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haunteddrawings · 10 months

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after a lot of time, effort, and an unusual number of helpful dreams: demons <3

thoughts about them (I have. so many) under the cut

ok so literally everything about all of them is subject to change, but I’m happy where they are for now! I’m building up a lot of stuff for them, but it’s very work in progress. there is some important lore I doubt will change too much though!

the demons essentially are “evil” gods (none of them are super evil, but they are in general more evil inclined/presenting, and they all have pointy ears and horns so they’re one big group that was y’know. demonized) I’m going to have to design the “good” gods at some point but I have some other stuff I want to do before jumping into more mass character design, so those designs might force me to change these ones idk. it’s gotta make sense as one big world y’know.

all these guys (and the angels or whatever I'll call them when I get there) come from an original god. this gods pronouns (for now thy/thym/thyr/thymself) are the basic "godly" pronoun set that all of the demons share. this god also (and most importantly) shattered into pieces and leaked stuff everywhere. the stuff became everything that exists! this original god was made of everything that now exists and also nothing (y'know the science thing abt how before matter existed time didn't either? something about that) so the demons aren't flesh and blood but instead made of magic or something. this means that they all technically have the ability to shape shift, though it isn't a huge part of what they do.

also despite being gods, they aren't all powerful! they have the power to influence the world, but don't have full control over anything (for the most part)

now a rundown of all of them (not strictly in this order. kallie had to go first because of how important she was to me doing this at all)

Kallie: she/thy

my absolute blorbo. was my second demon but the one I cared about the most by far. did 4 pieces of her for a school project I love her so much. she started out as a demon with both a pink demon from and a "normal" human form. she also had wings and was a galah (pink bird). for some reason. her human form was because originally the idea was that she was infiltrating a high school in order to get close to someone so she could betray & kill them in as painful a way as possible. she was an agent of my hell on a mission. then shenanigans occur (this was supposed to be a comedy idk)

NOW: she's the demon of war, violence, and chaos. she's often confused with the love demon because of how much heart patterned stuff she wears. she's silly and cute! always wearing a different outfit. like 6'2" without platforms. she's extremely unreliable when sharing information, and thinks she's really humble (she's not).

Elio: he/thy

my first demon! used to be named sol so this name isn't set in stone but y'know. not a man! this is a lesbian! original concept had him fall in love with a human which I might keep but who knows.

he's basically a demon laywer. demon of laws, oaths, and fire. in the lore he used to be wayyy more evil, more fire than law, and a tyrant! he used to suck! much more chill now though, and more law motivated too.

Vesh: they/thy

sporty icon. demon of electricity, energy, and mischief (they're a troublemaker and a prankster). high energy thus: sports. also I needed a theme outfit-wise because it was really lame originally.

Cleo: she/thy

Cleo was the one I had a helpful dream about. she's demon of doubt, secrets, and being hidden. she can also shape shift into any type of snake!

shes really fond of humans, and really helpful despite having no reputation of being so. everything she says might be a lie though, so she helps point humans in the right direction, but her info needs to be verified. strong believer in shades of grey. she and vika despise each other. her horns aren't visible because I forgot them and couldn't make them work with hair so their really small. it's good hair though, right?

Nira: she/thy

demon of water & fluidity. honestly her design was so easy I don't have many thoughts. she's the tallest. very shy. either apathetic or full of rage and tearing things apart. something about the moon. that's all I got.

Vika: he/they/thy

demon of knowledge, facts, and the mind/the brain. pretends he knows everything but he really doesn't. an egotistical motherfucker. they are the largest source of information out there though. doesn't believe in maybes or subjective answers. if they answer a question with a maybe or subjective answer they will just tell you one answer. doesn't like sharing information but loves showing off. must be very very respectful and stroke his ego to get his (often extremely helpful) information. doesn't know everything though, they're not omniscient. he and Cleo despise each other.

Frankie: he/thy

demon of emotion, beauty, and sex. the actual love demon. a bitch but very very cool so it's waved away by those not victims of it. appreciate beauty and confidence above all. has a fun pink twin purple twin thing with kallie. they are not twins, nor are they particularly close. very dramatic. feels emotions very strongly. often underestimated.

Keres: she/they/thy

demon of darkness, death, and peace. an absolute sweetheart. cane user. slightly separated from the rest of the group. cares for the dead. a highly feared and beloved god. I love her your honor

and that's all of them! these probably aren't all the demons that exist, but it's all I'm making for right now. if you actually read all this, thank you! I really appreciate it. this is the most I've ever cared about ocs before <33

#can you tell i really care about these guys?#yeah #honestly while kallie is so important to any of this shes no longer my fav #cleo and keres are tied for that rn #deities ocs tag #<- probably need one of those

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wandering-the-worlds · 4 years

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hi if you're here to not see spoilers for

FINAL FANTASY FOURTEEN!

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S BUT MOSTLY SECURITY BREACH!

TEARS OF THE KINGDOM!

GOOD OMENS!

toh, mrd, portal, gf, hk, the rest of loz, tsp, utdr, uhh theres um. lots.

i reccomend you steer clear of this blog because I DO NOT TAG SPOILERS! so disclaimer ect ect dont yell at me if i ruin endwalker for you

ok other stuff

fr = wanderingworlds / 515074

scratch = LadySummoner

everything that isn’t a reblog here and here

oc ask blog? art side blog? at @ketupa-zeylonensis. look at my art im proud of it. and send me questions.

can and will tag things as blorbo from my shows/games/ocs you get the point

DO NOT repost/use my art without my permission.

thats it. enjoy or don't up to you byeeeee

common blorbo tags/oc lore stuff below cut:

"mintverse" or "tfslaa" is my story about a bunch of vessels that are all alternate timelines of eachother stuck in a time loop, mainly featuring:

Hare [killed radiance and now a SCARY EVIL VILLAIN!! on earth]

Finch [adopted by pk]

Sparrow [killed radiance then adopted by pk]

Nightjar/NJ [ended up in minecraft] [only sort of canon now]

Stoat [ended up in flight rising]

Saffron [from the previous loop. trying to overthrow mint]

Mint [the person in charge of the time loop. lives in flight rising]

Rach [the very first of them. helped mint start the time loop]

Thorns [mint but before she combined with rach]

"solverse" or anything relating to the "castledwellers" is my story about a minecraft bird who's putting the god of fate back together. overlaps with mintverse a lot. mainly featuring:

Solace and Remnant [the minecraft bird and the shattered god of fate. sol is dead and remy is the only thing keeping her alive and she intends to repay that by whatever means possible.]

