#random update so you guys know i'm still alive lol

[chasing-chimeras]

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[team-heavenly]

Chapter 24 - The Jewel of Surrounded Sea

Or rather... *clears throat, checks random number generator*

Spoilers: You're A Human

WOW, WAY TO BE BEHIND THE TIMES, PAL. WE BEEN K N E W

This one is going to be like a dozen parts if I don't break it up, so this isn't the entirety of the Manaphy arc. My justification: 1) the main story does this too (ex: the guild expedition is over several chapters), 2) I've kept you guys waiting long enough, and 3) I'm the mod so I do what I want lol

It's an ordinary day around the ordinary Nautical Cottage with ordinary weather and another ordinary list of jobs to tackle... or is it?

"The Questionable Hut?" we ask, unknowingly signing up to go find it somewhere 20,000 leagues under the sea.

Um, yeah that sounds exciting! I'm sure we'll find... uh, a lot of permafrost and stuff... Yeaaahhhh 🎉

...Do they really? How is that thing still standing?!

But what kind of exploration team would we be, passing up the opportunity to check out a place in stasis for over 10,000 years? So naturally, we pick up the torch and make our way over.

Saaaay, this isn't the ocean...! (Also yes, if you're wondering-

(-this was a one-room floor.)

If you would kindly cast your eyes to the blue star below and follow the numbers and colors (yellow, red, green, purple):

LITERALLY if I had gone right instead of left, I would have found the stairs in no time flat without exploring the entire FREAKING FLOOR.

Also I guess this was the first time I picked up a Stun Seed in the wild?! If that tells you anything about the item distribution in this randomizer 💀

Ngl, this one made me pause for a second because it felt like Celebi was talking to me directly about my mental health. God, I love her :')

Speaking of, here's an updated look at her moveset. She's a little low PP-wise, but this combination of moves is pretty stellar! And, as you can see, I linked the first two for maximum effect. It RULED in Monster Houses!

I say this like there wasn't a two-room monster house on this very floor with Andrea in the back, unable to help with Blizzard, while getting our sh*t rocked by Agility, Sandstorm, everyone getting frozen, and the Intimidator IQ skill. I still don't know how we got out of that one alive.

Out of sheer curiosity on my part: what do you all call this kind of floor layout? For some reason, my brain has resorted to calling it a "maze floor" even though this is... literally the opposite of that. What would make more sense? A crossroads floor? A labyrinth floor? Would love to hear your thoughts!

So we arrive at the final floor, pick up our three Deluxe Boxes, and then...

Proceed to kidnap an unborn child. As you do.

Right on cue, we begin to hear some suspect wobbling coming from the nest.

:O!

I'll be honest, I didn't think too hard (if at all) about who I wanted Manaphy to be. Something cute? Something Legendary? Something completely off the cuff?

But as soon as I laid eyes on this little guy, I knew... I didn't want it any other way.

PRAISE BE TO LORD ARCEUS FOR BLESSING US WITH THIS PRECIOUS CHILD!!

...Although it does make all the talk about him being a rare, strange Pokémon kind of hilarious 😂

Amazing, that's 30 images and this is a perfect segway to Part 2.

[catsbootleg]

★ ~ Hello, and welcome to the Star King's Palace ~ ★

★ my name is jade ^^ (he/they/star) (you can call me jay if we're cool) (we usually are)

★ I have 3 main romantic F/Os, and while I do have others, there's only 3 guys who hoard my brain space.

★ It's Papyrus [Since August 2016, Undertale]. He's in the brain 24/7 and God do I love him never ask me anything about him as a character I blow up. and also my opinions/headcanons are. mediocre at best.

★ and I'm also in a triad polycule with master kohga (since june 13th, 2024, botw, aoc, totk) and sooga (since june 18th 2024, aoc [but he's alive in the other games my [redacted] works at nintendo they told me]). but don't tell anybody you saw this edit bc I don't want to have an f/o that somebody out there already has and make them sad or feel odd. also my self-insert is a rito. if you care,,

★ My main interests beyond my sweetheart of a skeleton and the Yiga polycule include...

