#it ended on a cliff hanger- the next game will be explaining that cliff hanger?

[sleepy-crypt1d]

am i?? losing my mind here??

okay, so, like, subnautica, right?

recent news is that subnautica 3 is in production/in the works, hooray!! literally cannot be more excited about this, it’s my favorite game ever and i am so thrilled to see where the next one is headed but, i feel like, what the next one is going to be about is. . obvious?

who knows!! maybe im losing my mind here and i am just a tad too into these games so other people didn’t think about this but, sub3 is gonna be about the architect home planet. it has to be, doesn’t it?? 

the exact quote from the people working on the game is “I dream of visiting new worlds, exploring intricate alien ecosystems and lost civilizations. I don't think I'll ever get tired of the fantasy of making contact with intelligent life. I also dream about going on these adventures with friends. Getting lost, together.” and people are theorizing that the game takes place either in the past, showing 4546B a thousand years ago, takes place in the crater’s edge, or another unseen part of 4546B but. . .4546B’s story is done? the only loose end there is Ryley, who i would love to see again, but the planet’s mysterious have all been answered? i don’t know how they are coming to those conclusions when BZ perfectly sets up what the next game will be about?

“I dream of visiting new worlds, exploring intricate alien ecosystems and lost civilizations” this??? seems so much like they’re talking about exploring the architect homeworld??? new worlds implies we’re going to a different place, doesn’t it? and lost civilizations, yeah, going through the arc homeworld and piecing together what happened??

“I also dream about going on these adventures with friends. Getting lost, together.” some people are interpreting this as sub3 going multiplayer, which would be okay i guess, but wouldn’t this make more sense if it were referencing Al-An and robin???? especially with the line BZ ends with?? ‘with you, I am ready to face whatever awaits us’ like???

also the second game ended with a cliff hanger!!! it ended with showing us the architect homeworld!!! WHY WOULDN’T SUB3 BE ABOUT THAT???? WHY WOULD THEY SUDDENLY SHIFT THE STORY ENTIRELY??

i dont know, maybe im losing my mind here, maybe theorists on youtube know something i don’t but the plot of sub3 seems obvious to me, because BZ literally ended with showing us where the story was headed.

am i crazy? or have other people also realized that exploring the architect homeworld seems like the only logical next step in the story? to find out what happened? we found out what happened to sam and the game ends with robin promising they’ll find out what happened to the architects. why are people thinking ANYTHING ELSE would happen????

who knows, if sub3 comes out and im completely wrong, i will take that L and dig myself a grave but until then, i will hold this thought pretty confidently 

#subnautica #subnautica below zero #subnautica below zero spoilers #subnautica spoilers #subnautica al-an #is it because they hate BZ :(( it's because they hate BZ isn't it :(( god dammit #sleepy rants #these games are legit my favorite games in existence and BZ meant so fucking much to me - i adored that game!! it was so good!! #not every game needs to be a masterpiece - i had a wonderful time playing it and fell in love with the story/characters #that's all a good game needs #the story of the architects is so interesting and i would love to know more about them/their home and so many people just pretend- #-that they dont exist and it takes away such a big chunk of what makes subnautica the amazing game it is #sorry if i come off as bitchy here- i just care about subnautica a lot and seeing people completely ignore a major part of it sucks #al-an's story is so interesting!!! i love the arcs SO FUCKING MUCH!!! when i saw him for the first time i lost my SHIT #I WANT THE NEXT GAME TO BE ABOUT THE ARCS SO BADLY #TELL ME MORE ABOUT THEM #PLEASE #like i cannot tell if these people are willfully being ignorant to basic story telling mechanics or if they just. . . dont get it #it ended on a cliff hanger- the next game will be explaining that cliff hanger? #like sure we didn't get an answer to what happened to ryley word for word but we KNOW that alterra is pretending he doesn't exist!! #we know- in part- what happened to him- that's why it isn't answered #we find logs talking about how the aurora 'disappeared' #with no survivors #alterra is hiding his existence #also WE NOW HE'S IN SPACE- MYSTERY THERE SOLVED #SPACE #BUT WITH THE ARCS WE DON'T KNOW!! #WHY WOULD THEY SET UP AN ENTIRE GAME WITH THE MYSTERY OF TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARCS AND THEN JUST DROP IT??????? #WHY DO THEY THINK THAT UW WOULD DO THAT??? #angry

[koolkat9]

Happy Hetalia day or the 16th anniversary at least everyone!

God damn I've been in the fandom for five long years. It feels a lot longer than that honestly.

I'm not sure what to do to celebrate so why not tell my fandom story.

So I got into it Hetalia at 13 after watching a top 10 Christmas episodes in Anime video. For awhile I thought this was from the channel Anime America, but I’ve recently discovered it was actually a WatchMojo video lol. Basically I got most of my anime recommendations from videos like that. A couple months later and I finally got around to watching Hetalia. I almost quit the series three episodes in because I watched the dub and some of the jokes made me...uncomfy... at times. But for one reason or another I returned to it a few days later and then it just...stuck with me. 

For awhile I just consumed content for the series in private. I watched AMVs, those ship videos with (often uncredited) fanart and a song fitting the ship in the background, read all the GerIta fics I could find, downloaded like all of the character songs. I even got Pinterest behind my parents’ back just to look at fanart xD (don’t lie to your parents kids. Don’t worry I stayed safe and just looked at fanart). 

Of course I read Auf Wiedersehen Sweet Heart. It was probably one of the first few Hetalia fanfics I read). I haven’t read it since I was 13 but I remember it being well written and it made me realize just how good fanfiction could be.

Somewhere in that exploration of content beyond the anime, I found Kyokoon’s channel through Dreamtalia and discovered the world of hetagames. Honestly, at the time I found Dreamtalia, my obsession with Hetalia was waning. Like I still liked the series, but I almost completely stopped consuming fan content unless it came across my dash. I got into it at a good time when the game was pretty much complete save for some unfinished screenshots and I got to the point where I was watching it unfold weekly. I remember the day I was supposed to leave for my end of the year school trip (which would last a few days), I got up extra early to watch the new episode of the lp because it was close to the end and thus they were leaving it off at a bunch of cliff hangers and I had to find out what happened next. Eventually I joined Kyo’s discord server, introducing me to discord for the first time. In conclusion, Dreamtalia played a huge role in my early fandom experience and later on down the line it would play an even bigger role in my current experience. 

So, once again, I consumed all the fan content I could find, mainly being Gerita. Through Dreamtalia, I found other hetalia youtubers.  Hetafacts was probably  the other channel that I frequented the most as I loved their theories so much. I ended up making Kaitlyn (a secretary/self-insert oc) and I even made a fanfic of her. My art style started to become inspired by Hetalia. I got my first fictional crush on England, read my first reader x character fanfictions. Things were going great!

Then IT happened. Dreamtalia came back, finally complete with all screenshots and everything. I of course, loving the game watched the new lp. As I’ve explained before: hand-holding buddies happened and I got pulled into GerEng, the world of multishipping and rarepair hell. Not long after, I read the book “Fangirl” and have the strong urge to write fanfiction. Having just gotten into GerEng and loving Arthur I decided to start off writing for them. A year or so later I joined tumblr to share fanart and get in touch with other fans. I joined a bunch of discord servers and eventually made my own. I made my own ask blog after being inspired by asking-gereng and ask-aph-fruk (which I have scrolled through multiple times because I still love both blogs to death). 

Through Hetalia I was able to find my passion for writing (which I’m now hoping to pursue as career), my love of history and make many wonderful, talented online friends. Though the series itself and the fandom is controversial, I’ve been lucky and have had nothing but good experiences within the fandom and it’s changed my life for the better. It’s one of my greatest comforts and I can’t imagine a life without it. 

#hetalia #hws #rambles #hetalia fandom #dreamtalia

[mintx]

The Start of Everything All Sweet And Bitter

Topic of this Post : The first ever Self aware Cookie to devote themselves to their ‘Baker’, and it’s not Pure Vanilla. 

Pronouns Used : They/Them (To the Cookie)

Warnings! Obsession, Yandere Behavior, Stalking, and Sick Thoughts. 

You were just a normal person living a somewhat unique yet boring life. You had just finished playing a recent gacha rpg game your friend had recommended and you were very displeased with the outcome. The ending was left with a cliff hanger and you would have to wait for the next two or three years for it to be made. 

You laid on your bed texting to your friend, ranting how you hated the ending of the game and how rigged the last boss battle to the game was. They just read your text and watched you rant about the game.

“ How about you try out Cookie Run Kingdom?” They asked. 

“ Cookie Run Kingdom?” You questioned and asked them to explain more.

“ Yeah! It’s basically like the last game, but it’s muchhhh cuter and the characters, or should I say cookies, are going to capture your heart! And And! The story is interesting I can guarantee that!” They explained. 

You were quite hopeful to your friend’s new recommendation cause if you weren’t? You would stop taking all the recommendations of games your friend gives you. And you didn’t want to get recommended games from your family or other friends.

So going with the idea of trying out Cookie Run Kingdom, you downloaded the game and tried it out. The opening scene was interesting that you couldn’t help but not skip. The characters were cookies, though it wasn’t much surprising considering the name. 

You were quite interested in the depths of ‘Dark Enchantress Cookie’s character. The further you got into the game, after doing the tutorial, you were more interested and into the game.  

After a day or more, you would talk to your friend about it which lead you to in a group chat about the game! When it came to Favorites, yours would be Dark Enchantress Cookie! Yes she is a villain, but villains have reasons to become one! And you really wanted her as a playable cookie, but you’ll just have to wait. 

Then.... things just got weird... Like really weird! When you logged in the game, you found yourself having Dark Enchantress Cookie, and other cookies you had yet to get in the gacha! What was happening? You asked your friend about it, but they just said it may be a glitch of sorts. Surely this was a glitch... right?

#self aware cookie run #yandere cookie run x reader #yandere cookie run kingdom #lmao imma get killed probs #first time writting something like this #god I hate using Phone Keypads

[tundrainafrica]

Hi Sav! Have you seen the new levihan art? Do you have any hc? They look sooo cute! To me that's the true ending for them both :')

I have a bad habit of needing context everytime i write but recently I’ve been trying to get into the drabble game because I think this is a pretty good exercise for writing. 

And the new MAPPA art? I guess it was a good way to start. Thanks for the request.

Snow wasn’t anything new. It came once or two days a year within the walls but only as snow flakes that quickly disappeared as soon as they hit the pavement. 

That day, for some odd reason, it was piling up. Piling high enough that Hange had to call off morning training, high enough that many of the afternoon meetings were called off

By late afternoon, Hange couldn’t have made any other plans anyway. She was snowed in. They were snowed in. 

With nothing much else to do, Hange could only just stare at the window, almost accusingly. It was the snow’s fault after all she couldn't go about her day as planned.

The town was frozen. Life was on standstill. And the only things that continued to move where the snowflakes, piling on top of one another. And they moved quickly, they danced as if mocking the mere mortals whose productivity and work were so easily hampered by something as light as them. 

Dancing snowflakes that don’t quickly fade as they fall was a rare view either way and Hange couldn’t help but be hypnotized. She found herself studying the motions of one little snowflake as it danced through the air and landed on the window sill. The windowsill was still untouched and no snowflakes were around  to have cushioned the fall yet it stayed, Then another joined it and before Hange knew it she was counting. 

She was a quarter past her hundredth snowflake when something broke her concentration. 

“You’re still thinking about work?” Levi had appeared beside her and she didn’t even notice. 

Hange soon realized he was blocking her view of the window. “No I wasn’t,” she answered.

Levi raised one eyebrow at her. “You okay?” He had eventually moved away from the window at least and settled on the seat in front of her. 

She was irritable for sure. And maybe it had been because she never got to finish counting the snowflakes by the windowsill. By the time she got back to it, it had piled on quickly, into some large completely compact pile by the window. The small flakes that comprised it have become imperceptible. 

“You should take this as a sign. A commander needs rest too,” Levi said, giving the snow outside a side glance. 

“There’s a lot that still needs to be done.” 

“And it can wait another day. The whole city is on stand still right now. Trains aren’t moving, shops are closed…” 

“Nothing’s moving so it’s a good time to catch up on work.” 

“The work will never end and you have every day after this to do it. Times like these, they don’t come everyday,” Levi said. “Why don’t you use this time to catch up on other things? Like… being Hange for example?” 

“I am Hange.” 

“Not Commander Hange… I’m talking about Hange… Four eyes…” Levi’s eyes had narrowed at her, as if he were studying her then. His stifled voice, the way he had bit his lip then. He was far from confident with his words.

