#Lance Dur was wonderful...

[silveyn]

I started this fanart a long time ago in an attempt to accept Yrehn's new design. I couldn't.

And frankly, I didn't like the script at all. A scenario where the supposed main character turned out to be the most empty, unwritten character, and the story is yet another iop-centric one. I feel very sad for Yrehn and her potential.

[arcaneaddict420]

Why did nobody tell me Bestiale got an English Dub?

Karn is voiced by Chris Woodworth (according to the actor himself in the YT comments). I wonder if Ankama will list the rest of the dub actors later on. They never bothered to give us a dub cast list for Lance Dur, and Wakfu S4 needed the dub actors to state who they were voicing for us to know.

[kerubimcrepin]

Analysis: Lance Dur Webtoon Episode 5, The Third Death

(aka, Ronik's "let's try reading too much into some comics, and the Lance Dur series" challenge)

TW: Discussion of Child Abuse (physical, emotional, psychological), Filicide, Patricide, Child Neglect. Just the usual things that come up when talking about Lysmee, Agard, Lance Dur, Kerubim, God Ecaflip, and Joris, and their character parallels.

When looked at from the lens of symbolism and motifs, this comic is one of the more important pieces of Kerubim lore we have. And I really, really mean it. I need to talk about it.

But to talk about it... I will have to do something bad. Something I really wanted to put off for as long as I could:

THIS POST WILL SPOIL THE ENTIRETY OF THE LANCE DUR CARTOON, THE LANCE DUR WEBCOMIC, AS WELL AS THE CIRE MOMORE WEBCOMIC.

For this reason, I will be placing this analysis under a read more.

The thing that really gets me about this comic, is that it explicitly makes Kerubim a character foil/parallel for Agard and Lysmee.

Once or twice, I might have said things like, "Joris parallels Yugo, Atcham parallels Joris," and so on, — because of similar troubles, or character beats, — but let it be clear when I say "parallel" here, I don't mean conjecture, or correlations. What is happening here, is a bit... different.

Through his inclusion in this comic, and the role he takes in it as a victim of the Cire Momore curse, — the same way Agard was, — an explicit parallel is drawn between Kerubim and Agard.

And, by that logic, between Kerubim and Lysmee as well, — for Agard is already her foil and parallel.

In a way, their being a trinity really enriches the way one can understand these characters, — they form a sliding scale, I think, — because for every mirror image they have, there is a small deviation.

From Lance Dur's genuine love for his son and failure at showing it for all those years, and Ephedre's hatred of everything, to Ecaflip's godly "love" being both cruel and transactional.

In a way, despite Cire Momore not actually picking victims in-universe, symbolically speaking, she is the unhealable, unbeatable wound of parental trauma, personified.

It's no wonder, her long-term targets, within canon, are Agard and Kerubim.

Something can have many different symbolic meanings in the same story. From the march of death, to the weight of parental trauma.

The past, with all the horrible things that happened in it, is as real as the future, and the ending it holds. And it's always coming for you.

Sometimes, they are actually two in the same. At least for Lysmee and Kerubim.

This is the level of parallels that Lysmee, Kerubim, and Agard operate on. Even though Kerubim being their parallel is only a minor thing, because Agard and Lysmee's stories are mostly intertwined between one another, it is still a good way to analyse things.

(I hope someone makes a similar post to mine, but mainly about Agard and Lysmee. I'm too much of a Kerubim fan to be talking about them...)

All three of them grew up with parents who weren't supportive of who they were as people. The onee person who was supposed to nurture them, treated them like an object at best (Agard, Kerubim), — or derived pleasure from their suffering at worst (Lysmee, Kerubim).

Between the two, Kerubim seems like the middle ground. Agard has a toxic, distant parent, Lysmee has a horrible, physically abusive mother, and Kerubim has a toxic, emotionally and psychologically abusive parent.

Their stories diverge, yet remain reflections of one another.

Lysmee dreams of breaking free, but is killed by her own mother in the end. Kerubim cannot die, or get rid of, his father. And Agard kills his father, — obtaining a tragic sort of freedom, an actual ending to their relationship.

Lysmee and Agard reflect one another with violence, with poison. They both plan their parents' death, but for different reasons, — a want to be free of abuse vs. a twisted way to show love.

Kerubim and Lysmee reflect one another in inability to die or move on, — cursed to live forever by their parent, out of hatred, or out of love. But it differs, — for Kerubim, an eternal life, marred by death, by disease, is a pleasure, because he has his loved ones. But Lysmee... isn't living. She is suffering, forever.

Agard and Kerubim reflect one another by loving their fathers despite how bad things were, but having a way to move on, just a little, and try to be better fathers themselves, — separate from their toxic parent. But Kerubim will always have to look behind his back, to police his speech, to try and please Ecaflip, — because he is always watching, and he can always take all of Kerubim's freedoms back, at the snap of the fingers.

The way Kerubim experiences his haunting by Cire Momore is emblematic of his relationship with Ecaflip — everpresent, clouding over his thoughts, yet, if he focuses on moving forward, he can ignore it, if just for a bit.

The way it ends, is also a reflection of their relationship: only Ecaflip can choose, when, exactly, Kerubim stops suffering, — and he will keep him in danger, until Kerubim gives him what he wants.

Kerubim tries to free himself of the pain that his relationship with Ecaflip brings him by using fatherhood, but only ends up mirroring the dynamics that caused him pain. Joris wishes he could help him, but he is literally seven, and he has no idea how, — besides staying by his side, together, for eternity. Suffering from a very similar pain to Kerubim, but because of Kerubim himself.

Forcing himself to parent his own parent, to try and lead him from his pain.

Lysmee tries to free herself from the pain of her mother's abuse with romance, but the circumstances against them are far too strong, — Gustav can't even begin to help her. No matter how much he wishes he could. The only thing he could do for her is to die and be cursed together for eternity.

The same way Ecaflip is the only one who can save Kerubim, and the only one who could have saved Lysmee was Ephedre, the only one who can save Agard is Lance Dur, — because, as I had pointed out, all of them are the reason of their pain.

But the difference is that Lance Dur truly loves Agard. He might not have been the best father, he might have hurt him, but he loves Agard, enough to make sacrifices.

And if it took her mother's hate to doom her, it's quite poetic that it took a parent's love and determination that can finally set Lysmee free.

[sofibeth]

Obligatory mid-season Wakfu thoughts

Everything has been solid so far, this recent episode definitely establishes the theme of family and having to deal with strains of it and is much tighter than Season 3 as a result.

Be curious how Toress is handled since he is not really in for a sympathetic angle tho may be due to why these creatures exist in the first place.

Love the angle they are going for the Eilatrope goddess where she is so caring that it's also a burden. Yugo feels her pain but is still loyal to Amaila and his friends. It's a good groundwork for if she turns antagonistic.

Albert is a good dad I can't wait for his efforts to cheer up Yugo go to waste when it prob inadvertised floods the world again.

Amaila gets to have some badass moments and I am glad to go off queen. I am scared for her survival considering she is not in Waven rn.

Nora angst, while I adore the island of Wakfu ver of her (still better design) like what they are establishing with her so far.

Just kinda funny Qilby gets patrol right to just chill and be an ass, I wonder if the fact he can possibly die for real would interest him considering his curse.

I am aware of Lance Dur due to Waven (want to eventually watch his series) I am curious what people think of him who is unaware of his background.

Finally some good Eva content. I know people are mixed regarding Eva's character post-S2, I'm in camp she can be a mom but def needs content for her to stand out and I'm glad finally getting it. The dad drama is a nice parallel to what Yugo going through and am excited to finally get the backstory for Eva hopefully.

Cras are cool again and Flopin might actually get content now. Can tell the Sadlygroves are the ones I care for the most XD.