Virion and Vrallo [they're literally just chilling. sol's favorite mortal and voidling who take care of fates's castle while she's gone. anything that refers to "The Game" is referring to when they all met, btw.]

Dearth and Scribbles [sol's ex-partners who sold their souls to multiverse satan and got mad at her about it. can you believe that?]

Sum [killed sol but they're cool now. lives with mint in flight rising]

Pastel-Purple [wol but time loop about it. mutual seething hatred with mint]

Tarlind [she's not really a castledweller i just love her forever. the real azem out of these wols]

Helpingway [also not a castledweller but whatever. loporrit wol!]

Dark-Blue [she's also literally just chilling. not even in the castle.]

Blue Lights [the cooler dark-blue. official chronicler of fate but actually just bug tests dimensions for god aka going on cool adventures instead of chronicling things. also my sona]

"solverse1" or "pre-cascade" refers to anything that happened before sol died and "solverse2" or "post-cascade" anything after. i'll have better names for it eventually probably

and other general multiverse stuff:

There are beings which lie outside of the cycle once set by Fate. These are the three Voids, Fates itself, and Axolotl, as well as anyone borne from or chosen by them.

Light and Dark, The All-Expelling and All-Consuming, The True Voids, whatever you want to call them, are the Empty and the Darkness.

The Empty just hates everything and wants to be left alone forever. This isn't going so well. Its children are the Audience.

The Darkness wants to eat everything but no one wants to help it so that isn't going so well either. Its children are the Souleaters, and technically every dark voidling is descended from it as well.

Order and Chaos, Code and Flesh, and whatever else they choose to present with at the time, are Fates and the Corruption.

The Corruption wants to take over the multiverse but all the other gods hate it. ESPECIALLY Fates. Its children are the Guides, Puppeteers, and Watchers, and every other awful tentacle monster in existence.

Fates got murdered lol. It's not very happy about this. It was in charge of arranging and maintaining dimensions/timelines. Its children are the Actors.

The God of Gods, Axolotl or Xotl or any other name, the Obscured, is just, like, chilling.

Dimensions are generally split into two categories; codeworlds and fleshworlds [name pending. i hate it]. I'm sure you get the gist of that I'm not explaining the specifics here

After Fates was shattered, the loose denizens of the multiverse took its shards to create great cities where all could live in peace. This actually worked out pretty well [for everyone except Fates].

One of these is the City of Origins, aka the Minecraft city. Darkie ate it lol. Sol is from there.

and that's the lore!!! yippee!!!!

oh yeah and 🌌 is the blorbo tag for when i don't feel like sharing who the blorbo is

also, my flight rising lore and ffxiv lore take place in the same dimension. this is why mint and pastel hate each other

#pinboard #and i am definitely not a rogue wizard. come closer fellow magic users.#last edited july 28th 2023

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imaginetrahs · 4 years

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5. I don’t know who that is. Sorry.

Third

Monday came faster than Solana wanted it to.

After Friday the rest of her weekend went by in a blur. Saturday and Sunday were spent with family since there wasn't much of that since she came home from camp.

Solana had just finished getting dressed, reluctantly, and made her way towards the kitchen. Jamal was sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal. Solana knew that he would text her later about his stomach hurting from the milk, he's lactose intolerant but she didn't say anything.

"Hey, do you want a ride." Solana grabbed her bookbag from its spot by the door and slipped on her sandals.

Jamal shook his head, "I'm gonna walk with the crew. But I'll see you at lunch?" He placed his bowl in the sink and grabbed his bag too. Both of the Turner kids walked out of the house and Solana locked the door behind them. Their dad was respected because of his business but they could never be too sure.

"Yes sir." Solana walked to her car while Jamal started walking down the street toward school. "Please be safe J."

"Girl, you know I'm always safe." He turned around walking backwards and popped his collar. "They need to watch out for me cause I'm dangerous."

Because Jamal was turned around not watching where he was going, he backed into a fire hydrant and fell back. Solana rolled her eyes and got in her car, she pulled out and made her way to pick up Braelyn and Raziya.

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"Who's your first period?" Solana, Braelyn and Raziya were still sitting in the car waiting for the first bell to ring. Each girl had their phone in their hand looking at their class schedule.

"I have Bloomberg." Solana glanced at the other girls as they groaned in protest.

"Fucking lucky." Raziya sighed out. "I have Ms. Roberts."

Solana and Braelyn let out collectives 'ooohs'. They both understood Raziya's frustration seeing as they both had her last year for English class and she was not an easy teacher.

"Well I have Ms. Carter and I'm okay with it because she's pretty chill." Braelyn opened her door and slid out along with Solana and Raziya.

Walking through the parking Solana noticed the familiar cherry red convertible parked across the street with its owner sitting in the driver seat. She tried not to make eye contact but it was hard when she could feel him staring at her.

"He's basically burning a hole in your face." Solana groaned kept walking. She was still upset about Friday but she wasn't pressed about it.

"I know." The three girls sat at one of the tables in front of the school. They continued to talk about their classes and what teachers they didn't like.

"So are you like over Oscar." Braelyn set her phone down on the table and looked at Solana. Braelyn knew that she wasn't, she just wanted to hear her say it.

"I don't know who that is." Solana shrugged her shoulders and continued her people watching. Across the way she noticed her brother and his friends sitting at a table, they must've been waiting for Cesar.

Raziya rolled her eyes, "Lana for real."

"Well technically we were never together for me to 'be over him' but I just think what he did was stupid as fuck and if he didn't want to hang with me he could've just told me that. Instead he blew me off for another girl without a call or text." Solana took her bag off and laid her head on it. "So I don't know, but I do know boys are stupid."

"Except me though, right?" Solana rolled her head to the right and seen Cesar standing there with a smirk on his face.

"No, especially you." Solana joked to him and got up to hug him. "I'm just kidding Ceas. How you been?"

He nodded his head and shrugged simultaneously. "I've been better. But hey my brother wants to talk to you."

Solana shook her head 'no' and sat back in her seat. The last thing she wanted to do was talk to Oscar right now because it would ruin her whole day and it barely started.

