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melit0n · 3 months

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EUCLID ANALYSIS.

Told you guys it was coming, didn't I? I apologise that this has taken a bit longer than expected, my mental health hit me like a bullet train, but I do hope it's sufficient.

Part one -> You're already here!

Part two -> Line by line analysis part 1

Part three -> Line by line analysis part 2

Part four -> Musical/intrumental notes

Part five -> The Night in Sleep Token

Part six -> Conclusion

Please note this is a general analysis. Although I do go into theories, both my own and others, this is just general thoughts. Also note when I speak of Vessel, I mean Vessel as a character, not the person, unless I specifically state so.

Tagline: @rilllvri @a-s-levynn @fivewholeminutes @euclidsvessel @tonguetyd @moonchild-in-blue @kkarmatic @branches-in-a-flood

+ Some people were worried about spam liking/reblogging the last time I did one of these big analysis posts, and I want to say please don't worry about that! I get happy when I see the same users pop up liking and reblogging my work, because it means you're interested in this enough to go through the whole thing. Feel completely free to add your own thoughts, correct any errors I've made etc. As per usual, my DMs are completely open to anybody wanting to discuss ST <3

Let's start off with the basics. ‘Euclid’ is the anglicised version of the Greek name Eukleídes (Εὐκλείδης), mainly known via the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria, who is seen as the ‘father of geometry’, and most famous for his work on symmetry. Its general definition is something or someone who is renowned and or glorious (A) and the lesser known definition is something that is a copy of the same (B) (taken from Euclid’s ideas on symmetry), which we’ll come back to in a bit.

However, there is another Euclid in history that we’ll be referencing; Euclid of Megara. This Euclid, similar to our mathematician, was an ancient Greek Socratic (having been a pupil of Socrates) philosopher. I’ll be taking part of a text out of his Wikipedia article since his ideas have been explained thoroughly there.

(we'll be coming back to him soon)

First off, this is an incredibly interesting choice of name for a song. Outside of someone's maths and philosophy class, this name doesn't exist to most, so the fact it's been chosen at all is intriguing.

Vessel has shown time and time again he enjoys sometimes elaborate references in his art, an example being chemistry and biology in TPWBYT (most notable would probably be ‘Telomeres’), so, I think it would be easy to say that, whether it be a reference to Euclid the Mathematician or Euclid the philosopher, that said reference is understood and intended by Vessel.

So, let's start with our mathematician, shall we?

What I find interesting about Euclid of Alexandria is that his life and existence outside of his work on geometry is almost completely unknown. There's almost nothing known of him, as a person, other than where he spent half of his career (Alexandria; Egypt, hence his title), where he may have studied (Platonic academy) and a general idea of when he lived (around 300BC). What is known about this insanely famous man who created the foundations of symmetry is incredibly barebones. People take Euclid at face value for his work, just like Vessel (both as an artist, and a character).

Further, we, as listeners, don't have much of an understanding of who Vessel is other than being a mouthpiece of a deity known as Sleep, someone once human now grasping at the threads of humanity and someone sharing some of his struggles in life (both with Sleep and unknown people). Like Euclid, he is barebones, we take him at face value; a vessel. He is both a mouthpiece for Sleep, a mouthpiece for his own emotions (obviously) and a mouthpiece for us. His experiences transcend being just his, due to his anonymity, therefore allowing us to connect and express our own experiences. It's music for the sake of music; expression.

Now, having talked through Euclid as a person, it's time to talk about Euclid and his symmetry. Symmetry in shapes is 'reflections, rotations, translations, and combinations of these basic operations. Under an isometric transformation, a geometric object is said to be symmetric if, after transformation, the object is indistinguishable from the object before the transformation- a copy of the same’. So, of course, this means shapes like squares, rectangles, parallelograms and circles. Circles are a representation of infinity, wholeness, unity and loops. What does Euclid do? Loop itself (starts and ends with B major, which also happens to be the same chord that TNDNBTG starts with), and loops the three albums together, musically and lyrically.

Now, onto Euclid of Megara.

Euclid was born in Megara, Athens and was a follower of Socrates (sneaking into Athens to hear him speak, and he was also present during his death). He is most known for his philosophy that good is the knowledge of simply being and that the opposite of good does not exist, aka evil. The Good is described to be a perfect, eternal, and changeless Form, existing outside space and time. A form of Heaven without a God.

This idea could be linked lore-wise with Sleep Token; Sleep could, in a way, be The Good literally. Bliss. Further, with the idea that there is no actual opposite of good, then how can anything be bad? How can Sleep, as a deity, have bad intentions if there is no actual evil?

So far, with these two notable figures in mind, we can perceive Euclid as one of two ways (and there are more ways to come). Euclid can be seen as quite literally being a form of symmetry; a parallel that Vessel lays his life on because it brings all of the produced albums, all of his stories, together. Or, we can think of Euclid as Vessel. This brings me to @euclidsvessel's post on their theory on Euclid; what if Euclid was Vessel’s name before he became a vessel?

The theory that Euclid could be Vessel’s old name is not only extremely insightful, but very plausible as well. They explained their points very well in their original post, and I don't want to repeat what they’ve already said, so I do implore you to go read that! It's not detrimental to needing to understand this post, but I highly recommend it. Despite this, I am here to both support their argument and bring my own comparison. Take a look at the cover art for Euclid:

Let me repeat the lesser-known definition of Euclid; a copy of the same. A clone. A replacement. Held in the right hand is the decapitated head of Vessel's old (2nd gen.) mask. Specifically, the one that covers his mouth; the version that relinquishes the most amount of humanity. The album art is a representation of change portrayed in a symbolically gory way. Beheading, depending on the era you’re working from, symbolises both vengeance as well as a form of purification. By cutting off the head, you remove any ‘unholy’ thoughts. It's also among one of the most horrific and humiliating ways of killing someone (since it was typically done publicly, and sometimes the heads were placed on spikes of battlements as a warning).

Furthermore, there's a theory that's popped up a couple of times, lore-wise, that Vessel is not the first person to be turned into a vessel of Sleep, and he certainly won't be the last. So, considering the literal album art illustrates a replacement of Vessel, I’d say that theory is pretty much confirmed. In conclusion, the album art can either be interpreted as how Vessel will eventually be discarded and replaced by another vessel, or how Vessel himself will change, for better or for worse; clawing out of his own skin to become “someone new”.

So, to compare the idea of Euclid being Vessel’s old name, and to create the third perception of what or rather, who, Euclid is, what if Euclid will be the eventual replacement for Vessel?

