#responding from the reflections

[jhomikle]

*staring into a mirror*

Hey... hey jhom?

I'm sorry. I came to say that I'm sorry.

- @oxymoronic-dunce-cap

*the same yellow-eyed jhom from before appears upside-down in the mirror*

Ohh really now? Had a change of heart did we?

[incomingalbatross]

I'm trying out another kindle unlimited author, recommended by a friend from school, and currently I am halfway through the first book of a trilogy trying to process "why don't I care about this protagonist" into something actually halfway analytical.

I think there's SOMETHING there about the difference between a powerless character (fine and cool) vs a passive one (hard for me to get invested). Even or especially if the character has the power to DO very little, I think creators need to show them caring about things! Making judgments! Having internal lines drawn or goals their limited choices are driven by!

But this MAY just be my definite personal bias toward liking characters who enter the scene with strong moral convictions.

[jhomikle]

* @oxymoronic-dunce-cap watches you through the mirror despondently.*

What's this?

A collection of beings in-between existence gazing out into reality and other dimensions.

[jhomikle]

Oh ok, umm who are you? I don’t think I’ve met you before?

*jhom crawls out of a mirror onto zuchins domain*

Hello? Z? Are you here anywhere?

I...*stepping out rather confused by the unfamiliar voice* oh! You must be one of his friends...but I'm afraid he's off fighting again, but he'll return soon...

[cryptocism]

love that Thad interprets inertia to mean continuing at all costs and Three takes it to mean stagnancy, bc theyre both right!! objects in motion saty in motion objects at rest stay at rest just like newton said

exactly yeah! because i knew i wanted Thad to reclaim the name for himself (with the whole "it means what i say it means" mantra) it needed to mean more to him than just a representation of Thawne Legacy Kill The Allens etc.

a reoccurring thing in Frequency that i liked to lean into was this idea of Good Inertia and Bad Impulses (bc Bart and Thad as narrative foils continues to rotate in my brain forever). i think Bart's solo does a cool exploration of both good and bad impulses throughout the run, it's kind of the central conflict of the whole thing, but it's usually in regards to Bart either unwittingly getting himself into trouble or accidentally solving problems by just leaping into everything without thinking twice. but the concept of inertia is pretty exclusively portrayed as negative. which is fair, the phrase "coasting on inertia" is in the lexicon for a reason. but i think it deserved a fair shot - the concept of continuing in spite of everything can actually be a really good instinct when you're in a bad situation. keeping up that momentum, moving forward no matter what, there's definitely something inspirational there that appeals to me.

and an aspect of impulses that didnt get as much spotlight in Bart's solo was the kinds of impulses that recoil at the thought of unpleasantness. the impulse to hide from responsibility, the impulse to distract from pain, to avoid discomfort, etc. (big part of that is because in Bart's solo, most of the worst moments of his life hadn't happened to him yet) so i wanted to explore it a little in Frequency

anyway yeah, Bad Impulses and Good Inertia. which was kinda in conversation with Bart and Thad's dispositions, and how they run counter to typical hero/villain narratives. (Bart doesn't really get people, goes his own way, has pretty emotionally selfish and sometimes violent tendencies when he's pissed off. Thad's much more of a people person, lives for praise and pleasing others, seems to forget to do violence when he's supposed to i.e. that time he put Bart in VR jail even though Bart was completely incapacitated and by Thawne logic Thad should've just killed him. it just... doesn't occur to him as a thing he should do lmao)

[rathayibacter]

similar to Goodhart's Law (when a measure becomes a target, it fails as a measure), we should also have "when a critique becomes a shibboleth, it stops being critique"

[jhomikle]

Give it treats, nothing bad will happen if you give it treats.

there is an ominous black dog lurking around my half of the wizard tower, does anyone know what's up with that? banishment spells seem to be having no effect on it

[hide-your-bugs-away]

May 6th, 1965 -

Alan Price tells Bob Dylan that he has left The Animals...

and i have never been the same since

[jhomikle]

I finished your body!

-@kasey-the-goddess-of-death

Ooh! Thank you!

[jhomikle]

Just call me Jhom, and uh... honestly, I'm bored, living in a near empty void all by myself, what better things do I have to do but keep up with hermits.

*He appears in the bottom of the pan*

A little warped but otherwise fine, I’ve been spoiled with everyone using mirrors. I’d recommend a river but the noise there is obnoxious for conversing.

You will have to settle for the pan for now, but maybe later I'll take you to a river.

Why are you here reflection person?

[downfallofi]

Really sucks when a former friend starts messaging you again, and life has gotten weird, and you don't know how to get past the awkwardness and make things like they were; like we were on some friends talk all day good morning good night stuff, we exchanged nudes at a point in our relationship, now I'm past the opening "how are you" salvo looking at the driest response ever, and ope, lookit that, I'm actually just talking about the weather. And work.

[jhomikle]

Ah! A Jhom! The only other things in Existence I can trust to be as knowledgable as myself

I’m afraid we may not be as knowledgeable as we were before but I still might be able to provide assistance to you stranger

[jhomikle]

*cuddling the jhom*

*he seems rather unresponsive, the yellow glow in his eye humming dim*

[hplonesomeart]

What are your voice headcanons for your OCs? :)

Took a while to compile all the needed clips and credits but HERE YOU GO! The official voice headcannons for all my very mentally unwell characters YIPEEE!! Thank you for caring enough to ask about it (was expecting most followers to just scroll past the post since it’s not Mr. Puzzle related lmao). I cherish them all oh so much and definitely didn’t project my emotions onto them during my time in high school! :’D

This isn’t the direct casting verbatim for the characters btw. For instance, if I was to actually pitch creating a show surrounding these characters to some network down the line, I’d try to find an actual non-binary actor to portray Daniel & better match certain character ethnicities. But as it is, this is a good starting point so I can convey what type of tonal inflections and vocal range I’m envisioning for them in my head. Hope it helps! <3

*Content Warning for the video: Minimal amount of curse words and depressing themes. Trust me the somber tone makes sense and resonates with lore context/overarching storylines

[jhomikle]

Are you doing ok?

She's watching me I can feel it. I see her dark eyes in the mirror but none of that original warmth is there anymore.

[jhomikle]

Hey you…you watching me from the reflections and shadows

wanna come join me on an adventure or something?

Well I can only do stuff through reflective surfaces, due to living in the mirror dimension

And while I have no idea on how well it would play out, I’d certainly be down to try some kind of adventure.