#so in case you're confused: pictures 1 and 2 are the same scene; pictures 3 4 5 are different scenes; pictures 6 and 7 are the same scene

[natimiles]

Countdown to Isaac’s Birthday: 5 times he’s jealous | 5 days!

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[emeryhiro]

Hello, I always find your posts so comforting, so thank you for that, I appreciate you. I just read your post about whether to watch s1 or 2 of dd. Based on what you said about whether isabelle and daryl will go anywhere... I don't want to tell you the exact spoiler, but it does go further than you think it will. I'm finding this really hard to process. A lot of fans have given up bc they feel it disrespects carol and daryls characters. I feel similar. I'd really appreciate hearing from you about how you process this? I understand you don't know the exact details and I don't want to spoil it for you in case you'd prefer not to know in advance.

Hey Anon 😊

Thank you for the kind words; they mean a lot. And I'm so glad that you find my posts comforting; that's really one of the main reasons why I share them.

Regarding the spoiler you're hinting at, I'm aware of what happens between Daryl and Isabelle, and that's kind of what I was referring to when I said, "Daryl is confused" because I don't think he would have any other motivations for something like that, and also because I didn't want to spoil it for anyone who doesn't know and fuel the fire unnecessarily.

Regarding how I process something like that, I always try to do my research, step back for a moment, and look at the whole picture. I remind myself of what I've learned about the characters and their motivations and dynamics. And 99% of the time, I realise that, like always, when things get passed around through word of mouth, they get exaggerated, leading to unnecessary concern and undue disappointment.

Regarding what happens, It's really not something that bothers me or worries me about Caryl's potential future. I mean, Carol has done the same thing several times in the past, and we never judged her for it (which we never should) or thought that it was disrespectful, because that's what she needed in that moment, and I'll say the exact same about Daryl. They're both working through so much, and that's the whole point of season 2, to work through their trauma and, hopefully, by the end of season 2, start to figure out what (and hopefully who) they want, making it the perfect lead up to season 3.

I'd also like to point out that a moment like that could be a massive catalyst for them to finally be honest with themselves and each other. And in the end, who knows how that moment will play out on screen.

Also, not to bring more spoilers into this, which you may already know about, but specific details that were revealed through the leaked pages from the final episode emphasise my point that regardless of what happens between them, it's not going anywhere.

Lastly, just as a reminder, there were many moments hinted at in the season 1 (and basically in almost every season of TWD before) reviews that also left people disappointed and concerned, but in the end, once the season came out and we saw the scenes for ourselves, they were nowhere near as bad as they were initially described.

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I hope this kind of clears up my thought process a little bit and hopefully helps some others work through what they've heard. Also, thank you for being respectful and not spoiling anything without confirming with me first 🩵🩵🩵

[axl-ul]

Writing Advice: Five Senses Approach

(Or how I personally write the descriptions)

INTRO

I decided to do something similar and talk a bit about my way of writing descriptions since some people told me they'd be interested in this. Plus, I thought that maybe some people could find this helpful, in case they struggle with descriptions. Again, this is how I personally go around this and you don't need to follow this post at all. Write however it suits you and in whichever way that's the most comfortable for you. As I previously mentioned, some people were curious about my personal way of dealing with this part of writing. This approach is basically 'show, don't tell' but maybe slightly different?? I don't know, I just like to do things my way and sometimes it works out. Plus, I've seen many people only mentioning the phrase and not talking much about it, which can lead 'less experienced' writers to slight confusion as in they can't do much with this information because nobody gives it much attention. Five Senses approach is what is sounds - the description is based on the scenery. NOT A PICTURE, the pictures are a still thing, scenery is what I aim for in this approach because it offers me all the feelings I want to experience and which I want to deliver in my writing. It brings the life with it, not the stillness. You wannt to relive the moment with your characters, in fact, imagine that YOU are the character in that scene, become the prt of it. Alright, now we can approach the actual 'Five Senses'.

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1. Sight

This one's the easiest. Colours play in fornt of you, they dance, they whirl, sometimes they merge together until you can barely tell them apart, instead a new creation emerges in front of you.

There's even more - the size, the shapes, the details.

You take a seat and look in front of yourself. There's an old calendar on the low table. Is the calendar new or old? Is there anything hightlighted, marked, signed? A date, for instance, or maybe a name and a telephone number under it, all written with a green marker. Or the hills behind the window by your left. Are they majestic? Or do you perhaps enjoy something more neat, something picturesque with only slight curves and nothing sharp. Nothing that would remind you of those awful knives in the kitche by the corner of your eye where a black cat used to sit.

2. Smell

This sense is often overlooked in many cases. Just try covering or pinching your nose as you begin to eat your favourite meal. Suddenly, it's not as good as it used to be, right? Smell and taste are tied to one another.

Breath in and out. What can your nose pick up? What else can you decipher? That pie on the table, a hot steam carried a sweet aroma of apples, cinnamon and sugar. Perhaps, the smell is your only source of information as you're blindfolded and locked up in the trunk in the midde of seemingly nowhere.

Fresh air runs from under the white cliff where the small pond resides. That breeze makes you squirm a bit - fish, frogs and other animals inhabit the place which gives the pond its characteristic odour. But you'e honestly happy. You stick out your chin and chest to inhale deeply, taking in every molecule of that humidity, a nice change from the dusty corners of the old room which reeks so much you can't properly sleep inside without leaving your window open for the whole night.

Again, your nose, your whole body can react to even the slight change. It can make you squirm, cringe, relax, it can make you sleepy or to burst with energy.

3. Hearing

Same as the smell. Something in the distance that you can't quite see. What does it sound like? Does it pleasantly ring? Or would you rather cut off your own ear just to make the sound stop? What about the music - are you truly precise or you're a rather tone-deaf person?

Hearing can be affected by various things. Somebody's ears are much sharper, some people are completely deaf.

The sound can be a ringing laughter, a horrifying screech, a subtle nimble in the air barely noticeable and it's only by the sheer luck that you happened to hear it.

Noises and voices do not always come from the great distance. Maybe only a cat happens to purr in your lap and right beside you your friend begins to hum an unknown melody.

Describe what you/your character can hear and what are the effects. It can make your hair on your nape stand up or it makes you want to dance the whole night through.

4. Taste

As I meantioned before, smell and taste are a great pair. Anyone's put various things on their tongue before, from simple yet delicious food to toys in th kindergarden to tasting that guts-twisting dentist tools on your last visit.

