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djsherriff-responses · 1 month

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okie dokie @quixtrix

Gonna also tag @dextraicarus1994 since he’s a splinter cell fan and most likely has information to add to this discussion

We've heard the phase "everyone is the hero of their own story" at least once and while it's debatable if that is really true of everyone , there are some people who genuinely and unquestionably believe themselves to be the hero

And Sarah Fisher is one of those people

Unlike my Jade post, I'll be working somewhat backwards when it comes to evidence of my theory, primarily because one of the things that convinced me that Sarah has a hero complex was something that happens closer to the end of the first season

In the last episodes of CLH, we learn about Sarah's name and backstory. Her childhood where she got her father arrested , her military education and finally the death of her father

Sarah is a confusing character and until we get season two , theres so many questions surrounding her and very few, if any, answers to those questions

Did Sarah plan everything that happens in the show? If not, how much was Sarah's plan? Was her conversation with Dolph and Marcus genuine or an act? Or some combination of both?

What does Sarah really want out of all this? Did she have any involvement with Rayman becoming Ramon? If so, she's now the last of the board of directors and thus is in complete control of Eden, so what else can she possibly want?

And despite knowing first hand Eden killed her father , why did Sarah forego her human body and become a cyborg spider , essentially another cog in the machine that murdered her own father?

Is Sarah even "Sarah" anymore?

Then it clicked into my head that, the entire sequence of Sarah inside the VR , experiencing her past mistakes and trauma?

Can be read as a test of Sarah's convictions

Or other words, from her perspective ,she was on the hero's journey

And what's a common trope heroes experience? Challenges against their beliefs

Now obviously Sarah's character doesn't actually fit into the hero's journey , at least not without some twisting here. That is not important, what's important is that Sarah believes herself as the hero regardless of her actual circumstances or position in the world

Take note of how the hero's journey is about transformation specifically, as I want to draw a parallel to the anime/manga known as Land of the Lustrous. I don't want to spoil too much of that series as this is meant as a CLH post (I also need to catch up) but there is three pages from Land of the Lustrous I want to share

People who know of this series knows exactly what I'm implying about Sarah with this comparison, but for those who don't know what this manga is about: these three pages only has one character in them

Land of the Lustrous (or Houseki no Kuni) is a story set in a world where humans went extinct, but other humanoid lifeforms evolved from that extinction with one of those being immortal and genderless beings made of gemstones

The main character is one of these gem people called phosphophyllite ,phos for short, and their story is basically:

"what if the ship of theseus was a living being with a conscious?"

Keeping spoilers as minimum as possible, Phos , physically and mentally, undergoes drastic changes throughout the narrative both from circumstances beyond their control and the choices they've made

I believe , much like Phos, Sarah herself is a conscious ship of theseus

I want to bring attention to the connections between Bullfrog and Sarah , both in design and in narrative

Sarah's hair is the same colour as Bullfrog's hood , as well as being styled in a way that resemblances said hood. Both of these characters have colour palettes that share similarities with each other , in that they both primarily wear a monochromatic uniform with silver

They both also happen to have eye colours that's some shade of gold . Dolph's mother in the manga also has gold eyes. Coincidentally, both Bullfrog and Sarah are characters Dolph began to trust after he killed Alex for his betrayal

Bullfrog however leans more into wearing white while Sarah leans towards black, which happen to be colours used to represent themes of conflicting opposites , such as yin and yang or good vs evil

The other difference between them is Sarah has green accents while Bullfrog has red, which makes Bullfrog's palette more warmer while Sarah's is colder , fitting considering their personalities

Funny enough Bullfrog is a cold blooded frog hybrid. Meanwhile Sarah was is a human with a warm skin complexion

Red and Green are also opposites on the colour wheel, much like how Bullfrog and Sarah are opposites in the conflict between Assassins and Templars

Red and Green however, are complimentary colours too

As of season one we have very little regarding Bullfrog's life before the events of the show, but I'm betting my kidneys his life has some uncanny similarities with Sarah's

Remember how I said Sarah doesn't fit the hero's journey without twisting some things?

Bullfrog is an undeniable loyal, genuine character who does what he does out of the kindness of his heart. Bullfrog's heroism comes from caring for others and wanting justice

Sarah however, I believe has a hero complex that drives from her ego and a desire to control others

You can even say Sarah is a twisted remix of a hero

We can actually take a guess what experiences Bullfrog may have had in his life by comparing Sarah's life itself to the hero's journey set up, but let’s just focus on Sarah

I just want to have it at the back of our minds that Bulfrog’s life has likely paralleled with Sarah’s when we go down these points

Call to adventure: This is obviously when Sarah leaves the wasteland with Sam, her father , into Eden

Supernatural aid: Sam meets up with Marcus, who hacks the systems to help Sam and Sarah out

Threshold, beginning of transformation: Sarah snitches on the watch dogs

I want to put some attention to this moment of Sarah’s life as it has had a significant impact on her. Not only did her father loose custody of her and she was placed into Eden’s child care system (or whatever they do with Ray kids who expose their parents doing anything illegal) and was exposed to even more brain washing propaganda without any outside influence (her father) , but more importantly this was the first time in Sarah’s life where she had power over someone else’s fate

