#its just a bunch of theories and opinions

[salfishersimp2]

So, lets talk about Viren and Harrow

I'm gonna start by making two points that in my opinion are obvious but a lot of people think otherwise so lets say they're headcannons or theories or whatever, beacuse most of this post goes around them somehow

1- Viren has a one-sided crush on Harrow, probably has been silently pining for him for a while (bro can't pull bitches, Aaravos and the mother of his children divorced him, Harrow very obviously doesn't see him as more than a brother or friend (at worst Harrow sees him as a servant)) (this crush theory supported by how the mf giggles like a teenage girl in love when Harrow makes a joke)

2- Harrow is trapped in his own bird's body for now, caused by soul switch spell Viren did using the soul fang snakes in the night the moonshadow elves infiltrated the castle

Okay so with that set, lets start ranting

I've been thinking about it, beacuse I couldn't make sense of it, and we know how Viren goes from wanting to protect Harrow (the man he loves) to killing Harrows' children (children he never seemed to hate before) just to become king and start a war right?

So I think that his will to start a war with Xadia comes from seeking revenge at their attempt to kill Harrow (even if it was provoked and he's still alive), this will later being mostly fueled by the dark magic's influence on him and Aaravos' manipulation.

Oh and why hasn't Viren already freed Harrow from the bird? (Without counting that the bird flew away and was never seen again)

Viren is probably very pissed that his crush was mean to him, after Harrow said he was like a brother to him, Viren wasn't expecting Harrow to treat him like a servant (honestly I would be pissed too, Viren knows he would never be anything near a romantic interest to Harrow but what Harrow told him hurt him, and I understand Harrow was under a lot of stress (he did just find out he'd get murdered that night) and doesn't like Viren's creative solutions, but it was still fucked up to treat Viren like that), and, Viren also knows that in order to have his revenge and conquer Xadia he needs to be king, so that he can control the army of Katolis and the other kingdoms will help him, he also knows that Harrow would never allow that, and that after switching his soul back Harrow would probably have him executed or sent to prison. At least at the start Viren's reasons to do what he does are understandable (not good, understandable, even if extreme), but then later what was a quest for revenge and the well-being of humanity slowly morphs into a quest for power, his own reasons lost to dark magic and Aaravos' wishes, even if Viren doesn't notice it

#this is so messy #please don't read it #it doesn't even make sense to me #I just have a lot of thoughts going around in my silly little brain and I'm trying to make sense of them #seriously most useless rant ever #its just a bunch of theories and opinions #bad ones at that #sorry for the horrible punctuation and mistakes #feel free to add on #actually please do if you have any thoughts #i think my theories and opinions need something else to make sense but i dont know what #jesus even the tags are missing something that I just forgot #ugh i hate this #tdp #the dragon prince #tdp viren #lord viren #harrow tdp #king harrow #tdp aaravos #also sorry if I used a word or term thats not right #english isn't my first language

[gibbearish]

hm ive been thinking about it and i dont feel like that post is actually falling in the division being sown because like. theres no part of me that feels like these beliefs and behaviors are inherent to transfems, and in both that post and the long baeddel one from before i focused entirely on the ops and their specific actions/motivations. and i feel like if there /is/ a way to discuss things like this without falling into the trap, that has to be it. there has to be a way to address the actual issues without it just being about fighting and i can't think of a better way but. idk i do still worry it does more harm than good

#or maybe this is all just me making excuses for being just as gullible as the person i was mad about before #idk #im like. i want to be objective about things but i also know that true objectivity is impossible and that i will #always be biased towards agreeing with the things i believe given that yknow . theyre my beliefs. i wouldnt believe #in them if i didnt agree with them #so when i try to assess my own behavior and beliefs and come out of it going 'yep sounds about right' im like #well thatd still be what id say if i am wrong so this is meaningless #so i try to go off of like. the ways people disagree with me? #like that thing from before about 'what does it say about your beliefs that this is how you have to defend them' where its like #if i have a bunch of supporting evidence and go over my thing a thousand times poking any holes in it i can before anyone else can #and the response is something deeply ridiculous or disprovable by just Clicking The Link They Used As A Source #then that probably means im in the right‚ right? #but theres other times where im like. is my opinion actually solid or am i just being defensive right now #i dont feel like im being defensive but like no one who is does‚ they feel like theyre responding rationally #so i go back and reread arguments later to see if i still agree and i do which in theory would mean i am right #except it could also just be that im still defensive about it and thats why im still thinking about it and rereading it days later #idk. anyways do you guys think my psychiatrist was right about me not having ocd or should i revisit that IWBDKSBDKSN #origibberish

[athena-85]

Imagine being a major publisher in charge of one of the most popular romance/fantasy novels currently on the market.

Now, imagine giving information to Major magazine and entertainment news outlets that contradicts the plot you are setting up in your book.

The casual reader is GOING to question your integrity and question the author and editors of the magazine you are supposed to be working with. (The author will look dumb)

The ACOTAR series are not books that are making profound cultural statements, they are for HAPPY ENTERTAINMENT , and you are supposed to be guaranteeing a happily ever after.

There is no way that Bloomsbury did not approve TIME magazine article, indicating that Azriel and Elain are going to have their book together. They also directly compared it to Nesta and Cassian. ( who are endgame and got their HEA)

This allows the consumer to know what they are buying. They feel safe and confident in spending their money.

Consumer confidence is so important when you have a business that employs a bunch of people, you make sure you secure your income you don’t get other people fired and you keep your job.

The Time magazine article confirmed that Elain and Azriel are endgame in my opinion.

Otherwise that is a huge blunder in the PR department at Bloomsbury.

The best way to deal with the negativity is to mute or block people that are talking about the other ships. I understand it puts you in an echo chamber, but its already over. After that article there is no point in suffering through their lack of evidence theories because it will just upset you and provide no discourse about what the book and plot will look like.

If you’re spoiling for a fight, then go ahead, but it’s just gonna make you upset and drain you.

Be around fountains not drains!

To be clear if it was a smaller magazine, I would understand the misdirection, but the magnitude of the statement in THAT entertainment magazine (TIME) was confirmation for me.the stakes are too high and the magazine would look so stupid if their authors did not know how to read and comprehend “young adult” books.

#elriel #azriel shadowsinger #elain archeron #acotar theory #sarah j maas #canon makes endgame couples #acotar endgame

[agender-witchery]

Canto IV was really good

Project Moon does a cool thing that I really like with their stories, which in theory isn't really anything special, but I see so few stories do this that it really does single Project Moon out in my mind.

Each Project Moon game is in a dialogue with itself, having a discussion about politics and philosophy and society in general. They universally present the status quo as Not Great which is... evident for anyone living in the real world, but importantly to me, they do not present any proper answers to this.

This isn't to say that Project Moon stories are fence sitting nonsense that call for the importance of meeting in the middle, that's your own decision on whether you think that's worthwhile. And Project Moon DOES express opinions in the world they have created, so they're not cowards in that sense either. It's pretty clear, at least to me, that they believe things in our world do have to change, that the vision of capitalism that exists in the City is horrendous, and that we in the real world are on a clear trajectory toward the world of the City if action is not taken.

However, the way they frame the two opposing sides of each argument they present is important. And key to that framing is that in every game you play antisocial, morally dubious murderers. This is a constant. The people you're fighting aren't the good guys, but hey, neither are you.

In Ruina, when it comes down to the final confrontation with the Reverberation Ensemble, you are presented with two opposing ideals. Carmen and the Ensemble would love nothing more than to see the world torn down in its entirety, built back up in their own imagining of an ideal society. The Librarians, on the other hand, are there to fight against that notion, that the world they have as it is can be changed.

And while I definitely fall on the side of "maybe there's hope to be had in this dying, hellish apocalypse" I do GET where the Ensemble is coming from. I GET what Carmen's trying to do. It's a naive and childish attempt at creating a better world from the ashes of the old, an idea whose inevitable result is tyranny, but to someone who's already experiencing tyranny, tyranny but this time you're on top seems appealing. And I also understand that, for the Librarians, even if the ultimate goal here is to create a better society without that sort of tyranny, well you're kind of murdering people to achieve that.

And I think all this plays into why I enjoyed Canto IV so much. First off, the main conflict in Canto IV isn't between Limbus Company and another group, it's the conflict between K Corp and the Technology Liberation Alliance, which can be further distilled down to the conflict between Dongrang and Dongbaek.

In the case of K Corp, they're a bunch of utilitarians, people who say that even torture is acceptable if it leads to lives saved. And they quite literally do this, torturing the Tearful Thing in literally every possible way, just to produce the tears needed for regeneration ampules, forcing it to cry for the sake of others. Dongbaek doesn't even fully refute that this might be useful, but she does assert that if you're going to go to these lengths, there better be a foreseeable end to it, you better be curing EVERYONE.

