#i like them a lot. very silly. perfect embodiment of their characters

[lion-buddy]

i dont think ive seen these prints posted anywhere so here

[nateezfics]

how would you describe the members each now that u seen them on stage?

the concert back on the 31st was my third ateez concert; so i definitely think i can confidently speak on what seeing them live is like😌 and before i speak on them individually, let me just throw out the fact that all eight of them are positively, absolutely, mind-blowingly beautiful in real life. like it’s actually insane how pretty they are!

hongjoong: he is simultaneously a cutie patootie and a demon on stage. in some moments he runs around the stage all bouncy and cute, the other moments he’s absolutely intimidating with how powerful his presence is. he’s very good at finding the cameras, so when looking at the big screen it looks like he’s staring right into your soul lol. also…..matz hongjoong. enough said.

seonghwa: he’s mesmerizing. seeing him in real life doesn’t feel like you’re actually seeing him because he’s so perfect; i don’t even know how to explain it. seonghwa just always looks so perfect no matter what he’s doing on stage. and for this latest tour, he really embodied a character so much and it was astonishing to see him evolve that character! will never get over seeing halazia seonghwa live !!

yunho: handsome golden retriever puppy that also totally bias wrecks tf outta me! he’s so adorable and handsome and silly but damn, watching him perform django really messed me up so bad. he’s so fun to watch perform because his dancing ability is out of this world! a main dancer indeed! also i think we should include him in the demon line, because the way he acts some times on stage is uh…….

yeosang: flawless! ethereal! a fairy! but also he’s so sensual when he wants to be. he actually bias wrecked me quite a lot during the concerts i went to, and i’m telling you this man is so pretty i literally cannot even explain it. super fucking good performer.

san: san is just a whole different breed when it comes to live performance and aura. this man gets so enveloped in the performance, he was truly meant to be on stage. he’s such a sweetie tho, i always love his ments so much! oh, and uh…..constantly thinking about his zoomed in crotch grab during it’s you…….

mingi: energy level x 1000000!!!! he’s insane. so pumped up the whole time. and he knows he fine as hell, you can definitely tell when he’s feeling himself on stage lol. the crowd always eats him up, and he loves it. probably one of the most excitable members during the shows, like he was just always on 100 the whole time!

wooyoung: cheeky little mf. the faces this man makes while on stage…bruh. all the little flirty looks and winks and smirks…he knows what he’s doing. blown away by his dancing skills and live vocals. he just kills it every time, and he brings such an amazing energy to the concert!

jongho: i know he’s known for his vocals but we need to give this man his flowers for his performance! he’s so good, such a good dancer. he kills the choreo while also singing like a good. and a core memory from this last concert is after he sang his song everything, the crowd was wild, chanting his name over and over. like the crowd was absolutely in awe over him and his incredibly vocals. we were all blown away!

[andthetapeworms]

Thoughts about Rolfe DeWolfe tonight

We often praise how real and authentic the dialogue between the characters feels yet i don't often see people talk about.. how real the characters themselves feel. Like making them "bad" people or giving them "bad" people traits, not because they're mean or evil or you're supposed to dislike them, just because these are just normal people who.. happen to just have those traits. And that's that.

As somebody with narcissistic personality disorder I've always felt like Rolfe was a near perfect depiction of narcissism- both with how his traits are written and how his character is handled overall. He has an inflated sense of self worth and a distorted self image, he thinks he's more important than he actually is, he thinks he's more adored (assuming he got a lot of fan letters), he seems to have low amounts of empathy (how he speaks to fatz and earl), thinks he's above everyone else (saying that he doesn't need earl anymore because he's become untouchable in his own eyes). If you've watched Tuv's "investigating abandoned animatronics" video, even the showtape in that video shows Billy Bob suggesting that Rolfe has an inflated sense of importance and what he's good at, and Rolfe gets extremely offended and genuinely upset.

Obviously this won't be accurate to everyone with NPD's traits, but personally they're very accurate to mine. If i had to pick a character to describe my experience with npd I'd pick Rolfe. He's like a mirror of me, I feel- he's the embodiment of all the traits i struggle with. Infact being kin with him has helped me cope with my npd- watching the show tapes is an excellent way to sort of reality check myself because they show that his narcissism annoys and inconveniences others and causes resentment, yet it does so in a respectful and gentle way.

It's not in a "hey look at this guy he's a fucking asshole and nobody likes him" way, it's a "this guy has problems that he should work on because it's bothering his loved ones.". That is, to me, in my opinion affected by my experience with this disorder, the best way to possibly depict both NPD and it's consequences.

While being a great depiction of the consequences he's also just, a cute and fun depiction of narcissism traits in general. He has a loveable personality and he's fun to watch. I adore all of the characters in the band, they all have a very unique and charming appeal to their personalities- and Rolfe's is just how fun he is to watch. His dialogue, especially with Earl, is very cute and fun.

He's narcissistic and not apologetic, it's just treated as another trait he has. It's not "he's a narcissist and his entire character is shaped around being a narcissist and therefore being a bad person" it's "he has narcissistic traits and issues but is not a bad person." He's not depicted as abusive or evil, just slightly annoying, yet he's still loved. Earl pokes fun at and insults him a lot but he got nervous when Rolfe started talking about leaving him, asking to make sure Rolfe was just joking and very happily going "Alright!" when Rolfe confirms he was. They have a playful relationship and you can tell they enjoy eachother even with Rolfe's narcissism, which combats the straight up lie that is "narcissists can't form meaningful relationships".

That just genuinely means so much to me, you know? Having a disorder caused by trauma and your own abuse that's constantly labeled as evil and abusive and then finding a character who's like you but not at all how people describe you is. It's nice. It feels nice. I'm sharing this post because i hope maybe anyone whos also a narcissist might also like to enjoy the silly wolf? Or maybe just a rolfe fan would like to hear my analysis and take-away on him :)

[everythingne]

i NEED to know who you would cast as who in a live action cars movie

okay buckle the FUCK in. this is just some of the first movie cast bc im gonna need help to cast everyone. this is purely f1 drivers/driver adjacent people bc i think it would be funny to make them act and i dont know much about indy or rally or motorcross ok...

also please note this is for funsies, I wrote this down in like thirty minutes, and not very serious. so be nice to me >:( also feel free to reply with/send an ask of your ideas for casting to me :D!

Lightning McQueen: Logan Sargeant.

I'm not even apologizing for this. I know he's not a NASCAR driver but I feel like that's funnier bc his brother was and that's just LORE bro. American, Floridian, what more can you need? I've seen people cast him for this before, and I think it would work so well.

Tow Mater: Pato O'Ward.

MY BOY. He's just a silly guy and tbh. I don't think I need to explain myself on this one? I would love to just let Pato loose on a film set and see what happens. He embodies Mater in a 'oh fuck i accidentally solved the mystery??' kinda way and everyone loves Mater just like everyone love Pato (and if you don't love Mater you're wrong.)

Fun bonus casting here: Pato's sister Elba as Mater's sister Mato

Doc Hudson: Jenson Button/Sebastian Vettel/Nico Rosberg

Jenson because he would have great chemistry with Logan (and hey, actors need to have chemistry together for scenes to work!!) aside from him being a retired driver and current reporter. Seb/Nico are in here purely for the fact they're F1 legends!! Bonus points for both Logan and Nico having driven for Williams!

It would feel fitting to have the driver Logan's character would look up to be another F1 driver, so hey, this works.

Chick Hicks: Dale Earnhardt Jr./Jeff Gordon/Dalton Sargeant

It has to be a NASCAR driver. I don't make the rules. Honestly, take your pick too, I feel like any NASCAR driver could embody Chick Hicks. He is Southern America. Also Dalton's there because its funny, and his photo is from 2018 bc i couldn't find any recent ones online.

Flo: Naomi Schiff (F1 Presenter)

She's not a driver but just LOOK AT HER INSTAGRAM. That's Flo. I don't make the rules y'all. Also bonus, she would already know Logan and Jenson coming into set, so it would make on-set interactions a lot easier ! (she helped with Lap of Legends)

Lizzie: Michele Mouton

MOTHER. I just think it would be so fucking funny to have THE Michele Mouton play this like. Decrepit, really funny old lady. Also, who wouldn't want Michele Mouton in their film?

Honorable mention casting,

Sally Carrera: Lissie Mackintosh

Not a super strong casting opinion here tbh, I just love Lissie and think she would be a great casting option.

(Bonus idea: if you go the route of casting Charles Leclerc as Lightning McQueen, Alexandra would be a PERFECT Sally Carrera.)

