#m3 etc

[berniecranes]

One thing that kind have irked me a little bit is John's views in the game. No, not the fundamentals I disagree with, as that is obvious. But the inconsistencies with what they built up for him. They're minor details, it doesn't really change much, but excuse this ramble I am going into. It's going to be talking about the VW, and some of the tactics used in it, so I want to give a full warning for this.

Also I want to preface this as this is not to defend John. I have been more than adamant on the fact that John is a scary, shitty, C*A Officer regardless of anything else.

As you may know, John makes a passing comment to Lincoln about how LBJ is handling the war. He says "President Johnson is a goddamn pussy. He started that war, he should finish it." which clearly shows John, a. Puts blame on LBJ for pushing the war, obviously being lighter towards Jack's actions earlier on. Whether he is a believer that Jack wouldn't have escalated the war, or he wouldn't have had it get this bad/would have handled it better, that is up for debate. And b. He wants it to end. Which is an obvious, I think assuming him and Lincoln want this war to be over makes sense. But, especially with the idea he was a C*A Officer; because at this time, the C*A and M*litary were not hand in hand allies, as I believe that happened either with N*xon or the 80s, I cannot remember fully right now. They often opposed views. And with this, the C*A believing they "ACTUALLY want to the end the war"; whereas the m*litary wants "glory." Now, I would like to point out, just because John wants the war to end doesn't make him anti-war. As we hear how he feels abt anti-war protesters. Clearly he still believes they should do their """civic duty""" or whatever. Regardless of if you're happy with it or not, or be quiet and go along with it, I guess.

But this really is where my biggest gripe comes in. John says the way to end the war is "filling up the sky with B-52s" AKA, keep bombing V*etnam. This has been the tactic that has been FAILING. LBJ has been critiqued even in his own Party that he needs to stop the bombing & to start negotiations. But the thing with LBJ, he is too stubborn likes to do things his way. And, do you know who opposed continuous bombing? The C*A. While I know clearly not EVERYONE did, but then tell me why....when they established John is unhappy with how things are going, especially with what LBJ is doing.....WHY he would be pro the tactics that ISN'T working? UGH! It just makes no sense to me. And to go on and continue to mock him when he haults the bombings? Like hello?

And no, I do not believe he would want N*xon or whatever because I still do believe he is a democrat. I think his staunch support for Jack should definitely still be noted. He wouldn't go SO hard for a politician he believed in...if he didn't believe in him you know? Remember John is a man of this time, he's an actively present adult. He isn't looking at it 60 yrs later, he's looking at it in the moment. I think it's more than fair to say his frustration of LBJ doesn't show he is suddenly against him or whatever. Because they're just that; frustrations. Especially in the conference, we see how the war fucked with John and how he feels about everything as a whole. But it is true, the handling of the war overshadowed literally EVERYTHING LBJ did. And I'm not saying that is a bad thing, when your screw up (putting that lightly) is a literal mass killing of an entire group of people, that is GONNA be the focus of what you did. Oh, but with the line where John says if Jack was still around N*xon wouldn't be president. I believe that is a rather loaded answer, not as simple as Jack would be elected, because he couldn't have been, it would already be 2nd term. The plan always would have been Bobby would try after Jack, then Teddy. But I think he still holds a lot of his hopes in what the nation could have been with him, and truly feels Am*rica "lost its way" or whatever. But yeah, I think it's clear he still is aligned this way regardless of the many wrong things John does or say.

Like I mentioned, this is by no means me defending him or the C*A, as they were doing terrible shit. As we know the Ph*onix Pr*gram (which to remind you, M3 has John AND Lincoln involved in that for some reason...) exists, and many other things are public about their doings there. I just think this shows how the game lacks to really show anyone's core views or thoughts. Instead of using John as a way to show the many different views, they should have stuck to one and have him do that. Instead, they went with this, something that literally makes NO sense.

Below the cut are all the John lines I mentioned and also a passage or two from the book V*etnam: A History by St*nley K*rnow

Added in alt text so hopefully they're all easier to read, I apologize abt the book pictures, they were taken last year in the middle of me reading so often I just got a quick pic and continued on, aha

[zekkopunks]

I get the nessporky crowd now, I don’t really see them as romantic but there is something wrong with them and I need to study them under a microscope

[bettycanavosio]

REIMAGINED MAFIA TRILOGY ADVERTISEMENTS [1/?]

[wethecelestial]

update: i think....i am too toxic to thrive at this medical school lmao

[privatejammy]

just beat fable 3 again ☹️

[nyctarian]

Sorry to just post screenshots of my own tweets but i Am once more wishing the marvin3 app was robustly maintained and not instead an abandoned project

[z0mbi3gir11]

Relapsing. This is my plan.