#I would like to mention that the idea of a 'Euclid class object's floated around Reddit theories for Euclid as well #said objects are 'anomalies that are either insufficiently understood or inherently unpredictable'#I didn't include this because it's from SCP and I thought it highly unlikely that it could be a refrence to that #but then again; a lot of the lyrics refrence hardware and un-understandable things so I thought I'd say something about it #masaive thank you to Nine for spurring me on to continue writing this and eventually post it with their theory post #just a very big thank you to everybody on ST Tumblr who post any analysis bits because you all inspire me #with that said #I hope these will be interesting for you all <3 #sleep token #st #mel's rambles #euclid #euclid sleep token #sleep token analysis #vessel #vessel sleep token #tmbte #sleep token tmbte #hiding in here that I felt a bit like Hamilton writing these #'John Jay got sick after writing five...James Madison wrote twenty nine...Hamilton wrote the oTHER FIFTY ONE'#apologies to anybody who reads that lmao

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saintmeghanmarkle · 2 months

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The Harkles quest for relevance by u/alreadydoneit01

The Harkles quest for relevance The recent forum in Austin was interesting . For one, she/Archewell had to pay for it. So nobody asked her to participate. I think I realize her problem-she has nothing to back it up. She is the classic one trick pony. She has no substance, no talent to keep the interest of the masses.In today's world, you need new content, she keeps giving variation of the same thing about what happened in the bRF. YouTube creators, tiktok creators create a ton of good content or crazy content-but today's world has changed. You need new content to stay relevant. Rehashing the same thing over and over and over is not going to sell. I mean look at Jake Paul or any number of sinners on youtube.I think they know this and that is why they are pushing for reconciliation-so they can have new content. They desperately want new content. While now it is harry reached out to William , but no contact back articles are released-strategically before the Austin event, just imagine what kind of articles will be released-if William responded and said a cursory hello..I think by now, the duo know they are worthless without the BRF. For now all they have is stories from the past that they keep spinning-but to be relevant-they need new content.George pushed Archie down and called him a xyz. How racist of George. Catherine didn't let me borrow her car and I had to hire a taxi and face the paps blah, blah . Any contact and Hey Voila-new content-problem solved for the Sussexes. They are back to being relevant. I think Markles know they need new content to stay afloat and I think the BRF knows that they are viewed as content and not people for the harkles and so keeping at arms length. KCIII managed it beautifully-with him flying off in a helicopter and making it a point to release when the Harold came and left -after announcing every step of his gallant dash to see his father in the newspapers- and not giving him any royal property to stay.Until the harkles have access to the BRF again-they are left spinning their wheels spewing the same stories over and over and over again and hence will not be able to connect like they did with Oprah. Each story begins to vary a little and opens up more questions. So they have reduced themselves to content creators. What a fall! post link: https://ift.tt/n6RdTK7 author: alreadydoneit01 submitted: March 09, 2024 at 01:53AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

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piracytheorist · 1 month

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For no particular reason (really) I woke up today remembering a peculiar situation I brought myself into in this hellsite some years ago.

So, to give some context, I have a long-time friend who has been a die-hard of anything related to Tolkien for longer than some of y'all have been alive. But because she is a hopeful person, she got excited when she heard about the Rings of Power show. Particularly because of how it was hinted at on Twitter while it was in production.

So because I wanted her to have a good experience, I also wanted the show to be good. I mean, who knew, maybe this time would be an exception, right?

Anyway, first trailers drop and discussions arise, and someone on tumblr makes the mistake of fake-newsing everyone by posting a promotional video (which in all fairness was bad) and claiming it was the show's opening credits. A mutual reblogs the post - which already had some additions mocking the "credits" - I go into the comments, I see that it's not the real credits, and I make a comment of the nature of "Maybe we should watch the real credits before we make a critique of it" and a comment later I say "also pirate the stuff, amazon won't starve without your money".

Of course, tumblr being tumblr...

I got an anon calling me a bootlicker. Me, tumblr user piracytheorist, who in the second breath of talking about it suggested we should pirate stuff, am a bootlicker. I mean, they tried. A random person in the comments of the post tried to talk back, I said we should critique the show but OP was misinforming people and we should at least make sure what we're critiquing it for, and they were like "What was the misinformation?" so yeah, they also tried.

But then, the worst offender was what I think that same mutual vagueblogging about my comment. Which is why, if you have a beef with a mutual - especially one you've connected with before outside of fandom stuff - take it to them and don't vagueblog. I was in the guilty position of vagueblogging once, and yeah it did cause a friendship to break apart (though we figured things out recently).

I mean, they could have been vagueblogging about literally anything else. But that's the problem with the vague part of it. I'll never know. Because seeing the mutual passionate in dragging the show through the dirt, and then vagueblogging about "not being affiliated" with something via a The Incredibles meme after I questioned the legitimacy of that specific critique... it could have been that, it could have not. I will never know.

Anyway, we watched the show, my friend didn't like it but is still a little hopeful for at least seeing cool backgrounds, I didn't like it and I still haven't watched the last two episodes, lol. But I can assure you the fake credits video had absolutely nothing to do with the things I disliked about it. I was only invested in it because my friend was invested and I wanted it to be good so that my friend would enjoy it. But alas, money spoke above all and it wasn't good. And also alas, tumblr is tumblr and how dare you not hate something the way I hate it - misinformed.

So yeah. Don't vagueblog, kids, especially if it's about mutuals 🫠

#nette speaks #tbd #maybe

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agender-witchery · 7 months

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I'm putting this one under a cut just so people read the first damn paragraph.

I am playing through Outer Wilds for the first time, I've beaten the base game and I'm now going through the DLC. I do not want ANY information whatsoever, spoiler or not. I want to learn everything by myself. The questions and observations I make are for me to think about and answer, not you. If you post a reply or reblog with tags that go against these wishes, you will be blocked immediately.

If you saw my last post, you know that I sum up what I know and what I want to learn after each play session and send that to my friend who's watching me play through the game. If you didn't see my last post, well now you know. I've actually had two sessions since my last post - I just never got a chance to do a full write up of the former of the two. I'll do my best to put some of it here though.

Alright so. The Strangers came from their star system to ours, presumably in search of the Eye after seeing its echo. I think that they showed up prior to the Nomai, given that they only activated the Stranger's cloaking mechanism after reaching our star system, they appear to have been killed by ghost matter, and the Nomai have no writings about the Stranger. It doesn't seem like they can return, given the fact that they seemed grief stricken when looking at slides of their home world and the fact that they're still here. I initially thought that the way their eyes go empty and their mouths split in an... unsettling manner was something the Eye caused somehow, but it turns out that empty eyes and slit mouths are just... things they do, though it's often portrayed in a sinister way. I... don't think their motives are sinister though. I think that's just how I interpret those expressions. After receiving the vision of the Eye destroying everything, they turned on it. They seemed to hold it in reverence similar to the Nomai at first, but now they seem to despise it. They're upset, they're angry, and I think that's worth respecting. Once they turned against the Eye, they went into hiding, and... I don't think they want to be found, given their reactions when I do run into them. I feel like I'm intruding, like I'm doing something wrong for reasons I don't even understand yet. I have a path to unlocking the vault, but... it almost feels irresponsible not to have an idea of why it was locked in the first place. They made it, they want it closed, and I'm not welcome. Of course, they never truly hurt me, but maybe they can't hurt me, not in a dream. I can test it, by hurting myself, so I'll do that.

I am... almost convinced that there's a living Stranger still around due to the empty bed in the Cinder Isle dream chamber. And if they're alive... they'd be underwater, to avoid the ghost matter. Perhaps a living Stranger might have a way to communicate, and perhaps they'd be more amenable to my presence than the dreaming Strangers. They might have information, and as always, I have all the time in the world to search for them.

Of course... there is the matter that there's more info to be found for me in two of the dream regions. I could blindly dive around to try and find a living Stranger, but I think searching the dream world will be more productive.

In the base game, I felt a connection to the Nomai. I could understand them and their motives entirely, and I knew I wanted to find the Eye very early on. I was working with and alongside the Nomai, carrying on their legacy, and considered a friend by Solanum. With the Strangers, I feel disconnected and adversarial. Currently, I feel like I am working against them, and the intentionally eerie atmosphere definitely enhances this feeling. I feel at unease when I'm viewing their history, more so when I'm experiencing their dream, and especially so when I've disturbed them. The information I gather is via their slides, many of which are heavily damaged, and even their visions provide little insight into why they act the way they do. There's a lot I don't understand. And I think I need to understand before I try and violate their wishes.

Questions:

Why do the Strangers act the way they do?

What is in the vault?

If there is a living Stranger, where are they?

