#whatever i'll tag it anyway

[sam-i-damn]

Can't believe I'm dedicating a post to this, but that stupid Ska CD just feels like decisive evidence™.

This is from Asriel. It has to be. Ska is literally only mentioned twice in the entire game and it's Dess and Asriel's CD collections.

The case is still sealed, so obviously Dess did not ever intend to listen to it. Which begs the question: why is it still in her room? Just look at that pile of various instruments right next to the CD player.

Astute observation, and excellent summary, Kris.

If she didn't want that CD in her room, it would either be in pieces, in the trash, both, or at the very least hidden somewhere out of sight like Asriel's retainer is. (why do you have that? HOW do you have that?).

But no, it's just laying there with the rest of her CDs.

Never opened, never played, but a part of her collection anyway.

Because she can't bring herself to throw away a gift from that Massive Dork™ next door.

No matter how bad his taste in music is.

[rassblerry]

PV thinks he's part of the team....

Reference because this was insanely funny to me. GET SENT TO THE MINES, IDIOTS!!!

[seventh-district]

Making Incorrect H:SR Quotes Until I Run Out of (hopefully) Original Ideas - Pt. 2

[Pt. 1] [Pt. 3] [Pt. 4] [Pt. 5] [Pt. 6]

[red-moon-at-night]

okay the whole vase is great but something about Helen sitting on Aphrodite's lap as she wraps one arm around her shoulder and brushes her leg with her hand, staring into her eyes like that... as she is persuading Helen to go with Paris (while Peitho aka persuasion stands behind them) is so incredibly iconic.

and gay. toxic yuri, if you will.

[licorishh]

no way she's alive ?? yea those mental health breaks because social media makes people suck are wild huh

[alxandergoth]

chapter one: bloodflower ✿🩸 | 3/4

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TRANSCRIPT:

Eli: What the fuck is wrong with you? Do you have any idea what you put us through? Sixty-three calls, Charlie. Sixty-three fucking calls, and you couldn't be bothered to answer one? Charlie: My phone was on silent. Eli: Your phone was on silent while you were balls-deep in some groupie who probably doesn't even know your real name. Charlie: At least I'm getting laid. When's the last time you got your dick wet, Eli? Or are you too busy being a self-righteous prick to remember how to have fun? Eli: Fun? You call this fun? Showing up late, high, and reeking of someone else? You're a fucking mess, Charlie. Charlie: And you're a stuck-up asshole who wouldn't know a good time if it bit you on the ass. Charlie: Which is probably why you're so fucking uptight all the time. Eli: You want to know why I'm uptight? Because I have to watch you destroy yourself night after night, and I can't do a goddamn thing about it. Charlie: Aww, does poor Eli have feelings? Eli: Shut the fuck up. Charlie: Make me. Eli: I fucking hate you. Charlie: Good, hate me. It's the only honest thing about you. Eli: Look at you, covered in some stranger's marks. Do you even remember his name? Charlie: Do you care? Eli: I should. I should walk away and let you destroy yourself. Charlie: But you won't. Because you're obsessed with me. Admit it. Eli: I'm obsessed with hating you. Charlie: Same thing. Eli: You're going to be the death of me. Charlie: Promise? Charlie: The show, Eli: Fuck the show. Let them wait. Charlie: Victor will— Eli: Victor can go to hell.

[snotface-ing]

normally i wouldn't post stuff like this on here cause it's not polished/finished BUT. i think tumblr deserves to see satanized priest x jim defroque. i think you guys will like it.

[requinum]

hello again thanks @ everyone who has ever recommended Noel by @yagami-raito-kun AHHHHHHHUHU! I enjoyed it immensely

[otome-dissection]

Idk man I just think that mizu/ena5 and its progression was really beautiful actually. I just think that the release of the ena5 song was also really beautiful and kind of the nail in the coffin for me and I haven't been able to get the event(s) out of my head all week and that I kind of want to talk about it, actually.

It's about being hurt so deeply and continuously that any kindness that could be offered to you manages to feel like a sin, that it makes you crumble and shatter but for all the wrong reasons, not because of the newfound safety, not out of relief, but something worse and more deeply ingrained in you than kindness ever was. It's about carefully measuring the distance at which you keep others away from yourself, to ensure that it never happens again ("To save yourself the trouble", if that makes it easier).

It's about realizing that the people you've been spending all this time with are drifting closer, that they just might bump up against the unsightly parts of yourself that you've tried to keep locked away, it's about turning around and sprinting at full speed and slamming the door shut and holding onto the handle behind you to stop it from turning, because you're as frightened of the possibility of another wound being inflicted on you as you are of the possibility that kinder, gentler hands will reach out and smooth over the exposed scar. It's about hating eyes that judge and silently condemn you as much as you hate eyes that simply see you and take all of you in without scrutiny, because no matter what they're looking and they're looking at you and they know that your hand's on that door handle and they know that you're hiding something because, as much as you try to keep it shut, they've seen through the crack that you foolishly left open.

