#ego coord

[eldritchmochi]

more of mochis fit backlog 17/???? (i think god im doing these all in a row and i have LOST COUNT FUCK)

this was such a fun lil way to coord this dress :>

blouse: thrifted/vintage

jsk: angelic pretty horror candy shop

tights: we love colors (they are pink and there promise)

shoes: an*tai*na

accessories: thrifted + indie brands (wamh + lady sloth???)

[the-impulse-to-love]

show me how to dance forever, arcadia, and greek mythology

this was initially gonna be a longer post with other things but i need to get These Specific Brainworms out of my head rn so. yeah

quick disclaimer i'm not a huge expert on greek mythology/culture so if anyone has any other comments feel free 2 discuss...

contains very vague teeth of god spoilers around the discussion of deities in relation to arcadia (pan, ceryneian hind)

(apologies if the formatting is weird still getting used to tumblr)

> arcadia

the shepherd’s monument from the hidden coords on the sight has references to arcadia, a region of greece. now, this can mean the real life history of the area, or the history with more mythological connotations.

arcadia also refers to a utopia in which the wilderness is undisturbed. it’s idyllic and peaceful. this is a common interpretation/subject for the area and its themes during the renaissance, which one such notable artwork being “et in arcadia ego," replicated on the mentioned monument (hence the connection) (this also warrants another post i'd say).

it’s also notable how arcadia, in terms of a utopia, is described as being unattainable (as per wikipedia anyways, there wasn’t quite an exact source for this. other sites just echoed the same sentiment.) this is a contrast from the biblical garden of eden, which instead was a paradise lost due to the original sin. (i don’t think i need to explain eden’s relevance to sleep token since. you know the entire third album and song)

in addition, the region of arcadia had religious significance.

1. it was the basis for worship for certain deities (in actuality)

⠀a. some temples around the region were dedicated to hermes, the messenger god and guide for the dead (psychopomp)

⠀⠀-- hermes has several wing motifs. he is often depicted with a winged hat, talaria (winged sandals), and a caduceus (his staff)

⠀⠀-> this can possibly tie into 🪶 feathered host, one of the two alleged factions from the emails which states “the cycle must be broken”

⠀⠀-- hermes' role as a psychopomp can also be connected to "show me how to dance forever." as i mentioned in this post there's likely a link between the teeth of god tour speeches in death "asking you to dance with [fear and hope], after all" and smhtdf. hermes guiding the dead and death asking to dance forever? yeah

⠀b. arcadia was a region of worship for despoina, a goddess whose name was lost due to being worshipped by the eleusinian mysteries (only those in the group knew her name, so it was lost)

⠀⠀-- the eleusinian mysteries were initiations done by a secretive religious group in who worshiped persephone and demeter in ancient greece

⠀⠀-> the loss of despoina's true name could tie into the fact that sleep's name canonically cannot be properly translated into modern language

⠀c. arcadians worshiped demeter, goddess of agriculture and the harvest

⠀⠀-> (bit more of a stretch i would say,) but she can be associated with gardens due to her role as a goddess of agriculture. gardens on themselves, of course, are a common theme in sleep token songs in addition to the garden of eden. they vary in symbolism/meaning from love to paradise.

⠀d. anytos was a titan who allegedly raised despoina and was worshiped in the area. not too much is known from him asides from this.

2. it was the place where mythical beings dwelled (in mythology)

⠀a. pan is a god of wilderness and shepherds who was said to live in arcadia. he was also worshipped in the area.

⠀-> his status as a god of shepherds could relate to vessel's staff that appeared for a little bit then vanished off the face of the earth. this can be interpreted as a shepherd's staff, used to guide and direct sheep. the shepherd's staff has it's own biblical connotations but that's not the focus of this post

⠀⠀-> one of the presale codes for a promo was "lambs." given how "arcadia" and "veridian" were both also used as codes, i wouldn't be surprised if this came up again as well. maybe vessel will herd flamingos...

⠀⠀-> "lambs" was also the name of the first chapter in the teeth of god novel in which we were introduced to the surface team and the climate on earth.

⠀b. the ceryneian hind is a swift and sacred deer who lived in ceryneia near arcadia. it was named after the river cerynites which flows from arcadia. in addition, it is associated with artemis, goddess of the hunt, nature, and moon.

⠀-> sleep can also be tied into this. if you believe the tentacles emerging from the moon are related to sleep, this would relate to artemis' relation to the moon.

⠀⠀-> goddess of the hunt could also tie into the teeth of god poem, specifically “i am hunting something, and in turn that same thing is hunting me”

⠀-> the ceryneian hind is likely the reference/basis for the “arcadian stag,” present on some merch and the teeth of god cover. hinds are female red deers which can be found in greece. another translation/name used for the deer instead of “hind” was “stag.”

i'm not really sure How Much (if any) of the album/lore is going to reference greek legends and stuff, but i will be Very Pleased if it does since this stuff was fun to look into...

like and subscribe and i'll yap about columns next idk

[brattypagansub]

Things Soap has said to you as your best friend in no particular order

You texted me on my day off because you needed a fashion judge for your date with Simon later? *sighs but is already sitting down gesturing you to start. Then ends up door dashing you an entire fit on his own dime. Because you insisted nothing looked right.*

I’d ask what happened but I really don’t want be an accessory to a crime *is nearly landed on when you tuck and roll into the creek. You’d texted him coords and nothing else*

Neither of us have bail money so how about we skip the tequila tonight *he plucks the drink out of your hand and drinks it instead*

So you know that mysterious bad boy that looks like something out of Gilmore Girls and wears a mask like Simon? Yeah… I might need a rescue.. also don’t forget the coffee and big breakfast this time. Spanks!

