#hence why I only use she/her in most social situations

[clingylilhoneybee]

Some things I’ve experienced as far as shifting from she/they to fully they has been accepting people are going to say whatever they want despite what we have, buuuuut bt but are less likely to do so if it’s just a solid “they” if that makes sense ? i am not good at explaining and I don’t mean this to sound a way i just wanted to be like i love u I understand the cringe when someone calls you a woman and its super fun and super valid if at any point you just start using they all together c:

I appreciate the thoughts. As I’ve said, my take on my own gender is super nuanced and honestly not worth explaining in its entirety on here (except I think I may have an old post where I go off abt it in the tags lol) but with my feelings, I don’t anticipate only using they/them pronouns or no longer using she/her pronouns anytime soon

[meimi-haneoka]

Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Special Chapter: Comments and Analysis

WELCOME BACK, CCS FAAAAAAAAAAAANSSS!!!!!

Oh my god 3 months went already by from that December 1st and chapter 80, didn't they?? Feels like yesterday 🙈But we're finally here, finally ready for the release of the definitive, last SPECIAL CHAPTER of Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card!!!! After this, no more CCS for at least a while!!

Why do you see me so euphoric?? WELL, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE VERY GOOD REASON 😂 But let's not jump the gun and let's introduce this post properly: this time around, I won't be posting pictures to "illustrate" the analysis/commentary, because this special chapter was treated differently from the other ones. It didn't get, in fact, a free release on CLAMP's Youtube channel, in any language, and wasn't even uploaded for digital purchase on Comic Days like all the rest of the chapters. The only way to obtain it was via the April issue of Nakayoshi, either with the physical or digital version. Since it is clear to me their intention to keep this gem of a special chapter away from the internet jungle, and since lately I used only the screenshots from Youtube to illustrate my analysis, this time around I won't be posting anything (aside from the color page, which was released by the official account themselves).

AND! I won't be mixing analysis and summary, because I have already conveniently prepared some screenshots with a detailed summary of the chapter for the people who were curious to know, but didn't get to see the chapter yet or did see it but couldn't read Japanese. I have already posted these screenshots on my Twitter account, and I'll put them here too under the cut (please don't repost them around or in other social media), so you can immediately get a broad view on the content of the chapter (I don't have to point out translation mistakes, haha 😅), and then, afterwards, I'll write my commentary. And there is SO MUCH to say!!

But before starting, we can't break the tradition right at the LAST ROUND of our chapter commentaries, right?? So off we go, with the GIF OF THE MONTH!!

Yes, I think this is the GIF that can represent this chapter the most. 😂

The Color Page

This special chapter is composed of 33 pages, and of course I can't avoid starting my commentary precisely from the color page!!

I admit it, I hoped for a color spread with the four main characters of Clear Card (hence, including Kaito and Akiho too), but since the other two appeared with their own color page just in chapter 79, we'll gladly take this single color page with SyaoSaku too!! ❤️ The JP text reads "We've been together till now, and we will always be! Featuring a long-awaited special chapter!!" Syaosaku look absolutely adorable....and so, so happy!! Looking at us, from a wreath made of cherry blossoms, of course dressed in their image colors pink and green, in a "pair look"...I think their shiny smiles conquered the hearts of the entire fandom (saw many comments about it) and it is certainly a perfect introduction to a chapter that is, indeed, completely made of this happy, leisurely, warm atmosphere. I feel like it tastes even better, after all the anxiety they made us go through, right? I'm pretty sure that was CLAMP's goal all along, giving us this little reward after all the hard situations they've put their characters through. This color page looks like Sakura and Syaoran are saying "goodbye" to us, holding their hands in a lover's hold, but seeing them so cute and happy definitely soothes the sad feeling 🥲 Until we meet again...hopefully!

Letters From Around The World

But it's when the chapter starts that we get our first surprise: the time skip is of one entire year!!! We left our little heroes at the end of the first year of Tomoeda Middle school, ready to go in spring break and then start the second year...here, Sakura says she's in her spring break of the next year, ready to become a 9th grader!!! I almost couldn't believe they actually went that far, I knew from CLAMP's podcast that there was a timeskip, but I expected just some months! Although....I have to say the characters don't look that different, Mokona said she made them a tiny bit older and she kept true to that, because it's barely visible! 🤭 But if you compare them with how they looked at the middle of the story, of course the difference is visible.

I was so happy to see that the chapter started right away with a letter from Akiho: a letter or a videocall was definitely among the type of content I wanted to see in this chapter, because of course I still was quite preoccupied about the difficult journey Akiho and Kaito embarked on, so I wanted to see how they were faring. The amount of letters Sakura accumulated over the span of this year tells me that they moved around quite a lot, and she had always something to share with her "long-distance sister" 🤭 Kero praising Akiho's skills and even feeling some sort of "reverence" for her insane talent to find all the crazy and rare books was so funny and nice!! 😂Sakura is adorable, feeling all proud about the talent of her "sister" 🤭 Loved that they actually mentioned the place where Akiho and Kaito are currently at!! (cause they didn't reveal where they'd go first, in chapter 80, and I guess we'll never know). I appreciated SO SO much that they let us see that Akiho didn't drop, but actually continued to practice her sewing skills like she was doing before everything went down the drain with the Alice in Clockland play: moreover, finding out later that this skill is also helping her greatly with the true ambition of her life made me incredibly satisfied. How cute of her to send outfits for Kero and Suppy, even from far away??

I was quite surprised to find out that Akiho sends all the rare books to Eriol, and then laughed my as* off at Kero saying he's selling them off (the way Kero phrases it in JP makes it look a QUITE shady activity 😂). This shows there's a continued collaboration between the "group" in England and YunaAki, and it's very nice. They're not only "taking" support from Eriol, Akiho also does return the favor, providing Eriol with the books he needs.

And then....got really emotional to know that Kaito wrote a letter to Sakura, back when they left one year ago 🥲 I DID feel like some kind of acknowledgement or apology from Kaito to Sakura was missing from chapter 80 (but honestly, with everything they had to explain, where they could fit that?) and so this little mention completely fixed that sense of "he made a mess and barely managed to apologize to Akiho before leaving". Kaito isn't an ass*ole so of course he would've done something like that, and a letter seems perfect for an introvert boy of few words like him. I imagine the letter wasn't really long either. The little moon on the sealing wax...❤️The fact that Sakura is storing that single letter together with Akiho's letters in a specific box makes me almost cry. She cares for those two so, so much! 😭 Sakura wishes to receive more letters from Kaito and I really hope he will open up to her along the way, because he could benefit ENORMOUSLY from her advices and perspective! Also THANK YOU CLAMP for giving us a little "still" of those two next to eachother from the moment when they were leaving Tomoeda, with the suitcases and all 🥲that last faraway shot of all four of them together in chapter 80 was so great, but I wanted to see them like this too!

The SyaoSaku Date

Aaaaaand then we get to the long awaited, craved, coveted SYAOSAKU DATE!!! 🤣 I can't count how many people I've seen wishing for this....to be honest I was going to be ok with any kind of sweet moment between the two, but gotta admit that a carefree afternoon watching a stage play and then taking refreshment at a café gives this sense of normal, complete fun that was missing a bit for them. They are dressed in a very fancy way (loved that Sakura isn't wearing her usual long one-pieces but something different, with puff shorts! A sign of her growing up?) and even though they're not exactly wearing a "pair look" (too corny, maybe?), they are well matching eachother's outfits. And of course we find out that Tomoyo made Sakura's cute outfit and even the decorations on Syaoran's collar! The fact she was the one asking Syaoran to wear them at the date is kinda funny, like some sort of guidance into looking like a couple, thanks to the matching decorations! Tomoyo really takes care of everything....yes....everything. 🥲 The mention of Sakura's wedding dress of course made me go "OH MY GOD" and made me realize that if Tomoyo is already mentioning that.......we aren't *that* far away from that day (I always imagined SyaoSaku marrying early, since they're soulmates and got together so young!! 😆). Truly an emotional, sweet moment that was reinforced by Tomoyo's tender expression in the flashback. Her resolution to devote herself to learn to design even normal everyday outfits, or date outfits, everything that could accompany her dear Sakura everyday, reminded me that Tomoyo found her very own way to be with Sakura, and she's perfectly content with that. Tomoyo's happiness is seeing Sakura happy, and she will do anything to achieve that. ✨

Syaoran and Kaito's Friendship

And then my blushy blushy Sakura changes topic and suddenly throws me on the floor in a fit of laughter, because seeing Syaoran's confused look while he was trying to make sense of the pictures Kaito sent him on his phone WAS HONESTLY PRICELESS. 😆 My god, how long have I wished to see them like this? Moving their timid steps into a friendship (since their girlfriends are like sisters and Sakura literally saved Kaito's derriere), being their awkward dorky selves...they surprisingly get along so well and Syaoran doesn't seem to hold resentment towards him, which is GREAT for me!! He's learning from Sakura to just let go of hard feelings, when you've found out the person who acted in an oppositive way was just in a very desperate situation and had actually no ill intentions. And that makes me incredibly happy. Kaito needs all the support he can get, to make the right decisions in his life, and I can totally see him finding a particular connection with Syaoran, due to how they're both moon boys, who would give their life for the person they love. I think precisely for this, precisely because Syaoran can understand to a degree Kaito's situation and behavior, he wouldn't feel judged and would feel more free to establish a connection with him. I was k*lled with laughter and endearment when I saw that Syaoran felt confused, but still tried to understand Kaito's peculiar way of communicating with him 😂 And guess what? I think he doesn't realize it, but he's totally starting to get it! 😂The way our wolfie boy snaps that picture IMMEDIATELY as the cat passes by, and how he only framed the ear, really shows how in the end he's speaking "the same language" as Kaito 😂 Seeing Sakura so excitedly think to herself that the two became such good friends made me scream "SAME SAKURA-CHAN, SAME!!!" 😂 All in all, seeing these two having such a relaxed, comfortable date talking about their friends and stuff that happened lately made me completely feel that one year that elapsed, and now they act totally like a couple that's been dating for quite some time. 😊 Ooooh thank you sensei, really. Thank you so much for this scene. 🙏

The Moon Is Really Beautiful, Right?

BUT! The real reason why CLAMP will always have my heart and my gratitude is hidden in the next scene. 😂

Oh my god, the screams I've belted out when I saw them. And when I've read THAT. But let's go in order, let's go in order and not jump the gun! We're in Germany, Akiho and Kaito now seem to be living in an apartment in a nice building! They're still talking in keigo, and still calling eachother "Akiho-san" and "Kaito-san". 😊

Kaito SMILES genuinely at the picture Syaoran sent him!! And answers, to an observant Akiho, that he's having fun!! 😭HIM! The one who couldn't understand what was fun in interacting with others!!! He looks honestly so radiant and happy, a sign that his mental recovery is going strong. And that he's slowly expanding his "trusted people" network. 🥲🙏Also, he looks younger than ever!!! 😂

It made me INCREDIBLY HAPPY to see that Akiho didn't drop the "hobby" she had started in chapter 26 (ages ago!!), remember this scene?

I remember how much I loved to know she had started learning how to do this, because together with my friends, at the time, we all thought this could easily become her aspiration in life......and guess what?? CLAMP confirmed she wants to take on a job revolving around books and book repairing!! This is all canon!! T___T oh my happy tears.... There's a sense of pride in seeing that this journey for Akiho isn't only revolving around finding the cure for Kaito's shortened lifespan (which hurt his body terribly) and restarting his "stopped time", or finding Momo and the Alice in Clockland book, but she's also got the mental resolution to do something for herself, for what she wants to do in life, something that is completely disconnected from Kaito. Again, I cannot reiterate enough how this girl doesn't have an unhealthy codependent relationship with Kaito, and she's completely capable of thinking about her own future, aspirations and wishes. She wants him with her, and she could never live happily without him, but the love of her life isn't the only thing that exists for her. It is incredibly satisfying to see her working hard for her own future, where she'll be able to contribute (especially financially) to their livelihood. I can see Kaito helping her and assisting her with that. The other day I was dreaming away with my friends about Kaito and Akiho managing a "book cafè" together somewhere, how impossibly sweet that would be?

Seeing this volitive, ambitious, strong-willed Akiho once again filled my heart immensely. And I wasn't the only one, apparently.....

