#an actual passanger train

[1-ufo]

I am a bit of a train autistic not gonna lie. Walking on the path next to the railroad and I get so excited when there’s a train lmao.

[mncxbe]

Can you write how the hunting dogs would react if jouno is a complete sweetheart to his S/o? If not, That's okay, don't stress yourself ((: <3

Aww this is so sweet I love it. It's a bit sillier than I intended it to be but it kinda matches the group dynamic of the hunting dogs. Hope you enjoy♡

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7:24♡

𝑱ō𝒏𝒐 𝒙 𝒇𝒆𝒎!𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓

𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: fluff/ silly♡

𝑻𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉ō

let's start off with our sweet boy

I feel like he's quite unfazed by Jouno's saccharine affections; he knows that at heart his colleague is a good person

but he still feels awkward sometimes

he's lowkey happy for the two of you and the fact that Jouno finally has a safe space to express his love

Tetchou likes to observe the sweet, little interactions between you (especially when you think no one's watching) and smiles so gently

if Jouno is especially annoying one day he'll tease him about it; "Jouno how can you be so nice to Y/N but so mean to me?"

It was Monday morning and Jouno was once again smothering you with kisses. He only indulged in these affections when he wasn't at the headquarters.

The three of you were currently on a mission and decided to take a coffee break. You and your boyfriend were on one side of the wooden table and Tecchou on the other; awkwardly tracing the outline of the cup he was holding.

"Darling do you want a sip of my coffee? Or maybe a slice of cake or another kiss?" asked Jouno in a playful voice as he leaned in, placing another peck on your plump lips.

"Sai please stop we're in public" you protesed but the tender tone of your voice hinted the opposite. You were enjoying this display of affection just as much as he did; a rosy colour tinting your cheeks as soon as your partner pulled away from you.

Tetchou couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy around you. He felt like an intruder, interrupting such a private and peaceful moment. Nevertheless he felt a warm feeling blooming in his chest as he watched the two of you.

He was happy that his colleagues found comfort in one another and enjoyed your sweet interactions. A childish smile rose to his lips as you leaned in, kissing Jouno's nose.

𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒌𝒐

she always makes snarky comments about the two of you and teases Jouno, saying that he's growing soft and all that

but in fact shs's really supportive of your relationship

the first time she saw him willingly kiss you in front of them after a mission her heart exploded

if you ever go out together she's like mama y papa, mama y papa

You and Teruko were just about to end one of your infamous girls' night out. Spending half of your salary on expensive dinners and elegant dress you were probably never going to wear was something you did at least once a month.

"Shall I call us a cab, Y/N?" asked the woman as you exited the dimly lit restaurant.

"Actually Jouno's going to pick us up. He said he can also drive you home."

Teruko's brows furrowed, a look of obvious concern on her face "How does a blind man even get a driving license? Is that possible?"

"I dunno. Beats me" you chuckle "But it's Jouno after all."

"Fair enough"

Soon enough a car pulled in front of the two of you and your boyfriend stepped out of it. With a wide smile on his face he pulled you in for a hug, twirling you once.

"How's my beautiful girl doing tonight? Did you have fun?" he asked in a tender voice as he placed you back on the ground.

"As per usual we had a great time" you beamed, urging Teruko to get into the backseat.

Jouno quickly opened the passanger door and, with a bow, gestured you to take a seat.

"Wow Jouno I didn't know you were such a gentleman. Looks like Y/N trained you well" teased the rosy haired woman as your boyfriend occupied the driver's seat, turned on the engine and drove off.

In the rear-view mirror she could see her colleague's lips curl into a sly smile at the sound of her words

"I am always well mannered with beautiful ladies, Teruko." he replied in the same tone.

"But you never opened a door for me or- Wait. Are you saying that I'm ugly you idiot" yelled the young woman, causing you to burst out laughing.

"Just wait 'till we're out of the car Jouno I'll beat your ass." pressed Teruko.

"Hey guys, be civil" you added between giggles.

Teruko pouted, crossing her arms over her chest as she laid back in her seat. She caught a glimpse of Jouno's smirk in the mirror but didn't dare say another word as not to ruin your wonderful evening.

"You're lucky I like your girlfriend. You'd be dead otherwise."

"Yea, yea kiddo. Don't forget to fasten your belt." mocked the man.

Teruko didn't find this conversation amusing; she hated being given a taste of her own medicine but she couldn't deny how happy she was to hear your laughter. You've been friends ever since you joined the Hunting dogs and she knew that getting together with Jouno was the best thing that happened in your life; probably in his too. So she was willing to let the man's jokes slide.

As the three of you drove home Teruko's gaze remained fixated on your pinky, which was loosely interlocked with your boyfriend's on the shifter; a smile rising to her lips.

𝑻𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂

out of all the hunting dogs he's the most confused and shocked

what happened to the cold hearted Jouno? he could be arguing with Tetcho about some trivial matters but the second you step foot in the room he has a wide smile on his face and hugs you???

nevertheless he's happy for the two of you and constantly reminds you of that

he does sometimes tease Jouno about it tho but in a sweet way

Tachihara had his suspicions about Jouno's crush on you but he didn't expect you to start dating so soon. It's been two weeks since he last saw his fellow colleagues and he was shocked to find you and Jouno cuddling on the cushioned couch in the back of the conference room.

"Uh... What's that?" he asked Teruko, barely able to conceal his surpirse as he pointed at the two of you.

"Oh them? They've been at it for a week now. Jouno's all over her all the time really they're quite enamoured."

Before he got the chance to reply, the captain stepped foot in the room and announced the beginning of the meeting.

You and Jouno haistly rose from the sofa and occupied your designated seats opposite to his.

During the meeting he kept stealing quick glances at the two of you: that giddy smile never left Jouno's face for a second.

As soon as Fukuchi dismissed you, you all went to your offices to finish the last reports for the day. Tachihara decided not to let this opportunity go to waste and walked after Jouno.

"Hey man. How're you doing?"

His colleague nodded "Quite well actually. And you?"

Tachihara had never heard Jouno sound so light-hearted in his entire life; a sense of pride and joy washed over him.

"I'm great too actually. It's good to be back. What I wanted to say... Congrats. I'm happy for you and Y/N."

Jouno's face turned a light shade of pink upon hearing his words, his lithe fingers adjusting the collar of his vest.

"Thanks, Hara. I'm happy too."

𝑭𝒖𝒌𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊

secretely hoped that the two of you would date from the beginning

he's still surprised by how affectionate Jouno is with you

gives you that half smirk of his (y'all know what I'm talking about) when he sees you holding hands under the table during a meeting or hugging throughout the day

tries to avoid pairing you up on missions cuz there's a big chance y'all get distracted

It was a usual Friday afternoon and Fukuchi had summoned you all in the conference room to hold the weekly debrief meeting.

"So. What's the status of your missions?" he asked in his usual stern voice.

Tachihara was the first to speak. He talked about the Mafia's plans and recent activity but soon started rambling on about what the other mafia members were doing in their free time. Fukuchi didn't interrupt him and actually tried to pay attention to what the redhead was saying but his throughts slowly drifted off to the bottle of sake hidden in his desk.

To take his mind off of the alcohol he scanned the room; his gaze slid idly from Tachihara to Tetchou, who was doing pushups behind his chair then to the opposite side of the table: to you and Jouno.

His lips curled into a smirk when he saw that the white haired man was toying with your fingers in his lap, tracing their outline.

You were doing your best to remain composed as your boyfriend glided his nails along the skin of your forearm. Everyone knew how ticklish you were.

Seeing this innocent display of affection truly pleased the old man, who secretely rooted for you ever since you joined the team. He was however surprised by how doting Jouno was; always by your side, holding your hand, kissing your forehead when he thought no one was watching, allowing you to doze off on his shoulder after a straining mission or buying you cups of coffee from a nearby shop when you needed an energy boost.

Tachihara's voice suddenly snapped him out of his trance.

"Captain, are you still listening?" inquired the redhead.

He quickly striaghtened his back and cleared his throat before speaking.

"Yes, please go on."

And so Tachihara went on detailing Port Mafia's plans while he tried his best to ignore the hushed words you shared with Jouno.

[alpaca-clouds]

Cars are just not very economic

I just had this discussion with someone and I just kinda feel the need to talk about it here, because it is closely related to the entire Solarpunk thing.

