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sunny-daze-days · 6 months ago
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I hate science! I don't want to do science! (Says the man going to school for science)
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nametakensff · 2 years ago
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Hey guys, I'm a nerd and decided to keep track of my sneezes from 09/11/2023 to 09/12/2023 (excluding all induced/Chhinkni sneezes) and this is the breakdown
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I sneezed a total of 446 times (again, excluding inducing etc) over 31 days
I sneezed 10 times a day on average more than any other amount
The lowest number of times I sneezed in a day was 5, the highest 42 - which meant there was a range of 37 sneezes from lowest to highest amount lol
The median number of sneezes a day was 12
And the mean number of sneezes per day was just over 14!
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bulletbilltime · 8 months ago
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Oh y'all are sharing Spotify Wrappeds? Oh sure here's mine. I'm still waiting on my actual year-end list though. Yeah I'm making a homebrew year-end chart. Yeah it won't be ready for another 24 days. Yeah I use homegrown weekly data points harvested from local scrobble aggregators. Wait where did everyone go
#bulletbilltime rambling#spotify wrapped#every year everyone gets so hyped about the spotify wrapped and I'm internally just like#ah yes. the first of 4 year end charts.#like some sort of villain collecting mcguffins 😭#like people are sharing that exact same joy that I am; which is looking back on a year of music listening#but bc I'm a fucking nerd about it I just kinda feel isolated#I know there are communities dedicated to personal charts out there so like I know I'm not alone in doing stuff like this#I just find it so satisfying to make a chart every week and then check in every so often to see how the year's shaking out!#and I try my darnedest to not spoil myself too much on the actual placements#so that when the final chart is done I can make a big reveal out of it and find out where everything landed#(tho this year I kinda spoiled myself a bit on the Q3 year-to-date BUT it's still better than nothing!)#spotify wrapped kinda does this but it's this weird black box to me in terms of data. plus it doesn't count local files.#which is an issue when my most listened song this year was one lol#not to mention it only being january-october data#I still like seeing mine tho! in fact I'm about to write down all the songs in my wrapped so I can compare it at the end of the month#with my own scoring system & crownnote's year end (a site I upload my charts to) & last.fm's final results#they always have fun divergences!#spotify apparently is more based on minutes you spend with a song?#while last.fm is strictly plays based#then my own personal charts' system gives a view of which songs had longer lasting impact rather than immediate flare outs#and crownnote's does the same but weighs higher positions more heavily#and that combined kinda gives an interesting view of the year!!#Spotify always has the wildest picks too which end up in none of the other lists#I find these data points so engaging!!!!#I wish others found them as engaging as I do :(#I need to ramble about music charts and have nobody who actively wants to listen aaaaaaaa#the post is stored in the tags
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threeacttragedy · 8 months ago
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Entry 1 - The One About That Weird Ass Cressida Post
This is my first blog entry and, before you start reading, let me just drop in this little disclaimer: 
You will find that I bounce between fact and speculation with a mix of sarcasm and [I hope] level-headedness, common sense, and deductive reasoning.
I am a Lukola. Plain and simple. You will not change my mind. It’s an all or nothing thing for me. How I got here, I’m not exactly sure – wait, no I do know how I got here (thank you Nicola and Luke for being so fucking charming).
Of course, I knew what Bridgerton was before I joined the Lukola fandom. In fact, I watched both Seasons 1 and 2, and they were okay. Yes, just okay.
I knew that Season 3 was about Penelope – the only character I found remotely interesting – so when I saw an article on People’s page showing Nicola and her costar holdings hands, I admit I was intrigued.
Were they dating?
Let’s ask Mr. Google and find out.
No, apparently, they were not.
Okay, fine.
I then made the mistake of clicking on a video of Nicola and Luke being interviewed in Australia. And, motherfuck, they were like lightning in a bottle! Luke – being asked if he believed in friends to lovers – responded in a way that left me feeling a bit blindsided. My immediate thought was: “He fell in love with Nicola the moment he met her.” It’s funny how many people I’ve spoken to since who had an identical reaction and, to be honest, Luke’s response won’t make your heart flutter. But, it was something in the way he said it.
Now, let me explain my feelings about love at first sight. Actually, Nicola explained it best when she said lust at first sight is often mistaken for love at first sight. This, I agree with wholeheartedly. To me, love at first sight does not have to be lusty. It can be, sure, but it can also be something entirely different. Maybe it’s a fleeting feeling of recognizing someone in a way you cannot possibly articulate out loud. Maybe it’s a palpitation of your heartbeat. Maybe it feels like home. Regardless, when you experience it, you’ll know it.
That, my friends, is how I got here, and why I [sometimes begrudgingly] stay here – walking alongside this rather long, winding, and often pothole-filled road waiting for two people to admit to the general public – whether it be in a blatant or subtle manner – that they are, in fact, together.
I’ve noticed in this fandom we seem to have three types of people.  We have the Sincerely Ignorant, the Conscientiously Stupid, and the Fact Finders.
The Sincerely Ignorant are those that are easily persuaded. They are like sheep following their shepherd. In fact, the Sincerely Ignorant are the most dangerous as they tend to spiral hard and fast – and often without reason.
Next, we have the Conscientiously Stupid. These are the shippers that choose to live in error because it fits their narrative. We are all a bit Conscientiously Stupid but there are those that push an idea so hard that they omit certain truths from their storyboard. The danger here is obvious and their victims always include the Sincerely Ignorant.
Lastly, we have the Fact Finders. The people who track information – key players, side characters, dates, places, statements, etc. These are the people who often find themselves pulling the Sincerely Ignorant out of the water when they spiral, usually due to narratives being pushed by the Conscientiously Stupid.
I am a Fact Finder. Am I perfect? Fuck no, but I do find it fun to collect and analyze information and share it with my fellow Fact Finders. Plus, collecting data helps me maintain some indifference towards the USS Lukola because, let’s face it, this god-damned ship has been blasted by quite a few cannonballs at this point. Some days, I’m surprised we’re still afloat.
Let’s start with Cannonball No. 1. Pap-fucking-smear. June 12/13, 2024. What a fucking shit show. Who shows up to the London premiere? Antonia, Luke’s – I honestly don’t even know what word to use here because I have a lot of different thoughts but out of [a small amount of] respect I will call her – “girl friend” [yes, that space was intentional]. We all know the story, Luke was papped outside his hotel with Antonia on premiere night and he was pegged an overnight dumpster fire.
And, oh my God, the Sincerely Ignorant and Conscientiously Stupid ran with it. I mean, they practically became wild dogs chasing down a fox under the command of Nicola the Huntsman. However, Nicola, almost immediately, came to Luke’s rescue by posting an “in support of” style story to her IG. I’m not saying Nicola wasn’t affected by this mishap. At the very least, the post-premiere PR efforts were dumped squarely on her tiny shoulders. At the worst, she’d had her heart broken.
I never liked the Papsmear pictures. Not because I disliked what they depicted but because there was something “off” about them. Luke didn’t look like a man happy to be out with his lady friend. He looked like a man who had been hoodwinked and whether that was because he knew he’d just made a major PR misstep or because he knew the narrative that would follow was false doesn’t really matter because it’s all speculative. But, what makes me believe it was the latter is what Luke did next.
On June 15, Luke put a story on his IG promoting Season 3. That isn’t all that interesting but the scene it depicted made me do a double take.
Could it be?
No…no way…
But…it was.
It was the scene in Ep. 6 where Cressida entered the Mondrich Ball and Colin pulled Penelope aside and told her he wouldn’t let Cressida ruin their evening.
What in the hot fuck? I mean, really, what in the hot fuck??
Did Luke really just blast out an IG story where his character tells Nicola’s character not to let the Cressida character ruin their evening? Was Cressida…Antonia?
Because that’s fucking loud.
I mean, of all the scenes over four episodes, Luke chose THAT one to promote Pt. 2?
Surely, Antonia or one of her friends or family members would have picked up on this, right? And, told Antonia.
No one is going to convince me that Luke and Antonia were in a blissful relationship after that IG story was posted. Why? Because the deductive reasoning part of my brain tells me Luke chose Nicola straight outta Pap-gate.
The Conscientiously Stupid may [rather they WILL] argue that it was just for PR. Okay, but that would mean Antonia accepted the comparison between Cressida, the Evening-Ruiner, and herself. Take a moment and put yourself in Antonia’s shoes. Would you accept this from your partner? (P.S. If you said yes, you have bigger problems in life than following real people’s relationships.)  We know Antonia accepted this role to some extent because we have evidence she attended events with Luke over the summer. So, what the fuck?
In my opinion, Luke’s IG story is a defining moment in the Lukola narrative, but one that was overlooked in June and one that continues to be overlooked – and ignored – now.
Luke’s character is telling Nicola’s character he won’t let another woman ruin their evening.
Let me repeat that again for you:  Luke’s character is telling Nicola’s character he won’t let another woman ruin their evening.
Now wrap your head around that.
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keferon · 11 months ago
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Why’d monster hunter brainstorm timetravel to the specific era the story takes place?
Will the others ever see his alt mode?
The reason is the same as in canon - he wanted to save Quark.
Okay, I'll try and keep this short and sweet.
Brainstorm lives in the far future and is happy with Quark, until one day it turns out that Quark has a fatal spark disease that will kill him if nothing is done about it. They of course go to the hospital, but it turns out that only certain types of the disease are treatable and modern science still can't do anything about it.
