#especially considering everything

[transingthoseformers]

Sunderposting making me think about what he would do with the djd actually... like he talks about something about sin and guilt and all.... which I think means he would find the djd extra delicious

At least for tarn we know that he feels some kind of guilt or Something with the torture. Like at least he claims that he doesn't enjoy it past a certain point. He seems to feel some kind of pain or sadness and feels that the torture isn't fun for him but it's necessary. And I think sunder would get so excited about that. He'd sink his horrible dentae into that, amplifying every shred of pain and guilt that tarn has ever felt. Oh and not to mention his weird relationship with megatron. Sunder would rip him apart for it

For the rest of the djd we don't really have a lot of info on them but they probably went through Something. Like I don't think anyone is forged with a face that comes off with spikes. And we know kaon is cold constructed, so was he some random soldier who was then "upgraded" to what he ended up being, or was he immediately constructed as an electric chair, something doomed to be nothing more than a vessel for torture and death. Like we know they had names before the djd. How much more were they before that. What did they have to give up to become who they are. Do any of them have any guilt about what happened to old vos? Especially kaon? Or vos himself? (I havent read all the comics so if theres any more info on the djd i haven't seen it sorry hfjhdhdh)

Any kinds of thoughts any of them have about who they are or what they've been forced to be or any shred of guilt they've ever had could be played with by sunder

And like tbh I don't think I want sunder to kill them. I want them to survive and just be real messed up after that. And none of them would ever say anything about it. Tarn WOULD attempt to initiate some kind of Corporate Therapy or Feedback or just something where they can voice what's bothering them- but there's no way he can do it without exposing that he, too, was shaken and so it never happens

Exactly my thought process!!! Tarn is such an interesting blend of thoughts, emotions, and actions that I think his mind would intrigue Sunder beyond belief

I've seen many ideas for Kaon, hell I've even seen the idea of Kaon being built for Grindcore which has implications.

We, ultimately, don't get as much information on the backstories of the non-Tarn DJD members. Hell, we don't even learn that Tarn was Glitch until relatively later on.

I too think that, ultimately, the DJD should survive Sunder in this scenario. For the consequences.

[space-librarian]

Someone please remind me that it's unacceptably weird to buy a wedding dress when you don't even have a prospective fiance yet

[akanemnon]

It was super effective

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MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

[imadhatt3r]

It kinda irks me when people call Black Mask "Truekechi", because that's not really the case...? Not entirely, at least.

I mean yes, of course, Black Mask IS a part of Akechi's personality, I'm not denying that. The thing is, that it isn't Akechi's WHOLE personality. This kid just went through the biggest crashout of his life, his whole plan he's been meticulously working on for years failed, and the worst part is that it didn't even lead to what he was after, so he didn't even get the revenge he wanted. Of course he's unstable and edgy, I mean, who wouldn't be?

That is not to say that his anger and edginess aren't a part of his "true self"; I'm sure that his glee at taking out shadows is absolutely real, for example, but I believe that it comes from him just being angry in general- at Shido, at Maruki, and at himself. Akechi is rough around the edges, has a short temper and has a tendency to look at others from above, but the situation he's in boosts these parts of his personality as a sort of defense mechanism.

I think that his mementos conversations give a really good insight into this too; Perhaps it's due to my older age compared to the characters in-game, but a lot of Akechi's lines feel so... Forced on his side? He's the one to bring up that other Thieves probably don't want to have him on the team, or that they're unsettled by how he fights, but nobody even said anything about it in the first place...? Even other characters seem kinda done with his act, either that or they accept him being on the team due to their shared goals; Some are even quite nice and friendly, all things considered. This just feels like Akechi's self-loathing twisting itself into this kind of quips because he himself doesn't want to get too comfortable on the team; He's scared of growing closer to the other Thieves, so he tries to keep them at arm's length. He can't just tell them "I think I'm a horrible person" straight up (his pride wouldn't let him), so he has to make himself "unappealing" in other ways.

There's also the other side of these conversations, where you can see him just... Being a kid. He whines about being hungry, or thirsty, or his legs getting stiff in the car, he talks about mundane things with other Thieves like graduation or sports... He's just a teenager as much as his teammates are- it's just that the others weren't hired as assassins at 15 and didn't grow up obsessed with the plan to kill their father. His emotional development and maturation process have clearly been impacted, on top of everything else he had to deal with. So he may act "adult" and more mature than others at first glance (at least before he reveals Loki), but inside he is just as much (if not more, in some aspects) of a kid as the other Thieves are. This means that he is still at the age and mental development level where he is still figuring out himself, who he is, what path to follow etc. It also means that he is prone to being overly dramatic, emotionally extreme, and have poor emotional control- you know, teen stuff.

The key to it all becomes his ultimate persona, Hereward. We all know that Akechi has two personas, but he doesn't get two ultimate personas, he gets only one. I think that it's symbolic of his psyche slowly melding itself into one again. It's not that either one of his "sides" was truly fake or real; Both the Detective Prince and Black Mask ARE parts of the "real" Akechi- it's just that he has been systematically compartmentalizing his whole self into two for YEARS. The awakening of his ultimate persona is him starting the process of healing and allowing these two sides of him to mix and reconnect back into one.