“That Hange you’re looking for. You think she’s still here?” Hange asked. She looked out the window again, finding something else to be hypnotized with. She had tried to count the snowflakes that hit the window, they fell too fast though and she couldn’t be too sure. 

“It’s been a while since you read this right?” 

She heard a light thud on the table and she instinctively turned towards the sound. 

Levi had dropped a light book in front of her, one very familiar book.  I don’t think you’ve even touched this since last year...” 

“Oh, this book…I ended at a really boring part...” Hange started, but really how could she explain that even the most climactic scenes didn’t give her the same rush of adrenaline anymore? Her ubiquitous reading material as of recent had been the purchase orders, invoices and blueprints for whatever new construction was happening in Paradis and it had been that way for the past few years.

“You still remember the story?” Levi asked

Hange didn’t need to answer. Or maybe she didn’t know the answer just yet. By the time she had opened the book, the pages had awakened parts of her memory, she didn’t even know existed yet. She still knew how many pages she had flipped through the last time she had opened the book. 

She hadn’t ended in a boring part at all. The last scene had been a cliff hanger and she had been wondering what would happen next. So she was quick to recall it. “You know, I remember this…” Hange said. 

“Then finish the book, you have all day to. We’re gonna be snowed in for a while,” Levi said. 

Hange shook her head, consciously shifting her eyes away from the book. She remembered the cliffhanger well but her position, her reality didn’t allow her any escape. Could she ever indulge in a book that same way again? 

“I said, we have all day to be ourselves. You have all day to be four eyes,” Levi repeated, that time more forcefully. His tone was forceful and maybe it was cold. But the sensation on her back and just around her shoulders wasn’t. 

Levi had draped a jacket on her and before Hange could thank him, he had retired to the other room. 

The jacket was a comfort, something Hange hadn’t indulged in in a while, and she thought it almost a waste to shake away. The jacket was acting like some sort of restraint, a comfortable restraint at least which Hange was almost willing to accept. With nothing much else to do, she stared at the book in front of her again. She only needed to scan the first paragraph to remember where she had stopped. She only had to read beyond that for the words to so quickly shift to images and once again. Before she knew it, like many years before, Hange’s heart was racing at that cliffhanger at the end of the chapter 

You have all day to read. Levi’s words echoed in her head then. 

So Hange flipped to the next page, once again careful not to shake off the jacket on her shoulders. The story told of lands of fire, kidnapping and forty degree summer heat. And Hange could have felt it for herself, with just the jacket on her shoulders. 

“You seem to be enjoying yourself,” Levi said. He dropped a mug in front of her. 

“Was I?” Hange asked. 

Levi looked far from amused. But that had been his default anyway. He pointed his finger to his own lips. 

Hange was quick to figure it out for herself and she was starting to get a little self conscious. 

“Don’t stop smiling, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you like that,” Levi said. And for a second, there really could have been a hint of a smile on his face. 

“It’s been a while since I had time to relax like this,” 

“Then take it. Don’t feel guilty. I’m relaxing too.” Levi settled on the seat in front of her and took a sip. 

Hange followed suit. The warmth lingered in her tongue and it had done wonders to simulate the glaring heat of the land of fire the protagonists were slogging through in the novel. 

Around two chapters after, the story had slowed down again, a peaceful denouement before an epilogue. Hange took that moment as a quick reprieve to sip the tea again and stare out at the window at the snow that only piled hire on the sill.

“It’s still warm,” Hange said. 

“The tea?” Levi asked. 

Hange nodded. 

“It’s because you used to always let the tea go cold back in the office. This is the first time in a while you’ve actually drank the tea as soon as I served it.” 

She felt a shred of guilt then. Levi’s words had sounded nonchalant but maybe through the years Hange had just figured out for herself, with his own blunt way words and his frank attitude, the words he carried, not the tone, sometimes carried the heaviest weights. 

“Thank you,” Hange said. She had opted for a sorry but before she even voiced it, she figured out Levi wouldn’t appreciate it. 

“Just relax, that’s a thank you enough,” Levi said. 

The two went silent and Hange used that moment again to take a larger gulp of team. She used that moment to stare once again at the snow just outside. She was counting snow flakes again except that time, she was counting them as they hit the sill before they reached the pile on the ground. 

Before she knew it, she had picked a favorite snowflake, followed it down to the ground. When she couldn’t find it any longer, she started to appreciate the pile on the ground. 

She took one more sip. She pulled the jacket closer towards and continued to stare at the piled up snow, a white blanket on the window sill. 

Hange couldn’t help but think, maybe snow could actually be warm.

#levihan #levihan fanfiction #drabble

[haleigh-sloth]

Deku teams up with the top heroes to go after the League and Gran Torino apologize to him for not killing Shigaraki, he tells Deku "killing can be your salvation" This keeps getting said to Deku and I'm freaking scared. Especially with him being with Hawks, Endeavor and Best Jeanist. The line you cant save everyone and he didn't save Musular.

I love the League and Shigaraki is my favorite and I'm 😢🥺😱😰. I know Deku wants to save but he may not have a choice with the others there and the "you can't save everyone and killing can be your salvation" I really hope hori don't go that route. Things like that keep getting said. It's bad enough Shigaraki is gone right now but if he gets killed while still taken over by AFO. Give me Shigaraki back please. Him being just a vessel is hurting my soul. I want him back but it doesn't look like that will happen😤 and what is his new resolve. I'm really really scared, and confused cause what is it. Surely he will still try to save right. This was a flashback and Deku didn't really try to save Musular I mean he asked him one question. I'm sorry if this comes off annoying I'm just...😔 are you worried Hori is changing and not gonna "save"

HUGS I’m really tired of going so long without the league but I know that there are other things that have to be carried out story wise. So while I am complaining, I also understand. Also, this doesn’t annoy me at all. I have relied on other meta bloggers’ thoughts and comments to get me through spoilers night in the past. I appreciated them so I am in no way annoyed at people coming to me!

I am 0% worried about Midoriya’s resolve to save Shigaraki.

Look, Shigaraki is my FAVORITE. My opinion on this series as a whole is riding on the end game for him and Touya and Toga, and I’m really not worried.

First and foremost, I see a LOT of people jumping the gun without the fully translated chapter. I do it too, but people are getting HEATED and thinking the story is doomed because of the spoilers that clearly don’t show the whole picture.

Also please remember this IS a flashback chapter. Nothing in it really changes what’s going on now. 

About the conversation with Gran Torino--GT was NEVER a hero that was in the right. From the get go his mindset was toxic and wrong and it heavily contributed to this situation we’re in now:

Pissing Shigaraki off by telling him not to ruin the memory of a woman he never even met? Then those consequences come back to him, and only THEN does he start to wonder if the choice he and Nana Shimura made was the right choice. 

Then Nana drills the nail into the coffin and straight up says:

They made a bad choice. GT was wrong and he still is. Regardless of how that conversation with him and Midoriya went, please keep this in mind. But really we have no idea what the rest of that conversation consisted of. I’m hoping it’s Midoriya explaining to him what he’s going to set off to do, but we may not see that. I’m not worried either way, because last chapter Midoriya faced a set back. But even during that set back, facing failure head on, he still remembered what was most important:

I know people complain about the writing being messy and back and forth, and that’s valid. But we literally only get a tiny piece of the whole picture once a WEEK. In my opinion, it always seems worse than it is simply because of the fact that we are left with cliff hangers every week and left to wonder what’s next. It always seems scary and nerve racking waiting, but looking at the WHOLE PICTURE, it really isn’t. 

I explained here why it’s not worrisome that Muscular wasn’t saved, among some other reasons why I don’t see any reason to worry about the trajectory of the story. Also don’t forget, the story IS coming to an end. Hori doesn’t have all the time in the world to bounce back and forth between a redemption arc and a punitive justice ending. Also, just looking at it from a story structure perspective, the redemption arc was introduced VERY late in the story and it’s really too late to back out and change trajectories now. 

As for the team up, I’m waiting for the chapter to talk about that because I need more context. But it doesn’t worry me. I don’t LIKE it by any means, but I don’t think it’s something to be taken at face value. Endeavor, Hawks, and Midoriya do not have the same values as heroes. I don’t see how this “team up” is going to work. I have guesses on what it may actually be, but I’m waiting for the chapter. But still, regardless, I’m 0% worried. 

#bnha spoilers #bnha meta #bnha 309 #shigaraki tomura #boku no hero academia #bnha asks #anonymous

[m0e-ru]

eight months in somebody actually asked me abt visualive instead of me immediately annoying ppl about it without former notice. I might actually write properly for once 😳😳😳

OK OK!!!!! In this essay I will.... I will.... Visualive Adachi.... Visu/BURSTS INTO TEARS/

OKAY OKAY for real I just care Visualive so much (as someone who can’t fully understand Japanese AHAHA)

First I’ll add some foundation about what Visualive really is, then I talk abt Adachi in the latter parts of it because this is technically the first time I’m properly talking about this hehe 🐿

T....table of contents???

Visualive

Visualive the Evolution

Masami Itou

Visualive Adachi

Visualive the Evolution Adachi

Terms and Legend

VL - Visualive

VLE - Visualive the Evolution

stage - shortened for “stageplay”

面白い - omoshiroi (it’s just that specific)

Yuuya - VL Hero name

Hayato - VLE Hero name

Baba - Hero

Masami - Adachi

Taniguchi - Dojima

Saotome - Daisuke

Mamiya - Izanami

I add honorifics but sometimes I forget the hyphen intentionally or unintentionally I’m sorry if it makes it hard to read lol

all links have automatic timestamps for easy viewing. i mean. i hope the timestamps work

VISUALIVE “Persona 4.” A stage adaptation of SMT: Persona 4 by Atlus. It adapts the first part of the story, from the hero’s arrival to after recovering Mitsuo Kubo from the TV world. It also ends on a cliff hanger, showing a teaser of Shadow Naoto being projected on the screen.

It takes up a speedy recapitulation of the hero’s spring life, before slowing down and showing in depth his school life in summer. A day before Morooka-sensei’s death, there is a little skit with Kou, Daisuke and Adachi. The hero walks into the conversation before the two other boys leaving, and Morooka-sensei walking in on the student and detective. The next day follow’s the teacher’s death and the Investigation Team (IT) begin investigating their new lead.

From the words “visual” and “alive,” the niche of this stage was meant to be the fusion of live acting and visual digital projections. All seen from the stageplay with the colorful cast of actors and CG animations being projected on the screen. This offers an opportunity for characters to summon their personas, perform cool visual effects, change the backdrop, or even confront their own Shadows.

Performed in Sunshine Theater from the 15th to the 20th of March 2012. The screenplay was written and directed by Shintaro Asanuma from the theatrical group “bpm.” The video production produced by Shutaro Oku, a film director and visual planner. He later takes over as director for VISUALIVE THE EVOLUTION, the sequel stage. The stage music was produced by Shunsuke Wada, with a special show exclusive vocal track sung by Shihoko Hirata.

On this note, I haven’t seen any sort of original soundtrack released for any of the stages and I’m SO SAD. The last song in Mitsuo’s boss fight was such a BANGER and literally EVERYTHING ELSE Marvelous, Wadasan please take my MONEY

Regarding the cast, there were some special accommodations for Teddie, Rise, and Nanako, all of which did not have live actors at the time. During the casting, actors for the three characters could not be found or simply left the directors unsatisfied they couldn’t cast anybody. An exception for Rise, who was able to have a live actor in the sequel stage. It has been stated that there weren’t any “pretty boy” actors that fit the “Teddie Criteria.” While there weren’t any child actors that were believed to portray Nanako well.

Teddie was only ever seen in his bear costume while Rise was busy talking through a call, all voiced by their video game cast. Nanako has never appeared on stage, only being scarcely mentioned in the script. Again, this is different in the sequel stage where her role was extremely important and was shown as a screen projection.

VISUALIVE “Persona 4” THE EVOLUTION. A sequel stage. Beginning abruptly in the middle of Shadow Naoto’s boss fight, the story continues from there until the “true end” of the game’s original story. *Certain characters are introduced while others have been reintroduced. And on a personal note, when it’s all comedic in the beginning, it’s all for what’s coming right after.

I don’t know if I’m salty or just find it really funny AHAHA I might go talk abt it some other day with more context ehehe

Performed in The Galaxy Theater from the 3rd to the 9th of October 2012, only a few months after the PSVITA Persona 4 Golden release, which is July 2012. The screenplay was now written by Jun Kumagi while directed by Shutaro Oku. And music production finally taken over by Shoji Meguro himself.

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HAHAHA this is starting to look like a wiki page. moving on. I might start rambling rn

(warning LONG !!!! aaa,,)

My thoughts on the stage adaptations. For the first Visualive (VL) I believe it’s pretty close to canon! I enjoy the characterization and how much love and care was present when handling the entire production.

