#delusion is my superpower

[poeticsapphicism]

what if i went completely crazy and casted greta gerwig as barbie’s mom in my head just so i can pretend that these are photos of barbie introducing gloria and sasha to her mom

[subconsciousmysteries]

idk what to do about the 4s man. They're either really whiny manipulators and groomers (4 -> 2) or they are bona fide psychopaths (4 -> 1 false security) or they are an ungodly combination of both.

In fiction I've seen good examples of 4s but in reality I struggle not to blame them for all the world's problems. There are reasons.

[munamania]

i mean. i did finally come to my senses and can really obviously see shes Really not all that. thank god. in another life i think we could’ve been like good um friends. unless all that energy really was just weird sexual tension. things i dont spend most of my time worrying about anymore thankfully <3

[amakumos]

CUPID’S CURE — jake sim

synopsis. as the new admins of cupid’s corner, gunwook and eunchae make it their mission to get back some of the couples that jungwon’s girlfriend had unintentionally broken up. one of the couples on their list are you and jake sim, also known as the self proclaimed “rizzler of oz”. you haven’t talked to jake since the breakup — because one, you don’t think you’re quite over him yet, and two, you have zero reason to speak to him! that is, until eunchae works her “magic” — she decides to post a confession (apparently coming from jake himself), saying that he still loves you.

pairing. non-idol jake! x fem! reader

genre. smau, fluff, angst, crack, exes to lovers

warnings. swearing, jakeyn r goofy…, y/n in this smau is NOT the same as cupid’s conflict y/n or cupid’s corner y/n, but they will make appearances

taglist. closed

status. on hold

author’s note. another one of the cupid series! for our very own rizzler of oz😊😊and it’s exes to lovers omg this is my first exes to lovers smau ever 😱😱also ynwon rikiyn and gyuliz r happily together you’ll see more of them… and more HYUNGYEOM!!!!😂😂 okay i hope U enjoy this one ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️‍🔥

PROFILES — bananas in pajamas

ONE — do you still love sim jaeyun? TWO — eunchae saves the day? THREE — rizz god FOUR — ru fairy bread? FIVE — terrordactle SIX — im so sorry sexyaussieguy SEVEN — bro... kiss me EIGHT — not kiss just a lip high five NINE — ##### (roblox rizz) TEN — do u like formula ELEVEN — sexyaussieguy's emo era TWELVE — #ThankYouNichoJu THIRTEEN — what kind of dumb idea is that FOURTEEN — hyungyeom ure crazy! FIFTEEN — cupid comes out of retirement SIXTEEN — you're fired! SEVENTEEN — jungwon is MY god EIGHTEEN — is there hope for jakey/n NINETEEN — so cute… i hate them TWENTY — delusion is a superpower

[astralnymphh]

patterned palmistry ⋆ | ellie williams headcanons

༺ ellie x witch!reader headcanons/scenarios ༻ ☽𖤐☾

✧˖ ° 🕯 bright blessings!

an: being the witchy little gremlin i am i just had to throw some hcs together for myself but ofc i'd share them here🙄ive been practicing witchcraft since i was 15 so it felt fitting to incorporate it whenever i brace my delusions at the bootycrack of midnight that r all abt ellie 💀 regardless this def isnt gonna be my only witchy hcs post i just didnt wanna spoil all my ideas right away <3 tags: MDNI, slight nsfw (no detailed smut), boob jokes, witchcraft (obv), tarot, palm reading, mostly convos, flirting, not mentioned in the writing but u 2 r alrdy dating, playful bickering, more natural casual writing with some bigger words, no specific religion tied to the practice, generally a fluff piece, lowk cute moments. °________________________⋆༺𓆩☠︎︎𓆪༻⋆__________________________°

I. ☆ ellie definitely had a peak in curiosity the first time you mentioned you immerse yourself in the world of the craft, her ears perked figuratively and were tuned in to learn what that entails. she may not forfeit a nip of skepticism right away but she's more than happy to engross herself in the idea of it. you'd stay up till first light rambling on about the 'rituals', 'divination', the history tied to it and why you practice it. you'd be lying in bed adjacent to her, heavenward to the ceiling, but interwoven in a warm and loving cuddle with her palm residing on your lap whilst you chatted.

"mmmmh-" ellie's hum churns 'round your bedroom, "so that's why you collect rocks."

"crystals."

"same thing," she drones an inwardly giggle, "which crystal will give me superpowers?" a witty remark springs from her tongue.

"babe.." you pout, acting offended yet none is taken.

"didn't mean it like that, y'know I believe you, it's all just new to me." ellie tapes an assuring kiss to your temple, "tell me about your favorite crystals, hmm?" 

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II. ☆ now because of this, anytime you're out on patrol and delight the opportunity of scavenging, she always keeps in mind to find you flowers, rocks, unused candles and other oddities of nature.

"hey babe! I found a black candle for'ya." ellie bolstered a long glass cylinder filled with an opaque charcoal wax, wick still intact, "and- ..some wild lavender." her other arm swings from behind her back, twines of dusty purple lavender upheld in a pinch.

"fuck yeah, needed this stuff.." you graciously tweak the lavender from her, whiffing up its poignant scent.

"always on the lookout.." her voice resembles her proud countenance outwards, essentially, a dorky smirk.

