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[crehador]

hey what the fuck did they put in slf ep18

that was like. sincerely. without exaggeration. easily one of the best fight scenes i've seen in years. maybe one of the best i've seen ever. what started as "oh silly vrmmo show but looks pretty good" has gotten better and better, week after week, to the point where i can hardly believe how good it is

the animation was downright stellar in ep18, but the whole wethermon fight was excellent to me. i feel like i can say i watch A Lot of battle anime, and this was seriously among the best of the best. from start to finish the energy just never faltered (and the build-up in terms of lore was basically flawless too)

i'm just. completely blown away by how i had no expectations whatsoever for this series and it's quickly turned into one of my favorites of this (and last) season. it is silly, sure, but it is gripping! it doesn't take itself too seriously, but it's earnest in a way that just works so well

like the return of the stupid bird mask? epic fucking moment. even though it is objectively a silly ass map, it was such a !!!!!!!!! hype sequence when it returned. kickass nonsense is the best way i can think of to describe it. like sure it's nonsense, but it absolutely kicks ass

really really really hoping for another season now, 25 episodes won't be nearly enough

[selossej]

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[xmads-omensx]

DAY 19 - CHRISTMAS VIA SOCIALS PT.2

Content Warnings: established relationship, fake social media

Pairing: Noah Sebastian X Reader

Tags: @collisionofyourkissmakesitsohard @lacy1986 @collidewiththesav @kenjipepsi1

Baby boy liked his present

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Jesse_cash: aweeee cutie patootie

— y/nofficial: the cutest

— jesse_cash: Y/N HE HIT ME AGAIN

— y/nofficial: LMFAO DUMBASS

Liked by badomensofficial

davis.rider: why the fuck did you get him a sword? He’s literally a walking health hazard

— y/nofficial: I physically cannot say no to him

— davis.rider: you really need to work on you peer pressure skills

— y/nofficial: but look at his happy lil face

liked by badomensofficial

nicholasruffillo: Excellent. Let the villainy commence

— mattxdierkes: what the fuck, Nick?

— nicholasruffilo: tehehe

— davis.rider: did you just tehehe?

Festive boys feeling festive

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badomensfan4: how come y/n always gets the best pics of the boys?

— brybarian: shhh don't say that or she'll come for my job

liked by y/nofficial

davis.rider: y'all are strong

— michaeltayl0r: we were just so full of the Christmas spirit

liked by badomensofficial

mattxdierkes: this is why we don't let you outside the house

disliked by badomensofficial, davis.rider and michaeltayl0r

— y/nofficial: rude!

— mattxdierkes: not you dumbass, you're allowed out

jesse_cash: when will it be my turn?

— y/nofficial: STOP FLIRTING WITH MY BOYFRIEND

— jesse_cash: lol no

Look at my festive babyyyyyyy!!!!

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jesse_cash: y/n it's time to free the hostage

— y/nofficial: lol no

— jesse_cash: but it's Christmas!

— y/nofficial: he likes it here shush

— jesse_cash: not what I gathered from those screams I heard earlier...

— badomensofficial: who's gonna tell him?...

baddest_omens: I love that Noah broke his social media silence to make fun of Jesse lmao

— jesse_cash: I don't love this

— badomensofficial: too bad bitch. Merry fucking Christmas

mattxdierkes: you got a spare hat?

— y/nofficial: ofc I do Mattyyyyy

courtneylaplante: ugh I wish I could have seen this irl

— y/nofficial: next year, my love, we will be together at Christmas

joakimjkarlsson: Merry Hoemas

— y/nofficial: this is why you're my favourite

— badomensofficial: I am sat next to you what the fuck

Best boyfriend everrr

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courtneylaplante: STOP he's literally the cutest

— jesse_cash: don't let him see that, he might hit you

— y/nofficial: he only does that for you Jesse, AND YES COURTNEY HE'S ADORABLE

mattxdierkes: okay that is kinda sweet

liked by badomensofficial and y/nofficial

davis.rider: I'm really enjoying you turning Noah into a massive softie

— y/nofficial: trust me, I'm enjoying it too

y/nupdates: Awee you guys are the cutest

liked by y/nofficial

baddie.omens.com: Flowers? Not very festive

— jesse_cash: trust me, this is just the start. The living room is full of gifts that are literally just from Noah to Y/N

— joakimjkarlsson: it's problematic how many he bought

— badomensofficial: shut the fuck up and let me spoil my girl

— y/nofficial: YEAH! Let him spoil me

— y/nofficial: Update I just saw how many there are, and it's bad... Noah what the fuck

Well merry Christmas to me holy fucking shit

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mattxdierkes: Y/N I hate to break it to you, but this isn't your private account...

— y/nofficial: FUCK

jesse_cash: smash

— y/nofficial: back off bitch

— jesse_cash: HE'S HITTING ME

joakimjkarlsson: how is this merry Christmas?

— joakimjkarlsson: never mind, Folio just told me... y/n what the fuck?

— y/nofficial: mind your business

davis.rider: Noah, this is the one you want? this is your girl?

— badomensofficial: yes but now i'm questioning myself

— y/nofficial: I will hurt you

y/nfan554: I just know the fan accounts are going to love this

— y/nofficial: And i will eat every edit and one shot up like it's my final meal on earth

Christmas movie night with my favourite person

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jesse_cash: where was my invite?

— y/nofficial: burned it lol

— jesse_cash: rude

courtneylaplante: no way! We're doing the same lol

— y/nofficial: We're just so in sync

nicholasruffilo: He won't make it through the first movie

— y/nofficial: he fell asleep twenty minutes into Miracle on 34th Street

— nicholasruffilo: yeah that sounds about right

davis.rider: we need to do a gang Christmas movie night

— y/nofficial: BET let's do it!!

[thewertsearch]

Ask Comp 9/1

Anonymous asked: has sally been introduced to cursed tavros yet?

[ cursed tavros jumpscare :D ]

Cursed indeed - but mind you, I don't think I could do much better. My handcraft skills are nonexistent!

Anonymous asked: ol tavvy is down with the clown ;o) Anonymous asked: Please, if you will, imagine if when Vriska kissed Tavros, he told her that he was already dating Gamzee.

Heh. I really do think Gamzee x Tavros could have worked out, at least until Gamzee lost his shit. Hell, even if Gamzee did lose his shit, he'd probably still be less of a threat to Tavros than Vriska was.

Anonymous asked: Did you notice Gamzee referenced Earth in his rap? ("6 trillion hemos all up on one rock bleeding as equals") How do you think he learned about it? Some weird pre-game precognition or just his stoned mind being accidentally right?

This isn't necessarily a reference to Earth - but it wouldn't surprise me if it was, because Gamzee's cult seems fully aware of the existence of Earth.

The 'paradise planet' referenced in Gamzee's intro is stated to not exist yet, which is exactly how the narration refereed to Earth in Hivebent's intro. I believe that the 'rowdy minstrels' he's talking about are literally ICP, although he clearly isn't aware of that fact.

@wizardlyghost asked:

A sentiment shared by Eggman, every Space Player, and the villain of Muppets Most Wanted.

Anonymous asked: Now that you've passed where fedorafreak's gray, serviceable hand-held computing device's battery has died, you might appreciate the following short piece of fan art: www tumblr com/vastderp-placeholder/7741061457/savior-of-the-texting-world-rise-up

The fucking implication that the phone is the Player in this scenario is obliterating me.

Also, its God Tier form has wings. Was it a troll all along, or are wings a symbol of divine apotheosis in phone culture, too?

@clueless-rarito asked: Heeey paranatural reference! Hell yeah!

Is anyone else totally stoked to see Eightfold again? I know I am!

Anonymous asked: bilious sick 😭

English's trick made our Bilious sick. :(

Anonymous asked: One of, if not my absolute favorite, quotes/moments in Homestuck is Karkat’s speech to Jade about his failed frog breeding here. Just such a wonderfully tragic moment that stuck with me since the first time I read it.

In a comic chock-full of great lines, that last one might just be the best so far. This was one of the last scenes before Act 5's true finale, and it was an excellent pick.

@drakethedeep asked: One theory I've heard about the Denizen's Choice that tend to headcanon, Is that the choice is to be happy/free or to matter. That much as how God-tiers only grants survival by never having an impact, the denizens have thier playes coose between seeking their happiness and survival, or to struggle to achieve things that while objevtivly monumental, might not be worth the sacrifices needed to achieve it. I like this theory because of how it themes to fit the themes of Sburb.

I really like the space you're playing in, but I'm not so sure if all the Choices we've seen would necessarily fit this interpretation. After all, Davesprite implicitly chose the 'survival' option when he first met Hephaestus, and he's not exactly a happy camper. He didn't end up particularly free, either, since he was almost immediately bound to a Sprite, and later to the Battlefield.

I guess you could say he 'mattered', because he is he reason the Alpha Timeline exists the way it does - but, technically, everyone's actions contribute to the Alpha Timeline being the way it is. I definitely think there's something to this theory.

Anonymous asked: Without the Door to actually enter the universe, all you've done is make a really big frog.

I guess, when you think about it, there's not really anything they can do with their universe without that door. I suppose they could just fly towards their frog and hope for the best, but somehow, I don't think that'll achieve much.

@morganwick asked: Of course, even though he wasn't fooled by Gamzee using Terezi's "voice", Karkat still showed up on the roof anyway. Perhaps he decided he couldn't take the risk that Terezi was actually there and Gamzee might catch her unawares.

Gamzee's been having a lot of fun 'impersonating' Terezi lately. Just like before, I don't think he ever intended to fool Karkat with his transparent ruse - he just wanted to unsettle the guy. It worked.

@morganwick asked: If Typheus is the mailman, does that make him PM's favorite Denizen?

Maybe it makes him the head of her mail service!

We never saw any other mail Carapacians, and I kind of love the idea that they were operating out of a Denizen's Palace the whole time.

@bladekindeyewear asked: You said: "Mind you, I don’t know if it’s necessarily always a good or heroic thing to allow a Sburb Player full agency over their actions, nor is it necessarily a bad thing to restrict them, in certain cases." Oh I'm completely with you there. In fact, you might DEFINE Heroism as denying agency to those who would do ill, in part. This would make both "Heroic" and "Just" deaths result from trying to stamp your own intentions upon reality, halted by others. Neutrality would be ineffectual.

That's certainly part of heroism - but to me, it's not even close to all of it. A firefighter, for example, is heroic in ways which don't involve another person, as their only real 'opponent' is nature itself.

I personally define heroism as the will to do good, in situations where doing good requires bravery. 'Good', of course, is a fairly slippery concept, though, so that definition is just as ambiguous as any other.

