#jo's theory corner

[jolynejay]

Remember the theory on how ScaVio might potentially have impact on Legends Arceus and how the mainline series treats time travel? Yeah, scratch that in large parts.

BECAUSE THERE IS NO TIME MACHINE IN SCARLET AND VIOLET

The mysterious pokemon described in the Scarlet Book/ Violet Book... it makes "imagination" a "reality." The weird pokemon sketched in the book, the photos of the approximated paradox pokemon - they are all built on the imagination of the expedition team Heath was in. They are a reflection of what these people expected to find in the depths of the Paldean Crater. The Legendary Pokemon on the hexagonal layers is likely building not just pokemon but items, technology out of the Tera Crystals based on what the people in its vicinity imagine.

The team envisioned to find strange creatures. Fusions of legendary pokemon of Johto's legendary dogs, or Unova's Swords of Justice. In Scarlet, the expectation seems to have been to find prehistoric pokemon - preserved in the crator without human interference. In Violet, the expectation may have been shaped by the evolution of mankind and its technology - to find traces of a civilization far more advanced than our own with pokemon evolved to fit that image.

And the artist accompanying the expedition even skeched out some of the pokemon they thought they saw or dreamed up in a haze. And THOSE SKETCHES are what would later shape the imagination of the people entering the crator. The very documentation of the Area Zero shaped how humans would continue to perceive it. And it shaped Sada's and Turo's image of what the far past or the far future might look like. An "image" that would become "reality." (Even Arven mentions how farfetched the Books descriptions sound, and how his parents seemed to have basically made this fairytale real)

I cannot yet tell why the Crystalline Legendary mentioned in those books would do that, though. Maybe it was originally a defense mechanism that was supposed to keep stuff away. Let people and pokemon imagine their fears in order to protect itself. Something that failed over time as mankind advances in technology and science, so it switched strategies to keep itself save.

Maybe the Legendary is trying to lure people/pokemon/whatever to themself - like an anglerfish dangling light in the dark ocean depths, a promise of treasure greater than your wildest dreams.

Whatever the reason is, what we know for certain is that it worked on Sada/Turo.

And the legendary pokemon began more and more to shape and create from the specific reasearch the professors conducted.

In the end, the "time machine" they built is no time machine. It is a machine that makes imagination "reality" (possibly powered by the legendary pokemon in some capacity). Maybe the machine even got constructed by the crystal pokemon bc hallelujah how do you get that much construction done in a literal Made in Abyss eldritch mystery crater without all the world knowing what you are doing. Or heck maybe the machine did somehow get constructed, but it worked more like an amplifier for the Legendary Pokemon's powers.

Either way, it explains why people would not be able to "return" from the "future/past". because the future/past as Turo/Sada imagined it does not exist.

That also explains why the AI Professor crystallizes in the final fight - they are a crystalline construction of imagination. They are Sada/Turo's ideal work partner - a copy of themselves. Something that knows exactly how the Professor thinks and acts. And when the protag squad tries to shut down the machine the illusion begins to fall apart.

It also means the Tera Crystal constructions like the doppelgangers, Miraidon/Koraidon, and all the other paradox pokemon can gain actual awareness, emotion, and sentience.

They are all the Professors' "Paradise" because that is how they imagined the prehistoric past/ far future to be:

Wilderness untamed and existence optimized.

[bisexuallsokka]

jo. bestie. hi. i’m holding your hands and asking u to please if u want deal us all permanent psychic damage with “you’re just as beautiful as the day i lost you” (the httyd divorced zukka agenda has to continue and nobody can do it as well as u <3)

Sokka had spent the entire journey to the Fire Nation imagining himself being so overwhelmed with emotion at the sight of Zuko that, decorum be damned, he would run into his arms as soon as they made eye contact.

The sting of disappointment he felt when he realized that Zuko wasn't even there to greet him and Katara was enough to extinguish most of the excitement he had felt and make him second-guess everything about this trip. It was odd enough that after over a decade of being broken up they had rekindled their relationship over letters, what would it be like when they saw each other in person for the first time in years? Did they only know how to be in love again in theory? Was Zuko truly ready to leave the throne and his home in a few months and start a life with Sokka?

He's hiding out on some balcony that the two of them frequented in his Ambassador days, and he jumps when he hears the door open behind him. It's probably Katara telling him to stop moping, and he's about to tell her that he just needs a minute when he sees Zuko there, giving him a tentative smile.

"Hey," he says.

"Hi," Sokka says, the corner of his mouth twitching in amusement.

"Sorry about," Zuko gestures, and Sokka knows what he means.

"I get it. You're a busy guy," Sokka says.

That makes Zuko frown, and he walks over and takes a seat on the bench next to him. "Not too busy for you," he says. Which, historically, is kind of a lie, but Sokka appreciates the sentiment all the same. Especially since soon, they won't have to worry about the Fire Lord nonsense ever again.

Zuko seems to be thinking the same thing. "For what it's worth, it wasn't 'official business' keeping me away again," he clarifies. "Izumi was getting a little overwhelmed with everything going on to get ready for the party, and I spent longer in the garden with her than I realized. She's with Uncle, now."

Sokka softens at that, his doubts slowly starting to fade away. "That's understandable."

"Thanks for coming all the way here," Zuko says quickly. "It means a lot and it...it's really good to see you."

The sincerity in his tone is a little overwhelming. "Wouldn't miss it for the world," Sokka says, despite having missed the last ten or so of Zuko's birthday celebrations.

It makes Zuko smile, though, which Sokka relaxes at the sight of.

"You look good," Sokka says, smiling back.

"You look..." Zuko trails off, a strange expression on his face as he just keeps staring at Sokka.

"What?" Sokka asks suspiciously. "Is there something on my face?"

"You're just as beautiful as the day I lost you," Zuko says, so softly Sokka might have missed it had he not been hanging onto every word from those lips.