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III. ☆ obviously, the second you mentioned the art of tarot to her, she begged for a reading. whenever a card flew from your shuffling motions, she'd patiently wait for you to place it before her and then she'd swipe it up and admire the art piece detailing the cardstock.

"whew! look at the boobs on this one!" 

"oh- my god, of course you'd point that out." you snatch the card from her, shamelessly ogling the nude depiction that had her attention.

"you're looking at them too!"

"cuz' you said something 'bout it!" you flick the card towards her face, noting, "those are some nice boobs though." 

"why thank you~" 

"wasn't talking about you, idiot!" 

"eh, but.. urs' are the best." her hoarse tone binds a nonchalant flirtiness in its rumble.

"oh really? should we compare the.. four?"

that really stole her attention.

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IV. ☆ the first time you entertained her with a palm reading, it had her all dappy and touched to the essence at the paltry contact you made with her hand. your fingerprints drafting her calloused palms with such a gentle focus on every river lining her hand. she just wanted to smother you with kisses.

"and… this is your heart line." your finger hovers the crevice of her palm-pads stretching from index to pinkie, "ah.. it's a broken one.."

"is that.. bad?" her juniper eyes study your expression meticulously.

"it just means u're closed off, stubborn, have some emotional trauma.. stuff like that." you mindlessly fiddle with her fingers, "lines can change though, so.."

she nods, taking in the insight. she licks her slightly chapped lips clean, "am I stubborn?" her voice rises partially an octave, bending playfulness in her question.

"mm.. no."

"why'd you hesitate?"

"well- the only times ur' stubborn is refusing to let go whenever you hug me- ur' a life-size sloth!" 

"I like huggin' you though." a puppy pout frowns on her lips, "you're like a pillow!"

and oh, how your heart capers a beat, "is that all I am, williams?"

her swift speech conjuncts, "whaddid' I say about that name?!"

"I don't know, I think you like it." 

"nuh-uh I don't!"

you pepper a haste kiss to her knuckles still forcepped in your clasp, totally deterring the crime you've just committed when a half impish half taken aback smile creaks her lips.

"c'mere." vaults from her tongue before she lunges her body forward and tackles you in a saucy position riddled with love bites. guess you'll be reading her palms in a different way tonight.

⋆༺𓆩☠︎︎𓆪༻⋆ V. ☆ an bonus hc, you'd totally mention out of the void about her tattoo n the mystic meanings surrounding moths, like, its for sure one of the topics you'll ramble about one night cause you just feel so wise for knowing. "y'know, moths play a pretty large role in the metaphysical world." "really? i mean, i knew they had some kind of.. 'symbolism' to them-" ellie's hand rolls over the knoll of her forearm, reading the bumps glamoured in that beautiful inking. "yeah, like- luna moths represent transformation, renewal.. oh! and death-head moths are an omen of death.. an- and black witch moths mean either good luck, or bad-" ellie is amused at your prattle shown by her raspy giggles, legitimately having to conceal her scrunched face. "what?" "nothin' you- you're just so cute." "stop.." the embarrassment catches up to you, now having to hide your face to the shadows beneath your hands. her finger cranes out to hook and uncover your nerdy grin, assuring, "never stop tellin' me bout this stuff, ok babe?" a wide delighted beam syncs on her cheeks. goddess above, her dimples and nasal lines are to die for. ⋆༺𓆩☠︎︎𓆪༻⋆

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in general; she's a curious dork n will ask you oh so many questions, i mean, she loves space and a futuristic sci-fi comic for crying out loud, she's alrdy so imaginative so ofc she'd be open to a realistic amount. she'd also be so respectful and helpful n defend ur practice with so much love. maybe she'd pick up some little traditions and customs like folding letters a specific amount of times, drawing little pentacles, mixing liquid in specific directions, just the simple things that grow on her.

[kuuchisakeonna]

As someone with npd, y’all gotta learn to stop using God Complex interchangeably with Egotistical. A God complex is not a diagnosable disorder. It is merely a symptom or personality trait adopted by someone with narcissistic personality disorder.

You can have a huge ego and not a God Complex, the whole thing with that complex is that it’s delusional and it’s not just “I’m so much better than everyone” it’s shit like believing you are possessed by a God and you have extraordinary powers and abilities. In my own personal experience it was the delusion that God himself was talking to me and I was on a mission to save the world because I was the only person good enough to do it and I was the only person that had special superpowers that meant I was invincible.

It’s shit like not believing you have to eat because you’re better than human and you don’t have human needs. I couldn’t be convinced to sleep, I couldn’t be told I needed to eat or drink, I was convinced I was going to be the next President of the United States and that these important political figures were sending me specifically secret codes in their media appearances to help me save the world.

It’s not just thinking you’re better than everyone and having a huge ego, it’s a genuine delusion. I crashed my car with friends inside of it to prove to them I could never die, I was put in a psych clinic and my friend (God bless her for forgiving me) has had to live the rest of her life in and out of wheelchairs because of what I did when I thought I was God.

Inflated Ego is not the same. Stop using it like it is because it makes it harder for people like me who have NPD and experience these episodes to get help because of how watered down the definition gets when we use it interchangeably for these things.

[anarcheamor]

So... About Erzebet...

