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p1nk-matter · 5 months

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(hxh) PHANTOM TROUPE // KURTA CLAN theory

...debunking PT did it

So let me preface this by saying this was 100% inspired by a tiktok comment in a hxh phantom troupe's religious symbolism video back in 2021 (:/). The person who commented made such an impact I screenshotted their comments which unfortunately are not in correct order and messaged them this year (i just know they think im weird) but they never responded. I'd give their @ but its their government name (I take it) so msg me for deets. All credit goes to them as I'm just polishing and tidying these thoughts.

First op talks about Meteor City, a junkyard city inhabited by outcasts. People who live there do not exist on any official records and are treated horribly from the outside, people are taken from Meteor City for crimes, prostitution, slavery and no one's doing a thing to stop it. People go outside and face racism, like the one guy accused of a crime he didnt commit and when the truth is shown no one does anything (think op meant The Bum Incident, vol 11, Chapter 102). These people get no justice, they're just used and this is where the duality of Chrollo comes in, he is a demon to the outside world because he is challenging the gods but also a Jesus figure for the underprivileged Meteor City. Even his reverse St Peters Cross on his jacket means that he feels unworthy to be crucified in the same manner as Jesus. Thats his way of saying he doesnt see himself as worthy of savior. His priority is the Troupe so they can together be seen to the outside world, they are literally a troupe of phantoms, trying to be recognized. This is why when he asks Neon if she believes in ghosts and she says no, she is the oppressor that doesn't understand the one hurt.

If you read the story with this idea in mind you start to observe that the Troupe only attacks people hazardous for the City (mafia, ants) or when they want revenge for one of them killed so its weird they are presented in a positive almost heroic light. Only exception that sticks out to the story? Kurta massacre.

The og commenter wondered why it was that the Troupe was always presented in a positive light. We've known the Phantom Troupe does acts of good alongside the bad but we also haven't seen anything entirely "evil" commited by any of them yet. Most of the legends surrounding them are hearsay. And though they could have easily killed Gon and Killua, they don't, twice. Also, Uvogin when taken by mafia/Kurapika says if freed, they wouldn't hurt them as they are not the target.

Op comments on how narrative should be filtered as its being commented via Gon- a non objective source, they claim that the 1st arc feels like a kid show whereas chimera arc feels dark, thats not to say it is actually like that but as Gon's perspective changes so does the narration. At first when innocent people die, he doesnt really care but in chimera we need a narrator to explain as Gon is too biased at that point. Regarding the massacre we only have Kurapika's word but what we are being told/shown about the Troupe is different. The characters talk about the Kurta massacre, how horrible and brutal it was but the narrative is keen and favors the Troupe, it paints them in a favorable light and why should the narrative do that, they don't become better people like the Ants after all.

From the moment they appear on screen, the narrative wants us to see them as underprivileged, both in York New and in the ship, even when they're fighting in Meteor City, they're fighting for injustice or when somebody hurts them. Then why justify their actions everytime they appear on screen if they massacred the Kurta Clan? If they are responsible for this why make them the underprivileged representation? Both Kurta and Troupe says the op are ostracized by the outside and seen less from people.

Say they did it. 3 ideas were proposed as to why.

1. for the eyes (Chrollo likes the eyes, like Hisoka said but Hisoka is a liar and also Chrollo has never shown interest in the show for them. For someone who steals things he likes, why make an exception and murder here?)

2. for money (that's not correct, we are told multiple times they don't care about it, neither money nor fame, they want to be recognized by the world but how would that work by killing a clan that's been hidden for 100 years, they dont get anything out of it.)

3. for revenge: Revenge for what? Kurta are a peaceful clan that hide for years. We know the Troupe left a note that is the motto of Meteor City (I'm adding here what op referred to: "we reject no one so take nothing from us"). Op says note means they serve justice to their city, when someone takes things away from them so what did Kurta take? From the thematic and narrative point they are not set up to have done it, op thinks thats 100% intentional.

Like said above, BOTH have the thematic of oppression from the outside world, they are a commodity for the rich and powerful (gods) but why is Phantom Troupe put in the light of both, the oppressor and the oppressed? Why would an oppressed group oppress another one for NO good reason? The Troupe doesn't kill innocent people if not necessary, they do NOT care about money or fame and the revenge aspect doesnt work because the Kurta were isolated from the outside.

If we look back at the York New Arc they never state the massacre, they simply suggest it and of course from a Kurapika POV they are guilty but if you look again you have to ask..are they really?

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this took ages for me to coherently formulate and ik it goes back and forth but bless op's heart because it changed my perspective completely (more than any yt analysis found online) !

#hunter x hunter #chrollo lucilfer #phantom troupe #kurapika kurta #kurta clan theory #hxh chrollo #hxh hisoka #hxh manga #hxh spoilers #el.rants

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ionlymadethissoicouldleaveanask · 7 months

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Star Wars Prequels Thoughts

Okay, as requested by @rainintheevening (or more accurately, as forced upon you all by myself), here are my thoughts on the Prequels.

Now I want to preface by saying this - I love Star Wars, I love all of the Star Wars films, and I am far from a Prequels hater. However, I think that there are a few things that could have been done differently to make the franchise as a whole better. This whole thing came up from my wish that Star Wars had been made so that you could watch from Episode I on and not miss anything, as opposed to the way that the Prequels we have are built on the shoulders of the OT. Anyhow.

The first major change that I would make is this: the movies would have focused on Obi-Wan Kenobi as the main character far above any other character. Anakin would have been a sidekick in the Obi-Wan story. We would have started and ended with Obi Kenobi.

TPM -

Phantom would almost entirely follow the plot that is already established. The big change, though, is that instead of Anakin Skywalker being a little junkyard rat from Tatooine, he is already a Jedi padawan.