I'm miffed at the angle they are going for Tristepin being immature. It felt like he already matured by OVAs and did a nice balance of that while still being his goofy self. Have to see where it goes.

Ruel off to stop his ex-wife from donating his life savings to charity and it's just funny the contrast of this and the rest of the season.

[larebiscornue]

This guy's design is very cool, too... He seems related to Lance Dur, appearance-wise, to me.. He's a noble for sure but I wonder if he's a count too or if he has a different title

[brewing-mischief]

This is literally brilliant, but from my experiences with hot body and cold body people my GOSH do hot body people LOVE the cold and cold people LOVE the hot. It's like no matter how much they try-dropping layers or standing outside-hot people just keep running hot and suddenly, what's this?! Someone's cool refreshing skin on their cheek? And ahhhh-NO Dont move.

And cold people, well it absolutely IS THE FUNNIEST thing ever to shock people with freezing touches it is also so wonderful to just be enveloped in a hug where you're suddenly so warm, like bundling up after playing in the snow outside. Its reassuring and comforting and loving and just right

So this idea completely inspired me (sorry for running with it in different directions) -

Lance is the MOST annoying thing. Running around shocking everyone with his frozen fingertips and cold feet. Just to laugh at their reaction

But he tries to do it to Keith one day, after he finished training. And listen, he has pulled this prank on keith before at meal times or durring movie nights. So he happily, blissfully sneaks up behind the red paliden who's crashed on the floor breathing and places his whole hand on Keith's cheek.

Keith has his eyes closed. Lance fully expects him to shoot up in suprise, but keith just.. sort of smiles all soft-lance didnt even know keith COULD smile- and leans into his touch and um.../Oh/

Dont panic. DONT. play it cool, you're in control. Play it cool.

"Sup mullet"

And keith opens his eyes slowly, just glances at Lance

"Hey"

So Lance starts to pulls his hand away cause the prank is done. But then, keith reaches up to grap hold of his entire ARM and drags him back down to steal all of his cold temperature.

"Nooooo"

Shoot, did Keith just whine????

(Yes. Yes he did. Congratulations lance though your time spent in space and on death missions with Voltron you have unlocked Keith level 7, where Keith thinks of you has his freind and vibes through physical touch because he sucks at talking to people. He also trusts you to be slightly more vulnerable through silly behavior🎉)

Regardless. Lance, who is too confused and slightly broken to respond just sort of. Sits there. In shock. Until Keith releases his arm with a pout once he's 'not cold anymore ' and leaves to shower

And WHAT?????

...

Anyway does Keorh worry he has absolutely completely been WAY to weird earlier and panic internally? Yes.

This worry goes away at movie night that evening when Lance sits net to him and dramatically throws himself on him durring the building climax of the charecters being separated with a "But they were SOULMATES Keith?! Dont you understand the tragedy???!" When Keith's 'hmm' is NOT enough of a reaction.

"Oh." Lance says once his dramatic flourish finished "you're really warm."

"Yep." Because Keith always ran warm. No suprise there.

And Lance sort of cuddles closer. " hmm, its nice."

And that's how they watch the rest of the movie with Lance draped on him and Keith absentmindedly running his hands through his hair -cause it's right there ok? If anything from watching the teen movies or the girls from the garrison taught him is that playing with hair is what friends do. Yes. Keith is doing a good job doing friend things. He is accomplishing the confusing rituals that is 'friends '

Lance. Is. Slightly enjoying the movie and slightly freaking out.

No one else is too surprised by this development cause it's the too of them and the boys are kind of oblivious to how much romance vibes they have given off this entire field trip off planet. (Planet being Earth, field trip being this entire voltron thing) so the rest of the team is just like, ah yes. The two pilots who have been obsessed with eachother are finally moving past rivals. Good. This was the expected series of events we predicted.

None of them realise Lance.ex has stopped working because Lance.ex has moved to auto-mood that includes making comments at the TV and throwing popcorn at Pidge so know one can see him panic and the fact keith is just. You know, Casually holding him. And touching his hair and being relax. Even when Lancw moves away to point and the TV in excitement Keith is still there to hold him again when he leans back

And...its really nice. Lance wouldnt have thought he'd be so comfortable anywhere that's not home but this... is just, so nice. And so warm. So comforting and safe.

----

I just love the thought of oblivious Kwith trying to be friends and Lance having a breakdown as he realizes-oh no, hes HOT and everyone else is like, yep. This is a regular daily occurence. Nothing strange or different here.

Its such a basic bitch headcanon but I love the idea that Lance naturally runs cold while Keith runs hot body temperature wise

It just fits but also Lance sticking his cold hands on Keith's neck or something and Keith absolutely hates it when he does that

I also hc that Lance is a cuddler. Keith likes them, but he doesn't initiate them usually, Lance does. And Keith gets really grumpy about Lance's cold hands

I'm just thinking about them idk

[miyamorana]

First Lines

Stolen from @katvonbirb

Rules are: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line.

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Tinsel and Mistletoe (VLD)

The sun is peeking through the curtains, the single ray of pale morning light landing right on his eyelid. Lance grabs the edge of his bedsheet and drags it over his face, smothering the light and silently cursing his past self for not properly drawing the curtains shut.

There Be Dragons (HP)

Harry and his godfathers move to London just after his 11th birthday. Sirius’ estranged mother passed away, and he inherited his childhood house.

Finally Free (JatP)

They’re arguing about the harmonies of their newest song when Flynn pushes open the door and announces that Julie and her need to talk about outfits.

“We don’t even have our next gig yet,” Luke replies. “We should finish working out this bridge before talking about costumes.”

Something Cosmic (RNM)

Guerin is… No, not Guerin, Alex admonishes himself. Michael. Michael is waiting for him by the car, leaning against it in a very cowboy posture, thumbs in the belt loops of his pants. He seems relaxed, but the way he quickly licks his bottom lip as he looks at Alex betrays his nerves. Alex smiles softly, pushing down his own nerves knotting his throat.

In the Morning (RNM)

Michael wakes up to a thundering headache, which isn’t fair. He didn’t even have anything to drink – he’s not stupid, he knows his metabolism doesn’t handle alcohol well. He does remember the taste of punch on his lips though. No. Not on his lips.

Rush (TW)

The snow creeks under Stiles’ feet, a soft, muffled sound in the stillness of the night. Everything is soft in the park. Muted, somehow, even though he can see in details he wouldn’t have been able to make out in daylight before.

Recommencement (Merlin)

Arthur déplaça la bougie afin de pouvoir lire le nom de la petite ville à l’orée de la forêt, faisant attention de ne pas faire couler de cire sur la carte. Il n’était pas sûr de quand la nuit était tombée exactement, mais les lampes avaient été allumées et une assiette de nourriture, toujours pleine et désormais froide, avait été posée à côté de lui. 

Of Magic and Duty (LoL)

Sometimes, Darius wonders how long Zaun is going to last before some experiment accidentally turns its already heavily polluted atmosphere completely toxic, or maybe simply makes the whole place explode. He just hopes it doesn’t happen while he’s there. That would be a very disappointing way to die.

In Earth’s Cradle (DA2)

Fenris moves through the battle, Fade-stepping to get faster, to dodge attacks and projectiles. One second he’s not-quite-there, and the enemy sword is ripping through air, the next he’s material again, his fist becoming solid inside the soldier’s chest, flesh and bone ripping to make space for him.

He’ll Bite (CA)

Sam’s the one who finds Bucky, or maybe Bucky finds Sam, neither mentioned much about how it happened but now Bucky’s sitting in Sam’s kitchen, hands wrapped around a warm cup of coffee, and Steve doesn’t know what to say.

Sugar and Spice (Angel)

Wolfram & Hart is no more, and Angel Investigations moved back into the Hyperion hotel. Spike tagged along, because really he has no other place to go to, and he did help save the world after all. (“Twice!” he would insist on pointing out.)