[koqabear]

Hmmm, I'm really into fantasy. As for groups, I stan a lot (probably too many), so you could recommend any 😭

Also, what do you mean?!😭 Your personality is just so 💜💜💜!! Like I have never admired a stranger so much in my entire life 😭😭😭

-Lvlee

hi loveee !! so as it turns out,,, making a rec list is very hard. very. i've read a lot less fics than i thought omg (which is why all the ones i listed are on the older side LMAO), so i am here with some txt and bts recs 😭 they're mostly supernatural/fantasy, but you can always check out my main blog (@/michipan) if you wanna see anything else!

also 🫠 please.... im sobbing rn u are the cutest ever </3 i am nothing but a silly little normal person i promise

to anyone who decides to check out these recs, pleeeeaaase support the authors!! please im genuinely begging you!!! leave a little review and a reblog and show them love bc they're amazing <3

BTS Recs

☆ Beastly Gods by @lemonjoonah

✧ hybrid!taehyung x fem!reader x ???

wc: 8K // genre: hybrid au, thirller, drama, smut, potentially dark and triggering content so read the warnings carefully!

Summary: ‘Don’t leave the forest,’ a rule that you’ve been forced to follow since birth, but you are tired of living in this wooden cage. Out of desperation you cut a deal with Taehyung, who claims to be the only one who can get you out safely, even though he might be just as dangerous as the god you’re trying to escape.

sol's personal notes:

oh. my. GOD. this was one of the first few fics i read when i joined this site, and it's literally stuck with me ever since. i can't say too much about it without spoiling it, but the worldbuilding and pacing was just. immaculate. the storyline is so well done and just. everything about it is perfection omg. there's another part that goes along with this story, but i can't link it bc ofc... spoilers 😖i wish i had more to say about this fic, but i read it years ago and forgot to write a review for it T_T

☆ Treasure by @sombreboy

✧ faerie dragon hybrid!jimin x fem!reader

wc: 4.7K // genre: pwp smut, hybrid, yandere, fairytale, again potentially dark and triggering content so read the warnings carefully!

Summary: Jimin loves to collect sparkly riches and playthings. You just happen to be the next treasure that ignited his obsessive desires.

sol's personal notes:

(fucking explodes into a million pieces) i can't. i had to reread this story real quick to get a refresher on it and just. jimin's character in this is literally so perfect and mischievous and evil!! and i love it... <3 he is characterized so well and the descriptions are just so well done... ouuu i just read over the smut again and i teared up a little. the dialogue is genuinely so insane im not normal abt this fic sorry.

TXT Recs

☆ the prince and the jackal by @gyuluster

✧ prince!beomgyu x woodcutter!metalbender!reader

wc: 11.8k // genre: fantasy au, fluff

Summary:  in the Kingdom of Terrae, you, a metalbender, believe in the deforestation to modernise the land. As a member of the Lumberjackals, you thrive on cutting down trees and stealing resources until you get caught by the Crown Prince, Choi Beomgyu, a lover and embodiment of the nature you wish to destroy. However, instead of imprisoning you for your crimes, Beomgyu decides to show you the beauty and wonders of nature, leaving you to doubt your beliefs, your identity, and your very feelings for the certain boy determined to change you for the better.

sol's personal notes:

unfortunately the author is no longer active on this account (💔💔💔💔) but like. this story literally changed my brain chemistry i dont think you guys understand. it's been so long since i read this but even so, it lives on in my mind... the world building and characters are so well done and from what i remember, beomgyu's character was literally so charming T_T such a pretty story, i might go reread this bc like... the fantasy was executed so well and i love me a good royalty au <3 not to mention the whole concept of the powers is so cool!

☆ Swimmin' in a Mirror by @bangchanswolfpelt

✧ soobin x2 x fem!reader (stay with me here)

wc: 2.5K // genre: magical school au (not a harry potter au) smut

Summary unavailable.

sol's personal notes:

this one's like a whole 180 from the last fic LMAO but GOOD GOD. this author isn't active anymore from what i know of but like. they were literally revolutionary and this fic is just. never seen anything like this before but )#%(&#%??? it's genuinely so impressive how they managed to pull this off alkghadg so hot so insane so creative

☆ that's the spirit! by @agustdiv1ne

✧ sixth sense/ ghost hunter! soobin x fem!reader

wc: 14.6K // genre: high school au, fluff, angst, some elements of horror

Summary: a couple weeks before halloween, you find the quiet boy from your high school staring up into your bedroom. you're a little creeped out, and miles more scared, but then he shows you something that changes how you see, well, everything.

sol's personal notes:

are we surprised. i don't think so. i literally never shut up about this fic ever like i'm such a sucker for unique stories and this is definitely one of them! the pacing, supernatural elements, and environment was written sooo well, and the worldbuilding and explanations that comes along with the plot is so perfectly executed and well thought out. such a cool story, with a banger playlist to go along with it :]

☆ Dirty Little Secret by @petrichor-han

✧ vampire! yeonjun x gn!witch!reader

wc: 4.0K // genre: angst, dark fantasy, vampire!au, witch!au, enemies to lovers

Summary: yeonjun is one of prince seungmin’s most trusted bodyguards. born as a low-class vampire, he worked his way to the top and is proud of his accomplishments, beginning to adapt his friends’ classist mindsets and forgetting where he came from. but when his brothers come to visit one day, exposing his poor ancestry, everyone turns against him except for one: a lowly servant whom he’d picked on in the past—you.

sol's personal notes:

are you kidding me. DARK FANTASY. yeah that's literally all it took for me to fall in love with this story; the imagery is beautiful and the storytelling is so heart wrenching and good and i am literally clawing at the bars of my enclosure rn btw. this fic is sososo good and i'd literally kill to get another morsel from this universe !

⭒⭒⭒

✧ again, make sure to show all these lovely authors some love!! if any of you manage to see this (unlikely. for the most part) i literally cherish these stories sm and would literally die for them idcidc u guys truly made some masterpieces over here ✧

[lazzarella]

I started watching Asian BL series at the end of January this year, so I'm still pretty new to them, but I thought it would be fun to post my top 10 so far, and then check in every now and then to see how it changes! At this point I've watched around 38 series, not including specials, etc. (16 Thai; 11 Japanese; 10 South Korean and 1 Taiwanese)

Anyway, the current top 10:

1. My Personal Weatherman (2023, Japan)

I've watched this 5 or 6 times now! Miscommunication (or, even better, total lack of communication) is one of my biggest weaknesses! I live for it! I often hate when characters talk their feelings out too soon (or sometimes at all lmao), so this is like... perfect for me! And their dynamic was so delicious too

2. Moonlight Chicken (2023, Thailand)

This was my first BL and so it was also my introduction to EarthMix (who I'm now obsessed with). It's always nice to see adults falling in love, but I think the contrast with young love was really nice too! But I definitely preferred the JimWen plot. Earth did a great job of embodying a character ten years older than he is and Mix was great too and I love how everyone actually looks sweaty and it's just a really beautifully made series

3. KinnPorsche (2022, Thailand)

This was the first BL series I ever heard of, I think! But I couldn't figure out how to watch it in 2022 for some reason, so it took me a couple of years to get there lol I'm going to be honest, it's not what I was expecting at all! Everyone kept talking about how dark and fucked up it is, but it's so funny and goofy!!! Like, there are dark elements, but the delivery overall is very silly to me (in a good way), and it's honestly one of the funniest things I've seen in my life haha and the romance between Kinn and Porsche is everything, really

4. Cherry Magic (2023, Thailand)

I did watch the Japanese one first and adored it, but there's something about TayNew and what they bring to these characters and romance that really had me hooked. Plus I prefer Jinta to Tsuge XD but this is just such a sweet and heartwarming show ;__; I wish it hadn't had the copyright issues because it's kind of a PITA to rewatch

5. Boys Be Brave! (2024, South Korea)

Full disclosure: I didn't care for the side couple but I'm OBSESSED with Jinwoo and Kisub. They're both low key weirdos and there's nothing more I love than weirdos finding love in each other! Plus, they're opposites attract, another favourite of mine. It's a very cosy and comforting series

6. Old Fashion Cupcake (2022, Japan)

Hit me right in the rapidly approaching 40 feels! I just... It's just gorgeous. Just so lovely! The romance is beautiful and it looks beautiful and the acting is beautiful! BEAUTIFUL!

