#Escape a time loop

[sailor-arashi]

“Your Highness. With all due respect, I’d love to offer you a few words of advice.” “First of all. Don’t let a prisoner of war out of your sight. You mustn’t leave them alone, even in a locked room. If you can’t be there yourself, post guards inside the room with them. At least two.” “Second. Always search your captive for weapons more than once. If you have an underling frisk a prisoner, you should do the final check yourself. Honestly, you shouldn’t leave them clothed—strip them completely. That way they won’t be able to hide any weapons or tools to aid their escape. This is especially important if the prisoner is a woman. If she’s indecent, she’ll feel she can’t run away, and she’ll be afraid to try.” “Third. You neglected to bind my hands and feet. When you do bind a prisoner, make sure they’re in handcuffs and that the base of their thumbs is tied off with a durable rope. As for their ankles—I imagine this goes without saying, but it’s best to fasten them to a pillar or a bed, something solid.” “But even with all of that, it’s still half-hearted. Do you know how best to ensure someone can’t run away?” “You break their arms and legs.”

Amekawa, Touko. 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Light Novel) Vol. 1 (pp. 208-209)

#Rishe's fifth life is showing #I like how the anime did the escape as a flashback #but her lecture from the novel is so much better #Rishe is NOT fucking around #and that's why Arnold loves her #rishe irmgard weitzner #7th time loop #7th time loop the villainess enjoys a carefree life married to her worst enemy #loop 7 kaime no akuyaku reijou wa #sailor arashi gifs #gif warning

[doggendoodle]

sorry about your boyfriend. something horrible happened to you in another history, and he's been stuck in some sort of time loop for a while. so- oh you knew that already. oh, you- you're the one that put him in the time loop in the first place. ok.

#zero escape spoilers #password vn spoilers #brok spoilers #zero escape #password vn #brok the investigator #sorry your boyfriend #time loop

[kala-mies]

You feel a tug on your stomach.

#alt under cut #in stars and time #isat #isat fanart #isat siffrin #kala art #heyyy guys guess who got obsessed with yet another video game #I can't escape good indie games about time loops #click for better quality tumblr loves to snorf my drawings

[alivehouse]

ddoes anyone else ever think about him saying this about allegra not realizing shes already been assimilated and that hes actually saying this about eskew. also does anyone else feel physically nauseous

#i am in eskew #after THHEE bug episode. the fucked up time loop designed to show him he will never escape episode. HELLO

[callmegaith]

P A R A D O X

Stills:

Honestly its so motivating to me to see how much I improved in 5 years 😭😭😭😭I hope if u see this U KEEP GOING! U GOT THIS, ARTIST! U GOT THIS!

#Rusty Lake #Cube Escape #david eilander #dale vandermeer #Mr Rabbit #fandom: rusty lake #not to write a theory in the tags or whatever #But I believe that David is going through his own time travel Dale-like journey #his own Paradox if you will #where he is basically stuck in the loop of escaping the hotel and dying later on #he does mention in his letter to dale that he needs the essence of ONE OF his past lives #So clearly he's been reincarnated more than once #why is that shit happening to him tho? #Wish I knew lol

[loving-jack-kelly]

time loop fic where davey is trapped in a time loop and the only way to break it is to confess his feelings to jack directly and unambiguously but the fic is from jack's perspective so it's a perfectly normal day except davey is acting really weird and then gives the most confusing love confession ever because he doesn't know it'll break the loop so he's under the impression that this will all reset anyway

#newsies #davey jacobs #jack kelly #javid #davey escapes the loop 100% more confident in himself and 300% weirder because by the fiftieth time doing the same day #he'd completely stopped caring what other people thought of him #and it's hard to shake that once it's ingrained #jack is like wow i liked you before and I'm Obsessed w everything you have going on now. yeah I want to kiss you

[theoddowldoodle]

If I have a nickel everytime Siobhan Thompson participates in Game Changer and she is put in the most saw-trap like situations by Sam Reich... i'll have 2 nickels.

