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[hlfgdlsbn]

Okay firstly I’m not Australian and before I watched hbh I’ve never heard of eshays (also not British so no clue about roadman either) and even now I only know about them in the fictional sense.

But everything I read about them makes me think that is rather hard to actually become one, especially one being kind of respected. Which Ca$h arguably is. Chook lets him get away with more stuff than others it seems (Ca$h lost the clothes/money and Chook let him just pay him back, which sure isn’t easy but he actually didn’t harm him for that, he punched him in the face bc Ca$h put himself between Chook and the boy). Chook also really seems to have trusted Ca$h and had some deeper bond with him, one that Ca$h reciprocated.

While we don’t know the details, Chook evidently was the person who helped Ca$h. He got him out of his troubled home, got him a family and trust and somewhere to belong. Gave him a name to be respected. And all this apparently before Ca$hs Nan was in the picture. So Ca$h had no one but Chook. So to get to the point Ca$h and Chook have a complex relationship, in which being eshays is just one part but one that definitely makes it even more difficult to get out of it.

And so I don’t understand how Darren, Harper and Amerie expect Ca$h to simply cut the eshays and especially Chook off. Like they seem to understand that they are dangerous but expect Ca$h to just walk away from them without facing consequences? Ca$h isn’t just some runner for Chook who maybe could get away with it, he’s part of Chook's inner circle.

In the end I’m just mad because they don’t think about it, Ca$h is putting his life (and to his horror also his Nan's and his friends life) in danger and the others don’t see it and are just pissed that Ca$h doesn’t do what they want him to.

#ca$h piggott #douglas piggott #heartbreak high #hbh #a little rant #ca$h heartbreak high #cash heartbreak high #cash and darren #this is a text post #i still dont know how to tag #rant post

[pokerharem]

I have been using this website since 2011.

#not art #this is a text post #how come even grandpa age blogs are getting the babys first day at tumblr treatment

[emlovessid]

so i hit 1k followers this week which is absolutely wild to me. i appreciate you all so very much 🫶

as a lil thank you for sticking by the chaos that is my tumblr, drop a prompt in my inbox and i'll write you something !!

#can be wolfstar or jeg #also special shoutout to the long time moots who have been here 10+ years even though we're in none of the same fandoms anymore #i hope you're enjoying the marauders brainrot <3 #this is a text post

[badlydrawndrawnings]

ASOUE Characters (The Adults)

And the Beatles Songs I Can't Help But Associate Them With

Lemony Snicket, In My Life (~All these places had their moments/With lovers and friends, I still can recall/Some are dead and some are living/In my life, I've loved them all~)

Beatrice Baudelaire, Golden Slumbers (~Golden slumbers fill your eyes/Smiles await you when you rise/Sleep pretty darling do not cry/And I will a lullaby~)

Bertrand Baudelaire, All My Loving (~All my loving, I will send to you/All my loving/Darling, I'll be true/All my loving/All my loving, Ooh/All my loving, I will send to you~)

Count Olaf, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (~I once had a girl/Or should I say she once had me/She showed me her room/Isn't it good Norwegian Wood?~) + (~And when I awoke I was alone/This bird had flown/So I lit a fire/Isn't it good Norwegian wood?~)

Esme Squalor, Girl, being the Girl in question, not the 'singer'* (~She's the kind of girl who puts you down/When friends are there/You feel a fool/When you say she's looking good/She acts as if it's understood~)

*The 'singer' of 'Girl' is Jerome Squalor, who has strong feelings of his former marriage with Esme, more bad than good

Jacques Snicket, While My Guitar Gentle Weeps (~I look at the world and I notice it's turning/While my guitar gently weeps/With every mistake we must surely be learning/Still my guitar gently weeps~)

Kit Snicket, Help* [~When I was younger so much younger than today/I never needed anybody's help in any way/(Now) But now these are gone (These days are gone)/I'm not so self assured/(And now I find) Now I've changed my mind/And opened up the doors~]

