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princeconsortroad · 4 months
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Matthew via his Instagram stories; 26.12.23.
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eleanork-28 · 1 month
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Post s3e6 what happens now?
I am begining to write an 'after' fic which has brought up a lot of questions and speculation that I'd like to share. Yes willmon is endgame but also where do they go from here?
Class 
Money (what are the Erikssons doing with their money from August?) 
The rift between Wille’s elitist upbringing and Simon’s economical and political beliefs 
Wille needs to learn and figure out what he wants his relationship with politics and money to be 
Abdication 
Wille is giving up the crown but he now has to go through that process 
Official meetings 
What is his new title going to be 
What money does he have not has Crown Prince 
The official statement of abdication and handing the duty to August 
Figuring out the PR strategy for this as well 
Wille isn’t free automatically he is going to price for a little while longer while they introduce August more prominently to the public so that the crown isn’t handed off to seemingly a stranger 
They also have to figure out a way to make sure it is clear that this is a choice Wille made for himself rather than because of his very publicised relationship 
Making sure there won’t be speculation that he is leaving voluntarily because the Swedish monarchy doesn’t want a queer monarchy because that would be a media shitstorm 
School 
Where is Wille going to school? And Simon? 
Even with abdication he is still a part of the Swedish aristocracy would he go to another posh school? 
I think not with everything that happened at Hilerska but its also the thing he knows, so how does he figure that out? 
Where does Simon go? He wouldn’t want to go to another rich kid school
Will they go to school together? 
If so what interest will their classmates take in them, how would they maintain their privacy 
Even apart what would their privacy look like 
What would their relationship look like if they do decide to not go to school together? 
Same questions for Felice and Sara because they also have to go to school they are all children and education is very important lol
Familial relations 
Wille and his parents need to repair their relationship 
Do Simon and Sara start working on a better relationship Micke? 
I want Wille to get to meet Micke I think that interaction would be great
Public relations 
Yes they are free but sadly the public doesn’t entirely care 
Luckily on an international scale the Swedish monarchy doesn’t hold much attention but maybe that has changed since Wille’s scandals and then open queer relationship? This is never addressed in the show 
But amongst Swedes especially after abdication people will have a vested interest 
Think Harry and Megan (obvs the UK royals are a much bigger scale but the point stands) 
Like people still really care what they're up to, and Megan and Simon have those similar experiences of being a poc partner of a european royal family member, the harassment doesn’t suddenly stop once you've left the direct limelight of royal life
Platonic relationships 
What is Wille’s relationship with Rosh and Ayub? 
They have witnessed every thing that Simon has gone through because of his relationship with Wille and now they are back together again 
They do respect him because of his choice to leave the monarchy, they are maybe not even surprised because they did witness the “I could be free with you” speech
But do they trust him? 
On that note does Linda? She definitely cares for Wille but she also knows how this has affected her son.
Does Wille have to prove his intentions and himself? 
Can he Rosh and Ayub truly form a friendship? How will that happen 
Simon, Wille, Sara, and Felice have forged their own kind of found family through shared traumas and love for one another, how to Rosh and Ayub fit into that new dynamic? Will there be conflict because of this? 
What does a friend group consisting of all of them look like? 
Other than mega gay
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lethalhoopla · 1 year
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The new trailer has injected hype straight into my veins (rip everyone who is tired of Varric narrating trailers feat. Solas, but I'm a sucker for both) and the art is just gorgeous as always so I took screencaps - figured I'd share in case anyone else wanted them!
#dragon age#dragon age: dreadwolf#da:d#da4#solas#i'd tag varric but he's not *pictured* lol so#i went off in the tags of the cinematic i reblogged earlier but for REAL there's a lot of little things in this trailer that are new!!#i mean i'm not surprised it's not an 'official' game trailer lol they're almost certainly saving that for game awards this week#but- the symbolism with the 7 evanuris outside the circle rim (theorized previously but now confirmed & with symbols!)#the way the golden city turned black (also dope skull) - its been theorized that the gc/bc was elven related but!! this is a BIG lead#plus ppl have been noting it almost looks like there's a ship sailing away from the gc before it turns black/as it does so#in those swirling black patterns that 'root' out before the image changes-#so!! new theories re maybe the evanuris/remaining elves fled the gc? after corrupting it??? or otherwise Fucking Around and Finding Out#plus the final one! with solas and the er- bomb/spell to destroy the veil - the 4 (but possibly 5 it looks like ones clipped out)#semicircles representing the evanuris - and more importantly... the archdemons probably - bc 5 defeated archdemons.... out of ostensibly 7-#5 evanuris down (or more terrifyingly: 5 of their 'locks'?) (or or- 5 of their simply leaked Bad Vibes in Dragon Form) out of 7#somehow tying into this spell...?#solas (if ogb was a thing in ur playthrough) not only has mythal's energy but ogb's.... so many unanswered questions and loose threads#i and every other Lore Nerd are desperately trying to figure out what can be braided together with any reasonable effect lmao#regardless - gorgeous art is gorgeous hello new desktop bg
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bonefall · 1 year
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Thistle Law
The most extreme, violent interpretation of the Warrior Code, initially founded by Thistleclaw near the end of the Campaign Era, with its first implementation defining the beginning of the Slash-and-Burn Period.
