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daydreamingoncloud9 · 2 years

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So I wanted to talk about how Anya is clearly traumatised because of her telepathy and how it has probably given her more grief and pain than anything else. Like yes there are occasions when she enjoys what she hears and has used it to her advantage (she wouldn’t have gotten a spy dad and an assassin mom if she didn’t use her telepathy after all) but this week’s episode highlights the fact that she already has a rough idea of what will happen when someone finds out about her telepathy or even has an inkling that she’s not a ‘normal’ kid and it is anything but positive.

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Remember how in the first episode Anya notes that she will have to leave Twilight/Loid if he finds out she’s a telepath and there’s a flashback showing how the scientists at the lab/facility were the ones that first planted that notion into her head?

I’m sure that her abusers’ words were enough to deter her from revealing her secret but it’s also important to note that Anya was adopted and returned four times. Meaning, that she was confronted with the reality that her abusers were right not just once, but four times.

And if this scene is any indication, Anya's astute perceptiveness has freaked out at least one set of adopters and led her to being shunned and subsequently returned.

That would be enough to traumatise any child but to someone who was already warned (possibly multiple times) that her power must be kept hidden? It makes sense why Anya is as desperate as she is to make sure that no one finds out that she’s a “freak” or a “witch”. She already knows and has felt the consequences of that over and over.

It also makes this scene in episode 4 a lot more devastating in hindsight because Anya just managed to find a family that hasn’t tossed her out because of her abnormalities yet. She doesn’t want to lose a place so warm and loving. Not when she’s so close to the perfect family life that she so dreamed of.

That’s why this week’s episode is so good for Anya’s self-confidence/self-worth and emotional/mental wellbeing. Not only did the heroic deed that she used her ability for give her public praise and recognition-

-but it also gave her private recognition and praise.

Like, there was absolutely no need for the Forgers to keep up the pretense here. The boy’s family already drove off and there was no one around them so there was absolutely no need to praise her anymore. But they did it anyway.

And man, the fact that Anya is able to read their minds here and see that they are genuinely proud of her is just icing on this sweet sweet cake.

She now realises that her power can be used to help people. That maybe it won’t just give her pain and grief. That maybe it can do good.

And looking at her being so happy about it makes me very emotional and I’m so glad that the beginning of Anya healing from her trauma was done in such a heartfelt way.

This little girl is so strong for dealing with what she has dealt with (and continues to deal with) till now and I can’t wait to see the rest of her journey.r

#anya forger #spy x family #I love her okay #my last post was more humorous so now imma punch you all with some feels instead #loid forger #yor forger #can this ep also be used as an allegory for neurodivergent individuals and how genuinely praising them will help boost their self-worth?#possibly #but I'm not educated enough yet to write about it #maybe next time #The Cloud Talk

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tysonfurybattlepass · 11 months

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cats of all types and sizes are god’s perfect killing machines and i can only hope and dream to achieve the raw athletic potential and destructive force that felids are capable of. all while looking like :3

#saw a vid of a puma meowing #comments were filled with ‘i would try to pet this and die’#as well as ‘if not fren then why fren noise :(‘#and i have to agree. it is a fucking travesty that these beasts are not domestic. breaks my heart that i cannot ethically pat a puma #what i wouldnt give to either have as a friend or BE an amur leopard #or a clouded leopard #ugh.#felidae #jordan talks

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aeirithgainsborough · 2 months

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Cloud Strife & Aerith Gainsborough FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (2020) ➙ FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH (2024) dev. Square Enix

#rebirth spoilers #ff7 rebirth spoilers #well i finished and ive cried for many hours no one talk 2 me #aerith gainsborough #cloud strife #clerith #clerithedit #ffvii rebirth #ff7rebirth #videogameedit #video game #dailygaming #**#ok im going 2 kms now

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bubblytonks · 4 months

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they still aren't talking 👁️👄👁️

#good omens #good omens fanart #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #ineffable partners #aziracrow #art #myart #fanart #they aren't talking #neil gaiman #david tennant #michael sheen #cloud shaped birthmarks are BACK baby #long haired crowley supremacy

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cloudsofcondensation · 3 months

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Amongst the crowds. He's two seconds away from a breakdown if you're interested.