When Sam asks why Sarah did what she did, she replies “we have to do the right thing”. Looking at her body language , Sarah is not happy to be doing what she’s doing but fully believes, with no doubts despite her pained expression , it’s what she has to do , it’s the right thing to do

It seems odd, that Sarah was this heavily brainwashed and Sam was unaware of it up till this moment. Considering the wasteland is well, a literal wasteland I doubt there was much after school activity programs to influence Sarah this much. Sam seemed like a very attentive single parent so I can’t imagine the guy would let such pro Eden propaganda influences, such as the Rayman kids’ programs, anywhere near Sarah. Considering how young Sarah is in this flashback as well , she wasn’t exactly at the age of sneaking off and hanging with the wrong crowd

Unless Sam wasn’t Sarah’s only parent

Having a quick skim of the Splinter Cell wiki, Sarah’s mother in the games is a woman called Regan burns. Regan and Sam were on opposing sides during their military careers but that didn’t stop them from having a stormy affair, which lead to Regan becoming pregnant and having a troubled marriage with Sam. In the games Regan is cryptanalyst for the NSA , but who is Regan in the remixed universe?

During his introduction Bullfrog rambled about how his ancestors memories live on in his DNA , which is a reference to how in the assassins creed games people can use technology (or other means depending on game) to travel through the memories of their relatives (both close and distant) and learn information from them, it’s even how some get their assassin training

In some stories of the franchise, the main character is the direct child of an assassin, which puts further emphasis on bloodlines and their importance in the assassins creed

Just so happens, the templars use technology to travel through memories and bloodlines play an important role in their organisation , just like the assassins they’re up against

So it’s possible that, in this universe , Regan was a Templar and how she raised her daughter is what influenced Sarah “to do the right thing” and how Sarah was exposed to propaganda such as Rayman’s shows right under Sam’s nose

If Regan was a Templar, that could explain how Sarah not only knew about the order, but managed to get into the position she currently has in show. Regan’s influerence may also have given Sarah (and to some degree Sam) some advantages other people could only dream off, such as an opportunity to have a comfortable life in Eden and her military education

Thanks to Regan, Sam was still allowed to communicate with his daughter despite being a traitor

Dolph , as a fellow soldier in comparison, was taken from his mother and not even allowed any contact with her. He suffered so much just by virtue of having “good genetics”, Dolph and his mother in comparison did not commit any crime and yet ended up with a worse life than Sarah and Sam

If Regan is alive or not in the show does not matter now, what matters is that she was present in Sarah’s life long enough to make an impact on the girl

I do want to say while this was the beginning of Sarah’s transformation, the little girl wasn’t beyond saving at this moment in time

But Sarah, as stubborn as she is, doesn’t want to be saved

Sarah wants to save others

Challenges and temptations: Sarah’s years in the education system and her military training

Revelation , death and rebirth: Sam dies and Sarah makes the choice to become a cyborg

During their last conversation, Sarah brings up that thanks to her good grades, she’s been given the opportunity in becoming a cyborg. Sam is heavily against it , the two argue

Something interesting to note here is how defensive Sarah is of Eden , telling Sam “if Eden was so bad, you wouldn’t be in probation you’d be in jail” , and that he should be grateful Sarah is being given this opportunity at all “despite being the daughter of a traitor”

Sarah does not trust Sam to know what’s best. Not only for his daughter, but also not even for himself

When talking about how Sam died and her grief over losing her father, Sarah asked herself “was he right?”. Worth noting, Sarah never tells Dolph the answer to that question

That’s important because while it shows that Sarah did have doubts about Eden , no , herself , when it comes to how the world works, her behaviour in the last episode tells us exactly what the answer to that question is:

Sarah decided the answer doesn’t matter

What mattered was protecting her father from HIMSELF, and she failed

This was the moment Sarah’s fate was sealed

This was the moment Sarah shallowed her doubts, made the conscious choice to become a cyborg that would set her on the path to become sigma and never looked back

Regardless if she was influenced by Eden propaganda or her mother, Sarah came to her own conclusion about something that day: “order and peace will come through control and rules”

Sam , and all those innocent people, would still be alive if they just did what they were told

If Sam just did want Sarah told him to do

Before I talk about the last two points of the hero’s journey, transformation and atonement , I want to go back to that moment in Sarah’s childhood. The one where she had power

At an incredibly young age , even if it was just this one moment, Sarah had power over the lives of others and influence over what happens to those lives. This likely also made Sarah feel responsible for those around her , particularly feeling strongest towards her own father and his well being. This is where Sarah’s hero complex stems from

I’ve talked a lot about the hero complex, but what exactly is the hero complex?