Oh god, you have no idea of the SHRIEKS I belted out when I saw Kaito saying "the moon is really beautiful, right?" in full daylight. Like. It is absolutely unmistakable at this point what kind of love he feels for her, and while I always knew, I'm sure the character took his own sweet time and personal introspection to reach that conclusion. If you remember, I've always said it and reiterated it at the end of chapter 80: Kaito won't understand things overnight, it will take a long time. And one year, at that age, is enough of a long time to come to terms with one's feelings and understanding what exactly they mean. They lived all that time together as two "equals", no more butler/boss bullsh*t, so they had even more opportunities to see eachother's true colors. And Kaito couldn't help but fall even more in love with Akiho, to the point that seeing her working so excitedly for her future made him gently overflow with that feeling....and said that sweet quote of Natsume Soseki that we all know, by now, what it means. I think the mere fact that what made his heart explode was seeing her so independent and strong, is a good sign that Kaito's love for her is the healthy and supportive kind, too. He doesn't love her and feels attracted to her soul because she's a weaker, younger, malleable being that he can dominate (as a toxic relationship would portray), but at the contrary, because she's free and strong and wonderful on her own. The more he sees her shining, the more that feeling grows. Throughout this scene, he looks at her and talks to her in such an intensely sweet way, you can totally see he's smitten with her.

The most popular reply to someone who confesses with "the moon is beautiful" is the equivalent of "I could die for you/I can die happy now", in Japanese. And Kaito had been unconsciously replying that way, with his actions, the whole damn time during the serialization of Clear Card. But since he took it way too literally, things were really heading to tragedy. Nobody wanted him to die for real, and yet, subconsciously, that was the only way he had found to give outlet to an enormous amount of feels that he couldn't express (because it wasn't appropriate, and nobody would ever love him, and he only caused her pain, and he had to let go of Akiho anyway at the end of it).

So considering all of THAT, this "I love you very much" he said now (he added とても, "very", like Akiho did ❤️) in this way, makes me think even more "yes, you finally understood what was the best way to convey it!" and therefore, it represents another character development for our moon boy. 🥲

There's debate over whether he had already understood what Akiho had meant, in chapter 48. I stand firmly by my convinction that, even if he was informed of the Japanese folklore tale around it, he quickly dismissed it as "no, she's meaning it literally for the moon", since he couldn't really believe that anyone would ever take interest in him, and was sure he would've always been alone. Otherwise, if he really understood and believed that Akiho was in love with him, I don't think he could've ever said that "I thought you didn't need me to be happy". It doesn't make sense. But everything that happened at the fake moon, and all her angry tears, and all her resolution to find a way to cure him, made him finally see that she really meant it in that way. ❤️So his own acceptance and introspection could finally start, and....it brought to this. ❤️ If you want to know more about the popular phrase "the moon is beautiful, right?", I invite you to check my first Clear Card Trivia post, focused on the literary and musical references portrayed throughout this story!

And LOL, I couldn't help but noticing several things in how this scene played out: first, he immediately "runs away" blabbering about the breakfast being ready, a very similar way to how he "ran away" in chapter 52 when Akiho could see right through him and was trying to express her support and feelings to him. This is definitely an indication (taking into consideration also how he acted when he was little) that the reason why Kaito walked away back then, slamming the door, had a sprinkle of embarrassment embedded in it, too. Yeah. I mean, look at the face he's making here, just before he notices, puzzled, that his hand is shaking:

He's smiling so tenderly, among the pain he's feeling because of his poor health. He even laughs! He's happy he heard that! But he just couldn't stay hearing any longer, back then. Now, in this scene of the special chapter, he literally throws "the bomb" and runs away without hearing her answer or reaction 😂😂😂this is definitely embarrassment, and I'd like to think there's even a hint of teasing streak that I've always seen between the lines in his personality. It came out particularly with Syaoran and Momo, but Akiho isn't excluded from this dynamic! 😂

And excuse me, but Akiho's reaction literally made me roll on the floor laughing!! 😂The poor girl is probably so used to live abroad, and Japanese folklore isn't probably coming up immediately in her mind anymore, despite it's a phrase SHE used HERSELF back then! 😂Or maybe it's because she didn't really expect it from him, and so she took a moment to connect the dots. Either way, it was extremely funny! And I can't absolutely avoid pointing out how our girl isn't blushing like mad anymore, but just slightly.... I mean. It must have been quite clear to her too, by now, that her feelings were in some kind "reciprocated", be it for what Sakura said back at the fake moon, his decision to go back to her, and his decision to reveal his true name, hence giving her his most vulnerable part of himself... This isn't a shock for her, and she probably waited patiently, patiently, for him to finally say something like this. So maybe, more than embarrassed, she's surprised that the day finally came! 🥲 Goodness. This really puts all my worries to rest, Akiho will truly be happy. And it makes total sense that CLAMP made him say this now, and not at the end of chapter 80. As I said, more time was needed. This entire scene leaves me with a sweet, soft, comfortable feeling, and it's totally how I've always imagined their relationship to be. Also....no more of that "he loves her as a daughter/sister" crap, not canon-wise at least. 😊

One last thing I have to point out about this scene, which curiously reconnects everything together, is that recently CLAMP have announced the themes to which their upcoming exhibition will revolve around: among them, there's LOVE (of course!), and among the decorations surrounding the featured character on the key visual (Sakura, for now, but there's at least another one coming!) there are a couple of birds too. Birds are, in this sense, a symbol of love in CLAMP's language. I couldn't really help but noticing all the birds flying outside the window next to Akiho, the moment Kaito says that "the moon is really beautiful, right?". Basically, CLAMP were trying to scream it all over the place, however they could. 😂

"Momo-san?!"

It was so nice to see Yukito and Kero-chan gossiping about Touya right in his face, with the complete intention to tease him 😂in that sense, Yukito really seems like a sweet and harmless character, but don't be fooled! His teasing power is over 9000!! 😂Touya's killing glare made me crack up! He's so done for, now that both Kero and Yukito can tease him in the open! 😂😂😂

But please, please, let me scream about MOMO!!! Oh my god I would've never accepted a special chapter that didn't feature her!! Aaaaahhh I'm so glad to see that she's fine 🥲 The conversation between her and Sakura made clear to me that she isn't that free to move how I imagined her to be. Certainly, she decides where to go and who the book stays with (and when to leave), but the impartiality imposed on her role doesn't allow her to act freely like she wants, unless she pays a price. And she decided to pay a price, not to see Akiho and Kaito, but to go and thank Sakura herself first. Because, as her "those kids" suggests, she of course still feels some kind of maternal instinct towards them, and as any mother would do, she wants to thank Sakura from the bottom of her heart for having helped and saved those two. Even her body language (the position of her hands) portrays that. And excuse me, but I A B S O L U T E L Y loved how CLAMP clarified once and for all, addressing directly the complaints of their own fandom, that Sakura wasn't forcingly dragged into a matter that wasn't related to her. Everything she did, she decided to do it because she felt it touched her personally. From the moment she became Akiho's friend and came to care for her, everything that happened and everything that she was involved with was related to her too. This wasn't "somebody else's business" anymore. Because Akiho is one of her most beloved friends, no matter how "fast" that happened. Some relationships bloom almost immediately, because the connection is just that strong. And so, this turned into just another expression of "your happiness is my happiness", with Sakura acting according to what her heart suggested. As Kaito is Akiho's most beloved person, Sakura couldn't help but care for him too, because doing so would've made her friend happy, in a wonderful "circulation of love".

Special mention for the scene with pregnant Lilie, oh my god I didn't really expect this either. How long ago I wrote that Tumblr post about cosmos flowers and the origin of Akiho's name? A couple of weeks ago? It's like CLAMP answered my curiosity, with this scene. I still keep my interpretation in my heart, but I also love the logic "it is a flower that keeps the same name in many countries". Of course. "Wherever you'll go, you'll always be your unique self". (And now I want to cry, mama's heart is so big😭) The way Lilie keeps her hands over her womb made me tear up. The ring isn't there anymore, a sign that she probably already gave it to Momo (understandably, since once Akiho would be born, she wouldn't really have much time left). The baby bump isn't that noticeable, probably because she's at the beginning of her pregnancy. Who knows if she kept seeing little Kaito while she was pregnant. 🥲Who knows if in the scene where she's telling him about how wonderful it is to have something you love, especially a person, she was already pregnant with Akiho. 🥲

Momo and Sakura's final words made me understand that Momo cannot go back to Akiho and Kaito till the circumstances and the moment is right. Whether it depends on Akiho's wish, or the right cosmic arrangement, it's surely not in the short term. Especially considering the limited scope of Momo's agency. It cannot come from Momo (unless she pays a huge price), it needs to come from them, strongly enough. I also want to think that, again as an acquired mother figure, Momo wants those two to find their own way, identity and figure out their relationship on their own, without her interference. I'm sure she's keeping an eye on them from faraway, though. 🥲Even though this still feels bittersweet because I wanted to see them reuniting in canon so badly, it gave me lots of hope for the future. Momo is just waiting for the right moment, and she'll be ready to embrace them when the time is right. Maybe, who knows, we'll see that reunion in another series or in a special publication in the future?

The End

And then....the final scene 🥲NOW it is finally clear what Ohkawa meant in that one Twitter Space, when she mentioned that there was a reason why they never featured Sakura's birthday!!! THEY NEEDED TO KEEP THE EXCLUSIVITY FOR THIS!! 😂 I'm so glad they did, really...it's so sweet to see her reaching 14 years old (the "standard age" of many shoujo heroines! 😂) and seeing Syaoran giving her a present, with that strikingly sweet smile full of love...but most importantly....the breathtaking final double spread 🥲🥲🥲🥲 The way she pulls his hand close to her chest, to her heart, while saying that Syaoran will be forever and ever her most important and special person.....really, this chapter is meant to k*ll us all with feels!🥲and I love how CLAMP keep finding ways to portray their physical displays of affection without resorting to the classic, most wanted (but also probably considered not appropriate yet) "kiss". The very final page is a direct parallel of a page from chapter one, where Sakura was going to school alone and looked back down the street to admire the cherry blossoms in full bloom.

Now, she's not alone anymore, but actually hugging the love of her life on her special day! Really, what a wonderful and fulfilling way to give the final touch to this amazing story! 🥲 Her very last line also contributed to this. Sakura leaves us again, 24 years after the first ending, with words of positivity for the future, and love for her important people. This wraps everything up nicely, but it still keeps things quite "open-ended", hopefully in the eventuality to return to this wonderful series in the future. Sakura is growing up, as CLAMP wished, and it might be possible to see her dealing with more "grown-up" situations, magic and non-magic wise. But one thing is for sure, her relationship with her loved ones will always take top priority. ❤️

Well well well, we came to the end of this looooooong commentary for this special chapter too. I can't help but thank once again all of you who followed my posts all these years, and commented with your POVs on the story.

As I've said multiple times, Cardcaptor Sakura gave me so much ever since I was a kid, and this sequel was no exception. This special chapter, in particular, overflowed with things I wanted to see, and I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking so. I once again want to congratulate CLAMP for wrapping everything up nicely, and thank them from the bottom of my heart for these almost 8 years of emotional journey. 🙏

See you around with my other tumblr posts, and let's look forward to the release of volume 16 on April 1st, and hopefully, news about the anime sequel of Clear Card!!

[saelrum]

Local Group "Sliver of Ocean"

As you know, I've been doing all kinds of crazy stuff with iterator designs lately xd

So, I decided once again to try and finalize what I imagine them like and how they'll be presented in Dark Rain AU (tho, I'm still having a lot of trouble designing Chasing Wind for some reason...)

- A LOT OF TEXT-

But beforehand, two things to explain:

1. "Clusters" with directions are referring to closest neighbours and their general direction of location on the continent

2. All models are taking root out of two bases - "Sliver" and "Luna".

— The HHLE series stand for HighHeightLowEmpaty. They are tall, slim and usually have lower empathy levels.

— The SHHE series stand for SmallHeightHighEmpathy. They are small, chubby and usually have high empathy.

— M stands for Middle

Why are they like this? Well, usually smaller and cuter things have popularity with people, and iterators with high empathy are better at taking care of their citizens. Low-empathy iterators, on the other hand, are usually used as industrial types and/or situated in harder climate zones, so they are not as inhabited, but have a vital role in providing resources. There's no need to make them look more socially acceptable xd

Cluster "North"

Includes Sliver, Sun and Nish, who took up all of northern direction.