7. Cherry Magic (2020, Japan)

I've found that, while I gravitate overall to the Thai shows so far, the Japanese ones make me more emotional? Maybe it's because they do the ~I'm not worthy of love thing so well. But this was so sweet and special 

8. A Tale of Thousand Stars (2021, Thailand)

There were some aspects that bothered me that kept it from being perfect, but it's a lovely story and Earth and Mix really have something special together onscreen (well, I love their offscreen interactions too haha) And I love the setting! And knowing this was Mix's first acting gig???? Incredible!

9. Cupid's Last Wish (2022, Thailand)

Didn't care for the side story with the aunt and uncle, and it gets a bit wishy washy toward the end, but I LOVE road trip stories and I love body swap and I think the way it was done here was really good. The transitions between Jan and Mix playing Win were SO well done and Earth gets to play a slightly more lighthearted character and there's a lot of lovely scenery and some cute cows! Plus, Jan and Mix are both so cute when they eat lol

10. Manner of Death (2020, Thailand)

As a life long lover of mysteries, I didn’t feel the mystery plot was particularly strong, but this series is kind of batshit and I love it. Plus smalltown mysteries are my jam, strong or not! And it has the most unhinged proposal I've seen to date

Aaaaannd that's it for now! I can easily see Wandee Goodday making its way into this list when I do an update (probably even my top 5)

Oh, but for fun, my average ratings by country:

Japan: 8.2; Thailand: 8.3; South Korea: 8.6

Which is funny because the South Korean ones have, overall, been less enjoyable for me lol but I've seen fewer so I think that the few highly rated ones have bumped the rating up haha

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

makenzie!! batman adaptation discussion for you: it could be argued that there are small elements of camp in batman begins (jonathan crane & falcone embodying them specifically, but also zsasz a little bit lmao), that are nearly obliterated in the two sequels... like nolan was toying with the idea of letting loose, mayhaps. it's really interesting to me, especially because batman begins is arguably the most boring film of the three. would love to know if you have thoughts on this

(my thoughts are getting away from me but also like how does this compare to the kind of camp in batman 2022?? neither are very similar to the 80s/90s films)

hi Elizabeth!!! I was waiting to answer this because I thought my Batman movie club was going to knock out all three Nolan movies pretty quick and I could give a more informed answer, but alas - we've hit a hiatus after Batman Begins, so that's all I'm going to have to work with and it's going to have to suffice because I don't want to leave this sitting in the inbox any longer.

I think for the most part Nolan's Batman movies are too wildly self conscious to qualify for true camp status, but without having revisited the Dark Knight and Rises yet I think I can agree that Begins has the most flirtation with maybe getting a little silly? I think Zsasz is too minor to make much of a dent in the all-consuming self-seriousness, but Cillian Murphy is really breathlessly committed to the Scarecrow and playing him as a straight-up comic book villain in a way that doesn't get to happen much later in the series. he tells Batman to lighten up while he sets him on fire, which rules and would, I think, probably not be allowed in the later movies. he ends the movie wearing a straightjacket riding a stolen police horse and gets immediately taken out by a lawyer with a taser! he's giving us everything he has to give! he has like four minutes of screen time and all of them are perfect.

I do think it's very interesting that throughout all three movies, Nolan is picking out antagonists who are known for being like. BOMBASTICALLY weird and over the top - Scarecrow! Two-Face! Catwoman! Bane! the fucking Joker!!! an entire secret society of assassins, COME ON - and then kind of fighting against the very nature of these characters to make them fit into the world he's envisioned, with mixed results; Harvey and Selina and Bane in particular all fall pretty flat for me. like, fuck, where's Lady Shiva's movie? not that she's not also on some freak shit, but a vicious martial artist obsessed with proving herself against the best fighters in the world seems way easier to fit into a grounded Bat universe in a way that doesn't feel anticlimactic than, say, a bad CGI Two-Face who almost immediately gets murdered. there were options!

anyway I've gotten way off topic, but I agree that Begins had the most wiggle room to set the tone for the universe by virtue of being the first and it did Try Some Things, especially with the presentation and pomp of the League of Shadows, as well as some of Bruce's Brucier moments when he's playing up his rich dolt image, but ultimately a lot of it got rejected in the latter installations in favor of getting ever grimmer.

comparing it to the 2022 movie is REALLY INTERESTING because they're both very dark and gritty, tonally, and I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out why one of them mostly works for me and the other one mostly doesn't (although I'll preface this by saying that they both have high and low points, especially: re their casting; Murphy's Scarecrow is inspired in a mostly bland movie and Paul Dano's Riddler is miserable in a mostly excellent movie, etc).

for me personally a lot of it comes down to how much trust the respective directors seem to be willing to put in their audiences to buy in and accept Batman as a story for what it is; this is largely what I mean when I say Nolan seems insecure in his story. Batman Begins, in particular, has much of its first hour bogged down by explanations of where every individual piece of Bat costuming and tech comes from, almost like Nolan feels a need to look at the audience and prove that it totally makes sense and could work; it comes across like he was specifically anticipating and writing for people who would call Batman's gadgetry unrealistic plot holes, and preemptively apologizing for what Batman is. the whole trilogy comes across as similarly cringing, like it can't quite shake being embarrassed by where it comes from.

The Batman 2022, to me, is sort of tonally similar, in that it's very grounded in the crime and corruption and grimiest parts of Gotham, but it reminds me much more of stories like the Long Halloween the way it's taking place in a sweaty haze version of the city that feels like a fever dream. everything is so heightened where Nolan's movies are so grounded as to be miserably earthbound; from the opening narration Bruce is already a prowling, larger than life shadow who calls himself a creature of the night and sulks around his miserable gothic mansion in running eye makeup while flinching from the sunlight. Reeves doesn't waste a fucking second explaining what Batman is or why Batman is because you are a 21st century moviegoer, you know what and why Batman is and we have shit to do. he already knows Gordon, the Joker is already in prison, the Batmobile is a muscle car that looks goddamn possessed and no, you don't need to worry about where it came from.

the whole movie is wrapped is this fucking. vaguely horny neon ambiance where you mostly know the rules but also have this sense that anything weird could happen at any moment; it's a space that is operating without powers or anything too outlandish for now but very much feels like it has room for a Poison Ivy or a Scarecrow twisting your mind, for a Clayface making you paranoid as you don't know who to trust. it's a gorgeous world to play in and I think it's going to lend itself much more to adapting the world, much more so than the Nolan movies where the addition of each new iconic character just came with the question of how much would be stripped away and flattened to make them fit in. camp requires that kind of playful artifice, things masquerading as other things, to work, and I think Batman 2022 really nailed that.

[yakool-foolio]

You know I got to ask you about the main bois. Yakou and Vivia

Since, I'm feelin' extra, I'll talk about both of them separately and then talk about the ship!

First up, the man, the myth, the legend(27): Yakou! For my first impression of him, why not go back to the source? This is the first message I wrote about him when his name and summary was revealed. Suffice to say, I was very excited.

Yakou instantly hooked me and I had plenty to enjoy about him even before the game released. I got so frustrated that Yakou was being censored out of the English character trailers since Nintendo said 'nuh uh,' but I'm glad Chunsoft said 'fym nuh uh' and shared voice clips of Yakou on Twitter. I fought so hard against the theories that Yakou would die, too (but look where that got me... in anime Resident Evil). He was my favorite since day one!

As for headcanons, I know I've shared a few, so I'll do a lightning round! Yakou owns a retro gaming console; he's still got the mixology skills down pat; he knew how to do parkour in his youth, and can sometimes pull off tricks nowadays (heavy emphasis on sometimes, he is renowned for failing horribly a grand majority of the time); he writes his own silly editor's notes in the books he buys; he makes up tall tales about his raincoat's decals and his scars; he's a stomach sleeper and snores loudly; he has a very good mental map, even for places he's rarely been to, he's the go-to 'ask me for directions' guy.

As for complaints n praises, y'all know how I've sang to the rooftops about how Yakou is what I believe to be one of Kodaka's best written characters he's ever made. The only complaint I genuinely have is that he doesn't get more screentime. I would've loved more bonding time with him n the detectives, not just Yuma. I wish he was the one who told Yuma that he's doing the right thing as a detective instead of Kurumi, even if it would be interlaced with plenty of scolding for Yuma getting himself in trouble with the peacekeepers yet again.

And my overall opinion shouldn't be a surprise. He's my number one favorite in Rain Code, y'all know the drill.