“Noted author Laura Berman Fortgang, described the Hero Syndrome as a phenomenon affecting people who seek heroism or recognition, usually by creating a desperate situation which they can resolve and subsequently receive the accolades from. This can include unlawful acts, such as arson and attempted murder.” (Link here for further information about this)

We can actually see Sarah display this behaviour early on in the show, particularly in her treatment of team Ghost. The planting of bombs into their skulls under her control is the most obvious example but there’s two others I want to talk about

In the ending of episode 3, Sarah swoops in to rescue Dolph from his own suicide attempt. What she tells Dolph in this scene is damning evidence of her need for control over other people

“I’m the one who decides where and when you die”

Knowing in hindsight that she’s a Templar cyborg , she likely purposely planned it so that the news would catch her “saving” Dolph and label her as a traitor

Why exactly? Can’t really say, but I bet some part of it is just to give Sarah a little ego boost , convince the world she’s the underdog hero she sees herself as

But we can go further than that , in that Sarah wants control over how people live their lives, not just when those lives end in how Jade is treated by her

It’s really easy to assume Jade’s role in the show is due to sexism , and that’s possibly very much the case still

But comparing the role Sarah assigned Jade to the other ghosts, it really makes no sense that Jade was made to play the femme fatale

Dolph and Bullfrog were given jobs that they already do on the regular (Dolph stealing an item using his cyborg tech and Bullfrog sneaking into the building) and while Cody was (presumably) meant to be the one wrestling, Pey’J has the strength and body build to fill in Cody’s absent despite his lack of skills and experience in wrestling

Jade though? She clearly has no clue how to be a seductive temptress, and Sarah must have checked over the ghosts’ profile. Meaning she seen Jade’s profile and seen what she’s actually capable off

Unless Sarah didn’t actually want Jade to do her job

You know what else is common in hero stories? Damsels in distress

I think much like what she did for Dolph in episode three, Sarah’s plan in episode two was to rescue Jade. That obviously did not happen , but my point stands Jade was made a femme fatale so that Sarah can boost her own ego

It’s been brought up on Reddit that Jade’s hair (especially when styled by Sarah in the femme fatale look) resembles Sam’s hair

The two also have green eyes, and wears a hat that casts a shadow over those eyes

We could go a shippy route with this, but this post is already extremely long and I think there’s more interesting things we take from this than Sarah’s weird sexual fantasies

Whether it’s a subconscious thing or something Sarah is fully aware of, Jade reminded Sarah of her father

or rather , how Sarah views her father

I’ve talked a lot about Jade already over here but the point I want to bring to this is that Jade is a passive character in this show. Sam in contrast is not a passive character, but it’s likely Sarah wishes he was

I don’t think Sarah was ever intentionally ableist towards Sam , but combined with her having power over him which makes her feel responsible for his well being from a young age and her believing in the Templar belief that control is the path to keeping everyone safe, I do think Sarah doesn’t respect Sam as a capable adult, especially his life choices that lead to him taking part and dying in the wasteland war

I don’t know what this really means for either Sam or Jade as characters or if these similarities will play a part in season two. What I do know is that this shows Sarah isn’t above trying to mold people to her liking

Which brings me the final two parts of the hero’s journey

Transformation: Sarah becomes a cyborg Templar

”The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment about whether an object is the same object after having had all of its original components replaced”

Since almost Sarah’s entire body is fully robotic , is it still Sarah’s body, or Eden’s property?

On the off chance that Sarah's brain is also robotic, is the things going through her head Sarah’s thoughts , or Eden’s programming?

Is Sarah even Sarah anymore?

Throughout this whole post I’ve spoke about Sarah , her hero complex and what may have influenced her behaviour. I don’t think Sarah came out of her transition into a cyborg member of the Templar order unscathed

While the ground work for Sarah’s hero complex were present, Sarah was once an innocent little girl who deeply loved her father. Sarah was not born into this world with an ego , she wasn’t born with an intense desire to control other people

Sarah wasn’t born with blood lust in her smile

It was not just Sam who died that day in the wasteland, Sarah’s humanity and connection to other people died with him

There’s something odd about the fact Sarah is the only member of the board of directors who is a cyborg , we know this because Ramon killed the rest way too easily. We also know from Ramon , that people who make it to the top don’t stay at the top

Much like Phos in HNK, Sarah is very much a victim of drastic change due to her own choices and circumstances beyond her control

and finally

Atonement and return: ???

I don’t really have anything to add to this part , mainly because Sarah’s story isn't finished yet

We’ll have to see how things play out in season two it seems : )

#captain laserhawk #captain laserhawk spoilers #hnk spoilers #sarah fisher #rambles #tw suicide #tw abuse #tw death #tw violence #this took me so many hours oh my god #This was gonna be a ship post but it completely derailed into this #I don’t know if Sarah is intentionally meant to be a fucked up version of the hero’s journey #But I do think her hero complex is on purpose

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blond-jerk-tourney · 2 days

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Blond Sweetheart Tourney List of Participants

A bracket for sweet and caring blond characters (cause not all of them are jerks) 💛

Full list of participants under the cut. The image & list do not reflect matchups