There's still (somehow) information going around that people recognise the four tastes. That is not true. We are capable of recognising four basic taste - sour, bitter, sweet, salty and umami (the 'meaty' taste which 'deepens' other flavours). Nowadays, there are even studies which talk about even the 6th taste, which is the taste of fat or greasy.

Let's put this together, then. Something's on your tongue - would you say it's so dry that you need a glass of water? Is the thing even edible? Is it soft? Are your teeth going to break soon? Is it something you've never had before causing you to hesitate to properly describe it to your friends? Or do you only assume what it may taste like since you can only watch from afar? Would it make you vomit or you'd gladly accept the thrill of trying out something new?

5. Touch

I reserved the sense of touch as the last one on this list but it's no less important than the previous ones.

You can talk about the quality, the softness or the hardness, you can rant about the temperature of the object, of the weather. Sure, in the winter, the snow-covered city is cold and lifeless but inside your cosy little flat, you're perfectly warm and the dog's soft fur tickles you and serves like a fine pillow that it's making your eyes shut.

Hugs, kicks, spits, pecks, handshake, gestures - does it make you flinch, cry out in pain? Would you like for the person to embrace you once more? Why? Don't talk about the feeling, talk about the process of feeling it. The clothes rustles against your skin, it tickles you so much you want to scratch your back but ultimately decide not to becase of how welcome you feel from the cool hands around your back, a perfect contrast to the outside's hell-like temperature.

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After reading through the list, go, sit for a while and imagine the scene in your head, perceive it carefully as everything slowly unfolds in front of your eyes. At first, you see something. Ask yourself what it looks like, whether it's dangerous or not. Now, you can hear something, you even picked up the smell - proceed it inside and think further. What are the effects so far? Do you wish to continue in your search? Be curious and wonder what the corners of your eyes can discover. Whether it's edible or not, if not why, would you get poisoned from it, how do you know? At last, you can surely grasp onto something or someone. Is it a comfortable feeling, a detail that can easily soothe you or you yank your hand and legs in response since your body begins to twitch? Lastly you don't need to describe every single of the five senses. Usually, you should pick those who struck you as the most interesting. For instance, the blanket might be just an ordinary blanket, nothing that would catch your eye but it smells terribly. It stinks so much you need to cover your nose. Don't lose your time and space and resaurces with talking about the everyday colour, focus on the thing that caught your attention. Remember, the description is not a picture, it's the process you're a part of. It's the experience you want to share.

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[koa-z]

So I've been practicing modding dialogue (this is Cursedcure's Gojo Satoru Mod, but the dialogue is mine- I was testing questions + relationship boosts/ losses in response to answers).

Extremely long explanation of how to write interactable dialogue / answerable questions outside of cut scenes below the cut, because I couldn't find a good guide anywhere.

Every guide I saw expressed that the authors were confused about how to write questions. I unpacked the actual game code and figured it out, so here's the explanation.

IMPORTANT: each "paragraph" below is one line of code.

"Introduction": "Ah, a new face. Interesting. I'm Satoru Gojo. You can call me Satoru!$3#$q 1/2 Introduction_Old#And you are?#$r 1 2000 Introduction_01#Hehe who, me? *Tucks hair behind ear cutely*#$r 2 0 Introduction_02#Don't be afraid little guy, I'm just a reclusive forest hermit. Pspsps c'mere buddy.",

"Introduction_Old":"A man of mystery, I see. Hot.",

"Introduction_01":"Holy fuck he's the handsomest man alive.^Holy fuck she's the most beautiful woman alive.$10#$b# Did I just say that out loud?$4",

"Introduction_02":"Haha I'm in danger.$8",

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So, the entire question and all possible responses must share the same line of code. I'm going to be breaking it down in the order that the commands appear.

"Target": Tells the program which target prompts the dialogue to occur. I.e "Introduction" (thanks to Cursedcure's modding) will be prompted the first time that you interact with the character. Note that the semicolon must come after the "".

"": Everything that the character's dialogue is supposed to be doing must be inside of the quotation marks, even if it's not their actual words.

$3: Any time that you see $ + a number, it's telling the code to summon the character head shot which appears on the right side of the speech panel. That number refers to a sprite's position on their "portrait" sheet. The very first sprite (top left) is always 0, and if you do not specify a sprite by typing $number, it will default to $0 without you having to type that. For CANON characters, $h = happy sprite, $s = sad -- numbers are better for modded characters. I also prefer to use $number in all cases because it removes any possible ambiguity.

#$q: In order to make a question, all that you have to do (upon creating or editing a dialogue line) is type (within the quotation marks) "#$q".

Number/Number: AFTER #$q, you must put a series of numbers. If it is the FIRST answerable question that your character has ever asked, use 1/2. Those numbers correspond with each reply (even if there are more than two possible replies). SUBSEQUENT answerable questions must use higher numbers (so if I have Satoru ask another question later, it'll be 3/4.)

Target_Response: AFTER num/num, you should type the unique name of the CHARACTER's reply to what you're about to say. The VERY first one should always be Target_Response_Old (i.e Introduction_Old on my picture above).

Target_Response_Old: I.e "Introduction_Old" -- this will happen in an emergency if the player escapes the dialogue without choosing a reply. I dunno what happens if it's not there, but just to be safe, always include it.

#: In most dialogue, a # indicates a break. In NON-QUESTION dialogue, it will cause a break in dialogue which requires the PC to click the character again in order to continue the conversation. In QUESTION dialogue, though, when placed after Target_Response_Old, it indicates the reply which will happen if the player says nothing. So # after Introduction_Old calls to the actual target Introduction_Old, which is (in our case) on line 2.

Question: Place the question here. It will appear at the top of the prompt box, as pictured. Note: it doesn't have to actually be a question. The entire reason that I was messing with this was to make it possible for the PC to respond when he says "I love you." So really, you can use this in any situation to make the dialogue interactable! NO SPRITE $ IS NECESSARY HERE, BECAUSE NO SPRITE APPEARS IN INTERACTABLE DIALOGUE.

#$r: Place after the question / replyable dialogue to indicate the beginning of the response. Remember # indicates a break, $r indicates a response.

1: Number comes after #$r should refer back to the first number in the num/num pair we made before.

2000: Whichever number comes after that will indicate the change in friendship. I put 2000 there just to make sure it works, and that it could work to the biggest possible extreme. 250 = one heart/ friendship level; 2000 = 8 hearts. Most dialogue in the game is like, 25 or 30 max. So if you want to code a normal positive response give it like 30.

