#i won't be emo i really won't

[aroaceleovaldez]

Every description about Nico (especially the canon ones) describing him as “cold” can personally fight me. Nico is jaded, yes, and often closed-off and sometimes stand-offish and defensive but he is not "cold”. He cares SO SO SO MUCH about EVERYONE. He loves and cares with his entire heart constantly and that is a core part of his character. He doesn’t often make public shows of his affection but he takes care to be kind when it matters and doesn’t hide that he does care (usually, the only exception really being him being in the closet, but even then he only hid his crush specifically and not the fact that Percy is important to him). He fine with hugging his friends in front of a crowd and will sit with strangers at a campfire just so they’re not alone. I mean, heck, he’s an extrovert! We know this! He actively seeks out people and gets lonely very quickly and easily! If he can’t talk to living people he will chat with the dead! That’s how much he thrives on being social!

The only time Nico has ever been actively “cold” was the couple of months between TTC and BoTL when he was actively mourning Bianca. Nico is not “cold.” He loves so much and he does show it, just in his own way.

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #analysis #brought to you by: I saw a blurb for TSATS that said something like ''Will melted through Nico's icy heart/cold exterior'' #and it made me want to tear something apart with my teeth because of how Blatantly Incorrect that is #like that is a disservice to both their characters. #a.) Will did not ''fix'' Nico or ''change'' him or anything. He is just a source of joy in Nico's life #TOA even explicitly acknowledges that them dating did not ''fix'' Nico and that Nico is actively getting outside help for his trauma/etc #and b.) Nico is not cold!!! He has never been a cold person!!! there's a reason ''emo'' is short for ''emotional!'' #Nico's character is ENTIRELY DRIVEN BY LOVE AND CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE #yes he's jaded but he's only jaded in a way of being afraid of letting people into his life because he's afraid to lose them #not that it stops him because it sure does keep happening anyways because SURPRISE. HE LOVES TOO MUCH. #HE LITERALLY CANNOT HELP HIMSELF HE LOVES PEOPLE SO STRONGLY AND SO DEEPLY HE CANNOT STAY JADED ABOUT IT #he just keeps going ''Okay *THIS* time I won't let this person into my life to risk heartbreak- AW FUCK I'VE DONE IT AGAIN'' #SO MUCH of his character is entirely driven by ''I care about people. I dont want them to suffer what i have suffered or suffer at all'' #like really the only times we ever see Nico being actively angry/snappy at people #is like a.) He is either actively being majorly hurt or has just recently been majorly hurt (Bianca's death. Being outed. etc) #b.) Someone is hurting others is going to bring harm to others (Calling out his dad in TLO. Killing Bryce) #or c.) Someone is doubting or calling into question his lived experiences (Basically any scene where people say he's pushing people away) #other than that Nico actually tends to give people way more lenience than necessary. he will put up with a LOT #and he won't even call people out on it or hold a grudge about it (i see you alleged Nico's fatal flaw. you're wrong) #unless it's like. something A Lot Of People Do Often (ex: push him away/exclude him/etc) #at which point he might be like. mildly upset about it but not much more then that. which is just a normal measured response. #anyways Nico's not cold he's just autistic

[triangle-strategy-notes]

Quahaug Concept Art

Quahaug's concept/reference art! Translation notes and image id under the cut.

Translation notes:

"OP sort of powerset" was literally translated as something like "cheat-like." I feel like OP is the more common English term for that sort of thing, so that's what I used, but some of the meaning was probably lost there.

"Older-tween-ish" was specifically a reference to a particular middle school year for children who are about 12-13 years old. Since grades and names of grades vary a lot from country to country, I just went with "older tween."

ID:

[Image id: Several images displaying different parts of 2 pages of the Triangle Strategy artbook, with both the original Japanese as well as versions with English translations. There are several disclaimers noting that the translator doesn't speak Japanese, and that there are likely many mistakes.

On one page, there is a large colored version of Quahaug's canon portrait, along with a smaller, uncolored version. There is an illustrator's note at the bottom that translates to read, "'Manipulating time' is an OP sort of powerset, so though he looks like a child, I aimed to create a look for him that conveyed a sense of unknowable power. (Tatsuaki Urushibara)".