I honestly think that, with enough time and the right environment, Akechi's most extreme traits would even themselves out, and he would stop being AS short-tempered, snarky, and blood-thirsty as he is in the game. He will never be the perfectly plesant Detective Prince, but he also won't be the angry, self-loathing and vengeful Black Mask. He will be something new, something different, a fusion of the two opposite ends of his personality spectrum. Only then he will live as his fully true self.

[bougiebutchbinch]

Intersectionality, disability, and being 'one of the good ones'

I am 'one of the good ones'.

I have been told this, verbatim, by various healthcare professionals.

This is because I have a severe manifestation of my disease - worse than 90% of what my specialist sees - but to their eyes, unlike most in the same bracket, I am driven to maintain as much mobility as possible.

I do the work I need to in order to remain able to work, even at a greatly reduced capacity (even if this constant effort towards condition management means making lots of sacrifices in my social and personal life). This makes me a 'good disabled person'.

This entire concept is fascinating to me - not least for the conflation of 'good' and 'has worth within a capitalist society'. It's also hugely damaging to other disabled people.

First off: I'm privileged in that one of my diseases at least, CAN have symptoms mitigated by medication, (ridiculous amounts of) physio, and surgery, even if it is still degenerative and the overall problem remains. A lot of folks have diseases that, whether due to the intractable processes involved, or medical neglect and lack of research, have no treatment whatsoever.

I'm privileged because I genuinely love my job. There are problems, don't get me wrong, but it's on its way to being a decent-paying, well-respected career that I can do from a wheelchair. People who work my job are typically treated well by society. There are strong protections in place to defend my rights as a disabled person, and though managers absolutely try to cut corners, those legal protections are still there. I find fulfilment in this work, to the point I would still do it in a perfect post-capitalist society without monetary gain. Although many people are ableist to me on a day-to-day basis, on the whole, people in this sector are somewhat educated about patient rights and disability advocation.

Why would I have any motivation to maintain my ability to work, if I was paid a poverty wage and treated like dirt for what I did for a living, on top of facing structural and interpersonal ableism?

I'm privileged because I have a loving family who help me with ADLs. While we still have our issues, they never make me feel 'lesser' for being disabled. While we used to be working class, we got very lucky and now live a comfortable middle class life, which means I have a stable home in a country with universal healthcare, that I am not in immediate danger of losing. We live together, so I receive care from them, and we get along excellently. They support me, and help me to achieve my goals.

How could I do the ridiculous amounts of extra physio and symptom management work I need to do if I didn't have people who were happy to help me cook, clean, and care for myself? How could I keep track of my medication and doctors appointments if I didn't have people who understand my memory problems and help me? How could I have the energy to work on controlling my condition - as much as it can be controlled - if I was constantly worrying about making rent or where my next meal was going to come from?

And finally, my mental health is in a genuinely good place! I do suffer from some long-term mental health problems, but they're managed and treatable, and I haven't had a severe episode in years.

How could I focus on looking after my body if my mind was constantly under attack from itself?

It's like... yeah, I've worked extremely hard to get where I am, and achieved rare results. I'm glad that's acknowledged by my healthcare team. But every day I am reminded that I would never have made it this far, had circumstances been different. That people across the world put in the exact same effort as me, and receive none of the results or the praise.

Caling me 'one of the good ones' isn't a compliment. It's a backhanded put-down to other, more vulnerable members of the disabled community. I think those of us who are classed as 'The Virtuous And Hardworking Disabled' do need to be conscientious of this. We should challenge this attitude where we can, even if we have diseases or manifestations that may be classed as 'more severe' than others.

[empty-blog-for-lurking]

TSV season 1 looks at the question "Why would anyone worship an evil god?" And answers "What other choice do we have?" What other choice do we have when the legacy of everyone we have ever loved and lost weigh heavy on our shoulders? What other choice do we have when there is some deep unfulfilled Want in us and this is the only thing that said it could complete us? What other choice do we have when this is our entire world from our home to our workplace to everything in between? What choice do we have when all we see is devastation from equally terrifying hungry beings that will surely kill us if our god doesn't protect us? What choice do we have when this is the only thing we have ever known?

And thing is even if you try to escape? This world won't let you. Most likely you are going to be dragged back kicking and screaming and turned into a grotesque monster against your will. Most likely someone with a gun to your head will keep you in check. And even if you do escape the god that has done nothing but taken from you and hurt you and destroyed you and killed you and broken you down and turned you into something horrid?

Well there's another one, just as hungry, just as wretched, just as evil, right behind you and waiting to eat embrace you.

[anexistingexistence]

David "Tell me you're being safe" Shaw and Darlin' "I know what I'm doing" Shaw

[ineed-to-sleep]

I forgot about how killing eve's writing just starts getting progressively worse the more season 3 goes on. Like girl what happened to my show.......... my characters......... what did they DO to villanelle...................... and where is EVE

[johnsspacesuittight]

So I watched all of the Librarian movies a little while back (heard about em because Sean and Sinead Persaud are writing for the new show) and now I’m like Obsessed with Noah Wyle hhh is this a normal experience?

