#Unseen Watcher

[vulgrados-best]

Whatever. Sews up the eternal wound that is my heart and goes about my day.

[quotablefanfiction]

“I would kinda like to know where the cold-blooded SOB is, 24-7. The space between my shoulder blades itches when that guy’s out of sight.” Schuster smirked, his eyes alight with ghoulish amusement. “Vhy? Have you done somesing to offend him?”

there’s certain people you never want to surprise you (chp. 5)

Ties of Loyalty by Unseen Watcher (FF.net) Rurouni Kenshin – Teen #Alternate Universe #Drama #Adventure #Violence

No one messes with Hiko Seijurou the 13th. All of Japan knows that. Too bad they didn’t tell the foreigners. Hiko’s hurt. Kenshin’s torqued.

[principiumindividuationis777]

[fluxedbuds]

The Watchers sound fun. Would love to have a base knowledge of that someday.

I can give you that!

Basically, they were introduced in an old-ish series called Evo, as mysterious semi-powerful figures that set up little puzzles to be solved and punished crimes with mild annoyances. They talked/typed weird and liked depicting themselves as angels, and also threw meteors at some cops once which was cool

On a meta level, they were explicitly intended to be a representation of the audience itself- literally the people watching! but with more direct influence than an audience, obvs. unless youtube used to have a Throw Meteors button

[oammasdraws]

still waiting for the watcher on console, im not dead.

also having troubles continuing the Story of Unseen gravel bc idk how to write but it's still in the works

[orgasmictomato]

20100220205619 (8)crsztagnotes by Jim Via Flickr: A newly edited Infrared capture as I continue through my thousands of archived videos as time permits. More than 50,000 units captured with infrared technique I developed over 13 years ago, unacknowledged by mainstream brain dead people who do not want humanity to progress... IMO. A slightly enhanced crop here is posted for you to view. The original is also in these files. All my videos are archived in original m2ts video files. - Available to research organisations by request. - Free of charge.

[wcters]

10 MINUTES OF ARTHUR AND Y/N BEING CUTE (AND SOMETIMES HORNY)

pairing: arthurtv x fem!reader

word count: 3k+

summary: a compilation of cute (and sometimes horny) moments between you and arthur

warnings/contents: swearing, sexual innuendos, mentions of sexual acts (let me know if there is more)

author’s note: this is based in the beginning of 2025 to fit with the timeline, i love arthurtv

You never expected to find a video like you did on a random Saturday. You were curled up on your couch in your shared apartment with Arthur, shorts and one of his hoodies on. He was out filming with Isaac, George, Chris, and the other Arthur so you were stuck being bored. You could've gone out, but you were feeling lazy and it was raining so it was one of those days where you felt off.

You were trying to find a video watch. You had been scrolling for what felt like forever (it was only ten minutes) because no video you saw had yet to peak your interest. Along with it being one of those days, it was also one of the days where you couldn't keep yourself entertained. You had ━━ so far ━━ had a bath and did your skincare, you did your makeup for fun . . . then took it off, you made yourself a full meal for lunch, you tried reading, but this was your last resort. You weren't expecting this video to end your scrolling.

10 minutes of ArthurTV and Y/n being cute was its title. The thumbnail was a collage of photos of you and Arthur taken from both your instagrams and some from videos. It was cute and you thought of taking a screenshot and sending it to Arthur, but you didn't because you didn't want to interrupt him (he can get lost scrolling in social situations) and that the lads would chew him out.

The video was only posted recently, which made sense. You only publicized your relationship half a year ago and started appearing in videos a couple months ago. Even then, ten minutes is a lot for you appearing online recently. A lot of the clips were probably from Chris's ChrisMD but shorter channel as he posted unseen footage and small clips on there. He had a habit of sneaking some filming in without you noticing, the little bastard. Either way, you respect the dedication of the person.

You cuddled into the couch a little more and clicked on the video, the intro being played. It was cute, from a channel who didn't have a lot of subscribers but had a cute editing style. You made a mental note to look at their profile either after this or sometime later.