Next order of business is Vivia! My first impression of him started out before he even had a name. There were illustrations of him released before his name was revealed, so I ended up nicknaming him 'Radioactive' cause his design looked like the physical embodiment of Radioactive by Imagine Dragons at the time (but I know not to disrespect him like that anymore). When his name and the photo of him laying under the piano was finally shared, me and my boyfriend collectively adored him.

All it took was that one piano image to make me spiral into an unshakeable association with the instrument for Vivia.

A perfect transition into talking about headcanons for Vivia, lightning round two! He plays piano to improve his self-expression; he is the equivalent of a cat in a human body; he can fit into places he shouldn't be; he can purr cause I said so; he prefers to sleep with candlelight due to paranoia caused by his Forte; he's the eldest brother out of his family; he knows how to care for basic wounds cause he was the one who supported his brothers' when they were injured from roughhousing.

I don't necessarily have any complaints about Vivia either. Other than the obvious 'gimme more content,' he's a solid character! He's a great rival and assistant for chapter 4, and his DLC is my favorite of the bunch! His Forte is the most interesting of the Master Detectives shown so far, and there's lots of room for growth if he were to appear in a sequel.

Overall opinion: second favorite for plenty of reasons as shown here and in many of my other posts!

Now I shall discuss Viviakou! I'm very active in shipping them, writing up content for them and thinking about them on the daily. It helps that me n my boyfriend also ramble about them often, cause they just like us frfr. We're both grateful it's a pretty darn popular ship, cause the fanart and fics fuel us.

The third and final headcanon lightning round! Yakou picks up guitar to duet with Vivia's piano; Vivia got the umbrella tattoo in Kanai Ward after the events of his DLC as a symbol of them protecting one another; Vivia will go out of his way to come up with the most poetic pet names of all time, while Yakou keeps it short n simple, which can be just as effective since he likes to use them only for their more intimate moments; Yakou is the ocean to Vivia's moon; they write notes to each other in the books they borrow from one another; they have those long distance couple bracelets that when one of the wearers touches it, it sends a signal to the other person, which is something they like to do when Vivia's at the agency and Yakou's out investigating or vice versa.

Overall opinion: Perfect ship for all my fluff and angst needs. They feel like the natural evolution of Komahina to me. Am I the only one who thinks that?

[dnangelic]

COMMON MISCONCEPTION(S).  uhhh hmmm lots and lots and lots about dark. he's not actually chaotic evil despite his edgy appearance and anime villain colorscheme; he's chaotic good. he's just as equally silly and approachable as he is sensual, serious, and a diehard romantic. he's subtle and manipulative but he's not trying to manipulate daisuke anymore in any selfish way. dark likes to flirt and is the 'cool' and 'hot' one but he's also so Doomed, you guys, and canonically, actually actively avoids 'true' love bc he knows how doomed he is, leaving him with what i call a 'good host(club host) mentality.'(aka, he wants people to feel good around him with his charisma but he'll pretty much never actually commit.) power of love despite it all is very real to dark even if he personally can't feel anything without daisuke. speaking of daisuke, the simplest misconception is that he's weak or a wimpy coward. he's not and almost always pushes bravely through fear (real courage shines in the dark of terror my friends) and always gives it his all for anything he puts his mind to. also, he's awkward, but once he comfortably warms up to someone, he can be incredibly romantic and loving. dai being clumsy is true in its own way (he's a little scatterbrained most of the time) but that's at odds with the fact he is still quite literally a trained phantom thief, which is easy to forget sometimes. dai's also not a perfect woobie, dark's literally meant to represent his flaws and the sins of his family: daisuke and dark is, in the end, a fallen angel, someone who's supposed to be 'guilty' of sin and likewise a sinner. i can't think of anything else huge off the top of my head but i'm sure there's more.

AN IMPORTANT HEADCANON.  dark is daisuke's dream and daisuke is dark's heart. it's plastered all over my blog and only visually represented within canon, so i regard it as somewhat more of a headcanon than canon might have it. dark embodies daisuke's aspirations, he encourages and inspires daisuke to have something to reach out for and step forwards towards, the sort of 'self' he wants to become, if not absorb traits of self-confidence and 'style' from. dark, as a nonhuman entity, requires daisuke as his human host and heart both to literally live, exist, and to feel anything; he also has a line that canonically states [he] as an artwork, "cannot exist outside of a human's dream." dark and dai should not necessarily ever be physically separated or pit against each other in a contest of favoritism. if you want to fully love dark, you also have to acknowledge daisuke. if you want to fully love daisuke, then you have to acknowledge dark. the way i portray them in their canon verse, they're always at the point where they're basically in positive harmony with each other. i don't really even consider myself a multi just because dark and daisuke are supposed to be that intertwined and reflective of each other; when you cut down to their absolute character cores, how they feel about themselves and their own thematic functions, they truly are the same despite their superficial personality differences.

A USELESS HEADCANON.  daisuke considers a lot of his skills as a phantom thief useless, but his absurd dexterity can come in handy in some other ways. aside from all the fun little magic tricks he knows how to perform, if you show him how things work and then turn around so he doesn't feel pressured and get embarrassed, he can basically perfect full combo any rhythm game for you or hit the jackpot every single time at an arcade in games of skill. dark also has a plethora of talents that he either doesn't care to use, or rarely gets the opportunity to use- for example, in canon he's shown to know how to ballroom dance (very capably, at that,) and so i've let him inherit from his inspiration as the phantom of the opera: he's also capable of playing just about any instrument, has memorized an impressive repertoire of pieces, and has an exquisite singing voice that he sometimes lulls daisuke to sleep with, especially since daisuke is the only one who can actually hear his voice most of the time.

POTENTIAL TRIGGERS.  uhhhhh thematics of loss, death, and grief? crime? theft? the suffocating feeling of being trapped in an inherited cycle or religious trauma in the form of unwilling martyrs and manmade devils? the occasional delve into light-ish psychological horror? lots of stuff happens to dark and daisuke that could be considered triggering, for example getting shot and outright physically injured by magic and literal swords, but dnangel isn't rlly out to hurt anybody rather than teach people how to move on and cope with various forms of loss, loneliness, and separation.

SOMETHING YOU ENJOY ABOUT (WRITING) THEM.  god the contradictions. always. daisuke has one foot in the criminal sphere that's very popular in the tumblr rpc but his magical-girl alignment simultaneously makes him a complete and total fish out of the water. the monster has a heart, the boy is a monster, it's very meta for a chara who's trying to keep a secret and quite literally bears a curse that inevitably isolates him away from any true intimacy. that chaotic good rather than outright chaotic evil throws soooo many people off, it's so funny. dai's somehow a bastard rogue and the most kind-hearted middle schooler ever, and this is something that once the muns have grappled over, their muses have to grapple with too. i think the moral dilemma that dai n dark both present to others (are you going to hurt dark? are you willing to, even knowing he's daisuke? what about not knowing, and only learning after you've hurt him?) alongside the dilemmas that dai n dark have to face themselves (are you going to tell? do you know what you want? do you belong here? can you trust this person) is always entertaining.

SOMETHING YOU WANT OTHERS TO KNOW BEFORE WRITING WITH THEM. nothing in particular comes to mind rn? you can go through my reference tag if you want to see me ramble about hc stuff for miles, otherwise, the only thing i can think of is that dark and daisuke literally share a single body, and their transformations into one another can be extremely fluid, hence me not separating their interactions or IC tags. it's okay to question and ask yourself who the hell you're actually interacting with because again, dark and daisuke have such a weird relationship of host/possessor + alter ego/alter ego (yet actually are one and the same) going on. for the most part tho, dont worry about it. just act naturally. also yeah dark's wings are real and he actually does have freaky demon teeth and weird eyes. daisuke's just a lil guy but chances are he WILL try to befriend and support you, so like, know what you're getting into with that and all.