Target_01: Tells script that the text following the next # will refer to whatever Target_01 is (see Line 3). These denote the NPC's response to whatever the player is about to say after the #.

,: The comma at the end of a line of code tells the script that the line is over. If you don't include it, then all subsequent commands will be read as the same line (until a comma outside of quotation marks appears). What this means is that without a comma separating them, "Introduction_Old" (the one on line 2) would NOT be read as a new target that can be called to by the text in "Introduction".

#$b#: Not relevant to question asking, but since you can see it in some of my replies: # breaks a bit of dialogue requiring the player to click the NPC to continue the next thought. #$b# also breaks the dialogue, but continues it in a new panel without requiring the player character to click on the NPC again (they still have to click the text box).

[jaysevhls]

There's A Bomb | Jay Halstead

Request: Jay falling in love with Voight's daughter.

Pairing: Jay Halstead x Voight!Reader

Author's note: Requests are open. (The moment with a bomb was inspired on episode from "The Flash" when Joe saved Cecile.)

Your dad was always worried about you, especially when you told him that you want to be a cop like him. First he didn't approve your decision, but when he saw you graduating the police academy, he knew that it's your right path. He wanted to keep you safe and close, at least he could do that, so he brought you to Intelligence. You were happy there since day one, it was your dream to watch him catching bad guys.

He partnered you with Erin, because he trusted her the most, like you. She wasn't from Voight's family, but she was like sister to you, she knew everything about you.

But after few years it was her time to go and she moved. You took it hard, just like Jay, who wanted to propose to her. You weren't close with him, but the pain he had was very similar to yours. After she left, Voight partnered you with him and Hailey, the new girl, was now a partner to Kim.

Cases that involved drugs were your favorite. Going undercover, to make a deal, that was your favorite part of the job. You were the best in this and you were happy to do it every time. But when kids are involved... This hits just different. You usually took it very personal, it was just too hard to see them working for those bastards.

"Okay guys, we've got a case involving drugs and a murder of mob boss. I think we all know who that is, Alejandro Cortez. 32 years old, he's chasing by police and FBI for 2 years. He killed his own wife, then mob boss, two murders with a bomb. One pinned to the car, the second one in club. He's hiding since then, we can't reach him." Kevin pinned his photo to the board and gave you files about the case."But, we know that his niece was taken from her family and we all think that he took her, because he wants to take a revenge on his brother for turning him to the police."

"All of this because he's angry? And why the kid?" you asked.

"We don't know yet. She's missing for 4 days and the people who saw the kidnapper described him. Description matches to Alejandro. They're living in Chicago, that means he's here and this might be our last chance to get him." you sat on your desk and started to look into the files.

"Hey, you okay?" Jay asked you. Before nodding to him, you brushed his hand with your fingers and smiled at him. He was always caring about you in cases like this, you were so thankful for him. "Let me know if you need anything."

"Y/N? Can we talk?" your dad asked.

"Sure." you walked into his office and closed doors.

"I'm worried about you. If you want I can take you off the case." he said.

"I'm fine, really. It's just... I don't understand some things, I need to figure them out. Don't worry." you hugged him and went back to your desk.

The tension was thick, everyone were working on the case, while Jay was trying to figure out his feelings. He couldn't talk to anyone about this, because they knew that person, especially he couldn't talk about it with you.

God, he wished that you noticed how much he adored you. He stood up and walked to your desk.

"Y/N? Y/N?" he tapped your shoulder.

"Hmm?" you muttered.

"You kinda zoned out, I brought you some coffee."

"Thanks. Do you want to go with me and check on this woman who saw Alejandro? I don't want to go there alone." you asked.

"Of course, partner."

You drove in silence, Jay was watching you the whole ride. He loved to look at your smile, eyes, when you tried to be serious, but he always made you smile and laugh. He trusted you like no one, he could put his life in your hands, because he knew that you'll help him no matter what.

"Chicago PD." you said and knocked on the doors.

"What do you want?" a woman appeared and looked so scared.

"Sophia? We're from Chicago Police Department, I'm detective Halstead and this is detective Voight. We wanted to ask you few questions."

"There's no need to, I already spoke with police." she answered.

"We know, but we wanted to ask about description you gave us. Are you sure that this was the guy?" you showed her a picture.

"Yes, definitely. Now leave me alone." she said and walked away, then closed the doors.

"I think she won't say us more." you laughed and made your way to the truck.

"Yeah Adam, what's up?" Jay said, answering his phone.

"We've got a possible location where Alejandro can be, go and check this place."

"Alright, let's go." Jay said.

"5021 Frank, detective Y/N Voight, we're heading to a possible location where our suspect can be. Plain clothes officers on the scene, roll a backup and ambo."

"Copied 5021 Frank, sending a backup and ambo."

"Do you think he's gonna be there?" Jay asked you.

"I don't know, I just hope to find his niece sooner than him so I could kick his ass after. I mean, she's a kid... How can he do that?" you answered. Jay looked at you worried. After few minutes you were on the scene.

"Take the back, we're going from the front." you said to officers who were there already.

"I'm coming in." Jay went first, you right after him.

"I'm covering you." you pulled your gun low, until you noticed blood on the carpet. "Blood." you both raised your gun and checked the first floor.

"Stairs." Jay said and again you followed him.

"You heard that?" the sound reminded you a cry.

"Chicago PD! Alejandro, put your gun down and come out!" Jay yelled. "Let your niece go first!"

"Stop! Stop!" you looked at Jay confused.

"Alejandro, if you won't come out we'll come for you" he yelled again.

"Wait, it's not him." you looked at Jay and nodded over the mirror where you saw a little girl tied up, sitting on the chair.

"Please, it's gonna blow!" you hid your gun and walked into the room while Jay was calling for a bomb squad.

"Hey, what's your name?" you asked her.

"Lauren." she cried so hard. You needed to calm her down when you saw a bomb pinned to the chair.

"Okay Lauren, I need you to sit there carefully, don't move, okay? We'll get you out of here."

"He said that he's gonna make them suffer!" she yelled.

"Jay? Call for a backup, send them to her parents." you knew that at this point he wanted to kill all of her family, to make them suffer, especially this little girl. "It's gonna be okay. I'm gonna check on timer right now okay?"

