#there's too much to unpack here

[yangjeongin]

four types of people

#stray kids #bystay #createskz #hyunjin #jeongin #minho #felix #ot8 #*gif #*ccarly #*carly:ot8 #*ot8 #sawwry it's four of them but i'm tagging ot8 bc i'm lazy slkjfdgjlkdfh #i wanted to put one gif of everyone but i was too lazy for that too and these were the highlights imo #truly so much to unpack here #*hits

[rebouks]

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[water running] Robin: Mama-.. am I weird? Courtney: Everyone’s weird in their own way, that’s what makes us special. [Robin knew his mother was lying, but she was also telling the truth; as ever, he struggled to pick apart her words] Courtney: Did you have fun with Jude tonight? Robin: Kinda-.. he wants to live with Oreo. Courtney: I’m sure he does! Robin: When’re we getting another brother or sister? Courtney: Uh-.. I’m not sure. Robin: Soon? Courtney: Probably not for a while yet, honey. Robin: Oh… Courtney: We’ve got our hands full with you n’ the twins for now, huh? [Robin shrugged, his stomach dropping; he shouldn’t have said anything] Courtney: One day though… [Robin wasn’t sure how, but he’d managed to upset his mother, again. He glanced at Lou, at the floor, his shoes-.. anything but her] Courtney: Do you still want a bath? [Her words were calm, but the tumultuous knot of emotions she buried within her soul weighed just as heavily upon his. His chest tightened, his head hurt, it was too hot, Lou started yowling-…] Courtney: Robin? [Robin wrung his hands, trying to remember what his mother had asked] Courtney: Do you want a bath before bed..? [He did, but not from her, not now-.. how was he supposed to say that without making things worse? He couldn’t] Courtney: You’ve got five minutes to decide whilst I get changed, okay? [Despite the familiar ache in his mother’s heart at his sudden refusal to communicate, Robin remained silent] Courtney: Okay…

#ts4 #sims 4 #simblr #ts4 story #sims story #forever in between #fib #courtney finch #robin finch #ᓚᘏᗢ #ough #there's so much to unpack here #but.. maybe it's not time to understand it fully yet #just like poor robin #and kinda cookie too tbh.. #😬

[il-predestinato]

Charles Leclerc chats with Max Verstappen during the team photo at the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. 🎥: Drive to Survive, Season 5 Episode 10, "End of the Road"

#charles leclerc #max verstappen #lestappen #* #my edit #f1edit #dts season 5 #abu dhabi gp 2022 #dsjhfsdj LMAO #so much to unpack here #first of all charlie - keeping tabs on max are we?! #second of all maxie - 'no drinking tho' ... hmm has a certain monagasque croissant seen you blackout drunk a few too many times?? #so defensive :P #and charles' cackle after that 🥺🤣 #jeez i thought charles was the drunk one (aka. 'fresh again?') 😅

[bonefall]

maybe with the ending.. make it be like the link between Breezepelt's leaving to join Kin and his POV in AVOS? of course from Nightcloud's perspective but

like. she would be injured and recovering away from the clan. but they would be unaware that she is alive and like in canon assume she died and hold her a vigil. Breezepelt, who is already at low point, taking it very badly - yes he was pushing her away bc he was hurt and angry and started taking it out on her, but.. it's still his mom. his Mi. and she is dead? or is this stupid clan just going to believe this to make it easier? are they really giving up on looking for her, or her body??

i can see Nightcloud being the one of very few, if not THE Only one, things that kept Breezepelt in WindClan at this point. and without her, what's the point? it's not like anyone else likes him. the link is gone and they buried it in a bodyless vigil. so it's what pushes him to actuall take the step and leave.

not sure how well it would align with the timeline and events. and how soon Darktail was assembling cats from other clans like Breeze. but i think it would be interesting and heartbreaking if at the end of her SE, Nightcloud just arrived back to WindClan and asks where Breezepelt is and someone tells her.. he either was missing since this morning or just left the clan earlier the same day. like, just have them miss each other by a hair.

I'm thinking that the second-to-last chapter is her with Pickle, having a bit of a sabbatical to unpack everything that happens through the story. Mostly because I want to throw her into some kind of pretty garden as a nice setting for this lmaoo

A LOT of BB stuff is being added to Nightcloud's Pannage that wasn't in the main series; Hillrunner's abuse, her mentor Addersong, several expanded little background characters now complete with their own side conflicts. I think what I can bind all these things with is Nightcloud considering what a Clan means.