I still don't know why the sun doesn't activate their devices, or why their fires burn green. Notably, the candles in the dream world DON'T burn green, so green is special in some way.

#my nonsense #outer wilds #outer wilds spoilers #echoes of the eye #echoes of the eye spoilers

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contentment-of-cats · 10 months

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She can't make up her mind.

So, according to @cordeliaperry, I already had her information and got someone in Texas to mail her fifty bucks and a copy of this conversation (albeit after she removed her responses).

OR I looked at a screenshotted photo of her blog - this one below, edited of course - and am going to use the information I 'dug up' on her - all publicly available with a simple google search.

She wants to be doxxed at this point. If i can do it, anyone can.

SO, I went to my GFM, found her, made everyone anonymous and then used Google. I have the information, put all of it together on Monday night. So if something happens to me and she's not just talking to herself about her prison connections and Peruvian drug gangs in the @mary-and-the-other-two blog, the cops know where to look.

So, which is it? She's jossing her own timeline, can't keep straight what she alleges I've done with what I'm going to do. Both predicated on whether or not I sent her those letters - didn't have the info at the time - or whether or not I 'dug up' information from her own clues after she received the letters. I can't have done both.

I have the info, but won't use it. I did not have the information before so In could not have used it. After doxing people and soliciting information for doxing, she doesn't know her ass from a hole in the ground and needs a new target to keep everyone busy - like she did with Beebee and Drac. So she's posting at light speed trying to keep people confused and remembering what she said and when she said it, also to who. She edits, re-edits, adds and removes tags to enhance 'I never said that, look!' deniability.

Of course, a lot of it is just talking to herself via anons. If she wanted to stop the anons, she knows how. My opinion is that she created the blank blogs for later use, and that mary-and-the-other-two is also her. Mother of Sockpuppets 2.0.

She went bunny-boiler batshit crazy for Drac, and here is the woman scorned like whom hell hath no fury. She's threatened people, blackmailed people with what they did and said, threatened to post nudes (that she lied about having), and tried to ruin people's fandom lives.

She's a narc. Narcs specialize in manipulation. They come cleverly disguised as reasonable human beings. They pull you in. Then they bring out the hammer and break your soul. When people are afraid to like, give kudos, comment, or reblog because it's not their thing, that's cool. Nobody likes all things. If someone stays away not only from fandom, but everything else because they are afraid someone will see them liking - say - a post with a cute kitty and will make their lives hell, that's another.

Oh, and narcs do apologize. Not because they're sorry. Narcs apologize to regain ground.

Been there, done that, got multiple t-shirts until I learned.

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#fandom wank #round and around and around we go #Youtube #bunny boiler

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majorbaby · 2 months

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Did you ever feel like your art is overlooked in fandom? How did you feel? It's so scary to be in a new fandom but I've been here for more than a year now and I still feel like I'm talking to the wall.

i answered a similar ask here and you didn't ask for advice specifically but there it is if you want it. takeaway from that post is, start initiating the kinds of interactions you want to have with people. if you want comments on your fic, comment on other peoples fic. if you want people to play ask games, send other people asks too.

personally I have very little emotional attachment to how my stuff "performs" if we're talking notes/reblogs/comments/kudos. i do care about connecting with other people via art, but i would say my 'quota' for doing that is like, one other person in addition to myself being enthusiastic about my art, and i'm pretty much guaranteed that from the get go because i have friends. and i don't mean just friends i met in this fandom (although fandom friends are awesome) i mean friends irl who are enthusiastic and encouraging.

so i don't feel 'overlooked', and if i ever have over a post that i think "deserved" to do better it's been in a "why are you booing me, i'm right" kind of way that i forget about almost immediately because i'm onto the next thing.

on that note, if there's one new piece of advice i could offer here it's that if you post something and it doesn't do well (and remember that "well" is a relative term), try not to fall into the trap of being so upset by it that you're unable or unwilling to make more art. for a while there last year i was down about some irl stuff and i had a sticky on my computer that said "why don't you write porn about it" not about my actual circumstances but like, it's my version of screaming into a pillow.

#replies

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agentsnickers · 1 year

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(I would reblog the post to talk but Tumblr won't show my reply so I gotta be annoying)

I would love to see more of fate, be kind. I'm so interested in the past life's and how they originally found each other and what their other meetings were like. I know you touched on it in one chapter and with Buttons comment towards the end of the fic but I want to know so much more about what happened with all of them

ALSO speaking of Buttons I desperately want to know more about what's going on with him, does he really remember the past?? What does he see between soulmates? Do he and Davey always wind up as close friends or was this the first time?

Also on that note I think it would be neat to see Davey and Buttons growing up together and the instances of people thinking their soulmates and their decision to get their tattoo and all that

Sorry if this is a lot, I just found your fics and I'm thoroughly obsessed with your writing

thank you!!!!

Response got long, so:

one of the plans I tossed around when I was originally working on fbk was a tie-in about Buttons and the way he sees the world!

He has sort of dreamy memories of his past lives, with certain moments coming through with more clarity than others. He and David have known each other a few times, and in fact he's known most of their gang a few times! What he said in the fic is true, though, he can usually clock the connections between people via a visible haze/aura around them that resembles a filled-in contact soulmark.

For an example -

He knew without being told that Jack was David's soulmate because even though they don't look the same as in past lives, he has known them together before and recognizes Jack somewhat instinctively.

But he only knew without being told that Les and Niamh/Hotshot were soulmates because he could see that soulmate-aura around them when they were together (since even though he knew Les in at least one other life, he didn't know Hotshot well enough to recognize her).

David and Buttons have been friends before, though before their current life they were closest in the Newsies canon era for Reasons :)

One of the other ideas I considered (and am still considering) was a oneshot with all of the other encounters between soulmates that I cut from fbk's chapter seven! This would include Charlie & Jack and Charlie & Albert's first meetings (which were the last to get cut), and a few other lives in between for some of the others! Most particularly I had originally wanted to have more gender/name variation in the past lives but I had to walk it back a bit when I realized how hard that would be to parse out when I wasn't planning to explain myself ;)

(The only one I allowed myself to keep was Race being Edie in Ravey's first meeting, since I figured that I had a good way to clarify for people who hadn't read the Edie AU and for anybody who had it would be obvious. Incidentally, Edie & David's first meeting was the chronological first!)

#fate be kind au

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liaromancewriter · 1 year

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Can you suggest ways to make friends in a fandom? Especially if someone is new to the fandom experience.

When I was new to the Choices/OH fandom, I started making connections with other writers and content creators simply by engaging with them: replied to/commented on a post with my own perspective, reblogged their work with my thoughts, sent asks (not anonymous asks) reached out via DM with a comment/question/moment of curiosity.

I also participated in reblog games and tagged people, encouraging them to join. Not everyone does, and that's okay. I also didn't hesitate to jump into a conversation that was taking place in a post that I found in the fandom's main tags or my dashboard feed. Over time, as we got to know each other as individuals, we realized that we had things in common and that led to friendship

I think sometimes when you're new to the fandom, you feel that you couldn't possible just interject into a post that you see. How will that "big blog" feel about me, a nobody, just joining in? Will they be upset that I'm interrupting? But actually that's the entire reason why our posts are public -- to engage with others that share our interests. If we didn't want interaction, our blogs would be private.

I do think every fandom is different, so watching how people interact with each other and on what can help you figure out what steps to take.

