#and we need to beware of that

[themonsterunderthebed]

petty pet peeve brought to you by sleep deprivation and the crushing weight of work building up behind my procrastination

that post going around about how dumb usamerican travel writers are for describing like a shuk or an asian fruit as a fascinating and exotic experience, because it shows the writer is...... unworldly i guess? too easily amazed by things outside their day to day sphere of experiences?

like...... travel writing exists so people can vicariously experience a different place. you get that this is context dependent right. if i've only ever shopped in supermarkets my whole life, if i'm usamerican and don't have the money to leave my home state let alone visit another continent, then yes a shuk or other open-air marketplace sounds like a very foreign and exciting experience to me! and if i'm reading about it, i want vivid descriptions of the sights, colors, sounds, smells. what's different from my daily experience? what similarities are there? how is local life in, say, morocco different than and similar to my life in kansas?

like yeah okay laugh it up at people who aren't as familiar with other countries as you are i guess, just know it comes off as petty and mean-spirited

[sparebutton]

Frozen 1, Frozen 2, and Frozen 3

[ratcandy]

Big Huge Irritated Rant About The Latest COTL Update's Story Choices and the Implications

So the lore drop in the new Cult of the Lamb update, Unholy Alliance, pisses me off. The writer's confirmation of what that lore drop means pisses me off more.

Why? Because it's unnecessary recontextualization that was made pretty obviously in favor in one character in particular, and somehow in that process makes that very same character way less interesting. I think it's incredibly detrimental to the story and I will Explain Why in a second.

But before I do, I just want to put this out there: Prior to this update, my opinions on the Bishops and Narinder and that entire plotline were pretty neutral. I'm an NPC enjoyer, I spend my time thinking about that moth with two lines of dialogue. I did not previously have strong opinions on Narinder or Shamura outside of mild dislike for fandom treatment. So I'm not coming from a place of bias here (or at the very least I'm not trying to be). I genuinely, wholeheartedly, 100% believe this writing decision was unnecessary and the Wrong one to make, and I think it severely undercuts the original plotline because this was a retcon and one that sucks pretty bad.

Ok we're on the same page here? Ok awesome. Long rant ahead, and obvs spoilers for the Unholy Alliance update

So first, what the hell am I talking about? What part of the update do I not like? Let's clarify that first.

It's Shamura's dialogue. Like, all of it. For ease of understanding, here is all the dialogue I will be talking about:

"Ah... we gathered here, the four of us, a council of war and I the general. I have not forgot. I did not tell them that chains to bind a God must be forged of Godly matters. What matter of Gods? What matters of Gods? I have not forgot. The betrayal of kin, the breaking of spirits, blood spilled, his and ours. ...the sacrifice of what we had sacrificed so much for... ...shaped into shackles for our own brother. And our wounds always to weep. Such sharp claws..."

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"He sought to break nature's own laws. Death was his, yet he placed his sacred duty in peril. His experiments... Experiments I encouraged. I am not... blameless. My soul, stained... yet I do not... Ah, The story. Yes the story... He wanted to open the doors between Life and Death, to... to allow their return. Those mere... mortals. Even though he knew their sacrifices, their faith, their fears sustain us. Death must be the end. Otherwise, what use would they have for Gods? They began to flock to him. What he promised, we could not match. He swelled with devotion... while we waned. Would he have let us perish? I could not take... the risk... the hunger... You are lucky there are none left to force such a choice on you. Hail, Lamb. Last God... lonely God... Ah... I feel... unburdened..."

And for fun, before anyone tells me I'm misinterpreting any of this or that it's left up to interpretation or is intentionally vague, Word of God (the writer of CoTL):

And it's this being Word of God that's spurred me into making this post to begin with. Because prior to this, I just seethed about this dialogue's implications in my server and hoped I was wrong. But now it's been confirmed what this means, and I'm . Disgruntled, to say the least!

And since I've started writing this post, there's been another addition made to further clarify parts of this. But I'm going to go over that addition more towards the end, because it also irritates me for separate reasons.

So, let's get this straight.