George Emerson from A Room with a View (1985) Kazunari Miyoshi from A3! Act! Addict! Actors! Finn 'the Human' Mertens from Adventure Time Buddy from Air Bud Karen Hayes from Amulet Isabelle from Animal Crossing Lewis Smith from Bang Brave Bang Bravern Barbara Millicent Roberts aka Barbie from Barbie (doll line) Max Tate/Mizuhara Max from Beyblade Jack from Bioshock Shiemi Moriyama from Blue Exorcist Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Annabeth Chase from Camp Half-Blood Chronicles Macrophage from Cells at Work! Sabrina Spellman from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Cinderella from Cinderella (1950) Kurda Smahlt from Cirque du Freak Yumoto Hakone from Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! Kaede Akamatsu from Danganronpa Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu from Danganronpa Noelle Holiday from Deltarune Lief from Deltora Quest Rose Tyler from Doctor Who Lucy Westenra from Dracula Thistle from Dragonmaster Marcille Donato from Dungeon Meshi Laios Touden from Dungeon Meshi Thorolf Kveldulfsson from Egils saga Harriet Smith from Emma Sora Harukawa from Ensemble Stars Arashi Narukami from Ensemble Stars Nazuna Nito from Ensemble Stars Phoenica from Epithet Erased Sierra Petrovita from Fallout 3 Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Prompto Argentum from Final Fantasy XV Hoban "Wash" Washburne from Firefly Vanessa Shelly from Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Movie Princess Melisande from Flight of Dragons Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist Van Hohenheim from Fullmetal Alchemist Kaveh from Genshin Impact Rose Nylund from Golden Girls Aziraphale from Good Omens Ryan Evans from High School Musical Marzipan from Homestar Runner Roxy Lalonde from Homestuck Dave Strider from Homestuck Shadow from Homeward Bound (1993) Yellow Diamond from Houseki no Kuni Aileen Lauren Dautriche from I'm the Villaines, So I'm Taming the Final Boss Nagi Rokuya from IDOLiSH7 Tsumugi Takanashi from IDOLiSH7 Erina Pendleton Joestar from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Miyuki Shirogane from Kaguya-Sama: Love is War Mikage from Kamisama Kiss Penny from Kindergarten 2 Elle Woods from the Legally Blonde movies Fantine from Les Misérables Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Max Wonder from LOL Suprise OMG tweens (doll line) Princess Peach from Mario games series Steve Rogers from MCU Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100 Snorkmaiden from Moomintroll series Louis James Moriarty from Moriarty the Patriot William James Moriarty from Moriarty the Patriot Applejack from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Megan Wiliams from My Little Pony G1 Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto Himeno Ran from Ohsama Sentai Kingohger Basil from OMORI Donquixote Rosinante aka Corazon from One Piece Angela “Mercy” Ziegler from Overwatch Avery Kelly from Pale Farma de Medicis from Parallel World Pharmacy Sally Brown from Peanuts Will Solace from Percy Jackson Ryuji Sakamoto from Persona 5 Christine Daae from Phantom of the Opera (Visual Novel) Regina Berry from Phoenix Wright: Justice for All Nana Alba from Plus Anima Yellow from Pokémon Adventures Lillie from Pokémon Sun and Moon Jane Bennet from Pride and Prejudice (2005) Tenma Saki from Project Sekai Monk from Rain World Sunny Madison from Rainbow High (doll line) Adam from Record of Ragnarok Rocky from Rocky Horror Picture Show Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon from Sailor Moon Big Bird from Sesame Street Adora from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Kiki Seiran from Snow White with the Red Hair Honey from Space Dandy Loid Forger from SpyxFamily Emil Västerström from Stand Still Stay Silent Luke Skywalker from Star Wars Daniel Jackson from Stargate (1994) Samantha Carter from Stargate SG-1 Peridot from Steven Universe Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers/Supergirl from Supergirl Colette Brunel from Tales of Symphonia Rapunzel from Tangled Richard Ranasinghe de Vulpian from The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Elan the Bard from The Order of the Stick Hunter from The Owl House Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls Lady Aurora from The Day Boy and the Night Girl Hank Venture from The Venture Bros.

Wally Rosette from The Villain School (OC of @hershelchocolate) Ceinwyn from The Warlord Chronicles Emma Sano from Tokyo Revengers Dawn from Total Drama Vash the Stampede from Trigun (1998) Jessica Ushiromiya from Umineko Asgore from Undertale Thorfinn from Vinland Saga Daisy from Warrior Cats Fernsong from Warrior Cats Goldenflower from Warrior Cats Cereus from Wings of Fire (art by SpaceshipEarth) Kinkajou from Wings of Fire Sunny from Wings of Fire Tau from Wings of Fire (art by Spirit978) Sundancer/Marissa 'Mars' Newland from Worm/Parahumans (art by @faultlinescrew) Vista from Worm/Parahumans Edgar Linton from Wuthering Heights Wow! If you've made it this far, you may have realized that for some of the characters I am using the covers of their books for instead of an image of the character. That is because I could not find visuals of the character that I was able to get permission to use, either because no art exists of that character at all, or all the adaptions of that work use the wrong hair color for the character, etc.! So if any of you are particularly passionate about Edgar Linton, Ceinwyn, Thorolf Kveldulfsson, or Harriet Smith and have made some art of them yourself that you'd like me to use then you can tag me in it :) Fan art can always count as propaganda too so that goes for any character I suppose

#blond sweetheart tourney #participant list

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semi-imaginary-place · 1 year

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Houseki no Kuni chapter 99 "Beginnings"

"The chapter was great. I was having some AoT flashbacks but the direction 99 went was so cathartically depressing and peacefully sad at the same time. love how Rock-kun is the perfect embodiment of tranquility and peace with life; unlike Phos, who was constantly changing and chaotic. Rock-kun and Phos' conversation over contentment and regret in existence was wonderful. A measly pebble and a literal god finding common ground with one another is poignant as fuck; topple that with the final panel of having yet another beautiful scenery in such an empty time for the story... it hit me in the feels. The remaining mystery that needs to be answered is how Kongou's creator spoke to Phos, no? I'm expecting some flashback chapter right after this." (Wakivuu_)