And then we have the TLA, a bunch of anprims who aren't exactly wrong in the assertion that the way technology is used within the City causes immeasurable harm, but do come to the wrong conclusion that ALL tech needs to be incinerated. And, for them to come against K Corp specifically is significant, because sure, K Corp literally tortures people to produce their ampules, but the results are tangible. Lives are, in fact, saved, even if we discount the K Corp Security that will cut their own limbs off just to get healed.

And where Canto IV manages to stop saying "both sides bad" is in bringing Limbus Company back into the equation. A third party, who doesn't adhere to the ideals of either side.

Does Limbus Company have perfect answers to resolve this conflict? No, you're still a bunch of murderers. But they do present a third perspective, that instead of looking only at total harm done and coming to the conclusion that torture is acceptable, and instead of looking at all the injustices caused and coming to the conclusion that the entire world needs to be reset, through exploring the fathoms of Yi Sang's EGO, we can come to consider the possibility of caring for the individual. That yes, this world is fucked up and living in it can itself be considered a crime against humanity, but that doesn't mean you can't help someone in a way that doesn't hurt someone else. Yi Sang went from being horribly depressed with nothing in this world, someone who desperately wanted to die and couldn't even be afforded that mercy, to someone who finally smiled. The world is still fucked up, and we don't really have a solution to that, but we at least made it a little bit brighter for one person, and in the future, we can keep doing that.

And also? Canto IV introduced Alfonso so really it's just the best chapter.

#my nonsense #project moon #lobotomy corporation #library of ruina #limbus company #spoilers #Limbus Canto IV #i know i massively simplified both Ruina and Canto IV but I'm writing a tumblr post not my PhD thesis #go play Project Moon games there's a lot more nuance to them than what I've presented here #this isn't even a comprehensive analysis of why I enjoyed Canto IV this is just one specific aspect of it that I liked

[miquellaluciscaelum]

A bunch of brainworms about dlc. Speculations, theories, my personal opinion, which I think I will stick to until the release of dlc.

Miquella.

(1) The main plot is that we go after Miquella. It is not yet very clear for what purpose and who sent us there, but judging by the voice at the end, it could be Ranni or Melina, or even Miquella himself. Voice is quite feminine.

(2) Miquella is likely to be our companion, as Melina was, or we will follow some messages from him, maybe meet his followers who will guide us, since the announcement says that we will be "guided by Miquella" and "meet others who follow in miquella footsteps".

(3) I'm not sure if we will have the opportunity to fight with him or not, but the last scene where we see the first shot of him where he's literally SHINING, can be both the ending cutscene of the dlc and the beginning of the bossfight.

(4) It's likely he will look the same with his first concept art appearence, because the hairstyle with braids and his skin, they are very similar.

(5) If this tree in the Shadow realm is the Crucible of life that I explain below in my theory, it is quite possible that Miquella came to this world for obtaining its power or something like that, it is also quite possible that he goes there because he knows that Marika has hidden something in this world, something very important.

(6) Overall, Miquella's trip to these lands seems like a pretty desperate move to me. He literally commits a very terrible sin by "divesting himself of his flesh, his strength, his lineage. Of all thing Golden". It sounds like he finally broke all his connection with the golden order and his family, including his blood connection with MALENIA that sounds crazy, and he also renounces his power, as I understand, magical and which is hidden in his blood. In my head, it looks very similar to what Ranni did, killing her body and moving her soul into a doll. It's just that Miquella killed his body or left it and moved his mind into this hidden world with the help of the power of sleep and dreams. I repeat, it seems to me some kind of desperate last step, perhaps he felt that his transformation was interrupted by Mogh and was no longer possible to complete because of his poisoned body, maybe he felt that his tree had died or something like that.

(7) Most likely, based on the words that Miquella is "awaits the return of his promised Lord", he cannot leave this realm on his own, either because he is captured by someone, maybe Messmer, either because his initial plan failed and he simply does not have enough power to return. So he's waiting for the promised lord. Here we have at least two options:

- This opens for us consort ending, but with Miquella, he will essentially be an alternative for Ranni, because he is also an Empyrean just with other purposes. And can replace Marika as a vessel of the Elden ring like Ranni. This is also supported by rumor that From software wanted to make another extra ending - the Age of Abundance, but either they cut it out at the end, or maybe abandoned the idea.

- I also saw the option that it could be Godwin as promised Lord, to whom Miquella could bring the true death, it can be the reason why he came to this world initially.

World.

(1) We are going into the world of shadows and it seems that this is not Miquella's dream or the Erdtree afterlife or something else, as many assumed earlier, but some kind of hidden realm that is not accessible to ordinary people and may be either under the map, or as some people suggest, either be at the intersection of all towers where we activated great runes, behind a large cloud on the map.

(2) Very important, some kind there once was Marika in this shadow realm, as mentioned in the summary of the game's plot in the announcement: " a place obscured by the Erdtree where the goddess Marika first set foot". Perhaps this world was her home before she became a goddess, or she ruled these lands before they were hidden, apparently during some kind of war: "a land purge in an unsung battle". It was quite possible that it was the war with giants, given some of the symbols hinting at it in Messmer + flame magic.

(3) Looking at the baldachin over the tree and keeping in mind its similarity to Marika's chambers in the capital before Morgott, I think that perhaps Marika herself made these lands forbidden or closed from others with this baldachin barrier, so the theory that Messmer may be an unwanted or forgotten demigod-child of Marika, left in this shadow world, as Marika's dark secret, has some basis. This is also hinted at a special dungeon in Leamgrave, Impaled Catacombs, thanks super lore guys in twitter!

(4) Speaking of the secrets of Marika, the tree at the center of this realm. I have a lot of thoughts about this. It may be wild, but I assume that this could be the Crucible of life or what's left of it. That golden liquid that flows down is the power of the Crucible that goes out into the world. In the Lands between, due to the overwhelming influence of the Erdtree and the Golden order, its power is almost not felt, and can only manifests itself in the birth of Omen children, but in THIS world, the world of shadows, we see signs of the influence of the Crucible: horns, spells and etc in almost all creatures. Thus, Marika could lock the tree in a separate dimension, hoping that it would soon die on its own and its influence would finally dry up, but it is still alive. Or, of course, it can simply be a reflection of the Erdtree in the dark world, if we consider the theory that the world of shadows is a reflection of the real world. I definitely don't think it's Miquella's tree, because it has absolutely no reason to be one.

(5) I also want to note the time in this story, chronology is quite a mess in Elden ring in principle, but according the trailer, a significant place in this shadow world is occupied by some faction associated with Saint Trina, and therefore with Miquella. That suggests that either Miquella came to this world quite a long time ago to be able to organize and build his own order or something like that, either time goes faster there than in the main game, which is quite interesting.

(6) Speaking of factions in this world, there are at least a few: the faction of Saint Trina (we saw a knight who fought with some kind of sleepy magic, although it could be a gravity spell because of lightning🤔) but there were lilies on his armor🤷), we also saw someone very similar to a Carian woman in a room similar to Raya Lucaria, more than that there are architectural elements of the Carian architecture and the architecture of Sellia, which means Kariya faction. Almost forgot, we also can see Moon in one shot.

Perhaps Messmer has his own faction, most likely ruling in this dimension. And also there are some coincidences in how the branch that the elderly man pulls out of his body looks, with the shape of candlesticks that some enemies fight with and the symbol on the black knight in the form of a pointed branch or rune. These all symbols are black and golden. Probably this is some kind of pro-erdtree faction, followers of the Great order and Marika. The color scheme echoes Marika and Maliket at least. From the voice lines we can assume that in this shadow realm there are followers or Erdtree faithful and those who opposite them, perhaps it can be even active conflict in present time and wars in the past.

Messmer.

I see for myself two working variants of his origin:

(1) Marika and Radagon. Since he has a rather distinctive appearance, the theory of butterflies in the game, where the smoldering butterflies actually refer to him, and not to Melina; more than that when he addresses to his mother and talks about Lordship, I don't think anyone other than Marika has the authority to make a man the Elden Lord; and in the scene with him, there is a statue of a woman with a child behind his back, the woman is difficult to see, but by the location of the bracelets on her arm, you can compare her with the statues of Marika in the main game;

(2) Gloam-eyed queen. The portrait of a woman with an elderly man refers to this, the woman in the picture with dark hair, she holds her hand on her stomach as if she is pregnant; Messmer has some similarities with the "children" of Gloam-eyed queen - the apostles; he uses a very strange black and red flame.

(3) The theories that Messmer is some part of Miquella or he himself look strange to me, considering that we have known for a long time from the main game that there was some other child of Marika that we don't know about, we just used to think this was Melina. According to the announcements, although indirectly, we can assume that this shadow world and Messmer existed for a long time, perhaps even before the birth of Miquella and Malenia, probably Messmer was exiled there for blasphemy or something like that.

(4) l also don't think Messmer is Miquella's son or Mogh and Miquella somehow had a child together. I think all the influence of Mogh in this dlc will be directly related to his influence on Miquella. I don't think he's affected the world around him, everything that happens in this world, I think should be the influence of the Crucible of life and Messmer directly, perhaps some other forces, but not Mogh.

