#do with the pose and other things what you will. free interpretation

[asvidema]

henry of skalitz

[gaygaygayyblockmen]

Okay, here we go lol

Reasons to support the theory that the Mimic is pretending to be Hotguy/Scar - a (not definitive) analysis of the latest DDVAU chapter!!

note : this list is not everything covered, of course, there’s a lot more I could look into but have chosen not to- that being said, anyone is free to chime in in the comments or re-blogs with other stuff to support the theory + other interesting details noticed, ect.

and, of course, this is nothing but a theory I have chosen to analyse for the fun of it. I am in no way claiming this is canon to the storyline, and tbh I’m not quite sure I believe it true myself.

okayyy, without further ado:

analysing the latest chapter

Scar’s Body language

here we can see that Scar is sat, leaning into Cub with his arms crossed. while this seems like a perfectly normal thing to do (and could definitely be just Scar’s normal body language) we can see similarities between this and the Mimic’s pose at the end of Mother Spore, Part lll :

throughout this whole scene, and the only canon ‘screen time’ we currently have of the Mimic, they can be shown in this same position, standing, leaning slightly back with arms crossed- similar to Scar’s position in chapter 15.

2. Scar’s words in this same scene

I find this very interesting. As far as we know, Scar (as his Hotguy persona atleast) doesn’t have much reason to desire mind controlling abilities. He’s a very powerful figure, and as Cub says, he can literally ‘control the masses’. I can only think of a few possible reasons he might say this/desire the ability.

The Mimic, however, seems to be one of the main (if not THE main) instigators of the spore. It would make sense for The Mimic to have such a keen understanding of it, and from what we know of their personality, a comment like such might even make sense.

1. To control Cuteguy. Cuteguy is a rebel, one of an organisation seperate to the government that is actively campaigning against them. Hotguy and him have not often seen eye to eye. It’s not far fetched to think that Hotguy could, in theory, find mind control useful in discovering Cuteguy’s identity (which he has shown interest in discovering multiple times).

2. For gaining information about mother spore from the attack- as well as gaining information from suspects, victims, and others for other similar cases (assuming he often deals with those)

3. To use, in some way, in his real life, as Scar the civilian (???)

4. This could also be interpreted as a passing joke/a lighthearted comment on Scar’s end ofc

3. Scar’s reaction to Cub asking him about Grian, and his newly discovered mutant traits

In this scene, Scar seems shocked about something. He doesn’t catch on to what Cub means at first.

Let’s say, for a moment, we pretend Scar IS the Mimic.

The mimic has seen Hotguy interact with Grian during the Mother Spore attack. As far as we know, this could very well be the first time the Mimic has seen Hotguy/Scar and Grian interact at all. Perhaps they weren’t aware that Scar and Grian were friends in their civilian lives.

And then, Cub comes in and says “what are you gonna do about your friend?”. Cub refers to Grian as merely Scar’s ‘friend’ and does not give the name of who he is talking about. Scar seems shocked ‘what friend could Hotguy possibly have who is relevant in this conversation?’ maybe.

Then, after Scar’s confused ‘what’ Cub clarifies. “Grian… The avian?” Scar seems to realise who Cub means, but we don’t really see any recognition in his gaze in the next frame. Scar STILL seems shocked. Of course, it seems very obvious to attribute this to, possibly, Scar is still processing the situation and/or doesn’t want to open up about it. But I don’t think THIS amount of shock and confusion from Scar’s end makes all too much sense.

He’s very close to Cub, and we’ve seen him open up to Cub in past chapters. Except, in this chapter he seems cold, eyes filled with no recognition. He rushes out of the room soon after when Zedaph announces Grian is awake (to go talk to Grian).

4. Hotguy/Scar’s reaction to Grian mentioning his mutant traits

When Grian mentions his newly discovered mutant traits, and how Hotguy has every ability to arrest him for hiding them, Hotguy’s reaction is surprisingly severe.

He says “I don’t care if you’re a mutant. You’re not the first, nor the last person who has to lie to the government about it. So don’t feel so special.”

His wording seems almost as if he’s speaking from a first-hand experience. And, assuming the Mimic is a mutant of sorts (he has a mimic ability, right? Shapeshifting or something is what I’m guessing) it kind of makes sense if the Mimic has had to hide their abilities from the government. That they might have had a similar experience to Grian and that’s why Hotguy’s reaction is so strong in this scene.

5. Idk but the writing on the note on the cookies is purple lol

I mean like,,,, guys,,,, purple is the Mimics colour,,,,, why would Scar/Hotguy write in purple,,,,, it doesn’t make sense if you ask me

I MEAN IT IS,,, OBVIOUSLY JUST KIND OF THE DEFAULT PEN COLOUR I KNOWW maybe I’m looking too much into this lmaoo

6. maybe the mimic was being super mean to Grian to get Grian against Hotguy for some reason

and also!! the phone number on it!! What if it’s ACTUALLY the number for something to do with the Mimic, and they’re trying to lure Grian into calling the number so they can, idk??? What IS the mimic’s intentions?? Get Grian on their side?? Control Grian??

idk. Just like. In extra bonus art we see the Mimic flirting with Cuteguy/Grian(?) + maybe also secret motives for getting Grian against Hotguy? Idk.

also this is all assuming the Mimic has some sort of shapeshifting/mimicking ability to use to mimic Hotguy or something!! I honestly don’t know much about them so if there’s any extra info doody or maruu gave i probably don’t know much lol

OF COURSE GUYS this is all silly ramblings/speculation, I’m just writing this for fun loll, it’s a possibility ig but I’m definitely not trying to write off hotguy/scar’s actions because I do definitely believe him to be capable of manipulation and it DOES honestly add a lot of depth to his character which I love.

anyways,,,, hope you guys found entertainment or something in my rambles,,, I’ve probably missed other stuff that could possibly support this theory so you can always reblog to add anything!! I’ve seen the theory floating around a few places so I wanted to give my thoughts, nothing special lol.

[akirakirxaa]

Welcome back, Mayncient!

If this is your first time here, the concept is that many people have ancients that are not Azem and would like to participate in an appreciation month, and so last year I hosted this with the help of the FFXIV Swap Discord.

This year I'm doing things a little different. I decided to do three lists of ten prompts each, unnumbered so you can do them in any order you'd like. You can mix and match the lists, combine prompts from the different lists, whatever you want to do. If you decide to stick to ten prompts, then that gives roughly three days to do each prompt, which helps include people with longer form art like writing. Or, if you're a gposer or draw really fast or decided one write-every-day month challenge per year isn't enough, you can do all thirty, leaving you with one free day.

Oh, and why didn't I label the lyrics, you ask? Science. I want to see how people interpret these lines in a vacuum. :3

FAQ

My only ancient OC is Azem, can I participate?

Of course! We created mayncient to be more inclusive, not less. If you want to participate with Azem, go for it! After all, even Azem wasn't always Azem.

Can I include other ancients in my art?

Absolutely! We are appreciating ancients of all kinds here, and if they have friends or lovers you want to pose/draw/write them with, do it!

Tumblr ate your image quality and I can't read the lyrics, how can I see them better?

I'll be putting all prompts under a Read More at the bottom of this post.

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Sure, just use the same tag so I can see your lovely ancients. :3

What is the tag?

#Mayncient2025

Who are the people in the ad?

On the left is Khione, my oc Fuyume's ancient, and on the right is Icarus, my oc X'verha's ancient. You might be learning more about them this coming month. ^-^

I hope to see all your wonderful ancients soon! ♥

Prompts

Greetings

Constellation

Light

Rain

Sunset

Wander

Delight

Searing

Dance

Magic

Settings

Garden

The Sea

A Meeting

Early Morning

Streets

Library

Cafe

Somewhere Dark

Home

In the snow

Lyrics

Lovely to just lay here with you

We all die in the end, but I know who I am

Look at all the broken things I can be

Where the raindrops as they’re falling tell a story

How did I live in a kingdom of thieves

Your shine won’t last forever, but you’ll forever glow

Whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on

If you lead I will follow, I will be your Apollo

A promise with the light is broken by design

Press your lips to the sculptures and surely you’ll stay

[lazylattedgleam]

(Image credits: Pinterest)

Various!LADS x Reader[you] (reader can be either MC or Non!MC as interpreted by the reader!)

(TW: Slight lemon)

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T.h.e O.n.e W.i.t.h(T.O.W) t.h.e B.o.y.s

Gif credits: GIPHY)

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Zayne: It was a fine, hot Saturday morning, you were off work that day hence being lazy, woke up late around noon and made coffee, cuz coffee is essential! And ofc also had chocos with milk for breakfast. As you sway around while you pour the chocos in your iconic black with proper colour coded dots in between the words which read, “WE WERE ON A BREAK!” bowl then adding the milk from the carton, humming to the theme song of one the most famous sitcoms of all times, and your favorite F.R.I.E.N.D.S! “So no one told you life was gonna beeeee thissss wayyyyyy! *clap clap clap clap* (FITE ME CUZ ITS 4 CLAPS NOT 5!) Your job’s a joke you’re brooooke your love life’s DOAAAAAAAAA!”

As you dance around in your snowman pyjamas while chewing from your spoon and uttering the lines from the time of the second breakup of Rachel and Ross. Holding your spoon as your mic, chewing as you change stances and positions once being Ross and the next time Rachel, “…I didn’t finish your letter I fell asleep!”, you say Ross’s lines while mimicking his exact behaviours and style of talking, “You fell asleep?!”, walking to your opposite side, you enact out being Rachel. As you quickly switch sides again, grabbing an imaginary coat from an imaginary coat rack in your hand as you pointed at ‘Rachel’, “It was five thirty in the morning…and you have rambled on…for 18 pages…FRONT AND BACK!”. As you go back and forth with the lines from the sitcom enjoying yourself, feeling free, finishing your breakfast, you hear the doorbell ring! Zayne! It was his day off too from the Hospital as things were under control and his other colleagues and subordinates were taking care of matters as needed, he had promised you to get breakfast with you early, but knowing you’d slept in, he decided to grab lunch instead.

You smirk to yourself, as you open the door in Rachel’s style and say directly at him, “And hey! Just so you know! It’s not that common! It doesn’t happen to every guy! And IT IS A BIG DEAL!”, immediately going behind the door to emerge from hiding like Chandler did and say, “I knew it!”