"Personally I think 98 fits well thematically so I wasn’t that worried, I knew Phos would eventually pray for them as they attain enlightenment (much like Bodhissatva who prays for all sentient beings to “end their sufferings and pain of life” which in this case the Lunarians). And I really love that rock! Frizzle frizzle. I love his song. Also, the fact that Phos sleeping in the black panels was in a complete parallel to chapter 1’s Morga waking them up, only this time it’s Rock, and it’s been eons that has passed enough for the star to evolve into a white dwarf. Really amazed how Ichikawa can bring so much detail every chapter, I get too overwhelmed with the insufferable agony every chapter that I tend to miss out on parallels, I think I need another reread tbh. Loved this chapter, also hoping for a flashback!" (wallnosekyla)

ch1 and ch99 parallels. In both Phos lays down for a nap in the grass, at this point in his life he is purposeless and unfulfilled, existing to pass the time. In the first chapter he is called awake by Morga into a society that does not value him for the inherent characteristics of his body. Gem society is static, gems are generally content with the way thing are, and things only start getting shaken up when Phos pushes for something different and the others follow in his wake which leads to the eventual destruction of gem society and all of humanity. In the second set of panels there is no one left to wake Phos so he sleeps until enough time has passes that the sun has become a white dwarf, long enough for rocks to gain sentience.

The first gem red diamond wanted to be more like Adamant so Adamant molded the gems in the shape of humans, made them eyes, and covered them in powder. Phos in turn tries to give the rock all the things humans had like sight and mobility. However the rock is not dissatisfied with its existence, the rock does not want to become human. This is in contrast with all of the human descendants we meet who one way or another become dissatisfied with their existences; from the Moon People who are dissatisfied with existence and wish to cease existing, to the gems who through contact with the Moon People become dissatisfied with their gem bodies and wish to become beings of pure spirit like the Moon People, to the Admirabilis who struggle to maintain their populations and sentience.

Phos has become the only true human combining spiritual (moon pearl), mineral (phosphophyllite, lapis lazuli), and flesh (fossilized shell), as well as the last creation of humans (adamant eye), and a god or artificial bodhisattva, and this simple rock is more satisfied than Phos. (there's also probably some discussion to be made that humanity's final hope, the praying machine Adamant broke and it's only after humanity's descendants made another one out of their own that the souls of humans are allows to cease but I lack the relevant PhDs to analyze that so I'll leave it to someone else)

(in Shinto, everything has a spirit)

#hnk #houseki no kuni #land of the lustrous #hnk 99 #phosphophyllite

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weirdcat1213 · 10 months

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Its time for the weekly horrors- I mean Trimax vol 3 >:3

The Thoughts:

chap 1:

-AH EVERYTHING IS FALLING

-bro you are about to get into a fight can you stop thinking about your bf for 5 minutes

-fr tho, vash's words making him hesitate/angry is so dcfgjhbkml

-why everyone wants my babygirl dead :c

-now now, comparing someone with their brother isnt a nice thing to do

-oh so now we're not even making an allegory, he actually called him jeesus

-also "your soul is forced to endure the sorrow by the hundreds, suffering by the thousands, and the rage by the hundreds of thousands" im gonna throw up cuz of how that GOOD and PAINFUL that shit is

-the polar opposite of being a human huh...i mean besides something i said weeks ago about how he's further away from humanity more than he would like that point is interesting cuz most of the time we call him someone who is more human than any other person. he carries more pain than any human could endure and definitely has more patience than anyone will ever have but...hm...i want to come back to this

-ww pls dont make me cry today pls honey

-oh im gonna cry

-"your ideals will join you in the grave" i fucking hate thats the reason why we all try to be better people, thanks to that fucking wet cat of a man i cannot deal actually

-MILLIE :D

chap 2:

-i dont have much to say about battles but let it be on the record that I'm enjoying ww's eyes sm

-oh page 38 is cool as hell

-OH SHIT IS THAT HIS FUCKING SPINE????

chap 3:

-ww stop having pretty eyes youre distracting

-meanwhile :3

-ah geesus the body horror (so good but creepy)

-EYES :D

-so many fucking details. nightow got down even the smallest scribbles, as 98 vash would say

-oh right that....thats still upsetting

-i fucking swear people need to leave my son alone

-also fucking hate that he had to SHOOT A BABY even if it was fake

-I FUCKING HATE THIS ACTUALLY

-i can feel his fucking mind breaking i cant do this

chap 4:

-"i cant do this" yet here i am lmao

-i think if vash held me like hes holding that girl a lot of my problems would be resolved ngl

-characters reciting names always get to me :c

-also HA EAT THE PTSD ASSHOLE

-"why are there so many" brad you may want to sit down for this one

-..................i deadass thought "oh the doctor is here" IVE READ THIS BEFORE AND I FELL FOR IT AGAIN

-vash with his hair down :3

-nah hes not gonna kill you BUT HE FUCKING SHOULD

-oh i will kill so many people (vash is bleeding)

-hm. this reminds me of something in houseki no kuni (i wont spoil but maybe ichikawa had trigun as inspo which would be cool af)

chap 5:

-oh im yeeting myself (ww thinks about the children) -ww gives in his anger and fear when punching those weirdass faces but I'm gonna say this once: that doesn't make him weaker or worst. i haven't seen anyone think that of ww, i just feel that when he compares himself to vash he feels that way and i cant stand it :)

-vash i fucking swear-

-oh god the fingers...the fucking fingers...