Prior to this update, the specifics of what happens between Narinder and the Bishops were pretty vague. We were told Narinder was "gluttonous in his ambition," per Shamura's previous dialogue, and that they "introduced him to ideas of change" but "Death cannot flow backward." Heket somewhat elaborates on this by saying he preached "heresy" and "noxious ideals" that would not be tolerated. Heket also notably refers to Narinder as a flat-out "monster." Narinder attacked his siblings and left them each with a big, symbolic wound. Then he was chained by the four of them, with Shamura the one to lead it (in their own words).

There's a lot of talk of betrayal, but before this update, it was unclear if the betrayal was meant to just be Narinder's experimenting with death (which even then was pretty heavily suggested to be resurrections) or the wounds inflicted upon his siblings. There's also a lot of talk of sacrifice, i.e. from Leshy if you kill Heket before him: "After everything we did. After everything we sacrificed. He will not be satiated."

Regardless, the picture this painted was of Narinder being this ambitious, evil, violent God that even his fellow Gods (Kallamar) feared and felt needed controlling. The idea that the wounds could have been in the nail in the coffin to this entire ordeal made sense; as they were obviously planned by Narinder to some extent (otherwise why be so intentional about who got what wound?) and a fair reaction to Being Mutilated would of course be to chain him.

Then of course there's the idea that the wounds were given while he was being chained and in self-defense, which only seems possible if you think Narinder could take on all four of his siblings at once like that and only manage to lose his claws in the ordeal (which was only revealed in this update to be something he's implied to have lost thru the relic). I thought this at first too, but realized it seems pretty impractical for that to have been the case if the wounds were also purposeful in who got what. I mean, sure, they could all be coincidentally symbolically appropriate for each Bishop, but I have doouuubts?

but now we're here, with this update, and all has been revealed.

And what's been revealed exactly?

Narinder's thing he was doing was indeed resurrections (we knew that)

Shamura encouraged him to do it (we also already knew this)

It seems like he did literally nothing else outside of that

His siblings got pissy about this because it made their domains purposeless and got all their followers to flock to him

"Would he let us perish? I could not take the risk" - Implies they literally did not even ask him

Shamura knew that in order to forge chains that could keep Narinder down, it would require a sacrifice of their bonds AND their flesh

They DID NOT tell the other Bishops this

Their wounds were requirements to chain him. They had to get the wounds they bear now in order to chain him. ONLY Shamura knew this. That means they allowed their siblings (and themself) to get attacked knowing full well what would happen. They may have even encouraged it, perhaps provoked Narinder into it, seeing as they knew the wounds were necessary to have him chained. (Or they just knew he would retaliate. Which, like. Yeah. They're condemning him after he went down a path they encouraged and, as far as we can tell, nothing else.)

And for... what?

In this version of the story, Narinder was experimenting with resurrections, and Shamura told him to keep doing that. Then he was successful, mortals turned to him, and his siblings (including Shamura, the one who told him to do it) got mad. That's it. That's their reasoning for chaining him. There's nothing else given. "Would they perish?" We have no idea. Is that how it works? Seems like Shamura doesn't know either. Or at the very least doesn't know if Narinder intended for that at all. Gives the vibe that literally no effort was made to talk to him and figure this out. They don't even really go down the "it puts nature out of balance!" path, which would at least have some merit, maybe. It's literally just "we are no longer sustained. What's the point of Gods in this world?" <- idk babe you had all the other ones slaughtered. So you tell me

And then Shamura just took it into their own hands, leading their siblings to their shared wounds (WITHOUT consulting them) and their inevitable destruction because of........... reasons, I guess. (I mean, if you think about it really hard, they probably also already knew what would happen following all this. With the lamb genocide and Narinder's resurfacing and etc. And they had their siblings wounded anyway. For no god damn reason)

And now why does this make me mad?

Because, honestly, in and of itself, there's not anything necessarily wrong with this added context. It's not contradicting anything in the main game. Shamura knowing what was needed makes sense, after all.