Cesar's phone dinged and glanced at it. He had a text from his brother. "He said if you don't go over there then he'll come over here, your choice."

Solana sighed as loud as she could and dragged her feet across the street. She could hear her friends plus Cesar laughing behind her.

Solana opened the red door and flung herself into the passenger seat while slamming the door. She slouched into the seat and crossed her arms across her chest, glaring out of the windshield.

"Yo chill out with slammin' my shit!" Oscars eyebrows knitted in frustration. First Solana wasn't answering his texts and now she's here slamming his car door.

Solana turned to him in mock sympathy. She placed her hand over her chest, "I'm sorry, let me just-", she opened the door and slammed it again.

Oscar clenched and unclenched his jaw, not wanting to lose his cool towards her. He watched her type on her phone instead of paying attention to him.

Oscar snatched the phone from Solana's hand and put it in pocket closest to the driver door. "Tell me how you feel Sol." He shifted his body towards her direction and threw his arm across the back of the car seat.

"You're an asshole." She looked at him with a stoic face. "Instead of just telling me you didn't want to hang out, you stood me up and I had to hang with my brother. Not that I mind because I love my brother, and we actually had a lot of fun, it's just you could've sent a text. And then you ditched me for Amaya, of all people."

"Are you jealous?" Oscar smirked her way.

"Of Amaya?" Solana screwed her face up and laughed wholeheartedly. "Yeah right. She's slept with literally every guy in our grade, you're just another one that got added and checked off her list. Don't feel too special."

Solana heard the bell for first period ring and grabbed the door handle to get out. "We're not together so I'm not mad, but don't invite me to hang out if you're just gonna bail." She shut the door with a shrug and made her way to class.

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Lunch time came and to say Solana was happy was an understatement. She had two more classes to go to, being on block schedule was a gift. Solana walked through the countless bodies in the hallway to her locker. She grabbed her sketch pad for her double art class, instead of having to come all the way back to this side of the school.

Solana closed and locker her locker and made her way to the cafeteria. Her phone buzzed in her hand and she glanced at it to see a text from Oscar.

Spooky 👻

I'm picking you up later

11:25 AM

Mamas 🖤

No you're not

11:30 AM

Solana grabbed a lunch tray and went through the lunch line like every other person. She decided between the lesser evils of lunch food and went with a chicken salad. Another text came through and Siri read it in her AirPods.

Spooky 👻

Let me make it up to you

11:35 AM

Mamas 🖤

It's a little too late for that don't you think 🙂

11:36 AM

Spooky 👻

Be ready by 6

11:38 AM

Mamas 🖤

Say I do agree to this...

What am I supposed to wear?

11:40 AM

Solana walked out of the cafeteria to the outside tables and found her brother and his friends plus Braelyn and Raziya.

"Hey you's guys." Solana sat between her brother and Ruby, hugging his head. Like all of Jamals friends, Ruby had a special place in her heart, a close second to Cesar. She loved them all in her own little way.

Spooky 👻

Whatever you want baby

11:47 AM

You look good in everything

11:47 AM

Solana smirked at her phone at what Oscar said. She didn't want to toot her own horn but, he wasn't wrong.

Mamas 🖤

Whatever 🙄

11:50 AM

I'll see you later

11:51 AM

Jamal glanced over his sisters shoulder, along with Ruby, to see her texting Oscar. Neither of them said anything but glanced at each other, knowing that she could be used in their plan to talk to Oscar.

"Who you texting Sol." Raziya leaned on her hand grinning at Solana. Braelyn tilted her head at Solana and glanced to Raziya.

"Yeah, she was pretty smiley over there wasn't she Ziy?" Solana rolled her eyes with the other gazed at her, waiting for an answer.

"Don't start." Solana shot her hand out in a 'stop' motion. "Don't start."

Braelyn and Raziya threw their hands up in surrender. "Ok, fine."

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Sonshine senior year is mine 🤪

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Braezy period best 💕 15 likes

Sonshine this year is ours sis @Shawtylowe

SwaggieJ Period sis 20 likes

Sonshine jamal get tf 😂

Amilli 👻

Sonshine blocked

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Shawtylowe do I need school or does school need me 🤔

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Sonshine period cause shit is bogus 100 likes

Shawtylowe ain't it 😩

Eazy I need you

Shawtylowe dude get tf ☹️

Latrelle answer my dms

Shawtylowe eww 🤮

Shawtylowe @Amilli bitch stop liking my shit

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Braezy glad it's my last year ☺️ enjoy this outfit because after this it's sweats and hoodies 🙂

119 comments

Sonshine ong 😭

Shawtylowe you're so cute 😩💕 78 likes

Braezy thank you baby 💕

Mario hey

Braezy bye

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Amilli I had him now you can have him back 😇

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Shawtylowe you want to beat yo ass again

Amilli you didn't beat me the first time so...

Shawtylowe you're a bird 🦆 leave my friend and he man alone or imma fuck you up ong 💁🏽‍♀️ 115 likes

Sonshine Ziy chill 😂

Latrelle get at me ma

Amilli 🤪😘

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I can't fucking stand that bitch. Raziya text the groupchat. After lunch everyone went to their respective classes. Since most of the school followed the four girls, the drama was already spreading and it was only the first day.

Amaya was the type of girl that craved drama and attention. Her name was always in something and someone always got dragged down with her. The girls were friends with Amaya, once upon a time, but then things changed. Amaya was caught up in being better than everyone, but it happens.

Solana sat in art class, the only class she really cared for. She loved art in all forms, getting this class double was amazing for her. Not to mention her teacher was one of her favorites.

There were a little less than ten minutes left of class and Solana didn't want to leave. Her leaving meant she would have to hang with Oscar, and she didn't really want to.

When the bell rang to go home, Solana took her time leaving. Lately she hasn't been able to have any 'me time' so she took this time to. Her life was hectic right now between; cheer, seeing a man that is older than her, and school starting up, she wasn't sure she'd be able to handle it.

Solana's phone dinged in her back pocket, she pulled it out and seen a text from Jamal.

J-man 🏈

My stomach hurts

3:15 PM

Can you take me home

3:16 PM

"I fucking knew it."

#oscar diaz #oscar diaz x oc #oscar diaz imagines #black girl oc #oscar diaz imagine #spooky diaz #spooky #on my block

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zenosanalytic · 4 years

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Star Trek: Picard: Et in Arcadia Nego

Watched the last two eps of Star Trek: Picard today and...