Because of her new reputation, I'm noticing I'm writing scenes where she's intentionally doing and saying things to try and sway them. While also grappling with her resentment towards them, and things she can't change.

There's a bit of a melancholy air so far, so I'm starting to feel like the best ending is just having a bit of space to herself to think. Ultimately, she decides that it's more than Breezepelt or Crowfeather that binds her to WindClan. It's the life and connections she COULD have.

WindClan cats are also quite religious next to other Clans, so I really do mean "sabbatical." I'm going to have Addersong die of old age shortly after they reconnect, so she's in Pickle's Garden talking to her new friend, choosing cats she's lost to pray to as patron spirits to give her the traits she feels she needs, and just recovering both physically from injury and spiritually from turmoil.

So all that to say; it works well that by the time she gets back, Breezepelt has joined The Kin. He was one of the first to join when he started calling for members anyway, so having Night be gone for about two or three weeks sounds appropriate.

#I'm still working out WHAT the injury was though #I just know for sure that Night was in some DEEP trouble. Possibly being attacked by a fox or dog #And she can't tell for sure if it was gratitude or hunger or the brief influence of StarClan shining through the sow's eyes #But Marge does an RKO OUTTA NOWHERE and kills what was attacking her #Before scuttling off with her three surviving humbugs into the mist #And when Nightcloud wakes up she's at The Pickle Jar #Too injured to travel and kinda understand she needs the time to unpack some stuff anyway #Wanting to get home desperately ofc to stand by Breeze #But also... StarClan has probably placed her here. Away from the Clan. For a reason. #Especially with Pickle in particular since she's grappling with how her reactionary xenophobia has affected people through her life #I have a LOT of little ideas for NcP #Which I'll need to trim and focus I think #As-is I think it's meandering BUT it's good to get EVERYTHING down in a first draft #Better bones au #I actually have a crowf ref finished and planned to post that with a summary lmaooooooo #Sorry Crow. I like ur wife too much #Nightcloud's Pannage

[lululeighsworld]

THEY DEVASTATINGLY WALLOPED ME FOR THESE BRIEF FEW SECONDS

#leigh's magneto hours #THERE'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK HERE. ESPECIALLY THE ALMOST TOUCHING FOREHEADS BIT. #magneto's 'my path is too littered with error' #;WWWWWWW; #and rogue's 'you have to earn people's trust' #LIKE!!!!! AND THEN HE DIRECTLY GOES FOR THE 'ooooo i feared you'd do your best to avoid being alone with me.' WITH THE HAND GRAB!!!! #YOU FEARED???? YOU FEARED?!?! FEARED FOR WHAT. OLD MAN WHAT ARE YOU SAYING #AND THEN HE GOES TO TRY AND TAKE OFF THE GLOVE. AS IF WE DIDN'T JUST ADDRESS TRUST #dnvjdxbvjhdbvhdx. this man. i swear. you are giving me signals that you want to be more open and then YET YOU BRING UP OLD BAGGAGE #he's like 'oh i just got rejected. well now time to deflect.' LIKE AAAAAAAAA #this moment coupled with the moment at the end is making me crazy #sorry to my followers who never expected me to be into xmen???? im here now. im so ill with it. #i can probably assure there will be more rogneto on this blog here in the future. this is your warning #i just feel like ive been fucking SPOON FED oh my god. crossing my fingers we get more messy feelings between them.

[azirafuck]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA

#good omens #IMMM SCREAMING AT HIM YELLING AT THOSE GUYS TO DONT FEED BREAD TO THE DUCKS BABE YOU'VE DONE THAT FOR 6K YEARS #SO MUCH TO UNPACK HERE TOO