#fandom advice #ask and answered

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slonekaru · 1 year

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I posted 6,258 times in 2022

268 posts created (4%)

5,990 posts reblogged (96%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@crazzzedope

@scarefox

@spicyvampire

@smittenskitten

@rocktheholygrail

I tagged 4,100 of my posts in 2022

Only 34% of my posts had no tags

#love in the air - 552 posts

#kinnporsche - 463 posts

#payurain - 298 posts

#boss chaikamon - 293 posts

#noeul nuttarat - 282 posts

#vegaspete - 258 posts

#zhang zhehan - 254 posts

#build jakapan - 221 posts

#bounprem - 221 posts

#between us the series - 207 posts

Longest Tag: 136 characters

#i like to think in the boc kp universe since leather cuffs weren't used at the safe house they are vegas/petes choice for sexy fun times

My Top Posts in 2022:

You know I've seen a few posts on Porsche bring Pete to the bar so Vegas can speak to him. How this was the wrong thing to do, or how he's fallen into the moral grey area of being in the mafia as he is only thinking about himself and getting the info he wants from Vegas, but not thinking or caring about Petes' feelings/mental state.

But you know what, I'm going to give this one to Porsche. No doubt some people will disagree but I honestly thought Porsche added 2 plus 2 and actually got 4. And lets face it that is a miracle in itself with this series unless your name is Tankhun!

Why do I feel this way when others don't?

Porsche knows Pete's been with the minor family, despite Pete's denial. He also knows Vegas penchant for torture, that there is the first connection. He knows Vegas did this to Pete since Pete has turned up in the state he has.

And the way I read it he was watching Pete struggle with his emotions in that bathtub and recoginsed something in them. Because it wasn't that long ago Porsche was struggling with his own emotions when they were waring inside of him about the fact Kinn had sexually assaulted him when he was drugged vs the fact he was actually attracted to Kinn and did want something to happen, he just wasn't ready.

Also Porsche is completely familiar with Vegas's tactics by now, he knows Vegas uses emotional and sexual manipulation. Porsche was on the receiving end of that and he got a first-hand look at the outcome of it via Tawan. So it's not far-fetched that he makes connection 2, something emotional/sexual happened between Vegas and Pete.

How did him and Kinn move forward? Well, they talked it out. Sure they had to be handcuffed together and go trapsing through the woods, but that is how he settled his emotions and it wouldn't surprise me that in his mind Pete needs the same thing.

Cue a call between him and Vegas and Vegas 'requesting' to see Pete. Because that is the phrasing he used as Porsche was walking away from Vegas in the back alley of Hum, he had a request.

Porsche could have easily not brought Pete, he could have easily stuck to Petes' side and not allowed Vegas a chance to get near him. But as he said it was down to Vegas from there. And Pete is still a bodyguard and capable of defending himself (after all he was carrying and pulled the gun on Vegas).

Maybe Porsche decided this was the time for Pete to get that opportunity in a safe environment, where he could walk away if he didn't want to talk and it is away from the rest of the main family where Pete is trying to hide what happened to him.

And let's face it Porsche was right because Pete needed a genuine apology from Vegas, which he got. It's then up to him if he wants to accept.

So in summary it seemed like Porsche was hella perceptive and understanding of Petes' feelings. He actually cared a lot about helping Pete and is just worried about his friend.

208 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

You know I thought this was innocent at first but then my brain went 'wait a minute!'

Is Noeul making a joke/alluding to the sex scene?!?!?! And Peat damn well knows it as well!

266 notes - Posted September 28, 2022

I can't believe Payu rocked up to Rains

Talked himself into the house

Got Rain half naked right under his moms nose

Charmed Rains mother over dinner

Made out with Rain in his childhood bedroom right under his moms nose again!

Somehow acquired Rains moms phone number while doing all the above

Called Rains mom to request Rain come over for a booty call!!!!

And got away with it all!

The Balls on this man! Capital B!

361 notes - Posted September 15, 2022

No one: So Slone what were you doing when you found out the Queen had died?

Me: Watching a bratty baby sub getting railed for the first time by his newly acquired Dom. Why, what about you?

430 notes - Posted September 8, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Like I love the fact that out of all that has been happening in Kinnporsche there is a big chunk of the fandom obsessed with this guy

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captaindibbzy · 2 years

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Inspired by a post I just saw that mentions "I am pro cheating in exams" along side other things like "pro choice" and it really strikes me that those are not the same thing at all.

Like, for me? Cheating is a privilege. It's an access to extra resources in order to put you ahead of your peers, to make life easier for you. A lot of the time this comes from money, paying for other people to do work for you, or to be able to do things again, or to have access to things, to bypass restrictions others have. Some times this is a theft, stealing someone else's work for example. As a general rule it is an unfair advantage on people around you.

However, some times cheating is used in place of help that someone else needs, which is where I think people are coming from when they say pro-cheating. The only time I cheated in my life was when I was 8 years old and taking weekly spelling tests in primary school. A girl in our class figured she could put the list of words we had been given on the table and we could all see it and get full marks, which got us access to certain privileges. Now, at the time I was undiagnosed dyslexic so no matter what I did to study I could never access these privileges, and by cheating I could keep up with everyone else. (This didn't last which is my fault and also a story for another time.)

What I needed in that moment wasn't cheating, but rather a diagnosis and additional help for a disability. Meanwhile the system its self that handed out privilege to people who did well on spelling tests was shitty and wrong.

Another thing I think pro-cheating approaches is when the exam its self is garbage, or what is being tested isn't made clear. For example, kids often look at stuff on school and go "when will we use this in real life? This isn't useful." But quite often what we learn in school isn't for real life, it's teaching a set of transferable skills via exercise for your brain. This is never made clear to people in school, you're just learning to pass exams for some unknown reason. Another aspect of this is unnecessary restrictions on the exam, i.e. exams that could benifit from being open book, or a practical project instead of closed book timed paper that requires a level of skill not taught as part of the course (woodworking written exams, drama and acting written papers.)

Then exams themselves aren't fair, education is tiered. People who are poor, disabled, or underprivileged receive a lesser education to those who are rich and well connected. Instead of allowing assistance for those at the bottom they are punished and told it is their own fault and their own failing that means they are like this, rather than the fact the entire system is against you. In that moment cheating to be able to compete with people who you could not naturally keep up with is the easiest option, and often the only option available to people at the bottom. Individuals can't reform the system.

Another reason cheating is bad is danger. Depending on the nature of the exam at least. For example cheating on a driving test is Not Good. Cheating on food safety standards is not good. Wouldn't want to see a doctor who couldn't pass their own exams, etc.

So yeah, tldr:

Gaining additional resources just to get ahead is shitty and unfair to people who can not access those resources.

In cases where cheating is actually fixing an issue it does not actually fix the issue. The issue still exists, be that shitty exams or underprivileged.

Occasionally bypasses safety of others and creates danger.

[please do not reblog this, but replying is fine. I don't want to argue, I'm just straightening my thought process.]