"Mhm." she calmed a little. 6 minutes you saw. You knew what kind of bomb was that. Jay told you his stories when he was in the army, you knew more than he thought.

"Y/N? What are you doing? Let's go, bomb squad will help her!" Jay showed up in the room, watching your actions.

"It will be too late. Hey, Lauren. I need you to switch places with me on 3 okay?" you looked at her, she nodded slowly.

"You've got to be kidding me! You want yourself killed?"

"Jay! Just let me do my job. It has 5 minutes timer now, when she'll stand, it's gonna run down, we won't be able to get out of there and they'll be too late. I'm gonna sit there to stop it from going down fast."

"Y/N, please..." he walked closer and hugged you.

"On 3 Lauren. 1... 2... 3..." you pushed her to Jay and sat on the chair. You looked at the timer. 3 minutes left.

"Take her out, I'll stay on the line." you said.

"5021 George, I'm going out with a hostage. Detective Voight will stay on the line." he felt tears in his eyes. He let go her hand and went outside. Lauren went to the ambo to get checked out.

"Halstead, what the hell? Where's Y/N?" Voight asked him.

"She switched places with Lauren, she's holding out the timer."

"Y/N?" Voight spoke.

"D-dad, I'm fine. Just tell the squad to come here asap."

"They're 6 minutes out."

"Well... We've 2." you said.

"I'm calling them." Jay said. He put them on the line to speak to you.

"Y/N, we need you to say how this looks like."

"Well, it has a timer and 3 colors inside. Black, white and blue."

"Okay, that means he used the same bomb as on the vehicle. You need to stay calm and carefully remove the blue one." they instructed you. Your hands were shaking, eyes were blinded and your heart was pounding so hard.

"Okay, yeah, I'll do it." you took a deep breath and take moved slowly to blue cable. You looked at the timer. It has stopped.

"Y/N? Y/N!" Jay was screaming to his radio, but you couldn't respond. You immediately stood up and went downstairs. Tears blurred your vision. You reached out to the doors and opened them. All the members looked at you relieved. "Shit." he said and run to you.

At this point you were crying. He took you in his arms, softly stroking your hair.

"I can't breathe." you choked.

"Easy honey, easy. It's the adrenaline rush, everything is okay." he hugged you tighter.

You had still covered your face with your hands. They were shaking so bad. Jay tried to calm you down, so he took them from your face and kissed."Come on, I'm taking you home." he held you close and went with you to Hank.

"Oh god Y/N! What were you thinking out there?!" now he was the one holding you.

"I was doing my job, I needed to help her." you said as you felt something hugging you from the side. Lauren held your hand hard and cried.

"Thank you, thank you. I wanna be strong as you! I'll be a cop one day!" she was full of energy, she didn't realise what just happened, she was only 8 years old after all... And that fact was making you sick. That little girl almost died because of payback.

"I'm so glad you're okay baby. Go to see your mom." you pointed at police car, who just arrived.

"Hey, you sure you're fine?" Jay asked you when Hank left to speak with Lauren's mom.

"I just want to go home." he nodded at went with you to his truck.

You held Jay's hand the whole ride to your home.

"Can you go upstairs with me? I need someone right now... Also, I have your favorite beer." you smiled.

"Yeah, I'll take that beer." he answered and followed you to your apartment.

You closed the door and went to the kitchen. Taking a beer, you noticed Jay standing in the hallway, looking at the picture frame with you and him. You put the beer down and walked to him. He turned to face you, when you hungrily kissed his lips. The kiss was so desperate, but at the same time filled with passion and love. He put his hands on your back, bringing you closer. When you couldn't catch a breath, you pulled back.

"I love you. I love you so freaking much. I think about you day and night, if you're okay, if you slept enough. When I pushed Lauren into your way... I knew that I'll always want you to be the one who won't leave my side Jay. I want you to be here. Right here, with me." he pulled you into hug, just like before. It was different than the others time when he was with you. This time, there was a real love between you two.

"Y/N, you don't know how happy I am right now. You saved me so many times, you're my little miracle. I was so afraid to tell you that, but now I wish I could say it earlier. Holding you in my arms is the best thing in the world and I'll always be here for you baby. I love you." he kissed your forehead and took you to the couch. You sat next to him and covered you with blanked.

He couldn't stop thinking about how lucky he was to have you. You were his light.

[mindmeltonabun-blog]

Doom At Your Service: Analysis & Theories for EPs 7-8

Welcome back to another edition of analyses and theories time with me! I’m going to try and keep this post as short and as simple as possible. In case I don’t, I apologize in advance! Also, sorry if this post is filled with grammar mistakes and confusing syntax...I'm writing/editing this late at night and my ADHD meds have lost their effectiveness.

Anyways Eps 7-8 was pretty awesome and I’m glad that a bunch of my previous theories had come true! For those who wonder how I come up with some of these theories, I just look at everything whether it be big or small. I also try to look for connections and patterns. At the same time, I try to understand the motivations of characters and what is the big picture the writer is trying to paint. Once you're able to do all of that then you can predict where the story is going. This is how for the most part I was able to predict the events and endings of shows like TOTNT and TKEM. Anyhow, let’s get down to analyzing and theorizing! Turn on those thinking caps!

What the Rock Balancing Structure Represents

Rock balancing is a form of art that involves a person placing a combination of rocks in an arrangement. To achieve balance of the rocks, one must be very patient and compassionate. In its completion, the structure represents that while things may appear impossible, they are actually possible. So what seems impossible, but can actually be possible? Hmmm probably Myul Mang learning what it means to be human and ending up becoming human. Notice that both the rock art is next to the plant and the story of Pinocchio? It's saying saying that the impossible can be possible. It's possible for Myul Mang to be able to learn what it means to be a human so that the impossible can happen...he can "grow" up to becoming a real human.

The whole rock balancing structure could also signify that in order to grow, one must overcome one's deepest fears. I don't know about you all, but stacking rocks is a scary thing especially since at any moment the whole thing could fall over. Anyways, if you remembered, Myul Mang had been searching everywhere for Dong Kyung and feeling like one of his worst fears (Dong Kyung not existing) had came true. It's only when he goes to Dora's hospital room and sees both the Pinocchio book and rock structure that he got Dora's lesson. And that's why afterwards you didn't see Myul Mang going on another search for Dong Kyung somewhere else.

A brief digression. I’ve seen multiple people theorizing that the plant and the butterfly represent Dong Kyung and Myul Mang respectively. To them I say, did you just completely miss the part where Dora says the plant is Myul Mang? Myul Mang is both the butterfly and the plant. For those who still don’t see that, let me break it down.