I'm sorry all of this is such a mess, like in my head after trailer. I'd be glad to see your comment and theories too, maybe you can challenge some of my theories, it gives them extra development and I could add something later. So thank you for attention.

#shadow of the erdtree #elden ring #elden ring dlc #elden ring miquella #miquella #miquella the unalloyed #lore

[alex-travaganza]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa did you see the new pnf short?

this is news to me. i’ve been focusing on my mental health (playing red dead redemption 2 and nothing else) for the past week so i’ve been offline but i gotta check this out…

what

i am so hype for this. i love it so much. it is amazing and i want more right now. please don’t read under the cut there’s definitely not a multi paragraph conspiracy theory underneath

I AM NOT ACCUSING ANYONE OF ANYTHING… i am just SAYING MY PEACE

us shippers are rejoicing, as we rightfully should, at this amazing w. but i just gotta be that one guy, i gotta poop on the party. could this be bordering into… and forgive me for uttering these words… queerbaiting?

i know the idea of being queerbaited by an evil scientist man and a secret agent playtpus is ridiculous and hilarious, but r we getting johnlocked just a little bit? maybe just a little…. because i’ve always been of the opinion that perryshmirtz will most likely never be a canon storyline for a bunch of reasons, and as much as i’d like that to happen, i can see how some oblivious straight people (so… probably a lot of the writers let’s be real) could reasonably watch all of phineas and ferb and think there’s absolutely nothing homoromantic going on between the two of them. like of course there’s jokes about them being like couple in the same way we get it for buford and bajeet, but, at least when it was airing at the time that it was, that was neverrr going to be acknowledged as anything but funny funny haha joke. like i love dwampy but this show is not crowned for its thoughtful and progressive takes there is SOOOOO much racial stereotyping and ignorant shit in pnf. relationships between two men were not going to hold the same narrative weight as a hetero relationship

so yes i think it’s a bit of a stretch to say pnf in itself is queerbaiting with perryshmirtz, but THESE SHORTS… this is like……. a lot man it’s a lot man it’s a blessing and a curse. i hope it’s just a couple folks who like perryshmirtz putting those bits for funsies but i’m getting suspicious. i’m raising my eyebrows up and down, feeling as if i’m seeing flags of a.. pinkish hue… reddish, perhaps.

and this is disneyyyy cmmmonnn all these hip new queer kid shows? they’re doing pretty good. of course, we aren’t going to ruin our precious precious phineas and ferb IP for the foreign market by putting a gay relationship in the actual show, but it couldn’t hurt to draw in a few tumblr and tiktok queers from our homoromantic little shorts, eh? ehh? it’s a big market, kids aren’t just tuning in on cable tvs anymore to watch phineas and ferb, we need a little more outreach. it’s all about streaming babbbyy it’s all about that disney plus! get those queers watching the new seasons of phineas and ferb when they’re finished binging the owl house!

are you understanding my friends? i am no messiah of perryshmirtz. that’s liz. but maybe, i shall be a mere messenger spreading my annoying takes amongst the land. or maybe it’s not that deep because 8 year olds watching phineas and ferb don’t care. but it’s a free website baybe

#you all follow me for my opinions right #or breaking danville #or perrysmirtz loss #either way you’re getting my opinions #perryshmirtz #phineas and ferb #heinz doofenshmirtz #perry the playtpus #asks #ask #thank you: #anonymous

[not-goldy]

The funniest thing is watching people cling to articles with no real credible sources that Jikook spent no time together in Japan and stayed in seperate hotels and ate alone. LMAO then left to go to another town and spend no time together. Disptach literally said Jikook were going together to shoot a documentary TOGETHER. We know that is not the real reason, but there is no way in hell they are gonna set Jikook up in different hotels, just for them to meet up to film whatever it is they need to film. How fucking dumb are you people? Insecure jikookers, antis and tkk are all losing their fucking minds and making up scenarios at this point to explain away Jikook's gayness. Acting like while JK is filming a performance for a show, that Jimin can't sight see. Clinging to articles with no real confirmation, making up scenarios about it being only for work. Laughable to think they would not be at the same hotel. They are fucking bandmates what would be the big fucking deal. They have always stayed at the same hotel. So suddenly since they travel together alone, its different? Don't make me laugh. Of course they stayed in the same fucking place. What a bunch of braindead desperate idiots you are. NEWSFLASH. JIKOOK ARE QUEER and their company is gonna protect them. They literally gave them a show so they could spend some ALONE time together before enlisting and they are.

Just say you're on the edge of jumping cause. in the last few months back back you been hit with.

Letter (featuring JK with romantic lyrics)

NY/CT/Silver Day (just the two of them)

JK's Jimin lives (focused only on JM not your fav)

The Bed live between Jikook & Jk begging him over.

Tokyo (alone trip)

Sapporo (alone trip)

Jeju (Vminkook trip)

Busan Chuseok (ALONE whale drawing together/boating)

Jk watching all of Jimin's content, singing all of Jimin's songs. Not watching your fav.

JK alone White Day spoiling Jimin's songs 4 hours, when he could have been with your fav while Jm was out of town.

Jikook's Tokyo trip being called "Real Love" and they coincidentally returned there TOGETHER during the anniversary month of GCF Tokyo.

Jk's brother posting a pic of what looks like Jimin's hand during family game night and got y'all so insecure y'all wrote a whole desperate wattpad about matching floors/walls with Tae's wall picture and Jk's brothers floors & that TK must have eat together at JK's brother house, only for Tae to actually be standing at a golf course posing and the golf course gave a shout out to Tae.

And the Granddaddy of all. JIKOOK ENLISTING TOGETHER CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE WITHOUT EACHOTHER. When your fav could have enlisted with Jk, like you dumbasses believed for years.

Taennie pictures, Taennie videos. Taennie in Jeju. Taennie in NY together. Taennie in Paris together holding hands. Tae in Jennie's bed. Taennie wearing matching Jewelry and couple shirts. Jennie slapping y'all with pictures shutting down cosplayer theories.

I mean, at this point, go ahead and jump bitch. Leave, don't come back. There is nothing for you here. Your ship is not nor has it ever been real. You are staying to troll & for attention cause you're all pathetic lifeless losers. You know you have nothing left. You are here to prove Jikook is not real, so we can sit in the same miserable sunken boat as you, but we never will. PERIOD. You are all on your own.

AND THAT'S ON PERIODT

Come what may, they never stop loving eachother

No matter my opinion, your opinion, their opinion.

They are the cause of eachother's euphoria 💜

NOTHING CAN ERASE THAT

NOT A THEORY

NOT FAKE NEWS

NOT MS.

[queenie-official]

Chapter Seventeen: ‘A Royal Ball’ Bridgerton Au!Anakin

previous chapter: 16

The Royal Heart series masterlist

a/n: not proofread cuz i finished this later then expected 😍

in theory the ball should be the easiest thing to do out of everything, but the reality of that was askew. mostly because of pressure, at the race all eyes were focused on just that but at a ball eyes are always on the hosts.

you’d finish getting ready before everyone else, wanting to take the lead and look over the ball before anyone arrived. a baby blue dress adorned your frame with frills and lace galore. it was a pretty dress, not your go to color but you choose it for a reason and still looked just as beautiful as always.

walking into the empty ballroom you took a careful look around, eyeing every detail to make sure it was just right. yellows and cream decorations all around, it was more on the boring side in your opinion. but Anakin assured you this was how most Tatooine balls were color schemed, so you didn’t put up much of a fight to change it to something brighter.

you’d gone with mostly sweets from Alderaan as that was what Alderaan was known best for, its cakes in particular. the cake is as fluffy as the light and airy frosting on top, not to mention the beautiful decorative details. the few desserts that did come from tatooine you weren’t entirely sure what to make of them yet, regardless you were excited to try them.

the ballroom doors open, a bunch of servants piling in with said desserts in hand. an orchestra shortly following them in as well. everything was right on schedule, you could relax if your brain just stopped buzzing for a moment. “your Majesty” you turn to Braeden’s call, you’d been wondering where he’d run off too. “the guests are beginning to arrive you should leave the ball room so your first appearance is with the King.”

“Thank you for the heads up Braeden” you give him a soft smile and nod which he kindly returns. you walk away with him exactly five paces behind each step as per usual. you begin to run through the speech you prepared in your head as you walk up the steps to find Anakin. you’d decided on avoiding speaking directly on the issue just like Padme had suggested, beating around the bush seemed the easiest to do not to mention it would allow the entire day to be the distraction it was meant to be.

Tomorrow when the news comes out about the punishment you’d decided for the royal council members who’d betrayed the throne it would officially be out of your hands and you could push all of this behind you. you’d ended up just sentencing them all to life in prison with no chance of being let out, it wasn’t the best punishment in your mind for what they did but it was the worst you could have done legally.

the ton would understand and they’d be too happy from the success of today to focus more energy on the incident, everything was falling into place.