• Sliver of Straw (HHLE-M01) is located in the North-West direction, closer to West. Culture of her people was connected with moth-like creatures, who, as it was believed, possessed power to ascend and were considered to symbolise peace after death.

• Seven Red Suns (HHLE-M02) is locaden in the North. It is the coldest region, so Suns produces a lot more heat than other iterators without needing large amounts of water. He also has intricate designs in his clothes because of the cultural background of his citizens, who generally wore a lot of warm clothes and worshipped the Sun (hence the name)

• No Significant Harassment (SHHE-M02) is located in the North-East, closer to North. She was created as an assistant for her citizens's scientific and medical research, and because of that Nish can control laboratory facilities in her town and structure to certain extent. That's why she has more opportunities, and knowledge, to experiment with genetic material than most of her kin.

Cluster "South"

Includes Moon and Pebbles.

• Looks to the Moon (SHHE-M01) and Five Pebbles (MHHE-04) both stand extremely close to each other, so they are taking up only middle South direction. Moon faced overpopulation, as her city became one of the largest and most prosperous in the local group, so Five Pebbles was built and connected to her for safe passage and direct communication. Building two iterators so close to each other was considered an innovation at the time.

Cluster "East"

Includes Innocence and Wind. This group stands as the closest to the Eastern Ocean.

• Chasing Wind (MHME-M03) is literally located on the shore of the Eastern Ocean, so his structure is extremely well protected from weather conditions. However, he and his citizens regularly face problems with communication due to frequent storms.

• Unparalleled Innocence (SHLE-M03) is located in the South-East, pretty close to the Cluster "South". Her structure stands near tropical forests and has a good climate overall, so it was a second most popular city in the Local Group.

[jillsandwhichs]

cleon oneshot fic , chap 12 , zoo fun

masterlist

pairing: Claire Redfield & Leon Kennedy

summary: Claire and Leon go on a date to the Zoo together

status of their relationship in this one shot: Married

wc: 4.1k

type: SFW

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It's so lively!" Claire chuckled, looking around the entrance of the Zoo. "Tell me about it." Leon scoffed. He most definitely doesn't prefer being in crowds of people. Claire grabbed ahold of his strong arm, pecking it quickly, "Oh don't be such a grump, it'll be fun." She leaned up and kissed his cheek. He couldn't help but feel his face flush, she really knew what buttons to push.

"You're a princess." Leon teased her, kissing her head. He was out of his comfort zone today. Not only socially, but style too. He's wearing a polo shirt with some jean shorts, that's not his usual attire. Claire is wearing a cute red & white striped top with jean shorts as well, Leon can't help but admire how beautiful she looks. Anytime though, she looks absolutely gorgeous. Leon is constantly finding himself obsessing over her and how she looks.

Walking up to the stand, Leon pulled out his wallet. "Paying to see depressed animals, great." He sighed, handing the money to the worker. The worker rolled her eyes a bit, clearly not liking Leon's snarky remark. Claire slapped his shoulder, letting go of his arm, "Seriously? Be anymore of an ass?" Claire groaned, folding her arms. "Sorry babygirl, I don't think Zoo's are all that." "You aren't even excited to see the wolves?" "Maybe." He smirked, reaching his hand out for her. Claire gave in, of course, sliding her hand against his and holding it.

"Want me to go ahead and grab us a pamphlet?" Claire asked Leon, pointing to the stack of them by some of the souvenir shops. Leon nodded, letting go of her hand slowly before watching her skip off to them. He sighed softly, he wasn't in the best mood. Leon would do anything to appease his wife, hence why he's here, but lately, life has been so rough on him. He especially has a difficult time opening up to Claire but he's trying. Truly, all he wants is to see her smile and be happy, therefore he'll endure his own personal issues.

From where he was standing, he could see a few different enclosures. One has owl's and the other had sloth's, they looked cute. Leon felt bad for them though. Imagine being trapped in a large cage that you'll never be able to leave from. Knowing it's for the greater good though, he tries not to sweat it to much. But if he was an animal, he'd personally despise the situation so much.

Claire ambled back over to Leon, a folded pamphlet in her skinny hand. "Alrighty handsome." She murmured, opening up the complicated folded piece of paper. Leon couldn't help but admire her efforts. "You got it hun?" He said with a teasing tone. Claire scoffed, "I do." She undid the entire thing, shaking it a couple times to straighten it out neatly. "From where we are, the closest would be the llama's and the turtles." Claire said softly, scanning the pamphlet.

"Let's go then." Leon sighed softly, walking alongside Claire as they made their way to the llama's. Llama's are cute, but Leon doesn't want to be spat on. "What's the difference between Llama's and Alpaca's?" "Honey, don't be dense." Claire stated, squeezing his hand playfully as they made their way up to the wooden fenced area. There were only six Llama's, but they were so cute. Claire admired them briefly. "So adorable." Claire giggled, pointing at the cutest one. It was white with a brown spot near the top of it's head. "Just like you." Leon chuckled, gazing down at her.

"Hey, that one looks like you." Leon pointed at the derpy one, causing Claire to scoff. "That was is cute too, so hah." She pinched his arm roughly. They definitely had a way with words together. Claire pulled out her phone and snapped a couple photos of the Llama's, making sure to get each one in each picture. "You plan on developing those?" "Maybe... Depends..." Claire quietly spoke, taking a couple more photos. "Depends on what?" "Well, if they look nice or not or if I end up finding a reason to even print them out." She explained, Leon just nodded in reply.

"Let's go to the Turtle's, shall we?" Claire talked softly, turning the both of them around and immediately spotting where the turtle's were. From where they were strolling, Leon could see the sign that explains what kind of animal they are and some information about them. They were tortoises, not turtle's. Totally different. "Babygirl...?" Leon chuckled out, taking her hand and placing it on the plaque. Claire gandered down and read it before rolling her eyes. "Same thing." "Clearly not." Leon cackled.

"They're so slow." Claire snickered, her head in her hands as she leaned against the railing. "I would hate to be a tortoise." Leon rubbed Claire's back as they looked at the animals. "At the same time, they're cute! Tortoises are old men if they were animals." Claire stated. Leon couldn't help but snicker at her statement, "Is that so?" He chuckled, watching as she moved away and pulled her phone out again. She snapped only one photo this time. "My love?" Leon asked. "Yes babe?" Claire replied. "I love you." He whispered, looking at her intently.

Claire put her phone away, giving him a gentle look before cupping his cheeks in her petite hands, "I love you baby." She whispered, kissing his cheeks all over before letting go of his handsome face. Leon felt his cheeks go pink, why did she have to do that in front of so many people? "Hate when you do that..." Leon grumbled but Claire simply snorted.

"Just over there are the owl's and sloth's, wanna go look?" Claire questioned her husband, wrapping her arm around his. "Yes baby." Leon responded, striding beside her. "Knock knock." "Whose there?" "Who." "Who who?" "Are you an owl?" Claire asked him, biting her lip as she giggled. It took Leon a moment to understand the joke but, he got. "Oh ha ha." Leon chuckled, "You're so cute." "Cute stuff." Claire repeated.

Along the branches, there were many owls. They really seemed to like the dark, they stuck to the shaded areas only. It reminded Claire of Leon, if he was an animal, he'd either be an owl or a wolf. "They look so... Elegant? I guess I don't know how to explain it." Claire said calmly. "No, I get what you're saying sweetheart, they're very magnificent creatures." Leon agreed, his hand resting on her back. Claire was glad he understood, he always does.

She snapped a couple photos, scrolling through them to make sure they were of good quality. "They look great." Leon praised her photography skills. "Thanks... I'd love to buy a camera soon." Claire said softly, her head resting against his bulk shoulder. "I'll buy you one soon." Leon assured her. "Really?" Claire gave him a loving smile, looking up at him. "Anything to appease you babygirl." Leon whispered, pecking the point of her nose. "I'd love that, thank you." Claire murmured.

Claire looked behind her, seeing the adorable sloths hanging from their branches, some of them even sleeping. Now if Claire was an animal, she'd most definitely want to be a sloth, she'd be able to be lazy in the warm sun all day long. It'd be great. "Look how cute!" Claire smiled, pointing at one specific sloth. The sloth was hanging by it's arms and legs, not showing a care in the world. Leon let out a soft chuckle, watching Claire be mesmerized by a silly animal.

"I was a koala for Halloween back in College." Claire giggled, "I know it's not relevant considering this is a sloth but they're sort of similar." She explained. "A sexy koala?" "Yes... My friends were a Grizzly Bear and a Polar Bear." Claire sighed softly, not enjoying the thought of her College years. "Wish I would've known you then." Leon smirked. "Yeah, no you don't." Claire patted his arm as they began to walk further along the pathway of the Zoo.

"Oh baby, the wolves are just up here!" She exclaimed, sliding the pamphlet back into her pocket. Leon nodded, seeing a few of them walking around the enclosure. It was an all black one with vivid gray spots all over it's neck area. It was gorgeous. Very magnificent. "That one is pretty." Leon pointed at it. "I know, right? Gosh, I wish dogs looked like that." "Well, some do, but they are hard to find, I presume." "Sadly." Claire mumbled, taking a photo of the beautiful wolf, it looked so stoic. "If you print the images out, give me that one." Leon said with a husk tone. "Of course." Claire responded.

"Let's steal one." Claire joked, tugging on the bottom of his shirt. "Ok baby, you distract them and I'll grab it." Leon teased, squeezing her slim hip. "We should get a dog though, sooner or later." "I agree honey, it just takes a lot of responsibility and with our jobs, I don't know if it'll work out." Leon whispered to her, caressing her side. Claire nodded sadly, her spirits going low. "A cat would be easier, y'know... They'd be able to go pee and poop inside, we could fill their food and water up extremely, ect." Leon added. Claire gave a slight smile but she was much more of a dog person.

"I guess you're right." Claire heaved softly, looking around the area to see other animals. From where she was, she seen Lions, it immediately made her light up. "Oh, baby, look!" Claire snatched his hand up and was in complete awe by the lion's. Leon chuckled, seeing one of the male lion's rested up on top of a large rock.

The two of them headed up towards the enclosure. There were four different lion's on the inside, two female and two male. Each one of them were stunning. Lion's are the representation of the Leo sign, which is Claire's astrology sign, she feels a personal connection with these animal's. "So pretty." Claire admired all of them. "Once again, just like you." Leon flirted with his wife, his veiny hand ruffling her hair. Claire slightly blushed, biting her lower lip at his sweet words.

"Can't wait til we go home, I wanna take a shower with you." Leon whispered to her, moving his hand away from her soft hair. Claire snorted and leaned up, placing both of her hands on his chest, "Oh really now?" Claire giggled, her smile turning into a grin. "Mhm, how could I not? You look gorgeous today." Leon whispered once again, kissing the top of her head. "If you'd like, we can take a break from the animals and order some food, they have some shops." "Anything you want babygirl, I just want you pleased." Leon mumbled to her, both of his hands on her lower back.

Oddly enough, despite Leon not really wanting to go on this trip, he still did and it wasn't even for himself yet he's beginning to feel better. Seeing Claire all happy and okay cures his personal sadness. He's just been dealing with some shit at work, the only times he's truly ever happy is if he's with Claire, like right now. She's the light of his life. There is no other for him. Their love is truly irrevocable. He just wishes that life without her could also be just as easy as when he's with her. Depending on someone for something as simple as happiness isn't Leon's style.

Leon would open up to Claire more, talk to her about how he feels but he just has such a difficult time doing so. It's not just with her, it's with everybody. He's thought about therapy but he also views it as a waste of money when he can just talk about it with someone for free or bottle it up. It's the little moments like these that help him forget and help him realize how good his life truly is, despite all the bullshit that goes down.

"I'm feeling just some classic American food, like a sloppy cheeseburger or a good hotdog." Claire snickered, holding Leon's hand as they made their way back to the entrance area of the Zoo. "You're easy to please, my love. I remember when you told me your favorite food was a cheeseburger, can't lie, I was surprised." Leon chuckled. "Oh, how come?" "Because I've just never met somebody with common taste." "I see, well, you just can't go wrong with one. But hey, my pallette is quite exotic!" "Oh, I know." Leon replied.

