#the spear theory

[brightlotusmoon]

Hi hello I saw your tags on a post about not giving up and I have to ask what is the spear theory?? It said “hope is a boar spear” is that not the thing that stops boars from further impaling themselves so they can gore the person stabbing them?

Those tags are unrelated, actually! Hope As A Boar Spear was found elsewhere on Tumblr.

The Spear Theory is a thing I invented with a friend on LiveJournal in the early 2010s. It's based off the Spoon Theory. You get a set number of spears to fight Symptoms. The broken and bloodied ones you retrieve are added to the cache.

I'll see if I can find the original links.

[bolddeducktionneverfails]

🏹☁✨💘 Happy Heartsmas! 💘✨☁🎯

Here's what I was...hoping to have finished in time for Valentine's Day Weekend.

I've been thinking of drawing LP and Della falling from the sky together, like the show posters, or "Last Adventure", and thought it would make for a good Valentine card design. 😊

The more I've been think about how we got the Plan B ending for the series, the more I wonder what Plan A would have been like…and I personally can't help but wonder if we were supposed to see something like that…🤔 🤷🏾‍♀️

🏹Here's a more Space-y themed version:

💚¯\_(ツ)_/¯💙

[brightlotusmoon]

I think my disability count is past 30 now. What do I do?

('You may know what's in his head, but you don't know what's in his heart!" "There's no slot in there either." "I said shut up!")

i feel like every human should max out at one disability or chronic illness. like when i hit adolescence and my brain chemistry went “bipolar time now?” the response should have been an error message like sorry! this slot can only contain one (1) item and has been filled with childhood asthma. i would even allow the possibility that you can overwrite previous disorders like “you have equipped chronic migraines and so no will no longer display symptoms of bipolar disorder.” i just think it should work that way.

[thatsnotmycat]

Mother was suprised by my interest in Britney Spears because she thought I only listened to MCR. Little does she know Britney Spears and Gerard Way are the same person

[dustbunnylair]

Black Butler's Grim Reaper lore is interesting. !TW: topic of suicide!

"We Grim Reapers were once human too and all. Humans who have committed suicide become 'Grim Reapers' as punishment. We're worked to the bone until the day we're forgiven, a captive audience to the deaths of man. For us, who've committed suicide, to have to bear witness to their earthly regrets and lust for life day in and day out is a depressing state of affairs indeed."

- Sascha Chapter 105

it's so interesting in everyone's case.

Grelle most likely committed due to well, gender dysphoria, which is already upsetting, but it's more upsetting when you realize her being rebirthed as a grim reaper, she still isn't free from that.

William, Ronald, and Undertaker most likely committed due to bullying in general. i have a few theories on it [1 for each character].

William, was most likely bullied or nagged at for his personality, given he's technically that "teachers pet" type of personality, uptight, dignified, aloof, etc. Most likely nihilism as well.

Ronald and Undertaker give me more family issue vibes than anything, Grelle as well. Ronald was most likely consistently nagged at by his family, or others, for being carefree or careless, maybe not even finding meaning in life, a nihilist.

Undertaker, well, to be blunt, he most likely got bullied for being a freak (/hj) as well as a "weird" kid. Thinking about it, his most prominent trait is that he laughs a lot, or wants to laugh. He most likely had an interest in death or what happens after death in his before life, like how he is revealed in Luxury Liner / Book of Atlantic.

I also feel that Undertaker might have self-harmed before his initial suicide, or maybe his suicide visibly wounded him and would leave a scar, hence his scars. Especially given they're in more of a stitch-like form, autopsies stitch up wounds, or the grim reaper's original bodies are in a coma.

[lady-lilly-gray]

Undertaker v. William T. Spears

Oh surprise theory coming to you!

Of the main Reapers we've met (Grelle, Ronald, Will, Othello) Will is the only one we have yet to see interact with Undertaker in-canon.

Why could that be?

What do we know about Will? He hates field work and problems that cause him to work overtime, for starters.

This means that, despite working in the "management" division, he has experience working in collections.