So here's the shot - at the start of the film, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his former padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, now a full-fledged Jedi knight, go to negotiate with the Trade Federation that has blockaded Naboo. Each of these Jedi has a padawan of his own - Jinn's is the young, brash, Anakin Skywalker. Kenobi's padawan is more mild-mannered and force-attuned. Let's call him Bob Dirtswimmer for the sake of clarity. Kenobi's fiery impulsiveness is played up to a big extent - he's brash, doesn't think things through before doing them, and he negotiates exclusively with his lightsaber. Jinn is more calm and level-headed. Their respective padawans both get along better with the other master, which causes some friction.

Like I said, the plot pretty well follows what already exists – the Trade Federation doesn’t want to comply, the Jedi are forced to ally with first Jar Jar, and rescue Queen Amidala. They escape the planet but are forced to land on the desert planet Tatooine, where they are befriended by a young moisture farmer named Owen. Owen hates Tatooine, hates moisture farming, and he hates how bored he is in life. All he wants is to escape the planet with his girlfriend Beru and become a pilot. While Kenobi and Jinn try to negotiate for parts to repair their ship, Anakin and Owen become fast friends, spurred on by their similar distaste for boredom and the ‘sedentary’ lifestyle that is being pushed on them by their respective mentors (Cliegg pushing Owen to join him as a moisture farmer, Qui-Gon pushing Anakin to be more mindful of the living Force instead of so action-oriented). Dirtswimmer tries to get along with them, but he feels excluded because he is far less inclined to join in on the action of things.

They eventually manage to secure the parts with the help of Owen. As repayment, they allow him and Beru to join them. He immediately and happily settles into the cockpit and gets some flying lessons from the Queen’s royal pilots. On the way to Coruscant to plead for Naboo’s case, we see Anakin begin to grow close to one of the queen’s handmaidens. Then we get the bit where Palpatine, the senator from Naboo, begins pushing Chancellor Valorum to raise an army to fight the Trade Federation’s unjust claims. Dirtswimmer remains on Coruscant to help Palpatine rally support for Naboo while the other Jedi return with the queen to retake the planet. Anakin and Owen fly together against the control ship because they are both skilled pilots, leaving Kenobi and Jinn to face off against Maul.

Now, since Qui-Gon is a bye-gone, Kenobi takes Anakin on as his second apprentice, teaching him at the same time as Dirtswimmer. At the end of the film, Palpatine talks to Dirtswimmer around Jinn’s funeral and mentions how disappointing it is that the Jedi with whom he really connected was now gone, leaving him to be the third wheel in the Obi-Ani Show.

AotC - We're going to get into some big changes that will be important, so keep track of this stuff.

Side note: Master Yoda is often referred to, but never seen. He is described as being the greatest warrior of the entire Jedi Order, but he has abandoned it because he believes that the Order has lost its way.

Again, we follow the same vague film plot - it begins with Naboo's new Junior Senator, Padme Amidala. She and Palpatine, the Senior Senator, are on Coruscant to debate the creation of a clone army for the republic. Palpatine represents the Nabooian populace that is in favor of the law - which is a significant portion, considering the Republic’s failure to assist them when they were being attacked years before - while Padme represents the minority who believe that such an act would be inhumane and lead to dictatorship.

There have been many threats against anyone who opposes the law, so three Jedi are assigned to protect Amidala - Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Bob. There is a brief moment of happiness when they reunite, and Anakin and Padme almost immediately get going with the flirtation once again - something that Dirtswimmer sees is inappropriate, but Kenobi brushes off as unimportant. That night, there is an attempt on Amidala's life. The Jedi manage to protect the Senator and Anakin and Obi-Wan immediately set off after the would-be assassin while Dirtswimmer notices a second assassin following behind. Just as they capture the first accomplice, Dirtswimmer attacks the second - a Mandalorian. Mando and Dirtswimmer engage in a brief fight but Mando manages to knock Dirtswimmer off of him, hits the first accomplice with a poison dart, and escapes.

With this information, the trio of Jedi splits. Anakin is ordered to accompany Padme back to Naboo for her protection, Dirtswimmer is to work with Senator Palpatine to investigate who in the Senate is responsible for these attacks, and Obi-Wan is assigned to investigate the Mando alongside another Jedi Knight - Siri Tachi, with whom he clearly has history.

Padme is initially against the idea of leaving, but Palpatine manages to talk her into going for her protection and assures her that he will recall her before the vote takes place. On Naboo, Anakin and Padme get swept up in their whirlwind romance and whatnot. Owen and Beru accompany them with Owen as the pilot of their ship.

While they are doing that, Bob is pulled aside by our good 'ole boy Sheev. He is acting as Padme's advisor and is a good friend to her, and he notices that Bob is being ignored by Anakin and that when they are together with Kenobi, his opinions are often rejected in favor of the more aggressive attitudes of Kenobi and Skywalker. Slowly and insidiously, Sheephen begins to convince Dirtswimmer that he is the more powerful Force user and that his powers are not being appreciated.

Meanwhile, Obi-Kenobi and Siri are looking for Mando. As they investigate, they share some romantic tension as well. Eventually they track Mando to Kamino where they find the clone army has already been constructed on the orders of the current Supreme Chancellor. They make contact with Jango Fett, a civilian contractor who was hired to be the clone template. While talking to him they are attacked by Mando, who has come to plant bombs in the cloning facilities. Fett earns their trust by fighting Mando alongside them and disabling the bombs himself.

After the battle, Kenobi and Tachi follow Mando to Geonosis. There, they find that a massive droid army has been produced with the intent of waging war against the Republic. They are captured and separated, and Dooku appears to attempt to turn Kenobi to his side. The conversation goes about as well as it does in canon.