"I..." Sokka says, feeling speechless for once as heat rises in his cheeks. "That's...great, thank you."

As soon as the words leave his mouth he groans, putting his head in his hands as Zuko laughs loudly at him.

"You can't just say things like that," Sokka complains, even if he can't stop smiling.

"I can and I will, especially if that is the kind of reaction I can expect," Zuko teases. Sokka looks over at him and feels his cheeks flushing again at the soft look on Zuko's face.

Sokka takes a shaky breath, calling upon every ounce of bravery he's ever possessed to help him reach for Zuko's hand. "Twelve years?" he asks, giving it a squeeze.

"Twelve years," Zuko confirms, squeezing back. “It’s not that I haven’t seen you that whole time. I just…never let myself really look.”

Sokka nods. “You’re sure this is what you want?”

Zuko raises his eyebrow. "I've started packing."

Sokka rolls his eyes and shoves Zuko's shoulder with his own. "Oh, so romantic, run away with me just because you're already packing."

Zuko laughs again, and Sokka feels lightheaded. He's not going to get used to constantly hearing that sound anytime soon.

“I've had all this time to think about it, and my answer is still the same," Zuko tells him seriously. "This is best for the Fire Nation, best for us. Are you sure, though? Six year olds are pretty crazy.”

“Raising a kid with you?" Sokka asks. "That's all I've ever wanted. Craziness and all."

The way Zuko looks at Sokka erases any of the doubts, the questions, the worries Sokka had about this. About them. After the years of heartbreak and separation, Sokka knows that's behind them, and the future looks much brighter.

[themuse-if]

Hello~

~I have a little ask about the Rejected Rebels!!!~

(but you don't have to answer if you don't want to, I love your work and I would feel bad if I made you upset with my asks, I apologize in advance if that's the case 😥😓)

*How would Rebel Rejects react to the situation of an MC who has anxiety, and who, in the middle of a presentation (or something similar), ends up receiving several not-so-constructive comments from some people (being a bit threatening?), and kind of their anxiety starts to appear, causing Mc to leave the room and hide in a corner while he has an anxiety attack. How would they react to this, would they be surprised? Would they know what to do?

Sorry if this is a little personal for you (or other people), I went through a similar situation with a friend of mine once, I was super nervous, but everything worked out. And before you ask, yes, he let me write about it, and he also loves his work and the band🤩😋 !!

Hello Lovely!

Your so sweet! No need to feel sorry for any questions you may have. Everyone has challenges and they are such a natural part of life that of course they're a part of the stories we tell as well. And thank you for enjoying my work! I'll be excited to see what you and your friend think once the demo is out! (though that's still a ways away 😪)

Let's dive into your scenario! I'm picturing MC presenting on something in a music theory course, feeling good about what they have put together. That is until the peer review portion of the class and everyone starts harshly tearing down each of the points they made. Then MC runs out and through the building till they find an empty classroom to cry in alone. And action!

The Rebel Rejects: *rush into the room out of breath since they've been searching all over the building for MC*

De: *slowly walks over to MC and kneels beside them* Are you ok? I mean I know you're not ok, but do you need anything?

Jo: *sits down in the desk beside MC facing their body towards them* We get that, that was a lot, and we just want you to know that we are here for you. Everything you are feeling right now is completely valid.

Ro: *sits on Jo's lap* Whatever you need. If you want space, if you want to cry *in a mock whisper* if you want us knock out all their teeth.

De: *slaps Ro's knee* What the fuck Ro shut up! *struggles to keep a smile off their face* What Ro means to say is that we want you to know that we see you. As your friends we have your back completely.

Jo: Exactly. However you need to process that, nonsense that just went down, we'll stay with you if you want us to.

Ro: *their face softens* Yeah, what they said. So MC take your time, breathe. When you're ready tell us what you need, we're more than ready to listen.

Side note: If you're caught up on the RO profiles and interviews then you already know that Jo has had to deal with some emotional trauma do to where they were raised. Luckily De is very mature and emotionally intelligent and Ro is caring and always ready to stand beside their friends. Overtime Jo has learned a how to properly cope with and work through their emotions. Usually if they feel overwhelmed they'll take a moment to meditate, talk it through with their friends, or they'll just let it all out on the drums.

[f0point5]

Is anybody else kind of uncomfortable with how confidently people talk about Max's and Jos' relationship? Like... we don't know 99% of it, Max is clearly fine with his dad, Jos is kind of an ass but also VERY FIRMLY in Max's corner, and given how his early years were in the sport, Max definitely needed that? So ppl talking about how awful and horrible Jos is and how Max should cut him off.... idk it seems so invasive to me, Max is a grown ass man, he's got his own support system, if he decides he wants his dad in his life why not? I'll still side-eye Jos but at the end of the day idk enough about the kind of environment they grew up and lived in to rlly judge

Yes, but I’m also uncomfortable with how confidently people talk about driver’s personal lives in general. It’s pretty wild 😂

People are very comfortable throwing out all kinds of words and theories in regards to people they don’t know, and they love to infantilise grown men. At the end of the day, who even asked y’all? Definitely not Max. It’s bizarre that people think Jos, who has a good relationship with his children and his ex wife, needs all this discussion like he’s the boogeyman. I assure you that whole family does not care about the psychological diagnosis of some chick on Twitter calling him a narcissist.

[palepersonaturtle]

DWY review

As much as I love this show and our main couple I think I really have to talk  the issues I had with it so that I can be at peace with myself and then go back to enjoying it with its flaws. Please guys if you have thoroughly enjoyed this show and the plot then do not read this.

This show, imo had so much potential to become one of the greatest hits of all time for me with its innovative idea of spell books, characters and brilliant actors and yet they ruined it with the inconsistency of the characters and undeveloped plot.