So I propose: William was the reaper in charge of the Phantomhive Manor Massacre

and the reason we haven't seen him interact with Undertaker yet is to build anticipation for a future fight between them, or one in the past.

Undertaker more than likely was present for the fire. His comment to Diedrich implies that he tried to retrieve Vincent and/or Rachel's body from the fire to turn them into Bizarre Dolls, as he was already working on the project at this point:

(I believe he started the project in an attempt to revive Claudia Phantomhive)

But what does he need to do make a Bizarre Doll? A Cinematic Record! This would also explain why the Undertaker made a point of taking his death scythe when deserting the dispatch—he need it to save the cinematic records for his experiments!

(I forget if it's manga-canon that records are stored inside death-scythes, but it is anime canon per Will the Reaper, which we all know Yana-san to be a fan of, and she's already brought the "training scythes" into manga-canon, so what's stopping this from being canon too? <3)

I'd be curious to know how management is viewed in relation to field work in the Reaper Dispatch—that lack of staffing implies it's hard to get into. Could William being made a manager been a demotion for failing to collect all the records from the fire?

I love the idea of Will having a personal grudge against Undertaker, and I would love to see the two of them have a face-off in the manga!

[brightlotusmoon]

*screams into pillow*

Gonna eat a snack, take a shower, and have a nap.

Also taking another edible, because I fucking can.

we’re gonna be ok btw

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Unifying Theory

Scribbles of a lunatic and formulas of a genius are often indistinguishable.

Artist: Ron Spears TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[fireheartwraith]

I had understood that it was Odysseus's plan to ambush the suitors in the armory: their first instinct would be to go there to arm themselves, so leaving it open is bait, but Telemachus got there first.

However, I've seen some people speculate that Odysseus had closed up the armory and Telemachus opened it to arm himself, forgetting to close it behind him.

I don’t know which interpretation is correct but this one doesn't make as much sense to me simply because of Athena. We know that Athena is helping Telemachus fight, so I think she would tell him "hey, lock the door" if he did forget to do so in his hurry. I also don't think he would need to go to the armory to arm himself. Once again, he is Athena's Warrior of the Mind. "Always be ready for battle so you're never caught off guard" must be like, Warrior 101. I don't think he would walk into a palace full of known hostile entities unarmed. Because that would be stupid. Why was he going to the armory then? Well, "check which weapons are missing to get an idea of what you will be fighting against" seems like an obvious thing to do

[juxl25]

Kuroshitsuji theory (spoilers)

Is there a spy in the reapers who works for the undertaker?

I think there might be! (Let me cook plz)

Today I was thinking about Dolls death and the events at the end of book of circus and realised, how tf did the undertaker get dolls body and cinematic records?! Because William and Ronald were at the mansion collecting the records of all the dead children and the count, and I honestly don’t think William would let some random guy with a death sythe show up and take the records.

Unless William is the spy.

Now let’s think about this. William is the only repeating Reaper that we don’t know much about other than the stuff from the OVA and as well as that he was at the circus during the times of the kidnappings. And I know we’ve had reapers show up to the places of major events such as Ronald and Grell with book of Atlantis, but that’s most because they wouldn’t of been able to get to the cinematic records if not. But if so why was William at the circus? No major deaths happened there, all deaths happened away from the circus. Unless he was there to spy on o!ciel and Sebastian.

Second off William’s appearance at the end of book of Atlantis. I know he was there to get Ronald and Grell but I think it’s kinda weird how he just showed up out of the blue and didn’t bother to help with all the bizarre dolls. We know that Grell and Ronald were completely out of it when William showed up, so what if he helped undertaker and r!ciel back to land?

Third of all, how did the undertaker get Dollys body when he was taking care of r!ciel? Knowing how loyal the undertaker is I don’t think he would have left r!ciel alone in that moment and I don’t think he could of come back for the body and the records because, people would of shown up to fight the fire and because of the grim reapers that were there. So maybe William brought him Dolly body as he (William) thought she could be a good candidate for a bizarre doll due to her history with o!ciel and Sebastian.

