doing it in a long skirt and heels not making her laugh like it normally would. Adore was lying in one of the bean bags, just staring up into space. She seemed completely unsurprised by Courtney’s presence.

“Are you okay? Why did you leave?”

There was a long pause, Adore unmoving, and Courtney wondered if she’d even heard the question. She swallowed, weighing whether she should ask again when Adore finally spoke up.

“I don’t think we should live together.”

“What?” The terrible, sick feeling that had crept into Courtney’s stomach earlier was back, worse than ever. “Why? Did I...did I do something wrong?”

Adore finally turned to face her, eyes red and swollen. She looked so defeated, so tired, and the sight made a golf ball-sized lump rise in Courtney’s throat.

“I just can’t-” Adore’s voice cracked, and she closed her eyes, tears slipping down her cheeks. “I can’t pretend with you anymore.”

“Pretend what? What do you mean?” Courtney’s own eyes stung, vision going blurry. What could Adore possibly be saying? Nothing about them was pretend for Courtney, their friendship was the realest thing in her life. It always had been.

“I can’t pretend that every day won’t be...fucking torture.”

“W-why?” Courtney’s skin was hot and scratchy, unfamiliar, like she’d suddenly found herself in the wrong body. This was a mistake, a dream...it had to be.

“You fucking know why!” Adore exploded, vibrating with rage, slamming her fists against the wooden floor of the tree house so hard, Courtney felt it in her bones.

The tears fell faster as Courtney shook her head, trying to breathe, chest heaving as she gasped for air. “I don’t-”

“You know, you have to know!” Adore shouted, looking angrier than Courtney had ever seen her.

“Please, Dory-” Courtney sobbed, reaching for her, but Adore slapped her hand away.

“Don’t touch me!”

“Adore-”

“You should get out of here,” Adore said, shrinking away, “Or I’m gonna say something that I can’t take back.”

“Then maybe you should say it,” Courtney cried. “Because I don’t...I don’t know what’s happening.”

“God fucking help me,” Adore muttered, more to herself than to Courtney, eyes trained towards the sky. She took a deep breath and then threw open the trap door.

“Please, Dory, d-don’t make me go. Please just tell me, whatever I d-did, I’ll fix. Anything I can do to make you...to make you not feel this way. I…”

“Fine. If you don’t want to go, then I’ll go.”

Adore’s voice was eerily calm as she reached for the ladder, ignoring Courtney’s continued wrenching sobs, begging her to stay.

Adore tried, but she couldn’t really sleep after that. Finally, she gave up and moved to her window, opening it so that she could smoke, the foggy early morning giving the air an unseasonal chill.

As terrible as she felt, she knew she’d done the right thing. Living together would be insanity; Adore already knew that, even if it had taken her months to admit it. It would be 1000 times worse than it was now, every day a total mindfuck.

It was past dawn when Courtney finally emerged, face forlorn and exhausted, hair a wreck. She probably hadn’t slept either. She looked up at Adore’s window, their eyes meeting for a brief second, just long enough to make Adore’s stomach twist with guilt before looking away. Even so, she could still see the way Courtney walked towards her house, heels in her hands, shoulders slumped in defeat.

ROY: Let me know when you find her.

ROY: If you need a ride anywhere.

ROY: Are you alright?

ROY: Good morning...is everything okay?

ROY: Did you find her?

ROY: I’m driving back this afternoon, do you wanna meet up for a little bit?

Roy wasn’t sure what to think at this point. He’d backed off last night, but now it was almost 11 am and she hadn’t answered any of his texts. He knew she was probably fine, maybe still sleeping, but it was slightly annoying that he had to even wonder about it. Finally, as he was tossing his duffel bag and backpack into the car, he got an answer.

COURTNEY: God, I’m so sorry. My phone died and then I fell asleep, just woke up. I’m sorry if I made you worry.

COURTNEY: Are you still here? Please come over if you can.

COURTNEY: I’m sorry

ROY: Omw

He found her still in bed, makeup and hair a bit of a mess, eyes tired and swollen. She’d clearly had a rough night. Seeing her looking so small and sad, he sighed internally, knowing that he would forgive her for making him worry.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah.” Courtney nodded, reaching her arms out for him, tears shimmering in her eyes. She was very clearly not okay.

He walked to the bed, kicking off his shoes and sliding in beside her, taking her in his arms like he’d done so many times before.

“I’m sorry for leaving,” she whispered, eyes closed. “I shouldn’t have. Did you at least have an okay time?”

“It was alright. Willam adopted me as his date...so I’m gay now.” When even that didn’t get a laugh, he pulled her closer, sighing. “Are you sure you’re alright?”

“No.” Her fingers clung to him, tears from her eyes wetting the front of his shirt.

“I don’t think I really understand what happened. I mean, did you guys have a fight?”

“No,” Courtney sniffled. “I don’t think so. I don’t actually know…She doesn’t want to live with me.”

Roy’s brow furrowed, trying to follow the confusing, tearful recounting of their conversation. He didn’t really understand what she was saying, and the more she tried to explain, the less coherent she got, tears falling faster, sobs wracking her chest. Finally, he gave up trying to understand and just held her, rocking her while she cried.

The tears were still wet on her cheeks when she began to kiss him, a hand moving to his fly.

“Court...are you sure this is what you want right now?”

“I’m sure,” she insisted. “Please…”

Roy felt a bit ashamed of himself for caving so easily, but it had been a long time, and he reasoned with himself that maybe it would make them both feel better. Maybe it would even repair some of the distance he’d been feeling with her lately.

He was wrong, of course--fucking her like this only made him sadder, and even a little gross, like he was taking advantage of her in a compromised state. Afterwards, he began to pull away and she clung to him, begging him not to go. It compounded his guilt, but also made him a bit resentful--she’d never acted this way any of the times they’d said goodbye all year, and now suddenly just because of a fight with Adore, she was a basket case?

“Listen,” he murmured, arms tight around her. “I’m gonna be back before you know it. My last final is next Tuesday, and I’ll drive back here the second it’s over.”

“You promise?”

“I promise.” He kissed her forehead, taking his time before finally untangling his arms from around her. He got dressed slowly, kissing her long and hard before leaving, promising once again to call her when he got back to his dorm.

On Monday, Adore still hadn’t spoken to Courtney. She knew it was harsh, but she didn’t know what to say. And besides, a clean break was probably needed in order for her to stand her ground. On the way to lunch, Violet grabbed her sleeve, making the welcome suggestion to go get lunch off campus. Adore jumped at the chance to avoid their group entirely, and even convinced Trinity to come with them too.

She knew that Courtney had been calling and texting, sending her AIM messages, but she couldn’t bring herself to read any of them. She simply retreated, ditching many of their shared classes and avoiding eye contact whenever they found themselves in the same room.

After a few days, Courtney seemed to finally get the hint, and she stopped pushing. Their lunch group was fractured, she and Violet going off on their own most of the time, taking Trinity and sometimes Tati along with them, and Adore felt responsible for it, but she didn’t know what else to do.

“Hey, where the fuck have you been all week?” Willam finally asked on Thursday, and Adore could only respond with a sad shake of the head, a defeated shrug.

“This is a real shitty way to end the year,” he continued.

“Yeah, well...high school is shitty, what can I say?”

Willam sighed.

“Yeah, maybe, but at least for most of it, we had each other,” he told her. “Now, what? You’re just never gonna talk to us again?”

“You know it’s not you who I’m not talking to,” Adore said.

“Yeah, and she’s fucking miserable. Is that what you want?”

“Of course not!” Adore exclaimed, turning on him angrily.

“Then just like...suck it up, man.” Willam’s puppy eyes betrayed his cynical tone. “‘Cause I miss your stupid face.”

“I’m sorry,” was all Adore had to offer, too tired for anything else.

“I know.”

It could be worse, Courtney kept telling herself. It could be like last year, the silence lasting over six months. She could handle a few days.

But then, a few days turned into a week, and bled into a second week, and Courtney could feel herself fraying at the seams, desperately trying to hold it together.

She was sitting in the backyard when Roy arrived, finally done with his first year of college, back in time for her graduation in a few days, and a summer job at his uncle’s hardware store. As much as she wanted to, she couldn’t muster any enthusiasm as he asked about the plans for that week’s graduation celebrations or when her family would be arriving.

“Our moms were planning a joint party thing, but...I don’t know how that’s even gonna work,” she said, eyes drifting towards Adore’s house, lower lip pulled between her teeth.

“Would it help if I gave you your graduation present now?” he asked.

“You didn’t have to get me a present,” Courtney said, stomach twisting with guilt.

“Ha! Since when?” he retorted, and all Courtney could do was sigh as he pulled it out, a small box carefully wrapped in silver paper.

She took her time opening it, doing it the adult way without ripping into the paper like she normally did, slowly opening the box to reveal an antique brass locket. She ran her finger over the engraved roses, looking up at him to say, “It’s beautiful. Thank you.”

Roy accepted her kiss on the cheek, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear. “I figure our kids’ pictures can go in there some day,” he said.

“Roy…”

“I’m kidding, I’m kidding!” he said, giving her a charming, dimpled grin. “And anyway, who even knows if we can have kids? I mean we’ve had enough condom accidents that maybe there should be one already.”

Courtney rolled her eyes, unamused by this whole bit, but he kept at it, clearly trying to make her laugh.

“You haven’t had any secret abortions, have you? Cause I know, women’s rights and all that, but I’d like to have at least been consulted.”

Courtney shook her head, finally resigned to play along, and said, “I’ve had five.”

“Five?! You’re telling me we could have had a whole basketball team by now?”

“You really think our combined genes could produce a basketball player?” Courtney asked drily.

“I didn’t say they’d be a winning team,” Roy responded, holding up his hands.

Courtney finally laughed, shaking her head at the utter silliness of it all. The truth was, even though she knew that Roy was joking, she also knew there was a grain of truth in what he was saying--he did see that in their future. Babies, marriage, all of the things she was supposed to want. And the realization, now more than ever, only served to exacerbate the chasm between them. Her chuckles died down faster than they’d begun, tears pricking her eyes, wishing that things were different. He deserved so much better than her, so much more than what she could offer him. As much as she loved him, part of her knew that she’d never be able to give him her whole heart.

He could see her mood shifting again, and moved closer, kissing her temple and taking her hand, only making everything harder.

“You know...if you wanna talk about it, we can.”

“I don’t think I do,” Courtney whispered.

“Okay.”

“I mean, I do...but you’re not gonna like what I have to say.” She brushed some tears away with the back of her hand, dreading the long overdue conversation that she was about to begin, unsure where she should even start.

He sat back, listening, and she swallowed hard.

“I feel like I’m losing her. Again. And it makes me…” Courtney gulped. Was she really going to say this out loud? “It makes me realize how much I love her. That I can’t...I can’t do any of this without her. I need her. I want...I want her.”

“Alright...and?”

“What do you mean ‘and’?”

“Well…” Roy shrugged, looking slightly defensive, before saying, “You really think I don’t already know all this? I have always accepted you. I have always loved you anyway. She doesn’t. She is willing to toss you aside because you’re not giving her exactly what she wants. She’s done it before. And she’ll do it again.”

He wasn’t wrong. Adore hadn’t made her any promises. If anything, she’d shown over and over that she didn’t want the same thing that Courtney did. There’d been so many times over the years when Courtney had felt like they were on the verge of something, and every time, it ended with Adore pushing her away, rejecting even the thought of something more between them. But that didn’t matter anymore. Courtney could no longer live with the unspoken truths. She had to be honest--with Roy, with Adore, but most importantly with herself.

“That all might be true, but-”

“It is true! She’s gonna make you miserable. But you don’t care, do you? You’d rather be miserable with her than happy with me, right?”

“It’s not that simple.”

“Yes it is,” Roy insisted, and Courtney’s breath hitched, wishing with all her heart that he was right.

How much easier would her life be if she didn’t have this constant inner turmoil, these conflicting desires that never let her have any peace? But she’d tried for so long to fight it and there was no use anymore.

“I still love you. I just...I can’t be what you want me to be.”

“That’s fucking bullshit. I’ve never asked you to be something other than what you are,” Roy said. His voice was low and emotional, but Courtney could see the anger bubbling up below the surface.

“You’re right.”

“I know I’m fucking right! But you don’t care, do you? You just want her.”

Courtney’s lip trembled, fresh tears spilling down her cheeks, admitting, “Yeah.”

At this, Roy pulled away, glaring at her with the most contempt she’d ever seen on his face, making her heart break. He got up, anger radiating off him, and she couldn’t say anything, because ultimately, she knew that she deserved it: all the anger, all the disgust. She’d brought it upon herself.

As he walked away, she felt like she was collapsing from the inside, fingers gripping the arms of the chair, unmoored in a way that she hadn’t been for years. Part of her wanted desperately to call out to him, to take it all back, but she knew she couldn’t do that. She didn’t have any right to his love, his friendship, the comfort and security he’d so generously given her.

For the first time in years, she was really and truly alone, and it was fucking terrifying.

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Part 11 of my reaction/commentary to the Phantoms & Mirages Saga, the fanfic series by @renegadewangs

(Chasing Phantoms): Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

(Haunted Specters): Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

(Vanquishing Mirages): Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9

Vanquishing Mirages / Lifting Spirits: Part 10

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 1

At the very least, he could rest easy knowing that his first motorcycle lesson hadn’t been a complete disaster. The future looked promising.

ANY future looks promising when it has Motorcycle Simon in it

“Here, I brought you a sandwich.” “Is it chicken?”

Blackquill: [known bird lover, intense lover of birds pouring over bird documentaries in his spare time and cherishing Taka with all his heart]

The boy who would become the phantom, the moment he is presented with a sandwich: iS IT CHICKEN?

“But… People die when they are killed.”

ASDJHSDBKJS

A+ DIALOGUE THANK YOU I LOVE IT. GOOOSH I’M. SOMEBODY needs to compile a list of things this same person has said in this series. The above line. The courtroom jokes, the irony line… the “I’m aroace” line… The other things he said to intentionally turn Bobby against him post-phantomquill kissbait, throw in a bunch of other Lex lines too. The RANGE. THE SHEER RANGE. You could just do a list like that, show it to someone and be like “Yeeeaahh so ALL of these are essentially said by the same character in different stages of his life.”

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 2

Finally, there was a knock on the door and Lang led the way into the room. He looked irritable. He’d been giving off that air since before the surgery. Lex had a suspicion on what might be causing such irritation, but kept it to himself. Lang wouldn’t take his advice on matters like that anyway.

“Matters like that” I’M FGLKFGLKNGF

OKAY ALSO

I SOMEHOW MISREMEMBERED THIS AS BEING SOMETHING HE THINKS BACK BEFORE THE SURGERY BUT EITHER WAY IT’S JUST. GOLD.

The phantom – or the former phantom – Lex just sitting there doing his best to refrain from giving out romantic advice.

Someone younger than he’d expected. This man couldn’t be older than thirty- probably hadn’t even reached that age yet. […] this guy looked rather meek. He was lean; the sort of physique that made it seem like a strong gust of wind could blow him off his feet. His black hair was smoothed back with copious amounts of gel and his face bore overly kind features. A few sheets of paper and a notebook were clutched firmly under his right arm. Coupled with his neat black suit, dark blue tie and thick-rimmed glasses, he looked more like a door-to-door salesman than a therapist.

GEEEEE MEOWZY, GEEEE, SUCH DESCRIPTION, I WONDER IF HE’S AN IMPORTANT CHARACTER OR ANYTHING sdjnksdfknl.

Okay but back when I read this 1st time I was like. Well I seriously didn’t know WHY the hell this guy needed such a strong narrative focus on what he looked like. Like. “He’s the therapist. That’s all we need to know. He’s not important! Why do we care what he looks like! Why does it matter!” askjbsdkjnedskj just felt SO excessive just annoying that the narrative felt like it Cared so much about a random therapist character DFKDFKJ GOD I WAS A FOOL

AND ALSO UHHH

Like yes this fic post-bait was still promising and as superb as ever and had thrilled me with things like the music-listening thing BUT. I need you to understand that I was still very hurt over Fake Phantomquill and therefore, REALLY not in the mood for getting to know Sudden New Characters. The intense goodwill I’d built up for this series over three fics had been largely derailed at this point. I just… didn’t really care all that much about giving new characters a chance thanks to that new apathy. That, and the fact that this series genuinely felt like it was reaching the end at this point, with all of the Major Players already introduced. So how could any important character POSSIBLY show up now? Coupled with how Done I was after the phantomquill bait. SO YKNOW. Idiot that I am, I kind of breezed over the above paragraph a little impatiently without really taking anything in, like I read it but didn’t really ABSORB it or incorporate the physical description into how I pictured the character. I was just like “yeah ok he’s the therapist moving on? What’s next?” (BENNY I’M SO SORRY I WAS VERY MEAN). So yeah, my foolish logic: “series is almost over, all the important characters are introduced, therefore no character introduced at this point could possibly be important, therefore I don’t need to care about or pay attention to anyone new.”

…Like okay, I knew the story wanted me to see this new character as someone important and therefore pay attention to them, but I couldn’t understand why and therefore intentionally failed to pay much close attention almost out of spite.

But like. God. If I had actually bothered to take in anything about that physical description I would have actually NOTICED how handsome he is right from the start. Joke’s on me!

“[…] a person who’s supposed to have no emotions is incredibly interesting.”

[…]

Such an odd point of view was another thing that took Lex by surprise. All his life, people had called him a monster. A freak. A heartless robot or a demon. A Phantom. No one had ever considered his emotional state to be interesting. No one had ever considered it an honor to be sitting across from him. Who in their right mind would?

WHY WOULD YOU CALL ME OUT LIKE THIS

HELLO. SDKJNSFKJNSDKJ. ALSO THANK YOU SOMEONE ACTUALLY AGREES HOW INTERESTING THE LACK OF EMOTIONS THING IS.

But this is so funny it’s like the fic is takign aim at the fangirls. Me, a phantom fan: Hah… Yes… Who in their right mind would consider it an honour to be sitting across from him.. sdkjsdkjdsf

(Okay, that angle didn’t occur to me on 1st readthrough but now I’m just jokingly like “I feel so attacked” HAHAAH)

Most of the focus had been on Lex’s physical health and the way he was being treated, both on a medical level and on a personal level. Emotions could affect the body and Lex had to admit that recovery from his surgery was still going at a slow pace.

OH MY GOOOOOD FUUUUUDGE TH. BENNY IS SIZING HIM UP HE’S ASKING THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS FOR A REASON. GOD DAAAMN IT BENNY… Knowing the way he is being treated medically, things like that, can make it just that little bit easier! To! Make an attempt on his life! I’M

TFW u do ur job as a therapist but also as an assassin simultaneously.

No one else stopped by his room for hours on end. Not until it was time for the guard shift to rotate and Bobby Fulbright came strolling inside. Over the past week, it’d become painfully obvious that the Phantom’s attempt to crush the man’s cheerful attitude towards him had failed. That Bobby was still as overbearing as ever, acting as if that little incident involving Simon Blackquill hadn’t happened.

Idiot spy underestimated the power and strength of just HOW MUCH Bobby cares about him.

“Hahaha, that’s just like him.” Bobby nudged the wrapper towards the bin with his foot. “And just so you know, he’s single.”

