#i obviously don't think is BAD. but it has started to color my view of mass media in the raw to view that as the ideal endpoint

[starlit-mansion]

Watching F.D. Signifier's video on the social dynamics and media representation of interracial relationships really broke my brain open on how much i was prioritizing the interracial relationships in media i like or was very influential to me as more progressive, and more comfortable to me because of their proximity to whiteness. It's absolutely not the final word on the subject, but I personally found it very helpful

[holyfruitsnax]

Venus Van DAYUM

A/N: Title may be temporary I just couldn't think of anything clever to name this. UM so I put out a poll on who to write for next and I didn't include our favorite trans honey, Venus Van Fuckin' Dam. Obviously when I got comments saying Venus I had to write something for her. I've had a creative itch these past few days and this has not helped cause I just love her and want to write MORE. Anyways enjoy. (PLEASE! I have never written for a trans individual before so if you have any feedback or tips for that LEMME KNO OKAY. I just ended up writing her like a lady because that's what she is, just describing other appendages as I saw fit!!)

Pairing: Venus Van Dam x Fem!Reader

Warnings: SMUT, PnV, Riding & Face sitting for just a sec, Foul Language, Jax is a little shit, Venus is HOT and a wise trans mommy, never proof read (Obviously)

Your glass clinked against the shined wood counter, laughter and music filled the biker bar. Your eyes narrowing as they trailed a certain tall brunette, her lean arms wrapped around the neck of your good friend Jackson Teller. Of course he'd do this. Since you'd started hanging around Venus more often, finding the two of you had more in common than you'd first thought, your closer friends had made it their mission to absolutely tease you. So when Jax approached Venus and asked if she'd like to dance, you told her to go ahead with a strained smile. Now, she danced up close to the blonde man with a wide smile as they spoke behind the music. The sound of her boisterous laugh filled your ears, your own eyes moving up her body to catch her doe like Hazel eyes staring at you. Your predatory stare causing the woman to swallow thickly, patting Jax on the shoulder before she moved away from him with a finger pointed in your direction.

"My bad Chick, you can have your girlfriend back." Jax's blue eyes sparkled with mischief as he lifted his hands in the air. "Thanks Jax." You smiled sheepishly looking down at your drink, Venus's black heels clicking as she came into view again. There it was, the thing that made Venus want to poke at you. To dig deep. You never seemed to deny the things your friends said when it came to the two of you being something more. Venus bent at the waist, large hand wrapping around your glass to take a swig of the fruity mixture you'd chosen. Her lips wrapped over the rim, eyes connecting with your own as she swallowed with an appreciative hum. "You've been starin' sweetheart. Course I can't blame you." She teased, her free hand pushing beneath her large chest for emphasis. She wore a little black dress, the long tight sleeves showing every muscle in her long arms, the low neckline practically giving you a full view of her breasts, and a hem so short you could slouch and see her panties while she had danced with Jax. It had to be on purpose.

You shrugged with a smug smirk, shoulders rolling back as Venus brought the glass back to your lips forcing to to take a drink. "I don't know how much more of this I can take." Your voice airy being so close to the woman. "Me or the drinks?" Venus jested with a raised brow, swirling the bright colored drink infront of you. "Both." You laughed placing your head in your hands as your shoulders shook. "Well then answer this for me..." Venus encouraged you to finish your drink in a few gulps, the slight burn of your throat making you hiss as you stared at her, waiting. "Are you just gonna sit here and stare at me all night...Or are we gonna dance?" Your mouth fell open at her words, fingers tapping the bar twice before holding up two fingers to call two shots of liquor your way. You watched as Venus reached around you, arm grazing your shoulder as she took one of the shots. Downing your own quickly you nodded sliding off of the barstool you'd sat on for the past forty five minutes.

"Yeah, yeah let's dance." You matched Venus's giddy grin, hands wrapping together as you back her towards the dance floor. You weren't sure if it was the alcohol or the effect being so close to Venus had on you but, you quickly found yourself grinding against her to the beat of the music. Venus's hips rolled as she pressed her ass against you, hands playing in the air, hair flipping to one side as she looked back at you. Your hands found their place on her firm hips, one moving to hold down the short hem of her dress so she could let loose. The two of you danced song after song, having drink after drink until you found yourself fumbling over your words. "S-so fuckin' sexy." You mumbled as Venus turned in your arms, brows raised in shock. "You don't understand- jus' how much I want you baby." Your voice slurred as you continued to grind against Venus's hips beginning to feel her bulge beneath her dress. "I think someone's had too much to-" Venus's sultry voice began though it was stopped when your lips pressed needily against hers.

Hoots and hollers pulled you back to reality as you and Venus drunkenly made out on the dance floor. Oh shit. You retracted your body from hers ignoring the sweet taste her lips left behind, pink lipstick staining your skin. Your eyes darted between the boys and Venus's confused face as you cleared your throat. Before you could say anything your feet carried you out of the bar at a fast pace, Venus following close behind. "Hey Y/N wait- can we-" Venus started, hand finding its place on your shoulder so she could spin you around to face her. "I'm sorry." You mumbled. eyes panning to the side, the sweet, understanding look in her eyes being hard to look at. "I'm going home...You wanna ride?" Your throat clench around your words trying your best to hold back the intense push and pull of your heart. "I don't know if you should be driving-" She shook her head glancing at your bike. "S'just around the corner, dorm at the warehouse so." You waved your hand through the air as you spoke, stance a bit wobbly.

Despite better judgement Venus let you strap a helmet to her head, hopping in the back if the bike with you. You revved the bike loudly before riding off down the street, knuckles white as you gripped the handlebars tightly. "I don't pretend to know what goes on in that pretty little head of yours Chick...But I'm starting to understand how you really feel." Venus's voice raised over the engine making you chew at your bottom lip. Her hands found their way around your torso, gliding up and down your sides before trailing up to your breasts, well manicured fingers plucking the top few buttons of your vest open so she could squeeze the soft flesh underneath. Your teeth clenched trying to ignore the way she moved to press her bulge against your ass. "Venus." Your voice serious as you pulled into the warehouse parking lot, sliding off the bike with Venus. You began to make your way through the warehouse, Venus's small remarks left behind you until you found yourself at the end of the dorm hallway. "Please- please stop ignoring me Y/N." Venus stood at the bottom of the stairs with her arms crossed accentuating her biceps.

You turned to face her with a lost expression painted on your face. "You're not mad at me yet?" You faltered, watching the tall woman shake her head. "No...No you see I've been like you before sweetheart. Hurt and confused, but I think the real reason you're running from me....Is because you're scared. Scared of what other people may think, scared of this, the way I make you feel...Scared because you know that this could be something real." Venus's eyes searched yours as she made her way up the stairs to you, her hips swaying with each step. Your mouth opened and closed, brows knitting as you took in her wise words. You found yourself surrounded by her presence as she started backing you down the hall. "Now, I am a woman that knows what I want...The real question is- are you?" She teased, eyes raking over your body making you shiver. In a flash you'd grabbed Venus, pushing her back against an archway, lips crashing against hers like before.

Venus's knees buckled beneath her as you pushed your thigh between her legs, one hand placed firmly against the doorframe while the other laced itself in your hair. You parted her lips with your tongue, exploring the wet cavern with heavy breaths as Venus moaned into your mouth. You pulled back, both of your chests heaving while Venus rolled her hips over your thigh. "You're right, okay? I am nervous, a-and scared...and I really do- want you." You confessed, eyes dancing with Venus's wide blown pupils. This time, Venus kissed you, a sweet pent up kiss making you groan at the contact. You trailed your lips down Venus's neck taking a moment to nip at her adams apple before finding your way to her large tits. Your eyes flicked up to watch Venus pull her bottom lip between her teeth as your lips closed around a bud through the thin fabric of her dress, fingers moving the fabric out of the way to finally swirl your tongue around the hardened pink bud, enjoying the way your fingers sank into the heavy flesh.