And my final point for why William might be a spy is how he always shows up at the end of all major event involving the bizarre dolls and blood transfusion. He always shows up when things start to go wrong, as show is Bards arc. I theories that the events in the hospital where Bards is happened first out of the 3 mini arcs due to the amount of time show to have past in each arc. Hence why he hasn’t shown up in the other mini arcs.

I would also like to say why I don’t think Ronald Knox is the traitor.

Firstly he was only called as back up in book of circus and had no way of knowing about what was actually going on inside the mansion. Secondly in book of Atlantis Ronald is shocked to find out about undertakers true identity as a reaper as well as the state he was left in after the fight with undertaker. And finally the events in Bards mini arc, Ronald is shown to be actively searching for the Bizzare Doll and if he was a spy why would he do that? Bear in mind William only showed up after the Layla was found.

But what do yall think? If I’ve made an error or missed something important let me know! And thanks for reading my ramblings:)

[brightlotusmoon]

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[ladyofthebookcase]

funny rats

[brightlotusmoon]

What the fuck. What the fuck.

My husband inherited a dense thick layer of fat under his scalp so he's never gotten a concussion, and somehow I never made the connection between layer of fat and bounciness until right now.

[bolddeducktionneverfails]

For years, I had been wanting to create an easier way to share my most recent basis for this couple. And since the Speculation Timeline I wanted to put together isn't going to be completed anywhere near now (and since I'm being indecisive about whether I'd want to post it on here), I thought putting several images together was a good option.

I've had a general idea of what people think about my artwork, and the ship itself, for a long time and I'm sure a lot of those sentiments haven't changed. The other major reason as to why I made this post, is because I wanted to show people that I'm not oblivious to how Launchpad and Della were portrayed in canon. That I'm not picking two random characters to ship out of boredom. I put a lot of thought into how their dynamic could be and why we ended up with what we got. I was hoping to see a build up to something more meaningful. And now that I've been made aware of the show not getting to follow its initial plan, I'm trying to figure out what that was going to be, while also putting my own spin on it.

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Ok, so, more on the basis details: 

|    Cover

Dunno if I made it clear enough, but just in case I confused anyone, this is meant to be set within the same timeline as the show. It just goes a little farther than where the show left off. When I was restructuring my ideas, I was going to make an alternative timeline where Season 3 would be closer to what Plan A could have been. (I wanted to see a season revision so bad, but I knew it would never actually happen. 😭) As time went on, I considered what show would be like if it was able to pick up after the finale and I think I might like this case a little more, due to it being the most believable scenario. 

|    Della's Pages 

I undoubtedly believe that Della was supposed to have a turnaround with Launchpad and that "Trickening" was a strong indication of that. She doesn't know what LP is truly capable of because she's never around when he's at his best. And this feels very intentional because it's one of the biggest things that prevented their relationship from getting the development it needed. Keeping them stuck in this stage prevents anything...significant from happening. 

There's not much of a reason for them to be kept here if there's nothing to hide...they're capable of getting along and Della's assumption about Scrooge hiring Launchpad, would have easily been settled if the characters were given a chance to talk it out. 

In order for them to progress, Launchpad needs to do something amazing to catch her attention. I haven't come up with a solid answer to this in my personal timeline yet; it'll probably have something to do with saving Dewey, Della or both. But can you imagine what her reaction to Suavepad would have been like?! Or talking to Gosalyn about what it means to be a hero? The way she looked at Kit when he was cloud kicking could have definitely been giving us a good idea.

While not openly expressed in canon, perhaps another reason why Della is irritated with Launchpad is because there are things about him that remind her of HDL's Dad. Or maybe a bit more generally, how much she hates failure; I've been theorizing that Della had secret intentions of saving him when she headed into the cosmic storm. If this is true, she believes that she failed to save him. She could still be mourning that loss, so, if she began to have any feelings for Launchpad, there's bound to be a lot of resistance.

|     Launchpad's Pages

In the alternate timeline, I was going to have him completely stuck in friend mode and not notice anything until Della finally got more comfortable about her feelings. But I think having them both silently struggling to conceal their feelings, is a lot more interesting. 😂

I always thought it was strange that he was never written to show a prior interest in her...or even prior knowledge about her at all. In earlier essays, I noted how odd it was for Launchpad to know who Scrooge was without knowing about The Duck Twins. They were only out of action for ten years. Launchpad was alive before this happened and being that close to someone as popular as Scrooge...he would have seen them from time to time. 