Actors were busy playing the game itself, wherein a PS2 was present in the practice room. Along with magazines and game guides explaining the game’s story and the characters itself. Actors performing together and even improv acting together to get a grasp of their characters. All of them knowing well of Persona 4 as a well loved game, delicately handling their characters and hopefully performing them right while making the audience happy.

The staff taking care of each other while the director and video producer, Asanuma-san and Oku-san, working together well to make their vision into a reality.

The same thing happened with VL the Evolution (VLE) and literally every other good stage. Except... I feel the script kinda got out of hand with too much liberty where it feels a bit more disconnected from canon. But! It makes up for it in its content, whether comedic or (INCREDIBLY) dramatic! It’s great as its own story at that point. So in this case, I like to take the first VL and get to connect it canon, while I don’t know what the hell happened in VLE to the point I’ll just enjoy it as its own content.

These opinions deserve its own essay, post whatever bc I have SO much to say abt this. ANYWAY. VL ADACHI

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Tohru Adachi is portrayed by Masami Itou (伊藤マサミ), a screenplay writer, director and an stage actor himself. He does have a single character voice role along with a fellow troupe member in the same franchise, but mostly works as the former three. He is part of Asanuma-san’s entertainment group “bpm.” On a similar note, Masashi Taniguchi, Dojima’s actor, was also part of their group from 2011 to 2016, which may explain their good synergy as the boss and the bumbling fool dynamic. I mean, somebody’s gotta get hit in the head every few skits.

With Masami-san being an important part of the cast, he doesn’t appear as often as Taniguchi-san in backstage content like the VL bonus disk or the official blog. Mentioned in his own personal blog, he had been busy with his roles as assistant director (I am assuming also for VL).

Also fun to note, because his role is mainly comic relief, he has been using his liberty to change up the material almost everyday making each performance exciting. This also leaves some other actors jealous of his freedom in his role, such as Saotome-san, Daisuke’s actor.

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VL Adachi really has a... how do I say this? an adorable speech pattern (THE SAME SPEECH PATTERN THAT DROVE ME MAD TRYING TO DECIPHER I THOUGHT YOU WERE A CITY BOY OSSU OSSU MY ASS /shakes you violently/). Overall, he really fits the loose lipped bumbling fool, and his accent really makes him seem more casual and invested. What I’m saying is... VL Adachi either actually has genuine empathy or he actually has more energy to fake it (compared to some other edgelord. i mean you saw my p4ga analysis. I’m sick of him lol ahaha).

One of my favorite ways to explain this (OTHER THAN CHAIR CAR ADVENTURE MY BELOVED WE’LL GET TO THAT LATER) is the rice field scene with him and Dojima. It’s overanalyzation time 🎉

(43:04)

While investigating, Adachi whines about being tired while Dojima smacks him in the head. In this case, it’s established that Adachi doesn’t want to be there, yes? It’s the country, it’s hot and it smells like green.

"Ah... Dojima-san..! Why don't we take a break? (...) There really is nothing out here... Is the criminal still even here at all? (...) I wonder if I've passed being a rookie yet. Haha, but this city doesn't even have convenient transportation. I can't go to leisure lands (recreation, amusement parks, arcades, ect.) and head home at all."

Adachi then tries to tell Dojima a story. “when I got to this city after being newly assigned, I met an interesting guy (...) Yeah, I remember that the cherry blossoms haven't bloomed yet. So, I was driving my car and got near the station and--” Dojima gets a phone call.

Adachi politely puts his hands down waiting for his boss to finish so he can finish the story. Again and again, Adachi attempts to talk to Dojima about a story he’s so persistent trying to tell someone about. It was so 面白い that he would find someone to talk to about it. Even being polite and patient enough to wait for a chance to speak. He even gets fed up with it and blows up in front of his boss, clearly irritated he’s not given a chance to talk.

Sure, it could be Adachi feeling fed up like a normal person where someone agreed he to listen to him, before being constantly ignored. Or Adachi trying to be a more annoying whiny brat, depending on where you look at it.

If the story wasn’t too “interesting” to Adachi, he would’ve just brushed it off and stopped talking to Dojima entirely, or start up new small talk, or even complain some more. But no, he had a story he wanted to voice out so bad that he got irritated that the one person in the vicinity couldn’t listen to him.

Only after Dojima told him to continue their investigation elsewhere did Adachi finally stop and focus on something else. Maybe that story was for another day, or maybe it was never meant to be told.

What if it was just original (game) Adachi? He’d find a way to squirrel out of the investigation as usual, or push Dojima to “investigate” elsewhere. “Hey boss, don’t you think it’s hot? Why don’t we go elsewhere? We’ve seen this place too many times to count and I doubt anything new’ll turn up. How about we take a break at Junes, y’know? Where it’s cool? C’mon boss,” something like that.

og Adachi is just really annoying and silly to me. Some grown man thinking he can freeload because he never gets anything out of putting in more energy and effort? I don’t care how tall he is, I will smack him in the head.

Yeah VL Adachi whines, too, but at least it doesn’t look like he’s going to escape and waste his time somewhere else. He just sucks it up stops trying to leave the situation.

Or maybe I’m getting this all wrong and VL is exactly the same and my rage just gets dampened because of Masamisan’s execution of character hmm...

SO. What was his story about anyway? The one he really wanted to share to Dojima?

I mean... it’s obvious enough

First day in town? Spring? Actually mentioned driving a car when literally out of every single persona 4 media at the time was there not a SINGLE mention of Adachi having a car OTHER THAN the same stageplay it’s being mentioned in?

A story, from somewhere around uhh four? five months ago? was something that he remembered so dearly and was willing to share despite it obviously embarrassing him even if he puts the blame on a certain somebody in the same story?

Or maybe it’s because he really had nothing to talk about ever since he realized all his stories from the city weren’t actually that funny or interesting in the first place.

BUT then that would mean out of all the things he could talk about—more whining, complaining, complimenting, small talk—he insisted about talking about this story in particular.

Okay, look. I’m just. Just. As someone who talks too much, of course I have things I actually want people to hear out of all the bullshit that comes out of my mouth. And if the thing I actually want people to listen to doesn’t even get heard, I’d go mad.

Sure, Adachi’d be fine when his complaints or intentionally unfunny jokes get brushed off. But a story of a guy that he thought was so funny, interesting, 面白い gets ignored, he really blew up, even just for a split second, maybe.

And ALL the things that happened in that story—on his first day in Inaba! His car got dented, he had to deal with a weirdo dumbass employee that knew zero personal space, yelled in his ear, who didn’t know how to do their job, got his station reputation messed up on the first day, got his ass grabbed, got (unintentionally?) mocked for his lame stories, and got his car dented for the SECOND time. Probably MORE

And he STILL wanted to talk about it /punches through concrete wall/

yes I’m overthinking about this of course i am

This little tidbit of VL Adachi kinda makes me go insane sometimes—his entire characterization in VL in particular. It was really refreshing to see and how they included both of his characters in it, his facade and how irritated he is of a lot of things underneath. And how flexible his character is immediately working with other characters when there’s sudden improv to balance the situation. Like him and Dojima, Morooka, the attendant, or even Yuuya (hero) himself.

I’ll take Taniguchi-san’s messing around in the VL bonus backstage disc in place of Masami-san being so busy he couldn’t appear in it as often as other characters.

For stagetime that lasted for fifteen minutes or less, my appreciation for VL Adachi, even if he was just comic relief, really rocketed. I say VL, bc Adachi the edgelord he’s supposed to be in literally every other media is something I analyze separately.

I haven’t even gotten to VLE oh my GODDDDD

Like I said, I don’t really regard VLE close to canon but as something to be appreciated for what it is by itself. But the way Adachi was characterized there, in or out of character, still struck me.

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Yes, there was his strange fan-agreed-canon which is,,, now canon obsession with cabbages (not that that’s a bad thing lmao). There was also him being a lot more jumpy and intimate in a clowny way, patting people on the shoulder or even downright hugging them just to mess around. Even FORGETTING who the same goddam loser who grabbed his ass almost a year ago is. But like, can’t blame him they literally changed their actor (and screenplay writer) AHAHAHA

ha... no more comedy, only dorky sword fights now

(speaking of sword fights I think it’s a fun thought how Mamiya-san [Izanami, also one of the youngest in the cast] admitted it was his first time doing sword fight choreography and even thanked Masami-san and other staff members for guiding him)

One thing unintentionally in character was Adachi accidentally nabbing the sushi overdosed in wasabi. Masami-san didn’t actually account for a joke sushi and didn’t immediately eat it—until Taniguchi-san (who also made Dojima go off his shits compared to VL) jokingly yelled at him and even riled up the audience for him to eat it. He even went off stage to get water just for him to eat the goddam sushi.

And Masami-san did! (kinda choked, but he’s fine).

Continuing from the same scene, while being overly giddy about sushi dinner (and I mean overly--he was singing about it while hopping to the Dojima residence), he tried to remind the two, Dojima and Hayato (hero), that Nanako was sleeping. Probably where she was sick if the scene was translated from the game.

(30:07)

And... the dramatic parts of VLE

Adachi was the one who reported to the IT that Dojima was chasing Namatame in the rain. While Naoto was discussing Namatame’s journal entries, Adachi, as giddy as he is, took it from Naoto’s hands and reveled in the discovery of evidence so childishly(?). He even ran to Dojima when he began regaining consciousness and immediately called the nurses to help him wheel Dojima to the ER.

Then, The Hospital Scene™️, right after Nanako flatlines.

(1:02:02)

Adachi, who recently walked into the scene, immediately worries about Dojima and IT who were ALL crying. He looks down, devastated—before yelling how Dojima’s heading to Namatame’s room.

He yells in terror and the same grief at his injured boss, all while running past and even jumping over children, who fell to the ground sobbing, to get to him. He continues yelling in a pained fashion while immediately reprimanding Dojima to stop. He gets carried by the collar before being tossed to the ground at Hayato’s feet, all while being pat by the same boy.

Dojima makes his speech about how unfair it is for the ‘killer’ to be alive when his daughter isn’t. When he finally falls to his knees, Adachi rises from the ground, humbly saying he’ll do his best to take care of Dojima (or something like that I’m in tears I literally can’t do VLE’s hospital scene i h8 this). He finally starts crying along with everyone else, being pushed away again but still tries again, trying to usher his boss away from the door.

With the help of the guard in front of the door, they all disappear off stage

please... I know this scene doesn’t need that much translation because of how important this scene is in the entire story. and I know my narratives aren’t enough so just,,,, just watch it please it’s so much more than this. everyone’s acting was just spectacular

(1:08:47)

So, after the IT (YOSUKE. JUST YOSUKE. good job Mae-chan) stop themselves from k wording Namatame, it was ADACHI who reported Nanako’s miracle recovery. He ran to the same corridor where they all cried in, even panting and falling to the ground in relief trying to report the good news. Then he pats Hayato on the shoulder and says he’s going to Dojima.

With this... /slaps roof of half of VLE/ ALL of this....adachi.... adachisan.... he Cares™️..... holy shit.....

now. comparing to the game. do you even remember what og Adachi did? did he.. even do anything?????

(56:39)

NO!!! he just stood there!!!! being a bumbling fool but.... inappropriately!!! man. he didn’t act concerned enough.

adachi: /walks into a bunch of kids crying outside a hospital room/ “lmao why tf are y’all crying? did uhhh what’s her face uhhh nanako. did she d word or something? rip, I guess lol” LIKE????? CAN YOU IMPLY FASTER

and then he’s like “wgat hmm Where’s Dojima-san Heading Because That’s Not The Way To His Room 🤔” and only when he’s asked he actually mentions he’s heading to Namatame’s room and still needs to get choked by a first year for the room number like..... zero consideration

and his boss??? where his daughter he loves so much just??? di*s???? and he’s so devastated he’s doing what he can that very moment while he’s so numbed of thinking of the consequences???? And adachi goes “uhh boss that’s illegal” LIKE. BITCH. /punches through a concrete wall but harder/

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And??? His confrontation scene??? Like, I know they mashed it up w his tv confession scene to save stagetime for other scenes BUT IT WAS SO MMBMBMBMMGN /gestures in a good way/

(1:15:56)

UM?? guy behind everything??? in a vulnerable area where he could easily get physically assaulted bc hes not in the tv world w his persona?? Trash talks women like he absolute misogynist he is??? getting yelled at by a bunch of kids and YELLING BACK IN THE SAME AGITATED MANNER even TAUNTING THEM then and there to GET HIS ASS?????

og Adachi was such a pussy he got caught and just scurried off into the TV world where he ended up having powers like...ok....scared of getting beat down by a bunch of highschoolers unless you have powers...ok....

he only taunted them to get him when he was in the tv world too.....he rlly couldn’t say shit in the real world huh... lol

(yeah yeah this shows how VLE Adachi knew abt his TV world powers which would make you think if he ever went into the tv world and came back out alive. Or he’s really just a badass who doesnt give a shit abt anyone’s opinions and CAN beat anyone’s ass. i have a separate thing abt this but bc i like to laught at vle rather than overthink its own lore i might. not. idk lol)

and ??? VLE Adachi can??? He can swordfight??? he doesn’t even NEED a gun—he even reflects bullets w his blade (but apparently he can still get slapped by a flying fan more often than any other attack). His fight choreo was just...so poggers. He’s like short villains done good—like??? he’s short compared to everyone else!!! but he makes up for it for stuffing all the energy inside him while is bursts out making him him the over energetic gremlin he is!!! go VL adachi!!!!