It Must Be (BtVS)

“You cannot tell anyone,” Anya hears as she walks past the door to Dawn’s room.

She stops, carefully tiptoes towards said door and presses her ear against the wooden panel. What is Dawn up to this time? With the First after them, they really don’t have time for more of Dawn’s teenage crisis. She thought they were past this.

Derrière la Porte (TW)

Pourquoi est-ce que personne ne lui avait dit que les études universitaires, c’est dur? Stiles se masse le front dans l’ascenseur, essayant de faire disparaître le début de mal de tête qu’il sent déjà poindre. Il est tard, plus tard que l’heure à laquelle il rentre d’habitude, et son portable n’a plus de batterie, aussi espère-t-il que Derek ne se soit pas trop inquiété.

Sleepless (DA2)

Fenris first notices it after they kill the dragon at the Bone Pit. Well, the new one. Hawke has a claw stuck through her arm, and though she says it’s fine he insists on dragging her to the clinic, even if he has to break the door and shake Anders awake. There is no door-breaking or shaking required, because even though it’s so late some might call it early Anders is up, working, organising the potions on his shelves and listing the things he’ll need to procure soon.

Dearest Laura (TW)

Dearest Laura,

I've been staring at these two words for the last ten minutes, wondering how to start this, but I'm not even sure why I sat down with paper and pen in the first place. Maybe I'm feeling lonely, now that Derek and uncle Peter are gone. Maybe I'm feeling guilty... guilty of so many things, none the least what happened all those years ago.

Cyberwolf (TW)

There are many ways to cheat death if you have the knowledge and the resources, Peter had once said in one of his weird speeches in which he gives you disturbing information you didn’t want, and none of the information you actually need. They were probably discussing the subject of Lydia’s nature, and wondering how Peter had been able to use that to come back from the dead, which still made absolutely zero sense to Stiles. But the words had stuck in his mind, burrowed deep, and started growing into questions and ideas.

Respite (TW)

Derek’s eyes open as he gasps for breath, panicking. For a second, he doesn’t remember where he is. For a second, he can still feel the arms of his nightmare holding him up, can still feel his claws sinking into Boyd’s chest, Boyd’s energy seep out of him and into Derek.

In Wolf Skin (TW)

“No,” Stiles says, pointing a finger at the teenager in front of him. “No no no! You give it back right now!”

New Spark (TW)

Isaac is sitting on Scott’s bed, shuffling through the songs on Scott’s ipod, trying to find one he can actually focus on. There’s no use, he can’t help himself, his ears stay tuned to the sound of Scott and his mom’s conversation downstairs.

Burning Embers (TW)

Peter looks down at Cora’s face, trying to match the features of the teenager in front of him with his memories of the eleven-year-old kid he last saw half-an-hour before the fire. Her presence here makes no sense. She must have been in her bedroom, doing homework, when the house burst into flames.

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Firstly, it is sad that I had to go back all the way to 2013 for my last 20 fics. I really need to write more. T_T

As for a pattern, idk, I don’t really see one? Sometimes I drop the reader in the middle of things, sometimes I set up a scene with descriptions, sometimes I go into a character’s head... Do you see a pattern in my fic openings?

My favorite of these is a toss up between In Wolf Skin and Tinsel and Mistletoe, I think, even though they are very very different.

I’m “tagging” anyone who feels like doing this?

[koganeirou]

Ikemen Revolution - Edgar’s Route

Sirius | Lancelot | Fenrir

aka the sexiest man in the entire red army the entire cast. the hottest stud in the military. the most gorgeous boy in Alice’s harem. the man who will satisfy your wishes and desires, the man who will make your hopes and dreams come true.

THE SMOOTHEST TALKER EVER

it’s been over a month since I finished Edgar’s route but here is his long awaited and very delayed scream fest. I wrote this up bit by bit over the course of two months but I never had the time to sit down and proof read it until now because of school and I didn’t want to post something half assed because it’s Edgar! Also this is uhh... really freaking long LOOL. As usual, if you you want my actual serious final thoughts on the route, just skip to the final blurb. 

Now with literally every red army route so far (except Jonah), OF COURSE the Black Army mofos send Alice off with more NAMELESS, FACELESS soldiers who can’t do shit in the face of kidnappers, and end up getting their ass kicked, leaving poor Alice completely defenseless. This time around, the kidnappers make off with Alice’s belongings into the sunset so Alice can’t return home.

That is until our dashing gentleman aka Edgar comes in going like hey baby I’ll help you find your stuff so won’t you please come home to bed with me and of course Alice accepts because he’s a damn hot stud.

Aw Kyle don’t say that ;;;;;.

SO PRECIOUS.............

I’m going to say it right now but Edgar is ADORABLE. Literally the first half of his route is just him and Alice bonding over their love of candy and playing with animals. Edgar even takes Alice out to see a family of ducks he takes care of and he refers to them as his own family and fucking named them “The Creeks” JUST HOW PRECIOUS CAN HE GET???? Considering how Edgar is portrayed as that “evil scheming asshole here to ruin everyone’s day” in everyone else’s route, I didn’t expect him to be so sweet BUT HE IS SUCH A GOD DAMN SWEETIE as you can see I’m infinitely biased towards LIs who like animals.

What... a .... fucking... dork

lmao @ Lancelot trying to act like a do-s when he’s the complete opposite of that. This man doesn’t have a single sadistic bone in his body... he’s just a big mushy teddy bear.

WHAT A FUCKING BIG MUSHY TEDDY BEAR, BOTH OF YOU.

The red army boys are a bunch nerds you just can’t help but fall in love with after going through their routes... especially Edgar’s! I love them all so much.

OH NO MY BABY DON’T SAY THAT PLEASE.

lmao I love the blatant acknowledgement. But also mood.

Anyway after Zero zeros in on Edgar being a sketchy prick, Edgar mopes around some more because “shit Zero is exactly right” and he has a realization that he has Feelings In His Chest. Of course Alice catches on so she bakes him some super unhealthy cookies to make him feel better (ღ˘⌣˘ღ).

I MEAN... I DON’T BLAME HIM, BECAUSE SAME.

Edgar starts disappearing into the night to do “”family business”” for his totally-not-evil-uncle and I SWEAR to god at the time I was like “this mofo’s deadass going around murdering people” and now I’m just like .... ha ha.

One day Alice stumbles across Edgar coming home from “”family business”” and rushes out to greet him, only for him to freak the fuck out and hide his hands behind his back. SERIOUSLY I THOUGHT HIS HANDS WERE BLOOD SOAKED. Alice’s like wtf you doing and yanks his hands out only to find them freezing cold BECAUSE HE WAS BUSY WASHING THE BLOOD OFF OF THEM.

This is one of my favourite scenes JUST.... WARMTH... THE TENDERNESS.... THE FONDNESS.... THE SHEER AFFECTION SHE HAS FOR HIM IS SO MAGNETIZING. The god damn romantic connotations is overflowing it’s practically on the same level as a damn love confession without the actual confession of love.

I love that sort of duality between their relationship being built on fake premises, but is actually very genuine at its core. Edgar may have saved Alice with ulterior motives, but his kindness towards her both when they first met and their interactions after that was very real. It’s through little things in the writing like Alice commenting on how Edgar’ hands were warm that makes it all the more endearing and heart wrenching.

AGAIN--OH NO MY BABY DON’T SAY THAT PLEASE.

lmao never change, Jonah. Never change.

narrator: she was not fine.

look everything in this game may be a rip off but those LI-perspective side stories are just..............IT’S OKAY MY HEART IS ALREADY MADE OF DIAMOND.

