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ramshackledtrickster · 11 months

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Across the Spiderverse spoiler thoughts below about Miguel and some meta

Low key feel like they’re gonna address this in Beyond the Spiderverse but ,, Miguel in his comic book origins has a lot more in common w miles? In terms of differing from main spider-man canon while still very much being spider-man

I feel like comics Miguel would probably totally be on Miles’ side in the film and tell film Miguel off for it tbh like

Miguel’s origins were directly written to be different from Peter Parker’s

Of all the spider people, assuming they keep his origins from the comics, he should know more than anyone that divergences don’t necessarily break canon

Yeah there was already a Spider-Man in his universe, long dead now— but Miles too had a spider-man? Who died? And Miles took on that mantle? Peter even told him ‘you don’t have much of a choice’ in the first film when he realizes he has spider powers, and Miguel DEFINITELY didnt choose to become 2099’s spider-man

He actively hated his powers and the circumstances that led to them (forcefully drugged and almost killed by a coworker by getting his genes spliced with spider DNA) and he put on a costume on a whim to get a bounty Hunter off his trail— but everyone else put the spiderman title on him and he would rather not have those powers at all

He became spiderman to atone for the bad things he did at Alchemax, and he’s driven by guilt “With Great Power comes Great Guilt” which I really hope they elaborate upon in the movie

He’s still spider-man, but he’s absolutely a different breed of spider-man— he didnt have an uncle Ben figure’s death to motivate him into becoming spider-man, and barely of the ‘canon events’ apply to him at all in the comics. Also if he could go back in time and ensure he never gets those powers, he was pretty explicit in stating so in one of these issues

So I feel like the filmmakers knew this and gave him the extra ‘lost family’ dimension angle to have him better justify his thesis of the film, where he believes that any anomaly or change to the formula means disaster. But like,,, he is an anomaly. Both for his presence breaking that dimension as well as his origin’s diversions from Spider-man lore.

One of the definitive traits of being Spider-Man is the initiative and the choice to become spider-man— put those powers to good use to help people. And comics Miguel was emblematic of that because despite being so different in origin, and his turnaround happens much later in life after he’s already done wrong and Eve if he doesn’t want to, he still chose to continue being spider-man. Comics Miguel would totally be on miles’ side w all this in mind like,,

Idk my brain’s kinda mushy and this analysis probably sucks but I’m just making observations especially after reading up on the 90s spiderman 2099 run in preparation for the film

#across the spider verse spoilers #across the spiderverse #miguel o'hara #spiderman 2099 #my brain isn’t communicating well what I want to say but I swear it’s there

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mcbitchtits · 2 months

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Since tumblr is very atomized both in the sense of reblogging as well as people not linking back to things, and given the chaotic events the last few days that bring up some serious questions about the state of the site, I am attempting to put together all of the context in one place. I've also attempted to Wayback/ArchiveToday every link and image as much as possible, so hopefully I've covered everything in case these blogs delete or get deleted. (And hopefully with equal seriousness and humor of the situation, as befits tumblr?) If I'm missing anything, please feel free to let me know. I'm hoping I've also missed larger discussions happening elsewhere, but, again, tumblr's sharing structure makes it difficult to bring it all together coherently and cohesively. So:

@predstrogen/@avewy/@predsterone gets serially harrassed and no support from tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/radiohead2/742831140329635840 Tumblr then bans her blog (@predstrogen) for "sexually explicit materials" despite previously acknowledging that she was not breaking the Community Guidelines. https://www.tumblr.com/alwek/742818852958765056/oh-and-this-should-be-saved-too

The post in question was a post of her transition photos, which were both safe for work: https://www.tumblr.com/mcbitchtits/742557931490476032

A tumblr user sends @/photomatt, aka the Tumblr/Automattic CEO, an ask about the situation: https://www.tumblr.com/photomatt/742806189400866816/you-gonna-do-anything-or-make-any-statement-about Wherein he says their policy is generally to not comment on individual cases, but "[i]n predstrogen's case in addition to some mistagged sexually explicit posts, which on its own wouldn't be that bad, we have documented cases of harassment against other users". He then continues, "she made threats of violence against Tumblr staff", with this included screenshot:

He continues that death threats are never okay, they have terminated a different user over this situation and threats already, and that they take threats seriously and involve "police and FBI where appropriate".

He also comments that the staff is not transphobic, he doesn't think they/he/the site deserves that reputation, and casually includes that tumblr apparently had a transphobic moderator abusing their duties both in action and through bribes: "Why do we wrongly have a transphobe reputation? We did have an external contract moderator last year that was making transphobic moderation (and also selling moderation, criminally). As soon as we were aware that person was fired, and we later terminated the entire relationship with that contracting firm and have brought almost everything in-house (at great cost). I have previously commented on this publicly, several times."

Later on he comes back to edit pronouns in the post in regards to accusations of misgendering @predstrogen.

He continues to reply to some asks, including one about tumblr's banning trans women through moderation: https://www.tumblr.com/photomatt/742822115555868672/all-you-ever-do-is-drop-the-ban-hammer-on-trans To which he replies: "Community guideline violations, including mistagging, harassment of other users, and threats of violence, all three of which were repeated in predstrogen's case, were the reasons for the suspension, not her identity. There are obviously tens of thousands (hundreds of thousands?) of trans men and women on this site—why would our accused transphobia be applied to just this one user? The most parsimonious explanation is that it was because of the stated community guideline violations, not her identity as a trans woman." This is seemingly in conflict with Tumblr's own notification to @predstrogen, which was for "sexually explicit materials".

In addition to answering some asks about the situation on his blog, @/photomatt apparently also messaged several users directly about various points: https://www.tumblr.com/skyefawna/742817887621988352/who-wants-to-take-bets-on-whether-i-get-banned-for

https://www.tumblr.com/allegoriestcicada/742816156202795008/oh-hey-fun-now-im-getting-dms-time-to-see-if-my

https://www.tumblr.com/dragongirlsnout/742816811736760320/speechless

https://www.tumblr.com/elerium/742868288383614976/it-almost-goes-without-saying-but-for-posteritys

Several users discuss their time as employees of Tumblr and some of the situations that abounded. https://www.tumblr.com/tinystepsforward/742827256509038592 Some users claim that Tumblr and Wordpress are planning to sell user data to Midjourney AI: https://www.tumblr.com/tinystepsforward/742889449866887168/could-you-elaborate-on-the-midjourney-thing | https://www.tumblr.com/jv/742961132362514432/what-is-this-about-the-tumblr-staff-wanting-to

@predstrogen posts a goodbye from a new blog: https://www.tumblr.com/cyprederone/742904943801958400/its-rita-were-done-here-for-now [Archived link] which is also nuked.

tumblr, as is wont, KUNGPOWPENIS'es @/photomatt's post. (I think one of the official accounts TOS'd or threatened to TOS someone for this within the past few months, but now I can't find that post.) https://www.tumblr.com/raytoroboros/742894961642586112/you-gonna-do-anything-or-make-any-statement-about Tragically I did not archive this one, and it now appears that all of those reblog chains doing do on the original post have been deleted: https://www.tumblr.com/photomatt/742806189400866816/you-gonna-do-anything-or-make-any-statement-about

I would have liked to end on a funnier note that someone replied with a "this content has been removed [etc]" image in place of the explosion gif, or they did in fact post the explosion gif and it got officially removed by tumblr, but it appears tumblr removed or blocked all those reblogs so I don't know if they exist anymore.