BOBBY NO. THAT IS HIS THERAPIST. THAT IS YOUR THERAPIST,

Lex made sure to shoot Bobby the most emotionless expression he could still bring his face to ease into. It was funny how the surgery had messed with even that much. “It isn’t too late for me to end your life, you know.”

SDJKSDFNKJSDFKLNSDLNKSDLKN this & him saying this is so funny SEND HELP

The mark of Shelly de Killer.

OH. OKAAAY. I’D FORGOTTEN THAT THE FIRST ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT TAKES PLACE ON THE SAME DAY. BENNY WASTES NO TIME AT ALL… And it makes sense I mean. He got the info he needed to go ahead, so why wait? Oh my god..

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 3

…It’s terrible how much I kind of enjoyed Lex’s sudden downturn; what essentially was the prelude to and then became a vomit scene just because This man used to be the Unshakeable Phantom! LOOK AT HIM NOW. >:D

Plus he starts off soooo arrogant and overconfident at the beginning of the chapter as well before Lang is just like. “Lol. Looks like you didn’t actually kill Shelly and he’s after you.” Making the rapid nosedive that follows even more… It feels kinda weird to say “amusing”, but… IDK MAN THERE’S JUST INHERENT NARRATIVE APPEAL IN THIS LEVEL OF WEAKNESS AND VULNERABILITY AND WHAT HAVE YOU ON DISPLAY after a bout of confidence no less, from this character with this history specifically. Any other character and I’d be appropriately squicked out/feeling bad. I CAN BE VERY MEAN TO MY FAVE.

Also, “prayers to the porcelain god” is actually SUCH a good euphemism. Somehow… If I ever get the chance… I want to see if I can work it into saying it in real-life at least once. I don’t see any such opportunity arising anytime soon, however. :P

“Just send him in, it’s not like the day can get any worse,” Lex grumbled, clambering back onto his bed.

>:D

Benny shows up and it’s just pure dramatic irony. Re-reading is suuuuch a bonus.

What if they were endangering Benny by having him here?

OH MY G

“You’re a Snapple guy?”

I’M, I LOST IT AT THIS

Maybe he just wanted to be the one raising the questions- to be in control of the conversation. …Yeah, that was probably it. That was how the human psyche worked.

I’M?

“Of course. I don’t know how other people manage with their android phones. Snapple’s always got the upper hand,” Benny remarked, not even bothering to take his eyes off the screen.

Lex: Right. Have fun with your planned obsolescence, sucker.

IF A REAL LIFE MAN ACTUALLY SAID THIS TO MY FACE.. I GOTTA TELL YA… The sheer level of aggravating this is. XD. I DON’T KNOW IF I’D BE ABLE TO HOLD MYSELF BACK FROM SAYING SOMETHING.

Me internally if an IRL man said this to me: Oh so you’re insufferable and I probably won’t like you very much at all.

SDKJSDNKJSDNKJ

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 4

Bro. Bro I was suspicious of that coffee, man. And then when Lex drains it all, I was like “MMMM somehow… that feels like a mistake he’s going to regret.”

“Could there be any kind of poison in it that interpol could fail to detect?”

But, I didn’t suspect Benny of wrongdoing. I was suspicious of the coffee, but not Benny. I figured that if the coffee had been tampered with, Benny was completely unaware of it. But then, I forgot about it and put it out of mind after that when nothing too dramatic happened immediately after he takes the coffee.

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 5

“It’s fine.” Lex was embarrassed to hear that he’d taken on a rather squeaky tone.

Embarrassed… Embarrassed… Embarrassed…!

Yeeeees. It’s like I’ve waited 3 full fics and then some to see this man FINALLY be embarrassed. Feels good.

…Well this chapter certainly gets intense after that. :[

Now this second vomit scene is actually quite appropriately upsetting to read. OOF.

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 6

Bro just imagining that slowed-down music really IS super eerie, damn.

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 7

“Bobby Fulbright. I was under the impression that you were no longer allowed to be here.”

Gooood he STILL goes for the full titles all the time when “orienting” to the conversation, like he didn’t need to use any name at all here. I’m telling you, 1. This is his character trait, Lex and Phantom alike, and 2. It’s so Franziskan sdkjsdnkjsd.

Bobby sighed. It was like everyone around him realized his care for the Phantom was unwarranted. He himself realized it too, but that didn’t change anything. “I know. I’m just an idiot like that.” “Acknowledgment is the first step to recovery. Now take the next step and get out.” With that, Lex made to slide the headphones back over his ears.

UM rUDE xDDD

While the concept of him being aromantic had been cast into doubt ever since the surgery, he didn’t mean to dig much further into it. Unless he was somehow miraculously saved from execution, his sexuality didn’t matter. He would die just as he’d always lived; alone. The concept didn’t quite stop him from appreciating Benny’s handsome features, though. Or the way Benny kept smiling as if he wasn’t looking at a murderer.

Ohooooh my. Here we are! Precisely what connects back strongly to a lot of the stuff I discussed in my previous post but I couldn’t quite fit it in.

So like. I could very much see what was going on here. Mhm. Yes I did. We are getting implied Lex/Benny. And, confession time, but I MIGHT have stumbled across a post that heavily implied Lex/Benny back before I had ANY inkling of who Benny was… Back before Lex was Lex. So it meant absolutely nothing to me at the time, it simply DEEPLY confused me in the sense of “You’d think I’ve read far enough into the series and yet WHY can’t I make heads or tails of this post?” But, I quickly put it out of mind and temporarily forgot about it and was able to continue reading the text “blind”, but when Benny actually showed up… and Lex is Lex now… And Bobby’s all “He’s SINGLE 😉” I narrowed my eyes all like. Oh. Oh… There’s a certain way this could go. But I still thought “Hey. Maybe nothing will happen and neither of them will develop feelings, maybe it’s just like, a fun side-idea the author personally likes but didn’t put directly into the story- ohhhh and here it is hints on Lex’s side building up in the story. WELL THEN.”

It just felt like…

The author: [shipteases phantomquill, phantom/Athena (YES I KNOW THAT WAS A JOKE AND I AM INCLUDING IT ONLY AS A JOKE THAT WILL LENGTHEN THIS LIST), spyshipping, and even Freudian Phantombright (I AM ALSO INCLUDING THIS LAST ONE ONLY AS A JOKE)]

The author, after doing all of this: [whips out/ushers in their OC at the last minute to pair up with him]

Me:

DFJKSDLKSDKL

The above is a retooled version of a message I sent to my friend at the time – I hope the summary comes across as more of a comically condensed expression of frustration-at-the-time and not mean-spirited (mean-spirited is not what I want to be, I just exaggerate for comical effect is all, and I didn’t expect I’d be telling my feelings to the author directly ahhah..) But as already established? I was quite bitter over the now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t phantomquill, and so I was not particularly impressed at the time as a result… xDDD

I also just love how he, of all characters, seems to be the “launcher of a thousand ships” here… LOL

But of course, Benny is not technically an OC, is he? :P You can argue he’s merely an interpretation of a canon character from Dual Destinies – the courtroom sniper. Dskjdsjknsd

At the time it might have felt “ushered in”, but in reality, Benny has that connection to a “canon” character – the courtroom sniper – the further connection to ace attorney canon through being Shelly’s son, AAAND has already been very much intertwined in this series through “off-screen” references. He really is quite heavily grounded in the fic’s lore. And in Ace Attorney lore. Very, very clever and well-done. …Of course, I didn’t know any of this until the Reveal, so I remained unimpressed until then. Now post-reveal is a different story, and I came to intensely appreciate not only Benny as a character but also just how awesome the dynamic between Benny and Lex really is.

Shipping aside, you have the aroace business… I have actually previously come across a post on your blog where you stated you kinda felt bad for not keeping Lex aroace. I feel like this can easily get pretty thorny, and I want to kind of, as I stated in a previous post, analyse the text as an independent entity here – how I would judge/react to the text without any knowledge of or contact with the author or the context it was crafted in. Indeed, at the time of reading Lifting Spirits I didn’t have a clue what you may personally be or whether you were personally aro/ace or not and couldn’t make any assumptions either way.

There’s, I guess, two main ways to look at this… the phantom was effectively aroace and there was never any evidence suggesting otherwise. But with blocked emotions removed, it turns out the man is not aroace. You can treat “the phantom” and “Lex” as two separate entities in this regard.

But the phantom didn’t completely lack emotions. If Lex is not aroace… It stands to reason that EVEN IF there never was any evidence to suggest the phantom was anything but aroace, there was still the potential for small, limited amounts of evidence that he wasn’t to occur, even if such a thing did not happen to occur when he was the phantom. Which would make the phantom technically not aroace(?) but he simply never realised that. Hmm.

If there were a blanket consistency – if the phantom had experienced an extremely limited and probably outright warped sense of attraction or something like that – or if Lex was also aroace – then there wouldn’t be any “issue”. But as it is, it’s very easy to derive Unfortunate Implications from how it is set up, wherein the Emotionless Killer is aroace, but then he gets to experience proper emotions and becomes a “real person” who basically gets redeemed as that new person and all of a sudden… Only after becoming a “real” and “proper” human being he experiences attraction. It’s all too easy to feel like perhaps the message is that attraction is an integral part of the human experience – EVERYONE’S human experience.

And the flip that happens between the phantom and Lex in this realm further drove home what I perceived to be the massive distinction being made between the two and helped fuel much of my feelings surrounding what I discussed in the previous post. About how perhaps “the phantom” was being thrown under the bus to set up Lex as the good and better alternative. By treating them as two separate people, the connection is not TOO far away to feel as if the aroace aspect is attached to the phantom as part of what gets “thrown under the bus”, inherently attached to a villain seeing as it does not get carried over, inherently attached to emotionlessness – something necessary to be “cast aside” in order to fully complete a transition into a redeemable and “complete” human being.

I do know that none of this was your intent, and I sensed at the time of reading that it was not the author’s active intent as well, but not having enough background context at the time, I couldn’t entirely dismiss the possibility that perhaps it was a possible unintended predisposition bleeding through – nothing malicious in the least, mind you. But perhaps a subconscious assumption that every human being feels attraction and… idk. I wanted to believe the best of the work and the author but it was just, at the very least, an unintended implication that I could not entirely ignore. Being ace myself, it kinda stung, although I did keep that to a minimum until I could actually have more context.

I’m glad for being able to have access to additional context so that I can enjoy the work as it is to the best extent – if, for example, I did not have access to any information or additional context whatsoever about the author and the background under which the work was crafted in, I wouldn’t have been able to entirely shake the discomfort and it’s something small that would have continued to bug me long after I’d finished reading, if only for the fact that I would never have been able to know for sure if the writer was actually dismissing something like asexuality or not.

And Conflicted Thoughts/Feelings once again because, if we step back for a moment and look at this particular narrative thread as it exists in Lifting Spirits and its conclusion as a whole, I AM happy for Lex, it’s great that he gets to have a love interest, it’s a great ship, and the concept of the former phantom becoming attracted to someone and getting a crush is so so great…

What it ultimately comes down to, is that even if you can read Unfortunate Implications into the text regarding the aroace business, any such implications were not your intent. I much prefer reading a text in the most charitable way possible to enjoy it to the fullest possible extent, so that’s what I’ve ultimately done, given additional background info.

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 8

The complete role reversal of this chapter is so good… For months and months prior to ever beginning to read this series, I’d actually been working on a fanfic of my own, albeit for a different fandom. It also centres around inverted character dynamics and such as the central running theme to the extent that it’s even alluded to in the title… But this… The role reversal or transformation that Lifting Spirits centres around is so… It does it so damn well. Kind of makes me want to hold myself and my own fanfiction to a higher standard.

I had perhaps been a little bit suspicious of Benny prior to this chapter, but not much… And the end of the previous chapter had me VERY much like “OK… SOMETHING’S WRONG HERE… SOMETHING’S WRONG! WHAT IS THIS GUY’S DEAL?!” BUT omg this reveal

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 9

He’s the fourth heir to the lineage of De Killer, which means spilling blood is in his blood. It’s a shame, really, that he can’t stand the sight of it.

This chapter description is just so poetic. It’s like, the chapter description is not really separate from the fic itself – it’s just as artistically intertwined with the text. Absolutely GORGEOUS chapter description.

Oughhhhh Benny’s backstory and just. His whole character and the internal conflicts that he has and EVERYTHING is just so damn compelling WOW!

The glimpses into Benny’s past and home life are such a fascinating look into how vastly different his frame of references are… How very unique his perspective and positioning in the world is.

The Phantom… Benjamin had heard of this man, of course. An international spy. One who was so wanted that his father had been hired by at least five clients.

F-FIVE CLIENTS?! AT LEAST? LEGEND.

Okay this is quite interesting to think about too because I always figured that Shelly would only ever take on one client and have one target at a time, so that he could devote his full attention to the task at hand and uphold his end of the contract – his client has faith in him to do a job and to do a job well, so I figured a single-handed focus would be part of that. Under normal circumstances, this would present no issue. Why would it? Shelly’s very good at his job and tracking down an assigned individual target wouldn’t be too difficult. My impression is that a job would generally take maybe 2-3 weeks from the time of meeting with the client and the deed getting done, unless it’s exceptionally easy and the person in question gets taken out within the week.

But obviously the phantom presents a clear problem to that operational method. Shelly’s left with a target he has little to no leads on, no physical description, no name beyond the title, who could be anywhere and anyone. Job like that’s gonna take a little bit longer than three weeks. But Shelly is nothing if not a professional, and he’s more than happy to honour his client’s wishes if they want this guy dead, and he’s certainly not gonna give up or back down from the request…! I wonder if Shelly was in the habit of taking on multiple clients at the time or if he was forced to break from his standard method of operation, cause if he has no leads he has to wait until one turns up/keep searching indefinitely. And it kinda puts a huge damper on business to not accept any new clients for years on end. Maaaaan not being able to take the phantom out quickly & efficiently must’ve bugged the HELL out of him too. He’s made a commitment to his client, his (first) client is trusting him to take this guy out, and YEARS pass and STILL it hasn’t been done. Wonder what kind of dynamic that would have caused between Shelly and the first client.

I have no real doubt that Shelly actually had enough money to put business on hold for a few years if that’s what it meant to track down the phantom, if he wanted to. But it’s just not practical if he genuinely has 0 leads to go on for months on end, it makes more sense to be doing stuff in the meantime. PLUS, part of it would also be to ensure that the de Killer name does not fall into disuse and remains prominent in the minds of the public. To disappear for years only for calling cards to start showing up again… It just wouldn’t look particularly good for The Brand I suppose? The general public wouldn’t know the reason for the silence.

There’s not only that, but he accepts requests from multiple clients for the same target, hugely increasing his payout for a single job. I would have thought it’s possible that were someone to make a request that’s already been made, Shelly might be like “Ah, actually, you can’t select this particular individual”. And if years have passed with no success it begins to raise questions about the “ethics” of accepting further requests for the same person if part of the payment is being made in advance, which I’m sure it is. But then again – I’m sure there was no doubt in Shelly’s mind that he’d actually get him in the end. The length of time that passed didn’t matter. The job would be done, and he was never going to give up. He had multiple clients depending on him, after all.

I guess every time he got another Phantom request he’d sigh and internally be like “ADD THIS CLIENT TO THE LIST I SUPPOSE…”

Client: I want you to take out the phantom

Shelly, internally: Get in line

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Really though I’m very sure that the phantom’s difficulty to track down would have irked Shelly to no end. Not that he would necessarily let such sentiments show externally.

And while I’m speaking about this, I guess I will also address Benny being his son here as well. My reaction REALLY was “HIS FATHER??? HIS FATHER????”

I’ve never played DGS and I know there’s de Killer stuff going on in those game(s) and I don’t know if any light is shed in that series on how the lineage works – hm! It’s interesting to think about. One of the theories I’ve seen proposed is that the new de Killer establishes themselves as such by successfully taking out the previous de Killer – no familial relation. That has logistical issues of its own however but it was kind of the default idea that I’d gone with as I hadn’t really seen any others discussed.

Shelly’s unique job and his intense dedication to said job makes it very VERY hard for me to picture him not only establishing a relationship with someone but also fathering a child with someone… It’s quite hard for me to picture how it would work. How it would look in practice. And of course, in the Benny flashbacks, there is no mention of a mother. So I was a little bit like ????? on that front. And then you get the reveal practically at the VERY end of the fic that Benny is adopted, which makes plenty of sense. It is hard for me to picture Shelly as a father but I CAN see him adopting, caring for and raising an adopted child. A child that is to continue the proud de Killer heritage.

THE FACT THAT SOMEONE GOT MISTAKENLY SHOT BECAUSE THEY WERE ASSUMED TO BE THE PHANTOM BUT WEREN’T… OOF. Hope Shelly didn’t prematurely celebrate on that one. He might’ve already enlisted three clients wanting the phantom gone by that point and thought that he could FINALLY collect the rest of whatever money they owed him from them – that he could FINALLY reassure them that the guy was finally flippin’ DEAD. Perhaps only for the phantom to show up AGAIN some time later. (Shelly doing refunds? Dsjksdkj). Ok but on a serious note – I know he would’ve probably known it was not the phantom either immediately after/soon after the guy was shot. There’s things like No Mask and whatnot and probably the aftermath would have made it obvious it was the wrong person without the phantom needing to show up on Shelly’s radar once again. But OOF.

In March, a man had come to see Ben ‘Benny’ Volent, seeking counseling. A man who bore the name of Bobby Fulbright.

WHEN THIS REALISATION HIT ME… OH MY GOD? OH MY GOD? BOBBY FULBRIGHT HAD BEEN UNLOADING THE TRAUMA OF WHAT HE SAW… ONTO THE SON OF THE VICTIM! I CANNOT. THAT IS… NOT GOOD. Being so close to the murder victim can compromise the therapist’s ability to assist the patient at hand, so… conflict of interest! Benny had to sit there and listen to recounts that would have deepened his OWN pain. Bro I am SO sorry. WHAT a punch this was.

Agent Lang had mentioned a move to the federal prison right in front of Benny.

NO JOKE but back when that scene originally occurred I was just like “UMM should they REALLY be discussing this while the therapist is there?” Because I had found Benny to be a LITTLE bit potentially suspicious and. Hmm!

OKAY THE FUNNIEST PART – OR RATHER – THE MOST WACK PART OF THIS ENTIRE SITUATION IS JUST HOW MANY LEVELS OF “CROSSES THE LINE TWICE” IT IS.

Like. The realisations started pouring in for me, one after the other. First it was like “um, Benny counselling Bobby considering the circumstances is a conflict of interest that can potentially compromise his ability to remain objective and properly assist Bobby’s recovery”. THEN, hilariously enough, I was like “UM, IT IS HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL FOR BENNY TO ACT AS LEX’S THERAPIST – EXTREME CONFLICT OF INTEREST SEEING AS THE PHANTOM KILLED BENNY’S FATHER AND YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED PERSONAL BIASES TO GET IN THE WAY WITH HOW YOU SEE THE PATIENT”. This was coupled with how… awkward I found it earlier on for Bobby to even suggest, however jokingly, to Lex that Benny was single – how iffy it was for Lex to have developed feelings for Benny (cause if you got feelings for ur therapist that’s bad news for the therapy and Lex even seems to know this) or the possibility that perhaps it was on some level reciprocated, which would be highly unprofessional and further detrimental to the therapist-patient relationship.

BUT THEN I REALISED THIS WAS ALL MOOT AND COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER ALL BY:

BENNY WAS TRYING TO KILL LEX THE WHOLE TIME ANYWAY.