(am I low key making fun of Madono-san in the TUUSH stageplay I’ve seen four minutes of? maybe)

OK!!! Yes I was gushing abt Masami-san again back to Adachi.

It’s portrayed that while not being afraid to admit his crimes, he also goes out of his way to be a bastard and have the gall to get a bunch of kids to fight him, one on eight. He can use a katana, probably a narrative dark reflection of the hero, Hayato which I thought was nice—and he can fight!!! It also shows his persona, yes, but...it doesn’t make it clear if he’s overwhelmed by his Shadow like in the game, where his eyes were yellow and he was emitting a dark aura.

But it gets interesting how he sees he’s getting overwhelmed and starting to lose his edge towards a bunch of kids. He falls to the ground even banging the floor like a whiny brat while literally the IT tries to tell him to turn himself in. Again, like a brat he tells everyone to shut up—before getting incapacitated. While some of the IT rejoice, he bolts up unaccepting of his defeat—before getting hit in the stomach.

(1:23:54)

And his words from when he drops his katana, “Why..?” He grabs the foldable chair against his stomach, and with a remorseful look in his eyes, he says “I’m sorry..!”

THEN HE BACKFLIPS—then Hayato slashes him.

In a tone of disbelief, he goes “no way...” and collapses to the ground, being possessed by Ame-no-Sagiri.

Blah blah blah then Teddie rockets himself into the eyeball spy cam and then they both explode aaaaa

Teddie survives but I really don’t know where Adachi went. Not even a mention by Dojima if he turned himself in or was ever found—or I need to review VLE for the 48274827482nd time hehe

WHOO then the whole cast appears for the dance number at the end of show YAHOO

#long post #persona 4 #persona 4 visualive #persona 4 visualive the evolution #tohru adachi #sulululat #pagsususuri #p4 #p4v #p4ve #//HAPPY 4K WORDS VL ANON #// if theres anything u want to ask... im right here /collapses/ #// i almost went ham over actor relationships like. talking abt bpm was ENOUGHHH we're talking about the character not the assistant direct #// aaa this took so long... i literally mashed up so many other idea documents into one.. man.

[gatheringfiki]

Round Robins - Sign-Ups

Hello hello,

Happy New Year! We begin with an exciting, brand new event! As we’ve never ran this one before, we’ll be learning alongside with you, so please forgive any hiccups. But here’s how we envisage it working:

Basics:

This event is aimed at writers. (Sorry artists and graphic makers)

A Round Robin is a type of event where a single story is written by multiple people, one little section at a time. Participants pass on the story in a fixed sequence, but to make it funnier, you will only pass on the latest section to the next person, so the entire story will only be revealed at the very end.

Each section is 300 words minimum and you will have a maximum of 1 day to write it (this is meant to be a quick, snappy event).

Usual pairings apply: FiKi or any fictional Dean/Aidan pairings.

Each pairing will have its own separate Round Robin, so there might be several growing simultaneously at any given point in time.

The story will be rated, tagged and given warnings before being published, so basically there are no restrictions in this regard.

Sign ups:

First of all, we need to know who’s playing.

If you want to take part, please register here.

You can select multiple pairings you’re happy to write for, but please be aware that this will automatically enroll you to take part in multiple Round Robins. This is not ‘one of the following’, this is ‘all of the following’.

The list of participants will be announced in a separate post on the 16th of Jan, alongside with the sequence, so you will always know who sends stuff to you and to whom you send your update.

Writing:

You have to write a minimum of 300 words (no max, but try to keep it brief) and you have a maximum of 1 day to write it and pass it on.

Person 1 will start the story. Once ready, they will need to do two things: 1) send it to the next person on the list via a chat message (asks and fanmail are too unreliable) and 2) submit the same text to @gatheringfiki (we need to keep track of the master version so we can publish it at the end).

Person 2 writes a continuation. Once ready, they send it (only the snippet they wrote, not what they received!) to Person 3 via chat and submit to GF.

Person 3 writes a continuation. Once ready, they send it (only the snippet they wrote, not what they received!) to Person 4 via chat and submit to GF.

This continues in a chain until either the story reaches a natural ending (we will consider starting another Round Robin for the same pairing if there’s enough time left) or we run out of time (31st of Jan) - in that case the last person will be notified via chat to try and close the story.

Please number your section when sending it on and submitting on GF (1, 2, 3, 4 etc.) so that we can identify if Tumblr eats one somewhere.

If you’re not able to write your section inside a day, you miss your turn. The mods (GF) will get the last submitted section and send it on to the next person on the list. You will be notified via a chat message before that happens. You are okay to resume writing when it’s your turn again.

This event is just for fun and we don’t expect the stories to take themselves very seriously. In fact, wouldn’t be surprised if they dipped their toes into crack.

You are welcome to finish your section on a cliff-hanger, mid-dialogue or leaving something to explain. Prompt-iness is the bloodflow of this game.

Each section is passed on ‘as is’. No explaining the context, ‘here’s what I was thinking’, or hints about previous sections!

If you finish in less than a day (say a few hours), pass it on straight away, so it can keep on moving quite dynamically. This means that, if everyone is quick, the story could come back to you sooner than you expect.

As we’ve mentioned, each pairing will have a separate Round Robin, so there could be, for example, a FiKi Round Robin ongoing at the same time as a Britchell one. They might even have some of the same participants.

We will need a minimum of 5 people to sign up for a pairing for its Round Robin to go ahead. Any fewer than that and you will have the sight of the story too often and might be able to work out the overall plot.

The Reveal:

On the 31st of January GatheringFiKi will post all the complete Round Robins. Each pairing will be a separate post, with credit to all who took part in writing it, rating, warnings and tags.

The story won’t be going on AO3 (we don’t have a GF AO3 user account and it wouldn’t be fair to assign it to any of the admin’s personal accounts), but you will be able to comment in replies and reblog as you please.

As always - any questions, give us a shout! Good luck!

~gatheringfiki

#Gathering Round Robins #Fili/Kili #FiKi #Durincest #the Hobbit #Mitchers #Britchell #DarkHawk

[lizacstuff]

Latest episode of SCK ends with a romantic kiss between Eda & Serkan but then based on the fragman Eda’s fake engagement is still on...🤷🏻‍♀️. So maybe the kiss was Serkan’s imagination and he & Eda just talk at dinner. Or if the kiss is real, he acts unaffected by it so she immediately goes back into her game. Or maybe he is still very unclear on why he kissed Eda & what he wants so she immediately goes back into the game. Or maybe, they resolve everything between them and set a trap for Selin & Deniz? Although a weird reaction from him after the kiss seems out of place based on the fact that he appears to be pursuing Eda now based on the fragman. Him trying to get her to admit the engagement is fake is weird too though because she has maybe it very clear that she only moved on because he decided to move on without even giving her a chance in the first place. Or maybe nothing really makes sense lol

Monobrain! I'm going through this exact thought journey today, lmao.

Here's something I'm trying to factor in, when they shot at that restaurant, they were there for 9 hours, until 5am. I certainly hope they did not keep Kerem and Hande on location until 5am for what we saw in ep 33!  So that sort of indicates there has to be some more scenes coming in 34, right?  So let's do plausible/not-plausible for each theory:

"So maybe the kiss was Serkan’s imagination and he & Eda just talk at dinner."

Plausible

It would explain why they seemingly go right back to the jealousy game after a kiss like that, because it didn't happen.

They could still have scenes where they talk in the restaurant without really working anything out, accounting for how much time they spent there shooting.

It would give us insight into what Serkan is thinking and feeling, which is badly needed.

Not-Plausible

Seriously? Would the writers really cliff-hanger an episode on a fantasy? That is beyond cheap and shouldn't even be contemplated. But with these new “writers,” who knows.

Eda stood there with her arms hanging at her sides, would Serkan really fantasize a kiss where she is not actively... um... participating?

Did I mention it’s cheap? You just can’t bait and switch on audiences like this and retain any credibility.

“Or if the kiss is real, he acts unaffected by it so she immediately goes back into her game. Or maybe he is still very unclear on why he kissed Eda & what he wants so she immediately goes back into the game.“  

Plausible  

Sounds like amnesia Serkan who constantly seems to be going in a circle.

This would allow for them to have more scenes at the restaurant without being able to get past the "game," if they become adversarial right away again.

Throw in Eda slapping him, or reacting badly, and this could very well happen. She slaps, and he retracts. 

 Not-Plausible  

That kind of kiss ought to lead to something! Hard to believe even with a retraction they make no progress at all. And in the fragman it feels like no progress has been made. 

If she slaps him or he's an ass afterwards, it doesn’t feel like there can be much of a scene in that restaurant to account for the 9 hours they spent there. 

I agree that after he marches in there and kisses her, and then is still trying to get the truth from her next time they're at the office, that he's not the one who goes cold.  But I guess it works if she does. Though if she slaps him I question what she’s doing. Like he deserves it, but she’s all standing on her head trying to get to him. This is exactly what she wants, why repel him without first finding out what’s up? 

“Or maybe, they resolve everything between them and set a trap for Selin & Deniz?”

 Plausible    

This could account for the amount of time they spend shooting there. They work out that Selin and Deniz are playing them and maybe we don't see it until flashbacks at the end of the episode when things are revealed.

There are a lot of questions about this episode (Why did Serkan arrange the dinner? What changed between him bickering with Eda and him asking for a dinner to be arranged? Why was he so different and cold with Selin when she showed up at his place prior to dinner, is he already on to her? What did Ceren tell him?) and this sort of story would help explain a lot of those things.

This would bring back smart, two-steps ahead Serkan who has been missing and would allow us to watch Serkan and Eda working together without getting them back together too soon. 

Not-Plausible

The fact that this makes the most sense for the story and the characters and is what I want most, means it's not plausible. 

So... that got us nowhere, but I feel better having laid it all out, lmao.  Thoughts? Hopefully the second fragman will give us a bit more to go on. 

#sck speculation #sen cal kapimi #edser #sck episode discussion #sck 1x33 #sckask #asklizac #anonymous

[smol-and-grumpy]

On the Subject of “Golden Cage”

Oh, Nathalie.

Where do I even begin with this series?

I guess I’ll start here…It was amazing. Not that I expected anything less form you, to be honest. From the get-go, it was a non-stop guessing game as to what was gonna happen next; Who was gonna die next; Who was gonna find out Dean’s secret; What would happen when Azazel found out about Dean and the reader. How was Dean gonna keep the Reader. It was constant suspense and cliff-hangers and anxiety (the good kind). You kept me on the edge of my seat constantly with this series. It was the perfect distraction from all the crappiness going on in the world.

I love how in every series of yours, you make such rich and full characters – even the one-off side characters. They each have such a full description of intent and actions that your readers can genuinely know them. It’s a hard thing to do – to make your readers care about even the smallest of characters because of how you’ve written them – and yet, you do it constantly. This series’ versions of Ellen, Jo, Garth, and even Charlie, were some of my favorite, and I can probably count on one hand how many times we “saw” them. I even loved how you had Azazel grow at the end.

As for your two main characters, there’s just some sort of magic you do. I’m not sure how you do it. I’m not even sure I can explain what I mean by that. But every incarnation of Dean and the Reader you write are very different – even if one or both of them have similar characteristics as previous incarnations. But the interactions and the relationship between them are different. And these two, specifically, were a dream to read. From the beginning, there’s this weird, instant devotion between the two of them that shouldn’t be possible or read as though it makes sense, but they way you wrote it – it just does.

Without even knowing each other, they gravitate toward one another and they trust each other, and they brighten up. Even though Dean’s supposed to be good at hiding things – he’s really not with her. And that made me endlessly delighted. The banter between them made me squeal with glee frequently and genuinely laugh out loud. The internal monologues from each about the other melted my heart. Their instinctual yet desperate need for each other in anyway they could get shows just how much both of them not only needed someone, but, more specifically, needed the other. 