*Despite the upbeat tone, the lyrics really do fit Kit

Dewey Denouement, A Day in the Life (~I read the news today, oh boy/About a lucky man who made the grade/And though the news was rather sad/Well, I just had to laugh/I saw the photograph~) + (~A crowd of people stood and stared/They'd seen his face before/Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords~)

Ernest Denouement, Carry That Weight (~Boy, you're gonna carry that weight/Carry that weight a long time/Boy, you're gonna carry that weight/Carry that weight a long time~)

Frank Denouement, You Never Gave Me Your Money (~You never give your money/You only give me your funny paper/And in the middle of negotiations/You break down~)

#asoue #a series of unfortunate events #the beatles #song association #lemony snicket #beatrice baudelaire #bertrand baudelaire #count olaf #esme squalor #jacques snicket #kit snicket #dewey denouement #ernest denouement #frank denouement #jerome squalor #this is a text post #after i made my 'norwegian wood (this bird has flown) is a count olaf song' post i started making a list of song associations #i didn't get to all the characters but i got to a good amount #if you saw my denouement triplets moodboard edit you'll see the 'quotes' i picked for them in my netflix edits are the songs #anyway expect a part two in the unforeseeable future

[squigglyscribble]

Further thoughts about Viren connecting to the Star Arcanum. (Gonna put all this under the "read more" since I know I'm clowning.)

One thing I kept circling back to was the final scene. We seen Viren lay down and let out a visible breath (despite it being summer, so warmer temperatures).

I was curious what could be the reason for showing this?

A way to make us think this is his last breath and he is about to die?

A callback to Viren having used someone's last breath for his own devious ends--the key ingredient to fuel the vengeance spell that killed Avizandum?

But then I remembered there was a reference to a last breath in this very reason:

"and though undying, took last breath, immortal Laurelion was no more"

The poem Kazi finds about Laurelion refers to a last breath when researching how to kill a Startouch elf.

While Callum believes this poem hints at Laurelion being killed by the Novablade, Kazi says, "It's confusing," which is a cue to make us think a bit more heavily about what was just said.

My guess? When stabbed through the heart with the Novablade, Laurelion became mortal.

Now... how is this relevant to Viren?

We've been told Aaravos never lies (I know, I know, let's just roll with it). Which means he has to employ manipulation and word play as opposed to outright fabrication.

So. Let's take a looksie. Here is every line of dialogue Aaravos says in 5x09:

Aaravos: Lord Viren, fancy seeing you here. Viren: You… Aaravos: Where are you going? This is a special day. Stop. You’re so close now. We are finally on the cusp of each other’s realities. Viren: The cusp? [Aaravos takes Viren into the prison] Viren: What have you done? You’ve trapped me with you. Aaravos: No. I’ve merely borrowed your consciousness for a few moments. You are my guest. Viren: I do not want to be here. Aaravos: Ah! My freedom is so close, I can taste it. Yes. I sense Claudia approaching. Others are near as well… but no matter, your daughter is far more powerful. Now… As to the matter of your mortal existence, you cut it rather close, coming in on the 30th day, just a few hours left before your life expires. Poof! Don’t worry. Making your resurrection permanent won’t be a problem. It’s one of the old spells… Infantis Sanguine. Named for the one necessary ingredient. The blood of your child. Viren: What? The blood of my child? Aaravos: You can’t expect to wield such powerful life and death magic without some sacrifice. Viren: I am not a monster. I would never sacrifice my child! Aaravos: Relax. I wouldn’t expect you to harm Claudia or Soren. You will sacrifice your other child. Viren: My other… but I don’t have a… ? Aaravos: But you do. Viren: What, who? Aaravos: Our child. Our baby was so cute. And he’s grown into quite the strapping young homunculus. Are you telling me you can’t see the resemblance? He has my lovely eyes. I’m afraid his voice must be from your side of the family. Now he’s here for you. And I will show you how to use every drop of his living essence to restore your own life and your future. [They are back on the beach] Aaravos: The resurrection spell will expire tonight, and you will die. You must make the sacrifice. If you don’t, tomorrow, the sun will rise… and you will not. Viren: No. I won’t do it. I finally see the truth. I find myself here at these horrifying crossroads because I have followed a dark path. And worst of all, I have led my beloved daughter down this path. No more dark magic, never again! I am done with it. And I am done with you!

