#memory chunking

[potato-lord-but-not]

more Yellow for the soul !! also Oscar n Yellow cuddles as promised <3

[kagaintheskywithdiamonds]

@aroace-get-out-of-my-face @thefallenangel2008 @ravmycupine

just wanted to add some thoughts to the memory vial/brain dead au (or whatever we're calling it)

because of course ford's guilt about using the memory gun on stan is so much worse than it is in canon, not just for the obvious reasons but also because like

this wasn't the plan

Stan agreed to have his memories erased—of course he did, the whole thing was his idea. But he didn't know he was going to die. Granted, I feel like Stan probably still would've been willing to make that sacrifice if he had known that. But I don't think Ford would've.

Ford just thought he was turning his brother into an amnesiac, and even then he almost couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger. And of course he knew it was going to hurt, having Stan look at him like he's a stranger, but at least that's the outcome he was preparing himself for.

He was not prepared to see Stan's body topple over on its side, his unblinking eyes staring blankly ahead. Ford rushes to his brother's aid, grabbing him by the shoulders, trying to rouse him, calling his name (except, he wouldn't know his own name anymore, would he?). Stan's not moving. He's not breathing. Oh God, he's not breathing. Ford glances at the memory gun on the ground next to them, and horror washes over him as he realizes what he's done. The gun erased more than just memories, it erased everything. Stan's brain was a floppy drive and Ford was the magnet, wiping it clean and leaving it broken beyond repair.

No, no, this wasn't the plan. Time to call off the con. This wasn't supposed to happen. Stop, cut, abort mission, abort mission!

But it's too late. What's done is done, and he can't take it back.

Oh God, I killed him.

Sobbing now, Ford mutters choked-out apologies, first to Stan's body as he holds him tight—and again at his grave after he's buried. And the apologies start up anew every time he visits.

As the years go on, Ford is haunted by all the what-ifs that might've saved his brother's life. What if he had thought to type "Stanley Pines memories" into the memory gun instead of just "Stanley Pines", would it have kept his essential brain functions intact? Hell, what if he typed in "Bill Cipher"? Would that have been enough to kill the bastard and still let Stanley keep most of his memories and, more importantly, his life?

Ford doesn't know the answer to that question. And he'll never know. Because as much as he longs for it, he'll never have that chance to go back and do it differently.

[duncanor]

Oh, Warwick went down the mine because he was looking for Silco...

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizon forbidden west | flight 40/?

[cybersixed]

Postal Dude in places he shouldn’t be Part 2: My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic

[fisheito]

This was my introduction to bunny waiter eiden,which warrants a cut because I'm me🫢😑😐

I wuz screaMun because ppl weRE FAST ON THAT SHITE the dash was lighting up with eiden intimacy room details and i was Aghast LIKE NO!!! I CANNOT LOOK UPON YE .

I must RUN INTO TH3 QI LALAPP .APP. POSTHASTE

Oh got THERE HE IS . DIVERGENT DREAM? PLEASE ohhh look he's doing magic tricks just like he was just showing off to kuya in sleepless fun fair awww the continuity!!!-----

SHUT UPPPP I AGREE WITH YOU 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥺😭

So I FINISH READING the chapters that are released and i get to the Battle stages and OhMo what's this i see

Multiplier?+?+?+++!!!

Ohhhkaaaaayy that means i have to roll for eidento get my max rewards NoOooo;;; he's always eluded me I'm gonna lose all my comtracts qnd BE EMOTIONALLY CRUSHED 3 YEARS IN A ROW (ノД｀)ノ eiden PleaSe come to me i want your furniture my floors are barren i am in desperate need of chairs for my tables and your little nightstand of beverages PLEQSE. I HAVE SO MUCH OF YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD. PLEASE.

PSPSSPSPPSPSSPSPSPPSSPS

GasP NO...ITCANTBE!!!!