Anonymous asked: Doctor Who anon here. Doctor Who has no canon for purely practical reasons. It's so massive - there's the show, but there's also the Big Finish audio dramas, the DW magazine comics, the Radio Times comics, the IDW comics, the Titan comics, the Virgin novels and short stories, the BBC novels and short stories. And no one owns all of it. The BBC don't even own the daleks or K9. And each piece of media will freely contradict others. No one has the right to decide what's canon, so they just don't. It's also because the people running Doctor Who the show have a deep respect for the extended media. In the 90s, it was the non-BBC licensed, fan-led projects which kept DW alive. Russell T. Davies, first showrunner of the modern era, wrote Virgin novels, so did Mark Gatiss. Nick Briggs, modern voice of the daleks, is the head of Big Finish. So they didn't want to decanonise that stuff, but they also don't want to be beholden to it when writing their own stories. So the fanbase tends to operate on tiers of canon. Basically something can be assumed to still be part of the show's continiuity until the show contradicts it. Big Finish would generally be considered the next highest "tier" of canon. The Doctor Who magazine comics probably wouldn't contradict the show, but the show could contradict them any time. The old books and comics are dubious. But that's all just fan categorisation. Officially, nothing has been deemed canon or not. In fact, rather amusingly, the only thing that has been explicitly deemed "canon" by the BBC is the Doctor Who: Battles in Time card game. That's officially canon. Nothing else. Not even the show.

I think I've heard of 'canon tiers' before, in the context of the Star Wars fandom. I think it's a good way to delineate how 'true' a given event is considered to be, especially in a large, complex shared universe - but at the same time, being consciously aware of these tiers might hurt your investment a little.

You'll never be able to escape the fact that your favourite stories or characters are effectively fanfiction, at least from the perspective of higher tiers. They have no influence whatsoever over the more ''real'' part of the story, unless they're promoted its tier some day.

I do like the idea that all the other Doctor Who stories are fanfiction of the card game, though. That's definitely going to be my canon, from now on.

@morganwick asked: Well, back in Act 4 you said that John and Dave would make S-Tier if and when "John [threw] aside his passivity to do something heroic, and…Dave [would] finally drop that poker face and do something sincere", which is why I pegged the suicide mission conversation as when Dave might make the jump.

I think, on reflection, it's almost always a heartwarming event that catapults a character into S-Tier.

In my opinion, that's one of the most impressive feelings that a work of fiction can inspire in you, mostly because it's really hard to get you invested enough for it to hit properly. Homestuck's pulled it off an extremely impressive number of times already, and we're only halfway finished!

Anonymous asked: It is so fucking awesome to see a new reader in the year of our lord 2024 2025 who's actually like. Engaging with the themes of the story. Lotta people just see it for the memes or the "totally random" plot but some of the shit you're reading into what's happening is like. Eerily similar to actual Hussie commentary. Gold star for reading comprehension, you do not piss on the poor Anonymous asked: Your homestuck liveblogs are lovely and insightful and make me remember a lot of details of the comic that have been lost to time. You will comment on something and I'll go "oh huh homestuck was better than I remember it being." Thank you <3 @honestlyvan asked: Truly your liveblog is the best kind of re-experiencing the experience. I'm surprised at how much your thoughts and reads parallel mine, it's kind of fun to see someone else's deductions go along the same routes. I can't wait for you to get to the Truly Horseshit portions of the plot (and I say this lovingly, I think you're in a great position to give us a real raw read on them without having to deal with the various Mega and Gigapauses) Also -- you keep pointing out a shitton of foreshadowing I didn't catch until my second readthrough. I can't wait for you to get to the bits where it applies and be like "son of a bitch", I think where I'm in the reading of your backlog and where you're in the reading of the comic you've passed at least one of those bits already :D @worldweary-walker asked: The liveblog is so cool. It's a lot of fun seeing you put things together, and the posts where you come up with three completely right conclusions and two wrong ones always amaze me. Impressive work!

Thank you so much! I know I say this a lot, but a lot of these sentiments are exactly why I like reading liveblogs myself. I'm just really glad I can do that for others.

I can totally understand why someone would just read Homestuck for the memes. I wouldn't have been nearly as analytical if I'd read it as a schoolgirl, and a lot of the 2010s fandom were even younger than that!

@divineerdrick asked: Now we have multiple explanations for what is wrong with the kid's session. Vriska has made herself responsible for Jack's rise to power, Karkat believes he gave Bilious Slick cancer, and Gamzee created the harlequin doll that would torment John and prompt Jack's rage-fueled act of rebellion. You've already suspected that Doc Scratch probably has multiple plans in play at once, and we can see that here. It seems he insured, through multiple causes, the kid's universe has always been doomed. Gamzee, as usual, seems to be the wild card. But he's acting out during a crisis of faith, a faith tied to Alternia's twisted social structure, which Scratch seems to have had a hand in. So despite how random Gamzee's actions appear to be, it's possible Scratch managed to seed even this seemingly unpredictable action.

I think Scratch probably did 90% of the work in making Gamzee go ballistic, from multiple directions at once. Looking back, it's shocking just how much of the comic was Scratch's doing.

'Caused' is a loaded phrase in Paradox Space, but what's happening is definitely what he planned.

Anonymous asked: It kind of seems like Rage as an aspect is evil, no? Do you think an aspect can carry an inherent moral weight? If not, what are the neutral meanings of aspects that seem to, and if so, how do you feel about it?

Personally, I doubt that any of the Aspects have a moral alignment - not even the scary-sounding ones. After all, you can Rage against tyranny, or bring Doom to a corrupt institution. Yeah, Gamzee is using Rage for evil, but his perception-shielding could just as easily be used to hide an innocent bystander from an aggressive Underling.

I think that more or less any ability can be used for both good or evil. The only real exception would be a power that's deliberately designed to be irreparably, comically evil. 'The ability to torture everyone for all eternity' would be one of those powers, but Homestuck's Aspect abilities would not.

@worldweary-walker asked: have you read Kill Six Billion Demons?

I have not! It's on my long and constantly growing list, which means I'll get to it between now and, uh, 2096.

Anonymous asked: re: the ancestors' story. WHAT IF WE ALL JUST CRIED like. the sheer transition from inane antics to the. that @corporalotherbear asked: There's a very popular fanmade version of the sufferer's final sermon and following vast expletive, voiced by a man that would go on to be the english voice actor of Izuku Midoriya. I can't add links to asks but if it's spoiler-friendly then your vetter can probably send you "The sufferer's last sermon"

Oh, I kind of love this interpretation. It really sells just how unwinnable the Sufferer's rebellion truly was.

@wolygan asked: I forgot how she is so happy when she is running away. This Girl is still able to believe that good is coming. Except Lord English won't let that happen, no matter what. @wickedsick asked:

That was possibly the fastest you have ever been proven wrong about something

That poor girl. She suffered just as much as the Signless did, but she'll only be known to Alternia as a monster - and unlike Troll Jesus, no one will ever mourn the Handmaid.

Anonymous asked: the sufferer cult is definitely independent of the juggalos! the use of the word sectarian to describe the war waged against the signless's beliefs is not a coincidence, imo. (we also see that highblood is most often used to specifically describe purplebloods). they're just two different religious organizations. given that the grand highblood was a juggalo man/subjuggulator and occupied significant power it seems to suggest that clown religion was a Big Thing among the purplebloods, which would not truck with the signless' cult being so small and secretive. there's one theory that part of the reason the neophyte was sent on mindfang's case was bc the GHB (given that mindfang mentions the neophyte was sent by subjuggulators specifically) knew she was a secret sufferite and wanted to get rid of her. mindfang does talk about how it seemed like they were giving up on her case entirely by sending just one neophyte (granted this is partially bc she underestimated her). it would track that while they definitely wanted to get rid of mindfang, they also were fine with the neophyte dying. this also follows with the fact that after mindfang gets out of that trial, she manages to persist without being caught right up until her death at the hands of the summoner. were they happy that the neophyte got killed, enough to stop putting much effort into mindfang's capture?

I think the Highbloods probably did set Redglare up. I speculated that it was possible when we first heard about her death, and that was before we knew she was a Signless cultist.

Also: lmao, do you remember when Hussie told us that the Juggalo Cult was 'obscure'? That's starting to feel like something that was quietly retconned offscreen.

@clueless-rarito asked: In case you like to know, "Dolorosa" is meant to evoke the spanish word "Doloroso" meaning painful but changing the O for an A turn it feminine.

Dolorosa; in other words, the woman in pain.

Fucking hell, she deserved so much better. It's amazing how much bleaker the Ancestors' lives were, compared to their descendants. Modern Alternia is bad enough as it is!

@lon-kasi asked: Fanwork recommendation: The same guy who did the EoA5 reanimation just did Intermission 2 as well. Like, less than six hours before I sent this ask. It's incredible.

Yessss! These are amazing.

My favorite parts are all the extra touches that weren't in the original animation, such as Rose beginning to realizing how badly she was tricked - or Jade, unused to her own powers, almost knocking John on his ass while she teleports him.

Anonymous asked: Now that you've seen what a Reckoning on Skaia looks like, you can see why Karkat was rushing Kanaya to get their frog done. Despite jumping the gun, skipping the lore elements and just killing their way to the end, the troll kids never had enough time. Especially since, now that I'm thinking about it, if it wasn't the Reckoning then it probably would have been Jack as the "time's up, now turn in your work" event. @marinerofthestars asked: With the revelation that Alternia was built to and ended up speedrunning an Sgrub/Sburb session to catastrophic effect (great job reading this far, btw), how long would you expect a “standard” session to take?

We've got two different asks here - one saying that normal sessions are meant to be shorter than Hivebent's, and the other saying they're meant to be longer.

I honestly don't know which I believe. It feels unrealistic for a Sburb session to take months, but Scratch really did seem to be saying that the trolls were extremely effective Players, implying most sessions take longer to beat. Maybe the reboot session will clue us in a little?

Anonymous asked: “How do you expect to out run me, When I Am Already Here.” Is such a hard line, and it’s completely missable in the alt text for the site banner. I know a lot of people missed it when these panels dropped. I remember HS being considered super unique because of how much the comic messes with formatting things like that.

I was super close to missing some of that scene, even though I'd already been warned about the alt text. There was just so much going on at the time, I almost didn't think to look at the banners.

@royalvorpal asked: "I thought words would be exchanged" How do you expect them to talk when they are in person?

pffffffffffffffffffft

Alright, that one fucking got me.

@bladekindeyewear asked: "But no, apparently not, because it took Karkat zero words and sixty seconds to completely shut Gamzee down. Now, don’t get me wrong, that’s incredibly impressive - but what did he actually do?" If you look back IN RETROSPECT at some of what Gamzee has been telling Karkat, it almost looks like pale flirting, like he was actually WANTING him to do this behind his threats. p3361: "FTC: i wonder if you can all be at with me in time and make me get my reconsider on?" Anonymous asked: You may not like it, but this is what peak moirallegience looks like.

Yeah, this really does make that exchange read as a little flirtatious.

Still, is this really how a moirallegiance is meant to work? Are moirails really expected to risk their lives to halt their prospective partner's rampage? This is starting to sound more dangerous than a kismesissitude!

@bladekindeyewear asked: I'm not sure how well it applies to the revised Homestuck website and it's probably impossible in the collection, but you could view any past/future page in any CSS format the site gave you with a keyword, like the black-on-green Doc Scratch format. So when Andrew did the "SNOP" to SBAHJ-mode, he was intentionally giving us a tool to view the ENTIRE SITE in SBAHJ mode.