As they re-entered the main area, they spotted the food stands. The one that caught Claire's eye had an icon of a burger on it, immediately causing her mouth to water. "Oh yeah, let's go." Claire laughed, the both of them scurrying over to the food stand. On the side of it, there was a menu. There was all sorts of food, Claire was in heaven. "What are you going to get honey?" He asked as he pulled out his black leather wallet. "The cheeseburger and fries, you?" "Chicken tenders with mac and cheese." He responded, pulling out 35$.

The worker of the stand had a elderly manly smile as he noticed the money Leon had grabbed out, business must be slow. "Just the cheeseburger with fries combo and the chicken tenders with mac and cheese combo." Leon spoke with a friendly tone. The man nodded, placing the cash in the register. Leon and Claire took a seat down at the picnic table, adjusting themselves til they were comfortable.

"After we eat, I just wanna check out a few more enclosures, okay? I really wanna see some bears and tigers." "Sounds good with me babe." Leon stated, interlocking his hands together. The sun was beaming down on both of them, their bodies heating up. They also didn't bring sun screen nor put it on before coming here, yeah, they'd have one helluva time with being sunburnt.

"It's so hot out." Claire whined, resting her head on the table. Leon reached one of his hands out and stroked her hair to the side. "I know babygirl, but at least the breeze feels nice." He comforted her, loving the feeling of her soft and brushed hair. "We should buy a pool." Claire snickered, waiting for Leon's response. "Yeah we do, maybe I'll buy us one soon." Leon assured her, "You're just so needy, huh baby?" He whispered. "Mhm." Claire mumbled out. She was definitely a needy one, but she was easy to please.

Claire relished in the feeling of Leon playing with her hair. It awakened such a comforting feeling in her. She felt safe with him, especially whenever he was touching her in any capacity. Whether it be his hands on her back, her face or her waist, she feels good. She's grateful he's not one of those men who is afraid to be touchy with her, because if he was, she doesn't know if she'd still be with him. But he willingly shows off his obsession with her. Claire is beyond in love with Leon and it shows.

"Mmm, I love you." Claire groaned out. "Love you honey." Leon replied, moving his hand away from her hair as their food was ready. The worker waved them. "One second." Leon grunted as he stood up. He walked over to the stand, taking both of the styrofoam containers in hand. Both smelt great which was awfully surprising considering it's from a food stand. He turnt around to Claire, setting her food in front of her, an enlightened look appearing on her face. She was definitely going to devour that cheeseburger.

Claire popped the top off of the container, the smell of her food infusing into her nostrils. Oh, it smelt great. She immediately grabbed a frie, taking a bite of it and moaning. Leon couldn't help but chuckle at the sight. "Gotta feed my baby before she gets hangry." He teased, sitting across from her. "I have always been a foodie." She responded, taking the top bun off of her burger and placing some fries in it. "You're the first person I've ever seen do that." "Really? It's such a common thing to do."

She took a giant bite from the burger, reveling in the classic taste of it. It made her mouth water and her stomach full, she was so happy to finally get some food into her system. As for Leon, he just ate normally, taking casual bites of his tenders and swifts noms of his mac & cheese, pretty good. "This cheeseburger is so good, better than the ones we had at that restaurant last week!" Claire expressed, taking a mini bite now. "Better be, I paid 15$ for it." He joked, stealing one of her fries.

"Hey, now you gotta give me a bite of your mac and cheese!" Claire put on a playful stern face. Leon snickered, dipping his fork into the creamy noodles and scooping some up for her. Claire quickly snatched a bite, making a high pitched humming noise in reply, "Yum." She mumbled, eating some more of her french fries.

They sat in silence, keeping to themselves as they ate. Claire was... Well... Clearly, enjoying her food. Her cheeseburger was already practically gone, she must've really been hungry. Leon plans on not eating it all and instead bringing it home for later, he's not all to hungry. He can't tell if it's cause he's truly just not ready to eat or if it's his mind not wanting him to. At this point, he often has to force himself to eat, it's rough. Whenever Claire cooks dinner, of course he eats it but most of the time, he's full, or feels full. But for her, he'll do literally anything.

"Damn baby, you can really eat." Leon laughed, admiring her persistence. "Yeah! I was starving hun." Claire giggled, gobbling up her french fries. "You're so adorable." Leon added, taking a couple more bites of his mac and cheese before containing it back up to save for home. "Are you not hungry baby?" Claire had a worrisome tone. "Nah, I'll eat later babygirl but don't rush, continue to eat and if you're still hungry, you can have my food." "Psh, don't worry, I'm already getting full, just let me eat a few more fries." She stated with a glimmer.

As she ate, Claire pulled out her phone, going onto the camera app. "Baby, smile." Claire beamed at the camera, snapping a photo of her & Leon together. Although, he didn't smile, he gave a half assed grin. "Can you ever look like you're happy with me?" Claire scoffed with a chuckle, turning her phone off after viewing the picture. "I'm always happy with you babygirl." Leon whispered, taking another one of her fries and eating it. "I hope so." Claire replied.

Leon put a soft look on his face, concerned with her response. Leon stretched his hand out and took her hand in his, caressing it gently with his thumb. "Baby, you don't actually question my happiness with you, do you?" Leon questioned her, squeezing her hand softly, wanting to hear her answer. "No, I don't, I just really want you to be happy, always." Claire responded, leaning her head down and pressing a loving kiss to his big hand, nuzzling her head against it.

He nodded, stroking her hair a few times before pulling his hand away and standing up. "You all done?" "Yes, here." Claire answered, giving her container to Leon so he could throw it away. Leon took it, turning around swiftly and dropping it into the garbage can. He'd have to carry his styrofoam box around until they leave but he doesn't really mind, they won't be here much longer anyways. Claire also got up, yawning moderately as she took Leon's hand in hers, causing him to feel a warm, happy feeling.

"Let's head to those bears, shall we?" Claire smiled, skipping along the pavement. From where they were, the bears were about a two minute walk away according to the map. "Let's go then." Leon responded. "Do you know what kind of bears there is?" "I'm pretty sure brown bears, that's what it said on the website at least." "Oh, okay, at least it's not polar bears." Leon joked. "They're very devious. Y'know, dolphins are also menaces, they're super evil, sometimes even towards humans." Claire spoke.

Leon knew that but for Claire's sake, he acted like he didn't, "You just know everything, huh?" Leon teased her. Claire tittered at his words.

At the exhibit, Claire was so excited to see the bears. While she was terrified of them, they were just big cuddly babies and if they weren't aggressive, she'd totally have one as a pet. "Oh baby, they're so adorable." Claire voiced, smiling through the thick glass and waving to the bears. They seemed totally uninterested. "They're probably exhausted, all they do is show off to people." "Poor little guy's, alongside the wolves, we've gotta take these guy's too." Claire chortled, lightly tapping her fingers on the glass but not enough for the bears to hear.

"Want me to take the photos this time?" "Sure babe, just my back right pocket." Claire said softly, poking her rear out for him. Leon couldn't help but bite his lip, man he was lucky. "Cute." He scoffed playfully, logging into her phone and opening the camera application. He knew Claire was picky so he'd have to run the photos by her first. "Alright baby, want a photo of each one or...?" "Yeah, each one and one of all of them please."

Obliging, Leon began to click the button, taking a photo of each bear. They were so lazy looking, very peaceful, not a care in the world. "Heh, that one is asleep." Leon chuckled, Claire as well. "Baby, if we were animals, what would we be?" Claire questioned her husband. "Definitely either fish or deer, why?" "Curious on your thoughts. I think we'd be birds and fly free together." Claire whispered, resting her head on his shoulder as he took the final pic, they turned out nicely.

"Onwards and upwards baby." Leon took her hand in his. "Did you take a look at where the tiger enclosure is?" "Just up ahead, then after that we can get going, yeah?" Claire smiled, the sun making their skin feel more heated than ever. Claire was dying to feel the car's AC on her body. "This heat is killing me." She whined again. "We can go to the car now if you want honey." "No... I wanna see the tigers." Claire stated sternly, making sure she already has her phone out. She was set in her ways, as always.

Stepping up the stairs that were made out of concrete, the largest enclosure of them all sat right before them. There were multiple tigers in it, most of them relaxing but there was one baby tiger roaming around. "Holy shit baby, they have a baby!" Claire said in awe, crouching down and smiling at it. The tiger ran up to the glass and pawed at it, it's eyes shiny and pretty. "Sweetie, take a photo." Claire murmured, handing her phone to Leon. He knew this meant so much to her. He took a couple quick images of Claire and the tiny tiger.

"I did it honey." Leon whispered back, sliding her phone into her pocket. Claire giggled as the mama tiger came over, as if to protect it's baby. "Don't worry mama." Claire said softly, her tone soothing. The two tigers just stood there, looking at Claire. They didn't seem aggressive or anything, rather curious. Claire gave them one last smile before slowly standing up, not wanting to make any sudden movements. "You're like mother nature." Leon joked, wrapping his arm around her as she stepped back.

Making eye contact a little longer, Claire took one last photo of the two tigers, in absolute shock by their actions. "They were so precious." Claire giggled, watching as they walked off further into the enclosure. "They seemed to enjoy your company." Leon smiled, kissing her cheek, "Just like I do." He was such a flirt. Claire snorted, taking his hand in hers, "C'mon you dork, let's get to the car, we can stop and look at some more on our way out." She giggled, their hands interlocked.

[yanderefairyangel]

I don't like talking about the 3H discourse however it helped me realize how a lot of people don't necessarily understand how politics in fiction works

To be clear, I am not accusing people of being stupid, but of favorising so much a reading over another they migh not be open minded about it.

So how does it work ? well, when it comes to politics and social situation, all depends on the setting which comes in 2 category : fiction set in a settings that is real and fiction set in a fictional setting.

In one case, depending on which country you place your story, you will have to deal with the political/social/economical situation of that country.

In the other, you will have to create them. And this means that because fiction, even if you take inspiration over a certain country for aesthetic and design, you can still mix it up with other country and whatever you want because it's fiction and it's up to you to set the rules. Therefore if we have to "study" the political/economical/social aspect in this type of fictional work, it's not research on the irl country, period etc that will help us study it, but only a close reading on the rules of this specific setting.

And I noticed that when people go by Eddie is indented to represent a mentality of left while Dima and Faerghus represent conservatism, they are using terms that are for the real world but that in Fodlan doesn't exist as such. The decision that the lords are making can't be based on how irl it might be translated but only on how effective they are for Fodlan based on the rules established for Fodlan. How each lord is able to answer to the problem of the continent and their respective country and which one is the most effective. That's the whole idea of 3H's narrative. It's not about irl events, it's only about what's happening in Fodlan.

Moreover, I noticed that some of the people trying to defend either side argue that 3H is a social commentary to defend this reading. However, might I remind you that 3H or if you prefer Fuukasetsugestu is originally a japanese game written by japanese people aimed at japanese people written in japanese language ?

Game can have a social commentary aspect, such as Persona 5 however, the author of Persona 5 are making a commentary about Japan, their country which is also the place they settled the story in. 3H doesn't take place in Japan, it takes place in a fictional setting mixing every country and culture together, however IS and KT's writing team is pretty much japanese. Even if they wanted to comment on social issues, it's more likely for them to comment on Japan's through very obvious reference that will speak to their jpn audience, hence the presence of buddhism in 3H and other Fe as well. And even if they migh try to make historical reference to the country that inspired the settings, nothing will change the fact that reading 3H as a social commentary on idk American society is a rather wrong reading. If anything, it should be read as a commentary on japanese society if you want to push the idea that 3H have a social commentary, not America. Why would the team of IS and KT refer to a country's politics and condition they do not live in and that are different from theirs ? America is a democracy with a president. Japan is a constitutional monarchy ruled by an Emperor. Their vision of concept such as left and right, traditionalist, conservative and liberalist are different from a western point of view. The weight of tradition and the social issues as well as the influence of religion and even alimentation and relation to food is not the same as us. If we want to see Eddie as the reflect of some social commentary, then we have to wonder what she represent to Japan since the writers are japanese. And even if you argue that she is from a European based setting. You will also have to take into account how the country her empire is based on deal with politics. And don't get me started on the anachronism since a lot of concept didn't existed yet. The conditions of someone in the Byzatine Empire were completely different then from someone living in the Italy of the Renaissance and even more different then our current area. If you insist on reading it as such, then you will have to make research on the different belief, challenges etc of the time.