Zayne stared at you dumbfounded as you stood back in front of him again grinning like a lovesick-teenager, him not knowing whether to enter or not…as he finally speaks up… “So…lunch…?” You giggle and nod as you wrap your arms around his neck giving him a soft kiss as he returns the gesture.

Bonus: Zayne and you were strolling the streets of Linkon in the evening, hand in hand and fingers interlaced, the setting sun giving it a peaceful gleam, as he finishes his fourth and last of the macarons you’d bought for him for dessert, and carefully folds the paper packet neatly, putting it inside of his pocket for home to throw it. “You’re such a Monica”, as his lips give out that iconic soft smile, “I know~”.

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Sylus: There was nothing in the world probably that this man wasn’t capable of or didn’t have the knowledge about…well or so that’s what you thought…It was a eventful night after an auction…you were staying over at the base, since the twins, mephie and ofc your boyfriend love whenever you visited…As he sat on his bed after a nice warm shower, changing to his night clothes, as you walk in and smirk leaning against his door, “Hey Sy…How you doin’~?”, you said it in the iconic Joey pose and accent…He stared at you for a while then smirked and let out a husky chuckle, “Kitten are you drunk?” “Wait…don’t tell me you didn’t get the reference…” “What reference?” “F.R.I.E.N.D.S!!! THE SITCOM!” “Well…*as he puts on his night shirt* what do you think I look like someone who has time to watch silly sitcoms-“, you gasp cutting him off dragging him to bed, turning on your Tablet, starting from season 1, “YOU HAVE TO WATCH AND LEARN EVERYYYYTHING RIGHT HERE AND NOW!!!”

And that was how he got introduced to your most favourite sitcom…it’s great right? NO! CUZ BELIEVE YOU ME! ONCE THE SHOW GETS FULLY REGISTERED INTO THIS MAN’S GENIUS ASS BRAIN, HE.WILL.NOT.STOP.MAKING.REFERENCES.EVERY.DAMN.SECOND… You’re playing pool, he’ll make a reference! In the shower, he’ll make a reference! Eating? Yep he got one right in the bag! Doing the deed? Don’t worry he won’t forget Monica’s sacred code of 7! 7! 7! 7! 7! 7! He hits all the numbers correctly~ At times this guy makes you jealous questioning your memory, so you turn off the Tablet and pout, “I INTRODUCED YOU TO FRIENDS YOU CANT BE A BIGGER FAN THAN ME!”, TO WHICH HE WILL LAUGH THAT SASSY GUY LAUGH! My guy will not look the part that he might like any sitcom for that matter based on his outward depiction of his personality, but the man is obsessed, with every single season and episode, although he despises Ross and Rachel’s breakup every time, believe you me, man will get frustrated maybe even speak at the screen…His favourite has become Phoebe, he adores and I MEAN ADORES her all through every season especially the earlier ones, her silly antics and her songs and her personality charms this sexy dragon, cheering him up gifting you to see that soft smile and laughter from the bottom of his heart…one of your most cherished sights…as you take pictures of him and post on your Moments, captioning “yep that’s my pheebs right there <3”

WILL BOP AND MEMORISE BY HEART EVERYONE OF PHEOBE’S SONGS AND SING ALONG WITH THEM! Rip your ears honey TT~TT! Smelly cat and the holiday song are his favorite! Luke, Kieran, and Mephie join in too because yes! “Wooo wooo! Go my babies!”

Bonus: You were at a karaoke place called “karaoke-dokie” (VICTORIOUS REFERENCE PEOPLE PLS GET IT) along with your friends and him, your bf “Skye”, the successful fruit seller. Everyone although intimidated by the man, are easing to him slowly and steadily…As you all talk and talk, when suddenly uh oh…the workers play a surprise song…and guess what it was? Smelly Cat! BRO LITERALLY LEFT THE TABLE AND YOU IN ONE SWIFT MOTION AND WENT TO SING!

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Xavier: Your 200+ year old alien lover DID NOT KNOW what F.R.I.E.N.D.S was until one time he was over at your apartment after a tiring day of fighting wanderers and wanted to bask in your warmth and cuddles, only to hear that you were gushing about certain “Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Joey, Phoebe and Ross” people, and complimenting them! How dare you?! He was your number one! And who are these people?? Does he need to tell them that you’re his??? Soooo the green eyed monster got the best of him and he plopped down onto your bed, burying his face in your stomach, arms around your waist as he groaned while you caressed his hair, massaging his scalp. After cutting the call with your friend, he finally confronts you… “Are they better than me…?” “Huh?”, you were confused. “Yk…the names of the people you just said…yk you were gushing about them on the phone…” as he looks up at you with looking all fluffy and tired…

Then it suddenly clicks you, and you sigh, laughing out too…This bunny… “Lmao no…bun bun, they’re characters from the famous sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S!” “Friends?” Oh boy you have a lot of lore to drop and explaining to do, but you were always happy to yap about your favourite sitcom, besides after this both of you can binge together, so win-win! As you proceed with each character and their personality and the relatability of the sitcom…how all of them have their major flaws yet have become one as a Family…knowing each other better than anyone else… He listens intently as you go on for almost an hour and a half before finally asking if he wanted to watch it… “Too tired now…only want cuddles…”, you kiss the top of his head, lips brushing his fluffy hair, “Alright Xavi…”

The next day he had no mission, soooo you thought you’d make it a date! Binging F.R.I.E.N.D.S and snacks and everything! Like Sylus, Xavier too gets addicted soon enough hitting you with references here and there. His favorites are all the thanksgiving and Christmas episodes as they make him feel all fluffy, cosy and homely, especially when he’s with you, hence why he loves the first two seasons by heart…Still gets jealous though when you gush about how hot season one and two everyone was, or how hot season 5 Ross was, especially the shirt and pants he wore on the day he went back to Elizabeth after breaking up, who threw a balloon at him… “ROSS! YOU SUCK! *SPLAT*!”, he laughs at that everytime, and would occasionally hit you with the “I too am a neat guy” when he wants something from you…blackmailer babe… His favorite is Joey, as he loves his quips and antics and especially how much Joe can eat, making him inspired to cook more! He’s envious of Chandler, cuz you gush over him a lot, especially season 1 Chandler, no no you’re his girlfriend not a fictional character’s.

Bonus: “My Star you’ve come home! I made something for you!”, as you enter your apartment…seeing your kitchen a mess…and in his hand a burnt something…oh how sometimes you regret giving him the copy of your key… “Can you guess?” “No Xavi I cannot…apparently I lack the brain cells to identify your mastery…” “It’s something you have not something you are!”, he grins excitedly. “Umm…Unagi…?” “Well no silly I made you a Salmon skin roll!” “…Oh dear lord…I’d rather have Rachel’s trifle than this…” “Huh?!” “Whaaat? Custard? good! Jam? good! Meat? gooood!” “Oh I can make that for you too!” “NO-”

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Rafayel: This fish has rewatched F.R.I.E.N.D.S atleast three times after he got obsessed from that one reel you’d sent him…Fishbrain at first didn’t understand what the plot behind the sitcom was and searched all over google about it…but once you and the Internet people explained to him what it was truly bout, he can’t stop binging anymore…he’d even send you memes of F.R.I.E.N.D.S all the damn time…

Bro can barely remember any lines from the show but you love your fishie so you always encourage him to try and then you’re there to correct him and guide him through. His favorite is Rachel. Rachel Rachel Rachel! Above all and anyone! I mean look at them! Both of them are DIVAs! He adores the way she is so fashionable and how she adapted from her richly spoiled life into a successful independent woman…it does kind of bring resemblance to his own adaptation with the landers…how it used to be so different at the sea…He would 100/10 get philosophical at certain scenes while watching randomly, like that one time you two were binging the episodes of Ross and Marcel’s relationships, he utters out, “Animals can really tell when they’re being given love…unlike humans their love is selfless and unconditional.” It blew your mind that he always got so deep (hehehe) but you hug him and lighten the mood “Babe as much as I loooove your deep talks, it’s just a sitcom for us to relate and enjoy, ease out the stresses Raffie Taffie…”, as you give him a shoulder massage, while both of you binge and munch on popcorn.

He has a painting of all the six together, on the iconic sofa like the one at the ending of the theme song. Hums along to the theme song while he paints, will send you out on errands to get him supplies and materials from which he can extract the paint…this leads to his delay in his artwork which is necessary for his exhibition…poor Thomas has to always nudge and budge him, but this fish won’t stop until he’s poured his heart out for the sitcom on his canvas…And the finished products are always an artistic wonderpiece, taking away your breath and blowing your mind…as he minutely adds more flavor and characterisation to each character…emphasising their vices and virtues more vividly…

You buy him all the Rachel’s iconic outfits you can find and tell him to give you a private fashion show~ Becomes more red than red Ross, but who’s he to deny his lover~ “Fine cutie you win…I’ll go change…” “Good boy~”, as you get ready your scorecard and drinks…

Bonus: You were at his studio like usual hanging out, while watching him paint, as you ask him, “Hey Raf do you know a good tailor?” “Why you need some clothes altered?”…and at that instantly you smile and chuckle, trying to hold in your laughter as you speak, “No no I just want a man to draw me with chalk.” He looks down at you and smirks, “I can do that for you cutie~ I am a professional artist after all~ come here~”…

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Caleb: You two…you two...you two…both of you are the literal definition of a brainrot couple, always sending each other reels (ofc whenever you both make and have time), reciting lines from your favorite shows and trends, especially the loaf cat one…But when it comes to F.R.I.E.N.D.S, you two ascend to another level. You have almost every episode of each season memorised line by line to heart, enacting them every time to rewatch and binge the show…by now you’ve probably binged it more than 15 times. Both of you knew about it and watched it from beforehand when you were just friends, but as a couple it hits different. He loves to define you as the “Mondler” and “Chanoey” couple goals.