Not only is this a great idea.. but I’m going to let you call 911 when Simon punches out the first guy to stare at you on the dance floor

You’re doing great sweetie I believe in you *you tried to ambush Soap and he flung you onto the couch which in turn flipped over.* (you’re fine just a bruised ego)

Last time I let you pick the every flavored jelly bean for me I ended up with ear wax.. give it here *wrestles you for the bag during Harry Potter movie night*

No one is jumping anywhere ya wee brat *has a solid grip on the waist band of your jeans*

Could your comfort character have any more trauma? *proceeds to stare at Bucky Barnes throughout the entire movie*

Not my fault I’m blessed with good genetics now pass the shells and cheese please

You know when I pictured being the gay best friend.. I thought I’d be in for RHONJ and Sex in the city. Not Reacher, MCU, teen wolf and SPN.

Last time I threatened you infront of your parents and Simon you said and I quote ‘harder daddy.’ I’m not falling for it again.

We’ve got to get you a new car.. everytime you make a left turn in that junker. The door opens slightly and I see god.

Is that Chucky? And why do you have the god damn doll?!

[coffeegnomee]

Bacon saying "yes. [I watched] the entire thing" about having seen Kab's new video "I watched it for entertainment purposes, but I also think I took some things from it as well"

KAB: "fair enough, I put things in there knowing people would watch it and take things from it"

she brings up how Clown never offered her a team, and that she is close to getting his full trust. Which I think is a lie rooted in the truth that she was so "my son could never hurt a fly he's just misunderstood" in the video to get Clown to trust her more irl/in lifesteal. Like how he trusts Branzy and Ferre.

(even though it is SO WEIRD for her to have been like that about Clown in the video. Like it was an exposé about how right the Mice were to be cautious about her affiliation and assume she was telling him things. She was. Maybe not base coords, but she just leaked that she absolutely told him things about them and that she was not for the team at all. And she left that all in. why? WHY Kab? I can only assume it was to endear her to Clown more? That's the only thing that makes sense? Unless she did it to "prove" to the Mice that they were wrong to assume she was teamed with Clown, "see I was just telling him to be careful and you guys were making him into a villain" or smth. I genuinely don't know. I don't understand her at all.)

But she's bringing it up to Bacon and downplaying it so that he thinks she isn't as close to Clown as she is. She's trying to manipulate him here I think.

then Bacon brings up the google doc of Mapicc's personality, which apparently Mapicc dmed her about (which is hilarious for the record)

To which she says it wasn't real [the doc itself], she made it for the video. She only articulated Mapicc's personality and Mapicc's alone.. which obviously means it was him very much on purpose. So did she do it to stoke Mapicc's ego? Or to see what he would say about it and confirm or deny if she was right? I can so easily imagine her writing it up being like, now Mapicc will think I understand him but this is not really what I think about him and he will be easier to manipulate.

But the analysis, like I wrote about, was right for the wrong reasons, AND YET I saw how they were rooted in very plausible assumptions she would have made bc of talking to Ash.

So I struggle to see how that writeup wasn't what she genuinely thought. This whole video just feels like exactly what she genuinely thought throughout the whole first week.

And it's completely rooted in the concept that she knows what she's talking about, even though her only evidence is that she can read Clown. (the only other moment being that she was right the empire would betray them in the End. Which was the softest of softball throws. It was an allyship against the other team. Obv the beef starts up the second that is over.) Like congrats. You've known Clown for two years very closely. It would be weird if you didn't. And on THAT note,

She called Woogie a dipshit for having his own opinions about Clown based on his interactions with him for the past FIVE whole seasons. THREE YEARS.

She took his words as saying that you shouldn't trust Clown instead of what he was really trying to say, which was we as a team should not trust Clown. Kab knows Clown won't kill her but she just fails to understand that other people have their own valid experiences of the members. She's just so focused on her singular view of people and how they will interact with her that she completely misses the opportunity to learn what other people think of other people without it being an attack on her own opinion.

I know I get on here and analyze everyone to death. I know that that's how I love to watch and enjoy lifesteal. And that not everyone observes the lifestealers like bugs to be pinned down and dissected. Watching vods is a listening-only experience. I cannot talk or add to the convo, right?

But it still boggles my mind that she doesn't see the manipulative value in silently listening to every word that comes out of someone's mouth in order to learn what they think about others. And let that tell you what to think about others.

If she just listened to what people said, especially what they say about people she doesn't understand, she would learn SO much.

Like she completely called Woogie an idiot for wanting to ally with the Empire for the purpose of killing Clown Mane and Flame.

And she said it because she doesn't understand how Mapicc and Spoke think.

And because she doesn't understand them, she thinks Woogie doesn't understand them.

Like I know Woogie isn't always the most active and integrated member, and he's also an unreliable narrator and has assumptions rooted in a subjective path just like she does.

But Woogie AND Mapicc AND Spoke have all been playing on this server since Season ONE. You would think that that would be an excellent learning opportunity to ask Woogie how he views Mapicc and Spoke.

And then from there, sure! Take it with a grain of salt. Take your personal experiences with them as the most important opinion to value for your own safety (bc nobody can tell you what your gut says) but then also take their opinion and use it against them if you want to be such a great manipulator. Or at the very least catalogue their opinion away for further study at a future time.

It's just. She just has her assumptions about herself towards every member and completely and totally discounts what anyone has to say about their assumptions of themselves with other members. And she gets so damn triggered by people saying they have more experience than her, thinking it's a personal attack on her intelligence. Where that comes from I cannot know but that sounds incredibly deeply rooted.

So back to the Bacon conversation.

She said she knew people would watch it and said stuff on purpose.

And yet she completely left in the whole scene about lying to Woogie about being sorry for discounting his opinion. “Sometimes you need to be sopping wet for people to trust you chat”

Everyone on lifesteal is going to watch this video. WOOGIE might watch this video (though I have a feeling he won't tbh) and you're just leaving in that when you apologize you are never sincere about it and are 100% using that to manipulate them later.

INSANE to leave that in. You leave that in the drawing board. You keep that shit hidden. ESPECIALLY if you know your enemies will watch it. Girl was the most open book ever.

