#it's whiplash but i can't say that i don't recommend it lol

[teethrotter]

christorian artists are so talented and for what

[sugarpasteltmnt]

First of all, I gotta say that I absolutely LOVE your fic. I read the first chapter and just... didn't stop reading lol. It was so compelling and the way you describe emotions and depict Leo's mental state is so good!!!! I can't get enough of it. I love how you write his manic thought process and the way that his thoughts jump around in a very 'word association' type way! (That's super accurate to manic episodes!) I also really like the way that his awareness ebbs and flows and how you are able to indicate that to the reader while also maintaining the narrative. For real, kudos to you, that's a super difficult thing to do and you've pulled it off so well! It's absolutely stunning!

Question (and feel free not to answer if this is a spoiler or if you aren't sure), did Leo age in the Prison Dimension? Cause obviously the five years was FIVE YEARS, he didn't just time skip or anything, and he's definitely five years older mentally (for better or for worse, poor guy) but if the Prison Dimension essentially 'stops' bodily functions like hunger, thirst, exhaustion and.. dying, was his aging paused as well?

I'm low-key dying over the idea of Leo still being a kid physically. Like, the mental image of his brothers coming face-to-face with a visibly teenaged Leo who is more scar tissue than skin, it's just, ugghhgg. It's one thing to know 'oh he was a kid, he shouldn't have had to deal with this. He shouldn't have had to have been in that position, this is all so fucked up' but it's another thing entirely to see it, y'know?

Anyway, again feel free to ignore the question if it's spoiler territory or completely off the mark or if you don't have the spoons to answer. I mainly just wanted to say that I'm obsessed with your fic and it has me completely unhinged (pos). Was literally sobbing at 3AM while reading it. 10/10. Would recommend.

(also how the fuck do you write Leo so scary and threatening and yet also so adorable and charming and 'wet meow-meow stuck in the rain'. I'm frothing at the mouth wtf. The whiplash of being all 'oh no he's gonna kill- oh he's purring now, he's baby' is so fantastic holy shit)

THANK YOU THAT'S SO NICE WAAAAAAH 😭😭😭 i'm so glad people seem to enjoy it because i can always go a little TOO in depth at times and i hope it's never like, too boring or repetitious

and yes, Leo did age!! while the idea of Leo being a time capsule of his teenage self but now so warped is DELICIOUS... I love the idea he aged for several reasons. It was one (or maybe the only) way Leo knew time was passing for him-- which adds to the mental strain of knowing he was stuck there. Forever. And the emotional damage it would inflict on his family because it makes it just more transparent and painful how much time had passed. How long they left Leo there. As well as prove the point that time in the Prison Dimension passed at the same rate as it did on Earth.

Plus, I feel like there's another, dark, angsty edge to it that I couldn't resist. I feel like when the Prison Dimension was made, the primary goal was to trap the Krang for eternity. Whether intentional or not, the Mystic Warriors had practically made a place you could age. Where you can get hungry. Where you can get thirsty. Where you have to face all those painful needs of the body you just can't satisfy... But you just couldn't escape it. Ever.

That might make it a bit TOO dark to think about, but ultimately I just loved the idea of the brothers seeing Leo older like them and knowing that they had left him behind for so long. (toot-toot all aboard the angst train)

but omg i'm so glad you like it 😭 thank you for the ask it was super sweet 🩵

also

My Brother in Christ Pizza Supreme I wish i knew

[vaulthunterlands]

NEW TALES FROM THE BORDERLANDS: A REVIEW

Alright alright I gotta do this because I put off playing this game for nearly two years and finally binged it yesterday. SO, obviously, spoilers ((FOR ALL FIVE EPISODES)) will be discussed and I highly recommend watching or playing the game first (price tag is a little steep) if you want to experience it firsthand. I also wanna say: this is just my opinion! If you didn't care for the game, that's fine! Just be respectful please :)

Continuing under the cut!

I'll give you a TLDR right up front in case you don't feel like reading this: It was okay. It's not a stellar game, but it's far less egregious than people were saying. I'd say it's probably my least favorite game in the series, but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it.

CHARACTERS:

ANU: First of three player characters you're introduced to, and I thought she was really charming in that awkward nerd sort of way. I think it was interesting to have a character so vehemently opposed to killing as a Borderlands protagonist, but I liked what they did with that aspect of her character. I will be honest that I was a bit unsure how to feel about the whole "shard possession" plot point, especially when Anu is in the coma, but I think seeing her try to reevaluate herself as a person while in that coma was an interesting way to tackle subjects like regretting the past, and wishing you'd said something else. I did choose to reject the shard at the end, and I also got the ending where everyone lived, and I think that's a really good way to wrap up Anu's story.