Anyhoo the war between the two armies are starting to get Heated Up™ and Edgar requests Lancelot to go scouting in enemy territory alone, but Lancelot refuses bc it’s dangerous. Honestly idk what’s so dangerous about it considering how Sirius’s route was pretty much Edgar vs Black Army and the Black Army still had trouble but ANYWAY. Alice finds out and gets pissed and they end up arguing, to which everyone starts celebrating and clinking wine glasses in toasts because “holy shit Edgar actually has emotions?!” 😂😂

MY GUY LOL WHAT IS THIS.

In Edgar’s route, you don’t say “I love you”, you say THIS. SERIOUSLY MY HEART HURTS SO BAD ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONTEXT OF EDGAR’S CHARACTER AND THE STORY OF THIS ROUTE.

After Edgar’s leaves on his scouting trip Claudius decides it’s a good time to come out into the limelight and ruin some people’s lives for fun so he sends Alice a letter going like “yo here’s a plot convenient key to Edgar’s safe where he keeps his weed stash so you can see the truth that your boyfriend is a PIECE OF SHIT”. And Alice is all like “ay Edgar isn’t a piece of shit, I’m sure this is just a prank!”

too bad it isn’t.

Zero takes Alice to Edgar’s safe and seriously I was on the edge of my seat wondering wtf was in his safe. I suspected it was gonna be her belongings but with the suspense they kept building in this part I wouldn’t have been surprised if there were fucking dead bodies in that locker.

So on the bright side, there were no dead bodies in the safe. On the not so bright side, Alice finds all the letters she wrote to the Black Army, as well as warning letters from them she never received so it turned out Edgar was fabricating the letters she was exchanging with the Black Army all this time. OH GOODIE.

GAHHHH NO EDGAR. 

SERIOUSLY can we talk about how good the writing in this route is?!?  All the dialogue and monologues are just structured in a way that gets to my emotions. I fucking cried during this scene because Alice’s emotions and despair was so raw and powerful and the way Edgar just silently took all her verbal abuse because he couldn’t defend himself but he was breaking with every word she said ...... ABLHEAJTARTHEATHJAEKHT.

Anyway Alice miraculously somehow escapes the Red Army Headquarters and races back to the Black Army in one piece seriously girl did you run an entire evening without stopping to black territory??? Adrenaline mixed with terror is something only for the surprise plot convenience robbers to make a reappearance. Fortunately, our MVP Luka dashingly swoops in and saves her. He brings her back to Black Territory and cooks her dinner and is there to comfort her MPH...BABY BOY IS SO SOFT AND SWEET...................

Alice completely breaks down and ME FUCKING TOO. She can’t really say much other than a strangled sob of “You know Luka, I had a lot of fun at the Red Army. Edgar treated me really, really well” or something like that and honestly that’s also she really needed to say to convey her heartbreak and betrayal. 

lol I can imagine Edgar doing that.

THANKS I’M FUCKING DEPRESSED NOW.

Luka reveals that he and Edgar were long time friends and muses to Alice on what he’s known about Edgar throughout the years. He drops this information on Alice not to necessarily tell her how to feel, but just as food for thought for Alice as she sorts out her feelings.

THANKS I’M EVEN MORE FUCKING DEPRESSED NOW. Also this is hands down the most powerful admittance of love this game has given me.

lmao never change Seth, never change.

Anyhoo Claudius McDoucheMuffin gets into contact with Alice and is all like “hey girl I got your purse.” And for some reason, Alice thinks he’s perfectly trustworthy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯.

ALICE....ABOUT THAT....

OH NO.

Well yeah what do you know ha ha, Claudius kidnaps Alice because THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS EVERY FUCKING TIME THE BLACK ARMY SENDS A NAMELESS BODYGUARD OUT TO PROTECT HER.

Claudius takes Alice to outside Amon’s sex dungeon where Edgar is there lovingly waiting for her. Edgar is slightly surprised to see Alice and is rurl pissed over his daddy uncle manhandling her so he makes Claudius give them some alone time in the carriage while he removes Alice’s ropes and dresses her wounds. Alice isn’t keen on it but she realizes that “holy shit Claudius may be a bigger piece of shit than Edgar” so she lets him spill his token tragic backstory to her.

This is so god damned painful.......

jesus christ this puts the whole “In the Bright family, loving people is practically forbidden” into context. 

This makes me wonder what would become of Edgar in the other routes where his pact isn’t abolished-- would he really marry if this was the fate he knew his wife and children would go through, or would he just stay single and let his lineage die with him?

Unfortunately, their touching reunion doesn’t last long because Claudius is pretty much banging on their carriage door going like 

“time’s up bitches we got work to do” and pretty much barges in and yanks Alice away from Edgar.

Bring it, asshat.

Claudius unceremoniously marches Alice straight into the thick of Amon’s sex dungeon while Edgar reluctantly dallys along with the Concerned Kermit Face the entire time. Amon pretty much ditches Lance for his new buddy Claudius so they can TAKE OVER THE WORLD HUR DUR. Him and Claudius cackle about their evil plans and Alice realizes that Edgar was more or less being manipulated by them and he’s not the Actual Worst. Amon then orders Alice to be thrown into his Personal Chambers™.

Jesus christ, YOU ARE SUCH AN ASS, CLAUDIUS.

DON’T MIND ME I’M JUST BEING EMO.

We cut back to Amon and Alice and Amon does his typical evil villain monologue, takes off his hood and....

(屮゜Д゜)屮(屮゜Д゜)屮(屮゜Д゜)屮 HE HAS A CHARACTER DESIGN?!?!?!?!

I KID YOU NOT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW AMON WITHOUT HIS HOOD AND I WAS SHOOKED TO MY FUCKING BONES. I DIDN’T THINK HE’D ACTUALLY HAVE A PROPER CHARACTER DESIGN. It was three in the morning when I played this and I literally just put my phone down and laid in my bed staring at the ceiling as I contemplated my life choices after that.

After that shocking revelation, Amon throws Alice into the dungeons for Edgar to dashingly swoop in and save. It’s the full moon so he takes her to the gates of hell Hole That No Player Ever Wants To See. Now if this was a black army route, the suitor would have thrown Alice’s sad ass straight down that hole but this isn’t a black army route so we’re spared from that. Instead we have Alice CHUCKING ALL OF HER POSSESSIONS INTO THE HOLE ((((；゜Д゜))), effectively sealing her fate of ever going back. I get it’s supposed to be a power move but my only thoughts were “WHAT IF EDGAR DIDN’T ACTUALLY RETURN YOUR FEELINGS LMAO?!” I mean it’s an otome game so of course Edgar loves her back but can you imagine how awkward it’d be if Alice was like “I’m not going back because I love you!” and Edgar’s just like “...but I don't  feel the same”. YEESH.

On a less superficial level, I was still really sad because didn’t they make a promise to go to London together one day? ໒( •́ ∧ •̀ )७ I know it wasn’t really a promise but still! Chances are all gone now.

Edgar: Alice, I’m an actual murderer. Alice: NAH, YOU’RE JUST A WEIRDO, EDGAR! (´∩｡• ᵕ •｡∩`) ♡

I AM SO FUCKING EMO.

Also!!! HE’S THE ONLY BOY SO FAR WHO HAS A KISS CG IN HIS ROUTE. (haven’t played Ray’s route yet so idk about him). You have all these Spicy CGs of the boys and Alice in sexually compromising positions and you have Actual Sex Scenes and yet this game barely has any kiss cgs LOL?! What gives?! 

He’s so romantic (ఠ్ఠ ˓̭ ఠ్ఠ).

Since Edgar’s officially betrayed Claudius, he pretty much duels him and kicks his ass and arrests him. Unfortunately, arresting Claudius doesn’t absolve Edgar of his crimes and he’s still put on trial with Lancelot and Ray as the judges. This scene kind of weirded me out because Edgar says some mumbo jumbo about how he’s going on trial so he can “become a man worthy of Alice’s love” like uHHH boy you being worthy of her love ain’t gonna mean jack shit if you’re in jail. Unless you want a nice steamy serving of this ending.