If you look at it from a purely economic point of view, cars are just not a very efficient way of transport.

Now, this argument has been made to death, really. And literally economists have been arguing about this for literal decades. Again, I was discussing it and looked up sources - and I found sources going back to the 70s. So, yeah, this has been discussed for at least half a century.

But... yeah. Speaking from an economic point of view rails are most economic, followed by busses. Only then there is the cars. (No data on water transport and air transport is a bit more complicated from this point of view.)

Now, why is this?

Roads are all in all more expensive than rails, especially in maintenance. If you look into construction costs, you will find kinda contradictory information on this. But per kilometer costs a kilometer of rail is about equivalent to a kilometer of a four-lane highway to construct. But while both need maintenance, usually roads need more of it. Because the wear and tear on a road is harsher than on a rail (due to more friction and just the fact that concrete is just not a very durable material compared to metal). Admittedly: High speed rail does push both construction and maintanance costs for railways up a good notch, making it more comparable to a seven lane highway. Mostly because of safety concerns.

While trains are more expensive than cars, they usually will be longer in use than a car and will drive many more kilometers during this time. Part of this is also, of course, that while trains are in use for hours each day, most cars spend the most of their life just standing in garages and parking lots. While the average car will get retired after about 150 000 to 200 000 miles, the average locomotive will last 1 000 000 miles.

This comes even more into focus, when you take into consideration how many more passangers or haul the average car will transport during those 1m miles. A single train car can carry up to 150 passangers - and often during rush hours trains will carry about 800 to 1000 passengers at once. While a car will carry often only one or two people at once.

Additionally obviously car infrastructure takes up much more space. Even if we are talking about countries with not as crazy "minimum parking area" restrictions as the USA. Cars need a lot more space than a train or even bus would ever need. And this space also carries costs with it.

And in the end we obviously still do have all the kind of costs that comes from the environmental and health impact of cars. Be it the air pollution, the water polution, and the fallout from having those concrete deserts the cars need in their infrastructure. And to this you can STILL add costs from everything having to deal with accidents and the like.

But yeah... Cars are just economically not very efficient.

So, even if you just cared about the fucking money... Investing in trains and public transport is actually a way better use of that money, than investing in cars.

[lu-is-not-ok]

While we're psychoanalyzing the EGOs, what are your opinions on Dimensional Shredder? Deffo something on freedom there, but I'm having trouble putting it to words myself.

Alright, another shared E.G.O. Cracks knuckles.

You know the drill, under cut we go.

So let's talk about Wayward Passenger as an abnormality first. It's a representation of the horrible things W Corp puts people through on their WARP trains given form. In a way, that makes it similar to abnormalities like Mountain of Smiling Bodies or CENSORED (if you subscribe to the smoke war monster theory).

The dungeon event in which we meet Wayward Passenger is especially telling in what themes it wants to carry. The narration mentions that the corporation responsible for disappearance will simply pretend that this person never existed. The reveal that the Passenger was actually a W Corp employee further adds to this.

(Also, random tangent, but am I the only one that got reminded of Bongcheon-Dong Ghost by this abno's event? Something about having to point a terrifying monster in a direction away from you and hope it doesn't come back just brought back memories. At least the Passenger has enough manners to not jumpscare you.)

When it comes to the abnormality itself, Wayward Passenger carries themes of corporate exploitation and negligence, specifically in the way W Corp might find its employees expendable and doesn't care about inflicting suffering upon its clients as long as they profit from it.

There are also some themes of abandonment and being lost, but also tenacity in spite of it. Despite not being able to escape, Wayward Passanger still searches for a way out and never stops moving forward.

So. With all that being said. How does it all tie back to Hong Lu and Yi Sang, as they are the ones with Dimension Shredder?

Thanks to Canto IV we now know that Yi Sang absolutely fits under the exploited by corporate greed umbrella. It's a major theme of his whole chapter in fact! The themes of being lost are also reflected in Yi Sang's aimlessness after the League collapsed. He was completely lost and effectively abandoned by everyone except Gubo, only to be further exploited by even more corporate greed.

Hell, you could even say his character arc in his Canto represents that tenacity in spite of being lost I mentioned. Though his goal might not be all that clear, he still wants to keep going and keep moving forward, no matter what.

When it comes to Hong Lu, we don't have nearly as much information... But we can speculate! I think in this case the "corporate exploitation" is less literally corporate, but still applicable. I'm talking about Hong Lu's family, of course. Though we don't know much, we do get quite a few hints about his family exploiting him for their own gain, especially now that we're getting a Hong Lu ID that is quite literally based on the idea of paralleling that part of him with Actual Corporate Exploitation!

With how cagey Hong Lu is about the deeper parts of his past, and how hard it is to tell when he's being genuine, it's honestly hard to pinpoint any of the other themes onto him.

However, we could work a little bit backwards here and see how Wayward Passenger might apply to Hong Lu's recurring themes of freedom.

In that way, we could be onto something here. Wayward Passenger is no longer under W Corp's protection, if it ever was. It's lost and abandoned by the thing that was supposed to be protecting it... But on the other hand, it is free now. W Corp can't reach it anymore. It can go wherever it wants and nothing will stop it.

If you want to translate that to how that might apply to Hong Lu, then you could interpret that as a sign that Hong Lu can only attain "true" freedom by severing ties with the thing exploiting him, aka his family... At the cost of losing the comfort and protection they offered him, as little as it may have been.

You could say that idea is reflected in Tingtang Hong Lu. Yes, he is probably the most free when it comes to authority bearing down on him compared to all his other IDs. ...But he's also a gambler living in the Backstreets leading a gang so incompetent he has to threaten them with death to keep them in line. He may be free, but his life is far from comfortable.

...I think it's funny that I already wrote that much and I haven't even touched the actual E.G.Os themselves, whoops! Let's go do that.

First thing to note about Dimension Shredder is that its damage type is Pride, especially since Yi Sang's version doesn't even *require* Pride resources. In fact, Dimension Shredder is the only non-base E.G.O that deals Pride damage.

To go a little bit deeper into that, all of the base E.G.O that deal Pride damage seem to imply taking an action while ignoring the consequences that might follow them. Rodion's What Is Cast is the most obvious example here, representing her murder of the pawnbroker without considering how the Middle would react to one of their family being killed. Likewise, Outis, Meursault, and Faust seem to carry similar ideas. Outis reminding herself of the Odyssey's purpose, as if trying to cope with the unforseen consequences of her actions. Meursault acting out despite noting how doing so only tightens the chains of those judging him. Faust opening herself to knowledge and possibilities regardless of what it may do.

In a way, that is what Pride is at its core. Performing actions purely because of what benefit they bring to oneself, without considering the drawbacks and consequences.

There's a couple of ways we could interpret that with Dimension Shredder.

For one, we could zoom back out to what Wayward Passenger represents. Dimension Shredder being a Pride E.G.O could be signifying the Pride inherent in corporate exploitation. By its very nature, it's an action done purely for the corporation's benefit, without considering the consequences on other people.

The other is a bit more directly applicable to Yi Sang and Hong Lu themselves. It could represent how they, and the abnormality included, continue moving forward regardless of what may stand in their way. Regardless what the consequences may be for doing so.

During the attack animations for both Dimension Shredder Awakenings, we see Yi Sang and Hong Lu enter a dimensional rift they make, with both of them notably hesitating before doing so. Judging by Hong Lu's expression when he exits the rift, it's not exactly a pleasant experience. And yet, they both do it anyway. The benefit of continuing to move outweighs the damage it may inflict on them, so they ignore the consequences. I think it kinda points to my second interpretation above.

When it comes to Sin Resources, both Yi Sang and Hong Lu require Gluttony, but while Hong Lu requires Pride, Yi Sang requires Sloth. Let's dissect it one at a time.

Gluttony in Limbus Company has two meanings, in my opinion. On one hand, there's the Greed-adjacent aspect, where it represents the want for more and more. This neverending need for growth, for consumption, for progress. On the other hand, when it's seen in a more sympathetic light, it can represent the actions one commits for the sake of one's own Survival.

When it comes to Dimension Shredder, I think it's a little bit of both for both Hong Lu and Yi Sang. They both need Gluttony to survive in an environment where they're actively being exploited, but at the same time they need Gluttony to keep moving further and further forward, to keep making progress endlessly.

