#bc this is for if u haven’t seen it

[mr-president]

I think one of my favorite Funtermina things is how it uses characters as narrative foils, specifically in how those characters interact with each other and everyone else.

Karin and Daan’s is the most discussed as it’s probably the most apparent within the text: their volatile opposing viewpoints on life via their upbringings (despite being extremely similar otherwise). When Karin and Daan interact, it’s like a person arguing with themself. They clash like ammonia and bleach, unable to reconcile how similar they are (haha cleaning chemical analogy) yet toxic in their association.

Marina and Levi represent the different realities of Prehevil, what with Marina’s privileged upbringing versus Levi’s absolute shitshow of an existence. And yet, they get along incredibly well and form a cadence with one another because through each other, they can reconcile their upbringings in Prehevil. Levi is the Prehevil Marina tried to escape—Marina is the Prehevil Levi hoped to return to.

Marcoh and Olivia are interesting because—and I will argue this to the death—their relationship is wholly as siblings. And they’re also deeply connected by their relationships with their sisters, specifically how those sisters formulated and defined how they see themselves. Marcoh has done nothing but live to protect his sister, while Olivia has forever lived in her sister’s shadow. Their identities revolve completely around their sisters, and this also colors their relationship with each other as siblings.

I wish it was explored more, but I think there’s a level of disenfranchisement when Marcoh fervently tries to protect Olivia the same way he protected his younger sister (edit: rb for amendment). He clearly sees her in that role, and Olivia’s already got guilt written into her about her disability making her a “charity case.” I say this also because of their different opinions on guns, power, and death: Marcoh has no bloodlust and seems exhausted when he has to hurt others, while Olivia becomes almost jubilant when she receives a gun. And those reactions to enacting violence are directly informed by their relationships with their sisters: a begrudging responsibility vs empowerment.

My favorite is probably Abella and O’saa as foils. As characters they’re probably my favorites, and their foil makes it even better.

Abella easily connects with everyone around her, ensuring that they’re all getting along (or not killing each other) and she tries desperately to help everyone, even at her own detriment. She cares, so much, even too much.

O’saa on the other hand, is the exact opposite. He actively chooses to connect with everyone as little as possible, to the point where you can kill someone in front of him and he won’t give a shit. This is, obviously, to his detriment in terms of his goal towards enlightenment. He cares too little, even if at all.

They perfectly represent the dichotomy between altruism vs selfishness, the mundane vs the macro, democracy vs individualism. Fundamentally, both Abella and O’saa get shit done, and what makes them so compelling as foils is how similar the results of their different processes are.

Both of them are the only two that are capable of saving everyone. Abella does so by interacting with many of the other contestants, while O’saa does this by ignoring everyone and just occam’s razoring that shit. They both get shit done and to the greatest net success, but in both cases, because they operate on extremes, it’s to the detriment of themselves. The game shows this literally because, well, they sacrifice themselves to Logic for the greater good, but the game also implies this detriment via their moonscorches.

Chaugnaur represents how others have reduced Abella to a sexual object for their pleasure or a mindless brute for labor. It is a physical manifestation of how interacting and connecting with others can be to one’s detriment because Abella often cannot control how people see and define her. Mastermind, on the other hand, is O’saa’s brain swelling and overtaking everything else on his head to the point where he is blind (save for the eye) and mute, only able to speak in mumbles. Mastermind is how O’saa values logic, knowledge, comprehension over anything else, becoming blind to other viewpoints save for his own. Additionally, it’s unable to communicate or connect with anyone else, only able to ruminate get never share its thoughts.

Abella is one of the first to Moonscorch; O’saa is one of the last. I love them as foils because even though they’re the most different in terms of anything, they don’t hinder one another at much all. They’re just kinda chill. And this makes sense because their dichotomies aren’t volatile like Karin and Daan’s, nor complementary like the others. Rather, they operate in balance—you cannot be too altruistic without some selfishness. To help everyone and to achieve enlightenment, you must consider both the mundane and the greater picture. Society operates on a shared democracy and on empowering individuals.

Still, the fact that even operating on the extremes has the greatest positive effect (in terms of utilitarianism) really says smth abt whether these values even matter. But I’d argue that they do matter, cause it’s that question of whether it’s worth it to suffer or even sacrifice for the greater good.

As a whole, each foil represents a central theme/motif of Fear & Hunger: internal vs external locus of control (Karin and Daan), environment dictating identity (Marina and Levi), relationships and their impact (Marcoh and Olivia), and the thematic shitshow that is Abella and O’saa.

Tldr; the game is about some girls and their boy best friends.

[why-the-heck-not]

what I want is a completely plotless book/tv-show/movie with characters I like just chilling & living their lives. No plot. No obstacles. Just purely character interaction

[sayingyournames]

someone on this website, at least once a week: “where are the non-binary head canons???” “why is no one writing them as pan or ace??”

me, who has written multiple fics where sirius is nonbinary and has an ongoing post about trans head canons: 🧍

also me, thinking about the multiple posts i see from ppl i follow every day who write exactly those things: 🧍

also like. y’all know that non binary falls under the trans umbrella, right? we all know that? i am begging y’all to learn ur history and maybe go outside and meet other queer ppl.

[doridraws]

bode sketch compilation because he lives in my brain now

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[44hive]

english punditry is so lazy and full of bad takes it makes me hate this country even more

[caswlw]

“just a mom. and you are not a child.” “i never was” GOD they can fit so many mommy issues into this guy

[loveheartzz]

jujutsu kaisen 0

[deerlisteners]

thinking abt felix being protective of areadbhar and feeling entirely normal about it actually

[wikitpowers]

This might be a bit of an invasive question and it’s 100% okay if u decide not to respond, but I’ve always been curious!! Do you live in Poland is just you and ur family polish :DdD

Would you recommend Poland for a trip :>

hey! yes, i’m polish (as is my whole family)! but for most of the year, i live in scotland. however, i just finished uni a few months back and i’m planning to stay in poland until december for the time being <3

and i would totally recommend poland for a trip hell yes, this country is gorgeous! i actually visited kraków this year and it’s still super lovely! if u plan to go anywhere in poland, that would be a cool choice!

[stressghoul]

ik these are few and far between buuuuut

✨a pic stressghoul hasnt seen til now and i bet u haven’t either✨

🤍terzo edition🤍

and here’s a hint: 🖕🖕

okay GO

stick em in me papa

[deus-ex-mona]

petition to let them fight over the ichigo au lait

[bunisher]

i love dex but i reallyyyyyy wish they hadn’t played into the tired ableistic trope of diagnosing him with bpd. especially considering you can’t even get properly diagnosed with personality disorders until 18 (at least in the US) and i think it would’ve been better if they left his diagnosis up to interpretation.

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

GUYS I PET A BUNNY!!!! (I AM SCARED OF THEM!!!!)

[starlooove]

“There is no fanfic on Stephs treatment I have checked” that’s like the whole point.

[transmoriarty]

keep getting cherik content shown to me bc of the new wolverine movie and everytime i see screencaps of erik in first class it still weirds me out that there isn’t a blurry shot of andrew scott next to him

[soulcured]

I present….. fenro classic