#used a nightclub as pic reference #which i find hilarious #like could you even imagine #this wet cat in a nightclub #the sandman #sandman #morpheus #dream of the endless #cloud talks #cloud draws

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volos-wish · 2 months

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Old not-vampire man struggles with technology and gets help from his boyfriends fursona

#im sorry for shipping vincent and reev @ valenwind nation. but #DoC got me loving them #also VINCENT BOSS FIGHT?? I WAS ALWAYS THIS CLOSE TO DYING WHAT THE EHLL #CAN WE DO THAT NEXT GAME PLEADE I WANNA BE THE BOSS #WEISS YOUR IN FOR IT NOW #WOE CHAOS BE UPON YE-#ff #ffvii #ffviir #ffvii rebirth #ffviir spoilers #ffvii rebirth spoilers #y talks #vincent valentine #cait sith #reeve tuesti #ramble in the tags #cloud strife

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eloisephillip · 11 months

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happy pride month to asexuals and aromantics and everything in between. i want each and everyone of you to know that you are loved and cherished by the community even though there are some who try to diminish us. you are a valued, important, and valid part of the lgbtqia+ community. thank you for simply existing this pride 🏳️‍🌈🖤🤍💜🖤🤍💚

#pride month #asexuality #aromantic #asexual #aro #aroace #aspec #arospec #ace #cloud talks #txt #asexual positivity #aromantic positivity

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hunnieknight · 3 months

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BABY GANYU BABY GANYU

HER TAIL IS OUT

#oMG LITTLE CLOUD #little babyyy #sO GLUFFY LOOKINGH AHSHGSHSH #hunnie talk #hunnietalk

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cor-lapis · 3 months

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who doesn't like that lady bird

#^ quote from the dev talk on the stream. god bless #baby ganyu was SOOO cute.#to my first daughter I will gift the toys she wants but is too reserved to ask for <3 #to my second I will gift red ropes because she's way too down to murder people #genshin impact #ganyu #xianyun #cloud retainer

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nellasbookplanet · 3 months

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Book recs: the evil fungi did it

We all know of The Last of Us, but that franchise isn't the only example of fungal invasions. We've got zombies and apocalypses, we've got gothic horror, we've got fantasy, we've got romance, we've got space - no genre is safe from having their characters become the home of fungal organisms.

For more details on the books, continue under the readmore. Titles marked with * are my personal favorites. And as always, feel free to share your own recs in the notes!

If you want more book recs, check out my masterpost of rec lists!

The Girl with all the Gifts (The Girl with All the Gifts series) by M.R. Carey

Want another fungal zombie apocalypse? Then I come bearing great news! The Girl with All the Gifts is a post apocalyptic novel following a group of characters fleeing across an infested wasteland, trying to stay alive and hoping to find a cure. One of the characters is Melanie, a young girl who carries the contagion inside of her and hungers for flesh, but like many children of the apocalypse has kept her humanity. Is she and children like her the answer to the cure we are looking for? Or are they the start of something entirely new? This book has also been adapted as a movie!

Cold Storage by David Koepp*

Years ago, a quickly growing fungal organism capable of wiping out humanity came dangerously close to spreading. It was contained and kept in cold storage underneath a military repository. Since then, a larger storage facility has been built on top, the dangers on the lower floor being largely forgotten. That is, until it makes a new attempt at escape. Now, two unsuspecting security guards might be all that stands in the way of complete extermination. This book is both funny and genuine in its characters, and genuinely creepy in its portrayal of body horror.

Salvaged by Madeline Roux

Rosalyn Devar is on the run from her famous family, and has run so far she ended up in space. Now she works as a "space janitor", being sent off to clean up the remains of failed research expeditions. But in trying to cope with her problems, she has fucked up on her job multiple times, and is now close to losing her position. Her last chance is the Brigantine: a research vessel gone silent, all crew presumed dead. But when she arrives to salvage it, Rosalyn discovers the crew isn't as dead as presumed. But are they still human - and will Rosalyn be able to keep her own humanity?

The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed

Novella. Reid is a young woman living in a small community after a climate collapse. Resources are scarce, but Reid's biggest problem is Cad, a mind-altering fungal parasite that lives inside her body. When she is offered a rare chance at attending a far-away university in a secluded dome community, Reid must decide whether to leave or stay to help support her community.

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia*

Noemí Taboada is a glamorous and well-off young woman, but when she receives a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin, Noemí must leave her glamorous life and travel to find out what is wrong. As she arrives at High Place, a mansion on the Mexican countryside, Noemí is met with mysteries and her cousin's new English family. As she tries to find out the truth behind High Place and its inhabitants, Noemí's only ally is the youngest son of the family. But will she be able to find out what so scared her cousin before it's too late for all of them?

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

A young pregnant woman flees a cult that left her body strange and changing in terrifying ways. Hiding from both a world wanting to oppress her and the cult seeking to force her back, she does her best to raise her children while trying to find out the truth of the cult and being pursued by a hunter in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Bleak and scary, Sorrowland is a book that will creep under your skin with horrors both fantastical and very, very real.