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

Just experienced such an unusual burst of BBC Merlin fan energy, and after having spent a good portion of my night surrounding myself with young royals content, I can safely ask why more people don’t talk about how Merthur walked so Wilmon could run??? Also. The knights. The knights are stupid and funny and chaotic lil shits, and thinking about them gives me Forest Ridge named first years (literally just Henry, Walter, and Alex) vibes. Blonde royal with dark-haired “commoner” best friends to lovers speed run (I don’t care that I remain delusional over a decade after the Merlin finale was released, they were SOULMATES, two sides of the same coin and all that idc), the queer-magic metaphor in Merlin and how Wille is queer (unlabeled) and Arthur was literally BORN of magic. As in, there is never any confirmation as to whether Arthur could have a talent for learning magic, but being born of it sounds pretty innate to me (something something unlabeled-uncertainty Wille???). And then Simon and Merlin knowing exactly who they are from the moment we meet them (Simon is out to anyone who cares enough to know, Merlin was born with his magic and has used it throughout his childhood). The “commoner” boyfriends being constantly overlooked or disparaged for their lack of status, but their royals (eventually) get to the point where they couldn’t care less about status. Arthur talking about dragging Merlin away to live on a farm away from the royal life —> Wille telling Simon in s2 that he’d give August the crown so they can be together. The royals having a really shit parent who doesn’t want to accept them or change to the country/kingdom. Sad one, but the “commoner” boyfriends sorta losing themselves in the other guy (Merlin losing his innocence so completely because of how much he puts into protecting Arthur vs Simon being Wille’s ONLY support for most of s1 and the only one Wille feels he can really talk to, prior to his and Felice’s friendship developing). Meta one, but the royals’ character development being a goddamn rollercoaster at times, but they’re getting there.

You can’t say that these two shows aren’t so perfectly aligned with each other in so many ways. The queer-magic metaphor alone goes so crazy!!! I love the conversations about heartstopper and rwrb in connection to young royals but give our OG queer-coded royals some time in the spotlight too, it’s super fun!!!

#Merlin fandom will never die #you could almost say #we’ll rise again #when the time is right #oops i slipped #merlin bbc #bbc merlin #yr #young royals #highkey plan to add more to this once we’re like a few weeks out from the s3 finale release #but in case I forget know that I have not stopped internally screaming for 20min idk what to tell you #there’s just so much to unpack here #Merthur #wilmon #Merlin fandom #prince wilhelm #wilhelm of sweden #simon eriksson #arthur pendragon #merlin #merlin emrys #the knights of the round table #forest ridge house boys #felice ehrencrona #not tagging the other fandoms bc I just plopped them in there as mentions #but know that I love them so and am always down to scream about them too!!! #magic is queerness

[twinkodium]

OH DEAR GOD I’VE BEEN SINNED PLS BATH ME IN HOLY WATER 💦😵‍💫

#f1 #oscar piastri #out on a date with Lando and looking damn fine 😩😩 #so much to unpack here I don’t even know here to start 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 #I’m not even sure holy water would do much to help my sinful dirty mind 🫠 #I’m too deep already and going to hell🙃 #his cute face with the biggest ever 🥺🥺🥺 turning his cheeks rosy 🫠🫠🫠 #THE HAIR IS ALL MESSY 🤯🤯 and so so long again especially on his neck 😩😩 #oh to run my fingers through it 😵‍💫😵‍💫 #THE NECK IS NECKING #so so massive and thick 😳😳😳 I’m looking respectfully 🤭 #the bicep I SEE YOU WERE LIFTING WEIGHTS (Lando) MY MAN #what a workout huh? #THE CHEST YELP 🫠🫠🫠 #covering my screen it’s that big 😩 #almost out of frame 😳😳😳 #and and and I’m sure you guys didn’t know but I had a nipple kink back in the days #(when Ferrari had seethrough white fireproofs…) #I SEE HIS NIPPLE PLS 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 #my obsession is back holy hell #I need help 😳😳😳 #Uhhggg run me over with your race car sir? 😵‍💫😵‍💫

[123pixieaod]

Inspired by this godly post which unlocked a part of my brain I didn't know existed, and solidly gave me complete and utterly brainrot until I wrote something

A thousand thanks to Lily for her wonderful help :))

"Does Kelly not mind you spending all your time with me?" Daniel asks, because she's Daniel and once she's thought something she can't keep her fucking mouth shut, even if she knows it's trouble.

Max looks up, pausing his set of weights, and blinks at her. Daniel feels her cheeks warm. One day, that mouth of yours will run you straight into trouble, young lady, her mum used to tell her, voice firm. Good girls know when to keep quiet. Daniel used to just laugh at the warning. Her laugh is loud and the opposite of quiet, but she used to know that everyone always loved her laugh.

"No," Max says after a beat and then continues lifting. Daniel hates the way her gaze tracks over him, lingering on the movement of his muscles, the ease with which he lifts the weight. Tawny hair brushed out of his eyes, cheeks dusted warm from the exertion. "Of course not."