I'm pretty sure most people agree that there is something a tad underwhelming about Erzebet and a few have waxed poetic about why but I want to add a couple of things.

For one, to get the distaste out of my mouth, there's something about a European woman being the incarnation of an Egyptian goddess and being serviced by a dark-skinned priestess that rubs me weird. It's... Fine, given that she herself isn't a goddess proper, just knows powerful magic and the association with a goddess seems to be closer to being a matter of delusion of grandeur rather than an actual truth about her. It really just comes down to the fact that none of the big powerful vampires in the first show needed any association with deities to be at all threatening. Big Daddy Drax and The Spice Girls were just outright badasses on their own and we're met with immediate displays of their power and not even in combat. Dracula had a huge fucking castle built with machines and magic that he ran on his own with no help at all and Carmilla pops into the scene literally silencing an entire room with her mere presence. Miss SekhySekhySniperwolf needed a whole two episodes for us to finally see how powerful she is and this is after we've all grown tired of different characters sucking her whole ThunderCats-looking puss-puss (that probably meows) while one of them has us praying on her downfall cuz there's no way the writers thought having an indigenous person acting against her was gonna have us still somehow intimidated by her when he was told to bow and he still only did it half-assed at best.

But, for me, and this is the second thing that bothers me, there's this thing about messianic characters being super powerful entities that ruins the point of the whole thing. There's a reason why it fails when it pops in superhero media and that's because the whole point of a (Christian, have to specify because Jewish messianicism doesn't follow the same standards and sure as hell isn't being represented in mainstream media) Messiah is that they are weak and powerless. Literally, Jesus. Just look at Jesus. Home slice wasn't out here boxing with legionnaires and straight up said if he did get slapped, he would turn the other cheek. Plus there's the whole revolutionary aspect that's conveniently forgotten about. Jesus wasn't a Messiah because his morals were just that great and he had god-given superpowers, he was given that title because he was challenging the powers that be at the time. The Vampires in Castlevania are the fucking elite! They don't need a damn messiah, they're just throwing a tantrum because they can't eat din-din at the time they want to. So whole thing just feels shallow when a vampire messiah would be a great source of atory-telling. Imagine if Erzebet wasn't some grandiose vampire queen but a humble lady who is somehow working a now vampire underclass back into the fold of the world because they've been hunted down to such dwindling numbers that humans have went beyond the realms of resisting being food but now have just settled back into their own oppressive ways. Sure that would get rid of the ever-so-satisfying trope of "vampires = upper society" but I would rather trade that for a more compelling villainness who isn't some less- compelling redo of Dracula or The Sisters.

[iamthat-iam]

How can you say that everything is possible, we are unlimited, blah blah blah if clearly there's no proof? I'm not trying be disrespectful or rude in anyway but it's hard not to be skeptical of a concept that teaches nothing is impossible, meanwhile there's no actual evidence. We would probably be seeing people flying around, having powers, growing wings and a bunch of billionaires if life was so easy and nothing was impossible. Again, not trying to be rude but like I'm trying to be realistic. I don't want to get my hopes up on everything being possible, when in reality I'm just being delusional LMAFOOOO

It's understandable when you've lived as an ego and you've been taught that there's an objective physical world with rules and laws which make certain things "impossible", but it's up to you to take a leap of faith. When you understand Non Dualism, it can be argued that the real delusion is believing yourself to be this one limited human living in a world, when it was you that created everything in the first place. Everything is possible because of you.

You can't really say there's no evidence when there's 'manifesting success stories' all over the Internet. Thousands (maybe millions) of people have taken a leap of faith and changed their lives.

Then you have Tumblr where people have the most "illogical" success stories like getting superpowers, shifting to different "fictional worlds", manifesting personal fairies that grant them wishes, and bringing back dead family members. You think they're all lying?

The CIA even released documents suggesting that we live in a simulation and everything is controlled by our thoughts. Science is always evolving and has proved it. So the only thing standing in your way rn is you.

[lesbianwriter]

Villain had always known something was wrong with Supervillain.

Even when she was young, she knew. She always had an inkling that something was wrong…that even though she had always been inside a burning house, so she had no way to truly know better, she could smell the smoke and could tell that something about it wasn’t right.

She’d known since he’d have her train in a thick wool coat during the summer and in a tank top and shorts in the winter. He was cinnamon. Too much cinnamon. Sweet, but spicy in excess.

Something about him had always been wrong, and time had only exacerbated it. As his skin became thinner and his veins began to show, he could no longer hide what was lurking beneath him.

Bracing her shoulders, Villain pushed open the door to his bedroom with her foot, balancing a tray of tea in her hands.

Her eyes fell on the bed bound old man, and her heart twinged.

Sometimes she wanted to stab him in the eye, other times she wanted to make him healthy and whole again.

“What are you doing?” Supervillain growled. “I told you not to poison my tea—I don’t want it!”

Villain inhaled through her clenched teeth, then took another step inside. “It’s rosemary. Your favorite.” She set the silver tray on the bedside table. “It’s good for you.”

Supervillain narrowed his eyes. “You’re out to kill me, huh?! Is that right?! I always knew you’d betray me—trying to…to lie to my face. I know what you did!” He babbled with a vicious snarl.

