#PELSAE

[ballercollective]

guys we should ALL chip in a little evilness and draw @hexational's evil gradient. i've been doodling this fucker over and over again in my sketchbook please i need food im starving im going to die you wouldnt let me die would you/silly/nf

[drainage-system]

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[yourlocalboogeyman]

Elsa: Could you try not to to look so entertained by my failures?

Pitch: I could... but I can't be bothered.

Elsa, sighing: You're unbelievable.

Pitch: Actually, I find myself to be very believable, thank you.

[isa-ah]

finally listening to RE: Dracula and this is the gayest book on the planet

[caracello]

IKNOW THAT THING.

[disarmluna]

[arataka-reigen]

I love shows where nobody is happy and everybody is suffering <3

[oh-no-its-bird]

I FUCKING FORGOT THE NEW ALIEN STAGE CAME OUT TODAY OH GOD OH FUCK I SAW IT COME UP IN RECCOMENDED AND HAD A FULL BODY REACTION TO IT PLEASEPLEAS PELSAE GO WATCH IT IM GOING TO FUCKING CRY IM GOING TO FUCKING THROW UP IM GONNA .

it was so fucking beautiful actually. I did not expect the bright spots of it, though maybe I should have. Vivinos has always been such a master of balancing fluff in a way that makes it hurt. And then the end . just. fuck. fuck. Oh my god. Fuck.

Spoilers below the cut, I am feeling many things and thinking many thoughts, so let's dissect this together:

I was so entranced by the beautiful visuals I straight up forgot to put captions on to get the lyrics for my first watch. But when it opened to Luka smiling so fucking genuinely, I almost gasped

The way he smiles when he first sees her is CRAZY, I am obsessed with it. Only pausing when a literal gun is held to his head, and even then, not for long

And then he grows so much more almost sweet and fond when she so blatantly ignores him. I felt like he was saying, "yeah, that's my Hyuna."

So like. Super strong opening to us seeing Luka killing off what I've seen others claim are his clones, presumably to make sure he can't be easily killed and replaced

I especially like this post by @kitespark talking about this bit and how Luka may have then ended up killing Hyuna's brother bc they looked so similar, and he assumed they were clones

LUKA'S HANDS !!! AS A KID !!! DID NOT HAVE PURPLE FINGERTIPS!!! We also see his hands when he's older, and he also does not have purple fingertips then! Does this mean he got them later in life, after so many experiments? That's what I'm not placing my bets on

The music itself was. Beautiful. As always, obviously, but especially so.

The slow, gentle singing that can be seen as both darkly comforting or sweetly assuring, the almost bell like chimes in the background, I loved it.

When it first shifted to Luka's voice, singing as Hyuna lay on the ground, I just about screamed. Their voices sound so pretty next to each other, I really like hearing them in contrast

Getting to see all these frames of Hyuna just surrounded by people in the resistance was so nice, actually.

I thought it was so well done, how we get to see her gradually get happier, recovering from her past.

Starting with a scene of her alone, drinking, before someone steps in (presumably to bring her comfort in company) before we start to see clips of her, each one with her a little bit happier, and each one with the lighting just a bit brighter, till we finally see her give a fully animated smile, even as we can see the silhouettes of those in the garden inside of her

She learned to smile !! Even through her grief!! She smiled even though she still kept them in her mind and heart!!!

AND THEN LUKA?? HAVING A (WANTED(?)) POSTER??? OF HYUNA ?? IN HIS ROOM??? AND HIM GIVING IT THE WORLDS JERKIEST MOST AWKWARD LITTLE KISS AFTER STARING AT IT FOR AN AWKWARD AMOUNT OF TIME, OH MY HEART !!!

The kiss is so sudden and jerky and awkward and it kind of looks like it hurt, honestly. Like, at first I wondered if it even was a kiss, but idk what else it would even be. Luka misses his girlfriend yall

There's actually so much to dissect of these short frames, tbh. Is this his room, where he is kept on a concerning amount of medical equipment, or is it just a hospital room he's been in long enough to be allowed to put things up on the wall?