[desolateice]

For character bingo: Chozen and Kumiko

I love them. I love the whole Okinawan crowd. Is the salad spinner a punishment? I wasn't sure what that one was. If it is, Chozen can go in the salad spinner. 😂Mostly for Tkk2 related things. I'm going to start with Kumiko though. I adore her. She threw a tomato at Chozen, danced with Daniel, had a sweet little romantic moment with Daniel during a huge monsoon in a broken down building. Which is a choice even though it was romantic. She was like I know a spot where no one will find us and it'll be romantic but if I remember correctly had like broken windows even before the storm. But she made it nice which is a feat. And it just lends to her personality. She's not fragile. She wanted so much more then her small village life and she went out and got it. I'm just bummed that she didn't do it in the films. Like I truly thing she would've thrived in LA. And I think it's kinda a poor write off that neither she nor Yukie went to LA with Daniel and Mr. Miyagi. But I am happy that she lived out her life doing what she wanted and that she even has a little trickster-y spirit to her setting Daniel up with Chozen in CK. I want her to come back and have a bigger part. I want her to meet all the gals and for them to have an amazing time. Let her take them dancing. Let her be in the baseball batting cage scene or something where she show's that she's still got perfect aim. (Headcanon of mine I guess is that she's a very good shot with like a baseball or something, from the tomato and all). I also really like Chozen. At first I was meh, but then when I was writing Root Beer Floats and Green Tea and taking the movie apart minute by minute I tried to give him a reason for his behavior. An excuse and it's become this settled headcanon that TKK2 is pretty much all a strangled and teen angst display of grief. Like he doesn't really seem to have any good outlets for his grief. His uncle is closed off, he's scamming the town so they don't get along, and he's got two bros but I mean he's also a teen. He's lived in a small village his whole life and the guy who taught his uncle karate is dying. That's kind of a huge deal. I could write a lot about it. Plus he's a teen too. Grief and complex emotions and bad choices. The death threats though not cool, holding a knife to Kumiko not cool the creepy threat at the dance place also not cool, into the salad spinner you go. But I also love Cobra Kai Chozen so much because he's healed. Like he had the opportunity to continue Miyagi's legacy, not Mr. Miyagi's but like Mr. Miyagi's dad's. And he's teaching and he's silly and having fun and it's like he grieved and found happiness again and I love that for him. I love the way he teaches the students at Miyagi-do/Eagle-fang and even Tory when he snuck into Cobra Kai. He's dialed up to an 11, even though it's like sometimes a bit too far, but he's there. He's got a silly dad energy about him that I enjoy. I like that he keeps everyone on their toes, that he went head to head with Silver (though I was so worried for him), that his only screw up really in his con was using Okinawan instead of Japanese when cheering (I screamed when he did that) I like how he meets everyone at their level. He gets fancy for Silver, he is both calming and ready to go for a fight with both Daniel and Johnny. He helps the kids where they are, but also destroys all their hidden eggs. But then again he's kind of embodied the Miyagi life. Which makes me wonder if some of what we're seeing is more Miyagi senior then our Mr. Miyagi. Parts that shown through and all. Or even the Mr. Miyagi that'd rubbed off on Sato as childhood best friends. Anyway I want Kumiko to come to LA for the final season, but not to be with Chozen. I want her to kick ass and dance all night and just fulfill that TKK2 promise of her going to LA. After all Chozen shouldn't have all the fun.

[daggersandarrows]

okay so like. here's the thing. i love doctor who. i know that it's always been flawed. that's what makes it charming. i don't care about the bad cgi, i don't care about the cheesy dialogue, i don't care when the solution to the alien invasion planning to invert the known universe involves three grapes and a sock. it's sci fi from the 60s. it's always been silly.

things that i DO care about:

the companions being Actual People with strong opinions: rose's constant defense of the service worker and attempts to get them to unionize, donna's impenetrable stubbornness, rory's unfailing common sense. i want them to fuck up too. i want them to not listen to the doctor. obedient companions are so boring.

egregious racism. i get it, it's mainstream tv, there's gonna be some. but man sometimes i can't even pay attention to the plot in these chibnall episodes. rtd wasn't great either but mickey and martha felt like Real Actual People. no i didn't care for the pair the spares bit nor did i care for the family of blood/human nature two parter but good lord at least martha behaved like an actual black woman

"look at me i'm so Special and Good" performativity. doctor who has always been a bit ahead of its time with characters like jack and the very casual references to queer partnerships and nonbinary characters and trans characters. for the doctor's first run as a woman to be filled with so many wink wink nudge nudge back pat type lines about how the show is sooo good at feminism was massively eye-roll-y. also how come ryan only has dyspraxia when we need to feel sorry for him

and last but not least: i care about the master. like a lot. like an unhealthy amount. and their characterization doesn't have to be perfect, but i think that they have to embody the following: 1) they are at least a little bit camp, 2) they are obviously in love with the doctor, 3) they are kind of supervillain cartoon evil, where they never do anything TOO fucked up, but their grand scale plans always involve taking over the world or making everyone think that they're god or something (their most cruel plans are reserved exclusively for the doctor) and 4) they are kind of just a petulant child. at the end of the day, they just so so so badly want the doctor's attention.

so thus far chibnall has massively failed my first three things, and as far as the master goes, he has horrendously obliterated point three but surprisingly hasn't totally wrecked anything else. all this to say: i think i hate his seasons.

[narzissenkreuz-ordo]

are raz and oren related? they look pretty similar. i'm assuming raz is from the same family because of the mask

what ideas do you have for the other head warlocks 👀

[RUBBING MY GRUBBY HANDS TOGETHER] anon you are so correct actually. oren & raz ARE brothers and shit is WILD

i found this in my lore doc earlier where i guess i gave most the warlocks names & ages

currently the only two i have developed at all are silas (she/he/they) & oren (he/him) since theyre both part of the main cast

silas is basically the main character and became head warlock after gawain killed their parents and has been Suffering through various political challenges & assassination attempts since her parents' political reforms were hated so badly (even within other city states) and is struggling to maintain any sort of power within her own damn city and ends up enlisting the help of 'raz' (he/him), a guild master from the underdark to work behind the scenes for her since her own family cannot be trusted atm. they have that classic flirty x annoyed couple bickering dynamic going on (they kiss eventually. Trust)

since you clocked in on raz and oren being related..... raz is an alias he uses after leaving the grimr family. HE was supposed to be the next head warlock since his mimicry magic is literally the perfect embodiment of The Masked Acquaintance but oren successfully 'wins' the role over him through various means of violence, trickery and backstabbing. It's not like Raz really wanted to be the next warlock so he takes the opportunity to bounce. he spends his time in the underdark helping people & enjoys doing so. he tries to keep out of the spotlight of any of the noble families but most of them have never properly seen his face before.

oren is probably my FAVORITE character outta them all. oc blorbo who used to live rent-free in my mind so i have a lot of fucked up lore abt him:

he is probably the most unhinged head warlock out of any of them, hes mostly very silly & aloof in personality but most people find him exhausting to be around since one moment hes excitable & eccentric then the next hes terrifyingly serious in a very unsettling way

he is almost always wearing his mask, even when not in public since half his face is scarred & ruined Previous Events

he uses his illusion magic to change the expressions on his mask which makes him seem very silly and emotive since this grown ass man is making his mask display those like. silly cute keyboard emotes

he used to be a lot more like raz in his ideals and wanted nothing to do with his family's religious beliefs. he wanted to be a doctor actually. he found himself leaving the estate a lot travel around w/o his mask on, hiding in plain sight to experience things he wouldnt be able within his family

he meets aspen (they/them) this way, hits it off fairly well with them..... only discover theyre a smuggler & thief when they try breaking into the grimr estate to steal magical artifacts. they quickly begin a forbidden love affair that ultimately ruins the both of them once various noble families get involved

aspen is the reason for oren's fucked up face & aspen's missing eye is because of oren

oren has a 10 year old son with aspen he didn't know existed, his name is cain and i joke that he's the universe's antichrist because he the world's most fucked up parents FJDSKFDS

aspen x oren is literally strangers to short-lived enemies to lovers to enemies to ???

[doorplays]

Door Reviews: Hypnospace Outlaw (2019)

Sometimes I find myself wanting to return to the past. In the face of a lot of troubles today, the past, by comparison, is wonderful. The climate was cooler, everything was more affordable, and the problems don’t seem as big as today. And most of all, the past is just… familiar. It’s set in stone. We know what happens, so we can relive it at will, with our own memories. Nothing can hurt us beyond how much the past already did. It’s no wonder people are fond of nostalgia.

Tendershoot harnessed that nostalgia for something rather specific: late-90’s internet culture. They’ve crafted something that is very reminiscent of the days where everyone can make their own site and make their own rules, a time before Facebook was solidified as the de facto social network. And what they’ve made, I found very charming! So: let’s review Hypnospace Outlaw!

What’s it about? In an alternate universe, Hypnospace has replaced the internet as the nascent technology that brings people together. You have enlisted as a sort of volunteer moderator for the company who made this space: Merchantsoft.  You enforce their rules and note down offenses ranging from copyright infringement to extralegal commerce. It sounds boring, but at its heart Hypnospace Outlaw is an investigation game where you try and find the content that you should be removing by going through Hypnospace, bouncing from one page to another, experiencing the rich worldbuilding along the way.