Aaravos refers to both Viren's "mortal existence" and says fairly plainly that Viren will "die." Both pretty clear on paper that, uh, "Viren, you're going to die. Like... you're going to be super dead, just trying to make that as understandable in so many words as possible."

That said, the phrasing "mortal existence" immediately made me think back to the Laurelion poem, as it refers to Immortal Laurelion.

If we swap the terminology, change "undying" to "dying" and "immortal" to "mortal." ... Would this not be the process of going from mortal to immortal? From mundane to Startouch?

The visible breath could've been a means to loop back to that poem, to make us think about the words and what it could mean.

And then there's this fragment of a poem called The Epic of the Void from the Evenere library from Tales of Xadia:

"From rising Sun"

"to Moonlight's grace"

"I search the Sky for any trace"

(I honestly think this is just a coincidence but it's fun.)

But I do wonder if the way Viren subverts his expected fate is that, well, he doesn't. He dies. Aaravos said he would. It seems pretty clear he will. But, through that process of dying, he is going to Change.

That goes back to the fact Viren is our butterfly here. Undergoing a metamorphosis. Two years in a Star silk cocoon. Suffering a painful perspective shift. And now he has to shed his skin to become something Different.

Anyway, a last little thing I've been chewing over:

The season 5 trailer seemed to accidentally put as its title card the season 6 title card instead where we see a solitary rising star at the bottom near the O.

(left: seasons 1-5 title splash, right: title splash from season 5 trailer)

I looked through every other title splash, and this is the only one with that star--so likely it's a mistake/error.

I'm of two thoughts on this.

The star rising is meant to represent Aaravos's escape from prison. (Likely especially in season 6.) After all, he would be flying free. Rising while his brethren fall.

The star rising is meant to represent someone connecting to the Star Arcanum. (Viren or Callum?) Aaravos is already a star (represented with the big star in the name) so why would a new star appear?

Anyway. Just some food for thought.

#tdp theory #this is a text post #i am not tagging this anything else so no one else can see my rambles #i will clown car my way into season 6 #but mostly it's just fun to think about viren connecting to an arcanum at all lmao #now to go back to the regularly scheduled art posting

[sw087]

GUYS WE DID IT!!!

#Thanks to everyone for your hard work!!! #my hands are so tired… #this is a text post #April Fools 2024 #the great boopening

[samsarapavillion]

A small kindness really did keep my dummy narcoleptic ass in a chipper mood all day.

Gonna walk into the house and play Kirby and write and draw and shit, I dunno

Gotta think of ways to pass it on~

Baby lizards! Bbbb b

#this is a text post #I love seeing all the dumb lizards on the way from the bus stop lol

[thewinterarcher]

My Therapist Makes Me Do This Leave Me Alone

Things I Am Grateful For

My cats

Family members that love and accept me

My remarkable friends who support me and kick my ass when I need it

My boyfriend

A safe place to live

The ability to support myself

The tools to improve my mental health

The ability to change and grow and hold myself accountable for my bullshit

I GET TO SEE ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE PEOPLE EVER THIS WEEK AND ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE BANDS AT THE SAME TIME.

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[stargoyle]

"This person has a secret onlyfans!" "This artist does NSFW commissions!" "This author writes porn on the side!" I cannot begin to tell you how swag and awesome that is.

#text post #sex work is normal its not dirty or criminal why are we still freaking tf out ove this

[theredtours]

why yes I AM making boop gifs from screen recording

#they're transparent and i'll post them when I am finished. #I won't even tag them because everyone should have them #boop #text

[yellowpoet]

hold on. Was suck him good and hard through his jorts supposed to conjour the image of someone who has an unzipped fly because this entire time I've been imagining someone slurping on wet denim

#This thought came to me out of nowhere I sat bold upright in bed #And realised I'm maybe stupid? #Text post #Jorts

[hlfgdlsbn]

90% of the hate the aftg series, Nora and the extra content get is because some of y’all have the reading comprehension of a pre-schooler and just can’t shut up.