And then we get to just. The happiness of the video. Which, by the way, kicked me in the fucking gut and stole all my lunch money. Like, holy shit you guys, what the actual fuck.

There's so much happening here, but in general I've seen two camps:

a) we are seeing glimpses of the actor au, where they are getting ready and into their roles and having silly fluffy fun times

and b, which is what I originally thought) We are seeing them getting ready for their death matches. Preparing costumes for the stage, hoping for the best. And just the lighter times they've gotten to spend together, in the garden

I'd like to believe it's both, tbh. That at first, we're seeing the lighter times they've spent together, getting their costumes ready, singing, running through grass, being kids while they still can.

A few flashes of other people too, in terrible situations but still smiling, showing that there is still joy to be found in this world

And then, a flash of violence-- Mizi, her face splashed with Sua's blood, and the music takes on this crescendo as it shows us this beautiful what if.

Some of the flashes are definitely some sort of modern au, a true what if.

Sua in a school uniform, giggling with a friend on the way to class, Till in art class, Hyunwoo and someone who's presumably his friend riding bikes through a glowing forest, Mizi laughing as she works on something, Hyuna and Luka dancing together on some sort of date (WITH WEDDING RINGS ON !!! WEDDING !! RINGS !!), a phone taking a photo of food better than anything the alien stage contestants have ever gotten to eat before (especially in contrast to the quiet lunch scene only a few images before, which may have been there to contrast it)

Other portions I read as more mis-remembered, 'if only the garden could have been brighter' moments (particularly the one of them cleaning that one aliens teeth, which we saw Till and Mizi terrified of in round 3) but otherwise I think can be seen as just more beautiful moments.

Running around, playing, having fun, laughing

At some point, towards the middle, I had an abstract thought that it was appropriate, to be posted on valentines day. For all that parts of it felt like a love letter to life. Seeing them all so happy, not only with each other but just being. Doing things they loved, being happy, living

I stg, I started tearing up. I love how well animated and bright this section was, you can tell they really said "guys we have to make this shit COUNT" and spared no expense. Everyone say thank you vivinos and qmeng !!

And then, of course, we hard cut back to reality. A quick glimpse of some remembered Luka angst, and we are on stage with Mizi again. Our last glimpse of happiness being Sua's smile.

What the fuck !!!

Ok so just. Everything about the next bit is so good to me.

Luka having eyes for literally nothing and no one other than Hyuna, even as a gun is literally held to his head.

The cutting back and forth between him stumbling blindly her way as an adult and as a child was so good. He has never had eyes for anyone other than her, and it shows

The way Hyuna runs for him, knowing whats about to happen even as Luka remains blind to everything but her, the way she spins him around to take the shot for him in a hug, which, BY THE WAY, THE FACT THAT LUKA WAS REACHING OUT FOR A HUG. MAKES ME INSANE.

LOOK AT HIM !!!! HE WAS REACHING OUT TO HER !!! HE WAS GOING FOR A HUG !!!! HE SAW HER AND RAN AND LITERALLY THREW HIMSELF INTO HER ARMS HE MISSED HER SO MUCH I DONT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS ACTUALLY !!!!

Also its funny that it was the resistance guy who took the shot, I understand his thought process (Luka probably looked like he was going for his boss lmao) but then he ended up fucking shooting Hyuna instead.

I have to wonder if we'll get to see this guys reaction in the next video, I kind of hope we do. I feel like there's a small chance we might, in some like, corner of the screen we see Dewey grabbing him by his collar to shake him angrily or smthn

It's a small thing also, but I like how we also get to see the guy next to Hyuna react to Luka's blatant idiocy. Like, yeah he's being an idiot, and yeah people are around to see it. Idk, it's small but it just makes it all feel more real to me

^ this guy is all of us watching at home as Luka ignores the gun aimed at his head and runs for hyuna lmao

Also, Luka's hands are now colored in as purple when he's a child here, so that may have just been a coloring error earlier. So throw out what I said about his hands not being purple when he was young into the bin, oops!