So LITERALLY WHO CARES about conflict of interest or “professional conduct” here, I’M PRETTY SURE IT IS NOT IN THE LINE OF A THERAPIST’S WORK TO BE ACTIVELY TRYING TO KILL YOUR PATIENT.

And all I could do was laugh. This is the kind of crosses-the-line-twice funny, there’s just SUCH a cluster of professional breaches going on that it is OFF THE CHARTS and loops back around to being hilarious. You can’t even criticise ANYTHING specific about Benny’s conduct, there’s no point, because it is so BLATANTLY and obviously out of line, professionally and legally speaking, in its ENTIRETY. And then you realise his credentials were faked to begin with too, even though he’s genuinely studied the profession and is good at what he does. He’s walking around with faked qualifications ANYWAY.

Lex and Benny’s patient-therapist dynamic was stuffed to HIGH hell, inherently, far before it ever began. It was already compromised beyond belief. THE GUY’S QUALIFICATIONS AREN’T EVEN 100% LEGIT… >failed step one. It is SO wild and subsequently funny as a result. Benny got built up as such a good therapist too, and don’t get me wrong, he does seem to actually be good at what he does as I said. But then you go ahead and reveal all of this about him and it’s sooo… omg

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 10

Simon was about to turn away when he thought he saw it. Just for a fraction of a second. Were Alexander’s lips about to quirk into a victorious smirk? …No, that was ridiculous.

OOOHH MY GOOOOOD I HAD TOTALLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS I SWEAR TO GOD………… I swear to god. Acting skills WAY too strong. He’s still got it. This man is way too powerful/skilled for his own good I swear to god.

Yes, he successfully got Benny to leave and he got out of the ordeal of being held at gunpoint unscathed. But he still had been terrified when going through that. Regardless of how things turned out it makes sense for Lex to be in shock and still be working out some of that fear. Because he HAD been genuinely terrified. And I wouldn’t be surprised if he is genuinely a little in shock during this scene but oh my god.. Because it makes sense for him to still be jittery and then I just. LEX. KINDA HATE THAT I MAYBE GOT A LITTLE WORRIED BECAUSE STILL BEING SHAKEN MAKES SENSE BUT ALSO CONFUSED AT THE EXTENT. On first and second readthrough.

Can’t really say too much else about this chapter right now it’s just sooo intense and riveting gosh.

For a split second, it seemed like Fulbright was so overcome with emotion he might try to pull Alexander into a hug as well. Luckily, Lang cleared his throat in such a loud manner that it was obvious he did so on purpose.

LANG HOW COULD YOU. “LUCKILY” MY FOOT.

Lifting Spirits, Chapter 11

His license was most likely a fake. Would any report compiled by him be worth a damn? And to think, Bobby Fulbright had spoken so highly of him.

WAIT I WAS ONLY JUST SAYING THIS EARLIER SDKSDKNS

Hey. I obviously knew this Mirage scene was coming this time around and yet it managed to somehow sneak up on me anyway. When I got up to it and read through it I just outright started crying. I did not cry on the first readthrough, I was completely dry-eyed. I GOT SUPER ATTACHED TO AND MORE EMOTIONAL OVER MIRAGE ON MY SECOND READTHROUGH OF THIS SERIES FOR A REASON.

Oh, something else that struck me on first readthrough about this scene was… The phantom always EASILY felt to me the far more “bad” person compared to Mirage. When compared to the phantom, Mirage always felt… well, it was easy for me to forget that she’s also done terrible things, that she’s also a criminal. She naturally just seemed like the waay better person – with SOME amount of a moral compass. So it was odd to suddenly have her being in the same room as Lex, no longer being contrasted against the phantom, but contrasted against Lex instead… Lex seems to actually have a much more proper moral compass compared to her now. He’s actually filled with remorse and regrets.

Mirage… still chose to kill people. She’s still herself, and that self is someone who didn’t have a bone sliver preventing her from understanding how much of a powerful impact death can have. It was odd… Lex knows internally how bad killing people is now. Mirage most likely still doesn’t really know… not only that, but… he would know that she doesn’t? I don’t know how to explain what I’m getting at here, but yeah.

Also:

“Why did you ask to see me?” he found himself asking. “…Why do you care?” She giggled, the sound of it rather strained. “Because we’re friends, you idiot.” “We’re not…-”

Me:

“You’d better pray the Phantom’s retrial leads to the death penalty. I’m being released next year, but I wouldn’t mind being tossed right back in here if it means I got to strangle Metis’s killer with these two hands.”

…N-NEXT YEAR?! BUT THAT’S… SO SOON… SOONER THAN I… THOUGHT… I FIGURED SHE HAD LIKE… MAYBE ANOTHER TWO YEARS LEFT… I DIDN’T REMEMBER HER SAYING IT’S NEXT YEAR.

[Thinks about this line and then Tracking Ghosts]

Oh my god… Can it PLEASE at least be the second half of the year I’m dying here… Like I KNEW she had to be released from prison eventually and. Yeah. I JUST THOUGHT WE HAD MORE TIME.

You know what’s funny? This line 100% didn’t faze me on first readthrough. Ahahaha. Why should it have? “You’d better pray the Phantom’s retrial leads to the death penalty” was, after all, my own train of thought at the time… HDHDFH. I was just kinda [nods] “at least someone around here’s got the right idea.” …AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

You completely missed me on the first go, but second time’s a charm. Ya got me. Ya got me with this line this time around. I am worried. :’)

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SnK S3E21 Poll Results (Anime Only Viewer Version)

The poll closed with 105 responses. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Please note this is the anime only viewer version of the poll. Manga readers, please click here for the results of the manga reader poll!

RATE THE EPISODE 90 Responses

Like previous episodes, viewers were very pleased with this one, with 73.3% giving it a 5/5!

need to watch it again

Another amazing episode! Just like last time with the smiling Titan origin, Kruger stating Armin and Mikasa’s names was so shocking and chilling.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIONABLE MOMENT? 92 Responses

Over half of viewers were most affected by the scene of Kruger saying Armin and Mikasa’s names to Grisha. At a very distant second, the moment that stood out to 7.6% of viewers was Eren realizing the potential conditions to unlock the Founding Titan’s power. At 5.4%, the third most voted for moment was Levi claiming that Eren is “going through a phase.”

KRUGER SAID EVIL AND GOOD PEOPLE ONLY EXIST IF THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE CALLED. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS? 91 Responses

Just over half of the viewers believe that overall “good” and “evil” are subjective terms, but that there are a few people who are objectively one or the other. 38.5% agree that the terms are always subjective depending on one’s personal morality. 11% feel that “good” and “evil” are purely objective and one can be labeled as either of these things depending on their actions.

DO YOU THINK GRISHA WAS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR KRUGER TO ENTRUST THE TITAN POWER? 90 Responses

Nearly ¾ of viewers agree that Grisha was the correct choice to pass on the Attack Titan to. The remainder of viewers aren’t sure that it was the right choice, or flat out believe Grisha was a terrible choice.

WHAT IS THE BEST NAME FOR EREN’S TITAN? 91 Responses

The majority of viewers are most partial to the “Attack Titan” official English version name of Eren’s titan. 16.5% prefer the literal translation from “Shingeki no Kyojin.” 11% still prefer the “Rogue Titan” fan-given name.

All of them are pretty nice. Sure is better than "Eren Titan."

Attaco thythano

Rage Titan

WHAT ARE PATHS? 92 Responses

38% of viewers feel that Paths are, or are akin to, metaphysical threads of fate. 28.3% believe they are like an invisible highway between time periods, and 27.2% remain confused (don’t worry, the manga readers are still confused too, it’s a long ride).

P A T H S

What are paths

I now understand the P A T H S meme.

EREN KRUGER MENTIONED MIKASA AND ARMIN WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO GRISHA - HOW DID HE KNOW THEIR NAMES? 91 Responses

Nearly half of viewers believe that Kruger’s mention of Eren’s friends is due to him having access to all the memories of the Attack Titan, past and present. 39.6% feel that the explanation is simply that paths connect all Eldians together in an unexplainable way. A small 7.7% think it’s possible Eren himself sent this message back to Kruger to deliver to Grisha.

Eren misremembered this event with his own memories inserted. Ie, Kruger didn't really say Mikasa and Armin, Eren just remembered it that way.

I’m so freaking confused to the point where nothing makes sense anymore. (And I love it XD)

Probably some form of predestiny. It seems like all the holders of the titans are connected through time, like each one has an owner's manual that can be added to at any point. Eren's dream in S1E1 felt like a similar phenomenon.

Visions from previous holders

Ymir sent this message from the future back to Eren Kruger

Eren never said to save Mikasa and Armin- Grisha said that, so that memory would be Grisha's memory.

KRUGER SAYS IN ORDER TO STOP THEIR CURSED HISTORY FROM REPEATING, GRISHA MUST LEARN TO LOVE SOMEONE. DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE GENERAL ADVICE FOR THE REST OF HUMANITY? 91 Responses

Over half of viewers believe that while “love” is a nice answer to the problem, it’s not the sole solution and the situation is far more complicated. 34.1% believe that “love” is the right answer to break the cycle of prejudice and hatred. 9.9% don’t want to claim either way, and a small few think “love” as the answer is completely unrealistic.

NEXT WEEK IS THE FINAL EPISODE OF THIS SEASON - ARE YOU EXPECTING A TEASER FOR THE NEXT SEASON? 91 Responses

The vast majority of viewers are either hopeful for a season 4 tease or believe we will definitely get one after the season finale. A small amount think we’ll just be left hanging and wondering about it.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE SHIFTERS HAVING LIMITED LIFESPANS? 91 Responses

33% of viewers felt validated in their suspicions that there would be consequences to holding the power of the titans. 28.6% didn’t see it coming at all! 24.2% are simply just sad about the news and ready to mourn the fate of their fave(s).

EREN IS SEEN TALKING TO HIMSELF AND REPEATING BEHAVIORS FROM KRUGER AND GRISHA. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR EREN’S MENTAL STATE? 91 Responses

51.6% of viewers feel that Eren will continue to struggle with identity issues that will in turn influence his future decisions moving forward. 31.9% believe that while he may currently be exhausted and/or overwhelmed with this influx of memories and information, he’ll use these tools moving forward with more motivation than ever. 8.8% aren’t sure what the future holds for Eren.

A combination of option 3 and the depression of knowing the truth that titans are people longing to find the spirit of one of the nine shifters and that he has 8 years to live.

He seems pretty much done with life, I think he's gonna go rogue or defect to Marley to put an end to Eldia's cursed history.

I think it's just a natural side effect of him remembering more.

HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN LEARNING ABOUT YMIR’S FATE? 92 Responses

30.4% of viewers are disheartened about Ymir’s fate. 29.3% were pretty certain that this was going to happen to her. 20.7% are very distressed about Ymir’s fate.

I cried when Historia read the letter

WHO DO YOU THINK ATE YMIR? 92 Responses

70.7% of viewers are certain the silhouette in the ceremonial room is a new character that has yet to be revealed. 15.2% believe that the Cart Titan we’ve already met is the person who ate Ymir. 7.6% already know the answer to this question.

DO YOU THINK IT’S ACCEPTABLE FOR EREN TO KEEP HIS REALIZATION ABOUT DINA AND THE COORDINATE A SECRET? 91 Responses

Half of the viewers believe that Eren choosing to withhold his suspicions is perfectly understandable, although they feel that he should definitely confide in someone he trusts like his friends. 27.5% believe that it’s completely justified as he doesn’t want to risk Historia’s life over a hunch. 17.6% believe that this is a poor decision on Eren’s part and will affect future events.

I can’t really decide

I know that he doesn't want to risk historian's life but if they can't find another way to access the coordinates powers, they will ultimately fail. Unless Armin or someone can come up with a different way to access the coordinates powers, I think Historia will be the only way. Maybe they will find another secret royal family member?

I think he should tell Armin only. Have Armin come up with a plan to use Historia without putting her in danger and go from there.

Mikasa, Armin and Levi are the only trustworthy ones

I think Eren will tell Armin only since he’s the strategist.

DO YOU THINK EREN WILL TELL ANYONE ABOUT HIS THEORY ON ACTIVATING THE COORDINATE? 91 Responses

37.4% of viewers feel certain that Eren will at the very least tell Historia about his suspicion. 20.9% believe he will say something, but keep it strictly between him and the Survey Corps. 13.2% think he will ‘fess up at a critical moment.

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE EPISODE?

I've been thinking alot about how there are two different "races" in attack on Titan. The eldians and marlians(?). The eldians are the oppressed people and marilians their oppressors. It was previously mentioned that the Ackermans are different from the eldians and can not become Titans? And no one looks like Mikasa and Levi (Asian) so maybe the Ackermans are a 3rd race? And maybe there are more Ackermans out in the world somewhere?

bruh

I have mixed feelings on it. I felt like the Curse twist was completely unnecessary and didn't add anything to the show. I'm also unhappy with how mystical things have gotten. For 57 episodes and 3 seasons we've continually learned more and more nuggets about how titans work from a strictly scientific lens. So for them to just suddenly be like "jk none of that matters because the true nature of titans is mAgIc" is kind of unsatisfying. This has always been a show with meticulously planned details and actual answers, and it suddenly doing a heel-turn and having a theme of "no one can really know the truth!" feels like a cop out.

A lot of exposition dropped on us at once. I wish they explained the whole path thing more, because the whole notion of predestiny we have for it right now kind of goes against the characters' desire to break free of their fates. I wonder if the visions and prophecies transferred really HAVE to come true.

When you thought it's over, bang!!! Another drop in the end . Daaamn

WHERE DO YOU PRIMARILY DISCUSS THE SERIES? 87 Responses

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FUNERAL FOR A MAGICIAN Pt. 11 Who Will Know

Grave robbers!

There shall be hell to pay for robbing his grave; disturbing his rest and peace. The magician’s fury explodes forth now! But how?! No one will like the answer.

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Characters: Neo Mysterio (Quentin Beck), Doc Ock (Otto Octavius), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Alexandria Beck (Alex), Maria Beck, Sandman (Flint Marko), Chameleon

THE WARNINGS APPLY TO THIS CHAPTER.

Warnings: Explicit gore and death, violence, mentions of past abuse, mental illness, physical illness, cancer

^These warnings are here for the story as a whole. If you get invested by reading a less graphic chapter, then be prepared for the warnings above in other parts!!

“If I die in this world, who will know something of me?

I am lost, no-one knows, there’s no trace of my yearning.

But I must carry on, nothing worse can befall.

All my fears, all my tears, tell my heart, there’s a hole.

I wear a void, not even hope. A downward slope, is all I see.

As long as breath comes from my mouth, I may yet stand the slightest chance.

A shaft of light is all I need to cease the darkness killing me.”

-“Who Will Know” Shin Godzilla, 2016

That dismal day of the funeral was relatively uneventful, even though the remaining members of the sinister six had attended alongside their hated enemy. The Avengers perhaps wished to apprehend them, however Otto was once more several steps ahead of them. A quick teleportation device was all that was needed to evade their would-be captors after the service was over.

However gaudy it was, Beck had finally gotten that statue of himself he joked about having once he became famous. Was it in poor taste? Perhaps, perhaps not. Alexandria Beck paid no mind to it. All she could do at the service was stare at the ground where her brother laid six feet under, feeling only the hallow void that often lingered in their family like a curse.

Maria Beck was quiet. She was a well mannered child; she did not really get what was going on. The last two Becks left immediately after the funeral. There was nothing in New York they could ever want or stay for. Not anymore.

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A week has passed since he was buried. Otto was always the mistrustful type. Something to do with consistent bullying and betrayals throughout his life. That being said, was it so unheard of to keep cameras around the grave site of your recently deceased friend? For Otto, it wasn’t.

The alarm was raised and Octavius was roused from a rather unhappy slumber. Chameleon was already up. Someone had dared to disturb Beck’s rest? There would be hell to pay indeed. Wasting no time, the pair of them left immediately to confront the grave robbers.

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It had recently rained, loosening up the soil. The group in question were known body thieves. They often targeted mutants for their DNA.

Graverobber 1: “Hhhff... they buried this guy... really well...! The soil is packed.”

Graverobber 2: “Should we haul off the statue, too? It has bronze and gold plating. Could be worth a good amount once it’s stripped down.”

Graverobber 3: “We could, but I’d rather get the body more than anything. Do you know how much we could sell the Slayer of a Herald of Galactus for? I also heard they guy had undergone a super soldier serum prototype procedure. We could sell part of him to Hydra for sure. Maybe just his arm.”

Grave robber 2: “The armor is one of a kind. AIM wants the teleporter and quantum matter displacer for 500 million dollars.”

Graverobber 1: “Holy shit, I know you said millions but daaamn... hffff almost there.... I can see part of the coffin... I hope it won’t smell too bad...”

Graverobber 3: “Well, it’s been about a week, so I wouldn’t expect anything exactly good...”

Otto: “...You imbeciles...”

The grave robbers whirled around at the sudden voice, but before they could react, a pair of Octavius’s metal arms had constricted one of them, threatening to snap his neck. The other two pulled out their guns, ready to shoot, when Chameleon lunged out of hiding, tackling and pinning one of them to the ground, his knife against his neck.

The last robber was afraid, and in his panic, called through a radio for reinforcements as Otto swung an arm at him, knocking the fool to the ground.

Otto was about to land a killing blow when Spider-Man leaped into action, landing a web on the robber and pulling him out of the way as the metal tentacle slammed into the ground where the body snatcher had been half a second before. The robber was far from free, however for he soon found himself wrapped up and immobilized by Spider-Man’s webs.

Otto: “Spider-Man... We have trash that needs to be cleaned up.”

Spider-Man: “Yeah, but I’m not lettin’ you kill them either Doctopus. I’m taking them to the police.”

Chameleon: “They deserve far worse, Spider. These... this SCUM has robbed probably hundreds of graves... Imagine all the stolen bodies they have desecrated! If you turn them in, I have no doubt in my mind that their friends and clients would break them out once more to tear up more of the dead.”

Spider-Man: “Okay, Chammy, I’m gonna need you to calm down. I’m just as much against grave robbing as any other wall crawler, but creating more dead people isn’t the answer! Let him go and I’ll handle this!”

Otto: “Your track record of ‘handling things’ is mediocre at best. Turning them in will solve nothing. Only direct action will!”

With that, Otto began to crush his ensnared victim. Peter lunged at the pair, attempting to save the idiot who had incurred the wrath of the sinister six. In doing so, some of the excavation equipment fell into the grave, busting open the coffin. The smell wafting out was.... far from pleasant. This made Otto fly more into a rage, whipping his arm to slam Peter right in the chest, knocking the wind completely out of him.

The robber pinned by Chameleon took the opportunity to try and tase the super villain. Chameleon was agile enough to dodge the nearly point-blank attack, but lost his grip on his victim. The thief quickly got to his feet as three more of his friends hurried onto the scene, guns pointed at the two sinister six members and Spider-Man.

Being surrounded and having no real options, the trio stood down as the grave robbers unwebbed their friend.

Grave robber 4: “Well. It’s not everyday that we get to cart away an extra three bodies, boys!”

Otto: “Do not assume that you can kill us so easily. You will leave here with nothing. Not even your own lives, you vermin.”

As if almost on cue, bright green mist began to slowly fog around the graveyard.