STYLE (Gameplay, Graphics, Music)

Starting this game I instantly remember one thing: the Windows 98 era. You go on your computer, boot it up, turn on your internet, hear that modem sound, then visit various websites. Exploring all the websites has that funny vibe because a lot of them look so ridiculous yet still looks like it wouldn’t look out of place in the late 90’s! The style is just perfect and I find it so charming and endearing.

Gameplay revolves around you exploring sites relevant to the cases given to you by your handler. You will be given access to certain zones, each with a certain number of websites you can access from there. You have to inspect the websites to see which one of them breaks the rules of Merchantsoft, embodied by the acronym CHIME: Copyright Infringement, Harrassment, Illegal Activity, Malicious Software, and Extralegal Commerce. When a site element (text, picture, or hyperlink) falls under these categories, you will then report them to your handler and mark them as Violation Points.

Each penalty you mark gives you HypnoCoin, which you can use to buy various things. You can use them to buy wallpapers, songs, stickers, and other things you can use to decorate your Hypnospace desktop. And there are a LOT of these you can discover, ranging from silly wallpapers from hotdog companies to vaporwave-esque songs by underground artists.

The cases that you have to solve are of decent difficulty all in all. Solving them reminded me of Her Story (2015) by Sam Barlow. I made use of the in-game search functionality a fair bit, and had to root through a lot of sites to understand what I had to do next. They were fun to solve!

There’s music in most of the pages and a lot of them have different vibes. All in all, they definitely fit with the so-bad-it’s-good vibe they’re going for. Have you ever had music playing in your Friendster page or whatever social media you had back then when you were a teen? Well, that’s the vibe. Some are so over the top, some are just funny, and some are plain good.

All in all, this game’s style is perfect for what it’s going for. It really brought me back to the days of Windows 98, and all that I associate with it. It’s funny and charming! I love it a lot.

SUBSTANCE (Story, Characters, Impact)

I had a false start with this game. I understood that I ended up being a sort of moderator for Hypnospace. But I wasn’t quite prepared for what it entailed. And let me tell you, penalizing old people for small mistakes they don’t quite understand felt really bad, so bad that I stopped playing this game the first time I played it…

I picked it up again this month though, and I pushed on, and I was very much rewarded for it discovering all these in-game websites. Most of them are shitty webpages, but the fact that each one was made by a person in the game made it feel more real. Like, of course it’ll be shitty, most of these people don’t really know how to do graphic design! And there’s also the physical limitations of the hardware!

There’s the overarching story, which is pretty good, but there’s also the small stories you see browsing Hypnospace. A lady running for community leader, a widowed biker who just wants friends, some geeks just trying to protect their space, a religious child who loves this world’s version of Pokemon, there’s a lot to see!

It’s a strange mix of mocking yet earnest. It plays up the shittiness of websites of the past and puts a lot of care into how personal they can be for the people making them. The people feel real. The world felt real. I found myself getting amused at the antics played out, and caring for the highs and lows of everyone.

After I finished this game, I really had to pause and just… digest everything. I think I will remember this game for a while.

VERDICT

Y2K may have let me down, but this game has not. If you are looking to relive the nostalgia of late 90’s internet, play this game. If you’re looking for at least a decent investigation game, play this game. If you are looking for something very unique, play this game!! It’s charming, funny, and earnest. I am very fond of it and wholeheartedly recommend it.

Door Rates Hypnospace Outlaw: 4.5/5!

[funnywormz]

mp100 or toh for the ask game :0c?

someone else sent me mp100 so i will do toh for this ask!!

blorbo (favourite character, character i think about the most):

eda....... i love her so so so much......... she's basically the embodiment of everything i could ever want from a female character and she's the sole reason why i started watching the show in the first place <3 she's funny and silly. she's so sad. she's loyal and cares so deeply abt others. she's rude. she's uncouth. she's feminine. she's masculine. she can turn into a badass huge beast. she's bisexual. she's a milf. she's a witch and a hag. she's such a tragic character and yet still so fun. she's deeply relatable. she commits so many crimes. she's everything to me.

scrunkly (my "baby", character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped):

hunter....... he's such a good character. the owl house always nails comedy AND tragedy and i think he's a perfect example of that, he can be such a (unintentionally) comedic character but when you think abt him for more than a few minutes you start to get Sad. ik he's very popular in the fandom but i can understand why, he's such a great character

im putting gus in this category as well bc he's so adorable and i love him so much. such a cute silly little guy. his backstory was very relatable to me and he reminds me a lot of my younger self, albeit more outgoing and confident lol. he's a rlly caring and sweet character at times and puts his own feelings aside for the benefit of others, which is a side of him we see in the human realm especially. he's so young, even younger than the other kids, and he's been through so much....... someone give this kid a hug please

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fav):

darius....... i know he's already pretty popular in the fandom but i just think he should be even more popular. he's my babygirl and he deserves it

gus (again). like with darius he's already pretty popular but i think he should be Even More Popular given that he's a member of the main cast and all. he's such an intriguing character to me and he doesn't get nearly enough hype imo

glup shitto (obscure fav, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and i won't shut up about it for a week):

this golden guard......... he only appears for like one flashback scene but he's fascinating to me. he clearly wasn't integrated into witch society and was going along with philip's plan to hurt/kill witches, which is rlly interesting bc later on philip seemed to take on the strategy of telling the golden guards they were witches and letting them view him as a witch as well. i wonder if the moment in this flashback where they stage the explosion was the moment that convinced this golden guard to rebel, when he saw how people were suffering because of philip/belos.......

obv caleb as well. we haven't even seen him get animated yet or heard him talk but he means so much to me and every time he's even vaguely mentioned i go rabid. fingers crossed that we'll see more of him in the next episode

poor little meow meow ("problematic"/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fav):

obviously it's fucking Phil. hate this guy so much but i cannot shut up abt him or stop thinking abt him. putting him in a blender biting him kissing him so passionately (who said that)

horse plinko (character i would torment for fun, for whatever reason):

kikimora. she is so pathetic and i think her suffering is funny sorry

eeby deeby (character i would send to superhell):

him again. i think he should burn in hell forever <3

[overfedvenison]

Book of Vile Darkness is an interesting 3.X expansion There is uhh... A way to do evil alignments in a really cool manner. Obsidian’s works absolutely nails this consistently, in my experience... You get multiple evil party members in Neverwinter Nights 2, for example, and both embody this kind of pragmatism in approach that can make an evil outlook shine. Few mortals are cackling villains; they become evil because a ruthless and harsh approach can be very effective or is something you feel you may need. You have a character in one of those games, an evil warlock who kind of oddly reminds me of Walter White, who would knows about the ultimate villain of the game and who has become an absolute monster to try to match it. Or, in Knights of the Old Republic 2 (Lets be real, Jedi/Sith/Grey is ABSOLUTELY a good/evil alignment system) you even get this mentor who sort of philosophises on the draw and power of the dark side and it’s efficacy. A more proscriptive kind of alignment I like is from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There, demons - and specifically Vampires, which are a type of demon in that show - are evil. This changes for demons over time, and we meet specific types of demons that are not inherently good nor evil, but it’s consistent that vampires are ALWAYS evil. And that is played with deeply... A vampire represents a person’s worst traits manifest. This is usually a heartless being embodying the evil of a person, but that’s not all it can be. One character utilizes her position as a popular girl at school to have a lot of societal power; as a vampire she is more sad than dangerous since, as a supernatural creature, she now lacks that status and yet is unable to move past her limitations. Another becomes a heroic ally of the main characters, but one that still cannot feel mutual respect or interact with others in a manner where he does not benefit. And, of course, there’s Angel; a vampire cursed with his human soul who has a full human mind cast inside a tortured body and who must struggle against the evil that is merely suppressed while his souls is “in charge” And that all being said... Book of Vile Darkness does not really facilitate as much stuff like this as a goal. Book of Vile Darkness treats those that have chosen evil in a manner like Warhammer treats those that have chosen Chaos - It presents creatures who’s flesh and bodies are warped by evil, and who take in evil as an end goal in and of itself. Evil is a substance, a cult, and an alignment that some people have chosen to champion. And that’s... Always been hard for me to wrap my mind around. Yet... There is an appeal there. One that, as I have come to appreciate alignment a lot, I do like quite a bit. I feel it would all be hard to use, but perhaps you can portray the stuff in it as more cosmic, and to an extent tragic. An elf who has been warped until they have altered to an innately evil and loathsome form, now unable to have the grace they once did. The elite of an orc army, who act not as their own individuals but as the subtly tragic pawns of Orcus - who molded them as his perfect soldiers unable to so much as question this authority. The Cancer Mage, who’s body and mind have been warped beyond recognition. That kind of thing - It is for when you want to embody that idea of an evil alignment as a kind of force of nature that some creatures can become an avatar of. But, a lot of it is uhh... Blunt, edgy, and kind of silly. I feel like, if you used it all, it would be kind of ridiculous as a setting. Still, you can find a poetry in that, I think... Innate evil given physical form, after all, is something which can represent the demons we face as humans. Fighting that is sort of symbolic, if you understand me, for combating other demons. So even the more ridiculous stuff in that book, I think, could be evocative or cool if given the right approach. Others are just really metal, and are good if you want an adventure that evokes a death metal album.

