#but maybe it is. because that is kind of how the main character feels about reading at this point?

[thefooljester]

How would the creeps react to seeing someone pick on their s/o and maybe making them tear up?

Hii of course! I just didn't know how to interpret "the creeps" which is why i went with a kind of... basic character selection (meaning the main characters that are neither marble hornets charas nor proxies in the broadest sense)? I hope that its fine!!! <33 thanks for the request :3 (i'm so behind on requests oof i'm sorry guys, you may wait have to wait 2 days+ for a request to be published (I'm old and have a life though so... yeah r.i.p watch me write at work tomorrow to get through this) - - - - - - - -

reader is being picked on [and tears up]

features: slenderman, eyeless jack, jeff the killer

reader: not specified

warnings: none

You tear up after being picked on

SLENDERMAN

Would lowkey ask you whether he could use his powers on you to take the edge off (and… if you’re in a bad mental state and truly in distress, then he would do so without asking for your permission)

I think he would just focus on your feelings and let you cry it out, take your rage out on him - you can cry and scream in his presence without worrying that he might judge you for it. Slenderman wants you to express yourself freely and without restraints and he believes that it’s better to release your emotions regularly rather than bottling them up and carrying them around for years.

However, he is also most likely to… pay your bullies a visit if their harassment is relentless. He is supernatural enough that people just pass his appearance off as a nightmare, which he takes full advantage off sometimes.

JEFFREY WOODS

Most likely to react irrationally.

Jeff hasn’t had an easy upbringing and is so easily set off when it comes to stories about harassment and bullying… his sense of justice, though askew in many, many ways, is absolutely firm in that way and he has a no-tolerance policy.

I think he’s also the most likely to confront the people who’ve been mean to you rather than comfort you first. He’s just so blinded by rage upon seeing you shed tears for people who don’t deserve it that he’s stomping out the house and… doing this whole lecture-monologue in front of the person that’s been bullying you. I also think that he’d forget that he’s quite the frightening individual, especially when agree… so… it might breed some unexpected problems…

EYELESS JACK

Feels bad for you because you’re precious to him, but would much rather talk about it and verbally guide you through your own feelings. Once the situation is clear to him, he’d comfort you with pep-talk and claim that whatever they’re making fun of is something he loves about you.

He hates seeing you cry and feels awkward comforting you. Doesn’t know what to do at first, but eventually offers to hold you and gently caress you.

Would try his best to help you get away from these situations - peacefully, and with no more hurt feelings.

[theslowesthnery]

I have THOUGHTS about the DLC but I want to start with saying we Mohg lovers are both winning and losing 😂 though it's great fodder for my fanfic and lore vids. What I will say is that I still love Miquella but in a totally different way now. This idea of his wisdom has been shattered, he has engaged in severe foolishness but I kind of love that? Like I know From has this story element where heroic characters or good characters experience some fatal flaw and fall, and I love that Miquella's fatal flaw ended up being an abandonment of what made him *Good*. Because depending on the timeline, I think taking Mohg's body happened AFTER he broke his great rune and therefore AFTER he abandoned his "love" and "doubt" in the St. Trina area (because Ansbach only mentions it after the great rune breaks meaning it didn't happen immediately).

Miquella sacrificed his body because of his shame of Marika's crimes but also sacrificed what made him kind; his heart, essentially, as he sacrificed his other self in Trina, who understood the suffering he would cause and endure if he became a god. I don't think he sent Malenia to kill Radahn like some people claim so he could take his soul and I don't think he took Mohg's body until after he was in his final steps to godhood. I think his promise has been kept in mind but the humanity behind it is gone and ironically his humanity made him better than any god, because the god version of him seemed to just be this blind delusion based on his original, pure desire for a kinder world, which may be what happened to Marika as well (given the DLC shows how tender her childhood was and how the path to godhood led her to commit the "original sin" Miquella was trying to undo).

I think basically his self-sacrifice and goodness came from a real place but the moment he stopped doubting his own resolve, he ironically stopped being kind. He stopped thinking about it as a sacrifice and more as a goal at all costs, including doing terrible things like what he did to Mohg and Radahn. Because without his doubt and his love which could have *told* him this was wrong, he's able to justify it all.

All that being said; it's great that everyone basically agrees that what he did to Mohg was unforgivable. There's whole memes about it. On my end I'm inspired to write so much fanfic about how Miquella needs to realize that he's accepted his own propaganda a little too hard and has a moment of introspection due to Mohg 👀 I'm feeling the urge because I want to fix what Fromsoft broke with these characters (but in a good way because they intentionally write tragedies and I want to write a romance).