There's a 'theme override' button, but I need to finish Homestuck to unlock it. I guess the comic's theme will change in more spoilery ways, later on.

Anonymous asked: Dolorosa/Mindfang is the true kicker of the “vriska keeps ending up in mirror relationships to her ancestor” belief, bc its the one where there is NO way vriska could know that shes in a mirror relationship. Eridan- orphaner dualscar and mindfangs romance was in the journal. Tavros- she knew about the summoner. But while there are hints to the dolorosas identity- sharp teeth, lower blood color, and a very vague if you stretch it hint about horn shape- no way vriska could have put those pieces together!!!

Man, it's still so fucked up that the Dolorosa went out like that. I still think it's at least remotely possible that she revived as a vampire, but I'm not gonna kid myself - her story is over. We're not gonna see her.

Anonymous asked: You've mentioned "ratfic" and something called "the Methods" before, is that something you've read?

If I could write an essay about Steven Moffat, I could write an entire thesis about Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - but it'd be radioactively critical, and it feels mean-spirited to just post a rant about something unprompted.

If people want my thoughts in detail, I might stick them on the sideblog later - but for now, I'll just tell you that if it wasn't for that fic, XAE A-12 Musk would never have been born. Not a joke.

Anonymous asked: i love the complete about face on gamzee lol. "clearly the fact that he's gone nuts is something wrong with the timeline" gamzee is revealed to be responsible for lil cal "actually fuck this guy"

If we do ever recover the original Gamzee, it's going to really suck for him to face his friends. After everything he's done, will anyone ever really trust him again?

@elkian asked: Love the Exiles. So glad nothing bad happens to them, ever, (I assume the pause before the third s175 post is bc you, like me, took a break to cry over AR hesitating to kill his friend :,(

I was so bummed, guys. Carapacians don't have ghosts, I assume - so the Exiles, sans PM and maybe WV, are gone forever.

The Red Miles will probably have obliterated their corpses, so we can't even prototype most of them - but I'm holding out hope for Waywardsprite.

Anonymous asked: heh, you aren't alone in preferring god tier dave without his hood. i was around for when cascade dropped and wasnt able to watch it straight away due to the various troubles, but one of the first things i heard about it was people talking about how stupid they thought dave's hood looked.

I know, right? Like, yeah, it definitely says 'knight', but Dave's got great hair, and it feels like a shame to cover it.

@bladekindeyewear asked: "PCG: SHE WAS CONSTANTLY FIXING MY FUCKUPS. PCG: ROBOTS FROM THE FUTURE ALWAYS COMING BACK TO TELL ME HOW SOME HASTY SHIT I DID WITH FROG BREEDING OR WHATEVER WOULD MAKE IT BE IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN. PCG: MY OWN PERSONAL MISTAKES PROBABLY ACCOUNTED FOR MORE DOOMED ARADIABOTS THAN ANYTHING ELSE." Now that the Tumor's revealed for the precision device it was, it's also clear that Aradia, likely following the Horrorterrors' instructions, FORCED them to breed the frog JUST RIGHT to create the Sun.

Yeah, the existence of that precision device really fucking threw me. Whatever it did, the frog cancer probably was deliberately engineered to cause it - and I think it was engineered by Scratch, rather than the Horrorterrors. He was also talking to Aradia during the session, and this event was key to his plan.

Anonymous asked: (And one more ask from the person without a tumblr. -DJ) The thing is, Scratch could have just said "you must create the Green Sun, it is essential for the existence of the multiverse, not doing so will create a paradox". But either he chose to trick them, by only but saying "true words", just for fun…or there is some reason telling them about their true mission wouldn't work - RM

Either is possible, and it's pretty much impossible to say. That said, the Vast Glub is proof that he does just like messing with people, so I'm going with the former answer.

Anonymous asked: (forwarding another ask from the person without a Tumblr account -DJ) Do you think there are interesting parallels between Scratch and Tarquin from OOTS? - RM

Well, they are both meta-aware villains with extremely wide-reaching plans, and they're both pretty weird about women. Hopefully this means that Scratch's much cooler son will kick his ass in a later Act.

@bladekindeyewear asked: One tiny cute detail in Cascade I love is how when the Green Sun lights up in the distance for the trolls, Terezi tries to point at it, and Karkat gently takes her arm and re-points it in the right direction. XD

Shoulda brought the Smelloscope, Terezi!

Anonymous asked: The first time i read homestuck my shit bugged out and I literally just missed the entire scrapbook section and cascade. The SECOND time I read homestuck cascade gave me such a neuron firing high that only harrow the ninth has ever gotten close to

That's exactly how to describe it. Cascade blasted my neurons, in exactly the same way that part of Harrow the Ninth did.

@rwbypro asked: Ngl one of my favorite parts about homestuck is the fact that Doc Scratch Won, like he got Exactly what he wanted, and he played everyone like fiddles, one of my all time favorite villains in anything!

He did, the bastard! Scratch managed to pull it off without a hitch.

These are the exact kind of convoluted masterstrokes you want to see in a time-travel story, and I think English's machinations will only grow more intricate, going forward.

@sanctferum asked: The juggalo cult believes in a pair of mirthful messiahs rather than just the one, so if English is one of the messiahs, that's only half the equation. Presumably, the other messiah would be Scratch.

That works! I originally thought that the Messiahs were the two members of ICP, but let's be honest, they still could be. I absolutely would not put it past this comic to reveal that Lord English was Shaggy 2 Dope the whole time.

@sanctferum asked: So now that you've seen Lord English's true appearance: he's got a peg leg, and that peg leg is a golden cuestick, filling in the last missing piece of the Felt analogy - the one that moves the billiards around in the first place. For good measure, English's peg leg, single golden tooth and his garish coat give him a stereotypical pimp appearance, which is fitting given his treatment of his female servants so far (not to mention Scratch's own treatment of both the Handmaid and whichever female player he is manipulating at any given moment. He even explicitly uses the word grooming to describe raising Handmaid!). If there was ever a pimp for Dave to lock in his own crib while dropping it like it was hot, this would be him.

Ayy, you're right! I've been waiting for the Felt's cuestick since the Intermission days!

You're also right about the comic's villains. Scratch and English aren't just screwing over female Players - they've also been fucking with Mindfang, the Handmaid, the Condesce, and even Snowman. It's absolutely a pattern.

These guys aren't just cosmic villains, they're misogynist cosmic villains. Mundane evil and supernatural evil, all together in one convenient package of shit.

Anonymous asked: Now that we've gotten past this point in the comic- I just wanted to say I forgot Expatri8 was ever a name used to refer to Darkleer- mainly because all I ever see people refering to him as is Darkleer. And at first it kinda threw me for a loop when you called him that even though it's the only name you knew for him- Anyhows- You probably noted this at some point but only upper middle class to high blood colors seem to have name names, with some exceptions. Like, they're weird, but Mindfang, Redglare, and Dualscar are all fesable names. Meanwhile the lower bloods just have titles.

It is absolutely in character of Alternia not to allow lowbloods to have names.

Anonymous asked: Just read your liveblog over the last two days. I adore your analysis! I second that one person’s reccomendation of In Stars And Time. Also I reccomend the Blue Lips homestuck video, it’s lived in my head for ages. I’m 99% sure it’s safe to watch now? It’s about the events of murderstuck and I don’t THINK it references anything you don’t know. Anyhoot! I know you mentioned vriska being like Azula when you first started getting to know her. Now that you’re as far as you are, I’d like to argue… Vriska is more like Zuko, in a way? Like. The way she wants to wipe things clean, the way he wants to restore his honor. The way they both have a “parent” that leads them to how things are, and for a while they cling to that as “right” and how things should be… One time I saw a post that Vriska is girl Zuko and Eridan is boy Azula and all the comments were arguing that no, vriska is Azula, but lowkey that post changed my brain chemistry and idk why people were SO vehemently against changing the genders of the characters in the comparison

I think Vriska works well as girl Zuko. You're right - they both started off under the thumb of an abusive parent, and they both try to 'fix' their past mistakes without understanding the wider context behind why they made them. Now, does this mean Vriska will also be getting a kickass redemption arc, which turns her into one of the comic's most straightforwardly heroic characters? Possibly, but I ain't holding my breath.

It's a little harder for me to see the second comparison, though. Like her brother, Azula was made into what she is by her horrible father, whereas Eridan became what he is on his own, with some assistance from Alternian culture.

Perhaps there are layers here that I'm just not seeing. I haven't read the Avatar sequel comics yet, so they might do more with Azula's character that I don't know about.

@mrjocrafter asked: I was trying to think about what the characters' moon alignment means in terms of their characterization, thought "Prospit dreamers are relatively passive while Derse dreamers are relatively active", then realized that's only true for the humans, the Post-Scratch Trolls' 6 Prospit dreamers (excluding Sollux, as his 'official' alignment, according to the Extended Zodiac, is Derse) are the more active characters. Then I realized that on Earth darkness and dark-associated characters are edgy and countercultural, while on Alternia light and light-associated characters are countercultural instead! Goddamn this comic just keeps coming back for more themes Also, I know you've compared Taylor to Vriska in the past, but she really strikes me as more of a Terezi. Beyond the surface level stuff (like going blind and then relying on a supernatural sense), Taylor, like Terezi has a strong moral compass but will twist it into pretzels to do the most horrific shit and there's a 50/50 chance she even regrets it afterwards. Meanwhile, Amy, who I think makes a much better Vriska, does her atrocities either under manipulation (like Vriska) or just does it without thinking about it and feels bad about it later (hey, also like Vriska). Also, Taylor Hebert and Amelia Dallon are coincidentally both valid troll names.

Yup! Which means Kanaya is a troll goth, which is still amazing.

And... hmm, I'm not sure whether I'd call Dave active or passive. He certainly acts more on his own initiative than John, but he also spends a lot of time getting bossed around by Terezi. He's kind of in the middle, really.

I do think Terezi's reframing of her violence as 'justice' is very Taylor-coded - and Amy is absolutely a Vriska, if we're working off the 'female, controversial, and morally ambiguous' definition given by a previous asker. Plus, well...

...yeah. And let's not even talk about Ward. (Because I haven't read it.)

Really, all these characters are multifaceted, and you can draw many different parallels in many different directions. If I had the time, I could probably draw lines from each of the trolls to a different cape in the Wormverse - but for now, we must continue!

@morganwick asked: Bec's influence on Jack is so strong that not only is he reduced to following Jade around like a puppy, he kills CD for completing the mission he gave him and leaves Jade, one of the players he's supposed to be killing, on her quest bed, the nature of which he didn't seem to know about when it came to John. Bec = absolute king.

Bec is a king.

It really does seem like his influence over Jack is increasing as time passes. Is Davesprite going to get more birdlike, as well? Or is Bec just a special case because he's a First Guardian?

Anonymous asked: oh my god you really just cleaned the board with the last minute Dave+Rose quest slab guess??? Like. You were going on about other things and then you just casually mention "oh I guess this could happen too" like okay!!! Seer!!!!

Yeah, I'm pretty proud of that one. I was just thinking about how Aradia might help the Derse kids, once she'd met them at the Sun, and then it hit me: she's been in exactly the same situation, in exactly the same place, because of exactly the same sun!