#personal

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saintmeghanmarkle · 1 month

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GB News connects Catherine's diagnosis announcement to the website downgrade by u/Von_und_zu_

GB News connects Catherine's diagnosis announcement to the website downgrade This clip is an interview of Ingrid Seward, and is interesting in itself. But after Ingrid's part is done, the hosts continue to chat and close with a zinger:Transcribed/paraphrased in relevant part:Female Host: I think they’ve issued a small statement, haven’t they Ingrid. But they’re very much in the shadow of this much more important issue.Ingrid Seward: Well the interesting thing was that they didn't find out about Kate's illness until we all found out about it. Which means there is absolutely no communication there. And then they sent a message, whether they called or not. I'm sure, I'm sure Meghan got off straight on the phone because that is very Meghan. But whether or not the call was taken, I don’t know. I’d love to know. I should think Kate was probably polite enough to take any calls. But I just cannot see a friendship recementing at this moment. They have got so many things to think about. I know people think illness brings people together but I’m not sure about that.Male Host: I think actually, Ingrid, the fact that they did find out from TV or radio the way the rest of us did. I think it is because William and Kate simply can’t trust Harry or Meghan because other stuff they’ve been told have been told ends up on an American TV chat show or in his book or Podcast or in a Netflix documentary.Ingrid: Well I think also sadly, obviously, I don’t feel that the King and Queen can really trust Harry and Meghan either. I think the whole royal family just want to keep them at a distance. Which of course they are at the moment. But Harry is coming over here in May I believe to do something with Invictus. So I think we will see him. I don’t know if we will see Meghan. But we are certainly going to see Harry. So the story will go on.Female Host: Thank you Ingrid.….At 2:18:Male Host: Getting back to Harry and Meghan, though last week it was announced that they’d been downgraded on the Buckingham Palace website. It's not a coincidence, it is not a coincidence. Because the Princess of Wales filmed that video on Wednesday. And that announcement about them being downgraded was on Thursday so it all happened at the same time. Just to make it absolutely clear just in case people think: “Oh Harry and Meghan can come back.” No. It is not happening. There is no chance of it happening because they are not working members of the royal family anymore. They've made their decision and that's it.Female Host: Yeah, we’re moving on.https://twitter.com/sage1411/status/1772551611140788482https://preview.redd.it/yk6g6bp4goqc1.png?width=730&format=png&auto=webp&s=ca89a3f06984d0866086c75a0b7ab64991a9afb1 post link: https://ift.tt/6pTIkuW author: Von_und_zu_ submitted: March 26, 2024 at 02:05PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

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wangan · 2 months

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Reviewing the year is very strange for me. I only start to write this now today because it's been just over a year that I got banned from twitter and came back to use tumblr (I've had tumblr since 2011/2012, get off my ass). It was just a little bit before valentine's day I think?

No idea what I really wanted to say honestly. Maybe some social media review regarding recent "events." The appeal of twitter for me was to immediately put down my thoughts and post them, but now I just "liveblog" in a discord server (yes I hate discord). It doesn't matter to me as long as I can have a proper instantaneous record of what I felt or thought at the time I experienced said thing. It just helps my memory problems, kinda like a diary, but it's spontaneous. Not thought out fully, not curated. That's what's fun for me about blogging in the moment.

There is nothing more ironic for me than seeing people move from one social media to another only to find hordes upon hordes of callout posts for the people who own/manage them. Literally no one is going to be squeaky clean on the internet, and you should know this. You are willingly using a service, mostly for free (I pray for you should you pay for social media). It is going to come with caveats in multiple forms. Returning to twitter, making an account on some other website... idk man. It's all the same to me. They're companies. They're going to try to make money somehow. The owners may be more morally corrupt than others. Whatever.

I am not saying that I do not condemn these evil CEOs or what have you. I do. I hate these fucks. They are manchildren. But as an independent person, you do you. Stay on whatever site you want, I'm not about policing your choices. I mean we all use youtube and I barely see any of you bitches getting up in arms about it as much as these sites.

The site I've been lamenting losing the most, maybe because it was so fun when I was in school, was fucking wikispaces. Had to sign up via school I think. You could make your own "wikis" and that's when I first experienced rping with other kids in my school. Was kind of surreal. We had profiles for our charas and everything. Never thought I'd continue the rp shit on tumblr (but now that's dead too, idk why you insist on moving shit to discord). I really do miss making wikis of stuff. I wish I had that again.

And then blogspot? Which I guess is blogger? I don't know anyone who uses it anymore though. I do personally have a wordpress (well, woops there!) for translations, and I just recently remembered that I have a toyhouse account (I guess you can add me on there?) so there's that too.

Come to think about it I haven't made new "online" friends in years, because I'm so settled in with the people I know that I kind of don't care? It's not that I don't want to get to know people, it's just that I don't put in the effort to because I don't see a need to. If you find me interesting and want to talk to me, then that's fine. But on tumblr these days, people are just reblogging shit and I don't really get to see much of their personalities through "blogging" anymore.

I am not openly going out there and "finding" people to talk to, nor am I looking down on people who just reblog pretty things. It's your space. I'm the same. I keep a purely aesthetic blog for ME to look at and then this one for random stuff. But I am looking for people who don't just have a blog for reblogs with no original posts. I like to read people's tags, read about peoples' days. I want to see blogs run by "actual human beings" that share their experiences. I just want to see the world through you.

I don't really know what the point is here but I think humans should form meaningful connections with or without social media. I think social medias are a great place to meet people and stay in touch with them. It would definitely be hard for me to talk to people if I didn't have any of this. But at the end of a day, these are services provided to you by people who care very little about what you think.

It is thus with equal irony that I invite you to email me.

#long post #blog #this post was written in stream of consciousness so i have no idea what iwas thinking or saying

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panchams · 4 months

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long time, no see

happy 2024! the website layout on here has changed so dramatically that i can barely recognize it. i hate to admit that it took me a couple of minutes to find my followers...

anyways, hey! it's been a while. i jumped ship off of here... god... who knows how long that was? i genuinely feel like it was a permanent move circa 2015. but that's not what im here to talk about.

after the loss of twitter circles, i've struggled finding a place to put my thoughts. don't worry, this blog definitely won't be it but i thought it would be fun to put a little reflection on here as my final post (probably forever?) on this funny blogging website that i decided to use back in 2009 (I'm pretty sure my archives go that far back.... which is certainly something i cherish to see how much I've changed)

so many of you either have known me as eddie, edward, mukuro, bajime, hajime..... lord knows this list goes on. im eddie! or if you want to use my online user, i go by haunter now. a lot has changed since i stopped using this platform regularly! i think i hard quit tumblr maybe around 2016? you can see on my profile that i came back and reblogged some things, but i think it was around the time of my twitter bot's birth (@nintendoqt) when i really stopped using it permanently.

i'm writing this as a reflection of where i've been and where i came from when i first started using this funny website. im officially a couple of months away from graduating college with a bachelors in computer science! that means I'll be a real deal certified software engineer this coming may.

but don't you worry! i got some real time experience as a software engineer last year, right before my senior year began. i worked as a software engineer for the military/government! yeah, that's right... tumblr user Panchams was a military scientist (intern, but it counts). crazy right? and in just a couple of months i'll be hitting the biggest milestone of my life so far which is college graduation.

back when i began this blog, it was towards the end of 2009 and my myspace girlfriend at the time karina recommended i join because the community from our beloved myspace was jumping ship. i jumped in and well, the rest is history.