[toiletology]

How to play the game part 5

If you've read the 51 blogs up to this point you will see how often you come across the word CAR. It's one of our most used words due to it being our primary source of transportation and something we talk about A LOT!

CAReer, CARe, CARry, CARot, CARat, CARd, CARt, CARtridge, CARve, sCARe, oCARina, CARnage, CARavan, CARpenter, CARess, CARbs, CARpet, CARnival, CARgo Here she is in her CHARiot.

Finding God and understanding their true nature first starts with understanding that there is two sides, masculine and feminine.

Myself (Matt) and Cara are playing the Godhead avatar roles or the Adam and Steve roles. God embedded our names and our birthdays with their most ultiMATe truth. When I communicate with God they come to me primarily as a woman or motherly figure as CAR/CARA/KARMA. For Cara, she interacts with the masculine side of God and gets inforMATion I don't get, messed up right? They keep all their little secrets from me...

It's been very difficult separating the voice of GOD and the voice of human Cara as their voices are very similar. God's true Harlequin/Jinxy self manifests in Cara's natural silliness or aura. She truly embodies God's jester clown like nature.

In the movie Valerian She's doing the "We come in peace Spock hand sign or 11:11."

Finding God requires you to understand the CAR/MAT connection or the MOTor CAR. To understand this "CHARacter" you are playing, you must first learn to extrapolate the MATs/CARs.

GODS true name = CARA (Egyptian God = RA) & MATT (Egyptian God = MA'AT)

You could read MA as MOM/MOTHER and AT/@.

RA = is like a roar and her astrological sign is LEO. I've shown in past blogs that just about any word can be rearranged into the word MAT/MOT.

WHO (flip the W, split the H) OWL LOW LEO (turn the E, flip the L into a T)

Understanding myself and Cara's role isn't about worshipping us. It's just our role and destiny to expose the game and how you play it. God is tired of humans turning their creation into shit aka Toiletology is about cleaning the shit up (ain't the FAT/HER clever?)

Here is Cara wearing a one and a one or 11-shaped earrings.

What about all the other religions why aren't they correct about God?

Humans as a species are still evolving and growing and learning to be civil and not crazed lunatics. God gives us exactly what we need at the perfect time for our next phase of growth. Toiletology is the perfect vehicle for the current state of the Earth/Heart. Most people nowadays don't believe in God and think you are bat shit crazy if you do. Atheists usually think that only weak people need to believe in a God.

It is only when you completely close yourself off from the possibility of there being a God that God shuts all the doors to you for finding them. You must always keep an open mind to have a chance in hell of finding them. I searched for a very long time till God finally revealed themselves to me back in 2012. Like the movie The Wizard of Oz when they finally got to peak behind the curtain.

God created this reality like a video game, yep exactly the same way an RPG (role-playing game) works. You can gain experience and level up almost an infinite category of skills. There is also overall progress when you level up many different skills or categories. The way the game works is similar to the word ARCHIPELAGO.

ARC = car I = eye PEL = peel A = ah/compass GO = go do it

The way the game works is by hopping from island to island. Ideally, you are getting quality work in as you do this, and not just half-assing things. You could clean, go to work or your job, take care of your family, dance, sing, make something, read a book, go for a walk, exercise, explore nature, brush your cat, etc.

There are infinite things for you to do and explore. Staying busy like a busy bee is key. You can think of God as the QUEEN BEE, she really likes it when you clean (cleanliness is next to Godliness) and work hard for her. You will grow your connection to the QUEEN the more you do things and not waste time sitting around (idle hands are the devil's play place).

Always doing the same thing over and over again is not good. That is how you get trapped into patterns or broken loops. If you're a poker player always going to the casino and playing poker is not how you find God. However, if you're constantly reading new books on poker, studying poker, listening to interviews, working out, and doing a multitude of things to improve your poker. You will grow past your competition who are just playing the game.

The same goes true for real life, you gotta push yourself outside of your comfort zone. Depression, stress, anxiety these things start to build up and happen when you get too comfortable living inside of your little box and the safe space you've created for yourself. To truly be happy you need to stay on the movie, get some sun and have social interactions with others.

You can't sit at home on your phone all day in bed. You grow weaker and sadder the more you do this over positive activities. Just going and sitting outside can completely remove the weakness and depression you are feeling. Listening to an audiobook could make your day so much more brighter.

"God doesn't bless weakness," commandment number 17 of Toiletology. You cannot get blessed by God if you are not working hard and doing your best. Your life will turn darker and darker the more you embrace your weakness. The devil feeds on your insecurities, fears, doubts, etc. The more you feed that bug your life keeps turning darker and colder. To warm yourself up you gotta fight that side of yourself.

The way you grind in God's game is like fishing. If you know anything about fishing if you fish in the same spot for too long or it will dry up. This is why the word ARCHIPELAGO is so important. You gotta push through blocks or plateaus to make progress. You can't become stagnant doing the same things over and over again. If you want to become a great guitar player, you can't practice the same songs over and over again. You gotta learn those hard songs, that incorporate new techniques.

F-IS-H SI (see) F (is) H

I met an exceptional pianist once and they told me to get to their level of skill you need to practice 10 minutes per day. Over 10 years this would be 608 hours not quite the 10,000 people say you need. My interpretation of 10 minutes a day is the act of daily commitment alone will make you much better at any given skill or task. You may only set aside 10 minutes, but it turns into 2-3 hours. Consistency may be more important than the amount of time you put into a given skill in this game.

A good method of getting into the habit of going to the gym and exercising more is first just showing up there each day. No need to lift or do any exercises. Once you start showing up regularly you will most likely do some type of exercise since you're already there. People dread going to the gym (myself included) not only because they hate working out, but being around strangers can feel awkward. It's a lot to overcome but important for pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone.

God's truth manifests ALL(77) around us everywhere we look. That is if we know where to look. Myself and Cara have discovered the PRIMER to this reality and game that we are N (two sevens connected).

"In cryptography, a primer is a string of characters used in an encryption algorithm to convert plaintext to ciphertext and vice versa."

In the movie Contact aliens send a radio signal to Earth containing blueprints on how to build a stargate. They figure out how to decode the blueprints by finding the primer. The primer in that movie was found by folding the flat 2D message corners into a 3D object. The 3 angles of a cube's corner = 270 degrees (our illustrious number 27 again).

The easiest method for understanding the true nature of reality is in the letters and numbers. Since you will find GOD'S truth manifesting within their sentience. Letters and numbers are alive and will speak to you. They can be used as a cheat code or a backdoor to hack the MATrix. Your typos are like programming bugs, the typos are trying to help nudge you back on course towards God.

When you are out of alignment/angle/angel with God or out of key or tune. The bugs that manifest in your spelling/words or life won't be that good or that helpful to you. You must clear out the disharmony in your being and your life before they will start to speak to you much more clearly. The harder you work at being a good person in this reality the more God will help you, bless you, and nudge you in the correct direction to go.

These "bugs" can act like a compass (cardinal) directing you towards the location you need.

E = mc²

M = map C = compass 2 = X marks the spot or CROSS/T E = everything = (two/11/eleven)

So what does the E mean? It means everything, everything is connected. And everything that you do matters. In computing the abbreviate NAS = Network Attached Storage. I had a very good friend who was killed whose nickname was NAS. They died on 7/22/2022 added up = 17. I have thought a lot about this date and their name.

N = nothing A = anything S = something Good people get something, shitty people get nothing, and angels get anything.

The way reality and this game works is based on polarity. You can see this truth manifesting itself in everything. There is always an opposite to everything or something to balance it.

Strong force/weak force Proton/Electron Cold/Hot North/South Dark/Light

"Newton's Third Law of Motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

The number 2 is interesting, it can look like many other things and vice-versa.