"Where the hell's your room?" Venus panted above you, fingers raking through your hair. You released Venus from the wall, eyes intense as you lead her a little further down the hall, watching the bounce of her bare tits as she walked. You unlocked and pushed open the door to your room as thick, french tip adorned fingers pushed your leather vest off your shoulders. One of your hands bolted to grip around one of Venus's wrists to stop her, you flung the vest onto the bed and pulled her hand to your mouth sucking a digit while you slid her black dress down her legs, enjoying the small noise she tried to hide. "Put it on." You commanded, head tilting towards the vest making Venus's eyes go wide but, she did as you asked pulling the leather over her bare skin, leaving the front open. You hummed approvingly staring at Venus with half lidded eyes, backing her up against the bed to push her back onto the sheets. Swift movements remove the rest of your clothes as you threw your legs on either side of Venus's lean torso, her dick hard and dripping already as you ground your ass against it.

Her hands found the back of your thighs pulling you up to hover over her face, desperately bringing your hips down so she could flatten her tongue against your slit. You moaned at the feeling of her warm wet tongue playing with you, the muscle dipping between your folds to circle your clit and prod deeply into your cunt. Your back arched as you pressed further down against Venus's face, her heavy grunts and moans making your heart thump wildly, eyes falling shut as she ate you out. You pulled up feeling a tight bundle build in your lower stomach, Venus's hands gripping at the soft flesh of your ass as you pushed her away gently. "As good as that feels baby...I want something else.." You tilted your head as Venus helped you slide back down her body. Your eyes taking in the flush that had spread along her face, neck and chest. You lined yourself up over her thick cock, teasing your folds over her sensitive tip making her breath hitch in her throat.

"Come on sweetheart, I know you can take it." Venus's southern accent sang up to you, satisfied when you finally sank down around her dick, warm tight muscles pulling her deep inside making you both moan out. "S-so, so pretty." You called down to Venus making her smile as you began to roll and bounce your hips against hers, fingers brushing her curled brown hair out of her face. You started off with a slow smooth rhythm, raising your hips before settling back down flush against Venus, your ministrations pulling a deeper throaty moan from her. "Feel good baby? Hmm?" You jested with a roll of your hips feeling yourself flutter around Venus as another low moan draws from her. You liked hearing both of her voices, both being part of her. The hard pull of her cock paired with the soft bounce of her tits, the sharp yet feminine features her face held made your eyes roll back in pleasure. She was like a big ol' southern gift wrapped in a pretty pink bow.

"Yes- Lord yes! darlin'...sweetest little thing I've ever had-Ohhh shit." The next moan higher as she bucked up into you, encouraging you as you bounced your hips faster against her, nails biting into the leather of your vest she wore. "That's right darlin'...Fuck yourself on my cock." Venus bit out through pearly white teeth, fingers rolling against your swollen clit making you throw your head back and moan. That familiar taught feeling filled your belly again, walls gripping repeatedly as you rode Venus sloppier. "M-gonna come, oh god Y/N you're gonna make me- ahh." Venus panted and clenched her teeth, dick twitching inside of you as she released with a guttural moan, hands gripping at your chest. You came with a high moan, gushing around Venus, your orgasm lengthening her own as she writhed beneath you, hips pumping in and out of you slowly with small "oh's" falling from her. Venus tugged you down close to her chest so she could hungrily kissed you, hands lifting your shaky hips and thighs to help you off of her. You stared in silence at one another, hands lovingly petting either side of Venus's face.

"I love you." You blurted, voice hushed, though you were sure anyone else in the dorms had already been disturbed between the moaning and banging of your headboard against the wall. Venus grinned happily, placing a chaste kiss against your lips "I love you too darlin.". The alcohol you'd consumed earlier made your eyes grow heavy, pairing with the warmth Venus supplied next to you. Her large hand ran circled around the soft skin of your back and shoulders. "So- does this make us girlfriends?" You chuckled lifting your head to look over at Venus who smiled back at you with a nod. "This makes us whatever you want us to be babydoll. If you want casual, you want serious, consider it done." Venus caressed your face, lips falling against your forehead as you hummed in thought. "Alright..." Your voice going soft as darkness invaded your vision.

"You really think blackmail is the best decision here?" Bobby shook his head at Jax and the other members sat at the table. Venus's hips switched as she made her way down the stairs, multiple sets of eyes landing on her form. She wore a little pair of your sleep shorts and your vest, still open, an eyebrow sassily raised at the boys with her hands on her hips. "Bet y'all ain't ever seen tits this good in one of these before hmm?" Venus shimmied her chest as a few of the boys cackled seeing Tig's face follow the woman. "You jealous Tiger?" She teased his way watching him shrug "A little." He nodded. "I know you are!" Venus exclaimed with a slight, giddy squat "Now, if you gentlemen will excuse me, my baby's gonna need an aspirin and some water." She laughed, long legs trotting off to the communal kitchen. You had raced out of bed after waking up alone, standing at the top of the stairs as Venus disappeared into the kitchen. "Heard you needed an aspirin...Baby." Jax giggled watching your face grow hot beneath their stares, not minding the shy smile that tugged at your lips.

[fluffydice]

I've mentioned it before, but I think I finally want to try and explain how I write the characters in my Saiki K fics. It's mostly for me because I love talking about writing and Saiki K, but maybe some of you will enjoy this, too.

I did Toritsuka because @akechi-gf mentioned wanting tips on writing his dialogue, but 1) I felt bad info-dumping on his post and 2) didn't quite answer the dialogue answer and jumped straight into characterization (Sorry! Hope this still helps you in some convoluted way, if you're willing to read it all LMAO)

Obviously, he's very aggressively horny. He and Aiura are probably one of the firsts to laugh over something that could be taken the wrong way. But I think it's his way of trying to connect with others. He might open a conversation with some odd, vaguely creepy comment on a girl with the intention of moving the subject to something else.

He's vulgar, though I don't consider him much of a swearer. Not when compared to Kuboyasu or maybe even Kaido.

I personally write him as someone who is very opinionated. If he thinks Saiki is being too passive, or in over his head, Toritsuka is going to tell him straight up. Even if he knows the other won't take it well.

That's a big part of their relationship, I feel: even if Toritsuka is the first to cower away from Saiki puffing out his chest, he's also the first to come bounding back. He's not a 'once burned, twice shy' kind of guy. He doesn't really hold grudges, and can't quite go through with threats. I think it's why Saiki puts up with him. Like Nendo, Toritsuka is very devoted.

If you want to portray him differently, that's alright, but I always feel that something people miss with all the Saiki K. characters is that most of them are genuine assholes. They're teenagers, and I feel Toritsuka exemplifies this best. He'll say hurtful things and fucking mean them. It doesn't make him a bad person, but he definitely doesn't have the same emotional regulation as...I was going to give an example but I don't know if any of the kids are good at that. Akechi, maybe.

And speaking of emotions, he's not the best with them. He understands them, sure, but he's not even remotely delicate. That means he'll back off easily when he thinks things are beyond him. If Saiki tells him to leave it alone, that's what he's going to do. He isn't a bad guy. Toritsuka doesn't want to actively make things worse.

And on that note, he's also really fucking whiny. I try really hard not to shy away from making characters unlikable in certain aspects. If they're annoying, make them annoying. If they're a jerk, then so be it. I don't like sacrificing personality for likability. I just make sure its balanced out by other things. Toritsuka, despite his faults, has a lot of things genuinely good about him. He has pure, unadulterated faith in people, a genuine desire to become a better person (after some nudging), has shown care toward his ghosts...there's definitely stuff there.

Toritsuka's world view is fucked up, point blank. The way he talks about women isn't right. If I wrote from his perspective, it'd probably include him objectifying them. But, depending on what period of his development he's in, he might be able to step back and acknowledge that what he's thinking isn't right. He's very capable of growing and changing. Even if he's reluctant with it, he starts being less self-centered and more willing to do things just because it's the right thing to do.