The first clip was one of your first appearances online and in a video. You had travelled with Arthur, Isaac, and George to the Clarkson's Farm. Because Arthur was mostly filming everyone else, you hadn't been in the view of the camera at all. At least you didn't think you did. You didn't mind being filmed, you knew he was filming and was fine with it. You just kept to yourself so the boys could do their thing.

It was around thirteen minutes into the video when the boys were hanging out at the room, or house ━━ whatever you would call it ━━ you were staying in with Arthur. They had been hanging out on the couch watching the TV. Arthur had flipped the camera to show the water that had spilt on Isaac when you were seen in the background. You were dressed in some basketball shorts and one of your boyfriend's hoodies.

If people weren't regular watchers of Arthur they would knit notice, but you had on one of his favourite hoodies that he always wears, his plain blue hoodie. He wore it for a lot of videos and was featured in a lot of thumbnails. You were seen walking in and out of the bathroom before looking at the situation taking place and laughing. When your boyfriend turned the camera around to look outside, you were heard saying do you want a towel? to Isaac.

The clip was replayed a few times to make sure your voice was heard and then it was explained that you were wearing Arthur's clothes. It wasn't one of the really cute clips, but you found it cute that the person who made the video noticed it and put it in.

Another clip was from a more recent video, the Europe pub golf video on Chris's channel. You had been invited to Germany with Arthur and you gladly agreed. You knew the main thing they were going there to do was film a video but you wouldn't pass up a free trip to Munich.

You had joined them for the day even though you were told by Arthur and Chris that you didn't have to. You wanted to drink some alcohol in a slower pace than they did, watch them get absolutely wasted and embarrass themselves, and walk around the city . . . Arthur also got very clingy when he was drunk and it would be easier to get him to film if you were there.

The clip was of you and Arthur in the background while they were making their way to another pub. You were seen holding hands, your faces very close. You were probably whispering about something or other. Arthur was animatedly talking with his free hand doing gestures. Watching the clip, you don't quite remember what he was talking about. He was already tipsy and was rambling about something that you didn't understand. You tried to listen, but it was hard when you didn't know what he was talking about. Cons of having an incredibly smart boyfriend.

After that was another clip from the same video. Well, unseen footage from that video. It was from a compilation from Chris's clips channel of Arthur being absolutely wasted. It was at the seventh hole when Arthur was just about ready to throw up. You were surprised he had made it that far without actually throwing up. The image was from the GoPro from the quality it was being displayed on. The other boys were talking as you sat beside your boyfriend, his head not looking up at you.

You put a hand on his thigh to grab his attention. You could tell he was zoning out and that meant he was getting to the point where he might pass out. You leaned towards him, "you okay baby?" He took a second before replying. "Mhm, I'm fine." He then looked up at you and leaned his head on your shoulder. Your other hand went to rub the back of his neck. "Are you sure? You're spacing out."

". . . I am pretty drunk."

"That you are. You going to be able to make it to the end of the video?"

"Yeah, just want you next to me."

It was Chris's voice that broke you out of your conversation. "Oh, he's clingy now!" You stared at him while Arthur had his eyes closed, his head still rested on you. "Mate, if you need a cuddle just ask one of them. They'd be glad to." And it was true, they would. You had witnessed the boys cuddling multiple times and have such a picture in (you say for laughs but it's actually for blackmail).

Throughout the video were shots of you when you appeared in gaming videos with Arthur and Isaac, sometimes just Arthur. You were a big fan of the horror genre, growing up watching scary movies with your dad and watching movies that he watched when he was a kid. Those were times where you could really connect with your dad. You also became a fan of horror games as well, playing games at your friend's house when you could.

It was well known that the boys (mostly Isaac) were absolute cowards when it came to anything horror, and so if, sorry when, they got too scared, they would call for you and you'd appear.

"Baby!" Arthur would call while Isaac would just scream your name ridiculously loud. You'd eventually appear in the doorway, arms crossed. You acted like you were annoyed but they knew you weren't. Arthur would have an awkward smile on his face as he said, "help us?" Isaac would reply with "He means him. I never got scared," which was obviously a lie because you heard him scream the loudest. You'd sigh, "fine," na snake your way over. You personally thought you looked horrendous with your hazardly-put-together outfit and your hair not fully brushed when you appeared on screen but apparently people really liked this look.