Long story short, no one knows how to cure Quark's spark.
Brainstorm, as a true scientist and a good conjunx, naturally begins to research the subject himself and stumbles upon some strange information. All the sources, studies and records on the study of this disease go back a long fucking way. All that modern scientists have been doing for the last million years is just improving and refining the method of treatment, which was invented in absolute antiquity.
Brainstorm investigates further.
He discovers, all the original research records belonged to a mech named Perseptor, who amongst many other things was studying sparks. And it's when Brainstorm manages to get his hands on copies of these very original records that he finally realises why no one has been able to take this research any further. The records are very well structured, detailed and accurate, but half of the information is taken out of nowhere. The Perseptor specifies the types of sparks that certain substances affect in certain ways, but nowhere does he mention where he got this information from. He might, for example, write that certain types of sparks tend to develop internal micro-cracks when exposed to certain factors for long periods of time. And Brainstorm, having read that, can only stare blankly into space, because yes, micro-cracks in sparks is something that exists. But even in his time, there's no equipment that can detect them if they're INSIDE. So how the hell did an ancient mech with his primitive tools figure all this out???
His curiosity isn't satisfied. The research just cuts off in the middle, as if the mech that did it just abandoned it or died suddenly.
Brainstorm, like many scientists before him, tries to start his own research based on the information pointed out by Perseptor, but finds himself at the same dead end as all the medicine of his time. He just doesn't have the same mysterious way of collecting data that this...Perseptor had.
And Quark isn't getting any better
Eventually, Brainstorm comes up with a brilliant idea. What if, instead of trying to find a cure, he just (ha! Just.) went back in time and saved the dude who was definitely going to invent the cure but didn't have time? He decides it's genius and creates a time machine.
He goes back in time to find Perseptor and well, he gets a surprise. Turns out the dude who researched spark disease was a spark eater. And also on the verge of starvation, but Brainstorm finds a way to help him, it's all good:) It turns out that all this time, Perseptor didn't have any mysterious equipment to analyse the sparks, he was the equipment himself. In fact, he didn't specify the sources of his findings for the research, because the phrase ‘I figured it out because it tasted different’ sounds incredibly compromising and would have signed Percy's death warrant if his notes had fallen into the wrong hands.
Next, I'm not sure how it would have developed. I think as the story progresses, Perseptor and Brainstorm work together to invent a cure for Quark. And then, if you like to cry, Brainstorm goes back to the future and cures him, and Perseptor stays in the past.
If you want adventure, Brainstorm could take Percy back to the future with him. Quark would be really fucking scared and confused at first, but they'd figure it out quickly and conjunx Percy into their futuristic fluffy pairing. (Also, I have a lot of fun thinking about Brainstorm and Quark showing Percy the advances of future science, and the future world in general.
Also, I think Brainstorm would do a good job of hiding his alt mode while he was in the past, but a couple of times would use it to escape from someone. One time he'd also give Percy a ride, and I know Percy would be incredibly freaked out by the breakneck speed that jets can achieve ahahaha
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That…wasn’t as short as I wanted…..my inner fic writer took control
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lactoseintolerentswag · 2 years ago
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Rise Characterizations Pt. 3!!!
Now that Leo and Raph are done, it's Donnie's turn for character analysis as a writing reference. So without further ado,
Donnie Character Notes
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Language Habits:
Straight up talks like a redditor who hasn't touched enough grass (affectionate)
Oscillates between very scientific paper polished, sometimes adding a dazzle of shakespearean for dramatics, or abbreviations/a shorter version of a word with a more fun connotation (i.e. "brekkie" instead of breakfast)
Uses food as surprised exclamations or curses, "oh my peaches and cream", "banana pancakes!"
Emphasizes each syllable of a long word when he's excited or trying to make a point. Conquered becomes con-qu-ered
Either exaggerates his speech or speaks in deadpan
The science terms he uses as battle cries aren't chosen at random, but rather are related to the action/subject at hand, i.e. yelling "fibonacci" when throwing his spinning tech-bo
Will overly describe an item or a situation, and often gets caught up in these observations before processing what just happened
Will repeatedly yell "help!" when he's distressed and/or outnumbered
Refers to Mikey as "Michael"
Refers to his brothers as "brethren" or "gentlemen"
Refers to splinter as either "father", "papa", or "dad" depending on the weight of the situation
Refers to his tech as his "babies"
Answers the phone with, "You're conversing with Donatello"
Uses "gesundheit" instead of bless you
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Personality:
The fixer, he supplies the family with tech and resources. He always has a trinket made for the situation at hand and/or offers his knowledge/data collected. He's always prepared to help. Even with outside resources, he likes to feel useful in solving their problems (i.e., building Todd that dog park)
The theater kid, in a similar vein to leo, Donnie has his own style of dramatics. He often uses shakespeare-like language, is mentioned to regularly recite the jupiter jim musical soundtrack, and has a music mode for his battle shell. He belongs on a stage, or at least thinks he does
Not good at lying, despite the glamour he can put on in the spotlight. This may be due to the side of himself that over explains his thoughts
An over-thinker, who really tends to over-complicate things. His first theory or idea will always be the most extreme buck-wild concept. After some filtering, he still word vomits
A dreamer/big idea guy. He does have big ideas and goals. A lot of these he's able to put into place, although some go a little haywire (see Albearto). He doesn't do things in halves, and puts everything into a project
Meticulous, someone who's very detail oriented. As mentioned before he tends to over-complicates things. This may be impacted by his love for data and collecting information (he does record Everything for a reason)
Always on the edge of violence, which is surprising. Donnie's not known as being the angry archetype of tmnt, but he can get a little violent in his fighting style and does often cite his desire to use lethal force
Low empathy, which is mainly due to his issues processing and recognizing emotions. He's been pegged as unemotional, but in canon he's rather emotional and expressionate, just lacking the skills to process such emotion (he's just like me fr)
Praise motivated, as seen with his interactions with Splinter. Also desires the praise of his brothers, who he doesn't feel understand him with all the teasing that's sent towards his direction. This also pushes him to seek validation and acceptance in other groups (i.e. the purple dragons), to feel a sense of security or belonging
Ignores his own mistakes, and will often pretend like they didn't exist or ever happen. This most likely has to do with his desire for praise, so he feels bad when he fails. If he never made a mistake, he never has to feel bad
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Miscellaneous:
Fourth to unlock mystic powers
Uses "Bootyyyshaker9000" as most of his usernames and passwords, with his alt. username being "Alpha-Bootyyyshaker9000"
Has a fear of bees, spiders, and of course beach balls
Breaks the fourth wall the most
Loves the smell of pineapple, hates the texture
Has a hobby of rooting around in the junkyard and dumpster diving
Uses cheat codes in video games
Mikey's next of course :)
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proxycrit · 7 months ago
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I love your au!!! I love how the hylian duo look like gremlins, I LOVE the expressions and sass constantly and the changes to the lore, the worldbuilding and also the emotions (OUCH). I love their relationship with purah and each other and the new champions. I love the depth you gave Yona and her relationship with Sidon and Mipha. I love how link feels comfortable talking to sidon in addition to sign, I don't know if he does that with anyone else but Zelda unless its absolutely necessary (eg: just launched out a cannon and is paragliding down, so hands are busy) (side note: i love how much of an adrenalin junky/gremlin he is!!)
I do got a few questions! Will the pair get the sheikah slate again (so say link has the slate and zelda the pad), and can both slates do the warping and item storage (food, ingredients, armor, weapons, etc) (if so: no WONDER link was so upset! His collection!)
Does link have access to the ultrahand abilities (ik you said not The ultrahand, but what about fuse or ascend or rewind etc?) Where is the mastersword??
Does Link still have the champions' abilities, or did he lose those when their spirits moved on at the end of botw?
I know these are a lot of questions but I can't stop thinking about it!! The last few updates sent me back rereading the whole au and now its just vibrating in my head and giving me no piece
This is long and rambly, just know I am very much enjoying this au! Its silly and fun and touching and cute. Thank you for working on it!!
Oo some notes (also ty for circling my au haha im glad other people fixate like i do)
(Prewarning— i did not finish totk despite putting triple hours in it, so a lot of this story is being written while playing, though i know the big broad strokes thanks to cultural osmosis and video essays. A lot of Familiar Familiar builds from my playthrough with BOTW over TOTK, so the sheikah influence is significantly stronger and I will always choose botw characterization over totk characterization as a result.)
That aside
1. Sheikah slate’s dead. Rest in pieces, link’s rare collectable korok poop. Purah’s extracting as much data as she can to put on the purah pad but you can see the dread in her eyes whenever she has to tell link resurrection is not possible.
2. No idea about the zonai arm powers yet— im thinking about ascend, but the longer i go through this story the less likely ill hand it to him just due to immersion breakage. He and zelda will be getting sheikah gadgets from purah though! Maybe ill have a scene of him wandering through the sky island shrines, but without zelda warning rauru he and sonia wouldnt have prepared anything for the hero of the future. (But i DO love ascension and fuse. Lowkey dislike the building mechanics from a concept art pov because the green glue makes me want to cry, but it’s FINE i GUESS)
2b. Master sword’s chilling in korok forest. Link put it back in this au because of Reasons (part of his and zelda’s characterization in this au is to discard their past roles and embrace the present, not as knight and princess but as hero and researcher. They both have to face the reality those roles aren’t dead, but it’s a work in progress. I may also never address it. This “one off hehe lemme draw some guys” idea quickly spiraled into a web comic series so apologies for the vagueness, because i too am watching them adventure with dread and awe and i don’t know where they’ll go with it. They literally write themselves.