For the other Resources that each of them uses, I think it specifically represents what part of them is what allows them to be easily exploited by those above them.

Sloth for Yi Sang represents his apathy and passiveness. He gets exploited because he doesn't care enough about himself to fight back against it. Why bother? It doesn't matter, everything and everyone else was exploited, so why stand up to being exploited yourself? While this is something that Yi Sang starts to come out of by the end of Canto IV, I doubt it's a habit that will be easy for him to break just like that.

The fact that Pride is a resource here for Hong Lu paints his passiveness when being exploited under a different light. He doesn't buckle because he's apathetic like Yi Sang, it's because he believes that the benefits of letting himself be exploited outweigh the drawbacks enough to ignore them. If we apply this to his family exploiting him, it paints a pretty vivid picture. Sure, he is being used and hurt by his family, but just accepting that it happens means he still gets to enjoy the comfort and "love" they give him. Because what happens if he stands up to them? He likely gets punished. He loses that comfort he relies on. So he'd rather just bear the pain and pretend everything is okay, because the alternative is far worse.

Now, let's examine the dialogue lines, because I think they are very interesting with all of that analysis behind us.

For starters, I think for both Dimension Shredder users, their Awakening lines are a reflection of their coping mechanism in the face of being exploited being pushed to its absolute limits.

Yi Sang's Awakening line is a reflection of how he tries to throw himself into research and scholarly pursuits as a form of escapism from his reality. Whether it's his activities with the League, or his dependency on the Mirror, we see in Canto IV that he turns to acting the part of a researcher when faced with corporate exploitation.

Likewise, while using Dimension Shredder he makes notes of his surroundings like a researcher traversing the space. Noting the enchanting colors and how he can't memorize the path he's on. However, his tone of voice is a lot more... manic? It's emotional, seemingly entranced by what he's seeing. I think it signifies how, when pushed to his limits, Yi Sang would completely throw himself into his research, to a perhaps almost obsessive degree.

Hong Lu's Awakening line on the other hand reflects how he tries to keep a happy tone regardless of the circumstances. His defense mechanism is hiding what he's truly feeling behind a mask of smiles and jokes.

Tingtang and Kurokumo Hong Lu are probably the best examples of this. While having a constant jovial tone, Tingtang Hong Lu is an utter piece of shit only using kindness as a thin veil to hide his actual intentions. Kurokumo Hong Lu on the other hand uses a somewhat polite tone despite the fact he clearly does not respect anyone. It's even more obvious with the latter when you examine his post-uptie illustration more closely. While he wears a smile on his face, the veins shown on the hand clutching his sword say that he's not as calm as he seems.

While using Dimension Shredder, Hong Lu tries to keep up his smiling facade... Except this time, he fails. At his very limit, he's too worn down and tired of the abuse to pretend he's fine. The words do come out, but he can't make them sound the way he wants to anymore. The mask finally cracks under the pressure.

Matching with how the Awakening lines share a specific theme, the Corrosion lines do as well. Dimension Shredder Corroded dialogue lines all seem to express some form of realization that they are finally free.

Yi Sang's Corrosion line describes how the alley he's going down does in fact have an exit. It's an open one. Not only is it a reference to Poem No. 1 from Crow's Eye View, but the way Yi Sang speaks it is very interesting here. His tone is fully confident, and even seems to lack the usual tired breathiness that Yi Sang usually has.

Good thing I'm writing this after Canto IV has come out, because... All of that is reflected in Yi Sang's character arc. He does realize that the alley is open. He does realize he can keep moving forward. And, most importantly, he does gain the confidence to not let himself be stopped.

With all of that context, let's look at Hong Lu's Corrosion line. His dialogue line expresses how nobody (or nothing) is forcing him to "be located there", causing him to fall into a fit of gasping laughter. There is something. Incredibly disturbing about this line to me. It's this dichotomy between Hong Lu hesitantly realizing that he's no longer stuck, that nobody is ordering him around anymore, and his downright histerical sounding delivery.

Since we don't have Hong Lu's Canto just yet, I can't do the same comparison as I did with Yi Sang... But I could try to predict what Hong Lu's Canto could end on if we assume this line is foreshadowing it the same way Yi Sang's was.

I think Canto 8 will show us Hong Lu finally break. There will be no more mask to hide behind, just a flood of emotions that had been held back for all of his life. Most importantly though, it won't be pretty. If there's any Sinner who will be in need of emotional catharsis through a mental breakdown boss battle, Hong Lu seems like the perfect candidate for that. Either that or Hong Lu just straight up fucking murders someone on screen. Ideally both.

There's probably more I can analyze based on the visual designs of the E.G.O... But honestly this already got way fucking longer than the Roseate Desire analysis so I'll just leave you with the mental image of me chanting Hong Lu Commit Fratricide.

[thelogicalghost]

In Manhattan, on a local subway, the PA turns on.

"Next stop MY DICK"

Pause. Some of the passangers do a double-take.

"Making all stops along my dick!"

Some of us laugh. The PA comes on and off. Sounds of a scuffle.

"The conductor's gonna suck my dick!"

We're plunged into darkness as the interior lights switch off for about three seconds. Fragments of noise come over the PA, then stop.

We pull into the next station and see several security personnel speed-walking down the platform. After a few minutes - significantly longer than a normal stop, but not enough for anyone to think to disembark - the train service resumes as normal without comment.

I overhear a woman remark, "That was scary."

I resist the urge to yell, Scary? That was a breath of fresh air. That was art. That was the perfect afternoon mood boost. I know it was crass and disruptive but the actual harm was absolutely minimal and you know what? Sometimes you just need to scream.

[iceiceparis]

Assigning Star Rail cast the songs they would sing in Yakuza/Like a Dragon karaoke along with the cinamatics.

1. Tail - Bakamitai

He's the most unfamiliar with emotional attachment so he def the type to rather just sit in a room and drink helio-whiskey instead of showing any real affection as a green ball floating above a stool.

Of course the pictures being replaces with his moments with Huohuo in his mind cuz hes basically her family now 😭😭😭

Also its funny cuz Huohuo would be too scared to sing but the gang somehow got him to sing so she has to akwardly stand off the stage nearby so he has his wifi connection.

2. Caelus and/or Stelle Judgement -Shinpan-

Its all about breaking za law and they always say that "Rules are meant to be broken." They would be into that cheesy image of cool.

March (or even the other Trailblazer) would be in Nishiki's spot with Dan Heng or Welt as the keyboard player as they rock out.

3. Caelus - 24 Hour Cinderella

Of course both TBlazers can be interchange able but I like to think they have their own slight personality differences.

In their mind this would have a March theming in colors and outfits and who ever they first think up as the background dancers. He did this to out-idol and out-cute March, somehow gets a higher rating from the machine at the end.

4. Stelle - Machine Gun Kiss

Much like Caelus, this is her way of out-cooling Welt even though he sung a completely different genre of song. Also gets a higher rating but just barely. She especially would really ham it up especially on the end with the "aaaRRUUHHGGG!!!" like Adachi.

5. Clara and Svarog - OtoMetal MY LIFE

The name alone should be enough. Small child with a red and white color scheme with a menacing seemingly emotionless legendary guardian with a deep voice? Heck yeah it works.

First, she asked for him to participate in karaoke,

Then she asked he do the actual back up vocals instead of replaying the built in cheers. After a few songs, Svarog began to understand the energy he had to put into the vocals.

6. Sushang - The Future I Dreamed of

Both Ichiban and Sushang dream to be a hero who does good and with friends even if they have more heart than brains.

Basically are both shonen protags who hit things with metal objects with a big smile on their face and never back down even at impossible odds (unless its ghosts).

It wouldnt even matter if she could hit the notes either because she rarely sings due to her training, Sushang would put in alot of effort in her singing and that alone is enough.

7. Bronye and Seele - Like a Butterfly

Seele and butterflies, what else is there to say.

Bronya singing the softer vocals with Seele complimenting it with more "aggressive" back up matches their dynamic pretty well, also its funny imagining her going all out on a song and going "Oh yeahhhh."

8. Guinaifen - Spring Breeze

"All the pictures that I could take,

All the gigs these videos make,

None of it replaces the you that I know.

But they'll be there after you go."

I mean cmon, this is easily her singing to her SQUAD outside of her streaming stuff. 'Blazer, Sushang, Huohuo, they would all be in her imaginary MV as she sung. Would be one of the better singers in raw quality.