“you look beautiful” Anakin says softly, looking you up and down as soon as you walk towards him. he gently takes your hand as soon as your in front of him, bringing it up to his lips and placing a soft kiss on them.

“Thank you” you smile shyly and he laughs, lacing your fingers together before you both have to start making your way down to the Ballroom. you had a few minutes before everyone would have arrived so you took the time to relish in Anakin’s presence without the eyes of hundreds. “i’m nervous”

“i’d be more shocked if you weren’t” he snorts, taking the time to tease you before comforting you. “whatever happens i’m right here by your side” he gently squeezes your hand as he speaks.

“i don’t think you’ll ever understand just how much your words mean to me” you laugh softly trying to pay off the sincerity of your words, looking down to your intertwined hands instead of keeping eye contact with him. his hands were much bigger than yours, practically swallowed yours whole. it warmed your heart oddly enough, your hands just fit so perfectly in that way.

his silence worried you slightly and right when you were about to look back up at him you felt his lips against your cheek, a bright blush now burning your cheeks when he pulled back.

“you know… i’m pretty sure you still owe me a proper confession” he begins to tease, a cheeky grin on his face as he speaks. “last time i checked you promised you’d shout it to me, that you love me” you laughed this time, rolling your eyes at him.

“I did no such thing, that fever really messed with your head huh” you release his hand and cross your arms. “i said I'd tell you but i definitely did not agree to shouting it” you say half teasingly.

“Fine I guess i’ll just never know how much you love me then” he says dramatically, sagging his shoulders to really sell just how sad he was. a pout forming on his lips as he looked at you.

“you’re so dramatic” you snort, fighting back a fit of giggles. and he breaks character, smiling instantly at your reaction. sometimes it seemed like every little thing he did was just to get a reaction out of you, if it wasn’t the one he wanted he’d try again until he got it. it was as annoying as it was charming and endearing.

“i wish for just a moment you’d be as dramatic as me, maybe i’d get that declaration of love” he chuckles, standing tall as he pulls you towards him. making you uncross your arms as he manually wraps them around his torso. “maybe you could shout it from the highest tower of the castle? i feel like that would be fitting enough.”

“you're crazy Ani” you squeeze him, tightening the hug before you had to pull away again when Braeden And Rex call for your attention. it was time.

entering the ballroom made you feel nauseous, every single person staring at you both. it was curtesy especially after you’d been properly announced to the room, but that didn’t stop the pit from forming in your stomach. holding Anakin’s hand a little tighter as you made it to the front of the room where you’d make your speech.

why was it always you who had to make the speeches, next time you’re making sure Anakin has to be the one to give it.

you scan over the crowd, picking out familiar faces. some of your ladies-in-waiting, Anakin’s family, Padme. you visibly relaxed when your eyes landed on her, finally feeling like you could breathe again as she smiled at you from within the crowd.

“Welcome Everyone, my husband and i would like to thank you all for coming to the first ever ball we’re hosting as the New Queen and King of Alderaan” you begin and leave a small pause for everyone to clap, once they dial down you continue again. “I will not deny it’s been a bit of a rough start with all the news that has come out since coronation day, but it’s been easy to move along with all of your continued support in addition to the unconditional love i’ve received from the very man at my side right now.” you say with a smile, turning your head to Anakin who was already staring at you.

a warm smile of his own on his face that spurred you to go on, turning back towards the crowd so you could finish your speech. his hand still in yours rubbing gently to give you his silent support. “Today is the first day of a new era in Alderaan, one where we join the kingdom of Tatooine. not only as ally’s but as friends, with that i invite you all to dance and enjoy yourselves.” you finish the speech giving a small bow before holding yourself up, standing tall again.

“i told you you’d do great” Anakin whispers to you as everyone begins to go back to conversing, the orchestra starting to play music to fill in any remaining silence.

“you can’t blame me for being nervous” you laugh as you turn to him. “i swear i’m never doing another speech if i can help it. that’s all you from now on.”

he rolls eyes but doesn’t try and fight you on that. “right well now that that’s out of the way, don’t you think it’s time we enjoy ourselves?” he smiles holding his hand out to you silently asking for a dance.

“i think you’re correct my love” the nickname isn’t lost on him, you watch as he seems to melt. a look of pure love and adoration taking over as he pulls you towards the center of the ball room, nodding towards the orchestra who quickly transition into a slow waltz.

it feels like time slows down as you stare into each other's eyes, the world around you fading away. spinning in soft circles as you both perform the waltz, unable to contain your smiles and the love you’d grown for one another.

the Vows you’d made on your wedding day no longer feeling like empty promises. here you were together, forever and always.

the ball went on as you now stood by yourself, Anakin was off socializing with Obi-wan and his mother the last time you’d seen him. to be fair he hadn’t left you by yourself, at the time he’d left you with Padme. unfortunately for you Padme was pulled away by her husband only a few moments later.

it wasn’t really a problem you took the time to check out the sweets section, you’d been craving a slice of cake pretty much all night and now you finally had the chance to eat some as well as try out the other new desserts.

you look over all the different sweets after you grab a slice of cake, mentally debating what you’ll have next. your eyes landing on one particular dessert you could only guess was from Tatooine that looked really good.

“it’s a cinnamon type pastry” you jump slightly at the voice turning to see the source. your mouth opened and closed unsure what to say when you recognized who stood in front of you. Ahsoka stared right back at you, a neutral expression on her face. “it’s my favorite actually” she adds and you try to force yourself to relax. this was the first time you’d really talked to each other and to top it off you were alone- more or less.

“that sounds delicious” you give her a soft smile before awkwardly looking down to the small plate of cake in your hands. “this is my favorite” you point out while trying to find something else to talk about.

“are you scared of me or something?” her question makes your eyes snap to her, the look on her face was slightly unreadable. she was clearly curious, her brow raised in a questioning manner but the slight purse to her lips and slant of her eyes like she was fighting back a glare made you think she might be mad.

“no i’m not scared of you” you chuckle trying to ease any possible tension between you both. she crosses her arms at your response, scanning over your face looking for anything that may say otherwise. you’d say you felt judged but in all honesty you’d grown used to the feeling of her watching your every move. “can i ask you something?”

“you don’t have to ask in order to ask me a question, you do realize you’re a queen right?” she huffed only this time you could tell there was no malice behind it, the familiar voice that Anakin often made when he was teasing you was present and it made you smile. holding back a laugh at her sass, like brother like sister.

“why do you keep staring me down?” you ask choosing to brush over her comment and get straight to the point. if you were going to get along you might as well get everything out now.

she looks off to the side in thought, before uncrossing her arms and placing her hands on her hips. “honestly i was just getting a read on you- initially it was in a more judgmental way i’ll admit” she sighs as she begins to explain herself, turning back to look at you fully now.

“but then Anakin explained everything to me, the truth. he also told me a lot about you, the way he talked about you wasn’t like any girl he’d ever talked about before.” that statement made your brows raise, so he had been with other girls- typical if it were you who’d done that it’d be a scandal but since he was a man it could be easily overlooked. that did explain how he was so skilled the other night though, so maybe you shouldn’t complain too much.

“i also noticed the way he looks at you, treats you. the way you look back at him the very same, and every little thing you share that most anyone would overlook.” she let her arms fall to her side with a sigh. “i may not have made the best first impression with you y/n, and i’m sorry if i made you feel uncomfortable. i want you to know i like you, and i’m glad to be able to call you my sister-in-law” she similes as she says this and you feel your heart warm.

“are you a hugger?” you ask and she’s taken aback slightly, one of her brows shooting up in confusion clearly not having expected that as your response to her confession. you just laugh and don’t really give her a chance to answer before placing your cake down and softly pulling her into a hug. it takes her a moment before she reciprocates and then pulls away clearing her throat.

“so even though i’ve heard about you from Anakin, why don’t you tell me more about yourself personally” she suggests and gives you another friendly smile, now you were getting somewhere.

The ball came to a close and was a soaring success, probably the best outcome you could’ve imagined. now you stood outside the castle saying your goodbyes and giving your thanks to all the guests.

a lot had happened today and you just wanted to go to sleep so you tried to keep your statements short and sweet. given there were over a few hundred people, that still didn’t stop this part from dragging on longer than it should have. especially since some people couldn’t take a hint and you didn’t want to seem rude so you just kept smiling and nodding.

it was exhausting but definitely the least stressful part of the day. at this point you were relying on Anakin for actually speaking, you’d spent a good amount of time just getting to know Ahsoka better towards the end. she’d kept you laughing and your voice was as tired as you were, all the shouting and cheering for Anakin during the third round of the races definitely didn’t do much to help that.

finally you’d come to the last guests, Anakin’s family. it was time for them to return home as well not wanting to stay away from their kingdom to long. It would be easier to do so if either his mom or dad had stayed behind to look over things but they both wanted to be there for their son.

Shmi pulled you into a hug and then gave one to Anakin, thanking you for the invite before she went into the carriage awaiting them all. Qui-Gon gave Anakin a hug as well, silently praising him about how proud he was. then he turned to you and gave you a hand shake along with a brief thank you before joining his wife. Obi-Wan and Ahsoka were thankfully less formal with their goodbyes.