So then we're back to seeing more flashes of life, and what we are given is Hyuna's grief, and Hyuna's fear.

A man, presumably some resistance member, dying as they cry and watch him pass. And then Hyuna, in the hospital.

The focus on her leg, and then the abrupt cut to what I think must be the moment that she lost it, then again a cut to the round of alien stage she lost (where she was supposed to have died) and another cut to her crying, scared, makes me think we're seeing a sort of rewind of her joining the resistance

Did she lose her leg in her escape from alien stage maybe? Either way, I like this shift from like, we've seen all these good memories of life, and now we're back to the bleak. Hyuna learned to smile, got to heal, but there were still so many dark moments too

Also: I don't know who this guy is, but he's cute and I want him carnally.

AND THEN JUST THE SHIFT FROM CUTE HYUNA AND LUKA TO HER FUCKING BLEEDING OUT IN HIS FUCKING ARMSMSSSSSS IM GONNA BE FUCKING SICK WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And also Luka's fingers are back to being not purple, so was it a miscolor, or...?

And then. Hyuna's speech. This is one of the very few times we get to hear an alien stage character just,, talk. Off the top of my head, the only time I can remember us getting that is My Clematis, the very first round of alien stage. And that talk was half exposition.

It's so well done, and just. Ag. Ah. A.

I dont even have the words tbh!!!

"I resented you so. I had to keep moving forward in every moment... But you were always my one and only weakness. (choking up) That's why I resented you so. Luka, live with love. Embrace the pain, the frailty, and live and the moments so unbearably shameful. Forgive yourself... Again and again, endlessly. because everything... begins from there.

I DONT EVEN KNOW MAN !!! WHAT THE FUCK !!! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK !!!!

Hyuna admitting that even as she's always resented Luka, he has always been and always remained her weakness, and that is why she continued to resent him so much

Hyuna urging Luka to love. To forgive himself. To feel.

Luka, who we've always seen as untouchable, a man who knows how to play this game-- who has won it before and now plays with his opponents in order to win it again. Just, him tearing up. His mask cracking in the face of Hyuna's words, of her blood on her face (on his hands)

THE FACT THAT IT IS LITERALLY LUKA'S FAULT SHE'S THERE!!!! THAT SHE'S NOW DYING !!!!

Luka has always been blind to everything but Hyuna, and going with some interpretations of how we've seen him do dumb shit just to see Hyuna's face before (specifically when we saw him injure (potentially kill(??)) Hyuna's little brother, then smile up at Hyuna like he was just waiting for her reaction) it is. So fitting that this is how it ends

With Luka, once again blind to everything but the girl who can make him feel something, managing to kill that girl in his blindness

Fucking rip!!

I AM HUFFING COPIUM LIKE ITS PAINT I REFUSE TO BELIEVE HYUNA IS DEAD PLEASEEEE !! YEHA OK SURE HER LIGHT WENT OUT BUT WE WERENT SHOWN THE BODY IT DOESNT COUNT OK IT DOESNT COUNT SHUT THE FUCK UP

AND MEANWHILE MIZI DIDNT EVEN SEE HYUNA GET SHOT BECAUSE SHE'S STILL SOBBING OVER TILL'S CORPSE IN HER ARMS, FUCK

Anyways. Final thoughts.

This alien stage was. Wonderful. Beautiful. It may be my new favorite.

Every second of it was so well done, and I need to applause Vivinos for once again showing off that she knows how to make all of us cry by drawing her characters happy.

What the fuck, man!!