First, what do butterflies symbolize? They symbolize metamorphosis, death, and rebirth. Myul Mang is not a literal butterfly, but he will eventually be one in a metaphorical sense. If anything, Myul Mang right now is like a caterpillar on the verge of entering the cocoon stage that is followed by a reemergence as a butterfly aka human. You can also look at it this way, Pinocchio is a butterfly too. Why? Well, look at what happens to Pinocchio. He is reborn as a real boy after having gone through metamorphosis (puppet -> real boy).

Now let’s examine the plant symbolism. What do plants represent in DAYS? They represent humans. What is Dora growing? A human Myul Mang..DUH!! Sorry, but I didn’t think it was that hard of a concept to grasp especially since Dora has already explicitly said what she is growing in that one scene. For Myul Mang to grow up to become a "good" human, he needs to learn to think about others, forgive himself, be compassionate (not only towards himself, but others as well), love others, etc. Other things Myul Mang would probably need to learn is how to love his fate or amor fati (loving your fate means loving it all, not just the good parts, but the bad parts too; loving it so much so that you would never want to change anything about it and would gladly relive your life the way it was over and over again for all of eternity).

I don’t think the "plant" will fully "blossom" until Myul Mang sacrifices himself to save Dong Kyung for the sole reason that he loves her (in contrast to sacrificing himself for his own personal gain). Therefore, that's probably the final lesson -- how to be completely selfless.

Dora just wants her son to grow up to be a "good" plant (human) so she doesn't have to end up pulling him out aka end him before he even becomes human! Okay???

Sorry if what I've just said was confusing. What I meant to say is that Myul Mang's personal growth is reflective in the plant's growth. The more he learns of what it means to be a "good" human, the more the plant will grow until it blossoms into a beautiful flower (a real human).

If we want to connect the idea of personal growth to the story of Pinocchio, we see that Pinocchio's growth occurs only after he experiences pain (physical and emotional) and love. From these experiences, he learns what it means to be a "good" boy and is rewarded by the Fairy transforming him into a real boy.

One Wish or Wishes?

In my previous post, I had briefly touched upon how I think Dong Kyung is going to wish for brain cancer to be cured. Though I still think this, I nevertheless want to explore some of the other possibilities of what her wish could be.

Potential Wishes:

1) Myul Mang to Become Human

2) More Wishes

3) Contract to be Voided

4) No One Remembering Her After She Dies

For #1, Dong Kyung wishes Myul Mang to become human, but then she still dies from her untreated brain cancer…so nope. For #2 and #3, are these wishes even allowed? I would like to point out some flaws of the writer. Maybe it’s not so much a flaw, but an annoyance I have with the writer of DAYS. What one can or cannot wish for is not explicitly stated. Due to this, it is somewhat difficult for me to accurately predict what Dong Kyung will wish for. It’s like trying to detect a substance without being given its upper and lower limits or range of detection (sorry for the science related analogy) ! For #4, I guess this one could be probable, but there is just too much evidence pointing to Myul Mang's death. After exploring each of the possibilities, I'm still left thinking that Dong Kyung's one wish will be to cure her cancer.

Anyways, even if Dong Kyung wishes for her brain cancer to be cured, it’s not really a happy ending since Myul Mang still dies. Is there any other way for Dong Kyung to make another wish so that she can save Myul Mang? I think there is and it comes in the form of the “gift” that Dora gave Dong Kyung. In my previous post, I had theorized that the marble may have a larger purpose than just being a symbol of how the fate of the world is Dong Kyung hands. I believe now that the marble’s larger purpose is that it is a type of wish fulfilling stone. Why? Because we know fantasy dramas typically make references to mythology. In this case, the writer of DAYS is probably referencing Hindu mythology.

In Hindu mythology there are 3 main gods:

1) Brahma: The Creator

2) Vishnu: The Preserver

3) Shiva: The Destroyer (Sounds like Myul Mang right? Also, the love story between Shiva and Parvati is somewhat similar to that of Myul Mang and Dong Kyung’s love story.)

Dora is the equivalent to the god Vishnu in Hindu mythology. Vishnu is often depicted wearing a “Cintamani”, a type of wish fulling stone analogous to the Philosopher’s Stone (hint hint…transforms something from one form into another…immortal -> human) in Western mythology. Given this, the marble/Cintamani in Dong Kyung's possession could be the key to Myul Mang’s rebirth.

Some might ask, “Well why can’t Dora just use it to wish for her son to be reborn as a human?”. Well, remember that both Dora and Myul Mang are slaves to the wishes of humans. They themselves cannot fulfil their own wishes or desires. Meaning, even though Dora and Myul Mang can wish for something to happen, they cannot carry it out unless humans wish it too. Also, as I mentioned previously, deities in kdramas never just give humans gift because they’re being nice. Rather, they give gifts to humans so that humans can help them accomplish their overall goals/wishes.

So putting it all together, do you see where I’m going with this? Dora has the same wish as Dong Kyung which is for Myul Mang to live, but Dora is unable to execute her goals/wishes unless Dong Kyung wishes it too. Dora knows that Dong Kyung will probably use her one wish to cure her brain cancer. At the same time, this leaves her son, Myul Mang, to die. Therefore, Dora gives Dong Kyung the wish fulfilling marble with the intention that Dong Kyung will use it to wish for her son, Myul Mang, to be reborn as a human. With Dora/Dong Kyung’s wish, Myul Mang will be free from his cursed life as an immortal and be reborn to be able to live happily with Dong Kyung.

Side note, the rebirth of Myul Mang into a human can either be dependent on Myul Mang's personal growth or it can be dependent on this wish fulfilling stone or both! I'm leaning more towards his personal growth as being the catalyst for his rebirth, but who knows! It very well could be that the marble has a role to play in his rebirth.

Is Dong Kyung Going To Be An Immortal?

No…no…and NO!!

Some might ask why don’t I think this? Well, for a bunch of reasons. I’ll admit I used to think that it would be very romantic for a human to become immortal so that they can be with their immortal lover forever. However, the more I thought about it, I came to the realization the notion of forever is not romantic nor beautiful. At its core, the concept of eternity is quite terrifying and ugly. And if you haven’t realized already, the writer of DAYS has been making multiple arguments against immortality. For anything to have meaning, it must have an end. In this sense, the end is beautiful.