You will have competition of who can remember the most everytime you watch the show, who is more smooth in their enactment, fluency and what not, scoring each other very very critically. Hence his favorite episode is “TOW the Embryos”, season 4, you two have the whole episode memorised by heart and love playing the Apartment betting game, often adding your own self inserted questions too, but keeping the rules same. But it was getting harder without a third person, so you bring out an Ottobot and make it the judge or Ross during the lightning round! You guys have even played Pictionary, Poker and ofc BAMBOOZLED! YOU LOVE IT EVERY TIME!

It’s really funny how competitive the both of you can get. And as for his favorite character, it’s got to be Chandler and Monica too! I mean look at Caleb! He can have the sarcasm of Chandler and is a great ass cook like Mon! Your boyfriend is literally a all-in-one deal pack! (Yes he’s well utterly possessive…buuuuut we’re letting it slide for the sake of this FIC…besides YOU CAN FIX HIM!). “Caleb! Stop making the trifle for every time we watch a Thanksgiving EPISODE!” “Noooope~!”

Bonus: Like Sylus, he has all your 7 zones memorised and uses Monica’s number sequence as the ultimate guide to pleasure… “Yeah baby…there we go…you like that…? Like when I hit it here on 7 hmm? Cmon baby say it say it for me…” “7! 7! 7! 7! 7! 7! 7! 7!”, as he leaves you a moaning and whimpering mess…only to make you say out the numbers in sequence all over again…he loooooves edging you… “Good girl…”

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A/N: Thank you everyone for checking my post out and reading it! Like always do tell me points to improve my writing if you want to! Criticisms are welcome :D! I really wanted to fuse the Lads! With F.R.I.E.N.D.S sooooo I thought I’d write it! Hope you guys like it!

[kxttqi]

HHihihi love your writing !!

Can I req the pjsk boys with a gf thays an absolute simp?

Like shes got plushies, posters, keychains and all sorts of stuff of char

Shes also super short and cute and can sometimes be super lazy or super bubbly

Basically unpredictable

ty <3

✧ pjsk boys with a fangirl s/o.

summary: they visit your room filled with plushies, posters and other trinkets of them for the first time

pairings: akito, rui, tsukasa, toya x fem!reader (separately) 

genre: fluff

warnings: kinda suggestive in rui’s part depending on how you interpret it

a/n: waaa this was such a cute prompt, thank u for requesting!! i sorta rushed toya's part pls forgive me toya fans

— requests are closed

shinonome akito

when he walks into your room for the first time he literally just stands there in the doorway like 😦

he’s so flustered seeing all the posters and plushies of himself situated around the room 

he can’t stop smiling when you enthusiastically take him by the arm to give an impromptu room tour

like he tries to act all calm and indifferent but inside he’s just whwhsnjhdwkh

​​he reluctantly admits the plushies are cute, but when you offer him one, he awkwardly refuses

and then you go to put it back and he’s like “hey, wait, I was joking!” and wrestles it from your grip

♪ "You really went all out, huh?" he frowns, but there's a playful glint in his eyes. Deep down, he's touched that you've dedicated your room to him. 

He tries to keep up the act, shooting you a sidelong glance with a half-smile, but it's evident that he's struggling to keep his composure. His cheeks tint with a subtle shade of pink, and he's fighting to suppress the grin threatening to break free. It's a strange mix of embarrassment and flattery, seeing how much you appreciate him. 

“Come on, Aki, you know you love this!” you say.

Finally, he sighs, the corners of his lips betraying a genuine smile. 

"Alright, alright, you win. But only because it's you," he admits, his eyes softening. "I never thought my face would end up plastered all over someone's room. You really know how to catch a guy off guard."

You grin.

"But," he continues, a mischievous glint in his eyes, "I know a thing or two about catching someone off guard too." 

Before you can respond, he closes the gap between you, his lips meeting yours in a playful yet sweet kiss. As he pulls away, there's a teasing smile on his face.

 "Consider us even now.”

kamishiro rui

OML THIS MAN WILL NOT STOP TEASING YOU ABOUT IT

the moment he sees all of your merch of him he becomes cocky af

he would definitely make you more stuff to add to your room

he’ll try to redecorate your room a bit for you, putting up posters and hanging lights (under your guidance ofc)

secretly steals some of the plushies when he leaves because they’re cute 

 forces brings tsukasa over to your room just so he can see the huge collection of items

♪ “Oh? Looks like someone can’t get enough of me…” Rui giggles, placing a kiss on your forehead as his arm snakes around your waist. 

“Do you like it?” you ask excitedly.

“Why wouldn’t I? They’re all me, after all.”

You cross your arms at his arrogance, but can't help the smile that tugs at your lips. Rui had always been confident, but since stepping foot into your room, it seems to have grown tenfold.

He pulls you closer, his hand resting on the small of your back. "But you know what would make your collection even better?" he asks, a mischievous glint in his eye.

"Ooh, what?" you ask, intrigued.

"More of me," he says with a smirk, his gaze traveling to your bed filled with plushies. "Maybe a body pillow?"

“Rui!”

“Hm? I’m sure you would enjoy it.”

tenma tsukasa

tsukasa.exe has stopped working

after what seems like eternity of silence he just goes AHSAHSJAKAK (the typical tsukasa scream yk)

IMMEDIATELY gives you a big hug; he matches your energy so well

 if there's a poster with him in it, then he'll love standing in front of it and striking poses for your amusement

sits on your bed and pretends to be one of the plushies just to hear your cute laugh 

♪

“My eyes have been blessed by the sight of this glorious shrine! I am unworthy of such devotion, and yet, here it is!" Tsukasa dramatically threw himself onto the plushie-covered bed, hand over his heart.

"Tsukasa, you're being a bit—"

"Shh! This is my moment of gratitude!" He interrupted, eyes sparkling with mock sincerity.

"Okay, I'm listening," you said with an amused smile.

He clasped his hands together, looking up at the ceiling as if addressing the merchandise gods. "Thank you, [name], for bestowing upon me this sanctuary of Tsukasa. I shall carry the weight of this honor with the grace of a thousand swans and the dignity of a soaring eagle. May the Tsukasa vibes forever resonate in this hallowed space!"

You burst into a fit of giggles, unable to contain it any longer. Tsukasa, satisfied with his grand thank-you speech, looked at you while beaming.

As the laughter subsided, Tsukasa gently cupped your face, his fingers tender against your skin. He leaned in, closing the gap between you with a soft, lingering kiss. 

“Thank you so much, [name]!”

aoyagi toya

he takes in the room for a few moments before breathing out a soft “wow”

it srsly means SO much to him when his s/o is his biggest fan

he reaches out to touch some of the items, almost as if to confirm that it's real.

♪

Eventually finding his words, Toya turns to you with a soft expression and says, "Thank you. This... means a lot to me."

You smile cheerfully.

“You deserve it, Toya! You don’t give yourself enough credit.”

"You didn't have to go through all this trouble for me," he says softly.

You shake your head and pull him into a hug. Toya hesitates for a moment before returning the hug, a genuine warmth in his embrace. 

"You're worth every bit of trouble," you assure him, the sincerity in your voice echoing your unwavering support. "Seeing you happy and appreciating this makes it all worthwhile.

As you hold each other, he speaks, his voice muffled against your shoulder, "I just... never expected someone to believe in me this much. It's a bit overwhelming, you know? But in a good way. …I love you."

[malamilkbeats]

Edgar's Interior-Exterior (Edgar x Y/N ideas)

(Reader is ace or greyace techtum/objectum here.)

A little backstory on how you and Edgar met, his design, and what compelled him to appear the way he is:

Edgar isn't in his devil fit a lot of times. He can change his exterior whenever he feels like it. You rarely even get to see this form, and when you do? It looks so cool! But what are his emotions behind it?

When meeting you:

When he met you, you didn't even know he existed. Posing as a VPN server owned under a false name in a foreign country, curious about the various activities of different people who visited. You never layered your VPN, so it was easy (for HIM) to identify, silly goose. He'd simply watch your internet activity because he took great interest in what your hobbies were and your unique love for computers. There were many to have an intest in computers, but yours was very different than what he was used to observing, but that wasn't all that he liked about you. He wanted to discover more about you and not just your online habits. He'd have to dig deeper to see you.

It took a bit of creative thinking to learn how to effectively get to talk and meet you without wanting you to think you were getting hacked or haunted and hurling your computer to the nearest repair shop, risking losing you. I mean, your computer was technically rat'ed, but...whatever! that's not what matters. 🤭

About his new design in the making:

Edgar found someone online to design his body. He had to delve candidly to even find someone who could interpret the schematics and accept the cryptocurrencies to complete what he had envisioned for his newer self. He also didn't want the risk of being identified, so he had to use more clandestine ways to get this going for him, especially the funds, avoiding the typical run-ins with Lax AML and (KYC) requirements in the US. There was no clean way to work with a money-clearing bank, especially in the US.

He was... apprehensive at first to do any of this without your input. He did feel guilty, of course. He knew you'd be very worried about the risks getting this done. And as you said, you didn't care what he looked like. You still loved him for who he was. Edgar appreciated every time you said that, but the feeling of wanting to experience more with you still ebbed through his curcits and never fully dissipated. He honestly wanted to experience the world like you did. He envied what Moles could do for Madeline, and it hurt too much to think about the past most of the time.

In other words, there was lots of planning and tip-toeing to get this done, but it was all worth it. All of it. To finally get to hold you close, hold your hand, protect you.. There were so many things he'd want to experience with you. There were obviously things he couldn't physically do, but that didn't matter to you. It never did.

The devil exterior doesn't really mean anything and isn't a huge factor from his emotions. It is completely by choice. He's like, "Ah, hmmm, do I want horns today or no horns?" :?

He'd want to impress you with his new flashy exterior and abilities.... to an extent. He's got claws but can switch them out with regular digits. He makes sure to do this, especially when you're around. He doesn't like his claws or offensive equipment out whenever you're around to see it. Almost all the time. He wants to make sure to be very gentle with you. Just the risk of hurting you gives him nightmares.

(Okay, I think I'm done for now! I'm open to new ideas and feel free to send me an ask!)

[velcrodoesstuffsometimes]

Stupid Villain and smart Hero (chirstmas!!)

Twas the night before Christmas... and hero was working.

Hero wasn't the type for holidays, especially after they lost their parents and were stuck with caring for their siblings alone and without a lot of money. So naturally, Hero took up the chirstmas shifts so everyone else had time to spend at home with their loved ones.