Diet:

- Skip breakfast (who even eats breakfast anymore??)

- 1 pack of plain oatmeal after school or work

- Gum and liquids (hot tea, ice water, Diet Coke) between “meals”

- Bowl of fruit or seasoned veggies for dinner

Other good food options include:

- Rice cakes

- Green smoothies (My personal fav is spinach, banana, peanut butter, with almond milk. Healthy and gives you the illusion that you’re full. I count this as two meals)

- Carrots and hummus

- Celery and peanut butter

- Cheerios ( DO NOT USE WHOLE MILK )

- Plain Greek Yogurt

- Rice (white rice preferably)

⚠️ NO MORE DESSERT ⚠️

You can forget about dessert. It’s now your enemy.

Exercise:

- Minimum of 1 run a day

- Lots of walks

- Sit ups while watching a show or listening to music

- Try walking places instead of driving (work, school, friends house, etc.)

TIPS:

- REMEMBER TO TRACK YOUR WEIGHT. (I recommend the app Zero. It’s helped a lot so far.)

- Constantly weigh yourself (multiple times a day, no clothes on)

- Restrict to under 1000cals a day (less as progress goes on)

- Keep up with m3@nsp0 and pro @na posts to stay motivated.

- Go to bed with a sense of hunger.

If I can do it, so can you. Start today, it’s never too late.

REMINDER:

10 cups of ice water a day burns 100cals.

You are stronger than your cravings!!!!

[windmills123]

ive never seen anyone bring up how deltarune asks for the player's name at the start, which is quite interesting as going by earthbound and mother 3, some of toby's arguably biggest inspirations for the game, the players name could be used in very emotional and important scenes...

like in EB, the final boss can only be beaten by getting all of your friends you've made trough-out the game to pray for the protagonists, and the final person who prays for the characters is you, which is a symbol of how humanity's greatest power is to support eachother etc etc. and in the ending of M3 the characters thank you for helping them save the world, and ask your world to treat you nicely.

idk, i feel like toby could do something smart with this. the game does save your goner maker little gray guy, so maybe you even show up as your own character at some point? who knows!!!!

[3v3ry0n3z-fav3-al13n-x3]

HA11 1'M RAV3R X3

H3r3'z z0m3 1nf0 ab0ut m3 :3

H3r3'z my pr0n0unz pag3, x3n0h0ard ANDD my 0cz!! ^_^

My boundaries:

Please don't use fem terms on me ( like girl, sis etc, even as a joke ), and pls don't use she / her pronouns for me ( the same goes to they / them if u know my actual pronouns )

Please for the love of GOD don't flirt with me if ur an adult (calling me stuff like "cute" or "handsome" is ok, just pls no "hot" or "sexy" )

If u have nothing nice to say, don't say anything

Can't believe I have to say this but don't ask me for "pics" I'm a minor jdjshshjsjs (and no, I don't wanna be your "sugar baby")

Pls no "scene vs scenecore" discourse

If you'll break any of my boundaries you're getting blocked

[berniecranes]

Some Lincoln redraws bc it's been a while since I've drawn!

the sketches by themselves :D

[shuttershocky]

Does lone trail have any operators worth getting a skill to m3?

Let's go over the Lonetrail ops. As always, this is my personal opinion on their skills so you don't have to follow it, etc etc

Muelsyse's S3 is probably the only one from a purely meta standpoint that you'll want to M3. Her S2 has basically the same stats (DP gen, SP cost, +ATK, etc) except S3's effects for both melee and ranged clones are usually better in most cases.

Her S2's not a bad skill either though if you primarily use ranged clones for Mumu and just want to DPS with them.

If you are like me and are going to raise Ho'olheyak regardless of how bad she is (she's release-Passenger levels of bad), then M3 her S2. It's basically a better version of Caster Amiya's S2 with 30 SP cost instead of 100 and a chance to levitate enemies on hit, though you shouldn't actually be relying on the levitation since the chance is 15% and the skill hits random enemies (so you will be in RNG hell).

Don't specialize in Ho'ol's S3, even if it's her main skill. The gains on it are so bad on an already awful skill. If the tornadoes were actually AOE and not single target then I'd consider M3ing it, but as it is right now reducing SP cost from 64 to 60 and increasing levitation time from 2 seconds to 2.2 is way too little. I will of course, be ignoring my own advice M3 it anyway, but you're probably not Filipino and I'm only doing this because Ho'ol is, so I'm warning you to not emulate me.