OCTAVIO: I'll level with you guys. Way back when I saw the trailer for New Tales, I already didn't care for Octavio. My assumption was that he was going to be your typical dumb, annoying "comic relief" character. And, I mean, he kind of is? But he does have more than that. He's a genuinely sweet guy who's trying his best, and the jokes they made with him did make me laugh occasionally, but sometimes I got secondhand embarrassment from listening to him. (I have to point out that I get that with all the Borderlands games at certain points, so I really can't put this as a point against Octavio). I thought the ways he found solutions to situations were interesting (the whole "holding the talking gun to his head because Coldwell wanted him alive" was a really funny and creative bit imo), but then sometimes they'd have him be like... too stupid??? (Spending their money on the exact place they left felt... interestingly dumb LOL) Overall I didn't nearly dislike him as much as I expected to, and seeing the sibling bond between him and Anu mend over time was sweet.

FRAN: Okay. Alright folks. I'll be honest. When I first started the game? I wasn't a fan. The anger controlling stuff was interesting (I managed to not squish the sponsor-bot early on in the game), but I just didn't get a great vibe from Fran? She's extremely flirty in-game with a ton of characters and it kind of just gave me whiplash. I got used to it as the game went on but I was often squinting at my screen like "huh?" I thought her hoverchair was pretty sweet though--super interesting way for her to fight, as well as using the Pre-Sequel cryo+melee damage combo! I will say, she grew on me as I played, but the time when I really started to like her was with her backstory reveal. In episode 4, they explain why she doesn't use the "crazy mode" on her hoverchair anymore (after kind of alluding to it all game) and it was surprisingly heartfelt to hear this strong woman bare her trauma like that. (P.S. the 8-bit section was so cool I will die on this hill). Anyway, I think Fran is pretty cool in my book even if some of her dialogue did make me double-take.

L0U13: L0U13!!!! I LOVED HIM!!!!! L0U13 was a really cool character on many levels. Firstly, he's a robot and I love robot characters. Secondly, the whole idea of an "assassination bot" makes perfect sense in the Borderlands series, though I was perplexed by the caveat of him having to hear the victim's name first. I still thought it was a really interesting plot point, though! I loved how he became closer and closer to the team as the game went on, and you know when I had the opportunity I said he was part of the team. Also may have cried when he died on the Tediore ship. (Though I got the ending where he's rebuilt and I popped off so hard when he appeared). Overall I love L0U13 and he needs to appear in future games.

SUSAN: Hoo boy. Oh man. Susan... I liked her a lot as an antagonist. Overall, she is a pretty standard corporate baddie (iirc I read she was designed as a polar opposite of Wainwright, I.E. she doesn't care about commoners or the poor) but when her plan was revealed, I was shocked. The idea that you could not only kill someone but then revive them and repeat the process over and over until their spirit is broken resonated with me. I was like "oh shit this is BAD." Needless to say I was definitely not expecting when she basically GLASSED PROMETHEA WITH THE DEATH RAY. But overall, I think she was a good antagonist and it felt so good having Fran punch the shit out of her.

SIDE CHARACTERS

PHUONG: I really liked her!! She was cute and funny and WHAT HAPPENED TO HER WHY DIDN'T THEY BRING HER BACK AAAAAA

BADASS SUPERFAN: Hilarious. Genuinely smiled every time he showed up. I really enjoyed the Vaultlander stuff and I thought him just showing up in random places was peak Borderlands humor. Fantastic, 10/10.

BROCK: Another banger (get it? Because he's a gun. He's a g) of a character. Talking guns always have potential in the franchise and I think they knocked it out of the park with this little shooting-crazed guy. When Octavio was in prison and he was like "STOP BEING DEPRESSED" I laughed pretty hard.

STAPLEFACE: GOD I LOVED STAPLEFACE!!!!! SHE'S SO SILLY AND SHE JUST WANTED TO PROTECT THE PRETTY LADY WHY COULDN'T ANU HEAL HER WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY

The Elephant in the room

Okay so the healing crystal. Obviously pretty big implications for being to revive people but at the end of my playthrough, it kind of just fucked off into space. And I think they should leave it like that! I think this kind of power was okay for a one-off story, but I think it risks making the events of the series as a whole inconsequential. As much as I love Roland, I wouldn't want to see him revived. That moment in BL2 was so visceral and powerful that it made you want to kill Jack even more, so to have him revived would kind of ruin that, for me at least. Idk. I think they should leave the crystal out of future installments.

CONCLUSION:

I'm probably forgetting some stuff to write about the game because I was up super late playing it and thinking about it but I'll reiterate that it was nowhere near as bad as it was made out to be. Definitely the worst in the series, definitely a mediocre game overall, but there were some really good plot points and funny scenes. If you don't want to drop the money on it, I'd suggest watching a playthrough if you want to. No pressure! I just think it's interesting as a game.

[nonbinarylocalcryptid]

MAG10 - Vampire Killer

*turns around in the most ugliest coolest yellowest office chair like a Bond villain, petting a baguette-shaped cushion* so, you came here from MAG9 without expecting the whiplash. Don't worry, you are not alone lmao

Trevor Herbert is like a homeless Chuck Norris, a shaggy Terminator, a Van Helsing lite (the Hugh Jackman one, not the original). He looks in your head like the dog in The Lady and The Tramp but in human version.