@/photomatt then came back again today to post further comments, including "...if nothing else this has given me a lot of empathy for how pile-ons must be totally unmanageable for users with the interface of Tumblr, especially the lack of basic things like bulk actions that have been in WordPress for a decade-plus. [...] As far as I'm aware improving moderation tools both for staff and regular users wasn't on Tumblr's roadmap when I left, but I hope this raises awareness within the team." https://www.tumblr.com/photomatt/742963003613446144/im-continuing-to-get-harassment-and-death-threats

I think that's where we're at currently?

#tumblr #current events

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fandomsandfeminism · 2 years

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@anachrolady

Since my replies seem to be giving me some trouble, let's talk about this article you sent me.

See, while this writer did a great job of repeating the same tired arguments we were all taught in middle school history, he doesn't actually give any evidence for them.

"Undemocratic? Absolutely. That’s the point."

I LOVE when people just...admit this.

For example:

That’s why America is not a democracy. We’re a constitutional republic. The Electoral College is part of that

This is just straight up not true. Even ignoring the little rhetorical game of "not a democracy, a republic" (which is like saying a square isn't a rectangle) the EC is not the reason we are a republic. We're a republic because we elect representatives, rather than taking a general election vote on legislation directly. The EC has nothing to do with that.

The Electoral College has other advantages. It asserts that all the states matter, big and small. States are political entities whose elected officials are by definition closer and more accountable to the people they serve...This means states must at some level compete with one another to improve the lives of their residents

This offers neither evidence nor even REASONING for why the Electoral College would mean that states have to be receptive to their citizens quality of life or freedoms. It's literally a non-sequitur.

The Electoral College also makes sure that presidential candidates don’t spend all their time in the most populated areas of the country.

This one is a popular claim, but is also just straight up ignores reality. YES, the EC means that candidates don't just campaign in the states with the largest populations. Instead it means that they only campaign in SWING STATES. Two thirds of the presidential and vice-presidential post-convention campaign events were conducted in just four states in 2012 (Ohio, Florida, Virginia, and Iowa).

Why this is somehow better, no one has bothered to explain.

ethnically concentrated regions of countries all across the globe have seen brutal violence and outright war because their political interests were ignored by far-away majorities who ruled over them. The electoral college helps mitigate that risk by incentivizing presidential candidates to pay attention to all parts of the country.

Not only is "the EC is the reason we don't have civil war" a WILD CLAIM (we DID have a civil war WHILE WE HAD THE EC) it's also built on the assumption that the EC promotes candidates going to all parts of the country. It doesn't.

If you want the presidency, Democrats, win it fair and square.

And this is what I mean when I say the EC encourages people to treat elections like they are a sporting game, or some kind of Risk style board game.

The idea that the *same style of election* we use for EVERYTHING ELSE - govenors, senators, congressmen, mayors, city council, Railroad commisoner- is somehow CHEATING if we were to apply it to the presidency is absolutely mind boggling.

The EC and its points and it's flat red vs blue maps has made people imagine that states are political monoliths. That either you are a Red state or a Blue state and it's a game to see how much of the map you can control and how many points you can get.

This is how the country actually votes. No state is won by larger than a 70% margin. No county or city is 100%.

California had more Trump votes (6 million) than Texas (5.8 million.) Texas had more Biden votes (5.259 million) than New York (5.244 billion). But yall have let those solid red v blue maps rot your brain, and you haven't checked a single claim that supposedly justifies this ass-backwards system.

Do better.

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a-libra-writes · 11 months

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hi! I hope this is okay to ask, if not that’s okay too^^

I’m a (fanfic) writer also! I love writing but I often struggle with coming up with ideas. I dont have a big following on tumblr (I dont publish my works here), which makes it difficult because I can’t really take reader requests.

I was wondering if you have any tips for coming up with writing topics when you’re stumped? Thank you, I really look up to your work.

Oh this is a fun message!! Ok sorry if i ramble, but i love talking about writing and craft! Im also gonna reblog a specific post of writing advice and encouragement that i adore.

I'd start with what's your favorite sort if fic to write - is it classic multi-chapter fics, oneshots, head canons? Which ones really stood out to you - what were their tropes, tags, the characters? Now, which of those you kind of liked, but something felt off? Was it the prompt, something in the plot, something in the characterization? And which ones peeved you so much you just had to click off - what about those annoyed you?

This will help you visualize what you look for in fanfic, and what sort of scenarios and characterization click with you. If you're writing a single character, that's much easier to work with than say, 10 (or 30~40 .... word to aspiring and new writing blogs ....... maybe give yourself a character limit orz........)

You'll find some characters come naturally to you, wether because they're your favorite or a character archtype you just "get". Some you'll love but still struggle with - I remember being so worried with writing Roose and Tywin from ASOIAF, because they're subtle and more complex. And honestly, I don't like my early work with them ... but I kept at it. You gotta keep at it. Now I'm pretty confident in writing them; it took a while to get there!

((Also I think all writers in general should consider what their strengths and flaws are - this can be hard to pin down objectively, especially after staring at your own work for hours! Think what your favorite parts of writing are. Which parts in your story are giving you that rush of excitement, and why? Which parts are you dreading to work on?))

I think some topics/scenes will jump at you and beg to be written, but it's annoying when you want to write your fav and you're drawing a blank. While requests can be great for this - I've gotten so many delightful ones - you also need to draw from your own creative well. So, how?

Reading other fic is a great inspiration. Don't be afraid to say someone directly inspired you - link to them and mention them! - and build off that. As I said earlier, what if you read a fic that had a great plot or scenario, buuuut you would've done something different? "What if" is a great starter. If you're writing reader insert stuff like this blog, draw from your own experiences in life. Or maybe there was something in the show/book/movie/etc that you really wanted to see, but it didn't happen. What if this character didn't die? What if this major event went differently? "What if" is the basis of all fanfic - besides smooching, that is.

(You can also take a prompt you read in one fandom fic and apply it to another! "Oh i love this reader insert story from Show A, how would my blorbos from Movie B respond in the same situation?")

And on that note, sometimes it's fun to write what personally comforts you and what's your personal fantasy. Requests revolving around family life and kids are easy because I love that shit, and it's something I'd think up on my own without prompting. Lists are great for this - what do you like to write best? What scenarios or characters are you curious about exploring? Brainstorm and make notes! Daydream! Discuss with other fandom friends! You don't have to sit down and chunk out a complete 2.5k+ word fic for every idea. Sometimes just the notes and brainstorming is enough, sometimes you'll wanna explore further.

I feel like most writers will understand that feeling when an idea just grabs them and they have to pursue it. Requests and suggestions are all well and good, but at the end of the day, write what grabs you. That's what you'll put your heart into and feel proud of. It may stay a 300 word drabble or sprawl into multiple chapters of madness, or fall somewhere in between - it's your fic!