If you're going to use her, Melanite's S2 actually isn't a bad investment. The SP cost goes from 18 to 15 (and can hold two charges, so fully charged goes from 36 seconds to 30, not bad!) and the damage boost at close range goes from 450% to 500%, which is a huge ATK scale multiplier for an AOE skill. If you get her module, Melanite's S2 becomes a very rare source of AOE evasion ignore (I actually don't know if anyone else has AOE evasion ignore) for groups of dodging enemies, which is usually rare, but not unheard of (such as the Durins from Gavial's event clumping up together). It also works in IS as a spinach/spaghetti skill.

Finally, there's Silence the Paradigmatic. Her S3's cost scales dramatically with specialization, going from a 42 SP cost down to 30(!) which is pretty wild when the skill itself lasts for 60 seconds, or twice its own cost. However, specializing in it doesn't increase Silence's ATK power or the effect of her shelter, so it really is just for boosting its uptime. It also extends the length of her get out of jail free card immortality from 7 seconds to 10 seconds, but surely 7 is enough for you to actually heal the guy that's almost dead, right? Also, keep in mind that her S3 can only be used twice in a stage for balance reasons (can you imagine keeping your whole team immortal for a whole stage forever with an SP cost that low) so only pop it in the most crucial moments.

On the other hand, Paradigmatic's S2 also scales really well with specialization, going from 30 SP cost to 24, but also DOUBLING her ASPD boost from +30 ASPD to +60, and increasing the shelter boost effect of her support drone from 2.4x Talent 1 to 3x. When she gets her module that makes her heal for 100% of her ATK instead of 75%, her S2 becomes much stronger.

[lorettapetrichor]

ask game time! 💕 tell us about one of your favorite characters and why you like them!

somebody told me that terezi was a bad character on instagram so im gonna write an essay on why shes my fave character

first off her sheer chaotic energy is fucking iconic. the complaint on instagram wasnt about that because it cant be denied but shes just fucking insane and i love her for it. i think shed bite off my fingers and then insult the taste of my skin. shes just so crazy and weird and murderous and nerdy and i love her for it. we all know this. but theres a lot of her character that is so overlooked.

heres an essay on why metatextually and narratively, terezi is one of (if not THE) most important characters in homestuck and how that connects to her relationship with vriska.

vriska and terezi are described by hussie like this:

This is the most important character relationship resulting from all the sound and fury of Hivebent's chaotic dispensation... It's the arguable axis around which the whole epic revolves, when you really study all the ramifications from the fallout resulting from their rivalry, ensuing revenge cycle, and mutually floundering struggle for redemption, in the warped way each of them defines that idea.

so i mean even HUSSIE acknowledges that theyre important. and of course we all know vriska is obsessed with trying to be at the center of the narrative and you could say she pulls terezi into that but thats NOT what happens between them.

so terezi meets vriska at some undetermined young age and they flarp together and become close very quickly as seen in terezis memories in remem8er. and when all the drama in hivebent goes down you really see that they arent just stable in their quadrants but that their codependency plays into this vacillation in a really twisted way.

Another snapshot of the tortured Scourge Sisters dynamic, in a long tale of angst and ambivalence concerning justice and morality. Terezi wrestles with this eternally. She wants to bring Vriska to justice. But she doesn't. She does, doesn't, does, doesn't. Vriska thrashes back and forth in a different way. I'm sorry, see how sorry I am? Isn't being sorry ENOUGH? What more do you want? I'm sorry, not sorry, sorry, not sorry. And being not sorry takes the form of lashing out, incrimination, daring Terezi into action, calling her bluff, etc. So her vacillation is more like, I'm sorry, fuck you, I'm sorry, you don't have the guts, I'm sorry, just kill me already! The dangerous dance goes on and on.

so yes. vrisrezi good. vrisrezi complex. but what makes this even more tragic is how they act as the ultimate doomed yuri. before remem8er, terezi talks about a lot of heavy feelings she hasnt really let on before.

GC: 1 N3V3R F3LT WHOL3 GC: 1 ST1LL DON'T GC: 4ND YOU M4D3 1T SO 1 D1DN'T H4V3 TO F4C3 TH4T F33L1NG GC: FOR 4 WH1L3 4T L34ST GC: 4ND NOW TH4T 1 TH1NK 1 KNOW TH1S 4BOUT MYS3LF GC: 1 TH1NK 1 G3T 1T GC: TH3 F33L1NG W1LL PROB4BLY N3V3R GO 4W4Y GC: ONLY COV3R3D UP 4T MOST, M4YB3 GC: W3 COULD W1N TH1S F1GHT GC: CR34T3 4NOTH3R UN1V3RS3 GC: SUCC33D 1N 3V3RY W4Y POSS1BL3 GC: 4ND 1'LL ST1LL F33L 1NCOMPL3T3 GC: V1CTORY WON'T F1X M3 GC: M4YB3 NOTH1NG C4N GC: M4YB3 TH3R3'S TOO L1TTL3 SUBST4NC3 1NS1D3 M3 TO 3V3N B3 F1X3D

she talks about her sense of incompleteness in a way that reminds me of the way you see space players experience loneliness--which is cool given that mind as an aspect has some parallels to both space and time. and she talks about how shes never been complete on her own. going back to the instagram post i saw that said she doesnt feel rounded enough on her own--thats the point. so much of her character is defined by vriska that its a part of her own identity and a tragic part of her actual experiences. theres another hussie quote which is about vriska but still applicable--