Okay I’m not trying to sound like I’m justifying murder but akjheakthake just FLEETING THOUGHTS YA KNOW. This scene was hella predictable and played out exactly like we’d all know (Edgar doesn’t go to jail hurray!) but even still the trial made me SO EMOTIONAL I STARTED CRYING LMAOO.

Oh Jonah, I know a game you’d love.

Romantic Ending:

Now that things finally calmed down, Alice and Edgar go on a date with Luka tagging along and  Jonah acting as the fourth wheel, much to Luka’s chagrin. (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) ♫･*:.｡. .｡.:*･

NEVER CHANGE JONAH, NEVER CHANGE.

Out of all the pet names my fictional boyfriend could give me, being called an angel is my number one favourite IT’S JUST SO SOFT AND MAKES MY HEART GO DOKI FUCKING DOKI YA FEEL.

is it a sin that I imagined Edgar going full blown chokemedaddy yandere jealous.... not exactly a romantic thought in the romantic ending, bUT FLEETING THOUGHTS, FLEETING THOUGHTS.

LUKA IS SO GOD DAMN PRECIOUS KILL ME NOW.

AHHH WHY ARE YOU SO CUTE.....

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Honestly I’m not even gonna mince words-- I loved this route and everything that came with it.

Before I go on my rampage, shout out to Luka for being the MVP supporting character in Edgar’s route. It’s hard to imagine them being friends considering how clashing their personalities are but their friendship was surprisingly heartwarming and endearing. 

I don’t even know how to articulate my thoughts on what made this route so perfect. For starters, Edgar and Alice have amazing chemistry and their personalities compliment each other well. Their bonding and budding friendship was really endearing and felt very believable. From little superficial antics like sharing candy and taking care of animals and going on silly dates, to more blatant portrayals of the depth of their love like Alice cupping Edgar’s hand to her cheek when he was vulnerable, or Edgar straight up betraying his only family to save her. 

Alice’s circumstances of being someone from another world really complimented Edgar’s character. Edgar is a character who lived in a gilded cage his entire life--trapped by his occupation and bound by dirty blood. He’s never once known freedom or has ever had any agency over his life, but Alice shatters that equation. Alice is completely unrelated to the Red Army, or Cradle entirely. She knows nothing about his occupation or his history, and so Edgar is drawn to her because there are no division of titles between them. To her, him being the Jack of Hearts is irrelevant.

He says that without her, he gets “bored”. In the game, he complains that he’s “always bored”. Using “bored” to describe a character usually makes that character seem fickle and that they can’t be serious about anything because everything is just a means to kill time. But in the context of Edgar’s character, “bored” really means “dull”, “lifeless”, or “forced to find happiness through short lived and temporary means”. He copes with his oppression and lack of freedom by chalking up all of his feelings as just boredom. And he’s not wrong-- a life where you can’t make any of your own choices or choose your own path is indeed, very boring.

He constantly calls Alice his “special guest” which on top of being an adorable nickname, carries really heavy connotations. She’s an ethereal guest from another world, from outside of Edgar’s tiny world which he always wanted to expand. I LOVED the scene where Alice says she would like to take Edgar to London with her one day, because it’s the first time you see Edgar start to doubt his world. He’s accepted that his world is small and oppressive, but the first time, it’s almost like Edgar entertains the idea of breaking free from his bird cage.

I want to compliment the relationship development between the two, which was WONDERFULLY paced, something that pitifully cannot necessarily be said about in some of the other routes. Them falling in love felt very natural and the writers did not have to rely on shallow monologues like “he breathed in my direction, what is this feeling in my chest?!” to convince me that they were in love with each other. And when the admittance of love finally happens, it happens at very pivotal moments in the story that just makes the scene so much more emotional. 

Freaking 3k+ words and I still don’t think I did Edgar’s route justice. His route was amazingly written, and Edgar is an amazingly multifaceted and endearing character. Best boy truly got best route.

Anyway I’m almost done Loki’s route; Ray is next. After that, the routes I’m REALLY looking forward to and hope do not disappoint are: Harr, Seth, Kyle, and Luka.

[neon-green-reagent]

Ranking the Hellraiser Series

Why am I doing this? I felt like it. Welcome, won’t you? I’m ranking the entire series from 10 to 1. This is just an opinion, so don’t @ me, as the kids say. 

10. Hellraiser: Hellworld - Right? Worst one? We pretty much all agree? For years, Hollywood has tried to make video games and movies merge into one, terrible creature, and this is the worst attempt I’ve ever seen. Especially considering the video game aspect barely plays a part at all, and yet that’s how it’s sold. WHAT IF HELLRAISER WERE A VIDEO GAME THAT COULD ALSO HURT YOU. But that’s not even what happens. And Lance Henriksen, king over all he surveys, was bad in this. I had never seen him be bad in anything before, so that tells you something. 

9. Hellraiser: Hellseeker - These interchangeable names... I know that when I write half these titles, you’re reading it going, “what?” The one where Kirsty comes back, and she has a garbage husband. That one. I hate this movie with such a passion. Hellworld barely beats it out. I hate that Kirsty married a piece of shit. I hate that the plot is nothing but dumb, unearned twists. I hate that half the time they call her KRISTY? That really grated on my nerves. And I hate that she turns evil in this, because it felt like just another cheap twist that doesn’t track at all with what we know about her character. 

8. Hellraiser: Inferno - This is the one with Craig Sheffer. Which is why I rank it so low. It wasn’t bad. The story’s interesting. The twist isn’t a bad payoff. Pinhead’s presence actually makes sense. It’s just that Sheffer is the human equivalent of a ham sandwich, and I can’t stand him. He’s hilarious to watch, because he emotes like his life depends on it, but that’s really only good for a laugh.

7.  Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth - Yeah, I know. This is where people go HEY! And get all mad. Because Pinhead gets to really be a big ole crazy douche in this one, and everyone loves that. Again, I don’t hate it. Hate is reserved for Hellworld and Hellseeker. It’s fun. But Pinhead’s song and dance gets really sanctimonious here, and the other cenobites are dated as fuck. CD CENOBITE! That’s fun. But it’s not bone shaking. 

6. Hellraiser: Revelations - I actually don’t hate this movie. I think the concept is great. After years of films that were clearly meant to be independent scripts that had Pinhead slapped on them, this felt like a real Hellraiser story. We’re back to basics, with a character trying to weasel out of solving the puzzle box. Where the movie fails is production quality. I feel like if they could’ve thrown just a little more money and talent at it, this would’ve been a better comeback. 

5. Hellraiser: Deader - This one falls right in that middle spot. Not bad. Watchable overall. The main character isn’t a total piece of shit, so you feel like you can manage to care about what happens to her. Generally there’s some good imagery, and it captures that Hellraiser aesthetic. But it’s average. But don’t you hate that title? Deader. Snort.

4. Hellraiser: Judgment - This is the most recent film, and I thought it was great. These movies need more financial love for sure, because it is a bit low budget. But as low budget as these movies have gotten, you don’t feel it as much here. They did a good job of hiding that as much as possible, and they added some things to the lore that were a wonderful edition. Also, good performances all around pretty much, and it really made it hard to complain about anything here. 

3. Hellraiser: Bloodline - I think you’ll see a theme between this and Judgment. In that we get so much backstory and new lore. I like that. I like for a universe to expand rather than stagnate. And that it’s not just backstory for Pinhead. It’s about the box and how it was created, along with the entire history of a new cenobite, Angelique. I know, Pinhead in space dur hur, but there really is a lot to love here. 

2. Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 - Now it’s just getting obvious, and everyone can agree here. It’s a great continuation of the story from the first movie. The other movies veer so far away from that, but the first two really do work back-to-back with returning characters and a whole new cavalcade of horrors. 