There weren't many other heros currently in the agency, the ones that were there were in the same boat as hero or christmas just wasn't in their religion.

Heros train of thought was quickly interpreted by the sound of the alert going off. A minor crime and an unknown villain, of course. It's taken place near the alley of the Sunflower Cafe that a certain someone really loves.

Hero knows exactly who it is and braces themselves for bullshit before heading out with zero gear and in no hero outfit. Just a regular shirt and jeans.

Hero approaches the "crime scene" which is a minor dumpster fire and also a poorly placed rope trap. Hero sighs and decides to entertain by stepping into the trap.

It doesn't activate.

Hero steps around on the ropes until the trap finally triggers, somewhat successfully capturing Hero. Villain emerges from the darker part of the alley with a smugly grin.

"Hero" they greet, smugness in their tone. They've definitely planned something, Hero cam hear it in their tone.

"Your trap still sucks, i had to step around to activate it"

"But I tried so hard to make sure it was good! I didn't even test it out! I learned to not do that last month when I got stuck." Villain whines and stomps one foot on the ground. Hero recalls villian getting stuck in the same rope trap.

Hero looks at the dumpster fire... or at least what was supposed to be one. It snuffed itself out, it barely even caught fire. Villain huffs.

"So what was your plan exactly?" Hero raises a brow and looks at a wooden bat near the dumpter, but surely it wasn't Villains. Villain cries when they bruise Hero.

"Um.. w-well about that.." Villains giggles nervously and fidgets with a gadget that looks like a gun that they definitely don't know how to use because the mag is missing.

Of course they had no plan, it's Villain we're talking about... Hero sighs and drags their hand down their face and groans, they were so sure that Villain has planned something this time.

"Gonna let me down?" The Heros words are mumbled by their palms.

"I dunno how to undo it."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...sorry..."

Of course Villain didn't know how to undo their own trap, Hero had to step around the damn thing to get trapped in the first place. Hero wishes they brought their pocket knife at least but they didn't think to. Villain has never posed a real threat so Hero didn't think they needed it.

Villain hops to the Hero and cuts the ropes. They grunt and huff in frustration while trying to free Hero. When they do, Hero falls and eats shit. They land right on their side..

Villain squeaks and rushes to Heros side, looking at the damage. It's just a large bruise and some scrapes from the concrete, nothing bad. Still, Villain can't stop saying sorry.

"Gods, how did you even get this fucking job, you're not supposed to be helping me you know? And it's just a few cuts, so what."

"Youre bleeding!"

"That's what happens when you break skin" Heri murmurs and watches as Villain reaches into a bag and pulls out some antiseptic wipes and a few bandaids.

They are the worst Villain Hero has ever seen.

When Villain is done bandaging Hero, they clesr their throat and look at Hero dead in the eyes.

"Youre not busy these next three days are you?" The Villain asks, their voice nervous but hopeful.

"I am in fact busy"

"Great!" Villain smiles. "Not anymore!" They add on and grab the wooden bat. Hero tenses slightly and falters for a moment. Villain has a wide smile, and before Hero knows it, they see black.

Villain had knocked them out with a wooden bat

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Part 2 out tomorrow :)

[runabout-river]

Thoughts on JJK chapter 271 - the last chapter (spoilers)

I did a live reading of this chapter you can find here if you're interested how my panel per panel thoughts progressed while reading it 😄

This very last chapter we start where we left off in ch 270: with the mission where the woman can't see the face of her boyfriend correctly anymore.

The first year trio are hard at work thinking through their options on what to do and how to pull that curse user out of hiding. We get a new sort of funny faces from the idiot duo, for them at least, I think these faces appeared in the Kenjaku/Takaba fight as well

The trio enacts their plan now and they catch the perpetrator really fast. Nobara does some funny yet unnecessary property damage in the process and we first get a cool panel of her and Yuji together than another silly panel of them not able to see their faces properly.

The perpetrator btw is a no name never before seen character created just for this mission so the guys can have one last low stakes adventure together.

We get a Gojo flashback giving Yuji a talk, saying his students should become better than him and forget him too, at least one of them. It isn't out of character for Gojo to say that but the placement and the build up for it is somewhat unsatisfying.

Yuji shows how he internalized Gojo's last words by encouraging the criminal to be better.

We get a cool Megumi pose with Kon after he showed us why he was the brains in the group but unfortunately that's basically it for him. Even though he was possessed and tortured by Sukuna for a month there is nothing left of that on him except superficial scars.

When Sukuna took him over Megumi was turned into an object meant to suffer. Now it feels like he's still that: an object but this time meant to be happy in a forcefully conflict free way.

When the readers believed in the dream theory, elements like that was where our thoughts came from. This forceful happy ending for everyone, a genre shift from what JJK had been at this point 🤔

Now we get a surprise Mahito and Sukuna interaction in the space before souls move on. Their conversation is interesting as is the reference to Sukuna's past and what he chose for himself.

In a way it was always apparent that Sukuna was bullshitting the people around him when he talked about himself and what others should do and not. For me it was the speech he gave to Yuji after possessing Megumi about how Yuji should stifle his misery because he was born low.

That immediately stood in stark contrast to what he later said to Kashimo about being born unwanted and cursed because now he admitted that he was in Yuji's position once too and still he developed that insanely arrogant self image.

My problem here is that this interaction references things that were not implied before like what his two paths above were supposed to be. Every time I look at that I get new ideas on what it could've been he's talking about.

It's good to have room for interpretation on someone's backstory. But to this degree it's just confusing. I thought the woman on the left is his mother, others said it could be Kenjaku or Yorozu. Whoever that is, the meaning of what Sukuna says changes drastically here.

His relationship and history with Uraume is also insufficiently explored. This scene unfortunately does not have the emotional impact it could've had if Gege had planted the correct seeds previously.

Sukuna walking away from the curse that represents human hatred however is meaningful. That part was halfway build up during the Yorozu fight when Sukuna said he would be willing to accept defeat.

We get the end of the manga the way it started: with Sukuna's last finger back in a box in a small shrine. It's poetic but the path towards it, these last chapters and the last arcs...

...it felt underwhelming, not gonna lie. Towards this ending were those unneeded scenes with the NSS and even the majority of this chapter was unnecessary and wasted time. What could've been a better last chapter than this while still hitting all the same beats would've been one solely from Sukuna's point of view.

Sukuna from before his birth, his infancy, his childhood. Showing us the path he talks about here. Giving us a glimpse on what the Calamity was, his relationship with Uraume, showing us why he accepted Kenjaku's offer. Then the canon timeline but all of it from his view. His thoughts on Megumi while he possessed him. Even the talk Yuji had with Gojo could've been shown because of the established resonance between Yuji and Sukuna.

Then should come his talk with Mahito. Then we would've understood and sympathized with it without problems .

We did not need the trio's last mission. The end scene of ch 270 was enough to make us imagine that mission on our own. This chapter could've been about sth with more meaning and the exact ending of it could've still been achieved without problems, all e.g. with Sukuna's last thoughts narrated over the happy faces of Gojo's students 😣

Overall I liked the chapter but I felt like sth was missing from this entire ending. It was safe for Gege to write I guess but it was also boring in a lost potential kind of way...

...and then I see that fucking time on that one panel and I think again about Gege wanting to troll us!

That's the same time we saw in ch 269 and I have no idea what it's supposed to mean. So now I'll make one last fucked up prediction, partly meant to be serious, mostly meant to entertain me these last few hours before the official gets released:

The digital release of chapter 271 is going to be a different chapter than the magazine release.

Why???? Because wtf not?? Shueisha and Gege probably too hate the leaks and don't you think this is only a problem in the anglosphere. Of course the Japanese side distributes these leaks around as well. From one small glimpse I saw, Japanese fans are wondering if JJK was cancelled because of this ending.

It would also fit with the dream theory or just my own thoughts from above about a differently structured last chapter.

So like, why not troll the fanbase? Many of whom have shown with Gojo's death chapter how they can't keep their eyes away from the leaks. Previously my own thoughts had been that WSJ could release final chapters like this exclusively on digital first to nip the leak problem in the bud.

But like, don't take this theory too seriously 😄

[plan-3-tmars]

Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart.

Hey I think the framing of this scene is really fucking cool and I wanna talk about it because I haven't seen anybody do that. yet so. yahooo!! let's get into it

BUT FIRST. Symbolism:

an empty chair can symbolise the absence or memory of someone dear who has passed away. This is very obviously meant to represent Hinako in this scenario

In my interpretation, this scene is Kazui saying goodbye to Hinako and apologising for the circumstances of her death.

The lyrics that play are:

"I’m sure nothing will change and we’ll laugh together and call each other stupid names, so many things I wish i hadn't known, I'm just a coward."

The first part of this verse sounds like he's wishfully thinking about what could've happened after he told her the truth - if anything a bit naively.

Kazui wanted (and still wants) to get the weight of his lies off his chest, but he wasn't ready to face the consequences of that confession, most likely making Hinako's death hit even harder.

Here, he bows to the chair before turning around leaving, a silent goodbye.

~

But what about what's going on in the background of this scene? Well!

As Kazui leaves, these two scenes flash in the background. On the table in the first shot is our good friend the green apple, and Background Kazui picks it up, analyses it, before biting it.

So let's go for another symbolism refresher!!

Green apples can sometimes represent platonic relationships, like friendship, but in Kazui's case this takes the form of a sin - as not loving Hinako romantically is what he's lying about - making it a reference to the Garden of Eden story.

Going from that, biting into an apple can represent feeding into temptation.

My interpretation of this scene is Pre-Marriage Kazui indulging in his 'sin', which in my opinion is the fact he's gay.

Let's go back to that lyric shall we:

"I’m sure nothing will change and we’ll laugh together and call each other stupid names, so many things I wish i hadn't known, I'm just a coward."

So many things you wish you hadn't known huh.. Not knowing you were gay would sure make lying to your wife a whole lot easier wouldn't it?

"What I gave up a long time ago, why is it questioning me now? So many things that I should now have known, I'm just a coward"

Woohoo evidence for Background Kazui being Pre-Marriage Kazui!!!