Episode 1& 2 review

The good-

-Okay I love their first meet it is symbolic and that was a killer opening for me. The cinematography, bgm were spot on…perfect amount of spooky fantasy vibe. Also the introduction of characters was great. Jang shinyu tapping her foot with his to see if she is dead or alive gave of his cold, stern aura. Hong jo’s humourous dialogue showed us her loneliness and her knack for dramas I mean watching dramas is the only wayout from her lonelinss

-The introduction of red hand was awesome. And I have read some theories from k-fans about the details that scene had. So it was perfectly done.

- Something I very much enjoyed was the banter between our main couple. Like it wasnt silly it had logic and humour and that made their chemistry one of the best for me.

- I liked how they portrayed Hongjo’s loneliness. She had no friends, family, relatives to talk. Her situation was compelling.

-The whole spell book revelation part was done excellently.

-Also the plot development for these two episode was really good.

The bad-

I have to say this the editing for first two episodes sucked. The aprupt scene transitions and scene placement made my head hurt.

Changes that should have been made-

-They actually made the use of the evil gardener in a very lousy way when he could have been a more compeling villain who is connected to our lead couple in the past. They could have shown us that it was his fate to get the main couple together while being the bad guy because of his past life karma.

- There are various questions like why did hongjo got transferred to the city hall. And I think that first scene where we are shown her handling a complaint would have been a perfect example for her and the evil gardener to meet indirectly and start his obsession for her since he recognizes her from his past so that he would have been able to get her to transfer to the city hall by using black magic or using his connections which could have been revealed later in the series. Because that transfer of hong jo was so abrupt it didn’t make any sense to me.

-Now onto Shinyu’s curse I think it would have been far more better if they had shown us him having blurry dreams about jang mujin killing aengcho on that snowy mountain rather than dreams of his past life love story in the first episode. Because the main point is him suffering from a curse where the gist is him killing aengcho the love of his life.

Also the explanation for his curse and illness should have been done cohesively rather than spreading it in parts throughout the first two episodes.

Relationships-

1)  Shinyu and Hongjo-

As I said earlier I love their banter. You can see the sparks but it is still platonic and I love that. And even though they are destined I am glad that the writers actually worked to build their relationship.

Shinyu is cold,stern,rude and hongjo gives him back equally.

And that scene where he saves her from the the drunkard was an ice breaker for hongjo imo to trust shinyu and be comfortable with him especially physically. Like her hitting his shoulder playfully, cornering him in the office lobby are some of the examples.

Also he was very much attracted to her subconsciously okay.

Now coming onto the bad side of their relationship- For like one and half episode shinyu was written perfectly but then his character started showing inconsistency.

That scene where he told hong jo to accept nayeon’s apology was so ooc of him. Like he is shown as a competent lawyer and he should know better than anyone else that no one is obliged to forgive the person who has inflicted hurt on them and like what was his intention to do that. Imo he should have just shut up.

Look I get that he is a flawed character. But I also believe that a cold,stern, rude character could also be written as a green flag he needn’t always be a red flag.

Onto the next scene, where he hurted hongjo  that was not ooc for there was atleast some intention for him. I get that he was jealous  of  jaekyeong and he used the information he got from his gf to be an asshole. But the fact that he says, “I just said what I saw” I was like dude you are a lawyer you shouldnt just judge someone with what you see. Though he felt  bad about what he said afterwards, he never apologized and that for me is a bad character development.

2) Shinyu and nayeon

Like many people I also think that shinyu wasn’t in love with nayeon but I also think that their relationship wasn’t political. From what I have read from nayeon’s char intro, she met shinyu in his law firm while she was there for renovation work and fell in love with him and after that chased him and then they started dating. I think shinyu liked and cared about her enough to get married with her. I mean he seems distant with her but he is also polite and humble with her. Maybe the constant nagging of his father had prompted him to get in a relationship so that his father can shut up.

3) Shinyu’s parents(sorry i dont remember their names)

This side story could have been made more compelling but they failed it awfully.

If they wanted to reprimand verbal abuse then they should have ended it with a divorce or should have made sure that his father repent and grovel at his wife’s feet for like 10 episodes before that reconcillation happened.

Or they could have simply shown a couple who is drifting apart having a midlife crisis since they got married early and how they overcome it eventually.

Or they could have simply been an affectionate and passionate couple where a father is worried about his son being alone when he is sick and wants him to get married asap to have someone take care of him(which is also selfish but later they could have redeemed him)

4) Other side charcters-

I may be in the minority but I really didn’t care about Ms Ma amd Mr gong’s relationship like why does she have to get into a relationship when she doesn’t want to. But I love Ms Ma as a character.

And those coworkers of hongjo were annoying af. Yes I get that the writers wanted to show Hong jo as an outcast to us but they could have handled it better.

Also I like Gidong I wish they could have given him more screen time and his own story line.

Overall, these two episodes were more of a plot building for me. I had fun yet i was bored at times.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Police in Georgia are investigating online threats to members of a grand jury that voted to indict Donald Trump and 18 of the former president’s allies accused of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in a sprawling criminal case.

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is “aware that personal information from members of the jury” has been shared across social media platforms, the agency announced on 17 August, less than three days after a sweeping charging document was unsealed.

As required under state law, the names of the jurors are listed in the 98-page indictment from the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

The sheriff’s office is working with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to “track down” the origins of the threats in the county and in other jurisdictions, according to the statement.

The former president’s supporters have published the jurors’ names, social media profiles, addresses and phone numbers as part of an apparent harassment campaign following right-wing outrage over a sweeping criminal indictment, the fullest accounting yet of an alleged effort among Mr. Trump and his allies to coerce officials into a fraudulent scheme to subvert the votes of millions of Americans.

Far-right message boards and platforms dominated by pro-Trump users such as Gab and Truth Social have been flooded with comments and posts surrounding the case and the jurors, with pledges to “doxx” or publish a person’s personal information online with the intent to harass them.

Accounts on fringe far-right message boards such as 4chan and The Donald have threatened to follow jurors home and “photograph their faces,” labelled their names a “hit list,” posted images of jurors’ alleged profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn, tried to determine their political affiliations and religious and ethnic backgrounds, and promoted violence against them.