And the very first thing this mf says when he writes his statement is "I've been procrastinating this shit for 50 years, but hey, I finally came to the Magnus Institute". So better late than never and all that jazz.

Quoooooooting timeeeee:

"I hear someone even made me a page on the Internet and it got a few thousand likes. I don’t know exactly what that means but it sounds nice." - Trevor Herbert, July 10th 2010

Aww, doesn't he sound nice? :D

"Obviously that’s not why I’m here, though, is it? No, I’m here because I have also dedicated my life to finding and killing vampires." - Also f*cking Trevor

Sorry u wHAT

" (...) but I do not have proof to give you except for the vampire teeth that I will leave with this statement." - Trevor "I brought you a souvenir" Herbert

" I killed my first vampire in 1959." - Trevor Herbert, THE LEGEND THE MAN THE MYTH

You wish you sound as badass xD

"I was hit by a stale, coppery smell that I did not recognise as old blood at the time, since I was barely 16 and did not have then the experience I have now." - Trevor, barely 16 but already a poet

I find upsetting how many statement givers were so young they didn't know they were smelling blood.

"The furniture and wallpaper had clearly not been changed in many decades, and a thick layer of dust covered everything." - Trevor, 16, also an offended interior designer

LOL the landlord when he tells you " I just painted everything, it's all new"

"I remember wondering whether Sylvia McDonald walked exactly the same route through the house always, as I saw other clear lines of passage in the rooms we passed through." - Trevor "WTF" Herbert

" It was 1968, I remember because that was the year United won the European Cup, (...)" - Trevor "Yes, I'm British, why u asking?" Herbert

"I do not know if you’ve ever felt your blood being sucked out of you, but I would not recommend it." - By Trevor, 0/5, no stars

"Regardless, there is substantial evidence to support the version of events told by Mr. Herbert in all aspects except the vampirism." - Jon Sims, April 13th 2016

He really said "I believe everything except the vampire bullshit" XD

"(...) It may be that they take Mr. Herbert’s statement far more seriously than I do." - Also Jon

He sees that a lot of government and law people takes this statement seriously and goes "hm how weird, why tho, it's all bullshit"

Small review:

The vampires in the tma universe are so freaking weird, disturbing of course, personally I can't really tell if they are scary tho, but I'm certain they are a mystery.

Gotta say, RIP Nigel, he seemed nice :(

I must admit Trevor is quite an interesting figure, he's intelligent and resourceful, can do much with almost nothing and put together every piece of information he has in a way he can reach a satisfactory conclusion. And then he just sticks with it. There are these monsters, which I know how to kill, and so I do it. Simple. Efficient. Practical as hell.

This is also the second time going clubbing has ended horribly for someone in tma, and honestly? Wtf

This guy just die in the break room, like, lmao. He really said "no time like the present, may as well reach supersaiyan state in that couch over ther", and he fucking did it

And then Jon ends everything by showing a lot of evidences while acting the sceptic part and it's so goddamn funny. He should be a comedian.

General overview:

Vibe: this one is so fucking wild, nice homeless grandpa ends up being the modern Van Helsing and "dies" in a couch at paranormal research institute. Iconic

Horror: there are cryptids in it, that's horror genre coded

Audio: pretty ASMR in general

Humour: hilarious Terminator Grandpa, feat.Jon being Jon

Score: 10/10

[daisynik7]

WIFEY! i woke up rolling off my bed and landed on a back scratcher that was on my floor and now there’s a dent in my knee LMAO. your wife is not only a sleepy, silly girlie, she’s also a clumsy girlie. i’ve also been incessantly crying over your messages it’s fine 🥲

but i’m sorry to hear about that, i’m glad to hear it was almost and not did get into a car accident, even then i don’t know if you suffered from whiplash or anything but as long as you're safe and unharmed, i’m happy. i do feel bad for the person who randomly broke down, especially on the freeway, hope they’re ok too :( 

i have family that lived in the midwest and can attest to how brutal the cold and snow is, and yes driving must’ve been an absolute nightmare! another reminder to my snookums to stay warm on all fronts bundled up, and eat warm foods (soup!!!!!!) 🥰

AND THANK YOU for hosting the swap and for your recs! given your impeccable tastes i know i will enjoy them thoroughly, and i can’t get over how well-detailed your descriptions of each and why you love them, i’m excited to read them! 

i have to say one thing i’ve always loved about your fic reblogs is your in-depth analysis i.e. the screenshots and highlights of particular excerpts that stood out to you and loved, there’s truly no one like you 🥹 and for you to that to something i wrote??? I’M HONOURED, AND I’M SOFT NOBODY TOUCH ME I’M A SOBBING MESS wait no please hug me 😭 i am absolutely in love with your love and care for others, and that has shown in your feedback to others and your check-ins, thank you for your sweet words and support <3

as i’m typing this i just got your message, (don’t feel pressured to respond to this!) do as you please, i’m honoured, thank you for the follow!!! <3 and once again thank you for your sweet words on How It’ll Be, i’m shrieking!