Dirtswimmer contacts Anakin to inform him that the Supreme Chancellor has been voted out of office because he ordered the clone army without the consent of the Senate, and Palpatine has already won the vote to take his place in a landslide. He also mentions that they have lost contact with Obi-Wan. Anakin and Dirtswimmer agree that this is bad news, so Anakin and Padme go to Geonosis to try to find them (where they get captured) while Dirtswimmer is convinced by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to talk the Jedi Council into leading the Republic’s new army in a battle against the massive droid factories that Obi-Wan reported on.

The Council reflects for a while, and someone mentions that they wish Master Yoda had not left the Order because he, being one of the greatest and most powerful Jedi Warriors, would have known what to do. Finally they refuse the advice to take the army. We get an inkling that Jedi are somewhat vain - they say things like “The Jedi order has protected the Republic for millennia, we will do so now.” Instead of taking the Clone Army, a relatively small task force of Jedi is sent instead.

The arena scene happens normally, from the gladiator fights to the Jedi being outnumbered in the middle of the arena and surrounded by SBDs. Then, suddenly, Bob shows up to save the day along with the Clone Army. He obviously rejected the Council's decision in favor of trusting Palpatine, which seems to have been the proper call.

Obi-Wan and Anakin are honestly appreciative of Dirtswimmer for the first time. While he stays behind to coordinate the clone attack, Skywalker and Kenobi chase down Dooku. When they get to the staging area where Dooku plans to escape, Kenobi is suddenly confronted by Siri Tachi, who has taken the Sith's side. She immediately knocks Anakin to the side, then says that Dooku has already fled and tries to convince Kenobi to join her. She makes several good points about the corruption of the Republic and also saying that they would be able to be together if they left the Jedi Order in her plea and Obi-Wan is tempted, but finally refuses. Tachi gives him the “if you’re not with me, then you’re my enemy,” line and they duel, ending with Kenobi being forced to kill his lady love. It is very emotional.

Bob and the other Jedi lead the clone army to victory.

The end of the film shows Anakin and Padme marrying in a private ceremony, Kenobi mourning Tachi, and Dirtswimmer and Sheephen counseling each other even more.

RotS - Buckle up buttercups, we're going down the rabbit hole now.

Starts with the attack on Coruscant and the A-Team rescuing Sheephen from Dooku. When they get aboard the Invisible Hand Kenobi is distracted by Grievous, leaving Anakin and Bob to fight Dooku together. While Anakin is a good match for Dooku in terms of dueling prowess, Dirtswimmer is very clearly out of his depth. Still, when Dooku knocks Anakin back and makes a move to execute Palpatine, Dirtswimmer manages to leap forward and kill the Sith Lord instead. Anakin is clearly upset that his fellow Jedi - who isn’t nearly as skilled with a saber as he - managed to get the kill, whereas Bob is getting pretty cocky about what he managed to do.

So they land, get celebrated, blah blah blah. Anakin is starting to have nightmares but, even though this version of the Jedi Order is a lot more lax with relationships, he can’t exactly go to any of his fellow Jedi for help because his marriage is still technically a no-no (even though several Jedi like Aayla Secura and Kit Fisto are shown to have developed ‘secret’ relationships like.) As a result, he starts speaking with Palpatine since the man is a close friend of Padme’s.

So, in a few shots to show how the war is progressing we are shown that 1) the Jedi are becoming more and more aggressive in their combat styles, and 2) there is a squad of bounty hunters led by the elusive Mandalorian from the previous film that is proving very effective against Jedi. At one point we get a shot of Aayla being ambushed and killed by this squad so we know they mean business.

There are many mentions that "I wish the great warrior Master Yoda were here to lead us" but again, he does not appear.

At the same time as all this, Jango Fett is the key liaison between the clone army and the Senate. He is a GoodGuy(™) trusted by both the Jedi and the senate.

The film follows most of its plot, with the addition of Sheev influencing both Anakin and Bob at this point - Bob through his feelings of rejection by his master and fellow former padawan, Anakin through his pride and fear of losing Padme (that way we can still get some good "tragedy of Darth Plageuis the Wise" action in here). Obi-Wan is sent out to finish off Grievous. Instead of Anakin, Palpatine wants Bob to be planted on the Council as his liaison with the Jedi. When Obi-Wan leaves he secretly tells Anakin to keep an eye on Dirtswimmer because he’s afraid of the influence that Palpatine is exerting over him.

The Jedi Order realizes that the Chancellor is the second Sith and they send The Squad to kill him. This time, though, Sheev doesn't fight (because there's nothing wrong with a powerful force user not being able to also duel with lightsabers.) Instead, Mando and his squad are there to protect Palpatine. The Jedi immediately attack and start picking them off one-by-one, but both Agen Kolar and Saesee Tiin are eventually killed.

Finally it's just Kit Fisto and Mace Windu back-to-back fighting the rest of the squad. Fisto sees a chance to kill Mando (who he has been hunting, since Mando is the one who killed his lover Secura). Kit smashes Mando against the wall and is about to murderize him when the helmet comes off and he sees that Mando is Jango Fett. In Fisto's moment of confusion, Fett manages to stab him with a vibro blade. Windu kills Fett, but Palpatine uses his Force lightning to kill Windu. A real paper-beats-rock-beats-scissors moment.

Interspersed with this duel is Kenobi's attack on Grievous. Kenobi is clearly taking out all of his negative emotions from the past few years on the cyborg, who seems to be enjoying it at first because he thinks he stands a chance. Eventually, though, it becomes clear that Grievous is outmatched. Kenobi kills him somewhat brutally. Maybe reminiscent of that CGI cutscene version of Grievous’s death.

Meanwhile, Bob arrives at Palpatine’s office just after Windu’s death and reveals that he was part of the plan all along and has become Palpatine’s new apprentice. Sheephen tells Bob to go to Mustafar to destroy the Separatist leadership (which was sent there by Grievous when Kenobi first attacked) in order to end the war.