1. Hellraiser - But nothing compares with this first film. As much as I love this franchise and have affection for most of the entries in it, they never could do what Clive Barker did here. His is the only mind that really understands this creation, as grotesque and beautiful as it is. I’ll keep watching so long as they keep making them, but only because I loved this first film so much. 

[jatazak]

some children grow up despite war. some do not escape, but grow with it.

(or, sabine uses the weapon of her exile against the empire. family supports family. also, ezra tries to help.)

Slight AU, named villain dies. Ezra enabling Sabine, and Ursa too. 753 words.

sabine standing over the empty armor of the emperor's hand's brother, filled with dust, like the some-dozen stormtrooper armors on the level below, like the Clan Wren armors in the wasteland beyond. the darksaber, an instrument of just regicide, fits in her hand like it belongs.

the duchess' sister looks like she wants to strangle sabine again. the weapon hums behind her, its capacitors momentarily expended. in other words, sabine feels right at home. ezra pops up the lift, unhelmed - sabine exhales in relief, to her own surprise, beckons him over. "Come on, let's get this moved."

"Sabine, what-" happened here? you were captured, I'm here to save- "I thought we were here to destroy it?"

"We're here to free Mand'alor, and that's what I'm doing. It's like Fenn Rau said." sabine shoots bo-katan a look - that seems to have shut her up. "We'll be attacked again. But I wonder, what price the Empire would pay now?"

ezra remembers the at-at he walked off a suborbital station using the pilot's hands. knows well enough that sabine is already fighting to justify this escalation to herself, won't mind an excuse to fight someone else.

the plastoid armor of the lesser saxon crumbles into a heap at her touch, suggesting an inefficiency. sabine brushes a stray draft of hair back towards her ear. ezra's hand touches her shoulder, and he doesn't see anything of the lancing arc lightning, the chain of dusted troopers in her amber eyes.

somewhere in the familiar rhythm of taking the weapon core to pieces, mining its walker platform for good measure - defensive purposes only, if the weapon is used again - kanan asks ezra, "What happened?"

("It's not for certain I'll be able to get it back together again - besides no plans, I want to make sure the selectivity is hardwired. It's a stupid hack I used - the electron distribution in plastoid, despite the name..." sabine smirked at ezra zoning out. "There's a reason I waited to correct the last amplification loop."

"You mean, you didn't know only the Imperials would be affected? That's..."

"I've hurt my people today, and it could've been worse. If I hadn't been so stupid-"

ezra shook his head fiercely, "I know what it's like at those academies. There's only one way to excel in that world. A couple, maybe."

"Doesn't excuse that I knew what I was doing. Not with deleting the files, obviously, but every other bridge that I could burn..." sabine's fists clenched.)

ezra wraps the spare goggles around his hands. honestly, sabine's custom scout helmet job is the least of today's losses. "She blames herself, Kanan, for not protecting her family... it's the same trick Maul used, and the Sith holocron. But they're not around, and we are."

kanan looks pained. "Everyone wanders a different desert. Rebels, and Mandalorians, even Imperials. No soldier deserves-" the rest is lost as ezra takes flight. he doesn't use a slingshot anymore, either.

sabine stands with ursa in the private room, the direct line to capitol (formerly the only link to tristan, and Father) within the Wren comound.

"I gave him an opening, didn't I? The other Saxon. You won this from him in battle." but the countess presses the hilt back into her daughter's hands.

"I intervened as a matter of honor. Anyway, I am very much a former loyalist, with a history in the Death Watch, and not terribly popular in Sundari. Bo-Katan, on the other hand, has established her distance from both sordid accounts."

"And she'd erase my mistake just as easily. She made it clear enough that her honor doesn't allow such things."

"However, she cannot destroy our best defense, if you are able to demonstrate your fix as... decisively again. Sabine, you're an artist with any device, even if this one nearly was the death of Tristan and me."

ursa laughs. of course, a kill count would impress her. sabine laughs with her, if only to commemorate the cost of the victory.

(sabine sits with the duchess. she treats it lovingly, her most terrible idea in its first and only incarnation, so that its caress will not touch her people again. sabine layers her new livery in Wren yellow, Spectre orange, and her favorite purple. but imperial grey fits the weapon perfectly.)

the warriors of House Viszla are assembled. sabine passes the hilt on, her eyes meeting flat Kryze emerald, wondering if they once had a burning spark.

bo-katan raises the darksaber aloft, Death standing behind her shoulder. her people cheer.

Well, this ep got me right in the 'Mira's training arc' feels, before I realized Sabine was properly Bao-Dur. Who didn't get an ending, either.

If this weren't comfort fic, I'd have to spend more research time in Kanan's or Bo-Katan's perspective. Imperfection!

[kerubimcrepin]

Episode 48 - Role Plays (Part 1)

Joris is such a backstabber for forgetting all about Choupata in the span of two years.

Imagine being a Lady Gaga fan and switching to being a swiftie because you move from one city to another and can watch her concerts more often... 😭

The things he is about to do in this ep physically pain him, but to him, lying to Joris is better than disappointing him.

This has haunted me for a long time. Why exactly did he need to be at the Ecaflip temple?

Is he fulfilling his Dubiously Canon Lance Dur Comic cleaning duties or something??

I feel you, Luis. I don't like bodyswap/disguise plots either.

Presented to you without comment.

They are playing War/Battle, which is a card game typically played by two people, and often times, played by children.

Joris says "Bataille >:3" so cutely... And this implies that Kerubim plays cards with Joris.... I think I hauve covid.

He does act like he just came back from a day long Cleaning Duty that he promised to keep doing for the rest of his shitty life during the Lance Dur comic in exchange for Ecaflip saving him from Cire Momore.

Food moment: Joris has multicoloured, presumably fruit, cereal, while Kerubim has an unidentified fucking bowl of vague fish meat and Bones.

Kerubim's food tastes scare me.

This is a newspaper asset we've seen many times before.

Luis is confirmed to have running water, and not a litter box. I wonder if they have a shower or a bath? Not for Kerubim's usage, of course, but for Joris.

Man, I hope this won't lead to any trust issues on Joris's part in the future. Perhaps even anxiety or resentment. Haha.

I really wish there was more content with Joris and Crocosec. Croco is such a good uncle to him.

Joris and Crocosec: [Incoherent sobbing]

Kerubim: I WAS RIGHT AND YOU ALL WERE WRONG :)

...kill him, Simone. Please.

I'm glad he admits his fault, here.

...I really do like to think that this was him cleaning up after Ecaflip's shitty party, in return for Eca's saving him from Cire Momore in the Lance Dur comic.

That comic doesn't entirely jibe with me, but it's funny, and fits really well at times — especially here.

The gobball says "CH(unholy fusion between O and U)N". No, I don't know what this means either.

Aaand Crocosec is sad, despite being happy just seconds ago. Maybe he liked being a dad. Man.

Part 2 of this liveblog will be, just like with Episode 46 - The Hacienda's Fever, me addressing, like, a single line from the episode, and then going wild with a character analysis.

[plaintesjustifies]

Being smart : a fault? / Être intello : un défaut ?

Christmas… A celebration where the family meets. Debates can come alive. This year, the youngest of the family is launching a very basic game. She gives a letter and must give a word that begins with that letter. Unfortunately, this game bores me horribly because it’s far too simple. So I decide to make it a little more difficult by only coming up with words rarely used in everyday life. Bad idea since I am immediately categorized as an intelligence and mocked for that.

As often then, I wonder why. Why is it so bad to know a lot ? How wrong is it to adapt a game so that I can include instead of staying in my corner ? Since when is being smart an insult ?

I did some research but difficult to find texts on this issue. So I'm just going to make assumptions, hoping that real research will be done on the subject.