On the second page, there are many drawings of Quahaug, including a closer bust-up portrait in which he's compared to Lyla, with an arrow and label reading, "Mother." There's also several notes that explain the construction of his costume. The costume is labeled as a Greek "phelonion" (a priest's outfit with no real sleeves, just draping fabric). There is a small drawing of this version, with an arrow leading to another drawing that does have sleeves, with the note, "If you can't display this in pixels, use this one." There are several notes that explain how this draping cloth should be considered his everyday clothes, while the ceremonial decoration that goes around his neck is placed over it. There is a close up of the ceremonial dressing's fastenings underneath the metal decoration. Some more notes highlight details on his staff, emphasizing the hourglass on top and the small wheel to the side that can be turned to flip the hourglass. A larger piece of text underneath one fullbody drawing reads, "Character Who Manipulates Time."

On the second half of the second page, there are drawings of some beta designs for Quahaug. He looks much more punk-ish. On one bust-up portrait, there are the captions, "The burden of the time demon caused some of his hair to go gray…." and "All-natural highlighted tips." On the same portrait, he is snapping his fingers, and there's a note that reads, "Manipulating time is as easy as snapping your fingers. You just have to want it or whatever." A speech bubble near his head reads, "I don't think of Anna as a mother." A caption pointing to some green markings on his arm reads, "Demonic time seal on body." In a fullbody drawing of his beta design (which is made up mostly of chains that barely cover him as well as a long roughed-up cloak, there is the note, "Almost naked cloak."

At the bottom of the second page, there is another note that reads, "Initially when we hadn't quite figured out the setting, we had an idea for a more older-tween-ish character as displayed here, but after discussing it with the producers and Mr. Ikushima, we went with his current form. As a boy who manipulates time, I placed an hourglass at the tip of his staff, and his face resembles that of his mother, Lyla. (Tatsuaki Irushibara)". /end id]

#triangle strategy #quahaug #lyla viscraft #triangle strategy artbook #ts artbook character ref sheets #at long last. emo quahuag #despite the WTF factor I really love the page. HE'S SO LITTLE. SO SO LITTLE. like in his canon portrait he could arguably be like 14-15 #but in those drawings on the second page he is indisputably a baby. look at that little face. HE'S SO CUTE #and that note about Anna really cracks me up. can't believe we missed out on having Anna try to wrestle with an angsty 12-year-old #also! trying out a slightly different format from last time! I will at some point probably throw up another poll about it #as always feel free to leave a comment/tag/anything else with feedback if you have any #at some point in the distant future I will probably go through and try to make all of the translation posts more consistent #but I probably won't go back and do that sort of thing until I get all of them done #oh and also also! as a note I actually messed up my order a bit; I meant to do lyla's first before this one #but she and the other saints will be up next #edit: one of the images had an old version of a translation (used 'something' instead of 'whatever' in the note about snapping fingers) #just reuploaded it

[titenoute]

References I expected from the ROTTMNT show : - Anime

- Scifi show that is Star Trek but not quite

- References from previous TMNT shows

References I didn’t expect from the Show : - The Fly

- Moebius’s White Bird thingy.

- Leo is played by Bugs Bunny himself.( I mean since the first ep I felt it but they really had to drive it home in ‘Battle Nexus New York’ uh ?...On that note I really wish this version of Leo gets to meet Usagi. One day. Maybe.)

- The actual remake of a specific and infamous scene from AKIRA that has absolutely traumatized a lot of people in the past. ....That I will not show here bc.... Honestly I had a mini heart attack when I saw that and maybe other people will trigger. Geez Nickelodeon animators, using a kid show to trigger older generations who may have seen a very old and niche movie that younger generations probably never saw? For shame. (It was in the Mystery Meat episodes for those who wonder, when they get swallowed by the mutant.) Anyway I finished the show it was cool ! But ....Yeeeaaah....They really rushed the last eps of seasons 2 and it really shows.(There was...A few Deus Ex Machinas there and there) And that’s really a fucking shame bc if they had the time to make those 4 last episodes into bigger episodes ? It would have been even more epic.Plus..... I would really have loved to see the boys enjoying their time with their Gram Gram a lil’ more. (The noise I made when I saw Leo hugging her was not human)  (Also I have many feels rn and now I CAN see the movie, see ya laters)

