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rainboworm · 2 months

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The language barrier truly has been broken we are all united in simping for baghera

#no but jokes aside all these english and Portuguese speakers watching a full on french stream to see her dance and support her #this is just really cool ay'#baghera jones

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arandomnerd810 · 4 months

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way too long of a post about the next WxS focus

i really hope it’s a Rui focus where he learns how to stay friends with Asahi despite being apart it would solve the lack of Rui character development that annoyed me in Kirapipi so i could listen to the song without being like

i will defend Asahi with my life i am his number one fan he did nothing wrong

if WxS would have disbanded, without Asahi, Rui would have had nowhere to go and Asahi actually did a really good thing when he realized how upset Rui looked so he forced the date to be pushed back to when he graduates high school also his personality is so silly and it’s nice seeing how well they get along

I heard there are coordinates are to Shibuya Crossing in the song trailer and that reminded me that is where this scene took place

that being said it’s the same thing for this place

but i don’t think this song is really a purely only middle school Rui focus type beat and even though i really want a middle school Rui focus Asahi is probably the best route to take currently unless it’s both simultaneously i feel like that would be a lot for once focus but who knows maybe it’s possible

this made me more certain it’s going to be a Rui focus (this is Rui’s voice actor if you didn’t know)

Rui has been my favorite character ever through other character special interests (no, not because i’m a simp i’m aro ace) /gen so if anyone says it’s a Nene focus i’ll piss my pants/j i love her but it’s his turn cmom

(i’m working on the drawing requests sorry they are taking a while lollll)

#project sekai #wow finally a post focused on only one fandom for once that’s insane #rui kamishiro #wxs #wonderlands x showtime #pjsekai #proseka #cant believe i made a theory post on a hatsune miku rythem game #oh well #still don’t know what my special intrest is el em ay oh #i like tags i may use these for thoughts that don’t add anything to the post aside from making it even longer than it already is #tumblr is so much better than twitter less worry about being doxxed and more room to make my mini essays with photos

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riddleredcoats · 11 months

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tell me about celene and mythal. TELL ME ABOUT CELENE AND MYTHAL! TELL ME ABOUT CELENE AND MYTHAL!!! TELL ME ABOUT CELENE AND MYTHAL!!!!!! TELL ME ABOUT CELENE AND MYTHAL!!!!!

tell me about celene and mythal. please.

please.

I- well, I assume this is about that fantastic Morrigan post that @ammoniteflesh did that I butted in with my ceaseless love about Orlais? I can do that. Settle in, it's a long boi.

Spoilers for The Masked Empire, if you haven't read it (and you should) then this probably won't make much sense. And spoilers for pretty much everything else in DA, tbh.

More under the cut.

The Andraste parallels.

Basically, just copy-paste everything that links Mythal and Andraste in this section. This is a great post/example, though I don't think they are the same, rather just the same story repeating. But TLDR: Betrayal, Heartache, Justice, etc etc etc. I think this is a popular theory I am not going to go much deeper into it.

Celene is compared to Andraste multiple times throughout The Masked Empire. In the play (End-ish of Chapter 5), by Briala (early-ish Chapter 5), and the whole Empress of Fire (both song and the Burning of Halamshiral) debacle. Not only that, but Celene has some genuine thoughts, intentions, and actions about reforming Orlais that are close to what Andraste was doing; they are both trying to reform an imperialist power, granted in different ways (of course) but the parallels aren't meant to be exact.

Fun add-on: Hilarious that Celene basically destroys herself/her image by (in the Fandom, at least, while in Universe is intact for the most part) setting a fire. Because being set on fire was what finally elevated Andraste. It’s still a point for the parallel, just a contrasting parallel rather than a direct one.

Fun add-on, #2: Andraste is described as being a redhead, even in DAI by Cass I think, but is depicted as a white blonde (like Celene in The Masked Empire’s cover or Flemythal's white hair) in multiple paintings throughout Dragon Age. I don’t know what this means, but it’s a fun detail, nonetheless.

Justice! (But not really)

Both Celene and Mythal are arbiters of Justice, technically.

Celene as empress doles out justice as she wishes (more or less, see Halamshiral), but more specifically she wants to create a more just society for all Orlesians. Yes, of course, there is still that delightful imperialism there, but it just do be like that sometimes. Mythal is described several times as someone who doles out justice, throughout the games by Codex and Solas. She passes judgement, solves conflicts and was ‘the good one’.