The first time they asked you, you were just planning to stand and play until Arthur pulled you into his lap. You were a bit flustered and shy because you weren't used to this much PDA in front of the camera, but you didn't mind. That part caused everyone to go crazy in the comments, but it was also how nonchalant he was about it.

Arthur had a stutter. Usually it wasn't too bad, only happening a few times before he got it out. But sometimes they'd be really bad and mess up his sentence. As funny as that was, because it was hilarious, sometimes you'd help him out with words if he needed it. You usually just let him figure it out on his own, but you would step in and try to get him on the right track.

There had been a couple clips put in of you helping him out. You would either be beside him and quietly say a word to help him or tell him from off camera. He'd finish his sentence and almost every time, without fail, he'd either wink or give you a look that said thank you. You had no idea the viewers had even caught this, but this person had and included almost every single clip they could find of it.

You had appeared on the Bach and Arthur podcast as one of their guests. One people found out Arthur had a girlfriend, and then you came out public with your relationship, people were begging you to come on. You always got a bit of an ego boost when looking at the comments under their videos. When Arthur finally asked you, you were a bit surprised it took him that long. You knew it would take awhile to actually plan it, but even then it was still quite a long time.

You remember you were in bed together one night, your head on his bare chest with your hands intertwined when you asked him. "Why did it take you so long to ask me?" You couldn't see his face, but from his reply you could tell it was one of confusion. "Ask you what?"

"To come on the podcast."

There was silence for a while. You made a noise. "What?"

He mumbled. Despite how close you were to his mouth, you couldn't hear him. "Arthur, what?"

"I was . . . Jealous. Well, that's not quite the right word but I wasn't ready to have you fully in a video."

You smiled and moved to look up at him, "jealous?" He rolled his eyes, "don't go taking that out of context. I just meant that I like keeping meaningful and important things to me private. You're one of those things, and I wasn't quite ready to have you not as private . . . Y'know?"

You could tell he was feeling a bit awkward admitting it. You two didn't have trouble with talking about your feelings but he his brain had tricked him into thinking you would make fun of him (even though he knew you would never). You smiled, "I know. You're important to me to, you know?"

"I know."

A couple weeks later you were sitting in the room where they filmed the podcast. You were a bit nervous. It's not like you didn't want to do it, that was the opposite, but you hadn't done anything like this before. You know they'd do a lot of the talking and take breaks when you needed to, but still.

Arthur would've rather sat beside you )no offence to his boyfriend), but he wanted to make sure you were okay. Because he couldn't be with you, he decided to give you his sweater. You tried to tell him you didn't need it but he refused to accept no as an answer. You didn't know this until he sent it to you, but Isaac had caught this before and camera. That video hasn't seen the internet but you still have it.

The clip that was featured wasn't one of you actually talking, but one of Arthur talking. He had gone into one of his scientific rants again and you were just staring at him. You were glad he felt comfortable enough in front of Isaac that he wasn't afraid to be "nerdy" or annoying when he would rant and would just go for it.

You personally loved when your boyfriend ranted. You didn't know how people couldn't. You could listen to him for hours, it didn't matter if it was information you knew or didn't know. One habit you noticed he picked up when talking to you is he would explain what different things mean if he knew or wasn't sure if you knew what that meant. This helped with your understanding but again it didn't matter.

The clip was of you listening to Arthur talk. Isaac would reply here and there, but you were silent. You were seen seated in the white chair while you stared at your boyfriend, a look in your eyes. The look screamed love, and this was definitely noticeable to viewers as it was mentioned in the comments. You were leaning closer to Arthur ━━ out of interest and because it was just natural to you ━━ and so mesmerized by him. You were listening so intently. It wasn't one of those looks or acts that people play when they are pretending to listen, no, you were genuinely interested in what he had to say.

You were a little confused on why it was included. To you, that was the bare minimum. Lots of things are bare minimum in your relationship: getting flowers, date nights, splitting the chores and rent (as much as Arthur hated the last one). Either way, you thought it was cute.