I mean, we both already know just how much I love your undercover cop/mob stories. And while this one was drastically different from your “SJLT Saga,” “Golden Cage” is just as fantastic in many ways. And I’m so very glad that you found the inspiration to write this great story and had the desire to share it with us. Thank you so much!

God, Michelle! You spoil me. I did not expect this!

It’s rewarding for me to know that I could write something that gripped you. Thank you so much for being here and cheering me on. It means more to me than you can ever imagine ❤️

#golden cage #feedback #submission

[forks-in-a-drawer]

Ok so the episode just ended but there’s something that’s kind of weird to me but I don’t quite know how to explain it. It’s not about the actual plot but the structure of the episode I guess - or at least one scene.

They chose to end the episode focusing on the key to Harris’ house. As the viewer, of course we already knew it fit and the point of the scene was for dramatic irony. We the audience had information that we watched two characters discover. But for some reason, it felt weird to me to end on that. In this episode we got 95 Jeanette and her dad coming back together. So I do think that him unlocking the door is an important part of showing when his trust in her started going south while also showing him reaching out to her to play a game that she likes in the same episode. I do like that. I just feel that scene maybe should’ve happened earlier in the episode. Her daddy realizing that maybe she can’t be trusted like he thought isn’t quite as hard hitting because we know they are bonding in 95. But I also realize that her parents unlocking the door is more impactful than ending on Cindy and Angela in the bar which was it’s own little cliff hanger that wasn’t really explained in the next scene or Greg and Cindy when Cindy leaves on their anniversary/the aforementioned next scene.

I hope this makes sense. The scene was important but the sequencing felt a little off for me. What if the episode started with that scene? Greg and Cindy’s discussion then at the door. Theeen we get Jeanette and Greg (& Vince) trying to move forward a bit. I feel like that order makes a little more sense storytelling wise. Eh what do I know. Haha

I felt the same way Anon! To me, the structure of the entire episode felt off, not just the ending. It felt like it started really abruptly too. They don’t usually jump so quickly from one year to the next. 

I thought that they either should’ve added one more scene after Greg went to Harris’s house or ended it on the scene where Cindy tells Angela that she and Greg hadn’t divorced yet when Angela and Greg started seeing each other. 

This was still a good episode though! My only complaints are the specific scene sequences, it taking this long not only for Jeanette’s key to be discovered, but for it to be tested, and how Greg is once again flipping back and forth about he feels about Jeanette. Greg and Jaime both gotta sort through everything and stop changing their minds on everything every five minutes. They should just decide not to pick a side until the proper authorities handle it tbh. Too much conflicting interests and conflicting evidence. 

#freeform cruel summer #cruel summer tv #cruel summer show #cruel summer #cruel summer spoilers #cruel summer theories #replies

[ainserenity]

BOOK REVIEW: ONE OF US IS NEXT

Hi guys!

Since I shared my thoughts about One of Us is Lying might as well share more of my thoughts about its sequel One of us is next. YES ITS A DUOLOGY!! and just like its first book the book cover is still a real bomb!! Love how it speaks so much about its genre.

Anyways, unlike one of us is lying, I find one of us is next a little dull. The book tried to build excitement in it's first few pages but it wasn't enough. I think it's because I raised my standards too high after reading One of Us is Lying.

The story is still about Bayview Highschool and the impact Simon left after his death. Someone is trying to be the new Simon but this time it has a Truth or Dare twist. If you choose truth a very bad secret about you will be exposed and if you say Dare then you will have to follow what the new "Simon" dared you to do. Main characters involve Maeve, Phoebe, Knox and Luis. Maeve and Luis were part of One of Us is Lying and bayview 4 were still mentioned in the book but the story no longer revolves around them.

I had to put the book down from time to time while reading the first few chapters because I find the story kinda slow. Don't get me wrong tho, I was in a little investigator mode when the truth or game started but the thrill feeling is comes and go. The story gets better when someone died because I got to stich stories to figure out who is the real culprit and that my friends will make you realize how predictable the ending is. THE ENDING WAS SO OBVIOUS!! ONE OF THE CULPRIT WAS SO OBVIOUS. Pay attention with small details guys and yes "ONE OF" just like one of us is lying it takes more than 1 person to plan everything.

There were many possible characters that might be responsible for the death of their "friend" (don't want to say the name because i don't want to spoil) I had so much question when they arrested the real culprit and the ending was a real cliff hanger. I got confused for a little while but it was somehow explained.

This is not a bad book, Karen McManus is such a good writer. The plot twist of the book is insanely good but then again the signs was too obvious to tell answer WHO DID IT. Overall, I enjoyed the book and I'd give it 8/10. Will still recommend it!

#one of us is lying #karen mcmanus #book review #Books #bookstagram #Bookstagrammer #reader #Book Cover #bookstack #bookish #bookaddict #bookaholic #booknerd #booksarelife #bookshelf #one of us is next #thriller

[libertyreads]

King of Fools Book Review

King of Fools by Amanda Foody. Rating: 4.0 Stars.

Read from Nov. 12th to 14th.

A quick plot summary: In book one of this series, prim and proper Enne Salta travels the City of Sin--New Reynes--in order to save her mother who’s been missing for months.  Starting with her last known location and an ally of her mother’s, Enne eventually finds herself tangled up in the city’s seedy underbelly. This second book takes place immediately after the events of the first book and sees Enne caught up in another game no one expects her to win.

So, I need book three right now. What was that ending? Ugh. I wish I could finish this series now. I cannot explain how much that ending destroyed me. Also, I have so many questions.

The thing that I always enjoyed the most in this series is the magic system. It feels different and new despite having some similarities to other types of magic systems. I enjoyed seeing new talents and seeing the limitations they can have. And I really enjoyed meeting so many new characters. I liked seeing a gang full of teenage girls running the financial side of this underworld. I think the thing that I liked the most about their gang was that they still acted like teenage girls...when they weren’t being gangsters. I didn’t love what the author did with the relationship between Enne and Levi and I hope that gets resolved in the next book. I just don’t see how that’s possible.

I think the city comes alive more in this book than it did in the first. I had fun seeing how tangled everyone’s lives were. The only place I didn’t enjoy it was in the last 50 or so pages where it gets hard to understand everything going on because of how messy everyone’s lives are. I wish we had a small section at the end where our main characters could have hashed out--and recovered from--everything that happened. But I did enjoy the cliff hanger so onto the next!

#king of fools #ace of shades #the shadow game series #the shadow game #amanda foody #booklr #bookstagram #books read in 2020 #2020 reading challenge #Goodreads challenge #goodreads #books #fantasy #ya fantasy #young adult literature #young adult

[doof-doofblog]

"KAT!"

Friday 27th November 2020

Hello again everyone, hope you're all doing well! I apologise for this one being a little late, I was in work last night so I've only got round to catch up today. The previous episode ended on such a cliff-hanger, I'm really looking forward to seeing what's going to happen in the episode.

Let's waste no time and jump straight in, the episode begins pretty much where the previous episode ended. Phil has successfully found a recorder which was bugged inside the Arches by Callum, however as Phil throws it to the floor and crushes it with his foot to destroy it, little does he know that Callum is watching from the footwell below and watches him crush the device. Phil is absolutely enraged as he leaves the Arches, leaving Callum in absolute dismay - what does this mean now though? Does that mean all his evidence against Phil is now lost? Or has DI Thompson managed to hear enough to convict Ben or Phil? Also, will Phil find out that Callum was the one who planted the recorder?! We know he's not going to be happy when he does!

Meanwhile, up in Whitney's loft, Kat is explaining her reasons to Kush as to why she's not that all keen in leaving the Square. But in all fairness, Kush doesn't really want to leave the Square either as he'll be leaving his son behind, but he really feels he has no other choice. However as Kat has her doubts, he kneels beside and proposes a plan, to flee with her and the kids to France just for short period of time, mainly over the Christmas period as it'll give them some time to get away from everything and also be able to spend time together with the children, he even suggests that everyone else could visit - Stacey, Jean and Mo! It looks as if Kush is running out of time, but he pleads for Kat to at least think about his offer, but warns she shouldn't take too long.

Returning to the Mitchell household, Phil storms into the house, with Ben none the wiser, Phil throws the recording device on the living room table in front of Ben, informing him that he's just found it in the Arches and that with it still recording, it must've been planted there recently. Ben is absolutely stunned as Shirley makes her way into the room, after being contacted by Phil. She also notices the recording device and between them all they all begin to question all the possible suspects who could've planted it, who has been in the Arches recently?! Danny, Dotty, Gray - even Callum? But then Phil announces that he's got an idea of who the culprit could be! As he makes his exit, Shirley instructs Ben to make any calls to see if can find out any information, as she makes her leave, Callum enters the house and of course, acting absolutely none the wiser asks his boyfriend what's gong on.

The next scene shows both Mick and Linda returning to their apartment after going shopping, of course, viewers will know that in the previous episode, whilst waiting for Linda in the parking lot, Mick was left in the car and it seems that he was having dark thoughts about committing suicide and driving his car straight into a wall. As they return home, Mick suggests that when Linda goes to pick up Ollie, she should take his superhero costume, which has a stain on it, to Tina - as she may be able to convince the young boy to wear it. As Linda agrees, she begins to mention the idea of maybe they all should wear costumes and have a family photoshoot - however Mick becomes a little distracted as he hears his Mum's voice coming from the Square, he looks out the window as he hears her shouting to Phil to calm down! Before Linda can finish what she's saying, he rushes out the apartment to see what's going on.

Out on the Square, Phil is marching towards the Slater household, as he reaches the front door, he bangs aggressively and calls for Kat. Shirley follows him, still asking him to calm down. After banging against the door and windows a couple of times, Jean answers the door is a right state, asking what's going on. The poor woman hasn't got a clue what has happened, as Phil barges himself in looking for Kat, Shirley apologises to her fragile friend and follows Phil. As Phil searches the house for Kat, suddenly Mick makes an appearance asking to speak to his Mum (Talk about timing!) - He claims that what he needs to speak to her about is really important, however of course being in the middle of what's happened with Mitchells and Slaters recently, Shirley is torn between calming down Phil and helping her son. Like I just said, Mick didn't really pick the best of times to speak to his Mum, he could clearly see she had her hands full at that moment in time. Shirley asks whether Mick can wait until later on, but he's adamant he needs to speak to her now, but sometimes it's not that easy just to drop everything. Mick once again seems disappointed as his Mum doesn't step up and speak to him, he walks off once again leaving Shirley feeling completely torn. I do think Mick kind of dropped Shirley in a difficult situation there, he could clearly see she was in the middle of something that looked important, so why choose now to want to speak to her? Considering he's been speaking like to crap to her over the past few weeks!

Meanwhile, Kat is sat on her own in the Cafe, from the looks of things she's looking as if she's in deep thought, possibly thinking about and considering Kush's offer?! As she sits alone, Jack questions her from across the room whether she's seen or heard from Kush. Sarcastically she replies to him with "No comment, Officer!" - of course Jack was just asking as a neighbour and a friend, not as a police officer, even though he knows what Kush is wanted for. It's then that Sonia makes her way into the Cafe - looks like she has returned from her trip after seeing Bianca, Kat is surprised to see her. However as the conversation continues between the both of them, it becomes aware that Sonia has no idea that Kush has been hiding in her attic. Sonia suggests to Kat that she should pop over for a get together with everyone, including the family, as Kat agrees to her invitation, her phone beings to ring. As she answers, Jean is on the other end, obviously informing her about the commotion that's happening over at their house, Kat leaves in a hurry, but as she leaves Jack watches with a suspicious look.

Back at the Slater household, Jean is looking nervous as tensions are rising, she asks Shirley whether she can tell her what's going on, but the only thing Shirley is able to tell her is that Phil and Kat have been involved in some form of business together. You can see clearly from Jean's face that she's not happy about the idea, she's eager to know what kind of business, but Kat interrupts the conversation before anything more can be revealed to poor Jean. She persuades both Shirley and Jean to make themselves scarce, as things could get ugly between the too. As she walks in to speak to Phil alone, it's then he informs her about what he's found and it becomes perfectly clear who he's blaming. Kat is stunned to hear what Phil's saying - as she says - why would she go through everything just to plant a bug in the Arches and have the police come running?! But then Phil suspects that if it wasn't her that it would have to have been Kush, then that way as soon as they get their share of the money, they would contact the police and have Phil and Ben arrested. Not in so many words, Kat denies knowing anything about the recorder whilst also defending her boyfriend.