3. Rip champions, their ghosts are Gone (but their influence remains. You go mipha, keep haunting the narrative girl, i love you)
I know that some of these story notes don’t quite match up to what totk states is stone cold canon, but that’s the joy of fan work! Anyways sorry for folks who i have NOT answered asks of— i have a lot of them and I’m much better at the drawing and writing part then the socialization aspect (please feel free to peak in to my zoo enclosure ever so often though. I need the enrichment)
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couch-potato28 · 3 months ago
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Imagine being a Blue Lock manager! ⚽️
VERSION XIII.
(a/n: g-g-goatmaru 🐐 okay i know he’s the gk so his jersey is supposed to be number 1 but i already messed them up since the first ep so no going back now. sorry and luv ❤️)
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wc: 0,9k
also: @ttheggrimrreaper @irethepotato @ohagiyo 🔥
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FROM THE PROLOGUE:
"Congratulations L/N Y/N! Based on your results, you've earned your place in Blue Lock as the manager of player number...
...99, Gagamaru Gin.”
After confirming your player, you left the room, and headed to collect your stuff from Anri. On the way to the field, you skimmed through your schedule along with his profile sheet, pausing every two seconds at each data. He seemed like a promising player with some oddly fascinating habits, almost like a mystery waiting to be unraveled, making you eager to meet him.
Imagine being Gagamaru Gin’s manager.
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Gagamaru Gin who you barely even register during the ongoing match you just walked into before he’s already diving mid-air to kick the ball, leaving a very strong first impression by performing a Scorpion kick if you recall from your studies right.
Did you just witness that in real life? Who is this man and why is he defying gravity so easily? Intrigued, you went closer to the barrier, observing him for the rest of the game.
The sound of the whistle was soon heard, meaning the end of the match. Turning around, you locked eyes, giving him a wave as he slowly approached you.
“Manager?” he assumed from yesterday’s information given by Ego.
“Yes, nice to meet you! I was shocked by your play on the field. That kick was amazing—“ you started, a bit caught up by the whole game as he patiently waited for you to finish.
“Thank you. Uh, what’s your name again?”
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•Gagamaru who doesn’t say a word but instead lets his black eyes do the talking during the first week. He’s a giant compared to you, making you feel just a tad bit intimidated by his height, but no worries. He’s actually fun to be around, even getting to the point of joking about his teammates.
•He turns out to be one of the easiest guys to work with, the literal embodiment of a chill guy. He’s usually ready on time, and doesn’t whine during training meaning getting actual work done, making you happily tick off all the schedules planned for the day.
•He’s not a picky eater either, so you don’t even need to worry about him not following his diet.
•You also get to learn how he doesn’t like packaged food at all during that one time when he straight up rejected the snacks you secretly offered him, saying he would much rather have a bowl of fruit than those artificially flavored chips. (makes you want to eat healthier)
•Some strange facts about him include eating with his hands or that his handmade hairtie is made of ivy. No judging tho, you let him do his things although you do offer him utensils. Gives you a personalized ivy bracelet for your birthday.
•Gagamaru who lets you drag him around like a teddy bear, and does what you say without a doubt. You earn his trust quite fast, making him listen to your advice during warm-ups and plays. Between stretches, he’ll tell you some of his crazy adventures.
•“Wait, so did a bear do that to your ear?”
•You swear your heart did something funny when he went from being a striker to a goalkeeper without a complaint. You would have put up a fight with Ego but seeing him enjoy his new position made you relieved, supporting him wholeheartedly.
•He strongly believes that you two will make it through the program together as you hype him up by telling him that with a talent like that, it’s practically guaranteed that he’s gonna have a spot on the team.
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AFTER THE U20 MATCH…
•Gagamaru who’s honestly quite the same as before just more focused with sharper instincts and overall improved skills. After the match, his stats got even better than before with quicker reflexes and stronger agility including an inhuman reaction time.
•Sometimes you forget just how strong your player is—easily lifting you up, or helping carry triple the amount of training balls.
•Still, some things never change—his bluntness, nature-loving self unintentionally causes quite a shake in Japan, gaining fans all over the world.
•Pictures and memes of him go viral, like the word goatmaru, or how soulless his eyes are, making some fans wonder if he even blinks. You always explain them to him and loudly laugh at them during the night when you two are supposed to be analyzing his performance.
•You grow closer to Gagamaru over time. From keeping a bit of distance to now you shamelessly making him carry you on his back while you explain your observations, clipboard in hand.
•Or when he lets you brush out his two-toned hair in the morning, making you jealous every time at how soft it is as you listen to him talk about what his teammates have been up to.
•You’re glad that he’s become a bit more human like due to your interactions, easily forming bonds with the new team he’s in. Yet one of his funny habits till to this day remains the same—you catching him sleep, or read mangas inside the goal post, comfortably resting his head inside the net.
•It’s well known how Gagamaru loves animals and nature overall, but one of the most amazing things he does with the fame he got? Mentioning animal cruelty in interviews, and being an activist on national TV. Thanks to him, people began giving more attention to these problems, making you tear up anytime he’s doing an interview.
•His alien-like nature always shows, especially when you’re teaching him cute poses for meeting fans, or when he completely misses your subtle flirting, just staring at you with wide eyes like a confused cub.
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bewareofthenewphannie · 7 months ago
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sigh....please don't kill me for this
AO3 Phandom Stats - Top or Bottom?
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As many of you may have noticed there has been a shift in the depiction of Dan and Phil in fanfiction over the past few months from previously predominantly Dan being written as the bottom to now largely Phil bottoming. This post aims to put that trend into numbers and visualise it in a few overly convoluted diagrams below the cut.
Does any of this matter? Absolutely not.
Is it interesting? Oh boy, it sure is!
Disclaimer: This is an analysis of the fanfiction writing and tagging trends within the Phandom. It's at most tangentially related to the Real People Dan and Phil and is not meant to spark any type of discourse. I am doing this as an avid fanfic reader and with the utmost respect and appreciation for the authors of these fics, so I don't want to see any negativity directed towards them. Above all this is meant to be fun and interesting.
And as always - don't like it, don't read it <3
Note on accessibility: linked here is a doc with all the numbers shown in the screenshots of this post. Inspired by emma's stats I will be putting the cell range in the ID - if there's a better way to do this, please lmk!!
Methodology
To get the numbers shown here I filtered the works in the Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF) AO3 tag by "date updated" from the Jan 1st to Dec 31st of each year and by the following tags:
Bottom Dan Howell
Bottom Phil Lester
Top Dan Howell
Top Phil Lester
Short excurse on AO3 tags for those unaware:
The tags I chose are canonical tags, which means other tags that mean the same thing but are for example spelled differently are linked to this tag by tag wranglers and appear when you search for the canonical tag (see example below).
Additionally, the "bottom x" tags are metatags for the power bottom tags, which means fics tagged with "power bottom x" also appear when you filter works for these tags.
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It's important to note that not every fic where one of them tops or bottoms is tagged as such. That means these stats very specifically look at the author's choice to tag fics with these tags and not the overall amount of fics where one of them tops or bottoms. However, I would argue it's fair to assume that it's at least somewhat reflective of the general writing trends within the Phandom.
For simplicity's sake I will refer to these tags as e.g. "Bottom!Phil" (b!p) going forward.
Stats 2013 - 2024
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Here you can see how many fics were tagged with each tag in the respective year and the amount of bottom!dan and bottom!phil fics relative to the total amount of fanfic written in the same time span.
As expected, up until 2023 the split was about 2 b!d to 1 b!p fic (precise numbers: 71% to 29%; see pie chart above).
In 2018 we can see a peak in both in the number of phanfics written and the relative amount of fics tagged as bottom!dan.
Starting in 2023 (more on that below!) this flips and in 2024 the ratio of b!d to b!p fics was 1 to 4 (precise numbers: 81% to 19%; see pie chart above).
Furthermore, making up 4,62% of the total amount of phanfics written in 2024, the bottom!phil tag is relatively speaking twice as popular now as the bottom!dan tag ever was.
Sidenote: You can see that generally the amount of fics tagged with b!d and t!p, as well as b!p and t!d correspond to each other for obvious reasons (they're usually fucking each other). This year however there's 16 fics more tagged with bottom!phil than top!dan, which shows that there's been a very specific interest in writing and tagging bottom!phil in the last year.
Here you can see the total amount of phanfics written by year because I already collected the data, so I might as well put it here:
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Stats 11/2023 - 12/2024
Now I want to take a closer look at the past few months post hiatus.
You can see that there's been a steady increase in the total amount of fics written per month!
That's incredibly cool!! (Love to all the wonderful writers out there <33)
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Before we get into the actual stats, it's important to note that we're working with very low numbers here, so don't be fooled by overinterpreting percentages in the first few months depicted and look at the actual numbers! In the diagram below I excluded September and October 2023 because there simply wasn't enough data to produce useable results.