He has mommy and daddy issues up the fucking wall. I think it colors his interactions with the other psychickers (who are willing to keep him in check), especially Saiki (who mother-hens basically anything that moves). He needs guidance, even if it's a bit of bullying.

[blorger]

Two households, both alike in dignity, from ancient grudge break into new mutiny

If we didn't know for a fact that Lucius loves his mean smokeshow of a wife and that Arthur is forever doomed to a sad life of heteropessimism with Molly and their ginger horde I'd say we were looking at the love story of the century.

Seriously, their relationship has everything: a fraught history (have the Malfoys and the Weasleys been feuding since time immemorial or did Lucius and Arthur start this delightful rivalry ex novo?), banter, "he was rapidly becoming obsessed with Draco Malfoy"-levels of mutual curiosity... this is Drarry on steroids, people, well and truly.

Let us mourn this great ship that never was by taking a leisurely stroll through canon and observing the many delightful interactions of Messrs. Malfoy and Weasley:

(PS, Draco is introduced as Lucius's son)

Our introduction to sweet Lucius comes by way of Arthur, because of course he rants about the Malfoys and their slippery ways to his unsuspecting children frequently enough for them to absorb his Anti-Malfoy views.

(CoS, Lucius is getting rid of some slightly cursed objects)

Lucius takes time out of his busy day to make sure notoriously shady Knockturn alley shopkeeper mr Borgin is forewarned about the awfulness of one mr Arthur Weasley, completely unprompted.

(CoS, Arthur is glad to hear tidings of his Nemesis)

Keep it in your pants Arthur, you just lost a child via floo, maybe focus on him for a while (spoiler alert: he doesn't).

(CoS, the Flourish and Blotts kerfuffle, also the preamble to the Great Diary Switcharoo of '92)

Draco obviously subscribes to the Lucius Malfoy School of Pigtail-Pulling. Here we can see the master at play; carefully observe how just a couple of sentences are enough to drive a good man to insanity (read: public fistfight in front of one's children).

(CoS, Lucius makes the news )

Lucius would like everyone to focus their attention on how bad bad Arthur Weasley really is, who cares about a stupid flying car.

(GoF, a fateful meeting on the stands of the quidditch world cup)

the "said softly" really gets to me. Lucius honestly thinks the Weasleys live a shameful life of poverty in a ramshackle hovel. I bet you he wasn't even meaning to roast him (too much), that's how surprised he was to see him there.

(GoF, Lucius is letting loose with some light hate crimes, he's not exactly being discreet )

I'd rather die than Iet my children know my kinks this well. Everyone knows what Arthur's n1 dream is, god, do you think he asks Molly to roleplay as Lucius when they play catch the criminal?

(OotP, meet-cute at the ministry)

Come on Lucius, as if you don't know exactly where is office is, who he works with and what color socks he's currently wearing.

Too bad this is their last interaction, though it's as the saying goes: 'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

RIP in peace Arthucius, you were too good for this world.

[supergraphicultramodernizzy]

wnba rant

tldr: I started watching the WNBA this year and am bothered by the racist remarks about Caitlin Clark’s black teammates/other WNBA players who are people of color over minor incidents. While Clark is talented, it's troubling that she doesn't address the bigotry among some of her fans. The criticism of her teammates and other women of color is unfair and rooted in racism, not a need to call out “jealousy.”

First of all, I’m going to be honest and say that I didn’t start watching the WNBA until this year because I don’t like watching sports in general (I have a short attention span and I'm too physically weak to be good at sports myself) but since the beginning of this season/after the 2024 draft I've been watching a lot of the games in person and online.

So many WNBA fans & people, in general, are saying the most outrageous things about Caitlin Clark’s teammates because of the smallest actions from them (for example, one of her teammates supposedly side-eyeing her after she showed up to a post-game interview late). The people saying these things also tend to only focus on the women on the team who are black — which very obviously shows how racist they (the people posting about them being rude to/jealous of Caitlin) are. On top of that, those people are the same ones saying that Angel Reese is jealous of Caitlin and then using more racism to show how they’re “right.”

There are so many layers to why these people are wrong and racist. I, as a white person, probably can’t even point out all the racist remarks and actions from some fans because I simply didn’t grow up with people being racist to me (and I never will experience that because I'm white). A scary large amount of people in general seem to think that people can be racist to white people… which is just so obviously not true. (If you already know why that isn’t true then skip to the next paragraph.) Many sources and experts have confirmed and explained why that isn’t true, but of course, nobody is obligated to explain common sense to bigots. If you genuinely don’t understand why people can’t be racist to white people, the very basic and watered-down answer is that it’s not possible because of the systematic power being white gives someone. People can have racial prejudice about white people (which could be like saying “white people can’t dance”), but that isn’t the same as actual racism (for so many reasons). I feel like this is also very obvious, but I’m not saying white people can’t experience discrimination. I am just saying that we can’t experience discrimination for being white.

I know posts with racist content about WOC in the WNBA tend to be ragebait but that doesn’t make those posts any more “okay.” Normalizing racism for likes, views, attention, or anything else isn’t okay (obviously). Yes, Caitlin Clark is a talented woman, but the other women in the WNBA who people say “are jealous of/upset about Caitlin because they’re racist” are so irritating. I can’t even sum up all the reasons those people are infuriating, but if I had to make a list I’d say they’re annoying & incorrect because:

Everyone is allowed to be jealous of someone else because it is a human emotion that everyone experiences at some point in their life. Even if some people in the WNBA are jealous of Caitlin, they’re allowed to feel that way. They’re not “bad” because of their feelings.

As I said earlier, no one can be racist to white people.

Many players aren’t jealous of Caitlin, they’re just playing basketball. It’s their job. Several of them, if not all, have been playing basketball for most of their lives. Some people are more competitive, some people aren’t. Many fans confuse being competitive with being aggressive, which is a misconception that is harmful to everyone.

It’s weird to idolize a player who has said, “[My name being weaponized by others to justify discrimination is] not something I can control. So I don't put too much thought and time into thinking about things like that and to be honest, I don't see a lot of it." That's strange to say because it’s nearly impossible to scroll through social media posts about the WNBA and not see people using Caitlin to justify their bigotry. I just don’t understand how someone could acknowledge that people are saying homophobic and racist things about their teammates and not feel obligated to speak against it.

There are many more reasons why idolizing Caitlin Clark & putting down other WNBA players is weird, but honestly, I don’t want to sit here on my phone for several more hours and type those out. I also feel like several reasons it’s weird are just common sense.

Anyway, I’m sorry for the long rant and I doubt anyone will read this but I just felt the need to tell some people to stfu (but I doubt they will listen).

Goodbye and don’t be an asshole xx

[fluffywings13]

Hi~

In your last story you talked about Yuuji giving Sukuna a second chance, I was wondering if you could imagine him having a redemption arc (I mean sort of because I honestly love how Sukuna is as an evil person *lol*) in your stories or in the Manga?

I mean as if in a turn of events, Sorcerers are also not that good towards humans and curses alike to be fair... And I feel as if the Manga is based on their opinion mostly but I would love a backstory (evil or not) on Sukuna ! Sorry I digress... But I love how you portray him in your stories, both evil and soft for his children/ Yuuji , I absolutely loved how non-judgemental he was when Yuuji admitted he liked being tickled (also, real thought, I definitely imagine Sukuna is ticklish but the person trying to get him would die *-*)

I love your stories, and I hope you'll have an amazing day!

Hi!! Welcome Anon!

I'm actually so happy that you asked this because I've been dying to get into my thoughts on the matter of Sukuna and his motives and the possibility of a redemption arc for him.

I think I could definitely see a redemption arc for him, at the very least he definitely has one in my own world that I've created, and from what very little we know about him in the Manga/Anime it's very possible. Redemption is not the word I'd use though, I'd say in a manner of speaking, he's allowed the opportunity to show his true colors. So to say.