#it never says that Andrew doesn’t heal #he does #as much as he can #he just never smiles physically #and that’s legit #it’s ableistic to say he has to smile #to heal #like wtf y’all #and Andrew and Neil also do love each other #they just don’t say the words #I love you #this fandom #really needs to learn reading comprehension #because it’s getting really annoying #all for the game #aftg #andrew minyard #neil josten #andreil #this is a text post #i still dont know how to tag

[pokerharem]

I don't think I'll ever stop being impressed by how my art from literal years ago can get back into circulation on here. Like hell yeah hi whoever was in the ghost trick tag hope you don't mind my choice of character interpretations

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[emlovessid]

thinking about wolfstar

#that’s it that’s the post #marauders #this is a text post

[badlydrawndrawnings]

Got bored and decided to do a basic Wiki search of the new personas + new Velvet Room attendant name.

Jánošík (aka, Juraj Jánošík): a Slovak highwayman who robbed from nobles a la Robin Hood. His story is mainly known in Poland and the Czech Republic, and he is a symbol of resisting against oppression.

(Interesting that Wonder’s Persona is like Robin Hood. While that archetype of a person stealing from the rich and giving to the poor is a thing, considering one of Goro’s Persona is Robin Hood...maybe there’s a connection between them, or a hint of what this game and the world going to be about via Goro. Or not. Again, a common archetype. Wouldn’t be surprise by this, consider Atlus are jerks regarding Goro’s fate that is now just annoying.).

Awilda: A Scandinavian female pirate from the 5th century. The daughter of an Scandinavian king, Awilda got so impressed with a prince of Denmark, who was battling her at the time, she revealed her true identity and married him.

(That means for sure Arai is connected to the baseball man with the ‘Palace’. Desire. Still confused with the terminology at the moment. She’s might be a gender flip of Ryuji’s character and his arc. I hope that somehow, these two meet and talk to one another.)

Rob Roy: Full name Rob Roy MacGregor, he was a Scottish outlaw who partake in the Jacobite rising in 1689 (and others), and later became the head of his clan, watching and protecting cattle from raids. Rob Roy also had a feud with the Duke of Montrose at the time and robbed his cattle.

(Honestly speaking Rob Roy’s life is a lot to give the basic somehow. But at the very least I know why Luffy’s codename is now ‘Cattle’. I can’t find any connection between Rob Roy and owls though.)

Merope: A common name in Greek Mythology. One Merope for instance, was the queen of Corinth, the foster mother of Oedipus. Another Merope was a water-nymph. Another Merope was a princess who the hunter Orion was engaged with, and was later assaulted by. One last Merope to be mention here, is Merope of the seven Pleiades. The youngest of the seven sister, this Merope married the mortal Sisyphus, and thus became mortal herself.

(Looking at Merope’s official artwork, she lacks the well-known golden eyes of the rest of the attendants P3 onward. She’s has more in common with Belladonna, Nameless, and the Demon Painter. Okay, the last two don’t show their eyes, but Belladonna lacks the golden spark too! I think and hope Merope is someone to keep an eye on. hehe. eye on.)

#persona #persona 5 #persona 5 x #p5x #wonder persona #arai suwa #luffy persona #merope #this is a text post #anaylsis #theory

[just-spacetrash]

the 'what if you played it a little risky' post literally Changed my life but i cant fujkign find it in my blog because its. a tiktok screenshot

#like literally every time ive hesitated sending a text or complimenting someone or stuff ive thought of it #like youre right. what if i played it a little risky what do i have to lose in doing a nice thing!!!!!! ur so right!!!!!!!! #but its forever lost cos i cant search it with any words cause its an image #misery and pain. you know how it is #my post