Like the story of Elgar’nan and Falon’Din, where she solved it by each having champions and stopping the start of a devastating war. Sorta like Celene solved the Gaspard/Teagan conflict at the beginning of The Masked Empire (end of Chapter 1).

They can both be fair and reasonable but are also known for taking more harsh paths (i.e.; the slums of Halamshiral and the sinner who took divine form and went to Elgar’nan). They both promised to help the elves, yet they both seem to have ditched that idea; Mythal has done arguably very little for centuries, and Celene, while helping, without Briala is less than radical about it.

The Vengeance thing is here too. Celene is, after all, no saint and actively cannot forgive Gaspard for anything he does. Ever. And is definitely on a ‘war path’ by the end of TME. Mythal, similarly seems to be on a warpath forever for ‘a reckoning that will shake the very heavens’, whatever the hell that means. Also, everything Flemythal says in Origins just screams bitterness and vengeance.

Betrayal

Both of these women have been betrayed by those closest to them.

Celene by her court, her champion (The Masked Empire), her nobles (The Masked Empire and Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts), and both of her cousins (Gaspard and Florianne). Also, arguably, Mantillon betrayed her by ‘manipulating’ her into killing her own servants, but that is a whole 'nother bag to untangle. Oh, and Briala of course, by using Celene’s feelings for her and stealing the ruby during a kiss at the end of The Masked Empire.

FleMythal by her daughter (Morrigan), her husband (Elgar’nan, though if you want to include Flemeth’s here it is also applicable, I guess), her sons (if that’s what Dirthamen and Falon’Din really were?), her fellow ‘Gods’. Oh, and Fen’Harel at the end of DAI, too.

Funny is that both Celene and Mythal when it comes to Briala and Solas’ betrayals are fine with it. Celene completely understands Briala by the end of The Masked Empire, as does Mythal at the end of DAI. And they are both betrayed by Solas and Briala in front of Eluvians Which… yeah.

Another parallel; both Briala and Solas say they must do it for ‘The People’, aka, the elves.

The Rebels

Solas and Briala parallel a lot on their own, but their relationships with Mythal and Celene are fascinating too, as is seeing how Solas/Briala view Mythal/Celene.

Obviously, both of these pairs parallel Shartan/Andraste. Actual mention of this is in the play in The Masked Empire for Celene/Briala (Chapter 5 of TME).

Each pair is obviously fond of one another, likely in different ways - but perhaps not.

Interestingly enough if Solas really was in service to Mythal first (like Cole seems to imply in Trespasser) before he rose to ‘Godhood’ then, like Celene/Briala, the relationship likely started privately and then grew into the public like once Briala became Marquise and Solas became Fen’Harel.

If we take what Cole said, ‘He did not want a body. But she asked him to come. He left a scar when he burned her off his face’, as it really being about Solas/Mythal then we have another interesting parallel between Briala/Solas and Celene/Mythal.

Celene, arguably, makes Briala into what she is by sending her away after having her parents killed. Felassan helped and, of course, Briala herself is the way she is because she is herself, but Celene is the catalyst for her more abrupt change. Briala does not get a scar when she separates herself from Celene; at least not a physical one. Mythal makes Solas into what he is by asking him to come to her.

Interestingly, it is a contrasting parallel – because Celene lets Briala go while Mythal beacons Solas into her service. Which is super interesting, but that is more about the relationship between Briala/Celene than anything else.

The way both Solas/Briala describe Mythal/Celene in-game;

Briala, if you ask about Celene during the peace, but before you go to the servants' quarters, says: ‘Celene is the voice of reason in the empire…’

Solas, in that final Trespasser cutscene: ‘She [Mythal] was a voice of reason, the best of them, and in their lust for power they killed her.”

Granted, Solas is fonder while Briala is a bit harsher in her assessment, but Solas did ‘kill’ Mythal, and whatever wounds Mythal may have caused (which we will get there) have long passed while Celene and Briala’s breakup is more recent. This means very little but i suspect that much like Celene, Mythal also betrayed Solas twice. Once in the times of Arlathan - like Celene killing Briala's parents. And another in recent times - with the burning of Halamshiral. We don't know about it yet, but that's my bet.

Morrigan

Both Mythal (or Flemythal) and Celene have a protective relationship with Morrigan.

Celene is more of a patron and offers financial support and protection. And the protection seems to be mutual (or supposed to be, if Morrigan didn’t bail in WEWH, lmao). Mythal/Flemythal is well, her mother, who is supposed to protect her but who is trying to possess her.

