#i hope my insane ramblings make sense to you. haha

[gentlebeards]

yiour osdd!ed post is like a brilliant light in the darknjess of the ofmd tag thank you for being so correct and wise

you’re welcome ☺️

honestly though, there’s such a lack of (good) disorder/mental illness headcanons in the fandom, which is a real shame, considering all the potential we have going on.

i really love thinking about stede and edward unmasking around each other, ed letting his alters/parts come out to play and stede loving every single one of them. i haven’t really decided how many he has + the specifics of how he interacts with them, or if he even considers them to be separate from himself in the first place. trauma + putting on a facade to stay alive would definitely mix things up in his headspace, and navigating that is so difficult/confusing!

also! having a dissociative identity AND autism/adhd is a wild combination, and i feel like edward is at his happiest when he’s in a safe space to be all three without fear. he can let his younger parts play, dress up how he/they please, and stim to his hearts content with Soft Fabrics. meeting stede brought out said younger/happier part (imo!) and his genuine confusion over izzy’s negative reaction makes sense in that context. the poor guy was like “yippee! yay!! hello!” and immediately shot down for being too “different”

i know you’re not supposed to take his whole “kid at heart” thing literally, but including it in my headcanon is so fun? there’s also the “negative” parts who come out to protect him when shit goes down, stepping forward to lash out and shield him + depending on the situation, he either retreats into an enclosed safe area (blanket forts) or protects himself with force. prosecutors deserve recognition, and i don’t feel comfortable demonizing them, even for a headcanon.

you can also play around with pronouns, too!!! + his gender expression. i’ll have to think about which pronouns his parts/alters use, or if their gender changes at all, but it’s very interesting to Ponder.

[electronix-arts]

i have the urge to ramble so why not ramble about murder drones

i have many fears over episode 8, my biggest one being is that everyone is going to fucking die, and since im now considered the khan guy, why not talk about him (THIS IS SO LONG HOLY FUCKING SHIT)

ok so funnily enough, im prepared if he does drop dead in ep 8. people have teased me going “oh lol what if khan dies in ep 8” but little do you all know ive been prepared since ep 7 dropped, my wife has improved so much he’s bound to be sniped by liam. i’d be upset as hell and act like a wife who lost her husband at sea but i would not be too surprised if he is killed off

before it was confirmed ep 8 is the series finale, i was a s2 believer and i held onto hope that they wouldn’t kill khan because it’d make his character feel worthless. you see this man improve so much to be a better father to uzi and grow a pair to actually do something; to me, him dying would have made all of that useless, the hypothetical season 2 could have grown his character more if he lived, hell, maybe even show flashbacks of him during his ‘kill all humans’ phase. ep 7 shows khan has nowhere to go but up (or go insane, like the ep 8 teaser showed us)

but since season 2 is not real, i have to accept the fact that yeah, khan might die. so instead of being upset over that, why not speculate how he’ll fuckin die even though him being in the teaser looking batshit insane makes me think he’ll be a survivor. look at him. he will live off of pure adrenaline. anyways.

it’d 100% be a sacrifice, his apology for everything he’s done (which i fucking HATE i wanted him to grow more to become more redeemable to others not [death = hooray your sins are mostly forgiven] but i just gotta suck it up for now)

it’d definitely be for uzi or nori, make sense if he sacrificed himself for both of them [“Turns out, I’m not who either of you needed”] buuut i think it’d be more uzi focused. he was the one who raised her for the entirety of her life, actually tried to become better and changed his main focus to her and tried to help whenever he could after that, he would take a hypothetical bullet for her. it could even parallel to pilot when he left her for dead, now he’s the one dying and telling uzi to leave him so she can save herself and the others (it could even reference heartbeat where she thought he actually died, i don’t know how they’d do it, but yeah. i like that scene in heartbeat, i enjoy characters i love oh so much in severe pain.)

while i like this a lot, i would want khan to sacrifice himself for someone else more than his own wife and daughter. shocking, i know. i make my entire personality based off these idiots why wouldn’t i want a doorman family reuni-

n. if khan dies in ep 8, i want him to die sacrificing himself for n. i want n to be in horror at what has happened as khan is slowly dying in front of him, basically giving n his blessing to date uzi even though the entire planet is doomed.

it parallels nori’s disapproval of the relationship, shows that khan’s views on the dds (mainly n) have changed [killing machine -> bad influence on uzi -> someone who genuinely cares for her, someone who she needed] -and i guess nicely ties up the gift that is his redemption arc.

it makes sense for him to give said blessing, he’s seen how close uzi has gotten with n as well I’m pretty sure when he reunites with nori (plsplspls) after they calm down she’s definitely gonna be like “YOU LET OUR DAUGHTER “HANG OUT” WITH THE THINGS YOU SAW KILL ME” so that’d be fresh on his mind when he hypothetically drops dead.

also i’d feel like him sacrificing himself for uzi is like. too perfect or easily guessable, maybe they could hint “oh yeah khan’s def gonna die to save uzi & nori” when haha sike he’s dying to save the future son-in-law (if there is a future)

anyways that’s it. im bad at wrapping up things so here is what i call my conclusion. if you actually read this i love you so much you will be in my will

[koifsssh]

okay first things first

a) i am insane

b) i really like clowns

so put these two things together and what do you get?

you get clown rainy of course!!! look at him go!!!

I should probably explain what's going on, so i will! I had made clown rainy... and then sort of made an au centered around that idea, not that i really think of it as any proper au, since it's mostly for oc's and such! with that out of the way i will explain his acts! yippee!

he is a dreamer! a wanderer of the stars, if you will! He does tightrope and trapeze! At least, that's what i think fits him best!

his stage name is the Sleepwalker! very sleepy, very tired, you get the gist! they call him that because he's often mistaken for having his eyes closed on the tightrope, so they think he's "sleepwalking"!

his solo shows are mostly calmer segments, im not sure how to describe it really. usually he has a microphone attached to him, so he may talk to the audience! however, he's usually talking to himself really, but thats what they come for!

Rainy's ramblings are sort of hopeless romantic, but some of the things he says can be comedic as well, it depends really...

his shows are supposed to leave you sighing, if that makes sense! my favorite quote of his is this;

"I hope you don't make fun of me, but i've always wanted to dance amongst the stars... haha, do you think i would be good at it? Oh, if i had a partner with me we could dance on the rings of Saturn, that would so lovely, wouldn't it? ...Oh well, i suppose it's alright, i don't mind dancing alone, the stars are always a witness..."

on another note, he's a duo with Maverick! (because of course he is!)

they are very silly together, a couple of clowns... a clown couple... clowns...

they do various bits together!

though, admittedly, Rainy's favorite bit to do with maverick is to gently smack him in the face, he thinks its hilarious

very silly indeed!