As we all know, history is written by the victor, and as a species humanity is well known for not looking kindly on things we don't understand. Personally, I think the second set of eyes came in after his resurrection as a Cursed Spirit, but his image with four arms is his natural form. Based on the real Ryomen Sukuna we know of, historically he did have four arms, and because of this he was treated with disdain and cruelty.

I personally love the idea of Sukuna being more on the Evil Side because of betrayal and the heinous treatment he received for being a 'mutant' as he was. Due to the fact that it was the Jujutsu Sorcerers of the time he was hunted down and slaughtered who wrote the Story that the Jujutsu World knows (and thus us as the Reader/Watcher see too) it's hard to imagine them writing that Sukuna was a decent person with a kind heart while then describing how they savagely killed him for no other reason then being something they didn't understand.

In my opinion, originally, despite how he was treated by those around him for his 'deformities' Sukuna wasn't the Evil Power Hungry Villain he was painted out to be. Obviously he had Cursed Energy, strong Cursed Energy at that, but I imagine him being sort of a recluse and keeping mainly to himself because from his experience being around normal society those like him are met with disdain and mistreatment. He wasn't evil, not at the start, he wasn't cruel, not in the beginning. As he became stronger of his own learning and such, due to the fact he was already perceived as a 'bad omen' or even more a 'curse' because of his appearance, he was betrayed.

His initial statement of "You Jujutsu Sorcerers never change! No matter the Era!" is very telling to me in the way things actually went down between them back in the day. It gives way, in my opinion, that perhaps he faced betrayal by someone or a small group of individuals that he trusted and was brutally murdered for it. Sukuna was then reborn from the fear and hatred of those who knew him and the hatred he had in his own heart for the people he thought he could trust who turned on him without hesitation.

The idea that Yuuji treats him as a Person over that of a Curse, not so much as overlooking the things he did after he came back as a Cursed Spirit but not allowing the opinions of others to determine his own view of someone, is so important to me. Because I feel as if the Sukuna written about in the Jujutsu Texts and the real Sukuna without given reason to treat someone with disdain and hatred are two vastly different individuals.

Yuuji treating Sukuna like he does everyone else, with decency and humanity and respect, could very well be what breaks this Character Sukuna's been forced into playing. A means to show the others that you shouldn't believe everything you hear or read, especially the latter in a historical context, because often more times then not vital details are always left out to give way to the notion that the savagery that was bestowed upon a person/civilization was deserved to ensure those who did the act don't come out appearing as Mass Murderers/Savages themselves. Ultimately shifting the blame from the true Evil party to the Party who could not defend themselves due to the fact of their ultimate vanquishing.

LOL sorry for rambling!! Hope this makes sense!!

[thepeculiarbird]

Characters from project.dgkotr

So as you (maybe) know, I've been working on this wip for over a year now. So I've been thinking of introducing my characters, this will be updated from times to times if there's a new character or if I just find something interesting about an already existing one.

This is mostly based on their 'volume 1 versions' so most things happening in volume 2 or 3 won't be written here.

If you want informations about any of the characters, check on my blog and look for # with the corresponding emoji (exemple : #🦩). If you still can't find what you want, leave an ask or a comment and I'll try to answer as best as I can !

MCs :

🖌️ - Noe / 21-22 (start-finish) / Gay / He-Him

Noe is one of the mcs. His dad disappeared for (not so) unknown reasons when he was 5 so he doesn't actually know him that much. He studies art in an art school where he met Adam and Devyn. You guessed it, he likes to draw and he also used to play trumpet but just kinda gave up lessons.

In volume 1, we start with his point of view (or pov).

📷 - Madhi / 22 / Bisexual and Ace / He-Him

Madhi is also a mc. He lives with his parents and his two sisters in the same city as Noe and Danae. He dates Danae, however, there's been some tension between the two and it may not go completely well. He studies journalism and likes to write but it's not really a hobby.

In volume 1, we finish with his point of view (or pov).

🛹 - Danae / 21-22 (start-finish) / Up for interpretation / She-Her

Danae is the third mc. She lives with her parents and her brother, Alec. She doesn't study but it is mentionned once that she works at McDonalds. She spends time skateboarding, roller-skating and she loves trying new ice-cream flavors and drinks (well at least that's what her bf thinks). She's kind of the mom friend. She dates Madhi as told above, she was really happy to be apart of the 'little' investigation, until of course, the discovery of the cult...

She's often called "Dan" for short by her family and Noe, her boyfriend doesn't use that nickname as much.

Deuteragonists :

🦩 - Prescillia / around 18 / Lesbian / She-Her

Prescillia is Madhi's sister, she's the middle child. She wants to become a fashion designer because she loves knitting and she will use her brother as a mannequin for the clothes she made. Her bestie is Sibylle <3.

🎸 - Alec / around 15 / Up for interpretation / He-Him

Alec is Dan's brother. He's in a band with 3 friends, he's the guitarist of that band. They play for little school shows or other small events. He cares a lot about his friends and sister even if doesn't show it much. He's also really close with Martin since they knew eachother for so long and he was really scared Martin wouldn't make it after 'the incident'.

🍭 - Devyn / 22 / Up for interpretation / She-Her

Appearance

Devyn is the silly person "every" friend group has. She also studies art, digital art to be more precise. Even tho she seems really innocent, there are some secrets about her. She never knew her mother, her dad told her that she went to prison and Devyn just believed it. She loves wearing really colorful accessories around her neck, in her hair or attached to her clothes, kind of decora aesthetic.

She does not make a physical appearance in volume 1 but is mentionned.

🦆 - Adam / 22 / Aroace / He-Him

Appearance

Adam is another less important mc. Like Noe and Devyn, he studies art, he loves to practise human anatomy and would have probably study sciences if he wasn't so bad at it. When he meets Prescillia, he agrees to be used as a mannequin instead of her brother, making all of them happy. Also, a lot of people thinks he dates Devyn which makes him laugh everytime someone mentions it because they obviously don't.

He does not make a physical appearance in volume 1 but is mentionned.

Side characters :

🧁 - Leslie / 10 / She-Her

Leslie is Prescillia and Madhi's little sister, she's the youngest child and she's so fucking cute.

📚 - Sibylle / around 18 / Up for interpretation / She-Her

Sibylle is a smart girl, she's stated as Prescillia's best friend.

🎤 - Oriane / around 15 / Up for interpretation / She-Her

Oriane is the singer in the same band as Alec. She's in a relationship with another member of the band. She has red and black hair. She also knows how to play guitar.

🍕 - Martin / around 15 / Up for interpretation / He-Him

Martin is the leader of the band where Alec and Oriane are in. He always has a smile on his face and is really good at helping people. He plays bass probably (I'm not an expert in music sorry) His best-friend is Alec.

🔮 - Honorine / around 18 / Up for interpretation / She-Her

Honorine is a member of the cult, she will appear hopefully in every book I write for this wip idea. Don't mess with her because even if she doesn't approve totally what the cult does, she can still kill you. She's very attached to her notebook. (She's more than a side character but doesn't really fit in the deuteragonists)

🎨 - Beatrice / 22 / Up for interpretation / She-Her

Beatrice is Noe's classmate at art school, at the beginning she dates his ex actually. She's quite mean but don't worry, that'll get better, hopefully. She mostly dresses in yellow and brown and she loves 60/70's clothing style.

🏚️ - Fronsant-sur-Breuil / Every character living in this village

This will represent the people leaving at Fronsant like Tristan, Cassie, Henry or even the Mayor. Since they're not as important as other characters and that there are a lot of them, I'm putting them all together.

Pets :

☁️ - Cloud / cat / female

Cloud is Dan and Alec's cat. She is grey/white and she looks like a cloud.

🦎 - Dino / dog / male

Dino was Noe's dog but he died when Noe was around 13. He was a barbet.

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Chapter 10: Loki

Alice had no idea where her father was at the moment. She was just wondering about the helicarrier avoiding people. Every time she saw a person, she'd turn the other corner. Now she was lost in the lower levels of the helicarrier. She had yet to see any views. But she did find a very interesting door.