And then to end the video saying I'm a liar and manipulator bitch I know what I'm talking about. Insane. You are just BROADCASTING that you should never be trusted ever. (for the second video in a row!)

Also in a video about you desperately trying to prove that you should be trusted. It's two different kinds of trust, funny that we use the same word for both.

Trusted in that you tell the truth vs trusted that you know what you're talking about.

I am so interested to know what Bacon thought of that. What will he think if she does apologize now? He's not dumb. He saw the video.

She just thinks she's playing 4D chess. And yet 4D chess would be being silent and listening to what everyone says. Like how Spokes does. and Clown. No talking, just silently listening in vc's and coming to conclusions about the members.

And Bacon too. He's been asking people so many questions about what they're doing and why and then just listening to what they have to say, and then forming his own conclusion about it and going off to try something. He's becoming great at listening and thinking and this whole little arc was founded on using that information to do something interesting on the server.

Though I suppose he wasn't always that good at it. And therefore the final conclusion you can take is the same every time: Kab needs experience in order to gain experience. And it will be a long and painful process.

[fluffypinkbunnies]

my day was special! but there were some high notes (the high notes was being complimented about every two seconds) now sometimes i forget i DO infact live in the south and so lowkey sometimes ppl are weird so coord pics and then i will rank my interactions today - i promise they were overwhelmingly positive!! ( ˶ˆᗜˆ˵ )

my hair haired today!! i dreamt up this coord 𖹭.ᐟ

ok bye im gonna rank the weird ones first!! (๑>◡<๑)

1 - this lady touched me. BYE IM SO SORRY FOR SAYING IT LIKE THAT BUT I WAS SO SHOCKED she worked there, she was nice it didn't bother me i was just like "WOAH MA'AM WE JUST MET" she was complimenting my outfit & then my necklaces and i was like oh thank u i made them.. suddenly her hands r on my necklaces MA'AM IM A CHILD BACK UP! and she was playing with my dress & looking at my petticoat! ..put the dress down ma'am!

2 - not weird or uncomfy just threw me off this girl said she liked my costume... we're in an art school half of us are dressed weird and you're gonna assume IM in a costume?? did not actually bother me this is just one of the first times someone has called how im dressed a costume to my face lol

3 through like 7 - soo many sweet ppl telling me i looked cute love them all loved their outfits too it was so sweet and i was lowkey like shocked

8 through 11 - tons of professors being super sweet, illustration professors telling me id fit right in & they love my outfit, another illustration professor recognizing me as wearing j-fashion and we talked abt artists i like and he gave me some recs, color theory professor told me i was glowing. IM GLOWING YOU'RE GLOWING THANK YOU???

12 - SHE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR AND HER JAW DROPPED. y'all 10/10 reaction thank u so much ily massive ego boost!! we talked abt what we wanted to major in she was wearing this real cute pink coat, such a sweetheart!

13 - happened near the beginning of my day, lowkey the highlight of my day this girl saw me looked at the ppl she was with and we did this cute little shuffle towards each other and started complimenting each other & she explicitly knew it was lolita fashion, said i looked like a doll & pulled it off super well etc, we talked abt majors super sweet!

non-lolita honorable mention: this random dad who said i seemed very put together and was asking me if illustration was a long-term goal of mine bc he overheard me talking to a professor & i was carrying around my sketchbook lol

[purelyhornyred]

Midevil Pripara Au

In the Pripara Au, Lester's cyalume coord turns him into his adorable alter ego, Alice.

Because four person groups are typical in Pripara, Alice and Taz are in a duo, and Iris and Bingo are in a duo. However, the four like to band together sometimes to make collaborative songs.

[pri-rp]

Mitch's Backup

@mitchftw

Once Steve is on screen, his eyes refuse to meet his gaze. If he's observant, he might notice how damaged Mitch's plixel armor is, and just how scratched up he is. Are those scratches getting worse or...? "...I need you... to... come to my coordinates. I-I'm sending them over. You... might want to bring a few extra Techs while you're at it..." A very straightforward but not-so-polite way to say I Need Help. You know it's bad when he's asking for help.

Shit. Mitch looked in bad shape- he knew that ego was- now wasn't the time for that. "On it. Can you give any details? i'll keep you on the line as i send the coords out." he can focus on helping first and formost.

never had Mitch ever looked so damage... and never did he ask for help. Whatever was going on, was getting bad. Mitch can see Steve typing on the gauntlet's side- likely sending the coordinates out to folks as he waits for details. he's moving too.

[poopserver]

starting now as Pirate Perry (my alter ego) i will place signs at spawn marking the coords of interesting locations i find while sailing the seas

Pirate perry

[wyrmguardsecrets]

Lol the ToA coord that quit was the one who doxxed a person and nearly set them to suicide and a ton of other heinous threatening shit, so don't feel too bad nony. Every single one of them are terrible people and they use your donations and generosity to pump their egos. And all of you fall for it, every year.

[precure-stuff]

Aikatsu Dream Chapter 2

This is an AU that take place in the Friends universe. The characters from canon are seen below. Any interaction appreciated. Also let me know if there’s typos or grammar issues

02. Beginning of Dreams

The successful applicants arrived at Star Harmony in the early morning. May twirled about in her room, “So these are the dorms! Aren’t these wonderful?’ She turned around to see Wanda unpacking with her face away from her. An awkward silence passes and she tries again. “Did you know these dorms weren’t always here? When my mother went here they had to go home, isn’t that strange?”

Wanda stood up and turned to face Maya, she looked straight into her eyes with a cold stare, “You know since your mother went here, didn’t you technically cheat your way in?” Maya averted her gaze, “Your idol interview was on her, wasn’t it? Won’t it be suspicious if you get a perfect score?” She moved Maya aside as she shoved her suitcase under the bed. “You should probably keep her being an idol a secret.” With that said, Wanda rolled over on her bed and clutched her pillow.