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Contrary to what I expected, the increase in fics tagged with bottom!phil does not coincide with gamingmas 2023 (pour bot hem and top bunk kind of guy), nor phil's birthday live stream (topped by kakuna) but only really starts in June 24 and spikes in August for reasons I'm not fully sure about.
If I had to pin it on one thing it'd be the precious baby angel picture, which was posted in mid August.
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Much more likely is though that this was simply a dynamic that built over months and had a wide array of reasons mentioned above and could very well be a self-reinforcing dynamic of more and more people looking for that tag and also writing for it.
If anyone has more insight on this, please share your thoughts :]
On that note, I'm finally done yapping, I hope this was at least mildly interesting!
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hawkpartys · 2 months ago
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does iNaturalist really help research? Or it's just for fun and to help U feel love for the wildlife around U?
Yep! Research Grade observations are called that for a reason, they be and are used by plenty of researchers! There have been papers written on iNaturalist data, species have been described via iNaturalist, and so on. I personally have collected and sent specimens to multiple researchers who have contacted me because of my iNaturalist observations even
Though it is also fun :>
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liketheletter-l · 11 months ago
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31 and donatello plsssss - rem
cursed/turned into an animal
HAD A TON OF FUN WITH THIS ONE HEHEHEHE
no trigger warnings, just obscenely sappy twins
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“Leo, stop laughing at him.” 
Leo does not stop, because every time he looks at the tiny, fluffy, angry kitten that was his twin brother two minutes ago, he like physically CAN’T handle it. He’s been laughing for those entire two minutes and he’s getting a little lightheaded. 
“Sorry, sorry,” Leo wheezes, tears streaming down his face. 
Raph pinches the bridge of his nose. “You’re not sorry.”
“I’m not sorry, look at him.” The kitten Donatello skitters backwards on the sofa and hisses at him. Leo opens his hands and makes kissy noises. “C’mere Tello-lello, don’t you want a snuggle?”
Donnie makes a swipe for his face, claws out, but Leo dances backwards with his super fast ninja reflexes. Donnie tries to scratch Leo even when he’s not a cat, so it’s pretty par for the course.
Leo spreads his hands innocently. “Come onnn.”
“Leo,” Raph says, exasperated, probably envisioning Donnie taking Leo's eye out. “You can't tease him the whole time.”
“You have no idea how long I can tease someone,” Leo says haughtily. “But for real. I promise I'm not gonna hurt you, D. Just hoping to help with some data collection.” The data being: are those tiny fluffy ears really as soft as they look? Can we get a cuteness rating on the little toe beans, a standard ten scale, please? 
Leo reaches out a hand for Donnie to sniff, which he bites immediately and mercilessly. OW. Okay. That one's fair. An acceptable sacrifice. Leo scoops the tiny kitten into his arms. Donnie meows angrily at him, high and shrill, probably scared. But Leo is an expert in Donatello and this is no sweat. 
“Look, you’re okay, D.” Leo puts his hand on Donnie’s back, the fragile, shivering thing in his arms. “I’m not gonna hurt you. Promise.” 
Donnie meows again, weaker. Leo’s not a monster. He knows it must be scary to be suddenly so small and so vulnerable. Earlier Donnie was backed into the corner, hissing, in full panic mode. 
Leo tucks Donnie under his chin and hums, trying to convey incredibly warm and soft vibes. The gushy stuff, the sort of embarrassing sappy shit he would N-E-V-E-R say out loud even with a gun to his head, the I would die for you thing and the you’re safe with me I promise thing. Maybe one time when they were eight, Donnie found Leo hiding under his bed during a thunderstorm, and he crawled in there with him and rested his head on Leo’s shoulder, a flashlight and a book with too many big words for Leo to really understand but what he did understand was that his twin was there and he was safe.
“I’ve got you,” Leo says, so softly he has plausible deniability. Donnie brushes against his chin and Leo can feel his little heartbeat slowing under the feather-soft fur. Really really quietly, he starts purring.
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suzuran777 · 3 months ago
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Review: Ooe Complete Edition + ending names explained
I finished the second part of Ooe which was finally released last week! I have so many things I want to talk about as I loved the game, so I think it's going to be impossible without mentioning any spoilers. If you want to read a completely spoiler-free post about the game, I've summarized most of the common route in my review of part 1. I also made a general post about the plot of the game and the characters which you can find here, though I wrote it some time ago, so some of the speculations might be a bit outdated now (I do try to keep it up to date, but I don't want to change everything as it's fun to look back at later).
I'll of course put a warning when I'll be talking about any big spoilers, but I will mention the route order and which characters have 18+ content, so if you want to avoid that, it's better to read this later.
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The update + recommended route order After the update on the 19th, all versions of the game were updated to the "complete edition", so if you already own the game, you can just redownload this for free. It's possible to transfer save files to skip the first routes (a guide how to do this is included in the game files), but it also doesn't take too long to just skip through the first 3 routes. Just like part 1, most of the routes only unlock after playing some other routes first, so usually you can just start a new game after finishing one ending and see if a new choice pops up somewhere in the game. The route order for the first 3 routes is Ariake (who has two endings) > Shimbashi > Aomi, and afterwards you can either play Shiodome ending B or Takeshiba's route. After this the route order is Shijoumae > Shiodome ending A > Toyosu > Hinode > Funeno > Daiba. If you want to enter a route, you should select the choice on the right side of the screen. Some choices don't have a silhouette of the character, but the choice to enter their route will still be on the right side. Just like part 1, you might get some other choices in some routes, but most of these don't matter and you can try out all dialogue options. If you're unsure if you missed an ending, you can check the status screen by pressing the camera roll button next to 再開 in the main menu screen. Occasionally an ending wouldn't register for me and I had to go back to replay it once more.
The story of part 2 While part 1 seemed to focus more on the mystery who committed the murders on the island and Oosaki's own backstory, part 2 focuses on the characters who didn't have their own routes in part 1. In most of the new routes you don't really try to find the culprit for any new crimes anymore, as we already saw that in part 1, but I think it's more about trying to understand the characters better, and of course finding out the real reason why they gathered on the island. Almost all of the new routes have 18+ scenes, though Hinode and Toyosu don’t have one. Like mentioned in the initial setting & data collection book, Shiodome has 2 separate routes, which is why the new update mentions it added 8 routes rather than 7 (no secret Shinkiba or Shinagawa route lol). Part 2 also has a new ending song which is really good, so I can’t wait for it to be officially released on Adelta’s Booth page (which is soon I think!). I really liked Takeshiba's route and also Daiba, who does in fact have a route (he used to be promoted as a side-character, though I think this was done on purpose to mess with us lol). There is some information in the game that you'll only learn about through the letters you unlock in-game after finishing every route, but generally I think the plot and the mysteries of the game are not too difficult to understand. One of the latest blog updates also mentions that this isn't a difficult game in which you have to guess the culprit, but a game in which you can find ''various forms of love'' which you definitely do…
Review of each route (beware of spoilers!) From now on I'll be talking about spoilers for each route! I'm not going to describe everything that happens of course, but it will include some pretty important plot elements. The first route I played was Shiodome's B route, but I didn't know that his other ending was locked, so maybe starting with Takeshiba is a better option!? I really liked how the color green was used in the CGs in this route, and how even the main menu screen temporarily changed after finishing it. The theme of cannibalism returns, as Shiodome ends up eating one of Oosaki's eyes and ears… and Shinagawa and Shinkiba aren't happy at all that Oosaki decides to stay with someone like this. There are a few Kotou no Oni references in this route too which I liked, such as Oosaki's hair partially turning white. Ending A is locked until you finish Takeshiba's and Shijoumae's routes, but ending A is the complete opposite and actually has a much happier ending. I liked how cute Shiodome was in this, wanting to be Oosaki's wife… Two completely different sides of one character.
Takeshiba's route ended up becoming one of my favorites as he's ??? so cute ???. The extra pamplet that comes with the game doesn't rate his appearance very high but I disagree! One of the reasons I was pretty surprised by this route is that he was very violent in most of the first routes, but this doesn't really happen in the new routes. He does try though... but he's not strong enough to attack Oosaki and he gives up... What a clown, I love him. His backstory (the circus, and his mother being a snake lady) reminded me of Suehiro Maruo's Shoujo Tsubaki, which is a reference many other fans have noticed as well, and one of the new illustrations also shows him wearing a shirt which matches the pattern of the dress protagonist Midori wears, so I'm sure that's all on purpose. It also references Dazai's No Longer Human too, as his first name Youzou is the same as the main character in the novel, but he also has a (non blood related) daughter called Shigeko who he tried to care for. I think his character profile mentions that she was eventually adopted by another family, but I hope they'll meet again, as he even learned sign language to communicate with her. I'm not sure if he would be a great father, but it's really sweet to see him try... I loved his scenes with Oosaki in the ending too and I'd love to see more of this pairing!