Trembling, his veiny hands reached forward and knocked the tea off the tray, sending pale brown drips of tea splattering across the room like a hailstorm of bullets.

Her shoulders sank, but she quietly collected the pieces of the cup. “You’re my mentor, I owe you everything. Why would I betray you?”

“Because you were always soft! You couldn’t handle my demands, you couldn’t take the intensity of my training! You whined and whined…and now you’ll kill me for making you what you are!” He rambled, spit and vitriol flying from his lips with an ease that hit Villain like a slap.

As his health declined, the things he had thought in the back of his head was rapidly exploding through the surface, and his words only prodded the bruise in Villain’s heart. She couldn’t tell if she wanted to fix his broken pieces, as shattered as the teacup, or break him even further—to give him a real reason to think she’d turn on him and hurt him.

She could.

She was capable of hurting him…but something stopped her.

The memories of the bandaids, soothing shushes and little gifts all hung over her mind like a trap. So long as those memories distracted her, she couldn’t make herself hate Supervillain. As much as he was a mentor…he was a father. Not the greatest, but still a father—someone who had somewhat filled that gaping hole in her life. He hadn’t filled it, not completely, but he had tried.

Villain had to try to put up with him at his worst, as he had done for her.

If only there was a way to fix it…he wouldn’t be perfect, but he’d at least have sweet moments mixed in with the bad.

These days, it was only bad.

“Supervillain…” she clenched her fists on her knees, sitting down on a nearby chair with a sigh. “How can I help you get better?”

Her bottom lip trembled. She wasn’t allowed to cry, but she felt so much like a child that she couldn’t ignore the burn in her eyes.

Was there even a way to fix this?

Would she simply have to watch him decline every day until he died?

Supervillain paused for a moment—a brief moment of what was almost lucidity shining in his eyes. “The heroes would know.” He whispered vaguely.

“What would they know?” Villain desperately lifted her head to look at him, to see if he was spouting the truth or another delusion.

“Back in my day, they did experiments…on people’s minds. They had—had superpowered people, and they used their brains…” he yammered, making motions with his arms. “If anybody could know how to do it…they would.”

“They would…?” Villain didn’t know whether to believe it or not…but it could be worth a look.

She stood up from the chair and chewed on her lip as she thought about it.

What would it hurt to look?

It’s not like the heroes could stop her if they tried.

[kittythelitter]

Okay but like. The party goes to a therapist. Maybe Claudia sends Dustin to one post vecna cause he's traumatized™️ and Dustin's like. I signed an NDA. I legally can't talk about my trauma or government thugs will come after me.

And the therapist thinks this is an excuse or a delusion or something and is tricky about trying to get him to open up so he goes to Steve and is like. I don't want the government coming after my family for spilling but this therapist doesn't believe I signed an NDA and she keeps tricking me into almost spilling.

So Steve sends this up the flagpole to the adultier adults and Hopper and/or Joyce talks to the therapist about how like no really the kids went through something and they probably need therapy but they're very afraid of the shadowy government organization.

And the therapist is like you need to figure something out or get a government approved therapist cause if these literal children have been through half of whatever gave that boy PTSD they're going to need to talk to a professional and be open and honest with said professional.

And they love their kids so they talk to Owens and he vets the therapist and gets some forms for her to sign or whatever and she's brought to some super sketchy government building in the middle of the night and told everything the government thinks she needs to see the kids.

Which isn't enough but like. Once the flood gates are open and the kids have permission to speak openly with her she learns a lot.

But then. She's seeing all of them. And like. Treating 1 middle schooler 6 high schoolers and 6 young adults plus occasionally two actual grownups who have been through hell and all have so much trauma is hard.

But what's even harder is the fact that she's the therapist for 6 high schoolers and 6 young adults who are all friends and have had so many fucking love triangles and despite the trauma seem more concerned with getting advice about their interpersonal issues than about saving the world.

And like. Normally a therapist would never see a woman and her boyfriend and her ex-boyfriend who despite physical altercations are all still friends, but. She can't go to the sketchy government guys and be like. You need each of them to have their own therapist because this is a conflict of interest. So she's just. Trying to maintain her own sanity because while she can tell her therapist in broad strokes what she's dealing with (because of an NDA she has to treat a bunch of kids who all went through trauma together) she can't explain to what degree these kids are trauma bonded.

So she's just sitting there listen to Mike being confused about whatevers going on with Will even though she knows will is in love with him and feels inferior because Mike's girlfriend has literal superpowers. Or listening to Steve wax poetically about Eddie while yesterday Nancy was going on and on about how she's afraid that Steve won't date robin because he's still hung up on her and if he'd get over her maybe he and Robin could finally be happy, but of the two robins the one hung up.on Nancy and Nancy's boyfriend only comes in to be "emotional support" for this stoner who... Doesn't even live in Indiana? But she can use these visits to make them both talk about trauma. Also. Sometimes Joyce just stays after one of the kids' appointments (because Joyce or Steve always drives the kids to their appointments) to chat and this woman is so fucking traumatized and dammit therapist oc needs a drink.