 i hope the rest of your week is productive and your weekend is well spent and restful! i’m so proud of you!!!! in the meantime, i’m sending you all my love, all my kisses, all my hugs, and cuddles 🤍🤍🤍

also, my internet is being a little silly billy so i don't know if this message was sent the first time, i'm hoping not 🫠

lastly, i’d like to inform you that you have permanent residence in a very special place in my heart where I have you safely tucked in and you are not allowed to leave (there are snacks, i promise) 🫢 in all seriousness, hope you’ve had a wonderful day and night and i love you endlessly my darling wife, treat yourself kindly, always! 🥰

my sleepy, silly, clumsy, beautiful wifey! I'm sorry your rolled off your bed, but I'm assuming it's because you had such a pleasant dream, so I hope it was at least worth it. and if not, I'm kissing the little dent on your knee to heal it if it isn't fully healed already!

I'm totally safe from the near accident, it sounds more dramatic than I'm making it sound and the person who stopped seemed to be fine physically. hoping they were able to move to safer location and get their car fixed because it didn't seem like anything was wrong (which is good).

thank you for participating in the fic swap! I still have yet to read the rest of the fics you recommended, been a busy and distracted girl this week, but they are still on my radar and I'm very excited!

I try to leave more in-depth comments whenever I can just because I feel like I can better express myself doing that instead of spamming the tags LOL. I got inspired by another mutual I have on here who does it often, so I can't take credit for it! I just want to show how much I appreciate the writers on here because I feel like we (as a Tumblr community) don't do that enough!

I never want to leave this safe space I have in your heart! 🥹 I am the most cozy and comfortable there and I'm not leaving for anything (so you better get used to me lol). I love you so so dearly my snookums, always thinking of you even when I'm away! I hope you had a relaxing and/or productive weekend and that these last few weeks of 2023 go by smoothly. love you so much thea ♥️

[planeoftheeclectic]

Oh, do tell more about "Columbo: Turnabout's Fair Play".

oh geez ok I don't know how much I can say because I have been trying so hard not to spoil the mystery but let's go.

There are a few people who know how it will end/what the twist is, most of whom don't care much about Ace Attorney and were unlikely to ever read it in the first place and one of whom cares negatively about spoilers. This is because I was very anxious that the twist leading to the break in the case was too contrived and I wanted an outside opinion.

This was because I began writing TFP before I finished playing Bridge to the Turnabout. All subsequent worries about "realism" and "physics" and "the laws of science" have since been summarily dismissed.

I am currently working on some things that are very close to what will go in the epilogue and I really can't say more than that or I'm worried you'll figure it out immediately. Suffice to say: I like mirroring.

In the past 24 hours I have discovered two musical themes from AA4 that I will absolutely be using as writing ambiance because they are exactly what I've been looking for. One is Phoenix's theme, one is ostensibly the Gramarye's theme but honestly might as well work for Phoenix, both are embedded below for your convenience.

Honestly, the name of that second one is perfect for Phoenix. Man I can't wait until we get there.

Hmmm...I think the only reason I can get away with writing this fic is because I am very good at mimicking other people's vocal patterns - to the point where I have come home from Shakespeare plays speaking in iambic pentameter. (In fairness, that's less hard than it sounds - English is made for that kind of thing.) But Peter Falk is so integral to the concept of Columbo that if you can't nail his patter, your work is just going to be missing something, imo.

Hmm, what else...I think you in particular will be delighted by the ending, which is why I had to stop talking about it with you the moment I realized what it was going to be lol. Which is infuriating because I love our talks and value your contributions so much but I can't and it's driving me insane ahhhhhhhh!! That said! I relish the look on your face when you finally get there, and that expression (multiplied by the other people who read it, which is way more than I expected when I first posted it tbh) is what keeps me going. It's going to be so good. I can't wait. Why isn't it done yet. What do you mean I have to write it first.

I'm still desperately tempted to write the alternative setup I initially proposed, aka "Maya Fey hires her friend the retired detective to get those idiots together it's been like 20 years guys, geez." I probably will write it as totally separate from TFP but man can you imagine.

If I ever write the jokingly hypothetical Klapollo sequel it will be after we've finished at least aa4 and possibly the whole sequel trilogy. Which is probably for the best, given I have palutena trap to work on. That said, I've grown exceptionally fond of Klavier. Possibly because I keep murdering his brother and making horrible things happen to him. ...Sorry about that, buddy.

I somewhat doubt that Phoenix has an official breakdown sprite (excluding the head-on-desk and nervous sweating varieties) but I need to start picturing it, because that scene is coming up sooner than I can imagine. And also farther away. But at least there's only one more Edgeworth chapter forecast. That should help contain their combined loquacious verbosity to a manageable length.

I may have said this before, but I am trying very hard to write everything from the narrative point of view of the TV camera. That's defining chapter breaks, POV's. information delivered, and general tone. It's very fun, and an excellent writing exercise. I get whiplash whenever I go back to palutena trap, which has a much more standard 3rd person limited view (the character's). I would definitely recommend this sort of thing if you want to experiment with your writing style!