-oh you are NOT talking to my vash about pain and agony

-OH WAIT I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT PANEL OH GOD NO I HATE REREADS WTF

-XD my girls

no wait i need to get back to that. i thought that was emilio's dad not fucking vash himself oh my god I'm sick so sick actually wtfffffffffffff

chap 6:

-is this the chapter with the gays eyes cuz I'm not ready for that-

-oh fuck you nightow. fuck you for putting knives in the title page and the title being "families"

-i want to punch so many things but I'm at work. fuck

-also i forgot about this stampede parallel GOD WHEN DOES MY SUFFERING END

-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE GAY EYESSSSSSS

-yeah i agree this is literally the moment. like fuck. fuck actually. fuck what else is there to say.

-fuck

-like hes so fucking terrified that he was afraid for him, what his journey is causing ww, but even if he wanted ww to stay away and safe he knows ww would say fuck off, but also vash would not be able to take it

-THERES SO MUCH FEAR AND LOVE IN THOSE EYES IM GONNA BITE MY HAND

-OH I CANT ACTUALLY WHY DOES THIS HURT SO MUCH WTF

-im so fucking upset cuz the last 3 chapters were basically fights. they were full of energy and shit but now that is over and they are in a rare moment of peace, and everything fucking hits.

-im gonna go outside and step into oncoming traffic

-YES LUIDA MY QUEEN SHUT HIM UP

-WOLFWOOD :D pls never leave me

-i....*implodes*

-i am nothing. i just remembered that.

-OH CMONNNNNN

chap 7

-maybe i dont want to read trimax anymore. maybe a little person like me isn't strong enough for a 2nd round of the pain. with that in mind, lets keep reading :D

-WHERES THE NIGHTOW PUNCHING BAG WHEN YOU NEED IT

-wolfwood what he is it doesnt matter i swear pls cant you just love him?

-:c

-i dont like vash being emotionally attached to stuff cuz that means i have to yell HES LIKE ME FR FR

-oh that....that beautiful panel...amazing

-i think my mind blocked this out because of the previous sad things that happened, so now my brain is allowing me to process more sad things :3

-"i still have so much i must do" and i see i still have many tears to cry out huh?

-ofc wolfwood would ask about redemption

-cant my man show an important part of his past and show vulnerability in front of his friends in peace? damn

-im gonna start bitting my glasses

-GAY MOMENT PART 2 INCOMING

-luida pls i want to stop crying

-oh wolfwood honey....you just fell so hard for my man didnt ya

-i just realized the chapter is called "life as a" and I THINK the idea is to complete it with "life as a 'vash the stampede'" cuz he's not human

OK GREAT NOW I CAN RUN TO THE WASHROOM AND FUCKING CRY :D

#trigun #trimax #trigun maximum #trigunbookclub #nightow sir #i will meet you and i will end you #and then buy you coffee

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tater-pudding · 5 months

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Gem Girls and Cyberpunks

I rewatched Houseki no Kuni and Cyberpunk Edgerunners this past week. Why do I force myself to suffer like this? And I've been thinking a lot about the parallels between the series. I don't have nay conclusions, just some ramblings. If someone were to ask me for anime similar to Houseki, Edgerunners would never even enter my mind, but watching them in quick succession really made the similar themes stand out to me.

I find it interesting that both series explore similar themes in different ways. Houseki, with its strong buddhist themes, has a very strong theme of cycles and breaking free from them. The cycle of the lunarians coming down to steal our main characters, the cycle of Rutile constantly repairing the body of their loved one just to share a few minutes, the cycle of me experiencing this story over and over, and obviously the cycle of Samsara. All of these which would go on seemingly forever without the intervention of our main character. Throughout the entire Cyberpunk universe, the cycle of suffering under a capitalist society is a constant underlying theme. Unfortunately in this world our main characters never seem to have the ability to truly break this cycle, and are doomed to die trying

The more prominent theme in Edgerunners is the idea of dreams, and chasing dreams. Lucy's dream of the moon, Gloria's dream for David, our dream for the characters to attain happiness, David's dream to make people's dreams come true. All dreams that realistically can't be attained without breaking the cycle of oppression that exists in a capitalist society. Paralleled to the theme of dreams in Houseki, where every gem has a dream that seems unattainable without the cycle of their own world being broken. Rutile's dream of fixing padpa forever, Cinnabar's dream to leave the night watch and be close with everyone, Phos' dream to be wanted.

But possibly the most obvious similarity to me, the one that stuck out to me the most, the idea of breaking yourself, in seemingly every possible way, in order to change. Truly breaking yourself down, over, and over, and over again, in some futile attempt to break the cycle we are involuntarily thrust into. The idea that such drastic change, even if it makes every step we take agonizing, is the only way to break free and reach our goals. And that even with such drastic change, things are unlikely to end the way we want.