Loki sat in a glass cell once again. If he remembered correctly, this was the exact same cell he was in last time, but this time it had more security was necessary, and he didn't complain. It actually made him feel kind of special.

Loki was suddenly pulled from his thoughts by the sound of the door opening. She walked back into the room before she turned around to face him. She was short, maybe 5′3 she had long Raven black hair and two different eye colors, left eyes brown and right blueish green. She wore a green long sleeve colored dress with white flats and a bulletproof vest.

Loki actually that she was a lost child. No one came here of purpose without a purpose especially not this young.

"Are you lost, child?

She shrugs as she begins to fidget with her fingers.

"Do you know who I am?" Alice shook her head "Have you been living under a rock, " Loki said harshly Alice flinched and took a few steps back "I destroyed Manhattan. Attempted to take over the world. you really don't know who I am?"

"no... sorry," she said. Loki looked confused for a moment before he composed himself and said "Loki Odin- Laufeyson, Loki Laufeyson."

"Hi, Loki" he liked the way she said his name unlike others, it was strangely sweet instead of bitter with distaste, but it was also a bit rough, as if unused for a long time. She liked at his glass cage in confusion.

"I was bad. You should go away now" Loki turned around trying to ignore Alice. She obliviously wasn't supposed to be here, she said that herself. He wasn't going to get involved with her now right now at least.

Instead of leaving, Alice sat on the floor outside of his cell. This girl was looking for trouble. " W-what ...happened?" She stuttered

Guards would be here any minute to escort her out. He knew this she obviously didn't.

He should have told her to go, to leave before they came to drag her away. He should tell her if she stayed, she'd get hurt. He should have said that, but he couldn't find the words. " I'm that eager to tell my life story"

"Okay" Alice didn't know why, but she, for some reason, found Loki very interesting. He was charming. She found herself feeling very drawn to Loki. He didn't look so bad after all. She knew she'd probably get in trouble, but she really felt something for him.

The two talked, well Loki talked. Alice nodded and gave one-word responses until someone finally came for her.

-

Thor was busy trying to convince the other Avengers to let Loki stay. It was challenging, but a few were starting to change. And proposing ideas and rules.

"he'll be confined to the tower. He won't leave without being escorted. Loki has changed and he's here to prove it"

"okay. okay" Steve finally says "he can stay. But in the tower. He'll assist us on missions. Three strikes and he's out"

"wait for what!?" Clint jumped up. He did not like this one bit. "We're seriously letting him stay after all he's done. He destroyed Manhattan"

"hey think of this Barton. He's an Avenger so he has to train with Avengers perfect time to kick his ass" Sam said cheering him up a bit. Everyone finally agreed.

As everyone got up and greeted Thor properly and told him what he missed Tony still sat deep in thought.

"If he's going to stay he can't know about Alice"

"Who?" Thor asked.

At that moment an Agent from below shouted "Sir, we've got a problem "

"what," Fury asked. "Someone is in Loki's cell room. A girl," Pulling up the feed. Sure enough, there was a girl sitting outside Loki's cell across from him. But not just any girl, Tony's baby girl.

Immediately all the Avengers were up an running, Thor very confusing but running along with everybody else anyway. They were exchanging family stories. Alice didn't have much to share but enjoyed listening to Loki's stories. The two were both startled when they heard a shout. Alice jumped up and backed up as her father marched in so anger she was pretty sure he could splitting the red seas.

"ALICE" Tony shouted. Loki immediately stood up in a protective way. Tony marched into the room, grabbed Alice by the forearm, looked directly into Loki's eyes, and said: "Strike one".

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Head cannon for Jeff;

❗❗❗ART ISN'T MINE 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝘼𝙍𝙏 𝙄𝙎𝙉'𝙏 𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙀, I'm using this for visuals, I'm too tired to draw anything out but yea credit to these artist❗❗

So for mr jeffy boy, I like to use BanningK's jeff. If you haven't heard or read the story and know of the time line, PLEASE check out Mr.creepypasta's videos for it, they are the SHIT.

So anyways, Jeff in this timeline by the original author, he doesn't carve a smile into his face, doesn't magically turn white because of being burned. Instead of that happening, the three boys still gang up on him. 𝘽𝙪𝙩, the main one, I forget his name, his mom and Jeff's mom decided they should get to know one another, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘶'𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴. Granted, Jeff beat the shit out of the kids but whatever. Cops knew and were friends with the asshole crotch goblins families so they were on their side for the most part. 𝘼𝙉𝙔𝙃𝙊𝙊𝘿𝙇𝙀, Jeff goes over to this kids house, and they actually get along ang bond over some stuff. Eventually, their moms' leave, 𝙊𝙊𝙊 𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙉𝘼𝙈𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙎 𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙔, and Randy tells Jeff to follow him. They go into his garage and he eventually shows Jeff his flare gun. Jeff, not wanting to deal with more fighting, tries to leave, but Troy and Keith show up, and Randy's saying basically to let them beat Jeff up. And Jeff, losing it, beat the fuck out of all them basically. Randy's and Jeff's mom eventually come back, they hear the car pull up. Randy freaks out and tells them he needs to put the flare. Everyone starts putting stuff away, and as Jeff goes to pick up magazines, Randy actually accidentally drops the flare, it goes off and shoots Jeff in the face. So, now half of his face is burned, and he's blind in his left eye. Doesn't turn any shade of color, it's just burned skin now. He doesn't kill his brother either in this one, his brother actually goes on to write books about his brother. I think it's called "friend, brother, killer. By Liu Woods" some shit like that.

𝘽𝙐𝙏 𝙉𝙊𝙒 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙐𝘼𝙇 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝘿 𝘾𝘼𝙉𝙉𝙊𝙉-𝙎𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙔 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔 𝘾𝙍𝘼𝙋 𝙄 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙉𝙀𝙀𝘿𝙀𝘿 𝙄𝙏 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙏𝙊 𝙎𝙊𝙍𝙏𝘼 𝙈𝘼𝙆𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝙔 𝙎𝙀𝙉𝙎𝙀

So, Jeff sees certain members of slender's proxy and acquaintances, (such as LJ, Jason the toy maker + Candy pop, Hobo Heart, and others), as family. Especially since his actual family was ehhhh not the best. Granted, he killed his parents but if they actually acknowledged their children and what was 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 going on, maybe they'd be alive. He views Sally as a little sister, and he has mixed feelings about her. Not in a bad sense, just, he feels awful. Especially since Jackson (EJ Goes by Jackson for my HC since LJS there and he tends to prefer it anyways), filled him in on what happened to her exactly. (𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙗𝙧𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚) He likes Jackson, but has no idea how he'd even approach a person, er uh, demon? Like him. He knows he has emotions and feeling like a "human" but obviously he's not human anymore. With Ben and Toby, they're like his weird gbf's (Ben and Toby do be gay tho), but Jeff doesn't mind them dating. He's actually the reason they said anything to each other in the first place.

With jinx, it's weird. He met her one time just doing his crap in the forest. She attached him, because she needed to eat. Jeff having experienced junk like this, threw her off and they kinda had a stand off. Jeff was v e r y confused. I don't blame him, she'd be wearing a floor length dress, similar to mortica adams, but more Victorian goth. Eventually though the develope like a bro, sibling type bond. She's imortal and almost as old as Jack (LJ) so he didn't try to pursue her in anyway, plus he had *hinted* about it to her one time and she made it clear they wouldn't work out, but she was flattered non the less.

Uhhh yeaaaa. I'll make one for Jinxs as well, especially because she's like my sona and I plan on writing a story about her background and how she became a vampire. It's sorta similar to Luis in "Interview with a vampire". But y'all will hear about this as I go hehe

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RA Headcanon: For Multiple Different Characters.

Just some nice queer headcanons I've had for some of the RA characters for a while. No in depth, I'll get more into that in June. All of them are LGBTQ+

Halt, Ferris and Caitlyn:

Okay so there is of course there is the headcanon that Halt is t r a n s

But what if he also identified as g e n d e r f l u i d ? (Those were the closest colors I could get sorry.)