Anonymous asked: dogtier IS in fact what the entire fandom calls her, if you came up with that yourself congrats on the authentic 2011 homestuck experience, move over carcinisation this is the new big thing in convergent evolution

I did, but come on. That pun makes itself.

Anonymous asked: Fun fact: the music used in [S] Begin Intermission 2, "English", is the same when reversed. It is an EXTREMELY excellent detail. And another example of Toby Fox being a brilliant composer. @sanctferum asked: English by Toby Fox is a really cool song in that its a musical palindrome, playing the same both forwards and backwards, as befits the titular entity. The whole Felt album it's from is based around creating songs with time gimmicks in them, so it serves as a very good semifinal track to almost close the album out. @emotionallyglued asked: You finally got to the part where our big bad man appears! Simple question to ask but I'm looking forward towards the answer: what do you think of Lord English's theme? Grandiose enough to fit a villain of his caliber or did you expect something more/else?

Oh, shit, that's cool!

I liked the song a lot. Sure, it's not as bombastic as the boss theme I went with myself, but it is much, much scarier. It was the perfect way to remind us that this wasn't really a victory - that English's plan went off without a hitch. Our heroes are still in terrible, terrible danger.

@morganwick asked: post/756751870755733504 Still think of Doc Scratch as "Big Cal"? @sanctferum asked: You've heard of Lil' Cal and Big Cal, now get ready for the deadliest and dastardliest villain of all: Biggest Cal. Anonymous asked: you've seen lil cal, now get ready for BIG CAL @lon-kasi asked: finally, Big Ca- well. actually. Scratch was Big Cal, wasn't he? so finally, Bigger Cal

This is the real reason Scratch wouldn't tell Rose his boss's name - because if she'd known her manipulator worked for Bigger Cal, she'd have been too god damn scared to go grimdark.

Anonymous asked: T1ck T0ck goes the God Tier Clock. Its chime signals the Br8k of Scratch's H34D. And with the arrival of Lord English, he lets loose two great, Vast honk HONKS. Anonymous asked: Did you notice something about the English sequence? First, we see Scratch's clock. t1ck, t0ck. Then, his head breaks. 8r8k H34DS. He releases the Vast Honk. honk HONK.

This motherfucker died to the very words that birthed him.

I guarantee you that this was deliberate on Scratch's part. He didn't need to foreshadow his plan so blatantly - but this horrible little troll knew that nobody would get the joke until it was too late.

bladekindeyewear asked: "S u c k e r s ." The bioorganic-looking Tumor opening up to reveal a precision device. Twice the mass of a universe. Doc Scratch fucking played EVERYONE SO HARD. We couldn't believe THEY CREATED THE GREEN SUN, so hard many of us watched without REALIZING IT. If you reread the talk Doc and Rose had from p3627 onward, the amount of TRANSPARENT DODGES AND WEASELING he did in that conversation to mislead Rose and the entire readership is so blatant and shameless, oh my fucking god!!! Anonymous asked: Not only did Scratch never said the tumor would destroy the green sun, he also specifically said they would travel to the green sun LOCATION, not to the green sun itself.

God damn it!

Scratch may have been stoic on the outside, but you mark my words: he was absolutely roaring with laughter on the inside.

@sunbluethinking asked: Regarding 'a dozen or two sweeps,' you do have to remember that it seems like one sweep is roughly equivalent to two human years? (See Terezi's and Dave's 'I'm six' conversation, or whatever it was.) So my impression is that a dozen sweeps would be equivalent to 24 years and two dozen sweeps would be equivalent to 48 years. Still really short, but not quite as absurdly short. (Which actually reminds me of the question of the problem of rate of maturation in fictional races with different lifespans. (Dungeon Meshi touches on this, but) in the case of Homestuck, I think it seems like the trolls mature to adulthood at about the same rate. It's just their adult lifespans that are different.) @bellcarved asked: If my math is correct, "a dozen or two sweeps" is a range of 26 to 52 years. Still not great, but 26 would be the low end of the life expectancy, while they tend to live around half as long as a human.

So either Aradia was about to die, or she wasn't - but either way, she was always going to die young.

We still don't know whether God Tier stops you aging, do we? I have to assume so, because death by old age isn't really Heroic or Just, but I'd feel a lot better if it was 100% confirmed.

Anonymous asked: And here we learn the story of Jesus and the second coming- @bellcarved asked: Now you know the truth: Karkat Vantas is the second coming of Troll Jegus Christ. Anonymous asked: I doubt I'm the first to say this but, the story of the Signless is undeniably based off the story of Jesus Christ. @skelekingfeddy asked: you do realise that the sufferer is Troll Jegus right. the irons/cancer symbol is the crucifix. his method of execution turned into the main symbol of a religion. the dolorosa is mary. karkat is the second coming. hes literally just Troll Jegus lmao @sanctferum asked: turns out, Terezi was right all along. troll jegus was real after all, and he was indeed the best jegus. shame on you for not believing, Dave

God damn it, Karkat. You hate yourself so much, even though you're literally the second coming of Christ.

And really does add weight to Terezi's claim that Alternia had the 'best' Jesus. Sure, says she's joking here, but... well, her Ancestor was a follower of the Signless, wasn't she? Could Terezi have inherited more of Redglare's legacy than we thought?

Anonymous asked: now that you know about the signless i recommend you take another read of karkat's long password on page 3972

...huh.

It almost makes it seem like Karkat's vaguely cognizant of the Sufferer's life, the same way the Sufferer was cognizant of his pre-Scratch incarnation. Funny, that.

@morganwick asked: "For a bisexual alien, his shipping is awfully straight, isn't it?" Well, consider that when he drew that he was trying to adhere to the human model of reproduction with its explicit requirement of one person of each sex, as best he could from his alien perspective. Note that in the same conversation he's struggling to understand the "human taboo of incest". @manorinthewoods asked: Karkat's humanshipping is straight because John told him he wasn't gay, and presumably, he extrapolated. ~LOSS (28/12/24) Anonymous asked: Karkat's very straight shipping chart is the way it is because John's Not A Homosexual:tm:

I totally forgot I came to the same conclusion, back in that legendary group chat.

Man, Rose x Kanaya is really going to throw Karkat for a loop. He'll probably think that John was just bullshitting him.

@skelekingfeddy asked: steven moffat is a valid troll name Anonymous asked: You've brought it up too much not to ask, what did Moffat do that pissed you off so badly?

Once more, I am very tempted to make this a full essay, but I'll save time by just pointing to Hbomberguy's famous Sherlock video, which I agree with, like, 80% of - particularly the Doctor Who segment that I've timestamped.

In a nutshell, Moffat was always really good at generating intrigue, and building hype for future events - but as a showrunner, he never really delivered on his promises, and was very fond of handwaving established canon to the side. Pet peeve of mine, as you can imagine.

@rwbypro asked: We warned you bro, we warned you about the most important character @skelekingfeddy asked: carcinoGeneticist may have engineered the cancer…but terminallyCapricious was the one who made it terminal. ;o) @capribornio asked: Honk, honk :0) Heyyyy you reached the part where Gamzee became my favorite enemy. Forget Vriska, Jack and Doc Scratch - Gamzee may have his buttons pushed by the good ol' Doc, but he managed to make things worse than even Vriska got to (and killed more main characters, too!). Anonymous asked:Congratulations on reaching this point. So, Gamzee chucklefucked the universe. Crazy, right? @bellcarved asked: Gamzee's "Bard of Rage" title is looking more accurate than ever, now. His own rage lead him to put the clowns in John's dreams, which ended up inspiring the rage that made Jack Noir go to the lengths he did. Bardic inspiration, if you will. …also, this makes Perfect Jack a collaborative effort between Vriska and Gamzee. @capribornio asked: I feel like you get Gamzee much better than most livebloggers (and a part of the fandom, too). Gamzee is an orchestrator, on a much bigger level than any could have predicted. The silly little troll dissappeared once he got off the slime, got his religion destroyed, and got Lil Cal.

I told you, guys! I told you Bards were overpowered!

Yeah, he's already getting pretty crafty, isn't he? Maybe, instead of manipulating Gamzee like he did the girls, Scratch has actually been coaching him. After all, his own manipulating days are over, so maybe he saw fit to train a successor...

Anonymous asked: if vriska was presented with a choice about the creation of bec noir, it would have had to be before the veil because the trolls only flee into the veil AFTER bec shows up and wrecks their reward- and that's their first introduction to him. any choice she could have made about bec/jack after that would result in a doomed timeline, because it would break the loop. that's why it has to be before the veil. @manorinthewoods asked: What I mean is that the Choice that would have prevented Bec Noir is something that would have made Vriska change who she was, in such a way that she wouldn't later make Bec. Vriska's Choice that made Bec can't have occurred in the Veil, because there wasn't a Denizen to give it, so whatever it was, it must have been something to do with character growth that she failed to do. ~LOSS (28/12/24)

Oh, right, that makes sense!

Yeah, poor Vriska simply wasn't self-aware enough to make such a Choice before the Veil. It's interesting what-if, though.

@flambeaufelid asked: ICP albums liveblog maybe??? (Do people liveblog music reactions? They should.) Anonymous asked: Since you mentioned the possibility of having to listen to ICP albums to understand Gamzee better, I figured I’d better let you know that while reading a bit about juggalos, ICP, and ICP’s music does help with understanding Gamzee better if you’re unfamiliar with them (though I wouldn’t say it’s crucial), I don’t recommend listening to their music unless you’re comfortable with graphic depictions of gore, murder, and other forms of violence. (Speaking from personal experience here; I tried listening to them because Gamzee’s my favorite character and quickly realized I didn’t enjoy that.) Anonymous asked: I would say listening to icp is not necessary… I tried myself and failed not even half way through one album so I admittedly could be wrong but… I think it was never intended to be THAT serious

I checked out Miracles, back when ICP was first brought up, but I haven't seen any of their other music. It's probably not actually necessary to listen to the band to understand Gamzee, but I might still do it for fun, since the graphic content wouldn't bother me much.

@skelekingfeddy asked: according to hussie the fifth wall is what divides two narrators/authors @sanctferum asked: According to Hussie's comments, if the fourth wall is the wall between the character and the author/their audience, then the fifth wall is specifically the wall dividing omniscient narrators from each other. or something like that

I, uh, guess that makes sense. Presumably Scratch would be our second 'author' in this scenario, even though he's not literally another author of Homestuck.

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'I'm in Love with the Villainess' Anime - Episode 1 Review

An astounding and hilarious first outing for the series with the power to revolutionize Yuri

We are finally here, the long-awaited and much anticipated first episode of Platinum Vision’s I’m in Love with the Villainess anime aired on Tokyo MX and is streaming everywhere outside of Asia with a plethora of dubbing options, including English, on day one on Crunchyroll.

The first outing covers most of the events of the light novel’s first chapter, or the first three chapters of the manga, at a rapid but steady and not overwhelming pace. At this rate, the anime should be able to cover much of the series’ first arc, or the first two out of five books, in a single cour. Perhaps a bit less, depending on which of the story’s various adventures it elects to include. This is an exciting possibility, to be sure, as the story is a character-driven, socially mindful, and expertly written and, despite its fantasy setting, an exceptionally relevant tale of romance, socio-economic inequality, and of course, queerness.