“Nice to meet you too,” Maya muttered, “If you don’t mind, I’m going to get our test scores.” She left the room and ‘accidentally’ slammed the door shut. As she walked toward the office, she passed Kagami who she waved at. Once there, Tamaki handed her the results. Apparently they were all going to receive them, thus she was given Wanda’s results as well.

In her room, Maya waved the results over Wanda waking her up. She sighed and grabbed her own from Maya’s hand. After briefly scanning them, she shoved them in her school bag on the floor. Maya took her results out optimistically but grimaced as they were revealed. “A perfect score in the interview quiz…on my own mother,” She hears Wanda snicker.

“Not much else I’m assuming…” Wanda muttered. Maya whined as she read the other results. A high score in the idol quiz, a mediocre time in the race and a poor score for the performance. Maya thrust herself on her bed and pounded the pillow. As her tantrum ensued Wanda felt touched. “Fine, if you feel that bad I can help you out,” Maya sat up excitedly. Wanda pulled out her phone.

“What? I thought you were gonna help me.”

“I am. Pose a little for some quick pictures.” Wanda said. Maya let her hair down and stood with her back to the plain wall. A few snaps later, Wanda suggested they go outside. “If you get some good pictures early on, people might pay attention to you.” Wanda led Maya to a spot outside with some flowers and carefully placed them in her hair. Maya appreciated the skill Wanda offered and posed accordingly. Wanda then had her wear the Mint Feuille Coord from her entrance performance. As the shoot continued, Maya grew more confident and tried out a few outlandish poses.

“Thank you,” Maya said as they looked over their pictures. Wanda nodded in acknowledgement. “Aren’t you glad we did this?” The pictures got Maya’s account a few likes and they laughed together. From her office at the top of the school, Tamaki watched over them in amusement. The bell rang and they headed off to class.

In the empty class Tamaki briefed Ken on his first lesson. As they looked over the seating arrangement Tamaki pointed at Maya’s name, “Oh, I didn’t know that idol’s daughter was here. Didn’t she do the quiz about her mother then?”

“Ah,” Ken began to panic, “Well I’ll make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

“Leave her be. If she doesn’t belong, we’ll know soon enough.” Tamaki took a closer look, “Besides, I think there’s someone else of interest here. A possible candidate to fill the void after her departure. Once the phantom idols left the spotlight, neither was ever seen again. Her daughter’s presence her does interest me however.” Tamaki left once the students started streaming in. Ken introduced himself to the class and had Maya and Wanda sit at the back of class. He then proceeded to review the entrance exam results.

“The highest score was obtained by Cress.” Ken announced. A girl near the front stood up. She had grey, shoulder length twintails held behind her head in a giant red ribbon. Maya looked at her in awe. The golden star earrings she wore added to her elegance and it was clear she would have a lot of fans. Cress arrogantly flipped her hair and took her seat. The lesson resumed and came to an end with the bell. As the other girls headed to the café Wanda slept on her desk.

Ken walked up to her and twirled her hair. “Wanda, don’t you think you should have a snack with the other girls. It’s not good to go hungry.” Wanda saw through him and ignored him. Her eyes looked empty from his perspective. “Look, I…” he shook his head, “I know about all the applicants here. You’ve been chasing your dream longer than any of them haven’t you?” Wanda began to walk away, “You know what failure is like, but you can’t give up yet?”

“It’s a waste of time.” Wanda retorted.

“Then why are you here? To keep doing the bare minimum? I saw your test scores and know you know more than that.” He restrained himself. “Enjoy your break,”

In the Star Harmony Café, Cress’ table was full with girls fawning over her. She ate with poise and spoke with a certainty the other girls admired. Maya sat among these girls and noticed Wanda walk in. As Cress relishes the other girls’ attention, she snickers at the thought of Wanda ignoring her.  When Maya left the table to greet Wanda, this drives her up the wall as she loses the others’ gazes as well. “If there’s a single girl here who I haven’t charmed yet, then I’ll be sure to.” She said. “I’ve decided!” Cress declared. “I’m going to perform at once!” She walked over the table and out of the room taking her new fans with her. In the ensuing chaos, Wanda and Maya were pushed along with them.

In the halls, Ken blocked their path, “Where do you think you’re going?” His tone implied more frustration than he let on.

“I’ve decided! I’m going to perform. If you don’t enjoy it, then do whatever you please!” Cress replied. Ken clutched his head in frustration as the other idols followed after her. He decided to head after them tracing the nearest auditorium. Outside, Tamaki was waiting as she tapped her foot in anger.

“What’s going on here? It’s barely been a week and they’re doing whatever they want.” She begins to rant but music interrupts. Their attention is drawn instantly.

“I yearn to unveil my true self before you,” Cress’ sung the first line from Gost Coaster. Her voice brought their argument to a stop. Her aura appeared and glowing red circles appeared around her as black diamonds rained down. She was performing far above her level and relished the attention she got. As Maya watched starry eyed, Wanda felt uncomfortable and decided to leave. Cress performed her appeal, Wicked Garden. Purple flames rose above her and rained down red jewels in a black, barren garden.

“Tamaki, that’s the girl you were referring to isn’t it?” Ken asked. Tamaki smiled and nodded. All her anger had faded. As the other girls fed Cress’ ego as Maya looked around for Wanda but she was nowhere in the room. In Wanda’s dorm, she was curled up in bed. Her eyes were teary but she wouldn’t let herself cry. As Maya walked in, Wanda wiped her tears away. She faced her with a forced smile and sad, “I’m fine.”

[voidendron]

Deep Blue Sea: Ch. 15

Chapter 15: Floating Island Subnautica/JSE Egos Crossover

nudity warning is a just-in-case thing, but they're just just changing!

Warnings: Swearing, Non-Explicit Nudity Characters: Chase Brody, Jackieboy Man, Marvin the Magnificent, Jameson Jackson, Dr. Schneeplestein POV: Chase Brody

Night had fallen by the time Jackie got back to the habitat.