Anakin watches this interaction from a distance. He sends a communication to Obi-Wan to warn him that Palpatine is the Sith and that Bob is going to Mustafar on his orders. Obi-Wan starts to tell Anakin to wait for his return when suddenly Palpatine gives the big "The time has come, Commander" speech, and Obi-Kenobi gets blasted out of the sky by Cody.

We get the Order 66 sequence which is largely unchanged. Owen helps Kenobi escape and together they fly away, clones everywhere are turning on and killing their Jedi leaders. Meanwhile, Anakin leaves his extremely pregnant wife on Coruscant, promising, "I'm doing this for us," and takes off after Bob.

Bob and Anakin arrive on Mustafar at the same time, where they find the Separatist leaders already massacred by their own droid armies. Anakin acts completely surprised by this, but Bob just starts laughing and says, "I thought they were my final test, but I was wrong. It’s you." He ignites his lightsaber and says, "Only one of us is leaving this place alive."

Cue massive lightsaber battle. Anakin and Bob are jumping all over crap, lava is everywhere, the whole nine. Obi and Owen arrive on the planet just in time to see both padawans fling themselves at each other over a lava river, and both of them seemingly fall in. They try to fly their ship down to rescue Anakin, since it is clear that Bob has turned to the dark side. Before they can, though, a Star Destroyer arrives in-system and they have to run away.

Obi pretty much breaks down. He has lost his master, killed his girlfriend, lost a padawan to the dark side and just watched that fallen Jedi kill his favorite padawan. Owen is also seen with tears on his face because Anakin was one of his best friends.

Kenobi and Owen meet up with Bail Organa, who has secreted Padme away to his fancy moon-based hospital where she is dying in childbirth. Kenobi (who figured out a long time ago that she and Anakin were married but didn't do anything about it) can't bring himself to tell her that Anakin is dead and instead promises that he is on his way and will be there soon. She dies with a smile on her face talking about how Ani is her hero, and Kenobi breaks down big time.

Meanwhile, Palpatine is on Mustafar and a scarred figure drags itself out of the lava river. The person is too disfigured to recognize, but Palpatine is pleased and collects them. They are then sealed into the Vader suit, and Palpatine tells them, "You have finally earned your place at my side. Rise, Darth Vader." We get the dramatic shot of the full Vader suit stepping out of the shadows, with the implication being that Bob is the one inside because he was the one who wanted to join Palps.

Organa and his wife take Leia because they have just suffered a miscarriage that no one knows about, so it will be easy to protect her as their child. Owen offers to take Luke and he and Beru return to Tatooine - the place that he most hates - in order to protect Luke from Bob and the Emperor. Though Kenobi accompanies Owen to protect Luke, there is now a level of animosity between them because they both blame Obi-Wan for Anakin's death.

The episode ends with Owen and Beru holding Luke and watching Tatooine's twin sunset.

So. All of that being said. The big reason why I think that the Prequels would be better for these changes is this: I want all of Star Wars to be centered around the big reveal that Darth Vader is Anakin Skywalker. The Phantom Menace was written with the idea that everybody already knew - I think that it would have been a lot more fun if we got three whole movies that led you to believe that Anakin Skywalker was dead and gone. That Bob Dirtswimmer was in the suit, he had killed Luke’s father, and he was the evil one. Then, “No, I am your father,” would hit so much harder. I also think it would be more fun to have Yoda missing all the way through the Prequels but built up with the expectation of him being this incredible warrior because it builds into the twist in Empire - by the time we get there, we are expecting someone incredible. Even Master Windu was talking about what a great warrior this Yoda was… the fact that he is actually just a muppet with a great understanding of the Force would feel much more impactful.

So there we go. That’s the type of Prequel trilogy I would have wanted. If you actually managed to read all of this… you have my sincerest apologies.

#star wars #star wars prequels #prequel trilogy #my thoughts #too many of my thoughts #so many thoughts

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grayrazor · 5 months

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I kind of wish the Amazon Fallout show put some greeblies or something on the cars and clothes in the flashbacks to make it more clear that it’s a retro-futuristic 2077 and not actually the 1950s. Maybe use some 1950s concept cars as inspiration.

It’s weirder because in Filly’s junkyard they’ve got wrecks of jets from later eras like F4 Phantoms and 737s, but all the cars are from the 1940s.

#fallout #fallout tv series #atompunk #dieselpunk #retro futurism #aesthetics

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mirasiberia · 6 months

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Why I love Phinks 💫

During the whole Yorknew City arc I was very neutral about him. That was until he said this line to Gon :

"Paku.. Paku wanted to Thank you."

And this moment really made me love him!

Because during the whole dilemma of the Troupe : do we save Chrollo or do wefollow the rules , the main one in saving Chrollo side was Pakunoda (since she had the memories) and the one who was very talkative on the we follow the rules side was Phinks. During this dilemma it was like a clash between them, and Phinks even doubted Pakunoda when she was about to transfer her memories.

But after her death it was Phinks who conveyed both her memories to Shizuku (and the others) and her feeling of gratefulness to Gon and Killua.

The second moment that made me respect him so so much is during the CA arc. When Feitan defeated the Queen Zazan and the Troupe met Chimera ants with memories of their old life as Meteor City Natives.

A Chimera Ant begs the Troupe to kill him and Phinks says :

"I refuse to kill for charity.

You're still Meteor City Natives aren't you ?!

Show us there's some spirit left in you!!!"

And this scene made me cry so much!!! Because Meteor City is called a junkyard city and its natives are seen as the lowest in society, actually they aren't even seen in society. For this reason, the mafia could just so easily take and hunt them, and in society it's just so easy to blame them for any crime.

But Phinks, even after they were no longer humans and were to die, insist that until their last breath they should keep their dignity and spirit!

And this is something I only see now but after killing them he says that it leaves an awful aftertaste. He wants other ants because he feels kind of bad or weird about killing his own.