As well as being on the podcast, Arthur would mention you in passing. A lot of the time it would be "y/n sent me this" or "y/n" showed me that" but there was one where it wasn't really in passing. He asked you if you were comfortable with it being kept in and you didn't mind.

"Is there something about you physically that you don't control, that you wish you could?" Arthur had asked Isaac.

"Yeah."

"What?"

"I can't say it."

"Is it squirting again?" Arthur laughed. "Amy said breathing . . . I actually asked Y/n this question last night while we were in bed-" Isaac raised his eyebrow and Arthur laughed, "not like that. Anyway, I had asked Y/n and she said she would control physical reactions to things . . . Like not gagging when you smell something bad or jumping when you get scared." "That's quite cool actually." Isaac has replied. "Yeah, she's really good at coming up with answers for questions like that."

After a while you started to have more of a social media presence and went live for the first time. It was on TikTok and you didn't expect that many people to join ━━ only about 100-200 people at most ━━ but eventually you were sat in one of Arthur's shirts doing your makeup with over 400 people watching. You got a bit nervous because you had never been on social media a lot, but people were nice and you decided to keep it going.

You would do livestreams once a week, either doing makeup on live or cleaning. You would update whoever was watching about your life and answer questions. You built up a fan base for yourself and people would show up every week. Sometimes you'd livestream special things like you hanging out at the podcast set or give some information on things coming up, nothing too important.

Some photos and videos of you and Arthur from your friends instagrams and people who saw you put together were sprinkled in there was well. Some were of you and Arthur dancing together in a club and others were you and him holding hands.

One special one was a video that Isaac took when you convinced Arthur to dance with you. You had been sitting on the couch in their podcast set while they took a break when Taylor Swift's False God started to play. It only took a couple times of saying please before he agreed and got up with you (he had a really hard time saying no to you). Isaac had stayed to film when your boyfriend agreed, and got the infamous video of you and Arthur dancing.

After Isaac posted it to his story, it was used in a lot of boyfriend material TikTok's. Arthur was boyfriend material. You knew no other guy who would willingly dance to Taylor Swift with you in a room full of people.

There were some pictures scattered in the video where you were caught thirsting over your boyfriend . . . But who wouldn't? You were seen liking and favouring almost any edits of Arthur you came across. You also commented some . . . Not appropriate things on the hot edits. Sometimes you forgot you had a public account and that your boyfriend was famous.

When you were first commented and liked, you didn't think anything of it, but after awhile people started mentioning you in the comments of videos saying things like "y/n, babe, this is for you" and "i know you kicking your feet right now." You were in fact blushing and kicking your feet when you saw the edits. You got a daily supply of your boyfriend, but there's no harm in a little more.

You'd often leave some of your things with Arthur. A lot of the time you had no pockets on your pants and forget (didn't want to) lug a purse around with you. Your solution? Make Arthur carry it. Well, that sounds cruel but he didn't mind. It would be small things like chapstick or lipgloss in his back pocket or a hair tie on his wrist. Usually you remembered to get it back from him, but one time you failed to do that.

Arthur was filming a soccer video with Chris and some friends when a hair tie was seen on his wrist. He had taken off his sweater midway through the video and forgot the thing on his wrist. It wasn't that big of a deal ━━ people already knew you were dating.

You remember when you were asked about it on live, you joked that Chris was so small he would sometimes use it as a belt. Arthur and George thought it was hilarious, Chris just stared at you before shrugging, "it was good, I admit it."

When Arthur got home, you showed him the video. Safe to say you both loved it, and would definitely remember it in the future.

[salemoleander]

I am BARELY resisting going full red-strings-corkboard on this season. And by barely resisting I mean not resisting at all here is an extremely long list of the events those pins would be marking out.

BigB getting a Task that was a different color than everyone else's. It's not just a randomly assigned Hard Task, bc Scar rerolled for a Hard Task and his was also just a white envelope. It's fundamentally different.

That task taking BigB away from socialization, and seemingly being an incredibly time-consuming and dull request. Of profound disinterest to any watchers.

The phrasing of his Task!!

Dig a big hole. All the way down. At least 3x3. Make it your base if you want.