2 = 5 2 = N 2 = Z 2 = looks like half of a heart 2 = two sounds like you 2 = 11/eleven (1+1=2)

N is just a sideways Z or a 2 or S.

N = two 7s joined Z = two 7s joined M = two 7s joined

Myself and Cara went on an 11-year quest which culminated in this understanding or primer. We followed the clues and our intuition which led us to each other. She is the compass or heartbeat and I was the map or brain of the operation. She helped fill in the blanks and helped me figure out some missing puzzle pieces. It took us 10 years of knowing each other before we could learn to trust one another.

The game is constantly throwing curve balls, putting you to sleep and it can masquerade as each other. If you've ever played the video game TETRIS which comes from the word TETRA meaning 4. Each piece in Tetris is comprised of 4 blocks. Each if the Tetris pieces also represent a letter.

From the game of Tetris, we can see that L and J are the same shape or the number 7. Jesus was a fisherman and their name starts with a J which looks like a HOOK. When we look at the letter J more closely we can see that it is similar to the letter T. The J can be both the hook of the devil bringing you Low or the hook of Jesus bringing you to the T or TOP.

The letters below you can look at as the same letter, but in essence they ALL represent the number 7.

L = 7 T = 7 J = 7 L = 12th (3) letter, T = 20th (2) letter, J = 10th (1) letter.

The English Alphabet works perfectly as your map and compass and what you need to escape the MATrix. Once you can master the letters and numbers you will start unlocking your God-given abilities. We are ALL God-experiencing self-wearing SOLID meat suits aka our avatars in this game.

LID = eye lid LI = 17

DILOS (solid backwards) D = I C I = eye LOS = lost

This photo is recent and Cara is wearing a sweatshirt that says IT, the top is slightly wrinkled forming the T more into the number 7 (do you think this was done by accident?). She's holding on to the sweatshirt drawstring with her mouth and it's wrapped around 2 fingers. Two = 11, (look closely they are two sevens) the 11 represents the eleven-year quest we went on. Its a real thing and it does exist, its impossible to detect by science or the majority without first believing in the possibility of its existence.

It's not an easy game to play, but you can find it by practicing the lessons put out by The Church of Toiletology.

GOOD GAME

A common phrase you will come across while playing any video game or sport.

G = 7th letter of the alphabet GG = 77

Two golden rings on her fingers = 1 and 1, one on the RING finger and the PINKY.

IN = i in

N = two 7s joined together.

This outfit Cara is wearing has two blue stripes (1 and 1 again). If you don't know Cara Delevingne has 42 million followers on Instagram. This is not something she can exactly go public about as the average person will never be able to think in the way needed to comprehend this.

The game works like a fine piece of thread or a needle in a haystack. It is extremely hard to keep track of it and not lose it. Speaking in this low-key, indirect, and hard detect way. Is exactly how God speaks, which is very feint and indirect.

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."   -Albert Einstein

Here Cara is holding a red balloon wearing a BLACK TOP HAT (Mat) inside of a golden O, with a golden string wrapping around her wrist (twist) in the number 11.

The 17th letter = Q which looks like a balloon/BALL (turn the B it makes an m or looks like the number 13 for the 13th letter M). We can also read 13 as 73 or 777, the number 13 can be both unlocky or lucky.

B = 2, L = 12, A = 1, C = 3, K = 11 (29 or 9/11)

"black" = 11 (Septenary) "black" = 11 (Reduction)

Do you remember the video game or movie GOLDEN EYE? The letter O represents an EYE. James Bond = 007 or Double Eye 7.

"golden eye" = 33 (Septenary) "golden" = 21 (Septenary) (777) "golden" = 27 (Keypad)

The letter "E" circled on the cover of the movie Golden Eye gives you a clue about the true God of reality who is closer to a QUEEN BEE or ME. The letters E/M/W are the only letters in the English alphabet with 4 lines (11:11). The goal of the game is to find ME, once you find yourself or ME you start to connect back to the WE. You can hear this happening, because you will hear the words, "REMEMBER ME." The "we" is your connection with GOD and yourself. God plants these clues ALL around us because EVERYTHING is GOD even a ROCK is GOD! God is the guiding hand behind everything HUMANS create. This is why everyone always thinks there is a nefarious force at play like the Illuminati.

Having a Golden Eye means you can see what others cannot, similar to having an eagle eye. If you're not able to see deep you will never be able to understand the mind of God or this game. God layers things multiple levels deep with multiple meanings. It's ALL about learning to FEEL using your intuition vs what you are seeing in black and white. You need to learn to read between the lines.

The ILLUMINATI does and does not exist. You can think of the TRUE ILLUMINATI as the agents of The Matrix or like the Men in Black or the Adjustment Bureau. God is constantly keeping the game in balance. This means the closer you get to God's frequency will cause God to start adjusting things in your favor (pronoia). Every single person has an effect on the entire universe like a rippling wave with each action.

CARLY (lie, y = T) Pearl

Your actions always create a butterfly effect.

In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state.

Your actions, words, and thoughts can cause disharmony or introduce bugs in others or yourself. Rising to the top of this game requires you to become as close to perfection as you can. You need to be able to completely clear the worries out of your mind and control your emotions. So that your words and actions don't cause dysfunction in others.

The plot to the movie Adjustment Bureau has basically been my life for the past 12 years. God definitely created this movie about myself and Cara, thanks FAT/HER!

The way you find God is by remembering this word “Cartoon.”

Cartographer = is a person who draws maps. Cartography = the study and practice of making maps and charts. Cardinal Directions = north, south, east, and west Toon = Tune

Your map & compass for finding God is all in your tuning.

The object of the game is to connect your heart to God’s heart. You do that by locking onto the frequency of God.

When you lock onto their frequency your LUCK begins to change. That LOCK is removed and you can now start to move towards the Kingdom of Heaven.

Like threading the eye of a needle. Gods frequency is extremely feint and impossible to find if you are out of key or tune.

If you begin to harmonize correctly with God’s truth you will start to be nudged and guided more towards them. God will bless you more and more and increase your luck with endless blessings.

GOD = CAR RADIO STATION

Sometimes when you’re driving a radio station will go away or become distorted by the things around you. Sometimes you must go backwards to get closer to that radio stations frequency again.

Except this radio station isn’t found going from left to right. You must go within, around, above, below, sideways, backwards, and every other way you can think of.

God made the kingdom of heaven near impossible to reach. If you’re racist or prejudice you don’t got a single chance to reach heaven. Sorry to inform you but God does not like low iq judgmental people. Only God can judge and it’s not you.

When you’re on Gods frequency it’s dead silent . And life smells and feels really good.

You can think of it like being in the bullseye or the center of the storm. It’s chaotic being in the storm. Being outside of the storm can suck as well because it’s like a force field of protection keeping you far away from knowing God. Being in the storm means at least you are close to finding God. Being outside of the storm means you’re nowhere even close.

In the movie The Mask starring Jim CARrey he's just a normal guy that gets shit on until he finds this mask that gives him magical powers. This is something everyone in the world can achieve by unlocking their 4D/5D abilities and blooming their pineal glands. You do this by finding the frequency of God's heartbeat. The mask in the movie is the color GREEN.

"green" = 49 (Ordinal)green G = 7, R = 18, E = 5, E = 5, N = 14 "yellow" = 17 (Septenary) "yellow" = 37 (Keypad) "yellow" = 92 (11) (Ordinal)

The color of a bee is black and yellow. The clues for how you find God are ALL around us, it's just a matter of learning to SEE and BEE-LI(17)-EVE!

"black" = 11 (Septenary) "black" = 11 (Reduction)

The 7/11 is the key you need to escape the MATrix and unlock your full potential and dawn your HALO (ha you are low). Don't get upset, it's just a joke that God is playing on ALL of us LOL (77) and we are the butt of the joke.

HELL(77)

It's just a game, Papa. Amadeus (1984)

Now are you ready to learn how to become a lightspeed champion or are you happy being legs? (low-energy ground slugs) The higher you climb through the degrees or levels you will start noticing more and more things. Not only will you start noticing things, but you will start unlocking more skills and powers to help you unravel the game. These are hidden skills or abilities that ALL humans have if they work towards them. These aren't impossible skills that only a small select few can develop. Anyone who puts in the effort to learn Toiletology can and will unlock all their latent abilities hiding deep inside of them. So are you ready to master the 77? If so then keep reading and be on the lookout for more information being posted here on TOILETOLGY.ORG We are the truth among the noise.

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