To get my point across, I want you to try and think about some things. What keeps life meaningful? Experiences? People? Well, imagine doing something you love for a year. Now imagine doing it for trillions or zillions of years. Experiences no matter how good they are at first will eventually become tedious if you do it for long enough. For example, eating your favorite dish may be good for a while, but not for zillions of years. At one point or another, you ultimately lose your desire to want to eat it or eat entirely for that matter.

Now surely getting to know people and loving them can keep your life meaningful right? Well, how many times do you think you could handle knowing and loving people who eventually disappear? Eventually, you grow tired of crying and mourning over dead loved ones that you become numb. Now imagine being Dong Kyung. She would have to witness her family, their family, and so forth dying over and over again for all of eternity. Doesn’t that seem tortuous? Sure, one could argue that at least she has Myul Mang with her, but do you really think her love for him could sustain her forever? The relationship between Myul Mang and his mother, Dora, is a prime example of how a loving relationship could turn sour over a great deal of time. The gift of immorality Dora bestowed on Myul Mang became a curse instead of a blessing. So why would Myul Mang want to give Dong Kyung something that was basically a curse for him? As for Dora, she probably wouldn’t want to give Dong Kyung the same gift after seeing what it did to her son.

If you continue to think that Dong Kyung will become an immortal being, did you really smell what the writer of DAYS was cooking or did you just smell what you were cooking?

The Bad Case of the Riddles

From what I have been reading on multiple platforms now, it would seem that a lot of people are rather confused about a lot of things. It’s understandable! Throughout the show, the writer has presented some complex philosophical concepts that may be difficult for some viewers to grasp. To further add to the confusion, the characters at times do speak in what appears to be riddles. This I believe may be one of the major flaws of the writer. She has to consider that her audience are probably people who have never read any philosophical works before. Most viewers aren’t here to decipher cryptic messages or see how they’re connected to some major philosophical concepts such as eternal recurrence, existentialism, nihilism, amor fati, etc. Most are here to shut off their tired brain and enjoy some good fantasy romance! I know I’m totally one of those people!

Needless to say, I did find myself in a debate of whether I should discuss some philosophical concepts referenced in the show as to help you all gain a better sense of understanding. However, I concluded that it would take too much of my time to do so. Additionally, despite my best efforts to use the simplest of words, I found that whatever I had already written may have still been confusing to the everyday reader. Anyways, if there are any particular scenes or dialogue you all want to me go over, please feel free to use the ask button and I’ll do my best to try and answer them!

Whats Going to Happen Next?

Probably more filler type stuff aka more bs. It's common in kdramas for characters to go back and forth on their initial decision of whatever. Dong Kyung is going to break up with Myul Mang because she loves him and doesn't want him to die. And before the breakup, she's going to give him some good memories to remember her by. Following this, she's going to try and love herself so that she's the one that ends up dying and her wish is going to be for everyone to forget her? Okay......Zzzzzzz!! Idk... Dora is probably going to intervene somehow to get Dong Kyung and Myul Mang back together again.

Other Random Thoughts

What I think would be interesting to learn about is the connection between Dong Kyung's parents death and Dora past self's death. It wasn't just all a coincidence that they both died on the same day. Who knows... maybe Dong Kyung was meant to be in the car that day with her parents, but Dora's past self sacrificed herself to change Dong Kyung's fate.

Also, I still don't think Dong Kyung is going to die, I mean you got her brother praying to the deities that she lives!

Okay, I'm done. I wrote this in Microsoft Word and it was 5 pages long. My brain is dead. There's probably something I should've gone over or elaborated more about, but oh well. Thanks for reading this disjointed post!

[annonmaly]

Spoilers Ahead!

Hi, fellow bored humans! Today is another day to set aside our real-life problems and overthink matters about fictional situations. Because why not? Mochijun-Sensei can make us do that. So, last time I made a post questioning Misha's knowledge of Vani's self-hypnotism. So before anything else, I want to thank you guys who took the time to read, liked, and replied to that post. It is fun to read ideas that even I can not think about.

Grab a cup of coffee and be prepared for a long-ass non-sense.

I am calling human Vanitas = Vani, and Luna = Luna. The pronoun I use is "she" because I would not confuse myself. I know Luna said she is an enby so, do not fight me.

Today, I want to talk about Luna and her death. I know that we have too little information in our hands right now, but my brain cells can still assume something based on what we have. This thought came about with the premise that Luna is an Archiviste.

I can't think of anything that happened to them "that day", but I have a theory of why Vani killed Luna. To make things clear, I will summarize my assumptions and list them down. I made an explanation of each point. Supposedly, those would come first but I didn't expect it to be so long, that's why I decided to just put it at the end. You could ignore it if you want. Check it out if you are curious.

Luna is an Archiviste

Vani is protecting memory from his early childhood

Vani casts the hypnotism while/after he was training to be a chasseur but before Luna's death

Luna bit Vani the day she died

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Here is the idea: I think Vani killed Luna because she forced herself to drink Vani's blood for whatever reason and the self-hypnotism activated. Sound farfetched? Because it is, but I'll show you why I thought it this way.

This is my one and only proof. The eyes are almost the same, right? See, I told you I could make a long-ass post just from two panels. The left one is from the Bal-Masque arc before Vani made a scene. The right one is before Vani and Noe's death fight. I believe that Vani's hypnotism is triggered in both pictures. I actually hesitated if I should do this since Mochijun-Sensei really loves including similarities in the story. You see, Astolfo and Misha made the same eye. But all three of them have the same eyes the moment they thought about why they would kill a vampire.

Vani - to not allow anyone to steal his memory

Astolfo - because vampires shouldn't even exist

Misha - Noe didn't drink Vani's blood.

So yeah, whatever, I'll go ahead and write this one. Vani would be the main focus of this thing.

1. The way Vani's hallucination phrased this is interesting. We know Vani's father died protecting him. What about Luna? If Vani killed Luna intentionally or because of hate, she did not die "because" of Vani. Vani killed her. There's a difference between the two. Behind all that facade that Vani is showing, he's kind. He's not someone who could just kill anyone without any reason when he's in the right mind. Especially if that someone is the one who became his guardian and is helping him to find a cure to make his body normal. Initially, I thought that Luna had gone wild and reach the point of no return. That's why Vani had no other choice. Though if this is the reason, Luna still did not die because of Vani. Now, this phrase would only be right if Luna died protecting Vani or if something happened to Vani. How could this happen if she was killed by the one she's protecting. So, what if, instead of Luna going wild, Vani is the one breaking down. Thus, Luna had really no choice but to make Vani her kin. If she's an archiviste and Vani already casted the hypnotism. It would be triggered and so he had no choice but to kill Luna.