Chase couldn’t help the massive grin to cross his face when all of their PDAs beeped, the coordinates automatically transferring from Jackie’s to theirs.

“Dry land,” he breathed. “Holy shit.”

“What about Keen?” Jameson asked, brows furrowed.

Jackie shrugged. Chase wasn’t sure he liked that shrug. “He wasn’t there, but left a message to get to the landmass ASAP. Also a scolding for going to the pod instead’a straight there.”

“Well?” Henrik threw an impatient hand toward the bulkhead. “Are we going or not? I am fucking sick of the water.”

Chase had to bite his tongue to keep from saying something snarky. Instead, he just crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. “Dude. You really want to swim there at night? These coords are like, a kilometer from here, and we don’t know what kinda shit’s in the water between here and there. We’ll wait for morning, make sure we’ve all got working Seaglides and batteries, and then we’ll head out.”

“One question.” Marvin ran a hand through his mess of hair. “If it’s only a kilometer away, how is it we can’t see it from here?”

They all exchanged glances. That…was a good question…

They learned that, even after not resting the previous night, sleep was a fitful thing.

No beds left them on the hard floor of their habitat and trying not to elbow or kick each other. There was a point that Henrik woke up yelping as someone stretched, shoving a foot into his injured ankle, while Jackie’s snoring would occasionally splutter to startle most awake. And, many times, something would bump against the habitat from outside and anyone unlucky enough to be awoken by it would be left bolting upright and throwing wild looks through the cramped room and at each other.

It was cold, it was uncomfortable, they were stripped down to their underwear because their dive suits were wet and it was beyond awkward, and they were all lucky to get any more than a few hours of sleep before sunlight filtered in through the room’s single window.

Chase yawned and rubbed at his burning eyes. When he sat up, he couldn’t help but grimace. God, his whole body ached. Going straight from nonstop swimming to sleeping on a hard floor couldn’t be good for his muscles.

Jameson looked like the only one with any semblance of energy as he pulled himself to his feet and went straight for one of the lockers. From it, he grabbed his hearing aid.

Well. That would explain it. The noises they all heard throughout the night wouldn’t have bothered James at all.

Chase just shook his head. “Lucky bastard,” he chuckled.

All he got in response was a smug, toothy grin. The chef had a little bounce to his step as he grabbed what they had for food and water to pass around to the rest of them, though he was being careful with how he moved his arms.

“Aren’t you sore, man?”

“A tad bit, yes,” he replied once his hands were free to sign. “But I didn’t do nearly as much swimming as the rest of you.”

“Fair enough.”

Chase…really wasn’t looking forward to going back in the water. His body felt like it would scream at him if he did. But! They had things to do and dry land to get to! That thought alone was enough for him to push through the deep ache and pull himself to his feet while nibbling on the nutrient bar he’d been given.

Eesh, they tasted like cardboard. Really, Alterra? That’s the best you could do?

The others were moving about as slow as him as they struggled to get up. Marvin’s long limbs nearly tripped him as he stifled a yawn during his attempt to stand, while Henrik used the wall for support. He was barely letting his injured leg touch the ground, and was it bleeding again? There were little specks of blood soaked through the bandages. When he was kicked last night it must have broken some of the stitches. Ouch.

“Okay—” Chase yawned; the others couldn’t help themselves from doing the same, “—Jackie and Marv, you two wanna craft us one more Seaglide and some more batteries? I’m gonna check over the ‘Glides we already have to make sure they’re safe for the trip. And…James, could we have you check Doc’s leg while we’re doing that?”

“Uh. Sure?” Jackie shrugged. “But why do ya want to check them? They’re working fine.”

Chase’s mouth twitched. “We haven’t tried ‘em for this sort of distance before, and considerin’ my crew was killed when theirs blew up? You’re nuts if you think I’m lettin’ that happen again.”

“I—oh, god.” Jackie’s eyed were wide. “I didn’t know—I—”

“I think we all lost friends, man. Let’s just get off his damn planet.”

“Right. Yeah.”

Pulling their wetsuits on was even more of a struggle than Chase had imagined. They’d turned their backs to each other and stripped completely to pull their suits on, but they could all still hear each other grimacing and hissing as sore muscles rebelled against the tight fabric.

“This sucks,” he grumbled.

Even Henrik made a sound of agreement.

When most of them had finally managed to pull the zippers up to their throats, Jameson was still struggling. He had one arm in a sleeve, but was struggling with the other, gritting his teeth, pressing a hand to his chest. Chase had about forgotten about the man’s fractured ribs and grimaced sympathetically.

“Here. Let me help.”

He got a relieved sigh and nod, with Jameson squeezing his eyes shut when Chase took hold of his arm to gently position it into the sleeve. Yeah, James was definitely going to be the one taking the Seamoth.

“Hey… I thought you needed glasses?”

The chef looked up at him and blinked, then gestured for his work clothes laying in a messy pile near everyone else’s. “They might be in the pocket of my jeans.” His shoulders shook in a silent chuckle. “So much going on I’d forgotten to put them on!”

“That why you ran into a locker while Jackie was gone yesterday?” Chase laughed when the man’s ears turned red; Jackie snorted and gave a “wait, really?” sort of look their way. “Lemme grab ‘em.”

Sure enough, the circle-framed glasses were there. Their case had a big crack in it, but the glasses themselves looked all right.

With that done, everyone set to work.

It didn’t take them long—Chase made a few little tweaks to one of their Seaglides that looked like it had been dropped, while they already had most of the supplies for batteries and another Seaglide stored in lockers—and they were left waiting for Jameson and Henrik.

“It’s still inflamed.” His signs were clumsy with a needle in one hand. “But I’ve re-stitched where they broke, and I think the wrap will hold.”

“Okay. I guess we should head out, then.”