9. March - All Idol songs + 3x SHINE

I am certain she would be a bonafide idol if she had the opportunity. All the interjections are basically any of the Star Rail passangers minus Pom Pom unless she convinced him its an essential for the sake of the ride.

Even someone like Dan Heng would be going off with their interjections she just has that latent power.

[narukouzumakinamikaze]

Been thinking about rwby, and how people legitimately believe that Adams character was always meant to be an abusive character that didn’t care about anything and then denying what was shown in the first three volumes, because they believe it wasn’t enough to base it on.

People ignore Blake’s entire speech in volume 1 with Sun where she explains that being peaceful was not working, and then say that Adam should care about humans and the passangers on the train in the Blake trailer. And the entire basis that he should care, is because good people care, not because it makes sense with what the series set up. Why would Adam as a Faunus, care about the passengers on a schnee train? Oh, it just because he’s an abuser who only wants to be evil and bad and doesn’t care about the Faunus.

They then ignore volume 2 where Blake says that Adam was just her mentor and that he changed. They’ll say, actually Blake was abused so he never changed and he wasn’t her mentor he was her ex. He was always like that. But legitimately nothing in the series supports this notion at all, which is ironic because they claim that Adam despite what volumes 1-3 set up, there’s nothing there. Even the Adam shirt doesn’t support the idea that he’s always been that way, because in the Adam short, the first time we’ve seen him be violent, is when he saved Ghira. So if Adam was always super violent, why would he join a peaceful white fang, and why would his first act of “violence,” be to save someone?

They then say that Adam wanted to destroy beacon, even though volume three literally shows us a flashback in which that was Cinders idea and not adams. They’ll say he agreed with the plans and happily joined cinder and that blowing up beacon aligned with his ideals, when we know that it didn’t, because Adam himself thought of it as a human cause. So if all adam wanted to do was destroy, then why would he decline cinders plan based off of the fact that it wouldn’t do anything for the Faunus?

Then they say Adam just wants to enslave humans and beige that humans are better than Faunus, but at the same time those people believe that Adam was happily working with Cinder. So which is it, does Adam hate humans? Does he think Faunus are superior? Or is he happy to work with humans as long as he gets to destroy? Which one is it? Because it’s contradictory.

They say that Adam was abusive to Blake and that he was obsessed with her, even though volume 3 shows us that he did not care about Blake running away because there was more important things to worry anout(something we’ve never learned because of cinder). They’ll say, he slapped her when they were fighting so he’s abusive, but won’t claim that Yang is abusive when she pushed Blake in an argument. When you’re enemies fighting it’s abusive to slap someone, but when you’re arguing with your friend, if they push you, it’s actually love. They’ll say that Adam was upset because he couldn’t control blake, even though again, the volume 3 flashback tell us he didn’t care, and that he threatened her when they were fighting shows he’s controlling and abusive, despite the fact that they’re enemies and Blake defected from the white fang, a cause she once believed in them abandoned. Which is also funny when you consider that Adam didn’t actually go after anyone Blake loved until Blake herself went after the white fang and Adam.

The Adam people believe was alway means to be, is an Adam that did not exist in volumes 1-3z because volumes 1-3 Adam, is a complete different character that makes no sense with what he turned into.

[bellafragolina]

tis' i, the wanderer!reader drabbler anon! i come back with another additional part to continue where i left off a few months back! i hope it suits your fancy! enjoy!

For the first time during his time here, Ingo felt a weird *ache* in his heart as you escorted him to the pearl settlement, but it wasn't the "I am stuck in a foreign land with no memory of what my past was" kind of ache.. Okay, maybe it's a *bit* of that, but it is more of the "The person whom I wish to confess my feelings to is slipping through my fingers and I will probably never see them again" kind of ache. As Ingo could only do as much as hold onto you for warmth, you only looked at him a bit funny as he walked closer to you.

To you, Ingo was walking by your side like a baby Gligar who only recently learned how to walk. It was a bit adorable, you couldn't say it wasn't. Although you viewed as more of a wise choice, as Arcanine would've chewed the mountain madman's hands off if he ever got so much as *close* to the Legendary Pokemon's space.

Ingo eventually paused as you three were about to approach the settlement, looking at you directly with that thousand-yard-stare of his.

"Uh, pardon me for the emergency stop, my passenger! I know we are about to reach our final destination, but can I ask you one last question?" Ingo politely asked as he fidgeted with his hands behind his back. He stood out in the snowy background like a Sealeo in a freshwater environment while doing so.

"Oh. Uh, sure. Go ahead." You responded back in return, still a bit confused by the whole usage of terms like "passanger" and whatnot. You could only hope your descendants will have that train stuff figured out before you do.

"While I don't wish to delay your future arrivals to your next destinations, I was wondering if you'd stay with-" Ingo said, just as he was cut off by a greeting from behind you.

"Oh, Y/N!" The voice sounded like it belonged to a woman, one that is relatively young. As you turn around, you find out that it is none other than Lady Irida, leader of the pearl settlement. She was wearing her usual outfit, one that had Ingo completely confused as to how she wasn't freezing in such a weather. Ingo was wearing long clothes for the way over, and he's the one that's shivering already.

"Pleasure to see you! If you're here for supplies, we'll have them ready for you in a bit! Oh, it seems like you brought a guest with you!" Irida said ecstatically as she approached you and Ingo, keeping eye contact with you AND the train man.

"Good to see you too, Lady Irida. I will grab the supplies later. And I would like you to meet my.. acquaintance, Ingo." You said calmly as you bowed in respect and introduced Ingo to her, as he bowed in respect as well without saying much of a word.

Ingo may have been silent during that whole ordeal, but he is conflicted about you even more in his own mind. Not only are you kind and considerate, but you have respect and mannerisms? Oh, the inevitable depart between the two of you will sting his heart like a sneasl's poison even more, he is sure of that. It's a good thing he is good at masking it behind his resting face, otherwise it would've been a dead giveaway for sure.

"So, what can I do for you two while you are here?" Irida asked nonchalantly, snapping Ingo from the weird trance he seemingly stuck himself in.

"Actually, Lady Irida, I would like to talk with you about something in private, if you will." You asked her in your usual calm tone. Oh, it was like music to Ingo's cold ears.

"Oh, of course! What is it?"

"Let's talk about it over there." As the three of you began walking to the designated spot, you turned around and told Ingo that he should stay put as the matters were 'private', just like you said.

Normally, Ingo wouldn't take orders from anyone. He's an independent subway leader, dammit! But that was just a weird memory he has no idea of or collection of having, so now he's just "Weird Guy Who Was Found Near A Mountain" Ingo, and he stayed as you asked him to do so. But fortunately for him, he was gonna sneakily follow you and Irida and find out what the topic was about. As you were far enough for you to not notice him, Ingo made his move, making sure to be as stealthy as a Duskull on a pitch black night.

Ingo stayed outside the tent he saw you and Irida walk into, and eavesdropped in order to see what you two were talking about, as he started hearing the conversation from inside.

"I take it that it's about your acquaintance, Ingo?" Irida said, skipping straight to the point.

"Yes. As you noticed, he doesn't really like he's.. from around here, does he." You said, in that heavenly tone of voice. While Ingo was gonna comment about what you said about the clothes, he *did* know that he stood out a bit differently compared to you and other possible hisui folks. He was not from around here, and he knew it.

"Well, his clothes don't have either the Pearl Clan or the Diamond Clan symbols on them.. Can't be Gingko as well, since he doesn't look like a merchant.." Irida speculated, as Ingo's entire existence confused her just as much as it confused you.

"Well, this is why I am here with him. I remembered you saying that I can bring any helpless folks to the Pearl Clan for them to recover while I was on my travels, right? I found Ingo near Mt. Coronet, simply standing there until he noticed me and decided to follow me around. He said he simply woke up there, with no memory how. He was lucky enough to not get attacked by any Alphas by accident.. I was wondering if you are alright with him being here, basically." You quickly explained your situation to Irida, and she seemed more understanding than you hoped for, as Ingo only scorned the plan as it only reminded him of how he will never see you again after this. Oh, the horror!

"Oh, no issue at all! We have plenty of room at the settlement, if that's what's getting you worried! We'll make sure Ingo fits right in!" Irida gladly exclaimed, as Ingo could only hope that, maybe, you'll change your mind and let him stay with you.