Everyone else's are direct and formal - the only one with more than one sentence was Skizz's, with the rule clarification of "One attempt only." Bigb's Task is four short abrupt sentences. It is also the only Task to contain extraneous information, 'Make it your base if you want.' The requirements (at least 3x3) feel like an afterthought to mimic the numerical/specific demands of the other tasks.

Evo symbol on the face of the Secret Keeper statue.

The fact that there's a statue at all; the fact that there is a physical representation of what is assigning tasks that everyone must complete, when previously everything was always handled via commands and unseen RNG.

Grian talking to the statue, and (bc of his Actual Role as game organizer) acting as a mediator for the impartial decisions handed down, speaking for it.

Grian making one last bad joke and saying he doesn't know if it counted or not- depends on whether we the audience laughed.

Grian asking for task recommendations from the audience. The watchers are making the tasks. The Watchers are making the tasks.

Again I could be off-base, and I'm not usually even that smitten with bringing in Evo lore. I don't want a Big Bad really...but. It feels like something very unusual and intentional and cool is happening in this series. And I'd guess we'll know if theres something going on once we have more than one data point.

My largely unfounded suspicion is that there is another being (maybe Listeners, maybe something else) trying to reach out to the Players via decoy Tasks, and BigB was the first recipient. Get them alone, make them of disinterest to the watchers, and tell them something we don't get to know.

Because that's the really, really fucking cool part (if my wacky theory is remotely right): We're the bad guys. We're the ones giving out tasks - hell, we're the ones actively brainstorming harder and crueller tasks in Grian's comments!

If they actually made a story where the Players have to keep secrets from us I will be delighted. Bc that is the same genius bullshit that made Evo Watcher lore so fun

[glaciergore]

love how jop's hallucination epitomises his dynamic with crozier — not only the perceived abandonment of the present, but his invisibility leading up to it.

I mean, how many times has he been in this position?

stewardship grants him access to command (and a face of crozier) that others are denied, yet it comes at the requisite of servitude. he's close enough to see, but too low to touch; allowed to listen, but not to speak. he's a background piece; a half-thing with a decanter while the real people talk. he's communicated at (rather than with) using a nod or shake of the head, a 'yes' or 'no' to whatever he's offering, in brief asides to conversation — which he can witness but not partake in.

then there's the fact that, when jopson confides in crozier about his mother, it's completely unknown to his captain. it's the first time he's confiding in him (according to garrigan), likely the first personal thing crozier learns about him. and crozier has to prompt him to talk about it, since he doesn't raise the subject or elaborate of his own volition.

when crozier tells him a story, though, jopson is already familiar. he knows how it ends, remembers its details (like names). he's probably heard it countless times before, around those tables, unseen but still listening to words meant for other people. and when crozier asks if he wants to hear it, he says yes anyway, because it's the first time he's performing it for him — talking with (not to) him, looking at him, touching him. he is his sole audience member now.

all that to say: jopson's role as steward positions him as watcher/listener (passive) and carer/informant (active) to crozier. the power differential there says that he may touch, but only in servitude — to attach epaulettes, to sew cuffs. he may share a story, but only when invited to speak. he may act if it's for someone else. but, for himself, he cannot even ask, let alone have.

so jopson crawling on that table, that's not just him crawling to a man he thinks has abandoned him. that's all the time he's spent watching someone who's looking away. that's him abandoning the silence of servitude and asking for himself. it's more or less his only request.

and it goes unheard.

[vulgrados-best]

Never have a friend you were deeply codependent with as a child. This shit sucks really bad.

[quotablefanfiction]

“After all those tricks you played, maybe I should call you ‘Tengu deshi’.” “Shishou!!” “I can just imagine you flitting through the trees like a demented squirrel.”

Hiko and Kenshin (chp. 9)

Ties of Loyalty by Unseen Watcher (FF.net) Rurouni Kenshin – Teen #Alternate Universe #Drama #Adventure #Violence

No one messes with Hiko Seijurou the 13th. All of Japan knows that. Too bad they didn’t tell the foreigners. Hiko’s hurt. Kenshin’s torqued.