But it's... unnecessary. It screws up the motives and makes them more shallow, less nuanced, more... petty. Making gods petty is cool and all, I love doing that honestly, but in this case it just feels like a waste of potential.

But beyond all that. But most importantly.

This entire recontextualization of events REEKS of being made specifically to absolve Narinder.

I mean, come on. He's made out to be the victim, here. Shamura knew what he would do, knew what he would become, and knew exactly what would happen to their siblings if they sought to chain him (without doing so much as talking to him beforehand), and yet they encouraged it.

All blame is being shifted on Shamura. All Narinder did specifically against his siblings was inflict the wounds, which at this point seems to be hinted as self defense or a retaliation against threat or insult (assuming he was provoked into attacking, somehow). Because the wounds were part of the process.

And almost equally irritating, this seeks to arbitrarily absolve Leshy, Kallamar, and Heket as well, as they had no idea what the plan was and were just strung along. Which is just kinda worse, right? As far as they are aware, Narinder did just randomly attack them for no reason, and this wasn't foreseen, and surely couldn't have been stopped. All because Shamura didn't tell them any of it.

Shamura is being made into the big bad. Shamura is at fault for everything, for all of it. Narinder is a victim of Shamura encouraging him down a path they later condemn him for, their siblings are victims of Shamura and Narinder both (the latter of which could have been resolved at any point prior), and now any possible intrigue about Narinder being this big bad guy who tore apart his siblings due to his own ambition getting the best of him is ERASED.

It's GONE. All in favor of making him more sympathetic.

And sure, about a million different excuses could be made for Shamura, or could be used to headcanon whatever you want about exactly what happened. But with what we're given right now, just from the source, no attempt as made to stop Narinder before it got to this point. It is literally suggested they didn't even talk to him.

"Maybe they were too scared" - For the other three, maybe. Shamura is the eldest and clearly the most respected one, by Narinder as well (he holds some amount of respect for them even STILL. After EVERYTHING). They at any point could have stopped this.

"Narinder could still have been a bad guy outside of the attacks" - Sure, but we're given little to nothing on that front. In the old dialogue, literally all that's mentioned is the resurrection stuff and the wounds. Shamura is the one who said his ambition made a glutton of him, by the way. And hell, this isn't even touching the very real possibility that all of the Bishops (Narinder included!) are unreliable as hell.

"But Kallamar feared him even before his chaining, that suggests he was still a bad guy beforehand" - Sure, it could! But that's about all we get! And hell, in this new update, Kallamar's fears are fucked with, too. He states:

"Once, long ago, Followers would worship at my altar just to glimpse the beauty of my temple… of course, it could not last forever. Perhaps my siblings did not understand this, but I have always known. It did not make me less afraid. Cowardly Kallamar, ha…"

Here, it seems Kallamar's fears have been changed to be more about the decline of his temple and the loss of his followers, which was happening because of Narinder. He refers to Narinder's plans as "foolish" as opposed to... idk, horrifying, or threatening, or whatever. He also fully takes on the 'cowardly' title, giving the impression that his fears were somehow unfounded, which wouldn't make a lick of sense if Narinder indeed sucked ass outside of the wounds.

Not to mention he "didn't want to hear it" when Shamura "revealed the plan," but we know because of Shamura that they didn't mention anything about the wounds, so Kallamar didn't want to hear that they... had to chain Narinder? That's literally all he could've been told about the plan. Why wouldn't he want to chain Narinder if he was scared of him up until that point?? Doesn't make any sense!!! EDIT AFTER I POSTED: On reconsideration this might just be referring the lamb genocide plan, but that's hardly better, because now this update absolves Narinder, Leshy, AND Kallamar by making them blameless in everything (both Leshy and Kallamar expressed not fully understanding the plan for the slaughter or, in this case, not wanting part in it). What's up with THAT. Why is Shamura getting the blame for LITERALLY EVERYTHING.

Anyway, my point is

This was a story decision made to make Narinder sympathetic. It's so blatant. And it's so, so irritating. It gets rid of so many potential cool flaws of Narinder and replaces it with "Actually, Shamura was the bad guy the whole time! Huzzah!"