Tldr; Miquella is worse now and Mohg is seen in a kinder light because of it and while it's tragic in canon I'm itching to write fanfics where Mohg is the one to put a mirror up to his hypocrisy which no one else is able to do and Miquella as a result sees Mohg for how good he actually is, and sees his desire for a world full of love for what it is, and loves him for it. I LOVE that they made Miquella worse. It strips him of this delusion of perfection and purity, it's great. Also now I am obligated to write "you only want me for my body" in any future MohgMiq fics.

that would be all well and good, but if that was really the goal of their story, i think they fumbled the execution REALLY badly. i feel like just the inclusion of radahn and miquella's obsessiveness with getting him specifically as his consort to the point where it comes across as his main goal instead of just another step required in becoming a god, really ruins the idea of miquella who just wants to create a gentler, more compassionate world for everyone. it doesn't help that if you don't do either thiollier or ansbach's quest, the story really doesn't present you with a reason why you should be stopping miquella - just vague comments about him abandoning parts of himself that maybe he shouldn't have done - but no concrete reason why he should be killed and stopped. and for a lot of people, using and then desecrating mohg is acceptable in the name of the good that miquella is trying to do, or straight up acceptable because they think mohg deserved it.

like. not to be all "this story didn't make it clear enough that the bad guy is bad!" but the story really doesn't present much of anything miquella is doing as bad or a mistake. if the idea was "miquella has good intentions but loses sight of his ideals along with important parts of himself, and that's why he fails", they really didn't succeed in communicating that. they just point out that miquella abandoning parts of himself is bad but never actually explain - or really even hint at - why. only trina (whose quest is not mandatory) offers some reason, and even her reasons are concerns for miquella and not pointing out that, say, him becoming a god the way he's going about it will not result and what he thinks it will - that he will not be able to become a gentle god who creates a compassionate world. except a little bit in japanese, but that's lost in translation

and on a personal front, i'm annoyed by both the DLC and people online who i've seen talk about it focusing on the leaving behind parts of himself and vague "losing sight of his ideals" as miquella's wrongdoings, as the things that make him unfit to become the sort of god he supposedly planned on becoming, when the much more concrete and very real fact that he bewitched and manipulated mohg and - whether he originally planned to do it or not - finally even desecrated his body are right there. miquella isn't unfit to become a gentle god and create a gentler, more compassionate world because he "abandoned his love" or whatever but because he trampled mohg on his way there, used him like a tool and then threw him away, and then even desecrated his body. i wish people would focus more on that, but so many people still see mohg as someone who "deserved" it because he did questionable shit, as if every character in the game hasn't also done questionable shit.

i want to still like miquella, and if the story had played out the way you describe it, i probably wouldn't be so disappointed and upset. but miquella's obsession with radahn and how he treated mohg without even acknowledging him once - the only character who does is ansbach - just ruin the whole thing for me. it doesn't come across as a tragic tale of a kind-hearted, well-meaning person wanting to make a better, gentler and more compassionate world for everyone, even the hated and downtrodden, and losing his ideals and sight of what his goal originally was on the way there, it comes across as miquella just being obsessed with radahn and his childhood crush on him, and willing to do anything to make him become his consort, not matter who he has to hurt and use to do it. it makes miquella's supposed kindness and ideals come across as fake, a facade that the people he bewitched (which, it turns out, is a lot of them) regurgitate because, well, because they've been bewitched by him.

and like, on a personal note, i just really, really don't vibe with the radahn/miquella thing at all. the only way i can see myself shipping mohg and miquella anymore is by completely ignoring the DLC, because it made very clear that the only one miquella loves is radahn, and that mohg was nothing but a useful idiot for him that he remorselessly used and then walked away from without probably giving him another thought since. until he could use him again, that is.

[otaku553]

omg pjsk fan?? whats your fav song (chart-wise) and fav character??? maybe fav band if you have one?

Piano forte scandal is the only one of these that I’ve full combo’d and I specifically enjoy it a lot because it’s a lot of very consistent tapping with minimal sliders and flicks I think. Honestly feel like it should be a 29 for now nice it is

Jinsei is just fun for some reason? The slow portion is almost always a combo killer but the fast tapping portions have some very nice satisfying patterns. Closest I’ve come to FCing is 2 misses I think

Invisible is difficult but it’s also a song I used to listen to a lot so some of the patterns just come intuitively with that lmao. Also the beginning part is fun.