Returning to the Square, Ben and Callum are seen leaving the Mitchell household, as they see Shirley across the Square, they're eager to know what's happening. She explains to them that Kat and Phil are having words inside, however it's not long that they make an appearance onto the Square themselves. As Kat and Phil's voices begin to raise, Ben is wary of them making a scene as there could be too many eyes and ears around, observing. Suddenly Callum speaks up and claims that it has nothing to do with Kat - Oh, for a split moment it makes you think that he's going to maybe admit to something - everyone falls silent and looks towards Callum, even Ben questions his boyfriend. It's then that Callum point out that you can see it in Kat's eyes that she's not lying, it's then that he proposes that she swears on her children's lives that she knows nothing, she loves her kids more than anything, it would become clear that if she was to swear on their lives, everyone would come to realise that she has nothing to do with it. Kat agrees and swears on Tommy, Bert and Ernie's lives.

Meanwhile at the Minute Mart, Honey looks to be in her own world as Jay enters the shop, as their conversation continues, it looks as if the shop isn't doing so well, due to the article on the Walford Gazette about Suki offering bribes. Has that taken affect on Suki's business? Does no one want to shop there anymore? If this continues, it looks as if the Panesar's might be in some trouble! As Honey informs Jay of how quiet the store has been, Suki listens in as Honey gossips about her. Suki makes it that little bit awkward as she approaches Honey after she's spoken to Jay, she confronts her with a serious looking stare, you can sense the awkwardness in the room!

At Ruby's club, Mick is sat alone while Sonia makes friendly conversation to him. She informs him she's just seen Linda in the park with Ollie and explains that Ollie has found himself engrossed in one of Mack's console games that Tina is trying to prise it off of him. Mick smiles as he hears the gossip about his little boy. He attempts a smile as he attempts to inform Sonia that he's hiding away to stay clear from all the commotion. Sonia giggles and informs him that he'd better show his face soon, and she takes her leaves from the club. Mick continues to sit alone with his thoughts, he grabs his phone and decides to dial a number, eventually the caller on the end picks up and he asks for their help. Who on Earth could he be calling?!

Meanwhile at the Panesar household, Kheerat has a bit of unfortunate news for his Mum. It turns out that since the article about Suki was released in the newspaper, they've lost a number of contracts, another 3 just from that morning. Suki seems to act like it's nothing, much to Kheerat's surprise. He's concerned that his Mum has seemed to stop caring about their businesses, but Suki is quick to defend herself and make sure that her son knows that if anyone crosses her, she will fight back. Even if it means going up against Ian Beale. Is Suki aware that it was Ian who sold his story about her to the newspaper?! Because I'm sure she's not going to be one to take it lightly, she will be blaming Ian for their bad luck in losing contracts and she will be out for revenge, I'm sure about that!

Back up in Whitney and Sonia's attic, Kat appears to be informing Kush about what's been happening with the Mitchell's. Kush is absolutely stunned to hear that Phil appears to be blaming him for planting the recording device. It looks like now more than ever he needs to flee the Square, however as Kat is throwing him his belongings, she happens to say the word "We" - was that a slip of the tongue? Or has she made her mind up and decided to flee Walford with him? Suddenly they happen to hear commotion from below, Kat hushes them to be quiet so they can hear what's happening. Downstairs Whitney answers the door to Jack who's come to sort out the loft and sort out Bex's and Amy's belongings. Of course, Jack is completely unaware to Kush hiding in their loft, and it would be really awkward if Jack was to find him. Thinking quickly on her feet, Whitney offers Jack a quick drink, explaining that the stuff in the loft doesn't need to be sorted straight away and he can do it another time, however Jack seems pretty adamant to get the job done. Having to act really quickly as slowly begins to make his way up the stairs, she claims to have found a rat or a mouse in the kitchen and asks for his help, to which he finally agrees to assist.

Returning to Mick in the club, he appears to be talking to someone, speaking about how his visit to Lee would help him clear his head and sort things. He explains that it did for a short while, but once he arrived back on the Square, everything came flooding back and it became clear that the issue hadn't disappeared at all. As the camera spins around we can see that the person Mick is speaking to is Katy, she questions whether his problem is related to something or someone closer to home, but then he makes the big revelation that the issue is in fact her and Frankie. He explains that since her arrival to the Square, he can't stop thinking about her. He keep revisiting every memory in his head and he informs her that she is the only one who understands what he's going through, as she was there when everything happened. Of course, in his mind, he thinks that she must feel the same - maybe? She must have had the same emotions that he has had, after having to relive everything that happened in their past? But of course, we know that truth. It looks as if he doesn't understand or want to believe that he was a victim of sexual assault, he has convinced himself that he and Katy were maybe one a couple. He pleads to her for her help. He pleads to help her stop him - stop him from what? Having these dark suicidal thoughts? Stop him from reliving his past?! What does he mean exactly?!

Meanwhile, back at with Whitney and Jack. He informs her that he hasn't been able to locate the rat or mouse. As Whitney tries her absolute best to stop him from heading upstairs, she's adamant that she saw a rat. Suddenly her phone pings and we see that Kat has sent her a message informing her that they're leaving the attic and heading downstairs. As Jack seems to grow agitated, Whitney asks his help to sort out the food and music as she puts on the stereo player and urges Jack to dance with her. As he seems really reluctant to dance, a bang can be heard from the hallway which catches Jack's attention. He seems to click on Whitney's weird outbursts and goes to investigate, unfortunately finding both Kat and Kush on the stairs. He's disappointed in Whitney from trying to distract him, he forces both Kat and Kush inside the living room, he informs them both with himself being a police officer he needs to hold out his duty. He informs Kush that he's a wanted man, for assaulting a police officer and for stealing motors. Kush pleads to him to let Kat and Whitney go, if he does so, Kush will hold his hands up and come quietly to the police station. Only, as Jack agrees to go with Kush's suggestion, he's attacked and knocked out from behind as Kat wallops him over the head with the stereo player, leaving everyone in the house absolutely stunned by her actions.

Returning to the club, Mick informs Katy about the dark thoughts he had about driving himself into the brick wall, he explains that the only thing that stopped him was Linda coming back to the car to collect some bags. He questions her, what if it was to happen again? What if happens again and worse yet, Linda and/or Ollie are inside the car with him? Would he be able to stop himself and also put their lives in danger also?! He informs Katy that he's convinced he needs to talk to someone or get some therapy, seek some kind of help. However, I noticed that Katy is quick to state that seeing a shrink won't help, as she explains (in a twisted way) that no one else understand like the way she does, no shrink will care like the way she does. In her twisted ways, is she maybe to trying to convince Mick to not see a shrink as she fears he may inform them about his sexual encounters, which may expose her crimes?! That is exactly what I'm thinking she's doing! What do you guys think?! She also reminds him that she was there whilst he was in care and she reassures him that she was there to help him then, and she wants to help him just as much now. Even sinking a lot lower that he shouldn't tell anyone and leave it between the two of them! I do feel for Mick during this conversation, as you can see he is deeply struggling with his thoughts and emotions here, he's teary as he pleads for her help. Suddenly, Mick pleads to Katy to help him with one thing, she's eager to help him with whatever he needs, but to her surprise, he informs her that he wants to go back to the home that he grew up in, he believes that if he was to visit it again, it may help. Of course, she seems to swerve him off explaining that the building isn't even a home anymore and it's all boarded up, but that doesn't seem to register, he pleads for her to go with him to the home they once lived in together. Ooooh, something tells me this story with Mick and Katy is going eventually get darker and darker, what do you guys think? It's going to be long process/storyline, but I'm hoping that in time, Katy's crimes will come to light to the Carter family and everyone will be able to rally round and support Mick in his time of need.

The final scene of this episode, back on the Square, Kat and Kush are hurrying the children into their car, as Kat makes the children comfortable, Stacey is calling out for her cousin explaining that she doesn't have to flee, the police are after Kush, not her. But Kat can't take that risk, considering she's just assaulted Jack. Kush worries about not saying "Goodbye" to Arthur but Kat rushes him into the car, they need to get away as soon as they can. Suddenly, Jack appears from the Fowler household and rushes towards the car, Stacey alerts her cousin and she manages to speed off with Kush and the children in the vehicle before Jack can get to them and and quickly speed off around the corner. Jack is visibly irritated, but I do feel for Stacey, having to watch her family flee.

So, what does this mean? I do believe that even though Davood Ghademi is leaving the soap, his final scenes as Kush won't be until 2021! So something is telling me that eventually they will return? Maybe just before Christmas? Who knows? But something is going to bring them back to the Square. But what? Overall another drama packed episode! What do you think is going to happen with Mick? His story could go on for a long time, but if it is going to be a revelation of sexual abuse, they could do it brilliant justice! I think this is one of the main stories I'm looking forward to seeing progress and eventually revealed! What are you guys looking forward to? Any story-lines grabbing your attention? I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions, please feel free to leave me a message or any comments! I'd love to hear from you! Thanks again folks! Love you all xXx

#eastenders #katslater #kushkazemi #jackbranning #staceyslater #philmitchell #benmitchell #callumhighway #ballum #shirleycarter #mickcarter #jeanslater #katylewis #suki panesar #kheerat panesar #whitneydean #honeymitchell #jaybrown #lindacarter #soniafowler

[be-the-creature-fan]

The River by be-the-creatue-fan (Read my first story AIN'T NO TIME LIKE 1969 before reading this story)

Chapter 1

"Martin? What are you doing here again? Dr. Corvado was looking everywhere for you!"

Martin turned around to see who was talking to him.

"Mom?! What are you doing here?"

"It's a good thing that we've found you in time." Linda Kratt said as she grabbed Martin arm and took Martin away from the tomb stone.

"Mom, what are you doing? where are you taking me?"

She didn't say a single word and they both continued walking until they got to the parking lot. There stood an ambulance type vehicle with several doctors and police officers that ran towards him.

"Mom? MOM! What are you doing? what's going on!?"

Linda remained silent but her eyes were starting to water up as the doctors restrained him and shoved him into the back. One of the doctors looked very familiar, Martin looked at the name tag that was on the doctors shirt. Dr Corvado.

"Aviva! Oh man it's so good to see a familiar face!"

But Aviva didn't say a word, and ignored him. Martin being very confused still tried to talk to her, but with no luck.

"Aviva it's me Martin, Me, You, Chris, Koki and Jimmy would go around the world to rescue animals. you're a genius inventor and-"

"Smith! he's speaking crazy talk again, we should probably give him the shot now."

"Alright Corvado he's your patient."

"Wait what shot? Aviva you have to listen to me we were friends you have to beli-"

And just like that Martin was out cold.

Chapter 2

(Flashback to July 20th 1973)

It was what you would call a perfect summer day, the sun was shining, the sky was blue and excitement was still in the air. Chris had just celebrated his 4th birthday and he was still hyped about being another year older, but he was even more excited to go with Martin and his older sisters to the near by river at the place where the whole family camped.

"Bill are you sure Chris is old enough to go with them to that river?"

"Linda, of course he's old enough, they're going to the shallow part of the river, and plus I'll be close by incase the kids need anything."

"Oh alright, have fun you guys!"

As Bill, Martin, his sisters and Chris got closer to the river the more excited Chris became.

"Martin are we there yet?"

"It's going to be awhile until we get there, but don't worry we'll be in there in no time"

But Chris wasn't the most patient kid and decided to run ahead.

"Now Chris don't run to far ahead yah hear!" Bill called out.

"I won't!"

After a while of walking and running they finally made it to the river, only to find it flooded from the storm the night before.

"Welp, looks like we can't go swimming gang"

"WHAT!? But why Daddy?" Chris winned

"Well you see squirt, the river is over flooded, it's too dangerous to go swimming, but, it's not to dangerous to go berry picking" Bill said as he pointed towards some blackberry bushes. "Doesn't that sound like fun?"

"Uh I guess" Chris said a little disappointed.

So Martin, his sisters and Chris started picking blackberries close to the river as Bill went fishing just up river not to far from them.

"Man it's hot outside, I'm gonna cool off in the river"

"But Martin, Daddy said to not go in the river because it's to dangerous" Chris said

"Yea, he said it was dangerous for you because your to little"

"I'm not too little, I just turned 4!"

"Yea, and I'm 7 almost 8, I'm technically a man, and I'm old enough to go into the river if I want to."

Chris didn't take that to kindly and wanted to prove that he wasn't the little kid that everybody thought he was. When no one was watching he decided that's when he would make his move to go into the river.

"Chris what are you doing?" Susan said (one of the twin sisters)

Chris didn't respond as he jumped into the river. Chris underestimated the depth and power of the river as he was swept away by the strong current.

"MARTIN! Chris jumped in the river!" "He's getting carried down river!"Both Christine and Susan screamed.

Martin turned around to see Chris's head pop out for a split second, before the current pulled it back down.

"Susan! Go and get Dad! Me and Christine will try to get Chris out!"