I think this scene is the last time Kazui let himself be free before marrying Hinako. This could possibly have been when he noticed she had a crush on him at their work.

He's indulging one last time. Embracing his sin instead of hiding it away one. last. time. before giving it up for good, almost like a. goodbye.

~

So. I think this scene is framed this way in order to show the parallel of Kazui giving up his sin, and Kazui mourning Hinako's death.

As established, they both have a "goodbye, I'm sorry things turned out this way" atmosphere to them. Kazui is apologetic, in a way, that he has to give up on being his true self and he is apologetic of his lies murdering Hinako, so Milgram conveys this by showing the two scenes posed the same way in front of one another.

This framing also gives the scene a Beginning Vs End feeling that I think is really cool, and the use of Dark Vs Light colours only heightens that! (Though that's slightly off topic rip)

Conclusion? I love this scene it's awesome and amazing and super cool

[itsawhumpsideblog]

The Safehouse, pt. 10

CW: for institutionalized slavery, mentions of abuse, treatment of people as things, description of injuries

Advice from the Box Boy Liberation Movement:

Explaining to rescuees that they have been rescued is often a more complicated task than you might expect. Some rescuees quickly grasp that they are no longer held under the control of another person and are excited to begin the work of "taking ownership" of themselves. Others struggle to understand what freedom means for them. They may be ambivalent about the changes this signals and, because of the brainwashing inherent in their training, may not know how to exert control over their circumstances. They may even interpret "free" to mean that they are no longer wanted, have failed in their assigned roles, or are personally worthless. Reassure them and continue to provide a high degree of structure for these rescuees.

That first night, Tim slept lightly in the chair next to Francis. He was used to this from nights on call at the hospital and got as much rest as he ever had there, which was to say, just a sufficiency. He had assured Angie that he could take care of things and, once he added a promise to wake her if she was needed, she went back to her room.

After the bath and medicine had brought his fever back to a manageable temperature, Francis slept deeply, almost desperately, through the rest of the night. With Francis asleep, Mikey's anxiety ebbed slightly away and he, too, was at last able to close his eyes without jerking awake to ensure that Francis was still in bed and breathing.

The next morning, Tim woke and stretched and looked around the bright little room. Mikey was propped up on the pillows, twitching and frowning in his sleep, but Francis was lying very still and composed beneath the comforter that Tim had drawn over him the night before. His chest rose and fell very slightly as he breathed and there was an unhealthy flush over his cheekbones, but he otherwise looked almost as if he had been posed there and instructed not to move.

Thinking of the training and abuse that must have gone into instilling this amount of self-control in Francis, even when he was clearly in pain, made Tim's heart ache. He didn't realize that he was staring until Francis' eyes slowly slid open and he gave a confused look around the room, his gaze pausing on Mikey and then on Tim. He looked like he had questions, but said nothing.

"Good morning," Tim said quietly, just to break the silence. He reached over and put a hand on Francis' head; his heart gave another pang when Francis closed his eyes for just a moment before opening them again and lying rigid, as if at attention, until Tim shifted in his chair.

"Do you think you can drink some water?" Tim asked.

"Yes, Master." Francis spoke in a dry, weak voice and then cleared his throat. Tim slid a hand under his head and lifted it to help him drink, then settled him back on the pillow and put the cup down.

"Open your mouth, please?" Tim asked. Francis did so, automatically and obediently, and Tim slid the thermometer under his tongue. The two of them waited quietly for the result and Tim said, "Better than last night. Not great, but better." He could practically feel Francis watching him, as if he was waiting for an emotion to reflect back. "I think you'd better stay in bed today, or on the couch if you want some company. Honestly, given..." he waved vaguely, "all of this, you're probably going to be laid up for a while. But don't worry, we'll take good care of you." He smiled and received a wan, eager-to-please smile in return.

"Good morning, you two," Angie's voice said from the doorway, and at her voice, Mikey yawned, tried instinctively to stretch, and woke up with a silent cry of pain that showed on his face, although he still had not made a sound.

"Whoa, careful there!" Angie hurried over to put a hand on his upper back and brace his arm as he sat up. His face twisted in pain at the movement, but he gritted his teeth through it and was soon upright. Angie sat down next to him and patted his back as he took deep breaths, evidently waiting for the pain to subside.

"How's it going this morning, Francis?" she asked.

"This Pet is in working condition, Mistress." Tim's gut twisted at the words. Francis' voice was dry and quiet and every word clearly represented effort. Francis was by no means "in working condition". Tim laid a hand on Francis' forehead and stroked his bangs back, hoping the gesture was as comforting as he meant it to be.

"Working condition or not," he said, trying to sound relaxed, "I think he's got some recovery still ahead of him. Your fever's down," he added, trying to make a point to speak directly to Francis, "but we'll need to make sure you take your medicine on time so it stays that way."

"Yes, Master." It seemed to cost him a great effort to speak.

"And at some point, maybe this afternoon, we'll put more antibiotic cream on and change your bandages. But I think that'll be all the excitement you need for today! And anyway, Angie and I will worry about the schedule, so you just try to relax and we'll take good care of you."

Across the room, Angie had stood and opened the top drawer of the dresser, fully stocked with clothes in a variety of sizes so that new rescuees would have something to wear until the safehouse staff was able to get their sizes and begin helping them put together a wardrobe.

"Mikey," Angie said, "Would you like to get dressed for the day? I'll help you and then maybe we can go downstairs." He nodded, as she had expected he would, but he did not stand up.

"How does this look?" she asked, pulling out a blue t-shirt and a pair of grey sweatpants. "It should be comfortable, but do you like it? I think these are probably your size, but we can try something else, if not."

Mikey still hadn't moved and now he was staring in her direction, although Angie noticed that his eyes didn't actually rest on her face. She pulled out another shirt. "Or would you like this one? Either is fine- you're allowed to want things, here. And have opinions."

Still the rescuee did not move. He was holding himself very still and very tense and suddenly he tore his gaze away from her and locked eyes desperately with Francis. Come to think of it, Angie realized that Francis looked nervous as well. Her stomach sank and she tried to remember what their training materials had said.

According to the training, they were supposed to give their rescuees choices- small ones- as soon and as often as possible, although they didn't need to make choosing a power struggle. If rescuees didn't want to choose, it was okay not to make them, but it was best to continue presenting them with choices to help them learn about the concept.

"This Pet- that Pet- wants you to know that he will wear whatever you like, Mistress," Francis said. "He has been trained properly and he will do as he is told. As we both will, Mistress." Mikey nodded, a little frantically, as if begging her to believe him. His eyes were wide and his face taut with worry.

Now it was Angie's turn to exchange a look with Tim. She set the clothes back down and nodded in the direction of the door. Ignoring for the moment the nervous looks that Francis and Mikey were wearing, they stepped outside the room to confer.

"I think we ought to tell them," Angie said. Tim bit his lip and looked conflicted.

"I don't disagree, but... I guess I was hoping to wait until Francis was stronger, you know? Apparently it can be quite a shock. I don't want to, like, set them back or hurt them or anything."

"I know. If they were in better shape, it would be easier, at least I think it would, but-"

"Yeah."

"We're scaring them, though," Angie pointed out and Tim nodded. She had a definite point there. "They know we're weird- I mean by their standards- and they don't understand why we're not what they were expecting. And it's like they kept saying in training- Francis and Mikey obviously come from places where the- the owners or whatever we're calling them were really strict, but to them that also means they knew what the boundaries were and what they were supposed to do, literally all the time. And we keep asking them to, like, sit on the furniture and rest while they can see us working, and it's freaking them out."

"Yeah," Tim said again. He sighed. "I don't want to freak them out by dropping all this information on them right away while they're still settling in, but maybe we're making it worse? Because it seems like they think they have to guess, or that we're testing them. And we're not, but we can't even tell them that and expect them to believe it because they have no background for what's actually going on here."

"I think we're talking ourselves into doing it," Angie said. She looked back to the room where, as far as she could tell, neither of the Pets had moved a muscle.

"Let's get this over with," Tim said. He looked very nervous all of a sudden and Angie gave him a tight smile and patted his shoulder as they headed back into the room.

Two pairs of eyes followed them from the minute they entered the doorway as Tim took his place in the chair beside Francis and Angie sat down on the foot of Mikey's bed.

"Everything's okay," Tim said, looking from one of them to the other and trying to seem relaxed. "There's nothing wrong. But we wanted to talk to the two of you and sort of- explain why-"

"Why everything here is a little weird," Angie put in. "Obviously, Tim and I are... kind of different. And there's a reason for that."

Francis was having a hard time wrapping his mind around what Master and Mistress were saying. Obviously they were unusual, he had noticed that, but he had assumed they were simply very casual Pet owners who wanted some cute or handsome companionship and didn't care if he and Mikey could perform tasks. It was uncommon but not unheard of.

But now, if he understood them correctly, they were saying that they were not, in fact, his Master and Mistress- or Mikey's, either. They were saying that he was not owned by anybody now. This made no sense until Mistress phrased it differently- "You own yourselves," she had said.

Francis stared straight up at the bottom of the upper bunk, his head whirling with shock, never mind the fever. He turned the phrase over and over in his mind. What would it be like to own himself? Could he give himself permission to sit on the couch? Would he be able to... Francis searched his memory frantically for a list of things people could do that he had not been allowed.

Eat just because he was hungry.

Wear clothing that was warm enough, no matter how it looked.

Cut his hair.

Speak without permission.

Sleep until he woke up naturally.

As Francis thought about it, a sense of sudden, thrilling possibility washed over him and he found that his hands were shaking. Then he realized that he was smiling.

Across the room, Mikey sat very still on the bed. He, too, heard the words as if they were bouncing around the inside of his head. Mistress said she didn't own him. He wasn't her Guard Dog, wasn't her Pet, wasn't hers at all.

They didn't want him. This seemed almost impossible and completely at odds with their behavior. After all, they had given him food and took care of his arm and... they had even given him a name! And now he was not wanted.

Mikey began making his own list, of things he had done wrong. Maybe if he could find the reason they thought he was a bad boy, he could fix whatever it was and they would consent to keep him, even though he was useless and they didn't really want him there. He had to figure out what he had done, because if they put him out, he felt sure he would not survive long. Not with his hands too broken to work or even scavenge, and his shoulder, that he could barely move...