Anyways, I watched most of this without subtitles (and when I did watch with titles, I kept getting distracted by the pretty visuals and couldn't focus) So, I possibly misread/misunderstood a thing or two.

I'm gonna go watch it like 10 more times with subtitles on this time, then maybe realize smthn and feel regret, but, whatever

Go watch alien stage.

[suenitos]

let's show each other some love! name one or a couple mutuals who you appreciate and say a nice thing about them and/or name some account you like that you want to say some nice words about!!

pelsae dotn do this to me i always hate that i miss people when i do this 😞 @froggyrights2 one of my first very dear mutuals who has mostly been in greener pastures lately but i love you dearly always @dteamforever we dont talk a ton but i think your art is super underrated and i think you are really cool gensrs @spacemilkbag you basically run theeeee archive everrr to me especially with art and i think you are so awesome you dont even know @purpleglitch my child and fellow cdnf warrior to the end.. @dreamiara i mean come on. you will always be famous but also youre very sweetie and funny

@semiarch i just love seeing you on dash and seeing how your life is going which sounds strange but idk i just mean youre awesome in general @sappymix1 one of the writers everrr and just so so so real always. thank you for being here ily @fujogie my bellogie... despite the rumors you are very kind and i will always appreciate your intelligence and what youve done for the community @404unfortunately one of the golos ever.. love you veri @korogie theeee dnfbaby blog forever. cradling you in my hands every time i see you posting about work srs

@nethermite always very kind and cool especially with your aesthetic on the non fandom blog >_< @georgecunt dreampics. and also i admire how extremely based you are and your sapogieisms @kissuworld my kissituuuu ilyy always very sweet :(( @dnfity also one of theee writers ever and so based im so happy youre still here :( im also cradling you in my hands as well @xomoosexo you are funny and so based thank you for being here and just being cool as hell

@demonstars fork found in kitchen i was going to mention you 🙄 but in all seriousness seriously the kindest person i have ever met and i admire you so much in so many aspects. even if some of our demons dont really align at times i love you and your willingness to hear me out on stuff . great artist, great writer, wonderful friend to all and well i adore youuuu and you are so loved :(

[friccafracc]

ranboo playing dialtown two years ago literally changed my life in a few different ways. this is the same anon as before btw. but I really like dialtown. you should play it its' really good you can have steamy gay sex with two of the characters depending on what route you take please pleas eplas eplas pelaws plesa pelsa plesa plesae pleasse please pleas epsle aplease pleasae pleas epeal play dialtown did ,,,, . rolls around on the ground

its gonna be ok man we're gonna get you through this. i have no fucking clue what you're talking about

[burgerlkingofthewilddelivery]

do you gusy serve boxes of 100 chicken nuggets. its important

pelsae

@everycashierofburgerking do i HAVE to take this order or can i dump it on the new guy

[yourlocalboogeyman]

Elsa, to Kozmotis (Pitch), watching Seraphina stabbing at her Brussel sprouts: "You know, when she's like this, I'm reminded that she's your daughter.

later...

Kozmotis (Pitch), to Elsa, watching Seraphina run off into the distance: "And now she's clearly your daughter."

[mayoiayasep]

can they please drop the visty 1nm8 battle theme tomorrow oh my god. pelsae

[heartmatic]

SCOWERING MY SPOTIFY SEARCHING FOR ANDRE SONGS FOR YOU most of this I was half asleep for so take these with maybe a barrel of salt.. with a couple of Rover songs thrown in too 💥💥

Heartbeat by Better Love.. Andre's pov after he fumbled like an IDIOT.

"I still feel your heartbeat, you're so close, but you're still so far out of reach" // "If space is what you need to escape from the ache underneath, why can't you say something? It's too late for me now, you've moved on after all, what if it's my fault?" When Rover starts to avoid/detach...... "Tell me you don't want to go, I know I've walked out on you before" I'm basically sending the whole song at this point

Against the Kitchen Floor by Will Wood… maybe also Cicada Days..

