#predicting the present

[doctorbunny]

Just a warning about Leaks

I have spoke out against things that aren't leaks being called leaks but this time an actual leak occurred

Some non-static art of Haruka, Shidou and Mahiru was distributed around yesterday in part due to confusion caused by the site crash when it first went live (meaning people were dependent on sharing spites and voice lines around)

I don't care about leaks on a moral level, but out of fun of the game I strongly suggest everyone immediately cease sharing these images, openly posting discussions/theories/fanart about them and just overall pretending we haven't seen them until they officially release

And now a message from Yamanaka

[reminder that he does rely on machine translation to communicate in English]

[tanadrin]

i do really wonder what's going to happen to those guys if their ai hard-takeoff fantasies/nightmares don't come true in the next five years or so; will they revisit some of their fundamental assumptions, or will it be like the failed prophecies of other eras, where they keep insisting it'll happen any day now as the years roll by?

[kaeyachi]

HOW WE CAN USE KAEYA'S CHARACTER VOICELINES TO PREDICT THE PLOT OF GENSHIN IMPACT:

Really long lore post! Grab a small serving of popcorn, maybe.

So, do you all remember my post about how frequent Kaeya mentions fate ? And how suspicious it is, especially with the current plotlines in Genshin?

Other than that suspicious thing he's got going, there are several voicelines from him that are incredibly interesting to go back to as well, especially with all the current facts we have.

Just to name a few, we have him talking about his grandfather fighting a hydra before we even went to Liyue, and in a short animation posted in Genshin's YT account a year before the Albedo quest, he tells Klee to be careful at night because monsters walk around looking like a knight to trick people.

But for now, I will focus on a certain group of his EN voicelines- More about Kaeya".

ALL "More about Kaeya" voicelines could have been AND can still be used to predict the plot of genshin- very fitting for someone who keeps despairing about fate. Here is how:

First, with the 2 voicelines have already been officially addressed in Archon Quests by other Khaenri'ahns:

"Khaenri'ah? You sure know a lot! The legacy of Khaenri'ah is long gone. The sinners are all that's left, and they're not worth mentioning."

Back then, before the interlude quest from update 4.7 was ever released, I actually just assumed this was just the teachings of Kaeya's father to him, because Clothar had mentioned back in update 3.5 that "salvation for a sinner can only come from a sinner". We probably assumed at the time that being a sinner included ALL Khaenri'ahns.

It turns out that Kaeya had told us who the sinners are- The Legacy of Khaenri'ah: the group of characters that put their nation under Celestia's terrifying gaze for their work. They are called the Legacy not only for their power and influence, but also because they are what made Khaenri'ah the cursed nation that it is today. This is the sinners' legacy.

Meanwhile, Clothar told us what these sinners are doing - finding out how to give their cursed nation "salvation." This is why Vedrfolnir (Dainsleif's brother and one of the said sinners) had inspired Clothar to form the Abyss Order. This could be taken as our twin agreeing with the sinners' plans.

These Alberich men and their subtle and confusing lore drops, I swear...

Technically, I guess we can say that this was a lesson from Kaeya's father, but now it was clear that his father was talking about an actual group that can be called "The Sinners of Khaenri'ah".

But that brings up a question... why did Kaeya try to divert the focus from said group? Why are they "not worth mentioning"? Especially with the fact that our twin is actively working with them? Was this meant to guide us away from that trail? Or perhaps this is a subtle foreshadowing that the plot of these sinners would fail in all their attempts/plans?

"Is the Abyss Order causing you trouble? If there's anything bothering you, you know you can talk to me."

Either way, this actually confirms that Kaeya knows of the Khaenri'ahn/Abyss Order plot in general. Like, come on now, he already spoke of half truths when questioned by Dainsleif! He didn't know what the full weight of carrying an Alberich surname is, but he did mention that what Dainsleif told him finally answered questions- questions he wouldn't have had if he was told nothing. He is really proving Diluc's assessment of him- you can really only trust half of what he says at best.

This one right here actually predicted/foretold what update 3.5 will contain. There was a reason why this is what we got for "About Kaeya". This wasn't just about him as a knight, it was because his ancestor, Clothar, involved in the Abyss Order's creation. This is part of his family history.