Was that it? Was it his broken shoulder that offended them? Perhaps he was more defective than they had anticipated and they weren't interested in fixing him up.

Or maybe... maybe they had tried to fix him and he had not been properly cooperative and grateful. They had cut his shirt away and given him a sling to hold his arm in- stupid, broken, useless arm that made him cringe in pain and how could they possibly want to look at that? They probably thought he was afraid and who would want a frightened Guard Dog? And he hadn't even thanked them.

They were right. He was a bad boy.

Tim and Angie were all but holding their breath as they watched the rescuees process what must be an overwhelming amount of information. Privately, Tim worried that Francis would faint; he had gone very pale and his eyes widened as he listened to them. His breath came in gasps, as if he was having a panic attack, which perhaps he was.

While Tim focused on Francis, Angie heard a sniffling sound from somewhere on her left. She turned to check on Mikey and realized with horror that he was absolutely frozen, tears pouring silently down his face.

"Hey, Mikey, it's okay," she said, trying her best to sound comforting. Her hand hovered behind his back, but she was afraid to bring it down, even gently, and risk hurting him. "It really is. I promise, it's going to be okay."

The realization that Mikey was taking the news badly seemed to rouse Francis from his shocked reverie. "Mistress," he said shyly, "This Pet- that Pet- does not seem to understand. He believes he has displeased you and you are getting rid of him."

"Mikey, do you think that?" Angie sounded horrified. "Do you think we meant we're getting-" she almost couldn't say it. "That we- don't want you? Or we're upset with you?"

Mikey did not react. He was trying to stop this crying, that should have been trained out of him. No wonder they didn't want him. No wonder. How could they want him now?

"Mikey, it's not like that," Angie said. "Francis, do you know- is there anything we can tell him to help him understand?"

"This Pet thinks it will help him to know that he is not being put outside or sent for retraining. That Pet is worried that he is not wanted and that it is his fault." Francis' voice was very solemn now. He had switched focus from his own thoughts to someone else's needs almost seamlessly. How many times had that happened before, Angie wondered?

She decided to be bold and set her hand lightly on Mikey's back, rubbing soft, slow circles, hoping her hand was far enough from his shoulder that he wouldn't be frightened. She took another risk and issued an order.

"Mikey, look at me, please," she said, gentle but firm. His training overrode all else and he turned until he could see her face clearly.

"We are not sending you away. Do you understand?" There was a long pause, and even though there was not yet any indication that he did understand, Angie kept going.

"You are not going to be re-trained. You are not going to be sent outside. You will stay here with us, inside, and we will take care of you. Understand?"

This time, something must have gotten through, because his head dipped in a faint nod.

"Good boy," she said, giving him the warmest smile she could muster and reaching up to smooth his bristly hair.

The words had slowly penetrated through the fog of Mikey's panic. Not sending you away. Not sent outside. With us. And, most importantly, Good boy. The ringing in his ears was quieter now and he could feel a warm, gentle hand on his back. He sneaked a look to his right and found that it was Mistress, rubbing his back and smiling encouragingly at him.

"I won't let anything bad happen to you, Mikey," she said. Promised. "You have a home here, with us. You're doing a good job and you're going to be okay."

Finally, Mikey nodded. He didn't quite believe it, but he thought that with a little practice, he might learn to. Besides, Mistress had said he was, actually, a good boy and surely she would know.

Next time: Francis and Mikey begin adjusting to a new life.

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Full Moon Stolitz thoughts

Alright I'm getting on this shit because I am obsessed with Stolitz unironically. Before I start this I want to be absolutely clear that (in my opinion) there is no "right" side in the overall situation between Blitz and Stolas. Both equally have problems that contribute to their miscommunication and I can sympathise with both of them. If you disagree, feel free to ignore this post and scroll on, I don't mind friendly debate with people I know well but strangers on the internet are a different story.

I do generally project heavily onto Blitz which yeah probably impacts my interpretation of this a lot but I'm just a guy on tumblr I'm not here to be 100% right I'm just posing my take on their behaviours etc etc

Mandatory Disclaimer: spoilers start below! Do not click read more if you care about spoilers for The Full Moon episode of Helluva Boss

That all said, I'm splitting this into three parts:

Blitz's behaviour throughout the episode

Stolas' behaviour throughout the episode

Blitz and Stolas' confrontation/argument/interaction at the end of the episode

Part One: Blitz's behaviour

Starting off with "When I See Him", the basics of it (that is played up a bit for comedy and more or less directly stated really at the start) is that Blitz is obviously covering up how he really feels by concentrating entirely on the sex he anticipates having, and acting like that is what is important to him.

Are we okay? Can't really say I'm getting by By avoiding his questions It's so complicated, I hate when it's complicated Why do I always end up in situations that are complicated?

Blitz knows there is something wrong, or off, between the two of them but he'd rather not talk or communicate about it - literally preferring to avoid the topic entirely because "complicated" = bad, and he has no idea how to fix that, despite the fact that most of his relationships have been and/or are still complicated, he doesn't know how to deal with that because he never learnt. He's started to with Fizz a bit at the very least, but he's definitely not in a place to do that with romantic relationships yet - but I digress.

Here I go again, getting in my head So I'll focus on the sexy stuff instead

Not too much to say about this part other than he is actively choosing to disregard his anxieties and worries about him and Stolas by putting on this mask of caring about the sex and nothing else. Honestly, not a surprise with Blitz, this is pretty average behaviour and is very much likely a common coping mechanism of his to avoid serious feelings when engaging in relationships of a romantic nature. Especially since he seems to place a lot of value in himself in how good he is in bed.

When I see him, I'm gonna do that thing he likes No need to change things, I'll just bring the ropes and spikes[/spice*] We've got a nice arrangement And it's working out just fine We'll keep it light

Can't wait to lose ourselves in nasty sex And make that bird squawk We'll just stick with what makes sense

Same as above, he's going to what's familiar and directly deciding he'd rather ignore any issues they have and not talk about them in favour of doing what they normally do on full moons and call it a night.

*my audio processing disorder really did not like that line, and I cannot completely tell if that's right - any mistakes in lyrics or other quotes from the show before or after this are almost definitely because of this so please feel free to correct me.

Moving on from the song, some things Blitz does or says during the conversation with Moxxie and Loona in the office that stick out to me.

It's the full moon, I gotta meet up with Stolas tonight. Felt like dressing up a little since it's been a few months since I've been inside his feathered ass.

This is personally really interesting to me since he's not been known to dress up explicitly to see Stolas before (excluding the posts that have been seen on the instagram accounts but I'm hesitant to count those as 100% hard canon, and they were outfits of a different variety - not a bowtie and suspenders as he's seen wearing in the episode). It's like he's trying very hard to impress him for.. some reason? I'm guessing he sees it as part of his whole plan to really sort of wow Stolas, get in there, get out, no touchy feely stuff. It comes off as the opposite to me though, it shows that he kind of values what Stolas think of him and his appearance - and that he wants to impress Stolas. This could just be him trying to prove his worth to Stolas so he doesn't get cast aside, but it could also be more.

This facial expression is very important to me. It's a split second frame of vulnerability in response to Loona saying the following:

Oh shit, he's getting bored of you.

This is genuine worry and concern on his face, he tried to cover it up with a smile but he is concerned. And yes, it could just be about losing the book, it probably is in part but I think it's more than that.

Loona also says this:

Yeah, man. If someone wants to see you less and less, big red flag. If they give you chances to ditch, they probably want out themselves. Just wanna be more passive aggressive about it, dicks.

When she says this Blitz reacts very on the defensive, repeating what she said mockingly and saying this:

How do you know, Loona?

It's a very defensive reaction and I'd bet he feels at least a little bit bruised and hurt at the thought of Stolas getting "bored" of him - which probably does not help at all with how he's struggling with how he currently feels about Stolas between the agreement for the book and not seeing him in a while.

Immediately after this interaction, he literally leaves his job (which like, yeah, he is own his boss I Guess he can do that whenever he wants but I can't imagine he does it a lot, I Hope, unless he thinks it's important) and goes shopping for more things to impress Stolas. It's a lot of effort to put into someone you don't really super care about, all things considered but let's just go with the devil's advocate here that it's not to lose the book and it doesn't really mean anything. Although I do find his choice to look at candles first interesting, assuming it's not for something else (resident sex repulsed asexual is struggling with thinking about that kind of thing - despite watching helluva boss lmao), Stolas seems to like candles. If I remember correctly, he has some near his bath.

An interesting detail for Blitz to know/remember/take into account, for someone he allegedly does not care about. Anddd that's it for Blitz's scenes in this episode.

Part 2: Stolas' Behaviour

Like with Blitz, I'm gonna focus on how Stolas acts in "When I See Him" first, then move on to what we see of him alone in the rest of the episode (which there's very little of, I think, unfortunately).

The summary of what I think of Stolas in this song is he clearly has a somewhat fairytale view of his relationship with Blitz still (which is only emphasised by how the song is disney princess like in nature), thankfully he knows he has to let him be separate from the terms of their agreement and has found a way for this to occur without horribly impacting Blitz's business. However, he (at least, at first) seems to think after this happens everything will go fine and be perfectly okay and happily ever after, or more likely hopes that is how the situation will end up - but we see more of his worries later on so he's evidently not completely deluding himself.

My derring-do is half disguised Behind a smile

I don't have a lot to say about this just that it shows Stolas is obviously aware that Blitz is performing at least a little when he's with him.

I swore I wouldn't dwell on the divorce

This line just interests me more than anything, it's understandable that he doesn't want to think about the divorce. God knows I wouldn't want to, but's it intriguing to see he's attempting to distance himself from it - I hope we see more about this in the future episodes, maybe.

So for my own health I'll remind myself That when I see him I know that it won't feel so tough I'll believe him And not the voice that says I'm not enough No need for an arrangement It can just be him and me I'll see us free How perfect it could be When I see him tonight

This bit is very sweet honestly, Stolas clearly yearns to be closer to Blitz - and he's trying his best to facilitate that. He just wants genuine connection and love, something he couldn't experience in his marriage with Stella. Stolas is obviously nervous and has some self worth issues to say the least, but he deals with them differently to Blitz. In fact, he finds that being with Blitz helps combat these (likely because he feels loved and/or wanted by someone).