The Independent’s review of posts across Truth Social, where users vie for the audience of the former president himself, shows users rushing to Mr. Trump’s defence while trying to identify and smear members of the jury who indicted him.

Users on the far-right, pro-Trump message board The Donald, frequently a hotbed for violent rhetoric targeting political opponents, have promoted the killing of jurors and suggested igniting civil war.

“It’s becoming all too commonplace to see everyday citizens performing necessary functions for our democracy being targeted with violent threats by Trump-supporting extremists,” former FBI investigator Daniel J Jones, who founded nonpartisan research group Advance Democracy, told NBC News. “The lack of political leadership on the right to denounce these threats – which serve to inspire real-world political violence – is shameful.”

Threats to election workers and public officials have surged in recent years, migrating from once-fringe corners of online spaces into daily life, fuelled by conspiracy theories and increasingly volatile political rhetoric.

This week, a Texas woman was charged with threatening to kill a federal judge overseeing Mr Trump’s criminal case in Washington DC after she left a voicemail pledging to kill “anyone who went after former President Trump,” according to a criminal complaint.

Abigail Jo Shry left the message for US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on 5 August. She called the judge, who is Black, a “stupid slave nigger” in the voicemail, according to court filings.

“If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly, bitch,” she said in the message, according to prosecutors. “You are in our sights, we want to kill you.”

The former president himself has also been reprimanded and could face court sanctions for his ongoing attacks against the prosecutors and judges overseeing the multiple criminal cases against him.

Former federal judge J Michael Luttig told CNN that Mr Trump’s “unprecedented” and “inexcusable” attacks are “a grave disservice to the nation” and could imperil his defence.

[moonlightsmasquerade]

Lil' writing for MiM Swap , I actually wrote some notes on this during class breaks

-Didn't have much ideas for Ruth and Thatcher , unfortunately , but I do think that the sequence of events leading up to them being bitten is a bit different . Maybe when they open the crypt they don't go inside , letting the "person" come out by themselves if they're able to , then maybe that's when the werewolf attacks them . They both try to fight it off but then the zombie comes out and attacks as well , so Thatcher tells Ruth that he'll distract the zombie so that she can focus on the other monster , and like in canon MiM he also jumps out of a window . But things don't end too well for them

-Uh I guess Ruth might try to hide the fact that she's now a werewolf from her daughter (whose name I have completely forgotten) but eventually she decides it will be for the best if she tells her . Her daughter is probably going to be a bit freaked out at first but might end up accepting the reality of it in a good way

-After Mark gets transformed into a vampire and consequently turns Cesar into a dhampir , he enters into a panic that really messes up his monster instincts and ends up with him flying around the county with no destination . Some people saw him during his frenzy , including a young Jonah , but it was talked off as just a giant mutant bird . Keep that part of little Jo in mind , it will be important later

-Evelin is born already a shoggoth and the whole thing of Six killing her parents happens , but before that tragedy Evie's parents had asked their friend Lynn if she could become their daughter's legal guardian should anything happen to them both and she had agreed ( legal guardianship involves a lot of paperwork and signing documents so it wasn't an overnight thing ) . So Evelin was raised through her teenage years by Lynn Murray alongside her own son , Adam! Though , that brought some consequences… Adam begins complaining of insomnia episodes and of a "shadow man" on the corner of his room some nights . When he was a kid he also had problems sleeping because every little movement or sound scared him , but this felt different , "real" somehow . Some nights he feels he has gone back to being a kid again , cowering under his blankets as the man in the corner stares , speaks to him , sometimes he'd even sit at the edge of Adam's bed . He doesn't remember what the man says , but whenever he's in his room he always has nightmares , so Adam assumes the man's words are their cause . His best friend since childhood , Jonah , quickly notices how much more tired and anxious Adam has become ever since Evie went to live with him , and when Adam tells him of the shadow person in his bedroom , Jo starts suspecting that it really is connected with Evie's arrival . So with Adam's story , his own theory and having seen what he wholeheartedly believes was a vampire when he was a child , Jo begins to go down a path of searching for answers and ways to keep himself and others safe , no matter where he finds the resources . And that's pretty much what leads Jonah into becoming a witch later on .

-But someone else who also heard Adam's tellings of the "shadow man" was Evelin , even if he never told her directly , she'd hear him telling his mother about his nights . Evie feels she has seen someone like that in the past , when her parents disappeared . So she decides to create BPS , to meet other people who too are into the paranormal , but also to have an excuse as to why she actively seeks the supernatural . The only other member is Sarah , who wants to know if her brother Mark and his bestie Cesar's unusual behavior since 92 are related to the sudden appearance of monsters in the county . She did suspect the truth , but she would've felt bad accusing them both without proof to back-up her claims .

-I think the whole revelation part stays mostly the same , except that after Evie accidentally kills Sarah from fright and also accidentally transforms her into a ghoul , she doesn't stay there much longer to see her friend wake up from the dead . And maybe it's the fact that Sarah wakes back up all alone and as a monster that leads her to think Evelin had abandoned her to die , and that's why Rah would be unwilling to forgive her at first .

-Anyway , while Evie is running desperate without even taking notice of where she's going , she bumps into Adam who was just getting out of his shift at MandelaTech . He asks why she looks so distressed , and she starts telling him what happened and what she did , but she's freaking out so much her words are barely understandable . Before he can even say anything back , Adam passes out and Evie starts crying and screaming in despair , and that would be how Ruth and Thatcher find her . Adam wakes up in the hospital , where he's told he underwent a sudden transformation and is now a gremlin . He knows his boss Dave visited him when he was half-conscious , but he also remembers someone else being in his hospital room . They ran a hand through his hair and said that "Miller finally awakened" . He can't quite remember their face , but he knows they were smiling . Once he's discharged he decides to talk to Evelin about what happened in the woods .