Hmm, now for a fun fact to end it on...well, this isn't TFP specific, but I'd like to imagine that Gumshoe is on vacation at a beach somewhere and brought one of his metal detectors and finds a buried treasure chest that is for once not connected to a murder and so he strikes it rich and can finally retire to live a life of luxury eating slightly fancier instant ramen and that's why we never see him after the 7-year gap.

[withleeknow]

oh I was absolutely NOT prepared for the ultimate soft-skz hours in the new ep. THE PAWS AND THEIR HAIRSTYLES WTFFFF. mimo's bear ears have me non-stop pouting:'( that coupled with ot7 bangtan hours this week - the way all platforms imploded after seeing yoongi's face like 🥺🥺 THAT'S OUR BOYYYY the impact of one photo on a whole fandoms' collective emotional state is insane

speaking of which (kinda), is the coldplay concert this weekend? hope you have the BEST TIME SINGING YOUR LUNGS OUT <3 also the fact this aligned so nicely w/ festa/your bday (idk why but this makes me so vicariously(?) happy ^-^) ♡

husband update: https://tinyurl.com/mr23s8pa the contrast b/w his vocals and jyp's is sending me ANYWHOMST-

also another present for your safe travels - https://we.tl/t-wj8V02Xdyg it's the sandwich of all sandwiches (not microwave safe) + I malfunctioned compiling this one 🫡

HELLO HELLO ONIGIRI HOW R U I'M FINALLY BACK HOME. HAVE THIS VIDEO OF ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE (no joke) ❗️THE COLDPLAY CONCERT WAS FUCKING AMAZING. i genuinely, genuinely think that it's the best concert i will ever go to in this lifetime. it changed my life, and i don't think that's an exaggeration lol. so many things happening this month have made me so happy and i must say this takes the cake. it's like the perfect belated birthday present that me of last year gave me of right now 😭 they absolutely killed it and i loved it so, so much. nothing will ever top a coldplay concert for me. at my show, they sang an unreleased song live for the first time ever and it was so special and i will always have that memory and honestly i am tearing up rn just typing this and reminiscing last night lol. god. if you ever have the chance to go see coldplay, i would 10000% recommend it you will not regret it. i also filmed the entirety of my universe but tumblr won't let me attach 2 vids in one ask so maybe i'll add it in the next one lol

mimo in the new ep and yoongi reveal 😭 those two things happening back to back devastated me beyond repair. can you believe we finally got a boongi face reveal 😭 i've missed him so much. i still haven't watched the latest suchwita ep bc i know i'll just bawl my eyes out

yo i can't even focus on jypapi's voice bc what on god's green earth is this look... that is... an actual... husband... right there... the hair !! oh my god. if i start daydreaming about another man just know that it's on you. this is why i keep forgetting that he's younger than me bc how does he just look like that then??

the whiplash from husband to the other end of the sandwich bc WHAT is that !?!?!? the hair the glasses the shoulders... heeseung has always been very summer fling coded to me lmao and this is just further cements that concept in my brain. have i told you how much i dig this hair color bc it's really, really, really working for me...

[toskarin]

What would you say is the absolutely definitive watch/play order for all the Shiki-verse medias? (Tsukihime, PLUS-DISC, Kagetsu Tohya, all the Melty Bloods, Tsukihime Remake, KnK, and anything else I might be forgetting lol)

so, this is assuming a completely perfect ability to read KnK, but you'd need to speak Japanese for that so the "perfect" order isn't available to anyone who can't read it

anyway! this is what I'd recommend based on taste. for ease of reading, I've highlighted the optional steps that I would personally take if I could go back in time, but wouldn't necessarily say are required

Kara no Kyoukai, but consider stopping after VII and picking up again on the optional step for that. at the very least, heavily consider saving the post-VIII entries until after this

Tsukihime

PLUS-DISC

Kagetsu Tohya

Notes, if you don't mind a diversion for it here

if you chose to pause KnK, finish the rest of it here

Melty Blood series

Hana no Miyako, if you've also read Fate at this point

TsukiRemake Piece of Blue Glass Moon

TsukiRemake Other Side of Red Garden (just assuming by the time it comes out, MBTL will have spoilers for it patched in)

MBTL

as a final note, the Kara no Kyoukai pause is completely optional and solely suggested because I think it's beneficial tonally. this is not based on release order

this isn't because I recommend trying to watch KnK chronologically (I strongly recommend against it, even) but if you plan on watching the later entries (post-original series) then I find VII a better pausing point than VIII just because you can go straight from VIII into what follows with slightly less whiplash when you go back to Tsukihime

[olwolo]

techno's stream really called the whole fandom back you're so right. For some reason my obsession with dsmp has been quite constant for like a while, which is surprising because I do lose interest in stuff pretty easily but I think that maybeee the fact I'm not super into making content for it helps lol it's more just me enjoying + talking abt it and drawing for myself so yeaaah, I kinda of feel less pressured to be all out ig !! But whenever I think that it's just something I just vibe with, techno does those streams and I go full obsessed again so really, it's his fault at this point!! But man, you know what really got me? The will. Absolutely destroyed me for real. I did not thought I could be an even bigger supremacist for c!techno but man really went full out with his writing, I still reread it today and think abt his relationships !! I always used to say that the relationships he had with other ppl are my faves on the dsmp and LISTEN that made me really happy. Also abt c!dream, I love how like it's getting even clear now how fucked up he's and how interesting this makes him!! Good written villains my beloved. and owolo pls don't cry, u know I'd give u an fanartist award for everything :( I've noticed ur backgrounds getting just as detailed as ur art I just went !!!! SO GOOD. Olwolo tumblr user is just popping off, ur honor.