This, however, makes me curious as to what his personal relation to the Abyss Order actually is. Do we take this voiceline as him just being a knight that recognizes our problems with the Abyss Order after what happened with Dvalin? Or do we take this as special treatment from a descendant of its founder who is reluctantly watching over his birthright? This is not the only concern regarding this. If he really is loosely working with the Abyss Order, this means that this entire time, he may have been in cahoots with our twin! Suddenly, the intel he gave us during the prologue is less truthful than it originally was, huh? The information is real, but how he really got it is being put into question...

It seems like both of the dialogue made me think that he has been in contact with our twin in some way this entire time. Very interesting...(at the very least, it would make Kaeya get a laugh at Amber posting missing posters in the most random of places)

Also...it was actually in the surname too lmao. Alberich means "ruler of supernatural beings" after all. (technically, this would have referred to elves, but there doesn't seem to be a clear connection from the Alberich clan to the elven race yet...but one can only dream of elven Kaeya)

Now onto the voicelines that will for sure tell us about what comes next (and what might possibly happen):

" The title of Cavalry Captain is nothing to grt excited about. Now that I think about it, the Grand Master took all the cavalry from Mondstadt, so there's none for me to captain..."

It's the age old question of "Why did Varka take the cavalry, but not their captain?"

It's a funny thing to think about, but it really does raise the question as to why Varka did so, because it's really REALLY weird to not take the captain. The simplest answer is that Kaeya's intel network is far more important than taking him away on an expedition, and gathering intel is hard when the head of it isn't starionary, but we also have to consider the fact that Varka would have an idea about Khaenri'ah in the first place.

Perhaps bringing Kaeya around what seems to be a search for answers and solutions isn't the best idea? What if all this searching is connected with Khaenri'ah? Learning more about how the nation was destroyed would probably be beneficial for the Grand Master to know to protect his nation, after all...

But what if it doesn't involve Khaenri'ah at all? Well, we still have the alternative of Varka wanting Kaeya to be by Jean's side. Kaeya is efficient with his work, but he is also the first to hammer in the idea of self care.

Kaeya has shown several instances of caring for Jean in secret (just like he does for so many others, actually). The first being in Jean's story quest where he planned a party for her. Another is Jean calling him out and thanking him for doing the backlogged KoF paperwork in secret. Finally, he convinced Jean to go with him, Albedo and Klee in Simulanka.

Kaeya is also the 2nd in command if Jean is out of commission AND the one who seems to be doing negotiations. Varka knew that Jean needed support, and Kaeya is the best support anyone could ask for as an official Knight.

As for the last idea, Kaeya could have rejected the offer of joining the expedition himself and offered his entire cavalry to go in his stead. It could be for various reasons, ranging from wanting to stay for Jean and Diluc to being afraid of going against his father's orders of Kaeya needing to stay in Mondstadt. The Grand Master's expedition is taking too long compared to Kaeya's short negotiations meetings in Sumeru and quick vacations in Liyue, Veluriyam, and Simulanka.

But one thing is clear- this situation will definitely be addressed someday, and I'm sure it goes deeper than Varka simply wanting to take the cavalry away from their captain.

"There are a total of ten captains within the Knights of Favonius. But truth be told, not all of them have what it takes to be leaders."

There are 5 captains stationed in Mondstadt- Jean, Kaeya, Albedo, Eula, and Hertha. The other 5 went with Varka.

Kaeya doesn't seem to have any problems with the ones that stayed with him in Mond...so does this mean that this is a setup for upcoming conflict within the Knights of Favonius? Is there a captain or 2 that would cause concerns?

Also, I'm not sure if this is a translation error, but " not all of them have what it takes-" sounds like he doesn't count. If it isn't an error, I could also connect a theory on that.

What if Kaeya isn't the official cavalry captain? What if they are just saying that as his public role because they can't expose the real one- intel. Suddenly, Varka leaving him would make even more sense because the cavalry isn't his to captain, and this could also confuse their enemies' information. This has been a long standing theory in the fandom, but I wonder if this would actually hold up well and accurately based off of Kaeya's lines.

"My eye? My eye is fine. There's nothing unusual about hiding one's body parts from view. It's the same reason I wear pants... or any other item of clothing, for that matter."

Just gotta put it out there, but his eye is definitely not fine ✌️

Technically, this was already explained as him having a scar, but also, did we consider the idea that he could be lying again? Also, we should consider that Kaeya is really good at telling half truths, and a good actor to add.

Also, I kinda hope his hidden eye will be revealed as gold for a specific reason. From the source material, Alberich stole the gold of the Rhine river (yes, from Rhinedottirs) to create a ring. What better place than in an eye? The current model for his skin has it the same color as his visible one, but placeholders exist.