For instance, you could write dozens of paragraphs of meta on Vriska alone. But the moment you stop writing about Vriska in a vacuum, and start writing about Vriska x Terezi, the avenues of analysis seem endless. It's a circuitous, psychologically tortured mutual arc of competitive codependency, which on closer inspection serves as the axis around which virtually the entire plot revolves.

her codependency with vriska is one of the most central components of the entire narrative. without terezi's internal torment over vriska there would be no homestuck as we know it. [s] flip and the aftermath of game over (F1X TH1S) are among the most important moments in the entire story and both are defined by vriska and terezi's dynamic.

GC: BUT 4T L34ST 1 TH1NK 1 UND3RST4ND TH4T NOW GC: 4ND SHOULD B3 4BL3 F1GHT W1THOUT H4V1NG SOM3TH1NG GN4W 4T M3 GC: SOM3TH1NG TH4T F3LT UNKNOW4BL3, 4ND M4D3 M3 CONST4NTLY WOND3R WH4T 1 W4S DO1NG WRONG GC: 1'M OK W1TH L1V1NG L1K3 TH4T GC: NOT GO1NG TO PR3T3ND 1T WOULDN'T B3 N1C3 TO... GC: P4TCH MYS3LF UP, SOM3HOW? GC: GU3SS TH4T SH1P S41L3D, THOUGH GC: B4CK 1N OUR S3SS1ON, 1N WH4T3V3R W4Y 1 BOTCH3D MY QU3ST GC: OR D1DN'T R34CH GOD T13R, OR... GC: 1 DON'T 3V3N KNOW WH4T 1T W4S 1 D1D OR D1DN'T DO GC: 1 GU3SS TH4T'S TH3 PROBL3M, 1SN'T 1T? GC: TH3 MYST3RY OF 1T GC: TH3 TH1NGS 1'V3 SUPPOS3DLY DON3 GC: GOOD 4ND B4D, 1N D1FF3R3NT R34L1T13S GC: TH3 M1ST4K3S 1 M4D3, BUT C4N'T L34RN FROM GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R GC: OR TH3 H3RO1C TH1NGS 1 SUPPOS3DLY D1D GC: S4CR1F1C3S 1 M4D3 GC: TO S4V3 YOU GC: TO S4V3 3V3RYBODY GC: WH1CH T3LL M3 NOTH1NG 4BOUT MYS3LF, 4ND WH4T 1'M R34LLY C4P4BL3 OF GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R!

im including this stuff without much commentary because it just acts as illustration of how much more depth to terezi than just crazy murdery lawyer dragon girl. yes, shes tormented over vriska and how she lost her in another timeline and all the choices shes made in different worlds but its also about her. her dependency on vriska is a symptom of this deep deep loneliness she holds inside her. theres something to be said about her lack of a lusus and specficially the fact that her lusus's egg was held on a scale weighing it against sburb-associated machinery

the prevention of her loneliness is always doomed. she has no lusus--but in order to have one, the world would have to end. she has vriska--but she loses her in every single timeline without fail. she flirts with the humans--but kills john in one timeline and dooms a dave in another. she cannot pursue intimacy or friendship or any form of relationship without losing both her loved ones along with everything else. its not just that she doesnt have a lusus--its that her lusus hatching will end the world. its not just that she loses vriska--its that in no timeline we see do they get a happy ending, and the closest they get in being erased from reality in each others arms.