"You give yourself someone to protect that's why you're weak." -Vani to Jeanne

If Luna didn't save Vani and Misha, she might still be alive. If she chose to abandon or kill Vani (when Vani loses his mind), she might still be alive. But Luna chose to save him by making him her kin. She handicapped herself by choosing to protect Vani and she died by doing so.

2. Maybe Luna doesn't want to use this method because it involves blood drinking to leave her mark. If she's an Archiviste, perhaps her reason is the same as Noe does not drink blood "She doesn't want to look at anyone's memory without permission".

3.Vani was never an honest and straightforward guy. If there is someone/thing he wants to protect he wouldn't say it outright. Sometimes we would go full on beast mode, just to hide his real agenda. It already happened a lot (reread the manga for examples). So maybe the reason he strongly disagrees is that he knows that once Luna tries to bit her he would lose his mind and try to kill her.

4. This is just so heartbreaking. Look at how he cried. I think this is not a cry of relief. Vani is crying out of frustration. It's not because he wanted to kill Noe. For me, it's like Vani is saying "I killed Luna, why can't I kill now." I mean, he realized that this ordeal could be solved without killing the other party. But why didn't it happened before?

This is just a half baked theory so of course there are still things that could negate these panels:

If Luna is talking with Vani here, she makes him her kin even before dying. Since everything is so calm. Though I would ignore reality and think that Luna is talking with Misha here. I think that Misha became her kin first since he is breaking down first.

The flashback of Misha shouting at Vani, maybe this is just hallucinations. But if this is true, it means that they spent some time together after Luna's death. And yeah, all of this would be meaningless.

Explanation of each point

1. Luna is an Archiviste. The theory is already out there, so I wouldn't explain it anymore.

2. Vani is protecting memory from his early childhood & 3. Vani casts the hypnotism while/after he was training to be a chasseur but before Luna's death. Going back to my previous post, I mentioned that it is strange for Misha to know that Vani hypnotized himself if Luna is the one who begged Vani to not let anyone take his memory on her deathbed because:

a. The timeline doesn't coincide. The chance that Misha and Vani separated "that day" which is I believe the same day as Luna's death is high. So, there's no way Misha could know.

b. Misha forgot what happened "that day". However, it's not like Vani doesn't want Misha to remember. I don't know but I feel like everything would be civil if Misha didn't mention that he wants to revive Luna. That is the moment everything went a wrong turn.

It is likely that Luna already asked Vani days before "that day" and her death. The problem is if the three are together "why did she only ask Vani and not Misha?". Maybe, Luna and Vani have a shady secret that they don't share with Misha as he's too young. However, if the secret has something to do with Luna, Vani won't even mention something relating to it to Misha, I mean the kid knows exactly the trigger of self-hypnotism. Maybe Luna is not the one who asked Vani. I believe that someone already asked Vani before he entered the church to train as a chasseur. But "who" asked Vani is not my problem today it is "when".

So in short, I suppose that the memory Vani is protecting is something that only he knows at the moment, and it did not happen recently but goes way back in his early childhood. As retracexcviii pointed out, it looks like that the self-hypnotism technique Vani used is the same as what the chasseurs. So, Vani knows this technique way back before he became a lab rat.

Continuing on...

Don't judge but I wasted a considerable amount of time digging information about Vani's childhood (yup, I don't have a life outside). And I found nothing concrete that could help, however, as I said, I could make something out of what we have. So here we go.

In Vani's delirium due to high fever he finally opens up and we had a peak of his life before everything. There's nothing much here, just a simple story, but let's overanalyze this:

a. In the era they’re living in, vampires are not allowed to attack humans. People are even treating them as folklore or old people's tall tales. Thus, random vampire attacks are seldom. The attacks that we heard are from the cursed ones (e.g., Amelia and Thomas) or harboring resentment (I think this is why the vampires attacked Astolfo’s family). Well, the attack on Vani and co. may be a special case. Vani mentioned that chasseurs are hunting "dangerous" types of vampires that are rampaging in the human world. So, there may be a miscreant group of vampires somewhere that hates peace or being suppressed by humans. Right, Misha's mother was also killed by a vampire.

b. When Misha asked what's a band of traveling players then Luna answered that it's a bit like a circus. Vani answered that "It was nothing like...that formal". He hesitated for a moment, meaning, he wanted to say something different first, but he changed his mind. Or maybe he just can't find the right word. I know that someone already mentioned this, but did you know that according to Wikipedia "Charlatan is a seller of medicines who might advertise his presence with music and an outdoor stage show." Now that's another thing to add to Vani and Naenia's parallel.

c. Vani thinks that his father doesn't like it there very much. So, why stay even if his wife is dead? Even if Vani's father could not go back to his family, he could still opt to cut ties with the band and settle down somewhere. He's a doctor, it's not like they would be helpless if they leave. Travelling is not a safe choice if you think about it. Perhaps, he stayed in the memory of his wife? Or are there other reasons?

d. This guy didn't just come to Altus ones before. "No matter when I visit" he already visited during different periods. The times he possibly could go in Altus is before his father's death and after Luna's death. Maybe Luna's going in secretly for whatever reason. I just want to drop it here because it's interesting to take note of.

e. I'm not sure if I should include this since it may be Luna's influence, but Vani knows way too much about vampires and also the babel incident. Also, Ruthven's statement just gives me a weird feeling. Does it mean "You an average human are running around doing ridiculous things, so tell me about 'yourself', kin of the blue moon vampire"? Or "without the context of being the kin of the blue moon vampire, tell about yourself?" I think it is the latter meaning.

There's nothing important here that proves Vani's childhood should be kept as a secret. But this will do for now, I just want to establish that Vani is more than just kin to the Blue Moon Vampire. His childhood, his father, family, and that traveling players are also suspicious. (Why the hell do I find everyone in this series suspicious?!? oh, except Amelia and Riche).

4. Luna bit Vani the day she died. I can't come up with anything that happened "that day". Did Luna has gone wild? Did someone attack them? Did Vani and Misha lose their mind as an effect of that weird doctor's experiment? There's really nothing but I think that whatever happened "that day" led to Luna's leaving no choice but to drink Vani's blood, or to make Vani her kin. There has no explicit explanation of how you make one your kin, but I'm sure drinking blood is included in the process. They would only gain a mark if they were bitten.