I was very curious about Shijoumae's route as he usually pairs up with the murderers in other routes and will immediately betray others and lie, which... doesn't stop in his own route! And I love that for him. This route sometimes references a short story called Kaika no Satsujin where Shijoumae's first name also comes from. Shijoumae has a wife called Akiko who is also mentioned in this short story, though in the original story he never marries her and she ends up with another guy called Mitsumura (whose name also returns in the game, but in Ooe he's the psychologist Shijoumae talked to). Akutagawa Ryūnosuke's novel Kappa is also referenced in this route by Shijoumae himself. I really like the dynamic between Shijoumae and his wife Akiko... I think they go long periods without seeing each other and I don't think their marriage is anything romantic, but she still cares about him and sends assassins after those who wish him harm lol. I wonder if that's how he survived all this time because he's such a bad liar. She used to be a war painter, which back then were used by the Japanese government to spread propaganda, so I think she's a good match for Shijoumae, who has also done countless of bad things during the war. This route branches off where you'd normally already be in Ariake's route, so Shijoumae kills him and Oosaki's in despair once again. By the way, Shijoumae's character profile mentions that he will outlive Oosaki and will even watch his final moments, so I'm not sure if he will truly get his justice lol.
The next route is Toyosu's route, which doesn't have an 18+ scene liked I mentioned before, but the writing of this route was really good and it helped me understand the motives he had! This is also the first route in which Oosaki smiles... his smile is beautiful. It's confirmed that Toyosu passes away shortly after his ending so I don't think Oosaki will be spending a lot of time with him anymore, but the moments they had were beautiful. In this route Oosaki's first name "Hiiro" is also revealed, which literally translates to scarlet and has actually been in the first ending song dying breath all this time.
Toyosu's route unlocks Hinode's route, which explains that it was Hinode who kind of hijacked Toyosu's plan to make everyone come to the island, as he's looking for the person who killed Ooe An, who used to work together with his mother. Even thought there's not really any romance in this route, his character profile mentions that he develops feelings for Oosaki later when he's an adult, so I would love to see that some day. I think Hinode never learned who the real killer of Ooe An was, so I wonder if they will tell him the truth one day. The final letter you receive in-game is his mother's letter, which implies she killed An, and then ended her own life afterwards. In a previous blog post I discussed the first names and their references, but I honestly have no idea if Hinode's name ''Riichi'' and his mother's name ''Riko'' are references to anything yet, as they are both pretty common names. I will add this information if I ever find it!
Funeno's route was definitely very different than all the previous routes lol. Some extra information about his was posted on Bluesky, but I also thought it was intentionally designed to make the player a bit uncomfortable and confused. Funeno gets humiliated a lot, and it's also kind of a harem ending which could be a reference to the Anatahan Incident in which all men fight over one woman, though in this case they're not really fighting and they all just share Oosaki lol. Oosaki does get an 18+ scene with Funeno later at least! This route also kind of felt like a comedy route to me because some things that happened were so absurd. I've seen a lot of mixed reactions to this route specifically, but I did enjoy parts of it. Both Funeno's first name and the way he brutally killed his fiance Momoko are references to Dogra Magra, which I've written a bit about in my previous blog post about the character names and their references which I also linked above.
After every ending you finish, you unlock a new letter, of which most seem to be written by Ooe An. I don't really want to spoil every detail of the letters and Daiba's route, but I did enjoy the twist how you shouldn't just believe everything characters say in this game. The final letter also reveals some more information about Hinode's mother (who was the person who turned Ooe An into an actress), and that she tried to do what's best for Hinode. An is usually described in the game as a girl who manipulates men and who lies, so I also don't know which of her letters in the game are true, but Shijoumae wasn't lying (for once) when he said her death was never a suicide at all. Daiba as a route character was really good too and I liked seeing his interactions with Oosaki. I remember reading that everyone in this game was a virgin or at least hasn't slept with a man before, but the 18+ scene with Daiba made it look like this was not his first time with a man at all lol, he was covered in hickeys. I do love it when Oosaki gets jealous though, so this scene was really great.
The title of the game also changes when you finish this route. Normally it's written with the kanji for impurity/filth (穢), but when you finish it, it changes to ''江'' again which means bay and a common kanji used in names for islands. I wonder if it's supposed to symbolize something like Oosaki moving on from his past, or perhaps because the characters admitted their own sins. In the end, most of the characters are still murderers and they might never change, but I did enjoy seeing the different types of relationships Oosaki had with all of these characters, and I'd love to see what kind of content Adelta releases in the future. The after-stories are already confirmed, so I can't wait until these get uploaded.
List of ending names and their meanings This isn't about the titles of the songs which I've discussed in the part 1 review, but about the titles you can see in the status menu in-game (the little movie scroll icon). I had to look up some of these terms as I’m not familiar with all of them, but I thought it would be fun to write a little bit about this too and I'm curious how this will be translated in the English version.
Ariake's B ending which you unlock first is called 送火 Okuribi, which literally translates to the ''farewell fire''. This is a ceremony held on the last day of Obon to send the returning spirits of ancestors off to the afterlife. I think this could also be a reference to Oosaki killing some of the other attendees before someone burns down the inn. Ariake's other ending, ending A is called 迎火 Mukaebi, which is the complete opposite and translates to ‘’welcome fire’’. This is the ceremony that is held on the first day of Obon to welcome the spirits.
Shimbashi's ending is called 冥界 Meikai which literally translates to ''underworld'', but I think it's also a reference to Shimbashi himself, as the kanji for his first name ''Mei'' is in it. ''Pluto'', the name which he uses for his theater company, is also the god of the underworld in Roman mythology. Aomi's ending is called 挽歌 Banka which is a song or poem written to mourn the death of a person, which might be referencing the death of Aomi's father and his occupation as a music teacher.
Shiodome also has two endings, with the B ending being called 抱擁 Houyou, which means ''embrace''. I'm not sure if this references anything specific, but it is the only ending in which Shiodome tells Oosaki what his grandmother really thought about him (of course we don't know if this was really true, but it is something Oosaki has been looking for). The title for his A ending is 大祓 Ooharai, a Shinto ritual to cleanse people of their sins and impurities. In Shiodome’s case he paid for his sins by going to prison, so I think it could possibly be a reference to that too.
Takeshiba's ending is called 福音 Fukuin which translates to gospel, or the teachings of Christ. This of course references that he at some point turned to Christianity. Shijoumae's ending name on the other hand was a bit more difficult to analyze, as it's called 彼岸 Higan, which can refer to multiple things. The literal meaning is ''the opposite side of a shore of a river or ocean'', so it could be referencing how different Oosaki and Shijoumae's ideologies are, though it can also mean ''reaching nirvana''.
The title of Toyosu's ending is 正体 Shoutai which means ''one's true identity'', of course referencing Toyosu's role in the story, as he is the one who made the plan to gather all of them on the island. Hinode's ending is called 蠱毒 Kodoku which I did have to look up, but it's really interesting! This seems to be some type of ritual in which a large number of venomous insects are put into a jar and made to cannibalize each other, which in some way, is what Hinode has been doing on the island. In almost all of the routes he doesn't directly try to attack anyone, and instead he waits for the other attendees to kill each other.
Funeno's ending is called 習合 Shuugou, another term I had to look up because I haven't seen it before. It seems to be the fusion of different things such as religion, culture etc. and is also used to refer to the fusion of Shinto and Buddhist beliefs. I don't know if I should look too much into this, as Funeno's route is not the most serious, but I'm wondering if could mean that he still stays with Oosaki despite everything Oosaki has been doing with the other attendees (?). Lastly, Daiba's (or Shizuma')s ending is called 椿事 Chinji, which translates to ''an important, yet unexpected event''. This route is of course a lot different than the other routes because Oosaki never ends up going to Ooejima, as he notices Daiba is lying to him and doesn't accept his request, unlike all of the other routes.
I might add some more information later but like always, this post is getting long, so I hoped it was interesting to read!
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clockworkreapers · 2 months ago
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Hi! You told us about why each tftgs main character has the classpect you picked but what about derse and prospit why did you pick what you picked? I want to hear you explain stuff again
Ohoho yessss their lunar sways~
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Jack, Amy and Spencer are Derse dreamers. The dark moon is always for the types of people who are more blunt and straightforward who work more with their heads, usually it's the moon for people who are more... aloof, private, controlled? Derse is always the sway of getting shit done, they aren't here for games and silly fun they are here to win. Amy and Spencer both have a very lets get shit done attitudes. Jack while not super active he's got a knack for collecting, and categorizing data and figuring out puzzles and getting solutions... as messy as his problem solving can be. They are also all stubborn AF and don't back down from fights but know how to choose their battles better.
Jerry, Rosa and Sabine are the Prospit dreamers. They get the bright moon which is just as sunny as their personalities. Of course Sabine being a Space player would let her be on Prospit to be close to Skaia plus shes always very calm and kind and is extremely patient waiting for others. Shes more focused on making sure people are emotionally and mentally alright. Rosa and Jerry are same kinda deal, they are much more emotional and wear their hearts on their sleeves. They can both get shit done sure but they are less independent and do things better when they are in a more community setting working as a team. They are catalysts sure- ESPECIALLY Jerry but their energy is more in tune with the emotional side of things which makes them lean more Prospit.
Also have to note Jack not "sleeping" in this case is both problematic for him but super interesting. For people who have NO CLUE why thats an issue its because during a game of SBURB when your active body falls asleep your dream self wakes up and half of the game is navigating the politics between Derse and Prospit and the DERSITES especially (looking at Spades Slick/Jack Noir) CAN and WILL try to kill the players to get an upper hand during the reckoning. If you never wake up your dream self is more at risk of being spawn killed which also prevents you from ever reaching Godtier. Why? Because when someone dies on their quest bed to get resurrected its their dream self that Godtiers and rises not your original self. I'm not going to spoil the books BUT there is something interesting that could happen. Jack's dream self could in a way "sleepwalk" like how Jade's does, just he probs cant control it like she did. Jack is always a bit of an oddball and he is more attuned to "the horrors" than any of the others are.