I feel like everytime the Spiders are there (except during the Greed Island arc) Phinks has always the most beautiful and impactful last line. I hope he will also have the last Phantom Troupe's line in the current arc.

And to finish , he is just so silly and his scenes made me laugh like : Lying to Kurapika; getting beat by Paku Machi and Nobu ; getting teased by Shalnark and Feitan for missing Chrollo; "IT'S PHINKS" hell yeah it's you ; his little comment when Gon and Killua escape and etc.

#hunter x hunter #hxh phinks #phinks magcub #phinks #the only thing i could do for his birthday

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incomprehensible-phasmid · 1 year

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@dbhrarepairs week, day 2 - Trust

Markus came here to find some peace and quiet. What he didn’t expect to find was Josh.

Maybe they are both here for the same purpose.

“You know,” Josh starts when he notices Markus’ presence. “I haven’t just… looked at the city since I arrived to Jericho. I used to see it all the time from the university.”

And Markus wants to ask; he wants to know more about Josh, but he knows he shouldn’t push for it. There are things that should stay in the past. But if Josh offers the information, he’s going to listen.

After all, that’s why they’re here, right? To make it better for their peers, so they don’t have to go through the same things they had to.

Slowly, Josh rises from the plank and turns around to face Markus. “Things are going to change, no matter what we do today. Detroit won’t be the same place as before.”

“No, it won’t,” Markus agrees, and watches as Josh sits down heavily on the ratty armchair. Markus wonders if he’s finally ready to stop fighting off change.

“I’m aware of what this can escalate to,” Josh says. “I was teaching history. At the university.”

Against his better judgment, Markus asks, “What happened?”

Josh hums, and looks out to the city once more. But before Markus has time to apologize for the intrusive question, he starts speaking.

“It was late; I just finished my last class. I was about to go back to the other building where the android storage area was.” He shakes his head. “Funny, how I never thought about how fucked up our situation was. Anyway. There were three guys. They were drunk. They just wanted to pick a fight no matter what, and I was right there.” He unconsciously smooths a hand over his chest, where – Markus guesses – there’s still a scar or a dent under his clothes. Suddenly, Markus feels an impulse in his wires; he’s overwhelmed with the want to reach out. He doesn’t.

“I’m sorry,” he says instead, which doesn’t sound right, and it doesn’t change what Josh had to go through anyway.

“What about you?” Josh’s dark, intense eyes are back on Markus, and he couldn’t look away, even if he wanted to. “You haven’t said much about yourself since you came to Jericho.”

And Markus knows what Josh thinks as they look into each other’s eyes. Androids don’t come with heterochromia. There’s still a phantom pain behind his eye where the bullet went through. He thinks it’ll never cease.

“I was caring for an old man… he was like a father to me. He died in my arms.” The painful images of that night flash on Markus’s HUD, uncontrollably. “The police thought I did it. They shot me. I woke up in a junkyard. I thought I was going to die.”

He can never forget; never forgets the pain he woke up in, the fear he felt, but something was in him. He wanted to live, desperately so. He thought he was going to die, but he never felt so alive before.

Josh steps closer; so close that Markus is able to detect the steady rhythm of his thirium pump. Cool, tentative fingers touch his hand, asking to open a connection.

And Markus lets the synthskin recede from his own hand and lets himself to be seen for the first time in his life.

#detroit become human #dbhrarepairsweek #markus #josh #do they even have a ship name?#is it jorkus?#jorkus #now it's jorkus #my man josh needs some more lovin #i didn't mean to write a whole ass story but my hand slipped whoops #markus is a short king now bc that's how the animations fit i'm sorry 😂

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fernsnailz · 4 months

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#AND firefox!!!!!!!#fern's sketchbook #original art #junkyard phantoms

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nintendowife · 1 year

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I finished Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective on Nintendo 3DS a week ago. I had a great time with Capcom's classic creation which is a combination of a mystery, logic puzzles and a supernatural thriller adventure.

Sissel appears to have lost his memory and if that weren't enough he rather appears to have been murdered too. He has no memory of who he is (or to be more exact, was) and zero clue why he was done away with. Only a few hours remains until dawn breaks and his soul will vanish forever. Sissel must solve his own murder and discover his identity.

Ghost Trick's gameplay and concept is very unique, I can't remember seeing any other game like this. Gameplay consists of solving tricky logic puzzles in order to avert mortal fates of other people who serve as vital clues of Sissel’s past. As Sissel, a spirit caught between the worlds of the dead and living, you're expected to cause chain reactions of sorts by possessing and manipulating objects in the environments and evoking reactions from living people. Conveniently Sissel also has the power to travel back in time to 4 minutes prior to a person's death to see what happened and to change the course of their fate. You reach out to nearby objects with stylus on touch screen or by using the control stick and perform “ghost tricks” to get closer to the truth.

Even though the theme revolves around death, the game has a light and humorous take on the subject - you won't have to worry about getting depressed over the game's events. The story is rather interesting and the characters are just brilliantly designed. Inspector Cabanela was an especially memorable character with his extravagant flair, and another favorite of mine was the brave little doggo called Missile. Dialogue is funny and a lot of surprising events happen during the course of the game. You start from a junkyard and end up going to pretty wild places! Even though my hunch about Sissel's identity was right, the ending is quite a brain twister and I'm not exactly sure if I understood everything. It was a satisfying ending to the mystery nevertheless. The game’s length is good and there’s no unnecessary filler content to bore you. It takes about 12 hours to finish the story according to HowLongToBeat.

The game’s audiovisual presentation is distinct and stylish. The pixel graphics are detailed and character portraits use sharp, chunky outlines. The real eyecatcher here are the animations though. It's rare to see such impressive, fluid, detailed and entertaining animation even in today's big budget games created with high tech motion capture. Yet this game from 13 years ago (2010), crafted for the small screen of Nintendo DS (that many people consider antique hardware), exceeds all my expectations that I place on motion in games. Ghost Trick's music is very good and fits the events like a glove. Many characters have their own catchy theme when they appear on the screen.