(The prominence of eyes in Bake no Hana, specifically eyes looking and searching, and finally landing on you, the viewer, Mizuki, is so fucking. Visceral in my opinion. Every character in the MV stares at the viewer in a deadpan, almost judging way. Even though Mizuki knows deep down that niigo won't really hate them, won't judge them, she just can't stand their kindness either; any gaze directed at her is a loss, another prick in their skin. It screams "don't look at me" while making sure that you know, with horrific certainty, that they're looking for you, that you're being watched. You can't go outside, can't leave your room, because they're searching for you, and while that should be reassuring, to you it's anything but).

It's about not wanting to be dissected, whether it's with hands that want to pull your organs apart or stitch them back together because no matter what they're there, and they're getting frighteningly close to your heart. It's about blinding yourself and covering your eyes to it all because seeing means exposure and exposure means they're taking something from you and you can't do anything about it, much less take it all back, much less have a say in the matter. Everyone's just taking and taking and taking and you wish you could just be alone. You wish everyone would just disappear and you could live in a world all to yourself, for only yourself (but is that really what you want?).

It's about the way that, near the beginning of the Yoka ni Mitoreta MV, Mizuki and her loneliness is represented as a dark, splotchy stain in the shadows. No colors, no patterns, no way to clean it or wash it all away, just raw ugliness marring a blank canvas. It's about the way that Ena reaches out to it anyway, the way she startles when the glass shatters just when she finally starts reaching forward, the way that the rest of the MV/song represents her searching for and reaching only further out to Mizuki, even if the broken shards of glass will only cut her fingers, potentially leaving scars.

It's about how, in every way, subtly, directly, consciously, and subconsciously, Ena shows that she fucking cares.

It's about the way that Ena lets Mizuki have autonomy, despite the situation being so horribly out of their control. And it's such a delicate thing: If she really wants to, Mizuki can take the opportunity to just run away, keep running forever, repeat the cycle over and over, and maybe she'll just destroy herself with it again, but it can't be denied that it's something important to them, something she can't quite live without just yet, their means of survival. Mizuki's autonomy is their identity, it's her tailoring her own clothes and choosing her own ribbons and styling her own hair the way she does. Ena letting them have that is as much about trust as it is about understanding that Mizuki of all people should have this right, when control was something stripped from her throughout so much of her life. She couldn't control how she was born, how people look at her or why, can't control what they think of her; lacking control has only left Mizuki vulnerable to the cruelties of others, has only caused them to suffer, which is why it's so important that it's given to them now.

She had the control to make the choice to see niigo's welcoming love and run away instead of staying, and she has the control to make the choice now whether she wants to keep things the way they are or take a step forward to be at their side again. She has every right to have it, and I think the fact that Ena realizes and respects that, even if it's subconsciously, is really beautiful (there is an entire fucking Verse about this in the new song and just. God Look at this. It's so caring, unconditional, and for fucking What. I think there is something to be said about how much Ena is willing to put aside for Mizuki, and maybe deep down it isn't healthy, but for now I'm just kind of in awe)

It's about how insanely patient Ena has been this whole time. Mizuki says that she basically lied to Ena's face about telling her their secret, even after Ena said with such conviction that she would wait for Mizuki as long as it takes, and Ena is just kept waiting and waiting and worrying like this seemingly indefinitely. It's about how Mizuki danced around it, avoided it, kept the distance, straight up ran when she was finally pushed, but Ena still chased anyway when she saw that she couldn't wait anymore, kept chasing just enough to intervene and get a straight answer out of Mizuki when she really needed to, but still leaving her enough space to leave if that was truly what she wanted. It's about how relieved Ena is the moment that Mizuki finally says outright how much they want to be with her and niigo, how much she wants to try, how much more light Ena's voice sounds when she grabs her hand, relieved, the way that the relief she feels can be felt through the music, throughout the entirety of Yoka ni Mitoreta, the way that warm colors always follow her when she chases after Mizuki, just to hold onto her and stop her from running away completely.

It's about how that careful combination of Ena's directness, Ena's persistence, Ena's warmth, her patience, her bluntness about her feelings, the way she chases and holds on but not too tight and her regard for how unsafe and exposed Mizuki feels actually works and breaks it all down. It's about how she really did reach through to Mizuki, despite the thorns and broken glass shards and nearly-unfulfilled promises, the way that Mizuki did finally let her turn the door handle and step through to see what she'd been hiding all this time, the way that Mizuki's hand, limp, when Ena first grabs onto it, shifts to hold hers back as they cry in the face of Ena's gentleness.