On a side note, I finally had the time to sit down and binge 3rd life bc grian's episode of last life has been in my recommended a lot and listen... I really should've heard u before alright? The audience.... they... olwolo, they want a fight... :((((((( It has been an emotional rollercoaster and the next step is watching scott's pov !! but man I DID LOVE IT A LOT. and now I'm having whiplash of when I first got into dsmp and finally understood like some of my fave pieces from u and man it's always overwhelming seeing how well you can translate those moments :( ur designs remains my faves I JUST LOVE UR GRIAN AND SCAR SO MUCH ALRIGHT? so good. Now like you have to tell me ur faves and who you're most excited to watch on the last life bro :/ it's the rules, u made this to me :/ 🧨

honestly i'm always surprised when i realize i've been holding interest in the dsmp for almost a year now lol. and god the will murdered me. cc!techno always manages to just hit the nail on the head when it comes to his character. and listen, the progression of c!dream is so good. the details were always there and he just got more and more fucked up over time. i love when villains are obviously not a good person but still an interesting character to follow in a story. and thank youuu 💕💕

and oh my god 3rd life!!!!! it lives rent free in my head at all times. scott's pov was the first i watched and the flower husbands got to me so i hope you'll enjoy his pov as well!! i'm really excited to see how scar's schemes go this season cause whatever he comes up with is always so entertaining to watch. i like lizzie's idea for the base, and the south is such a hilarious group i can't wait to see more of them. honestly i'm just excited about all the new dynamics we get to see this season and the new mechanics!! i'm just excited for all of it fhdsj

[soft-pentagon]

hi it's your unianon again! first i just wanna clarify that while i absolutely believe wooseok could own a sexy concept and deliver, i just personally would not be able to view him as sexy LOL it's just me!!

for week three, i put together a playlist of songs that i've been loving lately that i think you might also like! hopefully there's a couple of songs here that you like/hadn't heard of before! i kept it in the kpop realm just to be safe, outside of kpop i mostly listen to hyperpop, general pop music and 00s pop punk/hardcore.

here it is! sorry it's a little long

popping - onf

one day - monsta x

changer - a.c.e

talk you down - a.c.e

bottom of the ocean - golden child

cool cool - golden child

salute - ab6ix

stereotype - stayc

after we ride - brave girls

diamond heart - monsta x

you can't sit with us - sunmi

younger - omega x

gam3 bo1 - seventeen

veronica - onewe

go & stop - astro

all good - astro

wave - cix

off my mind - cix

I took eternities to reply I'm soooo sorry shsjsjj I wanted to make sure I'd be at PEACE to listen to all these songs specially the ones I don't know!! I hope you have fun cause I'll talk about every song individually ❤️💀

1) popping by onf!! She IS ICONIC! I love it :( I've listened to it since it came out cause it's onf so obv ❤️ and I loved it since then!! Super catchy!

2) one day by Monsta x: it's their new eng song? I saw that they were dropping something new but I didn't got to check it 😔 I just did and I think this one is probably my fave eng release from them? I remember I listen to the eng album some time ago and I was like meh but this one song is nice

3) changer by ace: I love it so much... Ace always delivers, always always always ALWAYS,, there's not much to say... I loved it the moment it came out 😭😭😭

4) talk you down by ace: first time listening actually and what the fuck djdnsmsm this is EXACTLY my type of song stop... When I tell you these mfs ALWAYYYSSSS deliver djdjskks god djsmsm I love this one a lot sjsnsm also wow and donghun 💔💔💔💔

5) bottom of the ocean by goldcha: first time listening and jsnsnznz this song reminded me so much of 1D... Also these lyrics sjjsjsnssm it's not my type of song but it's really fun!

6) cool cool by goldcha: first time listening and okay this one slaps actually shshjzzj very g👀d

7) salute by ab6ix: really like it,, in general I really like their music NGL,, ALSO very g👁️👁️d

8) stereotype by stacy: actually liked this one! I didn't really vibe with their previous title tracks, even though the last one was huge but yeah ahshjsjs BUT I actually enjoyed this one!!!