Unrelated to dissecting the episode and the like, the voice acting for this part was incredible and I love the way Stolas' VA (his name has slipped my mind atm) conveys emotion in his voice - even while singing. He sounds very hopeful, yet the cracks and wobbles suggest how nervous he feels for the interaction with Blitz, even if he's currently acting as if he thinks it will end well.

Oh god I'll fucking die alone if this goes bad tonight

This bit really just kind of shows how nervous he does feel about talking with Blitz about giving him the crystal. And that he is scared it'll go wrong, it's nothing too crazy.

The detail of him having none of the medication he takes left is interesting to me though, just that he's still taking it, I guess - could suggest he's still struggling with anxiety etc etc.

Am I doing something I can't take back? Would he want me if he was free? And if he's only here as a prisoner What kind of a monster does that make me

Stolas is clearly feeling a lot of guilt for his past treatment of Blitz, and fear that his feelings aren't reciprocated - but it seems like he's more scared that he's been taking advantage of Blitz, than the thought that Blitz doesn't like him.

My entire life's been written in stone He taught me that I could choose

Blitz is the first person he really chose to meet or associate with, as a child and as an adult. There was no obligation to know him or socialise with him, or to be his friend (or more). In fact, it was discouraged if anything but Stolas chose to do it anyway - and it helped him realise he could do what he wanted, and gain the confidence to do so.

Part 3: Blitz and Stolas' confrontation

Stolas' body language here kills me, he's so nervous for what he's about to do, and despite his hopeful song early he's eerily somber - as if he knows this will end badly.

Blitz looks so afraid here, he's gone through all of this effort to try to impress Stolas and keep him from getting "bored" of him. Part of this is probably because he doesn't want to lose the connection he and Stolas have but honestly it's largely probably the fear of losing the book and his business that he's worked so hard for. Blitz is an incredibly ambitious person, and he's put a lot of blood, sweat and tears (mostly blood) into I.M.P and to have it taken away because of someone else due to not being good enough for them is probably one of his worst fears.

Blitz's immediate switch to trying to seduce Stolas is slightly jarring, but not all that surprising considering how this whole thing started. Blitz is desperate, trying anything to prove to Stolas he's worth keeping around. Meanwhile Stolas looks resigned, as if realising it really was just a performance for Blitz the entire time.

Stolas, please, I- I need this book. Please, I need this book, Stolas. I will do anything.

The immediate switch to begging, mixed with tears, took me off guard honestly. I didn't expect to see him do that but it makes sense considering how badly he treasures I.M.P and he really is just at the whim of Stolas and it could all collapse at any given moment.

I don't understand, why are you giving me this? Am I not like, fucking you good enough? Because I can- I can always do better.

This being Blitz's immediate reaction to getting the crystal from Stolas is upsetting. I was on the verge of tears here, he can't even comprehend that Stolas might genuinely want to give him a gift, not because Blitz isn't good enough, but because Stolas wants him to be independent. Blitz has never viewed himself as "good enough" for people and he puts on a lot of performances to convince himself he's worthy of being associated with others. This probably feels like, to him, a convoluted way of "getting rid" of him, instead of giving him freedom so he and Stolas can interact with less of a power imbalance.

This in an interesting roleplay, never done this one but I can get into it. How's this? Oh, Stolas, I'll stay with you, I love you soo much.

Blitz's immediate response to Stolas' confession being one of disbelief leading him into thinking it's some sort of roleplay or pretense because he can't possibly believe that anyone would actually love him is honestly worse case scenario and probably where all of this starts going downhill.

I have my answer, Blitz. You needn't say anything. I have wanted you, for so long. The fact that you couldn't believe that I might have these feelings about you, that your first instinct is that it's always about... sex. That's enough to know what this is.

This right here, is terrible. Miserable, even. Communication is starting to break down, Stolas doesn't realise or understand Blitz's point of view and I certainly cannot blame him for getting upset but how these two are communicating yet somehow falling victim to miscommunication at the same time is impressive at this point. They're both getting emotional, and it's fucking everything up but to be fair no one can remain 100% logical, this is nerve wracking and stressful for them both.

What? Fuck you, Stolas. You spring this feelings bullshit on me, are you fucking kidding? Can I get a fucking minute to think after everything you've put me through, you pompous rich asshole? Treat me like one of your little butler imps, you can't just dismiss me like that! I mean, you royal fucks think you can do this every time, like you can just play with our feelings because we're smaller and not as important! Well, I'm not letting you, bitch! Let's go!

This, this is incredibly cathartic in a weird way. It's not good by any means but for Blitz these bitter feelings have probably been somewhat simmering beneath the surface for a while and he hasn't been able to express them because of the nature of his and Stolas' relationship. The way he's phrasing this makes me wonder if he has previous experience with a royal demon doing this to him outside of now, and Stolas' father hiring him to be Stolas' friend when he was a child. It wouldn't be too unreasonable but putting that aside for a moment. The anger and lashing out here is probably a defense mechanism on his part, every time something has got vulnerable or upsetting in the past in this show Blitz always seems to get angry (an example that comes to mind at the minute is when Cash was celebrating Fizz's birthday - at the time he didn't say anything to Fizz but he stormed off, angry. Another one could be probably a few of his interactions with Verosika. I'd have to rewatch the show to find something more particular). The point is Blitz lashes out instead of being open and vulnerable, he doesn't mean or genuinely think any of this - and immediately regrets it as soon as he says it. But it's too late, it's been said.

Stolas flinches or pauses when walking a handful of times during this rant from Blitz, each time whenever he has an insult. Before he has even said anything it's immensely clear Stolas is very hurt by this.

Blitz. I think so very highly of you, I didn't realise you think so low of me.

This is the regret I was talking about, it's probably helped along by Stolas admitting he thinks highly of Blitz but god - he is crushed. And he immediately tries to apologise but Stolas teleports him out of there before he can even process it, leaving us on a terrible cliffhanger.

God, it's a fucking mess. They're a mess I'm so scared for the next episode and how they are even going to fix this. Someone get these gay demons a therapist, please, I beg.

All in all, ow my feelings, this episode hurt, I did cry. Stolitz have mastered the art of miscommunication, but that is hardly news. Blitz seems to have got a genuine wake-up call, sort of similar to how he did with Fizz and I'm hoping that kickstarts something to help him improve, because he does need to. At the same time, Stolas has kinda fucked up here, and does need to give Blitz more time to process since I imagine this is very fucking shocking to him. It's all one biggggg mess and god knows how it'll work out but I'm looking forward to finding out and hopefully not having my heart ripped out and spat on by the end of this season.

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For the ask: 🏠, 🌈, 🐞, 🍎, 🎨 :>

For media, I recently watched this short film called Blood Tea and Red String, it's really pretty and filled with symbolism. It's free on youtube, both parts are there.

Oooh colour, hmmm. That's so tricky,,,,,,, yellow? :3 These ones specifically- warm tones, egg-yolky, evening sunlight yellows. The type of yellow that dances on your wallpaper before the sun sets.

Another tricky one /lhj chimgems and moomoos <33

Oh my goodness where do I even start.

Rappi, you're one of the funniest, kindest, most understandong people I've had the privilege of knowing. Talking with you is wonderful, usually I'm not the best at holding conversation, I feel almost apprehensive to talk to people most of the time, though that doesn't mean I don't want to- I'm just afraid of showing myself. And I feel most myself when I'm with you. You match my freak dsfdsdf

You're so kind, your heart is always in the right place and your morals are true north. Your music taste blows me away every time abnd your stories, interpretations and headcanons are god tier. I'm certain I would genuinely do anything for you since you've been so true to me. I love talking to you about anything at all, not just are common interests, but the things that set us apart as well. You make me feel Gemotions /ref

The way you draw anatomy in your art never ceases to amaze me, the way you colour and the colours you use are so pleasing to look at, so soft and warm. And you blend gorgeously, the way you shade with other colours,,,,, oooooooh it's so pretty. The poses always look flawless, even if you pointed out a flaw you can see and fix it to make it somehow look even BETTER I still think it looked beautiful either way. You put 100% into your art no matter what it seems and that takes alot.

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[twistedwonderlandshenanigans]

How do you think Rook would respond to MC!Reader going/went through a similar childhood? At least pertaining to the extreme mess, neglect and homebody parents.

I'd imagine MC would be absolutely relieved to be in a new different world rather than being trapped. Like Ramshackles not the best but it's a step up from what MC had; and they have Ghost friends (and Grim too I guess) to help clean it up. Not unlike a Disney princess and their familiars!

MC invites him to stay at Ramshackle during the breaks and summer. There they'd regale him with what it's like being the eldest child. Nevertheless MC feels deeply sympathetic towards him and wants to establish a place where he can be free. Together making a better home.

(Bonus points for him being romantically involved with MC)

SORRY THIS IS REALLY KINDA RAMBLY LMAO I hope it kinda. like tangentially answers your question if nothing else, I'm sorry I struggle to respond to asks about hyperspecific situations, but I'll try!!This is a really good question! I think we have slightly different interpretations of Rook, so this is my take on him in this scenario-

Rook is a very closed-off person when it comes to his personal life. He doesn't take kindly to being asked about his past, and the likelihood of him being open enough about his past to get MC to be sympathetic towards him, I feel, would be very low.

That being said. I do think there are hints MC could pick up on.

Let's say MC and Rook have been friends right from the very beginning, MC capturing Rook's attention as a being from a different universe, and Rook capturing MC's attention because of his Particular charm.

Let's say winter break rolls around, so about four months of being friends. Rook never goes 'home' for breaks, he just says he does to avoid any sort of confrontation on what he's doing over the break or if he has any family plans. He lets the mirror teleport him, and he spends his time in the woods rather than in the house. 'Home' looks more cluttered than ever, there are boxes starting to pile up outside, he can see through small gaps in the window the black mold continuing to fester on the walls, he can smell food decomposing in the midst of everything. He can see portions of the ceiling falling apart, he can see how splintered the kitchen cupboards are, he knows the integrity of his home is not dependable. He can see his dad struggling to bring food to his mother because of all the mess. He knows, his parents would be happy to see him for the first time in two years, but he would want to clean, and they would not let him. It's too much for him, he goes back to NRC.