[sardonic-sprite]

Since EPIC has been taking up 90% real estate in my head without paying rent, here goes a series of me ranting about each song <3

The Horse and the Infant

*Entire opening*

I absolutely adore how it starts so quiet, like they're in the horse's belly planning. In my head, that initial rushing sound is a single candle being lit. As Odysseus names people and gets louder, there's more and more light, until on ATTAAAACK!!! the whole Ithacan army comes BURSTING out and it's glorious

Backtracking though,

What do you live for?/What do you try for?/What do you wish for?/What do you FIGHT for?

I used to goof and end on *what do you DIE for* because that's intuitive, but Odysseus directly contradicts that intuition! You can debate or have it coexist whether he's changing the line in that vision of kindness he clings to during the first act or whether he's in denial over the real damage he's causing, but the fact that the line IS this way gives me Feels

And then--

Pe-ne-lo-pe! Pe-ne-lo-pe! And Te-le-ma-cu-us!

The way everything cuts out but but the light strings and ODYSSEUS' OWN FUCKING HEARTBEAT LIKE COME ON! He loves them so much I'm willing to let him commit atrocities.

*insert EPIC battle music*

You can feel the chaos of battle and I don't know how Jay did it but he did and I love it so much

AHHH! *screech*

The sudden shift. Is a new challenger approaching? Sorta. Again, though, almost everything has cut out, but instead of sweet strings and a heartbeat, there's this droning bass like some inexorable, heavy doom approaching, and then there's Zeus, who sounds so imperial and *unfeeling.*

A mission/To kill someone's son/A foe who won't run/Unlike anyone/You have faced before/Say no more!

The clever phrasing is on point, because it tricks us all. And then Odysseus' reply -- he's already so confident, even cocky. He thinks this is some superpowered champ and he's like HELL YEAH ZEUS MA DUDE LEMME AT IM!

*the fucking piano*

It's a lullaby. It's the sound of ice dropping down Odysseus' spine. It's a million memories spinning in his head.

It's just an infant... What sort of imminent threat does he pose...?

The shock, horror, and disbelief... Ow. Odysseus is completely in denial. And then there's almost a scoff to "imminent threat," like he's trying to make Zeus feel like an idiot for fearing a baby, like he'll change his mind.

If you don't end him now, you'll have no one left to save! You can say good bye to -- Penelope -- You can say goodbye to -- Penelope--

DAMN Zeus pulls the Penelope card. AND YET. They say Penelope twice, just like Odysseus did in the beginning... but it feels so intentional that Telemacus is left out. The gods don't dare put the image of Odysseus' baby boy in his head, or this child will have Telemacus' face and Odysseus will fail.

I COULD RAISE HIM AS MY OWN! he will burn your house and throne OR SEND HIM FAR AWAY FROM HOME! find you wherever you roam MAKE SURE HIS PAST IS NEVER KNOWN-- the gods will make him know

Odysseus offering all these TOTALLY REASONABLE AND WORKABLE suggestions because what the fuck is this command, it's a BABY there are so many other ways-- And every sentence, Zeus and the gods are shooting the idea down with increasingly ridiculous excuses. Ok sure, maybe adopting the kid would end in tragedy when the truth comes out. Ok I guess maybe he'd find out elsewhere and track Odysseus down, but like. BUT THE GODS WILL MAKE HIM KNOW? My dude, WHICH GODS? You want the kid to Not Do A Thing? Right? That's why you want Odysseus to kill him? WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU "MAKE HIM KNOW" IF HE'S ABLE TO LIVE IN BLISSFUL IGNORANCE IT WOULD SAVE ALL OF FUCKING GREECE A GOOD DEAL OF AGONY!

I'm on my knees for ya! I'm begging please! ... *thunder* *rain* PLEASE don't make me do this, don't make me do this!

He's so desperate. I want to cry. I am also on my knees begging. I just picture Odysseus shaking his head, tears falling, clinging to hope or delusion that Zeus will change his mind. And the rain... even the sky is crying

The blood on your hands is something you won't lose/All you can choose is whose...

This is. A statement of truth? A prophecy? A curse? It gives me chills, though, especially at the end when there's nothing but the last hiss... It feels *unfinished* like there's more to say, and part of it is how the grammar got rearranged to make the rhyme, leaving out a word or two, but since the meaning is still clear, it throws everything else into doubt. There's also the subtle emphasis Zeus puts on *won't*. What the fuck does that mean? Won't as opposed to can't? As though Odysseus could choose to wash his hands but ultimately chooses more bloodshed? Won't as in it's forbidden? Why? Won't as the future tense of don't? Does that mean it's a prophecy, that Zeus is telling Odysseus a neutral fact? WHAT IS THE EMPHASIS FOR?

Final remarks:

Never read the source material, so it was hard for me at first to get invested when there's all these names, but the pure energy and emotion draws you in no matter what, and in the end everything but Odysseus *literally* fades away.

The first MANY times.I listened, up until I watched this one animatic, I was convinced Odysseus turned away and spared the baby. Or better yet, adopted him (bc Im a Bat girlie first lmao). In my head there's a happy AU where Telemacus gets a new baby brother and meets his uncle Polites and everything is beautiful and shut up don't shatter my illusions I KNOW it has to happen bc *theme*

Is it my favorite song in the musical, no, but do I always sing/mouth along once the energy picks up? Absolutely. Overall, Imma go with 6/10

[dark-side-blog3]

From "Phantom Blood" to "Stone Ocean", which JJBA part do you think would be the best to be isekai'd into, and which one would be the worst?