#rottmnt #tmnt #Yeah it was pretty good #it does feels closer to the 90s show #but with a good take on it #Like Leo being a wise cracker isn't too far off from the show in the 90s #best iteration of himself tbh #look I still think the tmnt 2k3 show was good but Leo was really stuck up in that one #that's the happiest I saw him #heck the happiest I saw any of them #I mean Raph guys RAPH #My usually angry and emo boi that doesn't show affection bc he's too scared of doing it when he's actually a fucking mama bear #gets to just be a mama bear #...I just remembered the first 4 minutes of the movie #haha it won't last yyyyaaaaaayyy

[sithcom]

34 more boops until max received....................................

#i'm just a bit emo over today don't mind me. it sounds a little silly i know. #but it was so much fun. i know i won't run into most of the people i interacted with today again #but if you're reading this know this. you've really made my day so much better <3 #mutuals & followers n those who i follow ilysm thank you so much #rikes.txt

[spaceratprodigy]

one day I'll finally talk/write abt what happens between them on scylla but I think nonstop abt what his vision mom says

#like imagine getting wizard high on a deadly concoction of illegal space drugs together #and ur will they won't they ride or die starts having hallucinations that you can also see of his mom and himself #and at one point his vision mom looks at you after berating him #and starts going on about how meeting you was finally a good influence in her son's life #and how after everything you've been through together if you try to tell him you still think he's a good man #he gets so sad and tells you he doesn't think he can agree #and you have to sit there and listen to everything his subconscious thinks abt himself and the hopeless path he's been stuck on #and listen to his subconscious thoughts bleeding into what he really thinks of you and ouggghhhhhh #and then having whatever high no filter conversations you want them to have that night #(hi this is huge for faith and max reciprocation and reconciliation after fallbrook and etc etc etc) #and I always think abt how mellowed out he is the next morning and him and faith having to finally acknowledge and talk abt EVERYTHING #especially what just happened last night #and I always think abt them walking back to the ship together finally talking to each other again #and I think abt her saying to him something abt his vision mom saying she was a good influence on him #and I think abt him glancing at her and giving a small quick smile before quietly saying it's true #the same way he said to martin on groundbreaker #when talking abt how the people of edgewater were good people doing the best with what they had #oughhhh bc he knows bc those were his own unfiltered thoughts of course he agrees #sorry I'm very exhausted I need to be emo abt something #rambling #faith and max

[demo-ness]

it is a good thing i am not rich, or i would be visited by 3 ghosts every thanksgiving

#every year when it's my turn to say what i'm thankful for #it takes all my strength not to stand up and give a pokemon villain speech #literally all the rest of the year i am KILLING IT at thankfulness #but it's so genuinely hard to be thankful when your family won't really accommodate you #it's hard to be thankful in front of a feast that's 99% things you can't eat #i am VERY thankful for the opportunity to try and eat shitty rolls as SLOWLY as possible so i'm not just fucking obviously going unfed #anyways yeah. annual bah humbug emo post. carry on #personal

[eggmeralda]

can never describe enough how excited I am for the inevitable 2010s revival of the future

(also this turned into a massive ramble accidentally?)