There actually isn't much to say about this one because we don't even know if there really is anything wrong in the first place. We could hypothesize that it's a spying eye, a curse-containing eye, the eye of King Irmin, or the eye that could see beyond the fake sky, but that is as far as we could go with it.

But the odd voiceline from Paimon regarding that eye sure did fuel a ton of those theories. We don't know where Paimon really came from, and all we know of her is that she is part of Teyvat that has a connection with Celestia, so her mentioning that Kaeya is hiding a "big secret" in regards to that eye is sure to send alarm bells to any theorist.

So yeah, that's about it for now. Kaeya definitely has way more voicelines to be concerned about, but the way these specific ones ended up playing out in the released lore is very interesting to me.

Also, I just found out that my dot connecting regarding the travelers were proven by the damn XBOX wings of all things... and you know what? I'll take it. A win is a win *eyes my other theories warily*

If you are still here after my long somewhat delulu theories, then congratulations! Have a Cookie:

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Fresh from the oven!

[plusultraetc]

it's not WIP Wednesday, but I think this snippet is a little too cynical for the rest of the fic so it can live on in the writing tag instead 😭

[marciaillust]

mom come pick me up people related to my personal posts too much

[kyoteugly]

911 episode 8x14

In an alternative version of this show Moira created the virus that incubates within 12h (not 90 min) to speed up the process of creating the vaccine. She succeeded. She didn't tell anyone, she wanted to sell the vaccine. Her male co-worker catches her in the act, she knocks him out, starts a fire, escapes.

118 responds, everything goes about the same, with little things here and there.

Buck attaches his oxygen to the woman's suit. He can hold his breath. Only, he can’t. One little gasp a bit too soon. No one notices.

There is an explosion.

Ravi saves Bobby with his quick thinking but his mask cracks in the process. 

Bobby has a little puncture in one of his oxygen tubes, he doesn’t tell anyone.

Hen gets seriously hurt during the explosion, her oxygen tank is damaged, Chimney gives her his equipment and saves her, but they’re stuck and she needs hospital care.

Athena and Buck work with the military to get them out. Hen is running out of time, but everything ends ok. Everyone gets vaccinated just in case only nobody knows what virus spreaded throughout their systems. They assume they know. Besides, 118 seems fine. 

Ending scene, a few hours later.

Hen is in hospital, her vitals are going down, nobody knows why, doctors can't help her.

Bobby collapses behind the wheel on his way home, Harry is with him.

Chimney is in the bathroom, he can barely stand, his vision is blurry, blood is running from his ears. Maddie knocks at the door, asking if everything is okay. He shouts to her to stay away, to take Jee and leave the house, but his voice is weak.

Ravi is lying unconscious on the floor in the middle of the firehouse, B shift is coming back from the call.

Buck is on FaceTime with Eddie and Chris. He has trouble to focus, his speech is slurry, he's confused. Eddie looks worried, so Buck says he's just tired. He coughs a lot, he can't breathe, there is blood on his hand, on his shirt. He looks at Eddie, terrified, but can't say a word, his eyes roll to the back of his skull and he collapses out of the frame. Eddie can't see him, he shouts his name...

screen goes to black, tbc, credits

[unowneyenon]

ok so

shadow milk is in the new update—>pavlova is in this update—>pavlova has practically confirmed wildchip and has been shipping cookies, essentially (and is able to very accurately see a person’s romantic feelings)—> (PREDICTION) THEY INTERACT—>SHADOWVANILLA CANO-*gunshots*

[lvmimis]

so one of the things i was taught to do during training is actually to read the case without reading the medical history in order to see if you can correctly diagnose a patient without bias (so you don't ignore important findings cuz it doesn't fit your working hypothesis) and i typically do that automatically, then check the history to make sure i haven't made something up in my head (trust but verify always!!!), and go back and read the case properly with info and it's really fascinating how much you can figure out about someone just with like one cross-sectional study

[science-lings]

So Edgeworth canonically went on his yearlong self improvement journey to decide to persue truth above all else, studies other countries legal systems, and was literally a von Karma (implied to be named after the sword ‘Karuma’) so it seems more than possible that he knew about a Japanese lawyer who was notable in both his home country and Europe, who inherited a katana named Karma and most interestingly of all, values truth above all else, even to the point of challenging the British government.