I'm actually not done yet. I still have plenty to say, but this should end here now. This is already too long for me to handle. Does this make sense? Or is it confusing? Don't hesitate to correct me if I'm wrong or tell me whatever you want to say.

So, if what Vani is saying is true, why do you think he killed Luna?

See ya' later folks!

Note: I wrote this to indulge my over-thinking self. This is just a random theory, thoughts, assumptions, and/or head-canons. Thank you for taking the time to read and understanding if I made any mistakes or post whatever it is you don’t agree on.

[techmno-blog]

Huawei P20 Lite review: Premium Looks, Average Performance.

Huawei is still on the roll to dominate the smartphone scene when they announced the P20 series last March 2018. While it's been 5 months since the Chinese brand released their lineup, especially its younger brother, the P20 Lite, is it still worth to buy this amidst the massive wave of new phones releasing from other brands and even their sub-brand Honor? Lets find out in this review. Before that, here's the specs of the phone.

Huawei P20 Lite Specifications:

Kirin 659 octa-core processor

4GB of RAM

5.84-inch FullView 2.0 full HD+ display 19:9 display aspect ratio, 2280 x 1080 resolution

64GB of storage, expandable via microSD

16-megapixel primary camera sensor 2-megapixel secondary sensor with PDAF and LED Flash

16-Megapixel f/2.0 camera sensor

Dual SIM 3G, LTE WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, Fingerprint scanner, USB-C

3000mAh battery with Fast Charging

Android Oreo 8.0 with EMUI 8.0

The design language of the phone is the same with P20 and the P20 Pro. Glass back, metal sides, and the protruding vertical camera setup. The only difference is the Fingerprint scanner is on the back of the P20 lite and the others are at the front. The phone has 3 colors, Black, Sakura Pink and the one I have, Klein Blue which has an eye-catching reflective back that its very prone to smudge and Fingerprints.

The glass they've used isn't a Gorilla Glass or whatsoever, so it's very fragile if you didn't protect it. Better invest in a case (which has included in the back) and a Tempered Glass Screen protector to avoid breaking it.

The display is 5.84 inch IPS LCD. The colors are great, and blacks are also great. The only problem is that the direct sunlight readability is poor to my taste. With it, the colors are washed out and even you put the phone on auto-brightness mode and cranked it up, it didn't help. It has a notch that, let's face it has a love-hate relationship to the consumers. To be honest, I hate this design implementation, but after I used it for a month now, It kinda grew on me. I'm just frustrated that several apps aren't optimize to the phone which I'll talk about that later.

The speaker at the bottom is very good. It's loud and not muddy, but it's lacking some bass. However, since this is a midrange phone, it's a forgivable flaw. The audio from the headphone jack is very good also. It also had a "Histen sound" mode with equalizer so you can modify the sound with your liking.

It runs with Emotion UI (EMUI) 8.0 based on Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box. It's a heavy skinned UI to say the least but it offers more tricks to give on its sleeves, like built in screen recorder, phone manager, anti-virus, face unlock, lift to wake and theme support to name a few. There's no app drawer at first boot but you can bring it back. EMUI also has a full screen mode feature for those apps that isn't supporting phones with notches and wide display size. The frustrating part for me is that you need to manually and individually change the app first in order to make it full screen. It should to be automatically at launch and disable it if you don't want to. Fingerprint scanner is fast and accurate with a little to no errors of Fingerprint reading. It also has 64GB of memory and its expandable up to 128GB.

The chipset of the P20 Lite is a bit older now with Kirin 659 and Mali-T830 GPU and this configuration is already a "copy-paste" one since we already seen this with the Nova 2i/Honor 9i/Mate 10 Lite and Honor 7X which the results are the same. If it's in casual and light game usage, it can handle very well with little to no lag. But when you put heavy and intense games like PUBG, NBA 2K18, Asphalt 8 and 9, you can see frame drops and lags so it's better to put the graphics settings to medium or low. In a positive note, The P20 lite runs cool even with a full-blown gaming experience.

The P20 lite boasts a 3000mAh battery with a support with 9V/2A (18W) fast charging. On my daily usage (Browsing, watching YouTube, take photos, 1 to 2 hour gaming, and Social Media) with WiFi turned on and 50% brightness, I managed to get at least 5 to 6 hours of screen on time. While in data with the same usage, I got 4 to 5 hours of SoT. Meaning, It can lasts for a whole day and maybe you can squeeze more than 1 and half day if casual usage. Charging is quite a breeze at 1 hour and 40 minutes thanks to its USB-C port and 18W Fast Charging (by the way, it's one of the cheapest Huawei Phones to have a USB-C port which is VERY RARE these days.)

The Camera of the P20 Lite has a 16MP primary + 2MP secondary dual rear shooter for portrait/bokeh shots, while the front has 16MP also for beautiful selfies. It has a lot features such as AR Lens, HDR, Pro Photo and Video to name a few. Pictures from the rear and front camera are great in well lit areas, though it's a little bit over-saturated in some photos I take. It's also a hit and miss when it comes to focusing on objects plus separating foreground and background.

The low-light photos are expected to be poor since this is a midrange phone. It's noisy, soft, and kinda blurry, but if it's for social media post, it's forgivable. On the video front, it only shoots at 1080p 30fps. No 4k, No 60fps, No OIS or even EIS, so it's shaky. Invest to a tripod or gimbal if you want stabilize videos.

Before I give my verdict to it, there's one thing I need to address. In the Philippines for example, there's 2 variants of the P20 Lite, ANE-LX2 and ANE-LX2J which is confusing. What's worst is that they have some differences in terms of specs. The LX2J have dual band WIFI support (802.11 ac) and have a gyroscope for VR, while LX2 that I got, doesn't have that. Also, there's some missing features too, like no dual camera Watermark on the camera (Maybe in the next software updates, I guess?). I just wished that the next time they'll release a 1 phone variant in every region.

VERDICT:

So, should you buy this phone? Well, for heavy users and gamers, there's other brands like Xiaomi, Pocophone and even their sub-brand Honor have some great phones with newer chipsets and big RAM with almost the same price as the P20 lite. But, at ₱13,990 or $264 (₱15,990 or $302 at first launch), this is a great choice for its design, features and price if you're a casual user.