Both of these relationships seem to range from a little contentious (Celene/Morrigan, if you believe the rumours of a palace servant) to very contentious (Flemythal/Morrigan).

Celene seems to not be as intense as Mythal. Morrigan speaks well of her, and Celene does not try to control her like Mythal did, Celene even ‘lets’ her go out into the world – something baby!Morrigan wanted – with her blessing and her protection. I legit find the relationship between them interesting, despite the arguments that apparently took place, lmao. (I also sorta lowkey ship it, but that’s another conversation).

To give the benefit of the doubt; we don’t know how much Mythal was ‘in charge’ of Flemeth (or if they can even act separately) so Morrigan’s abuse might not be Mythal’s fault. But there is no denying that she was abused and that whatever aspect of Mythal, The Mother there was, it absolutely did not act in Morrigan’s favour.

But that is yet another that has nothing to do with Celene/Mythal and all to do with Morrigan.

Symbols matter (or not)

Mythal fought with the Evanuris and the Valmonts fought the Drakons. A bit more *tinfoil* and a lot more thin, but if the Dragon is the divine form like we suspect from Codex Entry in the Temple of Mythal, then the Valmonts having gone to war with the Drakon line could be another interesting parallel. After all, the Drakons are represented by dragons. There is also, technically, the 'full' title of the quest where Celene appears in:

The Old Gods will call to you, From their Ancient Prisons they will sing. Dragons with wicked eyes and wicked hearts, On blacken'd wings does deceit take flight, The First of My children, lost to night. - Canticle of Silence 3:6

Finally, and this is really silly and not really a parallel and most likely it’s just a fun coincidence, but the name Celene, which comes from the root word ‘Selene’, means ‘Moon’, which, of course, Mythal is the Goddess of.

Unimportant sidenote: I am pettily annoyed that most characters pronounce it ce-LI-ne when it should be ce-LE-ne. Because Celine is a legit different name and Celine-Celene have different meanings and root words, but okay I’ll allow it because I do like the pronunciation ‘Celine’ better, lmao.

#celene valmont #mythal #flemythal #dragon age ... meta?#the masked empire #dragon age #several other characters here but yeah #solas briala morrigan etc etc etc #I am not entirely sure this makes sense #hopefully it does #this is unedited and mostly made from memory pretty sure i am forgetting some things #as an aside this is one of my favourite aspects of the series the way that cycles keep repeating and you can help break them #i know people don't like putting Celene and Briala back together but it does make me happy to do it #because i am breaking a cycle that has been going on for thousands of years #Mythal/Solas Andraste/Shartan Celene/Briala #should WEWH have been done in a better way? aye #but it isn't the worst option #..... it's the Truce imo if you're curious. I can't believe i am saying this but even Gaspard is fucking better than the truce.

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cto10121 · 6 months

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You lot: Give me healthy relationships with a couple that gets together in the beginning and deals with shit together!!!! And they stay together with no cheating!!!

Me:

Me: So Romeo and Juliet—

Y’all: No, not like that!!!

#romeo and juliet #everyone wants romeo and juliet #but also doesn’t want romeo and juliet #‘it doesn’t count’ ‘it’s actually ~unhealthy secretly’#ay ay ay #romance #but double standards aside #i would like more of these narratives too #i supposed they don’t have to fall into the forbidden love trope #but that’s what tends to happen

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xhanisai · 2 years

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Seeing my post about the fandom being bitches about Marinette not being "chinese enough" doing numbers again and just wanna say that we are all valid even if we can't speak our own native tongues or tune in with our own cultures 🔥🔥🔥

#Delete later #My ethnicities and blood aside I am full of more British stereotypes than the average one here ahhahahajaja #Doesn't mean I'm not asian ay

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jungwookjins · 1 year

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okay ik i’ve said a lot already abt my thoughts on how seoul drift is ooo’s most typically 4th gen bg-sounding and least uniquely Onlyoneof track so far and how i wish they didnt go that direction for a title track, but, all of that aside, by god if they didn’t execute it so well by standards of typical 4th gen bg noisy tracks + choreography, bc it rly is such a fun track w interesting layers and vocals, etc, and the choreo has so many interesting points and their performances keep getting better on better, like, the energy, the synchronicity, etc etc etc