This was a bit harder to get out , not only because I'm in normal sugar levels but also because of college , but I hope this was enjoyable enough .

I decided to explore a very different route of Adam and Evie being adoptive siblings instead of partners , but I guess it's up to you if I executed it well . Also , I know Amanda is kind of a part of MiM , but honestly I don't think she's that important to the au , so that's why I didn't include her

Like I said before , Six and Adam dynamics fuck up my brain , but I truly do hope the part I somewhat explore that didn't ruin the experience

-Ace Anon

OH this is cool! I think thats actually really interesting making Adam and Evelin's relationship go in a more platonic/familial one. ALSO YOUNG JONAH KNOWING ABOUT THE MONSTERS oooo this is so neat

[amakumos]

yun amakumos i come with my hypothesis about who the vb anon is and slash or who runs cupid corner 🤪✌️

okay so my first guess for the owner of cc is eunchae : doesn't make sense but it also does to me ?? i remember jake saying in ch two that the owner/s of ss is/are scary and eunchae is ,,,, well . very violently interested in everything . she's onto rikiyn agenda everyday so i might just as well claim that she could be vb anon and taki's with her in this plan ??? not backing up the last part, it's a blind guess but idk im heavy on eunchae being the owner,,, but again if she was the owner, she's know who vb anon is ,,,, in short ai dee kay 😎

second guess : harua. I KNOW U MENTIONED HOW HARUA AND YN TALKED FOR LIKE TWO SECS but i cant ignore how the vb anon also mentioned that they talked to yn and that too in the same chapter,,, u r messing with Us .

third and final guess and im confident with this one : jo . okay first of all my guy texts once in two chapters and it's almost never when the cc acc posts confessions unlike others who're basically housing in the comments ,,,,, and then he only texted when riki asked the boys ab the confession ???? maybe im reading too much but the guilty always backs themselves up with claims ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ jo my eyes are on You. OH AND HE'S ON VB TEAM, HE WANTS TO GET TO KNOW YN BETTER, THEY BARELY TALK IT MAKES SENSE ,,,, feeling very detective rn im sending this to riki as we speak asking him to team up with me

i will cb with more as the chapters are released but for now my money is on mr jojo siwa from jojo's bizzare adventure ✌️🤘 also i read formula of love yesterday idr if i've read it alr but it's cute . i hate it bc i had to spend chem w boring ass guy who asked me for electronic configurations . no help at All.

VBALL ANON BEING JO?? that is the first time i have heard that theory . and eunchae being cupids corner seems to be pretty popular Hmmm😅😅 i cannot confirm or deny but i Like ur theories !!!

[ladyknightskye]

Get Thee Behind Me, Assbutts - Chapter 16 "Red"

Read the full chapter here on AO3.

Read the fic from the beginning.

Excerpt:

Castiel had not fully understood the phrase, “seeing red.” It was a common saying among the humans he walked amongst, and he understood in theory what it meant. Anger so consuming that it was like everything had turned that color. 

Red had many meanings to humans, and those meanings could be heavily dependent on culture. For some cultures on the African continent red was the color of health, but for others it was the color of mourning. To Indians, red was the color of purity and fertility, and traditionally the color of bridal gowns. The Chinese saw red as a symbol of fire and courage, as well as other positive qualities. To Westerners, red was the color of blood and love and anger.

So when Castiel saw red for the first time, a small part of him was still able to be surprised by how apt the expression was.

Because there was Dean’s blood spilled on the claws of a werewolf, bloody furrows opened across his arm. The creature’s maw was wide, ready to bite, and no one else could reach him, and Castiel had just gotten permission to hold him whenever he felt like it, and -

Castiel was still adjusting to his power as a Seraph. When he’d been a regular Malahk, he’d been unable to do certain things that only higher level angels could do. He could not manifest his wings on the mortal plane by himself, and he could not smite something into bloody chunks. So, he was again surprised when he came back to himself, cradling Dean in his wings, the werewolf nothing more than a bloody smear on the concrete. Sam and Lucifer had just turned the corner, and Castiel could feel Jo and Gabriel down the street. He sent reassurances in the group chat that he and Dean were okay, but was having a hard time calming himself down. 

He looked down to Dean to ask if he was alright, and more red greeted him. This time it was the red of a blush gracing Dean’s cheeks. Castiel had caught him up into a bridal carry, his wings wrapped around him like feathery armor. Dean was cradling his injured arm, but his lips were parted, his pupils blown wide. Castiel could hear the wild pulse of his heart. Almost without thought, he leaned down, wanting to lay a kiss on Dean’s parted lips, but stopped himself. He had permission to touch, but he was not willing to push boundaries. “Are you alright?’ Castiel finally gritted out, his voice deeper than usual. 

Dean made a sound that wasn’t quite a moan, but something like “guh.”

The angel blinked. “Dean?”

[autisticlalna]

Lanable!