Spider-Man: “...you doin’ this, Ock?”

Otto: “..No... I’m not...”

The robbers seemed perturbed by the sudden fog, however they kept their aim straight, ready to shoot.

That was until a plume of thick green smoke roiled out of the open grave. Everyone recoiled as the sound of cracking mahogany and scrape of metal could be heard below.

Beck lurched and pulled himself out of his own tomb, raggedly wheezing. He was covered in dirt, mud, and his own blood. His armor was still as torn open as it was on the day he died, his helmet busted open.

The sight of him made everyone’s heart stop. His face was withered and had an expression of enraged confusion. His chest gaped open, his ribs exposed to the night air as his rotting innards hung dangling from what little flesh still held them together.

Beck staggered to his feet, barely keeping his balance as air hissed in and out of his dilapidated mouth and his torn lungs. He stared at the crowd for a moment, trying to take in his surroundings, he blinked at the sight of Otto and Chameleon, lurching slowly toward them.

Beck: “Otto...? Chameleon...? where.. szztt.. am I...?”

His mouth did not move, but his voice came out all the same. It was distorted and sounded... like it was coming from the speaker within his helmet.

Spider-Man: “Quentin..? What’s...how...? You need to stop moving, you’re coming apart!”

At Parker’s indication, Beck took a better look at himself. Stammering and stuttering at the sight of his own torn carcass. The horror on his face made it all so much worse.

Beck: “HHzztt... h-how... Otto, h-help me.. wh-what..s.. happening?”

Realization at the situation sent an abysmally cold chill down Octavius’s metal spine.

Otto: “...The neutral net,” He breathed. “The neutral net I made for you to control your robots.... It must have... copied your mind into it’s processor... Your body is being animated... by the nano machines in your blood that helped link your suit to your body and repair damaged tissues... Quentin... You... died.”

Mysterio was quiet for a minute, clearly trying to process everything.

Beck: “.....r-right.... Terrax.... I.. was stabbed... I... I’m dead... I was alright with it too... It wasn’t so bad.... I was... shzzt... peace...”

He looked back at his grave, dirt, mud, and tools spread everywhere. His statue stood resolute, with all the authority of fate itself, standing by to judge the wicked on this night.

Beck turned back towards them.

Neo Mysterio: “I was... Alright with it. I was. At. Peace.”

He gritted his teeth, rage in his mechanical voice. With his dead eyes he glared at the tormentors who would rob him of his rest. His claws came out with an audible “shink!”

Grave robber 2: “H-hey..! S-sorry man! We.. uh. We are just t-tryin’ to make a livin’ in this world, ya know?? We didn’t mean it!! We’ll go! ‘c-cmon guys..! Let’s scram!”

Grave robber 5: “Hell no, he died once, he’ll die again, just shoot the bugger and let’s go!”

A few of them shot at Quentin, the bullets either bouncing harmlessly off of his carbonadium shell or tearing into an already festering corpse.

Beck: “YOU ROBBED ME OF THE LAST THING I HAD IN THIS WORLD! YOU ROBBED ME OF MY PEACE!!”

He marched forward, bullets pounding against him relentlessly as he continued unperturbed by the deadly barrage. Spider-Man, Chameleon, and Octavius dared not get caught in the line of fire, rather they took cover from the spray of bullets scattering across the graveyard.

Relentless, now that was a fun word. He was going to take absolute revenge here and now. Relentless was how he was going to tear them limb from limb and make them feel every bit of agony his soul felt right now.

Beck: “I WAS FINALLY HAPPY. I WAS FINALLY CONTENT WITH MYSELF. I WAS FINALLY OKAY WITH LETTING IT ALL GO. FOR SO MANY DAMN YEARS I HATED EVERYTHING I DID AND EVERYTHING I HAD BECOME. I HAD FINALLY DONE SOMETHING I AND OTHERS WERE TRULY PROUD OF.

I PAID FOR MY SINS WITH MY DAMN LIFE AND YOU COME HERE OUT OF GREED TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME?! HOW ABOUT I TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY FROM YOU!!!”

Spider-Man: “Beck! STOP!!”

He was a second from tearing his claws into one of their faces when he was dragged out of his atomic rage. Spider-Man yanked the robber out of Quentin’s hands and flung two web bombs at the rest of them, securely immobilizing them to the ground.

Otto: “Quentin! Enough! Enough. You don’t have to keep fighting, it’s.. it’s over.”

Beck paused for a second. The anger still boiled within him. He was a victim, it wasn’t right that he could not take matters into his own hands. It wasn’t fair!

....Maybe Doc was right, of course. Killing these bastards was their goal, but would it solve anything? Would it make anything better? No. It really wouldn’t. It would only drive them deeper into the hate that had already consumed them.

Beck let his hands fall to his sides. Spider-Man took that has his queue to get out of there and alert the police.

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With the arrival of the cops, the three reunited members of the sinister six had to leave. At the base, they were met with Sandman staring at them in disbelief. His friend was back from the dead! However zombie-like he appeared, Flint was a kind soul and could not stop himself from welcoming back Mysterio with a hug.

Quentin remained rather silent. He didn’t know how to take anything anymore. He felt as hollow as he physically was. He.. was dead. He was gone. He had been unwillingly dragged back into suffering. A cloud of depression clung to Beck as Otto worked on a way to reverse the bodily decay and fix Quentin.

Fix Quentin. How can you “fix” a dead man? How can you undo such a traumatic thing as dying? It was certainly interesting once his brain was reanimated. The human brain dies in about five minutes after circulation has been cut off. Beck had been dead for over a week.

His brain had to be completely regrown, along with most of his innards, slowly through the use of nano machines and intense stem cell cloning therapy that Otto had just delved into. The absolute cutting edge of health care. It could not actually bring back the dead, however. The copy of Beck’s brain patterns were pivotal in restoring his best friend.

Having his mind transferred back into his body was a melting mix of sensations. All of his nerves felt on fire. He was back. His armor and body fixed, the sinister six were whole once more.

They tried to get things back to a sense of normalcy. It had been a rough month. Overall, things were back to how they were, but Beck felt differently.

He felt... different. He did not know how to put it, and Otto could tell it was bugging him. Was he alive? He had truly died. Was he just a copy and the real Mysterio was long gone? At this point, it was schrodinger’s magician.

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The news had caught wind of the incident, and the Daily Bugle published a story from an anonymous tip that proved Beck was back from the grave. Photographs and video to boot, thanks to Parker. Quentin was enraged at Spider-Man for filming and photographing his dead body in such a back handed manner. There would be consequences for this disgrace. The news of his ressurrection also sent a chill through the super villain community, and gave the sinister six a new found respect.

Not even death could stop them.

Not that it meant anything to Beck. He was listless. They were going to continue with Octavius’s plan like before, but his heart was not nearly as into it as before, at least at first. He owed his friend his life twice over now. He was not about to let Otto down, no matter what happened.

Beck was heartened to hear his sister’s cancer had regressed. The operation date to remove the tumor was already set.

#msocs #neo mysterio #neo mysterio fic #alexandria beck #doc ock #maria beck #mysterio #sandman #chameleon #sfw #marvel #au #cancer mention

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RvB Season 16 Commentary Masterpost

This post details the commentary from the RvB16 DvD. I tried to add as much and be as detailed as possible and I apologize if I misconstrued anything. This was 12 pages long BTW... I hope you all enjoy!

Commentators

All Episodes: Joe Nicolosi (writer/director)

Episodes 1-5: Kyle Taylor (machinima director), Josh Ornelas (senior machinimator)

Episodes 6-10: Jason Weight (co-writer), Greg Slagel (show producer), Billy Burson (Visual Supervisor/Lighter)

Episodes 11-15: Phillip Sparn (Audio Mixer/Sound Designer), Ian Sheppard (Lead Animator), David Levy (Audio/Music Composer)

Episode 1

The intro scene with the knights involved zero machinima (Kyle very much appreciated that), IDK if this was a joke, but Joe said that he wrote the intro three years ago and sent it to Miles, who was confused by it. He thought this would be a good place to finally use it.

The Grif knight is now Sir Gryffandor and the Simmons one Simmtarian XD

Joe use to be in a time traveled-theme band and many of the unused ideas it's where he got several of his ideas for this season.

Joe felt that it took far too long to get into the action in S15, so he tried to have it go faster this time around. Hence why he sped through the setup in this and Season 2.

Kyle and Joe talk about how there was a joke in S11 where Caboose responded to his echo in a cave. Joe wanted the echo to have been time travel Caboose, but when they decided on the slideshow format he couldn't. Miles confirmed at RTX that it is now canon so yay!

Joe had gone back through the show and made notes about where the characters could mess with their past. He also has a fan theory that Two Coffee Mug Guy from the Freelancer Saga is the cause of everything bad that happened since if he didn't show up, North wouldn't have gotten caught, the mission would have gone fine, etc. I am on board with this theory!

In one shot, they forgot to put Huggins and Muggins in as the headlights and it was too late to fix when the time came to air it. Oops. Kyle jokes that they have to blink off every one in a while due to their anatomy XD

The scene where Donut has... broke I guess was apparently a pain in the ass to do. For example when there's like eight of him in a row, they had to time the shot exactly right to machinimate it properly. It involved a LOT of coordination. They all agree that the bit where Donut glitches/contorts is the stuff of nightmares.

Speaking of that bit, you'd think that would be easy since it's essentially glitched out animation. But doing it apparently broke all the rendering machines and they had long talks with the tech department to get it rendered properly. It got to the point where it actually went up to Gray Haddock, the Head of Animation. Daaamn.

Joe's original vision for Episode 1 was to have a long conversation about food that triggered a series of horrific events as it was going on. Kind of like a one act play. Only the Caboose bit with Donut made it through however.

Grif's love of Sammie Raphaello's is based on Joe's feelings about a similarly named place in New York, including eating it for 100 days straight. It had been worth it.

Starseat, the Cosmic Gods base. Is one of the only maps that they hadn't used form Halo 5. They used the majority in S15 so they needed to use some of the alien locations for this one. Since S16 has the Cosmic Powers, it worked out for them.

Episode 2

The forest area was a custom map made by Josh. They used several custom maps this season.

Josh calls layering trees the 'Bob Ross effect' XD

There's this lightning effect in this map that had to me timed perfectly to not mess up the shot. Lets just say that they had to redo several shots because they got the timing wrong or it was too distracting.

When there is a joke that has an awkward pause or silence in it, Joe likes to add a bird effect to it. In the bit with Caboose's 'Your Mama' joke, he used an owl effect

It is canon that Caboose has shy tinkle and can't do his business with others around XD

Because the Halo 5 models have this bad tendency with their coloring (ie, Simmons sometimes looks too much like Sarge), they hired a colorist for the first time in the series history. So every Simmons scene (IDK if they mean just this one or every single one) had to be hand colored to keep him as maroon as possible.

Kyle asked about what was going in on Chorus. Joe says that this is NOT canon, but in his mind Locus got arrested when he brought Wash back to Chorus. They want to try Locus as a war criminal where he COUDL escape, but since he swore off killing people he cna't without doing so. Apparently his ship has an AI ready to split the planet with him Locus gone so Kimball, whose in the middle of an election, has the choice to either let Locus go and save the planet, or not and not get re-elected. This is strictly headcanon, but Joe considered using it as a subplot but since it had nothing to do with the time travel, he opted against it.

Donut is now God Jesus Donut. Something that Joe was very excited to do.

Kyle had no idea how they were going to have Donut walk across water. Apparently Halo 5 has these invisible blocks that they were able to use to pull off the effect.

The music used in this scene is a genre called 'monk-step', which is like Gregorian chanting mixed with ETM (from what I can gather, it's some kind of electro music). Apparently this is a real genre.

The city and destroyed Sammie Raphaello's was made by Austin Clark and Kyle Moran.

Conner, one fo the editors, edited the scene pretty tightly as with most RvB scenes. Joe then made him go back and add a punch of long. pauses

The cop was indeed voiced by Jeremy Dooley. Joe's direction to him was that he thought he was the main character of the story and to just go off with it. He did so for several minutes and Joe had to cut it down, but you can see the full thing in the blooper reel.

Joe didn't want to lock onto a specific place aside form 'somewhere in America' for the city location. But since Grif said he went to Harvard in a PSA, he guesses that it's somewhere in Massachusetts.

Joe has this pet peeve about a truck in the shot as the exact same model was also there when we the place again in Episode 4. Kyle makes a backstory for it about being driven by a dump truck driver who cheated on his wife and was caught, left the truck there, and went on to become president. The truck is now a monument. I am all for this!

They storyboarded Donut putting the guns on the ground... and Joe decided at the last second to just have them flash and appear to not waste time just having him lay down guns for 20 seconds.

Kyle calls Grif a coward for not taking the bullet for Sammie's. That's not nice Kyle!

“Donut uses his shield powers that... never come up again” Thanks Joe...

To get Sarge and Simmons properly on the ground when they land in Egypt, Kyle simply had Josh kill them in-game. They landed perfectly XD

Episode 3

The snow scene with Grif and Doc apparently shows the horizon for the first time in the series due to using very boxed in multiplayer maps. It is also a custom map with the horizon point, which was green-screened, blending into the snow.

Sister and Tucker were green-screened into Halo 3. Apparently it wasn't too bad here, but it was MUCH harder for Halo 2. They VERY much appreciated having a green-screen within Halo 5.

The desert scene with Sarge and Simmons apparently had a shadow in it, so they had to color correct it to make it look more desert-like. Simmons color apparently overlapped with Sarge's a lot.

The storylines were supposed to be about the characters all trying to fix their past mistakes, but only make it worst. This was meant to tie into the season's theme on how fucking up is a part of life. Them not learning it, of course, causes what happens in the end. Joe does mention that it doesn't seem like it worked for everyone watching, however but Kyle mentions how rewatching it can get people to pick up on it more.

The map they used for The Battle of Broken Ridge went through several iterations. They went with one they called White Dwarf which was very detailed tot he point where they fuzzied it up to make it look less so. The rock formations are underwater rocks and have coral textures to them to make them look more alien.

Present!Sarge is wielding a sniper rifle in this scene, not his shot gun. They imply that he shot the previous CO so that his past self would be given the position. GDI Sarge.

Apparently Halo characters do NOT like rough terrain, so recording the soldiers running across it was difficult to make it look natural.

For the PoV shot with Caboose, apparently you can't move the camera much in Halo 5 but you CAN have the character walk closer into it. So Austin and Kyle Moran did so to get the shot and was one of the first they did on their own.

Lopez couldn't be color corrected apparently. They had to go with a shade nearly identical to Grif's because otherwise he looked onto much like Master Chief. As such he looks different in every scene. Thanks Halo 5.

Episode 4

Joe wanted to use all the main locations (Blood Gulch, Valhalla) at least once. He was able to use Halos 2 and 3, but didn't get around to using Halo 4, so we didn't get Chorus aside form the one we saw last season.

The Tucker and Sister storyline was the most changed. Originally, it was going to be about Tucker trying to stop himself from getting laid with all the women that got him a lawsuit last season. He succeeded... but his present self got seduced anyways. This however created a bit of a paradox (I assume since it was clear that Tucker remembered it last season) so he decided he wanted to do something more personal between Tucker and Sister.

Joe wanted this, Episode 5, and Episode 6 to feel more episodic. Hence why he get a major focus on Tucker and Sister here, Sarge and Simmons in 5, and Grif and Doc in 6.

Joe apparently cockblocked himself once. Oops.

Kyle wants to use a time machine to go back and mess with himself when past!him was working in a check out line. Joe would use it to go see old movies and bands when they opened up.

The Broken Ridge map made all the visors green.

Hammerspace exists in the RvB verse due to all the weapon shifts.

The machinima team used the PC version of Halo 2 (the same one used for the Blood Gulch remaster) due to technical reasons. The problem is all the servers, services, etc that were available when doing the remaster no longer exist in 2018. While they have copies of the game, to do what they need they had to use fan hacks, a laptop, and Joe's home computer to make the scenes properly.

Lindsay Jones (VA for Kimball) plays one of the three kids using her Space Kid voice form Camp Camp. Kyle thought one of the actors was the VA for Qrow in RWBY (Vic Mignogna) but it wasn't.

They had a lot of fun macinimating Grif's freakout and Joe outright called Geoff's performance Oscar worthy. They considered submitting it XD

The guy left the truck (form Episode 2) on this very day XD

Tucker asking Sister if she turned off her radio was a reference to O'Malley since at this time, he was still around and going through different people's heads. It was important to make sure that he paid attention to continuity in the time he was going to mess with. Since he felt that this was a memorable event in Blood Gulch, he wanted to go back to it and make sure that he wasn't accidentally messing up anything.

This is the third time they've gone back to this in RvB's history as Josh previously directed a S14 episode written by Barbara Dunkleman (VA for Jensen) about O'Malley in different headspaces. Wow, they must love this scene XD

Joe made Nico (one of the composers and part of Trocadero) make porno music for the cave pond scene. He said “On it Joe!”

Joe liked making Tucker dense when it comes to sex, especially in this scene.

There were talks about if Tucker and Sister should still be in Halo 5 armor when time travleing or if it should change. They ultimately decided to stick to the Halo 5 armor, which Joe felt was the right choice since he was no real reason to have them in the game's default. RvB14 had a similar philosophy where whatever time period the story is taking place, ti had to match that version of Halo.

Episode 5

The map used at the very beginning was a user-made map that's meant to be reminiscent of a Halo 3 map.

Using John Wayne was apparently a pain in the ass. They couldn't refer to him as John Wayne and several other names like The Duke due to legal reasons. It was at the point where they had to have Gus and Matt frequently come in to do re-recordings due to all the changes. They finally settled on Private John... and they hope that they don't get sued for saying it in the commentary.

To remake Desert Gulch, they had to use all the characters at the same time and do several different shots for several reasons.

George Washington was voiced by Todd Womack, a Creative Producer for Broadcast at RT. He also voiced the Simmons knight in Episode 1.

Chris Kokkinos, a Lead Audio Engineer for RT Animation, played Alexander the Great. They did ten minutes of Google searches to put together a voice that sounded accurate enough to what Ancient Masadonian (I think) would sound like.

There's a radio effect in the movie filming scenes where, if you listen close enough, you can hear someone trying to find the bestboy. When I rewatch this with commentary off, I am ging to listen HARD to find those lines.

Kohan Wooter, the producer Jax torments, was voiced by RT's 3D Animation producer Koan Wooten. Joe jokes that he's a 'pathetic ball of anxiety' so he based the character on him. Don't worry, he actually loves Koen XD Koen produced Seasons 13, 14, and 15, but 16 has a new producer, Greg who we'll hear in Episodes 6-10 commentary.

Apparently in Halo 5 (Kyle isn't sure if this was an update or he just never saw it there's an option to max character speeds. So when Jax, Simmons, and Sarge are walking through the set, they were able to set all three to the same speed without it looking like they're sprinting, something that is normally difficult to do in machinima.

In S15, Joe wanted Jax to get successful at some point... and then fall back down off his horse due to his ego. So he did it here!

They wish that they showed Jax's version of S15, though we do get a sample in Episode 12.

Austin and Kyle Moran worked on the scene where Sarge and Private John are doing lines.

For this scene, Matt was late for a CEO meeting so he had to do all of his lines in one take in quick succession. He nailed every single one of them.