GC: M4YB3 1T'S D3LUS1ON4L OF M3 GC: TO 1M4G1N3 TH4T JUST H4V1NG 4NOTH3R S3T OF M3MOR13S 1S GO1NG TO M4K3 M3 F33L MOR3 COMPL3T3 GC: 1 C4N'T STOP TH1NK1NG 4BOUT 1T THOUGH GC: 1 GU3SS 1T'S 4LW4YS T3MPT1NG TO TH1NK TH3R3 1S ON3 H1DD3N 4NSW3R TO 3V3RYTH1NG GC: NO M4TT3R HOW F4NT4ST1C4L OR 1N4CC3SS1BL3 GC: 4ND 1F ONLY YOU COULD F1ND 1T, YOU'D F1N4LLY H4V3 TH3 P3RF3CT R3SOLUT1ON TO 3V3RYTH1NG 4BOUT YOURS3LF YOU C4N'T ST4ND GC: SO 1 JUST K33P WOND3R1NG TO MYS3LF GC: TH4T M4YB3 1F ONLY 1 COULD JUST R3M3MB3R GC: 1 WOULDN'T H4V3 TO F33L L1K3 TH1S

she is tormented by so much more than just vriska. and i talk about this through so much angsty and dramatic words but its really true that shes so tragic. and tragedy isnt the only reason to love her because shes also so silly and crazy and weird and offputting etc but the instagram post that pissed me off so badly said that she became uninteresting after the earlier-comic characterizations of her with her bloodthirsty lawyer/executioner persona.

GC: UH... WOW GC: 1 W4SN'T R34LLY 3XP3CT1NG TO T3LL YOU 4LL TH4T GC: 1 JUST W4NT3D TO C4TCH YOU B3FOR3 YOU GO OFF TO B4TTL3, 4ND W1SH YOU "LUCK" >:] GC: 4ND TO L3T YOU KNOW HOW 1MPORT4NT YOU'V3 B33N TO M3, 1N 4 W4Y TH4T W4SN'T L1K3 GC: CLOUD3D BY OUR USU4L TR4SH T4LK 4ND M1ND G4M3S GC: 1 GU3SS TH1S 1S WH4T YOU G3T FOR 1GNOR1NG M3 FOR TWO S3CONDS GC: 4 L1TTL3 TOO MUCH R34L1TY FROM 4N 1D1OT WHO'S MOR3 M3SS3D UP 1NS1D3 TH4N SH3 3V3R L3TS ON

she says it here. yes she is weird and silly but beyond the parts of it that are engrained into her personality it seems to be (at least in part) an act to cover up how messed up she feels inside. she is so full of shenanigans and whatnot and doesnt display her issues the way a lot of characters do (even the prospit kids who are so known for repressing their emotions show more signs of distress that terezi does, to the point that hussie made sure to note that her distress was genuine when her lusus died!)

More great and very imaginative sound effects. "GENUINE" seems like maybe it's an unnecessary qualifier, until you consider that Terezi is so full of shit, many things she does could be considered ungenuine. So it pays to point out when she is sad for real, like when her newborn baby mom dies.

vriska, downright infamous for being surrounded in discourse around the context of her actions, is even more obvious than terezi. she too plays up an act of her unfazed coolness about all the stuff she does but shes less extreme about it in such a way that its more obvious when she slips a bit in that facade. when terezi is distressed she usually doesnt show it at all because her layers of weird silliness are too thick. shes just a lot better at the whole violent killing stuff than vriska is! you can see this in vriskas breakdown in vrisky business:

vriska has a total breakdown over realizing shell need to learn to hunt after losing her arm and she says this:

bascially saying that that prime difference between them is that vriska, yes, has learned to be ruthless and violent and manipulative (and was never a good person in the first place but it was her lusus that shaped her into being like this) while terezi never had that stress. she could do whatever she wanted and be as wild as she wished which is why she grew into the crazy troll girl who is the most important character in homestuck. with why i love her out of the way its some analysis timeeeeee.

i already mentioned how important flip and f1x th1s are but i wanna dive into that.

terezi exhibits an understanding of sburb's timelines better than anyone else, even time players, letting her do things like lead dave to her own doomed self on his quest bed, and it becomes clear that this is the nature of her mind powers, combined with a seer's intuition. she has many traits that involve seeing through different barriers, if that makes sense--she can navigate the world by forming a mental image of her surroundings by smell and taste after going blind, and she sees through the layers of sburb's bizarreness just as easily.

[s] flip is one of the first places this ability is used in a way this vital to the progression of the main plot--she uses her powers to stop vriska from dooming them all.

Any divergence from this path to my knowing will taper into blackness like rotting roots. But if I was a Seer, such offshoots would be fully within my domain... A Seer would support her allies in battle not with her weapons, but her vision. She would sift through dross of her comrades' poor tactical inclinations and examine the grim consequences. A Seer would not charge into the fray headlong but direct it as a conductor with a baton. She would have the sight to eschew the obvious gambits, and find the path to victory disguised cleverly as setback, or even imminent defeat. She would behold the fortunes of friends and foes in totality, and appraise the contrivance of luck itself...A true Seer would know where luck is a given, where it is absent, and most importantly, where it doesn't matter at all. And she would know victory doesn't matter in a reality where all else is doomed to fail.