Susan ran to get Bill as Martin got out of the river because even he knew that the current was to strong for him.

"MARTIN! HELP ME! *GASP* MOMMA ,PAPA *GASP* SAVE ME!...... save me....." Chris's head went under again.

"CHRIS! NOOOOO!"

(A few hours later)

Mr and Mrs. Kratt, we've found your son's body down river and I regret to inform you that your son didn't make . We are so sorry for your lost. we need-....................................

Martin and his sisters were sitting inside the trailer, he could hear his mom screaming in agony, he looked out the window to see them both crying. That's when Martin knew, but that's not how it was happen, Chris didn't die, he couldn't have died, he didn't die, he didn't die, he didn't die!

(Back in Present day)

Martin woke up to find himself in what seemed to be some sort of jail cell.

"Martin, you awake?"

"Jimmy? Is that you?"

Chapter 3

"Jimmy! Oh my gosh I'm so glad you're here! Where is here anyways"

"We're in some sort of insane esylem, but that's all I know because HOW ON EARTH DID WE GET HERE!!!"

"What is the last thing you remember?"

"Well, I was asleep in the Tortuga and the next thing I heard was sombody screaming and when I woke up I ended up here. I saw Aviva but for some reason she didn't respond, it was like she didn't recognize me"

"Wait do you remember Chris being alive?"

"Yea why wouldn't he be alive...unless. What happened while I was asleep?"

Martin explained what had happened to him, Chris's gravestone. the strange dream and how Aviva treated him on his way to the esylem.

"Oh my gosh...OH MY GOSH!"

"Jimmy what is it?"

"Its all wrong, this wasn't supposed to happen, when Chris went to the past, something happened that messed up the space time continuum."

"Well, how are we going to fix it?!"

"I-I don't know, its going to be hard to find the cause of how or what caused this to be our new reality. Time is very complicated stuff."

"Wait, how do you know about this stuff?"

"Martin, I don't just sleep, eat pizza and play video games all day. I usually subcaunsely listen to what Aviva and Koki talk about when it comes to complicated things like time trampolines and such."

"Oh"

"Hey Cell 37! SHUT UP!"

Martin and Jimmy turned to see one of the guards banging his fist on thier cell door. Then they saw the shadows of two other faceless figures before the door opened.

"I don't know how you escaped this time, but we'll make sure that it doesn't happen again yah hear?" The first person said

Martin and Jimmy were very confused as the 2nd figure walked in. Aviva walked in with a huge syringe. That was the last thing both Martin and Jimmy remembered.

Chapter 4

Martin and Jimmy were laying on their bunks. Numb, Cold, Afraid, their heads were pounding and they both were uncontrollable twitching. Martin's eyes began to water from the pain that he felt. Jimmy on the other hand felt anger and rage, his blood began to boil. Jimmy jumped from his bunk and ran to their cell door.

"YOU HEARTLESS SWINE!!! WE'RE NOT THE CRAZY ONES, YOU'RE THE CRAZY BIT-"

"Jimmy?" Martin said with a weak voice. "Was Chris ever alive? Or was I just crazy this whole time?"

"No, Martin, your not crazy, we're not crazy, Chris was alive. He was alive..."

The Next few days were rough for Jimmy and Martin as their hope began to dwindle. Martin kept having the same nightmares of his brother's death as well as having the same horrible dream of him just disappearing from existence like what he had originally witnessed, as the days passed it was getting harder to believe what was true. Jimmy was also going through a rough time. He still felt utterly betrayed by Aviva and missed Koki dearly.

"I wonder where Koki is?"

"Who knows." Martin said kind of miffed

"You know I loved her, right? I-I wanted to tell her how I felt...b-but I was always too chicken, a-and now I might never get the chance."

"Well sucks to be you. At least Koki might be alive somewhere, but guess what, Chris is dead and everyone thinks I'm a looney!"

Jimmy fell silent as he was to angry to say a word.

Weeks turned into months and not a word was spoken.

Until one day Martin overheard a conversation.

"I think I did it!"

"Did what Ms Corvado?"

"Well, for the past couple of years I've been working on a time machine and now I've think I've done it!"

"So she has been working on a time machine" Jimmy said kind of miffed.

"But what good would that do" Martin said feeling rather hopeless "it not like we can fix any of this, or can we..."

(Meanwhile with Chris)

Martin, that was the last thing Chris saw before he felt as if he was drowning. Fear was the last feeling that Chris had before he dissapeared into the abyss.

"Wh-Where am I?"

But the only response he got was an echo. His surroundings were white at first before becoming more clear. The first thing that came into focus was the green grass and the surrounding tombstones, soon more things came into focus he spotted Martin standing infront of one of the tombstones.

"Martin!" Chris yelled as he ran towards his brother to embrace him, but he went right through him.

Martin didn't hear him, he couldn't hear him, he couldn't feel him, Chris was nothing more than a soul.

(I'm putting this story on hold I am so sorry for leaving this on a cliff hanger I just need to think how I'm going to continue the story because honestly I ran out of ideas. Oop)

#wild kratts #kratt brothers #chris kratt #martin kratt #why am i doing this #please help me #major oof

[nomimits7]

Untouched

Title: Untouched

Pairing: OT7 X reader

Genre: college au thingy

Warnings: fluff? There’s some sexual tension, but only if you look really hard? cliff-hanger ending? I believe that’s it

Summary: You’ve had this feeling for at least a week now. The feeling that someone is watching you. There’s no mistaking it for a coincidence, it happens way too often for it to even be classified as such. You have this feeling, this cold, intense feeling of eyes set on your form, yet you chose to ignore it. You chose to shake it off as an illusion, a figment of your wild imagination. You chose to rather dwell on the emotional rollercoaster you’ve been stuck on for the past month. That same rollercoaster that would be your downfall…

A/N: Surprise!! So, as no one knows… It’s my birthday today ((4th of Feb)) and I actually reached over 200 followers!! So, I decided to write a very badfic as a celebration! Do enjoy!!!

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The University of Imon is simply put, massive. It has been your home away from home for the past two years. Your decision to study abroad was something your parents didn’t quite approve of. Being the baby in the family, they wanted to keep you close to home. In other words, they did everything in their power to keep the last bird from fleeing the nest. Keywords being ‘did’ and ‘fleeing’.

You loved your parents and you would have loved to be with them as much as possible, but sometimes they could become a bit much. Clingy, to put it nicely. Your personal life is their daily news update and if you refused to offer some information, they assumed the worst. You got creative in blindsiding them to an extent, but even the best criminal minds have some trouble now and then.

It had been quite hard to explain how you had finally convinced them to let you go. In fact, you don’t even really know what you exactly did to convince them. They just randomly one day started to listen to your nagging. They became interested in your dreams of seeing the world before settling down and starting a family of your own. They suddenly made an effort to get you to Imon, your dream University that’s over twenty thousand kilometers away.

It wasn’t long until you figured out what they were up to. They wanted you gone to turn your bedroom into a ‘man cave’ of sorts. They had plans to let loose again and become their eighteen-year-old selves, and you were in the way, apparently. To be honest, that last bit kind of stung and it became a point that’s not up for discussion.

You haven’t seen them during this time of your life and its starting to get to you. A. k. a. the emotional rollercoaster. You started missing the small things. The way your mother would smile as your father would return from work, the way his tired eyes got new life as he saw the love of his life after hours of hard labour. The way she would get mad at you for stealing her hairbrush because you lost yours, again. The walks you would take with your friends. The river you use to go fishing with your father. See, small things… yet, you were still mad at them.

You don’t know if these feelings are just a pass time, or if there’s something more. You tried working through them, but it’s difficult if you have no one to do it with. It’s cliché you know but making friends as a foreigner is hard. So, you settled on acquaintances. You know their names, they know yours, end of the story.

It’s these uncontrollable, and unwelcome, emotions that made you become the quit student. The one that always wears her earphones when she walks to her next class. The one that studies too much, yet never achieves that distinction. The student no one sees or cares about. The daydreamer that loses herself in fantasies of her own thoughts.

Yes, this is you.

Y/N, the twenty-one-year-old foreign girl that always sits quietly in the back of the class with her nose in her books as the world goes by without sparing her a glance.

Okay, this sounds worse than it is. Yes, you are the quiet one, but you’re also an observer. You know most of the people you pass on campus. Okay maybe stating that you know them isn’t the right way of describing the situation. You know faces, and that how you characterize them to. You know them, yes but the chance of them knowing you are quite slim.

Like any other institution, there’s gangs or ‘houses’ everyone knows should be avoided. Again, being ‘the observer’ you are, you also know the reasons behind these unspoken rules. These ‘houses’ are what can be classified as ‘dangerous’, especially for girls. Too many times you had witnessed girls taking that walk of shame with an unnatural number of tears in their eyes. One of these houses is commonly known as ‘Between The Sheets’ or ‘Best aT Seduction’. The last one is a horrible name the boys on campus came up with, typical.

Yes, the name suggests that these individuals are worth your time, but it works in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, YOU have to be worth THEIR time. And if you think getting into bed with one of the members is difficult, try applying for a spot inside the circle. They almost never take in new people, and by people, you mean men, obviously.

Miraculously their youngest member joined only three years ago. He’s one year older than you, yet he looks like a fucking supermodel. They all do. You even suspect that’s one of the criteria boxes they won’t make exceptions for. Their common name might be ‘between the sheets’ but it’s their real name that kind of makes it obvious why they should be avoided at all costs.

‘Bewitching Tantalizing Salacity’

Keywords. Yes, keywords for what they actually do. These men were beyond dangerous, yet girls would do anything to get in their pants. This, however, did not apply to you. You simply wanted to avoid them at all costs, and you did until recently. Where you would usually never see them, they started appearing. The path you would usually take to your classes was a popular one. Something they would avoid at all costs. They liked keeping a low profile on campus.

But like everything in life, that also changed as of recently.

You first noticed Jungkook, the youngest, in the library. He never goes there. What was even weirder was that he was using one of the libraries computers instead of his laptop that was, surprisingly, right next to him.  The second member you noticed was Seokjin, the oldest. He was in your Medical faculty, working. You knew his knowledge of medicine was incredibly wide, but you never knew he actually had a degree in it.

The other members gradually made their appearance. Namjoon was in your favorite coffee shop you visit daily, drinking coffee. Hoseok was on his way to the parking lot as you made your way to your car to leave. This was weird because they had specially allocated parking. They don’t use the student parking lots, all this in an effort to keep a low profile.

Yoongi was seen talking to one of your classmates. A girl, obviously. He was wearing a lab coat, as if he was joining your practical you had scheduled that day, surprisingly he did. And of course, you saw Jimin and Taehyung walking down the same path you took daily.

When they would make eye contact with you, they would only smile and nod, as if greeting you. This first freaked you out. Seeing all seven of them in one week was bad enough and now they were acknowledging you? You must be going insane. So, you bravely decided to ignore them as best as possible. You barely made eye contact, keeping your head down and brushing past them. It took you a full week to ‘fake’ not seeing them. But after that, it became quite easy.

That’s when the feeling started. The feeling of eyes on you, staring. When you finally decided to ‘see’ them again, they weren’t there. But the feeling remained. It was unusual for you for two reasons. One, you were the unnoticed student. And two, there was no one there watching you when you would turn around.

So, you ignored it. Big mistake.

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Ignoring it did nothing to make the feeling go away. In fact, it made it worse.

You were packing up your supplies after doing research in the library when that feeling resurfaced. But this time it wasn’t fleeting like always. Looking around, you saw a few students by the windows, studying. One or two students in between the many shelves of books. And two students at the computers. No one was watching you.

Looking around a final time you failed to notice the brown eyes watching you over one of the computer monitors. Those same eyes never left you as you finished gathering your supplies and headed to the exit. A smirk slowly formed on his lips as he hit speed dial on his phone.

“She’s leaving,” He said as he quickly exited the game he was playing while he was watching you. You had this habit of moving in a routine. This only made it easier for them to follow you, and it sure made it easy in planning their interception of you. Getting up, he casually made his way to the door. He had no rush, his brothers were waiting for his call.

“Right, phase two. She just left her usual spot in the library.”

The rest of the boys fell into step as they all headed to their respected locations. Today was the day that they would take what they wanted. You.

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As you exited the library you quickly made your way over to the cafeteria area. This was one of those old habits of yours. Getting your daily shot of caffeine with a hint of peppermint, you made your way to the parking lots. Earphones in place you slowly strolled through the cars. You always managed to park in the same area, this made it easier for you to locate your car among the sea of vehicles.

You had a tendency to get lost. A fact known to no one other than those who cared to watch you. A fact they were sure to put to use.

