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Decided to give JP ARR a shot. I do not speak Japanese and neither does the on-screen translation app I downloaded but...

...I'm having a blast ngl.

#ayakoi #ayakashi romance reborn #ayakashi koga #violates the teeth 💀 #not tatsu screaming in a crowded street #and the heck kind of threat is the last one 💀 #it's giving 'ayakashi on crack' vibes #winter speaks

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Me, checking the same dead fandom tag hoping it's suddenly revived since yesterday:

#I'm not talking 5-10+ new posts a day kind of dead. Zero. 1-2 on a good day #sometimes I want to make some content but I feel like I'm just shouting into a void #ughhhh #winter speaks

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#they ain't gonna see this oh well #winter speaks

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It's insane to me that between Yura (literal Disney princess, loved by animals, always kind and helpful no matter the route) and Gaku (Gaku), it's actually Gaku who's the optimist. Like, holds onto the thinnest shred of hope with no proof for hundreds of years kind of optimist.

And he's so confidently optimistic, too. Like, he's barely even fazed when the protagonist finally appears. He doesn't fall to his knees and weep with joy that he hasn't been waiting that long for nothing (which, okay, would be a little ooc), because he had 100% faith it would happen. He fully believed a solution would appear, whether through his own research or via the protagonist. If not today, maybe tomorrow. If not this year, maybe next year.

Even when the person he loved more than anything thought it was useless and wanted him to give up, he didn't. Even when the protagonist flat out said they couldn't help, he got upset, but he didn't pack it up and give in. I'm not saying desperation doesn't play a role in his persistence, but desperation and patience don't usually go together. Gaku simply never turned away from the possibility of a happy future.

All while Mr. Disney Princess was sneaking out to murder the local wildlife and talk shit at Doman.

#yura: prithee consumeth feces foul eyesore #I'm obsessed with the twins rn #their personalities. their dynamic. all of it #together they are responsible for 50% of both Japan's technological advancements and endangered animal list #you can't change my mind #ayakoi #ayakashi romance reborn #ayakashi yura #ayakashi gaku #winter posts

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The difference between the "two years together" stories for Yura and Gaku is killing me.

Gaku: You look tired, let me tuck you in and I'll stay with you until you fall asleep.

Yura: Alack, I must leave thee at thy front door, lest I fall prey to my desire to fucketh.

#ayakoi #ayakashi romance reborn #ayakashi gaku #ayakashi yura #winter speaks

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help I love him

#I've seen people say it's ooc or kind of immature for his age #but bro had a crush on one girl like a thousand years ago cut him some slack #he's the definition of: *flirts* *crush flirts back* shit i didn't think i'd get this far #you think this guy is naturally as suave as his brother? #no. that's just what he wants you to think #but he's a fast learner and has an insane memory so he pulls it off sometimes #ayakoi #ayakashi romance reborn #ayakashi gaku #winter speaks

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Objectively, the funniest part of the first book is when Dr. Bloor, rationally, says they can't be sure Charlie has the case they're after.

And Manfred is just like "Of course Charlie has it. Never mind that we only saw him leave with a normal bookstore shopping bag and not the case itself, and that Julia just received tons of boxes with Dr. Tolly's inventions and it could still be in any one of them, and that Charlie couldn't have had any idea to seek out this random object he had no way of knowing was distantly connected to him. Obviously she gave the super important plot device to a random 10-year-old she literally just met and has no reason to believe she would ever see again, much less would miraculously be both willing and able to help her find her missing niece"

and he's RIGHT

#charlie bone #children of the red king #cotrk #winter posts

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Hey I wanted to ask you something ^^ I saw your plot bunnies about divergent Obey Me after lesson 16 and I was wondering, do you mind if people write fics based off of those ideas?

Short and cynical answer: physically, I cannot stop them, so it doesn't matter if I mind.

Longer and more optimistic answer: I would love to read something inspired by me/my ideas. However, I do have a history with people confidently stealing my writing word for word, changing a single sentence slightly, and claiming their work is just somewhat similar because it was inspired by mine... so I'm now slightly more jaded about this sort of thing, even though it's not exactly the same scenario.

But for the normal sane people who are respectful and maybe link me/give me credit for the idea(s), go for it. I would be super interested to see something made of them since I doubt whether I'll have time for it myself. If you do, please share it with me.

#winter answers

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someone has to feed this fandom. might as well be me.

#THE LIGHTBULB BEHIND THE TABLE #I should not have laughed as hard as I did #didn't know this series even had a fandom but I was delightfully surprised #guess I'm adding this to the list of things I'm supposedly Too Old For™ #winter rbs

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every day i regret being a balance main because why do I have to wear this ugly shade of brown. with like. orange and pink.

blah blah stitching but white and red are the school colors. what is this

if necromancy is most hated by ambrose, sorcery is most hated by the shopkeepers i tell you

THIS IS SO INCHRESTING because in my playthrough experience in terms of balance colors it's either the pretty maroon/crimson/gold palette, the orange/brown/sand/pale palette, or like what this ask just said and it looks like your sorcerer lost a paintball fight

the easiest solution to this. since balance is supposed to be all of the schools, make it all of the colors. all balance wizards ✨🌈 G R A D I E N T /j

#rofl lost a paintball fight #i always had that vibe but couldn't put it into words #thank you for summing up the balance experience so concisely #i guess they're going for like a sandy look? #but it feels much better when brown/gold is the trim color and not the main one #walking around like i just rolled around in the dirt or smth #if they're going for sand i would have at least made blue an option. for the sky or ocean and whatnot #if i was starting from scratch though i'd probably give them more 'neutral' colors like white/silver #for like...clouds? as a mix of elemental symbolism with smoke and snow/rain clouds? idk #it's weird that they don't follow the assigned colors like everyone else though #winter rbs

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This is an old topic, but one that will never die... unlike [REDACTED].