I've also noted how LP was connected to Della from the first time we met him. His conversation about the snowstorm on the Drake Barrier Reef and the Atlantic trip as a whole, reflected the Spear incident. The way he was talking to Scrooge, sounded a lot like he wanted to encourage him to come out of retirement so he could be his pilot. That would mean that he did know something about Scrooge being an adventurer. So, how would he know about that without the Donald and Della portion?? It's the most recent part! He would have grown up with this! Either there's something up with him, or this is one serious plothole...

When Dewey and Webby started their investigation on Della, they never considered prying information from him...and after Scrooge shared his perspective on the Spear incident, Launchpad didn't have anything to say about Della's decision...(I'd expect someone who's supposedly a latchkey kid, to be...a little vocal about child abandonment...) and while his name carried over from original show, it's still very related to rockets. Why wouldn't the showrunners want to incorporate that into something bigger when the show has such a heavy space theme?! All this stuff feels a little too conveniently ignored...🤨

Speaking of the original, LP's family is full of pilots! If the reboot was going to borrow more from LP's history, that's yet ANOTHER way he should know who she is!! If one of your fellow aviators were related to the richest duck in the world, and they're travelling all over the place with him, surely their name and exploits would be brought up multiple times...Heh, if Della appeared in the original, I think it's safe to say he would immediately have a noticeable crush on her. 😂 The reboot hinted that Launchpad's romantic side is just about as active as it was in DT87, but it's a lot more private in comparison. It's really odd to have him dating around without extending any of that to Della...maybe there was something more subtle in "Coot" where he wanted to impress her...but c'mon, that's a fishy thing to do.

Anyway, I got the impression that LP found out about something having to do with Dad when the Timephoon sent him to the future. A lot of people took his delayed reaction to Louie's remark as taking too long to realize he was talking about Della. But I think it was because he wasn't initially thinking of her. The remark was said as if Louie's actions were hereditary. If not Della, then who else could Louie have "gotten" the idea of taking off with a powerful machine? 

Della's recording in "GlomTales!", warned Louie that he needed to stop his plans and schemes if he wants to be a part of the family. Dad doesn't seem to be part of the family. Could he be missing due to a plan or a scheme in relation to the Spear and the cosmic storm? In "Coot", the characters discussed how something valuable was being sought after on the non-McDuck side of the family and how everyone related to the family were frauds and cheats. If Louie was after valuables in his situation, and his situation was compared to Della's, then couldn't Dad fall under both of these categories?  

When thinking of what Launchpad could have seen during the end of the world, I amused myself with the thought of seeing them kiss, but it doesn't make sense for him to crush on someone else after that. If it was anything romantic, it would have to be a lot more subdued.  (I still do believe they were supposed to share a kiss in the original finale plans...) 

|   Ages

When it comes to pairing the pilots, shippers tend to be met with comments about Launchpad being too young. This is largely because of some statements from one of the showrunners and how they were perceived.

When I had asked the showrunner on his blog about whether Launchpad was around the same age as Donald, the answer confirmed this, and that it may have been agreed amongst the writers that Donald was little older; thus making Della the same.

In the following year, someone else asked for exact ages on Drake and Launchpad and were told that both were in their late 20's to early 30's. It was also mentioned that the twins were in their mid 30's for comparison. 

A month later, there was a question that mentioned the twins being a few years older than LP and Drake with no additional correction from the showrunner.

Later in that year, another fan asked for Donald and Della's ages and were given the answer "36".

The year after that, someone asked for the age difference between the twins and Launchpad. They were told "About seven years, I think.". 🤨 

This was a really strange thing to say after the information I was given, but once I thought more about it, I realized that this was pretty much just another way to reiterate the late 20's to early 30's range that was said before. It does...not sound like Launchpad's age is set in stone. And even though we got a precise number for the twins, it may not have been chosen with sincerity. The same showrunner had said in another age-related answer regarding the kids, that he didn't want to give them canon ages, only age ranges. This might also extend to the other characters in the series. Maybe any number in the mid-30's could be correct for Della's age and 36 was chosen at random for that question...