This can also mix into the headcanon of Halt being trans. He was assigned female at birth, but now switches between identifying as a trans man and maybe n o n b i n a r y .

It's manily the prnouns that would change though. Sometimes he is he/him, sometimes he/they, and sometimes they/them. He doesn't mind if people call him he, they, or any neo pronounds either. The only ones he does mind is she/her because it reminds him of his shitty childhood with his (in my head) shitty transphobic and homophobic parents. He mainly identifies as a man, and mainly uses he/they pronouns.

Caitlyn is very supportive of her brother, and since Halt obviously wouldn't want to come out to his parents, she is really good at not taling and keeping it between the people who do know and support.

Some people would expect Ferris to also be trans and homophobic. Part of that reason because he tries to follow in their fathers foot steps, litsening to him. Which includes his views on things. Meaning that people might think that Ferris has grown up being transphobic and homophobic because of their fathers influence. But plot twist, he's actually a h o m o s e x u a l himself.

Crowley and his family:

Crowley is p a n s e x u a l and a s e x u a l. (Best I could do with limited colors.) Like Halt, he also uses he/they pronouns, but doesn't really mind neo pronouns. Unlike Halt, he also doesn't really mind being called she/her. He has only ever had one boyfriend and that was Halt. That one girl he kissed was a mistake that he doesn't talk about anymore. It wasn't anything bad, he just didn't like it. Now the only person he actually lets kiss him is Halt.

Crowley has an older brother named Conner who is ✨g a y✨ He is married to man named Josh. Conner and Josh adopted a boy when he was a baby called Lucas. They call him Luke and Lukey for short. Josh and Conner both use he/him pronouns but once again don't mind they/them.

They also have a younger sibling named Charlie. (all the children start with C) Charli is n o n b i n a r y and a r o a c e. Instead of Aunty or Uncle, Lucas calls them his Froggy Charlie. They love it. Charlie uses they/them pronouns and really any kind of neo pronouns, they just don't like she and he.

There parents are really supportive and are actually still alive and healthy. Their names are Margaret and Jakob. Charlie, Connor, Josh, Lucas, Margaret and Jakob all live in Redmont, Crowley being the only one who doesn't live near them as he is in Araluen. Halt has gotten close to the Meratyn family.

Leander and Lewin Sylvia:

Leander is also p a n s e x u a l . I don't have much more to say on that. He/him.

The Lewin in TEY is the old Lewin. She is now a t r a n s women named Sylvia. l don't know her sexuality. She/her.

I lied. This kind of did turn out to be in depth.

[xeilon]

Why? No! No! Valeria!

I've seen people speculating about who is her before, how she must have been a fellow Dax soldier to Teshin, who lost her life protecting the Orokin against the Tenno, or, perhaps one of the Golden Lords themselves, massacred, with him being able only to watch.

However, I don't think she would have been any of those things, in fact I don't think she died during the fights at all.

I came up with this theory while rewatching the Duviri Paradox trailer and especially from the comment made during the Devstream, that Teshin will be an important character to the Duviri plot.

So, I'm gonna start at the end, saying it now, evidence under the picture, that this lady IS Valeria herself, or at least the person who is meant to represent her in Duviri.

And I hear you saying: "You lost your mind!"

And all I have to say to this is "I've been non-stop thinking about a character that was name-dropped once, and was relevant for 10 full seconds with literally 0 information on her other that her name, FOR 2 WEEKS, OF COURSE I LOST MY FUCKING MIND. "

Now, having that covered, the promised evidence:

The Yuvan Theatre

The first time we hear about the Yuvan theater is during the War Within quest. Teshin describes it like this:

"A Yuvan theater, long abandoned. In ages past, I would have stood guard as the young and exotic were paraded through the mountain pass and marched by the viewing pane. They'd barter here, the Orokin. Withering and coughing as they prepared for their Continuity."

Part of the ceremony was described by Ordis like this:

"A harpish voice sings a song they've prepared in my honor. Its title the same as mine: 'Beast of the Bones'. I feel the crowd pulled inward, enraptured by the brutal verses, the sickening chorus."

Teshin, as a guard of the Golden Lords, would have had every chance to meet, talk, and have a close relationship with one of the singers of the theater, especially considering his own interests.

He gives us advice about our choices in a poem, one that he starts quoting even under the veil, he talks in riddles and verses, he believes having your mind be as sharp as your blade is a must, it's not at all out of character for him to be fascinated by this part of the Orokin's culture, and to seek out someone who can tell him all about it.

Faces of Duviri

Duviri is full of new, and old, faces, however only a few of those were important enough to appear in the trailers. Dominus Thrax, Bombastine, Teshin, and the singer who entertains Dominus.

In Duviri Dominus clearly meant to represent the Orokin, ruling above all, while everyone else is hoping for him to look at them favorably, and don't make their lives miserable. I believe Duviri is a world meant to torment those who entered it, most obviously by ridding the world of color.

The Drifter also has to parade around as the person, who he despises the most - Dominus - and Teshin? Well, he has to listen to the singing from far away.

(Interesting how the only 2 "places" that naturally have color in Duviri are Teshin's cave, and around the opera singer.)

(Even more interesting, is that if you go close to the Lone Guardian in a Conjunction Survival mission, you can hear her singing.)

The young and exotic

Another interesting thing in Duviri is how the citizens are the ones who look like the Orokin. Blue skin, one arm longer than the other, clothes inspired by Ancient Greece...

If Valeria looked like the singer in Duviri, then she must have been a perfect candidate for Continuity, wouldn't she?

And when the Veil started working on Teshin, the first thing it reminded him of were the lines of the Litany of the Dax that tell you to be patient, and do nothing, and just see how things turn out.

The Veil

A strange thing about the Veil is that it doesn't make you focus on a bad memory, but it very specifically turns memories "inside out".

When the Drifter got theirs the Veil would have had a much easier time reminding us of all those time when the Lotus abandoned us, when Margulis lied to us, but no, it instead started rewriting our memories of Margulis, to fit better with Ballas' fairy tale.

This tells me that memories seen by the Veil are fake, even if they are based on truth. However, Teshin was fighting against the influence of it, so there's a good chance that what he says is based on truth.

But... what does he say exactly?

Why? No! No! Valeria!

Why? Why would he ask "why" like that when the Tenno are killing the Dax and the Orokin around him left and right. There isn't really a question there, and even if there was, wouldn't that be angry? That "why" just sound... I don't know... not one said in the middle of the battlefield, but when something catches you completely off guard.

The whole thing sounds more like "I refuse to believe what you just said to me" rather than "how dare you kill her / oh no, she's dead".

"I-I can... see her... Tenno... why???"

Now, this is where things turn VERY good. Can you HEAR the amount of focus put on the word SEE?

This line to me obviously was said when the Tenno killed the Orokin, that used Valeria's body as their own. But something was out of place, which is that Teshin associates her with VOICE, the opera singer who he listened to for years while on duty, and he knows when "she" dies that he only SEES her at that moment.

He is confused at that memory, he was confused when it happened, knowing that Valeria was dead, yet seeing her die again, in the hands of the Tenno. And that's what the Veil can use, turning him against us. However, just like how the Drifter could tear down their mask, because of the absurdity of what they were hearing, that Ballas was the one who loved and saved them, well, Teshin too knew and felt how absurd all of it was, the anger and broken trust in the Orokin, hearing the voice of the one who gave Valeria the Kuva clashing with false memories.

And so he broke free, just to then fall into the Duviri, where a familiar tune started playing in that very moment.

[meeblo]

TBWF Reread Ch1

This one will have spoilers for further in the series, so read at your own risk if you aren't up to around ch25.

I especially like how the chapter covers look in the screentone heavy style of the early series.

