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Saw this post and had to add the boy to it. Mally Cat isn't pleased with the way society has progressed.

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Cannot stop thinking about this line from Stanislawa Przybyszewska's The Danton Case

Like WOW

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diasomnia, 1 — 19

***Spoilers ahead!!!***

Note: this is just a general summary of what has happened so far and my initial reactions to those major events. I focused my comments on whatever interests me the most (ie lore and funny character interactions), so there are definitely details that were overlooked and lines that were simplified to make a joke; please do not rely on this as a translation.

Big thanks to @shuuenmei and @curekibouka-writing for clarifying the more confusing tracks of the story (some parts were difficult to follow the sequence of events for) and the details of the✨ deep lore ✨ It was fun screaming with the both of you—

Ah yes, Yuu’s Sleeping Beauty dream right on cue. Finally starting to put together the puzzle pieces, huh (Yuu goes to check on the Great Seven statues to confirm they saw the Fairy of Thorns in their dreams)? About time—

As expected, Sebek loses his mind and tells Yuu to not abuse Malleus’s kindness. He’s also super pissed that Malleus and Yuu act familiar with each other (and over the nickname). Yup, that interaction went about as well as we all predicted…

Not Lilia being the “I’m an anime boy late for anime school (the internship meeting)!” trope 😂 All he needs is some toast in his mouth!

Crowley talks about boring things how the internships will work and we hear more about the areas of interest for the third years.

Lore ✨ Each internship “semester” is 3 months and you can only take certain internships if you qualify for them via your grades, credits, and electives. You can choose to do 3 separate internships (again, 3 months each) or do 1 internship (for all 9 months). A B or higher is needed on two of the “semesters” to graduate. Some places also require interviews and/or special tests to be passed before a student is accepted as an intern. Placements are not first-come, first-serve; you need to earn that spot.

Trey says he wants to do something related to pastries or agriculture; basically, things close to food production 🌾 He wants to take advantage of his opportunities as an NRC student while he still can!!

Cater is interested in the entertainment industry; he mentions magazines and videos?? It seems he isn’t interested in higher education.

HELP they randomly mention that Ace’s older brother interned in the entertainment industry too (it gets brought up when Cater was considering a theme park for his own internship)??? TRAPPOLA NII ALSO CURRENTLY WORKS IN ENTERTAINMENT????? When do we get to meet him, Ace—

Vil is continuing to advance his own career in film. He already picked out a studio to apply for, and expresses an interest in magical pharmaceuticals (though he doesn’t intend on going to college). Very fitting specialties for everyone, I must say!

Rook is interested in archeology so he can learn more about the world! After learning about S.T.Y.X., he realizes there’s so much more he doesn’t yet know. According to Trey, Rook does appear to intend to pursue college/higher level studies.

LMAO at Trey constantly having to translate Rook-isms for everyone 😂 Classic Science Club…

Unca Weona is cwanky cuz the talking is disturbing his nappy—

Leona’s going to a mining and energy facility in his home country. It’s an option offered only to those with high grades. Leona wants to be a lazy ass 🦁 “They won’t fail their prince, lmao”

Idia is doing an software engineering internship at Olympus Corp (ie TWST Google) 👀 This is huge because back at the end of episode 5 (ie the episode 6 preview), Idia was actively rejecting offers from Olympus Corp, claiming that he wasn’t welcome anywhere. Character growth… Idia isn’t welcome back at S.T.Y.X. because of the Overblotting and how it nearly exposed the organization to the public eye LOL 😂 Absentee Shroud parents upset with him cksbskwbkcnfke

Malleus doesn’t seem to be interested in picking an internship; he says that, to him, 3 months is too short a time to really learn anything (temporal dissonance strikes again). In the end, he is going to research historical ruins?? He can hang out with the Gargoyles 😎 and Rollo/j

BRO WHAT ???? Lilia is dropping out of NRC??? THE FUQ,,,,!.’sveksbskebkzvczbvvv?$$$&85inmw I had to hard stop at this scene because it caught me by surprise.

The first years are talking about Mickey (like if there are certain conditions to get him to appear??). Oh god, they're planning a Mickey Mouse stakeout????? AND ORTHO IS INCLUDED IN THE GROUP AWWWW 🥺 He searches his databases and uses his cool robot tech to look for more information about Mickey but finds nothing.