I think most know this, but just in case, Atlus is voiced by SungWon Cho aka ProZD. Joe was a big fan of him and was really excited to cast him.

All the Gods we see who aren't Atlus, Kali, Genkins, and Burnstorm are Minor Gods and this is the only time we get to see them all. Kyle says one is the God of Anxiety XD

Kyle made Atlus' throne and used spaceship parts to make it. It was also a chore to decide on all the Gods guns.

Episode 6

Jason wrote Episodes 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, and 14 (Joe confirmed the latter four on Twitter).

Joe says that Grif and Doc are somewhere in Calabria, Ancient Italy. It is known as 'The Boot of Italy'.

Greg previously on a 2D show at another company (I couldn't make out what he said it was) before arriving at RT and being put on RvB. Since machinima is treated more like live action when filming, it was a very different experience along with storyboarding the animation. He had to learn a lot about what can and can't be done in machinima.

Billy previously worked on a live action RvB short (I assume the RvB14 finale but they didn't specify) and before this worked on RWBY and RWBY Chibi. He works on both lighting and composition.

Billy really liked working on the lens flare shots XD Which are also apparently hard to render despite how easy it looked at first.

Jason wrote most of Sister's dialogue, which had to be cut down a bit. Apparently one line he wrote was Sister saying “I want Lancelot to slay my p***y like a Dragon”. This once got cut because Microsoft told them to, which is a VERY rare occurrence.

Genkins was the one going crazy with the airhorn during Atlus' intro. They used up all their airhorn budget for that one XD

Joe credited Jason for Atlus' portrayal. Jason feels that Atlus is very human and fragile on the inside and the kind of characters that he likes to write.

They all laughed at Tucker and Sister being blown up, which they tried to reuse form other stuff, but Joe refused. They joke that they just got it off the internet.

Joe feels that he could have done this episode better as he didn't feel anything for Doc at the end like he had intended.

They have an animator specifically for O'Malley's finger motions. He'll be in the 11-15 commentary and is reffered to as 'The Fingerer'

Episode 7

Since this is an episode that mixes live action, they started working on this even before Episode 1. They were excited at first... until they finally started doing it.

Gus Sorola (VA for Simmons) played the Cyclops as well as his wife.

Joe knows that some people weren't happy with this episode, but he still liked it cause Tucker and Sister got to fight a giant cyclops. They do admit it is one of the stupidest thing they've ever done though XD

They went over budget doing the scene and had to go all the way up to Matt to get more. At RTX, Matt said that he allowed it when they said that Gus was going to be uncomfortable for several hours. Best CEO XD Joe brought in Koen to convince help him.

Huggins had several different animators, but most of the credit goes to an animator named Owen for giving a glowing sphere so much energy with the animation.

Gus' scenes were shot in one day, but because they had to change the lighting so much to correspond with Halo, it took a LOOOOOT of hours.

When the cyclops bit into the Tucker armor, Joe had it in the script that Gus just pulled the head off. Gus asked if he could eat it, which Joe allowed. Joe had to paint it the day before the shoot after Greg went and got it. They used a toy since animating Tucker in Gus' hand would have been too much work to get right.

Joe did a lot of the work on the scenes while listening to an audiobook, so now he just hears it whenever watching the episode. Fortunately, he has a lot of work with green-screen XD

David Levy composed the music for the scene and Joe had him listen to stuff from Jason and the Arganots and such things to give him an idea of what to do.

Tucker jumping to hit the Cyclops'... privates...w as a reference to Independence Day apparently.

Joe wished that, when we see the location again in the finale, he just showed the Cyclops' corpse rotting away... so I guess that confirms that he's dead. He thought of it after the fact however so he couldn't.

Joe deliberately told the Art Department about the female cyclops at the last second so that they would buy a shitty costume for Gus to put on. Greg was confused. The shot later for Episode 15 was a surprise shot Joe did since he was writing the finale around this time, so he wanted it just in case he wanted to use it... which he did XD

Episode 8

The map with the Chorus towers were a Live Map. IDK what that means, but apparently they can't use. So the machinimators had to go around it and take various shots of the towers to put them in the opening scene. It got several accounts banned as a result XD

After the last episode used so many different things (animation, machinima, live action), the fact that they were able to get an animation sequence into this one had Joe feeling good about the production flow for the season since the previous one would normally go over deadlines. Fortunately, the production went through seemlessly.

The animation team is mostly from RWBY Chibi.

Originally Carolina and Dr. Grey's talk was in Grey's office. Miles said that it wasn't weird enough to fit Grey though, so Joe change the setting to a morgue. The dialogue stayed the same though! The feet of the body were apparently hard to render XD

Joe wished that Carolina was holding some guy's intestines to further show how creepy it is.

With the cyclops, Joe apparently wanted him to have a giant, hanging dong cause he things it would be Tucker's worst nightmare. Greg immediately shot that down since no amount if pixilation would be able to hide it.

Joe wanted to give Grif a magic fairy companion, ehnce why we got Huggins and the two would learn form each other.

Huggins is based off of her actress, Ashley Spillers, in terms of personality.

Apparently doing shots showing tall buildings like in Chorus is much easier than getting a dead guy's feet in properly. Huh...

Joe got obsessed with doing different shots to make shots of a character just talking interesting and he felt he went a little too crazy.

Joe felt bad that he couldn't use more of Dylan, but he learned last season that RvB has a TON of characters and he needs to break them up when it's necessary. This is part of why the Reds and Blues were split up this season.

Billy did a lot of work on the wrestling scene in the finale due to how much lighting was needed. It also involved a lot of comp due to the amount of shots.

Wash's cat, Loki, is based off a cat Joe had in RL. Many of the same things happened to it and lived for over 20 years. Wow...

Episode 9

Joe makes it clear that he loves Koen and he only made fun of him because he loves him. Greg felt much of Kohan's portrayal hit too close to home XD

Since they used most of the maps in S15, Joe knew that they were going to have to reuse some of them and the filmset plotline was done in order to do so. Considering Wash's state, he felt that it worked well for character.

The Female Frozen Freelancer was voiced by Minni Clark, their Animation Coordinator.

Joe considered what Wash and Carolina would do with a time machine. For a while, he considered having Carolina use it to go to the future, but he felt that could botch future storylines so he decided to not use the future at all.

They liked the campfire map and giving Huggins sparkles. The sparkles got added late into production. Luckily they emphasized that no one was harmed in the making of this production XD

Huggins will only swear when quoting Die Hard. The lens flare in the movie was also Joe's favorite lens flare in film XD

Joe was originally going to have Grif come across Lopez's head after he sank in the titanic. But since Grif was in Ancient Italy, that would not work so it was cut.

Joe also intended for Grif to use a boat to get over the English Channel, but since it would have been a hard set-piece to make and they already had an underwater map, they went with that instead.

The effect to make past!Simmons portal appear/green-screen was apparently fun XD Joe also liked having Sarge stab Achilles in the foot.

This season has the most green-screen used in any season.

Apparently there are a LOT of time travel stories out there with very complicated rules. Joe went with the ones that he felt were the most common.

Joe got very mad because The Covlerfield Paradox came out sometimes before the season starts. He also gets mad in the finale cause Infinity War did what he did essentially XD

Joe found using time travel to test free will interesting as he doesn't recall anyone doing it before.

Matt improved his lines regarding the back and forth on deciding to open the door. He does that a lot XD

They didn't want to add a shot of Simmons pressing the keypad, so they just showed the door opening.

Episode 10

To make Caboose's vacation easier, they decided to go with the slideshow and just use stills. Most were easy to comp, but some like the monkeys were more difficult. It was orignally going to be animated.

With the shot of the RT Founders, they originally had a Halo helmet in the photo. Joe changed it to a bowling ball.

Joe was counting down the days of production and told no one. Greg was very confused when he saw '100 Days' on Joe's calendar.

Jason wrote Camelto and voiced Lancelot/Sir Gryffandor. Joe used all of his first takes XD

Jason writes long scripts, so Joe had to cut them down and he felt bad about it. Jason said that he got rid of the garbage bits XD

There is some kind of cannon by Tucker's shoulder when he meets with Grif. Joe headcanosn that Tucker just demanded that they make a cannon.

Even Joe points out that Grif's trying to push the plot forward now. They joke that it's just so it an end faster.

The reason why Tucker started the war with France they decided was because they ate snails, hence his line “Those fancy f***s eat snails!”

Joe clarifies on what turning into a shisno means. I wrote about this already, but I'll do so again here. It is not a form of corruption or mind control, but people like Tucker giving more and more into temptation and as such, the worst part of them comes out. He felt that them trying to make the past better is a big convenience in time travel and decided that them screwing it up and therefore still trying was an effect of Chrovos. It's not direct mind control however, it just makes your darker impulses stronger.

Joe confirms that Genkins was the PA who lead Wash to the scene recreating where he got shot solely to make him worst and keep the plan going in the right direction.

Joe, having grown up on films like Evil Dead, really likes bloody shots and thinks that his seasons have had the most blood effects XD

They checked over Donut and O'Malley's scene a LOT due to a lot of screw ups and using a large white void.

Billy's favorite thing to have lighted was Chrovos. They were very happy with the gears design.

Joe really liked Chrovos' VA

Episode 11

Phillip played one of the guards that got crushed by the horse in the finale. It is his proudest moment.

Doing work for Huggins was painful since she required several swooshing effects and her animation turned out to be much more work due to Ian deciding to make her more energetic to not make it boring.

Muggins is less energetic due to being older

Joe had to get special permission from Miles and Kerry to use the RWBY moon and now calls it canon... which he honestly isn't all that wrong if you've watched RWBY V6...

Audio liked adding the effects to Atlus' voice, something that ProZD apparently does in his videos.

When he decided to use God sin RvB, Joe had wanted to have a wish granting scene and the one we got is one of his favorites. He also mentions how most Gods go to places, mess with younger races, so he felt like this fit.

The music for this was challenging for David as Joe instructed him to base it on Danny Elfman-esque scores. The guitar rift when Grif makes the sword wish was treated like a sound effect.

Apparently they used a laughing seagull effect to laugh at Tucker. I need to listen for these things more.

They used a sunset map for Tucker and Sister's talk, and while lighting is often difficult in RvB, Joe felt that this worked very well. Using Halo 5 in general was hard, but after last year they had a good grasp on what they could and couldn't do. They'll be us9ig a new Halo next year, which since Halo 6 isn't out I assume is referring to Halo 2 Anniversary

Okay... so this bit is probably gonna be the biggest part. So the whole scene with Tucker and Sister's talk? Originally in the outline, Joe simply had Sister go 'And I don't care!' when she and Tucker realize that their s*xventures were coming to an end. Then he sent it off to Jason, who expanded on it in the script to have Sister's verbal beatdown to Tucker. Joe let it stick, and we got what we got.

Episode 12

This is the first episode of RvB shot in 4K

You know the opening shot where Actor!Wash dips Actress!Carolina? The scene was mo-caped by Joe as Wash an an animator named Harley (she works primarily on RWBY) as Carolina. When they acted it out, Joe tried to catch Harley when she fell back... except that he had recently dislocated his arm. So he ended up just dropping her and he fell over and hit his head. The mocap for it looked really funny though XD

The reason why Joe used 4K for this episode was in order to do wide shots so that After Effects could put in the shaky cam. He did it in one weekend. He's not a fan of 4K however due to feeling it adds too much production time, so he used it for only this episode.

They joke about making an RvB Soap Opera where Church has a twina nd Sarge goes into a coma. I WANT THIS!

Joe had not seen The Office when he went with the interviews idea.

This, and the later episodes, were written during the production.

This episode was the RvB equivalent of a Beach Episode like you see in anime. But because of armor and stuff, he couldn't go all the way. Also apparently if Halo characters hit the water unless it's an underwater map, they die. Huh...

Joe continues to make it clear that he loves working with Koen. Good job on making sure you don't piss your boss off dude!

The Chinese Finger Trap gag with Caboose was improved by Joel. The trap was composed in and they used the Huggins rigs to help with the stretching.

Joe felt he went a little too strong with the color correction in this episode and that the colors came off too strong, especially with Donut.

Joe liked the audio cue used for when Wash has one of his memory blocks.

There was a lot of improve done with the actors for Jax's movie. Phillip also didn't get the Rodney Dangerfield reference. Joe put that specific one in because the Private John actor did one for funsies in his session.

According to Joe, after he gets hit by Atlus' hammer, he forgets all of his movie ideas and is now in the next stage of his life in trying to figure them out. They ask if this is autobiographical for Joe XD

The gold club is an actual weapon in Halo 5 (some kind of multiplayer mode), huh...

In the original take where everyone is saying titles, Joel had Caboose curse. Joe found it funny... but since Caboose doesn't swear to that level (I think in another interview Joe said he used the F word), he decided two days prior to cut it and edit several takes together to get what we got. They added it back in for the Blooper Reel, and I can confirm that it is hilarious.

Episode 13

David used wall to wall music for this episode.

The first drafts for the final three episodes were over 70 pages long. The average is around 12-18 pages, so... yeah... he had to cut it down to 54 within about three days.

Joe didn't get to work a lot with Genkins' VA (Ricco Fajardo since he forgot the name in the commentary) since Genkins had very few lines. He really enjoyed working with him and the other professional voice actors since he can really push them and they love going along with it.

Jason did the script for this episode.

This episode, along with 13, had very little animation due to the finale going crazy with it. So they cut down on it in these two to make up for that time.

Joe's not a fan of exposition scenes, but since Starseat was a unique set design, he felt like it was a good place to do it.

The Cosmic Powers are always green-screened so that they can look much larger.

David wanted to listen to his master work XD

Joe hadn't told mahcinima what swords to give everyone and is happy with the options that they went with.

Burnstorm's VA is a theater actor in Dallas

Joe regretted that he wasn't able to have the Gods in action much and wishes that he was able to fit in one God fight at least. But he had gone over the animation budget, so even if he wanted to he couldn't.

The Neanderthals hair in Caboose's slideshow apparently didn't work at all, so they photoshoped it in.

Joe really enjoyed doing Carolina and Wash's scene, especially with how well Jen and Shannon performed it. He felt so much regret for what he did to these characters XD

Joe did research on brain injuries to make sure that he portrayed Wash's condition as accurately as possible.

Machinima built the room that the Reds and Blues were teleported to. It was originally a hallway apparently.

Episode 14

The intention of the episode was to be a runway into the finale and to be a bit of a cool down after the last one.

Jason once more did the script for this one.

Halo 5 armor in multiplayer apparently can't be black, so in shadows it just glows. Huh, weird.

No one aside from Joe saw the shot of the Fates. Ian never saw them as he handed them to someone else while doing 15, and they did them all without him having to check them.

Joe wrote the demo for The Fates song to give to the singers who auditioned.

Joe thought a lot about Carolina time traveling prior to this, but felt that she was too responsible and smart to use it the same way the Reds and Blues did.

Phillip was kind of glad that Huggins got 'killed' (I'm still denying it) since it meant no more swoosh sounds

The buildup to the... death scene... dropped the ambiance to build up the creepiness factor.

Joe did the black hole effect and went on until it made him too sad and he kicked his computer. You have only yourself to blame.

They like how the Cosmic Powers just become more and more normal acting as time goes on XD

Joe had been very nervous about The Fates and considers it the weirdest sequence in the season. He suggested the orchestral tuning build-up.

Joe explains how The Fates work. The Cosmic Powers are AI/computers, and that includes The Fates. They are like a series of quantum supercomputers who scan the atoms around them to determine the outcome of the future. Their prophecies are mere projections.

Episode 15 (Season Finale)

They call this 'The Beast Episode'

David added 15 minutes of music with no stop. It continues to accelerate as it continues on.

The episode was done more like a music video. All the animation was done first, and then David composed it to the animation instead of before it. He used bits of previous cues and themes as well. It took him two weeks to do.

The room that Carolina and the others hid in had been very bright, so they had to darken it.

This was very tightly edited in order to stay matched up to the music.

The strategy for the Donut vs O'Malley was to treat the finale as two episodes. The fight was done by one team and all the other stuff was done by another.

They like the 'Use what you learned' advice.

Audio used a program called Vocaline to dot he effects for Chrovos' voice and the gear ticking effects.

The edit for the episode was very different from the script as Joe did a lot of re-arranging of scenes to improve the flow. He got advice form Connor, one of the editors, to pace them better.

The pizza is a photoshopped Home Slice Pizzal

If you watch the scene where Caboose hits the Red with his golf club in slow mo, the body flies off but his soul stays put in an extra frame. If you watch it frame by frame, you can see the soul dissolve. Will make a note to do so later.

David wrote three separate tracks for each storyline in the episode (Donut vs O'Malley, Grif vs Genkins, and the others saving Wash) which all blend together as they go on.

The cue playing when Genkins goes on his boredom rant is Joe and David's favorite cue.

Genkin's rant was also much longer and was pretty much Genkins breaking up with the universe. Joe felt that it was losing momentum as it went on however, so he cut it down.

Phillip had a ringing bell sound effect play when Donut hit the plane on the commentary track. All of them lost it XD

The longest scene to animate was Donut jumping after The Hammer.

Each bit of the fight went to different animators. Ian worked on the Blood Gulch part and reference show he's known for being good at finger animation. Hence why we got O'Malley's evil finger wiggling XD They were bummed that they didn't have more time, but with so much going on, they had no choice. Everything was mo-caped and hand framed due to the uniqueness of all the scenes, all of which used no machinima, which normally has to be in a specific view. Joe was happy since he could move the camera around more.

The city for the final part of the fight was stolen taken from Gen:Lock. It's meant to be New York.

Joe has no regrets regarding the fight scene and was very happy with how it all came together.

There's a ticking effect during the episode that accelerates, but during the final part where Grif is running and stuff, the ticking significantly slowed down.

Grif's running was machinimated and they used an after effects plugin to slow him down properly.

Again, Joe was very mad that Infinity War came out during this time XD This happened a lot this season apparently, such as Legion.

The final scene is done in Halo 2 Anniversary. Joe chose this because it looks familiar, yet is different. He did this specifically to not make people think that they were rebooting it... which happened anyways XD

Again, they confirm that they are NOT doing a reboot. Joe tried to put in as many clues as he could (like Church not being voiced by Burnie) to demonstrate that. There is a reason for why things are like this and why the final three shots are in reverse order from the events in Blood Gulch.

Joe watched all of Deep Space 9 while editing the season. All 6 seasons! Two he watched during the cyclops episode!

Apparently the Security part of the credits (which lists pets) hjust gets added onto without chances, so many of them are probably dead... ending on a morbid note then!

This took like... five hours to type up. But I always like listening to behind-the-scenes stuff and I had a lot of fun doing this! To all of those who actually made it through the entire post, thanks for reading! Looking forward to S17!