#anons asking questions and me word vomitting #name a more iconic duo #libra says #not writing

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scribblestatic · 6 months

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Here's the published Chapter 1 for Of Death, Heroes, and Pork Cutlets.

Here's part of Chapter 2 I managed to write almost three years ago, and drabbles describing what would've continued after that point.

As always with my fics or AUs, warnings apply. Especially for this one, since it's rated E for explicit descriptions of blood and gore.

The institution of the Japanese police often gets flack for essentially being the clean-up crew in the aftermath of a villain attack. The lackeys of law enforcement in the day of pro heroes.

However, there are special teams the government directly created, designated to assist the heroes, nearly being heroes themselves. The SAT, or Special Assault Team, originally created in 1977 for a national safeguard against terrorism, was partially repurposed in 1996 during the rise of quirks.

In 2017, a few years after heroes were finally starting to be formally recognized by police, the government decided first to supervise the actions of the top heroes using the SAT just in case they went rouge.

SAT members were also among the casualties of the first great attack from █████████.

Once trust was further built between the police and the pro heroes with the founding of the Hero Public Safety Commission, the seedlings of the institutionalization of hero training, and governmental registration, instead of being watchdogs, in 2043, they became allies.

As the views of police began to shift more in favor of heroes instead of police, the SAT shifted further into the shadows until they became relatively unheard of. The first officially-recognized underground heroes were members of SAT who decided to utilize some of the freedoms heroism gave them while still associating heavily with the police.

By 2100, the name SAT had disappeared from many vocabularies. By 2175, it seemed almost as though they were nonexistent to the general public. By now, barely a Japanese citizen, even among the prefectural police, would know what you’re talking about. Some police even have stories of training with comrades who suddenly just left, deciding against continuing their training, without knowledge that they were accepting a new training altogether.

However, underground and certain pro heroes are aware of the existence of the SAT. The top trusted heroes, rated on a different scale than the publicity ratings, all acquire knowledge and potential usage of the SAT when the situation cannot be handled by a group of heroes alone, especially if the knowledge of the situation is not viable for other heroes except the one raising the alert. The SAT are often called on for Level 4 to Level 5 threats, or issues in which extreme secrecy is required.

All █████████ terrorist attacks have qualified for Level 5 alerts and the need for extreme secrecy.

And at the moment, despite being a Level 4 alert, the apparent reawakening of the dead also requires extreme secrecy.

——

The area is blocked off.

SAT specialists were brought in as soon as All Might had given additional information on the presumed quirk in question, and the specialists make sure that not a single sight, sound, or smell of the event is open for public eyes. They use their quirks to cause people to subliminally turn a blind eye or put up innocuous detour signs further away. Some roads are suddenly under construction. Some street lights suddenly stop working and need repairs. Nothing out of the ordinary.

A straight line of SAT officers stand at each end of the little tunnelway, all decked out in combat gear that could take a beating and armed with both bullets and tranquilizer darts. Bullets usually weren’t brought out, only used for if no other option was viable.

Quite frankly, they aren’t sure what options are viable. Training had prepared them for living combatants, after all.

“Fuckin’ hell...of all things. Of all things, it’s this. Shit. Should be thankful this happened at this location with All Might in particular present. For all intents and purposes, this is—”

The officer is given a subtle elbow to the side, the man choking on his muttered words.

“Don’t. Don’t say it.” The other officer grits her teeth behind her helmet. “Don’t say anything that could jinx this right now.”

There’s only two people between them and the other line of their comrades, each trusting the other to be careful. The first, the No. 1 hero of Japan, All Might. As the SAT is well aware of his limitations, he’s still in his deflated form, shadowed eyes staring straight at the other person, his phone in his hand.

Said other person is still groaning intermittently, his sickly pink brain matter exposed to the world and blood staining his white undershirt a very deep red. The crack in his skull runs all the way from somewhere under his bushy mess of green hair to the unfortunately crumpled nose smushed against his face like an abandoned post-it note.

Getting rid of the slime villain was an easy task—simply tossing the bottles to the officers for them to take to jail. The boy had followed the movements of his hands, however, so caution had keyed everyone up except for the short, lanky corpse himself. Especially when those pale, sea-foam eyes had settled right back on All Might.

“Hhhh...nnh...hhh…”

His skin’s gained a terrible pallor with so much of his blood coming out of his body. His nose dribbles with it, and it seeps out of his mouth, though most of it had spurt out from the initial damage to his head. He stumbles on unsteady feet, trying to stand up straight but being unable to for long periods of time.

An officer, carefully watching, brings her intercom up to her mouth. Her voice comes out of the top of the heavily armored car. “All Might, thank you for your patience,” she begins. “We’ll start the apprehension process.”

All Might nods firmly in reply, still staring at the boy.

“Hhhhhmm...nnaaAAah…”

...Is this some curse, All Might wonders. Because in all his years of being a hero, he has never once seen a quirk like this. At least, he assumes it’s a quirk.

Right?

Because he is not going to let himself fall into superstition. He’s doing his best to consider this situation logically, as illogical as it is. Even so, he’s only known of quirks that extend a person’s life span if they are alive. After all, that was the only way his former nemesis had been alive for so long. But he’s never seen a quirk that brings one back from the dead, especially not so half-heartedly.

The boy groans up at him, and he holds in a shudder.

No...he won’t let horror movies influence him in this real life situation. He has to think pragmatically.

Like how the boy has yet to look away from him, yet has not moved to attack him. The boy can clearly see despite the foam green color of his irides and the white shade that has overtaken his pupils. He’s only stumbled and tried to stay up straight, all the while staring up at him.

“...Young boy?”

He stays staring, wide open. All Might sees a resemblance between the boy’s current appearance and that of a dead, rotting market fish.

“Young boy… Young Midoriya, can you hear me?”

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And that's what I managed to finish.

Anyway, here's where it was gonna go.

Izuku's body seems to respond to his question with some more mindless groaning, but he realizes it's starting to sound somewhat like a word. The lines of SAT officers steadily close in as he tries to understand.

The more he hears it...the more it sounds like he's trying to say..."all"?

All Might? No...he has to be overthinking it.

Meanwhile, behind the defensive lines, the clean-up crew arrives. They're the ones who will be cleaning up Izuku's blood and waste before checking the sewage lines for his potentially biohazardous blood.

One of the people who arrived for the clean-up had been eating lunch in the van. They had just a bit of it left, that being a few pork buns. One of the others (eh, how about Chide) chide him for bringing food to a death scene, wondering how he could do it.

Meanwhile the guy...eh, let's call him Bun Man. Bun Man says something along the lines of "Dead body or no dead body, I've gotta eat to clean it up."

All Might gets a notice from the encroaching SAT members that the cleaning crew has arrived. He reports that he understands.

As he feels regret over the current condition of Izuku's body, he sees the boy's nose twitch. Though it's crinkled up against his bleeding face, it still moves a bit.

He sees the pale pupils in the body's eyes tremble, then constrict.

The deceased, who had been swaying harmlessly just moments before, suddenly turns his head with an audible crack. A low groan leaves his gaping mouth, startling the SAT team, who firm up their stance.

Izuku's body turns away from All Might and starts walking toward the line.