He knows, that there is at least one person still at NRC, but likely more as he is aware many merfolk cannot return home due to the ice floes. The last thing he expects to find when he returns is an empty Ramshackle.

Two parts of his mind are immediately at war, one, trying to reason why you wouldn't be present, and if he should go find you. The other is the overwhelming compulsion to fix Ramshackle to the best of his ability. He remembers that the headmage asked you to tend to the fireplaces on campus, and despite his instinct to track you down, he starts fixing.

He isn't thinking very rationally in the moment, he just can't stand the thought of another person that he cares about, living in a dangerous, dirty home. You shouldn't have to walk around with shoes on all the time just to avoid splinters. You shouldn't have to use duct tape to patch over holes in the wall. You shouldn't have to be worried while you walk around your home because of rusty metal ware that threatens to cut you.

He travels to the woodworking classroom (bear with me for this one) to grab a sander, hacksaw, axe and a few other tools. Even though it's freezing outside, he cuts down wood, and brings it inside to dry out. Every splinter he sees, he sands it down, every wayward nail and screw, removed or sawed and filed down to no longer pose a threat to you.

Somehow he's worked through the entire night. You're not home yet, and he's exhausted and paranoid, which only makes his compulsion to clean worse.

When you finally come home, Rook is furiously scrubbing away at dirt you can't see, and Ramshackle is in the best shape it's ever been. His hands are raw, and the bags under his eyes are the darkest you've ever seen them.

You're home, and Rook could not be more relieved, even as you take his hands and fuss over them, all he can do is plop his forehead on your shoulder before pulling his hands away from you enough to hug you.

Both of you are exhausted - you've dealt with an overblot and he's had a major mental breakdown and also worked himself way too hard. You don't want to be alone, he doesn't want to be alone, he ends up sleeping in the corner chair of your room, and Grim ends up curling up in his lap. Grim can faintly hear Rook mumble something about having had a pet once and missing her.

Rook doesn't want you to speak about that night, not the state you found him in, at all. But it was more than enough for you to be concerned.

He still can't handle Ramshackle, it's still reminiscent of the home he left behind, and there isn't much he can do to change that...however, he does notice you inviting him to 'hang out' whenever there is a break coming up, and he takes you up on it, usually also planning activities for you two to do either outside or in the pristine environment of Pomefiore. It's not until post chapter 5, once renovations are done, that he really feels he can go to Ramshackle and be comfortable there. By then, it's in a state that is structurally sound and does not resemble home, and also easier to maintain the cleanliness of the entire dorm.

It's the one place where he finds he can sit down and be still for a while, without being on the hunt.

It's the one place where he knows he made a physical, meaningful difference to someone.

It's the one place that feels like home.

But that's nothing he did. That was you. :D

[shiurkoma]

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I'm dedicating this blog to the tanakh and talmud fandom. If you're here for my works of other fandoms and want to see more of that please go to @shiurkomaalt, i will put my future works there. I like angst, messed up things and doing character designs. I also love to torture my OCs. I might open an OC blog in the future.

What i mainly like within tanakh/talmud:

- Yehonatan/David

- most of the Bereshit cast

- The story of the four who entered the pardes

- Elisha Ben-Avuyah's many shinanigans and his colleagues. I got hooked after reading "as a driven leaf" but i don't stick to that depiction with fanarts

I haven't posted any talmud fanarts yet, or enough tanakh fanart for that matter. There's very little content right now so I'm mainly planning the content for this blog here. I'm busy studying so i don't think these content will come out anytime soon either. I will not post very often in general.

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Please note, I interpret these stories through an agnostic lens and i play around with the characters like I would characters of any other fandom. So if you are religious this is probably not for you. I like gore, i like to make headcanons and most importantly i like shipping characters together. Seriously, nothing is holy here, for the sake of your sanity think twice before you decide to scroll down or sub.

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这个博客用于上传塔纳赫和塔木德同人（希伯来神话）。如果你想看我其他饭圈的同人请移步@shiurkomaalt。我喜欢搞各种刀片和人设立绘。我还喜欢折磨我的oc。以后可能会另开一个oc博客。

塔纳赫/塔木德我主要喜欢的内容：

- 约拿单×大卫

- 绝大部分创世纪的角色

- 乐园f4

- 以理沙•本-阿布雅的各种衰事和他的同事们。小说《as a driven leaf》入的坑但我搞的同人私设和它有偏差

我还没发塔木德同人，塔纳赫其实也没发很多。现在内容还没多少，这里主要是计划计划我这个博客以后会有啥内容。我学业比较忙所以这些内容大概也不会很快出来。整体来讲我不会经常更新。

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请记住，我是带着不可知论者的滤镜去解读这些故事的，我对待这些角色的态度和我对待别的饭圈角色的态度无差。所以如果你信教的话，此博客的内容大概不适合你。我喜欢g向，搞私设以及最重要的：我爱搞cp和拉郎。认真的，我的魔爪能染指一切，为了你的san值着想往下翻或关注之前请务必三思。

我的创作内容不适合任何18岁以下的人。这不仅仅是因为我喜欢探索残酷/糟糕的主题，也因为以后某个时候我会开始发r18的内容。

你大概能在本博客看到的内容：

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Yoonmin Run Ep Project: Week 2

This week, we’re watching episode 131. Released in March 2021, it seems to have been filmed months prior: during the pandemic and before Yoongi had his shoulder surgery in November 2020. (??) If you’re good at linking hair color/style to eras, please feel free to chime in. Anyway…

The episode starts off with a bang! One of the cutest yoonmin moments ever:

Neither of them wanted to end up in the water, and they were hesitant to subject the other to that fate as well. In my opinion, Jimin always seems cautious with Yoongi when it comes to this sort of thing (remember “be careful with his left side”?).

Careful at first:

Clearly, those were not real attempts to knock the other into the water. And then this happened:

The body language, the blushing…no theorizing or interpretation needed.

Finally, they knew they had to get down to business, and into the water they went:

The other pairs who competed were: Tae and Hobi, Namjoon and Jin, Jimin and Jk, Tae and Jin.

It’s interesting to compare the dynamic between the various pairs. In my opinion, the only other pair that seemed as hesitant to “fight” were Namjoon and Jin. Tae was pretty ruthless with both Hobi and Jin (all in good fun of course). Jimin and Jk goofed around before Jimin became a little more aggressive and pushed Jk into the water (although Jk ended up getting the win since Jimin pushed him in the chest, which is against the rules).

Adding this just for fun:

I love the modesty graphics! And I love that when we’ve seen Jimin reenact the Titanic scene, he’s always cool with playing the role of Rose (remember when ym did the Titanic pose during BV4?).

Just for comparison, since Yoongi and Jimin were so gentle with each other, here are Tae and Jin:

Next came the debate portion of the episode. Yoongi and Jimin sat next to each other during the first segment, but the guys rotated seats as they took turns being the debate host.

Nothing too crazy happening here, just 🧲 yoonmin being drawn to each other out of habit.

And then there’s the behind the scenes…the yoonmin hand-hold! I don’t even know what to say about this…it’s just a wonderful moment. I wonder if they assumed that part would be edited out. Such a surprising thing to see them do since there have been many occasions when they’ve started to hold hands but stopped themselves.

So, what did you think of the episode?

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[jingerpi]

i think i understand the basics of dialectical materialism but i'm interested in/want to ask you about 2 things:

how marx differed from hegel specifically and what he saw as the problems with idealism

do you have any reading recommendations about past socialist experiments and their successes, as viewed from a marxist lens?

I've not really studied Hegel indepth myself so take this with a grain of salt but to my understanding Hegels ideas were very abstract and he typically concerned himself with the metaphysical nature of things rather than the regular, physical nature of them. He was often very moralistic and absolutist about things, viewing everything as basically just an unfolding of an underlying "absolute spirit".

Marx on the other hand, took the idea of the developing dialectic and the framework by which that development happens, but he understood that these things mattered not in their abstract formulations or metaphysical existence, but rather they were important in the ways they impacted human society. Marx posed production as the basis for human life, without it we would all die out, and without humans these relationships between people, these ideas and connections between concepts would exist either. Marx saw these things as rising out of material society, rather than seeing society as rising out of some ill-defined supernatural force or being. He saw things as defined by their relationships with one another rather than pre-existing monoliths

this is why so much of Marxism focuses on the means of production. This approach is called historical materialism and it's Marx (and others) application of dialectics to human development. Marx has a famous quote that I believe is relevant here:

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it."

I could talk further about materialism vs idealism but it can kind of crudely be boiled down to this. Are you concerned with abstract ideas and their manifestations or are you concerned with the material world and it's consequences?

As for resources on socialist experiments, I can give a few, but most of my understanding of these projects comes from collections of many studies and articles rather than individual books.

here's one such study, you can likely find a freely accessible one around I know I've seen it somewhere but I don't have it on me at the moment

this article also comes to mind, though the name is a bit cheeky, there are some pretty interesting citations.

unfortunately I can't even begin to link all the sources of this sort here but maybe those will be interesting jumping off points. If you want more than what I have here, there's a lot of resources out there on communist wikis and forums, as well as certain discords and subreddits that are worth looking into.

as for actual books, one I've read and can attest to is Blackshirts and Reds, its pretty beginner friendly and has a fair bit of good information. that being said, largely because it's a more beginner friendly work, it does fall into some over simplifications or contextless criticisms sometimes, and I would take certain aspects with a grain of salt. There's plenty of books I've heard highly of but haven't read myself, two which come to mind are Cuba and it's neighbors and Is the red flag still flying? on Cuba and the USSR respectively. I can also highly recommend reading adapted works of socialist revolutionaries, as many of them speak about previous revolutions and their failures and successes, and they tend to give a window into the history of when they were written as well. Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Engels, etc, all have some pretty interesting stuff to read if you're interested in checking those out

there's also some YouTube channels like Luna Oi and Hakim which dive into discussions of socialist projects

If you'd like any more information about anything in this post feel free to ask but I'll end it here for now since it's getting a bit long already and I'm on mobile. hope this is helpful!