#Operating room.

[tearitar]

this might be petty but 4 of my coworkers pissed me off so bad last week (each individually pissing me off) I put them in a room together, knowing they all hate each other.

[princescar]

she was probably the worst middle schooler ever

ft. matsuda who was also the worst version of himself

[laughingsquid]

Noah Wyle of the Medical Dramas 'ER' and 'The Pitt' Answers Questions While Playing 'Operation'

[motherdanger]

POV: your co-apprentice decides to check in on the trap you're overseeing

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[guerillas-of-history]

Palestinian fighters from the Joint Operations Room, comprised of the armed wing of various factions in the Gaza Strip, including Islamists, socialists, nationalists and others.

[rileycruel]

[opendirectories]

[sunshinem0ths]

playing 999 with my friend currently and this is my understanding of the plot so far

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

please sir can i have a housewife character whose problems are unrelated to housewifery

[marymekpop]

i keep thinking about you

[mih4nn]

Welcome to the operating table 💖

[guerillas-of-history]

🇵🇸 Palestinian Joint Operations Room 🇵🇸

Naval warfare training

[vinelark]

Just finished BBTS and loved it!! I feel like chapter 5 from Clark’s POV must be so fun 🤩 because from Kon’s view it’s already terrible and awful and the reader gets to be privy to the interior pain. But from the outside he must look positively horrific, especially to another Kryptonian who can see much more precisely how Kon is fairly literally coming apart at the seams 👍 I love Kon whump.

i'm so glad! and oof, yeah, chapter 5 from clark's pov is excruciating--kon goes missing, tim is also missing, they're connected somehow but clark can't locate either of them no matter how hard he tries. all they have to go on is what jason witnessed, and jason didn't even know 100% of what was happening there. they do find the farm in short order because checkered shirt guy triggered the self-destruct (so no one could trace them to the second location), but that only gives them more answers + a confirmation that something seriously bad is going on. clark feels so helpless, and he's trying not to spiral into it, because he needs to be at his best to find kon, to find tim, to help bruce find them both, because bruce is also doing everything he can but analyzing any clues left in the wreckage of the farm is going to take time and what are all clark's abilities for if something happens to kon during that time? what's the point? what is he supposed to do?

and then. and then! kon's voice, calling for him, pleading for him, and clark is there in an instant--RIP to half of the WE labs' security measures that got caught between clark and the r&d level--and he doesn't even notice the kryptonite at first. his body notices, he feels it immediately, but it takes a second to register because he's busy getting to. kon, who is 1) alive, and 2) on the ground with a? giant floodlight? and 3) really, really hurt. and that's about when the kryptonite hits. and that's not even the worst part, because then clark has to leave. he has to leave kon like that, hurt and bleeding and unraveling from the kryptonite, so clark can rescue tim and make sure tim is safe and that this other unconscious man at the scene--who must be the one who did this--is secured and he has to trust someone else to do that. clark can only do what he can to get back to kon, and honestly at that point, what's a little kryptonite poisoning compared to the terror of the rest of the evening? he can endure it, because kon has to endure it.

[sleepyorchidmonster]

So, with Chapter 7 being (another) event of Cataclysmic proportions on a global scale, I can't help but wonder about the direct fallout to the whole thing, be it the world's opinion on Malleus and the fae, how S.T.Y.X. will handle everything....

...and whether we may end up meeting Mrs. Rosehearts by the end of the book or not.

Since she is a famous magical healer/doctor, and her son is currently on Sage's Island, it'd make sense for her to work alongside other paramedics when help finally breaches the barrier (especially considering how she doesn't take no for an answer).

The main problem is that, after finally dealing with an overblot of such magnitude, the last thing anyone needs is another potentially triggering situation (and we saw what happened with poor Trey in Riddle's dream).

So here are my ideas:

1- Mrs. Rosehearts makes an appearance, but manages to keep things professional and just hugs her son before going her merry way (she's wondering why so many students are glaring at her, though);

2- Mrs. Rosehearts attempted to join the paramedics, but S.T.Y.X. vetoed the idea and were quite adamant about it;

3- Mrs. Rosehearts makes an appearance, but the other members of the cast hide Riddle from her (he's so tiny he can just stay behind Adeuce and be done with it) while Chen'ya kidnaps Trey and takes him to Heartslabyul to bake the stress away;

4- Mrs. Rosehearts makes an appearance, causing Adeuce to panic and throw Riddle out of the window (the Tweels had to fish him out of the lake);

5- A combination of options 3 and 4: Adeuce throws Riddle out of the window, but Cater manages to save him. Now Riddle is hiding behind Leona or Idia while Cater scolds the freshmen;

6- Idia undergoes a character development arc and stands up against a Karen (he just fought Malleus Freaking Draconia, he's not afraid of her).