One of my hypotheses is that of jealousy. In the situation that I presented to you, there is one thing that I didn’t tell you : I am the most qualified in my family. I am the one who has studied the most and who has the most knowledge in multiple fields and not only thanks to my studies but also by my personal curiosity which always pushes me to know more. They may try to lower me to their level because they feel the gap. I’m not saying that they are stupid. They surely have more experience than me because they are all older than me. Nevertheless, they may be afraid that I will surpass them. After all, fears aren’t often justified.

Another assumption is that they are just pretentious and that they are trying to get me back down to Earth. So it’s that they made a wrong deduction because that’s not my intention. I’m bored so I’m raising the level. It's like in a video game with several levels of play. If I level up, it isn’t to impress my friends the players who see how strong I am but only because I am looking for a little challenge.

An additional hypothesis comes to mind. Maybe the prejudice that being "smart" is something you can make fun of without problem. I say this in reminding myself of my teenage years when the people with the best grades are laughed at for no real reason. What if it was only a societal idea that no longer has any meaning today?

Personally, I’m proud to have so much knowledge. They allow me to better understand the world, to be less afraid of it, to be more tolerant and open to new things, to advise at best by knowing the consequences, to be able to focus more on the human aspect, to resolve quickly problems ... I never understood blaming someone for their intelligence. I have always admired this kind of person who arrives at work during or/and who has facilities. I'm pretty lazy, I admit, and working is painful for me, especially since I have learning difficulties. I have always admired this kind of person who arrives at work during or/and who has facilities. I find it a shame to make fun of this kind of thing.

And you what do you think? What is your hypothesis (ies)? Your opinion on "intellectuals"?

Finally, my friends, one last message for you. Faced with incredible information, strange, sulphurous, do not forget to remain skeptical because there are things we can not doubt in our world. We can not doubt that people are lying to us. There is no doubt that people are trying to get attention to get noticed. We can not doubt that some people can create fake news just to hurt, to take revenge …

Noël… Une fête où la famille se réunit. Des débats peuvent s’animer. Cette année, la benjamine de la famille lance un jeu très basique. Elle donne une lettre et on doit donner un mot qui commence par cette lettre. Malheureusement, ce jeu m’ennuie horriblement car beaucoup trop simple. Je décide donc de rendre cela un peu plus ardu en ne sortant que des mots rarement utilisé au quotidien. Mauvaise idée puisque que je suis tout de suite catégorisé comme une intello et moqué pour cela. Comme souvent alors, je me demande pourquoi. Pourquoi est-ce si mal de savoir beaucoup de choses ? En quoi est-ce mal d’adapter un jeu de sorte que je puisse m’y inclure au lieu de rester dans mon coin ? Depuis quand être intelligent est une insulte ? J’ai fait quelques recherches mais difficile de trouver des textes sur cette problématique. Je vais donc seulement faire des hypothèses, en espérant que de véritables recherches seront faites sur le sujet. L’une de mes hypothèses est celle de la jalousie. Dans la situation que je vous ai présentée, il y a une chose que je ne vous ai pas dite : je suis la plus diplômé de ma famille. Je suis celle qui a le plus étudié et qui a le plus de connaissance dans de multiples domaines et pas seulement grâce à mes études mais aussi par ma curiosité personnelle qui me pousse toujours à en savoir plus. Il est possible qu’ils essayent de me rabaisser à leur niveau parce qu’ils ressentent l’écart. Je ne dis pas qu’ils sont bêtes. Ils ont sûrement plus d’expérience que moi car tous plus âgé que moi. Néanmoins, ils peuvent avoir peur que je les surpasse. Après tout, les peurs ne sont pas souvent justifiées. Une autre hypothèse est qu’ils pensent que je suis prétentieuse et qu’ils essayent de me faire redescendre sur Terre. C’est donc qu’ils ont fait une mauvaise déduction car ce n’est pas mon intention. Je m’ennuie donc je relève le niveau. C’est comme dans un jeu vidéo avec plusieurs niveaux de jeu. Si je monte de niveau, ce n’est pas pour impressionner mes amis gamers en montrant à quel point je suis forte mais seulement parce que je cherche un peu de défi. Une hypothèse supplémentaire me vient à l’esprit. Peut-être que le préjugé comme quoi être « intello » est quelque chose dont on peut se moquer sans problème. Je dis cela en me rappelant de mes années d’adolescentes où les personnes avec les meilleurs notent sont moqués sans véritable raison. Et si c’était seulement une idée sociétale qui n’a plus aucun sens aujourd’hui ? Personnellement, je suis fière d’avoir autant de connaissance. Elles me permettent de mieux comprendre le monde, d’en avoir moins peur, d’être plus tolérante et ouverte aux nouvelles choses, de conseiller au mieux en connaissant les conséquences, de pouvoir se concentrer plus sur l’aspect humain, résoudre rapidement des problèmes… Je n’ai jamais compris le fait de reprocher à quelqu’un son intelligence. J’ai toujours été admirative de ce genre de personne qui arrivent à travailler dur ou/et qui ont des facilités. Je suis assez feignante, je l’admets, et travailler est quelque chose de pénible pour moi, d’autant plus que j’ai des difficultés d’apprentissage. J’ai toujours été admirative de ce genre de personne qui arrivent à travailler dur ou/et qui ont des facilités. Je trouve ça dommage de se moquer de ce genre de chose. Et vous, qu’en pensez-vous ? Quelle est votre ou vos hypothèses ? Votre avis sur les « intellos » ?

Enfin, mes amis, un dernier message pour vous. Face à une information incroyable, étrange, sulfureuse, n’oubliez pas de rester sceptique car il y a des choses dont on ne peut pas douter dans notre monde. On ne peut pas douter sur le fait que des gens nous mentent. On ne peut pas douter sur le fait que des personnes essayent d’attirer l’attention pour se faire remarquer. On ne peut pas douter sur le fait que certaines personnes peuvent créer des fake news juste pour causer du tort, pour se venger… 

[livyantonelli-blog]

I learned from simsbook that my little Lealys ( @lealysgrimm ) had spent the night outside. To change his ideas I passed him. We are both leaving leaving only our two men. Hoping he does not do stupid things Me, what happened to you last night? I worried when I saw you were out. Lealys: I needed to find myself, I scared you all but it's not voluntary on my part, you know it's been 5 years that I do more or less what I want, even if at ziwa mes parents were there but they were busy to give me their time, so I had to face all alone, I never wanted to make them see that I was not well, he would worry and I do not I did not want to alarm them, I managed on my own, fixing my worries by myself, and when I had more than enough, I hung up the space of an hour, I was protecting myself, I needed it! that's what I had yesterday, too full of emotions, that I could not channel, I cracked, I had to empty my head. everything goes so fast for me that I feel like I'm losing control, I did not want to scare you, you know! yes I know what you will tell me that you are all there, that I have Josh at my side but here is my way of being, my way of doing, I can spend months to cash all my emotions, my worries, but one day I have to release the pressure, and I just need time Me: You know it's not very good to keep everything to yourself. Especially now that you have people you can not rely on. Finally I tell you her but I do not listen to my own advice. Lealys: yes I know it very well, it does not stop to tell me, but it's hard to change after so much time, I could make efforts but do not ask me to change completely at all in the a few days! but why do you say that you are not your advice, what advice did you give that you are not? Me: Confide. Since small ..... finally you'll take me for a crazy. But gone I run. Since my youngest age I dream of a strange place. A place filled with a pebble circle with a tree and a tomb at the center or something I do not know. I also hear a voice pronouncing my name. Since a long time I try to know the place but tonight this voice my Dragon Valley exit. I did some research and found a city a little middle-age style. I'm crazy, do you think? Lelays: No, of course not, to tell you the truth, I've had some strange dreams too, but no more, and just like you were looking for answers, I did not find any, and seeing that I do not dream of it anymore, I do not have to look for it any more, but you, if it helps you to understand, you have to try, besides you have the name of the city you could go there, or we could go there to go all together no? Me: A little weekend between us could be nice yes. But there is one who may ask me why this city is not ours. Do you think I should talk to him about it? Lealys: I would have told you no, but look where it leads me not to talk, ... but we could maybe tell them once on the spot Me: Yes you are right. If we went to join the boys before we found them again dirty face. Lealys: yes let's go there, I wonder what they do

J'ai appris par simsbook que ma petite Lealys avait passée la nuit dehors. Pour lui changer les idées je suis passé l'avoir. Nous sommes toutes deux sortie laissant seul nos deux hommes. En espérant qu'il ne fasse pas de bêtise

Moi: Qu'est ce qui t'es arrivée hier soir ? Je me suis inquiétée quand j'ai vu que tu étais sorties.