Four with Seaglides, Jameson helped into the Seamoth, and they took off as soon as he had the controls figured out.

Chase squinted into the distance. Low-hanging clouds created a fog. He hadn’t really noticed it before, but that fog had to be hiding the landmass. He ducked under the surface, swimming alongside the Seamoth that would occasionally zip ahead of them before Jameson let back on the touchy controls enough to keep to their slower pace.

Eventually, the two glanced at each other when they saw the shadows in the distance. Shadows that weren’t moving. Shadows, illuminated by…something. Chase poked his head above the surface—land!—ducked back under, tried to process what he was seeing.

With one hand, the sign messy but more or less understandable, he asked, “Is this island floating?!”

Jameson did the same: Raised the Seamoth up enough to see the land looming ahead of them, then right back down to look at what should have been a mountainside. Instead, it was jutting pillars of stone that pointed down into the pitch-black waters below, glowing pink… Oh! Whoa… He’d seen those things, only much, much smaller versions of them floating rocks in the shallows. How were they this big?! Were they the reason the island was floating? Incredible…

They were both staring with wide eyes, their companions above oblivious to the sight just below.

As they drew nearer the island, Chase could make out sunlight slicing right into the center of it. There was a hole there. Maybe a way to get on the island, too; he couldn’t see any beaches low enough for them to reach along the exterior so worth a shot, right?

He went back up, pushed his mask up on his forehead to he could call to the others. “Hey! Dive under, I think there’s a way on the island down there!”

Glances cast around, then they followed him down.

The other three froze when they saw the sight that had greeting him and Jameson. He could see their thoughts clear as day on their faces: “Holy shit.”

His hunch was right, too. Right smack-dab in the middle of the island was a bay, and in that bay, a beach.

On the beach, two sets of footprints.

As soon as they were on land, they all fought to get their flippers off, then bolted after the footprints. Marvin and Jameson, however, lagged behind. When Chase glanced back, he noticed they were looking at…something.

“Uh, guys? Why don’t we go find the other survivors?”

“There’s a PDA,” the performer said, reaching down to snatch it up. “It looks like it was thrown.”

“Thrown?” Jackie arched a brow.

“Look at the marks in the sand around it, and the screen’s cracked to hell. It was thrown.”

“Well…does it have anything on it?” Chase asked, leaning in a little.

“Uh… Yeah. Single recording.”

Jackie tilted his head. “That’s not right. Should have other stuff, right?”

“Yeah…” Chase answered. “Unless the user needed a single message prioritized and everything else is just locked, or the user died, so the PDA…recorded the last moments…” He rubbed at his beard and glared. “…I don’t like this. Play the recording. Could be important.”

CTO Yu and Keen started speaking; she wanted to board the ship, attempt to repair it. She was ready to go alone, but Keen chose—unwillingly, from the sounds of it—to accompany her.

Chase about opened his mouth—it seemed like a normal recording—but clamped it shut again when the damaged PDA crackled out, “Final recording from Second Officer Keen, two hours after last activity.”

Keen’s voice—out of breath, terrified—cut through the silence to fall over the group. He was breathing heavily, like he was running from something. “Rendezvous was a failure,” he gasped out. “Intercepted a transmission from Alterra HQ; seems they sent a data package to the Aurora. We attempted to leave the island and were intercepted. Something’s here. It’s hunting us. Get off the island—consider the CTO and I dead.” He paused. When he spoke again, he’d lowered his voice to but a whisper. “Be safe. Keen… Out.”

[representshinjuku]

Fight 4 Your Pride

[Ichiro]

Fight 4 your pride

Getting my way Number One bad Ichiro takes the stage

You can’t pass me up, I’m the leader

Aye, always in battle mode

These rhymes’ll kick you trash to the curb

We three brothers got the strongest will

Never running outta freestyle rhymes

Our fists will pierce the heavens

Time’s up--we’re fighting no holding back

[Jiro] 

We took this game--you want your participation trophy?

Your face is gonna get all bruised up

If you keep comin’ at us you’re gonna get hurt

Before you pick a fight with us brothers,

You better look away and step aside

Or else we’re gonna have to play tag

And if we catch you, you’re gettin’ beat down

[Saburo]

Jiro’s acting cocky again, dimwit

So let’s ignore him and let me take the stage

I’m a prodigy in complete control of this verse

So bow down

With a sense of nihilism

Even lyricists are awed by my rhyming

You can’t even figure out how to respond

‘Bukuro’s praised, you surrender

[Buster Bros!!!]

Say c’mon, Buster Bros!!!

This is the starting line

You gotta fight for your pride

[Samatoki] 

Cutting through the fakes Hard Core

I’m the real gangster

Now, now, it’s Samatoki-sama’s turn

So kneel down and lick my boots

You weak little brats tryna run

I’ll beat you down, punch above your guard

Better obey ‘Hama you shitstains

All heaven and earth is mine

[Jyuto] 

You fake MC suspects putting on airs

Are the hustlers here? Don’t make me laugh

If you little puppies want to act like big dogs

Then I’ll arrest you, no reason needed

Defying me is bad luck

Give me a hard time and you’ll suffer more

Don’t think you can escape now

My basement’s overflowing with body bags

[Rio] 

If you take one step into this killing field

I won’t let you prepare or take the lead

Your naive decision

To stand against me will result in agony

I take aim at you fleeing scraps 

Have you enjoyed your final meal?

Without hesitation I pull the trigger and steal a life

Pray to god

[Mad Trigger Crew]

Yeah we are MAD TRIGGER CREW

Heed My Mic

You gotta fight 4 your pride

[All]

Supersonic shock waves

Bright lights set loose by this Hypnosis Mic

Fire off unparalleled rhymes

With a Bang! Bang! Bang!

