In case it hasnt been super super obvious im back in my persona save (about 120 hours in and just kicked off third semester lets fucking gooooo) and um. Im insane.
Quick snippet from 10/26. In case you ever wondered whether Akechi knows Mona talks all along... watch him here, and listen to him. At first he's on script—entirely in control even when he talks about how he was supposedly nearly murdered by himself. It's the same tone he uses on the news. He's gone over this speech a dozen times.
Then Morgana talks, and while Akechi does react, he's still acting. He's still on script, prepared and practiced. The portrait looks shocked, but the model is just standing there, playing detective....
... until Ann steps in with "our friend who taught us about the Metaverse":
He jumps back so fast I didn't have time to load the textbox, lol. "What do you MEAN you had a MAGIC CAT GUIDE, the FUCK??"
Of course he knew Mona talks. How does he expose himself, right away on 6/9?—he hears Mona talking about pancakes. He had to be close enough to hear Mona, the cat. So it's not Mona talking that shocks him, but the revelation that Joker and the rest had help, had a guide from the very beginning, when he did not.
And you can hear his voice change register at that moment. That careful, controlled, rehearsed tone goes out of the window. He talks faster, he pitches up, he's breathless, without a script. He is, in short, more real. And he immediately asks Mona a question:
He really hasn't solved that mystery; he really wants to know. In fact, he has to know—about the difference in their methods and his own, which he just can't figure out....
There's a little of that high-pitched breathiness when he talks about his awakening, too. I'd say that's pretty much how it happened way back when, and he's adapted the story a little. "I can't die here... I need to determine the truth"—of course he did. The same truth that his "sole interest is uncovering"—the truth about Shido and himself.
What about that image of the killer, standing in the entrance to Okumura's Palace? Well, sometimes people think this is a photo, but it's not—Akechi doesn't produce any more photos, he just continues with his story. So this is presumably what Akechi pictures in his mind at that moment. This is his self-image, God help him:
Lastly, here's an incredulous Akechi with a bonus Futaba glaring at him. Don't neglect the models—they really repay close examination, and the face animation is often incredibly detailed. And as for whether Akechi is lying or not at any given moment—it's often easier to tell than you think.
Sebastian was insatiable. You didn’t know where he stored the energy even throughout such a cumbersome day.
Both of you had spent the day doing chores and getting the house ready for Anne. She would be visiting soon and Merlin forbid she sees a speck of dust in the house. You had been deathly tired after and went to bed early.. or so you had planned. It hadn’t even been thirty minutes before you felt the bed dip and Sebastian sigh. You ignored his hands that trailed up your form and continued to rest.
“Y/N are you awake?” Sebastian’s breath fanned against your ear and you scrunched up. You knew what kind of mood he was in and could tell what was coming.
“No.” You responded and tried to keep in a laugh.
“Oh what a shame.” Sebastian snorted and you felt his hand crawl under your gown. His fingers played against the flesh of your thighs and his lips nipped at your ear.
“Y/N..” He pleaded again and you sighed.
“If you want me that bad then take me. I’m worn out Sebastian.” You whispered and kicked your nightgown off. Something had awakened in your boyfriend from the comment as he gripped you harshly.
“You’re gonna let me fuck you while you sleep?” He rasped and you felt your core throb. So that’s what he was thinking of. You couldn’t deny that the thought of him using you to pleasure himself even while you were asleep was deeply arousing.
“Yes. You can use me.” You whisper out and shut your eyes again as you relish in his touch. His hands automatically began tweaking at your chest with a rapid pace. His teeth bit circles into your neck which were sure to leave bruises by the morning.
“Fuck.” Sebastian groaned as he rutted his erection against your ass. You could only let a small moan as you felt his hand travel down to your mound. His fingers worked fast circles around your nub, desperation clawing away at his mind. He was more akin to an animal than man, leaving not even a second to waste. His large digit pressed into your needy hole, your body shaking at the new pressure.
“Fuck that’s right. Look at you swallowing my finger. Greedy fucking girl even when you’re half asleep.”
His pace was erratic and you felt him insert another finger. Your body contorted with pleasure as he hit the right spot. A low chuckle filled the silence as he continued.
“Gonna fucking cum on my fingers and then I’m gonna plug you with my cock. You’re gonna take it all like the whore you are.”
His vulgar words only sent you higher, your hand gripping at the sheet below. Your core spasmed as you came, drenching your boyfriends hand in the process.