My Boy by Billie Eilish but I haven't heard that song in a little bit so take that with a grain of salt aswell.. more Rover talking about Andre ykyk.. Letter To An Old Poet by Boygenius in that same vein, Rover being frustrated with Andre for being misled by him..

Hallucinogenics by Matt Maeson.. All I Think About Now by Pixies.. Bite The Hand by Boygenius..

Thinking About a Potentially Awkward Interaction with an Old Friend or Hi Dan How R U I Miss U by Crywank.. HDHRUIMU might be a bit more Rover

Stay With Me by Breathe Electric WAY MORE UPBEAT THAN MOST OF THESE OTHER SONGS I heart breathe electric

I need dolls of these two I would throw Andre at the wall and then make them hug. Smartsfail you will always be famous.

RESPONDING TO THIS SOOO LATE IM SORRY i wanted to give my full attention after school...

YOURE SO RIGHT sooo many of heartbeats lyric match what the hell........... thank you thank you monroe ANDRE SONGS FOUND !!! at this point youre making my new androver playlist for me LOL /j

Against the Kitchen Floor. thinking........ andre so unaware of real affection and intimacy. reminds me of my old demiromantic headcanon for him GRAAHGHGH

Cicada Days yes too.... you understand andres weird complicated feelings.......... ough

My Boy fits pretty well . like if rover was extra mad/salty hed prob talk like that like ok give it up GRAGHF i hate him. sorry you should've never trust in andre like that in the first place idiot.. SAME WITH LETTER TO AN OLD POET yk what i could even sense a teeny bit of andre pov in that one too

Hallucinogenics, how are you always hitting with these i can never find good songs..... special power you have.. very andre sniff

All I Think About Now 😭😭😭😭 both of them...... rover says he never regrets tho #too prideful. JUST SAY YOU MISS HIM. "im gonna try anyhow" andre......

Bite The Hand ./ the lyrics ohhhhh my god im going to kms. i heart the rhetorical and open ended questions in their relationship and them loving in diff ways its so tragic and stupid and KYS. the whole "I can't love you how you want me to" is very very andre... i have multiple songs like that for andre. more upbeat song i have for that is Supplier by Crisaunt..

CRYWANK SONGS (excited) Potentially Awkward Interaction is rover core but with his past relationships/friend that caused him to be This Way.. I HAVE HI DAN IN MY PLAYLIST ALREADY !! def does fit them both but i actually think its more andre thoughts. he just thinks its sooo much easier to be away and not have something srs and then well. whoops

I ALSO HAVE STAY WIUTH ME IN MY PLAYLIST ALREADY TOO LOL. i also heart breathe electric...... BUT YAY ENDING ON A POSITIVE NOTE LMAOO i hate them in their own stuck up world can you guys break up* again.

🥺 THIS IS SO M ANY SONGS SNIFF THANK YOU MONROE IM PUTTING YOU IN A BLEDNER I NEED TO UNDERSTAND MONANDRE GRAGHFGa post abt them more like me psychoanalyze. please please please please pelsa

[dtkqer]

omg yes!! we’re kissing!!

(saying this on anon because im too nervy to say it on my actual account)

dont be shy pelsae............ i wont post...........

[twotimefromforsaken]

Hey what are the lyrics to Eternal Dream in rusty-anon-ese

COUGHGJE

**instrumentals *bwoaaaaaaa^^^*******

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lett myg bdofy kerpt ypu warmt

leg my seesecne be ypur breese

csn you hedar me csllign

pelsae lookiutt for meeeeeerwaaaaaa

csnfyou set mmee free!!!!!!willyoutake my sol awsay ……

Casheing me in cult buyr. me itnboyens

redt etenrballyyyy

eill ypu twke met home????

csna wedeebthe moonr aagaim

dsncting inf tje dark

till wrb falk apart

icsbt send this drewm…..

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buge^