[voolfman]

If I had a nickel for every time a Red Room Assassin shared a deep, unnameably loving relationship with a mild-mannered man who could turn into an undefeatable monster, who could merk everyone if they have a bad enough day, and they alone shared the ability to calm them down....I'd have 2 nickles.

But it's weird that it's happened twice.

[starcurtain]

your phaidei essay....chef's kiss so good!!! amazing read, thank u.

I just wanted to say stuff about the part in the end: there is lore reason for mydei to leave - 3.1 established nikador was taking huge part of black tide monsters and without them we're having grove catastrophe. my question is why they aren't even trying to get some sort of connection with mydei (hello trailblazers? teleports? after we make a deal of them when we arrived in 3.0?) but suspension of disbelief and drama for story purposes are a must

also about queer-bating and queer-codding part also, 100% agree that cautiously optimism and let hoyo cook best way forward. there is one more chapter in the book for mydei, so he certainly comes back one more time at least (hopefully more).

(also like you said, there is anaxa and I woudn't be surprised if they decide to maximize fujo involvement and bait with him and hi3 feels another part of fujo audience 😂 if thats a case i will watch with curiosity but honestly after this patch my interest is set)

See, I agree that they tried to give a reason for Mydei having to go off to Castrum Kremnos to fight the black tide, except they didn't take the time to provide enough explanation there to close the obvious plotholes:

We're told Mydei needs to go back to Castrum Kremnos because he has a duty to hold off the black tide, which is what Castorice told Gnaeus they would do with his coreflame. Cool, theoretically Mydei taking on that specific duty makes perfect sense.

...Except that they never bothered to explain why literally being in Castrum Kremnos is necessary to do that. Tribbie doesn't have to stay in Janusopolis to open Century Gates. Aglaea doesn't have to stay in the Grove to maintain Mnestia's golden webs. Why would Mydei have to stay inside the literal Blade of Fury to wield Nikador's power? Is he actively hunting the blade tide using a psychic connection that can only be accomplished by staying in the vicinity of the Blade of Fury at all times? The game never bothers to explain this, making it look like there's no valid plot explanation for Mydei's sudden need to depart.

All it would have taken to solve this issue is to throw in a brief scene where Mydei discusses with Gnaeus exactly what it will mean for him to take on Nikador's duties. All they had to do was add one line: "In order to stave off the black tide, you will need to inhabit the Blade of Fury." Like, just a single line could have done the trick to at least lend some tiny plot credence to Mydei not being able to ever return to Okhema.

There wasn't even remotely any foreshadowing to this in 3.0 either. What would Aglaea have done if Phainon beat Nikador's trial? "Oh, okay, bye Phainon, guess you have to go live in Castrum Kremnos all by yourself now!" Why wasn't there a single discussion in 3.0 that taking on Nikador's power would mean leaving Okhema forever? Why let that plot point just swerve in out of nowhere in 3.1?

However, even if they had managed to explain why Mydei needed to stay in Castrum Kremnos permanently... I think the dev team forgot the entire point of Castrum Kremnos in the first place.

It's both a city-state... and a mobile war machine. That's literally what made the Kremnoans such effective conquerors: They didn't have to string out massive supply lines to fuel their armies; they literally just picked up their entire nation and moved to wherever they wanted to conquer!

The entire reason that Aglaea and Tribbie had so much trouble finding Castrum Kremnos prior to the events of 3.0 was because it had floated away.

So... What is the lore-related reason Mydei can't just... move Castrum Kremnos to the sky over Okhema?

The devs didn't even bother to put in the slightest hand wave, another thing that wouldn't have been too hard to do: "Castrum Kremnos's machina have been dormant for years. It may not be possible to move the fortress freely anymore. I'll search for a way, but until then, I won't be able to return to Okhema."

So... While I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and say "Perhaps they have some plot-related reason they need Mydei to go stay in Castrum Kremnos. I'm willing to give them at least a little wiggle room and not claim immediately that this was 100% bury-your-gays to get rid of him after 3.1..." I'm not willing to say they did it well at all. 😂

The fact that they didn't even bother to add a hand-wavey lore explanation does make Mydei's departure look worse than it is. Since they never bothered to explain why it was necessary and never bothered to explain why they couldn't take advantage of their own world-building to avoid the separation, the whole "I will never return" plot looks especially egregious. The timing is just insanely suspicious and lines up unfortunately well with the notion "write the gay romantic interest out of the main plot as soon as his banner ends."

All that said, I'm not a downer on Amphoreus's plot. At the very least, I have a feeling we'll see some kind of payout to the "in another life" concept. And we already know Mydei will still have some role in the plot.

I'm letting the devs cook... but still side-eying their writing decisions, lol.