I felt like it was just a series of disappointing copouts (:T

Killing Picard only to transfer his “engrams” to a synthetic body? Copout

Preventing the SynthCiv Federation from arriving rather than ending the series with The Federation confronting them with organics protecting synths while Picard passionately argues to them that History isn’t Fate and organic&synth life can choose to coexist? Copout

Deus Ex Machina-ing in Soong’s bio-son to explain away the holes in the Maddox storyline? Copout.

Throwing in an “evil” Android murdering an “innocent” one to cast The Choice btw self-defense and oblivion into stark black&white terms rather than dealing with it honestly&sincerely? Copout

Having the Evil Romulan Boyfriend both betray his sister at the end&having his myth directly match what the beacon will do&having the humans&Elnor(who’s sect of nun-assassins are sworn-enemies of the Tal Shiar) just decide to go along with his plan immediately? Copout.

Having Data still be “alive” as a digital copy so he&Picard can say their goodbyes and he can die on his own terms? Copout

the list goes depressingly on and on (:T (:T There’s even minor stuff like the Romulans just Poofing a fleet of hundreds of warbirds out of Nowhere when they’re SUPPOSED to be too devastated by the supernova to even police their own borders, or the Fed(having equally pulled back from the Neutral Zone, which is FAIRLY close to Sol and Vulcan, iirc from TNG: Unification part 2) doing the same to oppose them&protect the planet.

I also have some entirely idiosyncratic, stylistic objections. To have a plot so focused on Data and Soong-style androids NOT include Geordi just doesnt make much sense to me. I mean sure: he’s technically a starship engineer, but he was basically Data’s medical officer for the entire time they knew each other, repeatedly did complex brain surgery on his positronic matrix, and as such easily had more hands-on experience with Soong’s systems than anyone alive. The idea that Maddox could have succeeded without his input is about as difficult to believe as Picard not asking for his help in saving Data’s legacy(or him not finding out Picard was up to something odd involving Androids and tracking him down to help on his own initiative). I mean: Picard loved Data, was even, in some respects, a mentor, but Geordi was his BEST FUCKING FRIEND. Like: they hung out EVERYDAY. They talked about EVERYTHING together. They practically lived in each others’ pockets. Not having Geordi in this series borders on unconscionable.

And where the hell was Q? I can see Q ignoring the whole thing up to the last two eps, but beyond that? Would he REALLY sit on the sidelines while the LITERAL MASS-EFFECT REAPERS get called(not even ONE time-stopped moment to mock Picard? No Metajokes abt pre-wwiii computer games getting it right??)? And he absoLUTEly WOULD NOT just sit on his hands while Picard dies. He just wouldnt do it. COULDNT. We know this for a fact because, of course; it’s happened before and Q took the opportunity to Scrooge him over it. There’s basically No Way Picard wakes up in that chair, looks up, and DOESNT see Q in Data’s old uniform&makeup staring back at him with mockery, and cynicism, and maracas.

Anyway! Everything else about the series was ok; the plot was where all the major problems were to me. The acting was fine(a little forced in places, but that’s what you get with an overly Convenient plot), the costuming and set-design was great, I thought the casting and writing were good. ST: Picard has plenty of great art and good ideas(like dealing with the realities of Picard’s age and regrets) but it lacked followthrough; again and again, it failed to commit to its own premises, and ultimately that hurt it as a story for me.

#Star Trek #ST: Picard #ST: Picard Spoilers #Et in Arcadia Ego(Episode)#zA Reviews #zA Opinions #Summaries

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sols-actual-main-blog · 2 years

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8 and 11 for oc award nominations? :O

8. Best Monologue?

Uhh... not sure if I have that many monologues to choose from, I don't write them very often tbh. I think I'll go with Nadia in the infamous confrontation scene (even though it is technically a dialogue, but Falk doesn't speak that much so it's fine?), because it has some of the rawest lines I've ever written - "The judicary is fallible sometimes, no one knows that better than I do; and that it has nothing to do with justice should slowly dawn on you too after almost thirty years of service!" I mean????

11. Most Sympathetic Villain?

Ok I'm going to go for an unexpected answer here and say Falk.

But Sol, Falk is a protagonist! Yeah yeah, I hear you, but Verfluchtes Land doesn't have a conventional villain in a narrative way (as in 'evil person who is an adversary to the MCs') and from a strictly moral perspective Falk is not one of the good guys - he's rude and condescending, a cop, corrupt to the bone, has a racketeering business on the side, likes to do illegal magic for fun, steals evidence and blackmails his boss about her addiction problem. But my test readers really liked him so I guess he's sympathetic enough :D

#thanks for asking!💕💖#loved the questions!!#especially the villain one #what are villains even? what does villain mean?#very fun!#wip: rural fantasy #c: falk #c: nadia #sol writes #sol answers

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cipherpolfiles · 7 years

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Incoming extra-long Follower Appreciation and reply post!

I may need to start doing these biweekly (in this case, every two weeks), truth to be told. The amount of attention this blog is getting is a lot more than I had anticipated.

First of all, I want to welcome all the new followers. I also want to thank the people who have been following this blog for quite a while, some of you have even been here from the very beginning, for all their support.

I’m going to take this chance to inform you that this blog has just reached the 252 followers (it’s 255 right now, but I don’t have the time to screencap it all over again). Never, not even in my wildest dreams, had I imagined I’d reach so many; in fact, I was expecting to reach 50 at the very most. Sadly, right now I have no time to host another raffle/giveaway to celebrate the 200 follower milestone, but once things have calmed down a bit and I’ve been able to finish all the prizes from the previous one, I’ll do some other thing for you, guys, maybe during summer.

On another note, those 5 drafts you see there include some essays/analyses: an analysis about Tamago, which is actually one of the prizes for the 100 follower milestone giveaway and I have permission from the person who requested it to wait until the current arc is done, so the analysis can be wrapped up properly. On Charlotte Pudding, about how Pudding was evil and lying throughout the entire arc - I was working on this when Oda unveiled the truth about her, so after that I just lost my drive to keep writing it and it’s kind of just sitting there -; an unnamed one about the giants we’ve seen so far and their connection to Norse culture and other sources - on which I’ve been working for quite a while before the entire prince Loki of Elbaf reveal, mind you -; Creating Impel Down, an essay on the (possible) sources used to create the great underwater prison and its dwellers and Family & Loyalty. Edward ’Whitebeard’ Newgate Vs. Charlotte ‘Big Mom’ Linlin, a comparison between Whitebeard’s and Big Mom’s differing views and postures regarding the concept of family.