"Why of course not?" Daniel asks. She wants to sew her mouth shut. This time, Max didn't look over as he answers.

"Kelly's very secure, she's not like other girls. And besides, she knows you."

It's strange. When Daniel was seven and Michelle eleven, they'd gone rock pool fishing. Michelle had been crouched over a shallow pool of water, her finger delicately brushing the tentacles of the anemone. Daniel had been scaling the rocks, wanting steeper, taller, more.

She'd found the shark first, nestled high at between the rocks, and for a beat she hadn't known what she was looking at. Just details, but nothing collective. Rotting smell. Shrivelled holes where eyes should be. Scales of silver lightning. Rubbery fish picked clean. The flash of bone, pearl white.

Then she realised what she was staring at, and screamed. Her father held her while her mother scolded her. I told you not to go climbing! It's too dangerous, Daniel. Why can't you just be good like your sister and stay by the shallow pools?

And then, later, ice cream. Her dad, beside her, explaining the horror away.

It's just nature, Dani. The waves wash them up, and they get stuck there. They can't get back to the sea, and then the sun dries them out.

They drown on air, Michelle helpfully pointed out, her feet kicking happily as she licked her 99. Daniel just just nodded, ice cream untouched. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the sunken holes, the rotting flesh.

She hasn't thought about that moment for years, but suddenly it washes back over her. She feels simultaneously both. The child, staring at the carcass, frozen in shock. The shark, burning up in the sun, chocking on air.

"What does that mean?" She asks, and somehow her voice is normal, is fine. She's fine. She's not a girl or a shark. She's stupid and a fool and a gawky, ugly idiot, but she's fine.

Max manages to shrug, even with the 50kg weights. "You know. Just that Kelly knows you. She knows what you're like. And she knows me too, of course."

Daniel swallows. She nods. She hates everything about herself.

"That's sexist," she forces herself to say lightly because if the silence stretches anymore, Max might notice and set his weights down and look at her, and Daniel can't bear that. She doesn't want his eyes on her, taking in every blemish and imperfection. The boyish, ratty clothes she works out in and her curls gone frizzy with sweat and her inked skin, so different to Max and Kelly's pale, perfect complexions.

"What's sexist?"

"Saying she's not like other girls," Daniel tells him, setting down the weights she been doing. Instead, she goes to grab the skipping rope, just for something to do.

Max laughs. Daniel's glad she's turned away. Her cheeks are burning again.

"It's the truth. You, of course, Daniel, are not like other girls either." He says it lightly and ends with a chuckle, as if it's all just a joke. Daniel drags a sweaty hand over her cheeks. Burning, burning, burning.

Apparently, in Max's mind, she and Kelly are the same; both not like other girls. Kelly, with her faultless makeup and wonderful daughter and classy dresses and perfect feminity. One end of the scale. Daniel, the other. Barely even considered "a girl." Always one of the boys, only woman in f1 for a reason.

"Thanks," Daniel says. She wants to make it sound humorous, like she's in on the joke too. Instead, it's too cold; muttered as if she actually gave two shits about the conversation anyway. She has an F1 season to prepare for, she's too busy to care about stupid shit like this.

There's a beat of silence as Daniel stretches out the rope, feeling the plastic flex and give. Then, Max exhaling, the gentle bump of his weights against the floor, the workout bench shifting as his centre of gravity changes. Daniel keeps her back to him, ignoring it all.

"I did not mean it as insult," Max finally says, stubborn. Daniel forces a laugh, turning to give him a smile, all teeth.

"Of course not Maxy. I get that." Voice light and blithe. One of the boys.

She thinks he'll drop it, but instead, his frown only grows. Pinched brows, thin lips, cheeks growing blotchy. Blue eyes regard her, intense and unyielding. She burns from the inside out.

"I've upset you," he says, in that blunt, genuine way only he can do. Daniel barks out another laugh.

"Don't be stupid. You're not important enough to ever be able to get under my skin." She gives him another smile with only teeth. She feels insane. Her mother tells her good girls stay quiet.

"I'm sorry," he tries again, growing frustrated now, "I did not mean -"

"I told you, you didn't upset me," she drops the skipping rope without actually using it. "Anyway, I'm bored. Wanna get lunch now? Or are you still trying to pump those muscle with more testosterone?"

Max gives her one last, searching look before standing. They're almost the same height. She wants to shrink to nothing.