I've been thinking a lot about how both Phos and David slowly replace their bodies with stronger parts, how both of their journeys of becoming the ship of Theseus starts with a tragedy of some sort, how every time they replace a piece of themselves, they lose a piece of themselves. I've been thinking a lot about how every time Phos uses their alloy arms, tiny fractures travel throughout their body, and every time David uses his implants he creeps closer and closer to the edge that is cyberpsychosis, how neither of them can stop the journey they've started.

And what is the conclusion of all this? What's the great epiphany I had thinking about all this?

I'm sad.

#land of the lustrous #houseki no kuni #phosphophyllite #hnk phos #david martinez #cyberpunk #cyberpunk edgerunners

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zrllosyn · 8 months

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WIP Favorite Lines

OUGHGHGH BUDDY IM SORRY I DO NOT CHECK MY MENTIONS ENOUGH BUT!! @hideyseek THANK YOU FOR TAGGING ME!! These are from literally all my documents so. God knows when they will see the light of day. (never)

Rules: a line you think you've struck gold with in your WIP(s)

Most of these aren't necessarily 'gold' but i do like them very much. Also i do obscenely short sentences a lot, so uh. Some of these are two.

Also there is a lot of them so i am putting them under the cut (i write too much random stuff)

COFFEE SHOP - Lobotomy Corporation AU

Its A and Garion character shenanigans, where they hate each other's guts but they've been isekaied and now only know each-other. I think its SO funny. Its a fic for me.

It also brought him curses. Like the one that had walked in through his store's front door.

CORVO LOOPS - Mlp loops but dishonored

Its, for me. Corvo is an anchor and is looping, he goes THROUGH it. This one is where samuel wakes up but this line is so out of context.

"Your halls are a mess corvo, how many damn swords do you intend on collecting--"

UNTITLED - BNHA oc fic

I have this bastard oc I call Thrones bcs he's angel themed, and he's originally and Iruma-kun OC? But i put him into BNHA and it surprisingly works lmao.

The mental blocks he had placed in the way of his quirk vanishes like tissues in water, melting away and he feels his light burn.

TRAVEL - Blind Griffin AU fic

Look, the visual novel is really fun, and I like time travel. This one is parallel universes though, and its about grief.

She stares at the empty lot that was her lab and home, and represses a long, long sigh.

DARE - Nobunagun Fic

Sio and Adam have gender shenanigans. Aka cross-dressing, but it comes with gender revelations and I love that for them.

"I bet I'd make a better lady than you, at least." Adam scoffs, smiling with all teeth. "Im prettier than you even as a guy."

TOMMOROW, TODAY - Houseki No Kuni Time Travel Fic

this one is on AO3, but the recent chapters i just havent been feeling, sadly. I liked this bit i wrote though.

Phos tries to argue, the hollow ache in their chest filling their form in a tingling vibration that makes their very form feel like its about to start ringing— and the sky shatters.

UHHH I TAG. FRIENDS. FEEL FREE TO NOT DO THIS. TBH, SORRY IF THIS IS LIKE. SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN TAGGED IN BEFORE

i am mainly tagging yall from the discord soz

@ajitated @13threbagel @filly-serenity @ravenatural @bubblegumbeech @princessfanonanona

#enn talks #writing #wips #ask meme #tag game #WELLP #THANKS FOR THE TAG #IM SORRY THERES SO MANY #ANYWYAs #THANKS AGAIN FOR TAGGING ME #THERE IS #SO MANY STUFF HERE #I DID NOT EVEN TOUCH LIKE #HALF OF MY FILEs #theres so many folders orz

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mieowkoid09 · 9 months

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Do what you will with this parallel

I can now tell why Phos was so jealous of Welegato and Aechmea's relationship. Adamant couldnt even tell Phos that he was worried about them

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superchat · 1 year

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ITOKI HANA TOBY FAX MV SPOILER RANTING WITH NO PURPOSE

that was so fucjking good wtf, the visuals were amazing. the art the character designs. so much reminded me of houseki no kuni. the long expressions features and limbs, the cracking, shattering, surrealism.

that twist. i never trusted him and i dont think the viewer is supposed to but that was so much much more haunting. that was horror, terrifting i was right there feeling it too.

the confusion and panic, then she looks to him one last time, in my mind she was like "my hope and love, will you keep me safe actually?" like she was scared but saw his face and she was expecting him to save her, life she felt he was her prince at the very start when she first saw him

but he looks to her and says FLY! the show must go on, and it literally jkust. fucking pulls her apart. that was horrying. he did not care about her at all, just her spectacle for the crowd.

like im so conflicted. the whole thing was terror, but they really mixed in this beauty and elegance that just makes it all the more fucked up and horrifying. i have not seen midsommar but i am thinking to it as something that could be similar, idk!!!!!!!! tragic story, it contrasts their other song (47) very well

did they see her? or did they just see a porcelain doll? she saw dolls breaking and cracking but was she seeing real people? was she just seen as doll and did her performance help lure in another to be put into a show? i do not know. there was parallels and layers to this tho, i need to watch again. that was so good and scary and beautiful and tragic and horrific,