I have sooooo many more favorites I’ve been a vocaloid fan since like,, middle school so I know a lot of the songs. But these are the ones I’m most actively trying to clear rn probably

Past this point I’m just going to be rambling so here we go:

I’m very bad at picking favorites but if I had to say favorite character, probably Rui? I can probably write an essay on it but I enjoy how his dynamic with the group has developed and how despite how he comes across at first as a crazy genius type he’s actually incredibly considerate of safety and his group’s wellbeing. He strikes an excellent middle ground between characters in excitement and the creativity born from that as well as rationality and knowing when to tone things down

And then for favorite band, I honestly Cannot Choose between wondershow and n25. Wondershow is excellently well-balanced and I can see clear dynamics and foils in pretty much every possible pairing or trio in the group, as well as in the group as a whole. They’re very good also at balancing humor and angst along with plenty of character development— I’ve heard people cite emu as a weak point in the group but honestly emu holds quite strong as her own character with the dreamers event and her ambitions/motivations and traumas!

And nightcord, though focusing really strongly on Mafuyu, is also pretty excellently written imo. It doesn’t seem like it at first I think with the main storyline and the sort of “oh no she’s going off to produce her own music because she wants to be alone” sort of thing and they sort of are a bit cheesy about their depiction of mafuyu’s depression at time but the events have really fleshed out her conflict very well. I think what gets me about nightcord is that their later depiction of the relationship between mafuyu and her mother is scarily realistic, all the way down to the manipulation tactics her mother uses against her to make her decisions seem like her own choice and not something her mother has railroaded her into. It’s the way that mafuyu’s mother seems to never do anything out of malice, but out of a genuine desire for her daughter to grow up successful and satisfied with her life, while her daughter never pushes back because she’s been conditioned to never do so since childhood, so her mother never gets that crucial feedback to stop pushing, eventually breaking mafuyu in the process.

Idk I wasn’t a big fan of their early writing for mafuyu but they’ve built her up to the point that she is scarily relatable in how she’s grown up to become lost and directionless and you just can’t help but root for their friend group and hope that the support system they’re building for mafuyu works out. I think that really is what project sekai’s writing excels in: making friend groups that have realistic dynamics and that act as strong support systems. It’s kind of therapeutic to watch them interact with each other and help each other out

[sadkachow]

And Then It Is Monday - Why Sunday's plan did not (and could not) work

So normally I don't really make longer analysis posts, but I kept seeing people on social media outright supporting Sunday's actions in 2.2, and I wrote something out about why I personally think that Sunday's plan is wrong. I don't know if this is an issue with tumblr as well, given that the people I saw supporting him were on different forms of social media, but regardless.

Before I begin, I'd like to pose a reminder that the opinions in this are mine and mine alone. If you agree, awesome! If not, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it, so long as you're respectful! I have no idea if this is well written or will make any logical sense, but here we go!

(Spoilers for the 2.2 Trailblazer quest under the cut, if that wasn't already obvious)

So the first thing to get off the table: I feel Sunday is a very sympathetic villain, but a villain nonetheless. I understand the people that sympathize with him. I do too, to an extent. He was raised on unhealthy ideals and the belief that he was a "religious figure," one that people looked up to. Other people were allowed to just be, but Sunday always had to be better. He loved his sister, and the people around him, and he wanted to make a better world for them.

But that does not excuse what he did. Making a 'better world' can never come at the cost of taking away people's free will, because that world will never be "better". That's where Sunday's plan falls apart.

Because, yes, there are shitty people in the world, and yes bad things happen. Would it be amazing if we could stop all the bad things from happening ever again, and make the world a much better place? Yes! It would! I would love to live in a world where I don't have to fear for my life and my freedom for an assortment of reasons! But that world doesn't exist--in real life or on Penacony--, and getting it to exist shouldn't be the result of subjugating and controlling other people, because that in and of itself is violence. Albeit a different kind of violence, but violence nonetheless.

Not to mention that things like Sunday's plan and the concept of forcing everyone to act a certain way just to fit this "better world" to me almost serves as a condemnation of human nature and of the very act of choice itself. Your better world starts by saying that some choices are bad, so those choices get taken away, but where does it end? What if someone in charge views a harmless choice as a bad one, and takes away that one in return? Does it stop there, or does it continue, until no one at all is allowed to make any decisions, except those in charge? Who, really, does that benefit?