But we can all agree that FE was never about historical accurency. Most of the social commentary are based on japanese views of the world, relationship etc. Whether they are aware of it or not the writers will glimpse some of that japanese life in their works, that's even why localization exist, to make us understand that by adaptating it to our culture, what we are familiar with.

Will this solves cultural dissonances problem ? Of course not. There are things that at it's core cannot be rendered.

Just to give a recent example. See Engage ? See Zephia ? Well, for some people her reason to have a baby seems dumb since she already had the Hounds. However, the point of view that Sombron expresses about family being only a matter of relationship through blood echoes to a very strict vision of family in Japan were family is only and strictly based on kinship through blood. This lead to adopted children to be rather frowned upon, in fact, those adoption are very rare. When people talk about adoption in Japan, in general they think of someone having adopted an adult man as their heir. It's called the Koseki system. And yes, that's the origin of the "we are not blood related" thing that FE has been doing since Awakening and Fates. While I wouldn't go as far as saying Zephia and Alear are intended to be social commentary on that matter, I think it's because of how this vision was so present for the original public that Zephia's reasoning was actually pretty sensible to their mind, but probably less to people who are now used with the idea that adopted children are as real family as blood children to their parents. And that's just on Japan, you have other society were the status of adopted children are vastly different but I digress.

In those condition, wanting to see Eddie and Dima or Claude and Rhea only from a westerned point of view under the claim that FE is Western inspired is pretty weak. It's referencing those culture yes, but ultimately as a Japanese product, it will mostly and mainly deal with things that speak to this audience then the Westernian one.

[glisteningreverie]

Since you asked me about it it’s only fair I give you full reign to ramble about your ocs

HECK YEAH OC RAMBLE TIME WITH GEM

Recently had a dream about a bunch of animals in a band that had to save the world, and so these OCs are a product of that. Don't know if I'm going all in with the concept yet but the idea captivated me enough to motivate me to draw them :D

March O'Hare

March is a guitarist in the band Stellar Twist, who finds herself wrapped up in the world of stars and magic when she comes across a mysterious girl from space. Making use of super powered instruments, March and her bandmates have been tasked with tracking down the missing Musical Stars before the Void Symphony can get their claws on them!

March is enthusiastic and does her best to keep the mood up in whatever room she's in. She tends to speak without thinking, however, and has a hard time admitting when she's wrong.

March's name is a reference to the March Hare from Alice in Wonderland, and is also the name of my Sonic OC, who is a rabbit as well.

March was the first one I drew because one of the characters I remember most distinctly from my dream was a blue rabbit :D

Frett Reynard

Frett is a laid-back guy, and the bass player in the band. He's the realist to March's dreamer tendencies, and often has to remind her not to jump headfirst into danger. Frett is down to Earth and will think carefully before he acts. He is more skeptical about magic at first, but gets a handle on it the most easily in the group.

Frett's name is pulled from the fretboard part of a guitar, referencing his main instrument, and his surname is a misspelling of "renard".

He's drawn from the other character I distinctly remember from my dream, a red fox. Since the fox and the rabbit were the characters I remembered best, I decided they'd be the two guitarists in the band.

Pepper Paisley

March's childhood best friend Pepper is Stellar Twist's keyboardist and main songwriter. She shares a love of performing with March, hence why they started the band. Pepper has connections just about everywhere, and she's friends with Timber and Mel, who she was able to convince to join the band.

Pepper is mature and even-tempered, being the one to keep the group organized and on track. Her responsibility is her superpower, and she is someone the band can rely on to be prepared for most situations.

I had real trouble coming up with Pepper's surname. I settled on Paisley because it sounds nice, and it kind of reflects the shape of the spots on her eyes.

I was also a little hard-pressed choosing the main colour for Pepper. Green might have worked but I liked it better for Timber, and a warm colour like pink doesn't really fit her personality. So, at risk of reminding people of Littlest Pet Shop, I gave her purple. Maybe I'll make the purple spots lilac or something for the sake of differentiating.

Timber Willows

On top of being Stellar Twist's drummer, Timber runs the band's official social media account. He has a hard time sitting still, and is almost always drumming out a rhythm on whatever hard surface he can find. The way Timber carries himself gives off the vibes of a tough-guy act, but really he's just kind of shy. He's highly empathetic, and can't stand to see anyone upset. He has trouble expressing it verbally, but everyone in the band knows just how much he cares, given that he's a man (cat?) of action and won't hesitate to help others out.

Timber is the reason I found out about the word "Timbre"'s pronunciation. I wanted to give him another musical name, so "Timber" is a play on that. His last name is Willows because I think I'm very funny.

Timber's got one of my favourite designs overall, his little hair puff is just so cute and I wanna ruffle it up ^o^

Mel Rapport

Mel is an upbeat, tried and true girly girl, though her love of pink and fashion leaves people dismissing her as shallow. Stellar Twist's lead singer and tambourinist also plays the ukulele in her free time. Timber's best friend is a hard worker, and is known as the girl who won't say anything bad about anyone. She comes on as sugary sweet, and tries hard to see the good in everybody. However, this dedication to looking at the bright side can easily slide into naivete: she's often loyal to a fault.

Mel is short for "Melody", because I just can't resist the music themed names apparently. Her surname, Rapport, is a reference to the fact that she's supposed to be a golden retriever.

Mel's overall look is pulled from a little dog doodle I did a while back. I just loved the look of the ears and wanted to replicate it here. Unfortunately I don't have that notebook with me, otherwise I'd be more than happy to show that doodle off.

And that's the main group!!! I do have some vague ideas for Nova, the guardian of the Musical Stars, as well as the Void Symphony, but nothing I like enough to actually motivate me to draw designs for yet.

This has been OC Ramble Time with Gem. Tune in next time someone decides to ask about my OCs (in who knows how long).

[leorawright]

Hello there! ♡

Oh boy..it's hard to pick between Overwatch and Resident Evil 8, xhisdnznksso I'll pick Overwatch match up! Please and thank you! This was actually a hard decision!

I'm agender, lesbian, INFJ (very accurate) and Gemini Sun, Aquarius Moon, and Leo Rising.

I'm 5'2, with blue eyes, fair skin, brown hair (I get headaches if it's too long ;-;) and a curvy body type. My clothing style is a bit wacky, I sorta wear anything and don't match. If I had a NASA sweater, I'd wear it all the time. I'm a BIG ole science nerd!

My dream job was to be an astronaut or something that deals with space entirely, but that got messed up in high school. Hence why it’s a dream now :(. Now it’s to be an artist or writer because it’s one of the ways I know how to express myself.

I'm not comfortable with my own feelings, so I have trouble expressing them, believing that if I do, only bad things will open. I often stay trapped in my own thoughts. I'm very loyal, can be awkward in most situations(very uncomfortable in social situations), selfless, and love to help people no matter what. Once I've opened up to anyone, I don't shut up, and I love to goof around with them. I don't actually get mad. It's a hard emotion to get out of me. However, I'm told that I am quite tone deaf, not with music but actually talking tones.

I love to write, draw, fold origami, play games and listen to music(any genre that isn't country). I enjoy space and looking at the stars, I can sit for hours talking about them. Scary movies, I LOVE watching them so much. I wish to travel the world but funds and a fear of heights stop me. Greek mythology is wonderful as well!

It's probably not important, but I do have anxiety and depression.. I have breakdowns, but not as often as I used to.

Things I don’t like..The one thing I can think of is when someone assumes something about me. I can get rather defensive over the assumption and cry about it later, LOL. I’m also kinda a picky eater, but I’m willing to try new foods?

Things that attract me..I've never given much thought to it. I'd say that a few similar general interests, doesn't have to be a ton! I love learning new things, so if interests don't match fully, I'll be learning more about the person and what they like. ♡

Thank you so much in advance, and I'm sorry if it's kinda long qwq ♡

You know what boo? Just for you I'll do both Overwatch and Resident Evil!

For Overwatch I've decided on...

Ashe!!

For Ashe, loyalty is very important so you two fight perfectly in that category!

She can easily handle social situations for you and honestly she's happy too!

You being slow to anger balances her out since sometimes her anger can get a bit much (although she never yells at you)

She's a little appalled you don't listen to country music but it's not a game changer for her

She always shows you the best stargazing spots and she learned how to make an origami flower to give you

She's always on the lookout for any signs that your depression is hitting hard that day bevause if it is she'll have a quiet day in with you

She doesn't mind you being a picky eater in fact if you only ever ate one food she'd drive to the other side of the country to get it for you

She's down to watch scary movies anytime with you and she also is very intently listening when you talk to her about Greek mythology

If anyone mentions your mismatched clothes Ashe informs them that in fact you look amazing and they need to mind their own business

For Resident Evil 8? I've gotta say...

Donna Beneviento!

Donna is such a sweetheart

She doesn't mind your clothes, in fact she makes you a lot of clothes and she's delighted I'd you wear them

Her gardens provide a great view of the stars and sometimes Donna and you go for midnight walks under the stars.

She doesn't like social situations either so you two often stay in Donna's house

She loves listening to you talk and is super happy you don't get mad easily because she deals with enough anger when she's around Dimitrescu and Heisenberg

Despite how terrifying her power can be horror movies aren't her favorite so expect her to hide in your side during them

She'd love to learn origami and she'd be delighted if you taught her

She knows a bit of Greek mythology but is happy to learn more

She's super understanding about your depression and assures you she'll always do her best to help you

She's pretty open minded about new people so don't worry about her assuming things about you

[astrologycharts242]

Me reading a random person's from South Korea chart

I see so many people reading charts online of random people. I can't even call these people astrologers because I end up disappointed with what they say during the reading. Maybe I'm the same so imma give this a try only this one time because I don't want people to think I do this for free. This is the chart of someone born in south Korea. I don't know if she still lives there.Hopefully the birthday is correct because it was commented with just numbers and not November ...It's easier to accidentally press the wrong number and that can waste everyone's time. Later on she confirmed it is correct. I told her to give me any house of her choice for me to read.

She chose the 7th so let's go.

She wanted to know about marriage initially and her chart definitely shows marriage. For multiple reasons the Saturn in her 7th house sidereal chart is an easy giveaway. It's even conjunct Jupiter both are dead giveaways.

Her tropical chart shows sun mercury conjunction in the 1st house aspecting the 7th house.

Saturn moon conjunction in the 7th house so again tons of planets are giving energy to the 7th house of marriage, spouse and fiance.

The moon chart has a sun mercury conjunction in the 7th house.

I read a female's chart one time and she had a similar conjunction different signs but she never got married only engaged. She was in her 50s when I read that chart. This female's from south korea chart for sure shows her at least having a fiance in her lifetime. The Jupiter Saturn conjunction will obviously make a marriage situation occur though.With so many planets influencing her marriage life. Most likely she will be married more than once especially because of Saturn. I'll explain why more so at the end. Now that her chart easily shows she will get married in this lifetime I'll focus on her sidereal, then moon, then tropical chart individually.

Oh by the way if her chart easily shows marriage in this lifetime then it's a good indication she won't die before she gets married or engaged. Very important because I see people on social media make suicidal posts. This South Korean woman will survive lots of issues with depression etc. She could use that as a way to feel optimistic in her bad moments in life. Be like hey at least I'll live long enough to see marriage.

SIDEREAL

The 7th house represents; interactions with other people particularly with strangers in public, it shows who we interact with the most, spouse/fiance, legal contracts, business partnerships etc.

First I have to breakdown the planets in her 7th house. I see a Jupiter Saturn conjunction. Saturn conjunct Jupiter in Taurus 7th house. Jupiter represents optimism, shows what gives us new opportunities in life that's why it expands the significance of the house it is in. Hence why it represents optimism. Imagine being stuck at a job you hate. You will out of nowhere get excited if you get a new job opportunity. Whereas Saturn is delays, limitations, restrictions, step relationships, it shows what makes us uncomfortable and bored. The discomfort Saturn brings is for various reasons like someone being way older than you so you both can not relate. I don't know why but wherever Saturn goes it just brings like a bad vibe or negative energy with things or people the house Saturn is in. Saturn also shows what we administer. It shows people who will be strict with us. Saturn shows what we have to become responsible for.