Literally pushing her past her limits until she falls apart wtf ;-; he didnt even look at her head when it fell he was just looking at her body, he really did not see her but only a doll for a show

where it was a prince trying to save a princess, the prince went through so many traps and near death moments to reach a princess in a castle, but the princess was a dragon really, and she only finds purpose in luring princes to their death, imo like a form of being wanted. she is desired, and that desire is what fuels her, she has to be desired as an idea andonly an idea, its the pursuit. its like unrequited love. once the prince reaches her its all over, so she kills him right as hes at the door

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dustward · 2 years

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I watched Houseki no Kuni / Land of the Lustrous back in March 2018. It left a long lasting impression and may very well have introduced me to my favorite protagonist of all time. As fond as I was of it, I stupidly waited in hopes of a second season, but as of mid 2022 there’s no hint of that happening, so I caved and *finally* started reading the manga. Got most of the volumes beforehand (1-10), and ordered volume 11 shortly after finishing 10. Finished 11, then caught up with the remaining chapters (96 as of first posting this). Knowing it was coming out of hiatus further motivated this decision, and I am beyond glad I finally put the time aside to do this, as painful as some moments wound up being to read through.

Figured this would be as good a time as any to share my thoughts on everything that happened after where the anime left off, especially in the case that it forever remains a single season. Major spoilers under the cut, etc.

Love Phos. Love Phos so much. The reason I first got interested in the series was seeing an episode 1/12 comparison shot and I just had to know the how and why they changed so much. Was always a sucker for characters that go through drastic, believable changes over the course of a story and was glad to see Phos’ journey was very much that, genuine.

Ghost’s presence was way too brief for the impact they indirectly had on the course of events, though that could be said about several characters, like Pad and Antarct. The second I saw Laips’ head I knew. How could I not? It was a bit devastating to see that spoiler, both through the fact I was spoiled but also knowing Phos had yet to go through their most drastic changes. The bright-side to having seen said spoiler was that it lacked any semblance of context. Was that still Phos, was it Lapis, or was it someone else entirely? There was no way of telling through expressions alone, and perhaps that’s why that iteration of them was not so carefully hidden. That wasn’t the only spoiler I got hit with, of course, but it was the most important one.

I had become aware of Cairngorm through fanart back then as well, though I had no idea who they were nor how they suddenly came to be involved. Someone like that would’ve surely been spotted in the anime, had they always been there. Some well hidden aspects to later parts of the story. Even after rewatching the anime several times I failed to notice the single glimpse of Ghost, similarly. So there was never any chance of knowing about either of them. Well played. I feel like maybe I had glimpsed something about them related to the moon as well, but I thankfully chalked that up to my own imagination. The benefit of taking years to get to reading further in. One last spoiler involved Bort’s hair. No context kept that a burning question for the longest time. Otherwise, I ventured on unspoiled.

It’s quite something how there can be so many characters, all similar in relevance, and yet take turns in shining and making themselves known. It’s a shame some don’t retain that relevance throughout the story. Zircon, in particular, feels like they had that one moment of self doubt and reflection before they were relegated to the background. I’m a bit disappointed Red Beryl wasn’t given a chance to grow and flourish, but that’s just a personal gripe. It’s easy enough to understand and accept they were always meant to be a background character. Expected more from Peridot and Sphene after their introduction, but it seems it wasn’t meant to be. Their one moment of focus was good, however, like Zircon’s. Not much to say about Hemimorphite, but like Red Beryl I have a soft spot for the rarely focused on Watermelon Tourmaline (also I love that name so, so much). Obsidian is cute, but needed at least one moment as well I feel. Wish we had more opportunity to know the newer Morganite, as it’s easy to imagine how much they flourished in parallel to the newer Goshenite. The former of each, may they rest well on the moon. The Neptunite and Benitoite dynamic.. I feel and hope more of that is shown. There’s no way they leave things off on that bitter note.

It’s hard to comment on Ghost Quartz given their short outing, similar to Antarct. I wound up really liking Antarct, while I just kinda like Ghost. The plot moves at a breakneck pace, so I suppose any hope I’d have for them to use their ghost-like sneaking to combative effectiveness was never gonna be realized. Their presence, however brief, does set the stage for several volumes’ worth of framework. Like I mentioned a couple paragraphs prior, it’s amazing how much any one character in this series can drive the overarching plot, even when their involvement is so brief in both the story and the in-universe timeline which spans thousands of years. Probably my biggest reason for hoping for a second season at this point is to give further chance to appreciate their character and their effect on both Phos and Cairngorm following their departure.

Lapis Lazuli, where to begin? Another brief appearance, and a surprising one at that. Similar to Pad, that brief time we spent with them left me wanting more, but the plot waits for nobody. Euclase almost sounded relieved when Lapis got taken to the moon, and it makes me wonder what everyone else thought of them: the Lustrous, Kongou, and the Lunarians. To date, likely the only character to reach any level of a deceased status, and it is perhaps an earned one, depending on how far they let their curious nature take them. Even Ghost, their partner, didn’t seem that upset about the unique predicament Laips got stuck in, being unable to reunite all their inclusions for a revival.

#dustward read hnk #dusty text #long post #hnk manga spoilers

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