What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier duology) by T. Kingfisher

Novella. Alex Easton, retired soldier, travels to visit their childhood friends, siblings Madeline and Roderick Usher, after finding out that Madeline is dying. In the siblings' rural, ancestral home, Madeline walks in her sleep and looks to be fading away, while around it wildlife seems to be possessed by a strange force. With the help of a mycologist and an American doctor, Alex attempts to save Madeline and reveal the truth of her illness.

Wanderers (Wanderers duology) by Chuck Wendig

A strange illness has struck the United States: with no warning, random people with seemingly no connection simply get up and start walking. They do not eat, do not sleep, do not communicate, and they do not stop - and if you try to force them, they literally explode from the inside. Teenaged Shana isn't one of these sleepwalkers, but her little sister is. Unwilling to leave her sister on her own, Shana accompanies the growing flock of walkers, protecting them as one of many "shepherds". And this protection proves necessary, as the sleepwalkers is only the first step toward what might very well be the extinction of the human race. An 800 page epic, Wanderers is a slowburn apocalypse story with a multitude pov characters and plot threads, from fungal pandemics and all-knowing AI to the all too real portrayal of radicalization and bigotry.

The Dawnhounds (The Endsong series) by Sascha Stronach

The Dawnhounds is a book where you just kind of have to let the story and the world wash over you. It skirts the line of scifi and fantasy, with a futuristic world of environmentally friendly mushroom houses and deadly fungi bio weapons next to literally god-given superpowers and near-immortality. It’s really cool and unlike anything else I’ve ever read, but also a bit confusing. Bonus: it’s also sapphic!

Agents of Dreamland (Tinfoil Dossier trilogy) by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Novella. A government agent known only as the Signalman; a cult preying on the young and vulnerable, promising to usher in a new age; a woman who exists outside of time, searching for a way to save humanity. Agents of Dreamland is short, but includes many spooky elements, among them an alien and possibly world-ending fungi. The narrative is non-linear and a bit strange, but also fascinating.

The Genius Plague by David Walton

Soon after landing his dream job at the NSA, things get weird for Neil Johns. His brother Paul, a mycologist, returns from a trip to the Amazon, carrying a nearly lethal fungal infection and a strangely sharpened mind. At work, Neil starts picking up mysterious messages originating out of South America, where cases similar to that of Paul starts occurring. And strangest of all: all the infected seem to be working towards the same goal. Recommended with the caveat that, while the fungal stuff is really cool, The Genius Plague is also happy to idolize American intelligent agencies and demonize environmentalism and anti-imperialism.

Little Mushroom: Judgement Day (Little Mushroom duology) by Shisi

An Zhe isn’t human. He’s a mushroom who absorbed the DNA of a dying man, allowing him to take on human guise and leave the wilderness. Entering one of the last human bases, a place struggling to keep out the mutated and dangerous creatures of the wilds, An Zhe must keep his identity secret as he searches for something which was taken from him. While not my cup of tea (frankly, I need more female characters), Little Mushroom is an undeniably unique m/m romance novel.

Bonus AKA these don't technically involve any fungi but have similar vibes of parasites and nature corrupting the human

Parasite (Parasitology trilogy) by Mira Grant*

In the near future, a great leap in medical science has improved human health by leaps and bounds: a genetically engineered tape worm. Within a few years, almost every human has their own personal parasite implanted. But now, something is happening to the parasites - they want more, whether their hosts want to share or not.

Annihilation (Southern Reach trilogy) by Jeff Vandermeer

For decades, Area X has been completely cut off from humanity. The only ones to enter are small organized expeditions, many of which never return, or return... wrong. We follow the latest expedition, its participants known only as the anthropologist, the psychologist, the surveyor, and our narrator, the biologist. As they enter into Area X to try to find out its secrets, only one thing is for sure: they will never be the same again.

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Young adult. Over a year ago, the Raxter School for Girls was hit by the Tox, a strange disease that killed off many and left the survivors' bodies slowly changing in terrifying ways. The island the school is on has been in quarantine since then, and the girls dare not leave the school grounds lest they become victims of wild animals changed by the Tox. But as they wait for the promised cure, one of the girls goes missing, and her friends are willing to do anything to find her. Unsettling, spooky, and sapphic, this is a unique read featuring body horror and messy, dangerous girls.

(Second) Bonus AKA I haven't read these yet but they seem really cool

City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris trilogy) by Jeff Vandermeer

Ambergris, a city created by a mushroom-like people, is now the home of humans, but the original inhabitants are still there, residing beneath the city.

Creatures of Want and Ruin (Diabolist's Library series) by Molly Tanzer

It’s the prohibition era, and while Ellie does fishing during the day, at night she bootlegs moonshine in Long Island. But unbeknownst to Ellie, some of the booze she smuggles has a strange source: distilled from mushrooms by a cult, it causes those who drink it to see terrible things, such as the the destruction of Long Island.