“i’m going to miss you both” Ahsoka spoke up first her voice genuine, which brought a smile to your face.

“you’ll have to visit, we’ll always have a place for you when you do.” you offer and Ahsoka’s face lights up, even though Anakin didn’t show it you could tell he was just as elated at the idea. he said it himself he’d never actually admit but he adored his little sister.

“good maybe you two could take her for a while then, and i can breathe freely without having to worry about an ornery sixteen year old on my back” Obi-Wan half jokes pulling a laugh out of both you and Anakin, Ahsoka just rolls her eyes in response.

“we’ll miss you both as well” Anakin chimes in, brushing off his older brothers comment and getting back to the point. even though he most likely didn’t wish to say goodbye either he was definitely equally as tired as you and ready for bed. pulling both of his siblings into a hug before he let them go so they could do the same to you.

they quickly pull you into a hug of their own before heading to the carriage, sending them off with a wave before you both head into the castle for the night.

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okay and that’s the last chapter for the day 🥳🥳 once again i just want to profusely apologize for how long it took me to get a new chapter out 😭 i promise it wasn’t intentional but the executive dysfunction was kicking my ass frfr- anyways i hope you all enjoyed🥲 love you guys 💋💋

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[beanghostprincess]

What are you most controversial/unpopular OP opinions??? Sorry if it was answered before

You want me to get canceled so bad-- If I speak-- But idk, I guess I'll say the controversial opinions I can say publicly without a bunch of people coming at me!

Zo$an is a bit... Overrated? And by overrated I mean extremely/annoyingly overrated. I like the ship and its canon dynamic but I think at least 80% of the fandom portrays them in a very mischaracterized way. Not to say that... The ship is literally everywhere and the shippers always look for every little thing to prove they're canon, even if the "proof" has literally nothing to do with them. It's not that I don't enjoy the ship (although I must admit I prefer other dynamics a lot more) I just can't stand shippers that go to extremes. It's funny because I think Zo$an's dynamic is way more interesting and romantic in canon than it will ever be in the fandom. It's a bit sad, ngl. I liked them a lot at first but it got so tiring and now I am pretty exhausted from seeing it everywhere. The people force it to be more than it is when the canon is already pretty fucking great.

Adding to the Zo$san thing. I think that relationship would only work if Luffy is there somehow but it wouldn't last a day without him in the relationship. Unless there's like, a ton of character development most of these people don't make them go through.

One Piece Film Z is my worst enemy. It's such a boring movie. The only good thing is the soundtrack and maybe the suits but God watching that was torture.

Boa hate is uhhhh weird. I mean, I get why the joke about her being in love with Luffy might be annoying, but I think most of you need to learn to understand that Oda's sense of humor is sometimes a bit too exaggerated (and not funny) and it has basically nothing to do with the actual canon dynamics between characters. Boa likes Luffy because he's one of the first men who has ever treated her right, so of course she confuses that feeling with love. And of course, yeah, it isn't canon. Whatever. Just read between the lines, maybe? And also, stop using words like "pedo" to describe her because using that term so lightly about 1) a fictional character and 2) somebody who's clearly not a pedo is fucked up. Lmao. Do you even know what that word means???

Once again complaining about Pudding hate and saying that it's stupid. I won't overanalyze because I always do it with her, but the only reason people hate her is for misogynistic reasons and because they're babying Sanji. Evil male characters are okay and hot and very traumatized but the second it's a woman she's the most evilest person ever! Because God forbid they make mistakes! Suddenly their character development isn't valid because they hurt their babygirl!

Now that we're talking about my dearest Pudding. Not tagging anybody of course, but I saw this post with so many interactions of people agreeing about Sanji considering violence as a sign of love which??? Doesn't make sense at all?? OP said it was because he couldn't tell the difference between love/abuse because of his family, but that's just... Not accurate. That could only happen if they had manipulated him into thinking abuse is a type of love, but he had healthy love growing up. Even when he was with the Vinsmokes (Sora and Reiju, I love you). And yet OP said Sanji considered Pudding's behavior flirting (wrong) and that's why he let her attack him (nope) and that it was proof of Zo$an. And okay, it's not a hugely popular theory, but a lot of people agreed with it and it bothered me a lot because it's both out of character and also using Pudding (complex female character) once again to try and prove the canon of a ship (that doesn't have anything to do with WCI either???). It just bothers me. People can perceive the story however they want but... Y'know.

OPLA isn't that good. Or good at all? I only like it because I like the cast and it's funny seeing my blorbos irl. But the script is simple and dull and just stupid most of the time. The characters are either simplified, mischaracterized, or forgotten. And tbh most of the shots are very awful and could be a lot better. The directing is also nonexistent. It's 6/10 and 3 of those points are because both the Zolu and the cast.

Apparently this is a very common theory about Nami's origins, but, uh, I don't think we need to know? What else do you need to know about her? People say she's a lost princess or something like that as if we didn't have a lost princess already (Sanji ily). Repeating the same plot would be boring and underwhelming, but also? It'd be extremely useless for the plot and it'd go against everything about Nami's story and the way Luffy reacts to it.

Luffy isn't canon aroace. In fact, the reasoning people use for him being "coded" is the same Oda uses for Zoro too and Zoro is almost never portrayed as the "idiot who doesn't know what sex is" the way Luffy often is. If you're calling Luffy canon aroace for what Oda said about him being focused on adventures, the same goes for Zoro being focused on his dream. They could be coded arospec but there's nothing confirmed and the constant discourse about it is stupid. Attacking others because of their ships just because you don't agree with them and saying it's wrong using our identity to do it is very fucked up. Especially since most of the time people complaining aren't even aroace. The only reason people do it (attacking others saying they can't ship Luffy and that it's "weird" and "wrong") is that they infantilize Luffy/Don't want him getting in between their ships (<- aroace person writing this) (also, it's very ableist since people agree on Luffy also being neurodivergent coded and treating him like a kid bc of that but this isn't about that now).

Somehow this is very common. Some fucking how. I can't believe I have to say this. I'm tired of people blaming Usopp for what happened in Water 7. Or in general hating Usopp. Actually, he's one of the best-written characters in the whole show and he's so underappreciated it's so frustrating.

Sanji's perv jokes are annoying af and we all know that, but people who hate the character and consider him a red flag for that are missing the point completely. The point being "Oda exaggerates jokes to an annoying extent and most of the time they don't even reflect the character". I understand they can make you uncomfortable (same here tbh) but reducing Sanji to only those jokes is a waste of his character. You need to take jokes less seriously.

If I see one of these "red flag OP boys" TikToks adding Law/Ace/Zoro/Sanji next to fucking Doffy I will riot. Also, stop adding Crocodile there. He's a mafioso, there's NO way he won't be a sweetheart to his lover.

Baron Omatsuri's artstyle and animation is amazing and it fits the plot and aesthetic of the movie perfectly and people saying it's ugly will forever bother me.

"Usopp is suddenly hot after timeskip!" He has always been hot what the fuck are you talking about.

People reduce Nami to her "mean"/"sarcastic" personality a lot when she's quite literally one of the most kind-hearted characters of all. That being said, morally speaking she's probably one of the worst. I could explain how that works but I don't want to do it now, the point is-- Let the girl be sweet instead of making her mean all the time. And also, let her be mean and selfish without making it her entire personality. There's something called "balance".

Film Red was kind of bad. Like, the songs are amazing (thanks, Ado) but the ending is awful and the plot is very meh. I'm only here for Uta and Shanks but the rest of the characters are just useless. I do appreciate Sanji's hair in the movie, though.

#i am aware that most of these aren't that unpopular and i think i've just been on tiktok too much #some of my opinions should stay hidden from the world i don't want to make people angry lmao #anyway here it is hope you like my hot takes hidden in between mild takes #one piece

[fallinginaforrest]

SPOILER WARNING FOR WORKIN BOYS, I BREAK DOWN MY FAVOURITE SHOTS. SPOILERS WILL BE HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Okay here's my opinion:

Curt being the DP for Workin' boys is the best thing that coulda happened to it. There are so many choices that were made during filming that just absolutely heighten the level of comedy. It's shot like a Mockumentary almost? The shakycam and the randomized movement? As someone who wrote a Mockumentary last year, I can only dream of pulling off a film like this.

A couple things I wanna point out:

-the minuscule push in on Hidgens when he realises he won the workshop competition feels very office-ey.

-the cut back to MK's amused face had me WHEEZING

-the pan over to Paul as be reminds Hidgens to remember the changes

-"apparently a musical about six men bonding on a football field isnt 'of the times..."'etc, this line right here felt like a talking head, I appreciated it.

-those time cards eg: "Rehearsal #2, 28 days until opening" lent itself so much to the documentarian feel of it.

-"wow, what an auteur", not a camerawork comment but I appreciate the joke for all of the film and theater theory studiers

-the "rehearsal montage" I love a good meta joke.