While the first arc of Villainess is a triumph, it would be a shame not to see at least some of the developments from the extra chapters that lead into the second story, like (spoilers for the end of volume 2) Rae and Claire’s wedding and their adopted twin daughters May and Aleah. If we are lucky, perhaps they will appear in the final episode or, dare to dream, a second season (end of spoilers).

Now, onto the show itself. For those who, for whatever reason, have not read Inori’s masterpiece, I’m in Love with the Villainess follows Rae Taylor. A salary worker who dies and is reincarnated as the protagonist of her favorite otome game, Revolution. However, Rae has no interest in any of the game world’s three eligible royal bachelors and has eyes only for the game villainess Claire François. Armed with exceptionally magical ability, Rae sets out determined to secure a happy ending for her beloved Claire against the coming revolution and perhaps win her heart in the process.

Now, the opening of I’m in Love with the Villainess is the series' weakest moment in all mediums, which, considering episode one’s outstanding quality, only highlights just how superb the Yuri masterpiece is as a whole. Even with its need to establish the setting, characters, and premise of the series, the premiere managed to be an excellent introduction and set the bar high with lots of laughs, entertainment, and service between our two leads.

I watched the Japanese audio, and Yu Serizawa and Karin Nanami are fantastic in these roles, with Serizawa playing up Rae’s teasing adoration and borderline masochism at full blast, and Nanami explicitly giving voice to Claire’s arrogance and frustration. She even manages to deliver a perfect Ojou-style laugh to seal the character’s elite status and lean into the show’s use of otome tropes. And having the leads sing the excellent opening and ending themes is just icing on the cake.

Speaking of tropes, while Ironi’s original work is a genre-defying masterpiece that broke the Yuri mold, it is never afraid to play with the genre’s iconography and its otome game setting. Every other scene had another allusion, including to the book’s cover. As always, I am likely overeager to see connections, however intentional they may be, but the academy’s halls harken to otome staples, the bells and strings of the first scene's soundtrack conjured blistering memories of Strawberry Panic (perhaps a sacrilegious comparison to make but I digress), and even an areal shot of the campus was another check mark on my “Scenic Yuri” theory.

Now, as mentioned, I’m in Love with the Villainess has to establish the groundwork here, and narratively, these are the weakest moments, often direct exposition, with a few exceptions like Rae’s conversation with her roommate Mash about maintaining Claire’s attention. The narration is at least accompanied by relevant and creative, if perhaps limited, animation. But to their credit, these moments are succinct, existing only as long as they have to in order to provide the necessary information and get out of the way for what matters most: the characters.

Rae and Claire are front and center from the very get-go, and there is little time wasted in showcasing Rae’s intense bottom energy or establishing Claire’s elitism and bewildered anger towards Rae’s excitement in the face of Claire’s carefully calculated cruelty. It is a montage of silly and fun competitions between the two that had me laughing and smiling all the way through, as the Yuri was present in full force, and gives glimpses at the mutual obsession the women have for each other that will soon blossom into a wonderful romance.

These early story beats have a light tone and focus on the bullying, teasing, and rivalry between Rae and Claire, a dynamic that previously and understandably made a subset of readers somewhat uncomfortable. However, assuming the anime unfolds in a similar manner to the manga and light novels, the narrative will explore meatier, heavier subject matter and a far deeper lesbian romance, all without losing its sense of fun and adventure. The next episode or two will be incredibly telling - as the source material is perhaps the most profound and forthright depictions of LGBTQ identity in Yuri, and that all starts with a pivotal conversation that, if it is included, will be coming up shortly.

Overall, I am incredibly excited for this series. The first episode is everything I had hoped for out of an adaptation of one of my favorite works of all time, save the animation, which is average at best. While there is a lot more to see, and we will have to wait to know if I’m in Love with the Villainess lives up to its incredible potential and source material, I am extremely hopeful. We have one of the funniest, most thoughtful, and queerest works of Yuri transformed into a stunning anime project unlike anything that has come before and offers the chance at not just a new Yuri “gateway” but to continue the work of its source material in revolutionizing the genre.

Ratings: Story – 8 Characters – 10 Art – 5 LGBTQ – We shall see… Sexual Content – 3 Final – 8

I'm in Love with the Villainess is streaming on Crunchyroll with English sub/dub.

Review made possible by Avery Riehl and the rest of the YuriMother Patrons. Support YuriMother on Patreon for early access, exclusive article, and more: patreon.com/yurimother

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I've always seen Helluva boss as a show that try so hard to be something isn't, and after reading your articles about BoJack horseman and how hb directly borrowed some of its ideas . It's started to make sense so here's my take:

Helluva boss can't be BoJack or anti-BoJack , there is room for inspiration sure . But the difference between two shows make it odd whenever someone try to compare them. Since BoJack is story of American man who happened to have a horse head, therefore the protagonist is forced to obey the morality rules that we as audience have . Helluva boss is story of demons live in society that only value violence , the rules of morality is broken in this world so where it makes sense for the show to calls out BoJack's toxic dating patterns, why should i care for blitzø's that man cannonly makes fun of children deaths of cours he's not a good partner. Another thing that BH like other many adults cartoon is critical of American culture (Hollywood culture for BoJack case) and while HB trying to do the same it only water down its world , you can point out to something relatable to our society without loosing the fantasy elements in your world especially if your otherworldly character travel to the human world constantly and see it from stranger point of view, but hb didn't do that it just turned the hell to american , and maybe this is thing bugs only me as non-western . It would be more entertaining if we explore the hellish society as something new and fresh.

(out of topic sorry)

But even if we want BoJack-like show the writer clearly don't know why BoJack works but I don't need to tell you since you already wrote about that, I remember watching a clip of livestream where medrano admit she blind-love her favourite media without critical thinking and I think this is her biggest weakness, she's the kind of person who would see something cool in TV so she applies it to her OCs without a further thinking which explains the directe reference of others show like BH

These are excellent points. There's a saying in writing that goes "Write what you know". The team who wrote Bojack knew the ins and outs of that Hollywood bubble due to professional experiences. And because Bojack was written by a diverse team of creative people, they even addressed how eating meat would work in a universe with sentient animals. They had the experience and knowledge of setting as well as basic life experience to ask obvious questions in the name of world building.

It's why I argue that Medrano appears to be someone with very few life experiences. Not only does her story lack emotional depth, having a shallow well to draw from, but basic rules of world building are neglected in a way that is very obvious due to a lack of human curiosity.

Writing what you know isn't supposed to be limiting. Instead it's supposed to challenge you to ask more questions. Expand what you know to incorporate it into your imagination.

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Well, it’s sunday and I’m not doing anything important, so time for my current anime season watch list:

Rock is a Lady’s Modesty

The bi-anual girls rock band anime, this time centered in a ladies-only high school for the rich and powerful, with our protagonist, twin locks blodie Lilisa, being a recent arrival in the school following her mom’s marriage to a powerful guy, which forces her to be as proper and excellent as possible, all the while trying, and ultimately failing, to repress her love for rock.

Great animation, especially on the CGI, great music, very fun characters all around, so far a very engaging plot, and above all, superb chemistry between the two main female leads, which is as wild as the rock they love, although the last couple of episodes have robbed the anime of some of its energy, hopefully it gets it back.

8/10, its fun!

From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman

Isekai in everything but reincarnation (for now), follow Beryl, a middle aged sword trainer who has instructed countless (mostly female) warriors throughout the years, but who has never left his hometown, and therefore, never left his name in history, as his world is finally shaken when an old disciple of his, now turned into a high ranking warrior, comes to his dojo and takes him to the capital to train a new generation of warriors, while finally showing to the world how good he truly is.

Slow burn harem with OKish fights, a fantasy world so standard they don’t even try to flesh it out, mostly useless male characters outside the lead, and a plot that boils down to “he’s really the best, most perfect middle aged virgin man there is, if only he realized it!!!”, it’s serviceable but nothing amazing, watch it to pass the time

6/10

Uma Musume Pretty Lady: Cinderella Grey

It’s the horse racing anime, you know it, you hate it, I have lost followers and even mutuals over it.

So far its the best of the bunch, Oguri Cap has been a fascinating protagonist, with the simplicity of Special Week without her naïveté and clumsiness, the strength of Tokai Teio but without her weird ego, and the speed of Kitasan Black but actually capable of exploiting it to the end instead of burning out early, not to mention characters are for once allowed to be flawed, to cheat, to be petty, it’s great!

9/10, so far the best of the season.

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

From the man behind Evangelion, comes a new take on the Gundam franchise, set in an alternative timeline of the original show: Follow Machu, an aimless high school student, as she accidentally joins an underground fighting ring for giant robots, and unwilling becomes the pilot of one of the few operational, mythical Gundam suits.

It’s… A mess, Machu has to be one of the most idiotic, impulsive protagonists I’ve seen in recent years, her female co-star, Nyaan, is barely a character to begin with, with little focus given to her outside of battles, the other supporting character, Shuji, being a complete enigma and basically just a source of drama after a weird love triangle that went nowhere was introduced, the minor characters keep proving time and again to be more interesting than this trio, of they survive that is, since the show has a knack at killing them off.

I will say, it has the best damn animation of this season, the giant robot fights are very well made and have a ton of variety to them, and the weird overarching plot of a possible war has proven far more fascinating than the actual one of “Machu want to swim in the ocean but also pilot the robot but also not really since she now wants to get into Shuji’s pants for some reason” that recently culminated in her arrest.

6/10, may get better.

The Apothecary Diaries season 2, cour 2

I have mentioned this before, so no description.

It’s great! The plot kinda slowed down after Maomao got kidnapped, but it has finally picked back up again, the mysteries just get bigger, and the stakes higher!

9/10, same score as Cinderella, because I can’t deny its quality, even though I like the horse anime a bit more.

And finally

A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof

Title says it all, an escaped ninja named Satoko with the ability to turn everything, bodies included, into leafs, starts living with a highly competent yet extremely messy assassin named Konoha, joining forces and helping Konoha rise in the underground assassin rankings.

It’s a yuri dark comedy, lots of cute girls dying at the hands of Konoha, superb animation almost at the level of Gundam, weird dark humor that it’s either “what if Satoko behaves like an abused wife”, or “what if this down in her luck cute ninja with hopes and dreams dies in an absurd way after failing to avenge her fallen comrades?”, characters that range from flawed but relatable to just assholes, and an almost non-existent plot that never takes itself too seriously, it may just be the most mean-spirited actually funny comedy anime I’ve ever watched.

7/10, beware of the fanservice.

Dishonorable mention

Ranger Reject season 2

Not even bothering to add a GIF, the animation got so downgraded it’s insulting, and the current arc it just finished adapting, the dream school one, is in my opinion, the worst of the manga, I check it out from time to time just to see what is adapting, so I may catch up soon, but I can’t honestly recommend it to anyone.

3/10, at least the characters remain good.