In the aftermath of og Lesson 16™, there's about a million ways things could go. Besides the lack of closure on the casually written and basically never mentioned again death, the more interesting part to me is the casually written and basically never mentioned again relationship to Lilith. I mean, yeah, it's probably the reason MC has more hidden power than Solomon, but the story doesn't ever focus on it. It's a plot device meant to tie the arc up neatly with a bow, not something we're supposed to dwell on... presumably because it can get potentially weird and uncomfortable if you do.

So naturally, imagining the possibilities and potential implications is one of my favorite things to do.

To that end, two of my favorite scenarios/plot bunnies/i-make-it-worse-before-i-fix-its that have spawned from this are (long blocks of text incoming):

MC (like me) either knew or had a very good idea they were related to Lilith by the time Barbatos and Diavolo showed up and spilled the beans... so they don't let them, for fear it would change their relationship with the brothers. At a subtle shake of the head, Diavolo understands and flips the story to "Barbatos has traced Lilith’s lineage all the way to the modern day, and discovered she has (at least) one surviving descendant." No names are named, Belphegor is convinced enough that his sister lead a happy life to let go of his grudge against humans, life should be good... except the brothers develop an obsession with finding Lilith’s descendant. Barbatos won't share any information for some reason, so they set to investigating themselves. And they NEVER stop talking about it. All the things they want to do with Lilith’s descendant, favorite places they want to go, things they want to show them... MC bites their tongue and smiles, saying they're sure Lilith’s descendant will love the new café. Privately, they're more certain than ever they made the right decision: without even having met Lilith’s descendant (or so they think), the brothers are acting as though their sister herself has come back from the dead, already making preparations based on her own likes and dislikes as if they're the same person. And more than that, isn't it rather hypocritical of the demons - who were acting so apathetic or even disdainful toward humans until just recently - to be putting one they've never met on a pedestal? Even Lucifer, who already knew Lilith survived, is thoroughly involved in the investigations now that his brothers are so invested. And then it slips, somehow, not that MC is Lilith’s descendant, but that MC has known who Lilith’s descendant was all this time they've been searching. All this time MC has been "helping" them search. And isn't that just a rock and a hard place.

MC is revealed to be Lilith’s descendant at the usual time and place. In the weeks that follow, however, between Belphegor’s cuddling up to them and the others' general merriment considering the death that just occurred, it starts to weigh on MC mentally that maybe they're so thrilled to have a piece of their sister back that nothing else matters to them. If only MC could do it all again... or could they? Sensing that things are not headed in a good direction right now, Barbatos agrees to send MC back in time again. But it's different this time: instead of having to avoid their past self, they are their past self, restarting the year as if everything up till now has just been a bad dream. It's a completely blank slate, with only MC's mind intact so they can avoid making the same mistakes. And it goes great... until MC learns that in this timeline, Barbatos is in jail, powers sealed, for messing with time without first consulting Diavolo. And moreover, for some reason, he refuses to share with the prince exactly what he did. So not only are any deaths permanent this time, but there's an ongoing investigation into conspiracies against the throne and student council during this crucial time of the exchange program. It's not long before both MC and the brothers discover - at the same time - that they already have pacts. Pacts that powerful demons have no recollection of making with an oddly knowledgeable human they barely know. And isn't that just a rock and a hard place.

#both can be summed up as 'Barbatos knows things but doesn't share them so chaos ensues' #which is canon anyway so #if i ever decide which of these scenarios i like better i might write it #i actually enjoyed lessons 16-18 #purely in the sense that they spawned so many fanfics that did it way better. just like s3+ of miraculous ladybug #obey me #obey me mc #obey me lilith #obey me barbatos #obey me scenarios #winter posts

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dumb people who think they're smart people are objectively the worst people

#winter speaks

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people really threw soup at the Mona Lisa while complaining that people go hungry and that lots of perfectly good food is thrown out how is this real life

#winter speaks

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Them: the internet knows everything these days

Me, searching for a hyper-specific piece of knowledge and only finding completely unrelated results with one keyword in common: it does Not

#winter speaks

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King Axaya: Perhaps next time you will take the time to learn about a new culture before you accidentally offend someone.

Wizard: ☝️🤓

King Axaya: *From someone other than the colonizers.

so like who at wizard101 HQ do i need to strangle for this

#winter rbs

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He's the type that's always down to try anything so I just know he'd be buying whatever MC & Sol are selling. I headcanon that he treats it like a flash mob thing. Once he gets the hang of it, he'll spontaneously break out into song and dance regardless of what's going on and expect anyone in the know to drop everything and join him. In public. He was trending on Devilgram for weeks after what he promised Lucifer and Barbatos would be a "low-key" outing at Hell's Kitchen.

Diavolo, during a student council meeting: We now turn to the-

MC: Oratrice!

Solomon: Mecanique!

Barbatos: D'Analyse.

Diavolo: Cardinale!

The brothers: ???

#it's a crime that Diavolo never got the chance to be a theater kid #he has the right energy for it #winter rbs

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Traveler: Hey, Lyney! *hands him a box of madeleines*

Lyney: Aw, Traveler-

Traveler: Can you give these to your sister? I couldn't find her anywhere.

Lyney: Ok 🥲

#this could apply to tons of pairings honestly #genshin traveler #genshin lyney #genshin incorrect quotes #genshin impact #winter posts