>?! In THE FIRST 20 PULLS. wsit who are u protecting what is the story behind your line--

MY NEW FURNITURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU BEAUTIFUL BLESSED GENEROUS EIDEN MWAH I ML OVOE U

now. what are you. Are you going to help me in battle what's your deal

Light guardian!!! That's cool!! Don't have a light guardian in my battle roster!!

Wtf is going on!!!!! This doesnt look like a set of pure guardian skills!@!!! WHATEVER! IT'S FINE! IT'S EVEN BETTER, ACTUALLY BECAUSE I DOUBT ANY REGULAR GUARDIAN CAN OUTCLASS SR MORVAY ANYWAY

Hmmm...... does that mean i won't really need this eiden for most battles? Morv has been carrying me and idk if it's worth it to build eiden to 3 stars because i only have 1 of him... that would cost a LOT of memory shards... :/

BUT EVERY EIDEN HAS BEEN SOOOO USEFUL UPON RELEASE. I CANNOT MISS OUT ON HIM THIS TIME!!!

CRYSTALS FOR YOU, .YMY LIEGE 🫴🫴🫴🫴🫴🫴 . Did i just drop the 5400 memory crystals I've been saving for years oh whatever i still have SOMe left

WAughH i NEED TO LEVEL HIM NOW I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL NEED HIM IN BATTLE BUT I NEED TO BUILD HIM *NOW*

MUST REACH MINIMUM TIER 6 SPECIAL ABILITY!!!!! I CAN (PROBABLY) AFFORD THAT MUCH I CAN BUILD HIM MORE WHEN I ACTUALLY USE HIM IN BATTLEA AA A A A AAAAAAAAAA WHER E IS MY GOLD I NEED COIN

AND NOW FOR THOSE INTIMQCYROOM BUFFS

Aaahhhh..... eiden is now the default face once i enter the Intimacy Rooms..... yes, this feels proper. Arrival of the king. Positioned Where he rightfully belongs.

Oh Glorb I FORGOT THAT GIFTING EIDEN PORTRAITS DOESNY USE ANY POINTS LET'S GOOOWWEEEEEEEEEEE

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS SALTED AND SEASONED I nEED TO HEAR HIS 18 SECOND ORGASM NOISE (<- so the legends say.idk. i never counted. I should count now. what The FriauK wAS TGAT SQUEAK)

How did it only take ~200 portrsits to unlock all 5 rooms what have i been hoarding for why didn't the other eidens come to me SIR I'M KEEPING YOUR FAVE SNACKS IN MY PANTRY FOREVER SO YOU'LL BE ENTICED TO VISIT. EIDEN YOU'RE KILLING ME IM RUNNING OUT OF ROOM FOR MY OWN SNACKS BECAUSE YOURS ARE TAKING UP ALL THE SPACE--!!

5-room-buffed now. BReathes. ok. Fine, we're good. We're o k ay. I cant watch the rooms yet, though. Not until the full event is released. I need to know everything before i dive in. AAAAAHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHH I FINALLY HAVE AN EIDEN AT TIME OF RELEASE!!!!! A CURRENT EIDEN!!! HE IS WITH ME AND I'M NOT BANKRUPT! WWAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

..nd this is me after that whirlwind of emotion, which all happened in <10 minutes

Eiden put me in some sort of trance

Whe4rn am i.?

Why are my coffers empty

[cuntylestat]

i would love to hear your take on bohemian rhapsody

god i don't even have the time to go in depth on this

as a music biopic, it sucks. it falls into all the typical traps of the music biopic to the point that you can just watch walk hard: a dewey cox story (which was parodying this exact type of movie in the 2000s) and it's basically the same movie. they have to keep acting like everyone was against queen, they were so revolutionary and no one got them, when that's not even what was happening. the writing is so bad and cliché, there are so many stupid lines in this movie. the integration of the music is lazy because it's basically either performances of the songs or them just playing in the background for no reason other than to have the music there because it's a freddie oh sorry i mean queen biopic! it's just so uncreative in its approach and their music could be utilized in a much more interesting way (see rocketman). the editing is obviously atrocious as many people have pointed out, and i personally also do not think that rami malek did a good job playing freddie mercury.