(also! note! yes, i know, rainy's design did quite change a bit, but just know the colored reference is the one i'm going with! as much as i love a good clown, they never cease to make it difficult to draw...)

i should probably note that the au so far has mostly been about them specifically...

hehe, it was probably obvious though!

[zimthandmade]

Hello,

I am an art student (art on instagram link in my account, I am too lazy to post on two different platforms), and I love your art style and creativity, you are incredible ✨

I am at that point in my studies where I am getting decent at at least some of the techniques, but struggle using them to give life to my own ideas.

Do you have any advice on character design and environment study? I admire how you manage to give so much personality to your characters just with body language, it’s amazing, I have lots of trouble just managing to make mine look like themselves in two different sketches. Every time I feel like I got it right I lose it the moment after :(.

Where do I start when I want to study for a project, and how do you organise your work?

Thank you for reading, I hope this ask finds you well ❤️

Hi there!! Thanks for reaching out!! <3

Yeah character consistency can be tricky! My go-to strategy for character design is to break them down into their most basic idea. Can be a colour, a shape, a line. Look at this concept art from Inside Out:

The more complex you go, the more tricky, complicated and hard to get right in different drawings will be. That's not a bad thing but you should always keep the very core idea of a character in mind when designing and drawing. If I may add some of my own things in here:

I settled for a very angular Mello and in contrast a rather round Matt. In canon, they're both pretty round, so I thought I'd break that up for a more interesting duo dynamic. For me it's also helpful to think of your character as a map with set distances and points of interest. Take Mellos focal points like the beak-y pointy nose and his blocky hair and the rest doesn't matter that much anymore if you only get those features right. I don't know, I'm super bad at explaining, there's a reason why I'm not a teacher :'D

Maybe you could try to draw your character as tiny or as quickly as you can, that also works well for me. Because you absolutely can't get lost in details and have to break them down to what really matters.

When I see complex characters with tons of tattoos and complex scars or wild hairstyles and details that just absolutely don't matter to the overall design, I always think of the poor poor animators that would have to animate that character if they were part of a TV show haha

As for environment study?? Bruh, I'm as lost as you.

Where to start on a project? Anywhere, as long as you start. Sitting in front of a blank paper is the worst thing. Drawing bad is better than not drawing at all. Look at other art, maybe even copy some, trace some, anything that helps you get into the flow.

Organising things is a supreme dicipline. I would say I give my best to stay organised but fail miserably. But I had people tell me I'm insanely organised, so... No idea. Taking the whole Death Note AU thing as one big project, I try to keep things seperated by characters, eras, themes or places, depending on what makes sense and throw all the files in the respective folders but it's getting more cluttered by the minute... What helps me if making overviews, like lineups of characters or something like this:

Colour chart where I can just pick the colours and not rummage through my files to find a fitting reference for different characters.

Oof that turned longer than I wanted, I hope you can at least find some helpful information out of my rambling :'D

[jacarandaaaas]

opening random encanto yt videos’ comments section is like staring at the waking storm you’re about to plunge into and knowing it’s not gonna be pretty and you’re probably not getting out of it unscathed (aka calm/happy fine—also sorry pepa oof—)

god the amount of misinterpretations people have with the movie, with so many scenes is insane, i’m about to go even more insane myself than usual

it’s so frustrating and i want to throw my phone every time AAAAAAA

but anyway yes, i wrote this ask in the first place to ask about your thoughts on different details and plot points and just general stuff of the movie that you noticed and really love, with any/all of this helping you appreciate the movie more? just anything, really, your choice on whatever you wanna ramble :3 (also to make up for how my last question had stopped you from rambling AHAHAH)

because i know you have so many good ideas and thoughts, so i’d love to hear it hehe :>

hope i made sense with the question, just a bit sleep deprived rn haha, but yes, ty!! <33

I totally relate to this feeling😭 except instead of YouTube comments it’s like almost every platform💀 and thank you for the ask!!

I could rant forever about all the details in this movie honestly!!!

The foreshadowing is SO good in this movie!! waiting on a miracle and the family madrigal being obvious ones but did you guys know the order mirabel sees the doors flicker when she sees the cracks is the order they lose their powers in? Isa + Luisa first because that’s who’s powers act up first dolores + camilo + antonio at the dinner scene and alma last because she was the last one willing to admit the problems!!

I love the character design!! I’ve rambled about it many times but it’s just !!!

I love how despite mirabel being our protagonist they show when she’s wrong and other characters call her out! She’s not a perfect protagonist she’s a flawed teenage girl and that just makes her more endearing

I love that they didn’t make Mariano a mean character just because isabela didn’t want to marry him. The problem isn’t Mariano it’s isabela feeling trapped!! Mariano is also shown to be considerate!

I love that most of the focus is on the female characters (if only the fandom would do that) I love seeing a multigenerational cast of women all flashed out with their own unique traits

about the misinterpretations i completely agree. I feel like this fandom has a “fanon” problem. especially with the most developed characters! surprisingly the ones with the most screen are the most common mischaracterised. I really dislike how encanto as a movie went to such an effort to give every character such a variety of traits and nuance only for the fandom to continuously reduce them down to one singular trait. It almost feels like reinforcing those stereotypes the movie was so set on breaking. As well as this continuously ignoring some of the best canon traits each character has. They feel so far from the original you might as well consider them ocs at that point.

I love the animation on Bruno’s vision shards (they look edible), I love the little details in mirabels room like her outfit sketches being hung up on the walls! THE BUTTERFLIES!! this movie has so many hidden butterflies it’s so fun to spot them!!

the soundtrack obviously but also the score!! only recently discovered that “the house knows” is a reprise of “the cracks emerge” it blew my mind!!!

One thing I really love about encanto is the expressions! they can convey so much with so little and the little subtleties it adds to each character is just incredible to me!!

SKIRT ANIMATION. it’s like hypnotizing to see how the skirts flow in this movie I am glued to the screen every time.

the dos oruguitas scene is gorgeous and so incredibly important to the core message of this story! As well as this scene the fall of casita is another incredible one!!

the songs feel like full blown fantasy musical numbers and I don’t know why people consider that a criticism of the movie is about MAGIC I want to feel that magic in the visuals of the song. So each musical number was like the most incredible experience!!

I love how waiting on a miracle starts off as a reprise of the family madrigal before changing to 3/4 time to show how mirabels out of place

the line “how far do these roots go down” hits so hard and I cant explain why

Felix and pepas love is so real and pure

julieta and agustín are incredible parents

dolores entire design

the fact luisa wasn’t reduced to a stereotype and was allowed to be flawed

mirabels voice!! it’s so unique and recognizable like I love it sm

the way felix sings “no clouds allowed in the skyyy”

I love that the characters actually look their age!

almas room being a replica of her old home showing how metaphorically and physically she’s stuck in the past

“I was thinking of my daughter!!”