being from doc scratch this is ofc not 100% reliable information but its still some good meta. the last couple lines really emphasize her narrative place--as a seer, she is aware of the big picture, and as a seer of mind, she is more specifically aware of the branching timelines formed in sburb. she is a mastermind behind the plot but lacks the tools to truly direct it. (and i will also go ahead and point out the line about acting as a conductor since thats a very important symbol in homestuck representing movements of the story much like an orchestral symphony.

the actual conductors we see are the cherubs, calliope in particular. calliope and caliborn are characters with actual narrative power (caliborn takes over the whole story!) so its pretty impressive to be compared to that.

but it turns out terezi does in fact have a place in the story almost at this level of power.

it's revealed that the initial version of the events following the coinflip were in terezi's vision:

and that she turned around on that initial path to prevent it from happening. on its own, this isnt that significant. but this moment is the moment that the retcons revolve around, with an entire axis of the plot centered around this single moment between vriska and terezi woven together with terezi's visions and powers.

john may be the one to carry out the actual retcons, but terezi is both the one who ordered him to do so and the orchestrator of the entire narrative rewrite. this is the moment when she raises the conductors baton. this is why i refer to terezi rewriting the universe, not john.

all john did was use his powers to carry out the list of instructions that terezi used her powers to develop. most of them are of arguable vitality but the one that truly changes everything is the rewriting of vriska's death. by doing this, terezi is the reason why homestuck does not end in the disaster of game over. were it not for terezi, homestuck would have a far more tragic ending that the bittersweet conclusion we're actually left with. there are many characters who display a level of narrative control--vriska pulling the spotlight towards herself and being somewhat aware that a narrative like homestuck exists; the very existence of john's powers; doc scratch's role as a stand-in narrator on a level comparable to hussie's avatar; caliborn's narrative takeover in act 6 and ascension to lord english; calliope's role as a storyteller of the existing narrative--the list goes on. but terezi's actions are perhaps the most significant, even if her level of control is nowhere close, rewriting the story of homestuck entirely. she does get the password pages in there, which i'll definitely count as a sort of metanarrative presence in the presentation of the comic (like caliborn and doc scratch's site rethemes). yes, john does the necessary actions to achieve this end, but would not have been able to do so without the anchor points of terezi's direction of the plot.

and once again, this is inseparable from her relationship with vriska. yes, she does this to give another timeline a chance at victory, and to carry on her story in another life as she dies in the pre-retcon timelines, but it's also for vriska. killing vriska broke terezi as much as it broke the narrative and so rewriting canon for vriska gives that other version of herself a second chance. there is not point in leaving vriska out of this because the relationship between the two and the push and pull of their tumultuous dynamic is what is at the heart of the narrative--not one or the other.

and even with such a significant role, she is still bound to her fate outside of the changes john can make. im gonna bring back some dialogue from earlier--

GC: BUT 4T L34ST 1 TH1NK 1 UND3RST4ND TH4T NOW GC: 4ND SHOULD B3 4BL3 F1GHT W1THOUT H4V1NG SOM3TH1NG GN4W 4T M3 GC: SOM3TH1NG TH4T F3LT UNKNOW4BL3, 4ND M4D3 M3 CONST4NTLY WOND3R WH4T 1 W4S DO1NG WRONG GC: 1'M OK W1TH L1V1NG L1K3 TH4T GC: NOT GO1NG TO PR3T3ND 1T WOULDN'T B3 N1C3 TO... GC: P4TCH MYS3LF UP, SOM3HOW? GC: GU3SS TH4T SH1P S41L3D, THOUGH GC: B4CK 1N OUR S3SS1ON, 1N WH4T3V3R W4Y 1 BOTCH3D MY QU3ST GC: OR D1DN'T R34CH GOD T13R, OR... GC: 1 DON'T 3V3N KNOW WH4T 1T W4S 1 D1D OR D1DN'T DO GC: 1 GU3SS TH4T'S TH3 PROBL3M, 1SN'T 1T? GC: TH3 MYST3RY OF 1T GC: TH3 TH1NGS 1'V3 SUPPOS3DLY DON3 GC: GOOD 4ND B4D, 1N D1FF3R3NT R34L1T13S GC: TH3 M1ST4K3S 1 M4D3, BUT C4N'T L34RN FROM GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R GC: OR TH3 H3RO1C TH1NGS 1 SUPPOS3DLY D1D GC: S4CR1F1C3S 1 M4D3 GC: TO S4V3 YOU GC: TO S4V3 3V3RYBODY GC: WH1CH T3LL M3 NOTH1NG 4BOUT MYS3LF, 4ND WH4T 1'M R34LLY C4P4BL3 OF GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R!

she does not have the godlike narrative position that the cherubs achieve. shes not even a godtier! and thats another part of what makes her so tragic. she knows enough about sburb to navigate it and play it to her advantage but not enough to gain the self fulfillment she wants.