GRIM MAKES A SUS COMMENT ABOUT HOW ORTHO IS MORE HELPFUL WITH THIS (Mickey and Yuu's worlds perhaps being tied or related to one another) THAN CROWLEY IS.

They overhear Sebek shouting in the cafeteria; he’s in disbelief that Lilia is dropping out of school.

So anyway, Lilia IS, in fact, losing his magic (he was almost late for the internship meeting because he woke up and found that he couldn't teleport). He plans on retiring in the Land of the Crimson Dragon (Mushu???? IS THAT YOU).

Interesting??? It seems that Lilia has been progressively losing his powers since even before Sebek and Silver were born… It’s not a super recent occurrence.

Sebek and Silver are understandably upset and mention that while it would be easy for either of them to visit Lilia, it would be almost impossible for Malleus because he will be so inundated with his royal duties after graduation. Malleus is distraught as well, but he insists that they respect Lilia's decision. AND HE’S LEAVING IN LIKE A WEEK? That’s barely enough time to mourn or to emotionally prepare for the fallout…

Malleus pitches an idea to talk to his grandma to not overwork Lilia (vice dorm leaders being overworked? What? In this game? Nooooooo/s).

Malleus's grandma is name-dropped (Maleficia)??? Is everyone in the Draconia family just Mal-something????

LOTS OF OMINOUS DIALOGUE ("Time is running out", "Fate cannot be defied", etc.)

After that whole conversation it’s clear that something isn’t right (despite Malleus maintaining his calm in front of Diasomnia). As soon as he’s away from them, the weather instantly turns stormy AND we see Malleus's blot accumulating as early as 7-13 in what I assume will be a very meaty episode.

Sebek and Silver help Lilia pack; Silver finds this tin in Lilia’s room. There is an old bracelet of acorns and thread inside.

Lilia shows up and says that it’s the most precious item he’s ever been gifted??? But it’s not clear who it’s from.

There's another item in the tin (the ring on a chain)! It has a weird effect on Silver?? I think it makes him sleepy???

The gem in the ring is the same color as Silver’s eyes; Lilia thinks its because his parents wanted his eyes to be forever unclouded and pure 🤨 That’s cute and all, but it makes me really suspicious that something super bad will happen later and I’m living for that—

This ring was tied to baby Silver when Lilia found him. He planned on gifting it to Silver when he's finally an adult... and now is that time 😭 Ain’t no way they’re giving us these heartfelt moments only to not tear it down later with something devastating… And?? With the ring being so fancy, there’s no way Silver isn’t descended from some rich family (or even royalty/nobility) himself??? Prince Silver real????/j cuz that ring sure does look like Princess Aurora’s crown…

Sebek pulls up with THIS fucking monstrosity?? It’s a weapon (axe???) Lilia used from back in the day (like, in war). However, nowadays he uses it to chop regular shit like wood. The weapon looks very similar to one that Maleficent’s minions use.

It's made out of a special magical ore! It’s called Mystium, and it changes shape according to the wielder’s magic.

Back to Yuu and co. staking out Mickey! Grim is finally realizing that if Yuu goes home, he’ll be alone 😔 Noooo, fur baby… Don’t be sad..

They wait for a while but get sleepy because Mickey is taking forever to appear. When Yuu wakes up, they see Malleus’s green lights and they go outside to find it’s snowing (again, because of his weird mood). He apologizes and makes the snow vanish, then confides in Yuu about his insecurities.

Malleus tells a story about how he froze the castle and some people when he was a little kid (omg Elsa core???) because because his grandma had promised to eat with him and was late or didn’t show up due to her royal duties keeping her busy. Like. It’s kind of implied Malleus almost killed them (Lilia says Malleus almost “lost” those people) with his magic.

Lilia was the only one who came for Malleus to check on him when he was upset, dried his tears, and tried to understand him. He comes over and frees the people that Malleus froze, then everyone starts preparing and eating shaved ice made from the ice encasing the castle (not randomly, I think it was Lilia’s suggestion).

Malleus gets jealous because he saw everyone enjoying food without him and/or he thought Lilia was angry at him. (This is the point when Lilia tells him he has great power so he has to be careful how he uses it, ie the “you almost lost the people at you’re now happily eating with at the hands of your own magic” talk.)