The SAT team he's facing calls out for him to stop moving, but he keeps stumbling toward them.

In an attempt to get him to stop, All Might contemplates grabbing him. His memories of watching zombie movies makes him not want to. After all, if he gets bitten and turned into something, he still has some of his energy left. What if he goes wild?

But he's not stopping his forward stumble. Perhaps he really did imagine the boy trying to say something. Had to be his own guilt.

...At the very least, he could keep his body from doing things that would endanger others. He'd just have to focus on not getting bitten.

So, All Might takes off his shirt--not like they haven't seen his dilapidated body before, anyway--and wraps it around one of his arms. The cloth should be able to keep the teeth from biting too hard once he grabs him.

He then goes for it, grabbing hold of Izuku's limp left arm, his wrapped arm going around his collarbones.

Izuku's body stops.

All Might starts to br--

Izuku's body steps forward again, dragging him.

He feels the shirt get wet with Izuku's almost completely drained blood and, apparently, saliva.

All Might's still not inflated, but he has some energy left for his quirk. Of course he'd be a bit weak when it comes to stopping him in such a form.

So, All Might inflates, using his quirk to become buff again.

Izuku's body stops short of stumbling forward, shoulders going slack.

The SAT team starts moving in a bit faster, seeing that the deceased has been constrained. All Might starts to say it's all ri--

Izuku's body lets out a groan, and he stomps down.

His step causes the concrete below him to crack. Most importantly, he drags All Might--inflated and using his quirk--forward for that step. And the next one. And the next one.

He starts stumbling faster as the groans turn to snarls. And All Might, to his shock, cannot stop him. Even as he digs his feet into the ground, using the full force of his weight (over 500 lbs in his buff form), the body trudges forward. At least he strains, but the fact anyone's able to pull against All Might in this form at all shocks the SAT members.

Their team leader approves of lethal retaliation as soon as All Might cannot hold on any longer. They'll shield All Might to prevent him from getting killed, but the kid, or what's left of him, has to go.

The boy's gaping maw lets out snarls now, saliva dripping as he lowers onto his hands and feet, crawling forward against All Might's strength and weight. His fingers shred against the ground, but they're bloodless and pale, leaving little more than pulpy, fleshy residue. His nails loosen and fall off from the strain.

But he continues forward.

All Might pulls with all his strength, but despite that, he continues.

Steam starts coming off his body, and he curses.

"Shit... Shit!"

His body weakens in a puff of smoke.

Silence...

Then Izuku's body bursts forth from the mist, mouth agape as a shrill shriek echoes in the tunnel.

The SAT team immediately begin non-lethal retaliation in an effort to get eyes on All Might before they shoot. But Izuku's suddenly quite fast.

And he's strong, too.

He bulldozes right through the line, even when a guy with a strength quirk tries to stop him. His lanky body acts like he's not there at all, running forward.

The cleaning crew, seeing this, begin to scramble to hide or avoid him as more SAT crew take aim.

Izuku's body runs right toward one of the guys who tripped and fell, now screaming bloody murder.

His mouth opens wider.

Several crew take the shot, hitting their marks.

Izuku's head explodes into gore. His body falls to the ground in a frump of limbs, right at the feet of the guy he was running at.

The man stares in shock at the now headless body. Well, mostly headless. The bottom jaw was still clinging to the bottom of his neck.

He starts to sag, and the SAT team starts moving in.

But then he cries out in shock and horror. All Might looks over from where he is in the tunnel, stumbling to his feet to go and...try...something.

Izuku's body hasn't stopped moving.

His hand, worn down to reveal the tips of his finger bones, cling to the man's ankle. His other hand reaches up, grasping his other calf. He cries out for help as someone takes a shot at the body's chest.

The headless body doesn't even flinch as it crawls up onto the man. Now, they can't take any shots except to kill them both.

The guy begs for help as the mostly headless body gets on top of him. The tongue in its bottom jaw lolls out, seeming longer than before and much too prehensile. The throat gurgles above him, and the man begs to not have his face eaten off...

But the body's face crawls past him.

Instead, it approaches his hand.

Just as the man starts to beg to not have his hand eaten, the body's suddenly barbed tongue shoots out, making him scream.

A SAT members shoots.

It hits the body in the shoulder, but that doesn't deter it.

Instead, it drags the thing it caught with its tongue closer...

The box with the man's remaining pork buns in it.

The raw, fleshy fingers stumble over getting the box open, and the man, scared, stiltedly tries to get from under the body. Of course, with the blood and bile and waste, it smells disgusting, and he almost vomits. But he holds back enough to move, even able to adjust the body to get from under it.

The instant he has space, he backs away.

But the body isn't paying attention to him.

Instead, it has gotten the pork bun box open and is ripping the remaining buns apart before swallowing the pieces. It even puts a bun against the base of its head and allows the tongue to pull it in, swallowing it whole.

Once all the buns are gone, the body sits back on its knees.

Then, it twitches.

The bullet in its shoulder falls out.

So do the other bullets that shot into it.

The flesh around its jaw gurgles, and blood starts to drip from its destroyed fingertips. Then, with crackling and wet noises, the body shifts and changes...growing something...

Within seconds, the body forms a new head.

However, unlike the one the body perhaps had before, it now has a jagged, pale scar from the top of it's hairline head down past its nose and toward its upper lip.

When it...when he sighs, he sounds relieved.

He sags to the side, flopping over quietly.

Everyone stares, frozen, and in shock. Then, the SAT squad leader calls on them to move in, and they quickly go forward, cuffing the boy's wrists and binding him in as many ways possible.

All Might sits back, aghast.

Then, he looks at his hands.

Wh...

What in the world just happened?

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How to play dragon age 2 on pc with xbox 360 controller