Which isn't a lot but weird that it happened twice

#game changer #she's only been in 2 games #but she's in the mind boogling ones #siobhan thompson #sam reich #like first the Escape Room #now a time loop #what's next? #a game of Among Us irl

[egophiliac]

The chapter is insaneeeeeeeeeeee insaneeeeeeeeee please your thoughts pleaseeeee twest really went all out

HIS HORNS LIGHT UP

and all the other stuff that happened, look, I'm processing

#twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #to reiterate #spoilers spoilers spoilers #ahem #the HUMMING #the LOGO DROP at the end #god #me screaming: THE TAMAGOTCHI WAS AN ALLEGORY #unfortunate service worker: ma'am i asked if you wanted queso #god malleus you glorious idiot i knew you were going to pull this shit but still #i can't believe we got the one-two punch of mal's unique magic AND his overblot in the span of like ten seconds #he's so PURPLE! #i love him! #WHERE is my fashion doll with 12 exclusive accessories and horns that light up when you push the button on his back #so this is gonna be a dreamworld thing right #mal you put us all in a dreamworld didn't you. you sly dog. #is idia seriously going to be the only one who escaped because he was too depressed to leave his room. incrediblé. #oh my god are we gonna be doing TIME LOOPS #eeeeeee #this really is the best gift ever thank you tsunotarou

[heartgold]

"oh i get it. it's called zero escape because it's about helping zero escape" -> "it's called zero escape because the entire series is about how zero never truly escaped"

#zero escape spoilers #to create a time loop is to sustain it eternally.............. #◇

[thresholdbb]

Infinite rewatch lends a delightful sisyphean quality to Voyager. As soon as they get home, they’re flung right back into the Delta Quadrant

#tragicomic space soap #infinite rewatch round III #watch endgame and caretaker back to back #all they’ve learned all their growth everything they’ve become tossed out the airlock #sweet innocent bbs you have no idea what you’re in for #caught in my favorite time loop #also how do I escape #memeish #sonic shower thoughts

[sicklyseraphnsuch]

Ice King to Simon feels like what Fionna is to Finn. There's a base template that was shared between the two but ultimately, they are separate entities that grew and developed in ways unique to themselves.

and this is where the writing gets Rocky, because I genuinely find it hard to read Ice King and Simon as the same person but the characters always treat the two as one and the same

After the big reveal, Ice King is treated like Simon but remixed, except... the way Ice King develops - and look, we spent hours with this character, he wasnt just a joke

In his words, "I am worthy of respect"

The way Ice King's character develops was for Ice King's benefit, not Simon's. Ice King making friends, Ice King no longer kidnapping - neither of those character developments made him more Simon-like. He becomes more and more individualized, forming a personality that felt Very Distinct from the bookish, modest Simon Petrikov.

As much as Simon is the victim in all this, I cant really blame Ice King for being born either. He was just a guy - a mean, lonely guy that with some kindness developed better behavior for the people that befriended him.

Like people are dumping hard on Simon, which sucks. But it's also like Ice King was Somebody's friend. Ice King was Somebody's hero. And it doesn't feel fair to all the hardwork he did for himself to wave him off as a false image.

The problem is he was somebody - not just a Simon reboot. He was somebody period.

So it makes sense that some people in universe (in the audience bc lets be real, Ice King had HOURS of screentime and Simon had maybe one) would mourn him. It just sucks that they keep directing that grief at Simon, and dumping on him as a result.

In my opinion, if it's disrespectful to Simon to be confused for Ice King, then it works the same vice versa.

#simon petrikov #adventure time #fionna and cake #this also loops back to the whole Simon is not understood #i actually argue that Finn does a good job trying to learn more about Simon #whereas everyone else just confuse Simon for Ice King #also i dont think its a good idea for simon to become ice king again bc it hurts ice king as well #ice king doesnt get to be someone whos not simon if simon yields to the crown so he can be born #theyre like conjoined twins that desperately need separate lives away from each other but cant escape each others shadow #ice king was constantly living in the shadow of simon petrikov #and now the tables have turned

[redrobin-detective]

Simon and Betty Roles and Relationships

So I watched the F&C finale and I, personally, loved it to bits but I can see some early rumblings of dissatisfaction. I can't say I got everything I wanted more Simon and Marcy dammit but I felt everyone's arcs resolved well. Especially Simon and Betty's. Allow me to ramble at length.