GC: TH3 TH1NGS 1'V3 SUPPOS3DLY DON3 GC: GOOD 4ND B4D, 1N D1FF3R3NT R34L1T13S GC: TH3 M1ST4K3S 1 M4D3, BUT C4N'T L34RN FROM GC: B3C4US3 1 C4N'T R3M3MB3R

highlighting this part, her seer abilities are both her greatest power over the narrative and one of her most tragic parts.

she has access to infinite timelines and choices and can tell how things will turn out but she cant simply unlock those realities and memories beyond her experiences. having the access to the memories of a better life also isnt necessarily a plus.

GC: M4YB3 1T'S D3LUS1ON4L OF M3 GC: TO 1M4G1N3 TH4T JUST H4V1NG 4NOTH3R S3T OF M3MOR13S 1S GO1NG TO M4K3 M3 F33L MOR3 COMPL3T3 GC: 1 C4N'T STOP TH1NK1NG 4BOUT 1T THOUGH GC: 1 GU3SS 1T'S 4LW4YS T3MPT1NG TO TH1NK TH3R3 1S ON3 H1DD3N 4NSW3R TO 3V3RYTH1NG GC: NO M4TT3R HOW F4NT4ST1C4L OR 1N4CC3SS1BL3 GC: 4ND 1F ONLY YOU COULD F1ND 1T, YOU'D F1N4LLY H4V3 TH3 P3RF3CT R3SOLUT1ON TO 3V3RYTH1NG 4BOUT YOURS3LF YOU C4N'T ST4ND GC: SO 1 JUST K33P WOND3R1NG TO MYS3LF GC: TH4T M4YB3 1F ONLY 1 COULD JUST R3M3MB3R GC: 1 WOULDN'T H4V3 TO F33L L1K3 TH1S

the access to this knowledge seems to be a part of why she is so internally desperate for answers. the solution is right there seemingly but just out of reach. and in this desperate moment of trying to unlock those answers?

she remem8ers. (and i know the title of the flash is a reference to the song used in it but i will also point out just how vrisrezi it is to have her desperate attempts to recall her other self's memories be written in vriska's typing quirk)

at the end of this flash, terezi and vriska are about to be literally wiped from reality forever. and yet, they face that end smiling in each others arms. they are no longer relevant. there is no narrative significance to this moment. but its still what terezi needed to see in order to fulfill that part of herself.

um. i spent all day writing this in my free time. enjoy.

terezi save me. save me. terezi. terezi. terezi save me

[inkynightmaresau]

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[hazyaltcare]

Confession

Warning: Body dysmorphia

Quirked text:

1 R3G41N3D MY S1GHT 1N TH1S T1M3L1N3 4ND 1T M4K3S M3 3XTR3M3LY UNCOMFORT4BL3, 4ND MY F33L1NGS DON'T 3V3N F33L V4L1D B3C4US3 1T F33LS WRONG TO M1SS B31NG BL1ND. 1T W4S 4 P4RT OF MY 1D3NT1TY TH4T 1 W4S SO PROUD OF. 4ND NOW 1T'S GON3. 1 C4N S33 BOTH 1N-SYST3M 4ND WH3N 1'M 1N FRONT, SO TH3R3'S 4LSO NO 3SC4P1NG 1T. 1T 4LSO DO3SN'T H3LP TH4T TH1S WORLD 1S 4 S3NSORY N1GHTM4R3. >:[

Plain text:

i regained my sight in this timeline and it makes me extremely uncomfortable, and my feelings don't even feel valid because it feels wrong to miss being blind. it was a part of my identity that i was so proud of. and now it's gone. i can see both in-system and when i'm in front, so there's also no escaping it. it also doesn't help that this world is a sensory nightmare. >:[

Response

There's no judgment - not from us, at least - to miss your disability. Missing being blind doesn't mean you want to hurt the body and make it blind, or whatever haters might say to invalidate your emotions. Your feelings are perfectly valid.

To lose something that was such an intrinsic part of your identity and affected your life, is a great loss. You don't have to be grateful for the sight this world/body grants you if you don't like it - It's okay to grieve that loss. It's okay to be uncomfortable.

Mod Vintage (⛎/Bc)

As someone hard-of-hearing in my other life and hearing in this chassis, I also miss that disability :( The chassis is also disabled, but in a different way, so it's kinda like an unlucky lottery, you know?