[transingthoseformers]

The idea of TF One Megatron using fanfics to VENT just has me reeling because yes, he definitely is writing Megatronus Prime content because nothings stopping him.

But just imagine he also uses his fics to try to get some catharsis and soon enough there's Optimus fics as well. That vary with intensity especially during the war a h a h a h a plenty of sub Optimus stuff but the occasional oneshots of him being dominant are sprinkled in. Some of this is him angrily typing what accused charged dream he's been having of his enemy to try to banish it from his mind but clearly it just makes said dreams more creative.

The practically minimum if any words in the author notes in those works speaks VOLUMES.

YOU'RE RIGHT I NEVER CONSIDERED THAT😔

God there's some fascinating fics one can make with the specific cocktail of emotions we leave off with with tfone Megatron

Do you think his view of the Thirteen will be tainted for a while because of his recent experiences with Sentinel's reveal?? Be fun to see how that anti-prime sentiment translates into his fics

The Optimus fics... Well. There's opportunities there :)

Interesting

Does Optimus know that Megatron is writing smutty fanfiction about the two of them

[mistystarshine]

Consider. AU where Anya turns up mid season two and, through a wish gone wrong from Buffy, ensouls every vampire in Sunnydale. Sounds like a good idea on the surface, but as it turns out, the combination of demonic instincts and spontaneous reensoulment trauma makes a lot of vampires really fucking dangerous. Now Spike is the only semi-sane vampire in all of Sunnydale, Buffy is facing a crisis to which there is no easy answer, and the vengeance demon responsible for it all is nowhere to be found.

[bl-inded]

Okay, why does Yotha keep insisting Faifa doesn't mess with his mentee? I've never taken Faifa as a mess-with-anyone type.

Is he talking about how Faifa shouldn't make him feel all important with his undivided attention only for Wine to get inevitably hurt when he realizes that's just how Fa is?

Is it something that Yotha has to deal with on the reg? Like Faifa is the one dealing with all the people Yotha has been too cold to and felt wrongly ignored, and Yotha has to deal with all the people Fai has been too warm to and felt wrongly attached?

[pipedreamprayer]

This is a pretty interesting reaction

Considering his "about Mavuika" is basically a revelation about the role of Malio that goes:

“For most of my life, I’ve been getting others to pay a price. Then, the Pyro Archon used the Ode of Resurrection to bring me back from the Night Kingdon, and suddenly I was the one paying the price… Only then did I understand it from both sides. To the stronger party, the “price” is a bargaining chip, and to the weaker party, it’s a sign of what’s at stake. What matters is whether you have the courage to make the gamble.”

As a bonus, @sapphireshineonao3 made s good point that this was quite possibly the moment he awoke his Ancient Name, this was the revelation that prompted a connection to Burkina ans the flood of memories. The moment he became aware of the insane gamble the heroes 500 years ago took on the future.

What he's saying here kind of feels like a different attitude to his "about Mavuika" quote, there's no sign of disdain in calling it courageous to take the gamble that, in hindsight, is probably specifically considering the 500 year plan, but you know what's changed since since he had this revelation? They actually went through with that gamble and it turned out that Mavuika was supposed to die to see it done, one of those hidden costs he speaks about here maybe? Sure, in the end she didn't pay it, but it did ultimately cost a life.

Looking back on his pov of the whole thing...I wonder if he feels some sort of responsibility to have seen that coming? He, of all people, knows that gambling can ruin you, his dad taught him that in the worst possible way, yet when he understood the bargaining from both sides after his brush with death he didn't suspect a hidden cost, just paid attention to the risk of it working at all.

In a weird way...that does circle back around to tell us a lot about how he thinks of Mavuika - after a lifetime treating people warily and squaring away any possible debts as soon as possible to feel safe from being taken advantage of, he blindly took her word for it that she was being completely honest about the plan both in Burkinas memories and when they talked about it in the present. And she did, in fact, take the opportunity to hide something important from them.

So...is the dig at gamblers possibly a bit aimed at her? As in, he's pissed off about that secret price and has no outlet bc its hard to blame someone for being willing to die to save everyone, and then this event happens and he's so strongly reminded of his dad that he can't hold back from lashing out at all of what's happened recently?

[why-be-social-when-you-can-read]

Okay so l reread the murderbot diaries some time ago but I read it in German this time instead of English and I think they actually handeled the pronouns relatively well?

cause it’s hard to refer to a person as it, especially with possesive pronouns (like you can‘t say ‚that’s its book’ but you have to say ‚that‘s his/her book’) but instead of defaulting to he/him they usually called murderbot she/her (cause that’s the German pronoun for a Unit (from Sec Unit) pls don’t make me explain how German pronouns work) and sometimes they used he/him when refering to it as a Bot

So yeah maybe they could have found a way to only refer to Murderbot as it but I think they still kept it pretty gernder-neutral (considering that German is a gerndered language)

[lizzybeeee]

"And then it was over."

[maddymoreau]

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