And honestly, had the entire game come out like this to begin with, released at the start how it is right now, I don't think I'd care this much. But being added now, as an afterthought, after the fandom and devs alike have grown to favor Narinder above all others, it just...

It reeks of favoritism. It smells of revising the story to make Narinder more likeable. It's just erasure.

And for what. Like, I don't want to be That Guy, but I cannot help but notice that one of two nonbinary characters (outside of the Lamb/Goat themselves) is being this heavily demonized in favor of absolving a Man of his crimes. What's, uh. What's up with that.

Oh, and that addition by the writer I mentioned was made while I was writing this.

This was made after Jojo was questioned whether this was a retcon as to who caused the wounds, as this whole thing could also certainly be read as Shamura being the one to directly wound their siblings (which I didn't think was the case, but still).

"I don't know if they thought it would be so severe" - How do I put this in a nice way. This feels like a weaseling out answer. This feels like giving Shamura an out only after being questioned on this writing choice. How could they possibly not know how severe it would be. This spider is Knowledge. This spider has Foresight of some kind. And how do you not know what they thought. You are the Writer. If you want to clarify something like this you gotta say it with your full chest.

Not to mention a good portion of the fandom probably won't even see these tweets, so this context is all missing from the story presented in the game. This is Tacked On Context on top of already Tacked On Context. It's unnecessary retconning all the way down.

Anyway. I realize the fandom at large will not care about this, because (and I mean this in the nicest way I can manage) the Narinder favoritism in this fandom is already impenetrable, but for me personally? This retconning that was so clearly done out of that favoritism?

It ruined Narinder's character for me. More than the fandom possibly could have. I mean, if it's fanon, it can be ignored. But this was canonized. Because Narinder is the dev team's favorite guy.

And I can't stand it.

[gooperts-gunk]

im so crazy over the tragedy of everything q!bbh does being under a demon pretense even though he's a fallen angel.

do u think he just accepts the demon label because it's easier. do u think he believes it too, and catches himself in his thoughts with "oh, right. im not exactly that". and maybe he believes that he did this to himself? do u think what he did was to protect himself or someone? no matter the fall, he still has so much kindness to give and his brain just isn't wired the way a natural-born demon would be, he can't hold back instincts when time demands it, maybe that's why he fell in the first place.

and when he's finally bad, not good, it's treated like the end of the world, without empathy on why he would act out. do you think this keeps happening? the same scenario, multiple times, every timeline? he has to be used to it. so he has to take it in stride. he's good until he lashes out under extreme pressure, and suddenly he's called demon. and once again he's what heaven made him out to be. what he made himself to be, his brain would ruthlessly provide...

i don't think he wants to be that, though he hides secrets behind secrets of which neither identity is a home... but i don't think he wants to have to change, either. and i don't think that's wrong of him.

...you collapse atlantis ONE TIME and all of a sudden YOU'RE the bad guy and SURE it was FUN but REALLY now,--

[theghoulboysblog]

… what is wrong with them? 😭🙏

[sadbeautifutragic]

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[romancemedia]

I just noticed something pretty interesting about Shall whenever he gets jealous of Anne and Keith together. He always tends to get jealous whenever he sees them holding hands!

It first happened in Episode 10 of the Anime when he caught them running together, sparking his jealousy for the very first time. He is NOT happy seeing this sight between them and looks away even more annoyed. He can't bear the sight of seeing the girl he loves with someone else!

The second time is Volume 8. At this point, the love triangle between Anne, Shall and Keith has truly begun. Shall catches them together and once again, he sees them holding hands as they experiment with silver sugar. Shall gets so jealous that after seeing them, he takes Anne away with him and confronts her about Keith and his confession in a separate room!

Which leads me to what I just read a bit in Volume 9. Fans of SAFT were kind enough to let me know about a Reddit page for the series where loyal fans have begun translating the light novels. Chapter 1 of Volume 9 was posted tonight and the first chapter featured an interesting moment between Anne, Shall and Keith.