2009 eddie was a fidgity, undiagnosed autistic relentless kid. it's kind of crazy looking back on that era because i'm so proud of kid me going out of my way to socialize by going to conventions at every possible event he could go to. i would even wear cosplay and force myself out of my comfort zone to talk and take pictures with complete strangers.

to summarize my academic journey to save some space here, i really sucked at math. my math classes were so horrible, i actually got placed senior year in high school in the lowest math possible for seniors (something like college math help course or something, while the other kids were doing calc 1 or 2). but look at me now, baby! i went from pre-algebra all the way to calculus 2 in college, as well as discrete mathematics (possibly the hardest math class anyone outside of a math degree could ever take). i passed them all! it wasn't easy. i failed calculus 1 on my first try. my community college professor even told our entire class in a very vague way that we should commit suicide via bullet if we didn't pass it cuz we would never pass if we couldn't pass his class lol.

caught myself yapping there for a second. anyways, i really just wanted to say that i was a fidgety autistic child with such huge dreams and wonders. you can see throughout my entire blog's lifecycle that i've felt a special connection to characters like pokemon's red, sasuke from naruto, mukuro from katekyo, cloud from final fantasy 7 et etc.... you get it!

i think my life could've easily been one of complacency and laziness. after all, i am the only one in my immediate family to have attended college or even be in STEM whatsoever. my father was a horse trainer and my mom did random odd jobs/cleaning jobs as a kid. i could've easily been stuck forever in poverty and never aspired to do anything with my life. outlets like tumblr, gaia, twitter, youtube, the list goes on but these shaped me in ways that i am beyond thankful for.

as well as pokemon and the other games i mentioned, they gave me a lifeline. those characters i hooked onto as a kid which basically shaped how my personality is... i genuinely wouldn't have it any other way.

what is blud yapping about!!!! i end this weird ramble yapping session to update where my life is and where im headed. I've mentioned graduation (LETS FUCKING GOOO!) but i am beyond excited to be a big boy software engineer (no intern in the title!)

i'm pining for the bay area after graduation. i know, i sound like a lunatic going straight to san francisco as a new grad but.... you only live once! how cliche right, a new software dev moving to san francisco... the story writes itself.

don't worry, i have backup plans! if i can't make enough I'll be sure to live amongst the cows in arkansas (maybe oregon?! who knows.) big things are coming into my life, an entire chapter of my life finishing (the college years? academy saga?) and i'm just happy that i kept pushing. i'm glad i kept trucking on and will have some form of a tangible life that i will create with my own two hands.

happy new years! i don't think anyone will read this but... thank you! thanks tumblr for everything. maybe one day I'll go through and read my #priv or whatever i used to signify as my private posts here eventually. that day won't be today, but maybe when im in my SF apartment?!

have a great year, a great life, and so on. i don't think I'll ever update this blog again. thanks for everything and much love from me!

linktr.ee/haunterz

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concubuck · 2 years

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Is it impossible for Alastor to like/repect/befriend someone he's had sex with (other than an alternate)?

((It's more the other way around: it's impossible for him to have sex with somebody he likes/respects/befriended.

I reblogged my main post on the topic, but here's an expansion I posted on Discord at one point:

The idea of having sex with a friend—someone who knows you and cares about you—and who YOU care about—deeply disgusts him. Alternates managed to slip by with a "fucking your clone is more like masturbating than having sex (also I really really really want to)" loophole; but now that he's in the position of trying to be friends with several alts he's fucked, even that feels awkward and bad for him.

If he's fucked someone and they try to act friendly with him, he'll inwardly gets angry and disdainful toward them—how dare you have the audacity to act like you have any emotionally intimacy with him?? If he's friends with someone and they try to fuck him, he's hurt and betrayed—and then he fucks them, and he gets angry and disdainful toward them.

It's not because he thinks sex with someone is inherently repulsive or bad. Because he doesn't think sex is something repulsive! He actually thinks sex is a completely morally neutral act.

But the way he views sex is like eating. Taking the "viewing somebody like a piece of meat" metaphor way too far—he sees sex partners kind of like meat, something to be consumed and devoured to feed a bottomless appetite; and while eating meat is fine in his book, it depends on which meat. You wouldn't eat your friend, would you? It's okay to eat people (Alastor is pro-cannibalism) but only people you don't care about. It's cruel to do it to someone you like.

Much of how he feels about sex currently is shaped by the fact that he never had it until his new succubus libido forced him to. HIS experience of sex has 100% been the experience of a hungry beast trying to feed an insatiable hunger—he's never done it for love or for fun. Right now, there's no room in his life to do it for love or fun, because he already needs to have more of it than he can stand—the idea of having even more is intolerable. Before he was a succubus, he didn't see sex as an act of selfish consumption; and he could conceivably learn to lose that association in the future.

And to some extent, he subconsciously realizes that this formulation of sex only applies to himself; because he feels having sex with someone he cares about is especially cruel because he knows most people associate sex with affection. There is zero affection built into Alastor's experience of libido. He isn't hornier for people he likes. He doesn't desire people. There's no sense of emotional connection in sex for him.

And that's okay with him! But what's NOT okay is that most people EXPECT affection in sex. Therefore, if somebody is fucking him because they're friends—because they like him, and they think the fact that he agreed means he likes them—then if he sleeps with them it's an act of deception/manipulation.

(And that difference in his expectation and a friend's expectation has bit him in the ass HARD before. There's a reason he never mentions Mimzy on the blog.)

That's what makes Alastor go "no sex with friends." Because his friends will make an emotional connection via sex, and want/expect one out of him... and it's just not there. He never feels LESS affectionate than when he's having sex. Sex shuts off the part of him that cares about his partner; all he cares about is getting his satisfaction, and any pleasure he offers in return is to get them to give HIM pleasure.

If everyone in the world experienced sex the same way, he might be okay with having sex with friends. Because he'd know it means nothing to them too. "I'll look at you like a piece of meat and you'll look at me like a piece of meat; I'll feed you and you'll feed me."

But as long as most people believe that there IS or SHOULD BE affection in sex, he's not taking that goddamn chance. Sex with friends is just messy and it grosses him out.

As a bonus complicating factor on all of the above: when he's not horny, he HATES being viewed with attraction. He HATES being an object of desire. It makes his skin crawl. If he's friends with somebody who fucks him, how can he hang out with them outside of sex knowing that their attraction doesn't turn off and they're always gonna be looking at him like something fuckable? That's just another reason for him to keep the people he fucks and people he befriends in separate categories, and only talk to his fuckbuddies when he's horny and only his friends when he's not horny.

Now—to be clear, nobody his universe should know this about him. (Except, like,, Mimzy lol.) This is the kind of stuff he doesn't explain to anybody outside people he really trusts, and "people he really trusts" are in short supply. Thus far he's only talked to one alternate about this in any depth, and touched on it with a couple more alternates.

He WOULD warn someone, IF HE CARES ABOUT THEM, "we can be friends or we can fuck. One or the other. You can choose but you can only choose one." And if somebody goes "what if I choose both? ;)" he goes "then you get neither." But that's as far as he explains it. He's not going to talk about his deep psychological motives and worldview with somebody who hasn't so much as decided whether they want to be his friend or to get in his pants.

Most people, he doesn't warn. He permits them to sort themselves. And if they want both, that ultimately means what they get is sex.

At MINIMUM, the only way he could fuck a friend and stay friends is if they say to him "I understand you don't feel affection at all during sex and I'm okay with that." That's where he's moving to with Cal. But he's very wary to TRY that, because he'll assume his partner is lying to him about how okay they are with it in order to get into his pants, and then they'll be hurt by the reality. (See: Mimzy, again.) Keep in mind that "telling him you're okay with it" isn't a shortcut to becoming a fuckbuddy-friend; this is just a necessary step on the long road of relationship building.))

#anonymous #ask #ooc

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queenmuzz · 3 years

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So, anyways, I saw something @liulyam had posted for Spardaverse a while back I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THEIR WONDERFUL ART FORGIVE ME! Anyways, I saw specifically THIS piece of art, and it sent the brain juices into overdrive....

So, the same thing plays out everyday. Nero gets off the school bus and runs in, backpack flying, and tells his uncle excitedly about his day at school, before racing up the stairs to tell his dad the same thing, in the same adorably animated manner. Unfortunately, Vergil doesn’t respond the same way as Dante, sitting still, not even acknowledging that the boy is talking to him. Initially, Nero doesn’t mind, understanding his recently rescued father has been through a lot, and needs time and patience to recover. But as the months pass by, Dante notices that his nephew doesn’t run up the front steps as eagerly, his descriptions of school become shorter, paler. And most worryingly of all, Nero spends less and less time with Vergil, preferring to peek his head in the man’s room, sigh, and slowly make his way to his own room, closing the door sullenly.

