#[confirmed and proven]

[egophiliac]

How do you imagine Levan/Revan/ Mallenoa's husband?

Appearance, personality etc.

Revaan/Laverne/whatever-his-name-is's title sort of implies that he might be from a fantasy-Eastern country (they've established that in Twstland, 竜 = Eastern-style dragons, andドラゴン = Western-style dragons). and that's about as much as we know right now about...anything in regards to what he might look like. so I've been trying very hard not to form too much of a mental picture of him, because I'm still hoping we'll get to see him (or at least a silhouette)! ergo, in my head, he kind of looks like this:

so handsome. surely Malenoa fell in love at first glance.

I do think the funniest thing about what we've learned so far is that Malleus being kind of quiet and reserved and dignified...absolutely did not come from the Draconias. and he sure as heck did not learn it from Lilia. so he probably got a lot of that from his dad! the vibe I get from how Lilia talks about him is that he could be a bit of a prim little fancyboy sometimes, but was (mostly) willing to go along with his wife's zany antics out of love. he sounds sweet, honestly! I'm sorry he (maybe) died. :(

my favorite thing about Mal's parents is that Malenoa and Lilia's dynamic was "long-suffering guard and princess who has long been the cause of said suffering":

but then they would happily join forces in order to gang up on Revaan:

tl;dr Revaan was the straightman in Malenoa and Lilia's comedy act until it all ended horribly whoops

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

assorted scribbles and Love Bites!!!!

[utilitycaster]

You know what's interesting to me? For all people keep claiming at every juncture that perhaps Bells Hells will come around on the gods and see the harm they do (which, as discussed extensively, is, half the time, simply not intervening) not only have they never done so, but also they never quite cross the line into saying the party should join the Ruby Vanguard or aid them - and indeed, they defend against it - so what does this achieve? It feels like they're asking for a story in which the party stands idly by, which isn't much of a story nor, if I may connect this briefly to the real world, a political stance anyone should be proud of.

That's honestly the frustration with the gods and the "what if the Vanguard has a point" conversations in-game. What do we do then? Do we allow the organization that will murder anyone for pretty much any reason that loosely ties into their goals run rampant? The group that (perhaps unwittingly, but then again, Otohan's blades had that poison) disrupted magic world-wide, and caused people who had the misfortune to live at nexus points to be teleported (most, as commoners, without means of return). While also fomenting worldwide unrest?

Those were the arguments before the trip to Ruidus; with the reveal of the Vanguard's goals to invade Exandria, the situation becomes even more dire. Do you let the Imperium take over the planet?

And do the arguments against the gods even hold up? If Ludinus is so angry at them for the Calamity, what does it say that he destroyed Western Wildemount's first post-Calamity society for entirely selfish means? (What does it say about the validity of vengeance as a motivator?) What does it say that Laudna told Imogen she could always just live in a cottage quietly without issue before the solstice even happened? (Would this still be true if the Imperium controls the world?) What does it say that when faced with a furious, grieving party and the daughter she keeps telling herself was her reason for all of this, Liliana can't provide an answer to the question of what the gods have done other than that their followers will retaliate...for, you know, the Vanguard's endless list of murders. (That is how the Vanguard and Imperium tend to think, huh? "How dare your face get in the way of my boot; how dare you hit me back when I strike you.") She can't even provide a positive answer - why is Predathos better - other than "I feel it", even though Imogen and Fearne know firsthand that Predathos can provide artificial feelings of elation. Given all the harm Ludinus has done in pursuit, why isn't the conclusion "the gods should have crashed Aeor in such a way that the tech was unrecoverable?"

Even as early as the first real discussion on what the party should do, the fandom always stopped short of saying "no, Imogen's right, they should join up with the people who killed half the party," it was always "no, she didn't really mean it, she just was trying to connect with her mother." Well, she's connected with her mother, and at this point the party doesn't even care about the gods particularly (their only divinely-connected party member having died to prevent the Vanguard from killing all of them). So they will stop the Vanguard; as Ashton says, the means are unforgiveable. As Laudna says, it's not safe to bet on Predathos's apathy. As Imogen says, she's done running; the voice that she used to think of as a lifeline belongs to someone she doesn't trust. So I guess my question is: if they're stopping the people who are trying to kill the gods (and defense of the gods isn't remotely their personal motivation)...do you think the next phase of the campaign is Bells Hells personally killing the gods? Reconstructing the Aeor tech and hoping none of their allies notice? How does this end? Does your ideology ever get enacted? Or is this entirely moot and pointless and the story ends with Bells Hells saying "well, I'm really glad we stopped the people who [insert list of Vanguard atrocities from above]; none of us follow the gods or plan to, but honestly, the status quo we return to is preferable to whatever nightmare Ludinus had concocted in his violent quest for power and revenge"?

[kadextra]

It’s time to drop all my thoughts & theories on the new creature

It has to be the thing q!Quackity saw in his dream & the entity “Dark” who Leo painted a picture of all that time ago:

I also seriously suspect it’s the “hidden danger watching” that q!Arin has been warning us about, what the codes have prepared q!Etoiles to protect against, and the thing that’s “worse than both the Federation and the Codes” which made the eggs run away.