Bloom by Wil McCarthy

The inner solar system has been overtaken by fast-reproducing, fast-mutating technogenic life. Humanity has fled to the outer solar system, hiding beneath the ice of Jupiter's moon, but even here they aren't safe from possible incursion of mycospores, which lead to deadly blooms. Now a group of astronauts venture back to an infected Earth.

#the girl with all the gifts #cold storage #salvaged #the annual migration of clouds #mexican gothic #sorrowland #what moves the dead #wanderers #the dawnhounds #agents of dreamland #the genius plague #little mushroom #parasitology #annihilation #wilder girls #nella talks books

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daydreamingoncloud9 · 2 years

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The fact that the "Yoo Joonghyuk from the 0th turn was willing to go through 1864 regressions solely to see Kim Dokja again" notion is so popular kinda irks me because of how it 1) strips YJH of any nuance in his character by reducing him to a pining lovesick man 2) kinda disregards an arguably more heartfelt reading of the scene

To clarify, I'm not gonna argue that YJH did not consider KDJ in his decision to regress, he evidently did, but it drives me nuts when people act like that's the only reason why YJH regressed.

Now granted, YJH did kinda start this whole conversation with "If I choose you as my Constellation sponsor, will I finally get to meet you?" and so I understand when people think that meeting KDJ face-to-face is the reason why YJH chose to regress despite the slim chances but I also want people to consider one of YJH's enduring characteristics.

YJH has always been portrayed as wanting to know the truth of the world he lived in and wanting to understand his origins. He seeks to reach the conclusion because he wants answers for his suffering and the hardships he went through. Hell, one of the things he says to KDJ during this scene was "Who am I?" and then he goes on to ask whether "the secret of this world lies beyond the wall, where you are?"

YJH of the 0th turn has reached a point in his life where he is happy but he says that it's because of that that he's "even more curious about what lies beyond the wall". He wishes to take the time to understand himself after achieving such happiness and this really feels like an example of someone seeking self-actualisation.

And this also ties into my second point because understanding YJH's (imo) primary motivation ultimately frames this scene as one where two individuals who deeply love each other have to separate because one of them has decided to dedicate their life to a certain goal while the other (reluctantly) accepts their decision because they understand that it would make their loved one fulfilled.

It's a different flavour of bittersweet from the popular reading because what separates them is ultimately YJH's desire to reach self-fulfillment and KDJ accepting his desire even if it he thinks YJH is a "dumb bastard" for doing so.

After spending so much time with YJH, both as a character and as a companion, KDJ understands better than anyone that this is what YJH needs to do. And so he lets him go.

Even if it hurts. Even if he knows that YJH would eventually resent him for it. Even if he thinks regressing will just make him miserable. He lets go because he knows that this is who YJH is and he would be remiss if he let his own personal feelings get in the way of respecting his agency.

And yes, this sucker punching line right here "Tell me, you fool. If I continue to regress, will I ever get to meet you again?" does imply that half of his reason to regress is to meet KDJ irl but! I also wanna point out that KDJ never really confirmed to YJH that he could meet him again. And taking that into consideration alongside YJH's final words to KDJ, "I shall pray that you may continue to exist somewhere too" and that he still didn't stop to second-guess his regression, you're kinda left with the impression that YJH would have still gone on this journey even with the possibility that KDJ may never show up again in the future. He regresses with the small hope that they will meet each other again but he doesn't move forward solely because of that small hope.

I like to think that it's because in the 0th turn, YJH already considers them to be companions and even if he doesn't meet KDJ again, that doesn't mean their bond didn't exist.

Because, as he said about his other companions, "Just because I will forget about them, doesn't mean they'll suddenly stop existing".

Much like how the Demon King of Salvation won't stop existing even if he forgets him.

But like, regardless of whether my interpretation is right or not, I just think that YJH going forward for his own truth rather than just a desire to see KDJ again makes for a sweeter narrative after the bittersweet ending of the 0th turn.

Because as luck would have it, KDJ would once again guide YJH towards the end on his 1864th turn in the future/past, just like how he did during the 0th turn.

Regardless of YJH's personal motivations and KDJ's personal hangups, the two are irrevocably linked and that small hope from seemingly aeons ago finally became reality after countless lives.

Maybe this is why they are called "Life and Death Companions".

#tldr #I think there's a way to interpret this scene without taking away YJH's nuance while still emphasizing Joongdok's connection #maybe one day I will actually be concise in what I'm saying #omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv spoilers #orv novel spoilers #orv analysis #orv meta #yoo joonghyuk #kim dokja #joongdok #-gesturing wildly- as with everything orv‚ it's about the sacrifice and the salvation #The Cloud Talk

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