#but that is it

[ishcliff]

something fun i noted out of curiosity...

heathcliff has more lines/screentime than many of the other sinners, yet he only refers to any other sinner by their name three times in the entire story script:

canto II

and both in canto V

(disclaimers: i don't know the original korean text, so i don't know if this remains true there. i also am intentionally not factoring in identities.)

the rest of the time, he refers to the other sinners by nicknames, either impersonal ("yellow-haired lass" for don, woman, bird, lad, mate, etc.) or dubiously-affectionately derogatory (bug guy, smartarse, clockhead).

but specifically, he refers to catherine by not only her name, but a personal nickname – "i call her cathy" is a statement with a lot of inherent power behind the intent. it shows he knows her, suggests that he is more familiar with her than anyone else.

what this means to me is how heathcliff refers to other people is important to him. vergilius gets referred to by name out of respect or fear (likely both). he takes great care in putting distance between himself and others, hence why he often is reflexively defensive and dismissive under scrutiny. so, he sums up their base traits and refers to them as such – dante has a clock for a head, gregor has a bug arm, etc. it's also a flippant way to deliberately bring someone down a peg. it's a message to send to others who may think they are better than him that they aren't the only ones who can judge (him) on a surface level.

heathcliff constantly puts others under his own scrutiny. he is hyperaware of people's general qualities in the context of risk assessment. this is a pretty common skill those raised in abusive environments develop as a survival mechanism. being able to readily assess someone's character and also their current emotional state is a necessity for those in an environment like heathcliff's – from the backstreets, to wuthering heights, to the city at large.

heathcliff is very straightforward and doesn't exactly hide who he is, but he also is very firm on putting up walls between himself and others. i think this is likely going to be a point of conflict during canto VI, especially as heathcliff is around the people (and especially person) who could claim to know him more than anyone else.

essentially, i am reading in between the lines of this interaction later in the christmas event (which i know i've discussed before):

it will be interesting to see how heathcliff does or doesn't open up and accept the other sinners as a part of his life going forward.

[communist-ojou-sama]

we should make it common courtesy to tag any m/f shipping content on this website in particular I don't need to see that shit

[chaoticnerdsstuff]

No cuz how did teen nat become adult Nat

[seenoweevil]

Ok so the crab robots are kinda cool

[dokyeomini]

tomorrow i will try to do only the absolute bare minimum

[impishtubist]

Sirius realizing how old Charlie is just before they fuck for the first time. Like "well I was in jail at your age so pretty sure you're old enough to suck cock."

That sounded sexier in my head.

YES EXACTLY, THIS IS PERFECT.

Or consider: Sirius being all weirded out about Charlie being 13 years younger than him, and then Remus is like "you were literally in prison at his age, please go fuck that hot young man" and so Sirius does <3

[fairyreblogs]

Fuck I told myself I really had to go to bed at 11pm this time but it’s 11pm and I’m literally dancing with music blasting. Fuck everybody else in this building y’all kept me up during the weekend five hours past quiet time but I don’t have early classes during the week so now YOU suffer. HEEEEAT OF THE MOMENT (I’ve listened to heat of the moment by Asia 69 times in the past 14 hours. Biting and chomping and DANCING)

[frecklesnlove]

honestly? as long as i am not the first girl to die in a horror movie, i wouldn't mind dying. let me be the second for all i care.

[soracities]

Omg do you speak German <3333

i have a very tenuous grasp of the bare basics but that's about it atm x

[thorkidumpster]

mmm but daddy, doctor says i gotta stuff my stussy twice a day~

[feyinvestigations]

My desire to start writing an essay about Dahlia Hawthorne and the literary elements of her characterization that often go ignored

versus

the fact that I need to work on my art for Maya Fey week and I haven't finished my sketches or thumbnails yet