This conjunction basically delays the success, optimism, new opportunities that Jupiter in the 7th house brings. This conjunction in her 7th house will make her not have optimism from marriage. What I mean by that is the thought of marriage or being engaged won't excite her. This is the reason why Saturn will delay or create a fear of her getting married.When she does get married though issues with marriage will occur during her Saturn antardashas. She would end up being bored or not wanting to be around her spouse. In fact I remember Jada Smith having a similar Saturn placement in her sidereal chart. The Saturn Jupiter conjunction in the 7th house would make her limit interacting with strangers especially in public. This obviously makes someone become very introverted because why else wouldn't she want to interact with others?She will feel and it does happen too. Interactions with strangers become a let down. She won't even feel or get excited to interact with strangers. If she was to start a business. She wouldn't have that many business partners because Saturn will limit that.

This conjunction is in the Taurus sign of speech so that means she isn't even interested in speaking with strangers, or business partners. Another reason why she has a hard time getting along with them. The conversations become an issue. In her saturn antardashas conversations with the spouse become limited. I'm assuming will and Jada Smith have this same problem. Of course you may be wondering yes this conjunction will delay her from getting married. The time frame can vary though like if she gets married or engaged in her 40s 30s etc.

Really the delay frame ends age 27 onwards from my research but when exactly that's when an astrologer has to look and see. For example like even without me trying hard I wouldn't be surprised if in 2024She meets her future spouse July or August 2024. Most likely it's in south Korea, through the introduction of her mother, or the spouse surprisingly is in her home environment. The home environment as in the spouse may actually end up inside of her house for various reasons like to fix something. She might live in an apartment and the spouse suddenly moves in as a neighbor.

How I'm seeing this is because Saturn rules her 3rd house of neighbors, cousins, younger siblings.

Which means those people might also introduce her to the spouse. It might just mean her spouse is an actual neighbor only her would know and this actually a pretty good date to find out. 3rd house represents social media too and short distance traveling so what if she just meets the spouse online or whiles she is catching the train.

The most likely scenario is she meets the spouse in her home environment/neighborhood, online like through dating apps, or when she is walking or catching the train. It's gonna be in South Korea as well. Saturn also rules her 4th house of homes and mother so homes and vehicles are connected to the spouse. This means when she meets her spouse next year most likely she lives in the same household or shares vehicles with that person. It's gonna be her spouse owning those things.

For her to know who is her spouse from a career perspective. Around the time she meets this person. This future spouse will be going or at least just went through a career change a month before they meet each other. Maybe that spouse loses or gets a new job. The spouse's work environment is going to be about 1st house things like self employment, freelance work, or work being about the physical body. The work is about Saturn in Taurus so it can be work where a person has to use machines on the body particular the head. A barber or a cosmetologist comes to mind. A fashion stylist is a slight possibility but I don't think so.

Her Saturn is in krittika nakshatra so her spouse can be doing work required to managing or protecting a person's body like a security or a bodyguard. Her spouse is gonna be through a maturation phase on the head and body so her future spouse might be growing grey hair around that time.

Now when Jupiter will start bringing optimism and stop the limitations of the 7th house things is when she reaches age 27 onwards or goes into her Jupiter antardashas. This is when tons of people will want to start interacting with her. Jupiter antardashas might be the time period she starts, getting engaged or married. For sure she would be enjoying marriage and find it as a great time to be around the spouse.

These two planets rule certain houses so now I have to read the planets individually. This is the beautiful part about a Saturn Jupiter conjunction because we can read the planets individually,and just remember that Saturn delays the results Jupiter would bring.

[koalammas]

Tagged by @rochastocade

1. Are you named after anyone?

Not that I know of. Had i been amab, mom would have named me after the man she believed should have been her soulmate (but wasn't my dad). They met in Italy while she was interrailing and her wristwatch died when he introduced himself. (His name was Alex)

2. When was the last time you cried?

Around and after April 19, after hearing the news of Moon Bin's passing.

3. Do you have kids?

No, but I would love to have someday. I'm just not in a situation where it would be wise for me to raise a child, I feel.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

No, that's not really my speed.

5. What is the first thing you notice about a person?

Outfit and overall expression of self. The manner in which they treat me. (I mostly meet customers. You can tell instantly which ones are nice)

6. What’s your eye color?

Green. The type of annoying green that ya authors wax poetic abt lol you know what I mean

7. Scary movie or happy ending?

These two are not mutually exclusive. A satisfying ending is more important, but I would prefer if its also a happy one. I'm trying to watch more scary things.

8. Any special talents?

I can pop most of my joints. I love organising and categorising things for myself and for others. It's pretty difficult to deter me.

9. Where were you born?

Ivalo, northern Finland. I have not lived there since I was a toddler

10. What are your hobbies?

Gardening, bullet journaling, digital drawing. Tabletop rpgs (starfinder and dnd, we used to play pathfinder). Reading and trying to be more active in watching different movies. Id love to say video games but ive only really played The Sims 4 and Acnh lately. Running when the weather allows it.

11. Do you have any pets?

Not anymore, but I used to have an older gentleman miniature poodle who was too tall to actually fit the miniature category. I love him dearly. One day I would like to get another dog, probably another poodle. I love how particular they are about things.

12. What sports do you/have you played?

I used to compete in swimming until I started high school. I've also danced a wide variety of genres from ages 7 to 19, and attended a couple of national competitions for modern dance. I had to quit because my joints got too fucked up and I fell out of friendship with my back then bestie. Now I just run and do home youtube workouts because I don't like going to the gym.

13. How tall are you?

161 cm ish I think? Which is like... 5'3 or sth

14. Favourite subject in school?

I've always loved languages, and had incredibly supportive teachers both in finnish and English as a foreign language. Swedish as well, but I never quite clicked with those teachers on the same level hence why my Swedish is more ..so-so. Art obv. Honestly? Everything else except for maths, physics and chemistry I found enjoyable. Oh and .. social economics? Probably would have liked the subject but I hated the teacher. Aside from those, learning new things has always been a joy.

15. Dream job?

Honestly? Something that won't drain me and actually leaves me with savings and a will to live.

Bonus: any significance to your blog's name: its the finnish version of my main blog's url, koalamb. Literally just a mashup of two fun little guys who are both known to be .. not the smartest cookies out there.

Tagging @varsbaby @moviestarmijoo @zeesqueere @seekingthestars @sapphicshawol @alexanderfuckingwept @phoradendron if you're up for it, but honestly if you see this and want to do it you can say I tagged you xoxo. Feel free to ignore, but I'd love to learn more abt mine moots

[fullmoonfireball]

crying sobbing begging you to tell me more about this little baby egg

hgjfkjfghj i'm glad you like Morastrum,,

so first things first, she's Magolor's kid- hence why her existence is relegated to AU stuff. she's biologically his, but she doesn't know her other parent, or like. any of the rest of her family. such is life when your now-single dad is an interdimensional traveler, i guess.

she's spent most of her childhood only making short-lived, summer camp-style friendships with kids on whatever planet they were visiting that week... so basically, Mora's very used to being alone, not counting her dad, and isn't very good at socializing. it's pretty common to find her just kinda like 🧍‍♀️ when she wants to talk to someone, or occasionally blurting out something weird and/or vaguely insulting when she does work up the courage to say something. she's very curious and quite intelligent for her age, which makes for a good way to break through her awkward, usually-silent demeanor- giving her some kind of question, whether she knows the answer yet or not, can really get her to open up!

thankfully, this task isn't too too necessary nowadays, mostly because of Kirby! the events of Return to Dreamland definitely brought a lot of less pleasant things into Mora's life, but Kirby was a more than welcome addition- a kid, around her age, who's a great listener, who lives in a place her dad likes to be, AND has other nice friends who they can introduce her to!

though, after RtDLDX, I have to say I'm not too certain what her situation is like. initially I figured she was just alone on the Lor for a little while, but with Magolor Epilogue's existence, it now feels like there's a much bigger gap between the events of Story Mode and Magolor's return to normalcy around Dream Collection 🤔 still need to figure out what the hell's up with all that

[chronosbled]

what happened to dickson when simmons was usurped from his power (died)? what did he thought?

{ Even though I haven't actually ever made a post about this, or at least I don't think I did, I have actually somewhat addressed this in a thread with @tenebrispxnea between Dickson and Crystal before! Pardon me for tagging you, Serin. Though before I actually get into it further, I'll post said part of the thread I was referring to below right quick:

And as you can see in the above image, the whole event utterly broke Dickson's entire being. Despite all of the smiles he projected outward, everything was completely falling apart for him internally. You see, Dickson has never known anything other than the neglect and abuse that his grandfather has put him through. He's never known kindness or compassion or even love, aside from the very short period of time his parents were alive or the very few times Carla was kind to him, no one looked out for Dickson. No one. Yes, one of his maids tried her best to do so, but given that she was merely a maid, there was quite literally nothing she could do for him. Dickson was subjected to various experiments and endless hours of torture on end from the moment he was just a small child (three years old). He wasn't given a choice, he wasn't asked how he felt about things, he wasn't coddled when he got injured, he wasn't praised when he did things correctly, he wasn't given any sort of freedom whatsoever. He had no life. He wasn't allowed to have a life outside of anything his grandfather didn't deem necessary. All he knows how to do is study and kill. He studies everything and anything he can get his hands on just to please his grandfather and possibly get even the slightest bit of praise, even if it comes from a backhanded comment. He killed anything and everything that his grandfather deemed as a failure or a threat to the work he was doing in hopes to seen as something more than a tool. He was never living for himself, but for his grandfather. In a sense, he was simply an extension of Derek himself, nothing more. He wasn't a person. He only existed to further his grandfather's wishes.

Even when Dickson ended up meeting other children his age, he wasn't allowed to converse with them about normal mundane things such as school or things normal children would. Instead he was made to remain silent around other children, only being allowed to talk amongst his grandfather and his colleagues to show off the progress he'd made using Dickson as a human experiment. In most people's minds, Dickson was just a doll that did whatever he was told or made to do. Whether it was to behave like a servant or to ruthlessly kill anything that posed a threat to his grandfather's community. Additionally, any children Dickson met outside of the usual social gatherings within the elites of society all ended up dying from experimentation or from the battle royal his grandfather held within many of the various containment units he created, either by being murdered by other children participating or the creatures within the containment units or even by Dickson himself. The only child he ever officially met for a somewhat longer period of time, and formed a platonic/familial bond with was Leif (or Leafy), but he too died in the end leaving Dickson alone once again, only now he had gotten a taste of grief and rage (of which also began his cannibalistic behavior/cravings). Hence why Dickson never attempted to get close to anyone ever again (at least until adulthood).

Another child he had come into contact was his late fiance, Janus De'Vetro, the daughter of a terrorist group, because of an arranged marriage his grandfather strung together — but things between the two of them were far from what one would expect of an arranged marriage. Instead, Dickson was cast into yet another situation where he was under someone's thumb, not allowed to do anything other than what Janus wanted of him. All throughout his childhood, Dickson was treated as less than human by both his grandfather and late fiance, repeatedly subjected to abuse and neglect until the day he had enough of Janus' abusive behavior (and her desire to hurt those that have done nothing wrong). At the age of sixteen, Dickson finally worked up the courage to deny Janus of the things she wanted of which only resulted in her physically assaulting him with a blade, but due to the fact Janus had no combat training and Dickson did, he was able to overpower her and in the heat of the moment, stab her to death. Of course he hadn't meant to do such a thing, but he knew that he would get into serious trouble if anyone found out, thus why he took Janus' body and hid her within a freezer deep within the Simmons Estate's underground laboratory.

Now with all that explained, I can get back onto the main question you asked (because I needed to explain all that for it to make the most sense so you can understand what lead up to his mental break). As I mentioned, the death of his grandfather was more than enough to break him mentally. Not just because this was his last remaining family members, but because he no longer had a purpose in life anymore. Now that Derek was dead... he didn't know what to do. His entire life had been laid out before him from the time he was a child. His entire life only had meaning because he was serving his grandfather. His entire life revolved around his grandfather and nothing else, but now with his grandfather gone, he had lost everything he strived for. He didn't know what he was supposed to do anymore. He didn't know how to function within normal society. The only reason he had joined the BSAA (since he was fresh in the BSAA when Simmons died) was because his grandfather wanted him to serve as a spy of sorts, but in the end, Dickson actually came to enjoy being in the BSAA as a whole (of which started his curiosity for freedom since his grandfather could no longer boss him around within the organization). Dickson was made to believe he would never matter to anyone but his grandfather so long as he lived from the time he was a child. Made to believe that he would never be loved nor would he ever have a place in the world because of the monster he had become. With that sort of thing festering in your mind, especially for as many years as Dickson's been alive, it's no wonder why he would end up having a mental breakdown and an existential crisis. Yet, despite all that, Dickson somehow managed to hold on by indulging himself in his own kind of research and remaining within the BSAA.