#like i know there are already kids being like ''i wish i was a teenager in 2014 😭'' but i mean like #you know how like the past 5 years have been so 80s inspired #and also 90s #and how the 90s were really into the 60s #and i cannot wait for all the awful aesthetics that were everywhere when i was 12 to come back #bc i'm curious how it'll look. bc obviously it won't be like. the 2010s are back #it'll be this romanticised idea of the 2010s and i wonder which parts will be rejected and which parts you'll see Everywhere #god i feel like there needs to be a new Thing that causes the need for nostalgia #e.g. in the 70s when punk and indie started as a response to the way music was getting so. idk. complicated or whatever #or like kind of inaccessible to do yourself. like dgmw prog rock slaps disco slaps etc. but not everyone could just. do that #and then punk happened and it was so simplified like no long guitar solos or whatever it was so stripped down. and same with indie #not to ramble about what was in my dissertation but early indie was SO 60s influenced it was unreal. and. it was the nostalgia..... #and then i guess with punk there was new wave and post punk and then new romantics and synthpop and things got synthier and then idk #the 80s were so electronic which. again it slaps. but then it got to a point that it was Too Much again that there needed to be a Return #to the past and stuff. so then grunge and britpop and other stuff happened #and idek it always seems to be there's a new music genre or new subculture that evolves over a few years into different things #before getting too much and the next generation wants to go back so they make a new genre. which then evolves and the cycle goes on #but (at least from what I've seen. which probably isn't a lot bc i live under a rock) there doesn't seem to be anything New lately? #everything's all revivals of older genres now. like i haven't seen any new equivalent to emo or britpop or punk or beat or rock n roll etc #like a thing that Changes the timeline. and i was reading this essay about the new beatles song saying how we don't need a new beatles song #even though the new song's still cool it was kind of saying like everything nowadays is recycled and nothing is shocking anymore #like nostalgia is so big now. with all the film remakes and stuff like that. there is nooTHING NEWLY NEW. IDEK. I am rambling so much #just thinking about many things. this was sparked bc i listened to twilight by cover drive and it literally transported me back to year 7 #and that led to early 10s nostalgia and by the time that comes back into fashion will the nostalgia problem be worse or will something have #happened within that time. like a new punk or something. tbf i guess a lot of what I'm talking about is to do with rock and i mean #there's rap and stuff which i don't listen to a lot of so idk maybe there's stuff going on there which i don't know about. but then #i want there to be something i Do know about. like something you can't escape. kids are all dressing like this and listening to this and #we WILL hear about it. new proper subculture that isn't just a week long tiktok trend. ykw i blame tiktok for all of this lol #but yeah. holy shit tag limit #ramble

[eurydicees]

rip kyoya ootori so sad you're fictional you would have secretly loved gerard way in a cheerleader uniform

#ohshc #kyoya ootori #no because we need to talk about this actually #NICHE post and perhaps a hot take but a TRUE one nonetheless #emo gnc kyoya is important to me and probably me only but STILL. #he would love this moment. he would claim he doesn't listen to that kind of music. but he does. #he does. and he won't tell anyone but he has a twitter account which he only uses to watch mcr concert videos. #tamaki discovers it one day when he's using kyoya's phone for whatever reason. kyoya does not live this down ever #but tamaki buys two tickets to an mcr concert on their asia tour (manifesting it) and gifts them to kyoya #supportive bestie #tamaki listens to some of it in preparation for the concert. he really likes danger days. #kyoya is more of a black parade person i think #but anyways point is. gnc & nonbinary tamakyo would be LIVING for this. #god im projecting so hard right now. this is rly bad. no one look at me. #averting my eyes and covering my face with my hands rn.

[dirt-mccracken]

A week from now I'm going to be crossed at a my chem show and yet I have to just keep going to work and pretending I'm at all normal this week

#personal #i also work w 2 other emos who keep asking abt it which makes ignoring it and being normal at work way harder #i cannot BELIEVE it is really next week #i cannot believe 'im seeing mcr next week' is a sentence im aaying and it WON'T feel real until like a week after

[tardis--dreams]

Mcr is in 11 days. Don't expect me to be normal about anything

#I'm not implying any of you expect me to be normal ever #But like #I wish i could say that to people in real life because i just randomly want to start screeching #I'm still convinced something's gonna happen and it won't happen after all #Dear God can you imagine #I would die #Right there #Also hmt is in less than 2 weeks too #But i'm really not looking forward to that too much #Except for fob #As far as I'm concerned they're the first band #So if i don't feel like staying in the crowd for weezer and green day i can just leave and have a drink i suppose #But omg mcr in less than 2 weeks! #My emo self is coming through! #I want to dye my hair for some reason #I used to have them pink a few times a few years ago #Do you think I'm too old for that now? #(i'm not saying anyone is ever too old to dye their hair in fun colors #I'm just so self conscious and always feel like people will find me ridiculous for whatever reason) #shut up amy