I love that with isas transformation it’s not her hating femininity but changing what her femininity means to her

I love how mirabels worst enemy is her own mind. the madrigals aren’t aware of how she feels because she never opens up and it’s just slowly eating her up inside. in the end mirabel needed to acknowledge herself in order to grow (I say acknowledge because I refuse to believe it’s acceptance and I think she would still struggle with her self perception post movie)

I love how the Madrigals use their gifts to help their community and not for self gain. It’s such an interesting twist on the classic superpowers story

I love that the Madrigals are just normal people who randomly got a miracle, nothing of status just normal people in a normal town who got gifted.

the way pepa kisses antonio and hugs him after he gets his gift !!!

the way isabela is the one to initiate the hug but mirabel is the one who snuggles into it

julietas smile

the entire animation is so gorgeous!!

antonio. just antonio if u hate antonio I hate u

I love how realistically written alma is and how her story is treated with respect and nuance.

how all the madrigals problems aren’t solved instantly but it’s shown in a montage that happens over large period of time

[cobra-wives]

Hiya Tumblr user Cobra-Wives!!! Uh sorry if this is out of nowhere but I’ve been meaning to send an ask for a while so whatever.

I kinda just wanted to hop in and say thank you for all your cobra kai content, specifically the Cobra Husbands stuff because it’s been feeding my insatiable hunger for art of them. It tickles the little.. Terry Silver in my brain and it makes me so so happy I cannot!! Be normal!!! Like I am so obsessed with your art and animatics of them and I absolutely lose my mind. Your style is adorable I love seeing them. And your ramblings and writings and stuff are so interesting… Everytime I reblog something from you I sound like I’ve been sniffing crack in tags because???

Like, I’ve been hyperfixated on and off with Cobra Husbands for god knows how long, and in the past [before you made this side blog, or I guess before I found it] I’d go through the tags daily and be kinda. disappointed about how little new content there is. Which is probably why my interest for them has died down a bit. I’m the type of person who usually gets into really small, niche fandoms so finding quality content is a chore. Course now with season six it seems a lot more active but idk this blog is kinda just. my favorite CK centric tumblr blogs.

I’m sorry if this sounds annoying or doesn’t make sense I’m really struggling to articulate my thoughts rn [also I suck at English] but uhhh in short, thank you!! You are so very cool and I will be eating up every new post!! Meow!!!

-Typewriter

[Also for you, a treat. I give you ugly Terry Silvers I have doodled. Thank you and sorry again]

well, lovely tumblr user hizznbyte, i've gotta say - i thought i was having a great day already... this has made it loads better!

(below is a visual representation of my process of logging onto tumblr.)

i'm so happy you (and many others who have come forward in tags and personal dms and LOVELY LOVELY interactions) enjoy my art, genuinely this has been such a sweet and fun community to interact with and i've really loved running this blog for the last 3-4 months! it's insane bc i thought we were kinda dormant walking into cks6 (i don't think i expected this much of a krilblr? revival HAHA) but like, here we are... i hope you have a wonderful day/evening and by all means, do not be a stranger - my inbox is always open to messages! :-)

[mistninja]

When you get back online after watching opla PLEASE tell me your thoughts!!

OKAY SO. I have now watched two episodes and i have so much to say (long rambling post ahead, sorry)

Iñaqui is perfect. I was worried that he would not live up to the hype but he does. He captures luffy perfectly and manages to adapt luffy's personality to the new medium / the tone of the show. He is not just copying luffy, if that makes sense. Hes funny and silly and clearly having a great time which is exactly why he is the best possible casting. He just makes me smile so hard (btw my friend said he was his favorite character hehe)

I love Zoro, I wish he would smile more/be sillier but I think his sense of humor in the show works. I hope we see him call out some of his moves eventually, like, Get over youself and be silly!!!! But i love the actor and I loooove the zoro/luffy dynamic so far. I do have to say that i have mixed feelings about the change to Zoro joining the crew, i have always loved the moment when he calls luffy captain at shells town, but whatever its fine

(((Zolu shippers keep winning tho. i went insane over the "he believes in himself" bit)))

Nami.... im still not sold on the actress, she feels a bit stiff sometimes, but its better than what i was expecting based on the trailers. Not a fan of turning Nami into the "older sister" character :/ but im not surprised that they went with that angle. LOVED to see her fight alongside luffy and zoro, it is something that i wish we could see more of in the manga/anime. I love that they give her a lot more to do and we see her actually lock picks and be a thief! Im hopeful for the rest of the season and cant wait to see how they did Arlong Park. I really enjoyed her scene with Zoro when they are captured by Buggy, again i really miss seeing them interact in the original so it was nice

And that leads us to BUGGY. oh boy. I do like the costuming and his crew looked amazing, but hes too edgy for my taste. Maybe the actor is taking himself too seriously? Idk maybe i should reread the orange town chapters but i dont think buggy was ever this threatening and scary... he still had some goofy moments tho, so im hoping that as the show progresses he will be more like the buggy we know and love. My friend liked him a lot so ig it might have been the right call in order to bring in new fans.

I liked how they changed Alvida! It was totally the best way to handle her character (also, the actress is so hot, no one would have believed it if they called her ugy lol). I dont see why they took away Kobys big moment :/ I think it was a great disservice to his character

So far, I like the way they are condensing the plot. Obviously they would have to cut a lot, so im okay with how they are doing it. Orange Town felt a little rushed to me, but its okay.

LETS TALK ABOUT MR 7 THO. I fucking gasped. Did everyone already know that mr 7 was going to be on this? Cuz i didnt. It was such a good fight and i loved that they added that, they are clearly confident on getting a second season which makes ME more confident too. God i really hope we get Baroque Works.

The sets look amazing, i love the transponder snails SO MUCH, the fights are really cool and the CGI looks so good. The Devil Fruit looked too fake but eh, thats just a nitpick. The costumes are a mixed bag. I know namis orange skirt with the rings on the side is iconic but i think the actress looked silly with that outfit lol.

Okay im done HAHA sorry im going a bit insane. TLDR: I love it, im having a blast, i dont like some details here and there but im extremely positive about the show and cant wait to see the rest :)))) What did you think????

[jesterthebestsir]

To 🎩 anon (you turned off anon and I'm not sure if that was an accident or not),

"Dear jester I loved reading all that you had said, i found it rather interesting and i feel that we have the same way of processing each event, methodically and in order ! The situations are rather chaotic, but sifting through each element has helped me tremendously to sort out everything.

I deeply thank you for sharing all that with me.