One of three distinct Clan ideologies, next to Fire Alone and Traditionalism.
A guide to its origin, the parable associated with it, its principles, and most importantly, my authorial intentions with it in the Bonefall Rewrite. Seen a couple of questions about it, so I think this’ll help clarify.
Origin
Extreme interpretations of the Code go back as far as the founding of the clans themselves, but the roots of Thistle Law trace back to the Exile of SkyClan. Justifying the loss of an entire clan included cracking down on medicine cats and quashing a rebellion, and the ‘clan pride tide‘ added FOUR new laws to the Warrior Code.
The following wars and conflicts in the Chivalric Period further contributed to xenophobic sentiment in the Clans, with each one vying for supremacy over the others, branching out to attack non-Clan cats when there were brief stints of ‘peace’. Thistleclaw merely gave these ideas a name while educating his apprentice, using thistles as a metaphor.
Tigerclaw then went on to tell the story to his clanmates, to his own apprentices, and at gatherings to his future allies who told it to their own clanmates. Though the details of the story changed at times, the takeaway is constant;
Other cats must die, so yours can stay strong.
The Parable of the Thistle
The story goes that Thistleclaw brought Tigerpaw out to a massive, thorny bull thistle. He pointed out that the other plants were dying around it, but the flowers stood tall and proud. Thistleclaw explained the thistle was killing the plants around it to have more room to grow, and then cruelly commanded that Tigerpaw try to destroy it.
By the time it was done, Tigerpaw was covered in scratches and the sun was setting. All the way home, he tried to shake the thistlefluff out of his fur and forget the painful experience. The seasons turned, and one year later when Tigerclaw was a young warrior, Thistleclaw led him down a path lined with young, thorny leaves.
There, in a sea of green spikes, the thistle was standing as tall and as proud as the day Tigerpaw shredded it.
In killing every other plant in the area, the thistle had given itself room to come back stronger. The fluff that clung to Tigerpaw’s fur became new growth. Around them was an entire clearing of thistles, ready to burst into a wall of flowers and seeds.
Thistleclaw asked if Tigerclaw would dare to try again, and remembering how his last battle with the weed ended with scratches as deep as claw marks, admitted that he would rather be a thistle than fight one.
(Little did Ivypaw know, the beautiful field in which she meets Hawkfrost was completely strangled by flowering thistles.)
Principles
Depending on the exact time period and the cat it takes root in, Thistle Law can look different. For examples, Brokenstar’s goal was to drive every Clan out of the forest except ShadowClan, where Tigerstar’s aim was to annex every clan into TigerClan and enforce a standard of purity.
Incarnations of Thistle Law tend to share these principles,
The Code Hardens The calling card of Thistle Law is a stricter, more violent interpretation of the Warrior Code. The harsher laws are emphasized, such as the Law of Loyalty and the Right of the Challenge, while softer ones are downplayed or dropped entirely, like the Law of Honor and the Queen’s Rights.
Extreme Xenophobia Against outsiders, against cats of other clans, against half-clan cats. Thistle Law sets itself apart from Traditionalism for becoming willing to enforce some sort of purity.
Hierarchy Becomes Rigid The social power of medicine cats, deputies, and elders is suppressed. The leader is raised as the ultimate authority, even if that leader isn’t the Clan’s -star.
There Is No ‘Pointless’ Death The Clans are a battle culture, but a good battle is still fought for a reason. When tides turn to Thistle Law, fighting is the goal AND the means. To live is to battle, to kill is to win, and a warrior’s purpose is to die at war.
Each incarnation likely contains each point in varied amounts and tosses other ideas into the mix, but the name of the game remains the same-- and it springs from the taproot of Thistle Law.