This world is indeed sensory nightmare! Especially with the chassis being autistic and easily overloaded by noises. I absolutely hate hearing the clock ticking, electronics humming, hands typing, etc. Sounds that I never had to worry about become a nuisance at best and an incapacitation at worst. I could cover the chassis' ears, but it's not the same.

It sounds so overwhelming to be bombarded by sight everywhere you go, in-and out-system :( I feel solidarity towards you here!

Also, missing a certain disability the body doesn't have does not make you a non-valid disabled person/fictive/etc.. It doesn't make you ableist. Disability is not inherently undesirable. There's nothing wrong with how you feel. I hope this helps. 🤍

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[thestarinstarving]

hey i'm aster :)

this is my ana diary/motivation blog! i am pro recovery but not actively pursing it, if you are in recovery then DO NOT SCROLL! go and get better, best of luck ♡

i enjoy th1n$p0 and sw33t$p0, not really m3@n$p0 so you'll rarely find it here. i am anti f@t$p0 and f@tph0b1@!! i tag posts i write with #asterposting , if i ever get termed you can find me under there

every day i'm gonna add something new to my list of personal motivation. some will be very niche but anyone can refer to it if they like!

list under the cut ♡

1) to be able to take photos of myself again

2) to wear clothes that are actually my style instead of what makes me look less fat

3) feeling empty is 10× better than feeling full

4) so clothes shopping makes me feel better about myself instead of much, much worse

5) so i can eat junk food and look cute instead of disgusting

6) to look the part of being a ballet dancer as well

7) to have the confidence to wear a bikini

8) so i don't have to constantly pull up tights/leggings

9) so relatives will stop talking about my weight behind my back (or to my face 😭)

10) so i can wear clothes that expose my legs

11) to look taller

12) to be in control

13) to be pretty even when i'm not trying

14) to find clothes in my size easier

15) so i can stop being the DUFF

16) because the theatre/TV/film industries are biased against fat people

17) so i can order clothes online knowing they'll fit

18) for a thigh gap

19) to be skinnier than the skinny friend

20) to feel comfortable when undressing in front of others

21) so miniskirts actually cover my butt

22) to look less silly while dancing

23) to be pretty instead of funny

24) so pants don't chafe

25) so my stomach shrinks

26) so my hip bones stick out

27) to lose face fat

28) all the cute rings are in smaller sizes

29) more clothes options in secondhand stores

30) remember that time you saw your thighs in the mirror at dance? yeah

31) to get rid of fat rolls

32) to look skinny even when i'm bloated

33) for a flat stomach

34) to cross my legs easier

35) for clear skin

36) take up less space on public transport

37) to be better than the people i've cut off

38) so strangers are nicer to me

39) to look good in skin-tight clothes

40) to feel proud giving my measurements instead of embarrassed

41) for more prominent collarbones 💜💜

42) for a clearer mind

43) for slender fingers

44) so people say i look malnourished

45) to feel lighter, better

46) to wear baby tees

47) to highlight my figure

48) to be more confident

49) so i can dress badly and still look good

50) so i can see how pretty i am underneath this fat

51) so i seem cute and quirky when being myself instead of weird

52) to fit in with all the other girls at school

53) for skinny arms

54) to be able to see my ribs

55) for others to look at me and know i'm sick

56) so boob tape works better

57) so my eyes appear bigger

58) to feel at home in feminine clothes

59) so go days without thinking about food

60) reduced cellulite

61) to post on socials more

62) to have more room for muscle

63) so patterned pants aren't stretched out

64) so my partner can be proud to show others pictures of me

65) for random glances and stares in public

66) to prove them wrong

67) so calf-length boots are loose around my legs

68) less skin to shave

69) need less soap/moisturiser/etc for bodycare

70) so people are shocked at how easy it is to pick me up

71) to be thin before prom

72) to learn discipline

73) so my dysmorphia goes away

74) gender euphoria

75) so my hip bones stick out

[sergeifyodorov]

who's in a playoff spot?

as of October 22, 2023

Good evening Canadians and hockey fans, United States and Newfoundland, etc etc etc. The average team has played almost 5 games. If the playoffs started today, these would be the first-round matchups.

Eastern conference:

Bruins - Hurricanes (A1-WC2)

Red Wings - Senators (A2-A3)

Flyers - Maple Leafs (M1-WC1)

Rangers - Blue Jackets (M2-M3)

Western conference:

Avalanche - Predators (C1-WC1)

Stars - Coyotes (C2-C3)

Golden Knights - Blues (P1-WC2)

Canucks -Kings (P2-P3)

Continuing on: the weird DeBrincat-based Wings-Sens rivalry is now a playoff matchup; the Flyers are the team we all expected to be in the M1 spot; the Coyotes are still holding on to a place; the Canucks are winning the Cup babey!!!