Anyway, back to the subject at hand. My eternal gratitude goes not only to my followers, but to everyone who has followed this blog or liked and/or reblogged any of its contents, your sweet comments and tags make all the effort well worth it! You’re all incredible, guys!

Now, let’s give an answer to all the tags and comments you’ve left on my posts during this last month, shall we?

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post & this other one:

Please, read the screenshot below because I’m not going to discuss this subject again (I’ll answer all the tags/comments I’ve gotten for it so far, but I won’t answer any new ones nor I’m going to talk about this subject ever again). It’s what’s written at the bottom of the post in the first link and the second one leads to that “other post of mine” that’s mentioned below.

I’m rather nonplused about the reception for this post, because people only seem to pay attention to those four dreadful words (Sanji has brown eyes) instead of the actual point of the post, which was the parallel/joke about Sanji being like Little Red Riding Hood. All that seemed to fly over nearly everyone’s heads despite it having two big images, a huge title and a sentence dedicated to it, plus a joking comment about just how gaudy the golden wristlets are.

@huevodandy Preach! (this is technically from another post related to this one, but I want everyone to see this).

@penumbrazxs That’s what we’ll all do, but you know, the manga purists are probably going to be bothering people over it, so better make it clear for everyone. We were talking about the manga cover on that post, so they’re brown. Manga = brown; anime = blue. Choose whatever you like most, people, just like with Law and Robin. I, myself, prefer them blue. Thanks for your input :)

@bee-kun I know, I know. I was surprised and confused as well.

@writesailingdreams Truer words were never spoken. Skin and eye colour diversity is certainly a job Toei does better than Oda. Also, don’t worry about it; they were mostly people who meant well. The problem is that when you receive loads of the same thing one after the other, it gets annoying. I must confess I like blue-eyed Robin better; she seems, don’t know, more myterious, more... alluring somehow. Not that there’s anything wrong with brown eyes nor saying that they can’t look mysterious and/or alluring, because they can be as hypnotising/mesmerising as any other hue.

@namibean Thanks for the reblog and your input. I must say I’d always pictured his eyes as blue, even before they started colouring them in the anime, so it was quite a shocker to see those brown eyes. Also, I laughed at the “cheese and rice” tag, I’d never heard that expression before. Thanks for teaching me something new, even if it wasn’t your intention :)

@lucy-heartflawless Go check the coloured manga if you want; I left a link to the officially coloured manga at Kissmanga on the first post linked on the title of this particular section (if you’re interested but can’t find it, just drop me a line), but I must tell you that I already checked the Punk Hazard incident and Nami!Sanji’s (Sanji in Nami’s body) eyes are still brownish.

@imadeablogforchitchat, @mellorine91, @torosiken, @sanjilovesbest, @roomshxmbles, @niyaow, @katsunenpiece I seriously nearly cried when I saw you guys were some of the very few people who had reblogged this post but hadn’t focused your (non-generic) tags on the eye colour comment. Thank you. Also, yes, it’s Little Red Riding Hood in Wonderland with some touches of Cinderella and I believe there are high chances of the “Ugly Duckling” (also Sanji) becoming a swan (I’m having a really hard time fighting off my need to write down the so very terrible pun I have in mind concerning this “Ugly Duckling” thing and Sanji’s use of honorifics). Sanji is like the protagonist of every fairy tale ever written, to be honest.

@kurakurapika Yo no he dicho nada de que no me guste la capa. Simplemente me hace gracia que Sanji se ajuste a prácticamente todos los protagonistas de cuentos de hadas: La Cenicienta, Caperucita Roja y sospecho que, antes de que acabe la saga, también El Patito Feo. Lo de los ojos, lo he comprobado en el manga oficial a color como dice ahí arriba y son marrones.

@nikotehfox I laughed at the nickname; I had come up with Little Red Riding Cook XD

@dustail I was shocked as well, to say the least. How dare he take blue-eyed ginger dino-man away from us. Luckily, the regular manga is black and white and the anime has blue-eyed Drake, so we still get to see the Drakey we all love XD

@sirenacalavera Bueno, para gustos están los colores :) Además, según mi incursión en el manga oficial a color, todos los Mugis tienen los ojos marrones (a excepción de Chopper, que no lo he mirado página a página por lo que no lo tengo claro y Brook, que ahora no tiene ojos y cuando los tenía los llevaba ocultos tras las gafas de sol a lo Lennon).

@theshittymarimo Yes, you’re right. I checked the official coloured manga and Sanji’s eyes are brown as well as the rest of the crew’s (exceptions being Chopper - I haven’t checked it page by page so not sure - and Brook - currently he has no eyes and before he always wore those shades of his -).

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@venomkid-64 That’s got to be one of the best descriptions of Oda I have seen XD

@iprincezzinuyoukai I concur, but who’s Anne? I don’t recall any characters with that name, except for what Ace’s name was going to be had he been a girl...

@gg-xx, @welcome-to-sanjis-shitty-kitchen, @eve-mura, @nicefandom, @katsunenpiece I know, right? Big Mom wasn’t even pissed at her, but at her twin Lola. Not saying it would have been ok to beat Chiffon had she done anything to piss Mama off, but you get what I mean. That said, I still find Big Mom’s character fascinating even though I hate her.

@writesailingdreams, @dixxymouri I’m curious about those mixed feelings on Capone.

@yeahnahmate Yes, please. They both need a long therapeutic chat about all the crap they’ve been through because of their respective families.

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@wordsdear I’m laughing way too hard at this. Something to do with a Drag Queen contest they celebrate during the carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, here in Spain and how they are all presented with the ‘title’ Drag + Name (e.g. Drag Sethlas, the controversial winner of the contest this year).