Intentions
Thistle Law is what fascism looks like in Clan culture. I approach this using Umberto Eco’s 1995 essay Ur-Fascism as my primary reference. Ur-fascism is a ‘fuzzy‘ concept that looks very different depending on the exact society it springs from, mixing and matching several symptoms in varying degrees of severity.
So, in adapting this, I had to simplify a very complicated topic. I wanted to keep the antifascist theory recognizable, while still following canon events and creating an engaging rewrite.
So for simplicity sake, even if a clan might have technically called their own version of Thistle Law something else, I use this name to address it.
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francy-sketches · 1 year
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Can’t take the valonquar tommen theory seriously like that’s an actual baby all I can picture is this
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kaeyachi · 1 year
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We have so many Alberich clansmen straightup mentioned in gamefiles, 3/5 have been shown (Clothar, Caribert, and Kaeya as the only playable alberich) while the 2/5 (Antforas and Kaeya's bio father, unsure if 2 diff people yet) are mentioned, and then there's Pierro who might also be an Alberich just based on similarities with Kaeya's design.
that's a lot of notable Alberich clansmen with heavy lore impact right there. What did they feed this clan?
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pirateknight · 1 year
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very curious about the distinction seemingly being made between the witches who the goose said are all able to see the true reality and who Cinderella said are being made offers by the faries to join forces, and Mother Timothy Goose who has been referred to as a witch several times in the last episode alone
like will Mother Goose be offered by the faries to join them too? or is the nature of Mother Goose being a witch different somehow to the other witches
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dandelionvirus · 5 months
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I'm still standing by my theory of silver and gold emblems being a direct link to who's related to Ephemer. And with that, it's kinda proof that those who Look like him aren't always related.
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spelviin · 1 year
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god it's just. this feels like such a relief, narratively speaking?
like, i spent so, so, SO much time in season 1 as a doodler conspiracy theorist trying to figure out how it fit together thematically. like, daddy magic vs doodler magic. they were clearly both so important but i just couldn't ever put a real link between them?
there was the daddy magic stuff happening in the foreground, and the doodler stuff happening in the background, and willy and barry in the middle, touched by one yet seeking the other for sustenance, but there was no concrete link i could figure out outside of baseless speculation.
and it's FINALLY HERE. we FINALLY HAVE THAT LINK. and the missing piece was that the doodler isn't this ancient, primordial being that has always existed. it's new. it's young. it's fucking adam frankenstein, a monster just looking for acceptance from a parent. acceptance that it could never find from any of its hosts - hildy who feared it, barry who idolized and exploited it, henry who hated and buried it. the twins were the closest it ever got to true acceptance but that was fucking shattered when it was brought into their world in an act of profound betrayal and violence
speaking of which, even the fact that it wants to BE in our world so bad is finally explained and explains so much in turn. it was apparently fucking BORN here. it wasn't meant to be in the forgotten realms, it was banished there immediately after birth, and it's been trying to get home ever since! that's why it compelled barry to attempt to build the scrying glass/portal thing. that's why when henry finally completed it it immediately shattered the thing and leapt through. it's been trying all this time to get back to its home, and when it finally succeeds in breaking through with the Stabbening, the people it wants so badly to love it damn an entire world just to send it back again!
and just. fuckin hell. i have more thoughts abt daddy magic and doodler magic and the motivations of the omega daddies and how that all fits together but my brain is dndads mush atm and i think i'll need another few listens to get it all in order and at least semi-coherent but anyway
tl;dr, my doodler truther ass is fucking over the moon rn
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good-beanswrites · 8 months
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Hello, I've been thinking about your actors au. Are you doing anything about Rei and Mikio being the only side characters with faces in the first trial? Because I do have a theory about that which I haven't posted but I always thought that was really interesting. Even Yamanaka pointed it out in the first anniversary stream.
Ah, I definitely want to!! Mikio is the man in Harrow, right? (There's also maybe-Rumerie in Bring it On who drives me crazy to this day asdfsd) I'm hoping once the project ends and we get the bigger picture, I can really highlight their relationships more. I'll touch on some of my ideas real quick, but I'd love to hear your theory if you ever end up posting it 👀
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My problem is, I originally thought the faces show the prisoners' love towards them, and not necessarily mutual relationship -- which causes some hiccups with including them as characters in the au... (Including t2 faces), Haruka hungers for his mother's love, but given her abuse, they couldn't in good conscience have her on set with him. Rumerie may have been some sort of friend, but he didn't seem so close that he'd be okay seeing Fuuta again and being implicated in his crime. Muu cares very deeply for Rei, but even if the murders never occurred, I can't picture a young girl would feel safe filming her own death at the hands of her bully... I ran into a similar issue with Mahiru and Kazui's partners, but as adults I felt like it was easier and safer for them to consent to the situation.