9) after we ride by brave girls: love it, adore it, if I could marry a song this would be it djxnxnxn QUEEN SHITTTTTT

10) diamond heart by mx: first time listening and this one goes hard damn dndndndmzmz can really see myself headbanding to this lmao

11) you can't seat with us by sunmi: ofc I love this song,, it's from the royalty herself queen Sunmi so how can I not 😳 shsnsjn it's super catchy... I LOVE ITTTT

12) younger by omega x: first time listening and 😳 okay alr alr I see I SEE 👀👀 really enjoyed it.... Might go check their album because of this song bsnsnsnsn I actually checked their debut title song when it came out cause yt recommended me dnxmsm and I wasn't really that captivated to check more about them BUT. This song?? Hello??? 👀 I'm looking now

13) gam3 bo1 by svt: svt is my second ult group hello djnddmdm really like this song :( it's so FUNNNNN my beloveds....

14) Veronica by onewe: first time listening,, 😳😳 heart eyes for this song ngl sjjsjsskkz me never listening to this is a crime... It really is....

15) go & stop by astro: it's such a seksi song... Big 🥵🥵 also fun fact my favourite voice of K-pop is Sanha sbsbznjsns

16) all good by astro: how can you send me go & stop FOLLOWED by all good ..... The WHIPLASH this gave me djdmxmzmmz anyways,, they're lovely I love them 😔

17) wave by cix: I checked it when it came out and I was kinda disappointed ngl shjsjssk I loved their previous title track so much but this one didn't keep up with my expectations 😭😭 ofc it's not a bad song tho

18) off of my mind by cix: very groovy!! I like it! In general I like cix music and I'm thinking on stanning because of that but then I'm like DO I WANNA FALL FOR ANOTHER GROUP... hshsjsjsns but one day mayhaps 👀 really like their leader... He... Yeah...

Anyways let me know what are you thoughts on this!!!

[normal-thoughts-official]

I missed you too! Don't worry for the time, you must be exhausted going in person 0.o

I agree with your Noah explanation, and I also think they wrote Dan to show (?) that it wasn't that it was just easier to kill a traumatised child, like some sort of foil but only in endings (? Maybe I'm giving pb too much credit)

It feels like a very much "I'm the Main Character and Martyr" when you save Noah, like it does feel Really out of nowhere and just fall flat, and I think most people forget mc is traumatised because they're playing and like yes get lost in the game but also remember Mc actually does have a personality (?

ILW?? DEMO?? WHAT???

You: very thoughtfull analysis of Noah and the fandom

Me: endless summer 💕💕 the book I 💕💕 recommended 💕💕 them is on par with the it lives 💕💕

But also yeah, Noah's fan are mostly "white fav" energy

I also tried my best with Michelle, which in the first chapters was a bit painful because I had to say "omg you are gorgeous, you must be his girlfriend" when she bumped into me and yes Michelle is very gorgeous, but I also felt very cringe, like who would actually ever say something like that, but I also had the need for (fictional) people to like so I picked maaany cringe options in general (please let me know how you do it in your true feelings play through, because I physically can't do it, I see the disappointed pixels and just restart)

Lesbian Michelle is such a nice idea!!! Sean was definitely a comhet moment ahshshs, and it just makes so much sense ?

"Unhinged"? LMAO what is are your it lives names??? Or maybe all your playchoices names

Also yeah, I didn't mean like you need to be poc to be a guerrillero or some stereotype (?) like "all poc are guerrilleros" more like historically most were poc and due to discrimination that was like a important part of who they were so it's weird pb just went white (?) but I could have worded it better in the moment so I'm sorry ahshshshs

Diego is just so good, he's just one of the best friendsest in choices

I think the dialogue changes in different lila's playthroughs ?

... I replied separately and I think it's super clear how I had to "patch it" lmao but I hope it's still coherent, also I have a confession to make because it felt weird to say it before ? But like I'm also Chilenon so I'm sorry for talking in two different anons ajsjsjsjjd but also my point of my confession was that I'm currently in Argentina trying to pass an exam so I can study here (pilot wasn't for me lmao) and like watching That Fic gave me whiplash

Love you jajjdjdjd

But like I'm also Chilenon

the most ambitious crossover in history wtf. shaken to my core. unparalleled plot twist

really though there's no need to apologize for anything, it's not weird at all, it just happened lmao all is fine, peace and love on planet earth etc

also im sorry to hear piloting didn't work out (sad face), but i hope things work out in argentina! what are you planning on studying there?

and yeah it has been exhausting, at least i got some time to adjust because it's summer break so no kids at school. on the other hand i hate sitting around at work doing nothing, it drives me absolutely mad even when i have something non-work related to do (which i don't that frequently because the school i work at doesn't have a good phone signal, big F). but hey classes are going to be back soon so that's exciting