Seems i relate to you even more now, i am also very mature for my age (same as you) and have become rather burnt out with my schooling and life just in general. I was in a period of time where I had lost all sense of feeling, as i had spent years and years tied to people and in lots of emotional turmoil. He got me out of a very awful time, showed me what true love and kindness was. Never have i experienced that in my life, nor did i ever want to. But now that i have, i don't ever want to let go. Even though he is turning 20 in 8 days

At first, i was scared. Couldn't tell him about that specific factor of me. Although recently, i did, and i somehow knew that he had already known, yet was still too afraid i'd get left again. Seems like he cant leave me either but i guess thats a little fucked up hahaha im glad you realise the pros and cons with your situation and know that although you're obsessed with her, you know its for the better to be apart. I am yet to learn that hahaah !

I find solace knowing we have had similar experiences, although how unfortunate they are, we will find what works for us and what helps us get better. I hope you dont mind my little rambling haha I love your posts tremendously and i am glad you are doing better!

i guess i should make an anon hmmm :3

-🎩 anon"

TL;DR: Find a way to wean off him

My situation seems to be somewhat different than yours as you're still in contact with him and know much more about him than I do about her, I'm not sure how deep your obsession is with him but I'll give you some things that'll at least help you wean off him:

Highlight his flaws:

For me, my obsession centered around entitlement and objectification; she was only a girl meant to help ME through MY problems and give ME comfort. Any time it seemed like I was doing something for her, it just so happened that my attempt of self-gratification just so happens to benefit her (EX: I want to kidnap you because I don't see you as your person, but something to be owned). The more I took the time to look at how she looked, her misspellings, and her overall demeanor, I stopped seeing her as a concept meant to please me and more as a person, a person I didn't want to date.

Consider your personality:

As I grew up and started to become my own person, I realized that my personality didn't mesh as well with hers; I was easily distracted, easily annoyed, mentally unstable, emotionally dependant, but physically distant, and hypersexual. That didn't go well with how naive, childish, and go with the flow she could be and that didn't sit right with me. What if I yell at her?! What if she's uncomfortable with my advances, how would I react? What if I become too dependant on her?! Would that annoy her?! Write about him:

I didn't write about her too much, but it did help me realize how truly fucked up our one-sided "relationship" was looking back (even just a day later) at my writings that were begging myself to let go of her really made me break those rose colored glasses

Hang out with friends more:

I know it's insanely cliche, but hear me out!

As I hung out with my friend more and talked to her less, I found myself becoming slightly more dependant on them as they were healthier to be around and can keep me from doing stupid stuff like contacting her again.

Indulge in fiction:

Around 2020, I found myself getting deep into a series (that I still love to this day) that kept my attention and slowly took over my brain, almost replacing my affection for her. I found so many characters that acted just like her and a lot of them annoyed me, which I think solidified my first point of only like her as a concept and not a person.

Consider the future:

Ask yourself: a couple years from now, when you're 18 (assuming you're a minor, but if not just imagine yourself older), do you see yourself with him?

Showing him off to your parents?

Doing mundane tasks non-romantic tasks like doing laundry?

What would being with him look like?

Do you want to get married to him? Have kids? Grow old?

How romanized is your future with him? When you look at your future with him do you see an ideal person, an almost god-like being with zero flaws or do you see him?

My answer to half of these questions was,"God no"

Like I said before, I don't know much about your situation; how long you've known him, how long you've talked to him, ect ect. so these might not be helpful, but I, at the very least, want you to distance yourself from him a bit, especially if the age gap is as bad as mine (16/21).

[actual-bill-potts]

hi! i just wanted to drop by and say, i think your last prompt fic rewired the chemistry in my brain. i've been rotating that interaction between finarfin and olwe in my mind for hours now. that's probably the best take i saw on them & and on why finarfin didn't return immediately after the first kinslaying. that was amazing and your writing is wonderful

also i'm in love with your "and all our towers cast down" fic, with your portrayal of finrod and his trauma, it's honestly fascinating

hope you're having a good day/night <3

omg tysm for this incredibly kind message!!!! it literally made my entire day. tbh i didn't expect much of a response to that ficlet bc it was such a struggle to write - Aegnor and Angrod are not characters I think about often and Alqualondë is so odd narratively to me bc it feels like it should be a major turning point for everyone but it kind of...isn't? So this was my best attempt at making it make sense in my own mind. I need to write a full meta post on the subject soon haha to put my thoughts in order. I'm so glad you liked it!! Though I don't really write about them much, Olwë and Finarfin are such interesting characters to me so I'm glad they came through properly.

And thank u so so much!! i have absolutely adored writing towers, it's so much fun to explore the character dynamics and really dive into leithian and make everyone's choices make more sense in my own brain. in my mind finrod's death is really what sealed the doom of nirnaeth, cuz politically fingon lost so much with finrod. so i am really looking forward to exploring the ramifications of his survival and how the events of tol-in-gaurhoth affected him. i really see his role in leithian as him finally snapping and being like I'm going to help this person I love no matter the cost. I've always headcanoned that a big part of the reason he went to middle earth was to support both the nolofinwions and his own people who loved feanor. and in middle-earth he's had to make the hard pragmatic choice so many times, between splitting from turgon pretty much forever, letting his brothers go to the front lines, sending balan's people to the front lines, constantly smoothing things over between the Fëanorions, the nolofinwions, the doriathrim, the bëorians, and the laiquendi, and at the point of leithian he's just seen so much of that work burst into flames around him and he basically pulls a fingolfin. he's like fuck what happens to me, fuck what happens to my kingdom: thingol is insane, two of my brothers are dead, pretty much all of balan's people that i worked so hard to help are dead except this one guy who is determined to go on a suicide mission. so im gonna help balan's descendant and no one can stop me.

But now he's survived and he's going to have to reckon with...all of that...with fingon who just lost his father to a similar impulse, and with orodreth, and with himself. and of course sauron's mind games didn't help him any. so he's in a pretty bad headspace right now and is going to have to deal with a lot of the losses he's just been shoving away and not looking at up until now.

Anyway sorry for the ramble! I'm just very passionate abt this project lol.

Also, I know you like Finarfin, and this ask made literally my whole entire day, so here's a Finarfin+Finrod snippet for you! I hope you enjoy <3

That morning, Arafinwë's eldest son does not so much walk into the dining room as swim. He is encased in layers upon layers of swishing fabric that billow before and after him, making it necessary to sway carefully to avoid tripping; his hair, loosed and straightened, falls nearly to his feet, and keeps tangling about his knees; and he looks inordinately proud of himself.

Arafinwë glances at Eärwen in bewilderment, wondering if wardrobe-related madness is a symptom among the Returned that he has forgotten about. She looks just as confused as he feels, if significantly more amused.

"Good morning, Finrod!" he says aloud. "Er - is there a special occasion?"