The group had once again returned to Holy Leaf Castle and were admiring the renovations for a new project. Keith was just about to take Anne's hand again, but before he could, Shall steps in and slaps his hand away! Shall's actions show he is taking Keith's previous words to him in Volume 8 to heart, where Shall is finally beginning to act on his feelings for Anne and isn't going to give her up without a fight!

Shalll doesn't want any guy laying even a single finger on Anne. Just goes to show how much he's in love with her, cause Shall wants Anne all to himself! I can't wait for more chapters to be posted and find out what's next!!

[starvingmedievalpeasant]

If you're one of those people who are "fans" of Kevin Khatchadourian, Barry Allen(edit: as played by Ezra), Credence Barebone, Robert, Patrick, Leon Dupuis, Gonzo or any of the other roles Ezra has played and say "Oh I don't support Ezra I just like the characters" Literally FUCK OFF. You're not a fan, You never were a fan and you never will be a fan, Non of those characters would have been brought to life without Ezra's pure talent, Lovely personality and gorgeous face. There are more than enough resources proving their innocence, If you still choose to stay ignorant you are NOT welcome on this blog or really in any fan content or fan spaces surrounding Ezra's roles. In fact, You don't even deserve to rest your eyes on the PERFECTION that is Ezra and their works and you should go be a fake fan of some other characters who's actors you support.

To any REAL fans, Thank you for reading my short rant and enjoy some pics of Ezra being the happy little cutie patootie that they are

[blupengu]

Oh how naive I was…

[angy-grrr]

There is gonna be more than that coming from the poll, but whatever it is vote Kacchan/Deku for best hero. Idc who wins i just need them to be together again

if they just announced it today without saying anything before, I would probably immediately do it.

Right now im just bitter because of the hype -I thought it would at least slightly relate to the actual story (adaptations of other stories, extra content for the volume which once again may I remind everyone is extremely short, almost half what a manga volume usually looks which is a huge problem).

This disappointed me extremely, as its not even related to any content from the manga beyond the characters it uses. I get that many ppl will work on this, and that artist will get excited over being able to get the spotlight, some will be able to ask specific questions, and a character will get a statue and a movie.

Still extremely disappointed because of the "special project will be announced on the 5th *wink wink*".

I can't feel excitement over it as, in my mind, I lost something that felt better -more content related to the story. So at best this would be "oh cool I can try it", a feeling pretty similar to the other announcements -not my favorite thing in the world, but I wont reject it and try to see what comes out of it.

This isnt at best to me right now

[lichoulychou]

She's dating the gangster au with Gonzo:)

(WARNING: Bullying, cursing, violence, threat of suicide, fake dating, reader wears glasses, ooc! Gonzo, angst, and fluff.)

(Another reminder I'm not fluent in english as its not my first language)

Gangster!Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman x Nerdy! F! reader

I like this song so I recommend listwning to it

How you met:

You had met him when you had transfer to your bestfriends university and in your very first day you had embarrased yourself.

Hey he bumped into you! So why was that your fault? Yes he did bumped into you in the gate of the school while skating and you scraped your knee it knocked out even your glasses and the books in your hands. Instead of him apologizing he had went on in skating, you got pissed off and yelled at him for not saying sorry. Everyone around you stopped what they were doing even him.

Your bestfriend had grabbed your hand and ran inside to save you from more humiliation. You were now scared to be left alone as you could easily be bullied by him or something.

//After you met//

A person had been beeping you in your beeper non-stop and it was getting annoying for you, they kept apologizing for breaking up with you..?

Unfortunately God wasn't on your side that day and the person did not stop even in class, usually they'd stop when school started but this day no. Your teacher had sent you out your beeper interrupting what ever she had been teaching.

But still even out of the classroom it had still been beeping you were confused and scared from whom it was so you immediately waited for your bestfriend.

//Timeskip//

When your last period had ended for break time you finally contacted your bestfriend and told her everything. She'd been shocked and said it was Gonzo that was beeping you not some random guy.

But as she was saying that Gonzo was near you both and he was just standing in the call booth, hoping it wasn't your beeper that he had been sending messages to, unfortunately for you it was. As soon as he had picked up the phone your beeper beeped non-stop.