“What’s going on Nero?” Dante takes the plunge and asks him one day, before the boy trudges up the stairs. “You haven’t been that rambunctious ball of energy lately.”

Nero kicks the worn hardwood floor. “It’s dad… I know you told me I need to be patient,” his face scrunches up at the word, it’s a thing he’s never been able to truly do. He’s definitely a Sparda boy. “But he just keeps ignoring me. He won’t talk, won’t even look at me. It’s like I don’t even exist! Maybe...maybe he doesn’t want me to exist-”

“Hey now!” Dante needs to nip this train of thought in the bud. He knows first hand where it can lead to. Had he not found Nero nearly nine years ago, while wandering the world, drinking up every bar’s entire inventory in a vain attempt to fill a void in his chest, who knows where he would have ended up? “Your dad...well, even without the stuff he’s been through, he was never much of a talker. Always preferred to have his actions speak for him.” “But that’s the thing, Uncle Dante!” Nero blurts out, close to tears. “He DOESN’T DO ANYTHING!!! He doesn’t care!” And with that, Nero bolts up the stairs, past Vergil’s room, not even checking up on him, and slams his bedroom door with such force, Eva’s portrait wobbles on the desk and tips over. Dante sighs, sets his mom back up, and slowly makes his way up the stairs. Not to Nero’s room; Dante knows better than to provoke that tiger cub when he’s in an ornery mood. It’s time to talk to his dad.

Vergil, or what’s left of him, is sitting in an oversized chair, the only one that fits his giant frame, facing the window, the only one in the place with a view. If he’s heard the ruckus (and Dante knows he has), he makes no indication that it affects him.

“Verg,” he calls out, “I know it's been rough, I know I piled on a lot of shit on you, the whole thing about having a kid and everything these past nine years. I’m not expecting you to just snap back to normal, and start insulting me like in the good old days, but…” Dante’s not good at this sort of thing. He’d rather Royal Guard his emotional turmoil. It used to be with alcohol, but now it’s with a cheery smile. “The kid needs a sign that you’re still there, you’re still fighting. I know you are, hell, you’re the one that helped me take down that bastard Mundus on Mallet Island. But that’s the thing, Nero’s only heard things that you’ve done, not seen them. You need to show him yourself, otherwise…” Vergil makes no motion, and even Dante, stubborn as he is, knows it’s fruitless to continue much more, “you’re gonna lose him too.” And then Dante heads back downstairs, to see if he can whip up a snack to bribe his nephew to come out of his lair. Strange, he swears he hears the rustle of fabric from Vergil’s room, as if his brother had just moved.

Nero sits at Dante’s desk, working on his math homework. It’s his least favourite thing, fractions. Uncle Dante is a whiz at them, and usually would be able to help him, but he’s gone out on an ‘Really quick, won’t be more than a half hour’ errand run. It’s been nearly two hours, and the only other adult here is his dad… so Nero is practically by himself.

Suddenly, the hairs on the back of Nero’s neck prick up, and he hears scrabbling at the front door. He’s still not allowed to go out with Uncle Dante or Auntie Lady on their hunts, but he knows what a demon feels like, especially when there are a lot of them. ESPECIALLY when they’re really powerful Instinctively, he grabs a chair, and wedges it underneath the door knob, and looks around in a panic. He’s never had to deal with a demon attack by himself before. He remembers his uncle has a case of weapons that he was told to NEVER touch beside the jukebox, but Nero figures that he can say sorry to his uncle later. He smashes the lock with a billiard ball, and yanks open the lid. He’s disappointed. He thought there would be a treasure trove of swords and guns, but all there are two swords, one red and one blue. But he doesn’t have much of a choice, and the whine of protesting wood ends with a thunderous CRASH, and demons pour through. “FIND THE HERETIC GOD SLAYER!” One says, before turning in Nero’s direction. Without much warning, it shrieks as it launches at him with razor sharp obsidian claws.

Nero might be little, but his uncle has trained him well. Whipping the two blades around, they connect the monster’s waist in a pincer move, and like a pair of scissors, bisect it in a shower of blood and ash. Nero swears he hears a voice (or is it two voices?) approvingly say, “Impressive!” but doesn’t have a chance to savour his very first demon kill as another demon comes at him, knocking him over. The reddish gold blade clatters away on the floor, way out of reach, not that it matters. Nero’s pinned to the ground by a skeletal foot, as the demon lifts a blade to impale him. He squeezes his eyes shut, preparing for the end.

The final blow never comes. Instead, he hears shriek, and the pressure on his chest instantly subsides. He opens his eyes, to see it stagger back, its decapitated head clattering to the floor. Its brethren likewise are either dead or dying, their high pitched screams shattering the glass in the jukebox.

Nero’s first thought is that his Uncle has finally come home, Dante’s come to save me! But what’s odd is that there’s no sound of Dante’s beloved Ebony and Ivory. And last he checked, his uncle never was able to shoot out blue ghostly blades that now impale most of the horde. But it doesn’t matter, because his uncle is here to save the day! That is, until he yelps as he’s quickly, but not roughly picked up and held as whoever holds him spirits him out of the building, the blue blade still clutched in his hand. Nero begins to panic, but hears a voice, almost like a croak, as if the vocal cords had been in disuse for years…

Nero

And even though the voice is harsh sounding, it's one of the most comforting things Nero’s ever heard.

Of course that half hour errand run would turn out to be three hours. But when he was promised a free pizza for clearing out that demon nest on the West side, Dante couldn’t say no. Besides, he’d pick up some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies on the way home as a way of apologising to Nero. The kid might be cross with him, but he’d forgive him the moment he smelled those chewy biscuits. Dante might even let him have more than half of the package.

So when he gets home to find his front door smashed open, his office trashed, and worst of all his jukebox shattered-wait no, worst of all, his nephew missing, all thoughts of pizza and cookies vanish from his mind as he rushes in, guns drawn. There’s no sign of life, but the black splatters of demonic ichor painting the walls shows that some real bad mojo went down here. The strangest thing though, is Agni, a weapon Dante was definitely sure he had under lock and key, laying there on the ground, alone.

“Alright, time to spill your guts” he yanks the blade up so that he’s at eye level with the pommel, “What the hell happened here?” Agni makes the same response as Vergil. Which means silence.

“I swear to…” he pulls out ivory, and presses the muzzle into the (more troubled than usual looking face), “You’re gonna tell me what went down, or we’re gonna see how many bullets I can jam into your ugly mug.” “You told us to remain silent.” He rolls his eyes. “Yeah, consider that rule temporarily relaxed.” “There was an attack.” Agni starts, its distorted voice unusually agitated, “The little one fought with great valour, but eventually even he was overwhelmed.” Dante’s blood goes cold. “But then a great bulk of a demon came out and slaughtered the attacking filth, and spirited the boy away, alongwith my brother.”

“Rudra’s still with Nero?” That’s odd, if they were trying to capture the kid, they’d disarm him first.

“Yes, they are not far, I think they’ve stopped moving.”

“Alright,” Dante makes his way out of the disfigured wood, “let’s go find the kid and your bro...and if he’s alright, maybe I’ll reconsider giving back your talking privileges.” “Oh, that would be wonderful, will you allow us to leave the dark box? It’s been so long since we’ve fought, we crave batt- ”

“I said IF, and I won’t guarantee anything if you keep jabbering on and on.”