Finrod moves carefully to his chair, then sweeps his massive skirts behind him, swiftly moves the chair out, and sinks into it with a whoosh. He looks up cheerfully.

"Good morning, Atya, Ammë!" he says, beaming. "No special occasion - this is cultural. It is the latest in Vanyarin fashion!"

"Is it?" Arafinwë asks weakly. "It seems - difficult to move in."

"Oh, yes," Finrod responds, grinning even wider. The effect, in conjunction with the sparkling, billowing skirts and tangled hair, is nearly blinding. "That's the point, you see! It is intended to emulate the care with which the Valar must move, encased in the forms they take to walk among us. I thought the idea was fascinating. And the fabrics they use are so beautiful!"

"Ah - that is indeed interesting," Arafinwë responds, wondering who among his mother's people he will have to take aside later for a quick word on not telling Finrod about Vanyar fads. "Surely it is not intended to go out in...?"

"Oh, but of course it is!" Finrod says. "I plan to go out to market as soon as we are done breakfasting, to experience the full effect. Would you like to come? It could be quite interesting."

"Alas, your mother and I must hold court soon after breakfast, and cannot join," Arafinwë says without much regret.

"You must tell us about the experience, though!" Eärwen chimes in, sounding as if she is suppressing laughter.

"Ah, very well," Finrod says cheerfully; and after he has breakfasted he does indeed rise carefully - barely snatching his garment away from the remnants of jelly on his plate before it can be stained - and swim out of the room.

Eärwen and Arafinwë look at each other and burst into laughter.

"The skirts!" Eärwen gasps, "The folds! It will take him an hour to exit the palace!"

"Oh dear," Arafinwë says at last, wiping his eyes. "Oh dear. Was he like this before?"

"He was!" Eärwen exclaims. "Do you remember, he used to creep into your father's closet and try on his best robes? Then he would swan about the halls, trying not to trip."

"I had forgotten," Arafinwë admits, a smile curving his lips, "but you are quite right. He always did love beautiful clothing. I only hope that his pursuit of high Vanyarin fashion will not send him home with a broken collarbone."

"It is so good to have our son home," Eärwen says abruptly. "Our children gave me such joy. I had nearly forgotten."

Arafinwë reaches across the table to take her hand. "It is," he agrees. The image of Finrod leaving the room, having to angle his hips to fit through the door and bundling his hair about himself so as not to trip, floats across his mind and he chuckles again. "Do you remember when bustles were all the rage, and Artanis got caught on a turn of the stairway? She was furious."

Eärwen's laughter is a welcome peal, more light of heart than he had heard in years. "As I recall, it was Finrod who convinced her of their merits in the first place."

"She did not take his advice on fashion again, after that!" Arafinwë agrees. He cannot stop smiling as he begins to gather up the breakfast things and neaten his own robes. It feels as if his heart is singing within him: Our son is home. He is home. He is home!

[spotsupstuff]

Hi I'm back again

Sorry for any bad takes, while I've done lore dives for other media in the past I've never hyperfixated as much as I have with Rain World. The complete and total void of information about so many things in this game has driven me to the brink of insanity so every little detail I notice I'm like "ah what if this is actually important and lore related and mmm wild speculation"

Also I fricking feel like I'm apologizing way too much. I absolutely refuse to apologize for having my weird-ass speculations, but I will apologize for dumping all of my unedited speculative rambles in your inbox. As I said tell me to shut up at any time I don't want to to be annoying or anything also I'm probably overthinking this damn it talking to people is hard

(And absolutely PLEASE give your opinions!!!! The whole reason I'm dumping my stupid ramblings in your inbox is because you have the COOLEST lore and being able to rant about my stupid theories and hear some of your theories and ideas in exchange-- shbddhgbjksttd I'm having too much fun)

What you said about artistic choice and stuff makes total sense-- I haven't really drawn ancients except for some stupid little doodles (and yeah, their hair is hard. the little circles make way more sense as 'shape defining artistic feature' rather than 'possible lore detail') and I have no idea what I'm doing anyways BUT I am going to offer a very small and completely nonsensical defense for my tentacle-hair-bone-thing theory cause I honestly just think it would be funny if they had cactus skulls

the holy grail of ancient imagery returns

that one specific tentacle. it looks like it pokes straight up before flopping over. I'm reaaaally grasping at straws now lol

Different topic-- I absolutely think that the ancients practiced some form of limb-binding. The difference in feet sizes between some of the images of them, the cloth wrappings, the fact that iterators don't (canonically) have 'feet' feet... I also think some ancients may have done the same to their hands? I mean, look at the karma 4 mural. That dude has weird hands. And feet. And way too many tits. Ancients are just fricking weird.

But yeah if any of my theories or thought trains or anything are weird or don't make sense just know I have no clue what I'm doing, I'm just throwing stuff at the walls and hoping some of it sticks haha

(Join me, next time, for 'Why Ancients Really Liked Birds~~')

yea, u r apologizing too fuckin much!!! -baps you with a newspaper- lord in heaven... /lh not sayin by this that u do annoy me- but i'd suggest makin these into posts n throwin em into the main tag rather than yeetin 'em all at my inbox! so more peeps can see 'em n such, you might find more people with neat opinions, who knows. but also thank you for finding my stuff that cool jgsdlkmcklsdmgklsd

GJKSDLKLMD I CAN,,, REFUTE THAT AS WELL BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS: if you find it funny then that is all the reason you need for the thing being a canon tidbit for your stuff. a lot of my lore building comes from "wouldn't it be funny if..." and then committing to it

oh they absolutely Are doing some fucked up binding. it would make a lot of sense if Videocult implemented that- since they are already taking inspiration from Buddhism, it would make sense for them to jump into China n other surrounding cultures to look for inspiration for fucked up aspects a culture can enforce and then spin it out into interesting lore for a game. so from Chinese feet binding we get to multiple body parts binding (stars above, sin two mural the ancient's on top feet... it never hit how Tiny those are. also who da FUCK IS HAVING SEX IN SNEAKERS, GODDAMMIT. WHAT IS THIS BITCH.)

the hands i like to blame on religious mutilation and the fuckin... third n fourth "tits" are just fat storage- the upper pair are the proper tits in the sense that they are the muscles that move the arms. but oh how i adore it when people give four boobs to their Ancient designs it's so funny to me... praise the boobification

n tsk, aaaaaarhg, "weird"... that's the basis for the best stuff. this is an alien world, anything goes. the more fucked up it is the better it will be (-gestures to face tentacles n the back gills of my interpretations-)

[snellyfish]

DRDT FAN LET'S GOOOOOO

Ahem,

1. Thoughts on the drdt fandom's popular ships?

2. Any theories for Ch2?

Omg you guys feed me so much. Putting this under a read more bc I'm starting to feel bad for rambling + DESPAIR TIME SPOILERS!??!!