I’m breaking my way out

I’m gonna be champion

This is survival of the fittest

The front lines, the danger zone

You gotta fight 4 your pride

You gotta fight 4 your pride

Let’s bout, no hesitating, player

Can’t run from judgment time

You gotta fight 4 your pride

You gotta fight 4 your pride

No way out, until the end it’s

Live or die

[Ramuda]

Preachy old dinos are nothing but a pain

And little kiddies are so not cute

Bye-bye!

Sorry to keep you waiting ladies

Fling Posse, an order-made new coord

A literary master, a gambler, and Ramuda’ll

Show you a wild time with our tricks

The second you realize you’ll be on your deathbed

[Gentaro]

Hm~ a sense of deja vu in these sights

Control lost in slow motion

Pessimism torments you as you doze off

Within an erased story

Is the wandering you and I

As if Alice and Chuuya…

Well, that was all a lie. 

[Dice]

The die come up snake eyes!

Slithering up all dangerous!

A pro gambler’s gotta go all in

Live or die, just go flashy as hell

Boom shakalaka boom shakalaka boom

I’m the type that’ll never let up

I’ll make a clean sweep of you washed-up guys

Shibuya’s gonna steal it all nyow!

[Fling Posse] 

Say c’mon Fling Posse

Driving out the wack MCs

You gotta fight 4 your pride

[Jakurai] 

If everything that occurs

Is connected by some deep fate, then

When might the sin of quarreling beneath that weight

Ever be forgiven?

Helpless…

To ease the hatred resounding at life’s end

I search for words to heal a heart; that is my ego

Even if my ears cease to hear

I’m prepared to expose myself to the rain of insults

[Hifumi] 

Don’t stop party night

1,2,3 we’re not done yet

Hey, what’s in your hand?

What’s in your hand?

A glass to keep on drinking with!

Our meeting was surely fate

Shinjuku will never let you go

No way you won’t fall in love with the No. 1 Gigolo

Pop the champagne!

[Doppo] 

Ah, must be nice to be a guy with a strong stomach, 

Meanwhile I’ve been over here pissing blood for two days

And today they’re gonna make me do karaoke again

When I’m sick of waving the stupid tambourine around

“Fuck off!”

Working sleepless, getting scolded in our dreams

That’s us corporate drones

I’m sick and tired of this; I’m taking a solo vacation to India

To find enlightenment in the Ganges River! 

[Matenrou]

Yes, we’re Matenrou

Division Battle, stake out your life

You gotta fight 4 your pride

[All]

Supersonic shock waves

Bright lights set loose by this Hypnosis Mic

Fire off unparalleled rhymes

With a Bang! Bang! Bang!

I’m breaking my way out

I’m gonna be champion

This is survival of the fittest

The front lines, the danger zone

You gotta fight 4 your pride

You gotta fight 4 your pride

Let’s bout, no hesitating, player

Can’t run from judgment time

You gotta fight 4 your pride

You gotta fight 4 your pride

No way out, until the end it’s

Live or die

[Ichiro] A massive feud, here comes karma

[Samatoki] If you’re scared of the illegal then go home

[Jiro & Saburo] The thug life’s just right to start playing dirty

[Jyuto & Rio] This is a revolt of words, gimme the mic!

[Ramuda] A massive uproar, life’s the prize

[Jakurai] What’s fair must fade; all things must pass

[Gentaro & Dice] A revolution’s coming, fakers get eliminated 

[Hifumi & Doppo] This is a revolt of words, Don’t Pass The Mic

[All]

Time to settle this; 4 Divisions Say ho!

If you wanna see, then make some noise; say Ho! Ho! Ho!

[Jakurai] Infinite, parallel possibilities

[Ramuda] About to explode, high voltage

[Samatoki] Controlling this battle with one phrase

[Ichiro] Bet it all to Rule the Stage

[All]

A sudden storm ushers in a new age--battle royale

Assembled in force to crush each other--fight 4 your pride

Super sonic shock waves

Bright lights set loose by this Hypnosis Mic

Fire off unparalleled rhymes

With a Bang! Bang! Bang!

I’m the real deal

I won’t let you take the top

This is survival of the fittest

Sparks flying in this danger zone

You gotta fight 4 your pride

You gotta fight 4 your pride

Let’s bout, no hesitating, player

Can’t run from judgement time

You gotta fight 4 your pride

You gotta fight 4 your pride

No way out, until the end it’s

Live or die

Let’s settle this with a final battle

Live or die

[arachnidsgamer]

Tall, dark and beautiful. Casual smoker. Singer and dancer for her own group; big name around those parts and rather rich. Bit of an ego (about as large as her giant ass) and currently working off a "little" winter weight. Enjoys dark, quiet nights.

I am respectfully looking and eager to send you my coords so we can hang out and get to know each other 8etter please hit me up again you sound wonderful.

[alteregoindiaa]

Looking for some fashion inspiration for the season. We enlist for you the perfect and in trend coord sets for all your everyday occasions.

[pretty-idol-hell]

hey, sorry if youve been asked this before but does pripara have difficulty settings? i love the anime but ive seen videos of the rhythm game and it looks super easy. i see the appeal of making your own character and unlocking coords, but i get bored of easier modes of rhythm games super easily so i wanna know the difficulty before paying like €80 for the switch game. thanks!

On the arcade game there are technically only two difficulty settings: regular (one button), and “Gold Disc” (3-button) and neither are very difficult. Although recently, the difficulty was indirectly bumped up significantly with the addition of Zuttomo, 2 player songs, which are a great challenge to play on your own since they are not designed to be able to. (Especially Twin Mirror Compact.) I don’t know if this will apply to the Switch.

The easy level of the rhythm used to bother me when I first stated playing the arcade game, but I got over it pretty quickly. First of all you have to have the self realization that this is a children’s game. You are playing a children’s game. Second, the addictiveness of PriPara comes from somewhere else like you said: The songs, the colors, the coords, making your own character and your own original teams, etc! It’s just something about the atmousphere. (And well, if you don’t think that’s worth it than perhaps your loss I guess.)

By the way.