“Oh fuck. Look at the mess you’ve made. Can’t even help yourself huh?” Sebastian bit at your neck and you groaned a bit.
“Gonna fuck your poor little pussy now. Fill you up and let you wake up to a mess.”
Sebastian’s cock rubbed through your folds, teasing you as he positioned himself. It didn’t take long at all for him to plunge into your sensitive hole. You clenched and moaned at the intrusion, adjusting to his size.
“Oh fuck. You always feel so fucking good! So tight for me. Built to take my cock.”
He began to piston into you, his grip on your hips brutal. The room felt like a sauna and your body flopped with each thrust to your core. Lewd slapping noises and Sebastian’s grunts were the only thing you could hear as your mind fluttered in and out of consciousness. You could feel yourself getting closer and evidently Sebastian was too.
“I can feel you clenching me princess. Why don’t you cum on my cock so I can fill this pussy up like it deserves?” His hand trailed down to rub at your bundle of nerves and your body jolted.
“Mmm…” you moaned out in a sleepy stupor and he just laughed.
“Yeah I bet you like it slut. Cum for me.”
Your body did as it was told, hitting that euphoric high for the second time. It wasn’t even seconds later that you felt his pace go slack and his warmth fill you up. His hips jutted a few more times before he finally stopped, an arm pulling you flush against his chest.
“Thanks darling. You’re the best.” He murmured as he kissed the nape of your neck. You ran your hand along his toned thigh that laid behind you and hummed.
Anne Baxter (The Ten Commandments, All About Eve)—her soft, gentle voice in "all about eve", those gentle eyes with something odd behind them, the way she flips from Sweet Innocent to Viper on a dime......there was something Built Different about anne baxter, man, and it makes her so good for playing people who are Built Wrong. also one of my favorite batmen villains (her joint episode w vincent price is a delight) and of course I'm obsessed with her columbo episode where she bosses around edith head and does fabulous movie star things for no good reason. and i would be REMISS if i didn't mention her slink—oh the slink—in the ten commandments...................pardon me i must go think of sinning again
Waheeda Rehman (Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Pyaasa, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam)—90+ films and counting, an absolute legend of Hindi cinema. When I see her in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam it makes me want to chew glass
This is round 3 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.
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Anne Baxter:
The prettiest murderer in that film. Just so beautifully evil as Nefertari.
Anne Baxter was part of my Bisexual Awakening. My family has a tradition that every Palm Sunday we watch The ten commandments on TV together... And starting from a very young age, I essentially developed a crushes on Anne Baxter's Nefertiri & Yul Brynner's Ramses. Dude, the woman was HOT! They both were! My crush definitely wasn't helped by the fact that Anne Baxter's costumes were a bit on the sheer side. She had a way of capturing you with her eyes, and I never understood why Charlton heston's Moses didn't just have a threesome with Nefertiri and Ramses. LOL
Her Nefertiri in The Ten Commandments was FORMATIVE TO ME. If not the hottest old movie lady, then she definitely played the hottest old movie character. if that makes sense.
Look. Listen. I only *just* discovered her on a post from the Have You Seen This Romcom poll blog. Saw she had the same last name as me and went OOH hi hello. Went to her IMdB and saw she was born in Indiana like moi. I am now even more intrigued. Been eagerly telling my partner this, and he was like "maybe you guys are distantly related?" And after 2 hrs of going down the tumblr tag + her imdb photos, I'm In Deep(tm) and I can't stop looking at her like 😍 When I go to my grandma's house, bet your ass I'm gonna check my grandpa's genealogy and see if we're somehow related. Sorry that's not really propaganda I just got real excited, esp when I saw that the submission deadline was extended (bless your soul). Narrowing down the movies where she's hottest in was Hell tyvm. I've only just discovered her, she looks gorgeous to me in every movie still I see of her gdi lol.
So here’s the latest update of this little series on my blog where I assign official voice actors to characters that don’t have them. I also did this with the previous title, Legends: Arceus.
I have to reiterate the same points every time, but it’s just so we’re all aware -
This is NOT CANON. These are HEADCANONS and are unofficial. It’s just a hypothetical situation. If the characters were voiced, this is who I imagine would voice them.
Every major character in both games is included here, so there are HEAVY SPOILERS for the game’s main storylines. DO NOT READ THIS POST IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED THE GAME OR DON’T WANT TO BE SPOILED.
The only character I did not include in this is Jacq. He already has an official VA thanks to the Pokemon Go Gimmighoul Trailer. I don’t know who it is though because they go uncredited.