While the combat classes boil down to Mage, Rogue and Warrior, every character manages to feel useful. This is probably my favorite cast in a Bioware game since Mass Effect 2. Unless you're really invested in the series, you'll become numb to much of the story before it fully develops.Īll of the story elements that don't tie directly to the main plotline are pretty entertaining and fun. Could you imagine being introduced to all the major houses in "Game of Thrones" within the first chapter of the first book? That's what this feels like, and it's too much information too quickly. When you toss different factions, political parties, an empress or two, and other mind-numbing details into the mix, you'll quickly have a tough time following how the different groups relate to one another. The strife and civil war that begins with the opening events, which again pits the Templars and Mages against each other, isn't super compelling. It's a clear step up from the political intrigue nonsense that bogged down the plot in Dragon Age 2, but it doesn't make a clean enough break from its predecessor, opting to rely too heavily on some of the unresolved story points from the last game. However, with multiple crafting stations and certain items like Runes being held back until you reach a specific point in the story, crafting was often needlessly time-consuming and clunky.Īnother complaint is that the main story isn't that great. There's a fair amount of materials to uncover, with rare materials actually feeling rare, and they also providing sizeable benefits when used in crafting. I love that I could craft armor and weapons, and specific components of both could be slotted into existing pieces for enhancements. You'll find that Inquisition also features a pretty complex crafting system, but it gets bogged down by poor menu design and implementation. Also, the experience rewards for basic encounters were often minimal, along with any loot that might drop from an enemy corpse. It got to the point where I'd often try to avoid fights. This boredom would be lessened if the enemies didn't feel like a damage sponge, needlessly prolonging even the most basic encounters. They often feel mindless and can be quite boring due to the lack of challenge and the poor rewards at the end of the fights. You also have plenty of mundane, run-of-the-mill encounters to wade through. These encounters force you to think about how you're applying abilities, and in the case of the Warrior class, how you manage to keep your teammates alive. This is helpful in a number of encounters, as certain abilities act as detonators and work in tandem with another ability or status effect to generate massive damage.Ĭombat in Inquisition can be fun when you're up against significant boss fights or larger enemies, like actual dragons. There's also a tactical option you can employ, allowing you to temporarily pause the action, assign targets for all party members, and even choose a specific ability for each member. You can opt to play like previous console iterations, controlling one character in your party of four, using the right trigger to mindlessly spam your standard attack, and using face buttons to issue special commands and abilities. While Dragon Age 2 favored a more streamlined, action-focused combat system, Inquisition takes a few cues from the original Dragon Age: Origins. There are moments when Inquisition manages to shine, and I certainly enjoyed it enough to see it through to the end, but I was ready to be done with it well before the end credits scrolled. This is easily one of the meatier RPGs I've played in the past year, and if you value quantity over quality when it comes to content, Dragon Age: Inquisition has you covered. I wish I could say that I enjoyed every hour spent with Dragon Age: Inquisition on the Xbox One, especially considering the number of hours I put into it.

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ratliffmosley · 2 years

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Just Looking Into Fashion? Consider These Ideas!

Are you interested in increasing your fashion knowledge? Do you want to have more style, and gain the attention of others? If so, there are several things you can do. Try the tips in this article to see yourself in a new way. You will feel better about yourself, and others will notice. If you have to wear stockings, make sure that you wear some that fit you very well and are not too large or too small. Wearing the wrong size can make you very uncomfortable and it does not look good for you if you have to adjust them in public areas. When you wear two items of the same color, make sure that the shades are a perfect or near-perfect match. For example, do not wear a navy blue shirt with a midnight blue pair of pants. Even though they are both blue, it does not look as well put together as it would have if both pieces were the same color. Never leave home without lotion! When you're out and about, your hands can suffer the effects of a drying world. Regular hand-washing alone can wreak havoc on both your hands and your cuticles. Your best defense is to always carry a small bottle of lotion in your handbag. That way, you can always put your best hand forward. You need to stay on top of the trends. Styles are constantly changing, which is why you are going to want to make sure that you are always up to date with the latest there is to know. Magazines get looks directly from the runway, so they are often the first to publish new trends. Clumps of makeup are not an attractive look for female. In fact, recent polls taken by men find that the less makeups, the better. This does not mean that you have to avoid makeup altogether; try to use warm tones and put on just one layer of mascara and eyeliner. If you are a plus sized woman, do not think you cannot be as fashionable as thinner women. It is what you wear that makes the difference. Stay away from baggy clothing, as this can make you appear bigger. Wear clothes that have a perfect fit and try to get clothing that is true to your size; very tight clothing is not the way to go either. One of the key things that you need to be more fashionable is to get fit. Being fit will help you feel confident and look great. If you are carrying an extra bit of weight then you should start an easy diet and begin doing a bit of exercise on a daily basis. On days when you aren't feeling your best, a nice, big pair of stylish sunglasses can be your best friend. If you did not get enough sleep, the night before or are ill, a pair of sunglasses will cover your sickly-looking eyes and add mystery and added style to your ensemble. For boots and sandals, wedged heels are hot. Due to the shape and style of the shoe if they are worn with the right clothes they can have a slimming affect and of course they will increase your height as well. If you are looking to purchase wedged heels, refrain from getting ones that are too thick, as they can prevent you from walking properly. Every woman should at least have a few key items in her closet. For starters, you should have two pairs of dark-colored dress slacks at the very least. You should also have a pair of hemmed jeans to wear with your heels, and also a pair that are for sneakers. Every female ought to also have the legendary "little black dress" for special events. Wearing bangs is an easy way to cover up a fairly large forehead, but it does not look good when you have one that is much too big for your face. The best way to minimize a large forehead is to wear an asymmetrical bang that is not too full. Now that you have read these tips, you should have some great ideas on how to increase your personal style. Being fashionable is about awareness and execution of what works for you. So, use the tips that apply best for you and your needs. custom t-shirts are certain to take notice!

#custom tees #custom t-shirts

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sitespeedxper · 2 years

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Use Custom Neon Indicators To Provide Your Business With Steady And Savvy Exposure

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harder92hopper · 2 years

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Just Looking Into Fashion? Consider These Ideas!

Are you interested in increasing your fashion knowledge? Do you want to have more style, and gain the attention of others? If so, there are several things you can do. Try the tips in this article to see yourself in a new way. You will feel better about yourself, and others will notice. If you have to wear stockings, make sure that you wear some that fit you very well and are not too large or too small. Wearing the wrong size can make you very uncomfortable and it does not look good for you if you have to adjust them in public areas. When you wear two items of the same color, make sure that the shades are a perfect or near-perfect match. For example, do not wear a navy blue shirt with a midnight blue pair of pants. Even though they are both blue, it does not look as well put together as it would have if both pieces were the same color. Never leave home without lotion! When you're out and about, your hands can suffer the effects of a drying world. Regular hand-washing alone can wreak havoc on both your hands and your cuticles. Your best defense is to always carry a small bottle of lotion in your handbag. That way, you can always put your best hand forward. You need to stay on top of the trends. Styles are constantly changing, which is why you are going to want to make sure that you are always up to date with the latest there is to know. Magazines get looks directly from the runway, so they are often the first to publish new trends. Clumps of makeup are not an attractive look for female. In fact, recent polls taken by men find that the less makeups, the better. This does not mean that you have to avoid makeup altogether; try to use warm tones and put on just one layer of mascara and eyeliner. If you are a plus sized woman, do not think you cannot be as fashionable as thinner women. It is what you wear that makes the difference. Stay away from baggy clothing, as this can make you appear bigger. Wear clothes that have a perfect fit and try to get clothing that is true to your size; very tight clothing is not the way to go either. One of the key things that you need to be more fashionable is to get fit. Being fit will help you feel confident and look great. If you are carrying an extra bit of weight then you should start an easy diet and begin doing a bit of exercise on a daily basis. On days when you aren't feeling your best, a nice, big pair of stylish sunglasses can be your best friend. If you did not get enough sleep, the night before or are ill, a pair of sunglasses will cover your sickly-looking eyes and add mystery and added style to your ensemble. For boots and sandals, wedged heels are hot. Due to the shape and style of the shoe if they are worn with the right clothes they can have a slimming affect and of course they will increase your height as well. If you are looking to purchase wedged heels, refrain from getting ones that are too thick, as they can prevent you from walking properly. Every woman should at least have a few key items in her closet. For k pop merch , you should have two pairs of dark-colored dress slacks at the very least. You should also have a pair of hemmed jeans to wear with your heels, and also a pair that are for sneakers. Every female ought to also have the legendary "little black dress" for special events. Wearing bangs is an easy way to cover up a fairly large forehead, but it does not look good when you have one that is much too big for your face. The best way to minimize a large forehead is to wear an asymmetrical bang that is not too full. Now that you have read these tips, you should have some great ideas on how to increase your personal style. Being fashionable is about awareness and execution of what works for you. So, use the tips that apply best for you and your needs. The people around you are certain to take notice!

