#i love u tho

[stevesbipanic]

I love that at first Eddie didn't want Erica to join the campaign because of her age as if that def wasn't the age he was when he went to live with Wayne and got to have interests for the first time in his life.

[prince-kallisto]

Cause of Overblots, Rollo, and CROWLEY

My brain cells are trying so hard…but thinking about it, the Glorious Masquerade may have more significance than meets the eye (even if the canonicity of it is dubious).

Through the main story of TWST, we’ve all reasoned that the Overblots happened because they did all go through different forms of trauma, years of bottled up emotions, and sometimes overuse of magic. It makes sense, yet at the same time it doesn’t. As Idia stated in Book 6, in the past 100 years, NRC overblots never even reached the double digits, yet 5 (now 7) happen in the span of 6 months. No matter the trauma the students went through, it’s still incredibly unusual for this to happen.

Now let’s look at Rollo, the short king (in my imagination) of Noble Bell College. Let’s see, he: witnessed the traumatic death of his brother who was burned alive, no one could save him, blames it on magic despite being a mage himself, his own Unique Magic is a manifestation of his trauma and is literally powered by negative emotions, and has carried about a decade of extreme guilt and hatred due to his trauma that led him to lash out at others.

Of course, I never like to compare the backstories of the other Overblotters, but looking at the other backstories, Rollo had a VERY valid reason to Overblot considering the patterns we’ve seen. “Arguably,” Rollo’s backstory is worse than some of the Overblots (but again, they all experienced trauma in their own ways, no comparisons!)

And yet, he never Overblotted or showed signs of blot, despite meeting and surpassing literally all the criteria for an Overblot. Coincidentally, Rollo is NOT at NRC.

And isn’t that weird?

It’s just proof that despite all the bottled up emotions and overuse of magic DOES NOT automatically mean Overblot. NRC presents it in a way that feels organic and ‘normal,’ but it clearly isn’t. So many people go through awful things and life and bottle up their emotions, but never to the point of Overblot.

Since I don’t think anyone could have the ability to manipulate the Overblotter’s backstories (again, not the automatic reason for an Overblot), I think what Idia suggests in Book 6 is right on the money. Both of the things he mentions has merit.

Powerful curses- The Shroud family and Grim have their curses manifest through the blue flame, but as far as I know, it isn’t the only indicator of a curse. Vil has shown that items can easily be cursed as well, without anything looking out of place. As usual, I will be blaming Crowley for this haha. But think about it, he is the one who unlocks the gates and presents the Magestones to every student. What if he cursed specific magic pens that take up an absurd amount of blot? Because even though us, the player, can see the blot puddles getting bigger, it doesn’t darken the magestones until right before Overblot.

Edit: want to add that about how Crowley gives the magestones. In game, although he was planning to throw Grim out, he still had a custom-made magestones collar for Grim. In the novel, it’s described like the magestone collar appeared out of thin air from Crowley’s magic. Does he make the magic pens himself some how?? If so, doubly sus

Sealed Phantoms- I find it very interesting how all the Overblot phantoms from the NRC students have taken the form of the Great Seven. NRC clearly respects the Great Seven, from the dorms to the statues to the paintings in Crowley’s office. It’s to the point that in one of his voice lines, Crowley says he cleans the Great Seven portraits every single day. So what if he managed to seal phantoms that look exactly like the Great Seven (or blot) until they could “attach” themselves to the students that meet their image?

I think it’s plausible, because remember in Book 5, NO ONE, even Malleus, knew that Vil Overblotted because of the magic barrier in the colosseum. I don’t know about you, but why would the faculty make such a powerful barrier for an arena that used for student exams and sports events? Overblot magic is extremely powerful, yet it didn’t break the barrier.

Edit: In the Heartslabyul manga, Crowley made a barrier to protect the students 👀 coincidence? I think not!

If such a barrier is possible, it is reasonable that even STYX wouldn’t have known about hidden blot or phantoms.

Who knows, it could even be both reasons combined. Perhaps Crowley cursed the magestones to attract specific phantoms or blot, slowly infecting the students until they Overblot. Why??

I have no idea lmaoo. But I think Idia was on a strong track to figuring it out, and Glorious Masquerade is proof that the NRC Overblots are indeed purposeful

[rlherondale]

I know it's not, but the thing looks like dazai's bandages I'm gonna cry

[jayjay-thejet-plane]

Me: imma make this silly lil comic how fun, i hope some people enjoy it, probably wont be that popular since its a simple style and kinda messy… but whatever, i think its cute :)

Yall:

Me: wtf /pos

[badlydrawnjohn]

Meow?

-@badlydrawngcat

EB: no!!!

EB: NO MEOWS!!!

[flopsims]

morgan can’t help but revolve her whole personality on being obsessed with the color orange

[pngjamie]

when he works at a movie theatre, is an aspiring filmmaker... And is a telepho- /r

[strawberrysturniolo]

okay so storytime i was with my ex for 2 years and it was like perfect we were gonna get married have kids etc i couldn’t imagine my life without him. then one day out of nowhere he starts being weird, a few days later we have a talk and he tells me he doesn’t want to be with me anymore. that’s it, no other explanation. i was fucking destroyed because obviously, i felt like everything was ripped away from me and i was a mess for the better part of a year.

literally a year of just being depressed and wanting to die and seeing him happy and living his life while i got worse every day.

and i did stuff to distract myself and continued my life but i obviously still thought about him during quiet moments and it was awful.

and now over a year later it still hurts, but i realized that i am not the first person to be heartbroken and i won’t be the last. people deal with this all the time, and they think they won’t be able to go on without their person, and then something better comes along.

trust me i know it feels fucking hopeless especially if it’s only been a short amount of time, but it will get better and things will start to make more sense in time.

yeah i really just have no motivation to do anything he was my number one supporter and made me feel like i could do anything and now i feel like #nothing

i wish i didn’t have feelings

[bisexualrapline]

You're truly the funniest person on tumblr I'm reading all your tags like it's the newspaper 😭😭😭😭

PLEASE LKAFSJLKDGJKD THIS IS SO NICE OF YOU I'M JUST INSANE

[theloveinc]

u are the funniest mf around

SORRY CAN'T HELP IT LOL

[mxqdii]

can you do headcannons of matt with a gf who’s a mechanic?

hii ml! so originally i was gonna write this, but tbh i have no idea what to put im so sorry 💔

[levinbolts]

thinking about how valen is so pretty and way too pretty to let astarion treat them the way he does post game but !!! they don't care !!! they love that man !!!

[lawrencegarte]

maria i'm kissing u on the head rn. can u feel it. mwah

[heartbreak-sandwich]

I want to write, and I want to hang out with my online friends, and I want to make more online friends, but I keep getting work, and I want to cry.

I still love all of u so much, I'm sorry I'm so busy right now. 😭 the season will slow down soon!

[iloveyouitisruiningmylife]

have you heard sajna ji vaari vaari that is ivycore

omg yes TU HI TO MERA SANSAR HAI AISA MERA PYAAR HAIIII AISA MERA PYAAR HAIIII

[anik]

do you enjoy listening to pop punk when you're trippin

i’m so sorry if this sounds mean. but i have literally never once in my life enjoyed listening to pop punk.