What really became clear to me in episode 9 is how much F&C Simon and Betty's relationship is a complete role reversal of their AT selves/relationship.

In both cases, you had one who was - through their own conscious actions - cursed to a non-human existence where they didn't have complete control of their thoughts or actions. They are separated from all their loved ones, including their True Love, and given relatively little agency in their own story.

And then you had the other, who watched their love become this non-human entity where they couldn't meaningfully interact. They become obsessed, consumed with saving their True Love, going as far as to ignore having a potential future in Ooo along with kidnapping and doing sketchy magic.

They got trapped in this tragic cycle of loss and insanity trying to save each other and all it did was cost their own happiness. What GOLBetty was trying to tell Simon was that they both made mistakes as humans in the past (her wrapping her entire life around Simon's to the detriment of her own desires and him for being oblivious to it and not considering her) but this cycle had to stop. They'd both made choices they regretted and the outcome wasn't what either wanted but it was the one they landed at. In e9, Simon admitted to "being sorry" for "wasting the second chance Betty gave him" because he was! He was still clinging to their doomed narrative. It was his final selfish act, to throw away the chance she gave up everything for and then force her to watch him scramble after her despite it being impossible. GOLBetty told him to break the cycle and he did.

I said earlier they made choices they regret, both as individuals and a couple but the love was real, it was true and it was now over. They will both carry that love but they cannot be together. Too many things got in the way and they would tear apart the universe trying to exist together. So Simon moved on properly, embraced this new world and life in Ooo. He devoted himself to his loved ones and made a life for himself that wasn't revolving around Betty. It was the healthiest things he could do for both of them.

As for Betty, Simon spent a thousand years as Ice King before he was freed. Some of those moments were good even if a lot of them were bad. She is a whole new type of being able to see and maybe somewhat control the chaotic forces of the universe. I imagine there are some aspects she did like. For example, how appropriate is for a woman who always made herself smaller and bent to the desires of others to be venerated as a Goddess with incredible power? There is no cure now but I like to imagine some day in the future - someone comes along and helps frees Betty from her self inflicted curse. Simon will be long gone I imagine having lived his own full life and died in peace. But now it will be Betty's turn for self discovery and a new chance at happiness.

Their story together was tragic and they both suffered greatly but a running theme of Adventure Time is that happiness is possible, you just need to find it. And for them, finding it meant letting go. I found it beautiful and sad and poignant and awful. I have other nitpicks with the finale but the resolution of their story -at least Simon's side of it - makes me feel settled. I would love to see a future installment giving Betty back her agency just like this series did for Simon.

#adventure time #fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #it really hit me how simon and betty completely flipped roles at the end of AT #just this endless loop of madness and sadness and magic #so if simon -who was told he would ice king until the sun blew up- could escape #then so can betty in my mind #petrigrof #its sad! A doomed narrative where in this case you dont do anything to reunite #just quietly love and mourn and move on

[agentravensong]

sometimes i think about how fully absent horatio is from r&g are dead even though one of the primary reasons for ros & guil’s existence in hamlet is as obvious negative parallels to him (see pages 42-3 of horatio’s hamlet for more on that);

and i think of those meta takes about how hamlet both starts and ends with horatio because he’s the one burdened with telling the story, and how it brings everything full circle;

and i think about horatio’s appearance at the end of r&g are dead. how, in this context, he’s putting the bow on a story that was by no means his to tell — one he may even severely misrepresent depending on your read / the staging of “he never gave commandment for their death” — but a story whose two protagonists exist in the shadow he casts, and cannot escape it.

a story that’s, in a sense, haunted by him: the “better” version of ros and guil (“we didn’t do anything wrong, did we?” ros asks, and the answer is everything and nothing) who wouldn’t have suffered this terrible fate (horatio’s being a different flavor of tragedy); the version that, if he were ever shown on stage with them, would be an even more obvious signal than the title of the show itself that the two of them were failures, and written to be that way.

and then sometimes i start thinking about a version of r&g are dead that has ros and guil interact with horatio. the one who actually understands hamlet (the man) but still can’t sway his or the story’s course; who gets to see how things play out, but in witnessing and knowing it also knows for a fact how pointless it all was; who, unlike the two of them, is spared from death, but also therefore never gets to rest; who, like the two of them, will never not come when summoned, and yet finds himself ultimately reduced to a spectator (though in both hamlet and r&g are dead all spectators remain complicit).

they would have things to talk about, i think. if only they didn’t forget it all when “next time” rolls around.