LALNABLLEEEEEEE yes yes yes

first impression: oh god it's been so long.. stabby stabby evil man. malicious manipulator that wants the buddies dead and has a diabolical plan. very cardboard villain (this is super obvious if you read my old wellcatchyou stuff lmao) impression now: pathetic wet cat of a man. he WISHES people took him seriously. still very dangerous when cornered but honestly he just wants to be left alone and do his evil plans in peace. Not Harmless but also if you dodge and weave your way close to him there are cracks in the persona. lalnabrain hellctor favorite moment: "TIME..... IS A HEXAGON" is extremely silly and is literally just an offhanded quip from when duncan and kim got confused about how in-character they are right now but also i love it. it's so goofy. a more serious moment is.. probably the entirety of his appearance in Burn? like we finally get to see him in action and he does SO much damage. showstopper moment. man i need to rewatch that idea for a story: i've been sitting on an idea for YEARS now in the work a miracle continuity that's about hector breaking into yoglabs and ending up in the reflecting pool from hypercubed. y'know, where livid is stored. the backup of who lalnable used to be. things go well (they do not) unpopular opinion: the story does work best with lalnable being the original. it's the bait-and-switch that shakes up the status quo, that calls into question everything about the lalnas, and GOD i wish more was done with it in-series. which is really funny because before 2.0's finale i was really annoyed at the "lalnable is the original" theory but then the time gate scene happened and i went OH. THIS IS EVERYTHING TO ME ACTUALLY. favorite relationship: him and five are a riot. they're playing hot potato with the braincell but also he would kill for them even if they keep doing more and more absurd accents every time he leaves them alone for longer than 5 minutes. sliding further into my Bullshit Corner: hector and kakujo are Best Friends and hector does not have a choice in this and my fav part of the hec n jo show is honestly, like, the intro part where kakujo barges his way into hector's life and will not leave him alone and decides to hug this bloodstained stranger because he noticed he's having a brain hell episode. i want whatever these two have going on favorite headcanon: he started leaning into the murder persona after having that reputation forced onto him by yoglabs and then it evolved into like, a weird reclamation thing but also he just has FUN with it. he likes being stabby! he loves his evil laugh! he doesn't see himself as one but sometimes you need to play the villain

[jolynejay]

I think Ch. 7/4 may have just given us both Crowley's identity as well as the identity of his "dear esteemed benefactor"

Obvs. Spoilers Ahead in this analysis and speculative hypothesis (which will link the prologue to the current events in Ch. 7):

This moment is the moment that sent me down this rabbit hole:

General Lilia essentially calling Lady Malenore Briar Country's "most evil" princess.

I went over the prologue again semi-recently to see if the knowledge we have gathered since the start of the game recontextulizes some things. And while the purpose of the analysis then was different, what I did take special note of was that Crowley is speaking to a different but very specific person. To quote the man himself (from the English version):

"Ah, my dear esteemed benefactor...

My proud, beautiful flower of evil.

You are truly the fairiest one of all."

The way Crowley addresses this person is very interesting because it at once seems very subservient and almost intimate.

But what is even more interesting is the original Japanese phrasing. I will go through the lines one by one to point out the notable details:

ああ‥‥‥愛しい我が君

"愛しい" (itoshii) is generally used to describe something that is lovely, dear. "我が君" (waga kimi) is generally understood to mean "my lord/ruler/master". The translation as "my dear esteemed benefactor" is... alright, though it does seem to detract a bit from the portrayal of this person as someone that has a lot of power over Crowley.

What I'd like to note though is that since Japanese is a very context dependent language this line might also be read a very different way: if "kimi" was used in the context that Crowley knows this person very well, being allowed to address them directly like this... then the line could also be read as Crowley calling this person "My beloved." There is still the underlying power dynamic underneath but it is more finely tuned and something that reminds me more of a pair of royals.

This would certainly not be the first way for someone to understand this line but subtext and double meanings can reveal a lot.

気高く麗しい悪の華

Notable here is mainly that Crowley is using a lot of archaic words to describe the person he is speaking to (e.g. using the kanji "華" instead of the modern "花" - both pronounced "hana," meaning flower). This may indicate that this person is of a people whose culture does not move as fast as the rest of the world's - still bound to old ways of speaking and thinking.

貴女こそが世界で一番美しい

Now, this last line is spicy. The English version of this line is pretty gender neutral after all - the fairest of them all. But what the original line makes very explicit is that Crowley is talking to/about a woman.

"貴女" (anata) - not "貴方" (anata), not "我が君" (waga kimi) but "貴女"

Crowley is addressing a noble woman directly in a manner that implies they are of equal standing. Like a husband addressing his wife.

Now let's circle back to that conversation Lilia, Silver, Sebek and co. are having about Malenore for a minute.

Because what Lilia also calls Malenore is this:

Malenore is the only daughter to Queen Maleficia and she the ruling Lady of "Wild Rose Castle" (野ばら城). Which is known to Silver only as "Black Scale Castle" (黒鱗城).

In other words, Malenore is one of the most powerful noble women in the Twisted Wonderland, she is strongly associated with with Wild Roses/ Briar Roses, and on top of that described as the "most evil" princess by her own general (whether in jest or not is of little consequence).

And this description should ring very familiar after going over Crowley's introductory monolog. A noble, beautiful "Flower of Evil" as it were.

But if that is the truth, then the familiar way Crowley addresses Malenore can only mean that Crowley's true identity is Malenore's husband. Who else would be allowed to speak to her im such an intimate and familiar manner.

Malenore's husband whose status hasn't actually been confirmed, other than he is missing in some capacity. And while I have seen a many transcriptions of his name, no one seems to have gotten it right yet:

"竜眠公レヴァーン"

The Sleeping Dragon Lord Raven

And what is the associated animal of our dear Night Raven's headmaster?

A crow.

A corvid.

A raven.

Crowley did always had something of the mad hatter to him, didn't he? And he might just have something with a raven and a writing desk..

After all, a raven is nevar the same front to back as back to front.

And thus, at the end, we have the lost parents of a little dragon, summoning a human with no magical ability to this Twisted Wonderland - a human that cannot be influenced by blot.

Curious, curious...

Curious indeed...

[hamyilton]

I saw these tags and thought, I could say something more about that.

So, the following points and claims come from my experience within the F1 fandom, specifically the fanfiction community, which I have been reading and writing for over two years now. My hypothesis, or theory, is that one of the big reasons why the fandom characterization of Max is so skewed is because of the fanfic that was enormously popular called "fool's gold".

This fanfic established so many stereotypes and characterizations that have perservered to this day, including lestappen and the more broad treatment of Max. This fanfic presented Max as this traumatized victim who can do absolutely no wrong, while pitting him against Lewis who was written as this super villain who had the foresight to plot all these villainous plans in order to win championships and gain power. This fanfic played on many of the ideas from the 2021 season like painting the 2021 British GP crash between Hamilton and Verstappen as somehow pre-mediated (even going as far as feeding into the fictitious accounts that Max was severely hospitalized after the crash despite that being a routine procedure that happens whenever a certain G-force is registered) which, to anyone familiar with the rhetoric around that race, is remembered as a talking point over why Lewis was the most dangerous driver ever. Like, remember when Christian Horner said that no one can overtake at Copse Corner despite all the years of successful overtakes at that corner?

