#ITS TRUE BUT >:( /LIGHTHEARTED

[chocobje]

I don’t really think the angst is corny; you portray the characters really well and the darker atmosphere with limited or no colours makes me personally process it more. You write it extremely well too, it’s similar to poetry and I think that makes it better. You don’t need a lot of words to make the piece dark. That’s just how I feel though and either way I love all of your work:)

Oh my god thank you 🥹

Istg whenever y'all write these kind of stuff to me I genuinely feel so giddy and happy,, They really motivate me a whole lot <3

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

Do you think if the trolls all came back, like everything in the main comic did happen and they were alive again. Do you think Feferi would actually forgive Eridan? Or want to even be his friend after everything? I don't personally like the erisol and fefertasprite interaction…felt rushed…..so I just wanted to know your opinion if things were different! :)

Yeah, I think they would be! Feferi is one of the trolls who takes dying the least badly (relentless optimism) and Eridan does genuinely feel bad, which means a lot when it's Eridan. I think she really is genuine when she says she wants them to be friends and also that she's really not the type of person to hold a grudge, and like... death is SUPER cheap in Homestuck, it's really not the horrific, irredeemable, irreperable damage that it is IRL - and if you're talking about (Feferi) and (Eridan), then they're both dead (and irrelevent) now, so the score is kind of even.

In general, the fandom - I mean, people in general, really - tend to have difficulty divorcing themselves from other people. We tend to assume that the people and characters they like will hold similar opinions to themselves. This is how people who like Karkat and don't like Eridan can mentally gloss over or even block out their clear, close friendship, or how people who dislike Cronus can end up overlooking that Meenah actually takes his opinion seriously and unironically defends his wizard thing. Feferi really isn't mad at Eridan or upset about dying the way we probably would be, because she's friends with the horrorterrors, relentlessly cheerful, comfortable with death in general, and death is also just not really that big of a deal in this setting. "I'm really sorry about that, that was shitty of me" is honestly probably all the apology she needs, especially if they came back to life anyway.

[todays-just-a-daydream]

the needling liam is doing across this interview:

@1:42 who picked the tracks? i did. and then presented them—no he just fuckin' done it and that was it. that’s not true.

@2:02 there’s never an oasis meeting. there’s only a noel gallagher meeting. that’s not true either.

@5:08 is there a story told in the tracks that you picked?

@5:24 those are the songs that i feel are our best work. did you hear that? ‘i’. (smug)

@5:33 (on wonderwall) i’d have left that out. i wouldn’t have put that on there. (cheeky grin)

@6:40 five of us four of us can’t sit in a room and pick a tracklisting. i always pick the setlist. and if anyone’s got a problem with it they say i’m not doing that, i’m not doing that, i’m not doing that. it’s the same with the tracklist. i picked it. it all went round. i didn’t get any of the usual phonecalls you know at 4 in the morning.

@9:59 so this retrospective it seems to me is picked from a purely musical point of view. it doesn’t document the high points and low points. it documents what you think are the best tunes…it sounds like a nice flowing record, you know what i mean?

@12:10 we’re not being cunts by leaving a certain tune off. you know noel is but i’m not.

@15:54 (on masterplan as a b side) good to know some things haven’t changed. you didn’t have a clue what you released man. i know i’m an idiot.

[kristalldroppar]

Did people like, forget that you have to kill a selkidomus and a stonesleeper (sentient, conscious and feeling species) To make a grimwalker........?

Oh and you also need to acquire a galdorstone, which is a rare, powerful, magical,protected and ancient relic thats.... Guarded for a reason.

It's necromancy and cloning. The show made it hard to do because of its problematic nature and removing that literally takes away a part of why belos doing this is so wrong. (It's not only about him using his brother's corpse, but the importance of a sense of self, these people have to go through. Complex identity issues and probably feelings of being a copy of someone else, which necessarily doesn't need to be the case, but something the show itself, imo is trying to bring up plenty of times)

if it was easy, belos wouldn't go to such lengths to achieve it. He would simply have more grimwalkers than what he already had, (and he had a lot already. When harvesting the ingredients, he literally destroyed eco-systems, eating Palismen and harvesting the trees.)