"Thank you. Actually, I believe I'll be staying here for a few days, mainly to recover from my wanderings. Besides resupplying, I need to make sure that Arcanine and Magnemite are alright. I hope I am not overstepping any boundaries." You told your situation to Irida, and she seemed just as happy to help you out.

You may not know it, but Ingo is absolutely giddy right now. You won't leave so soon? You'll stay, right here, with him? Oh, what a joyous occasion! Ingo was so happy, that he could just yell "BRAVO!" to Hisui Above and receive the echo back.

To which, he did. Only to to regret it later, as he turned around to see you and Irida, looking half confused and half angry. Whoops. Looks like the mountain madman is gonna have to explain himself.

Yessssssss continuation hell yesssssssssssss

Ingo is so happy!!! He’s attached! Of course he is when they’re the first person he’s met since he woke up with no memories but his name.

I love this so very much!!! Thank you for continuing it!!

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[stressedimaginativecat]

I got a little bit inspired by Lizzie's musical part about Pixl being long missing. So here you have an Assassin a Vigilante and a Prophet.

A pair of horses pulled a wagon in the middle of desert with three passangers on board. One phantom hybrid, a wolf hybrid and unconscious ruler of a kingdom.

Phantom Assassin was dressed in protective clothes to not get burned by the sun and was focused on guiding the horses. Wolf Spirit sat silently next to him fiddling with half eaten bread.

-This feels so wrong. - Vigilante said quietly. They looked at the unconscious bearded man who showed no signs of waking up yet. - Did we really had to do this? We knocked him out pretty hard..

-He will be fine. - Phantom responded not sparing a glance.

-He's been like that for days! You don't know how delicate humans are!

-He is still alive. And not a normal human being looking at what he and others are and can do.

- I know but what if he won't wake up? - They nervously looked at the unconscious bearded man. - What then?

-He's gonna be fine. Now be quiet.

-Or what? Who are you afraid of hearing and finding us in the middle of freaking nowhere? - The prophet friends going after them went unsaid.

-A lot of things actually. - Phantom finally looked at them his green eyes staring right into their soul. - I still can throw a stick and leave you alone to fend for yourself for a long time as a training.

-...You wouldn't do that.

-Try me Wolf.

The Copper king groaned audibly finally showing signs of being alive besides breathing.

[lozriftsintime]

A Hero's Choice: Engineer

Link was pretty sure he was living the dream life. Leaning out the window of his train and feeling the wind blow through his hair as he watched the world go by at a comfortable pace was one of his favorite places to be. It was only really topped by being at home with Karu and their three kids.

It didn't get much better than spending the evening sharing a meal with his four favorite people and listening to the kids share about their days. Niko always had interesting stories now that he'd started the beginning of his sword training at the palace. And Angee and Alpho were constantly getting into something they weren't supposed to.

Link did feel bad leaving Karu with them most of the day (and the occasional overnight), but he also knew that his husband was perfectly capable of handling the three of them on his own. And they had agreed that Link would continue to be the one working while Karu stayed home with the kids. So long as Link worked to try and be home before the kids went to bed most nights. So there wasn't really any reason to feel guilty. He just...did sometimes.

Link shook his head and refocused on the tracks ahead of him. He wasn't worried about crashing. He'd driven this train on these tracks for seventeen years now. He could make it back to Castletown with his eyes closed. It wasn't like he had monster trains trying to chase him down like they did back when he was twelve. Compared to that, keeping his train on track while avoiding regular trains was a cakewalk.

Speaking of Castletown. There it was coming up. Link felt a grin spreading across his face as he shifted gears to slow down for the approach to the station, easing his train to a gentle stop. Once he was completely stopped, Link hopped out and turned towards the passenger car to beam at the two Castletown locals who had caught a ride back with him from his last stop in Aboda Villiage.

"Welcome back to Castletown," he told them brightly "And thank you again for riding with Hero's Spirit. I hope to see you again soon!"

"Wonderful as always, Link" Mona praised him, waving as she disembarked. "I'll see you in a couple of days for my trip to Wittleton."

"I look forward to it, Mona," Link replied easily, waving in reply as Mona and her travel companion made their way into town.

Link waited until both passangers were off the platform before he began running through his nightly checks of his train, checking the passenger car for forgotten items and trash, glancing over the wheels, and checking the engine. He didn't actually expect any issues. This was the Spirit Train after all, a train crafted by ancient spirits to help guard the land, but Alphonzo had taught him how to check his train and Link wasn't one to let that go to waste. Besides, it was better safe than sorry.

Once he was sure that everything was in good shape Link hopped back into the cab and began carefully maneuvering his train into its shed. It was an easy, familiar thing by this point in his life, so it didn't take much time at all. He was on his way into town less than ten minutes later, the shed closed up behind him.

Since he'd managed to finish up for the day relatively early in the evening Link was looking forward to sharing a meal with his family before getting to cuddle with his husband before bed. Unfortunately for him, however, those plans were quickly derailed when he reached his house only to find two royal guards stationed outside his door.

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[rogue-trader-samuel-drakon]

Passangers/Hires on

Archonis and Sariel

They boarded the ship a while back. Many believe Archonis is here to guard someone because they are destined for something special, but he has refused to say who it is. Others say he has become one of the Custodes who act as the eyes and ears of the Emperor and has chosen to make this ship his base of operations. No one knows. What they do know is he usually waits for some kind of danger to appear before striking it down instantly. And never far behind is his closest companion, Sariel. A Sister of Silence who always has his back against any threats, be they psyker or otherwise.

Liel-Toor

Most were apprehensive about letting an Eldar on board. Let alone a Farseer. But she has shown herself to be very useful. Often times granting visions to aid the crew with dangers yet to come. They just wish she wasn't so vague and cryptic all the time. She seems to enjoy their frustrations, which annoys them more. But she, her Gyrinx Nightseeker, and many of her people who came with her on board have been of great aid.

Aethash and Antyn

These siblings are the Prince and Princess of Aeldari Corsairs and have had dealings with the Drakon family many times in the past. And so, they feel it is only right to treat Samuel like family, regardless if they view him as a primitive or not. Besides, his family has always been good partners for them. So how could they not? Especially since they come across a lot of nice loot with all the trouble they get into on board.

Vior Or'es

A member of the earth caste who had escaped the rule of the ethereals. She is now scared and on the run. She was happy that Samuel had allowed her and other Tau, Kroot, and a few Vesper who had come along with her late parents on board his ship. She has eagerly been helping with engineering. It had been a... chore getting used to working with such low-grade tech. But she has been able to manage. She is very young, even by Tau standards, and often sees the Captain as a father figure. She had also built up quite a bit of muscle training with an ork named Gaz and has taken to using a sword, a unique thing for a tau.

Gaz 'Eadkrakka

An ork mercenary who was kicked out of his warband with only his pet Squig Chompy and his Gretchin sidekick Bitz, along with a few Boyz loyal to him, and decided to be a hire on with whoever offered him the best fights. He had definitely enjoyed his stay on the Celestial Dragon since the Captain can't seem to stay out of trouble. So he has been having a blast.

Dra'vak Nar

A sergeant of the Salamanders, he has offered to act as security aboard the ship and has been of great help. Him and his brothers have gotten to know the crew bit by bit. Eventually, they stopped seeing him as a space marine and more like a part of the crew, actually.

Inquisitor Czevelle Rathgun

Even for an Inquisitor, she can be quite secretive and manipulating. The only reason she hasn't had Samuel and his crew killed for the xenos he had on board his ship is due to the fact she finds him interesting. She has on multiple occasions tried to make him a permanent member of her retinue. But he has declined each time. And each time has only made her more determined. She often walks along the ship with her retinue, acting as if she owned the ship, because if she had her way, she would own not only it, but it's captain as well.

Reikul, Wrythe, Madwen, Selaina, Leona and Zabyn

Known as the daughters of death, they serve as the bodyguards of the inquisitor. They hardly ever leave her side unless absolutely necessary. They don't say much unless spoken to directly. And usually only when it is the inquisitor herself. But they are always ready to kill at a moments notice. Each hailing from different assassin temples, each is trained to kill differently than the last.