Anyway, this fanfic absolved Max of any aggression and problematic behavior in the 2021 season and instead created a false narrative that Max was a victim despite being in the faster car for most of the season, and all the racist shit he said, and also set up lestappen as this type of end-all ship that was destined to happen. Unsuspecting readers or people that did not watch the 2021 season could easily accept this as fact and thought Lewis was this uncaring person, a representative of the old "conservative" guard, instead of being the one person trying to improve F1 and make it better.

Also, as a side note, can I just say how wild it is that so many people have just accepted or internalized the idea that Max was abused, despite literally no evidence to prove this?? People have simply speculated that he was, based on a few comments and jokes he made, and now it's an entire tag on AO3. Like, even if he was mistreated by Jos, don't you think it's widely disrespectful to speculate on this and make this his entire characterization?? The entire basis of Max's character in "Fool's gold" is that he's this poor victim of Jos and all of his evil actions can be excused because of it, but like, wtf?? I'm sorry, but when does abuse excuse racism and ableism? Although I probs couldn't prove this definitively, I'm sure the popularity of "fool's gold" most likely caused many more lestappen fics to be written based on other authors being inspired and trying to ride on the popularity of the ship.

To summarize, certain fanfics were almost certainly responsible for the popular fandom characterizations of Max and people don't seem to realize these are based on speculation rather than fact. The poor treatment of Lewis in that work makes me quite uncomfortable, as he is clearly portrayed as a villain and against progress and making the only Black driver in your fanfic some kind of arch-villain feels particularly shitty.

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heartless | 06. only fools

pairing: henry mills x oc a/n: you’ll need to remember some details from this for a certain future chapter. jo this is just a giant puzzle i’m giving to you to solve.  warnings: it’s the therapy chapter, guys. there will be talk/themes of trauma, ptsd, anxiety attacks, nightmares etc. also mostly unedited.  wordcount: 1195

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“So, tell me about these nightmares you’re having.”

  “Well, they’re usually pretty much the same,” Max said. Her hand was tracing the spot on her thigh where her dagger had been strapped to the night before. She had to admit that one advantage skirts had over pants was that it was significantly easier to hide a dagger underneath them. She had to keep it in her bag now, which wasn’t nearly as easy to access. “I’m always in this dark forest, and I… have this feeling that I’m in danger. Like there’s something, or… someone, hiding behind the trees.”

  “But you don’t know what?” asked Archie.

  Max shook her head. “No, I have no idea. And whatever it is, it never shows itself.”

  “And what’s the other recurring imagery?”

  “Well… water. I see a really big ocean, and sometimes I feel water streaming around me. My hands start… shaking a lot. And then,” Max swallowed, “there’s the sound of a little boy screaming.”

  “A little boy screaming? Is it Henry?” Archie asked.

  Max decidedly shook her head. “No, it’s not Henry. But I have this feeling that I know who it is, but I just can’t,” Max took a deep breath, and the slightest chuckle escaped her, “remember. Every time I feel like I get closer to discovering his identity… but it never happens.”

  “And what does his scream sound like?”

  Max swallowed. “What do you mean?”

  “Well, I mean, is it a scream of joy? Pain? Or horror?”

  Her hands were shaking again, tears gathering in the corner of her eyes. “His scream sounds like…” she took a deep breath once more, trying her best to calm herself. “He sounds like he’s dying.”

  Whatever answer Dr. Hopper had expected, it seemed that wasn’t it. Shock and sympathy were woven into his expression. Max needed to change the subject before he attempted to comfort her.

  “And then, there’s my panic attacks,” she said.

  Archie blinked. “Yes, of course. When do they happen?”

  “They’re usually… they’re often triggered by things that remind me of my dreams. Like walking in the forest at night, or even just thinking about them sometimes.”

  “And during these anxiety attacks, do you see and hear the same things as in your dreams?”

  Max nodded.

  “And do you ever, aside from the anxiety attacks, see these things when you’re awake as well? Sort of like vivid flashbacks?”

  Max nodded again. “Yeah, how did you know?”

  Dr. Hopper forced a tight smile. “Just a routine question. Could I ask some more of those?” he asked, and upon Max’s confirmation, he continued, “Do you feel detached from others around you or have difficulty maintaining close relationships?”

  “Yes, to both,” she said, finding her answer reasonable since the only close relationship she’d ever had was with Henry.

  “Do you have negative thoughts about yourself and the world?”

  “Yes.”

  “Do you often feel emotionally numb and have difficulty experiencing positive emotions?”

  “Yes.”

  “Do you drink or smoke?”

  Max’s eyebrows rose. “I’m thirteen,” she snarked.

  “Well, that doesn’t stop everyone.”

  “No.”

  “Do you have any trouble concentrating?”

  “Only my whole life,” Max scoffed, watching Dr. Hopper write her answers down. “So, what’s your theory, then?”

  Archie looked back up from his notepad. “Excuse me?”

  Max raised her eyebrows once more, unimpressed. “Those aren’t regular ‘routine questions’, they’re routine questions for the theory you have. Now, spill.”

  “Well, it’s much too early to do a proper diagnosis.”

  Max groaned. “Don’t you think I know that? But isn’t someone usually informed about any thoughts and theories you have before you diagnose them? I know I’m only 13, but it’s not like I have any family around. So just spit it out. I can fucking handle it.”

  “Well,” Dr. Hopper said, quite shaken by her harsh tone, “all your symptoms point quite perfectly to the same thing, post-traumatic stress disorder.

  “PTSD?” Max asked, quite surprised.