@katuen, @nicefandom, @adelyslikeop, @katsunenpiece I’m glad to know you guys like the post, find it interesting, think they’re good points and/or that it helped you notice new details about the manga. Thanks for taking the time to leave little comments among the tags :)

@jiofreed OMG, where do I even begin? I completely agree with you on the Sanji-Ichiji parallel; they seem to be similar yet opposites in many ways. Actually, I’m rather pissed at Sanji’s new backstory; I consider it mostly lazy writing what with the ‘magic‘ drug that only affects Sanji during a pregnancy of four and all. I don’t like the fact that he’s always been Saint Sanji and don’t get me wrong, because I absolutely LOVE Sanji, he’s easily one of the most humane characters in the entire series, that’s why I believe he deserved a less sci-fi, easy-way out bullshit backstory and a more realistic one, instead. The family dynamics and tension are great (not literally, but I hope you get what I mean), but the fact that Sanji is presented as white, pure, good whereas his brothers are completely black, immoral, evil just because of some nonsensical sci-fi crap explanation ruins it for me. I swear, if he pulls some “Sanji will awaken his genetically altered powers and the other three will suddenly be able to feel empathy and be good” crap, I’m going to murder someone. I would have rather had them all be different shades of grey; some leaning more towards a lighter shade and others towards a darker one. Either that or if he were still set on having ‘Saint Sanji’, Oda should have given Sora a separate pregnancy for him like he did with Reiju. Actually, Yonji seems to be the only one who is somewhat greyish to be honest. The way he acts when he’s with Ichiji and Niji is different from the way he acts when he’s with Reiju. Look who’s writing fanfiction now (I’ll probably lose a few followers because of it) and I’m not even done but I’ll leave it here :)

@hanamatthiwone I completely agree with you; there’s something going on with the Vinsmokes. Something’s not adding up for the time being.

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@upyan I never said anything about his design? In fact, criticism towards the character’s design is nowhere to be found within my post. That said, I LOVE his design.

@detectivebiggs98, @sanjilovesbest I love that corrupt Big Bird and the fact that the news are managed by birds too. This guy is like a reverse Lord Varys, only he uses his ‘little birds’ to spread info rather than to gather intel.

@chaosconleche No, no. Please, don’t apologise. Even if I do remember they’re called News Coo (I just wanted to write avian workforce to be honest), maybe some people didn’t. So thank you very much for your input.

@wordsdear I want Morgans to be yellow too or maybe white, but Oda will probably colour it hot pink or something like that.

@jorrmungandr My thoughts exactly when I read the chapter. Word by word.

@hanamatthiwone Add corrupt in there somewhere and you probably have a very accurate description of Morgans.

@meiye OMG, that tag. I nearly died of laughter. You just won the most amusing tag of the month.

@katuen, @moonwave55 It is incredible and fantastic. Birds everywhere, indeed.

@trash-with-pride I like their designs as well. Also, fair maiden... You mean the who’s actually a procuress and has possibly dozens, hundreds, if not thousands of sex-slaves? Fair maiden, indeed. Bet Caesar contacted her to spend all of Big Mom’s money on women and wine.

@keropatch He’s more than likely “a piece of shit” like you so eloquently pointed out.

@fossilfinding, @eleventhhourranger Evil Big Bird for the win! I’m already loving this guy.

@overlord-flinx First of all, I don’t think you can compare the human-reindeer doctor of a small pirate crew to a corrupt bird who is literally in charge of spreading the news to the entire freaking world or half the world, at the very least. They’re certainly not on the same league influence-wise. Secondly, please show me where it says that’s the reason the Long Ring Long Land animals are so long. As far as I remember, and correct me if I’m wrong, Tonjit explained it was because they had a lot of space to grow longer and taller, not because it was boring. Lastly, it is well known that octopuses or octopodes are often cannibals, so Hachi making and selling takoyaki is not weird at all.

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@luffy-of-spades Wish it were true, but somehow I seriously doubt it.

@wordsdear With what purpose exactly? I mean, how would that benefit either of them?

@katsunenpiece Not sure which one is the point you’re talking about, but thank you anyways :) Also, I’ve noticed you’ve become quite a regular on my posts as of late, which is good; it tells me I’m doing something right, so thank you for that as well.

@dyeblow “Ah, yeah. Well, whenever you notice something like that, a wizard did it.” - Xena (Lucy Lawless) The Simpsons. Seriously now, it was probably Daz.

@lunerblade1996 That’s one so very expensive umbrella then, even for the likes of Sir Crocodile XD

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@hanamatthiwone Well, even in colorspreads/covers/etc. we don’t really get to see the male characters’ eye colour because basically, until we met the Supernovae in Sabaody Arc, Oda didn’t even give them irises, I think (I can’t remember whether Enel had irises drawn as well or not).

@wordsdear That’s because Brook himself would have made a skull joke about it. Yohohohoho!

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@sagelynaive My thoughts exactly, nearly word for word too.

@wordsdear Nah, Luffy doesn’t have the patience nor the acting skills necessary to pose as the priest/minister/officiant.

@firstmateandcaptain I’m glad you like the idea and Luffy would probably hollow it from the inside... Let’s face it, he would eat the whole damn thing XD

@katsunenpiece & @useless-chan I’d love to see it happen, to be honest. It was the most absurd thing that popped up in my mind while I was reading the chapter. Now I need this to be canon XD Thanks for your respective inputs!

@huevodandy But wouldn’t that defeat the whole purpose? I mean, Capone wants Luffy to create a distraction so no one pays attention to what he’s doing. If Luffy comes out from within Capone in front of everyone, that would drag Bege himself into the spotlight too.

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@choconanime That’s what I’d like to know.

@katsunenpiece I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks this.

@niyaow I’m sorry to hear that blasted option caused you trouble. Tumblr should really get rid of it.

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@torosiken Indeed, but not only the royal family, the clone soldiers are just as bad.

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@fridoline I agree, it’s so very fitting for Niji.

@strawhatfamily Well, they’re all a bunch of douches, but they still make interesting characters. I’m loving the Vinsmokes so far. I think they’re good people? No. They’re intriguing nonetheless.

@phonenix Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!

(Well, this is technically from my last Follower Appreciation post (February 28 - March 1), but since there’s a comment referencing this post I’m going to include it here)

@malfunctioningkitten Thanks a lot for the follow! I’m glad you like the blog.

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post & this other one:

@detectivebiggs98, @niyaow, @katsunenpiece Turns out I was right about him being CC, after all. Also, thank you all for being regulars on my posts. It makes me happy to see I’m at least doing something right when people come back as often as you guys do.