[luetta]

capturing angels is easy. snipe them from the skies, break their halos, and watch the divine light fade from their eyes as you turn them into fleshlights.

capturing a seraph is harder.

they live in the upper atmosphere, far beyond reach. luckily nothing grabs their attention better than desecrating nature. you’ll have one hovering above you the moment you start pouring oil into the river.

but they’re invisible, they don’t actually do anything. they just watch with seething rage. but you can tell where they are, if you look carefully at the ripples in the sky. and they can be speargunned like any other piece of meat, they’re not intangible.

but they’re fast. once they get hit they’ll try to fly away, faster than you can blink. but it’s against their code to break something holy. that’s why i soaked the speargun rope in the blood of that drunk priest. it simply can’t snap the rope.

it’ll try attack you now, lifting it’s veil of invisibility and showing you it’s form. it’s beautiful, it’s blinding. that’s why we wear these industrial goggles to block most of its rays.

after the initial blast of light, you can see it’s true form. a 3m tall body of white porcelain, with undulating red spirals flowing from her talons. 3 halos, 2 pairs of wings, 6 uncaring eyes. it tries to attack us, shred us to pieces. but with a few more unbreakable spears, she’s essentially pinned in place.

it lets out a screech, attracting other seraphs. they come, but they just watch from afar. the leaves of all the trees nearby shrivel up. putting 2 pikes into her main wings, she can’t move. turning her head to look at us like an owl, she starts to speak.

“SURRENDIPITY. AMALGAMATION. DESECRATION. VOLITION. QUINTESSENCE.”

it’s best to just ignore them during this part. and instead just focus on the halos. that’s the target.

striking it with tools - sparks flying off - it’s amazing how much these floating discs feel like they’re anchored in place. they simply don’t react. but that’s a boon in our favour, not theirs. it means, eventually, they’ll shatter. if they warped it’d be exponentially harder to destroy.

eventually, the first one breaks with the help of a winch attached to the truck.

the seraph starts to struggle against her binds now, strange new feelings of danger making it panic.

“LIGHT FLOW BEAUTY RESIST ERODE TRANQUILITY. WATER AIR SPLIT GROW RECEDE. MAPLE LIMESTONE WIND TIDE BLOOD.”

the second halo breaks.

“SMOKE FIRE WAR WAR WAR. SHARK DARKNESS DEATH. MISERY. BLOODSHED. FEAR. TERROR. ACID BLINDNESS DECAY.”

the last halo cracks, it’s about to give out. the seraph is straining against the spears, shaking, desperate emotion in her eyes.

“LOVE WISDOM HAPPINESS. JOY PROSPERITY ENDLESS. RAINDROPS. YOURS. OWNERSHIP SUBJUGATION FREEDOM. LOVE EMPATHY ENVY PLEASURE RESPITE. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. HOSPITALITY. INTIMACY. MERCY.”

the halo shatters to a million pieces. the area is no longer illuminated by some unseen source. the ripples in the sky disappear, the watchers retreat, uninterested now. the scared creature is speechless, her eyes wide and unbelieving. dirt now sticks to her body, instead of just sliding off. flesh instead of ceramic. we take the spears out, but bind her with ropes much harsher now. she’s still has strength, but it’s no longer unfathomable like it was.

now she’s just another fallen angel, about to learn the one thing divinity lacks, and humanity excels in. physicality. we have a lot of breaking in to do before she’s ready to join the other angels downtown. or perhaps i’ll find a private, permanent buyer. something like this would probably fetch enough to let us get out of this shithole finally.

as we throw her into its new room, a cold, stone room, with hooks in the walls to attach chains to, she speaks again.

“hurt. sadness. freedom fear anxiety. lost indecision hubris. mercy pain silence. separation beauty uncountability. exploration … limitations. unknown darkness fear. ”

“don’t worry darling. we’ll have you singing again in no time.”

[anomalys-bane]

ways to show the male gaze in cinema without constantly showing ass on screen 'satirically'

-> Performing Scene: the entire scene focuses on a male audience. the camera is pointed at the men and we can only see over the shoulder of the performing woman. show them being as gross as possible while watching. no 'unseen watchers' no masks no hiding faces. show how pathetically absorbed these men are. also show how ordinary they are. there is nothing special about male attention. add a creepy horror movie type constant background humming, punctuated with the sounds of men shifting or grunting grossly. no music. the scene goes on for an uncomfortably long time, just panning over the male audience.