So without further ado, I hope you enjoy my ideas. Or don’t. Your choice.
Nemona - KAYLI MILLS
Also Voiced:
Emilia (Re:Zero)
Alice Synthesis Thirty (Sword Art Online: Alicazation)
Keqing (Genshin Impact
Katy - DOROTHY FAHN
Also Voiced:
Konan (Naruto)
Tsumugi Shirogane (Danganronpa V3)
Mercedes (Fire Emblem: Three Houses/Three Hopes)
Brassius - ROBBIE DAYMOND
Also Voiced:
Goro Akechi (Persona 5)
Hubert (Fire Emblem: Three Houses/Three Hopes)
Prompto Argentum (Final Fantasy XV)
Iono - IRONMOUSE
Also Voiced:
Herself (On her twitch videos and Speak of the Devil)
Tanith (An Incorrect Summary of Elden Ring | The King & The Serpent)
Kofu - CHRIS RAGER
Also Voiced:
Hercule Satan (Dragon Ball)
Marshal D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece)
Gahuko Asano (Assassination Classroom)
Larry - XANDER MOBUS
Also Voiced:
Joker (Persona 5)
Master Hand (Super Smash Bros)
Rokuzo Taguchi (Bungo Stray Dogs)
Ryme - REGINA KING
Also Voiced:
Huey and Riley Freeman (The Boondocks)
Kreela (The Ant Bully)
Dynamite (Planes: Fire and Rescue)
Grusha - ALEJANDRO SAAB
Also Voiced:
Cyno (Genshin Impact)
Yuri (Fire Emblem: Three Houses/Three Hopes)
Izumi Miyamura (Horimiya)
Tulip - MELANIE MINICHINO
Also Voiced:
Alice Hiiragi (Persona 5 Strikers)
Anya Corazon/Spider-Girl (Spider-Man (2017))
Yan (Indivisible)
Director Clavell - KIRK THORNTON
Also Voiced:
Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Jade Curtiss (Tales of Zesteria)
Penny - AMANDA CELINE MILLER
Also Voiced:
Toko Fukawa (Danganronpa/Danganronpa Another Episode)
Broke England from the Papacy, her sister was the ORIGINAL throat goat, she was a badass mother fucker and unfortunately did have sex with Henry VIII https://open.spotify.com/episode/55OrGEVUOl5GPNpTlFgEMW?si=PtdjG3AWSjKOqiJQqR1iOg
Cinder Fall:
Ok so Cinder is a high level henchwoman for a depressed immortal woman who wants to destroy the planet. Cinder also has her own agenda though, as a child she was basically sold into servitude for this shitty woman who ran a high-end hotel and her two shitty daughters. Cinder met a Huntsman (Huntsman kill Grimm, creatures of darkness, and protect civilians) while working at the hotel. The Huntsman trained Cinder to be a Huntsman, so that she could eventually leave the hotel. He basically said “just wait so you can get out of this abusive situation in a way that’s good for everyone.” Cinder, having none of that bullshit, eventually snapped and killed her boss and her boss’s daughters. The Huntsman was upset about that, so she killed him too. Girl power. While working for the depressed immortal woman, Cinder killed the Fall Maiden (there’s one Maiden for each season and each has elemental powers, and the last person a current Maiden thinks of before she dies is the new Maiden) and becomes the new Fall Maiden. Throughout the series she goes on to kill, injure and betray a shit ton of people, including her allies. She’s fucking ruthless and very ambitious. If we were assigning superlatives, I would vote Cinder “Most Likely To Run An MLM”. Also, she is very visibly cool as hell and was part of my gay awakening.
Her basis is Cinderella. Her story is, well, Cinderella, but if she'd lashed out at her abusers and her fairy godmother abandoned her. Cinder will do anything for power, including collapsing multiples countries and killing multiple beloved characters (and dozens upon dozens of civilians). While she is power hungry she's smart about it. Conniving and willing to backstab even those who assist her in her quest for power. Plays a rich asshole for her own needs then kills him when she doesn't need him anymore. She's just so cool lol
She has killed people but she was basically a child slave and is being manipulated. She seeks power because she thinks it will bring her freedom. Brought down two kingdoms (with help)
Summary: Not wishing to celebrate his birthday. Sebastians beloved girlfriend ignores his wishes, and hosts the best birthday lunch.
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When asking your beloved boyfriend what he would want to do for his birthday, he said “nothing, it is just like any other day.”