Thanks for sending in the question anon! I've been thinking about it all day and going down a bunch of historical rabbitholes to make my choices (which, after typing out several hours later, I realized wouldn't be much fun for anyone to read).

For me personally, I’d say the best one to be isekai’d into would be Diamond is Unbreakable (part 4), and I think the worst one would be Battle Tendency (part 2).

I give my reasoning below, with some heavy editing, which may make it sound a bit strange. I have a tendency to talk too much, so I've tried to edit it down. It's still a bit long.

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I can't see any benefit to phantom blood, considering Dio is at full overpower with abilities we never see again in other parts, and everyone else would simply be too easy to force into backing off. Johnathan is easy to manipulate, so is a young Erina. Speedwagon can settle for less than he wants in a relationship if he feels Johnathan will judge him for it. And Zeppeli... Is kinda the only threat, but I can't really fathom what a relationship (platonic or romantic) would be like with him. In any case, not the best, but not the worst.

Battle Tendency has my ass beat. I do not run, I will not run, and what would even be the point when more than half the characters in this arc are superhuman/cyborgs? I can't outwit, lie, cheat, or gross out any of them and expect to survive. Even the ones that wouldn't kill me like Suzie Q just have an impenetrable state of delusion. I cannot win this one. Having a horrible time here. Dare I say, the worst time actually.

Because yes: Vento Aureo is all about the mafia having superpowers, and it's well established that they can be some crazy, creative fucks when it comes to torture and murder. And they should be the absolute worst, because organized crime can do way scarier shit than anyone can in Stone Ocean simply because resources and time aren't hard to get.

BUT! I think since there isn't a world war going on, with cyborg Nazis-- Which is a low bar, but such is life when you overthink-- is what makes Vento Aureo better than battle tendency.

And Stone Ocean is... Bad but tolerable. I'd just try my best to mind my own business, and crumple like a paper ball when someone pulls possessive/obsessive shit. It probably wouldn't even connect in my brain the characters are acting yandere, I would just assume they're doing standard prison things since I got isekai'd into the prison arc.

Now that narrows done the best choices between prt 3, and prt 4.

I'mma go ahead and say it: I'd prefer a small town in Japan to crossing countries and continents.

Diamond is Unbreakable has it all. Modern-ish technology, the original pop culture yandere herself, reliable access to medical care (good luck finding my very specific pills in the middle of a desert), and thankfully: A much smaller cast. Keeping track of all the characters in Morioh? Infinitely easier than keeping track of all the characters in Stardust Crusader. Even if we're including those one-off villains, and random background characters, a-la those twisted wonderland isekai.

Though considering JJBA is a franchise that's mostly manga and anime, it's not likely the multiple characters would become interested in the isekai'd victim, since the mechanics would be fundamentally different. A reader or a viewer isn't really a god, they're more of a prophet, if even that. Or just really good at cold reading someones personality. To continue this tangent just a smidge more, I think if you said you got isekai'd, the only people who would both understand what you're saying and believe you is Toshikazu, and maybe Koichi.

What the hell am I supposed to do being dragged place to place, or sitting in a house for three months? With the tech from the 1980's?

[buck-yyyy]

alright hi hate to do this except i’m gonna do it anyways—self promo, yay!!!!

anyways. hi i have an ao3 (@hey-its-L), and i post often-ish :) mostly byler, but a couple boreo things as well, which i definitely plan on expanding on :D

some of my personal favorites that i’ve written:

is hell cold? ~ 17,298 words, 1/1

“Wouldn’t it be easier to run, to flee and hide and cower, instead of making a final, seemingly fruitless attempt to do the unthinkable- to erase Hell altogether?”

or

Hawkins is gone, and Hell is real- or perhaps they’re one and the same. Five kids and the shell of a man. The final fight at the end of the world.

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the artist and the writer ~ 25,299 words, 14/14

At the beginning of his second year of high school, Mike Wheeler starts to feel some conflicting feelings.

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motel nights—and oh, how i love them so ~ 4,287 words, 1/1

"God, the whole situation was absurd. A pushy and sarcastic motel owner was giving them stupid once-overs like they were teenagers skipping school and seeking out a room for—well. What teenagers skip school and go to motels for. They were in the middle of the goddamn desert, on their way to rescue his superpowered adopted sister from God-Knows-What. Their home was being attacked by a supernatural creature, again, and there was nothing they could do about it."

OR

The Cali Crew stops at a motel. Shenanigans occur, and a singular bed sets the scene.

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not now, not yet ~ 4,233 words, 1/1

“Even when flipping violently between woozy delusions and intense nausea, I was closely aware of the fact that Boris was still pulling me along through the snow, his sharp-toed black boots with the square wooden heels leaving unique footprints in the thick layers of flakes at our feet.”

OR

Theo attempts to take his own life in Amsterdam. Boris comes back to save him.

[curiouslilbird]

10 Characters I Identify With

@meisiluosi tagged me in this approximately 5,645 years ago--thank you!!

Rules: 10 pictures of characters you identify with, then tag 10 people!

I know this meme is supposed to have pictures of my 10 characters, but I’m bad with getting pictures to work on posts so it’s just going to be paragraphs about each character.  Sallying forth!