to me, it's also just a homophobic/biphobic movie. they literally have the scene in his house between him and roger, first signalling to us in a jokey way that He's Gay Now because he's got a moustache and a picture of marlene dietrich in his house, but also the movie basically implies that him being attracted to men is what makes him lonely, because he is only happy and fine when he's with mary and his straight band mates. in that scene, he basically begs roger to have dinner with him and roger replies he can't because he has a wife and kids. it paints the straight members of queen as these responsible family men who never party or drink or take drugs (when at least some of them were also partying and cheating on their wives) to contrast with freddie who is portrayed as out of control the minute he no longer has mary in his life and comes out as bi. it's basically trying to portray that his life post-coming out is empty and lonely. maybe not intentionally, but that's the impression you get when you pay attention. they also have freddie sexually harass jim hutton (who was freddie's partner until his death) as their little "meet cute" when that's not how they met at all, which is just insulting to their real story which was much nicer. they also continually have freddie being jealous of mary's new boyfriend or her being pregnant like they were not dating for years at this point, and there is no evidence that he was still so hung up on her romantically. it all just ends up in a genuinely problematic portrayal of a complex, interesting queer man.

the scene in the gay club is all bathed in red light and set to another one bites the dust, a song about a killing spree, visually making the gay club look almost like freddie's descending into hell or some shit (and even indirectly connecting it to his hiv/aids diagnosis), with the line "how long can you stand the heat" playing over a shot of freddie looking gravely towards the camera bathed in red light. they push up his hiv/aids diagnosis to 1984 when he really got diagnosed in 1987 just so they can have it before live aid and give their dumb movie something dramatic and they have the temerity to signal it with the moulin rouge-esque coughing blood into a handkerchief trope, which makes no sense because wouldn't he have died way before he actually did if he was already coughing up blood? it's so hacky and stupid.

they also portray paul prenter as the stereotypical corrupting evil gay from a hays code era movie. now, he doesn't seem to have been a saint, but to just make him this moustache-twirling villain in your movie because you are too lazy to create conflict in not the most hacky of ways is crazy. they have him kissing freddie while he's dating mary, isolating him from his band, encouraging him to do drugs and drink and smugly drink a glass of champagne while queen's manager tells him about live aid and starving children in ethiopia. i get the remaining members of queen did not like this dude, but this is absolutely insane to do to a man who also died of hiv/aids, and also again portrays basically every gay/bi man except jim hutton in some negative light, while all the straight characters are perfect little angels.

they also imply in this movie that freddie's solo music was bad which is a personal affront to me because he made some bangers like love kills, living on my own and i was born to love you.

[puddii-ng]

various shumikas doodles……

[snowdrop-halovian]

Deeva, the halovian of the Astral Express and... former wanted criminal in Belobog???

[billcipherlover]

also. bill cipher amnesia was her name animatic i finished a few days ago!! enjoy

[thepositivefella]

Gotta love how half the fandom struggles with Stan getting his memories back within a week starting his therapy 30 min after the wipe. But my man Fiddleford over here wiped his mind blank 30 years ago and it took him, like, one month at most to remember it all before even meeting Ford again

[browncafe]

If memories could be canned ...

[louis-damien]

Being trans is silly cause I can send a picture of a plain foam mound to my husband captioned "My penis" and we both know what that means

[whomstsnek]

I cannot believe none of you warned be about how miserable ep 53 would make me :(

[orpheuslament]

i need to be eternal sunshine'd so bad

[feedingicetothedog]

there’s enough canonical abuse in the loumand relationship as written, you don’t have to make up imaginary hypothetical abuse just bc you prefer loustat