"The sky looked noticeably vast today" connects back to the first color page in chapter 1 and the panel of Ren looking directly upward as he falls, continuing that small motif through the start of the series. This is also the only time Ren's dad is mentioned to my knowledge, with confirmation he's dead. Sheds some light onto what Ren's life was like prior, though you don't really see what his life was like until Springtime of Yuuth gives a look at what his home situation is like.

ch01p02 inverts ch00p14, with a mostly black page where Yuu calls to Ren at the top for ch00p14 and Lord Devil speaks Ren's name at the bottom of ch01p02. The difference is that while the ch0 page is from Yuu's point of view and thus the black section is solid, in ch1 it's from Ren's point of view so we get his internal monologue cutting into the void.

ch01p04 is the first full art page aside from the color view of the sky, an impactful way to show Ren's new situation. "Please tell me this is heaven" paired with obviously demonic imagery is a nice bit of irony.

ch01p05 shows an early look at Ramia's powers. It's visually consistent with when we see them actually used a while later, which is a nice touch. LD being a smug bastard and Ren being in denial on page 6.

The pages of Ren seeing the fabricated vision LD created followed by LD saying "are you ready to face reality" are great before you know but absolutely masterful when you have full context. On a first read, Ren is seeing his own horrible death, being forced to cope with it, and having to accept the situation is a great way of setting in the series' tone after the lighter but ominous chapter 0. On a reread though, when you know Ren didn't die and that the vision is fully fabricated, it's a sickening scene to see just how deeply Lord Devil manipulated Ren from the start.

ch01p12 is the first obvious sign of LD's bad vibes, with the speed lines and way the text "grab" is written showing the forcefulness of LD grabbing Ren, followed by the emotionally manipulative "you should be happy". Ren on p13 is so indignant that he has the courage to object to that, but even Ramia speaking (no offense Ramia but you're not the most intimidating) is enough to get him to meekly back down immediately. Page 14, LD smirks as Ren is falling apart, while Ramia notes his reaction.

p15, with the manipulative "I'm thinking of giving you a chance" Lord Devil is framing himself as oh-so-generous and benevolent. Ren is still in shock and highly vulnerable to manipulation and suggestion, and that's exactly what will happen.

My Art

This idea is something I had for a while, but I ended up just cutting my losses after starting over multiple times. I couldn't get what I had in my head down. In my head, LD would be more hunched forward, the arm shape even more exaggerated and... shapey? is that a term? as he looms over the scene. I imagined more of an abstract transition from his robes into the scene, but I didn't really know how to communicate that so his robes are just sort of opening like curtains here. Doesn't really make sense since it looks like he's just directly on top of it rather than looming over it.

I realized he looks like he has no legs in this drawing and I tried to lasso and move things, but I wasn't able to move everything at once since it was all on different layers and gave up.

For the future drawings I'm definitely just going to do sketches.

[drzootsuit]

Hi, I saw ur comment on the AI post while combing thru the notes. I’ve been seeing a lot of gorgeous architectural images come up in my feed and I’m discovering a lot of it is done with AI. I remain on the fence abt whether it’s cool or not, or whether to use it, bc im uneducated on what the ramifications could be. Do u think if we didn’t live in a capitalistic shitworld where artists didn’t have sell their creativity and their labor to live, that AI would still hinder or push out human creative expression? Is it’s shittiness inherent or is it just bad under these circumstances?

This is actually a really good question, and a very worthwhile chain of thought. While I endeavor to be thoughtful it's all too easy for my frothy-self to descend to loom smashing, so this is an angle worth considering. My opinion on things is heavily colored by my upbringing. It may sound pretentious, but for various reasons, I consider 'artist' as one of my cultural designations. For those who have taken sociology 101, I consider it one of my inherent status' rather than an ascribed status. Call it what you want, but for me, it's in my bones.

My problems with AI artwork are slightly hysterical at points as a result, but let's start with the most sensible note that you bring forth; the fact that we are within the system we are.

Our current form of capitalism is based around an eternal cancerous expansion of profit, and if one follows certain industries, (in my case, the games industry) one can easily see the problems with always trying to grow bigger in a finite world. Companies firing whole development teams right before shipping so that they don't have to pay them for actually completing the project, and other such acts of corporate autocannibalism are the signs of an animal that is nearing the cliff edge and begun choosing which of its own internal organs it can claw out in order to make itself lighter.

Art has always been at war with money. Making art requires money, but the people that control money tend not to understand art. This is obviously a gross tribalistic simplification, but the point is that the two need each other, can achieve great things in concert... and absolutely hate each other.

In a perfect money world, art and artists would be eliminated entirely. I speak with proof behind this: look at the NFT bubble from earlier this year. This was an attempt to boil artwork down to a stock price. Numbers to be traded and nothing more. The art attached to NFT's was crude, designed as such to carry the message of "the artwork doesn't matter. Only the money that makes it up."

So. When we look at AI, it becomes clear: a machine that can spit out art perfectly to order with no involvement from those annoying artists who demand respect, freedom, and worst of all, pay? This is a wet dream for the money. Under the current system of corporate function, AI art is one of the single most dangerous tools yet created. It stands against artwork, it stands against labor and negotiation in all forms, and it stands against the idea that art is worth anything more than cash.

But that wasn't your question. Do I, personally, consider AI art valuable if viewed without the context of the war of art vs money?

Me personally? No. This is where I will appeal to emotion so hard it will make anyone versed in debate weep enough to fill an overly-salty swimming pool.

In my view of things, Art is the result of every stimulus we recieve. Everything. Every single thing any of our senses receives goes into a huge bubbling rendering vat, and then we use that bubbling material to sculpt new works to portray our experiences and view of the world.

As such, I don't think it's worth using AI art as a jumping off point. Yes, it can provide some gummy material that can kickstart creative impulses, but to anyone that strapped for ideas, I would beg that they instead experience more things.

Hideo Kojima has spoken about his philosophy that an artist must always be adding new things to their rendering vat of experience, and I agree with him. no matter who you are, you haven't seen everything. Even within the purviews you obsess over. I love video games dearly, and even I have not played every single one. There will always be something new within the things you love, wether those things are sci-fi novels or urban architecture or tax filing systems. There is always something new to learn and see, and the pursuit of knowledge, of fresh experiences, of new people and new conversations about new topics, will, if you are an artist, spark something within you. And I think that shows what I think is another danger that AI art poses to artists: complacency.

Life begins at the end of our comfort zone. Artists must by nature be curious about the world and her people if they are to dream up stories within and without her boundaries. If an artist is able to punch in familiar keywords and receive a computer-made blob of associated goo made from stolen, unaccredited, scraped work, that artist has robbed themselves of the chance to examine themselves and the world around them.

Also, that's really the big issue. This shit comes from somewhere. The AI needs to be fed existing images in order to know what an image looks like, and there is no possible way for that to be done in a way that does not denigrate the work or the artists who make it. Even if that work is a cell-phone photo of a stack of pancakes, it is wrong for the machine to silently harvest it, and due to the other issues, I struggle to find any arrangement I am happy with even with consent and transparency.

So overall, while I think the technology is very impressive, and I can't blame people for getting excited about it, within my worldview, I am forced to be a curmudgeon. My view of art, the world, and humanity requires that I thank the programmers for their work, shake their hands on their success, marvel at the power of the technology, and then push the server cabinet off the edge of the building. It is a danger to human identity and the development of such.

Loom-smashers ahoy.

Thank you for your question! I absolutely love writing essays about things I'm impassioned about, and this was a blast.