In no particular order:

Belle (Beauty and the Beast) - She’s intelligent, a book nerd who longs for adventure (and gets it!), and she’s also got a strong nurturing streak.  The only problem?  She doesn’t always quite think everything through, especially when it comes to decisions close to her heart.

Tobey McCallister (WordGirl) - He’s a “misunderstood evil” genius--if given half a chance to be good, I think he would choose goodness over evil, but evil seems to be the fastest way to get what he wants.  Yet there’s something pathetic about him, too, in his loneliness and unrequited love for WordGirl.  He could achieve so much more if he could put aside the crush and his delusions of grandeur, but somehow they are both solidly part of him and make him less a villain.  Somehow, they make him more human.

Dove (DC’s Hawk & Dove comics) - She is both graceful and powerful--not too dainty to fight, especially if there are innocent bystanders to protect, but not so aggressive that she loses her focus on peace.  Her calm reason and restraint help diffuse tough situations (which are tough mostly because of Hawk’s flaring temper, LOL); you can just about call this calm a superpower of its own.  She also treads a third path of femininity, neither virgin nor whore, neither girly-girl nor tomboy, which makes her a more realistic heroine.

Loki (esp. in Thor 2011) - In the films, Loki (as beautifully portrayed by Tom Hiddleston <3) is fiercely intelligent and cunning, but outcast among the Asgardians for a reason he cannot fathom--that is, until he learns that Odin is not his father.  This world-shattering revelation leads to worlds-shattering of far more dangerous sorts, as he struggles to form a new identity and find a new father figure to please.  Yet he is pitiable even as he rages; all of this destruction and violence, this perceived evil, is motivated by the deep emotional wound in his identity, which he will never allow anyone to see or touch again.

Dolores Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence (Sister Act) - She’s talented but doesn’t like rules and regulations.  Though this rebellious mindset does get her into trouble at times (like witnessing a murder and having a hit put out on her), it also serves as a powerful inspiration for others (like her unlikely Sisters in faith) to change their own stagnated circumstances and truly experience a revival (of faith, of strength, etc.).  Plus, she proves herself to be an effective motivator and leader in situations that might turn hostile, as seen when she is chosen to lead the church choir suddenly, replacing the previous leader.

The Eighth Doctor (Doctor Who) - Unlike his previous incarnation as the Seventh Doctor, Eight appears guileless, innocent, and nearly angelic in the TV Movie.  But even in the movie, once Eight is in command of his faculties again, we see him become the quick-thinking yet elegant badass he is throughout his eighth life.  He goes toe-to-toe with the strongest enemies without flinching, protects and aids his companions (as much as possible), and seeks to make things right wherever he goes.  Unfortunately, he also learns that sometimes, despite his best efforts, things cannot be made right, and that actually, his own efforts can end up making things worse.  That innocence can thus be both a virtue and a hindrance.  Over the course of his lifespan, he grieves and becomes jaded over his perceived failures, but he never quite loses that untarnishable impulse to save and help where he can.

Princess Peach Toadstool (Super Mario Bros. game series) - When she appears in later games (i.e., she isn’t just motivation for Mario to beat Bowser), Peach is both a kind, quiet, diplomatic ruler and a sassy, efficient fighter, using her words in both roles to offer inspiration--and a kick in the butt--when needed.  Yet she doesn’t lose that ladylike nature, even while laying about with a Frying Pan in Super Mario RPG; like a Southern belle, she could slap you silly and still bring you a casserole while you’re healing.  And the umbrella tricks she is given in most later games could even make Mary Poppins jealous!

Mary Poppins (1964 film only*) - Speaking of the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious lady herself, Mary Poppins is a gracefully self-determined entity, possessing many gifts that appear magical to others.  Her brand of authority is extremely practical and no-nonsense, and yet she doesn’t disdain her young charges--instead, she is keen to teach them important lessons about life in a way that they can absorb.  She also doesn’t explain herself or her abilities; she just presents herself unapologetically and doesn’t compromise her own boundaries or needs.

* In the more modern adaptation, Poppins has a heavier shade of disdain when dealing with others, even the kids, which I did not like.

Princess Leia (Star Wars) - Skilled in diplomacy, Leia also becomes a fighter, a strategist, a lover, a mother, and a general over the course of her life, ascending into her various roles with confidence.  This confidence is not merely born of her status on Alderaan, but also born from her training, problem-solving skills, and her desire for justice to be done for her people as well as the entire galaxy.  She thinks broadly and it pays off!

Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh!) - Beginning the story as an admittedly one-dimensional villain, Kaiba is arrogant and selfish while also being damnably smart--too smart, in fact, for his age and his own good.  However, over the course of the story, reasons emerge for why he behaves this way, most of them rooting firmly in the trauma with his abusive adoptive father, Gozaburo Kaiba.  His arrogance and selfishness were learned as survival skills; his intelligence was and continues to be the way he achieves self-worth, and winning games is how he proves his intelligence.  Seen through this lens, his trauma is painfully realistic and understandable even as the behaviors born from it confound and frustrate others around him.

Tagalicious Tagging Time

If you see this and are not tagged, feel free to join in! If I’ve tagged you and you’re not interested, no worries!