Lilia uses his weapon to make some shaved ice for Malleus and invited him to join in (I think this may be the same weapon Sebek finds in his room in the present???); this helped Malleus “connect” with other people, or at least invited him to join and do the same thing the others were) It’s because of Lilia that Malleus is okay with eating cold things. UM???? HELLO???? Is that why Malleus’s favorite food is ice-cream??? Or at least a part of it?

BTW LONG HAir PONYtAIL LILiA CANON yes I’m way more excited about this than I was about that entire ice story

Oh no, Malleus learned that Yuu has “found a way home” (ie Rickey Rat hunting) 🙃 he’s like. “You are leaving me as well?” AND RIGHT AFTER HE JUST LEARNED ABOUT LILIA GOING… Lilia, who has been with Malleus ever since he hatched from his egg…

Friends, family… everything and everyone he cherishes is leaving Malleus. “Even if I have great power, I have nothing. No one will invite me, not anymore.” No Lilia, No Yuu 😞 Malleus, your abandonment issues are showing—

NAUUUR not more ominous shit 😭 Not the “man, I sure do wish everyone wouldn’t go :(((( if only there was a way for me to have everything I want…” coming from the mouth of a super insanely powerful magician…

NOOOOO not Yuu unintentionally enabling Malleus… He asks if there was a way to be with your loved ones forever, would Yuu take it?????? YUU DOnT SAy YES YOU FUQQinG IDIOT… ENABLER Yuu didn’t learn from Trey/j

MaLLEUS MY duDE 😔 DOn’T PULL ANY STUPID ShIT PLEASE (ie we all know he probably will)

Aaaand that’s all for now, folks!! Lots of sketchy lines and lore centering around grandpappy Lilia 🤡

Overall, I like the direction episode 7 is going so far! I was really worried that it would focus too much on Yuu and Malleus’s relationship rather than elaborating on Malleus’s relationships with the rest of Diasomnia, but I’m glad that the main story actually touches upon how integral Lilia is to his found family—and to Malleus, of course. A lot of interesting plot points have been set up (especially surrounding Mickey and Lilia), and I’m really looking forward to seeing how those conclude 👀 I feel like we also got spoiled with character lore; I love that time is a Real Thing in TWST and the the boys are aging and thinking hard about their futures. Can’t wait for the angst to hit me full force like a truck 💕

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Ace went from having one question to having at least twenty more

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Wake up, New meme from a not-currently-relevant event just dropped

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I definitely agree I want a consistent Yuu, and I'm happy we get some Fem Rep but I'm scared of Fem Yuu Supremacists if Malleus gets even CLOSE to her like we know he does Yuu in Chapter 3 & 5. They will declare him Hetero and they'll harass the tags. Again. This has already happened twice (once because woman felt threatened by Gay/NB people, and once because Glorious Masquerade was "theirs" they claimed), and I have great fear for it.

I can say that Malleus, if Male Yuu=Odd Numbers (Yuuken as the 1st) and Fem Yuu=Even Number (Yuuka as the 2nd), then Chapter's 3 and 5 will have Masc Yuu's. And all flirting really goes to Masc Yuu's. Also Chapter 7 would be a Masc Yuu too.

Stepping away from my fears, I can also see the consistency issues already. He had to have a flashback for Chapter 1 and that can take Chapter space in the next one as a recap. It's going to become worse especially with how deep the story gets. And the relationship with Grim is very important later on as well, and all Yuu's will have new Grim relationship. And not to mention Crowley's relationships as well. Yuuken and Crowley were on good terms and fit so well together as they knew each other was strong (read: Crowley knowing the ghosts would be read so easily by Yuuken, as Yuuken has great people reading skills).

I see the Pros and the Cons and I will miss you Yuuken! ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ

huh, I never heard about people getting that angry about fem vs masc Yuu…I’m not that involved in discourse though so that makes sense

I’ll miss Yuuken, but…well, I’ll probably just write some fanfic to deal with it.

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I feel so bad for him... He can't even go to a beach because the senate thinks their overpowered dragon lord will get eaten by sharks or something.

He doesn't mention his grandmother being strict with him though, so maybe she really is enduring a few more decades of ruling to let her grandson experience being an actual boy before he takes such a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

(This sort of hints that his country being overly paranoid despite not many people even coming close to his power is because of his parents dying an untimely/gruesome death.)