Sister Palatine Katheryan Celestita

A proud Sister of Battle, she and many of her sisters ride aboard the Celestial Dragon, as they believe it is the will of the Emperor that they must. They have seen no end of battle since coming aboard, and so she is affirmed in her belief it is part of His plan.

Sergeant Caleb, Brokk, Bron and Emil

An Imperial Guard Sergeant, and his squad consisting of, an Ogryn, a Ratling, and a Squat that managed to remain in the Imperium, had been transfered aboard the Celestial Dragon to guard it, as many assets of the Militarum are often placed on it for transport. They had basically become unofficial members of the crew and had been a decent amount of help aboard.

[tears-of-boredom]

im a superhero actually. theres like a hanger situation at the back of the train car and all the clothes hangers were clanking against each other very annoyingly so i went and moved them so it didnt do that anymore. no need to thank me, every single other passanger here.

[aeempress]

Apritello Express Evidences, part 1

Greetings, Apritello enthusiasts and attention! Here comes a loong post is written by totally nerd. You've been warned. Here we go.

The thing is that Apritello is a double-edged sword. The series shows us established friendship of these two, give us a lot of content with them. We can see development of relationship through interaction between the characters, their reaction about the situations they are put in. We can sense their synergy and bound through the show.

Donnie and April have incredible chemistry, and both options, brotp and otp seems fine to me.

But let me tell you why I ship them.

Apritello is the kind of pairings, which consists of small details, hints, that's hidden, but if you're sharp and attentive one, you will notice that. Apritello has a strong foundation: the best friends trope.

And from the very beginning, it works as planned.

When I start watching show, I could say that April and Donnie are best friends. It is worth noting that April is like an older sister to the other brothers, more of a sisterly figure than a friend, but with Donnie she behaves somewhat differently, namely, as best friend. Obviously, she sets him apart from his brothers, although girl tries to pay attention to all of them equally. And Donnie behaves as well.

Dee's battle shell designs for April needs as well as his. His shell transform into comfy spot for taking ride for April. Special and only for her. Because his bros are not supposed to use it (at least, he carries no one on his back), Donnie carries them by his techno-bó or his limbs.

This tiny detail shows his special treatment to her. April is a very, very special occasion to D. Don does care about her comfort, he accept the way she is. Donatello does not try to prevent her from participating in their affairs because he respects her decisions and is pleased that April can be shoulder to shoulder with him.

D is glad to be at her service.

Yeah, Dee's still playing cool, he has image to perform as tough and coolheaded guy. So Don doesn't show his intentions, interest and feeling to other people (he's tryin', but fails). Because his actions matter. They are always small, hidden, but meaningful.

April, in return, trusts Dee and depends on his tech, even knowing what his inventions are the opposite of success (usually).

Go on. Look at Donnie's facial expressions and body language when April is near.

Donnie seems more relaxed when she's around, happier. His emotional response is always different from his brothers ones.

Oh, and look, he wanted to be first to give her a high three.

They worry about each other. Look at Don. He does worry about her way more than his brothers. Yeah, they all want to protect her, but Donnie is more expressive.

Mayham has no particular sympathy for the brothers: he is afraid of Raph and behaves aggressively, he is indifferent to Leo and Mikey. Mayham immediately takes a liking to April. And then the details come back: he let Donnie touch his neck. The most vulnerable place for any living creation, for a second. Let him to study an important vial without any hesitation. Mayham depends on April trust for Donnie. When everything goes wrong for Don, the little doggie comes to his rescue, just as April would have done. Is the hint transparent enough?

We can see links with "A mystic library", wherе Donnie begins to look for solutions to save April's pet. Yes, this may seem like his next leap, "sit down, I'm smart, and now I'll solve all the problems, watch and learn," but Don says one phrase that opens up the veil of the second plan, what happens behind the scenes. "My illiteral colleagues and I was conducting a mustic research, with a life of the beloved pet, hanging in a bounce".

Strange wording, Donatello. Beloved pet? Not yours, as we can see. I can say, that everything in this sentence is true, but Donnie and Mayham has something more.

Continue. Next episode "Origami tsunami". Interactions are kept to a minimum, as April herself appears for a maximum of 5 minutes in the series itself. But devil is always in the details, dear friends.

When April was attacked and hung up, the only one who excitedly called out to her was Donny. Raph is furious that the thieves have escaped, Leo is frustrated that their plan has failed, and Mikey is worried about the salami.

Yeah, we didn't see his worries about her when she fell, because Donnie is on the mission and must be coolheaded turtle, and second, he's calm because now April life is safe and sound, out of the danger.

Dear passangers, Apritello Express arrives to the next station - episode "War and Pizza".

Bare facts:

1. April has Donnie's number on an emergency call.

2. "Anything for you"

3. Donnie is the reason why Alberto knows April's name.

No one calles April by her name (except for Donnie, while phone call, but Alberto wasn't nearby) it was "Captain O'Neil" by her chief, her badge seems blank. And yeah, you can say, that's just economy of budget, but I assure you: in the first episode we were shown the name of the delivery guy. The animators were not lazy bones and wrore "Stewart" on his badge. So if something isn't there, then it either shouldn't be there, or it really isn't, that's how this show works.

So, the reason explained in the episode. When Al has short circuit, parts of its new code flashed through its mind.

Info about April was in its memory, in its code. Alberto was a lame animatronic, and it seems somewhat outdated. I do really doubt about Alberto is being something smartass machine with complicated AI like Freddy's Pizza's ones. Quite questionable. Donatello fix Al's brain and wrote code, synchronize with his remote control. He put information about Cap O'Neil into animatronic's head. All this pictures are kind of massage: "You was created for birthday celebrations. You are machine, and there concepts of "life" and "birth". Do great party for this birthday kid and April won't be like this". Or, something like that.

So Alberto did - do a memorable party. And he do what his creator programmed him to do, but in his way.

4. In other words, Alberto was a tool to impress April. Don flaunts himself in front of her, stating how he did the upgrade while doing the upgrade, even though April is fully aware of his tech wizard. And his abilities supposed to help Cap O'Neil to finish the birthday party, so she will stay at her job, not fired. All thanks to Donnie and his upgrade Alberto. (Or not)

By the way, Donnie was the last to leave April in ruined "Alberto's". And it's not an isolated case, it is a pattern.

5. They understand each other without words.

First, Donny came at her at the speed of light. Second, she hadn't even finished speaking before Dee was taking Al apart. Third, their chaotic, well-coordinated work? Donnie was a distraction (although he wanted to just take a break from the battle or let Alberto's guard down, while April just knocked him out). Donnie and April are great team, and sometimes the DonniexApril team is much more precise, coordinated, and interdependent than the DonniexBrothers one.

D&A feel each other and anticipate each other's actions, their skills complement each other, creating an incredible synergy of their interaction. They act as a whole, while it's not always possible with his brothers, even though they're family and know each other the way more Donnie know April. And Dee hasn't trained with cap O'Neil.

Donatello didn't show his crush for April. No puppy, loving eyes, no lovey-dovey speeches, no planning schemes (at least, the audience don't see one) . He just want her attention, but stays cool and hidden. D is already her BFF, but still.

The same thing is claimed in 5B episode - Mascot Melee. Donnie has no problems with interaction with idol of his childhood - Atomic Lass. She'd put Leo in a stupor, but Donnie? He playfully challenges her to a dance duel. Yes, he adores this character, who may have become his measure of the attractiveness of others to Donatello, determined his type. But still, he's playing all cool and confident guy, he's really smooth with girls, so you will never see a puppy loving eyes from him. Only two things can betray him at this point: his voice and his body language. Remember, how's soft his voice became for Atomic Lass? Now I want you to remember the scene before, in turtle tank, when April sent guys a meme.

D is the first to respond to the message, despite the fact that Mikey is sitting closest to the screen. And the responding is a little too emotional for this situation, don't you think?

And this face of his. And he comments it. He likes her sense of humour.

The only difference between April and Atomic Lass is that the first one is a real girl who is a friend of their family, practically a member of it; and the other one is just a fictional character. It is easier to say about love for a fictional character, because it brings less problems for a teenager, especially when he is living with three brothers and a father who likes to tease as well. Donatello needs to be careful and outline the area of emotions he could show, so that he does not get hurt.

Now, dear passangers, we are returning to the previous episode, shall we?

Donnie presents to his brothers his precious Turtle tank, but she's gone, and it's really necessary to find out, who has taken her. And the first person to suspect is April.

