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raggstorice · 4 months

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for artists against apartheid

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raggstorice · 4 months

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imagine the most meanspirited, unlikeable, rude, bitter, self centered, negative person you can think of. not a rapist, not a murderer, not an abuser. just a charmless, tactless, dyed in the wool asshole you wouldn't want to spend two seconds with. now assume they get sick, not with the flu, but with a long term, serious illness that limits their ability to provide for themself. a society in which that person is left to die alone because nobody likes them on a personal level is a failed society.

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raggstorice · 4 months

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I love how it's implied he has an ED for like, two scenes and then it's NOWHERE. Like, hello? Serious mental disorders don't disappear into thin air.

My thoughts on Azul:

I haven’t really talked about my feelings for TWST characters but I feel strongly about Azul in the way that I very much dislike him.

- Spoilers for Book 3 and maybe 4

- This is all my opinion really but I don’t think it’s super unfounded.

First off, I feel like his game design could have been better. Yes, he looks fine (in my opinion) but I feel like the game creators had so many options in what to do with him. With Jade and Floyd, even in human form they still somehow resemble eels, but there’s no part of Azul’s design that really shows off more of his octopus merman side. (Side comment: I think that the game designers did Octavinelle dirty with their dorm uniforms. It’s literally just a suit with some accessories. Like come on)

Second off, the part that I really dislike is how his character is portrayed. I know that he is based off of Ursula and therefore has to act like her, but I feel like his backstory that we see after his overblot doesn’t really provide a good enough reason for how he turned out like this and how he acts toward other people.

More on the second point - we see Azul to be bullied which pushes him to want to be better and get back at those who made fun of him. I think that’s a reasonable thing to do - as someone who has been bullied, I have definitely thought about what it would be like to get ahead of them and make them regret being mean to me - not in a violent way but in a ‘they realize I’m so much better and more talented’ kinda way.

But the thing is, Azul doesn’t stop at that

We see that people are having things taken and we see how Azul begins his contract making and such. But he goes beyond that, he starts to make contracts and screw over people who DIDN’T do anything with him. We know from Book 3 that he ran his anemone-study guide stunt last year as well. None of those kids bullied him for his weight, he simply did it to get ahead and be ‘owed’ something.

What I think happened is that Azul felt good after getting the better of those kids when he was young, and then just continued it. His actions in the TWST timeline can’t be justified by him being bullied in the past because he’s already gone above and beyond for that.

That also pulls out another point - but I (don’t hate me for this) think that Azul’s overblot was the most undeserving. Yes, it’s painful to lose something you worked hard and long for. Yes, initially the trauma of being bullied was what got you on this path. But the way that he freaked out, put people in danger, all for bullying as kid? It doesn’t seem justified enough.

One of the main things I’ve seen people complain that they don’t really like about the game is how it doesn’t really seem like the Overblot Boys get enough of a character arc, as their personalities stay the same. This is also true of Azul. In Book 4, he acts exactly the way that he acts in Book 3, and it annoys me that all these people are going through TRAUMATIZING EVENTS and don’t seem to change, while also the player never gets to see what consequences they get.

Also did we ever see the reason why Azul is very ‘I did this now you owe me’ ‘I can’t accept your help because I’ll be in your debt’??

Anyway yeah, that’s my take on Azul. Pls don’t come at me for it.

#i cannot be the only one #hes so me

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raggstorice · 4 months

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How the Geneva Drive (the mechanical step that makes the second hand on a clock work by turning constant rotation into intermittent motion) works.

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raggstorice · 5 months

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So are they gay or?

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raggstorice · 7 months

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Whumptober Day: 2

Our Whumpee is...

Leona!!!

(I didn't spin a wheel today I just chose Leona bc I'm projecting)

"They don't care about you"

Due being a very prestigious school, NRC doesn't have much time to spare. They have a lot of curriculum to get through.

This causes their break periods to only be a week at a time.

While most students see this as a con, to Leona it's the best part. The less time he spends in that stupid, stuffy, suffocating palace the better.

So when he was told be would be spending another two extra weeks at home he was not pleased.