"I also think they wrote Dan to show (?) that it wasn't that it was just easier to kill a traumatised child, like some sort of foil but only in endings (? Maybe I'm giving pb too much credit)"

lol i have the same train of thought. like on the one hand yeah, dan is the most obviously mentally ill and traumatized in the gang (they all are). on the other, can i give pb that much credit? on the third hand i don't have, they did a pretty good job with representation in ILITW, so maybe. this was another era in choices and everything. i don't really know if this was intended but i think it at the very least shows that noah sacrificing himself wasn't just the "too lazy to deal with trauma" trope

and yeah there is a fanmade third It Lives book in the way (happy face). it's called It Lives Within and has a blog and everything on @\itlivesproject. and they recently released a demo (the first two chapters, i believe) although i'll have to admit i haven't played it yet. i am very behind on everything i am reading in general, i just finished the WTD chapter from two weeks ago, rip

also i feel you with michelle. that felt like such a cringe and obviously fake response but it was worth it to be her friend. but yeah i'll definitely post the results of my "honesty replay" lol. and i also have a pathological need not only for fictional characters to like me but also to win so you know

i don't know if i can remember all my playchoices names but my favorite names so far were:

Dr. Bus Down With Cis (open heart) (having ethan ramsey yell "down with cis!" through the hospital halls alone made the experience of this book worth it). Bus was the first name, Down With Cis the last name

An Asshole (it lives in the woods)

That Bitch (it lives beneath)

I just farted (nightbound) (not actually one of my faves but it's my gfs fave so it goes). last name was Really loud

Gugu dada (the royal romance) (idk it produces really funny results imo). last name is Poop because i ran out of creativity but i always forget her last name is Poop and whenever drake calls her that i have a religious experience

Jensen's Sexy Silence (laws of attraction. because at the time there was some destiel thing going on i forgot which but they kept calling me Mr. Sexy Silence and it was hilarious)

My Tralala (the haunting of braidwood manor. im five years old)

and i gotta give an honorary mention to my wake the dead colony, which i named The Cringe Zone

and there's more but those are the ones coming to mind rn. i have a list of ideas for future MCs so stay tuned i guess

Also yeah, I didn't mean like you need to be poc to be a guerrillero or some stereotype (?) like "all poc are guerrilleros" more like historically most were poc and due to discrimination that was like a important part of who they were so it's weird pb just went white (?) but I could have worded it better in the moment so I'm sorry ahshshshs

it's okay, there's no need to apologize, i was just confused what you meant

yeah diego is possibly one of my fave ever characters. i just relate so much to him and i love his storyline (happy face). i think getting attached to the characters really makes or breaks whether or not i join a piece of media's fandom and my attachment to diego (and really every character in endless summer) was a huge part of me wanting to write for it and stuff, even if it's just crack lol

ah the dialogue might change. i know that estela kills her if you fail in the hard choice but both times i played so far that hasn't happened, so i'm not sure how stuff played out. and in both replays i got along well with lila, so there's that as well. i'll see what happens in my honest playthrough, but i don't dislike lila much, really, so i think it'll be about the same

also no worries, i not only usually reply separately, but also usually write each part of my response with a lot of time in between (yay to me for answering this one in just a few mins/maybe an hour?). so you're fine lol

[xuseokgyu]

I love to show people pictures of my cat!! so I definitely will. Hes very cute, very sweet, kinda naughty.

Ohhh piano songsss... Love piano. I don't listen to a ton of instrumentals anymore. I used to a long time ago fall asleep to these Yanni albums (piano) my mom had lol and some piano compilation album of various songs. And I listened to like instrumental stations when doing school work, but I'm done with school now so I have no reason to really listen to them now lol but I still like instrumental songs at times. I listened to the Professor Layton soundtrack a lot last summer working from home though lol ah those games were so good I cried at the end of Unwound Future as a kid. The soundtracks are so good though ah... I listen to more wordless electronic music now than true instrumentals though lol .....

You should check out Flowering! I get weird feelings when I listen to that now song because of how stressed I was when I listened to it originally... would not recommend experiencing that lmao.... still love it though just can't listen to it too much anymore without wanting to cry. Though if you like calmer songs then maybe Stove or Farther and Farther would be nice as well to try?

Idk what his thought is with the "aow!" ... it might just be that the songs they make now aren't very suitable for that type of exclamation. The older songs with it in it have a pretty different feel than the songs they make now.

Uhhh I wouldn't say that any gave me whiplash lol They did a good job with styling Dino with the shirt but no jacket and I do love when they comb Jun's hair back a bit lol. Oh also Minghao in the actually well fitting black clothes and jacket was also a nice look that he doesn't really do normally lol. What about you??

I'll check all of those out!! (also, Professor Layton characters are so cute omg!!) And now that you mentioned I probably should start listening to more instrumental things at work... I'm alone here 80% of the time so I put songs to fill the silence, but is hard to not sing along and even tho I keep my volume very low I'm always scared a guest will hear me hahahaha

Is crazy how songs can transport you to a specific moment in time right? I totally get what you mean with Flowering, is not the song itself that makes you feel what you do, but the circumstances you were in when you used to listen to it... I get that a lot too... One specific song that totally takes me back is Major Lazer & DJ Snake's Lean On... I didn't even like this song a lot, but it used to play so much on the radio and TV that listening to it is like entering a time machine...

And yeah... I guess Dino was the "star" of this special performance ahah I also properly gasped as soon as Jeonghan and Hao showed up on the screen... Just like you said, they were dressed and also "behaving" different than their usual so is kinda shocking haha