[aljeitfael]

(big up à @aozijiuh pour le logo sur le tshirt)

BONJOUR !

Je suis Elliott, et je suis une personne parfaitement normale et saine d’esprit !

Il y a quelques années, j’avais retranscrit sur une carte de Gwendalavir les différents voyages au cours de La Quête d’Ewilan, Les Mondes d’Ewilan et Le Pacte des Marchombres. C’était assez approximatif, mais je m’étais amusée.

Entre temps, Andarta Pictures, le studio qui produit l’adaptation animée de La Quête, a réalisé une incroyable carte de Gwendalavir super détaillée, style Google Earth. A côté de ça, @hel-is-lurking-in-the-shadows, une bonne amie de mon serveur Discord sur Bottero, a commencé à me donner des détails sur la chronologie de La Quête durant une relecture.

Du coup j’ai décidé de remettre le couvert.

(Je vous invite à ouvrir l’image dans un nouvel onglet et zoomer pour l’explorer, ou à télécharger la version HD, car j'ai du compresser les images pour Tumblr)

Cartes tome par tome et explications sous le cut !

Un grand merci à Andarta Pictures qui m’a autorisé à utiliser et publier leur carte, à Helwin (@hel-is-lurking-in-the-shadows) qui m’a donné un grand nombre de détails chronologiques, et à l’ensemble du serveur de Gwendalavir qui débat avec moi des durées de voyage à cheval entre l’Arche et Al-Jeit et de l’âge d’Edwin Til’Illan, avec tableurs Excels à l’appuie.

J’ai pris la liberté de modifier légèrement la carte d’Andarta, et déplacer certains points pour qu’ils correspondent mieux à ma compréhension du canon :

Al-Poll

Le port de Morillan

Le port d’Arfagh

Fériane

La ferme de Milia Jundo

La maison d’Ellana

La maison de Sayanel

Je précise que dans l’ensemble j’ai présumé que les personnages voyageaient en lignes à peu près droites. Je suis bien consciente que dans la vraie vie ça se passe pas comme ça, mais comme on n’a pas de carte des réseaux routiers de Gwendalavir, je suis obligée de présumer que la Team Ewilan se déplace comme des oiseaux migrateurs. Vous remarquerez que je me plains beaucoup dans ce texte. C’est normal, c’est un passe-temps, un de mes préférés derrière le décorticage de détails dans les romans et l’arrachage de cheveux. Promis, je me suis amusée !

LEZGO !

Tome 1 - D'un monde à l'autre

Pas grand chose à dire sur cette carte-ci, mis à part que les distances parcourues sont assez gigantesques comparées à… bah, tout le reste. Vous allez voir, c’est un thème récurrent.

J3 : J’ai placé le point d’arrivée du Grand Pas le plus proche possible d’Al-Vor tout en restant dans la Forêt de Baraïl. Ça fait quand même une trotte de presque 50 kilomètres en une journée. Bon.

J4 et J5 : J’ai tracé une ligne (à peu près) droite entre Al-Vor et la Passe de la Goule, supposant qu’une piste rejoignant ces deux points stratégiques serait à peu près droite, et j’ai appliqué la mêmes distances de voyage que sur J3. Fin J5 Ellana se fait poignarder par le mercenaire, et la troupe revient en arrière pour faire un crochet vers Ondiane.

Suite à quoi Ewilan et Salim repartent sur Terre. Oui, mais où ??

Je n’avais pas prévu qu’une étude cartographique de Gwendalavir allait finalement me mener à Sherlock-Holmser (si si, c’est un verbe) la ville où ont grandi Ewilan et Salim à coup de cartes du réseau ferroviaire de la SNCF. Parfois la vie prend un tour étrange.

On a un nombre très limité d’informations sur leur ville :

Il y a des ruines romaines ou une architecture d’inspiration romaine (mention d’une « tour romaine » au début du T1). Ça n’aide pas des masses car il y en a partout en France.

Elle est assez grande pour avoir à la fois des barres de HLM et un quartier huppé. Pas un village paumé dans la Creuse, donc.

Elle n’est pas en bord de mer ou à proximité des côtes, car Salim déclare n’avoir jamais vu la mer, lorsqu’il découvre le Grand Océan du Sud (dans le T3). Ça permet d’éliminer certaines régions.

Pour se rendre à Paris, Ewilan et Salim on prit un train direct (attention c’est important) à 5h du matin, depuis une gare Grandes Lignes qu’iels ont atteinte probablement à pied (n’ayant pas d’argent pour un taxi ou un bus), et qui les a fait arrivé à Paris Gare de Lyon à « une heure encore matinale ». CA, ça m’intéresse.

Du coup, j’ai fait ce que toute personne sensée ferait dans cette situation, j’ai pris une carte du réseau SNCF et j’ai surligné les lignes de TGV partant de Paris Gare de Lyon, en notant les durées de trajet depuis chaque gare du parcours.

J’ai éliminé les villes en dessous de Valence, car elles sont trop proches de la mer, et le temps de trajet jusqu’à Paris les aurait fait arriver trop tard (j’estime leur arrivée entre 6h et 8h, c’est un jour de semaine et il y a encore des gens en train de prendre des cafés dans des bistros avant d’aller au travail).

Au final ça réduit à 21 villes possibles (et leur banlieue immédiate), ce qui est franchement pas mal comme résultat, à l’échelle de la France.

(J’admets que j’ai pris le réseau ferroviaire de 2025 et pas celui de l’époque de l’écriture de la Quête, mais au moins la zone géographique reste la même.)

Bref ! Retournons en Gwendalavir.

Tome 2 - Les Frontières de Glace

C’est là que je commence à avoir des problèmes.

J11-J14 : Nos chers zigotos atteignent la Passe de la Goule en 4 jours depuis Ondiane. Soit. C’est vachement plus lent que sur J3 à J6, mais iels se sont fait attaquer plusieurs fois, forcément ça ralenti la progression.

J-15 : Une journée entière de pause à la Passe de la Goule. Ou alors il faut une journée pour la traverser, je sais pas comment ça marche les passes dans la montagne mais je pense que Bottero ne le savait pas non plus. En tout cas iels font bien une sacrée pause picnic le temps qu’Ellana aille se fritter avec les Faëls, que Salim faillisse se casser le cou, et tout ce qui s’ensuit. C’est pas comme si iels avaient un Empire à sauver et des Ts’lichs et des Mercenaires au cul.

J16 : Energisé-es par leur picnic, nos ami-es piquent un sprint et parcourent en une journée ce qu’iels avaient précédemment fait en trois jours. J’aurais pu placer la halte du soir de J16 plus à l’Est, mais il est dit dans le texte que l’Arche est visible depuis leur campement. Et je suis désolée, l’Arche ça a beau être un sacré gros pont, on ne la voit pas à 40km de distance.

J17 : La troupe traverse l’Arche… et met cinq jours à arriver à Al-Jeit. Cinq journées, à partir du matin du J17 où iels traversent l’Arche, jusqu’à l’arrivée à Al-Jeit le midi du J21. IELS ONT MIS QUATRE JOURS A PARCOURIR UNE DISTANCE QU’IELS VENAIENT DE TRACER EN UNE JOURNÉE. Et ne venez pas me dire que c’était du terrain difficile, c’est le trajet entre le Gros Pont Sur Le Gros Fleuve et la Capitale de l’Empire. La route est probablement pavée de diamants.

J-21 à 25 : Al-Jeit. J’ai rien à dire sur le sujet à part que les excuses d’Edwin devraient rentrer dans les annales de Gwendalavir.

J26-J27-J28 : Ici c’était un peu tricky. Nos ami-es mettent trois jours à atteindre le port de Morillan (je présume par une piste et pas dans la cambrousse). Andarta avait placé Morillan plus au Sud ; j’ai pris le parti de le déplacer, pour que les distances par jour coïncident avec celles entre l’Arche et Al-Jeit. Avec Morillan plus au Sud, on se retrouverait avec trois jours de marche/cheval où la troupe avance à vitesse de limace.

J29 à J-38 : On a dix jours de voyage par bateau, avec Oh Joie, le détail de quelle partie prend combien de temps : deux jours sur la section Sud du Pollimage, cinq jours sur le lac Chen, trois jours sur la section Nord du Pollimage. J’ai déplacé le port d’Arfagh où la troupe débarque, pour que les distances en bateau soient à peu près cohérentes, mais surtout pour que les distances à pied jusqu’aux Plateaux d’Astariul et sur le plateau aient du sens.

J39 à J45 : Honnêtement je ne ne saurais plus vous dire exactement comment je m’y suis prise pour placer les points, parce que j’ai du le refaire quinze fois. Vu le temps que l’équipe a passé à longer le Pollimage, et le fait qu’iels étaient à la hauteur des champs de bataille lorsqu’iels ont bifurqué vers l’Ouest, logiquement iels n’auraient même pas du traverser les plateaux d’Astariul, juste les plaines du Shaal. Mais bon les plateaux ne sont pas ultra bien délimités sur la carte.

J46 à 49 : Les Plateaux d’Astariul. J’ai vraiment écrabouillé les distances parcourues par jour pour que ça ai du sens, ce qui quand on y pense est logique parce que c’est une région accidentée et sans piste, et apparemment les zigotos se sont paumés un certain nombre de fois.

J50 : Al-Poll ! Sur la carte d’Andarta, Al-Poll était plus au Nord que sur la carte des livres. Avec les distances que j’avais déjà établies, pour moi ça marchait mieux de le redescendre plus au Sud. La Team y arrive en moins d’une journée à pied après avoir campé au pied de la chaîne du Poll, donc ça pouvait pas être bien loin. (sincèrement je pense que Bottero avait jamais vu de montagnes de sa vie et ne savait pas comment ça marchait)

(En vrai j’adorerais discuter avec la/les personne(s) de chez Andarta qui ont réalisé la carte, iels ont fait un travail de malade et il y a un certain nombre de choix qui me posent question, j’aimerais beaucoup connaître leur raisonnement)

Sinon, on en parle du fait que la quête « principale » (libération des Figées) a pris très exactement 50 jours top chrono depuis le premier Grand Pas d’Ewilan ? Elle fait pas les choses à moitié la miss XD

Edwin Til’Illan, héritier des Marches du Nord, général des armées de l’Empire Alavirien, commandant de la Légion Noir, maître d’arme de l’Empereur, vainqueur des Dix Tournois d’Al-Jeit : Oh non, les Sentinelles ont disparu et le verrou Ts’lich bloque nos Dessinateurices depuis sept ans, nous n’avons aucune idée de quoi faire pour les libérer ! Ewilan, 13 ans : Hold my sphère graphe

Bref!

Tome 3 - L'Ile du Destin

J51 à 55 : Revigoré-es par la libération des Figées, nos ami-es tracent comme des flèches shootées au crack à travers les Marches du Nord (vous savez, la chaîne montagneuse infranchissable et couverte de neiges éternelles) à raison d’environ 50 km par jour, là où iels avaient parcouru les Plateau d’Astariul (une région qui, comme son nom l’indique de manière particulièrement éloquente, est plate) à raison de 20 km par jour. Cherchez pas, moi j’ai cessé d’essayer de comprendre. Faut croire qu’Edwin avait très envie de rentrer chez lui.