#rvb #red vs blue #rvb16

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wongguk · 6 years

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a tag game? more likely than you think

i was tagged by my cutest hottest gf @princechae thank you bub

1. Who is your current Monsta X bias? wonho :((( i love him so much seriously

2. Who was your first bias in Monsta X? it was wonho, it is wonho and it probably stay wonho

3. Favorite Monsta X song? this is not a fair question because every song of monsta x is a bop after bop after bop and i love them sosososo much :((( buuuuut if you really want to make me choose then gone bad? i guess idk okay

4. Who is your Monsta X bias wrecker? it is totally not yoo kihyun and you cannot prove anything :))) [but also ck recently cause daaamn]

5. What is your favorite Monsta X music video? again a difficult question,,,,,, ig dramarama cause i understood everything ksdsjadsm

6. What were your thoughts when you watched No Mercy? i watched it once and i cried and i watched it with a friend too and cried again damnit

7. Favorite Monsta X meme?

8. How long have you been a Monbebe? it was a year in february :’) i made an event to mark my anniversary cause im lame

9. What is your favorite Monsta X album? the connect!!! i love this album i could give up my limbs for it

10. If you could befriend one member of Monsta X who would it be? changkyun because we are both a little odd and crazy

11. If you could marry one member of Monsta X who would it be? wonho :(((( it would be cute

12. How did you fall in love with Monsta X?

there was one post on tumblr that said ‘changkyun speaking hungarian’ and my eyeballs literally rolled out of my skull so i searched and i found it and the next day i was binge watching right now and no.mercy :)))

13. Favorite Ship?

kiho, my loves, my babies, my only ones :’)

sooo idk who to tag i was literally ded for weeks now i dont even know how tumblr works anymore :((( but ill try and tag @lobmaze @changkyuwu @universetwo @photosynthesizingparkhyungsik and whoever wants to do this : D

#tag #it was fun and im really tired #i had four hours of sleep i am really on the verge of dying #but anyway i hope you all have a lovely day i love you all so much and i miss you all :(((#i wish i could be more active here honestly ://#im sorry #réka says shit

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the-prince-of-professors · 7 years

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11 Questions

Tagged by @jeremyholmes - Thank you dear! :)

The rules:

Post the rules (Ooooo)

Answer the questions given to you

Make 11 questions of your own

Tag 11 people

Okay, so I’m gonna bend the rules (oh my goood) since I’ve already done this once, but I still want to answer the questions ^^

jeremyholmes’s questions:

Who do you currently ship the most and why? RAFFLES AND BUNNY. Because they are messed up and reckless and crazy, but they love each other so much and their love is just... so pure. And they are so tender with each other. And the way their relationship develops over time is just beautiful in every way.

What’s a good book you’ve recently read? Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. Very painful, very raw, very real, very beautiful.

Have you seen Jeremy Brett in anything other than Holmes and if so which of those roles did you enjoy the most? So far I’ve only seen him as Maxim de Winter in Rebecca (1979) and as Basil in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976), and I really enjoyed him in both roles. But I think I’ll have to choose Basil since I love that character, and I think Brett’s performance in the film was amazing and authentic (and he got all the gay pining right on point, good god).

What do you like to do to relax? Well, I very easily get sensory overload so I have a number of things I do, and it depends a bit on the situation. I have a bottle of Lavender oil that I use frequently (putting it on my sheets, my pillow, my clothes, or just breathing it in through my nose) and it’s such a blessing to have. Listening to Chopin also relaxes me, and Chopin + Lavender is often my recipe for a good night’s sleep. Sometimes I really need my favourite punk rock on high volume. A warm bath is wonderful. And after a long day a glass of red wine or a whiskey is very welcome, preferable along with one of my favourite TV shows. Or sometimes just dumping myself on the couch and watch a sitcom is enough.

What was your favourite vacation and why? Last summer, after 7 months stuck in L.A., I went to London for a couple of days before going home for a visit. I love London like crazy and had been longing for it all year, and it was so cool and fresh and quiet compared to L.A. (yes, that’s how bad L.A. is). I arrived in the afternoon and after a nap in my tiny hotel room I went down to Hyde Park and sat on the grass and read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and then went to a pub (the oldest one in London) and finished the book while having dinner. Then two of my best friends arrived the next day, and we visited St Pancras and Gower Street (Sherlock’s 221B) and Baker Street, and the next day we went to see The Cursed Child which was bloody amazing, and in between the two performances we had lunch at the Sherlock Holmes pub. So yeah, best vacation ever ♥

What did you find hardest growing up? I suppose being very sensitive (I’m a HSP) was difficult for me, along with having misophonia and likely OCD. It was not something that was really accepted or understood, and because of that I didn’t understand it either and thought that there was something wrong with me. I ended up repressing a lot until eventually I felt dead inside. It wasn’t until I moved away and started acting school that all those feelings surfaced and I could finally deal with them and accept them, and see that this high sensitivity is actually a gift as long as I take care of myself. So now I deal with all my emotions and refuse to repress anything, which can also be difficult at times but I feel so much more alive and connected to myself, and wouldn’t have it any other way.

Jeremy’s Holmes: slicked back hair or natural hair? :p Slicked back - it looks so daaamn good, especially with his black suits. Very refined.

What’s your fondest memory? Being at my grandmother’s - sitting by the small kitchen table and playing with the card deck with the old radio on while she was cooking; reading comic books in my aunt’s old room and playing with her old toys; sitting in my grandmother’s lap late at night when she had put on her worn purple night gown; sitting on the couch with her and grandpa watching Bingolotto on Saturday nights; the way it felt to hug her; the way the apartment smelt of cigarette smoke and old books.

What’s your must read fic when you’re in a bad mood? Oh, I don’t tend to reread fanfiction a lot so I’m not sure... But basically reading something very fluffy with a first kiss or similar usually cheers me up immensely. I used to read a lot of Salambo06′s work, which is a lot of very pure and very sweet Johnlock. And of course, A_Candle_For_Sherlock is always amazing :)

What’s on your Christmas wishlist? Gift card for my favourite café/chocolate factory in my home town. Scented candles. Chocolate. The Christmas issue of Bamse (a Swedish comic book for kids that I will never stop reading). And snow. Always snow :)

What brought you into this fandom? Sherlock first captivated me with its cinematography and well, overall form, plus I started shipping Johnlock from ASiP. Then the Johnlocking intensified. Then I wanted to read canon so one beautiful day I bought the whole collection at the Barnes and Noble on Ventura in Studio City and brought it home as if it was a holy scripture. Then I fell in love with canon and since then it has only escalated more and more and now... well, I guess I’m lost forever.

Jeez, this got long. I’m not so good at keeping it short. Oh well.

Okay so, I’m copying my first round of questions:

Your favourite music genre?

If you could step into one (1) book and visit that world and its characters, what book would you choose?

Do you prefer to be in a deep forest or by the ocean?

Train or car?

If you were a cartoon character with only one outfit, what would you be wearing?

Name a favourite character and one trait of theirs that you identify with.

What is a skill you want to learn?

Something you really need to do before going to bed?

Is there something good in your life right now that you never would have believed you’d have five or ten years ago?

What is the motif of the largest picture/painting/poster in your bedroom?

Silver or gold?

And since I’ve already tagged a bunch of people, I’m tagging anyone who wants to answer them! (Seriously, if you want to - do it! ☺)

#tag game #about me

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dialover-author-couples · 7 years

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30 day challenge 10-20

Omg I apologize xD my partials literally left me defeated ;;;; BUT THERE YOU HAVE!

Day 10: my view on drugs and alcohol.

Okay, I think everything it’s cool in little portions. So, as you don’t lose yourself and conscience, it’s okay (?

Day 11: Current relationship, if single discuss how single life is.

Single~ well, sometimes you feel lonely, and it’s kinda frustrating to fall and fall wihtout getting anything. But I’m happy, now I’m focused on finishing my fic, so I’ll be waiting until I met that someone n.n!

Day 12: Things I want to say to an ex.

DAAAMN, a lot of things, now I only want to say that it’s been a long time (without you my friend lol ok no xD), and I want to see you again. I miss you, and I realized that even if I’m okay without you, I want to be with you. Or just hug you one last time.

Day 13: A date I would love to go on.

At night. Totally. Like driving the car on the road watching at the starry sky listening music. Or sitting somewhere where we could contemplate a nice landscape/cityscape *-*

Day 14: Something disgusting I do.

OMG hahaha, okay, listen, this is a secret xD I drool while sleeping ;;;; specially on naps *such a baby whut*

Day 15: The best thing to happen to you this week.

LOST EDEN

Day 16: 3 things you are proud of about your personality.

-I’m easy going

-Tolerant

-Chill (?

Day 17: Things that make you scared.

Cockroaches, That’s all. I can’t. UGHHH

Day 18: Disrespecting parents.

What.

Day 19: something that never fails to make you feel better.

Write. That. Or listen to “Ven bailalo” xD

Day 20: Last argument I had.

Hm... I don’t remember? Lol I don’t like to fight, maybe I had a little one with my mommy this morning. But nothing special n.n!

#30 day challenge

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t-shrt · 4 years

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100 q tag

no one wud read it but ima do it anyways cos fun tag by @dubblebubble

1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk? more cereal than milk cos i love tht crunchy crunch

2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day? LOVE

3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books? receipts, pen lol

4: how do you take your coffee/tea? coffee=basic latte/hot tea, no sugar

5: are you self-conscious of your smile? sometimes, not too often tho

6: do you keep plants? no but i want to but ill be terrible at it so no

7: do you name your plants?

8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings? digital art

9: do you like singing/humming to yourself? yes very it keeps me sane

10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach? side/back, back esp nowadays

11: what’s an inner joke you have with your friends? lots lol

12: what’s your favorite planet? earth? hahahah it used to be jupiter cos i loved sailor jupiter as a child

13: what’s something that made you smile today? friend + nct + fics

14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like? two separate bedrooms, a balcony, good amount of plants, separate fridge for alcohol, sizeable kitchen

15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is! it rains diamonds in jupiter and saturn $$$$

16: what’s your favorite pasta dish? bolognese hahahaha im boring

17: what color do you really want to dye your hair? i just dyed my hair a darker ash brown n i quite like it ive been light for awhile

18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up. one came 2 mind cos we both recently talked ab it, a longtime close friend of mine n i used to have the biggest fight where he threw me a pair of scissors n i threw him a basketball in retaliation lmfaooo it still became a running joke more than a decade later...

19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it? not really...prolly shud

20: what’s your favorite eye color? i actually like brown hahah, maybe a slightly lighter shade of brown

21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that’s been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces. it was a gift from my parents, a simple small messenger bag with a lot of slots, brought it with me literally everywhere, during my hookups, my night outs, been stained with questionable things (its been cleaned lol!).... almost lost it in a club only to be found by a friend... it has foundation stains tho lol

22: are you a morning person? n o

23: what’s your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations? sleep, listen to music, watch stuff, not reply to messages

24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets? no

25: what’s the weirdest place you’ve ever broken into? nothing rly comes to mind but im p sure ive been somewhere like tht lol

26: what are the shoes you’ve had for forever and wear with every single outfit? LOL my adidas superstars

27: what’s your favorite bubblegum flavor? ermm the red colored ones?

28: sunrise or sunset? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm very good question

29: what’s something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing? hmm what comes to mind is the way both of us sometimes exchange goodnight msgs w nct farm emojis heheeh

30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared? lol ofc....

31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks. unfortunately im rly basic on socks, u wud most likely find me wearing black ankle socks or black ballet(?) socks nothing more nothing less.......

32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends. a lot has happened usually during that time lol. duno which story to pick honestly hahahah. i think a memorable one might be when we were drinking n played games and we talked and talked and joked n nek min one by one we fell asleep in the same room hahah... im sure there are other stories tht might be more eventful but fr the life of me my memorys fuzzy rn lol

33: what’s your fave pastry? i love strawberry shortcakes! or mille crepes

34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it? i kept a LOT hahah. prolly named a few, but nothing was too special. i think it rly reflected how i managed my relationships then, n evn yrs aftwds, like i ws always lonely n my instincts were to gain quantity cos deep down i cudnt trust ppl n cudnt get too committed lololol

35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often? i wish i was cos sometimes ppl wud make pretty colorful notes, but i usually just buy ones tht i wud use cos practicality.

36: which band’s sound would fit your mood right now? mmmmm is it cheating if i say nct cos they cover a range of genres lmao. but their ballads i guess yeah.

37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean? i mean i prefer to keep it clean, but its always really messy HAHAHA ;_;

38: tell us about your pet peeves! 1. someone rude 2. someone who doesnt know how to respect others’ boundaries 3. someone self-entitled n takes themselves 2 seriously

39: what color do you wear the most? black on black on black on black baby

40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what’s it’s story? does it have any meaning to you? an evangelion ring, its the black (lilith) moon with lcl gem in it, to me i guess symbolizes my struggle with human relations, n how eva as an anime illustrated tht n the fantasy of having everyone’s consciousness merged into one--n the fact that lilith in itself (in astrology) signifies the darker side of a human being? i guess n the fact that evn if u acknowledge ur darker side u cud still use it to further urself

41: what’s the last book you remember really, really loving? hmmmm i guess last was a self help book, unfuck your boundaries, helped me support my need to strengthen my boundaries

42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it! little rogue :) its in a small alleyway, a little quaint shop, easy to miss... small potted plants, with an amaaazing matcha latte

43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with? siiigh a guy i was involved with lmfao i cut him off tho

44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything? hmmmmm good question i guess lately ive been very thankful tht i could feel comfortable taking my own time and space, n accepting the positive energy others wn give 2 me. being single really, really does help evn tho id feel lonely sometimes, bc the only weight i carry is the weight of my own soul n i wn learn how to nourish that

45: do you trust your instincts a lot? very i think

46: tell us the worst pun you can think of. i have a lot HAHAHA if u were a friend of mine ud prolly get tired of them. a genuinely bad one wud be haha youre so punny lmfao

47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe? nothing rly lmao if theyre healthy n someone derives happiness frm it i wudnt want it to be banned

48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today? probably not lol, i mean i think i retained similar fears since i ws a kid but now obviously my biggest fear(s) would be more...specific to me

49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought? its the digital age baby spotify ftw (in all srsness i wish i collected vinyls tho hh)

50: what’s an odd thing you collect? i used to collect ramune bottles lmaoooo

51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them? hmmmm nah lets not do this right now lol

52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far? LOL too many but i love shitpost quality memes tbh

53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them? pulp fiction. i actually loved it, i think i still do, its entertainment value is kickass, havent taken the time to dissect it in any other way

54: who’s the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face? oh man i think it ws the dude i ws seeing lmao fk him

55: what’s the most dramatic thing you’ve ever done to prove a point? a lot, n most of them im not proud of, cos some involves self harm

56: what are some things you find endearing in people? kindness n genuineness, someone’s courage in being vulnerable

57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics? dont feel like it rn but everytime i do 10/10 will dramatically reenact the lyrics right to the guitar riffs

58: who’s the wine mom and who’s the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why? im definitely the wine (aunt) lmfaooo im already one tbh

59: what’s your favorite myth? Eros + Psyche, Icarus and the sun

60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? i love poetry hahah...cant think of any rn

61: what’s the stupidest gift you’ve ever given? the stupidest one you’ve ever received? id love any gift given 2 me as long as they wont harm me or anything lmao n i dont think ive evr given anything too stupid. well.. idk if this is stupid tho like i sent flowers thanking my ex for ‘helping me live’ well aft we’ve blocked each other off cos the end to the relo was js daaamn toxic lmao

62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind? nope

63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be? music i do spotify n im pretty particular ab organizing my playlists i guess. my books im alright with as long as theyre just stacked properly no problem

64: what color is the sky where you are right now? prolly rly dark blue cos its 12 am

65: is there anyone you haven’t seen in a long time who you’d love to hang out with? a lot tbh cos ive rly been focusing on stuff internally

66: what would your ideal flower crown look like? daisies, sunflowers, n baby breath here n there

67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel? somber i guess maybe a tad bit nostalgic?

68: what’s winter like where you live? heeella cold not cos of the temperature itself but the winds thooo, if it drizzles evn in the slightest it feels like needles piercing through ur bones literally

69: what are your favorite board games? i like the game of life, ummm cards against humanity?

70: have you ever used a ouija board? no n never will lol

71: what’s your favorite kind of tea? the fruity kinds

72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you’ll forget it? yea def lol

73: what are some of your worst habits? disappearing from people when i feel strong emotions

74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns. they’re small but they’re so full of love, full of life, full of strength, and full of care for others, they’re the type of person who will seek their goals till the end despite obstacles and still be able to not lose their warm heart on the way. they put so much thought and care to every aspect of their life even when in the past they have been handed some bad things, and i adore them for that.

75: tell us about your pets! none :( wish i have a cat though

76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren’t? hahahhaah

77: pink or yellow lemonade? pink!

78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub? neither sometimes i think theyre weird sometimes cute sometimes weirdly cute lmao

79: what’s one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you? write up 24 things they love about me to stop me from hating myself

80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why? white. no but if i had to id say white anyways lol cos its a blank canvas

81: describe one of your friend’s eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of. i dunno uhhhh her rounded eyes which seemed to at first glance, harbor plenty of wonder seemed to be weighted by many untold secrets, the traces of which could be found when she erupts into laughter where the wonder would manifest itself in the form of small stars in the dark of her eyes.

82: are/were you good in school? meh. i try

83: what’s some of your favorite album art? weirdly i like cigarette after sex’s one cos its so simple yet telling

84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones? planning on getting an evangelion one, another heart one, a sunflower one, and prolly a ghibli related one

85: do you read comics? what are your faves? manga? naruto 4evr LOL

86: do you like concept albums? which ones? hmmm thinkin of dpr live’s IAOT

87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives? lord of the rings, harry potter, one of ghibli movies lol

88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy? i think impressionism is very cool evn tho i dont do it myself

89: are you close to your parents? eeeeee

90: talk about your one of you favorite cities. Melbourne is a wonderful city where many things could coexist in one--happiness and sadness, camaraderie and loneliness, hot and cold, quiet and full of life, productive and relaxed, bursting with unfocused energy yet incredibly organized, and for many reasons it’s become one of my favorite cities, and definitely my favorite to live in.

91: where do you plan on traveling this year? no plans tbh lol maybe home?.......japan? heheheh nahhh

92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch? it depends lol mostly i guess drowns my pasta in cheese

93: what’s the hairstyle you wear the most? i always wear it down, either straight or wavy

94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday? a friend of mine

95: what are your plans for this weekend? stay in most likely, do stuff

96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot? 100% procrastinate lmaoooo

97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house? ISTG, jkjk INFP, leo sun aquarius moon cancer rising, ravenclaw

98: when’s the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it? im alws meh ab hiking tbh lmao

99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them. Long Slow Distance - NCT 127, Four - Sleeping At Last, idontwannabeyouanymore - Billie Eilish, Stop This Train - John Mayer, Digital Lover - Crush

100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why? 5 years into the past so she’d stop focusing her life around anybody else but herself

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internetdetectives · 5 years

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8/30/19 - Chat with Moonman and GHOSTBABEL

moonman31 2:11 PM: "the weather is crazy right now”

Xenquility 2:12 PM: "Rain?”

moonman31 2:12 PM: "nah not yet, soon though”

moonman31 2:12 PM: "Everything was cool here and suddenly we got all these hurricane warnings today”

Slinky stinks 2:13 PM: "its because it was 10hour version”

Xenquility 2:13 PM: "Think you'll be okay?”

moonman31 2:13 PM: "I should be?”

moonman31 2:13 PM: "Florida is used to hurricanes”

moonman31 2:13 PM: "just not so unexpectedly as this”

Mr t series good 2:13 PM: "You dumbasses”

Slinky stinks 2:13 PM: "yeah but an hurricane is a hurricane g”

otherLiam 2:13 PM: "As a fellow Floridian, he'll be okay.”