There's a remaster of Ghost Trick coming soon to modern platforms such as Nintendo Switch and PC. If the remaster manages to retain the original's spirit (heh) you can expect an entertaining package. I recommend checking the game out on the platform of your choice if you're into mysteries and/or puzzles.

#ghost trick: phantom detective #ghost trick #nintendo 3ds

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Info File:: [Phantom Hornet]

Info File: [Phantom Hornet]

Name: Vincent (birth name Elena)

Codename: Phantom Hornet, “Montauk”

DOB: 7/18/1974

Nationality: Cypriot

Hair: Black

Eyes: Pale grey

Gender: Male (AFAB, transman)

Height: 5’5

Weight: 140 lbs

Languages: Greek, English, Russian, Turkish

Abilities: Can manipulate emotions, particularly fear. Can plant suggestions and impulses in peoples’ minds. Able to communicate with animals and the dead. Able to alter one’s perception of reality, to the point of destroying one’s perception of reality entirely. Superhuman strength/agility. Bite force on par with a medium sized wildcat. Incredible night vision due to tapetum lucidum (eyeshine). Heightened sense of smell (due to having a developed Jacobson’s organ in the roof of his mouth) and hearing.

History, early childhood:

Born on July 18, 1974 on Cypriot soil a few days before the beginning of the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus. Parents fled to the US as a result of the invasion, where they ended up in a small town in Nevada, near the Mojave desert.

He was born a girl, to a resentful father and a neurotic mother. His father would resent him for being born female and his mother was obsessed with stuffing him into a role he simply could not fill.

As he grew, he became more withdrawn from human interaction, instead preferring to spend time with the local strays (mostly cats). Due to this, his innate psychic abilities would begin to cause changes in his appearance, as he was absorbing the traits of things around him. His eyes would become more cat-like and, upon losing his baby teeth, would obtain the canines and sharpened, thick molars of a predator.

It would also begin to initiate behavioral changes in him as well, causing him to adopt more animalistic tendencies. He was awkward around other kids his age, who would find him offputting due to his unusual behaviors and appearance. Due to this rejection by his peers, he would spend most of his time playing in junkyards and abandoned places with his feline companions.

His life would turn a sharp corner when his peers found out that messing with his feline companions would cause him distress. One day, the kids would take things too far and seriously hurt one of his favorite cats, causing him to release a burst of psychic energy in his anger. The rage behind the energy would cause the kids to go into a crazed frenzy, violently murdering each other as he watched, horrified.

The town would, understandably, blame the new family and their strange child, which caused his parents much grief and resentment. His parents would then begin locking him inside the house, hiding him away out of embarrassment and hatred.

It wouldn’t take long before the incident reached the ears of government officials, who would visit the family and their odd child. They would offer to take him off their hands, in return for dismissal of charges. His parents would readily agree, practically shoving their frightened 8-year old out the door without a second thought. He would spend many years in military research facilities.

History, 1983-1999

He would become the subject of “Project Montauk”, a project intended to rival Russia’s research into psychic ability. However, he would prove to be nowhere near as skilled with his psychic abilities as they expected. Though he was formidable, he just didn’t have the psychokinesis and telepathy they were looking for.

Since he displayed animalistic tendencies, the project began to lean into this instead, seeing a potentially deadly asset in him, even if he didn’t possess the exact abilities they were searching for. He would receive his claw implants at this time, replacing most of his finger bones with nanotech that would give him retractable metal claws.

“Project Montauk” also involved drug research, using him to test various hallucinogenic, psychedelic substances for the sake of interrogation. This research would cause him to experience ego death at an early age, further destroying his sense of self and humanity. He would begin to see himself as something ‘other’, not human but not quite animal either. This would also cause him to understand his psychic abilities better, and his ability to alter one’s perception would come to the surface.

He would begin transition at 13 years old, taking the name ‘Vincent’ and shedding his old self entirely.

Due to his broken sense of humanity, he would maul most researchers that worked with him, biting off fingers and mauling faces. He would also attack due to repressed memories of being raped repeatedly while he was sedated when he was younger.

He would be trained in assassinwork and spywork, becoming a force to be reckoned with, a creature of deadly precision and efficiency.

In 1995, he would be given a mission to gather intelligence on, and assassinate, a certain Russian psychic that had just been hired on by the FBI.

He would enter this mission with the full intent of finishing the job, but he would be slowly charmed by the man he was sent to kill. Slowly but surely, the two of them began to fall for each other, spending more and more time together. They would become very close, often sleeping together and going out to just spend time with each other.

Of course, even though he was falling hard for his target, his employers were running out of patience. Eventually, he would be threatened with death if he didn’t finish the job, and he was forced to leave his lover abruptly. He would leave in the middle of the night, leaving a note on the pillow saying how sorry he was that he had to leave like this.

History, 1999-2005

Heartbroken by leaving his lover in order to protect him, he would return to his employers as a failure, saying that his target had slipped through his fingers and had disappeared.

Years later, he would be given a ‘last chance’, a mission of importance. He had become reckless and obstinate, doing things his own way and often risking his own life and the mission. He would be inserted into FOXHOUND as a spy, with the intent of gathering intelligence on the group.

He received the codename Phantom Hornet.

Little did he know, this was intended to be a suicide mission by his superiors-either he completed the job and came back alive, or he would be killed upon being found out. Either way, they either got their info or they got rid of the operative that had been causing them so much grief.

Upon meeting the main member of FOXHOUND, his stomach dropped when he saw that all too familiar gas mask. How ironic that he would meet with his lover, in the same situation.

Hornet would approach Mantis later, attempting to break the ice only to be met with cold professionalism from his past lover.