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foulserpent · 3 years

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#my college kind of screwed us on senior thesis stuff #like i didnt expect we'd get to present something in-person this year and figured wed just get some online stand-in but we just are not goin #to get to present our work properly Ever #like that was the one thing i was looking forward to.#especially after how bad they screwed us (class of spring 2020) by giving us no refunds or anything for the classes that #required on site materials and thus we did not get anything we paid for and did not get any compensation #also lol i DONT want anything to happen in person until the pandemic is under controlled its GOOD that they dont but like #them not doing the in-person stuff that benefits students bc uwu we care about social distancing #which would be great if they were also applying that to events that directly make them money but nope! thats all still on #i REALLY dont want to attend my online graduation and stuff like i just cannot make myself care beyond hoping they get sued #like other colleges are for not refunding any tuition

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shihalyfie · 3 years

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The meaning of the Beast Spirits in Frontier, and what it means to control it

(On request by @digitalgate02.)

When you think about it, Frontier can be framed as a story of outcasts or misfits having to accept the idea of “changing themselves” in order to become better people, both literally in the sense of embracing physical transformation, and metaphorically in the sense of making attempts to do better. Implicitly, it speaks a lot as to how quickly these kids accept the idea of turning into something else -- perhaps implying as to how ostracized they’ve felt that such a thing instantly sounds appealing -- but it also adds some interesting layers to the concept of the Beast Spirit and how the difficulty of “controlling it” ties into each character’s personal story.

I think a lot of it has to do with the idea that these kids did have inclinations of being selfish or shallow at the beginning -- while they were full of potential to become heroes, they definitely started off as unlikely misfits at the beginning. In that respect, you can see the Beast Spirits arc as a sort of lesson that great power must be used wisely and responsibility...

Believe it or not, our biggest clue to all of this comes from episode 16, Izumi’s episode. It’s not directly stated in words, and the abstract summary of “determination” is passed off as a joke, but looking at the context clues around the episode indicates that’s actually not far off.

The thing is that Calmaramon is depicted as having the hardest time with her Beast Spirit compared to practically about anyone else in the group, and one of the recurring themes about it is that it’s partially because her personality is downright terrible. If you look at the context clues behind the prior episode (15), you’ll notice that while her looks are briefly brought up as an issue there and in this episode, the part that’s really freaking everyone out (and is making everyone worried Izumi will turn out to be the same) is that they actually saw it have an impact on her personality, where she was clearly conscious and able to talk but also indiscriminately destroying everything and enjoying it. At least in the case of Kouji, Takuya, and Junpei, they can be forgiven because they all did their best to keep it under control after the initial fallout, but Ranamon changing into Calmaramon had also involved her becoming someone actively reveling in senseless destruction. When everyone worries that Izumi might turn out like that, they don’t even bring up looks at all, and they all recoil when she does start showing signs of being destructive anyway.

The thing is, the entire rest of the episode puts a massive spotlight on Izumi’s actions of standing up for the Gomamon and empathizing with their loneliness (which, given the contexts added about Izumi’s background and backstory in episodes 8 and 26, are most likely her feeling that the concept of “being isolated from others no matter how much you want to reach them” hit way too hard for her) to the point she puts her foot down to override the boys’ prior plan of chasing the Toucanmon and their Digivices. She actually faces quite a bit of protest from the boys on this issue, and even admits she’s not sure if her own plan will work, but focuses on the idea of doing her best to undo the whirlpool with her abilities -- that is to say, using her power to protect and help others.

This sentiment of “I have to protect everyone” drives Izumi’s actions for the rest of the episode, to the point it’s the only thought consuming her head right before she finds and claims her Beast Spirit. So to make it clear, at the time she claimed it, the thought of “protecting others” was desperately, single-mindedly consuming her head...

...and the contrast is immediately apparent when Shutumon emerges, and the only thing Ranamon cares about is looks.

In other words, the reason the Beast Spirit wasn’t working out for Ranamon/Calmaramon is that she only wanted the Beast Spirit’s power for the sake of pride, vanity, and dominating others, and because of that, she had difficulty controlling it because it resonated with those feelings -- after all, although she wanted to “control” it to the extent of not carrying her all over the place, she was perfectly fine with the part about causing wanton destruction. Izumi, on the other hand, is clearly holding herself back even after her first evolution to Shutumon -- trying to keep a calm head -- and, after all, her entire motivation had been driven by “helping and protecting others” for the whole episode, so she doesn’t want to let this fail on her now, and she keeps that calm head all the way throughout the rest of it.

When we get to the next episode (17), you’ll also notice that one of the first things Blizzarmon (Tomoki) does is actively attempt to restrain himself. If you look back at what Tomoki’s character arc is about, he’d spent the better part of his past being bullied by others and tossed around, so “overpowering the weak” is the last thing Tomoki ever wants to do (especially given the events of this episode, as well). So, having witnessed the potential consequences of the Beast Spirit with the other boys, it stands to reason that Tomoki would want to avoid “hurting others” so much that restraining this would be a strong priority for him. While it’s commented that it does take his personality out of control a bit, the worst it ever gets is that he seems to be overly elated and cheerful about his defeats, but that’s also in line with Tomoki constantly having been pushed down so much during his life that you can imagine he’s enjoying the opportunity to finally be strong and have the spotlight.

But because he hates the concept of bullying and pushing others down so much, it stands to reason that he wouldn’t really have as much of a problem with that.

So when you look back at the prior episodes with the Beast Spirits with this context, you can see it applying there as well. In episode 14, Junpei was spending the better part of the first half of the episode livid at what was happening to his friends -- absolutely pissed at Grottomon for taking Izumi's spirit (and, despite Izumi's doubts, it's pretty apparent he actually does care about it beyond just having a crush on her), and then upset at the idea of being a sitting duck while Agnimon and Wolfmon are getting tossed around. While Junpei initially has trouble keeping the Spirit under control, the exact moment he gets a grip on himself is the moment he reaffirms his determination to fight for the sake of his friends.

Looking back at the other two episodes about rampaging Beast Spirits in episodes 10 and 12, you can also see why the concept applies there as well. It’s interesting how the “worst” rampage shown among the main protagonist Beast Spirits was not the first one obtained (Garmmon) but the second one (Vritramon), and if you look at the circumstances surrounding them, it doesn’t seem to mean as much about Takuya having any particular stronger tendency towards condescending violence as much as the sheer circumstances that went on behind them:

Kouji obtained his Beast Spirit under the circumstances of already knowing that he needed to protect Gotsumon with that power (and, moreover, having spent the end of the prior episode and the duration of the beginning of this one mulling on Ophanimon’s warning that he’d need to “grow” before he could obtain it). Therefore, “using this power for the desire to protect others” was a huge thought in his head from the very beginning, even though -- presumably partially because this was a first time for everyone -- it threw him off just enough for him to end up exhausting himself.