Slinky stinks 2:14 PM: "take care just in case”

otherLiam 2:14 PM: "The state's infrastructure is built for hurricanes.”

otherLiam 2:14 PM: "That being said, did Wolfcat actually play a song?”

Mr t series good 2:14 PM: "Yeah”

Mr t series good 2:14 PM: "That madlad”

Slinky stinks 2:14 PM: "he did a "Pro slinky move"”

Slinky stinks 2:14 PM: "and posted the 10h version of the SoS”

otherLiam 2:15 PM: "hmm”

moonman31 2:15 PM: "???”

moonman31 2:15 PM: "what are you guys talking about”

Jos 2:15 PM: "Hello, resume?”

Jos 2:15 PM: "Also my moonman”

moonman31 2:15 PM: "it's hurricane season…”

Slinky stinks 2:15 PM: "wait is there a hurricane season?”

otherLiam 2:15 PM: "there is”

Xenquility 2:16 PM: "There's a good chance it wasn't wolfcat”

moonman31 2:16 PM: "you think the song of storms summoned a hurricane?”

Jos 2:16 PM: "(:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅m̲̅a̲̅r̲̅i̲̅j̲̅u̲̅a̲̅n̲̅a̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅() this one after "death" should be gret”

Xenquility 2:16 PM: "There's literally a hurricane heading to Florida right now”

Jos 2:16 PM: "NOW that you mention that”

moonman31 2:16 PM: "wait”

moonman31 2:16 PM: "what is the name of that hurricane”

Slinky stinks 2:16 PM: "its an alternate universe hurricane”

Xenquility 2:16 PM: "Dorian”

Slinky stinks 2:16 PM: "imagine its called john lol”

moonman31 2:17 PM: "Weird”

moonman31 2:17 PM: "no ours is Helena”

Slinky stinks 2:17 PM: "Helena???”

moonman31 2:17 PM: "it feels like its not a coincidence though”

moonman31 2:17 PM: “the timing is too perfect”

moonman31 2:17 PM: “do you think someone is trying to get us?”

otherLiam 2:17 PM: "You said you just got hurricane warnings, right?”

moonman31 2:17 PM: "I mean all of us?”

Mr t series good 2:18 PM: "Wolf caused it moonman”

Slinky stinks 2:18 PM: "damn…”

moonman31 2:18 PM: "There's a lot of us in the various Floridas…”

moonman31 2:18 PM: "Wolf?”

otherLiam 2:18 PM: "We've known about Dorian for awhile, so it suddenly appearing out of nowhere for you seems pretty bad.”

moonman31 2:18 PM: "doesn't seem like Wolf would do that :\”

Jos 2:18 PM: "Wolf has been weird the past week.”

Xenquility 2:18 PM: "How long ago did the warnings appear?”

Slinky stinks 2:18 PM: "i mean”

Jos 2:18 PM: "i have a lot of proof”

Xenquility 2:18 PM: "(Wolf is always weird)”

Slinky stinks 2:18 PM: "helena sounds familiar”

Jos 2:18 PM: "no no”

Jos 2:18 PM: "weird stuff”

Jos 2:18 PM: "but”

otherLiam 2:18 PM: "...That reminds me. Moonman, it was mentioned to us that you think there's a traitor in our midst. Why do you think that?”

moonman31 2:19 PM: "Because they were posting your discord convos in the truth”

Mr t series good 2:19 PM: "What If Wolfs the traitor”

Slinky stinks 2:19 PM: "Wait what”

moonman31 2:19 PM: "that's all gone now though”

Mr t series good 2:19 PM: "Would Match with him Posting Songs”

moonman31 2:19 PM: "it was in the Internet Detectives thread”

Jos 2:19 PM: "@otherLiam accept friend”

otherLiam 2:19 PM: "we are now frens”

Mr t series good 2:20 PM: "Nice”

Slinky stinks 2:20 PM: "accept frend too liam”

otherLiam 2:20 PM: "did it”

Wolfcat 2:21 PM: "i posted the song of storms in reference to the actual hurricane hitting florida right now”

Mr t series good 2:21 PM: "Oh”

otherLiam 2:21 PM: "Were they posting discord convos from here, or the main ID discord?”

Wolfcat 2:21 PM: "i never meant for it to be an actual submission”

Mr t series good 2:21 PM: "Sorry then wolf”

otherLiam 2:21 PM: "Well, Slinky didn't mean the Elegy to be an actual submission”

moonman31 2:21 PM: "they were from the ID discord”

moonman31 2:21 PM: "mainly”

otherLiam 2:21 PM: "but here we are”

Slinky stinks 2:21 PM: "lol”

Slinky stinks 2:21 PM: "okay”

Slinky stinks 2:21 PM: "prolly it was the first post”

Slinky stinks 2:21 PM: "it was made by nocta”

otherLiam 2:21 PM: "Then that doesn't necessarily mean we have a traitor, anyone can join that thing and take screenshots.”

Slinky stinks 2:22 PM: "but its deleted”

Wolfcat 2:22 PM: "nocta was also spying on our tumblr if im remebering correctly”

Slinky stinks 2:22 PM: "and a lot of people joined and quitted recently”

moonman31 2:22 PM: "uh well i thought you need special perms to go beyond the welcome area”

moonman31 2:22 PM: "but this was going on for a while”

Slinky stinks 2:23 PM: "oh yeah”

Slinky stinks 2:23 PM: "the ID role”

Slinky stinks 2:23 PM: "i couldn't see the general with my Side Acc”

otherLiam 2:23 PM: "Hrm.”

ɢʜᴏsᴛʙᴀʙᴇʟ 2:26 PM: "ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛᴡᴏ ʜᴜʀʀɪᴄᴀɴᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏɪɴɪᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ? sᴇᴇᴍs ꜰɪsʜʏ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ.”

Jos 2:27 PM: "I don't think so”

Mr t series good 2:27 PM: "Babel you think the Song caused it”

Slinky stinks 2:27 PM: "i mean now everything its a coincidence”

Jos 2:27 PM: "I mean”

Slinky stinks 2:27 PM: "we cant asume stuff now bc we dont have Any info”

ARGdov 2:28 PM: "God shit is bad”

ARGdov 2:28 PM: "Sadly Im prepccupied”

Mr t series good 2:28 PM: "Oof”

ARGdov 2:28 PM: "Dont do anything stupid you guys”

Wolfcat 2:29 PM: "who do you think we are?”

Slinky stinks 2:29 PM: "dont post songs as memes”

Mr t series good 2:29 PM: ":moonman:”

Slinky stinks 2:29 PM: "thats what you guys told me lol”

ɢʜᴏsᴛʙᴀʙᴇʟ 2:29 PM: "ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴡᴇ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇᴅ ᴏꜰꜰ sᴏᴍᴇ ʀɪsᴋʏ sᴛᴜꜰꜰ. ɪ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘᴏssɪʙʟʏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏɴsᴇǫᴜᴇɴᴄᴇs. sʜᴏʀᴛʟʏ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀsᴛ sᴛᴏʀᴍ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴇᴅ. ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɪɴɪᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏs.”

Slinky stinks 2:29 PM: "and it happened again”

Jos 2:30 PM: "yeah, as i said, it is not, but i can't speak much”

Slinky stinks 2:30 PM: "does the length of the song also means sum

lime if i post a 10 hour version of something it would mean more effectively”

ARGdov 2:30 PM: "I doubt it”

ɢʜᴏsᴛʙᴀʙᴇʟ 2:31 PM: "ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ɴᴏᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴛᴀᴍᴘᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴꜰɪɴɪᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛᴀᴍᴘᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ. ᴏʀ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴀɴɪᴘᴜʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ ɪs ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ.”

moonman31 2:32 PM: ":neutral_face:”

ɢʜᴏsᴛʙᴀʙᴇʟ 2:33 PM: "ᴄᴀʟʟ ɪᴛ ᴀ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ ᴛʜᴇɴ. ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴘᴇssɪᴍɪsᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴍᴏʀᴇ sᴇʀɪᴏᴜsʟʏ, ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ sʜᴏᴇs. ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ.”

Slinky stinks 2:33 PM: "moonman poker faces”

Jos 2:33 PM: "We are”

ARGdov 2:33 PM: "We’re concerned”

Slinky stinks 2:34 PM: "take care moony, we dont know how interdimensional hurricanes can be”

moonman31 2:34 PM: "meh”

Slinky stinks 2:34 PM: "just asking”

Slinky stinks 2:34 PM: "how was that hurricane that fucked up A LOT called?”

Slinky stinks 2:34 PM: "who is @0118072119”

Slinky stinks 2:34 PM: "is in both servers and it freaks me out a little lol”

Jos 2:36 PM: "Idk just a player”

moonman31 2:43 PM: ((Moonman posts a screenshot of a Google search, showing results for a hurricane named Helena))

Mr t series good 2:43 PM: "Oh shit”

Slinky stinks 2:43 PM: "what the heck”

Jos 2:44 PM: "Do you have google over there?”

moonman31 2:44 PM: "What? Yeah”

ARGdov 2:44 PM: "Daaamn”

ARGdov 2:44 PM: "Weird one thing presicted it coming a couple days ago”

ARGdov 2:44 PM: "Although wait”

ARGdov 2:44 PM: "Category 1 is a weak hurricane right?”

moonman31 2:45 PM: "Uh yeah i guess they announced it as a storm a few days ago but suddenly its like a CAT 4”

ARGdov 2:45 PM: "Jesus fuck ok”

ARGdov 2:45 PM: "Yeah ok so Wolf is responsible”

moonman31 2:46 PM: "wait”

moonman31 2:46 PM: "google your hurricane”

moonman31 2:46 PM: "and see how it compares”

Jos 2:46 PM: ((Jos posts a screenshot of a Google search similar to Moonman’s, only the names are replaced with “Dorian”))

Jos 2:46 PM: “sorry for the spasnih stuff”

moonman31 2:47 PM: "seems the same”

Slinky stinks 2:47 PM: "hmmm”

Slinky stinks 2:47 PM: "yeah”

ARGdov 2:47 PM: "Simmilar but not the same”

Slinky stinks 2:47 PM: "is helena hitting in georgia too?”

otherLiam 2:47 PM: "might just be us being parallel earths, might have been wolfcat posting the song of storms as a meme.”

Slinky stinks 2:47 PM: "Simmilar but not the same”

Slinky stinks 2:47 PM: "LIKE THE WHOLE TIMELINE”

Slinky stinks 2:47 PM: "that caps sorry”

Mr t series good 2:48 PM: "Yes”

ARGdov 2:48 PM: "The hurricane in the other timelie was weak”

Slinky stinks 2:48 PM: "i pressed by accident”

ARGdov 2:48 PM: "And then not so long after Wolf posted it it got absurdly strong”

Jos 2:48 PM: "Actually”

Jos 2:48 PM: "not only song of storm.”

Jos 2:48 PM: "but the healing song”

Jos 2:48 PM: "both hidden as memes”

ARGdov 2:50 PM: "Yeesh”

otherLiam 2:50 PM: "i doubt the song of healing counted”

moonman31 2:51 PM: ((Moonman posts a news article about hurricane Helena))

Xenquility 2:52 PM: ((Xenquility posts the same news article as it appears in our timeline, having the name replaced with “Dorian”))

otherLiam 2:52 PM: "hmmm.”

otherLiam 2:52 PM: "for the record”

otherLiam 2:52 PM: "there has never been a hurricane Helena in our timeline.”

Slinky stinks 2:53 PM: "hmmm”

otherLiam 2:53 PM: "we had a Tropical Storm Helena once. We've had Hurricanes Elena and Helene.”

Slinky stinks 2:53 PM: "i mean yeah”

Slinky stinks 2:53 PM: "it has been a helena tropical storm”

Slinky stinks 2:53 PM: "9 deds”

moonman31 2:55 PM: "Dorian /ˈdɔːriən/ is a unisex given name of Greek origin. In Greek the meaning of the name Dorian is: Of Doris, a district of Greece; or of Doros, a legendary Greek hero. Doros was the son of Hellen of Sparta (who was the daughter of Zeus and Leda). Doros was the founder of the Dorian tribe, and the most likely origin of Doros' name was the Greek word "doron", meaning "gift". The Dorians were an obscure, ancient Hellenic tribe that were supposed to have existed in the north-eastern regions of Greece, ancient Macedonia and Epirus.”

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aspenxlee · 6 years

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first interactions.

first texts.

[21:39, 26/5/2018] Aspen: so... john, right?

[21:39, 26/5/2018] Aspen: it's aspen!!! 😊

[21:39, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i saw you earlier today i hope you still remember me, maybe?

[21:41, 26/5/2018] John: aspen from 8th grade aspen??????????????????

[21:43, 26/5/2018] Aspen: ... yeah~ st pauls high school?

[21:43, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i saw you earlier today

[21:44, 26/5/2018] Aspen: asked your sister for your number

[21:44, 26/5/2018] Aspen: ... sorry, actually

[21:44, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i didn't know if you'd remember me and wendy did~

[21:46, 26/5/2018] John: yeah???????? mate it’s been qUITE a while

[21:46, 26/5/2018] John: no problem, really

[21:46, 26/5/2018] John: i have a great memory, don’t worry 😎

[21:49, 26/5/2018] Aspen: six years, actually~

[21:49, 26/5/2018] Aspen: well you also have great hair

[21:49, 26/5/2018] Aspen: so there's that

[21:50, 26/5/2018] John: look who’s talking about hair

[21:51, 26/5/2018] John: a whole lot of hair, actually

[21:51, 26/5/2018] John: man it’s surreal

[21:51, 26/5/2018] Aspen: pretty long, huh?

[21:52, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i'm saving it so i can donate it~

[21:52, 26/5/2018] Aspen: the fact that is been so long? YES

[21:52, 26/5/2018] John: i thought it was just for the aesthetics

[21:53, 26/5/2018] John: but that’s sweet~

[21:53, 26/5/2018] John: YES and also the length of your hair

[21:53, 26/5/2018] John: mesmerizing

[21:53, 26/5/2018] John: you look good with it

[21:55, 26/5/2018] Aspen: well also that

[21:55, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i'm fool of aesthetics

[21:55, 26/5/2018] Aspen: oh my gidsorry

[21:55, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i meant full*

[21:55, 26/5/2018] Aspen: omg sorry my corrector

[21:56, 26/5/2018] Aspen: well you also look very good, john

[21:56, 26/5/2018] Aspen: the dots on your face: 💖

[21:58, 26/5/2018] John: please call me johnny

[21:58, 26/5/2018] John: only the teachers call me john

[21:59, 26/5/2018] John: it’s too full of formalities

[22:00, 26/5/2018] Aspen: oh

[22:00, 26/5/2018] Aspen: oh... yeah... johnny~

[22:00, 26/5/2018] Aspen: that sounds WAY better

[22:01, 26/5/2018] Aspen: am i being too formal?

[22:01, 26/5/2018] Aspen: SORRY

[22:01, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i'm actually very nervous

[22:01, 26/5/2018] John: i just giggled

[22:02, 26/5/2018] Aspen: and since i don't have a nickname, you can still call me aspen?

[22:02, 26/5/2018] Aspen: BUT IT'S ALRIGHT

[22:02, 26/5/2018] Aspen: you must look pretty cute right now then 😊

[22:02, 26/5/2018] John: nah, mate, don’t worry

[22:03, 26/5/2018] John: i can call you aspirine if you want

[22:03, 26/5/2018] John: that was lame

[22:03, 26/5/2018] John: i’m sorry

[22:04, 26/5/2018] Aspen: ... very lame

[22:04, 26/5/2018] Aspen: but it's okay

[22:04, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i actually laughed at that

[22:04, 26/5/2018] Aspen: ÇASLKJDHFJDK

[22:04, 26/5/2018] John: 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[22:07, 26/5/2018] Aspen: so you have bad jokes AND cute dots?

[22:07, 26/5/2018] Aspen: where have you been all this time, johnny?

[22:08, 26/5/2018] John: are you kidding me? i’m the king of bad jokes

[22:08, 26/5/2018] John: that’s i lie, my dad is the king

[22:08, 26/5/2018] John: i’m the prince

[22:09, 26/5/2018] John: trying to not be swallowed by paparazzi i guess

[22:10, 26/5/2018] Aspen: ... your dad and mum are like very famous, right?

[22:10, 26/5/2018] Aspen: it's kinda insane

[22:10, 26/5/2018] Aspen: sorry you had to deal with the media so early, johnny

[22:10, 26/5/2018] Aspen: that must suck :|

[22:11, 26/5/2018] John: yeah, mum is a model

[22:11, 26/5/2018] John: and they went viral online

[22:11, 26/5/2018] John: so yeah

[22:11, 26/5/2018] John: no one ever said that to me

[22:11, 26/5/2018] John: sometimes, but i’m used to it

[22:12, 26/5/2018] Aspen: your mum is so pretty

[22:12, 26/5/2018] Aspen: (with all due respect obviously)

[22:12, 26/5/2018] Aspen: but she's gorgeous!!!!

[22:13, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i mean nice genetics

[22:13, 26/5/2018] John: I KNOW RIGHT

[22:13, 26/5/2018] Aspen: well it's the truth :( that must suck

[22:13, 26/5/2018] Aspen: you're very young~

[22:13, 26/5/2018] John: well thanks 😎

[22:15, 26/5/2018] John: i mean, mum and dad are all for privacy, but sometimes we can’t avoid, you know

[22:15, 26/5/2018] John: but it’s fine, really

[22:15, 26/5/2018] John: thanks

[22:16, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i wish i could say i do know but hey it's not my speech place, i don't know anything about spotlights and paparazzi...

[22:16, 26/5/2018] Aspen: no problem mate

[22:17, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i mean we don't know each other that much

[22:17, 26/5/2018] Aspen: but you can talk to me about it if you want to :)

[22:17, 26/5/2018] Aspen: it's always nice to have a friend, i guess?

[22:19, 26/5/2018] John: friends, yes!!!

[22:20, 26/5/2018] John: let’s change that

[22:20, 26/5/2018] John: we don’t see each other since 8th grade

[22:21, 26/5/2018] John: it’s like meeting a new person

[22:21, 26/5/2018] John: lots of things can change in six fucking years

[22:22, 26/5/2018] Aspen: well we definitely should!!!

[22:23, 26/5/2018] Aspen: although i'm pretty sure i'm not as exciting as you are, kasai oh~

[22:23, 26/5/2018] Aspen: but hey

[22:23, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i can always try

[22:23, 26/5/2018] John: what do you mean by that

[22:23, 26/5/2018] Aspen: are you into coffee? we can drink some cover~

[22:23, 26/5/2018] John: i’m average

[22:23, 26/5/2018] Aspen: coffee*

[22:23, 26/5/2018] Aspen: omv

[22:23, 26/5/2018] Aspen: omg

[22:23, 26/5/2018] John: i swear

[22:24, 26/5/2018] John: i love coffee

[22:24, 26/5/2018] Aspen: sorry about the typos im very nervous

[22:24, 26/5/2018] John: why?

[22:25, 26/5/2018] John: do i make you nervous?~ 😏

[22:25, 26/5/2018] Aspen: you're actually very tall and not at all average

[22:25, 26/5/2018] Aspen: you're pretty

[22:25, 26/5/2018] Aspen: apparently you do, johnnie 😊

[22:25, 26/5/2018] Aspen: we could drink some coffee tomorrow if you want to?