-even in this montage, the camera is never really onstage. At all. Like, it's always situated off to the side or in the audience, and then zoomed in, the documentarian is trying to capture all of the action on stage instead of trying to make us feel immersed in the rehearsal process. We're not really aligned with any of the characters, we're an audience, and we better stay that way. For our own sake.

-and then this dynamic totally changes, and shifts away from the mockumentary feel

-but I'll get to that in a second

-henry is almost always by himself in the shot. I think the one of the only other times that the entirety of another character's face is seen alongside Henry's (I mean, both faces are CLEAR and uncovered in the shot) is in the two shot of him and Paul's stage manager in the rehearsal montage. He is totally singular in his experiences with this show! He is not one of these girls, if anything he is opposed to them. And this becomes clearer later, but it's a nice seed to sow, establishing that he is not in a collaborative mindset at all. The only other time I can think of is him and Zoey behind the curtain, even then, the only time both of their faces are actually IN the shot is when they're behind all the workin' girls. There's probably more but ykwim.

-also the sheer number of times that Henry is off centre in the shot with just a bunch of space surrounding him.

-okay after "two week notice" or whatever tf that song is called (Kim sounds amazing as always) is when the style shifts. It feels less like a mockumentary and more like this sort of voyeuristic peek into Henry's psyche. I LOVE IT.

-the fact that he is never shown in the shot with the workin' boys! It makes you absolutely feel like he is just talking to the air around him (this is hatchetfield so who knows, either way its unsettling)

-we get aligned with ruth, for the first time, we see the audience from the perspective of a character, not just from a stage POV

-the camera roll!! We don't get a full rotation but we feel dizzy and unsettled when we look at ruth, which is exactly how she feels!

-camera roll close up on Zoey. Uncomfortable, unsettling! Rests in a canted angle before continuing to roll on Hidgens! Who is centered in a low angle shot! We don't see the axe until he brings it up to his face! He is not only in a position of power here, but revealing the axe only when Henry makes it clear he is gonna kill them makes it clear that he calls the shots! We've departed from the Mockumentary style completely, as if this was never a documentary to begin with, more like we're flies on the wall or spirits in the theater or omniscient eldritch beings... anyway-

-long shot of Henry dragging zoey's body, no footage of them being killed, aligns us with the audience

-our friend the camera is getting shakey again, the chaos is in the process of ensueing

-THE PULL OUT SHOT OF GRACE WITH THE GUN. I GASPED. I KNEW IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN AND I GASPED. Fun fact on my first watch I thought this was a dolly shot but I dont think y'all are fitting a dolly on the Hudson theater main stage steps, and also the distance is too short so it must have been a pull out. It was REALLY SMOOTH.

-notice, when grace quotes the bible, we are EVER SO SLIGHTLY looking up at her. It gets progressively more obvious the further she gets into the line, but she has the power now. Somehow she always ends up with the fuckin' power, maybe I should convert to christianity smh.

-shakeycam is back again baby!

The creative minds put so much love and care into Hatchetfield, and you can tell that every project is a passion project. People know starkid primarily as a theater company, and that's great and all, but in reality it's an Avenue for all kind of creatives to not only have the opportunity to create all kinds of amazing things, let alone theater, but also have a way to show people. It's moved past being a theater company, with things like Starkid returns and Workin' boys, it's more like a production collective, and it feels like the beginning of a new era. Not only in terms of broadening the way that they Express themselves and be creative, but also in terms of finding a new niche in the industry. Finding a new, wider audience. Because yeah, you're always gonna have people that dislike the new media you produce, for nostalgia's sake or whatever, but beyond that, there are going to be be people that absolutely love what you have to offer. There's no point in trying to revert back to the way it was before, or trying to cater specifically to an audience from an era gone by. How do you grow as an artist if you're always thinking in the past? Starkid is moving in a new direction. The next musical is likely not going to be hatchetfield, but I dont even mind because it's going to be new. New is always good, and Starkid has a bright future.

TL;DR @curtmega you're a literal genius, and starkid is TOTALLY AWESOME

#workin boys #workin boys spoilers #starkid #hatchetfield #curt mega #team starkid #henry hidgens

[bbboar]

playing the touchtarved demo again and i know i saw a bunch of people a while back theorising that Leander asks you about all the other LIs in an attempt to manipulate but i dont think that entirely true. He will say good and bad things about everyone. Unlike some of the other LIs who will just straight up say they hate a bitch lol

I think he asks for your opinion bcs info gathering is his bread and butter. I think perhaps thats how he manages to afford all that he does (lodging, drinks on the whole bar etc). Well. Info and doing favours for favours.

Kuras mentions that Leander seems to know everyone at the Wet Wick and when you first meet Leander, he instantly clocks you as a stranger so that checks out. In additional all the LIs mention how information is currency in Eridia

It also makes me think of the barkeeper's comment about Leander having a room just for his dalliances and i wonder if sleeping with people is also another way for him to get people to trust him/share info. I also think he likes being liked and needed. That and hes a bit of a slut bcs he seems to be into most if not all of the cast to some degree lmao

Anyway I think with the evil Leander theories being so popular, its easy to take everything he does and says as suspicious (i know i def felt like that for a long while. Still do to a degree) so im trying to take a step back and be less biased.

Idk ive changed my mind on what i think is going on a few times already and im sure ill change it again in the future

#boblabla #touchstarved game #im being brave and putting this in the tag #im usually shy with sharing opinions

[thewertsearch]

Ask Comp 19/10

That's true - we don't know for sure that Trollian can fully emulate Sburb's surveillance capabilities.

If the trolls were sufficiently motivated, though, they wouldn't actually need to. Sollux could probably hack one of the kids' computers, to gain access to their Sburb viewport - although if he did, he wouldn't need a camera to snoop on their messages.

Is there a paranoia Aspect? I think I've finally found my calling.

anonymous asked: heya! ive just finished re-reading your ENtIRE liveblog and i to send asks about some stuff but i waited to finish so im sendind everything at once! (im gonna send stuff in a bunch of small asks so cat can stop just one instead of the whole thing in case of accidental spoilers) (aslo hi cat!) (also its ninnoy, havent sent an ask in a while but i changed my pfp to something slightly more spoilery so im in anon now) [...] the jade pen pal thing, do you have any new theories on who it could be?

None! I'm sure that it's someone derived from Grandpa Harley, but everything else is a mystery.

I have no particular theories about who he is, how he knows Jade, where he got his hands on so many endgame weapons, or why he's got such an antiquated accent if he's watching movies from the 80s. I assume time travel is involved, but that doesn't really narrow anything down in a comic like this. He (she? they?) is a complete enigma, and I'll just have to wait to learn more.

ALsO WHEREs YOUR sONAs? we havent seen them in so long im afraid sahlle might have actueally died of meteor strike (joking of course) also have you realized that "sally" and "cat" are both one letter of from a valid kid name? you could lend her one of your "L"s

I've actually been workshopping some Quest stuff for Sahlee this week! I suppose I'd need to figure out her Title first, though, and for that, I'd need to get a more solid idea of her personality, and how her experiences on Alternia have shaped her.

in one of your last posts you seemed to imply that the multiverse exists inside the timeline, but ive always read it as the opposite, the timeline inside the universe that would explain why the trolls can pick any time from the humans universe to talk to them but cant have private conversations with their own futute/past selves, its not an inherent part of trollian, they are just outside the human timeline (the memos are still trollian being time fucky) dont know if that makes any difference but its a thought also i realize the tag may be unecessary due to my quirk, but its too late to stop now

(NOTE: quirk omitted for readability, but the substitutions are [t -> 7, s -> 2] - sort of a variant of Sollux's quirk. I actually don't think we've seen any quirks which add a 7, so the voice here is distinct from any trolls we've seen so far. I like it!)

Originally, my assumption was that each timeline contained a duplicate of the entire multiverse. Doomed timelines don't seem to let you communicate with other universes/dimensions, though, so they don't need to contain other sectors of reality. I'm currently of the opinion that doomed timelines only contain an instance of the dimension they were doomed in. The only timeline which contains the entire multiverse is the Alpha.

This mechanic keeps doomed timelines simple, but in-universe, I don't know why it exists. Much like the Alpha itself, it's a mystery I can only speculate about.

has the shipping chart been updated since the last time we saw it? also you (at some point) said that equius<>feferi was a controversial ship so i had to go back to check the notes and i was the only person i found talkig about it so i guess im the whole controversy? if thats the case i would like to thank you for recognizing me as the equius<>feferi number 1 hater (all jokes of course)

I got a few skeptical asks about Equius<>Feferi, but you're the only one who discussed it on the post itself. I guess by some measures, you are the most dedicated hater, because your hate was posted publicly! 🤣

I could make one or two changes, but I don't want to post a new chart until the kids meet the trolls in person, hopefully at the end of the Act!

The Scratch, naturally - but I'm also looking forward to seeing exactly how WV was Exiled. He's currently on Skaia, and Jack has lost interest in him, so who's actually sending him through the portal?