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malleus learns something new

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Art by ciela

Hiiiiiiiii!

how are you doing🌝

Finally Malleus got a good sports partner🌝

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I think part of the problem, for Malleus specifically, is that he is lonely, and frustrated that everyone thinks he’s so superior and monstrous that they are frightened of him/put him on a distant pedestal….and *also* has a superiority complex where he genuinely *does* think he’s above almost everyone. It’s contradictory, yeah, and that is confusing, but it’s also very realistic writing.

Regarding the Twst Characters, who do you think is the most frequently misinterpreted character of the fandom? And of those misinterpretations, what bothers you the most about it?

Particularly when people are writing headcanons, or anything to do with romance (this could be with X readers or character x character) is where a lot of the misinterpretations come from I think. Especially in x readers because people like the character so they take what they like and run with it regardless of if its canon.

Take for example, here are some of the characters I think are misinterpreted quite a lot:

Vil - I’ve seen a lot of people that think Vil only sees beauty as skin deep. Which is canonically false. What Vil sees as beauty is trying your hardest to be the best you can be. A lot of people assume that Vil only sees outer appearances, when its just that Vil thinks you should pay attention to your physical appearance just as much as everything else because that is what people see first and will judge you on, and general healthy behaviors. Personally, I don’t think Vil would care that someone was conventionally unattractive as long as it wasn’t something they actively did from not taking care of themselves.

Another one is Leona - a lot of people compare him to a housecat. And he isn’t one, he’s a lion and a lot of people seem to forget that. I think the main reason for this is because he slacks off, but I think that’s more from the implication that he has depression rather than him being like a housecat. People with depression sleep a lot and generally won’t do a lot of things. While it’s not confirmed and I’m not a professional that can give him an official diagnosis, it certainly seems to be the implication. So I wish people would stop using a sign of depression to compare him to a housecat because they think it’s endearing.

Malleus is also misinterpreted I think - Take for instance, a lot of people ship Yuu and Malleus and because of that they think Malleus would let Yuu do just about anything, because he already lets them call him Tsunotaro. But I think it should be pointed out, and this is confirmed in the fifth chapter, he does this for his own amusement. That’s not to say that he doesn’t care for Yuu, but I don’t think he realize he does. So the reason he lets Yuu get away with it isn’t because he likes them, but because he finds the idea of someone so beneath him, because –let’s face it – he has a superiority complex, call him that is because he finds the idea amusing. It’s why Grimm can also get away with it.

Silver is another good one - Though this mainly has to do with his potential narcolepsy or potentially being cursed to frequently fall asleep. It’s played up a lot as him just being a sleepy person, but its something that genuinely bothers Silver because he doesn’t know what’s wrong and it keeps happening. He can’t physically control it and I think it should be acknowledged more.

Kalim - though I can’t explain him as much as the others. He’s just written wrong? Like, he’s super sweet, don’t get me wrong, but there is a reason why he drove Jamil crazy. And it’s because he jumps into things without really thinking about the positions of other people, he says some really morbid things and has more of a morbid thought process than people give him credit for (food poisoning being something he brings up a lot, even if he doesn’t directly say it, it’s heavily implied) and I also think he’s a lot more observant than most people write him as. But that might just be me? And I might be misinterpreting something?

Or Azul - A lot of people bring up him being insecure or getting embarrassed easily? Not to say he doesn’t have insecurities, but I think a lot of people see what happened at the end of his overblot and run with it. That wasn’t his typical behavior, that was him after having a mental break down and not having the opportunity to recover from it before he was already being jumped by several people that had aired out his dirty laundry for everyone to see. He’s a confident person that doesn’t want to and will not bend on what he wants if he doesn’t have to. A capitalist in anything and everything and is always looking for how something will benefit him and people seem to forget that at times.

These are just some examples that I’ve noticed. This isn’t every grievance I have with every character, because I can probably find something for everyone that gets twisted in writing if I look hard enough.

And there’s also the possibility that I got some things mixed up, I haven’t been in the fandom for a super long time after all.

But what do you guys think? What is a character you think gets misinterpreted and what bugs you the most about those misinterpretations?

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i dont "ship" anything i just understand .

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Malleus Draconia

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Second 10-pull on the Pomefiore banner! Nice!

That'll be good for the chapter 6 required character chapters.

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thinking about chapter 2 and. Leona literally just has chronic depression, doesn’t he.

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Chronically depressed, morally objectionable, a literal catboy….if he was wetter and thinner, Leona Kingscholar would be the definition of a poor little meow meow.