[22:26, 26/5/2018] John: thanks, i got it from my dad~

[22:27, 26/5/2018] John: coffee tomorrow sounds great

[22:27, 26/5/2018] Aspen: your dad do look very tall

[22:27, 26/5/2018] Aspen: especially when he's with your mum in pictures

[22:28, 26/5/2018] Aspen: it's so cute~

[22:28, 26/5/2018] John: but i swear i’m average

[22:28, 26/5/2018] John: not that famous boy stereotype

[22:29, 26/5/2018] John: mate, my mum is actually tiny

[22:29, 26/5/2018] John: amd my day

[22:29, 26/5/2018] John: is a lam post

[22:29, 26/5/2018] John: i’m literally average

[22:30, 26/5/2018] Aspen: you're not at all any stereotype~

[22:30, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i'm just saying

[22:30, 26/5/2018] Aspen: that you're a great deal, kasai oh~

[22:30, 26/5/2018] Aspen: the pretty boy of the uk

[22:31, 26/5/2018] Aspen: uk is not wrong

[22:33, 26/5/2018] John: do you always talk so sweetly?

[22:35, 26/5/2018] Aspen: am I talking sweetly? I guess I should beg you a pardon? 😊

[22:36, 26/5/2018] Aspen: it's indeed the way I talk, johnnie~

[22:38, 26/5/2018] John: no you shouldn’t, it’s just

[22:38, 26/5/2018] John: sweet

[22:38, 26/5/2018] John: you’re the sweetest

[22:40, 26/5/2018] Aspen: you're pretty cute yourself~

[22:40, 26/5/2018] Aspen: as i've said before

[22:40, 26/5/2018] Aspen: your hair is nice

[22:40, 26/5/2018] Aspen: and your dots are 💖

[22:40, 26/5/2018] Aspen: pretty boy~

[22:42, 26/5/2018] John: again look who’s talking abOUT HAIR

[22:43, 26/5/2018] John: are you looking into a mirror?

[22:45, 26/5/2018] Aspen: WELL????????? your hair is GORGEOUS

[22:45, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i'm actually looking at your profile picture~

[22:45, 26/5/2018] John: YOUR IS FLAWLESS??????

[22:46, 26/5/2018] Aspen: why tHANK YOU lovely~

[22:46, 26/5/2018] Aspen: pretty boy~~

[22:47, 26/5/2018] John: that was smooth as fuck

[22:49, 26/5/2018] Aspen: well what can I say 😉

[22:49, 26/5/2018] Aspen: hehehe

[22:54, 26/5/2018] John: stahp i’ll blush

[22:55, 26/5/2018] John: hey what’s your major?

[22:56, 26/5/2018] Aspen: oh so you blush, kasai oh?

[22:56, 26/5/2018] Aspen: now THAT'S very cute

[22:57, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i'm in my second semester of architecture~

[22:57, 26/5/2018] Aspen: wbu?

[23:12, 26/5/2018] John: i might~

[23:12, 26/5/2018] John: oh wow

[23:12, 26/5/2018] John: that’s so classy

[23:12, 26/5/2018] John: i’ll start on editorial production

[23:43, 26/5/2018] Aspen: cute~

[23:43, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i'm classy?????? you're on editorial production and I'M fancy?

[23:44, 26/5/2018] Aspen: that sounds very exciting~!!

[23:45, 26/5/2018] Aspen: and i'm a little ahead of you, did you had a relax year?

[23:45, 26/5/2018] Aspen: it must be very tiring to be always you know on the spotlight

[23:45, 26/5/2018] John: uh, architecture????????? fancy???????? as fuck??????

[23:46, 26/5/2018] John: i did, me and my sister took a year to rest and think about what we wanted to do and stuff

[23:48, 26/5/2018] Aspen: editorial production?????????

[23:48, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i mean you go lad

[23:48, 26/5/2018] Aspen: that sounds awesome~

[23:48, 26/5/2018] Aspen: and what did you decide, after all????? is uni really for you guys?

[23:49, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i mean is really (i beg your pardon) a pain in the ass to always study but hey

[23:49, 26/5/2018] Aspen: why not am I rigbt

[23:49, 26/5/2018] Aspen: right

[23:49, 26/5/2018] John: we wanted to give it a shot

[23:50, 26/5/2018] John: you don’t need to apologize everytime you curse, i do it very often

[23:50, 26/5/2018] John: so

[23:50, 26/5/2018] John: no worries

[23:54, 26/5/2018] Aspen: welcome then

[23:54, 26/5/2018] Aspen: it's living hell

[23:54, 26/5/2018] Aspen: oh no johnnie it's not that

[23:54, 26/5/2018] Aspen: it's just i don't curse very often myself

[23:54, 26/5/2018] Aspen: so it's pretty weird to i dunno do it?

[23:56, 26/5/2018] John: i heard the a lot actually

[23:57, 26/5/2018] John: you’re actually that sweet, dear lord

[23:58, 26/5/2018] Aspen: aw daaamn

[23:58, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i did hope to be the first one to welcome around

[23:58, 26/5/2018] Aspen: i can only hope to show you some news about uni but who knows~

[23:59, 26/5/2018] Aspen: you're way too kind, kasai oh~

[00:02, 27/5/2018] John: you can, whenever you want~

[00:03, 27/5/2018] John: i only speak the truth

[00:04, 27/5/2018] Aspen: after coffee, perhaps? I supposed no one showed you the greenhouse?

[00:04, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i know some biology fellows and maybe they will let us in

[00:05, 27/5/2018] Aspen: suppose* WHAT IS IT WITH THE TYPOS

[00:07, 27/5/2018] John: i swear i didn’t even notice that

[00:09, 27/5/2018] John: i’d love to see the greenhouse

[09:19, 27/5/2018] Aspen: thanks johnnie i feel much better about my typos and the fact that i'm awkward~

[09:20, 27/5/2018] Aspen: but you do make me nervous

[09:20, 27/5/2018] Aspen: so... today after a coffee? i can take you there 😊

[11:09, 27/5/2018] John: you’re not awkward, aspirin, don’t worry

[11:09, 27/5/2018] John: whY Do I mAkE YoU nErVOUS? i’m really average

[11:10, 27/5/2018] John: below average, even

[11:10, 27/5/2018] John: that’s what she said

[11:10, 27/5/2018] John: jk, i’m trash and i’m sorry

[11:12, 27/5/2018] John: see, i’m the awkward one

[11:12, 27/5/2018] John: but, sure!!! afternoon coffee sounds nice!

[11:13, 27/5/2018] Aspen: ... so we kept the aspirin part... NICE

[11:13, 27/5/2018] Aspen: APPARENTLY YOU DO

[11:14, 27/5/2018] Aspen: listen sir i'm a environment worrier so that means that i'll have to take the trash out. is 3 pm good for you?

[11:15, 27/5/2018] John: we did 😎👌🏻

[11:15, 27/5/2018] John: WHY CAN’T I MAKE YOU LAUGH INSTEAD?

[11:16, 27/5/2018] John: did you

[11:16, 27/5/2018] John: well that’s was really smooth

[11:17, 27/5/2018] John: how many smooth moves until now? is this the second or the third????????

[11:19, 27/5/2018] Aspen: WELL YOU DO THAT ALSO

[11:19, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i'd say that you make me soft all the time

[11:19, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well 😉

[11:19, 27/5/2018] Aspen: the environment worries me, kasai oh~

[11:20, 27/5/2018] Aspen: is 3pm good for you? 😉

[11:20, 27/5/2018] Aspen: lost count i can't concentrate that much while talking to you 🙊

[11:20, 27/5/2018] John: fuck i didn’t answer before, sorry 😩 3pm is great

[11:21, 27/5/2018] John: YES!!!!!!

[11:22, 27/5/2018] Aspen: AKSJSGAKSG CUTE

[11:22, 27/5/2018] Aspen: where do i pick you up, johnnie?

[11:22, 27/5/2018] Aspen: are you at the campus?

[11:22, 27/5/2018] John: ok i’m pretty sure this is the third smooth move in this conversation

[11:23, 27/5/2018] John: my ego

[11:23, 27/5/2018] John: could be higher than my dad’s

[11:23, 27/5/2018] John: and that is huge

[11:23, 27/5/2018] John: yeeeeep

[11:23, 27/5/2018] John: unfortunately not sharing a room w my sister, but still at the campus

[11:24, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well i'm pretty good myself, but it's all on you 😉

[11:24, 27/5/2018] Aspen: ... aw daaaaamn

[11:25, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well i don't mind high egos

[11:25, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i can feed your ego sometimes

[11:25, 27/5/2018] Aspen: I don't mind

[11:25, 27/5/2018] John: don’t play with dangerous big dinosaurs

[11:25, 27/5/2018] Aspen: awe that sounds awful :(

[11:26, 27/5/2018] John: i know right

[11:26, 27/5/2018] John: a terrible death

[11:26, 27/5/2018] John: splitting me ad my twin

[11:26, 27/5/2018] John: and

[11:27, 27/5/2018] John: fucking tupo

[11:27, 27/5/2018] John: tYPO

[11:27, 27/5/2018] Aspen: does it bite? i also don't mind that

[11:27, 27/5/2018] Aspen: heteronormative rules

[11:27, 27/5/2018] Aspen: we all been there

[11:28, 27/5/2018] Aspen: splitting lads and lassies

[11:28, 27/5/2018] John: kinky 👌🏻

[11:28, 27/5/2018] Aspen: thinking they'll stop everyone from having sex and stuff but ??????? you guys are siblings

[11:28, 27/5/2018] John: unfORTUNATLY

[11:28, 27/5/2018] Aspen: that's ridiculous

[11:29, 27/5/2018] John: that is the biggest lie they ever believed in

[11:30, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well uk also thinks that things have gender so there's also that am I right

[11:30, 27/5/2018] Aspen: too many lies

[11:31, 27/5/2018] John: finally someone who understands what my family thINKS

[11:33, 27/5/2018] Aspen: it should be universal but unfORTUNATELY there are that kind of people

[11:33, 27/5/2018] Aspen: and

[11:33, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well

[11:35, 27/5/2018] John: [sighs]

[11:36, 27/5/2018] John: did you know once my parents went to school because my lil brother wanted to wear a skirt

[11:36, 27/5/2018] John: the uniform skirt

[11:36, 27/5/2018] John: and they wouldn’t let him

[11:36, 27/5/2018] John: the next day me and my sister

[11:36, 27/5/2018] John: switched uniforms

[11:37, 27/5/2018] John: idk we were talking about heteronormative things and i just thought it was a nice story

[11:37, 27/5/2018] Aspen: oh my god that's the cutest thing i've ever read

[11:37, 27/5/2018] Aspen: honestly

[11:38, 27/5/2018] Aspen: how come are you real

[11:38, 27/5/2018] Aspen: the 2 of you

[11:38, 27/5/2018] Aspen: that's absolutely amazing i wish people were more like you, john kasai oh~

[11:38, 27/5/2018] John: they thE SCHOOL I MEANT

[11:39, 27/5/2018] Aspen: WELL I IMAGINED TH AT

[11:39, 27/5/2018] Aspen: your parents are amazing

[11:40, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i wouldn't think of them not letting him wear it...

[11:41, 27/5/2018] John: thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Oh

[11:41, 27/5/2018] John: GOOD I WAS SCARED FOR A BUT

[11:41, 27/5/2018] John: they would never

[11:41, 27/5/2018] John: and they were mAD

[11:41, 27/5/2018] John: but

[11:41, 27/5/2018] John: politely mad

[11:44, 27/5/2018] Aspen: birds and bees? 😉

[11:44, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well we're all british

[11:44, 27/5/2018] Aspen: and asian

[11:44, 27/5/2018] Aspen: we're polite

[11:44, 27/5/2018] Aspen: but you know it's better if we don't mess it up?

[11:44, 27/5/2018] Aspen: hehehe

[11:45, 27/5/2018] John: precisely

[11:46, 27/5/2018] John: thank god

[11:46, 27/5/2018] John: even bETTER

[11:47, 27/5/2018] John: i mean, i’m all for politeness but i can punch an asshole when my sister doesn’t do it first

[11:54, 27/5/2018] Aspen: oh i don't believe in violence myself but i'm glad you can do it before me hehe

[11:54, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i'm more of a words person

[11:54, 27/5/2018] Aspen: but hey

[11:55, 27/5/2018] Aspen: maybe we can help each other?

[11:58, 27/5/2018] John: i’m always here to help \o/

[11:58, 27/5/2018] John: i’ll only do it if Wendy is not fast enough

[11:58, 27/5/2018] John: which she is

[11:59, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well so i'll be very careful around you

[11:59, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i don't want to test your sister's punch out

[11:59, 27/5/2018] Aspen: or her patience lmao

[12:00, 27/5/2018] John: mate, it hurts

[12:00, 27/5/2018] John: been there, got hit

[12:00, 27/5/2018] John: if i ever show up with a bruise on my arm

[12:00, 27/5/2018] John: i took a punch

[12:22, 27/5/2018] Aspen: ...

[12:22, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well

[12:22, 27/5/2018] Aspen: so now i feel intimidated but hey

[12:22, 27/5/2018] Aspen: you can show me the bruise... for scientific reasons...

[12:27, 27/5/2018] John: oh don’t

[12:27, 27/5/2018] John: it was probably as a joke

[12:28, 27/5/2018] John: she doesn’t punch dudes people for no reason

[12:28, 27/5/2018] John: for science of course~

[13:06, 27/5/2018] Aspen: ... the punch?

[13:07, 27/5/2018] Aspen: omg still intimidated

[13:07, 27/5/2018] Aspen: but don't worry, pretty boy, there won't be punches

[13:07, 27/5/2018] Aspen: (i hope so)

[13:07, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i'm very into science 😊

[13:08, 27/5/2018] John: she does that to people, it’s a normal reaction

[13:09, 27/5/2018] John: i thought you were into drawing and planning places 😏

[13:10, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well she's also very pretty that must intimidate people as well

[13:10, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i'm also very eclectic, if you want to know 😊

[13:10, 27/5/2018] Aspen: how would i say no to body studies?

[13:11, 27/5/2018] John: ......you have a point

[13:11, 27/5/2018] John: of course she’s pretty, she’s my twin sister 😎

[13:12, 27/5/2018] Aspen: there you go 😉

[13:12, 27/5/2018] Aspen: touché

[13:12, 27/5/2018] Aspen: as I said

[13:13, 27/5/2018] Aspen: you guys have great genetics

[13:13, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i don't really remember your little brother but i'm pretty sure he's also part of the genetics team

[13:14, 27/5/2018] John: MIKE IS THE PRETTIEST

[13:14, 27/5/2018] John: jk i am

[13:14, 27/5/2018] John: but he’s the sweetest

[13:14, 27/5/2018] John: jk that’s me as well

[13:16, 27/5/2018] Aspen: alright now I see the dinosaur ego

[13:16, 27/5/2018] Aspen: got it

[13:18, 27/5/2018] John: that was just a little part of it

[13:21, 27/5/2018] Aspen: can't really blame you

[13:21, 27/5/2018] Aspen: if i were you of have a dinosaur ego as well hehe

[13:22, 27/5/2018] John: don’t feed the dinosaurs kids

[13:22, 27/5/2018] John: they might come back for more

[13:23, 27/5/2018] Aspen: as I said I don't mind the dinosaur~

[13:23, 27/5/2018] Aspen: neither the dinosaur's bite~

[13:26, 27/5/2018] John: mate you’re adorable

[13:26, 27/5/2018] John: do you talk like that in person too??????

[13:29, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well I hope to surprise you a lot yet, kasai oh~

[13:29, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i indeed talk like that in person

[13:29, 27/5/2018] Aspen: are you this cute in person as well?

[13:30, 27/5/2018] John: nah, i’m more silly in person

[13:31, 27/5/2018] Aspen: oh god i'm doomed

[13:31, 27/5/2018] Aspen: don't send me kpop memes what if you discover some dark side of me........

[13:33, 27/5/2018] John: don’t worry we’re all kpoo trash in the kasai oh family

[13:33, 27/5/2018] John: kPOP

[13:33, 27/5/2018] John: KPOP

[13:35, 27/5/2018] Aspen: kpoo

[13:35, 27/5/2018] Aspen: loved it

[13:35, 27/5/2018] Aspen: 10/10 name

[13:35, 27/5/2018] Aspen: well good to know i'm also kpop trash

[13:37, 27/5/2018] John: yAAY

[13:38, 27/5/2018] Aspen: but don't let me talk too much about it, i get too excited...

[13:40, 27/5/2018] John: ok, we’ll leave the kpopper talk for when we talk in perdon~

[13:40, 27/5/2018] John: person

[13:40, 27/5/2018] John: what’s with the typos

[13:40, 27/5/2018] John: fuck

[13:41, 27/5/2018] Aspen: that's a good plan, kasai oh~

[13:41, 27/5/2018] Aspen: are you also nervous? 😊

[13:45, 27/5/2018] John: i might

[13:46, 27/5/2018] John: i never uhm did this

[13:47, 27/5/2018] Aspen: ... what? you never went to the greenhouse?

[13:47, 27/5/2018] Aspen: it's okay, i can show you around so you don't get lost 😊

[13:48, 27/5/2018] John: ........yeah

[13:54, 27/5/2018] Aspen: you won't get lost, i promise you

[13:54, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i can hold your hand if it helps~

[13:57, 27/5/2018] John: pinky promise?

[13:57, 27/5/2018] John: you can if you want to c:

[14:03, 27/5/2018] Aspen: the pinkiest of the promises~

[14:03, 27/5/2018] Aspen: good... hehe...

[14:11, 27/5/2018] John: good

[14:12, 27/5/2018] John: if you break it your pinky will fall off

[14:16, 27/5/2018] Aspen: oh no that must suck i'd hate that

[14:16, 27/5/2018] Aspen: there won't be any pinkies falling off...

[14:17, 27/5/2018] Aspen: i'm gonna get ready~

[14:21, 27/5/2018] John: good~

[14:21, 27/5/2018] John: shIT ITS 14:22

[14:22, 27/5/2018] Aspen: YUP

[14:23, 27/5/2018] Aspen: but i won't take long

[14:23, 27/5/2018] Aspen: at 3pm im at your door~

[14:26, 27/5/2018] John: NO

[14:26, 27/5/2018] John: INWAD TALKING ABOUT MYSELF

[14:26, 27/5/2018] John: I WAS

[14:26, 27/5/2018] John: SHIT

[14:26, 27/5/2018] John: OK

[14:26, 27/5/2018] John: I’LL BE READY

[14:26, 27/5/2018] John: no worries at all

[14:26, 27/5/2018] Aspen: NO WAIT

[14:27, 27/5/2018] Aspen: IT'S OKAT

[14:27, 27/5/2018] Aspen: OKAY

[14:27, 27/5/2018] Aspen: I CAN PICK YOU UP AT FOUR

[14:27, 27/5/2018] Aspen: IT'S ALRIGHT TAKE YOUR TIME

[14:29, 27/5/2018] John: NO

[14:29, 27/5/2018] John: WET SET IT AT 3PM

[14:29, 27/5/2018] John: I’LL BE READY AT 3PM

[14:29, 27/5/2018] Aspen: I DON'T MIND JOHNNIE

[14:30, 27/5/2018] Aspen: do you want at least 30 minutes? think you can get yourself ready in half an hour?????

[14:38, 27/5/2018] John: of coURSE I CAN

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