Farena was the one who broke the news to him citing some random noble coming to visit.

"You're school doesn't mind so neither should you! School isn't fun anyways right?"

Leona snapped at him and threw him out.

Whenever Farena couldn't talk to Leona he sent father in. Which was worse.

Much worse.

Apparently he 'didnt value family' and 'was an ungrateful brat.'

"You've asked why you can't be a king this is why!

"Your friends will come and go they won't be there for you when you need them! One day you'll be dying and they'll let you. They won't even miss you! No one would miss a useless ungrateful brat!"

"They don't love you how family does."

"They don't care for you how family does"

"I doubt they care for you at all."

He was just an asshole. His words held no meaning heck, he barely even knew Leona.

But it still hurt

Leona sat there covering his face with his hands and breathing slowly. He wasn't crying. Crying was weak.

Leona was weak.

Who would care for a weak, Useless, Whiny, Ungrateful brat?

Authors Note:

Real conversation.

I really love Leona hes so me! Sorry this is late I was gonna do it yesterday but I fell asleep whilst doing homework. Like I woke up on the paper lol.

#twisted wonderland #headcanons #leona kingscholar #twst leona #twst falena #farena kingscholar #falena kingscholar #whumptober 2023 #whumptober #whump prompt #whump #no.2

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raggstorice · 7 months

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Whumptober Day: 1

As per the poll I spun a wheel!

And our Whumpee is...

Idia Shroud!!!

As for our other guy? (Whumper?)...

Ortho Shroud!!!

Fitting. (I originally got Neige but I dont think they've even met...)

(HC's as per the earlier poll but they will be a little story ish for angst reasons!!!)

Maintenance day.

(Safety Net/ Swooning/ "How many fingers am I holding up?")

Idia has made a habit of performing Ortho's maintenance on the first day of every month and well. Today's the day.

It's quite simple really. Even a genius like Idia doesn't have enough will power to perform complex maintenance every month.

Heck! Idia barely has enough will power to get up in the morning! (That's normal right?)

Regardless of Idia's lack of motivation he gets up to perform the maintenance on Ortho.

Orthos maintenance is easy. Just checking in on all of his systems and updating his databank. A few hours work but nothing that Idia can't handle.

Unless there's an unexpected variable.

An unexpected variable such as a virus

Idia notices a slight error in the code. Just one small error.

But then he notices another

And another.

And suddenly bright red warning signs are flashing all across his screen.

This can't be happening

Viruses are dangerous and even one minor slip-up can cause Ortho to malfunction and...

Idia looks up at where Ortho is standing.

He looks tired.

And then. He falls.

Idia runs over to catch him just in time before rushing to manually reset his code.

He needs to be careful. One wrong move and...

Idia can't afford to lose Ortho again.

And he will do anything to make sure he doesn't.

Authors Note:

Hi!!! sorry it's been a while Ive been really burnt out and busy with school but I'm back for Whumptober! I really hope this is good. It's not as headcanon-y as id like it but it's nearly midnight here and I gotta get this out on time! I'll be trying my level-best to be posting everyday in October.

#twisted wonderland #whumptober #whumptober 2023 #headcanons #idia shroud #ortho shroud #sorry im so tired #no.1 #swooning #whump prompt #twst idia #twst ortho

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raggstorice · 7 months

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Uhhhh How TF am I going to choose which character to do for the whumptober prompts? I'm indecisive help.

(the first prompt is Safety Net/ Swooning/ "How many fingers am I holding up?"

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raggstorice · 8 months

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Not a Twst thing but- (JJK)

im watching jjk (jujitsu kaisen) for the first time and im in the middle of episode 13 and about 13:20 in the weird Sukuna guy says something like "i dot care if you die i only care about him" and megumi's face shows up. HELLO? is this a thing? ive never heard of this before what? should i be scared? Megumi's my favorite character and??? i spoiled myself on like half the story before i even started watching it and ive never heard of that?

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #sukuna #megumi fushiguro #yuji itadori #what the fuck

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raggstorice · 8 months

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RESULTS CONCLUDED!!! I will be doing headcanons! (Unless requested something else for a prompt- I am a servant of the people.)