It’s always easy to pass songs in PriPara, but being perfect on the arcade game and scoring high is actually WAY harder than you think. Competitive PriPara is like 25% rhythm and 75% is knowing exactly the perfect combination of coords, jewels, and team members to take advantage of bonuses. (Meaning any beginner would place low in a competition despite perfect rhythm.) I always show up to competitions with some ridiculous team it took me weeks to a month to put together, but it does come down to rhythm accuracy in the end between me and the other small group of people who know what we’re doing. And I often lose. I came in first place in a Grandprix only once technically.

I got maybe 4th or 5th place (left before the final rankings, just know I wasn’t top 3) in the most recent Grandprix at Prism Stone Harajuku after trying my ABSOLUTE HARDEST but the competition was BRUTAL. It was a pretty big upset for me and a bit of a dent in my ego, so hearing someone say PriPara is easy, while I totally understand why someone would think that based on videos and this probably doesn’t apply to the Swich, I’m like “…….”

Just FYI hahaha.

[legendarypeanuttriumph]

Sobre robo de significantes

Este es un resumen de un capítulo titulado “Identidad social o el retorno del sujeto en sociología. Un nuevo enfoque de estudio” por el autor Gilberto Giménez, del libro Identidad: análisis y teoría, simbolismo, sociedades complejas, nacionalismo y etnicidad de la autora Leticia Méndez y Mercado. El capítulo consta de seis acápites.

En el primer acápite titulado, “Un nuevo objeto de estudio”. Gimenez describe que las crisis general de identidades son una nueva forma de crisis social. Estas crisis afectan: 1) todo el sistema de identidades tradicionales en los países en desarrollo bajo la “modernización”; y 2) al sistema de identidades ideológicas, políticas y religiosas configuradas a partir de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y que se desmoronaron en la Guerra Fría.

Esta crisis se manifiesta en forma contradictoria, de un lado emergió una tentativa de eliminar fronteras al construir unidades supranacionales (como la unión europea), y por otro lado se despertó el nativismo que fomento la disolución de estados multinacionales unificados bajo identidades ideológicas supranacionales (como Yugoslavia), de esta manera comenzaron a proliferar identidades grupales de pequeña escala. Esto es lo que Michel Maffesoli llamo “tendencia a la neotribalización” en las sociedades de masa.

El segundo acápite “Antecedentes teóricos”, hace un recuento histórico del concepto de identidad. Citando los estudios de George Mead como pioneros en el tema, los estudios de Erving Goffman y Ralph Turner en el interaccionismo simbólico, los estudios de Alfred Schutz, Peter Berger y Thomas Luckman en la fenomenología, y Talcott Parsons desde el funcionalismo-estructuralista, autor que incorpora la identidad al sistema de la personalidad. Por su parte, también Habermas introduce la identidad como elemento de su teoría de acción comunicativa.

En el tercer acápite “El núcleo de la identidad”, Gimenez describe que la identidad forma parte de una teoría más amplia; la del actor social, y que estas no pueden desasociarse. La identidad no es una propiedad intrínseca del sujeto sino que tiene una cualidad intersubjetiva y relacional, es decir, es resultado de un proceso social, surge y se desarrolla en la interacción cotidiana. Afirma el autor que existen tres dimensiones de la identidad, citando a la autora Loredana Sciolla, estas son: 1) locativa, donde el individuo se sitúa y delimita sus fronteras, esta dimensión está vinculada con el principio de la diferenciación entre e individuo y el mundo; 2) selectiva, donde hace un proceso de selección y rechazo, aquí se plantea el vínculo entre la identidad y la acción, e; 3) integradora, esta dispone de un marco epistémico en el que trazar vivencias presentes y futuras creando así una biografía, esta ultima dimensión se vincula con el sentido de la continuidad a través del tiempo.

En el cuarto acápite, “Identidad y estructura social”, el autor describe la importancia del marco social en la identificación del sujeto, sin embargo, arguye que “los valores comunes no constituyen modelos normativos de acción [..] sino que solo son reglas del juego”.

En el quinto acápite, “Identidad individual e identidad colectiva”, Gimenez expone aun más sobre la importancia que juegan los demás en la autodefinición del sujeto. Sostienen que la identidad del ego surge de la inscripción a una múltiples campos semánticos, es decir, se trata de múltiples identificaciones, no obstante opina que en ocasiones una identificación eclipsa las demás en diferentes contextos. Por ejemplo, Gimenez cita al autor George Devereux y el concepto de hipercatización, este es un proceso en el cual un sujeto es sustraído de sus demás identificaciones de círculos de pertenencia del individuo.

En el último acápite titulado, “La dinámica de la identidad: cambios y mutaciones”, Gimenez explica que las identidades, tanto colectiva como individual no deben de concebirse como inmutables, sino como procesos contingentes. Las identidades se encuentran en constante cambio, y pueden ocurrir ciertos fenómenos como la transformación y la mutación, por fusión (asimilación) o fisión (diferenciación). Gimenez cita al autor Donald Horowitz y su esquema de cambio cultural que se constituye de dos fenómenos con dos divisiones correspondientes:

1) dos formas de asimilación:

    1.1) amalgamación, este es el resultado de la unión de varios grupos en uno nuevo;

    1.2) integración, consiste en la pérdida de identidad de un grupo y la incorporación a otro grupo;

2) dos formas diferenciación:

    2.1) división, implica la ruptura de un grupo con rasgos identitarios propios;

    2.2) proliferación, este fenómeno implica la construcción de grupos con identidades nuevas a partir de grupos-madre que conservan su identidad.

  Bibliografía:

Giménez Gilberto. “Identidad social o el retorno del sujeto en sociología. Un nuevo enfoque de estudio” en Méndez y Mercado, Leticia (coord.), Identidad: análisis y teoría, simbolismo, sociedades complejas, nacionalismo y etnicidad. III Coloquio Paul Kirchhoff, UNAM, México, 1996, pp. 11-2