I think it would be REALLY COOL if his dream self got whispers from the horrorterrors in the farthest ring. Even more, he might be able to hear them when his waking body is active (which is all the time), hushed murmurs echoing in his head telling him whispered secrets from the edge of the medium. What if Sabine talks to him like that? Her voice echoing through the void of the farthest ring beyond oblivion passed through the horrorterrors giving him hints and knowledge about the game and how to move forwards?
Also that means Jack is the most likely to go grimdark! So thats fun!
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clonetrooperjournals · 2 months ago
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Hello! Happy weekend! I was wondering if Kix could get some love? I was thinking an accident prone reader who does shenanigans with fives or heavy and Kix is running after them because he has a crush on the reader and doesn’t want her to get hurt. Love the way you write!! Please add whatever you feel like though! Xx
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Summary : You work in the GAR in the I.T. department and because of your super clumsy nature everyone knows who you are, including the super cute medic you see at least once a week due to your two left feet
Pairings : Medic Kix x Fem!reader (I.T. worker)
Warnings : angst, self loathing, self doubt, clumsy reader, accident prone reader, mentions of a slight injury, cute, fluffy, happy ending
Words : 2.2k
A/N : I had a lot of fun with this one! I seem to have a habit of writing accident prone clumsy readers haha but I loved how this turned out! Kix is a cutie and he deserves all the love!
masterlist here
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“We gotta stop meeting like this lefty,” Fives says standing over you as you pick up your data pads and flimsies from the floor after tripping over yourself and falling again.  
You sigh as Fives bends down to help you collect your things, “Hello Fives. You have impeccable timing like always.” 
He laughs and helps you stand, “Part of my charm. You done your shift?”  
“No just on a break. I was headed to grab some caf, wanna come?”  
He smiles patting your shoulder, “I would but I’m doing rounds. Well, I’m supposed to be, but I couldn’t help but stop and make sure you didn’t need your weekly medical attention from your boyfriend.”  
You blush, “He’s not- It's not weekly!”  
“Oh, lefty it really is. Anyways since you don’t need me to take you to Kix I’ll be on my way. See ya later!” Fives smirks as he waves, heading back to his group all of them smiling at you with that knowing look.  
To make a name for yourself in the GAR when you only work in I.T. takes a special skill and sadly your special skill is having the ability to be the clumsiest person in every room, causing disasters and injuries as you go. Fives had become one of our closest friends after a particularly embarrassing moment when you spilt your cup of caf and slipped in front of a group of soldiers on rounds, taking them down with you... That was a mess and a half to clean up, it also earned you your nickname Lefty (for your seemingly two left feet). Fives was the first one to check on you and make sure you were okay, bringing you to the med bay to get checked, introducing you to Kix. The man you’ve had a crush on since that day and Fives likes to tease you about it every chance he gets. You can’t really blame Fives, especially considering how you find a way to injure yourself at least once a week accidentally and have to go to the med bay for treatment.  
You walk into the small break room and trip dropping your data pads for the second time that morning as you see Kix standing at the caf machine.  
He turns around smiling at you, “Hey lefty! How’s my favourite patient this morning?”  
“I-I’m okay...” you say blushing furiously as you pick up your data pads from the floor, “H-How are you?”  
“Good now. I was actually going to call for you,” he explains stepping towards you, “were having a problem with the medical program that holds the patient files. You think you could take a look for me?”  
You nod blushing harder, “of course.”  
Kix smiles brightly making your heart flutter as he pats your shoulder, “Thanks so much! Let's go?”  
You nod following him out of the room forgetting all about your unmade caf. Once you arrive in the med bay you head over to the desk and plug in your data pads to the main computer and get to work, tuning out the world.  
Kix stands off to the side, his gaze traveling over you with an ache in his chest. It's rare that you come to the med bay uninjured due to your clumsy nature but right now, he gets to just watch you be you without the worry in his chest that something happened to you. Kix hasn’t told any of his brothers, but he has developed a big crush on you, it was inevitable really. You were the sweetest, warmest, bubbliest person he’s ever met and even though he worries about you constantly due to your clumsy nature he wouldn’t have met you or get to see you as often as he does without it. Getting to treat you seemingly once a week has gotten the two of you closer than he has with any other woman, but you weren’t just any woman. You were smart and strong and yes clumsy beyond reason, but it was a part of your charm.  
You have to wear these big glasses that take up 1/3 of your face, that combined with your shy and clumsy nature makes you literally the most adorable person in Kix’s eyes, and as he stands off to the side watching the way your lips pout as you focus on your work and the way you curl your short hair around your fingers playfully, he fears he’s in love.  
You smile brightly and turn to Kix with your data pad in hand, “I got it! Just a minor problem but now all your files should be accessible once again!”  
“That’s great! Thanks so much.” Kix says with slightly pink cheeks.  
You blush and look down, “No problem...”  
Your comm beeps then and you read it quickly, “Time for me to go.” 
“Thanks again for all your help. It's nice having you in here without an injury.” He smiles.  
Your shoulders slump and you grab your data pad and your bag, heading out the door, “Your welcome. Have a good rest of your day Kix.” You head back to your office with that ache in your chest that he’ll only ever see you as a klutz and nothing more. 
... 
To say you were having the worst day would be an understatement.  
The servers that the communications deck operate on went down and you plus the others in I.T. had been scrambling all day to get everything back online while recovering lost files and dealing with angry workers from every department. You had three data pads open plus two computers all working overtime as you continued to retrieve lost files and send them off to all the departments that needed them. You were tired, hungry and in desperate need of a caf, not to mention Fives had come to bug you in the middle of all the chaos to invite you to dinner when you tripped over his feet and went hurtling to the floor taking a pile of flimsy files with you that you had to reorganize. Finally, after what felt like the longest day of your life you had gotten the last of the files recovered and sent off, being able to stop work for the day and coincidentally that's when your comm pinged.  
You done with all the chaos yet? 
Just finished thank the maker.  
Come join me for dinner in the mess? 
Heading there now but you owe me half your sandwich after making me faceplant earlier. 
Haha deal! 
You laugh to yourself at Fives antics and pack up quickly, heading to the mess hall. Fives was sitting off to the side with Jesse and Tup, you smiled warmly at them as you sat down.  
“Hi boys!”  
Fives put half his sandwich on your tray with a wink, “Hey lefty.” 
“Hi!” 
Tup nods, “Ma’am.” 
You immediately take the biggest bite out of your sandwich making the three of them laugh. Jesse looks at you amused, “remember to breathe lefty. With your reputation who knows what might happen.” 
You look down blushing your shoulders slumping as you were again the butt of another joke, “S-Sorry...” 
“With the day you had you deserve to eat like a Bantha don’t worry were not judging.” Fives giggles.  
You stay quiet and eat as the boys talk about their training they did and how Rex was pushing them even harder than normal. You nodded along absentmindedly as you finished the last of your food and stood up to put your tray away, but you didn’t see the spill of something on the floor by your spot and you slipped hard, throwing yourself back, your tray splattering leftovers and cutlery everywhere the knife cutting your leg in the process.  
The mess went quiet, and the boys started to laugh, “You really do know how to make a mess eh lefty?”  
“It’s impressive really!” 
Fives chuckles, “It’s alright lefty. Let's get you cleaned up and I’ll bring you to your boyfriend to deal with that cut alright?”  
Call it the building embarrassment from the past few months or the fact that you knew there was no chance anyone would ever look at you other than a disaster with legs, something in you snapped.  
“Do you think it's funny?” you spit at Fives causing his brows to raise, “Do you think I like being the butt of every joke? Do you think I like causing accidental mayhem everywhere I go? Do you think I like being called lefty?!” 
Fives offers his hand to you sheepishly, “I didn’t mean it like that...” 
“No, you didn’t but that’s how it feels! Do you think I want to be this way? I know I’m a mess! I know I’m a walking hazard! And I know that no matter how much I try to be something else all anyone is ever gonna see is Lefty! The clumsiest girl in the GAR who is ironically in love with the medic! Like he’ll ever see me as anything other than his accident-prone patient who wastes resources that should be going to you soldiers!” 
His eyes go wide, “Lef- y/n... That’s not how we see you.” 
You stand up tears streaming down your face, “Yes it is! Now leave me alone!”  
You run away, covered in food and bleeding, leaving Fives standing there sad and confused as the soldiers who stopped to see the commotion give him looks of pity. What either of you knew was that Kix was also in that group of men who stopped, and he heard every word.  
... 
You sat on the floor of your office, under your desk, chest to your knees as you sobbed uncontrollably. Your leg throbbed but you ignored it as the reality of what you did set in. You yelled at Fives, in front of the entire mess hall and all those soldiers, embarrassing yourself yet again. You didn’t even mean to yell at Fives, he was just joking trying to make light of the situation and all the feelings you’ve been burying burst through, and you took it out on him, your friend. Not only that but now an entire mess hall of soldiers knows that you're in love with Kix. Your pathetic, pathetic, pathetic.  