Something is odd, don't you think? Yeah, Raphael has taken tyre for their "Midnight special", Leo claimed that Donnie's stuff is common, but they are D's beothers. It's natural for family to borrow(stole) stuff of each other. But this trend was not observed in April. She would never steal anything from Donnie, much less steal anything from him.

Actually, there is a good, logical and solid explanation here. April was number 1 in Donatello' suspect list, because he simply told her about Turtle tank. His brothers didn't know he were working at Moon buggy, except Mikey (Orange helps Dee get the vehicle from Repomantis), but they didn't know what exactly Donnie was working for. They didn't know he build the Turtle tank, he kept it a secret, to surprise his brothers. But April knew.

- Alright you! Where's our turtle tank?

- Hi, DONNIE. You have 9 seconds to say, why are you just broke my door.

- Someone's stole Donnie's turtle tank.

- Haha-ow, I see. As your best friend, you naturally suspect me.

- She gets it!

- Oh-ho, don't give me that! You're the only one could taken it!

The only one, because she knew about it.

As Splints said in this episode - "April is not a snitch"

Donatello does trust April and share with her both, sorrows and joys. But we are not shown this directly. We do not see the action itself, we do not see their calls and conversations on the phone late at night, we only see the consequence. We have no choice and take it as a given.

And the way she cooled him down? Fast, efficient, and Donnie seems to used to it. Moreover, she slapped everyone, but still, she throw Don out of window the last. However, why such a large time delay between him, being slapped and him, was throwing out of the window?

And my favourite scene. It was obvious that Donnie had taken the hardest hit (judging by his scream and the way he was putting his knuckles back in place). Don then claims that their inner circle is secure, Mikey tries to make amends for everyone, and April agrees, blowing them a kiss and closing the window. Cute and mean, isn't it? (You're cute! but mean! why do I always go for your type?! - ep. War and Pizza)

Nota bene: Donnie wouldn't apologize to April. Tough, not caring badass boy image, remember? Even to best friends. It's hard to him to express his feelings by using words, he cannot do it in proper way. But he has Mikey, who is so alike inner him. Michelangelo apologizes not only for himself, but for D mostly, because D starts suspected April.

Let's continue: the episode 8B: Hypno Part Deux

• Donnie put "Donnie's blocker" at April's phone to protect her.

It's common thing that your friend install some programs or apps on your device. But you will always ask your friend to do such a favour, and you will always know about what, when and where were installed on your phone.

And April didn't know Donnie had done something with her phone. It was a real surprise for her, to see blocker with "Donnie says no-no-no".

And you know, the interface of his app. The way he tell this current phrase. Donnie could put a huge banner "THE APP YOU WANT DOWNLOAD TO IS A REAL PIECE OF GARBAGE", as usual antiviruses do. But no, voice interface. It makes the app more personal and thoughtful. Because when Don made gifts for his brother, the program was voiced by a computer-generated female voice. Yes, the tank's interface is voiced by Donatello himself, but his voice sounds more like Google than the real Don. And, we talking about HIS BABEY, for a second. Bit still, the point remains.

• Also, Dale.

Dale is nerdy boy in purple, wow, how convenient for making a parallel with certain purple turtle.

But thing is, April doesn't like Dale. He's clingy, remora guy, who has a little obsession with April, even he's not harmful, still, such behaviour freaks girls (and not them only) out. Her classmate is usually tell her what April O'Neil is "his favourite person" and he loves her. There is little that is attractive about this behavior.

So, there is nothing new and unpredictable here that Dale was rejected. Because April didn't, doesn't and won't like him because of his lame personality and strange behaviour. Our girl in yellow do right thing: she clearly sets personal boundaries and does not allow any dubious personalities to invade them. So that's the reason she refuses to go on a date with him at the end. He's weird, obsessed, and she doesn't like him.

Donatello, as far as I concerned from different versions of TMNT, was always a little obsessive with some things. And, you know, putting a blocker inside your best friend's phone seems a little weird, because it's, in simple words, violation of privacy and personal space. And there are people who may regard this as stalking or sorta.

Yeah, for the most part, he gets away with it, not only because April's focus is in a different area, but also because their bond is stronger than April's with anyone else at school.

She has known him for years. Donnie is her best friend. I can't say that it's fine to her when Dee violates her personal space - her phone, but April can accept Donatello's personality in general.

And he does really have good intentions. Donnie installed this blocker, developed by himself only for one reason: to protect personal space April from fishy apps from nowhere, from being hacked and etc. Don knew her too well, how much she depends on stupid apps that will distract her. He also knew well, that he can't be with her 24/7 to fix problems with April's phone, so Dee put a part of himself to prevent any harm in the future.

And again, "Donnie's gifts"'s vibes. Donatello genuinely cared about April, because he wrote, coded, developed, designed, and dubbed it, turned on the database, and installed it all on April's phone. 'cause, you know, writing programs in general is a bit of a hassle, but writing an antivirus is much more difficult, because viruses are changing, and questionable applications are finding ways to bypass. Do you feel how much effort Dee put in for her?

But Donatello didn't mean to fix April, as he tried to do with his brothers. Purple turtle accepts this girl the way she is, and tries his best to play smoothly with April, by adjusting, not being passive aggressive jerk. It's his outstanding way to show his caring nature, soft side.

Remember, small but meaningful actions.

Maybe, Donnie also can foresee that April may be forced to download some suspicious program, but still, it work: he managed to prevent April being hypnotized, even if couldn't be physically with April at the this moment - Dee was working for Repo Mantis, building dog's paradise for Todd. That's why, by the way, Leo and Raph were dragged into this whole situation. Mayham would teleported literally anyone to help his hostess. Donnie just wasn't at the Lair at the moment.

And on this note, we'll take a break for now. Stay tuned, expect parsing of the series, there's a lot to discuss.

Part 2

Part 3

[lyxanislive]

“Valley Mountain” Voltron AU!

After Zarkon and Honerva’s Deaths, King Alfor attempts to close the rift with an energy pulse from the castle

Yeah, Bad idea. The explosion is massive, Blasting the castle of lions away, killing most of those aboard instantly, with the exception of the bridge that contains Alfor, Allura, Coran, Tavos (Training to be Allura’s Aide), Luka (A member of the Guard), Bandor (A budding Alchemist), and Romelle (Bandor’s sister) (((Don’t question why the colonists are here... I needed some Alteans I didn’t want Allura and Coran alone anymore)))) The only thing that saves those on the bridge is Allura’s Alchemy, somehow overloading with the power of the rift and putting all of them into a weird kinda statue stasis.  (((Basically Allura is a super powerful Alchemist...)))

The Castle crashes into a far off planet, and goes silent... Meanwhile Zarkon awakens as a Quintessence Zombie and rules over the galaxy looking for his lost black lion.

1000s of years later....

Shiro is surprised that Keith had actually made a friend, and even more surprised that that the two of them are asking for his help to go visit Valley Mountain - a weird pointy mountain in a big divot in the earth thats speculated to be a meteor that hit early in earth’s life. Keith wants to go because “Theres Spooky haunted blue lights that show up there! It’s mothman! or Ghosts? Either way!” and Hunk wants to go because He thinks there is a weird energy source and he built a little device to track it. But Keith only has a learners and can’t have a passanger on his bike and also the two boys want to camp out there for the night and need an adult chaperone. so Shiro agrees to take the two of them.

Lance loudly complains how Keith is taking everything even HIS best friend, and Hunk feels REALLY GUILTY.

Shiro goes to Sam to borrow a tent to take Keith and Hunk, and Matt wants to join too! but Sam says he and Colleen are out of town that weekend and that Katie needs to be watched. Matt whines. Shiro offers that Matt can drive Katie and Lance to come with them as he is also an adult. Sam agrees as Katie needs to get out more and needs some friends.

So here goes the team to Valley Mountain! If you haven’t figured it out yet, the mountain is just the Castle crashed and covered in 1000s of years of dirt and rock.

Well camping goes well for all of 2.3 seconds until Keith and Lance get into it and while trying to show up Keith, Lance goes into a cave and winds up opening a weird door?!?!? Well he freaks and everyone comes running. Like idiots, they all go inside and the door shuts behind them. 

They are then hit with weird pressurized air and then the door infront of them opens, and now the door behind them is sealed. They can’t go back the way they came so.... forward we go?

and HOLY SHIT THIS IS A SHIP? Is it from the garrison? No it can’t be?