Turning left into the correct section where your car usually stood, you once again felt eyes on you. Glancing around, you quickly came to the conclusion that you are, in fact, alone. And that you might be going insane. Wait, hold that thought… you are, indeed going insane.

“What the fuck? Where’s my car??” you said gazing at the, now empty, parking space.

This was bad, you could swear you parked here this, morning, or was it somewhere else? You frantically looked around for any sign of your beloved car to no avail.

“You seem lost little one” a deep voice broke through your mental breakdown. Turning around you came face to face with none other than the president of BTS, Kim Namjoon. He did nothing to hide the way his eyes raked over you, nor did he attempt to keep the smirk from forming on his face. Something didn’t feel right about this so you slowly started backing away from him.

Your attempt in escaping the president was cut short by the firm chest that suddenly pressed into your back. With a yelp and the most adorable of jumps you swiftly turned around to come face to face with Taehyung. To say they found your actions cute was a complete understatement.

Before your brain could catch on to what was happening, Yoongi and Hoseok suddenly appeared from your right. The four boys forming a half-moon around you, far enough to allow you to breathe, close enough to stop you if you would feel brave enough to run.

“w-what are you guys doing? I m-mean, what are y-you guys d-doing here?” you stammered out as you realized there’s no chance of escape now.

“Oh, we just got tired of playing the cat and mouse game with a mouse that just refused to catch the hints. So, we’re here to ‘UP’ our game” Yoongi said as his eyes raked over your body. An involuntary shiver made its way down your spine as his words sunk in. Cat and mouse… he was talking about you. You were the mouse. Meaning, you. were. screwed.

“w-what? A g-game?” the intimidation was getting to you. Your breath grew shallow and your heart rate skyrocketed. This whole situation was getting too much for you and you needed to get away from them, right now. Screw the option of being cautious.

“Yes kitten, a game where you- Y/N!” Hoseok’s voice grew faint as you bolted towards the opposite side of the parking lot. You had no idea what your plan was exactly, or how you were planning on outrunning them. All you knew was what your gut told you, and that was to run.

Their footsteps grew faint as you sprinted through the cars. Good thing you were a top athlete at your old school, some habits die hard which leads to you keeping your fitness up. You knew you were fast and it definitely counted in your favor. You had no idea what they wanted with you. You haven’t even spoken to them. They don’t know you and you supposedly don’t know them. Did you do something that entertained them to the point that they actually tormented you?

You were a few cars away from the end of the parking lot when a pair of strong arms grabbed you. Unfortunately for you and your interceptor, you were to fast for a ‘smooth’ pick up. His sudden interference causes you to lose your footing. Sending both of you flying towards the ground. Making yourself as small as possible you successfully rolled 3 times before you found your feet again. Adrenaline was a wonderful thing as it pushed you to survive.

Fate clearly wasn’t on your side. Those same arms wrapped around you once more just as you were about to take off again.

“Where are you running to, love? You’re fast for a quiet student. What other surprises do you have for us?” a deep voice whispered into your ear as the same arms lifted you off the ground. Wiggling in his arms you swiftly turned your head, locking eyes with none other than Jungkook, the youngest member of BTS. Your eyes grew wide as your previous struggle increased.

Your attempt at escape was, once again, cut short. Jimin appeared out of nowhere holding a rag as his smile grew tenfold as he took in your struggling form.

“As much as I would love to hear you scream, Jin-Hyung is waiting with the van. Namjoon-hyung wasn’t very happy with that stunt you pulled, baby. So, here’s what going to happen. You’re going to be a good girl and inhale this so we can take care of you, okay?” Jimin said as he placed the rag over your mouth and nose.

You tried to hold your breath and fake the effect, but your lungs were burning from the short marathon you just ran. The world soon faded into nothingness as you took shallow breaths into the cursed rag.

“That’s it, baby. Sleep for us”

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You always despised waking up. You absolutely loved your sleep. But, you suddenly graved waking up in your own bed than waking up on a couch, in an unfamiliar living room, in an unfamiliar house. Groaning you slowly opened your eyes fully. Seven pairs of eyes stared back at you as you sat up.

All seven of the boys kept their eyes on you. Intimidated by all the attention, you brought your knees up to your chest, curling in on yourself. You were scared. These boys were dangerous in more ways than one and you were not planning on becoming just ‘another one’ in their eyes. A sudden intake of breath made you glance in their direction.

Jimin was staring at you with hungry eyes. At first, you were confused. Sure, you were a pretty girl but not to the extent that you could take away someone’s breath. Especially not someone from this house. These boys had hard shells around them. They’ve seen it all, pretty legs, perky boobs, small waists, basically anything that the typical dumb girl in those cringy movies had.

After your little conversation you had internally, your eyes caught his line of sight. That’s when you realized why and how you managed to take his breath away. You were wearing a skirt. And not just any skirt, one of those frilly short ones with the cute flowers on them. And you pulling your knees to your chest gave him the perfect view of your more intimate part.

No, you did not wear anything underneath your skirt like you normally do, other than your very pink undies. You quickly shifted in your seat, plucking one of the cushions from your right and placing it over your exposed parts. Your cheeks were pink from embarrassment. How could you forget that little important detail? Stupid.

“Aw, look how shy she is Hyung. She’s red all over! Oh, please let me touch her, I won’t be to rough with her.” Taehyung cooed as he scooted to the edge of his seat.

At his words, your gaze shot to Namjoon. His face was unreadable as he took in your form slowly. His eyes burned as they finally made contact with yours. But it was his words that made you freeze.

“All in good time Tae. Now Y/N. Let me explain what’s going to happen here and why. We’ve been following you for a bit now. You see, you caught our attention by NOT being so, how do I put this? flirty. Your different and we want that for ourselves. We even did some digging and found a bunch of interesting documents about you. One of them being a doctor's report that stated you to be pure in almost every form. Then we started observing you. You’re so innocent and slowly we all somehow developed this need to have you.” He paused as his eyes made a quick rundown of your form again.

“We tried luring you in but you ignored it. We tried getting you to notice us but you blew it off as nothing. So, we had to take some extreme measures to get what we want. To claim what is ours” at his last words all seven of the boys stood.

Slowly they made their way over to you. You were quickly trapped as Taehyung and Jungkook captured your arms while the other boys pinned you down.

“We’re going to make you ours little dove, and trust me, we’re not planning on letting you go. You kept yourself pure for us and we can only repay such kindness with devotion.” Seokjin said as his hands traced your side.

“Devotion to never even look at someone else. No one will be as pure as you.” Hoseok said as his gaze found yours.

A small hand trailed up your legs as you felt soft kisses being placed just under your skirt. Something about the way these seven boys were acting clicked a switch inside you. Anger towards them and the audacity they had to see you as a mere object that they could just take pissed you off to the max.

They were so consumed with the idea of ‘taking what was theirs’ that they missed the change in your whole demeanor. Yes, they were seven and you were one. They outnumbered you yet, something made you do what you did. Screw statistics and all that bull crap. You were an in dependable woman that they managed to piss off rather than convince of their case.

With one quick movement of your legs, you managed to send Jimin and Yoongi staggering backward. Twisting your body Namjoon, Seokjin and Hoseok’s hands left you. That only left Taehyung and Jungkook who still had you in a tight hold. Pushing your torso up you extended your hands to grab their heads. In one swift movement, you collapsed back down, successfully dragging the two boys with you, knocking their heads together in the process.

You were free and very much angry. The groans that came from the two younger members were satisfying at least. The boys were surprised at your sudden switch. That made you feel even bolder as you stood up, facing them with your hands on your hips. You kind of resembled an angry mother that was about to scold her toddler from stealing a cookie.

“Who in the actual frisk frack gave you the right to claim me as your property? I’m sorry I wasn’t aware of the fact that I was for fucking sale!” your tone wasn’t dark nor was it light, it resembled something between anger and self-control. The anger was self-explanatory but the self-control that you held was simply to keep you from tearing someone’s eyes out.

To be honest, the boys didn’t know what they found more frightening. The fact that you just took a complete 180 or the fact that they liked this side of you even more.

“If you wanted someone to be your personal sex slave, you knocked on the wrong door. I am untouched and will remain that way until I decide I am ready to take it further with someone I love. So, either you guys man the fuck up and let me go or someone should go put on the kettle so that we can talk this through like adults” you said as you folded your arms over your chest.

And that was how you found yourself sipping a fresh cup of coffee 20 minutes later. You agreed to hear them out and maybe help them if you were up to it. You seriously doubted it though.

Like all cliché stories, they had a very good reason behind their action. They even went as far as to through in the good old ‘We want to redo our whole look and get out of the fuck-boy club’ You, however, did not believe a word they said. Who would? You’ve seen the proof, witnessed the many tears a lot of students have shed over these boys. You for one were not going to fall that easily for their charm, be it how tempting as it may.

“So, let me get this straight. You guys want me to be the neutral party to ‘regain your image’? No way, I’ve seen the many tears shed because of you and I won’t be just ‘another’ one.” Putting down your, now empty coffee cup, you made ready to leave only to be stopped by a hand that engulfed yours.

“Y/N wait. Please just listen to us. We don’t want to use you to gain anything. We just want you…” Taehyung said as he scooted closer to you. His eyes held a sincerity that was unfamiliar to you.

“Wait a dam minute. I haven’t even spoken to you before today, how do you know you want me? You don’t even know me, and I don’t know you. And don’t get me started on the whole kidnapping me from campus part of this experience. Whose idea was that even?” You were on full rant mode as you kept rambling your complaints. The only thing that ended your word vomit was the looks you received from the boys. Their eyes held sadness, maybe even a hint of resent.

“Why do you guys look sad?” you asked in a soft voice, almost too afraid of the answer.

“Y/N. We do know you. We’ve been watching you for quite some time. But we want to get to know you personally. Like we already said, you’re different from the other girls. Your quitter, more of a shadow than one to be in the spotlight. You didn’t show interest in our advances or any other houses advances, trust me when I tell you they all tried. We know you’ll be genuine with anything you do. You won’t just do something for a name or title, you’ll do it with heart and love because that’s just who you are. We’re not saying that anything should happen now, but would you at least consider the option of getting to know us? Even if it’s just as friends?” Namjoon spoke up. His voice soft and caring, as if he’s scared, he’ll hurt you with his words.

Yet, here you are, heart tight at his words. Nobody has ever told you something close to this. Maybe you should consider getting to know them. Your pretty sure your overall analysis of BTS won’t change, but hey there’s a first for everything.

“Look we know we might have handled things wrong, but please do think about this,” Hoseok said with pleading eyes.

Signing, you nodded your head. Great, all you had to do know was not to fall in love with these boys and try not to give in to the temptations they carry on their shoulders.

#untouched #nomimits7 #birthday drabble

[kronim195]

FF7 Remake Spoilers

One big thing that really annoyed me with FF7 Remake is that this is absolutely NOT a game you should play if you haven’t played the original. Without the extra context you’re just not gonna be able to understand or appreciate anything. This game only works as a companion piece to the old game.

Look at Sephiroth for example. He shows up so frequently and is treated with zero subtly or buildup. Given how prevalent he is here, and how he is the final boss, it doesn’t work at all to still make everything about him so vague and give us next to no information about him. Yes, we the people who have played FF7 know about Sephiroth, but using ONLY information provided by this remake, try to explain who Sephiroth is, what he wants, and why he keeps messing with Cloud. It’s literally impossible to do so. Like are new players really supposed to be compelled by this big, epic emotional climactic fight when they still have no clue what this guy’s deal is? Are they really supposed to feel something when the game calls back to the iconic white flashing standoff between him and Cloud, when they still have zero context for who these characters actually are or their history together? It’s just lame man. It’s blatant, shallow fan-service that’s going to fall completely flat for anyone who isn’t already familiar with this story.

Another example is just look at those Zack scenes. We’re shown a shot for shot recreation of the events leading up to Zack’s death as depicted in Crisis Core. And we’re shown this with again, no buildup. New players are going to be completely baffled at this random scene because they have no context. They don’t know who Zack is or why he’s important. Then at the end where you see him and past Cloud walk by current timeline Cloud and Aerith and its framed as a big emotional thing, it’s like...okay? It might hit hard for those of us that know Zack and his relationship to Cloud and Aerith, but to anyone else it’s just piling on more confusion while trying to pass it off as something emotional. It’s weak as hell.

I think the proof of my point is that I keep consistently seeing posts by newcomers who are like ‘I loved the game, but I didn’t understand anything in that ending at all’ and it’s like yeah, you wouldn’t, because that’s just how Square decided to make it for some bizarre reason. There’s adding mysteries and intrigue to a cliff-hanger, (End of Midgar in original does this really well imo) but then there’s bombarding the player with a hundred unanswered questions and expecting them to already know the answers.

#ff7