Similarly, some fans are proclaiming that Launchpad was officially confirmed as 31 because of a "Duckburg Life" podcast episode. But this takes place during an earlier time in the show, that wouldn't be his current age. (I remember hearing things that implied the first season, while others say it takes place in the earlier half of the second. I don't feel like checking right now, lol) How do we know the writer for this ep also wasn't just picking any number within LP's age range? Because it isn't part of the main show, this audio series is either semi-canon or not canon at all. And it wasn't helmed by the regular showrunners, so, we can't take the events and mentions too seriously without their confirmation.

Whatever the matter is behind the confusion and hesitancy surrounding their ages, a three-year age gap between the pilots could still work with how I want to see them. Just because Launchpad could be several years younger than Della, doesn't automatically mean that his is. He could be a lot closer.

That window of possibility could have easily been shut. And what helps to keep it open, is that there are multiple characters who have been placed in...highly unusual situations, that affected the way they age. Dating a mermaid, all the way out in Mid-Atlantic Ridge somewhere, sounds pretty unusual...who's to say it's impossible for him to be part of this trend in some way?

I've been theorizing that he has amnesia. Maybe that caused him to get his age wrong. We've already seen him time travel, and timeless dimensions exist in the show. What if one of his adventures lead him to a place where the passage of time works differently? We've been given at least three examples of characters being frozen. What about that?

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I would have loved to see a natural progression for Delpad in the show, but now that it's over, I don't have the patience to completely follow this timeline in chronological order. I'm mostly just going to elaborate on whatever points I feel like and work on organizing them later. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (🎶 can we skip to the good part 🎶 lol)

But don't worry, I'm not going to keep you too in the dark on this. I'm going to publish a light draft of my timeline...somewhere! Each section has been broken up into eras and will be tagged accordingly:

(PreSp-CE)

(PreSp-PDE)

(PreSp-DE)

(PreSp-SE)

(CSE)

(PostSp-SE)

(PostSp-UE)

(PostSp-FCE)

(PostSp-DE)

And I guess anything I'm not sure about adding to my headcanons in general, can be labeled "Up in The Air" (UiTA)

Will there be anything about my basis or these eras that are subject to change? Maybe. Will I create more "How I Ship" pages with other parts of timeline? There's a good chance! Did I purposely exclude an era somewhere in here for a secret reason? I'm not going to answer that. 😶

Whatever happens, I'll be sure to make an update about it! 😁

[starflungwaddledee]

Regarding the ask with starstruck’s star spears and Galacta,I’m guessing they have some sort of beef? Maybe they’ve met in the past?

[x] i'm not sure if i'd call it beef so much as the whole entire herd of cattle

[suguwu-gato]

If I recall correctly, when Gojo kills Geto in JJK0 there’s the sound of a blade? Which I’ve always thought was interesting because it’s not Gojo’s usual style to use weapons like that, and killing a sorcerer without using cursed energy will result in the killed person becoming a cursed spirit. Logically this means that the weapon used would have been some sort of cursed tool. Now, when Toji spared Geto it was because he wasn’t sure what would happen to all the cursed spirits he’d consumed if he were to die. It’s possible he was being overly cautious, and that if he’d used inverted spear of heaven on Geto, his technique would have been nullified just like Gojo’s. After Toji’s death, the weapon would have probably fallen into Gojo’s hands. It’s possible that Geto had no spirits left after unleashing uzumaki on Yuta, but why take chances?

What I’m saying is. What if Gojo used the weapon that had killed him ten years ago to kill Geto. What if he killed Geto with a weapon that he knew what it was like to be killed by. What if he made sure to do it gently, so Geto’s death was kinder than his had been, at Toji’s hands. What if it symbolized just how much Toji hurt them both, then and now. What’s more romantic than to kill your lover the way you were once killed, and then die on the same day a year later?