Now to answer the first part of you question. Even after the death of his grandfather, Dickson still greatly struggled to find a new purpose because, again, he lacked free will due to all the years he spent isolated with his grandfather. That is until he reunited with Philis Roanoke, a woman that he met back in 2008, while serving in the BSAA and she began showing him kindness (especially after hearing about his grandfather). In time, Philis began mothering Dickson and introduced him to Chris Redfield, which soon caused him to meet Jill Valentine and many other people within the BSAA — all of whom were very kind people, something that he wasn't used to — and started to make Dickson think that maybe his grandfather was wrong in saying that nobody would care about him. Additionally, Dickson also developed a vast interest in Piers Nivans (due to the fact he was considered the BSAA's golden boy) and made it his goal to strive for being the best just like his squadmate (since Dickson affiliated Piers with perfection). Keep in mind that while I stuck to the canon for Dickson's character, he was developed with a group of friends that somewhat altered part of the canon so characters like Piers and Finn didn't die and somehow survived the events of Resident Evil 6. So in the end, after his grandfather's death, Dickson stayed within the BSAA and even started to live by his own rules instead of always allowing others to dictate his life for him. He learned that people do care about him and he's still slowly learning that having freedom isn't as scary as he originally thought it was, especially since he's now able to do so many things that he enjoys and talk to so many people he's come to cherish. }

[genshinfanboy]

Hello! Congrats on 200!! I'd love two romantic match ups please and thank you! I'm also into females and am a female. I'm agender.

My sun is Gemini and moon is Aquarius, also a rising Leo!

I'm an INFJ.

My dream job was to be an astronaut or something that deals with space entirely, but that got messed up in highschool. Hence why it’s a dream now :(. Now it’s to be an artist or writer because it’s one of the ways I know how to express myself.

I'm not comfortable with my own feelings so I have trouble expressing them, believing that if I do only bad things will open. I often stay trapped in my own thoughts. I'm very loyal, can be awkward in most situations(very uncomfortable in social situations), selfless and love to help people no matter what. Once I've opened up to anyone, I don't shut up and I love to goof around with them. I don't actually get mad, it's a hard emotion to get out of me. I love to write, draw, fold origami, play games and listen to music(any genre that isn't country). I enjoy space and looking at the stars, I can sit for hours talking about them. Scary movies, I LOVE watching them so much. I wish to travel the world but funds and a fear of heights stop me. Probably not important, but I do have anxiety and depression..I have breakdowns but not as often as I used to.

Things I don’t like..The one thing I can think of is when someone assumes something about me. I can get rather defensive over the assumption and cry about it later LOL. I’m also kinda a picky eater, but I’m willing to try new foods?

Thank you so much in advance and sorry if it's kinda long qwq ♡

-Eden

Hello! No need to apologize for it being long it makes it easier for me. Thank you for the congratulations. As I've been saying with all of these please take this with a grain of salt if you don't like it. Enjoy and have an awesome day or night.

The first match up would be Mona:

Stating the obvious you and Mona would bond a lot over astrology. She would understand you from her fortune telling. Of course she wouldn't miss use her abilities. She would try her best to ensure she has foods you like when you visit even when her funds are low. She would probably encourage you to pick up your love for astrology again. She could even teach you if you'd like. Because of her abilities there wouldn't need to be any fear of her thinking poorly of you for having trouble expressing your feelings. She'd help you out with your depression and anxiety as well. Mona is used to dealing with a wide arrangement of people. She is very quick to adapt to their habits as she does with Fischl. She would happily listen to you talk about the things you love. She would probably try saving some of her limited fund so you both could travel a bit. Though there's no way you'll get to see the place she is from as there is too large of a chance of running into her teacher and she can't ever go back there. She'll ask that you find someone else to enjoy horror with though. This relationship would be very thoughtful and supportive.

The second match up would be Jean:

Jean is someone who is very kind, patient and understanding. She would like the fact that you are loyal. She would also enjoy your creativity and art work. She would listen to you talk about the stars happily. She would respect your selflessness and what you do to help others. In a way it is much like her. Jean has issues expressing when she herself needs help so you both would be able to work on that together. You would be able to support the other by listening to each other's needs and worries. Time will show you both work well together with you personalities and instincts.

[drjacquescoulardeau]

AMAZON PRIME VIDEO – THE BLACK BOX – 2020

Emotional, strong, even powerful, and yet intellectually perilous science fiction. Imagine you can extract from a brain (if it is only the brain and not the muscles and the bones too) what makes someone that very particular someone, hence their “mental” essence, and then you can keep it digitalized on a hard disk of some sort in the cloud if you want. Imagine you can transfer this digitalized mental essence to another body and this other body becomes the new vessel of the digitalized mental essence of the first individual.

First of all, it is impossible to do this as of today and probably for quite some time still. Second, it is unethical to use the body or a brain-dead person as a vessel to contain the mental essence of some other body plain dead at the time of the shift. How can you get the consent of the one or the other? Impossible in the film since the first person is dead, and the second person is brain-dead. Neither can say yes or no. Why not transfer that mental essence of this dead person number one into a chimpanzee, so that his mummy can play with it as a family pet? No problem of consent or disagreement. Animals have not reached the age of reason and cannot say yes or no to anything imposed onto them in labs or nature. Why not endow dogs with a – Christian of course – soul?

The worst part is that the doctor or scientist who does this transfer is the fact she is the mother of the first individual who just died, and she tries to keep her son alive in another body. That is egocentric, selfish, immoral, and what’s more sexist since it is the mother, hence a woman, who wants to commit this crime against science. It can only work in the film because of the virtual situation created by hypnosis and manipulated by Virtual Reality. Add some Artificial Intelligence and you will have the perfect suicidal solution to the overcrowding of the planet. All the guinea pigs will become killers or self-killers because they will never be able to accept the schizophrenia of their double reality and the alienation of both personalities forced to live together. Who could be that criminal in their minds to imagine such torture imposed on human beings?

Death is death, and it is a great chance for humanity that we are not eternal. Imagine the overpopulation we would have if Neolithic people had been able to survive till today. In fact, today’s world would never have been reached because humanity would have self-destroyed itself along the way.

Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU

NEVER IMAGINABLE WITH WHITE PEOPLE IN THE LEAD, ISN’T IT?

A film that wants to be science-fiction. So, learn the lessons that emerge from it.

Let black doctors or scientists get into a hospital “laboratory” and the most unimaginable horrors will take place.

Let black people be fully treated in a hospital and they will become guinea pigs, especially in the hands of black doctors.

Let a mother treat her son and the worst possible crime will take place under your own nose and in front of your own eyes.

Shall I go on?

If this is not pure racism laced with some sexism, I just wonder what would qualify. How can anyone imagine such man-made scientific schizophrenia to be possible in the hands and under the scalpel of a doctor, a scientist? I guess it is urgent to have clear regulations and controls on such activities. Because be sure that wild clandestine medical experiments are happening every day in the world.

The best intentions, if they are really good, can produce the worst biased visions of humanity, its future and social life. This film is a caricature and as such is telling a quite racist and sexist story. Was it the intention? How many peiople are going to feel justified in their biases by this film? Too many.

 Éditions La Dondaine, Medium.com, 2024

Social Sciences,  *  Medicine,  *  Fatherhood,  *  Motherhood,  *  Racial Bias

Racism is like minimalist music, very few notes and always the same, over and over again.

VERSION FRANÇAISE

Une science-fiction émotionnelle, forte, voire puissante, et pourtant intellectuellement périlleuse. Imaginez que vous puissiez extraire d'un cerveau (s'il ne s'agit que du cerveau et non des muscles et des os) ce qui rend quelqu'un unique, donc son essence « mentale », et que vous puissiez ensuite la conserver numérisée sur un disque dur de quelque sorte que ce soit ou dans le nuage cosmique informatique si vous le souhaitez. Imaginez que vous puissiez transférer cette essence mentale numérisée dans un autre corps et que cet autre corps devienne le nouveau godet, coupe ou hanap, en un mot le vulgaire récipient de l'essence mentale numérisée du premier individu.

Tout d’abord, cela est impossible à l’heure actuelle et probablement encore pour longtemps. Deuxièmement, c’est contraire à l'éthique d'utiliser le corps ou une personne en état de mort cérébrale comme récipient pour contenir l'essence mentale d'un autre corps tout simplement mort au moment du changement. Comment obtenir le consentement de l’un ou de l’autre ? Impossible dans le film puisque la première personne est morte, et la deuxième personne est en mort cérébrale. Aucun des deux ne peut dire oui ou non. Pourquoi ne pas transférer l’essence mentale de ce mort numéro un dans un chimpanzé, afin que sa maman puisse jouer avec lui comme avec un animal de compagnie ? Aucun problème de consentement ou de désaccord. Les animaux n’ont pas atteint l’âge de raison et ne peuvent dire oui ou non à tout ce qui leur est imposé dans les laboratoires ou dans la nature. Il ne manquerait plus que les chiens aient une âme, naturellement chrétienne, cela va de soi.

Le pire, c'est que la doctoresse ou la scientifique qui effectue ce transfert est la mère du premier individu qui vient de mourir et qu'elle essaie de garder son fils en vie dans un autre corps. C’est égocentrique, égoïste, immoral et qui plus est sexiste puisque c’est la mère, donc une femme, qui veut commettre ce crime contre la science. Cela ne peut fonctionner dans le film qu’en raison de la situation virtuelle créée par l’hypnose et manipulée par la Réalité Virtuelle. Ajoutez un peu d’Intelligence Artificielle et vous obtiendrez la solution suicidaire parfaite à la surpopulation de la planète. Tous les cobayes deviendront des tueurs ou des auto-tueurs car ils ne pourront jamais accepter la schizophrénie de leur double réalité et l'aliénation des deux personnalités contraintes de vivre ensemble. Qui est à ce point mentalement criminel pour imaginer une telle torture à imposer à des êtres humains.

La mort est la mort, et c'est une grande chance pour l'humanité que nous ne soyons pas éternels. Imaginez la surpopulation que nous aurions si les peuples du Néolithique avaient pu survivre jusqu’à aujourd’hui. En fait, le monde d’aujourd’hui n’aurait jamais été atteint parce que l’humanité se serait auto-détruite en cours de route.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

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FYP: Healthy Mental, Cheerful Life

I’m always thinking to make my FYP meaningful and interesting at the same time so that I can attract more people to pay attention on the topic I’m discussing about. Hence, I’ve come out with an idea which is doing either podcast or radio documentary for my FYP as both of it are kind of trending right now, people enjoy listening to the podcast and radio documentary. Well, I guess the presenting method of my FYP is interesting enough but the topic had been an issue for me as I want it to be meaningful and value, I’ve spent plenty of time on researching the topic. There’re a lot of topics are meaningful but the only one caught my eyes were ‘Mental Health’ topic. In my opinion, mental health issue/illness is always a topic should be concerned about, especially in this 21st century – a stressful world. It’s not only a meaningful but also important topic.

To explain why would I rather choose podcast or radio documentary as the method than other methods, I would say is because of my upcoming work placement. It’s says so because I’ll be doing my work placement at Radio Kerry and my role is researching for the podcast topic and news editor, I believe that I can learn a lot of skill and knowledge at this aspect, so it’s definitely a good idea to make good use of the skills in my FYP. In my podcast/ radio documentary, I’ll invite different guest on different episode to make the content more knowledgeable and meaningful. Also, I’ll try to contact with Mental Health Ireland and the nursing student which suggested by Ashley to try to get more professional information from the specialist and professional.

There were still a few reasons inspired me to stick with this topic, it included some real life examples happened around me. Few years before, my friend’s sister had experienced depression problem, she was so suffering and she even tried to commit suicide but luckily my friend and her family found out that that was something wrong with her. Fortunately, she was sent to psychological counseling in time, and her condition has improved a lot. Besides, the news has inspired me a lot too. In the past ten years, lots of news reports about people committing suicide due to stress, depression, anxiety. For example, Whitney Houston accidentally drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors and the Thai Nursery attacked case. These people have these behaviours mostly are because of mental illness, they can’t control themselves. The last factor is also the factor that inspired me the most, which is social media. Social media is such a toxic environment nowadays, people can easily spread the negativity through internet whenever they want. The most obvious example is those haters leaving some toxic comments on the YouTubers and content creators’ production. For sure the content creators had put a lot of effort on their production, those toxic comments will hit them hard and they’ll be very stressful. These stresses add up over time and will definitely lead to depression in the end.