My point is Edgeworth sees and old photo of Ryunosuke and thinks he looks familiar and really vibes with his mindset as a lawyer. then ten years later finds a sword in Phoenix’s closet as they’re moving in together and has to confront the fact that the person in a law book he read multiple times reminded him of his partner and he has a crisis bc without the ideas originating from Phoenix’s bloodline, he might not have wanted to resume being a prosecutor.

[waitineedaname]

Came here because of your FMA Post-Canon GreedLing series and now I want to read/watch/idfk what this is SVSSS now. You've infected me and now I need to do research

YESSS READ MY SICKOS NOVEL!!

my very basic pitch: SVSSS is Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, a Chinese transmigration novel! the premise is that Shen Yuan is the #1 anti-fan of a trashy stallion novel -- he likes the monsters and the little crumbs of plot and loves the protagonist, but fucking hates literally everything else about it. when he finishes it, he's so overcome with rage about the ending that it literally kills him, and his dying thoughts are "dumbfuck author, dumbfuck novel." much to his surprise, he wakes up as the central villain of that novel with a transmigration system essentially telling him "you think you can do better? just fucking try it buddy"

it's a hilarious series, and a very quick read! the characters are really fun, the two main characters are completely deranged (a classic example of "I can fix him" *makes him worse*), and the balance between ridiculous humor and genuine emotion is excellent. also, as a loving satire of stallion novels/BL novels/webnovels in general, it has a lot of interesting things to say about the tropes embedded in those stories, as well as interesting things to say about being a writer and being a reader!

there are official print translations in English, so I recommend checking out your local library/bookstores, but if that doesn't work for you, it's also available on the Internet Archive and Anna's Archive! it's fairly short, only four books (three for the main plot + fourth book of plot-relevant extras)

enjoy!!

[beepborpdoodledorp]

Gummigoo's appearance in Ep 4 really shouldn't have hit as hard as it did, like from the very beginning we knew if he was ever to make a return basically the only logical continuation would be him forgetting about Pomni. We had months to prepare for the possibility and like two weeks knowing his return was very likely and it still hit like a freight train.

[xbuster]

They barely interact in the entire show. The Yuri is not over, it never existed except in the ED

I didn’t say they had yuri in the show, I said it’s an Amuro-Char thing where the closest Amuro and Char got to showing romantic interest in someone was with Lalah, which is what Machu and Nyaan did with Shuuji, but ultimately Amuro had to kill Lalah like Machu killed Shuuji. It didn’t stop people from latching onto Amuro and Char so I don’t see why Machu and Nyaan should be any different.

[themusicgangs]

HAVE ALL OF YOU SEE THE POKEMON PRESENT!?!? IM ALMOST CRYING BECAUSE OF THERE'S FINALLY AN UPDATE OF POKEMON Z-A OR A-Z. The starter for the Region was an Totodile, Tepig, and Chikorita I'm soo excited especially I'm hope Chikorita will be At least in Pokemon competitive and have more useful than we all know. Especially we've can see Eternal Flower Floetta (If I spell correctly) was finally been mentioned in the Trailer!! And some new things, The Game either will be take Place in the Future or taken place in the Past because of what we've seen the gameplay in Pokemon Present. MY BOY CHIKORITA BETTER BE A GREAT!! And also I'm wishing there'll be Emmet in Kalos because if Ingo we're in Hisuian there's also a Chance where Emmet we're going to be in Hisuian!! I wish my Theories about it becomes True!!

[kayvsdoodles]

when in doubt. clunky robot guy

[wutheringmights]

(for the first time in forever, new ctb this weekend)

[cent-scratchnsniff]

HI CAN I BEG FOR MORE NETSOD CONTENT ON MY HANDS AND KNEES I LOVE THEM I LOVE YOUR ART AND I BEG OF YOU KILL YESOD WITH THE BEER MAN. "I think I'm dying" was too funny. he would think he's dying the nanosecond he realizes heartrate rises not just with work anxiety, but affectionate social anxiety. valentines is going to send him to the ER watch

i was going to make a smaller post abt it. a simple shitpost. but it ended up being longer. about 9 pages or the sort in total. i tried to have it out during the literal date for it but most likely it will be out in the next hopefully at most 30 hours ... .. answering this now so you dont think im ignoring it. the actual finished result be posted in a seperate one. as you can see. dialog/planning plus four pages are done art wise already though!!

small sippets from progress plus yesod from the warmup doodles as a peace offering .. . ..