@whatinthechickenballs It got even more interesting now, but yeah, I’m loving the whole Bege/Big Mom = Al Capone/Big Jim thing. Oda even included the poison bullets the real Capone had!

@huevodandy Looks like CC’s Alola form is called Gastino XD

Response to the people who left little tag comments on this post:

@bluegrasscountry Well... Someone should inform Trafalgar Law about the fact that he can’t be the crew’s captain and doctor at the same time, if that’s the case.

@niyaow Thanks a bunch for the info!

@writesailingdreams I was confused about this as well.

Response to all those who went on a faving spree &/or reblogged something from the One Piece Icon Project:

@greenleavesgreentea, @livinforluffy Thanks for the rebbloging spree and I’m glad you liked my icons enough to reblog them.

@askcp9kaku Thanks a bunch for the faving bout. I’m always glad to see people like the things I do :)

@askrosetto Thank you so much for the kind words and the faving spree. I really appreciate it and yes, it’s a conspiracy, I’m telling you. I didn’t even notice it looked like a chicken until I was getting the post ready to upload.

@askthelongnosedsniper Thanks for the reblog on the Usopp icon!

@huevodandy You’re more than welcome, my friend. Now, should I create a Pekoms to go with it? *ponders*

Response to the people who left comments and/or faved this post:

I’m sorry I’m getting back to you guys with this so late OTL

@niyaow Thank you so much!

@jiofreed ¡Muchas gracias! Por cierto, si te sientes más cómoda, puedes hablarme en español, no me importa.

Big thanks to @nicefandom, @huevodandy, @andrewtheamericandude, @lovablestories (aka writesailingdreams), @mad-phlegmatic & @nerentina.

Aaaaaand I think I’m done. God, that was some monster post right there!

As usual, if I forgot anyone it’s more than likely because I didn’t receive a notification about it.

#follower appreciation #thank you so much #you guys rock #cipher pol HQ #new world unit

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flauntpage · 7 years

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Decline of the Hard Lad: This Weekend in the Premier League

This article was originally published by VICE UK.

It would be great to kick things off with a lazy joke about how shit the international break was, but it was actually alright this time, wasn't it? Scotland were denied a potential World Cup place with a dramatic collapse against Slovenia, Wales suffered the same fate against Ireland, while Chile missed out after one of the most exciting South American qualifying campaigns of all time.

In the "team you want to like but worry have propaganda value for an authoritarian regime" stakes, Egypt secured a World Cup spot in injury time while Syria were narrowly beaten by Australia. In the end, the only boring games all fortnight were those involving England, who managed to win twice and yet somehow leave fans even more certain that they're going out at the group stage of Russia 2018.

Anyway, the Premier League was back in action this weekend, so, for now, let's put England's inevitable World Cup failure to one side.

Decline of the Hard Lad

Cast your mind back to the 2012-13 season – Tony Pulis' last with Stoke – and the Potters' entirely forgettable 1-1 draw with Manchester City. In case you can't recall the details – and the likelihood is you can't remember a thing – the Stoke team-sheet that day included the likes of Dean Whitehead, Glenn Whelan, Matthew Etherington and Ryan Shawcross; Andy Wilkinson, Jon Walters, Marc Wilson and Charlie Adam. This was the age of the hard lad at Stoke, when only Brits and Irishmen with flesh like raw sausage meat and playground bully manners could be assured of game time. Throw in Peter Crouch and Matthew Upson, and the starting XI began to look like the cast of a straight-to-DVD Green Street sequel, or one side of a mass punch-up outside a 24-hour nightclub on the Costa del Sol.

That was what Stoke were about back then, and they were unapologetic in their hard lad mentality. They weren't much to look at, but – especially when it came to upsetting a team of superstar passing wizards with studs up, elbows flying and fists windmilling – they were the right men for the job. Over the last few seasons under Mark Hughes, however, the Potters seem to have eschewed meat-and-potatoes British and Irish players in favour of the same European technocrats as every other mid-table team: your Xherdan Shaqiris, your Ibrahim Afellays, your Bruno Martins Indis. The people of Stoke-on-Trent didn't vote Leave so that, rather than hold Manchester City to a respectable, unambitious 1-1 draw, their team could get pumped 7-2 while attempting a metropolitan passing game and starting a gifted Spaniard called Jesé up front.

De Bruyne, Deified

Speaking of superstar passing wizards, Kevin De Bruyne is fast becoming the best of the bunch. De Bruyne is the Brexiteer's nightmare: a super-talented Belgian at the forefront of an economic powerhouse who is determined to travel to Britain and demolish everything in sight. Thankfully, the economic powerhouse in question is Man City as opposed to the mighty EU, and De Bruyne is mainly demolishing back fours and offside traps rather than, say, our sacred customs, ancient laws and right to work very long hours for abysmal pay. That means we are allowed to respect his genius, even if we suspect he likes the Euro and thinks immigration is OK.

Not satisfied with respecting De Bruyne, many pundits are eulogising him after his flurry of assists on Saturday. One no-look pass through the Stoke back line was particularly impressive, a feint so good that were it five-a-side would have seen everyone else give up and trudge off for an early pint. De Bruyne is now in that pantheon of minor deities just below Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and almost ready to ascend to the highest level of acclaim in football. By that, I mean a level above Ian Wright calling him "world class" several times on Match of the Day, which isn't exactly the sweet poetry of the beautiful game at its best.

Right Man, Right Time

Were some mad, evil genius to genetically engineer a human embodiment of Roy Hodgson's time as England manager, it would look a lot like Tom Cleverley. A midfielder blessed with the holy trinity of i) a low goal return ii) unremarkable physicality and iii) an extremely average passing range, Cleverley has always been of the "I don't really know what I'm doing here" school of footballer. As such, he was the perfect man to get an added-time winner against Arsenal on Saturday, with the lack of purpose which has dogged his career more of a mantra for Arsene Wenger's team at this point.

Surely there is nothing more evocative of Arsenal in the modern era than a scoreboard which reads: "Watford 2-1 Arsenal, Cleverley 90+2". Where most footballing philosophies comprise some novel approach to passing, pressing or possession, Wenger's can now be summed up with the words "late winner from Cleverley" and three cry-laughing emojis. Usually the fact that a dive changed the game would at least drum up some routine outrage in the commentary box, but the pundits are too busy trying not to piss themselves at Arsenal these days. Watford striker Troy Deeney went on BT Sport afterwards to accuse his opponents of having tiny bollocks, a comment which would usually raise a few eyebrows in the studio but which, under the circumstances, was met with a round of approving nods.