Anyway eventually they make it up to the bridge were these weird glowing blue statues are? They are weirdly detailed? And when Shiro touches one of them (Allura) She wakes. 

Well It gets weird, but the Alteans plan to leave to go find out what happened in space so they have to fix up the ship. Pidge and Hunk are STOKED about alien technology and offer to help them and eventually it ends with Alfor passing the torch to Keith and setting them up to be the new Paladins they’ll need to take on Zarkon. Also Matt is here! Because that’s fun! 

As it’s me it’s Shallura centric because I do what I want :P

Anyway I may write snippets of this cause this AU is one of my faves and if you want to use it too feel free!

[tomatomagica]

really long really weird dream i had just now, wrote it down mainly to send to my therapist later; tw guns, general violence and war themes

I start out at a tiny hostel room with lots of bunk beds, i just made friends with a girl there, we were talking about something while she's lying in bed. Her smartphone suddenly rings but she's too lazy to come pick it up because it's burried in her belongings on the top shelf beside the bed. I rush to find it, fumbling in her stuff, it takes a while. After finally getting it i toss the phone to her bed. She goes "damn it took you like 30 minutes", and i immediately tell her she's exagerating, i check the time it is right now and when the phone ringing started and it only been about 10 minutes tops.

After the short phone call we talk about some more stuff (like the fact that i actually live nearby, i just needed a break from my annoying family; it's implied that she's from far away) and she leaves. I glance back at her belongings and start sorting them, folding the clothes. I notice that her laptop, her phone and her "something very important" are out for people to grab so i stuff them underneath all the clothes to hide from people's greedy eyes.

For some reason i decided to steal her "something very important" and left he hostel. Some time passes and i hear her call out my name. She says "there you are! thank god i found you", her words don't bear any blame towards me but i can feel some distrust anyway. There's a young police officer with her. They approach me, telling how her "something very important" was stolen. I act surprised. By the way... i'm holding that exact thing. I try to tell them it's actually a replica of the thing for cosplay, do you guys like it? They didn't really buy that, officer starts asking questions and if he come inside. He tells me to go clean the toilet, which i do. Turns out i'm at my family's apartment. My mother is saying horrible things about me. I go back to the kitchen and hear the police officer on the phone, saying how i'm being agressive and trying to assault him with a knife, i say "i'm chill, why are you saying all that". I hear that he's about to arrest me and he gotta go. Only now i started feeling that there really is a knife in my hand. I feel threatened and in the moment i try to harm him with it. I don't recall what happens to him after, but i run away.

Enter some back alley. I found something curious which i would like to get to, but it's behind some weird mechanism. I get pass it somehow and end up breaking it, falling into the back of an old truck. Person who owns it starts yelling at me. I run, hearing him cursing me as i go. I meet 2 other girls along the way, they see the "very improtant thing" in my hands and pull me with them into a train cabin. it's very dark. Ii don't have a train ticket, or any money. I think i'm in some sort of smuggling scheme now, is that what that first girl was doing? that's why she was so protective of the thing? Now i'm roped into all this.

The girls fumble and find their own fake tickets. I see the train conductor approaching and ask the girls if they saw my ticket anywhere. They realize what's up and start low-key robbing old passangers around us for small change to get enough for my ticket, disguising it as just passing the payment to the conductor. Shortly after some man walks it and says that we're welcome to have a stop at the next station and enjoy the big firework show that's in town this night.

Everyone leaves the train to watch the fireworks. It's beautiful, as opposed to real life fireworks, these don't just fly from bottom to the top, but fly across the sky horizontally.

The man comes up again, saying something like "Nice isn't it? Enjoy the show, as it's gonna be the last thing you see....... Your little smuggling ring is under arrest. You better start running, in 10 minutes we start shooting you motherfuckers.". In this moments everything stops. It wasn't just us, it was the whole train, full of smugglers of various items. We're neatly cornered like cattle.

What happens next reminds me of a war scene. Everyone runs towards the fences trying to get over them. So do i. I run and run and run, i hear people screaming, i hear firearms. I end up in some restaurant-like establishment, introducing myself as a new person to do the dishes and other small tasks in the back. The women there are nice, we make small talk about the whole thing. I'm peeling some potatoes, they say how when they started out they weren't even given plastic bags to put the peels into, how lucky i am to have at least that. Everyone is surprisingly calm, despite from time to time mentioning how to behave in case of armed people getting inside at any point. I listen carefully to know the rules of staying alive here.

They're here. They have guns. They're looking for me. I need to stay low.

Not really sure how this falls into everything but it's a weird dream so i guess i'll mention that there's some uh, deadly toddler cult that's doing animal sacrifice around here. Poor cats...

Rather than being at a kitchen i am now somewhat of a young soldier. The upper rank person is very mean, so i try my best not to make him mad and follow every command to a T. We're in a shoe factory i think. I see a lot of paper scattered across the floor, so i ask for permission to clean it up. He looks furious. He picks up one of the papers and holds it in front of my face, "Do you know what this is?". I look at it, and realize some of those papers are actually receipts from the shoe boxes, so we need them. I tell him that i can totally sort them out from the rest of the papers if he so desires. He agrees. I start picking up the papers.

Shortly after we have a red alert so we fall to the floor and stay still. Upper rank person is annoyed by us, saying it's fine since our base is pretty big, so they won't get here until later. I listen to him and keep picking and sorting out the trash papers on the floor.

The windows are being shot at, glass scatters everywhere. Armed people outside are arguing about their ranks, about who out of them two should be the leader. The first person who makes their case is very angry, saying how they totally won their bet the last time so they should be the leader. The other one goes "It was a tie and you just decided that you've won".

I leave the scene again. I'm trying to login into some shady website that's related to the smuggling ring, but my hands are shaking so it's hard. I see a notification that someone is trying to login into my account from a different location. I need to login quick and change my password and email before the hacker gets in, it's very hard, but somehow i manage to succeed.

I'm in a large hall with my comrades, mostly other young people. We've just been informed that elite forces have opened applications for recruits, and are handed a large pile of papers. Everyone is panicking so i decide that i wanna be nice and hand out the papers to everyone first, i can fill out mine later. I grab a stack of applications and ask everyone if they want one. After getting to what's best described as "a supermarket meat isle" i hear an old man ask if he can get 31 of those. I'm confused. He explains that he's from Siberia, and his comrades badly need these spots so he wants to mail them the applications. They were supposed to be here selling meat at the stall, but couldn't make it. I count how many i have left and tell him that there's not nearly enough and that i'll run back to grab some more.

When i get back and start fumbling with the application stack, the upper rank person takes note of me and approaches. He calls me an idiot for caring about others instead of myself, as the filling out time was limited and it's about to run out, before i had a change to even read it, let alone fill it out with my infortmation. I ignore him and run back to the old man. The upper rank person follows me and starts mocking the meat stall, calling it ridiculous, saying how there's nobody even here so why would they need to applications.

The last thing i remember of this dream is somewhat of a car chase, but that's when i woke up.

Man what the fuck lol

[snugabugabunny]

I got Xmas money from my great grand-parents and grand parents on my mom's side (the nice ones!) sooo guess what I got?

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TRAINS!

Target had a good starter bin and then some individual locomotives and cars which is even more than I could have hoped to find!

This was my first configuration! I'm still not very good at it but it was really fun!! At some point I know I can get additional tracks from any company (cuz this one is compatible) but even just this loop and few hills was reeaaally cool.

The mountain piece doubles as the lid of the storage bin!

This was my second configuration, I left out the bridge hill this time. I put batteries in Gordon so that he could ride the rails too (or thunder down them, as he's known to) and he did WAY better on this loop than on the other one but his train had a hard time not getting stuck on the mountain's connectors.

This is the train that came with the set! I love its colors. It's stopped at the little village. The set has three people figures too but the sizes are sort of weird so I didn't have them out right now.

Here are my two more modern looking, passanger-car trains! One is an express! They look like streamliners or electric trains!

Here are my two, modern looking cargo trains! The coal and wood can come out of them. The orange one actually looks a lot like the train engines I see all the time in my home town!

These last two are my steam engines! I love the look of steam trains. The black one has coal and the blue one has a passanger-car and reminds me of the polar express!

Everything all picked up and stored at the end of the night!