hmmhmmhmhmhmmm trying to remember popular ships off the top of my head .... Sorry if I missed any, I'm not up to date with my fandom lore T_T Will probably edit this later for ship names I forgot, since I'm too lazy to look em up rn lole

Obviously Verturo #1 forever I will spout my Verturo propaganda until I DIE. No thoughts only rotating them in my mind. I sincerely hope they have another movie night and Veronika gets to kill someone and Arturo either feels heartbroken for having fallen for her previously or is impressed and finally admittedly likes her afterwards. Don't know whatcha got til it's gone. Haha. Hehe. Either way. I obviously have hesitations and fears regarding Arturo's character and where it'll take him, so I really can't feel you can get into it too much until he's become less one-note but AUUGHGH I'm impatient and insane,,, Verturo call me back,,,,,, Veronika should ask him to vivisect her for fun I mean-What If They Killed Someone Together #Slay

Teruko/Min is sooooo<333 UGH!!! Tragic lesbians,,, love their interactions before the trial too! Need to think about them more, honestly

Unsure if it's still popular--all things considered--but I still think Xander/Teruko is very interesting; even/especially in canon. But alas, I await to learn more lore about their situation, particularly Xander's.......

Charwhit is super cute! No matter the context of the dynamic, romantic/platonic/qp whatever, I love em they are so sweet 😭😭 Charles deserves someone kind, but not a pushover yesman, ykno!

Xanvid has potential for sure,, buuuut I feel like the reasons I like it are wayyy different than the reasons it's popular LOL, so I don't see much or any content for it that aligns with the interpretation I like? 🤔 Still fun ig

Ace/Levi is a no from me but I get it...

I don't thhhhink it's popular..? but HI where's the Xanwhit representation. I'm not huge on them but they just make me smile sometimes :) <-- like this

Finally, but unfortunately, I can't exactly say I have any chapter 2 predictions, honestly! All I've been thinking about is how the hell Teruko is gonna come back from this one, in terms of ykno,,, interacting with her classmates again, considering what a hasty rift she's already dug into the game and between everyone and herself. Although, I suppose it would be good timing for everyone else to trauma bond together with Teruko left out? Bc I just imagine she's isolating herself, she had quite a nasty breakdown after all HAHA. But I dunno... I haven't thought about it too hard, and don't have a full grasp on Teruko's character yet, we'll just have to wait and see 👁️👁️

And I haven't personally read any fantheories (or try to avoid em) because sometimes theories for any media in general make too much sense I don't wanna spoil it for me if they end up true/accurate HAHAHA silly brain

[caitlinclarkismakingmeweak]

haha no worries about the wait i’m just insanely impatient and having a slow day. i’m not in New York but if you’re there i can try to go. but please don’t make a trip just for me. i’ve got to figure stuff out with work but i have been thinking about going to California for a while and now i have one more very cute reason to consider 😘. when i get sad i remember you said the waiting would make it better so i’m thinking of this as more a see you sometime than a goodbye. the meeting will be incredible 🧡

Awwww you’re so sweet, but hey same don’t make a trip just for me.

Yeah I think of it the same way, we will find each other someday and it will be incredible. Im a really sappy person so I think the distance and like the different relationships will make us finally meeting really special and maybe a tiny bit like a rom com. Idk I like to romanticize small thing in my life so I think this is really cute and will make us finally meeting really special.

(I hope that made some sense, sometimes I ramble.)

[radellama]

1, 13, 25 & 31

1. Do you listen to music when you write?

Yes and no... I have a few playlists made for specific aus/characters to help me get in the mood and have fun rotating them, but I don't actually listen to them when I'm writing (with like. Only one or two exceptions)

That's because I struggle to concentrate on the writing if I am hearing words, and I'll just turn into a scribe and write what I hear haha. I have some playlists that are instrumental only for certain characters, or use other general playlists that are pretty chill, or if there's a soundtrack that belongs to the game/movie/ect I'll listen to some songs from it. Otherwise, those white noise tracks that are a few hours long, like rain sounds or sci-fi warp core- those REALLY help me. And sometimes I write in silence too, but cause I'm sensitive to sounds listening to appropriate white noise with my noise cancelling headphones on is often more helpful.

13. Describe your writing process from idea to polished

Ohhhh boy. I am kinda insane with this cause I love planning.

I'll usually have a core idea (specific scene, thematic motif, that kind of thing) and have that written down in my phone notes somewhere. Then, after thinking about it for a while and expanding upon that idea, I start trying to link them and see how they could be connected (will this dramatic moment work better before or after this other moment, what context would make this scene mean more, ect) and that will start to make a basic story roadmap. Then, when the ideas are starting to come together, it's often fun to discuss them with someone and bounce the ideas around a bit. These days I usually make an outline or some kind of list/guide for myself cause I find that I work better when I know I can refer to stuff so I won't stress over missing the important bits. Then, I start writing! I used to try write everything in the order it was supposed to be read, but that's too rigid and ended up feeling like an arbitrarily self imposed rule - why write in order if I'm not thinking in order? So now I just try to write the scenes that seem the strongest or most approachable in my mind, and slowly fill in the gaps when I've got stuff down. In this writing stage is where I switch between creative mind (just getting stuff on the page, trying things out) and critical mind (doing passes for spelling and grammar, seeing if what I've written actually makes sense or needs restructuring) and I'll go through these various passes until I can't realy change anything else and am satisfied. Then, however I post, I post!

I get stuck in perfectionist tendencies but I'm getting better, not everything I do is as cool as it was in my mind, but I get close enough. Sometimes I'm just ready to post cause I'm soooo sick of looking at it and can't keep sitting on it haha

25. Favourite part of writing

Tricky... I think I like writing dialogue or scenes that demonstrate a characters behaviour, esp in contrast (or complementary) to other characters within the story. Characters are so interesting to write about and I especially like when they feel real to me, and hope that they're interesting and entertaining to others when they read my characters.

31. Least favourite part of writing

Probs editing lol. I'm not the best at spelling, and I care more about a certain rythmn and flow to my writing over strictly correct grammar. Little quirks I guess, but it can get frustrating trying to balance between beautiful prose and wanky ramblings.

Send me some writing asks

[forlix]

I promise I don't stalk, it's just that I open Tumblr and you were on some of the first posts (I don't follow that many people tho). either way HIHI! I wish I could send you the picture I have of minlix of Minho hugging Lix bc thats ME PROTECTING YOU FROM ALL EVIL IN THIS WORLD! about the rambling and essay answers, we are a match, bc I do love them (sending and receiving).