The galdorstones themselves had to be protected because of their strong magical abilities being used for selfish reasons, and letting them be harvested and used by specific few, would for sure cause societal problems. It is also hinted (not specified) that the ones that exists today are those protected by the graveyard (which is a very old one and created for again, said reason above)

Ethical dilemmas indeed

[wttcsms]

HELLOO WILL U PLEASE SPOIL US FOR HOW ISAGI SAVES READER IN UR FIC I LOVE IT SM

NOOOO A SPOILER WOULD RUIN THE FUN!!!! i will say, the title of the fic comes from the gracie abrams song “free now” + it heavily applies to reader and rin’s relationship, especially considering the growth that it takes for reader to acknowledge their relationship and the breakup in a healthy manner. because obviously reader isn’t in a great headspace rn, and she’s not taking this breakup well, and soon (we have a few more chapters to go before it happens hehe) we have reader being thrust into a pr stunt of a relationship w isagi.

a big part of the fic is that what we see vs what actually is the truth is sometimes vastly different. we get a glimpse of this through the jarring differences of me showing what the media is portraying you as versus how your life is currently going. so a common theme throughout the fic will always be about misconception through the public eye, especially bc of the role of social media. your “private” life is always going to be considered public business. and so, reader currently has an issue where she doesn’t mind the spotlight, but she desperately feels the need to have control over her image. so you’re constantly trying to show an outward image that will get you the headlines and feedback from fans that you’re searching for. but it comes with a nasty catch: you now have set a standard for yourself that you can’t always uphold. it’s unrealistic. it’s unrealistic bc a lot of what you present to the public is fake, and eventually, people get tired of acting, yknow? and your relationship w rin, it was this iconic pairing. a big thing i want to feature in this fic is the fact that we (collective we) have a tendency to see famous people’s private affairs as a spectacle and another form of entertainment. so reader is going through the worst heartbreak of her life, and you can delete images of him off your Instagram and camera roll, but people are still going to make tiktoks of you and him, even years after the breakup, saying some shit like “guys im still stuck at the restaurant” or “yall am i the only one who misses them😞😞”

and again, reader needs to understand and come to terms with the fact that she can’t control every aspect of her public. people will never behave the way she wants them to, and instead of focusing energy on trying to maintain a certain image, she has to just be happy with herself, with knowing the truth. and she learns this lesson (MINOR SPOILER!!!) whenever isagi gets tired of her behavior and it feels like he’s leaving her. it’s sort of her wake up call.

so not getting into too much specifics, but isagi is the reason why she realizes that she needs a change in her mentality and how she handles how the media talks about her. as for the relation to “free now”, i really like the bridge + the ending line of “never been less empty / all i feel is free now” + the meaning behind the song

[vivipuppy]

Kaela is so funny. First hololive girl with an alter???

[spinninglightning]

whenever i read fics i always end up thinkin of a song for the fic or like, th chapter and then i canr stop associating the fic w/ those songs

[celluzu]

Ok I'm gonna need everyone to start showing ROIER as the taller one between him and Cellbit RIGHT NOW!!!

[secondaryworshiparchive]

Pros of selfshipping with fantasy characters: hot

Cons of selfshipping with fantasy characters: accidentally unlocking a scent kink

[thewickerking]

ive been really enjoying this one song for months and keep thinking that i wanna listen to similar stuff but change is scary but im listening to the album its from and its all bangers so far. they are different. which is scary but its a good scary :]

[aesthetic-lillie]

me when i actually decide to go thru with letting my facial hair grow out

[horngryeyes]

wait i think i just realized were supposed to laugh at him and not pity him. chat is that true

[clown--posting]

EVERYONE UNFOLLOW @oh-mother-fucket IT CALLED ME STINKY

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Mario Needs To Find Larry

A guy named Larry steals Mario's plate of spaghetti, and of course, he goes off to get it back. Though things end up taking a turn when mysterious people show up to 'ask' Mario to keep finding Larry. Mario doesn't really care, he just wants his spaghetti back.

[blushft]

my day will be great and then i remember that ive been compared to felix freeman twice and i have his haircut...

[paperwizards]

I'm SORRY I just didn't want people to think I was crying to Joe Rogan 😭 have mercy I beg

In other news I'm listening to podcasts at work.

(note: only applies to fiction podcasts)