Consequences for certain choices exist. Generally, society says murder is bad (except for specific circumstances such as self-defense, which technically at that point is no longer even considered murder (at least where I live, it may be different in other areas, but I'm basing this off of my own experience)), so there is a concrete consequence to people murdering people--assuming that they don't get away with it. It doesn't stop people from murdering people, because the liberty of choice is still there, but it shows that just because you can do something doesn't mean you should or that you will escape without consequence.

People are going to do bad things. That is, unfortunately, how humans are. But our responsibility lies in holding ourselves accountable and in promoting growth and healing. That is how you build a better world. Not trapping everyone inside a dream world without any care for their feelings or beliefs, but in getting people the help they need, in fostering a society of positive change and human connection.

And that is why, as "golden" as Sunday's dream may have seemed, it was never going to work. In the end, as the story quest shows, human will and the desire for freedom wins out in the end. When there's a will, there's a way.

[clottedscream]

Yearly redraw number 9!!!!!

[Image ID: A digital painting of a girl resting on a ledge. She strikes a casual pose, popping a bubblegum bubble and scratching the back of her head. She's dressed in a 2010s-skater-grunge sort of style with a pair of high waisted jorts, denim vans, mismatched slouchy socks, a black tank top, and a ratty, splatter-painted overshirt that says "PUKE" in bold block letters. In the foreground beside her, a skateboard with the same splatter-paint design, and mismatched wheels matching her socks, is propped against the wall. It's covered in stickers, including some cats, a lesbian flag, and a bumper sticker that says "defund the M****rfuckers" with asterisks. The background is a placid suburban scene in watercolor style, with trees casting dappled shadows over the foreground. The sun is low in the sky, as though it were both early morning and late afternoon at the same time. Her large yellow headphones and pink gum bubble create a visual link between her and the wheels of her skateboard, as though the skateboard were a part of her. END ID]

[extra-somethin-somethin]

hey so do you think wtv keiko had to deal with growing up with yusuke could be considered a type of parentification

[arty-cakes]

i finally got around to centaurworld's finale and holy fucking shit??? they can go that hard??

[sonknuxadow]

they werent lying that knuckles series barely has knuckles in it

[coquelicoq]

this epilogue better be damn good. i met my limit for escalations over a thousand pages ago and since then i've just been slogging through waiting for things to stop happening please dear god no more apocalypse battles i beg you. maybe i need to take a break and read a book that has no plot whatsoever as a palate cleanser...but i'm kind of afraid if i stop now i'll never finish. also if i stop now then apparently the world stops existing 🥺 if this story is supposed to make me feel weary and like reading is sort of a curse then it is working lol. but i feel like that is probably not exactly the effect it's going for??

[forcedhesitation]

oh? something mizora said actually being worth listening to??

this is an interesting bit of foreshadowing to ansur being dead/wyll being the true "heart of the gate!"

[cak31ssuperi04]

Throwing my hat in the relationship chart ring. 1bit/beat charts credit to @//likesaly and @///silvercrane14, if this bothers either of you please let me know so I can delete it!

1bit relationship spaghetti breakdown:

Platonic

Romantic

Familial

Negative

[volivolition]

what's the theme you're fucking going for here voliiii!!! what are you fucking getting at!!! what are you trying to say, what's the point??

[theygender]

Yeah sure growing up abused may have left me with permanent scars on my psychological state that I'm still working to unpack, but on the bright side it gave me the ability to give a thoughtful in depth analysis of Roald Dahl's Matilda and all of its adaptations

[bmpmp3]

(falls to the floor holding my head in my hands) i can't keep making all my ocs the same vaguely eastern european vaguely indo carribean mixed race guy i cant keep doing this

(looks up. eyes glowing red. levitating with unknown power) or can i..................................................

[aroaessidhe]

2022 reads // twitter thread

Na Viro

Pasifikafuturist sci-fi/fantasy

after graduation, a young navigator woman chooses to stay on earth instead of going to space

but after her sister is sucked into a space whirlpool, she must overcome her fear of deep space to save her

set in Aotearoa, the pacific, and in space

complex mother-daughter relationships

aliens & sentient nanobot swarms

cool water/ocean-based tech 

[shiningstages]

Okay so haha I’m not gonna do things on here or Diantha until Friday, because while I’m very invigorated after doing bunches of chores, I’m really in a drawing mood finally??

But um very random, but yo um read “Whisper Me A Love Song”; I just bought the first volume at B&N after trying to find some stuff, and it was very cute and the art is gorgeous?? And also the “My Senpai Is Annoying” manga, but I probably don’t have to tell people to read that; I think it’s popular though that could just be my slight love for it talking.