01. I'm not cool, I promise! I'm just a person with a lot of time to spend on my hand and with a curious mind! haha about the NGOs it would be incredible for your curriculum if you manage to do an internship at the UN, they have massive openings from time to time and it varies from a month to six months, and they usually take undergrads or recently graduated students, it will look INCREDIBLE in your curriculum and they have a MAJOR line of choice, ik this one girl that was an undergrad with me and she manage to work at ACNUR in a refugee camp, then she got called as an intern for six months in Washington working on the Assembly, it was surreal! the best way to get into them is go to their site and dig deep so you find ways to work with them, some pay an amount or give you a place to stay, but what they put there is what you get. you'll work a lot, but the experience will be insane.

02. SAME FOR ME! I always loved how the conflicts happened and the resolution of them, but mostly how they happened and developed (which is one of the reasons why my view on some conflicts are so different than most people around me, I lost count how many times I got into arguments with people over the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine situation). my ultimate favorite classes were more towards the end of the curriculum, they were the ones that changed me for good, like the puzzle of it all it fits after those? it was like I was seeing everything from a magnifying glass or something. don't get me started with my beef with the US and how they handle everything since the second war 😓

03. i had three options of thesis, which looking now is insane, was China was one of them! it was China (but I don't remember how I was gonna portrait it), Korean War (before ik about kpop) and the one I did which was about the rise and fall of Yugoslavia from the premise of the multicultural state. my first counselor wanted me to do focusing on my country, but I wanted the conflict not the portrait of a multicultural state, then I found a new counselor and she helped me so much! with that my thesis is not in English (the full one), but I sure can send you the abstract of it! (let's see if you know who I am and send me a message asking for the abstract 👀 jkjk) and don't apologize for allowing your IR nerd side to come out, that means you are enjoying the course and its helping you get better as a person and view the world in a way to help it get better (at least thats how i justify mine and some of my friends moments when this happen haha).

04. last time I talked and helped someone with something regarding IR was a friend from Congo, he was having trouble with so much, but it all worked out fine and I was so glad with that. I just hope you get to do all the things you want with this course and see that everything is gray in the world, but that should not be used as justification for some things like idk cof cof GENOCIDE cof cof, sorry had something on my throat. either way, be prepare to have people going on saying shit to you when u point out things that make sense (bc you fucking studied, you didn't dig it out of your fucking ass), just bc they saw something on tv and don't want to leave their pretty perfect pink bubbly world (I'm sorry I'm being mean, had a recent disagreement and it's still lingering).

05. I also saw the anon asking about a sequel to subtext and IM SO HAPPY! that was the second story of yours that I read and god it's so perfect! i love it! the first one was the Paris one, reader and Lix scrolling through paris (the prequel to the last one u wrote). idk I just love your stories they are so simple and cute and I love it so much! you are seriously my favorite Lix writer by a mile!

06. if you remember me from that I will be happy ngl haha although my Tumblr does not have any skz stories (just recs that I should update btw and including yours THAT I FINALLY FOUND IT AGAIN), I'll come off anon at some point I promise! and when I do I'll send like five minlix pics to represent me protecting you (THE SUNSHINE) from the evil of this world. I'm not scared of throwing fists, I hate fighting but once I'm in it, it takes a lot to get me out.

I'm so happy that you are happy! I love to see people that are so incredible and kinda receive the same amount or more from the universe in return! I'll try to keep my asks short next time, promise I'll try! have a good day/night, and keep being your incredible self and enchanting everyone that's crosses your path 💞

-🐼

hi angel, i'm so sorry about the late response TT i've had a very tiring couple of weeks but i'm all better now, thank you so much for your patience 🤍 essay under the cut!!

noted about the internship with the un! sounds like an amazing opportunity and i would love to give it a try someday. i'm planning to attend grad school because joining the work force in any capacity is a terrifying premise in my current state, but i'm hoping to dedicate my time in grad school to east asian studies and i'll see where the wind takes me next. thank you for the information! and you ARE the coolest, don't u dare say otherwise >:(

and me as well!! i think it's fascinating how the wars come to be and all the sociocultural and historical factors that lead to their culmination; i really enjoy studying the why and how as opposed to just the what, if that makes sense. also i would recommend against referring to the genocide in gaza as the "israel-palestine conflict" because 1) it isn't a conflict but a genocide and 2) the placement of "israel" before "palestine" is an intentional tactic the media has been employing to enforce the narrative of israeli colonialism. i was made aware of this in a twitter article and i hope it's okay that i gave u the same heads-up!

and your thesis sounds AMAZING omg, yes i would love the abstract if you can get a hold of it!! and yessss i think ur spot on, i feel like i've finally found the field i was meant to study and it's been a wonderful, fulfilling feeling :') i'm hoping to write my dissertation about japan and china.

thank u for the advice love. i agree that studying ir inevitably comes with studying multiple perspectives and recognizing just how immoral and unforgiving the international system is, but that doesn't mean that i'll ever compromise my morals or fail to recognize wrong from right, and genocide is objectively the former. no need to apologize, i don't think you're being mean; i just recently had a big fallout with somebody for similar reasons and the hurt and annoyance has yet to dissipate completely. i'm sorry u went through that 😞

also I'M SO GLAD UR EXCITED FOR IT HEHE. i've already done some brainstorming/drafting and i'm feeling excited for it too. ppl loved that fic, far more than i expected, so i hope u will love the full length story just as much and more 🤍 and thank you for enjoying how i write lix, that makes me happier than i can say, he's my entire heart

no pressure at all to come off anon!! pls pls do whatever is most comfortable for you; i want my blog to feel like a safe space to those who inhabit it with me :) and you are so SO SWEET. every time u send me an ask i find myself wondering all over again if ur real bc you always find things to say to me that go straight to my heart. i appreciate u and ur kindness more than words can say, my love, my panda anon! i hope you're taking care as well!