Angi directs the demon hunter to a dark secluded alleyway, a few blocks from Devil May Cry. One hand on its hilt ready for attack, the other fingering the trigger of Ivory, he cautiously makes his way past the recently overturned garbage cans, to a shadow alcove, where a shadow crouches. Beside it is Rudra, glowing faintly, it’s turquoise blue light providing enough illumination for Dante to make out what has happened. There’s Nero, peacefully slumbering away, apparently unharmed, not even his shirt is torn. And holding him gently, stroking his downy white hair with a giant hand...is Vergil… And for once, even though he is still staring straight ahead, there’s a different look on his face, a sense of contentment.

Huh Dante thinks to himself as he holsters the weapons, I was right, actions DO speak louder than words.

#Devil May Cry #Nelo Dadgelo #Dante #Vergil #Nero #canon divergence #I didn't want to connect this to their post via reblog #because that should stand alone in its own perfection #my writing

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Hey there, would you reblog the pinned post regarding about my dog on my blog? Very much appreciated if you boost or share! We need funding for [insert name of dog here] treatment asap. Ignore if not allowed xoxo

[I amputated the scammer how's that for vet care]

Normally I just ignore these but it's a great opportunity to talk about fundraising and also plug my actually legit and verifiable fundraiser for the bunny I've been fostering, Marlow.

Here comes a longass post. I have been campaigning for donations through Gofundme, Paypal, ko-fi, Venmo, offering commissions, adoptables, patreon rewards, selling prints, mugs, and products, posting assets, workshops, and photography, and reaching out via facebook, email, and phone to vet bill help groups, bunny enthusiasts, local animal aid groups, community pages, and rabbit rescue organizations to solicit donations. So, I've learned a lot over the past month about what works and what doesn't. The more effortful and widespread your outreach, the better.

What I learned about fundraising

It's not easy. I spend hours per day on fundraising and Marlow is still over a thousand dollars in the hole. You don't sit there and wait for free money. You put blood, sweat, and tears into it. While donating feels good, having the beneficiary return their investment with passion, effort, and information creates a mutual investment that is good for everyone. First off. Don't spam random popular blogs. There are plenty of blogs out there who love to signal boost mutual aid posts. I am not one of them. I am an art blog. I have not shared campaigns I'm not part of and will never share anything I can't personally verify.

Be Detailed

Give details to show you're legit. You only have the ONE post about your dog that I could find, yet your story implies he's been sick for a while. Nobody's going to be invested if they don't know the story, don't know your dog's personality, don't know your relationship with your dog, etc. You gotta tell people why they should care if you want to get donors. More details with a consistent timeline also make you more trustworthy. Showing a timeline of events is important so people know you aren't reusing old campaigns, and that you're still in need of funds. You also need to include how much money you need (specific amounts are best) and what it will be used for (exam fees, medicine, specific procedures etc.) This not only makes you more believable, but also more tangible and donors will feel involved and invested if they can picture something they are specifically paying for. What is "treatment" ? how soon is "asap" ? There are more scams out there than there are people in need, so I do not recommend ANYONE donate to your campaign as it is. Speaking of campaigns, let's talk about fundraising sites.

Gofundme

Fundraising sites are good for You

I didn't actually realize how easy it was to make a gofundme campaign until I did it. You literally just make an account, do a tiny write up, and tell the site who you are. You don't even have to connect bank details to get started, that comes after you actually get donations. If your campaign doesn't make anything, no problem. Gofundme also gives you all the funds you earn, whether or not you reach your goal. While they do take a percentage in processing fees, the legitimacy, organization, update records, and sharing system more than make up for that, and you'll get more than you do through a paypal link. I know because I've been campaigning for bunny donations through a million methods, and the Gofundme returns exponentially more cash than the others. Additionally, Gofundme sends SUPER on-point prompts for updates and campaigning based on your donors, views, funds, and momentum.

Fundraising sites are good for donors

Gofundme has donor protection, and will do the work of verifying that the money is going where you say it's going. They can file through the site to open an investigation, and get a refund if it turns out they donated to a scam. This makes people more likely to donate than to a random paypal. It also subscribes them to your campaign so they can get all their updates in one place. Many people donate again because they are invested and want to see you succeed, and updates let them know they are still appreciated and helping.

To anyone with a paypal or a bank account, just toss $1 in and you're subscribed for life for basically nothing. Nobody minds that it's """only""" $1, I promise. It adds up and we appreciate every cent.

When I had the time, I was updating thousands of words practically every day about Marlow's health, personality, prospects, favorite foods, favorite people, quirks, and silliness. Donors aren't wallets, they are people who donate because they Care, so let them into your life a little and show more than just desperation. Being open with them makes them care even more and be more likely to share, and it also makes you stop and appreciate all these incredible humans rallying around you.

Share. Share. Share.

Don't spam people or fling links where they aren't wanted. Follow the prompts gofundme gives you (they're actually good tips, turns out) and be prepared to put in many hours of work to be successful. I won't act like I'm Just Super Good at fundraising, I already had maybe 4k followers when I started. But being popular isn't going to raise enough for a paralyzed bunny who needs lifelong, round-the-clock maintenance and is extremely prone to life-threatening medical emergencies. Right now he's an inpatient at an exotics vet, and you can imagine how much that racks up costs in addition to his medications, cleaning, and surgeries. The hardest part is that it's never going to stop. Marlow disabled. He is never going to be 100% stable-healthy-perfect, so my campaign isn't going to end until he gives up the fight. But he's so happy and content and active I don't see that happening any time soon. It just means I need to keep working.

It's a community effort

Fundraising is WORK and it is HARD. You don't sit there and collect donations. You invest hours and hours into outreach and research. You invest in family, friends, and strangers and take the time to approach them personally. Don't send out copy-pastes because that's not how community works. It might seem dumb to spend time nurturing a friendship with someone when you're desperate and panicking, but the rewards are worth it. You get genuine interest in your cause, you get emotional support, and you get human connection, which is something you'll need in the days to come. What is most important though, is that by taking the time to be personal with people, you also grow to care more for them. Maybe you find out their stove is broken while you talk; and make them a meal while they save up for repairs. You didn't get any money but you nourished a relationship, and that's what counts. Knowing you will be there for them encourages people to help you by sharing, even if it's just for exposure.

Places to share:

Personal social media - Your facebook, tumblr, instagram, twitter, and youtube channels. Yes, all of them. If you only do one you'll be disappointed. - Your friends' social media. Social media pages

Facebook is only good for its robust group communities. Unfriend all your relatives and engage only in stuff you care about. - Your city/town/neighborhood's community group - Local animal/illness/activity/freebie group that are pertinent to your need (Bay area rabbit society) - Widespread groups that are specific to your need (Disabled Rabbits worldwide) - Pages made for fundraising (bay area animal fund help, worldwide bunny vet bill help) - Reddit has many fundraising subs, but they may have specific activity rules you don't meet.

Mailing lists

Ask organizations if they can circulate your campaign to their mailing lists. (I have half a dozen rabbit rescues sharing on my behalf after calling or emailing them)

Stand out

What can you do to make your campaign memorable? What about your dog is so special? For me, it's pretty easy because I'm an emotional storyteller, photographer, and artist.

Do something that shows you are invested in both the animal and communicating with people who care about you. Caring can look like donating, sharing, or just offering you comfort and asking how you are. Be really open and genuine and thank everyone for everything they do to help.

TLDR

Fundraising is extremely hard and it takes work to be successful. Reach out in appropriate places and keep it personal and heartfelt. Reward donors by thanking them and giving updates as often as possible. Also the original asker was a scammer so you should donate to someone else, like me for example

#gofundme #rabbitblr #bunny #paypal #fundraiser #mutual aid #vet bills #shire sells #artists on tumblr #shire screams #marlow #how to fundraise #tips #fundraising tutorial #ask

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