Lealys : j'avais besoin de me retrouver, je vous ai fait peur a tous mais c'est pas volontaire de ma part, tu sais ça fait 5 ans que je fais plus ou moins ce que bon me semble, même si à ziwa mes parents étaient là mais ils étaient bien occuper pour m'accorder de leur temps, donc je devais faire face a tout toute seule, je n'ai jamais voulu leur faire voir que je n'allais pas bien, il s'inquiéterais et je ne voulais pas les alarmer, je me débrouillais seule, réglant mes soucis par moi même, et quand j'en avais plus qu'assez, je raccrochait l'espace de quelque heure, je me protégeait, j'en avais besoin! c'est ce que j'ai eu hier, un trop plein d'émotions, que je n'arrivais plus a canaliser, j'ai craquer, fallait que je me vide la tête. tout va si vite pour moi que j'ai l'impression de perdre le contrôle, je ne voulais pas vous faire peur tu sais! oui je sais ce que tu vas me dire que vous êtes tous là, que j'ai Josh a mes cotés mais voilà c'est ma façon d’être , ma façon de faire, je peux passer des mois a encaisser toutes mes émotions, mes soucis, mais un jour ben faut que je libère la pression, et j'ai juste besoin de temps

moi : Tu sais ce n'est pas très bon de tout garder pour soi. Surtout que maintenant tu as des gens sur qui tu peu compter. Enfin je te dis sa mais je n'écoute pas mes propres conseilles.

Lealys : oui je le sais tres bien, on n'arrete pas de me le dire, mais c'est dur de changer apres autant de temps, je pourrais faire des efforts mais ne me demandez pas de changer du tout au tout en l'espace de quelques jours! mais pourquoi dis tu que tu ne suis pas tes conseils, quel conseil avais-tu donné que tu ne suis pas?

Moi : Se confier. Depuis petite ..... enfin tu vas me prendre pour une folle. Mais allée je me lance. Depuis mon plus jeune age je rêve d'un lieu étrange. Un endroit rempli de cercle de caillou avec au centre un arbre et une tombe ou je ne sais pas trop quoi. J'entends aussi une voix qui prononce mon prénom. Depuis longtemps je cherche a connaître le lieu mais cette nuit cette voix ma sortie Dragon Valley. J'ai fait quelques recherche et j'ai trouvé une ville un peu du style moyen âge. Je suis folle tu crois ?

Lelays : non bien sur que non, pour tout te dire, il m'ai arrivé de faire des rêves étranges aussi, mais plus maintenant, et jetais comme toi a chercher des réponses, je n'en avais pas trouver, et vu que je n'en ai plus rêver je n'ai plus chercher,.... mais toi si cela peut t'aider à comprendre, il faut tenter, en plus tu as le nom de la ville tu pourrais y aller, ou on pourrait y aller tous ensemble non?

Moi : Un petit week end entre nous sa pourrait être sympa oui. Mais il y en a un qui risque de me demander pourquoi cette ville est pas une notre. Crois tu que je devrais lui en parler ?

Lealys : je t'aurais dit que non, mais regarde ou ça me mène de ne pas parler ,... mais on pourrait peut être leur dire une fois sur place

Moi :Oui tu as raison. Si on allait rejoindre les garçons avant qu'on les retrouve de nouveau la tronche sales.

Lealys : oui allons y, je me demande ce qu'ils font!

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Rapsody, nouvelle diva du hip-hop US

Nominée aux Grammy’s 2018 dans la catégorie meilleur album, Rapsody est la nouvelle voix du rap US et s’impose déjà parmi les pointures. Elle était hier soir en concert à la Bellevilloise.

Un groove qui rappelle les grandes heures du hip-hop des années 90, mêlé à une production des plus actuelles, Rapsody a tout compris. Jeune rappeuse américaine de 30 ans originaire de Caroline du Nord, elle est aujourd’hui sur la pente ascendante de la scène US avec son dernier album Laila’s Wisdom publié en septembre 2017 et salué par la critique.

Un Lp qui, en plus d’affiché des featurings de haut niveau (Kendrick Lamar et Busta Rhymes pour ne citer qu’eux) et teinté d’un engagement politique dans le sillage du mouvement Black Lives Matter et de l’élection de Donald Trump. 14 titres audacieux où les textes, parfois durs, sur des thèmes aussi actuels que l’incarcération de masse et les violences policières, viennent se frotter à un sens de la musicalité large. Il faut dire que son talent n’est pas passé inaperçu.

Patrick Douthit, producteur et compositeur mythique (Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Destiny’s Child) plus connu sous le nom de 9th Wonder, est aux manettes de ce Laila’s Wisdom propulsé au rang des nominés des Grammy’s 2018 dans la catégorie meilleur album de rap aux côtés de Jay-Z, Tyler &The Creator, Migos et Kendrick Lamar. Une nomination qui fait d’elle seulement la cinquième femme nominée depuis 23 ans dans cette catégorie.

En featuring avec Kendrick Lamar, elle sortait en octobre dernier un clip issu de Laila’s Wisdom, intitulé Power, où apparaissait également Lance Skiiwalker, jeune prodige de Chicago. Un titre aux références multiples qui rend hommage aux grandes figures du rap féminin autant qu’à la puissance créative en chaque être humain. À écouter sans modération.

Baptiste Manzinali

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Hii!! I just wanna say that I love your content and I'm so glad to see some actual movement in the Dofus fandom. I've binged read all of your episode analysis in one sitting cause I genuinely enjoy them sm. I hope you don't mind the question, but when would you say that Kerubim finds out/is told that he's a demigod? I don't know if it's mentioned somewhere but I'm unable to find it and I've been wondering about it for a really long time. Sorry for the long ask and if there are any mistakes, English isn't my first language 🙏 And thank you again for your content, it's amazing.

Thank you so much for enjoying my blog :D

I think that it's quite likely that Kerubim found out some time in the orphanage, judging from The Wheel of Destiny #8 Kerubim Crepin:

and the somewhat dubious, somewhat timeline-ambiguous source of that Kerubim chapter in the Lance Dur comic.

Unless some other thing retcons/changes this (Krosmoz lore being Krosmoz lore, inconsistencies and retcons are to be expected), I would say this is the closest we have to an answer, as far as I know.

(I suppose this pretty much makes 90% of his Ecaflip stories a yet another instance of him Omitting Important Stuff. Whoops. But considering the fact that this is information that would probably change how people think about him, I get why he Would Not Talk about that. Even in the Dofus MMO, you have to do a couple of quests for him, before he goes "I am a demigod. Just so you know. I don't like to advertise this, but I do need your help to get a gift for my father.")

(PS: It's okay to make mistakes. English isn't my first language either, so I won't be surprised if somewhere in this blog, there are world's most insane typos.) (I know like 1 post here that has an absolutely deranged typo bc I wrote it at 2AM. No, I won't say which.)