Silly Sebastian. Surely he realises by now that you would never accept such an answer. So if your beloved was not going to tell you what he wanted, then you’ll just have to take matters in your own hands and ensure he has the best birthday.
You spent the entire night preparing the available ingredients for a feast and baking the scrumptious cake. When all the food preparations were done you hid the meal and retreated outside to wax everyone’s brooms at Feldcroft.
It was early the morning of Sebastian’s birthday, and your beloved lays fast asleep in his feather plush bed. Gently lifting the covers you finally rest your head after being awake the whole night.
You spent a good few hours holding Sebastian in your arms sleeping the exhaustion away before the Sun rays ascended your shared room. You feel Sebastian begin to stir under the morning light and decided the best way to wake up on your birthday is the be assaulted with love rather than morning light.
Peppering kisses all over his face, Sebastian hum an internal laughter, he lays unmoving with a soft smile creasing his lips, accepting this form of being awakened.
“Good morning.” He hums again, eyes remaining closed. He rolls to his side, and curls into you, lapping up your affections. You raise your hand the base of his scalp and run your nails from his neck, through the roots of his hair and back. Sebastian releases a satisfied shiver and a pleased groan with every stroke your nails make. “Feels nice keep doing that.” You continue to run gentle scratches as the birthday boy had requested.
That’s how most of the morning was spent, holding each other, loving each other, kissing each other. Eventually you both finally relented to escaping the bed when Anne knocked on the door to inform of the morning tea being ready.
Quickly washing up you both retreated to the living room where you joined Anne and Ominis to enjoy the worlds best cup of tea in the worlds best company.
Ominis and Sebastian spent their day at the qudditch fields playing with the local men whilst Anne and yourself apperated into town to grab some last minute additions to the birthday lunch. The crisp baguettes were gifted along with other delicious preserved spreads to add to the table.
Arriving home, you both made quick work to set up the dining table as Ominis and Sebastian were just about to open the door.
“What’s all this for?” Sebastian asks staring at the table covered in various delicious dishes with streamers and other decorations adorn the ceiling.
“It’s your birthday lunch silly.” Sebastian continues to eye the table filled with cold cut meats, cheeses, breads, spreads, picked vege, eggs, and freshly tossed salads.
“All this for me?” He stands in shocked silence. Ominis grabs at his shoulder.
“Happy birthday, may there be many more celebrations ahead.” Moving to their seats, the lot dig into their meals, stuffing themselves silly into a food coma.
They all lounge about in their exhaustion, reading in silence. Enjoying the company of many whilst entertaining themselves.
This was pleasant.
This was heaven.
There was no hassle, or enforcement to fill the silence.
Everyone was content.
Sebastian strayed his eyes from his thrilling read to lay his gaze upon his beloved girlfriend.
He didn’t want to partake in a celebration. Yet she pushed for one and made it the best birthday ever.
Could you recommend some historical novels with some kind of game involved? Idk chess, cards, etc
Yes! This is by no means a comprehensive list because there are a lot that are tangentially set in gambling hells and the like, but here are some of my favorites:
Convergence of Desire by Felicity Niven has a card game subplot; Harry is a savant and can easily count cards, and she realizes her and Thomas's houseguests are cheating them during cards so they devise a plan to win back their money. Tom's also a gambler and a high-stakes one from what I remember.
What I Did For The Duke by Julie Anne Long has a sexually tense game of blindman's bluff complete with not-very-discreet groping, and then a dramatic card game that finally makes Genevieve realize in a very roundabout way that the duke loves her and wants her to be happy unconditionally.
The Design of Dukes by Kathleen Ayers has a way-too-sexually-tense game of lawn bowling. The hero later admits he wanted to tug the heroine's skirts up on the lawn and take her then and there.
Prince of Broadway by Joanna Shupe has a heroine who wants to start a gambling hell for ladies so she asks big bad casino owner Clay Madden for lessons.
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean: There's a really hot card game scene at the end where Ralston is basically Done and ready to get this seduction started after Callie is all "hm I wonder what it would be like to be a courtesan".
The Awakening of Ivy Leavold by Sierra Simone: this is a historical erotic romance; There's a game of blind-man's bluff that turns into an orgy by the end.
All the Ways to Ruin a Rogue by Sophie Jordan: Aurelia likes to sneak out and go to a pleasure club dressed as a courtesan and play cards and at one point I believe the hero has to pay a forfeit where he strips naked in front of everyone.