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[princess-of-the-corner]

Because, Once Again, My Friend Promised Me Chocolate

So, in case anyone actually paid attention, my friend got me to submit our OC (the Raven Miraculous, Kwami of Fate/Destiny, sees the future) and the organization she came up with that went along with it. Well, apparently she’s done some work since then, and now wants me to talk about this AGAIN.

Why she doesn’t do this herself, I don’t know. Probably to watch me suffer.

SO

In case anyone missed it, my friend came up with an organization that acronyms as NOSPOILERS; the New Order Society Preventing Omni-Dimensional Information Leaks, Ensuring Realm Stability (she may have changed a few words since I last checked but whatever). The point of the organization is that they bill themselves as a secret society that observes the world, protecting it from “outside influence” so that the world’s “fate” isn’t “corrupted” by the choices of other dimensions/timelines etc, but otherwise they don’t interfere. However, in the typical fashion of secret societies meant to control the world from the shadows, these days they are less “protect the world” and more “use our knowledge to gain wealth, power, and privilege”.

Now, while they mostly do this through the method of comic book groups like HYDRA or the Illuminati, NOSPOILERS also has access to a powerful magical object that allows the holder to see the future (in my friend’s Headcannon, the Raven Miraculous). The big thing is, to use this item, the holder has to already possess some kind of Clairvoyant ability or potential. It doesn’t have to be strong or obvious, but they need something, otherwise they can’t use the item effectively. Like, they’ll still be able to use it, but it Won’t really be worth it - they won’t have proper control, what they see will be fragmented and disjointed, and the whole experience will take a massive toll. The idea is, people who try to use the item without some kind of Clairvoyant ability (born or trained) will get overwhelmed by the images of the future. Their brains aren’t built for it, and the strain can cause all sorts of problems, such as headaches, fainting, dizzy spells, fevers, and even delusions. Prolonged use when you aren’t built for it can and will eventually cause the user to either have their brain “shut down” in self-defence, leaving them in a coma, or they get swept up in the visions of the future, and lose all hold on reality. You can train for that sort of thing, but even then, all you’re doing is prolonging how long you can last using the item, and your control will be weak at best. In contrast, those that are born with some kind of Clairvoyant ability or potential, even if they never use or awaken it, are basically built to handle that kind of strain, and can use the item easily and quickly master it.

So, it’s in NOSPOILERS best interests to search for and find as many people as they can with some kind of Clairvoyant ability. As a result, they have loads of people who can see the future, even without the item, which just cements their power even more. Still, only the best Seers of each generation are granted the position of Oracle, the one who will use the item to assist the organization.

Then, you get one guy who looks at what the group is doing, and decides “Well, this is f*cked up.”, steals the item and flees the organization. Now, whether the guy lives or gets caught and killed is up in the air, but he manages to mail the item to a distant relative (for ML, they live in Paris) and then we get “teen suddenly has futuresight and superpowers!”.

Now, before anyone says anything about this kid immediately drawing a target on their back, apparently if you look into the future, this item is invisible. Like, you cannot use Clairvoyance or Scrying, or Divination, or any magical method to find this thing. You want to find it, you have to go the old fashioned way.

So, one thing my friend brought up, is that strictly speaking, NOSPOILERS doesn’t actually need the Futuresight MacGuffin. Like, they have so many people who can see the future, plus more resources and money than God, that the MacGuffin is a bit superfluous. But, when you have power …

Anyway, some random bits that I was told to mention:

- NOSPOILERS was not the groups original name, they’ve rebranded

- NOSPOILERS is run by a council, usually of twelve to fifteen members

- since their whole thing is information, they have a massive Archive that has basically all the information in the world

- they have an entire section dedicated to sports, and who’s going to win which trophy in which league, going the next hundred years. It is updated religiously.

- there’s another section dedicated to media and popular fiction. This is the hardest section to recruit for, because you have to be okay with the endings and plot twists of everything being spoiled.

- NOSPOILERS owns a stupid amount of casinos and the like, but most of its members never personally participate. They look down on gambling and lotteries as “too easy” and “beneath them”

Now, ML specific

- NOSPOILERS absolutely know who Hawk Moth and Team Miraculous are. The only reason they haven’t stuck their noses in is because they see the Wish as the “easy way out” (also an Oracle once had a vision of NOSPOILERS using the Wish and the world blowing up, but that has nothing to do with it)

- Actually, the other reason they haven’t stuck their noses in is Gabriel Agreste. They have the knowledge he’d need to save Emilie, but they are fully aware that even trying to blackmail or bribe him would end very poorly, so are keeping out of it (at least until something important turns up to force their hand … .)

- NOSPOILERS has an … understanding with the Order of Guardians. Whether this understanding will survive the Order’s “resurrection” remains to be seen

- of the various Miraculous, besides the Raven, NOSPOILERS would very much like the Snake and the Rabbit. The Snake they’ve never gotten, but there have been a few occasions they’ve snagged the Rabbit. They can never keep it for more than a minute. Usually, they’ll be holding it, when a portal opens, they get beaned with an umbrella, and the watch gets yoinked. This has happened so many times.

Again, we are never going to do anything with this, so if anyone wants to use it, go ahead!

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oh! fascinating!

[papayafiles]

my superpower is delusion i will not stop believing until the checkered flag