(Andarta place la Citadelle un peu plus au Nord que la carte des romans, mais ça ne change pas grand-chose au schmilblick, dans tous les cas l’équipe trace comme des fous furieux, du coup j’ai laissé la Citadelle là où Andarta l’a mise.)

J55 à 58 : Les sauveur-euses de Gwendalavir passent des vacances bien méritées à la montagne. Ewilan failli se faire découper en rondelle, elle légumifie une des Sentinelles qu’elle vient juste de libérer, Salim fait une des plus belles déclarations d’amour de la literature française (je dis « une des » parce qu’il en a d’autres en stock), Ewilan et Salim rencontre un type qui est censé être mort depuis un demi-millénaire, et iels repartent sur Terre chercher Mathieu.

La Quête d’Ewilan du point de vue de Mathieu: T1 : Ewilan : Bonjour, j’ai besoin de toi car tu es le seul qui peut libérer l’Empire Alavirien, qui est dans la mouise depuis sept ans. Tu es leur dernier espoir et j’ai bravé la mort plusieurs fois pour venir te chercher. Mathieu: Déso mais nan :/ T3 : Ewilan, revenant un mois et demi plus tard : C’est bon c’est réglé ! :D Finalement on n’avait pas besoin de toi Mathieu: 0_0

J58 à 67 : Voyage par voie de terre jusqu’aux berges du Gour. J’ai fait vaguement une ligne droite avec une longueur qui permettait des journées de voyage pas aberrantes, mais c’est approximatif.

D’après le texte, iels traversent les champs de bataille à J61, finalement sur la carte c’est plutôt J59, ou alors les champs de bataille sont bien plus au Sud (d’ailleurs ça expliquerait aussi J45 lorsqu'iels bifurquent vers Astariul dans le T2), mais du coup ils seraient quasiment sur la forêt d’Ervengue. D’ailleurs je réalise un peu tard que j’aurais du dessiner un détour pour contourner la forêt. Zut.

J67 : Virage vers l’Ouest pour rejoindre le Pont de Chen. Je suis dubitative, mais bon peut-être que c’est le seul endroit où on peut traverser le Gour dans la région.

J68 : -profond soupir- Les gens. Les gens vous allez à AL-JEIT. C’est au SUD. C’est PAS DANS CETTE DIRECTION. Pourquoi vous allez à Al-Chen ???? C’est un énorme détour ??? (et me dites pas que c’est mieux parce qu’il y a une piste, depuis le début iels se baladent dans la cambrousse et ça les empêche pas de tracer comme des fous furieux.) En plus c’est pas comme si Duom avait fait explicitement remarquer que ça serait galère de se balader dans Al-Chen avec un putain de loup ?? On est bien d’accord, ça serait compliqué, mais il y a une solution très simple a ce problème : NE PAS ALLER A AL-CHEN !!!!

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Jour 68, la troupe va à Al-Chen.

J69 à J75 : Voyage par voie de terre vers Al-Jeit. A priori sur une piste pavée et bien entretenue qui relie ces deux grandes villes principales de l’Empire. Ce qui ne les empêche pas d’avancer à la même vitesse que dans la région complètement sauvage des grandes plaines du Nord. -jette son compas et son équerre par la fenêtre-

J76 à J78 : Voyage par voie de terre vers le port de Faranji. On ne sait pas précisément où est le port dans le texte, j’ai fait confiance à Andarta, cet emplacement paraît assez logique.

J79 et J80 : Voyage par bateau, arrivée à la grand île Aline. L’emplacement de la capitale proposé par Andarta me rend un peu perplexe, on sait que la Team Ewilan l’atteint à pied en à peine une heure, ce qui implique qu’iels aient débarqué à un endroit pas super logique, mais pas complètement déconnant non plus, donc soit. Puis une trentaine de kilomètres de marche en pleine cambrousse dans la nuit noir, avant de taper un somme à peu près au pied du Pic du Destin.

J81 : FIN DU VOYAGE !! Altan et Elicia sont libéré-es, Siam fait du sashimi de Sentinelle, et Ellana se fait poignarder (encore). Nos ami-es rejoignent la côte Sud de Gwendalavir par Pas sur le Côté interposé et organisent un festin digne d’un village d’irréductible gaulois.

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Dans l’ensemble, je pense qu’on peut s’accorder sur le fait que les durées de voyage sont franchement pas logiques, qu’on prenne en compte les pistes VS la cambrousse ou non. Mais bon, Pierre Bottero était instit’ et pas prof de maths pour une raison. Loin de moi l’idée de le critiquer, ce genre de détail est loin d’être important dans une œuvre littéraire, d’autant plus une œuvre aussi riche et belle que la sienne. C’est juste mon kiffe perso de décortiquer ces trucs ^^ Dans tout les cas, ça m’a beaucoup amusée d’explorer la géographie de Gwendalavir et d’essayer de retracer le voyage, et je trouve chouette le fait que les romans donnent assez d’indications pour permettre cet exercice.

Et j’en profite pour adresser un gigantesque bravo à l’équipe d’Andarta Pictures, qui a fait à peu près le même travail mais pour produire cette carte, donc sans la carte. Contrairement à moi qui ai fait ce travail avec la carte qu’iels ont produite en faisant ce travail sans la carte. Vous suivez ? Bref, bravo à elleux pour ce travail de dingues!

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PS : Vous pensiez quand même pas que j'allais vous lâcher aussi tôt! -regarde ses 6 pages Word de texte- je disais donc, si tôt.

Je fais un petit aparté sur la maison d’Ellana/Sayanel (et par extension Fériane et l’auberge du Monde), même si c’est pas dans la chrono : c’est un détail sur lequel j’ai vraiment pas compris le choix d’Andarta (si jamais quelqu’un du studio me lit, ceci n’est pas une critique, c’est une invitation à venir m’expliquer, je vous en prie venez parler cartographie de l’imaginaire avec moi!!).

Déjà parce que j’avais toujours compris que la maison d’Ellana (dans laquelle elle emménage après le voyage avec les Haïnouks, et dans laquelle elle se trouve au début de La Prophétie), et la maison de Sayanel (dans laquelle Ellana et Nillem passent plusieurs semaines après leur Ahn-Ju et avant leur départ pour le Rentaï) sont une seule et même maison. Je ne me rappelle plus si c’était dit explicitement, je sais qu’Ellana dit que c’est une maison que lui a donné un ami parce qu’il ne s’en sert pas, et je crois que Salim fait une remarque comme quoi l’ami est de toute façon un ermite chelou, et Ellana l’engueule en mode « d’où tu parles de Sayanel comme ça petit morveux ».

Bref, on sait que la maison de Sayanel se trouve à 10 km de Fériane, que la maison d’Ellana se trouve au pied des montagnes de l’Est, et que l’auberge du Monde est assez proche de cette maison pour qu’on puisse y aller pour le dîner (genre moins d’une heure à cheval grand max). Et que Fériane se trouve à une soixantaine de kilomètres au Nord-Est d’Al-Jeit. (Je précise que tout ça vient du texte, et pas de la carte des romans.)

Sauf qu’Andarta a mis Fériane à 100km d’Al-Jeit (enfin, iels ont plutôt déplacé Al-Jeit vers le Sud, je viens de m’en rendre compte), et la maison de Sayanel à plus de 100km de Fériane. Sans compter l’Auberge du Monde qui est, heu… loin (j’ai pas compté).

(en rouge les points placés par Andarta, en bleu les miens)

Du coup, Andarta, si jamais vous passez par là, je serais ravie de connaître votre raisonnement (qui est sûrement parfaitement logique et a de très bonnes raisons, et qui du coup me rend curieuse).

Voilà, c’est tout pour moi ^^

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna in bed recovering from her bout of measles and double pneumonia, spring 1917

❧ “Maria took her turn, who until now was her mother's greatest support. Even in the first stages of her illness, she hoped that she would be able to avoid staying in bed. She intended to endure until her father returned and she begged Baroness Buxhoeveden not to trouble her mother when she also developed a fever. At last, however, her exhausted nature betrayed her very badly. Along with the measles she suffered double pneumonia and reached the gates of death. In her feverish delirium and nightmares, she saw terrible soldiers who came to kill her mother and she shouted in terror, "Crowds of peopl... dreadful people... they re coming to kill Mamma!! Why are they doing these things?" - Romanov Royal Martyrs ☙

❧ “She was now anxious about Marie Nicolaievna on latter had been taken ill much later than her sisters, condition was aggravated by a severe attack of pneumonia of a virulent kind. Her constitution was excellent, but she had all she could do to survive. ☙ - Pierre Gilliard, 13 Years At The Russian Court

❧ “On 19 March I received a note from the Empress that Maria Nikolaevna is dying and asking for me. The messenger told me that Anastasia Nikolevna is also very sick; both had pneumonia, and the latter also became deaf due to the ear infection…I tiptoed to Maria Nikolaevna. She was lying there, white like linen, her eyes, naturally large, seemed even larger, temperature was 40.9, she breathed oxygen. When she saw me, she made some attempts to pick up her head and started to cry, repeat-ing: "Anya, Anya." I stayed with her until she fell asleep.” ☙ - Anna Vyrubova

❧ “Apparently Maria's and Anastasia's illness broks the tamp remained normal; they are weak and slept all day, of cours with breaks.” ☙ - Tsar Nicholas II diary entry, March 20th 1917

[soeurdelune]

Salut ! J'ai une question a te poser ! j'ai vu que tu "détestes" l'utilisation de l'IA a cause des abus pour sur forums. Mais du coup moi j'utilise chatgpt d'une autre façon et j'me demandais si c'était aussi mal de le faire. En gros j'utilise chatgpt comme un outil en +. Quand j'manque d'informations pour un personnage, je lui envoi le résumé et j'lui demande son avis. Et je fais pareil quand je doute d'un rp. Chatgpt me donne des pistes d'amélioration. Qu'en penses-tu ?

Bonjour anon ! J'ai, je te l'avoue, un peu de difficulté à comprendre l'utilité de cet ask, principalement parce que mon avis (et je dis ça sans animosité aucune), on s'en tamponne un peu le coquillard, non ? J'ai rien de révolutionnaire à dire sur le sujet, je ne possède pas non plus suffisamment d'expertise ou de connaissances techniques, sociologiques, philosophiques, etc. pour pouvoir offrir des pensées novatrices ou édifiantes à ce stade du débat en cours.

Oui, c'est vrai, je suis très critique de l'utilisation de l'IA (générative) dans le cadre du hobby créatif qu'est le rp, et ce à tous les niveaux du processus de création.

Ton message me donne envie de te poser une question à toi aussi, d'ailleurs : si tu te sers de l'IA pour demander son avis sur un perso ou un rp, pourquoi ne pas plutôt demander à un·e autre rpgiste ? L'IA n'a pas la science infuse (notamment pour ce genre de chose, la qualité littéraire d'un texte étant après tout extrêmement suggestive), et les autres rpgistes sont tout autant capables de te répondre et de t'aider avec ça ? C'est tout de même beaucoup plus sympa de parler de tes personnages et de l'écriture avec d'autres rpgistes qu'un robot, non ? D'autant plus que discuter avec des personnes variées, aux expériences et vécus différents, qui ont elles mêmes des attentes, des préférences, des méthodes diversifiées voire inattendues, ça t'apportera infiniment plus de nuances et de possibilités dans les conseils que tu pourrais recevoir. C'est pas beaucoup plus intéressant, comme démarche, que d'interroger une IA ?