Despite how harsh Mizu/Ena5, and even Ena herself as a character can be (or at least was in the very beginning of pjsk), everything is somehow gentle and warm in the end, blindingly so. And you know what, I think that's beautiful. And what's even more beautiful than that is how Mizuki allows themself to crumble and shatter under that kindness, that warm light, but this time, finally, out of relief.

On a final note, I just want to say that I also appreciate how all that didn't have to solve everything. The scars haven't disappeared, haven't gone away, and Mizuki knows that their desire to run hasn't gone away forever, and maybe it never truly will. But for now they've calmed it, at least a little. She's learning to allow herself to be seen, learning that when someone's fingertips brush over their scars the way Ena's did that it's only out of care, and that maybe taking in that care and allowing herself to feel kindness and safety is okay. They're safe, for now, somehow. They're learning. They're trying. And I think that's cool :)

[katabay]

PAGLUIB

way back in like. march?? I took a stab at writing some kind of kabitserye type of story but it was a mess: it kept veering off into murder mystery drama territory because I was reading a lot of murder mystery novels around then and it Wasn't Good because I hadn't tried writing mysteries, let alone murder mysteries, before lmao

I did write a handful of short mystery stories since then, so next year I might take a stab at this idea again now that I'm no longer jumping head first into a genre pool I don't know how to swim in :)

[royalarchivist]

[Context: Ironmouse thought Tina should ask people if they've committed a crime so Foolish could arrest them.]

Tina: That's just not who I am. I wouldn't want to deceive–

Ironmouse: Well, who are you, Tina? Who is Tina?

Tina: Umm... She's a goody two-shoes that wouldn't ever cross paths with nobody. So you don't gotta worry about me!

Ironmouse: Uh oh, that sounds ominous. That's what evil people say!

Tina: [Defensive] It's not! You can tell me anything though. Smiley. 😇

Ironmouse: See?! She's perfect! Tina, you'd make the perfect informant.

Tina: Oh god, don't say that! [Laughs] It makes me feel– wrong.

Ironmouse: Why? You're not doing anything wrong. You're just asking questions. [...] Am I evil? [Laughs] Probably.

Tina: Mm, no, you seem great! Great and kind.

Foolish: No, Mouse is a little devil.

Ironmouse: I am a demon, it's true. 🤷‍♀️

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Ironmouse: You're just asking questions, you're not doing anything deceitful!

Foolish: [Laughs]

Tina: That's just not who I am. I wouldn't want to deceive–

Ironmouse: Well, who are you, Tina? Who is Tina?

Tina: Who is Tina?

Ironmouse: Yes.

Tina: Umm... She's a goody two-shoes that wouldn't ever cross paths with nobody. So you don't gotta worry about me!

Ironmouse: Uh oh, that sounds ominous.

Tina: [Defensive] It's not!

Ironmouse: That's what evil people say!

Tina: No! You can tell me anything though! Smiley.

Ironmouse: See?!

Tina: What? I'm just smiley!

Ironmouse: She's perfect!

Tina: Yeah!

Foolish: [Laughs]

Ironmouse: She added a smiley at the end!

Tina: Smiley! [Laughs and squeals]

Foolish: Hmm...

Ironmouse: You see? She's perfect!

Foolish: Wait– But Mouse, you seem to kinda have the perfect–

Ironmouse: Tina, you'd make the perfect informant.

Tina: Oh god, don't say that! [Laughs]

Ironmouse: It's true!

Tina: It makes me feel– wrong.

Foolish: [Laughs]

Ironmouse: Why? You're not doing anything wrong. You're just asking questions.

Tina: No, I- I'm– You're right, I'm not doing anything wrong– [Mumbles]

Ironmouse: Am I evil? [Laughs]

Tina: Are you evil?

Ironmouse: Probably.

Tina: Mm, no, you seem great!

Ironmouse: Thanks!

Tina: Great and kind.

Foolish: Oh. No, Mouse is a little devil.

Ironmouse: I am a demon, it's true.

[sforzesco]

WINTER BREAK

much like marriage matches, the stakes are pretty high for getting into the cardinalate. you might be a little on edge if the brother that's been earmarked for the role isn't really jazzed about the whole thing, in addition to trying to convince the pope that it's in his best interest to let this happen.

A Renaissance Court: Milan Under Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Gregory Lubkin

eventually I'm going to get the whole cast of sforza siblings drawn. there's just. a lot of them.

[basket-of-radiants]

[jeepersccreepers]

rough day

[paula-bear]

BFDI: The Power of the Family Guy (gender neutral)

[cherrirui-official]

@ohposhers I blame you for this

J*hn D*ry do NOT interact 😤✋