Takuya obtained his without warning and without proper understanding of what he was dealing with, having had it practically forced on him after Shamamon-as-Vritramon’s defeat, and so, with no context of purpose and no real depth of what he was about to get into, he ended up on a complete destructive rampage. He was snapped out successfully by the need to not hurt someone (Tomoki), and spent the rest of the episode agonizing and mulling over the risks and meaning of having such power before he eventually evolved into Vritramon without too much issue the second time.

So the point is made clear: the “destructive” and “uncontrollable” impulses associated with the Beast Spirits will be sent out of control if the user doesn’t have a strong desire to use it with proper purpose. For Ranamon/Calmaramon, she had the worst time with it because she was the single most obsessed out of the Legendary Warriors to use it to stroke her own ego and vanity, whereas at least the other three Cherubimon-allied ones (besides Duskmon -- see below) were at least capable of using it towards a greater goal, and the remaining five went through the proper outlets of thinking about how this power should be used and how it shouldn’t be used lightly.

While the issue of the Beast Spirits being inherently difficult to control isn’t as prominent as we go later into the series, we do actually see shades of it when we get to the tale of Kouichi/Duskmon/Velgrmon, because while part of it can be chalked up to the power of darkness being consuming, Kouichi, during his first transformation to Velgrmon in episode 30, is only able to talk barely coherently and is really just venting his rage and anger out, presumably because his entire state of mind is locked into all of that, making the rampage even worse. (Also keeping in mind the theme of embracing the idea of changing yourself, you can also think of this in terms of how Kouichi is getting so consumed by his own emotions of anger that he’s become almost completely unrecognizable from his original self.)

Once we get his first “proper” evolution in episode 33, however, Kouichi is abundantly aware of what he’s done and has all of the proper determination to never let such a thing happen again -- so it’s not surprising that his evolution to KaiserLeomon happens with relatively little incident.

#digimon #digimon frontier #shihameta

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how did you go about setting up that art fair/market? it looks really fun and id love to see something/set something up for my area!

i totally recommend starting a craft fair, its a great way to bring your community together! just be aware it's a TON of work, especially if you're doing it yourself. i did a lot of the planning myself, but i got a lot of help from friends, especially for the execution, and i absolutely couldn't have done it without them.

first, figure out what resources you have. do you have a venue? i was lucky enough that my place of work let me hold the event there, but if you don't have a space, you'll have to work that into your budget. keep in mind that you want to find a place with as much foot traffic as possible. you will also have to consider specific problems with the venue you choose; indoor venues may require lighting, outdoor venues might need shade. do you have chairs and tables or will people need to bring their own? do you personally have anything to bring? (i had a button machine, so we used it to make a DIY station. we also used several of our own tables, chairs, lights, and speakers from home.)

what is your budget and how will you gather it? our budget came from renting out spaces and tables per day. Even if you don't have tables to rent out, it's a very good idea to charge for spaces. This both guarantees that you won't have too many vendors for your space, and that the vendors who apply will show up. You will have significantly more vendors drop at the last minute if you don't charge for spaces.

Finding vendors is challenging at first. A good chunk of our vendors came from people we knew personally. Our friends and neighbors were where we started, and then they started telling their friends and neighbors. As the event went on, more artists heard of us and asked to be part of it. We made a lot of social media posts and directly reached out to classmates and friends with online merch stores. Admittedly this part was easier for us than it would be for most people, since my friends, my coworkers, and I are all very involved in the local creative scene.

Advertising is also a really tough one. We reached out to a LOT of different groups, mostly kid based ones since we were aiming at attracting families. (Scouts, YMCA, boys and girls club, churches, shriners, motorcycle clubs, lions clubs, radio stations, podcasts, facebook marketplace, etc) We also put up posters in areas nearby with a lot of foot traffic, and asked local store owners to display our flyers. Just go walking in the area and see what kind of community boards you can find, or which shops might be interested.

The thing that attracted the most people, unfortunately, was going to the nearby park and handing out flyers DURING the event. It helps to wear a silly costume to be more approachable, just dont get heat stroke in a stupid pirate outfit in the park like i almost did. not gonna lie this part isnt for everyone. its physically intensive and you have to go out of your way to bother strangers going about their day and some of them will not appreciate that lol

Consider having some activities for your event that arent just about spending money. My event goal was to bring people together with art, so I added activities like community murals. This is also admittedly a really tough one to come up with ideas for, since you have to public-proof it.

i made a BAZILLION lists of everything possible and it really helped keep me organized. use the hell out of some spreadsheets and keep a list of literally everything. make layouts of what needs to go where. make sure you give your vendors info about stuff like parking, set up times, and schedule changes. overall just stay so inhumanly organized because it all gets overwhelming very fast

so anyway yeah!! if anyone has more questions about how i pulled it off feel free to ask!

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spring troupe and gender neutral s/o watch horror movies

about time i finally write for this blog... i was hit with the image of masumi watching a horror movie with his s/o, thought how lovely it would be if there was content of that, then realized i have that power now

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tags: established relationship, non-detailed mentions of horror themes (gore, monsters, etc)

sakuya sakuma

🌸 when the topic of a horror movie date first comes up, he’s a bit scared. he’s only seen a couple, one of which was for mankai play research.

🌸 when it’s actually showing, though, he’s pretty calm! the anticipation was the worst part, and he somehow doesn’t get scared even during the most terrifying movie of the year. he’s great at reminding himself it’s just fictional in the end

🌸 vampires? not scary. aliens? he thinks they’re cute! gore? well, yeah, it’s unnerving at first but it’s all fake, and once he reminds himself of that he’s fine

🌸 he gets scared at the littlest things though. there might be a continuity error where a knife is in its holder on the counter in one shot and then removed the next, and no one in the movie acknowledges it nor is it supposed to mean anything but he can and will psych himself out thinking about just what moved it

🌸 king of predicting plot twists! he might be very good at spotting continuity errors, but he’s even better at picking out little bits of foreshadowing and putting together the mystery

🌸 gets spooked the most by jumpscares. every time he squeaks a bit (on really bad ones he might scream) and every time he always does the same embarrassed sigh afterwards and goes to squeeze your hand to calm himself

🌸 psychological horror is definitely the best pick for sakuya. he thinks a lot about what’ll happen next in the movie and loves to discuss about movies with you regardless of the genre, so with thought-provoking psychological films it fits him like a glove

🌸 and hey, if things ever get too intense he loves b-list horror movies! he thinks the bad acting is endearing and always finds something to compliment even with the trashiest, corniest flick

🌸 if you ever get uncomfortable, he might commentate in the movie and try to poke fun at it- i mean, the killer clown is kind of funny! look how bright and colorful it is compared to the rest of the set! he keeps his voice light and sunny so you have something comforting to concentrate on

masumi usui

🎧 he loves the idea of horror night. cuddling with you, holding you protectively as the suspense rises, stealing kisses to distract you from the monster and erase your fear...

🎧 he’s only seen a few horror movies in his life, less than the fingers he has on one hand, but whatever. it’s a movie. it’s not real. if he got too immersed he could just tell himself it’s fake and be done with it.

