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FUCK. honestly just FUCK. We missed a very important day yesterday.

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also

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Looking through old photos. They're not *that* old, they just haven't been stored well. They were taken out of their frames and thrown into junk boxes following the divorce. I think, for Catherine, it's sometimes hard to remember what she saw in him. Other times, it's the easiest thing in the world. But she'll always miss what they used to have and wonders if they'll ever have anything like it again.

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Everything Is Fine (comic): Everything we know about the New Government (SPOILERS)

I just finished season three. I need to talk to someone about it.

SPOILERS AHEAD.

Up until the end of Season 3, I (like many) suspected Red Status was some sort of illusion, recording, deepfake, etc. That's still not off the table, but Season 3 gives us a lot of evidence that Red Status is real, that the children are genuinely being held on rooftop camps, and that at least some of them are genuinely brainwashed in favor of the New Government.

Since the start, I've felt that the New Government was probably aliens or rogue AI or some other sci-fi non-human entity, because it seems like no human being would have anything to gain at all from doing any of the stuff the New Government is doing. I'm sticking with this theory, that it's non-human, because of how organized yet indecipherable its actions seem to be.

So what do we know about this group or entity? I'm making a list. I haven't read the previous seasons since they came out, so I'll definitely miss details-- please feel free to add or correct me!

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RESOURCES

It has vast resources. It is able to produce cat heads for every single person in these communities-- possibly for the entire world, and distribute them. It is able to produce and maintain inconceivably vast quantities of surveillance equipment. It is probable that it has built all of the dystopian cookie-cutter suburban homes shown in season one, but that could just be the actual suburbs, idk.

It was able to "source replacements" for all utilities immediately upon taking over, an improbable feat.

The takeover interfered with the communications of the International Space Station.

It was somehow able to gather and communicate with all children in either full secret or possibly instantaneously, leading the children to "join their cause" at the start of the takeover. Children were either very quickly or very secretly brainwashed and radicalized enough that some were willing to taunt and berate their own parents as they committed suicide at the command of the New Government.

It is able to somehow monitor every single person and sense when they are doing something "wrong." In the first season, this monitor's activity is depicted through red eye cameras, and it seems VERY nit-picky about people dropping the happy facade even slightly. HOWEVER, this monitoring seems like it can easily be tricked by people using cheeky turn-of-phrase and code (such as Judy asking Maggie how many square feet her 'turkey' has). It also doesn't seem to notice or care when someone suddenly goes off-line (entering a faraday cage). Its most effective monitors are human beings, however, as it highly incentivizes people to turn each other in.

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THEMES IN BEHAVIOR

It has a sense of order which is completely unintuitive to human beings (groceries and products organized alphabetically, streets and businesses named by number, 'Art factory').

It encourages betrayal and persecution. It does not care whether anyone punished is legitimately guilty of anything-- the purpose seems to be to continue to make people inflict punishment on each other as much as possible.

It enables and encourages cruelty of individuals' own free will. The mayor of Lakeview must move one couple "up" each month, but there is no limit to the number they can red status. The mayor has extreme limitations on their power when it comes to helping people, but unlimited power when it comes to hurting them, which encourages abuse while also leaving the actual choice to abuse power up to free will.

It exterminates huge swaths of the population at a time. It seems like MOST people are probably killed under this regime.

It has an ultimate goal. The current status quo is not its end game. It created the numbered neighborhood society and then it destroyed it after about three years, allowing only a select few who "played the game" right (betrayed their neighbors) to escape.

It changes the rules from phase to phase, seemingly encouraging "cheating" in the second part of its game by providing everyone in Lakeview with an apparently unsurveilled boat. This could be ineptitude on its part, but it seems like a huge oversight for an otherwise over-the-top hyper-surveilling entity.

It is committed to control over aesthetic. It takes full responsibility of a mass-production strategy to feeding the population. Food is mostly canned, there are no brands, and the quality seems poor and inauthentic. Where are these resources coming from? Who is generating all this food, and where?

It is committed to aesthetic over functionality. (Charlie worked at the box factory, Sam worked in moving the boxes around, while Bob worked at the box incinerator, implying there is no value or purpose to many peoples' jobs other than busywork). They designated Ormel red status because the mask he was assigned was a misprint.

It needs human beings to enforce its will. An empowered individual must make the choice to "red status" someone else. It seems to overwhelmingly rely on citizens to use the tools it provides to enforce its rules and maintain its order. Is this an actual need, or a choice it makes? Would it be able to "red status" or possibly kill everyone if all of its enforcement officers refused to push the button?

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HISTORY & METHODS OF REIGN

The military was likely targeted first, as the army was already executing people in the streets the same day the overthrow was announced.

The cat heads seem to be made of a combination of current human technology and sci-fi wildness, containing both cameras, tracking devices, and strange green ooze that can "heal."

The smiley sticker system was not invented by the New Government. The manipulative facade of a system where you can supposedly "buy" a merit with an unattainable amount of money was invented by Lakeview, as was the voting system. A large amount of the sinister system of Lakeview was created by Mayor Laura and the town council based on assumptions they made from reading between the lines. We don't know if this is what they New Government WANTS, but we definitely know it's ALLOWED.