[dwtisgay]

why is bad so secretive/paranoid?

while I answered this question before on my blog I figure a more indepth exploration on why is good a common explanation to his paranoia is that he had it built up by traumatic events in his life as evidenced by the little things he has let slip by over the years ie the luna stream, washing his mouth out with soap, having his house broken into twice while he was in it

however I've personally always found that line of thought a bit dramatic sometimes, while I don't denounce it completely I think as you watch him interact over the years with the internet you can tell it was more akin a gradual and natural affinity for safety that gets taken up a notch with every day normal things along with traumatic events so starting out in 2012 the badboyhalo identity was wrapped in vpns and proxies and a fake name, why? because mc communities at the time were prolific with doxxing and ddossing and hacking and that was just one natural precaution to take if you were already aware and entrenched in those communities beforehand

these safety precautions weren't paranoid but justified and he obviously didn't care too much about keeping everything about himself a secret as evidence by him meeting up with his fellow mods in minecon 2012 and interacting with the community heavily even irl over the years he gets comfortable streaming and sharing his rather abrasive political views not caring, sharing stories about his family life without any specifics again not caring up until 2017-2018 when he meets skeppy and there is a notable shift in his popularity, gone obscure minecraft streamer badboyhalo that only had 50 viewers on a good day, now he was entering the mainstream minecraft popularity and with it came a lot of new difficulties such as stalkers and obsessive fans that hyper analyze his every word (hello) so with every little thing that happens, badboyhalo reacts with normal safety precautions that would be great in a vacuum but when applied all together it becomes paranoid and concerning, people try to dox him? no problem use a vpn, people try to find out more about him to use against him? no problem just don't say anything of note, people try to break into your house and threaten you? no problem buy a gun and when it happens again and the safety precautions works, his worldview is justified and slowly this unique worldview that only he experienced and built slowly over the years starts to color his future actions because the probability of bad things happening are rather high, by virtue of them happening before or to other people you can see it in his fear of planes, that even if nothing bad happened to him on a plane he knows the probability is high and he'd rather risk nothing

as such you get a badboyhalo who sees bad things around every corner and does risk assessment minimization on his life, to him this seems logical, bad thing happen, just minimize them but it gets taken to the extreme in a lot of cases to the point of stopping him from doing things he wants to do and at that point I hypothise if he's so fearful, the thought process of "is it something you want to do in the first place?" starts sneaking into his mind

a lot of bad things can happen when meeting skeppy, isn't it better what they have now? why risk it? he is happier like this does he actually want to meet with his friends? is it worth it? isnt it more comfortable to be safe?

tldr he needs therapy and he has coping mechanisms that went unchecked for too long

[amywritesthings]

(Floch friend again) tokyo homecoming sounds like a dream come true (I’m serious). I think I can understand the beef with JJK, but I’d like to listen to your point of view if you are willing to share (if not - I understand ❤️). Hope you are having a good day and I’ll be extremely happy if one day you’ll be comfortable to sponsor my Gojo brain rot. Sending lots of love!

HEYO! omg two floch friend messages in one day, a happy thursday indeed (though i watched challengers and promptly passed out so i didn't get near my computer to answer sdkfjsdf so happy friday!)

i'll throw it under the cut for those who are anime-onlys (so if you've only seen the anime, i would just tl;dr "I don't know where Gege is going to end this story and nothing feels satisfying about where it leads after Shubiya for me, so it has soured my desire to write any fics for gojo, nanami, choso, toji, megumi, yuuta, etc")

oh, gege.

i started jjk by reading the prequel manga first and immediately fell in love with yuuta/inumaki/maki etc. and obviously gojo. color me shocked when i started jjk vol1 and they had some non-tim burton ass kid name yuuji around. (i kid, he's an angel.)

i read through shubiya at an airport ironically lmfao and i was like 'wow, that's a bold choice to off characters that were really beloved. i guess let's see where this goes.' culling games virtually goes nowhere. then progressing through the story, i felt like a lot of the choices made were done strictly for shock value / 'i will do whatever i want as the author'.

yes, it made sense that gojo would die against sukuna. yes, i understand that gojo's students ended up becoming just as corrupt in the name of stopping a big bad, never foregoing a cycle gojo fought so hard to uncover.

no, i'm not enjoying the absolute bloodbath that is sukuna absolutely ripping through all of characters and killing them one by one until we virtually have megumi -- who has lost everything and doesn't even want to be alive anymore -- and yuuji -- who also lost everything -- left standing. choso, the lawyer... oh god what's his name again, yuuta having to do one of the most hoooorrific instances of jujutsu to maybe defeat sukuna -- every update has just been one more depressing smack in the face.

maybe i'm weak for wanting an uplifting ending where sukuna was defeated. i thought attack on titan's ending was perfectly bittersweet, where it isn't the happiest ending but it was the best for humanity. i know gege said it was either yuuji alive vs everyone dead, or everyone alive vs yuuji dead, but... i don't find that satisfying.

i almost notice a trend between this and chainsaw man's current manga where it's like 'how fucked up can we make this to upset the audience' and maybe i'm a baby in the realm of anime & manga so this is a sweet summer child moment, but i don't automatically view death and edgy shock value = good storytelling.

[starsmuserainbow]

I'm trying really hard to do less OOC because I feel like I'm doing too much of that lately (though then again, without that, I'll just end up being silent for like weeks days on end when I don't manage to write something? feels worse, really), so, let me just throw some thoughts out all into this one OOC post instead.

I love all my chars so much I much too rarely say that. Currently, that's especially Akari, Starlight, Moonshot and Lightning.

I really wish I could draw better - I feel like I just missed out on internalizing some 'logic/perspectives' part at some point and will just forever be unable to do anything other than direct front view at all. I tried to start a drawing recently, and after trying the face like twice, I gave up because it looked really really bad. Maybe starting with the face is also the wrong point to start at, but it almost always is where I start, idk.

I'm trying to get myself a pc android-emulator to use another social media (starts with i and has a camera as symbol) because for some reason the chats over there have certain forms of shared pictures or whatever not supported when you look at it from a computer, also there's more features that the pc version just doesn't have and it's really frustrating and I don't wanna use my phone for it. Also fun fact: the windows store "app" of that media is the same as if you open the website in your browser (when closing it even said something about edge iirc), none of the app features are there, it's really stupid to even have that in your store if I can just visit it in browser for the exactly same result. Wish I could just somewhere say 'just pretend I'm a tablet or sth' to the website so I wouldn't have to bother looking for a emulator. (And I already tried that mobile website view thingie, that doesn't change anything)

I feel like I'm always just, like, attaching myself to others and getting to experience things through those others, always being only, like, an attachment, some annoying little random person that simply clings too hard to that other person that brought me into thing.

I'm trying to keep up writing again, I really don't want to keep having people wait for like a month or a little more. I managed to do it 2 days in a row now, and have something prepared for tomorrow already too, so maybe I'm on a good progress here. Then again, I also kinda had more free time these last 2 days or so bc I didn't feel so well.

It's just so darn hot. Can we please be done with summer already? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the beachy vibes and stuff for my characters and everything, but in person I just never really at all enjoy summer and I just want to stop melting.

When chats are busy, and I say something (which I rarely do) and no one seems to answer to it, I feel so very much like I'm annoying. It's obviously just a brain thing, and nothing actually true, but man I hate feeling like that. It's usually almost impossible for me to try to say the thing again to try to get someoen to answer to it another time.

I really wanna be more active around the dash again. Liking things, perhaps sending things too (if I can get myself that far) - I feel like many of the ppl I see on my dash regularly I have nothing going with and doubt myself that they're even interested anymore even when we're still mutuals, and a part of me goes "you should just unfollow, clearly they're not interested anymore", but I don't want to give up on even more blogs than I already did somewhat recently (some months ago I unfollowed some I think) and I really have to try to find another way to fix this.

I'm so glad I found a way to access the yellow text color again. It'll be so nice to be able to use that again. And yes, I know that that color still looks weird even on my theme, but that's not my fault. All the other colors when used are on the theme in "npf-class:joey" etc, but for some reason this color never is. I tried to contact support about that before to get those into classes too which would allow me to style them in my theme (I'm doing it with some colors, if you see posts on my theme you see what I mean) so they're better readable, but they didn't understand what I meant and I can't explain it properly. Now that I looked at it again, it seems they fixed it for one of the colors - I think it used to be both red and yellow having that problem, now it looks like red styled properly - so maybe it's just not getting fixed bc they removed yellow from being an available color in the editor. Oh well.

Okay, that's all I can think of for now. Sorry for the long thing.