also, with regards for it acting as a wrap-up for underground idol, i do feel like it’s a bit more structurally incongruent to ui than i’d like, like i think the mv couldve benefited from a bit more storytelling like the ui mvs, but i also dont think it was ever meant to be, nor do i think it was meant to be, a direct sequel or continuation to the characters in ui, i mean even between ui mvs, they were playing different characters (i.e. kyu playing the teacher in molo/nolo while taeyeob was playing a student vs yolo/kolo), kinda in like an alternate universes type situation, instead of one story, esp since ooo lore and storylines have always been more abt recurring themes in different iterations and contexts rather than continuing one line of lore

and not to engage in like,,extratextual justification or whatever, but i do think tonal dissonance, on some level, can/does serve a purpose, bc like the whole point of seoul drift is that seoul (and loosely by extension other big cities) has a very fast-paced and glittering image that hides the reality of the pain and loneliness that gay youth feel, that feeling of being lost and isolated and wandering, so like part of seoul drift would indeed be abt portraying that fast-paced vibe, in contrast and as an antithesis to the more focused and intimate portrayals of relationships in the ui mvs; whether that dissonance was properly/best executed, i dont Necessarily think so, but i dont think the dissonance itself between the tone of seoul drift vs ui inherently was a bad choice tbh

#ooo #ennuitxt #i have a lot of complex thoughts abt seoul collection bc like #i know ooo can do even more/better #like this isnt nearly as cohesive as for example ip1 #but i also know this is under very different circumstances and in a different context from when ip1 was made #and i think they should indeed have room to explore and experiment and we should also have the room to offer feedback #abt the things we liked and didnt like #and yea when i do set aside the more meta criticisms abt the lore/concept cohesion and how #seoul drift does or doesnt do ooo's signature sound justice #it Is a well executed 4th gen bg track and choreo imo #like i Know im biased bc they're my beloveds but #as a 4th gen bg enjoyer in general (as in i like 4th gen noise music a lot of times i'm not a noise music disliker by any means #so what im abt to say is not just an artifact of being a noice music disliker)#i do feel like w such oversaturation in the industry a lot of times the songs and choreos of this vibe are rly lackluster #like for example #i will not lie while i like n/ct's ay-yo /song/ and i usually like a lot of their choreos #i found the choreo kinda boring and generally lacking cohesion and conviction in performance #but i've actually liked seoul drift both the song and choreo more and more with every stage they've done #so u know #there's definitely smth going right #even if it's not everything we wanted/hoped for #this cb season has been v v busy for me since it was midterms week and then right after it's my break rn so im travelling #so ive just mulling over this slowly in bits and pieces in between the busyness

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anemptypuddingcup · 8 months

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nah they were too old to hurt. just a small sting. piercings and tattoos hurt more lol but yes it made me think of Luffy. sitting there like "Wait.. rubber. Rubber tears and smacks back. Luffy could do that!" and you know he would do it in the most chaotic way

Ima find you and when I do, I’m throwing a box rubber bands at your ass.

Do they even have boxes of rubber bands? I usually see bags-

That’s not the point rn-

I would’ve understood if we said any other body part like his toe or some shit like that but his DICK WASN’T ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO PULL-

Now riding his dick- yes-

But if I ever think of pulling and that shit tears, I’m jumping off a bridge out of fear-

All jokes aside-

I love how we just having a whole conversation about rubber bands and how Luffy relates to them. THAT’S HOW COMFY I WANNA BE WITH Y’ALL!

#aye all jokes aside I enjoyed this convo #and I adore you for throwing that random ass thought #💘💘#puddingtalking

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firstkanaphans · 1 year

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OS2 eclipse is something I can fully get behind if I think of it as just another au, so glad I'm not all alone in that 😂

Funny thing, I've been recently trying to think what a universe where Dika was still alive could be like and settled on ah yes, he'd definitely play matchmaker, so your idea made me almost die laughing. Now I'm imagining Dika's astonishment when he sees Akk and Aye fight on their first meeting when he's been telling his nephew "i know a guy, you're gonna like him" for months 😂

Matchmaker Dika!! I am obsessed with this idea. He totally would. I can also see him and Chadok taking sides. Chadok would not want Akk to be corrupted by Dika's lawless nephew, so you would have Dika trying to get them together and Chadok trying to keep them apart. It would be glorious!

But yes, I'm choosing to categorize Our Skyy as an AU. I'm enjoying it for what it is, but it's like we've stepped into another world where everything is just a little bit off. Not enough to cause alarm, but just enough to be like "Hm. Something doesn't feel right here..." The Vice Versa effect, if you will.

#also thinking about a parent trap AU where akk and aye put their difference aside to try to get Dika and Chadok together #asks

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