However! The fact that Kotoko's victim has a clear face really interests me, because that's the only one that (seemingly) has no established relationship or love between them. What could Muu's realtionship with her classmate have in common with Kotoko's and the victim she hunted down from a distance? So I'd love to compare with your thoughts and reevaluate my theory as the new mvs come out...
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wiser-girl · 2 months
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routine vibe check: what’s the best starter pokemon and why are you right (pictures and long paragraphs of evidence welcomed and appreciated)
HEY BESTIE I QUITE SIMPLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT POKÉMON SORRY
From a 3 second google I fuck with Bulbasaur the most he’s a fantastic lil guy <3
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reikunrei · 11 months
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im in a bad mood sitting here eating my chocolate chip waffles for dinner just being so annoyed and angry and frustrated with the way the st fandom behaves. i have a good circle of people i follow but it makes me roll my eyes so hard when i see people interacting with them with such an incredulous, self-righteous attitude like. what do you get out of this. do you talk like that to strangers on the street? do you talk like that to people minding their own business? why are you making ridiculing something as harmless as tv show theories your hill to die on? why do you care so much that you feel the need to belittle and scoff at them for... having fun? grow up lmao
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thestarstho · 11 months
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You know how some ppl have an internal monologue and some don't? And some people can visualize things in their head if it's described to them and others can't? And some people have both the monologue and the visualization thingy? Who in the Bob's Burgers universe do you think has them? And who doesn't?
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wabblebees · 7 months
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never never never in my life gonna be able to beat the weirdo theatre nerd allegations. its midnight and for the last few hours ive been (voluntarily of my own free will At No-One's Behest) doing some character research for the show we're working on (which at a certain level is Absolutely Necessary!! but at *this* level is Absolutely Not. lmfao)(and so... ik for a fact if i mention this in rehearsal tomorrow im gonna get a whole lotta blank stares ((or TERRIFIED looks from the freshmen wondering if they should be doing this much work lmao))
but anyway so about 10 minutes ago i found a fucking essay (just 9 pages out of this philological collection from the 60s) that just the idea behind the Very Simple title made me so excited i had to stand up at my desk to start reading it and fully forgot to sit back down until i realized i wanted to start TAKING NOTES..... WHICH I GENERALLY HATE DOING WHILE READING........ BUT IM TOO EXCITED AND DONT WANNA FORGET ANY OF IT.................. SO IM TAKING FUCKING NOTES
but anyway beyond tHAT the thing that actually made me pause to start typing this post though is the fact that just now, four pages in, this essay finally put something into place that ive been puzzling over in my head since i very first read the play which... made me happystim so hard i almost knocked myself out of my fucking chair. hdkdgsjfkfhdgskdgwrdjfk.
so yeah. never beating the nerd allegations. lmao
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spring-lxcked · 11 months
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rewatching a playthrough of simul.acra ( :) ) and being like "maybe i should finally break bad and buy this game and play it myself" and then witnessing that first big jumpscare and instantly being like "cool. absolutely never playing this myself."
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With the addition of Yuuka & Yuuta in "Episode of Savanaclaw" & "Episode of Octavinelle" respectively, do you have plans to add them as part of the gang in "Yuu can do it!"? Or is it going to be just the 3 initial Yuus for the rest of the fic?
Sobbing. I. Um. Well u see. I thought I was clever for accommodating a possible anime adaption making another Yuu. And then. Tragedy struck. In the form of way more Yuus than I could have ever predicted.
I have full character arcs planned out for the Yuus in the fic, and adding more (especially in the chapters after Scarabia’s, which I have devoted largely to actually delving into the Yuus’ psyches) would make it hard to do those while still giving the other Yuus ample time to be introduced/explored
It’s just… not possible with the way I have this plotted. And I’m well into the Scarabia arc plotting-wise, I can’t really go back at this point
On top of that, it would mean I’d have to wait until after each new Yuu was introduced before continuing through their chapter which would make this story take even longer. Especially if it turns out that the next light novel has more Yuus as well
TLDR: no only the current 3 Yuus but I’m also mad at myself for it. I’ll probably have lil bonus chaps where they cameo but otherwise I simply cannot
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