(sorry it's been a while. School started and I'm tired CONSTANTLY. Seriously not even coffee and an energy drink could fix me.)

So the @whumptober thing was posted and I don't know if I should do headcanons, little drabbles, or like a character analysis centering around the prompt. Or a mix?

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raggstorice · 8 months

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So the @whumptober thing was posted and I don't know if I should do headcanons, little drabbles, or like a character analysis centering around the prompt. Or a mix?

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raggstorice · 8 months

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sometimes you dont eat fruit for awhile and then you eat some fruit and you're like oh fuck its fruit

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raggstorice · 8 months

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I HAVE 25 FOLLOWERS!!!

Oh my god I have the same amount of followers as a quarter! I love quarters.

#25 followers #:D #thank you #apreciation post

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raggstorice · 8 months

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who's your favorite twisted wonderland character, and why?

How do I even choose?

I have different reasons for liking all of my favs

(I will expand on all of these if asked. Please ask. Please. Id analyze any character in twst if asked I love them all)

Ace: I love how blunt he is. He doesn't sugarcoat his feelings as he speaks up for himself, others, and what he thinks is right. He can be an idiot, but I love him nonetheless! Although I feel like canon doesn't do much with his character and he's just used as a way to make other characters have development. (Ex: Riddle in ch.1 deuce in ch.5 the fairy gala remix in his card story) But all in all I think I love him because he's the opposite of me. (I can't speak up for myself...)

Trey: Like Ace, canon doesn't do much with his character and fandom doesn't really do anything with him besides using him as a way for cater angst? (No hate to Cater stans of course) so a lot of his character is my speculation. (He is not a normal guy he is lying to himself.) I love how I can pick apart his character without canon coming in and crushing my dreams. (I project onto him frequently.)

Leona: Oh boy. Here we go. God I love Leona so much. Obviously, he's a depressed bitch and neither canon nor fandom properly recognizes it he also has some serious trauma. (knowing you could be better but, why try? Your goal is impossible anyways.) Also, (as far as I know) he's the only Overblot victim who didn't properly redeem himself. (Ripping up Azul's contracts out of selfish desires is not redemption.) So that's canon mischaracterizing their own character and the fandom, is the fandom. Overall Leona is mischaracterized way too much and I kin him. (That's the reason I love him. I kin him.)

Azul: Azul is literally my baby. I love him because I just wanna give him a hug. The way his ED is implied a few times and then never brought up again is really annoying to me like- if you're gonna give ED rep at least mention in more than his chapter! It's a key part of his character and it's barely there. Oh also he was bullied and I relate to that.

Jamil: The vibes. Gender Envy. The pyromania. The way he hates Kalim even though it's not his fault because he needs someone to be angry at and it's so easy to hate the person directly causing your problems rather than blaming the system behind them. Oh also he's brown and I'm brown so it's like-

Vil: VILLL MY BEAUTIFUL QUEEN. Gender. Envy. The things I could do if I was him- she's so- can you imagine if I was amab? I could be feminine and still not be seen as a girl. Anyways the way he's always second place but doesn't blame the person who's above him but rather blames himself is so sad but so me.

Idia: his gamer talk is so funny sometimes. Oh also I wish I had an older brother like him. Oh also I haven't finished ch.6 but I'm really excited. Oh also technological characters always have a special place in my heart. oh also he's depressed and I find that relatable.

Sebek: I love him. He's so loud and so rude (humans) but I love him he's such a dork. He's trying his best okay? Id really love to see his character when it's not revolving around Malleus though.

Authors Note: tldr: angst, badassery, gender envy, character studys and more not necessarily in that order.

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raggstorice · 8 months

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I'm trying my best I promise T-T

(in all seriousness I'm working on the new requests and a few non requests but life is kicking my ass and school is starting soon so my hands are a little full. They're coming soon though so be patient!)

#asks open #im working on it #i promise

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raggstorice · 8 months

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Hi.

I'm lonely.

Asks are Open.

Please.

#asks open #ask me questions #ask please #please

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raggstorice · 9 months

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