731 Minutes Later

Wilfried Zaha after the final whistle this weekend. Photo: Adam Davy/PA Wire/PA Images

… and Crystal Palace have scored their first goals of the season. The first one was technically an own goal off Cesar Azpilicueta, but hey, when you've made the worst ever start in the Premier League you'll take what you're given and go home grateful.

@W_F_Magee

Decline of the Hard Lad: This Weekend in the Premier League published first on http://ift.tt/2pLTmlv

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amtushinfosolutionspage · 7 years

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Decline of the Hard Lad: This Weekend in the Premier League

This article was originally published by VICE UK.

It would be great to kick things off with a lazy joke about how shit the international break was, but it was actually alright this time, wasn’t it? Scotland were denied a potential World Cup place with a dramatic collapse against Slovenia, Wales suffered the same fate against Ireland, while Chile missed out after one of the most exciting South American qualifying campaigns of all time.

In the “team you want to like but worry have propaganda value for an authoritarian regime” stakes, Egypt secured a World Cup spot in injury time while Syria were narrowly beaten by Australia. In the end, the only boring games all fortnight were those involving England, who managed to win twice and yet somehow leave fans even more certain that they’re going out at the group stage of Russia 2018.

Anyway, the Premier League was back in action this weekend, so, for now, let’s put England’s inevitable World Cup failure to one side.

Decline of the Hard Lad

Cast your mind back to the 2012-13 season – Tony Pulis’ last with Stoke – and the Potters’ entirely forgettable 1-1 draw with Manchester City. In case you can’t recall the details – and the likelihood is you can’t remember a thing – the Stoke team-sheet that day included the likes of Dean Whitehead, Glenn Whelan, Matthew Etherington and Ryan Shawcross; Andy Wilkinson, Jon Walters, Marc Wilson and Charlie Adam. This was the age of the hard lad at Stoke, when only Brits and Irishmen with flesh like raw sausage meat and playground bully manners could be assured of game time. Throw in Peter Crouch and Matthew Upson, and the starting XI began to look like the cast of a straight-to-DVD Green Street sequel, or one side of a mass punch-up outside a 24-hour nightclub on the Costa del Sol.

That was what Stoke were about back then, and they were unapologetic in their hard lad mentality. They weren’t much to look at, but – especially when it came to upsetting a team of superstar passing wizards with studs up, elbows flying and fists windmilling – they were the right men for the job. Over the last few seasons under Mark Hughes, however, the Potters seem to have eschewed meat-and-potatoes British and Irish players in favour of the same European technocrats as every other mid-table team: your Xherdan Shaqiris, your Ibrahim Afellays, your Bruno Martins Indis. The people of Stoke-on-Trent didn’t vote Leave so that, rather than hold Manchester City to a respectable, unambitious 1-1 draw, their team could get pumped 7-2 while attempting a metropolitan passing game and starting a gifted Spaniard called Jesé up front.

De Bruyne, Deified

Speaking of superstar passing wizards, Kevin De Bruyne is fast becoming the best of the bunch. De Bruyne is the Brexiteer’s nightmare: a super-talented Belgian at the forefront of an economic powerhouse who is determined to travel to Britain and demolish everything in sight. Thankfully, the economic powerhouse in question is Man City as opposed to the mighty EU, and De Bruyne is mainly demolishing back fours and offside traps rather than, say, our sacred customs, ancient laws and right to work very long hours for abysmal pay. That means we are allowed to respect his genius, even if we suspect he likes the Euro and thinks immigration is OK.

Not satisfied with respecting De Bruyne, many pundits are eulogising him after his flurry of assists on Saturday. One no-look pass through the Stoke back line was particularly impressive, a feint so good that were it five-a-side would have seen everyone else give up and trudge off for an early pint. De Bruyne is now in that pantheon of minor deities just below Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and almost ready to ascend to the highest level of acclaim in football. By that, I mean a level above Ian Wright calling him “world class” several times on Match of the Day, which isn’t exactly the sweet poetry of the beautiful game at its best.

Right Man, Right Time

Were some mad, evil genius to genetically engineer a human embodiment of Roy Hodgson’s time as England manager, it would look a lot like Tom Cleverley. A midfielder blessed with the holy trinity of i) a low goal return ii) unremarkable physicality and iii) an extremely average passing range, Cleverley has always been of the “I don’t really know what I’m doing here” school of footballer. As such, he was the perfect man to get an added-time winner against Arsenal on Saturday, with the lack of purpose which has dogged his career more of a mantra for Arsene Wenger’s team at this point.

Surely there is nothing more evocative of Arsenal in the modern era than a scoreboard which reads: “Watford 2-1 Arsenal, Cleverley 90+2”. Where most footballing philosophies comprise some novel approach to passing, pressing or possession, Wenger’s can now be summed up with the words “late winner from Cleverley” and three cry-laughing emojis. Usually the fact that a dive changed the game would at least drum up some routine outrage in the commentary box, but the pundits are too busy trying not to piss themselves at Arsenal these days. Watford striker Troy Deeney went on BT Sport afterwards to accuse his opponents of having tiny bollocks, a comment which would usually raise a few eyebrows in the studio but which, under the circumstances, was met with a round of approving nods.

731 Minutes Later

Wilfried Zaha after the final whistle this weekend. Photo: Adam Davy/PA Wire/PA Images

… and Crystal Palace have scored their first goals of the season. The first one was technically an own goal off Cesar Azpilicueta, but hey, when you’ve made the worst ever start in the Premier League you’ll take what you’re given and go home grateful.

@W_F_Magee

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flauntpage · 7 years

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Decline of the Hard Lad: This Weekend in the Premier League

This article was originally published by VICE UK.

Anyway, the Premier League was back in action this weekend, so, for now, let's put England's inevitable World Cup failure to one side.

Decline of the Hard Lad

De Bruyne, Deified

Right Man, Right Time

731 Minutes Later

Wilfried Zaha after the final whistle this weekend. Photo: Adam Davy/PA Wire/PA Images

@W_F_Magee

Decline of the Hard Lad: This Weekend in the Premier League published first on http://ift.tt/2pLTmlv

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