A knock on your office door breaks you out of our self-loathing and you try to muffle your sobs so the person behind the door would leave, but fate is not on your side and the person enters closing the door behind them.  
“Fives. Leave me alone I don’t want to talk.” You say into your knees ignoring the soldier that walks over to you.  
“You don’t have to talk but, I’m gonna treat your wound so stay still,” Kix says crouching down in front of you making your freeze. What was he doing here? Did Fives send him here to check on you? To embarrass you further? Kix seemingly reading your mind answered your questions, “I came here to make sure you were okay. Nobody sent me.”  
You push yourself away from Kix keeping your head down, “You don’t have to pity me Kix, I can treat my wounds on my own.”  
He pauses looking at you hurt, “you think I pity you?” You don’t answer just keep your head down as the tears continue to roll from your eyes. “Hey, look at me.” 
You shake your head as he gently puts his hand on your arm, “please y/n?”  
Slowly you look up at him. He looks over your tear-streaked face and foggy glasses with a small smile, “there you are beautiful.” he grabs your cheek, “let’s get one thing straight right here and now. I have NEVER pitied you, never. I... care about you, a lot. And that’s why I’m here because I care about you, not because I pity you.” 
“You heard, didn’t you?” you ask quietly.  
He wipes another tear, “yes, I did.”  
“Then why are you here? You don’t owe me anything. You can just forget what I said, and we can go back to being the way we were...” you sniffle closing your eyes, your lips pouting in that cute pout Kix loves so much.  
“Didn’t you hear me? I said I’m here because I care about you.” 
“Yeah, well just because you care doesn’t mean you're not here out of guilt because I embarrassed myself by confessing to the entire mess hall that I’m in lo-”   
You didn’t get to finish because you feel warm lips pressed to yours. Your eyes shoot open to Kix’s closed ones as he leans in more kissing your harder, and after a brief hesitation you kiss back, making Kix smile into the kiss. He cups your cheeks and trails his kisses all over your burning face.  
“I love you y/n.” he whispers still kissing your face. 
“You do?” you ask hopefully.  
He pauses and looks down smiling, “I really do. It was inevitable really, your just too adorable for your own good.”  
You smile at him, “You think so?”  
He kisses you slowly putting all his love and desire into the kiss. You kiss back, your glasses fogging making Kix giggle, “I do. And I wouldn’t change a thing about you, your perfect to me.” 
“Two left feet isn’t perfect.” you sigh blushing.  
He chuckles leaning in again, “It is to me.” 
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tillichan · 3 months ago
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⋆.˚✮ Your life in Kuroko's Basketball for @frostfall-matches ✮˚.⋆
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When you just got into Kaijou High School you totally weren't expecting to become a basketball team manager. Gymnastics club, painting club, going-home club at least. So how did it all go like this for you? Well, it happened to occur during your first day of new school. You slowly walked across the school yard trying to find the club stand you were interested in. Just to be caught and stuck between two very active club presidents who aggressively wanted you to join their clubs. "She will join a gymnastics club!", yelled one of them. "I know about her past successes! With her our team will win the national tournament!" "No! She will join painting club! Her paintings are something else!", answered a president of the painting club stamping their foot. "No way you'll take her with you!" Listening to their bickering you slowly started realizing that you absolutely didn't want to join these clubs. So without much thought you dangled a first available leaflet you found in your pocket in front of them and told them that you already joined this club. The faces of the presidents of painting and gymnastics clubs fell. And you were about to slip away from them, but your real trouble was just beginning. Because they were not the one who noticed the leaflet you held in your hands. In a moment, you were encircled by the group of boys who took you to their stand. To the stand of the male basketball team to be exact. And so you became a manager of Kaijou High Basketball team. Because why not? It sounded fun and not tight. You were sure that it doesn't take a lot of time, which means that more time is available for your hobbies. A nice bonus was that you tried something new. But you were only half-right. Somehow you enjoyed your manager duties so much so it started taking all your time and occupying all your thoughts. Not to mention that Kaijou team were such a sweethearts who were absolutely whipped for you, their precious manager. What started as just a whim turned into your favorite thing. You became not only a manager who brings the snacks and cheers for the team, but also a data analyst who analyses the opponents and a real sport manager who does team business.
Profile: Kaijou High Male Basketball Team Manager.
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⋙ Analytical Skill █████████▒ 9/10
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At first your main manager duties were simple. You prepared snacks like honey and lemon and drinks for the team, filled out some documents and took care of their injuries. But as soon as you hooked on being manger and met some annoying rivals, you started working on your analytical skill. You wanted to help your team to win national tournaments, so you helped them with organizing and planning practices, matches and training camps.
Data analyzing and collecting is your main skill that helped your team more than once. You have an impressive base of player's data and you're able to predict a game relying on data you have, even during the play. Since your mind stays cold even under the pressure you're always there to calm down your team whenever they act on their emotions. You're their shield no matter how it sounds, because there are so many mean players who humiliate team instead of playing basketball. But with you by their side they're no longer a problem.
Since you started doing this only recently, you still not as good at it as your rivals, but all them agree that it does not take long for you to catch them up. The way you turn from a chill relaxed girl into a monster of analyzing during the match is something that scares them. Even looking at you makes their skin crawl. Your teasing and combative personality commands respect and admiration.
Romantic Matchup: Kise Ryouta
The first time you and Ryouta met was when you two just joined Kaijou Basketball Club. It happened at the welcoming ceremony, but even then the both of you were sure that you won't find common ground. Never. You not only mocked Ryouta during his speech thereby earning the trust and respect of the whole Kaijou team and hatred of his fangirls. Moreover, you immediately brought order and pulled all screaming girls out of the door. Kasamatsu was ready to cry of overwhelming gratitude and could swear that he fell in love with you right at that moment. He changed his mind about his crush when he got to know you better though. But Ryouta was annoyed by your behavior. You made him a laughingstock, but, oh, he had to admit that he also found cool the way you were so relaxed and confident. He grinned and approached you trying to take a revenge by mocking you back. Just to suffer a heavy defeat. Was Ryouta upset about it? Maybe, a little bit. But you also sparked interest in him since you seemed uninterested in Ryouta at all that made your future interaction more comfortable. Mindful of his failure during the welcoming ceremony, Ryouta was in no hurry to show his respect by adding "-cchi" to your name, not to mention that you kept teasing and mocking him and his fangirls like there was no tomorrow. But the truth was Ryouta already admired you a lot. He had a lot of fun trying to mock you back. The way you were such a respectful manager who outsmarted Momoi more than once didn't help too. Ryouta started developing feelings for you. What kind of feelings? Well, he wished that it was just a respect and admiration like how he respected Momoi, but of course he just deceived himself. Because he had a big and fat crush on you and did his best to deny it like an elementary schooler. And if not for his annoying fangirls, who knows when the two of you will become a couple. One day you and Ryouta hung out together in the schoolyard while talking about basketball and having lunch. And as usual a crowd of his fans surrounded you asking for an autograph. They were afraid of you though, but there still were some brave girls who tried to approach their idol. What was not expected, however, was Ryouta wrapped his arm around your shoulder possessively pulling you closer. "Thank you for your attention, but don't disturb out date, please", said him drawing gasps from you and the girl in front of him. He smiled but his eyes were cold. The girl apologized and ran away and so you and Ryouta became a fake couple. The rumor quickly spread, even his Teiko friends found out about your relationship and sent you some congratulations. Kaijou team did not stand aside from it. They grabbed Ryouta and started asking about you two.
Moriyama: Kise, you bastard, how could you take our precious manager! I will never forgive you! You obviously knew about my feelings for her! Hayakawa: I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU, KISE!!! PLEASE, TAKE CARE OF HER!!! Kobori: Stay calm, Hayakawa. But I'm happy for you too, Kise. You was so in love with her and finally won her over. Congratulations. Kise: But we are no- Kasamatsu: Stop gossiping and go to practice!
Becoming a fake couple simplified your life a little, since the girls stopped their attempts to catch Ryouta's attention. And they knew right that it's dangerous to deal with you so they didn't annoy you too. But the both of you knew that your feelings for each other were not a fake, it was real. You and Ryouta were in love with each other but your true feelings were obscured by a mask of mutual help. Ryouta was the first who confessed. It happened after the game that Kaijou team lost. Ryouta was in tears, he even couldn't stand properly. And even though you teased him again, but in such a loving manner as you wiped his tears away that made Ryouta feel better and... blush. Yes, it affected and flustered him so much. He looked down, somehow he could not bring himself to look at your eyes. "I like you", his voice was almost a whisper meant for you, but so sincere.