The Viscount Always Knocks Twice by Grace Callaway: It's a house party so there's lots of games; I remember hide and seek which ended with Violet and Carlisle making out in a Priest Hole, and Carlisle also gifts Violet with a handmade bow and arrows during their courtship because she likes those kids of games/sports.
Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas: Derek Craven owns a gambling hell, there's a GREAT scene where Sara is disguised by a mask and she's playing cards and all them men can't help but he drawn to her including, of course, Derek Craven. This is actually suuuch a romantic part of the book, at least until he finds out it's Sara under the mask and then it descends into (horny) farce.
Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas: Lily agrees to a high-stakes card game and if she loses she has to sleep with the hero Alex; obviously she loses, there's this really interesting bit where Derek Craven half-assedly protects her honor in that he tells Alex to be gentle with her, but also, says she needs to honor her debts and basically shoves her into a private room to await Alex lolol.
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas: Annabelle and Hunt play a lot of chess while she's recovering from a snake bite and it does get to the point where she's having sex dreams about it. Both this book and It Happened One Autumn have scenes where the wallflowers are playing rounders (kind of like baseball?), most notably in SoSN where they're playing in their underwear and Simon Hunt and Westcliff happen upon them.
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn has a pall-mall scene where Kate and Anthony are super competitive and Kate ends the game by whacking Anthony's ball into the lake.
Gavin Hunt from Her Wanton Wager by Grace Callaway, Cross from One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean, and Aiden Trewlove from The Duchess in his Bed by Lorraine Heath are some of my favorite gambling hell heroes except I can't quite remember how much gaming there is in their books, but I strongly recommend them.
Just one book is never enough! I tend to love nonfiction books. But I have several fiction favorites, too. Here are a few books that have influenced me. Fun Tidbit: Note that Oliver Sacks (author of Awakenings) wrote the intro for Temple Grandin ❤️.
I was a huge Anne Rice fan back in the day, but then I traded her for more Brene Brown-esque stuff 😂 Some fictions I love: The End of the Affair, The English Patient, The Age of Innocence, Wuthering Heights, The Virgin Suicides. (Yes, I realize there's a theme and no, I'm not psychoanalyzing it 😂)
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I can't study in silence. It's disconcerting for me to work in silence, and ironically, I can't focus. If it's music, I usually play one song over and over again until I'm tired of it.
Or I leave the TV on. Usually it's some sort of true crime documentary, history/discovery channel thing, or some sort of horror film. 😂
I just wrote a paper while running through the entire Saw series 😂😂
I've been wondering about this since I played for the first time, but do you happen to know if in Ann's rank 9, is Joker's platonic dialogue option ("You have the others.") the same in Japanese? did a weird translation happen here or is this line strange no matter what? 😂
Sincerely, I ask you. Look at Ann crying, then look at this boy. What an insensitive clod. What a total muppet. Have you ever seen the like?
You won't be surprised to hear that this appears to be a translation boo-boo.
みんながいる
minna ga iru
You have the others.
We're all here for you.
minna means "everyone", and often excludes the speaker—but just like the English "everyone", it can also include the speaker, depending on context. Here are a few examples from the P5 script:
Futaba (telling Ryuji everyone present will tell Sojiro on him)
ここにいるみんなが証人だ。
koko ni iru minna ga shounin da
Everyone here is a witness.
Maruki (after his awakening to Adam Kadmon)
みんなが望む⋯現実を⋯
minna ga nozomu... genjitsu o...
The reality… we wish for…
Gentle-Looking Mother (in Maruki's reality, after the revival of Kotaro, their formerly-dead dog)
今のまま、みんなが幸せに暮らせるの。
ima no mama, minna ga shiawase ni kuraseru no
All of us can live happily together here…
In the first example, Futaba uses minna to include herself, but exclude Ryuji. In the second, we know Maruki presumably wishes for his own reality, so his minna includes him. In the third, the Gentle Mother is talking about how their family can all live together now—including her.
So while minna ga doesn't always exclude the speaker, Joker's response has been translated as if it did. Of course he doesn't brush crying Ann off with "well, I can't stand you, but everyone else likes you just fine"! He was supposed to say that she had the whole group, their entire friend group, including him.
This is why Ann goes on to talk about that group—which certainly includes Joker:
Ann
今の私には、仲間がいる。
ima no watashi ni wa, nakama ga iru
I have our team now.
How would I translate it? Probably, as up at the top, "we're all here for you". Joker's often not actually a dick, he's just translated that way. C'est la vie.