"That is not how testosterone works, Daniel," he says with the air of an overworked teacher. He looks at her with a smile, uncertain but genuine. She laughs, allowing him to move the conversation on.

She walks out of the gym first but holds the door for him. He grins, relieved. His fingers skim hers as he takes it and she lets go. A chill runs through her. Cold like scales, cold like ice cream untouched.

Follow up here!

#whole lot of internalised misogyny to unpack here #in my head Daniel is looking like Tash Sultana in the music video for “Jungle” #Max just meaning :))) Kelly knows you and she knows me :))) and she knows we are both two good people who would not cheat :))) #while Daniel just going into an existential crisis of #:((( Kelly knows Max and I :((( and I am zero threat to her because I must be utterly undesirable :((( and not Max's type at all :((( #maxiel #girl!Daniel #for the first time ever lol #my fic #ending involves the tension between them growing and growing #and Kelly watches them share a podium and sees the way Max wraps his arm around Daniel's shoulder and hugs her tightly #and the way Daniel laughs so happily and loudly everyone can hear her #and suddenly Kelly realises she had been wrong and Daniel was a threat #and basically gives Max an ultimate to choose one of them and stop all contact with the other #somehow Daniel finds out and just locks herself away from the world during summer break because it's not even a question who max will pick #and their story ends with Max knocking on her door with looking annoyed with a bunch of drooping flowers #and before Daniel can even say anything he's stepping into her apartment and getting a vase from her cupboard #while complaining about how he ordered the flowers that morning but the florist fucked up his order and of course the flourists in the #Netherlands are much better and soon he will take Daniel there and pick proper flowers like tulips for her #she stares at him in pure disbelief and then starts to laugh. and Max looks over and laughs too and they're still smiling when they kiss #:))))) #apologies but I'm a sucker for a soppy cliched ending lol

[mcrbois]

#too much to unpack here #gerard way #frank iero #mcr return #mcr #my chemical romance #triple r

[imagone]

americans are the dumbest people on the planet

#iran #free palestine #free gaza #america #there’s too much to unpack here #but the real question is #how is this guy a best seller author

[rodeoromeo]

sorry I got drunk and emotionally posted about Bob Dylan 60 minutes interview but can you blame me.

#there’s too much to unpack here . #bob dylan #op

[youjustwaitsunshine]

Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher, ROC 2011

Translation under the cut

Joko (interviewer): I'm scared when you're still holding the bottles, I don't trust you. First off, congratulations to you two

Michael: Yeah, thank you!

Seb: Thank you!

Joko: I don't trust you in any way!

Michael (innocently): why?

Joko: No, it's alright, what's more fun then, winning or spraying champagne? [gets interrupted by seb pouring champagne over his head]

Seb (inaudibly first, then again to the microphone): The spraying!

Joko: Spraying, okay!

Michael: now you have the answer!

Joko, to Seb: It feels like you like the car you had at the end there, that 'grasshopper' or what I'd call it [if I'm not mistaken he's talking about the roc buggy which definitely is sebs weapon of choice at roc].

Seb: Yeah, it's a lot of fun, I mean, I believe it doesn't look bad on TV either because there's stuff happening (mimicks the buggys suspension) and also it's great fun to drive, and I just said, when you exit the last corner you don't know exactly, was it enough or not and the people start screaming and cheering and you think 'it's fitting', you look, you look, you look, 'it did fit.' and then, it's of course great. Five, five times in a row - Joko interrupts, repeats 'five times in a row' - for this man it's the second time five times in a row (reaches for Michael).

Michael: Yeah, that's right.

Joko: You did, we saw it earlier, when you had to go into the shootouts again - bwoah this stuff burns in the eyes -, did you have a talk beforehand? Did you decide, are you going to drive again, are you, or what did you talk about?

Michael: No, it's clear who drives, how the slots are appointed, but we just motivated each other a bit and uh, because Sebastian was very strong on this car which I didn't drive much, he gave me a few valuable hints which paid off well.

Joko: Now I know, when one of you wins, it's always getting merry in the evenings [literal translation of german compound word 'feucht-fröhlich': moist/humid-joyful; adj; meaning an occasion where alcohol flows]; does that mean you two are going to compete tomorrow with alcohol left in your body or-

Michael: No no, alcohol is never in the picture with us.

Seb: Where did you get that from?

Joko: I was told, they told me before to talm to you about it, I just know it always gets funny!

Seb: Rumours...