Tavros is barely a presence on the Land he's ostensibly the hero of, and all of his actions are being dictated by a third party who can physically control his body. This third party does not acknowledge or respect Tavros's own desires, effectively forcing him to play the game in a way that she personally approves of.

She claims it will make him stronger.

@bladekindeyewear submitted: That was a long, thorough, and fantastic response! It's fascinating seeing your opinion on these things-- and I'm glad to see that considering the questions we've given you seems to have made you more paranoid. But I'm just not entirely sure you're paranoid ENOUGH. Not yet. Much like how you just found that "BREEZE" quote in your Breath research, back at around the time you've now reached in the comic, we had dozens of theory-miners combing back through everything that had been said and shown in Homestuck, over and over again, searching for anything we might have missed that might have been of some importance. [...] So, uh….. how do I put this… Would you prefer to strictly handle that sort of thing all by yourself, as you've said? Which I'd agree is still the best way that you should keep to, for the most part? Or would you mind if I gave you just a CRUMB of an example, only one? A tiny bit of text that we in the theory community only found at about the time you've reached in the comic, even though it was more than a thousand pages earlier?

Shit, this is such a dilemma. I'm honestly really torn.

See, I'd probably find old fandom theories absolutely fascinating to analyze. I'd love to know how closely my ideas align with those of the early Homestuck fandom, and whether I'm saying anything really out-of-pocket. My analysis of Sollux's ~ATH script was apparently an original theory, and it's honestly one my proudest moments.

But that's also sort of the problem, isn't it? If I dive too deeply into other people's fan theories, they'll start to affect my own - and if I'm introduced to a really compelling fan theory, it could end up replacing any homegrown theories that I could have developed in lieu of it. If someone had send me a well-reasoned ~ATH theory before I did my own analysis, I'd probably have been less motivated to make the analysis in the first place. After all, many of my questions would already have been answered by a clever theory I just read.

People are free to send me their own off-the-cuff opinions on what's happening in the comic, or their own takes on any meta I write. I get a lot of asks like that, and they're some of my favorites. There are also asks which spoil a little too much, but I'm still interested in their takes, so Cat's saving them for later. We don't really delete asks - we just delay the ones that aren't necessarily appropriate for a blind liveblog.

Obviously there's a fine line here, and whether a given ask is a theory or just an opinion is a little subjective - but in my opinion, the influence that asks and submissions have had on my analysis has been relatively minor. I don't think many of my theories have been spawned from an ask, or killed by one.

This is a little different, though, because it's part of a theory that was crowdsourced over several years. It doesn't sound like something that could be inferred by an individual, so I'm not sure if it's something an individual liveblogger should necessarily know about? If I start crowdsourcing my analysis, my theories will be less Wertsearch and more fandom consensus, and I don't think I'd enjoy that as much.

I really want to know, but I think I'll enjoy the liveblog more if I don't. When I finish the comic, I'll gleefully analyze any fan theory that anyone sends me - but for now, I'll just have to wonder, and come up with theories of my own!

Yeah, we've really been getting into it with Vriska lately. I've enjoyed trying to explain and predict her actions, and I'm glad people don't think I'm going overboard when trying to analyze her.

When a character does something interesting, I don't like to move on until I have a theory about why they did it. Sure, it may be refuted later, but it needs to be something that's consistent with what I currently know about their personality.

Vriska takes a particularly long time to puzzle out in this way. Her motivations are derived from a complex web (lol) of factors, including Scratch, Spidermom, her rivalry with Terezi, her horrendous relationship with Tavros, classism, teenage hormones, quadrant politics, highblood society and the Alternian culture of violence. They all inform her decisions, and any combination of them could have been the catalyst for the latest Vriska Incident.

I want characters to make sense to me, and Vriska is written to deliberately challenge my attempt to achieve this. Her meta is fun to write, so I'm glad it's also fun to read!

#full liveblog #asks #act 5.2

[kafukaselect-blog]

Is Nail Fiend actually the Curse Devil?

It was awesome to see the Nail Fiend (and Katana Man) return this chapter

Back when the Nail Fiend was first introduced, a common theory has been that rather than being possessed by the Nail Devil, they are actually the fiend-ified Curse Devil. Opinions on this theory seem to be pretty divided, and since the Nail Fiend is coming back into the spotlight with this latest chapter, I felt it would be worthwhile to make a post re-evaluating this theory in its entirety.

The main reason for this theory is that the Curse Devils choice of weapon is a nail, just like the fiend's, with both Aki and Santa Claus needing to pierce their victims with a nail to trigger the Curse Devil's attack

In addition, the Curse Devils attack takes the form of a crucifixion, and when the "Nail Fiend" debuts, they hang up the church schoolkids with nails in a crucifix position.

There's also the fact that a Nail Devil doesn't really seem like they'd be that powerful at all under CSM's fear based system, and considering that fiends have a further reduction in power compared to devils, the speed and competence that the "Nail fiend" shows could be considered unreasonably powerful for just representing the concept of nails.

You could argue that the Nail Devil also represents the hammer and nail curse ritual (Ushi no toki mari) to give a reason for its power, but the Curse devil already clearly takes inspiration from that. It would be incredibly redundant to make the Nail Devil just represent the exact same thing as the Curse Devil, and it would make more sense to just re-use that devil, it's not like Fujimoto has had a problem with reintroducing devils from Part 1.

The main counterargument for this theory that I have seen is the fact that the fiend's introduction chapter was named "Guns, Nails, Katana", with people arguing that because the chapter title uses the word "Nail" that the fiend must then must be the Nail Fiend.

I don't think this argument really holds any weight, the chapter had "Nails" in the title because the fiend used a bunch of nails and the chapter title was describing what happened in the chapter. It's like how the "Guns" in the title refers to how the chainsaw church followers used a bunch of guns, not that they were contracted with the Gun Devil. If anything the title "Guns, Curse, Katana" would be really strange and out of place, because it would be revealing something that wasn't actually revealed in the chapter itself.

At the end of the day this theory is still unconfirmed though, and we'll really just have to wait until we see the Nail Fiend show off a bit more of their powers before we can really call it one way or the other. Though I am definitely hoping to see some curse action in the upcoming chapters.

Also: if they really are the Curse Fiend, then them being paired up with Katana Man is pretty funny, considering they straight up murdered him in Part 1. This fact doesn't really affect the likeliness of the theory, but I think it's pretty neat.

#csm #chainsaw man #csm manga #csm spoilers #chainsaw man part 2 #chainsaw man spoilers #csm analysis #csm theory #nail fiend #csm 159 #katana man #csm part 2 #curse devil

[baconmoop]

My argument as to why the mysterious letter is definitely Gaster.

Okay, now I’ve had time to drink it all in/actually do things for valentines day, I’m ready to make my argument as to why the mysterious letter is definitely our boy Gaster. I’ve been of the mindset that he’s a goofy old man for a long time, and I’ve always wanted to make a video essay to explain my point of view but I've never had the time. This newsletter gave me the push to write this ‘quick’ summary  though. Feel free to fight with me in the notes.

First of all, I am aware that the Japanese version uses Hiragana instead of his normal Katakana. I barely understand English, so I can’t even begin to understand the importance of it. It is my biggest foil, but I don’t think it affects things too much.

My first, easiest bit of evidence, is the fact that Toby has already removed the letter, leaving only this.

He does this constantly with Gaster stuff. He did it with the tarot cards, he did it with abc123a.ogg. The moment someone posts something online, he removes evidence of its existence. Suspicious, is it not?

Okay, let’s break the letter down shall we?

This is in line with a lot of things we already know about WDG. Most likely in Wingdings, we have hints in Sans’ lab and the true lab that his handwriting is impossible to read. We don’t know any of these are 100% him, but it makes sense that it would be difficult to read unless you were determined enough to do so (I assume that is what ‘squint your heart refers to?). 

There are multiple people who know what the ‘delta rune is’, but here to me he is clearly discussing the game, not the prophecy. The only person to ever have interest in our opinions of the experience is the ‘other him’, when he introduced us to the survey program. He also talks in short sentences, Like he does in the initial goner sequence, and pretty much everything else. 

Okay, so this is something that has plagued my mind for a while, but this has brought it to the forefront. I assume here that he’s referring to Dess being stuck in the code, or whoever it is (See here https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?topic=68.0). I’ve always been of the mind that Gaster genuinely wants to help, partially because of the eggs and partially because he seems to want you to win. He wants you to stop the roaring. I have a bunch of theories about this that probably deserve their own video, but here’s a quick summary:

If you name yourself Suzie in the goner maker scene, he says:

As far as I know, he doesn’t say this for anyone else, including ralsei, so he clearly has some kind of positive opinion of Suzie. Why would he say this if he was an antagonist to the fun gang?