It would take a few weeks before Mantis would begin softening his stance toward Hornet, revealing that he’d kept the note Hornet left. This was like a punch in the gut to Hornet, and he began to really think things over. Did he really want to go through with this? Do his job and then be shoved back into his empty, barren cell until he was useful again? Or…did he want to stay here, with the only person that had ever cared about him?

He would defect to FOXHOUND the following day, asking Mantis to help him dump the equipment his employers gave him into the ocean, permanently severing his ties to his employers. Moved by Hornet’s display of loyalty, he would continue opening up to him, eventually getting back to where they were when Hornet left. They would eventually join minds, achieving the highest level of bonding between two psychics.

#mgs #metal gear solid #mgs oc #mgs oc [phantom hornet]#psycho mantis #brainrot #headcanon #reluctant rambles

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Watto's Junkyard

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:33:41

Here is a behind the scenes view of Jake Lloyd as Anakin with the unidentified WEL-series welding droid seen above.

And here’s a photo from page 57 of the Secret Life of Droids, showing what looks like the darker WEL-1708 droid in the lighter colored welding droid’s location in Watto’s Junkyard. WEL-1708 appears in a later scene outside the front entrance to Watto's Junkshop with R2-T0.

#Star Wars #Episode I #The Phantom Menace #Tatooine #Xelric Draw #Mos Espa #Watto's Junkshop #Watto's Junkyard #Watto #Qui-Gon Jinn #R2-D2 #landspeeder turbine engine #unidentified WEL welding droid #unidentified pit droid #repair and maintenance pod #EVA pod

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Listed below are the hats in Skylanders: Giants, along with their stat bonuses and their locations in both versions:

Anvil Hat (+5 Armor): Autogyro Adventure (C) Head Hunting (3DS)

Archer Hat (+10 Critical Hit): Secret Vault of Secrets (C) Area Stuck in the Mud (3DS)

Atom Hat (+25 Critical Hit): Lost City of Arkus (C) Westernland (3DS)

Balloon Hat (+2 Critical Hit +2 Armor): The Dread-Yacht (C)

Battle Helmet (+7 Critical Hit +7 Armor): Molekin Mountain (C) Phantom Tide Rising (3DS)

Beret (+15 Critical Hit): Drill-X's Big Rig (C) Head Hunting (3DS)

Birthday Hat (+2 Critical Hit +1 Speed): Rumbletown (C) Head Hunting (3DS)

Biter Hat (+5 Critical Hit): Junkyard Isles (C) Through the Ruins (3DS)

Bone Head (+3 Speed +7 Elemental Power): The Dread-Yacht (C) Head Hunting (3DS)

Bottle Cap Hat (+15 Armor): Autogyro Adventure (C) Daring Rescue (3DS)

Bowler Hat (+2 Critical Hit +2 Armor): The Dread-Yacht (C)

Bowling Pin Hat (+10 Critical Hit +10 Armor): The Oracle (C) Westernland (3DS)

Bronze Top Hat (+5 Critical Hit +2 Speed +5 Armor): Reach Quest Rank 1 (C)

Caesar Hat (+20 Elemental Power): Bringing Order to Kaos! (C) Cannon Fodder (3DS)

Carrot Hat (+15 Armor): Rumbletown (C) Head Hunting (3DS)

Chef Hat (+10 Critical Hit +10 Elemental Power): Darklight Crypt (C) Lost and Found (3DS)

Combat Hat (+15 Elemental Power): Drill-X's Big Rig (C) The Wingwarrens (3DS)

Coonskin Cap (+10 Critical Hit): The Dread-Yacht (C) Winterwatch Keep (3DS)

Cossack Hat (+10 Elemental Power): Empire of Ice (C) A Walk in the Park (3DS)

Cowboy Hat (+2 Critical Hit +2 Armor): Junkyard Isles (C) A Walk in the Park (3DS)

Crown of Light (+15 Armor): The Oracle (C),Sand Trap (3DS)

Dancer Hat (+6 Speed): Kaos' Kastle (C) Phantom Tide Rising (3DS)

Dangling Carrot Hat (+4 Speed +10 Elemental Power): Molekin Mountain (C) Phantom Tide Rising (3DS)

Elf Hat (+2 Speed +5 Elemental Power): Rumbletown (C) Sand Trap (3DS)

Eye Hat (+5 Critical Hit +5 Elemental Power): Wilikin Village (C) Through the Ruins (3DS)

Fancy Hat (+1 Speed +2 Armor): Rumbletown (C) Ships Ahoy (3DS)

Fez (+5 Elemental Power): Cutthroat Carnival (C) Through the Ruins (3DS)

Firefighter Helmet (+20 Critical Hit): Glacier Gully (C) Westernland (3DS)

Fishing Hat (+5 Elemental power +5 Armor): Wilikin Village (C) The Windy Dunes (3DS)

Flower Fairy Hat (+2 Speed): Time of the Giants (C) Cannon Fodder (3DS)

Flower Hat (+2 Critical Hit +2 Armor): The Dread-Yacht (C)

Funnel Hat (+7 Elemental Power +7 Armor): Lost City of Arkus (C) Cannon Fodder (3DS)

Future Hat (+10 Speed): Autogyro Adventure (C) A Walk in the Park (3DS)

General's Hat (+7 Critical hit +7 Elemental Power): Aerial Attack! (C) Windjammer Bay (3DS)

Gold Top Hat (+10 Critical Hit +4 Speed, +10 Armor): Reach Quest Rank 3 (C)

Graduation Hat (+15 Elemental Power): Kaos' Kastle (C) Tunnel of Love (3DS)

Happy Birthday! (+2 Critical Hit +2 Armor): The Dread-Yacht (C)

Jester Hat (+1 Speed +2 Elemental Power): The Dread-Yacht (C) Sand Trap (3DS)

Knight Helm (+15 Critical hit +6 Speed +15 elemental Power +15 Armor): Defeat Kaos in Nightmare Mode (C)