Joko: Rumours, rumours. But tomorrow-

Seb: We'd have a reason now, theoretically, to toast to at least in any case

Michael: [something inaudible about toasting]

Joko: You have enough to drink left. But tomorrow against each other - does that mean separate beds tonight when you go home, yeah?

Seb: Yeah, hah, that anyways.

Michael: He doesn't like it much when you're with him in his room.

Seb: He tried before, but... I didn't like it that much. I didn't have a duvet anymore. He steals your duvet!

Joko: Thank you very much for the information, we'll see each other tomorrow,

Seb: You wanna know anything else or-?

Joko: No, I'm done now. Do you wanna knkw anything?

Seb: You want a sip?

Joko: No, I don't drink alcohol. Sad. Well, only at the moment, maybe I'll change my mind. Have a good evening, thank you very much and congratulations again to you. Until tomorrow.

Michael: Until tomorrow, thank you, have fun.

#sebastian vettel #michael schumacher #ROC 2011 #I tried to translate as literal as possible but bro theyre a mess #anyways so much to unpack here #seb is super cocky but in a loveable way and he just keeps talking it's so endearing #it's funny how chill he is when it's not f1 adjacent people interviewing him and in an 'unprofessional' setting #also i do need to know what tf happened that there was only one bed #because that story has a bit too much detail to just be a fun lie #sebichael bed sharing + duvet stealing fic when? #soz 4 typos i am tired and lazy and got distracted playing solitaire like halfway through translating #anyways joko is a p cool guy afaik; him n his co host did some genuinely good stuff when they got completely free uncensored broadcast time

[paulkariyas]

↪ 02/27/2023 ― nyr casino night 

#chris kreider #k'andre miller #new york rangers #hockey #hockeyedit #❝ edits #too many to tag fhbdbkjsn #no miks & lindy for health reasons obvs #& no schneids since they temp sent him down #so much to unpack here #bread wearing a Tie -- look at Key -- filda's sparkling suit jacket -- kreids looks Good #goody went for a 3 piece number -- vladi so far away fr bread #flashing tw

[moe-broey]

My "Not a full thought" post about Emblems now being able to exist in Askr and the potential of timeline fuckery is coming back to haunt me.

@iamdarkness BUT I really did wanna reply to this more in-depth esp to have context on the Engage side of things as well! And tbh it could be a really interesting thing to dig into, I just feel a bit out of my depth about it (the FEH autism does not extend far past Askr. If I'm entirely honest 🧍)

Hoping to clear the air on some things! Such as, Elyios (Engage) is separate from Askr/Zenith (FEH)! All the Emblems have their own "domains", in the form of a paralogue/map that's modeled after the respective Emblem's world. For story Emblems, you unlock these as you collect the rings, and for the DLC Emblems, that's how you recruit them. Unsure what this says about Elyios itself, if these maps are like. Pocket dimensions that are replicas of that Emblem's world or what. Given what I vaguely know about Emblem lore I'm gonna say replicas.

This is Askr's!

Which, is interesting that it Is Askr, because it's Emblem Veronica's domain.

But honestly I feel like I'm getting ahead of myself, because even before the DLC came out, I was under the impression that Engage took place after all FEs were said and done, timeline wise. Given the nature of the Emblems, and the set up of the story starting off "1000 years ago" (and that was just to set up the story of Engage! So it has been A While).

One thing (that feels very loose canon-wise) that made me feel Engage is after FEH is because, not only are there Bond Rings of the Askr trio, but their weapons are here too! This was a promotional thing, but. It's There

Something worth noting, is that Bond Rings are different than Emblems. They don't have a spirit in them, that's as animated as the Emblems anyway... they give small stat bonuses, and are of characters that are related to any given Emblem (so, Corrin has a collection of Fates characters for Bond Rings, ect). This Does have an interesting result where there's an overlap between some DLC Emblems and Bond Rings. Cases being, there's Emblem Camilla and a Camilla Bond Ring that's connected to Emblem Corrin -- and, this happened to Edelgard/Dimitri/Claude too! Each of them having Bond Rings connected to Byleth, and also becoming their own Emblems in the Get Along Bracelet LMFAO (all three of them are in there. It goes about as well as you'd expect.)

But I am. Getting a little distracted.