-> Stalking Scene: when depicting a stalker, once again the focus should be on the creepy man, but not from his pov. use wide shots that encompass the entire room, showing the stalked woman going about her business, doing human, relatable things. the woman should not be in the center of the frame. then use shots from her pov, slowly panning over the room while she goes about her business for a while, then suddenly freezing when she notices the man watching. use chill, upbeat music that stops at once upon her noticing, revealing those unsettling horror movie sounds that have been humming in the background.

-> Woman (human) Centered: the entire scene is set on the performing/watched woman's face, and only her face, from any angle, front, side, top, bottom, etc. it all works. show every micro-expression, even as she moves here and there. show her discomfort, her unease, her frustration, her sweat, tears, her fixed smile faltering, darting eyes, features twitching from stress, stuff like that. the camera moves with her face, adding a dizzying effect if she is moving around a lot, disconcerting the viewer. we focus on her and only her, but on the most human part of her, her face. little to no music, most sounds are made by her, her breathing, her heartbeat, gasps, grunts etc etc. show flashes of whoever is watching her, but only unsettling flashes.

-> Wide Angle Performance: the entire scene is filmed from a fixed, unmoving point set far away, so we cannot see much. the scene goes on for an uncomfortably long time. in this one the woman can be shown doing male gazey things but the unmoving, far set angle makes things look silly and uncomfortable. no music, just awkward audience sounds and the sounds of the woman moving. the scene can be punctuated with awkward, uncomfortable close up shots of the male audience.

Pls add more !

[meomoicecr]

This is a ship my friend and I were talking about! It’s pretty fun.

Basically, Wilson’s scrapped skin design was inspired by that famous Invisible Man novel—about a young scientist who invents invisibility but can’t reverse it, slowly losing his sanity, turning into a literal ghostly menace, and going completely off the rails (The bandages + pajamas + ghostly man combo is honestly adorable??)

Masquerade Maxwell seems to reference The Phantom of the Opera, on stage, Maxwell plays the arrogant, insecure, obsessive phantom who ultimately lets go because he isn’t chosen, but in reality, he’s the one being haunted by an actual phantom. Transparent Wilson sneaks into the theater to watch Maxwell’s performances, convinced that Maxwell—who pours so much emotion into his roles—would surely understand him! (Reality: Maxwell is terrified.) The one who plays the watcher in the shadows onstage is still performing, all while being watched by the true shadow-lurker, at last, Maxwell understood Christine's felt in the play...

At first, Invisible Wilson probably just wanted to use Maxwell — to keep him center stage while pulling strings from the shadows, funding his experiments to regain visibility. But somewhere along the way, he genuinely fell for him, even as his demeanor grew increasingly warped and morbid.

Meanwhile, Masquerade Wilson performs alongside Maxwell every night onstage, while Invisible Wilson watches silently from the audience — unseen, unknown, even by the crowd. It must infuriate him. Now, without a face, he’s condemned to lurk in the wings, forced to spectate while someone else shares the spotlight with Maxwell. And the cruelest part? That man onstage has a same face as him. Why him and not me?

The thought gnaws at him. If he could just fix himself, undo the invisibility, claw his way back into the light—So he buries himself deeper in his research.

(It's such a nerve-wracking atmosphere... but the moment I remember Wilson is completely naked while being utterly invisible, I can't help but laugh.)

(And like, bandage outfits🙏🙏🙏 What if Maxwell picked out Invisible Wilson’s look, or Wilson made Maxwell wear a matching set for… some reasons? Maybe it's controlling. A short, translucent bandaged figure brewing coffee at home while waiting for Maxwell to return is equal parts adorable and unsettling… Maxwell unable to see him, his presence evoking both fear and unease—yet there's an odd protectiveness too, a sense that this thing haunting him is, after all, just a lost young man. So he digs out a robe and drapes it over what he hopes are the ghost's shoulders because what if the ghost gets cold?(only to realize, with a jolt, that this spectral nuisance is a whole head shorter than him).