#(and also they’d have to actually communicate effectively and listen to each other. which. good luck with that!) #hamlet #horatio #ragad #rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead #shakespeare #narrative nonsense #this is actually my pitch for r&g are dead 2 #it would also feature them interacting with ophelia because she deserves meta awareness as much as the rest (if not more so) #not to get on my high horse about time loop stories but #if you want to get out of the system that has everyone in predefined roles then you need solidarity #the escape isn’t real if it isn’t complete and it isn’t complete if you leave people behind #(this is why i love the ending of the prince so much) (if you’ve seen it you know)

[callmegaith]

Down the Rabbit Hole pt.4

LOOP CONCLUDED

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

comic/David playlist

thank u everyone so much for joining me and David on this small trip. Hopefully there will be more to come in the future :D

And again, thank u for encouraging me and supporting me to create something so special about a character that I love so deeply 🥰

#rusty lake #cube escape #dale vandermeer #david eilander #mr rabbit #comic: DTRH #hell was the time loop they were stuck in all this time #he doesnt talk to u #and u cant speak #and ur doomed to repeat the cycle over and over #unable to let go #unable to move on #I love the use of time loops as a psychological concept #are u reading these tags? #I'm just blabbering #theres so much subtext in this that I'm not explaining #have fun figuring it out #anyway hope u enjoyed the comic #thanks for reading #Its all so incredibly loud by glass animals and she wants me dead by CAZZETTE blasting in the background #at the same time

[zincbot]

don't tell anyone but i turned on reduced frights for echoes of the eye

#outer wilds #I DIDN'T WANT TO #especially cause the 'frights' weren't so bad #i was just gettin pretty frustrated trying to sneak past these mfers in the dark. like i wasted 3 whole loops just #getting kicked out by them over n over again till we all drowned #so i was hoping reduced frights might make them less deadly or smth #echoes of the eye spoilers #and it helped immensely it made them way slower i could actually like take my time and escape them without making a dumb mistake #(i'm not a good gamer. when i'm rushed i forget how buttons work) #i really like walking around without my lantern i basically explore everything i can without it first thing its greay #simulation moment #also i Saw that thing abt falling off the boat during the 'loading' periods which i might try at some point now that i actually like #made some progress again yipee #i saw a reel that showed an old person dying in the radius of the simulation and still loading into it so #i was thinking abt that bright bridge u can't get by. this might be crazy but the alarms can't wake the dead. right. #maybe i could like jump in the campfire or like fly into the ceiling a bunch it might be fun to try

[thehealingsystem]

Seeing some debate on if in game henry being an ink version of him makes the time loops less evil and imo it makes it even MORE evil. He was given false memories of a life he never lived, been put through hell and back ever since creation and has no hope of any other purpose in the world. He was literally MADE to suffer. And he isn't even the henry that had left joey, just some replica he made to take his anger out on with no regards to that person's wellbeing

Just because he's made of ink doesn't mean he's any less alive. He still feels things, still has thoughts and opinions, still conscious, he is a living being. No, just because he isn't the real guy doesn't make it less cruel. Its just as, or even more so, a disgusting and evil thing to do to him

#I was half hoping henry would get to run into joey and just start beating him up #ghost joey must be avoiding him like the PLAGUE #what's funny is when joey finally realized that maybe what he was doing was a little fucked up he didn't personally help henry #he sent allison instead which is questionable by itself #but #he knew the guy probs didn't want any help from HIM #using ur brain for once joey #I honestly wanted to see more anger from henrys end about all of it #was he implied to be aware he isn't real? like not JUST made of ink but that he was ALWAYS ink? #not human turned ink #and what's also so fucking sad is that as soon as he escaped from the time loop he was held prisoner for years after #can we please give this guy a hug? also some food I know he doesn't need to eat but going years without food doesn't sound nice #please I need this man to be happy for once in his life #bringing back the stop henry abuse slogan #henry stein #batdr #bendy and the dark revival #bendy and the ink machine #batim #joey drew