• You and Ryouta are this couple who enjoys teasing each other. But even though he can be... not really a nice guy when it comes to others, but when it comes to you, ugh, he is softie who can't find a proper respond to mock you back. It makes Kaijou team look at you two as at comedy duo, they adore you two very much and want to protect your couple though. • You beat him in video games and proud of it! Ryouta tries to copy your moves to win though so maybe one day he will surpass you, who knows. In respond he asks you for playing basketball and beats you every time. Obviously. But you slowly but surely improve your basketball skills so you beat Riko and Momoi when the three of you join some matches between your friends. • Ryouta respects you the most! You're such a cool person in his eyes, the coolest person in the world! His love stems from the pure adoration he has for you. The way his gaze softens every time he looks at you or the way he acts like a lovesick puppy around you are proof of this. • The both of you are independent and value each others personal space. And it makes your relationship very healthy and strong. You don't bother Ryouta and don't cling to him whenever he has his own business, and he gives you some self space whenever you need it. But despite this, the both of you are obviously in love with each other and shower each other with love and affection. • Ryouta is yapper and you are listener. But he is absolutely fine with listening to you back! He values that you see him, just Kise Ryouta who wants to play basketball, not a popular model. This is something he loves about you the most. • Most of the time you and Ryouta are on the same page. You woke up and think that you're too busy to go on a date? You already received a message from Ryouta, he has a pert-time job today so he can't meet you. You think that you want to go traveling? Good news! Ryouta received a free trip to the hot springs and asks you if you'd like to join him. You dislike spiders? It's fine, Ryouta would kill them all for you, but deal with the worms instead please. • Your favorite way to spend time together is you both staying home and enjoying playing video games, discussing basketball, baking, painting (you always tease Ryouta because he sucks at painting, but he doesn't mind), cuddling, doing skin care, watching anime or movies or go out and do a lot of exciting activities, be it amusement park or traveling you just enjoy each others presence.
Ship Tropes
• fake lovers to real lovers • flirty menace (you) x pretend to be your menace but fails (him) • bickering idiots
Relationships
Kaijou High Team adores you very much. Each of them. And it took not a long time for them to warm up to you. To be exact, they all have been actually in love with you since the welcoming ceremony. The way you dealt with Kise, mocked him and wasn't interested in him at all? Congratulations, you just got a bunch of simps who respect you very much. You can't imagine how much Ryouta annoyed them, especially at first, when he just joined the club. But you... You cut this overconfident player and became their cool and responsible manager. You know, they literally worship you and each of them have a tiny crush on you. Kasamatsu finds very cool the way you can keep Kise in line. To be honest, he was in love with you, but slowly these feelings turned to firm friendship, founded on mutual esteem. He enjoys spending time with you discussing basketball or teaching you guitar. You are a powerful captain x manager unit. And you also are the only girl he feels comfortable with. Moriyama flirts with you as if there is no tomorrow. And this is the reason why the whole team beats him every day because no one can flirt with their precious manager. The fact that you started dating Ryouta shocked him and the whole team though, but they still support your relationship a lot, because, firstly, Ryouta's fangirls afraid of you, so they stopped annoy the team and, secondly, they all were aware of your mutual feelings, they see clearly that you are so in love with each other and this's true feelings. But rest assured, they'd beat Kise if he'll hurt you one day, they are more than ready to protect their precious manager.
Aomine Daiki is your best friend, your relationship did not begin well though. The two of you met for the first time during the match between Too and Kaijou, of course you two became more rivals than friends. Daiki was really surprised the way you predicted his movements and helped Kise and your team. Kaijou almost won, Daiki even entered the Zone because he couldn't win without it. Slowly but surely you and Daiki became friends because you two started seeing each other off the matches. Daiki enjoys your keen mind and a sharp tongue. The way you likes basketball too and know a lot about it attracts him even more. Every time you and Daiki meet each other you two usually team up to tease people around you, taste and eat something delicious, talk about basketball, anime, manga, video games or laze around. He still doesn't understand why you chose Kise of all people and teases you about it every day.
Momoi Satsuki is your main rival, but it seems like only Satsuki thinks so. But how else? After all, you're such a smart cookie, some more and you will surpass her. The way you're so sassy and combative annoys Satsuki very much. And Daiki who always joins you whenever you tease her about something doesn't help at all. But Satsuki has to admit that she respects you. And as soon as you and her banded together to defeat Jabberwock, you and Satsuki got closer and became friends too. She likes your smartness and that the two of you are so different, but still have a lot in common. Satsuki likes talking to you about love and relationship, especially about Kuroko. But she also wants to listen to the latest gossip about your relationship with Ryouta or complain to Aomine. When you and Satsuki, team of the most responsible managers, are together, your team is destined to win.
Murasakibara Atsushi is one more good friend of yours. The reason why the two of you are not as close as you and Aomine for example because Atsushi lives far away from you. So the two of you meet only during the tournaments, friendly matches or whenever Atsushi comes to buy limited sweets. Since Kaijou has never played against Yousen, you and Atsushi met for the first time when you helped Vorpal Swords team. You enjoyed teasing Atsushi but also shared with him some homemade sweets earning respect from this overgrown baby. He likes the way you're so calm and relaxed, he comes to you during a short breaks to ask you for some snacks (he's well aware that you're only person among the managers who gives a normal food instead of poison) or to rest his head on your laps or shoulder. When the two of you hang out together, you usually have a lazy days or take a gastronomic tour, tasting food, snacks, sweets and everything you two want.
Hanamiya Makoto has a crush on you. He was sure that only silly and naive girls can attract his attention. Just to end up falling for cool and sassy manager of Kaijou High. Your relationship started when you beat him at the online video game. Then he met you at an arcade and you bet him again. Then he met you during the friendly match between Kaijou and Kirisaki Daichi and your brilliant tactic outsmarted his one. You even did not leave a chance for him to hurt your precious players. And when Makoto tried to mock you and your team? You just put to shame him leaving Makoto angry and... infatuated. Now he even can't understand what he wants the most to crush you or to press you against the wall and kiss until you lose your breath. Oh, it's crazy.
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official-sonic-team · 6 months ago
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the new frontiers dlc brought up interesting information regarding the symbol we periodically see throughout the game
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the main point is that the symbol of the game is worshipped by the ancients as a god, or as a miracle of the god they believed in. it’s interesting to note that sage gives this information, as she has data on the ancients in her data banks, and thus can be relied as giving accurate information.
it is also important to note what sage also says: “perhaps the god of the Ancients depicted by the wall markings still exists out there today.”
which feels very poignant. sage has by this been point been carefully observing every action sonic the hedgehog has been doing. she has been adding more and more data to her collection, and has frequently shown before hand her own curiosity at sonic’s power.
importantly:
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“how are you able to escape cyberspace?” and “how can you use the chaos emeralds?”
we know, of course, that all of sonic’s other friends were trapped in cyberspace. Sonic managed to be fast enough to escape. obviously, this is quite the outlier ability.
we also know that sonic’s ability to manipulate the chaos emeralds is an odd phenomenon. there is simply no other character in this series on par with sonic in his ability to transform using the emeralds, as he does so the most frequently and usually without consequences. sonic has even been seen transforming into his super form for fun (sonic 3) or staying in it for days at a time (sonic advance 1), and now using them multiple times in a row (sonic frontiers).
sonic is also one of the few characters able to perform “chaos control”, often said to be a “miracle”, was used as a parameter for gerald robotnik’s “ultimate lifeform”, and a rare ability. most characters are either robots (metal sonic, emerl), or developed by gerald (shadow, biolizard), or, in black doom’s case, are also an alien.
then, we learn that the chaos emeralds are originally from the ancients and their home world. most normal mobians on sonic’s planet can not use the power of the emeralds, or for very long.
knuckles also says something very interesting:
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the connection between Angel island and the ancients are clearly stated, heavily implying the ancients built the ruins that are noticeably stylistically different from the echidna ones, which lean towards a more maya inspired style. the ruins being spoken about are implied to be the very technological advanced ones we see throughout the island, much more bold in color, reminiscent of futuristic realism, with inventions such as warp pads throughout the island. we know the ancient echidnas were not familiar with the emeralds (considering Chaos would never have been provoked if they had), and it seems unlikely in their dedication to protecting the master emerald from harm they would abuse that power to create technology. it’s also highly possible the chaos emeralds separate from Angel island/the master emerald given that sonic finds them in sonic 1 while exploring South Island, where the chaos emeralds seem to have been residing long enough to cause geographic changes. in essence, it’s highly unlikely the echidnas had created those ruins, and knuckles confirms it was likely the ancients. sonic frontiers emphasizes that the ancients were incredibly technologically advanced.
and within these ruins, we find two interesting artifacts:
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the realistic depictions of hedgehogs in hydrocity and the infamous hidden palace mural- both of which are on angel island. the style of these artifacts match neatly with the futuristic, brightly colored ruins associated with the technologically advanced machinery around angel island.
thus, it can be implied that the ancients are the ones who make these pieces of art. which then begs the question: why? what interest would they have in a hedgehog?
perhaps that was the form they most often depicted their deity in. through prophetic visions inspired by the chaos emeralds, which transcend time and thus know one day sonic would have hold of them, or for other reasons, mystical or physical in nature, their deity was often considered to be a hedgehog.
and what is Sonic’s purpose, in sonic frontiers?
a) he guides the koco to the hermits, protecting them
b) he and his friends help the koco move on, as they are extensively ghosts, and often during these scenes, the symbol appears in the sky
c) he defeats the end for good
it is also interesting to note that the ancients parallel the story in sonic adventure one in quite a few ways, mainly in how tikal could not soothe chaos and simply caged them in the master emerald for all eternity, and it was sonic who pointed out that locking him up wasn’t fixing the issue at hand, but only worsening it. the ancients, too, had locked up a god like creature, and failed to defeat, or otherwise solve the problem at hand, and it is sonic who comes to finally destroy what had terrorized them for so many years.
is sonic the hedgehog the manifestation of the ancients god? an interesting question.
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