Kufi Hat (+2 Critical Hit +2 Elemental Power): Junkyard Isles (C) Overgrowth (3DS)

Lampshade Hat (+5 Elemental Power): Cutthroat Carnival (C) Tunnel of Love (3DS)

Lil Devil (+9 Speed): The Dread-Yacht (C) Through the Ruins (3DS)

Mariachi Hat (+10 Defense): Cutthroat Carnival (C) Murky Waters (3DS)

Miner Hat (+7 Armor +7 Elemental Power): The Dread-Yacht (C) Wighthaunt (3DS)

Moose Hat (+2 Speed +5 Armor): Troll Home Security (C) Sand Trap (3DS)

Napoleon Hat (+5 Armor +5 Elemental Power): Lost City of Arkus (C) The Wingwarrens (3DS)

Nefertiti Hat (+10 Critical Hit +10 Elemental Power): Aerial Attack! (C) Tunnel of Love (3DS)

Officer Cap (+3 Speed +7 Armor): Secret Vault of Secrets (C) Tunnel of Love (3DS)

Pan Hat (+2 Armor +2 Elemental Power): The Dread-Yacht (C) The Tar Pits (3DS)

Pants Hat (+15 Critical Hit +6 Speed): Troll Home Security (C) Overgrowth (3DS)

Paper Fast Food Hat (+2 Critical Hit +2 Armor): Time of the Giants (C) Murky Waters (3DS)

Pilgrim Hat (+2 Armor): Rumbletown (C) Murky Waters (3DS)

Pirate Doo Rag (+4 Speed): Pirate Seas (C) A Walk in the Park (3DS)

Pirate Hat (+20 Critical Hit): Pirate Seas (C) Windjammer Bay (3DS)

Plunger Head (+2 Elemental Power): Junkyard Isles (C) The Tar Pits (3DS)

Police Siren Hat (+4 Speed): Junkyard Isles (C) Stuck in the Mud (3DS)

Princess Hat (+3 Speed +7 Elemental Power): Kaos' Kastle (C) Daring Rescue (3DS)

Propeller Cap (+3 Speed): Glacier Gully (C) Winterwatch Keep (3DS)

Pumpkin Hat (+10 Armor): Darklight Crypt (C) A Walk in the Park (3DS)

Purple Fedora (+1 Speed +2 Armor): Glacier Gully (C) Stuck in the Mud (3DS)

Rasta Hat (+7 Critical Hit +7 Elemental Power): Bringing Order to Kaos! (C) Stuck in the Mud (3DS)

Rocker Hair (+7 Critical Hit +3 Elemental Power): Wilikin Village (C) Lost and Found (3DS)

Rocket Hat (+6 Speed): Molekin Mountain (C) The Tar Pits (3DS)

Royal Crown (+10 Critical Hit): Dragon's Peak (C) Through the Ruins (3DS)

Safari Hat (+2 Speed +5 Armor): Drill-X's Big Rig (C) Overgrowth (3DS)

Sailor Hat (+4 Speed +10 Armor): Aerial Attack! (C) Overgrowth (3DS)

Santa Hat (+20 Armor): Empire of Ice (C) The Tar Pits (3DS)

Scrumshanks Hat (+10 Critical Hit +4 Speed): Bringing Order to Kaos! (C) Ships Ahoy (3DS)

Showtime Hat (+25 Elemental Power): The Dread-Yacht (C) Cannon Fodder (3DS)

Silver Top Hat (+7 Critical Hit +3 Speed +7 Armor): Reach Quest Rank 2 (C)

Sombrero (+5 Critical Hit +5 Armor): Troll Home Security (C) Murky Waters (3DS)

Spiked Hat (+7 Critical Hit +7 Armor): Aerial Attack! (C) Ships Ahoy (3DS)

Spy Gear (+2 Speed +5 Critical Hit): Secret Vault of Secrets (C) Wighthaunt (3DS)

Straw Hat (+2 Critical Hit +2 Armor): The Dread-Yacht (C)

Tiki Hat (+10 Elemental Power): The Oracle (C) The Windy Dunes (3DS)

Top Hat (+5 Armor +5 Critical Hit): Glacier Gully (C) Ships Ahoy (3DS)

Toy Soldier Hat (+5 Critical Hit +2 Speed): Wilikin Village (C) Daring Rescue (3DS)

Traffic Cone Hat (+15 Critical Hit): Drill-X's Big Rig (C) Phantom Tide Rising (3DS)

Trojan Helmet (+10 Armor): Troll Home Security (C) The Windy Dunes (3DS)

Tropical Turban (+2 Speed +5 Elemental Power): Secret Vault of Secrets (C) Lost and Found (3DS)

Trucker Hat (+25 Armor): Molekin Mountain (C) Daring Rescue (3DS)

Turban (+5 Armor): Time of the Giants (C) Phantom Tide Rising (3DS)

Umbrella Hat (+20 Armor): The Oracle (C) Daring Rescue (3DS)

Unicorn Hat (+12 Armor +12 Critical Hit): Bringing Order to Kaos! (C) The Windy Dunes (3DS)

Viking Helmet (+5 Critical Hit): Cutthroat Carnival (C) Ships Ahoy (3DS)

Vintage Baseball Cap (+8 Speed): The Dread-Yacht (C) Westernland (3DS)

Wabbit Ears (+5 Speed +12 Armor): Lost City of Arkus (C) Lost and Found (3DS)

Winged Hat (+12 Speed): Dragon's Peak (C) Sand Trap (3DS)

Wizard Hat (+25 Elemental Power): Bringing Order to Kaos! (C) The Windy Dunes (3DS)

#fun fact: i almost couldn't make this post because i kept getting a 'text character per block' limit error #until i messed around with text settings until it stopped popping up lol #<- mod note #Skylanders #Skylanders Giants #Items #Collectibles #Hats #Lists

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