[chrisbangs]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdGNt9eD/?k=1 (I promise it’s not bad). Every time I see something Chad Dylan Cooper/ Mackenzie Falls related, I just think back to your edit. The power you have lol. Truly iconic <3

I SCREAMEDJSNSKSM 😭😭😭 i'm so glad that my legacy even after i die on this hellsite is the mackenzie falls edit........ 🫶🥹 like wow ...... my impact ... HEBDKDNDIDKD 😭

#actually i think it's cute ppl still remember that it makes me so emo i won't lie #reminds me of the good old days 🫡😭 #WHENSNIDNDKDthanku for sending me this i laughed ☹️🫶 #i need that these days i won't lie ehwhwhwhwhwken dead #i really thought u we're gonna tell me someone reposted my gifs on tiktok LOL .. that's how jaded my view is now #cries ... #anon #answered

[the-mehlwurm]

I'm celebrating never having maths, biology, German, physics and history ever again by playing stardew valley and drinking a bottle of beer my parents got me last summer as a souvenir.

#Rhis might genuinely be stupid because it's a 1.5l bottle of beer #And I'm already tipsy enough that I decided to wake up at 5:16 to join a friends class instead of getting up at 7:00 #But I'm having fun #And I deserve to celebrate #Because if I pass all my exams I'm going to pass the school year #And that's dope #Btw I caught 2 fish Perfectly despite being tipsy and sneezing #One was a large mouth bass and the other on was a carp (carps are easy to cathc but who cares) #I also still gave school tomorrow #But only philosophy for 1.5 hours #So it would probably be ok if I'm hungover #Also going to dress up as a 2000s emo bc we have sth called a “mottowoche” in which we dress up and tomorrow our theme is time travel #And 2000s emo is closest to my actual style so it won't be too embarrassing lmao #I love beet #But being drunj is weird #Idk what I should think about being drunl #Like i just get dizzy and really emotional and I start stumbling #But idk #Love yall BTW #<333333333 #You're always sonice to me #Genuinely appreciate you #Hop you have an amazing day #And week #And life in general ig #Love you :33

[schvvaa]

growing up is also realizing that most uquizzes expect you to self deprecate for the sake of edgyness. or maybe im becoming boring idk

#im talking about the 'are you a good person?' questions with the most emo answers known to man #'oh my friends say i am but I can't believe them....' 'im rotten hopeless don't come near me...' 'are _you_ a good person?' #i don't care if you are a good person i don't care if im a good person really im just here to watch life unfold and to enjoy it #im mindful of others that doesn't mean I won't ever hurt them im just doing my best #also believing youre intrinsically a bad person bc of your venial human flaws will get you soooo manipulated babe #anyway. when theres a 'i don't believe im a bad person' answer option and i choose it i get youre a big fat narcissist on the end results so #lmao

[petermurphyfunkopop]

I was about to come up on here and bitch about people calling themselves "goth" but only listening to MCR and other related pop punk (not goth) music but then remembered I've had two full blown kpop phases in the last decade and remained goth through them so nvm

#I just really dislike that band in particular I'm a bully #I follow almost everyone who follows me but if I click your page and see Gerard way i won't #Nothing against you as a person but I lived through the 00s emo wave and I'm sick of seeing them

[quiescentdestiny]

man I got thinking about spotify wrapped being S O O N, and wow I get the feeling it's gonna give away my mental health status HARD this year.

#my posts #I normally get tswift as a top artist #like literally for years in a row #which is funny cause she's like one of the only non-alt music I really listen to regularly #even the pop I listen to is normally club music or alt-pop #but anyways THE POINT IS #I get the suspicious feeling she won't be in the top this year because I've been listening to way too much emo kid music LMAO #I am willing to bet money that her top spot gets kicked for Motionless this year #They always get second for some reason #I think the problem is normally I listen to tswift in phases where it's ALL I listen to and nothing else #whereas my alternative music is split up between all the bands I like #anyway though I only listen to tswift when I'm in a good mood so #I'm expecting spotify to tell me to go to therapy :)