They declared another lakeview-like town a "failed project" and redded everyone, possibly due to corruption and fighting in the town.

It often communicates through implication. When the New Government took over, it "implied" responsibility to the press.

It claims Lakewood's job is to determine who is "truly loyal." Lakewood must send one couple "up" and at least one "down" each month. It was up to the mayor of Lakewood to interpret what this meant, and she interpreted it as snuffing out rebellious activity.

It mandates the hunts in Lakewood. The practice of rewarding those who hunt down and kill red status people is a direct edict from the New Government.

Whatever happens to the children who do survive is bad enough that most of them are deeply psychologically scarred.

We may assume that the red-status children actually did jump, as we have more evidence for that now than we did before. We have seen what is implied to be dried blood from the splatter, but no bodies. It is implied that the bodies were removed with a vehicle. At the camp we have seen, it looks like of the six children camping there (estimated from the number of cots shown), four died.

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ASSUMPTIONS & GUESSES

We have no proof or evidence that any real human beings are running the New Government. The highest-up official we have seen was described as just another victim herself.

Maggie said "This world takes people... and turns them into monsters." I suspect that is at least part of the goal of the New Government.

Winston's daughter Lucy said, as she was about to kill herself, that they were doing what they were told "so the people who deserve this world get to live in it." That seems like it must be very close to what the New Government is telling them.

Hillside is not the end of the "game." It is strongly implied that Hillside residents are still locked in some sort of betrayal-based "loyalty" test.

So what do you think? What is the nature of or purpose of "The New Government?" And how do you think Oscar fits in?

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What is Cyrus deal with Svetlana? Like I get she was evil and her grandpa who's your enemy raised her but your literally beefing with a 15 year old💀

Cyrus just sucks in general

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One of the things that makes Ever After High so amazing is how every character, main or side, has their own complicated story.

Obviously we have Raven not wanting to follow her destiny because she doesn't want to be evil, and Apple wanting a secure and safe future because she's scared of the unknown and wants to meet her mother's expectations

But at the same time, we also have characters like Briar Beauty, who, on the outside, may seem like she has her life all straightened out and is the life of the party, but in reality, she's so terrified of having to sleep for a hundred years that she is determined to live every day to the fullest so that she doesn't have to think about her grim fate.

Ashlynn Ella, who's desperately in love with Hunter, but they are just not meant to be, at least according to the book.

Duchess Swan, who, behind the mean girl facade, just wants a happily ever after, and is determined to do anything to get one.

Darling Charming, who is not content with being a damsel in distress and basically has a double life so that she can be a hero.

CA Cupid, who helps everyone around her find love, yet is stuck crushing on a boy who doesn't like her back.

Lizzie Hearts, who has so much love in her heart and misses her mother and homeland so so so much, but hides her true feelings behind her harsh exterior.

Cerise Hood, who's guarding her family secret with her life.

Kitty Cheshire, who pranks others just so she could have her mother's approval.

Blondie Lockes, who just wants to fit in with her fellow royals, so she's constently trying to prove herself, however much of a gossip she may be.

And there are so many more characters who each have their own story. Their own tale to tell. And that's what makes Ever After High one of the best shows ever.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!🎂

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Let’s ignore the fact that I just found this out, but LETS GO MOON BASE ALPHA GRAPHIC NOVEL WOOOOO

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My back hurts so bad

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y’all how would we feel if I made an account specifically for my art? I’ve been pondering it for a bit now

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The Star Guardian’s had enough of your shit ⭐️. Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl has been the inspiration I needed!

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Hi friends. I need help.

As it currently stands, the show I'm directing has been defunded by my university, I'm not going to be able to make rent next month, and truthfully I'm not fully sure where my food is going to come from next week.

Put simply: shit's fucked.

Especially with Sylvie having gone to the ER last week and having to deal with those bills as well, we're swamped in debts that we aren't able to pay, and we're currently at risk of being homeless.

I hate to ask again, but we need help. I'm taking commissions, and also have Ko-fi memberships, among other things.

EMERGENCY COMMISSION PRICING:

0-499 Words: $5

500-999 Words: $10

100-1499 Words: $15

+500 Words = +$5

I'll write whatever the fuck you want, I just need the support.

Here's my Ko-fi link if you're interested in just supporting. I have a membership for $5/Month that will give you a special role in the discord server Sylvie and I are making, which should be open in the next couple of days.

As it currently stands, I'm setting a high goal. Desperate times call for more desperate measures, as they say. So, the monetary goal (which coincides with my Ko-fi goal of writing a full HDG fic) is:

$195/$1000

Please don't donate if you don't have the means, but a reblog would be appreciated. If you like my content, reaching that goal is what's going to keep this page going.

Thank you all, and thank you for your support.

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my personal designs for raven and apple <3

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Svetlana mood board I made awhile ago. It's isn't the best but I like it

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I hate getting a new hyperfixation. Don't get me wrong I love my special interests but every time I get a new hyperfixation it's all I can think about for the next couple of days. My previous hyperfixation was spy school and now it's Ever after high. This one is better because I actually can talk to my friends about it because they like EAH. I'm still going to post about PJ and SS