Now, theories. I don’t think it’s a dark/evil Cucurucho or is related to him at all. I think it simply imitated the form of Cucurucho after watching them and the islanders all this time.

The codes can impersonate eggs, yeah? and if this creature is “worse” that means it’s likely stronger than the codes. so it’d make sense if it could actually impersonate/shapeshift too (that’s why it looks different in q!Q & Leo’s paintings) but be able to communicate properly to people- things the code can’t really do

Yes, I think it was disguised as Fred the Federation worker, or at least influenced him somehow. because it may be stronger than the federation

It might be the :) black sign entity too. us theorists have always been on the fence of whether this entity was federation-aligned or code-aligned, but maybe the answer was actually a secret third thing

“watching you constantly” yeah? and that weird one saying “well done” that appeared to q!Bad? after he watched Cucurucho…? guys something tells me they might like to watch idk

This thing has probably been around since the very beginning & now we’ve finally gotten to see it!!! It’s all coming together!!!!!!!

meta-wise I wouldn’t be surprised if we were originally meant to be introduced to it months ago, because of all the hints that were being dropped back then. but a lot was going on so plans may have changed for it to appear later, and that time is now

[kenobihater]

sorry, he's allergic to SOUP? no wonder he thinks he's destined for infinite sadness, i'd believe that too if my immune system thwarted me from slurpin down a nice hearty bowl of soup 😭

[lotus-pear]

Soukoku is not about dazai. It’s about chuuya, how it affects chuuya, how dazai is chuuya’s abuser (wrong) but still ship it anyways because you all want to be quirky. How sad stormbringer is (wrong) so how sad chuuya’s life is, it’s not about dazai or his traumas. Dazai is a blank slate for self projecting and constantly mischaracterized and demeaned. Soukoku is only for chuuya and only shipped by his fans. There’s no dazai stan except me. Skk isn’t a place for people (me) who like dazai. It never was and never will be.

that’s where you’re wrong. dazai is my favorite character and his dynamic with chuuya has quite literally made him want to live. as someone who is alienated from emotion and consequentially feels inhuman, chuuya—being so bright and fearless and passionate—made someone as suicidal as dazai feel alive. chuuya continued, along with oda, to be the only person in the mafia who saw through dazai’s violent and cruel exterior and capable of humanity. someone who was unwavering in his resolve and knew dazai to be more than just the heartless killer of a mafioso, more than an analytical brain, but a kid. he was just a kid to chuuya.

and that’s why soukoku works so well. dazai and chuuya continue to advocate for each others humanity and are unflinching and undoubtful about it. never once have they faltered or lost sight of the other’s personhood. and that’s the beauty of their dynamic.

[sodafrog13]

you're a long way from home, son of eden

[egg-emperor]

it's so funny when people say they think Eggman is in his 30s wtf kind of 30 year olds have you seen that look and sound like him, that's just some heavy denial. why do you fear old men you coward lmfao

I wish they'd stop having his age down as unknown in bios and just come out and confirm that he's actually double that like they really see him as 60s because it'd be so funny to see how those people react

[wikitpowers]

IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!!!🎄🎁🎅🏼🌟🦌❄️

idk if everyone celebrates xmas but best wishes to whoever is reading this, i hope you all have a wonderful time and spend it with your loved ones and that santa treats u well <3

(pssst) kit just whispered "happy holidays" ;)

[trans-girl-uchiha-itachi]

delighted(?) by the uesugi kenshin patchwork dofuku

(unsourced image from here, but i did also locate a mysterious pdf that seems to confirm it was once used by uesugi kenshin, so...)

[tinogiehd]

ok

[dragontamer05]

Okay but really though if Jinshi does have actual potential health problems just the story potential of,

Him who could get sick easier plus Maomao an Apothecary's daughter.

Maomao and Gaoshun both having to try and get him to rest - idk important stuff gotta get down that he wants to get through but clearly he is in no state to be doing such.

Maomao forcing him to take some bitter medicine cause it'll help

Perhaps she's able to figure out or come up with a potential reasoning for why she thinks he falls ill so easily / the cause for his problems.

Jinshi so wrapped up in work he pushes himself passed his limit, over stressing his body n stuff making himself ill.

Idk but just come on prime series for a good fun sick day story

[athesists]

Yall. Why does everyone want to have sex with Alastaor? And why do people ship and Charlie despite Charlie being in a literal fucking relationship with Vaggie. Like dude if we think about it for five seconds you’d realize that Vaggie and Charlie need eachother, vaggie keeps Charlie grounded and Charlie helps Vaggie stay sane.

Let the queers have their fucking queers, quit putting the characters into boxes.

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

ppl will go “i’d notice if society was going to sacrifice a marginalised group of people and if they said that it’s ok that a bunch of people would die then i would stand against it” and then they’ll hear people saying “well only disabled and vulnerable people will die of covid” and go “yes this is normal and ok and fine”

[billiejean485]

GLOOB: deciding to air the episodes out of order even after all the pleads sent to the TV networks on not to do that

ME:

[vampirictransgenderism]

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