🎧 spoiler alert: he didn’t.

🎧 masumi did not, and i repeat, did NOT expect to get so invested??? even if you’re scared, he’s definitely the most terrified

🎧 that’s not to say he’ll show it. he’s doing everything to keep a neutral face, and you’ll probably assume he’s holding to you tighter during the scary parts like he’s protecting you.

🎧 (it’s actually because you’re the one [1] thing grounding him. you’re protecting him, not the other way around! in hindsight, he likes being cared for even when he thought he’d be the one spoiling you, not the other way around. he just wishes it didn’t have to be during such a scary movie, that’s all)

🎧 will take his fear to the grave... unless you ask him directly about it. please hold him and tell him the monsters aren’t real, even though he’s a heavy sleeper he will stay up until 3 am, his mind reminding him how creepy the movie was every time he’s about to drift off

🎧 so does not fuck with ghosts, if he didn’t believe in them before he certainly does now. the poor guy looks up how to ward away spirits and ends up carrying around a salt packet on him for the next two weeks

tsuzuru minagi

📖 tsuzuru’s not exactly a horror fan. he claims it’s brainless and pointless

📖 (admittedly he’s a little scared of them, but he still thinks they’re dependent on shock alone, and have zero rewatch value since the writing is more focused on in-the-moment spooks than actual plot.)

📖 he’ll roll his eyes and tease you a little but eventually he’ll go along with watching a horror movie

📖 to psych himself out of his fear tsuzuru decides to watch them critically and note what plot points to do (or more likely not to do) for future plays

📖 this works out for the beginning but by the middle of the movie he’s enraptured. he can’t tell if it’s actually good or if it’s a car wreck he can’t help but watch

📖 does the corny move where he yawns and wraps an arm around you, and you’d almost buy it from his earlier cynicism but then the killer shows their face and he tenses up like hell and you just know

📖 gets embarrassed every time he’s scared- he even turns pink, and gets even redder if you try to hold his hand or cuddle him closer (even though there’s nothing he’d want more after something that creepy)

📖 by the end he’s got a few new ideas that might go to autumn or winter troupe’s latest plays, and admits okay, fine, maybe horror isn’t so pointless after all

itaru chigasaki

🎮 screw movies, you’re playing horror games instead!

🎮 most of itaru’s horror games are single-player, so one of you takes the controller while the other sits next to the player, but itaru’ll drape his arms around you from behind in a back hug the entire time you play

🎮 he doesn’t really shut up. the entire time, he’s either cracking a joke or trying to freak you out more, if only so he doesn’t get in his head and overthink the creepy atmosphere

🎮 asshole only quiets down when the game gets tense, and then suddenly puts his hands around your shoulders or neck to scare you. regardless if you fall for it or not, he always laughs at himself and just-so-happens to break the tension as a scary cutscene plays

🎮 still commentates when he’s the player, but gasps or jumps even at small atmospheric scares

🎮 itaru definitely overthinks the game. he gets super cautious over tiny details and makes the missions way harder than they should be since he keeps overestimating the enemy line of sight and how noisy the avatar is

🎮 if you happen to be playing a co-op horror it’s a constant “no u” battle over who should do the scariest tasks

🎮 “reader, we need to cleanse the room next. you should do it” “no, you should do it. you have the quartz item remember” “i can give it to you since you have the ghost ward” “the ghost ward doesn’t apply to this quest, besides, you’re better at this ghost attack quick time event than me” “no it does, and you’re more optimized” “i can just give the items to you-“ “no you should do it” “no you” “no you” “no you” “no y-”

🎮 you both lose

citron

🍋 citron loves horror movies! he thinks they’re... comforting?

🍋 turns out he’s only seen movies about cursed dolls and b-horror, which explains a lot- he loves dolls too much to be scared by them and he thinks b-list horror is hilarious- but he’ll still proudly proclaim he’s unflappable and swear to protect you from the bad guys

🍋 when you’re actually watching the movie you can’t tell if he’s faking his reactions or not. he’s very noisy

🍋 he gets scared enough during the gruesome and horrific scenes to hold you close and tight like a teddy bear, and during the worst of it he might muffle a scream by diving into the crook of your neck, obscuring his vision until the scene changes

🍋 and yet, he laughs at the next scene’s unrealism, and manages to poke enough fun at the movie that you giggle and his terror disappears, he loves your laugh way more than he can be afraid of monsters

🍋 can’t do gore for the life of him, but when it comes to the actual plot, he’s rather critical of characters acting dumb. he catches on to nonsensical writing quick, but usually asks you to clarify the plot holes before realizing that he found a loophole in the writing

🍋 whenever you’re scared and not even his goofy reactions and commentary can help, he plants a sweet kiss on your cheek, strokes your hair, and holds you close to his chest until the fear goes away. he’s surprisingly good at protecting you from the movie

🍋 after the movie he’ll say his country has a similar legend to the movie monsters, but he claims the legends are true in zafra, and zafrans have a very specific tradition to prevent the monsters from attacking them

🍋 the movie also gave citron the idea of creepily standing behind you silently until you turn around and get startled, or occasionally chanting in a strange, cultish language and pretending he didn’t say a thing, or making a doll with the same markings as the clown puppet from the movie...

🍋 citron continues to be even scarier than the actual horror movie, but can’t wait until the next horror night! maybe watching it was a bad idea after all...

chikage utsuki

🌙 chikage just doesn’t get the appeal of horror. it’s just a fake movie, why do people get so creeped out by terrible sfx and unrealistic monsters?

🌙 he’s seen scarier things than any werewolf pack, zombie outbreak, or witch coven can throw at him. if you insist on watching a scary movie, fine, he’ll be happy to let you sit on his lap, just don’t expect to creep him out as well, or else you’ll be sorely disappointed.

🌙 he analyzes the movie more than he watches it, but doesn’t speak up even though the fight scenes look pitiful. if this were real life, he’d sweep the whole brood of shambling monstrosities in record time and be back home in time for izumi’s curry

🌙 chikage runs his hands under your shirt whenever the monster’s on screen to scare you. it’s actually really creepy- his fingers are light and quick and always makes you flinch, even if you know it’s just your boyfriend

🌙 he’ll listen to your thoughts about the movie, but doesn’t have strong opinions himself. he thinks the scares are mediocre at best, even without considering his background, but won’t mention how unrealistic it was unless you mention it first.

🌙 psychological horror, however, is a whole different story

🌙 maybe chikage can’t get scared by generic spirit halloween monsters but once you introduce thought-provoking plot, questions and dilemmas, now he’s hooked

🌙 he really likes wondering if the protagonist is actually the good guy and making theories about the origins of the monsters and why they’re so destructive, even if he forgets about them once the movie’s over.

🌙 love love looooves the “the monsters were harmless creatures before humans dished out the first blow” trope. he knows how common it is, but there’s a lot of ways to go about it, especially on a subtextual level, and he just can’t get enough

🌙 the deeper the plot is, expect a longer conversation about the ins and outs of it. they get surprisingly thoughtful and introspective, even if chikage throws in a few bullshit stories related to the movie just to watch you squirm

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