At the meantime, I’ve done some research on mental illness. According to the data, 1 in every 8 people in the world live with a mental illness, the most common of these is depression. Depression affects about 1 in 15 adults in any given year, and 1 in 6 people will experience depression at some time in their life and over 700 000 people die due to suicide causing by mental illness every year. This is indeed an astonishing statistic, it can effectively shows how bad the condition is going. There are many reasons that will cause mental illness, for example, stress, living lifestyle and environment, childhood abuse, trauma, loneliness, discrimination, violence, bully, cyber-bully, etc.

In conclusion, I would like to bring up the issue and hope that people can pay more attention on this issue. As the data has shown, the situation is getting worse year by year, it seems like mental illness has been ‘normalise’, it’s definitely not a good phenomena in this society. I hope that through my FYP, everyone can put more attention on this issue and people who suffering from the mental illness can be cared for more and the world would be a better place for everyone of us.

Attached below is my presentation slide:

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Golden Trio’s Gen;

harry potter;

i forgot that you existed (ex-lovers) 

summary; it’s quite difficult to forget your ex when he’s the infamous boy who lived, but somehow, some way, you were finally getting there

daylight (s2l) 

summary; after providing for yourself and your two sons alone for so long, you were foreign to the concept of help, and the last person you expected to receive it from was the infamous boy who lived

george weasley;

cigarette daydreams (forbidden love)

summary; george didn't expect to meet the ghost of a hufflepuff descendant when he went for a walk one night, and he certainly didn't expect to learn a truly tragic life story of someone long forgotten, either

girls on film (forced proximity) 

summary; in an attempt to connect more to the muggle world, hogwarts started a broadcasting club, which looked to be a massive aid in you finding more about your best friend’s crush for her. only, you didn’t expect to find a crush of your own along the way

soon you’ll get better (established relationship) 

summary; george was a broken man after the untimely death of his built-in best friend, and as his lover you were at a loss of how to help his grief

me! (accidental marriage)

summary; after waking up in bed with a red-haired stranger and no memories of the night prior, you run off as quickly as you can. it isn't until months later when you're trying to buy a house that you learn that you can't just leave that forgotten night in the past

fred weasley;

death by a thousand cuts (ex2l) 

summary; past relationships were meant to stay in the past, hence the name. however, it soon became clear that fred weasley wanted you back, and was willing to do whatever it took to fight for your love

end game (established relationship) 

summary; all the times you and fred joked around in ways that reflected your prankster reputation, and the one time you had to be serious

london boy (s2l)

summary; after taking the plunge and moving across the world, you are unsure of how to form a new social circle and support system. it appears there was no need to worry, as you soon meet a charming man who runs a joke shop with his twin brother

enchanted (s2l)

summary; maybe volunteering to sing at the yule ball would mean that your crush would finally notice you, and maybe you could have a wonderfully enchanting night as a result

ron weasley;

dress (bff2l)

summary; why couldn’t your best friend of over three years realise that you saw him as so much more than that? maybe he just needed a glaring sign, and there was no better opportunity for that than the yule ball

oliver wood;

more than a woman (s2l) || one | two || ✭

summary; y/n was one of many who fancied the obsessive quidditch boy, and to her surprise, she was of interest to him as well

afterglow (ex2l) 

summary; during your relationship with oliver, your friend groups fused to form one - so, when you broke up over a deemed “petty reason” and refused to go anywhere near each other, your friends decided to do something to fix the “split custody” situation they had found themselves in

draco malfoy;

don’t blame me (s2l)

summary; y/n was surprised to find herself relating to the family pressures draco malfoy faced, and it soon opened up the question of... would their bond help them fight back and choose the good side, or will they both be too weak to not give in?

cruel summer (forbidden love)

summary; their relationship was never meant to be, and y/n knew that, but a part of them hoped that draco would be willing to fight for them and their love in the face of familial expectations

call it what you want (forbidden love) 

summary; his entire life, draco had it drilled into him that anything to do with muggles was bad- impure, even. but after his father is imprisoned for life, he decides to venture into the muggle world- just as a temporary thing, of course

lee jordan;

drug dealer (s2l)

summary; if anyone thought hogwarts students didn't have means to get weed, they were wrong - it was a widely used drug within the castle, and y/n was a new customer to the resident drug dealer

all of the girls you loved before (f2l) - coming soon

summary; lee had many an ex, and you had a few yourself, but that didn’t stop everything from feeling new with him

pansy parkinson;

this is why we can’t have nice things (break-up) 

summary; you had already given pansy a second chance, but she really had proven that she couldn’t be trusted, and that your relationship had to be ended for good

mattheo riddle;

king of my heart (arranged marriage) ✭

summary; your refusal of marriage led your father to relinquish permission for you to choose your own husband, allowing him to make the decision himself and ensure the most status and wealth possible. the problem? the man he chose for you was closed off and arrogant

lover (marriage of convenience)

summary; born into a loveless family, you had been denied the opportunity to marry for many years. that was, until, a duke noticed your situation and gave your parents an offer that they simply couldn't refuse - but would it be a love match?

i don’t wanna live forever (ex2l) [18+]

summary; ever since you began dating, you and mattheo had been a fiery and toxic mess of breaking up and getting back together - only, when you finally try and date someone else, you realise that you miss and crave the unhealthy pattern that came with mattheo riddle

…ready for it? (fake dating) [18+]

summary; following the war, mattheo is suffocated by the association with his father, and decides there is only one way to make people see that he is nothing like him. you, on the other hand, want to prove to people that, in the year you’ve been in hiding, you have changed from the naïve goody-two-shoes you

so it goes… (s2l) [18+] - NEW

summary; the first muggle at hogwarts, courtesy of very special circumstances— how would you fare?

theodore nott;

delicate (s2l)

summary; when your childhood friend daphne decides to drag you out to her family’s californian beach house with her slytherin friends during the summer holidays, you are reluctant to come out of your carefully crafted shell. and then, out of nowhere, you find yourself relating to the quietest boy on the trip

i think he knows (not actually unrequited love) ✭

summary; you had fancied the mysteriously quiet slytherin boy for as long as you could remember (since first year), and, quite frankly, your best friend was sick of you going on about it without ever making a move

you need to calm down (e2l) [18+]

summary; after returning to hogwarts for a subsidiary 8th year to make up for the loss of 7th year due to the war, you are a completely different person, and muggle-born-hating theo finds himself obsessed with you

it's nice to have a friend (s2l) - NEW

summary; elusive and unknown, you slunk along the walls of hogwarts without ever being noticed. that was, until, a boy who everybody knew spotted you

fleur delacour;

gorgeous (s2l)

summary; you, like everyone else, were drawn to the part-veela fleur delacour when beauxbatons visited, only she thought that you hated her because you made it your mission to avoid her

blaise zabini;

false god (arranged marriage)

summary; you had been betrothed to blaise zabini practically your whole life, and while you moved in the same friend group, he had always avoided you. you tried to understand, you really did, but were you really so undesirable?

lorenzo berkshire;

the archer (s2l)

summary; lorenzo's cat hates everybody but you

tom riddle; (more tom riddle in his og era lower down)

guilty as sin? (best friend's brother) [18+] - NEW

summary; your uncontrollable feelings for the brother of your best friend, mattheo, led you to feeling incredibly guilty-- even though you had never even touched tom's skin

[more to be added when fics are written]

Marauders’ Gen;

remus lupin;

girls like me (soulmates) 

summary; after becoming a werewolf over the summer holidays, y/n returns to find that remus lupin, a famous marauder, has an air of attraction around him that she never noticed before

new year’s day (s2l) 

summary; after a troubling christmas with your not-so-nice family, you hurriedly make your leave on boxing day without checking the weather. and, after a whirlwind series of events, you find yourself snowed in with a mysterious stranger

james potter;

the man (fwb2l) [16+]

summary; you hated it. james could go around sleeping with as many different people as he liked and get praised for it, while you did the exact same and only ever got slut-shamed. the worst part? james didn’t seem to understand that, despite being your most frequent fling

sirius black;

miss americana & the heartbreak prince (s2l) 

summary; after making an impromptu transfer from ilvermorny to hogwarts, you are thrust into a world of british boys and pranks - with one in particular catching your eye

regulus black;

back to black (s2l)

summary; autumn was your favourite season of all time, and not even your lack of parents or friendships could ruin it for you. but, maybe a brooding boy in your year could

[more to be added when fics are written]

Other Gens;

tom riddle;

the loch ness monster (ex-lovers)

summary; y/n had watched their lover become a despicable man capable of no good, and it pained them that he still had a hold over them

she’s my collar (soulmates)

summary; most people were destined to never find the person who was born with a matching tattoo to theirs - you weren’t one of those people, but you were forced to endure your soulmate creating horcruxes and the effect it had on your soul

i did something bad (s2l)

summary; an orphaned boy with sinister plans for the future, and a new girl who is about to discover she may be just as bad as her parents. what happens when they meet?

[more to be added when fics are written]

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Raz is autistic.

Not just autistic-coded— although you can claim that his psychic powers could me a methaphor for autism if you want— but also just autistic. Why? Here is my essay:

He stims. The boy stims!!! A lot!!! If you stay motionless in either PS 1 or 2, the kid can’t stay still, and has idle animations of doing acrobatics and stretches in place as well as dancing, mimicking Bobby Zilch’s infamous taunting dance.

He has trouble connecting with his peers in both games, from the campers at whispering rock claiming he’s a lake monster, to the interns hazing him and using him to fulfill their tasks to get out of work. Even his own siblings like to mess with him, or are just straight up cruel to him (we’ll get back to them later).

Outside of Lili, Dogen, and maybe Sam, Raz doesn’t make friends with kids his own age easily —or at least fails to catch social cues on people thinking he is too focused on being a psychic— and often gravitates to connecting with his teachers, mentors, and painters in insane asylums (I always got the feeling he got along better with Edgar Teegle, especially considering he references the painter in Rhombus of Ruin). He even had trouble connecting with Lili at first. Side note: She’s also neurodivergent, but was less engaging at first because she was under-stimulated. Until Raz connected with her about their shared nightmare, when she revealed she read the same comics he did, she mocked him almost as cruelly as Bobby.

When he goes into Helmut’s mind, he knows what Sensory Overload and Panic Attacks is. Raz is fairly young, so it’s surprising that he knows about these terms as well as what they means in the context of the situation. Therefore, its likely that he’s experienced both of these before. Probably during a performance when he was younger, since he now seems to be very comfortable performing in front of people despite being so young. Bear in mind, I’m using his younger siblings as reference for how young the Aquatos are when they start performing. Raz most likely learned to somersault before he learned to crawl. So odds were there have been a fair share of baby Aquatos having temper tantrums on stage.

My bet is that Augustus used to use his mental link with Raz to help him calm down, through telekinesis and telepathy. This in turn helped awaken Raz’s psychic abilities, allowing him to read minds. Raz seems to be the only one who can do it in the first game, since he reads Lili’s mind multiple times. Hence, this is why Raz is hyper focused on learning to broaden his psychic horizons. It brings him comfort to learn to control them.

Furthermore, being psychic can be an extended metaphor of him being autistic because of how his family treats him. Some of his family members accept him as a psychic, like his father, and even recognize it as a part of family history —which is an important look at how mental disorders are commonly genetic but have been mistreated in earlier generations due to misunderstanding of mental conditions— allowing Augustus to embrace his own powers. Meanwhile, others think of it as “just a phase” and choose to ignore it, like his mother, or outright use him being psychic as blame for all the family’s problems, like Dion or Frazie.

Everything tying into a Family Curse is often how mental disorders like Autism, ADD, ADHD, BPD, Bipolar Disorder, etc, are all written off in many families, and as a result they’re misunderstood, which only end up hurting future generations when they’re ignored or not addressed in a healthy way.

Which is why the ending to the game very important to me OK?????

In conclusion, Raz is autistic because of this evidence I’ve presented but also because I like Raz as a character and I project onto characters I like. Hope you liked my TED Talk.

The End 🧠