He had heard it and was now walking towards you so you basically were panicking in the insides now.

Quickly you had stood up and start to try and walk away as he was starting to follow up behind you. He still caught up tho, so you standing up had no purpose at all.

When he catched up he pinned you on a post wall, he held your arm and his hot breath fanning in your ear.

"Hey my ex girlfriend is watching just pretend we have something going on" as he still was pinning you and he covers your mouth for you to not complain.

You didn't really want this all to happen but it seems that it had to. You kept squirming in his hold but to no avail it never really worked

When his ex finally went away, he let go of you and tried to get you to fake date him

You still never agreed.

//Trying to pursue you into his scheme//

See you think he got the memo to leave you alone.

But he didn't and it was starting to turn into a problem for you.

Everywhere you went he tried to go with you or sometimes just following you around, even then his friends start to get in this little scheme of his.

They would torment you to just date him!

It was annoying and it got tiring for you.

Then one day in a rainy day everyone was just gathered in the very front of the university and when you finally caught a glimpse of what was happening.

It was gonzo with a sign hang around his neck and it had said that "It's either you answer me or I k*ll myself!"

You'd thought it was a stupid asshole move of his but it was his life that was on the line here.

So you felt the pressure to just answer him yes..

Then that's how you started fake dating for him to get his ex jealous.

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Hello! I'm gonna have a second part for this but not right now since I have to write more fics! But I'm sure I will come out with it in a few days.. Also this is based on the filipino film "She's dating the gangster!😊

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[thestormthatrises]

[clarafell]

💫

text starters / accepting / @s-talking

💫 for a late night text.

[ 4 Text Messages from HOMURA. ]

Text: A little bird told me that the children have been misbehaving a lot lately— Don't get me started on what they have done this time... They are already a handful, but it seems like they are even worse at nighttime—

Text: Would you mind giving them a lesson for me?

Text: They aren't fragile, as you already know, so feel free to go all out on them. They might try to dress you up by force, so I thought I would warn you about that. I hate to bother you, but I hope you wouldn't mind handling them... I would handle them myself, but things have been... stressful. I promise I'll talk to you soon.

Text: I promise I'll make sure to bring you something nice to make up for all of this. Did you have anything you would like?

[darlenicy]

..but the real question is: Who the fck is the Prince of Darkness?

[romancemedia]

The Love Triangle of Anne, Shall and Keith

Since Keith's debut in the anime and before I learned about it in the light novels, I always suspected he started to develop feelings for Anne and my suspicions were spot on when he later confessed in Vol 7.

Keith Powell is a gifted sugar artisan who is well respected and acquainted with other artisans due to him being the son of the previous Silver Sugar Viscount. He meets Anne when she applies to work at the Radcliffe Workshop in order to prepare for the annual Royal Candy Fair contest to win the title of Silver Sugar Master. Unlike other artisans, Keith is kind, polite and respectful towards Anne, recognizing her worthy skills as both an artisan and rival as Keith also intends to compete in the Royal Candy Fair.

However, Keith is worried for Anne, who is unaware the upcoming contest is her final chance to become a Silver Sugar Master due to the petty interference of jealous artisans. Keith confides in Shall, who agrees to keep the news hidden to prevent putting any further stress or pressure on Anne.

During their time working together, Anne and Keith form a friendship, with Keith offering his support and guidance to Anne whenever she's feelings troubled or unsure.

The first sign of the love triangle occurred when Keith helped lift Anne's spirits, who just witnessed Bridget Page trying to make a move on Shall. Keith took Anne's hand and ran off with her, advising that running is quick way to forget about your problems.

Unknown to Anne and Keith, however, Shall saw them together. He was surprised and quickly became upset when he saw how happy Anne looked with Keith, sparking Shall's jealousy for the first time EVER after seeing Anne together with someone else and was still upset about it the next day. Shall was even jealous when Anne was happy that Keith complimented her piece for the contest.