@so-late-sunny a déjà fait un excellent texte détaillé et sourcé soulevant les problèmes causés par l'IA générative, je te joins le lien ici si tu souhaites y jeter un œil !

Sur ce, je te souhaite une bonne journée !

[mathildeaquisexta]

So, I live in Aix-en-Provence. Since two months, my city was labelled "Ville Impériale" ("Imperial city") which means that important stuff happened here during the Consulate and the Empire and it left some historical and architectural heritage (I will make several posts about them all). And today I will be talking about a mansion and a castle that used to be occupied by princess Pauline Borghèse and Joseph Fouché (not at the same time obviously, that would have been insane lol).

First, the Hôtel de Forbin.

Pauline lived here for some time in 1807 because she fell in love with Auguste de Forbin, whose family owned the place. They stayed there for some time but it was complicated to maintain their secret relationship as the hôtel particulier was literally in the middle of the city's main street, le Cour. So she pretended to be sick and said she needed the fresh air of the countryside. Later, her husband joined her and I don't know if her lover was still there. Did he know ? Was he part of this relationship ? We will never know.

As for Fouché, it was his first home in Aix after his second disgrace in september 1810. He was appointed senator of the city and the people LOVED him, like everyone was in mourning when he left for Ferrières (and keep in mind these people were very religious and nostalgic for the monarchy, they were the first in France to respawn white rosettes out of nowhere when Napoleon was in Elba island). Interesting enough, in the municipal archives’ constitutional and political acts, they called him « His Excellency monsignor Joseph, Duke of Otrante » and just chose to ignore his family name.

Here, a crazy extract from Les Rues d’Aix :

so there basically, people invited by Fouché to celebrate the new year are complaining about the cold nights and fearing the olive trees would die and some noble guy is like « who cares about the olive trees as long as the Duke is fine ! »

Then, the Mignarde castle.

Insane and disgusting stuff happened here because of Pauline's whims. First she "made the frogs and the cicasias shut up" because their sound bothered her (basically she paid men with sticks and they just hit the trees and the lake until all those poor animals left of were k*lled) and then she took a donkey milk bath everyday but it was very expensive so that milk was sold to the city's market when she was done and people realized something was wrong when they poured it in their corn flakes bowl and it weidly smelled of lavender (obviously it was a huge scandal).

And what about Fouché ? Well, he lived there for some months without making scandals, just being the father of the year and walking in his garden holding the hand of his daughter Josephine. Nothing suspicious happening here.

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[jjs-brainrot]

Are there any yuri manga/anime that you would recommend to a new fan of the genre? Everyone swears by Utena but I don't think I have the mental fortitude for a show like that yet.

Sure thing!

Bloom Into You by Nio Nakatani

(manga and anime)

It's the classic newcomer entry point but there's a reason it's still as highly lauded as it is: It is just that good. It's got excellent drama, the main two characters have a really great and intriguing dynamic between them and it much more openly acknowledge the queerness of it's characters then a lot of yuri before it did. A lot of the more recent yuri mangakas regard it as a major inspiration, and the anime getting as big as it did tends to be seen as one of the major factors in the yuri boom we've been experiencing the last 4 years or so.

Both the anime and manga for it are excellent, though the anime only covers the first couple of volumes (which unfortunately is something I can say about about most stuff on this list as yuri anime tend to not get more then a single cour...)

Whisper Me a Love Song by Eku Takeshima

(manga and anime (not recommended))

Had to get at least one band yuri on the list. Unfortunately, the recent anime for Whisper Me a Love Song kind of turned into a trash fire. Which sucks as the manga itself is quite excellent. Early chapters are very cute and sweet and the later chapters have some very spicy drama.

I really can't recommend the anime for this one so it's a manga only recommendation outside of maybe checking out a playlist of the songs from the anime when they appear in the manga.

How Do We Relationship? by Tamifull

(manga only atm)

Hands down one of the best examinations/dissection of what it means to be in a relationship from any romance series I've ever read. Every character feels like they're written as people with their own likes/dislikes and feelings towards romance and sex instead of romance character archetypes. it genuinely feels like you're watching people navigate their differences to make a relationship work rather than a "these two were made for each other" style romance series.

That being said, this is probably the hardest to read series on this list as it can absolutely get way too real at times and also does not shy away from talking about heavier subject such as homophobia, trauma, etc.

School Zone Girls by Ningiyau

(manga only atm)

This is basically a Nichijou/Daily Lives of High School Boys style slapstick comedy but full blown yuri. If you're a fan of stupid x stupid, this is the series for you as there are so many morons (affectionate) in love with each other here.

Unfortunately, the manga is currently on indefinite hiatus while the mangaka works on other projects which is the main downside of this one but it's still def worth checking out.

I'm in Love with the Villainess by Inori

(light novel(audiobook version also available), manga and anime)

Otome game villainess isekai romcom that is very gay while also being extremely frank when it comes to discussing queerness, bigotry and uneven wealth/power distribution. It's a series that that ardently refuses to use subtext at every turn which is quite respectable given how many yuri tend to dance around discussing queerness outside of "they're in love". It's not perfect and does have its flaws (enough to get labelled as "problematic" by the usual ingrates) but its strengths easily elevate it to one best yuri series from last couple of years.

The anime and manga are both excellent (with both the JP and EN dubs of the anime being fantastic) but they are pretty behind compared to the light novels (anime only goes up to the first chapter of the second book and the manga is roughly 70% through the second book). The light novels are genuinely excellent reads so if you get caught up on the other two, I'd def recommend picking up the LNs.

Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit by sometime

(manga only atm)

What if Kamen Rider but yuri?... That's basically it on my sale tbh. It's an extremely gay yuri tokusatsu. It's genuinely a crime that it has not gotten an anime or an actual live action tokusatsu...

[toskarin]

Weird question, what happened to gwitch? It seems like all the anime fans I follow loved it, then I suddenly never heard about it again. Is it worth watching if you're gay and like violence?

it went off the rails in really disappointing and frustrating ways that made it not really satisfying as a drama. I'm inclined to say it came down to the production issues that were always quietly boiling under the surface coming to a head over the hiatus

the first cour is excellent, the second is quite bad, and I wouldn't really say it's worth watching

the original UC series (particularly 0079-CCA) and Iron-Blooded Orphans would better serve people who are gay and like violence

[yurisorcerer]

You don't get one of these super often. If anyone's not aware, Princess-Session Orchestra is a four-cour (that is to say, it'll be airing until around this time next year) magical girl series aimed at children. It is very, very directly competing with Pretty Cure, so I've been rooting super hard for this ever since it was announced. Now that the first episode is here and has been fansubbed (since ofc no streaming service is going to pick up something like this), I'm glad that I got to watch it.

That said, I really wish the prognosis was better than it is. I didn't hate this or anything, I would actually say I liked it overall. For strengths, the action is decent and the music (which consists of full-on, diagetically sung battle songs in large part, like Symphogear from some of the same people) is excellent. Everything else is a lot shakier, and I hate making "ooh budget" comments on stuff like this because it feels inane and like such a cop-out, but it is very obvious that this is being done with fairly thin resources in a general sense. Pretty much everything that isn't directly an action scene looks pretty mediocre, and as mentioned even the action scenes themselves only hit "decent" in my opinion.

The characters are charming, so that's another solid point, and I'm sure older Precure fans will appreciate the appearance of some Little Monster Guy minions as the main bad guys so far. Still, I don't think this show's long term prospects are great, which really saddens me.

The positive thing tho is that since this is going to be airing for like, you know, a *while,* it has a lot of time to improve. So maybe it'll get better, who can say.

Also I can't help but notice that the opening plot beat of "idol concert interrupted by monster attack" is basically the same general thing as happens in the opening episode of the original Symphogear. Now that episode actually featured someone *dying* whereas I think Minamo's normie friend here will be fine. Still, the comparison makes itself when some of the same folks are involved.

[exhaled-spirals]

« Imaginez les remarques que pourrait faire un observateur. . . de notre espèce, . . . comment elle se transforme, comment elle se consume depuis un siècle environ. Il aurait grand sujet de se divertir à nos dépens en constatant le curieux retournement de nos efforts inventifs contre nous-mêmes. Tandis que nous croyons nous soumettre les forces et les choses, il n'est pas un seul de ces attentats savants contre la nature qui, par voie directe ou indirecte, ne nous soumette, au contraire, un peu plus à elle et ne fasse de nous des esclaves de notre puissance, des êtres d'autant plus incomplets qu'ils sont mieux équipés.

. . . Et ne parlons pas des odeurs, des bruits que vous endurez, des trépidations, des courants de toute fréquence, des nourritures synthétiques, que sais-je ! Et quant à l'intellect, mes amis, quant à la sensibilité. . . on vous soumet l'esprit à une merveilleuse quantité de nouvelles incohérentes par vingt-quatre heures ; vos sens doivent absorber, sans un jour de repos, autant de musique, de peinture, de drogues, de boissons bizarres, de spectacles, de déplacements, de brusques changements d'altitude, de température, d'anxiété politique et économique. . . que toute l'humanité ensemble, au cours de trois siècles, en pouvait absorber jadis !. . . Cependant que la politique aligne nos multitudes, leur fait donner la main ou dresser le poing, les fait marcher au pas, voter, haïr ou aimer ou mourir en cadence, indistinctement, statistiquement.

La machine économique est, au fond, une exagération, une amplification colossale de l'organisme. . . et nous pouvons suspecter. . . qu'il se produira, dans l'âge qui vient, une dépression des valeurs intellectuelles, un abaissement, une décadence comparables à ceux qui se sont produits à la fin de l'antiquité ; la culture à peu près abandonnée, les œuvres devenues incompréhensibles ou détruites. . . toutes choses malheureusement très possibles [si] les moyens de possession et de jouissance, l'incohérence imposée par la fréquence et la facilité des impressions, la vulgarisation immédiate et l'application aux productions, aux évaluations et à la consommation, des fruits de l'esprit, de méthodes industrielles, finissent par altérer les vertus intellectuelles les plus élevées et les plus importantes : l'attention, la puissance méditative et critique, et ce qu'on peut nommer la pensée de grand style. . .

Nous vivons sous le régime perpétuel de la perturbation de nos intelligences. L'intensité, la nouveauté, dans notre époque, sont devenues des qualités, ce qui est un symptôme assez remarquable. Je ne puis croire que ce système soit excellent pour la culture. Sa première conséquence sera de rendre ou inintelligibles ou insupportables toutes les oeuvres du passé qui ont été composées dans les conditions toutes contraires et qui exigent des esprits tout différemment formés. »

— Paul Valéry, "Notre destin et les lettres", conférence donnée le 17 février 1937