When you die in the game and press no on the continue screen, the song ‘darkness falls’ plays (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSn4p1Xx7NU&ab_channel=Palpe). While definitely having Gaster’s leitmotif for starters, Just listen to how melancholy it sounds. It gives me the same bittersweet vibes that it’s raining somewhere else gives me. If this is a reflection of how Gaster feels when you give up, then he’s definitely a bit bummed that you failed.

Someone is clearly helping the secret bosses. While most people assume that he is doing it for some kind of nefarious purposes, I think he was genuinely trying to help, and it backfired. 

Anyway, back to the letter.

There’s a lot of connections between forgetting and Gaster. Fanon dictates that he’s been completely erased from everyone’s memories, but I don’t want to rely on fanon here. The first thing that comes to mind is obviously ‘Don’t forget’ plastered all over deltarune, which is what I assume he means when he calls it ironic, but that isn’t specifically tied to him. What I do think of however, is goner kid. I’ve already put enough images in this bad boy, but he says "Have you ever thought about a world where everything is exactly the same...Except you don't exist? Everything functions perfectly without you...Ha ha... The thought terrifies me." We know so much about how the goners are connected to him, I’m not gonna re-go over it here. Someone also mentioned the Spamton sweepstakes “AREN'T YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING?” on the ice page, which could also be relevant here. Is there any other character linked to forgetting as much as he is?

Okay, now for my most dubious point (sue me I’m not an actual theorist). But… Doesn’t this give you old man papyrus vibes? It’s goofy, It’s in all caps, it puts a smile on my face. To quote my friend outside the fandom, “It’s giving old man texting his grandchildren for the first time”. I know this is one of the biggest contradictions for people, claiming that it’s out of character for gaster to speak like this, but I give exhibit A, from the legends of localisation book: 

(Ripped directly from https://www.tumblr.com/gasterofficial/715722490333298688?source=share)

I’ve always loved this. It’s probably not canon, but it’s goofy as hell. It was one of the first things that made me want to do a video on my “gaster is a good dude” ideas. It’s the exact same vibes as the letter. 

So what do you think? I could definitely go into more detail about all of this, if people are interested. I just saw something that helped fuel my theories and had to put my opinions out there. Please don’t murder me in the notes for going against the antagonist gaster grain I am very sensitive okay good by!

#undertale #deltarune #utdr newsletter #utdr theory #wd gaster #I hope this makes sense #I was very excited to get this newsletter #happy valentines day btw!!

[imadethisaccountforaheadcannon]

I find those who think alastors a badguy rather sexist

They just assumed just because a bunch of women were saying he's a good dude then they are doing it cause they are horny and just they feel so damn smug by going killer+creepy=bad

Its just like all they have to do is is give a normal 5 year olds level of logic and everyone just accepts it without a bat of an eye and yet when it's the women with legit points have to constantly repeat themselves and stile get ignored

I added this much onward later You know I can't wait til husks past catches up to him so we get to see personally how he used to run his debt slavery ring

Alastor literally has four outta five women to canonically give him the green light and there's the fact it's mostly perceived that women are saying he's not a bad dude (well I'm a women so I count and I know it's not just me)

So why are women's words and instincts about him considered not valid why do the theory community which BTW seems mostly male are the ones everyone's listening to when the simply possibility that the ones who view him as the better overlord are actually right is completely and utterly disregarded

All it takes is to make a mobster pink and a sex worker for them to ignore he's a mobster why are the guys opinions considered more valid

Like imagine an AU where everyone just discounted angeldust being a porn star just because he put on a tough mobster facade,dressed in red and used his real name

#hazbin hotel alastor #Hazbin hotel #HazbinHotel husk #Hazbin hotel husk is in hell for a reason #Angel dust is in hell for a reason

[twstwonderlandstuff]

Can I request Lilia suddenly deciding to be MCs new best friend and clinging around then to know everything about them because his dear son is in love with mc

So just silver x Mc but Lilia is a terrible wingman

I SEE YOU NONNIE I SEE YOU YOU AND ME WE 🤝 WE UNDERSTAND

unfortunately this took a comedic turn and I apologize for that, it's just... pfft

spoilers for lilia's labcoat story!

requests are closed!

gender neutral reader

tw: none

ooc lilia, ramshackle ghosts w/ names & personalities(my hcs)

lilia vanrouge

"it's been an odd few days." you account to the ghosts that reside in ramshackle, sipping your cup of tea. "like, it's been weird weird."

"how so?" dumpy, the round ghost questions, circling around you.

"yeah, well, ya see..." you place down the cup of tea and clap your hands. "lilia's senpai's been getting real close to me, and while I don't mind he's just been like... weird about it?"

"like, like- he constantly talks about silver-senpai this, silver-senpai that, and while I don't doubt silver senpai's a pretty cool guy, it's just like... ??? where did this come from??" you shrug. "ugh, I need opinions. lanky, give me yours, please..."

lanky, the tall ghost, takes a sit next to you. "I think he's just being friendly! of course, that's not what you say when it comes to NRC students, but lilia is an odd case."

tiny, the short ghost, shakes his head. "no, there must be some hidden agenda. we're talking about the guy that wrestled a bunch of savanaclaw dudes, right? where did we get that story, anyway-"

"epel-"

"oh, epel, right. …point is, I think he has a hidden agenda." tiny groused, choosing to float next to the prefect. "what are your thoughts, little grim-lin?"

"FINALLY! if 'yer asking the great grim..." grim crosses its arms. "...he's totally tryna butter us up and make us do something for him! like what tiny said!!!"

"hmm, that does make sense." dumpy agrees, nodding along. "you can continue observing him, or ask him directly."

"directly?!" lanky and you well at the same time. "no way!"

"absolutely not!"

"what if I DIE?" you wail, dramatics full on display.

"be a little more optimistic, will you..."

"I'm not taking chances with a guy who beat three- THREE- savanaclaw students! I'm not-"

"not what, little bat~?"

"EEEEEEEPPPPP!!!!" lilia's sudden intrusion forced you to let out a surprised scream as the ghosts and grim scatter in surprise.

"fufu, surprised~?"

"ob- ob... OBVIOUSLY!!!" you grumble. "don't do that, sheesh!!!"

"well, I couldn't help butt in when I heard my name being thrown about, could I?"

oh, shit. you feel a shiver go down your spine as lilia glances at you sideways, like a predator catching its prey.

"I, uh, I just-" you stammer, before slapping your cheeks and pointing an accusatory glance at the bat-like senior. "it's your fault for acting weird, anyway, senpai!"

you continue before lilie can get a word in, a grin already apparent on his face. "like, I'm totally fine with us being friends, that's cool, but you keep on bringing up silver-senpai! like how good he is at PE, or that he's really gentle with animals, or-"

"wait." dumpy interrupts you, floating back down from the 2nd floor. "lilia-san, do forgive me if I'm mistaken, but perhaps..." dumpy hesitates for a second. "perhaps, you have a crush on silver-senpai?"

"WHAT."

"oh, oh-!" tiny butts in, a mischievous glint in his eyes. "you don't have anyone to talk to, so you've been hinting at it to the prefect, huh?"

"I guess I thought you wrong after all, mr. bat." grim adds, scrawling in with a grin. "who woulda' thought it was about love?"

"oh...OH?????" now its your turn to be awed, and you nudge him. "aww, is this what it's about, senpai? you should've said so from the start! I never took you as the shy type, senpai!"

the grin from lilia's face slowly slips, and in turn, horror as he begins to fervently shake his head- which you take as affirmation to your theory.

"come then, senpai, tell us! what do you like about silver, hmm~?" you coo. "is it his beautiful face?"

"I... I have to go." with a solemn tone that he doesn't often carry, lilia disappears into thin air, leaving a dust of green magic behind.

"wow, he must be really embarrassed!" grim snickers. "let's tease him the next time we see him!"

"not too much, though. still, I can't believe lilia senpai's the shy type~" you laugh in amazement.

"well, you can't judge a book from its cover, right?" dumpy pats himself on the back. "all thanks to my detective work!"

back in diasomnia, lilia transports into the living room, with a grave, grave face.

"I... I messed up..."

"lilia?" malleus questions as he hands his vice-leader a cup of tea. "what happened?"

"I messed up- no... I FUCKED UP!"

malleus jumps at the sudden burst, watching as lilia begins to pace around the room. "ooh, shit, oh shit, I have to tell the prefect they got it wrong, but- oh, no--!!!!!"

"old man?"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT RIGHT NOW!!!"

lilia proceeds to crumble on the floor of diasomnia, where sebek dramatically wails over, where malleus & silver look on in confusion.

please don't come at me for saying this is incest please please please I just thought it would be funny if lilia messes up so bad to you think that HE has a crush on silver instead

then silver finds out and he like stares at lilia going 'wtf old man... how tf did you mess up that bad' and lilia's like 'i do not preceive i do not preceive i do not PRECEIVE' head in hands typa deal

#twisted wonderland #twst wonderland #twst #lilia vanrouge #twst silver #twst silver x reader #twisted wonderland x reader #twst x reader #gender neutral reader #gn! reader #gn reader #sugar rush