EMBLEM VERONICA

One line that stands out to me is Alear (named Milo here) saying he hasn't heard of Askr before. But like if I think about that too much my head might explode and also Alear was previously comatose for 1000 slutty slutty years. So. Take it or leave it, whatever this is implying

Also, interestingly, she takes the form of her post Book 6 look -- but there's some odd inconsistencies, like her personality being more young Veronica, and also, mentions of Bruno as if he was still missing in action and not. Well. You know. (I'd have to dig further into Bond convos for examples, which tbh may be a worthwhile endeavor! But for now Take My Word For It Please this is already so all over the place 🥲)

But the main reason I wanted to emphasize that dialogue (aside from it being interesting, to say the least), is how Alear doesn't know about Askr as a whole. And, in Alear/Alfonse Forging Bonds:

WHICH.... AGAIN.......... MADE ME FEEL LIKE. With everything going on in Engage, the Bond Rings of Alfonse/Sharena/Anna, their Respective Signature Weapons (feels particularly damning) and Emblem Veronica. It felt like, what happens in Elyios is something that has Yet to Happen. And that, Askr as we know it, has been long gone.

But then...... everything with the Katarina/Kris FBs............ how Kris was only able to be summonable because Katarina and Marth told their story............. and how it's just the Emblems that are specifically mentioned as Not Having Info on, not Alear herself or her friends. My head hurds so bad.

LIKE...... I GUESS???? My initial thoughts on "Oh yeah that makes sense the Emblems don't exist in Askr" was that they Didn't Exist Yet. Aughh but then ...... in-universe, wouldn't the same be true for. Anyone from "the future". Or does it just apply to ghostly jewelry apparitions. Because we KNOW that option isn't true, it's shown/stated that Kiran comes from a modern world like ours, and there's also the Tokyo Mirage Sessions idols. Maybe the Emblem thing WAS just a Kris case, but that feels SO ODD. Like the Emblems are intrinsic to Elyios it seems. Why wouldn't the Askr library, chock full of information about the various worlds and lives of Heroes, Not Have That Info??? Especially with royalty like Lumera (Alear's mom) having close ties with specific Emblems (Sigurd). And also off the top my head that's a REOCCURRING thing, that the royal families in Engage Are entrusted with specific Emblems that are passed down/protected across generations. Celica with Céline/Firene, Lyn with Alcryst/Brodia, to name a few. It just seems SO strange, because it Feels Like it would be basic information about the world of Elyios.

CONCLUSION?????

My head hurds so bad. Net zero information. I'm so sorry. I hope this helped!!!!!!!!! 😇🫡

#fire emblem #feh #LIKE. I FEEL LIKE. THERE IS SO MUCH LORE TO UNPACK HERE. #esppppp bc there are funky things going on w the emblems themselves as entities. #LIKE I FEEL LIKE. the inconsistences w veronica are intentional. lending itself to the idea that #emblems aren't straight up the guy who existed lived and breathed and ultimately passed on #i think they're like. manmade representations of those famous guys. and so some details may be off. #and honestly that could have really interesting implications about askr and what was known about it based solely on #what we see w emblem veronica. which i feel so strongly the implication was Not Much Was Known or preserved. #conflicting accounts. inaccurate information. ect. #GAH. THERE IS. SO MUCH TO UNPACK HERE #and my brain is. not equipt for it tbh it's too full of feh stuff. askr fam specifically. #fire emblem engage #fe veronica #fe lore

[mobiusmybeloved]

Okay before the next episode comes out tomorrow, I've got another theory to throw out there: The Patter Song. Let's take a look at the lyrics.

"Which of the Pickwick triplets did it? Who of the crew would commit this crime?"

The musical has three suspects (although they are babies). The lyrics refer to them as a crew—they are triplets, after all. Which of them did it?

I feel like this song/the musical itself could be a metaphor for our three main characters, who have been with us for nearly three beloved seasons. Who of our crew could commit this crime? Which of our main character "triplets" would commit this crime?

Now, I doubt it's any of them, but I do find it interesting that they'd do this. No longer a single baby, not twins, but triplets. Same number of babies as main characters. It seems a little too perfect/planned to me. We'll see, though.

I still think Dickie did it.

#cause in the musical it was a murder within the family #dickie killing his own brother would align with that #theres a lot to unpack here and ive got too much homework to unpack it all #omitb #only murders in the building #omitb spoilers #only murders hulu #only murders season 3 #oliver putnam #charles haden savage #mabel mora #the patter song #martin short #steve martin #selena gomez #theory #theories