[koqabear]

EDCUSE ME WANNA PLAY A GAME ??? HELLO WHAT ??? NAH WHEN YEONJU KNOCKED HER OUT I KNEW HE WASNT THE KILLER CUZ THINGS WERENT ADDING UP. HE WAS THERE ALL THE FREAKING TIME, MY SUSPECT'S WERE BEOMGYU AND TAEHYUN BUT AT ONE POINT I WAS LIKE STOP ITS HIM ITS FUCKING HIM. THAT WAS SO GOOD I ENJOYED IT AND IS IT BAD I WANT MORE ? THO I WANNA KNOE HOW HE KILLED WOOYOUNG AND RYUJIN THO ? MAYBE I DO WANT A TIMELINE HOW HE MANAGED THAT. my theories i feel like HE GOT STABBED IN THE FIRST PART WAS KILLING THEM BOTH AND ALSO I FEEL LIKE IF YN DIDNT WALK IN HE MIGHTVHAVE KILLED BEOMGYU ? HE WOULD BE THE FIRST VICTIM IDK THOUGHTS. I havent watched scream iv yet maybe i shoulf now after this... also i was THINKING THE BOTH OF THEM (as in yeonjun and beomgyu) JUST WITNESSED YN AND TAEHYUN DO IT, WHILE THEY FIGHT TO SURVIVE BUT WHEN IT SAID THEY WERE KONCKED OUT I WAS RELIEVED. I WANNA KNOW IF YN LIVES OR NOT. jk no pressure i loved the ending it was GOOD AND I BELIEVE ITS GOOD CONSIDERING ITS HORROR/THRILLER . AS SOMEONE WHO LIKE THRILLER / HORROR ALOT THE ENDING SURELY DOES THE FIC JUSTICE BUT THO YN PLS I HOPE YOU SURVIVE. I HAVE RWAD IT LIKE THIRCE CUZ IM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HE KILLED THEM OR STAB them ++ this fic game me major cant you see me mv vibes

HELLO AKLVAHDGFKLGJH i kid you not this ask got buried beneath all the chaos BAD. because i remember seeing this and being like ??? WHEN did this get sent in ?!?! you’d think it’d be impossible to miss a paragraph like this but,, its me we’re talking about unfortunately.

(full response under the cut!)

🤭🤭🤭 i will say that i was indeed trying to mess with the readers a bit when i threw that yeonjun scene in… like i knew it didn’t make sense given how the timeline went but idk. i like sneaking in a silly plot twist ! (i think it’d be insane if i did make yeonjun the killer. like how tf would that have worked)

im sure you’ve probably seen them already, (😭) but i’ve provided things in other asks like a timeline and insight on certain aspects of the story (huening and yeji, the reveal scene) and even a small ramble on what i think happened after the story ended :3 

NOW THE BEOMGYU THING… ooooh…. while beomgyu wasn’t a target (which is discussed in the ask where i talk about what happens after the fic ends) i think it definitely would’ve added an interesting new aspect to taehyun and mc’s relationship… it really make me think and wonder haha

im gonna be honest, scream iv was…. not for me…! not bc it was too gory or scary or whatever (the sfx was actually kinda cool to see aklaghd) but idk… the story was just kinda on the eh side for me. but this is also coming from a bitch who had never seen any of the scream franchise movies so,,, take that as you will. (i literally watched videos about the scream timeline to get a better understanding of the franchise and the tropes LMAO) 

i willlllll say that ive gotten requests about wpag for my 2k event (good and bad endings) so you’ll definitely be seeing more of them in the future!! but im so happy to hear that you think i did the thriller/horror genre justice omg, i always get a bit nervous when writing fics like these 😭😭but thank you again for your feedback ! <3333

[seekingthestars]

i like caratbong v3 even less now that official specs and design are out 😭😭😭 caratbong my queen what did they do to you 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔

(i just ramble a lot about v3 under the cut lol)

first!! i wanna say!! that if you like caratbong v3, that's totally valid! you can definitely like it! i just very much do not and so i'm gonna ramble about it and let my grumpy feelings out lol you have been warned haha

when i woke up today and saw the merch details, i had a brief hopeful moment of "what if it's different than the teaser" and then it was different from the teaser in THE MOST DISAPPOINTING WAY 😭

i genuinely like the final product LESS than the teaser and i already didn't like the teaser 😭

the swap from shiny black to what is essentially Black Oil Spill is horrid, i very much hate that, and the diamond is 1) way simpler than the teaser and 2) looks worse. PLUS the diamond and the dome are just clear and don't even feature any of the extra sparkle that was included in v1/v2?? at least in the teaser the diamond looked pinkish. this is heckin' BORING

the box is literally just the v1 box with the updated svt logo. couldn't be bothered to try to make something to actually match the damn lightstick. the included strap isn't even our blue!!! it's some random deeper blue!!! put them next to each other and the box, dust bag, and strap are 3 completely different blues omfg PLEASE. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

also. kinda hate the deco rings. hella annoying that hybe is like "here you can customize your light stick by taking off a clear cover and putting on 13 different clear rings with the members' names on them instead" and charging us an extra $22 - $26 for it. (+ i think that it might feel uncomfortable to hold?? unless they're all suuuper flush and you can't feel the separations between them?? anyway–) v1 and v2 may have only had stickers with the names on them but they came included. to buy the entire lightstick set (lightstick + rings) it would cost me ~$110+. that's DUMBBBBBBB

ALSO THEY RAISED THE PRICE FOR THIS THING? BY SO MUCH? hiking up the price for a subpar product is a very hybe move, they've been doing it with svt merch for years, but like c'mon. gettin' real tired of hybe's merch bullshit of subpar design/materials, expensive products, and insane shipping.

all of svt's light sticks have been in the lighter range and use our fandom colors in some way. that's the brand™. why do we have fandom colors if you're not going to USE the fandom colors on THE ONE THING THAT REPRESENTS THE FANDOM. this damn thing doesn't look anything like svt/carat's brand except the diamond in the center and even that's a bit of a stretch bc it's just a plain diamond.

and the fact that they're going to discontinue the bluetooth compatibility for v2 in the second half of the year is annoying bc it's literally just them trying to force everyone to buy a v3. there's no reason not to continue supporting v2.

also i've seen some people saying they like it and then also saying people should stop being so vocal about not liking it bc "svt has a lot of say in their merch designs, maybe they said they wanted the caratbong handle black, your favs might have designed it, what would you think then, what if they see your comments" and BRO 💀

even if svt designed the entire thing themselves with zero input from anyone else, i still don't have to like it 💀 i can still think it's not my cup of tea 💀 i don't have to like it JUST bc svt might have had some creative input, you can still disagree with your favs, we're all adults here omfg i complain about svt's Questionable Fashion Choices all the time, doesn't mean i like them less 💀

that, to me, starts leading down a road of "well you have to like every song svt releases bc woozi/other members had a hand in the creation" and "you have to like everything svt does bc the boys helped make it" etc etc etc and like eff that, no i do not. i'm an adult with my own preferences and that's FINE. they're my favs but they're not perfect and i don't have to love every single thing that they release JUST bc THEY released it.

some people are like "everyone's overreacting, chill, it's just a lightstick" and like yeah, it is just a lightstick, but it's also kind of not. we've been getting subpar merch at stupidly high prices for years and people are just fed up with it.

anyway i saw a translation of a kcarat's comment that said: "if the bluetooth is no longer able to connect, then I shall give my support through my white light. The white light does not mean I am no longer a Carat, and it also does not mean my heart ever changes. V2 is Carat."

so yeah i'm not buying v3 just bc hybe wants me to. me and my white light v2 will be perfectly fine.