  Dr. Hopper nodded. “Yes, the only strange thing is that from everything you’ve told me about your life, you don’t seem to have experienced anything traumatic enough to trigger such a disorder. It’s like you’re haunted by memories that never happened.”

  Max's posture straightened, and her eyes narrowed. “Or like… I’ve forgotten them.”

  “Ah– well, yes,” Dr. Hopper spluttered, “I guess you could put it that way.”

  And then it hit her. The one thing that could explain all of this. Everything Henry was saying about this place was true. She realized how perfect sense it made as she thought over everything that had happened since Emma got there. That, plus her apparent post-traumatic stress disorder when she hadn’t even been through something that traumatic, cemented it for her. There was no way this was a coincidence. And then she cursed herself for not figuring it out sooner. Of course it was true! Henry believed in it. That should’ve been enough to convince her. Only a fool wouldn’t believe in Henry Mills.

  “I need to go,” said Max immediately, rushing out of the sofa and towards the door.

  “W-what? Why? Max, we’re not finished yet.”

  She grinned. “I don’t think therapy is gonna bring back my cursed memories, Dr. Hopper.” And with that, she dashed out the door.

–––

Henry opened his bedroom window, and Max greeted him with a bittersweet smile.

  “Hi,” she said softly.

  Henry smiled. “Hi,” he said back, voice just as low as hers, before frowning slightly. “How was your appointment with Dr. Hopper?”

  Max sighed, before climbing in through the window and sitting down on Henry’s bed. He took a seat beside her.

  “We talked about my nightmares,” she said, keeping her eyes on her lap, “and my panic attacks, and, you know, all the other issues I’ve got. Like detachment, fear of intimacy, the works…”

  Henry nodded, rubbing soothing circles across Max’s back.

  “And, well… Dr. Hopper said that all of my symptoms point to PTSD, but that it didn’t make sense because I’ve never been through anything bad enough to trigger that…” Henry knew where she was going, but that didn’t make it any easier. For once, Max wasn’t crying; her eyes were dry, but… that only worried him even more. She turned to look at him as she continued, “Henry, these dreams I keep having, they’re not just memories… they’re trauma.”

  Henry immediately reached forward and gripped Max in a tight hug. She smiled despite everything and buried her face in the crook of Henry’s neck, letting herself sink into the embrace.

  It was weird, in a way. Max had absolutely no recollection of her previous life, and yet, somehow, she knew that Henry was the best thing that had ever happened to her. She would do anything for him.

  Soon they parted, and Max’s gaze met Henry’s determined one. Henry had beautiful eyes. It had always been her favorite part of him. There was this light in them; this beautiful beacon of hope and good. Max wasn’t the sort of person who opened up easily to people, but Henry was the exception, and that light behind his eyes was the reason she knew she could trust him.

  “We’ll get through this together,” he promised.

  Max nodded. “Okay.”

–––

A/n: I know that it’s common for people with PTSD to repress and forget their traumatic event, I’ve done my research; so Archie’s confusion doesn’t really make sense but sssssssshhhhhhh.  But, I mean, it’s not like he’s actually an educated therapist he’s just some cricket so I guess it does kinda make sense anyway. 

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[finaledenialist]

i don't really care why people ship two brothers together because like there so much about the dynamic that you can twist. kind of like we know canonically that Dean for a boner for Jo but we still assigned her a little sister role eventually lol. if you wanna say that they read too much into things then like, no. we all do and we all sometimes see things we want to see that weren't there because that's more fun!

I was always rly fascinated with why are wincels always so aggressive and vile when they interact with anything that isn't glossing over their precious ship or favourite actor. I know there's crazy people everywhere but I've never been jumped by misha stans for making fun of Misha's hair lol. it's also very common for them to hate everybody that isn't their faves to a point where they harrassed actors and their families.

I remember someone saying that wincels are narcissists who get off to the idea of sharing a very tiny world in deep codependency with someone. it really did stick with me because narcissists tend to isolate their partner from everyone else and also tend to be really entitled. They also can't take any criticism (real or perceived - I'm sure we've all had wincels send anon hate over criticising certain plot points as if it was a direct attack on them personally) and they lash out. Plus usually people get tired after they've releases their frustration, but wincels are known for stalking people with a worrying persistence. oh, and the delusions. like, I've shipped lots of questionable things and wrote lots of questionable fics but I've never thought YEAH TOTALLY THE CONTENT THAT BELONGS IN THE SHOW while they genuinely seem to think two brothers getting together on-screen on a network tv was a totally right way to go lol

so that's my two cents on Why Are They Like That

this is amazing! please keep talking, Nonny! I don't have enough psychology knowledge to add anything coherent to the narcissist stuff, but what you said seems right, especially the part about not taking criticism. what baffles me the most is the aggressive behaviour, because yeah, if we put aside the incest stuff and the ridiculous theories about j*2 being secretly married and all that comes with that, like let's forget about it for a second: why the aggression.

why stalking actors to the point they had to move or had extra security. why hating on their wives and kids. why sending hate mail to the network to write off female characters (jo). why sending hate to other fans. why. why does it all go hand in hand with shipping fucking wincest (or rpf).

do they subconsciously know/think they are like... doing something wrong (which... as long as it stays in fanfic and generally in fandom... is not Evil™, it's not even necessarily Wrong™)... and that is why they lash out at anyone who doesn't share their views or something? because i swear they sometimes act like cornered animals when defending themselves and i know our side of fandom has people that love to poke them with a stick and provoke because their reactions are ultimately explosive, but again! the hate they send is beyond anything i have ever seen

[amakumos]

Idk why but I feel like Liz’s secret admirer is Jo. He just seemed a little sus when he said it was probably Jongseob. (Also can I be ⛄️ anon 🤭)

oooh interesting jo being the most suspected as vball anon initially in cupids corner but he could ALSO BE 🐶 anon?? 🤭cool theory 🤭 and ofc !!!