Since the events, Keith remained a good friend to Anne and finally the first real hint of his crush on her was shown a few episodes later when Keith visited Anne when began working at the Paige Workshop.

When Nadir had teased that Keith was Anne's lover, she quickly denied it and scolded Nadir for saying "awful things", but Keith countered, assuring there was nothing awful about the assumption he was Anne's lover, leaving her baffled.

When Keith opened up to Anne about his past and how he felt responsible for the downfall of the Page Workshop, Anne assured him it's not his fault for what happened at Paige. Keith was left speechless and clearly touched by Anne's words.

Finally when Keith explained to Anne about the upcoming Holy Selections, she realized Keith offered her the perfect solution to help save and restore the Page Workshop. Anne was so happy she grabbed Keith's hand and thanked him and Keith blushes a little by Anne's actions and gesture. Although a little confused, he is glad to have helped her.

Although the anime dropped a few hints of the love triangle, it finally started to take action and officially bloomed in Volume 7.

Anne and Keith are once again reunited when they were summoned by the Royal Family for a very special project. During this time, Anne and Shall's relationship was strained since their recent encounter with Lafall, claiming fairies and humans shouldn't be together and are better off with their own kind, causing a wedge between them. Later in the story, Lulu a special silver sugar fairy in the Royal Family's custody is introduced and she soon starts to become close to Shall.

Anne becomes upset and jealous seeing Shall and Lulu together and tries to brace herself in case they might become a couple. In a moment of heartbreak, Anne breaks down crying in Keith's arms, who comforts her.

However, it's later revealed that Lulu does not possess romantic feelings for Shall! Lulu reveals how she was previously romantically involved with the Fairy King and instead supports Anne and Shall's love. Lulu is well aware that Shall is in love with Anne, helps him to finally realize his feelings and assures/encourages him the different lifespans doesn't matter, life is short and they should spend it with the person they love. Unfortunately by the end of the book, Keith confesses to Anne his love for her, but is willing to wait for her answer and Shall overheard/witnessed his confession!

In Volume 8, Shall is struggling with his feelings. Although he's realized he's in love with Anne, he wants to put her happiness first but can't help being jealous seeing her and Keith together, especially after witnessing them holding hands. Shall takes Anne to confront her about what happened, resulting in them discussing about family.

Fairies and Humans have a different idea/concept about family which is hard for Shall to understand and he thinks can't provide the kind of family Anne wants. He believes if Anne can find happiness and a family with Keith it'd be better for him to let her go and starts to purposely act cold and distant to Anne to make it easier for her to choose Keith. However, Shall's actions make it obvious for Keith to realize Shall is in love with Anne.

When Keith confronts Shall, he denies his feelings and states Anne would be happy if she and Keith became a family. However, this only angers Keith since Shall isn't willing to fight or reveal his feelings to Anne. Keith wants Anne to have all the information. He wants Anne to know how both he and Shall feel about her in order for her to make a proper decision over who she wants to be with and not just simply choose Keith for the sake of it. By the end of Vol 8, Keith confronts Shall again, advising him to be honest about his feelings for Anne and fight for her too.

I don't know a lot of details on what happens in Vol 9, but I know for fact that more people start to realize Shall's love for Anne. Heck even KAT can see it and also encourages Shall to tell her how he feels. By the end of Volume 9, Shall finally confesses to Anne he is in love with her, but before Anne can respond to his confession, they find out Mythril Lid Pod is dying.

Volume 10 focuses on Anne and Shall working to find Lafall and Eril to learn the secret on how Lafall survived at the end of Vol 6 in order to save Mythril. They put their relationship and confession on hold, but eventually Anne finally confesses to Shall she loves him too when she is on the brink of death after being attacked by Lafall. By Volume 11, Anne is saved and she and Shall FINALLY become a couple. There is also a moment in the book where Shall and Keith take a moment to end their rivalry on good terms and it's shown that Shall thinks highly and respects Keith.

[the-demon-rabbit]

“It’s our day!” - Slick

“Want to celebrate with us?” - Springs

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Happy Springtrap Day! AKA FNAF 3 Anniversary.