Splatoon/Mario (I am also generally knowledgeable about other Nintendo franchises and am particularly fond of the N64 Era of games. However, I also am fond of some games from the GameCube, Wii U, and SNES.) (Side Note: As long as Nintendo either distributes their games (capcom/bandai namco) or they're competitors/closely affiliated (sega), I'll know some of their products too. I'm kind of familiar with PlayStation stuff too, but never ask me about Xbox franchises because I will not know anything about them.)

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (non-manga parts, haven't read the manga yet)

Touhou (UPDATED: Not as familiar with print works unless it's Curiosities of Lotus Asia, but I know the basics of the plot of every one of the main games/am familiar with the characters thus far, except Double Dealing Character and the story of any of the .# games, except SHOSS.)

★ As a side note, I (also) love VOCALOID and UTAU, but that's more of a music thing than an active interest. My favorite (vocaloid) artists are Wowaka, Kikuo, Machigerita-P, mothy, nyanyannya, and Ghost. I also follow a lot of UTAU cover artists (mainly Yokune Ruko users).

★ Changing this section as it was kind of undermining how I am, but I am awful at social stuff, somehow more so online??? (I can talk to people in public but I cannot make friends because my brain does not let me.) I'm trying to improve and stuff, but I still suck at finding the courage to interact or say anything even though I care for those I mutually follow and adore seeing their silly content. (You people know who you are! ,,,maybe) I'm simply a lurker but I promise I think you guys with your ships are so cute and it's canon in my head. I would make you two (or more) in tomodachi life and make you become a couple.

★ You can also ask me anything or just random bs go, it doesn't matter, as I said, I appreciate it lol (and unlike conversations, I can definitely answer and keep up with asks.)

!! proship dni !! i don't want you in my silly blog !! (as well as basic dni criteria)

[keibea]

update on my dragon age II playthrough that no one asked for and no one cares about ( SPOILERS AHEAD )

WARNING: a lot of random ranting and probably a thousand spelling and grammar mistakes..sorry

first and foremost that bitch fenris, who I still love regardless since I'm obsessed with fixing people, left my hawke (and therefore me) after they had swex the asshole

secondly, meril pissed me off. i mean if even the keeper doesn't want you to fix the bloody mirror, the leader of your people with the want to restore as much knowledge as possible, you should probably leave the bloody mirror alone. now we're rivals because I did the smart thing fjdndjendnt

THE FADE SERIOUSLY I hated it in dao and I hated it here WHYYYYYYYYYY would you do that bloody faynriel at least he's with the tevinters now hopefully that doesn't come back to bite me in the ass...

STOP WITH THE SPIDERS I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA I DEAL WITH ENOUGH SPIDERS ALREADY YOU ASSHOLES

also the dragons are really small??? like not even dragonlings just straight dragons are tiny what's up with that

our mother is dead wtfrick like are you trying to kill off every single remember of my family on purpose orrrr???? and she died as a zombie thing? seriously?? Haven't we been through enough??? luckily Bethany is still alive, although she's being a bitch to us even tho we saved her life the asshat

ALISTAIR IS BACK BBY OH MY GOSH I LOVE HIM I GOT SO EXCITEDDDD EEEEEE. in mine he's part of the grey wardens because I think he'd make a sucky king so...i saw him and it was everything OH MY GOSH. still looked a bit crusty even with mods BUT ILL TAKE IT

so a slight qunari issue am i right 😅 I tried to be on their side because honestly everyone was being mean to them when they're just trying to live their lives and still they end up killing everyone like waaaaatttt

AND BLODDY Isabela like SERIOUSLY GIRL I'm your friend. when you steal a historically and religiously important relic from a someone you bet your ass they're gonna wanna kill you for it. And then the bitch RAN albeit she did come back BUT STILL COME ON ASSHOLE

I killed the arishok...Yeah well I didn't want him to take isabela no matter how much of a selfish asshole she was so he's dead now...I have a feeling that's going to seriously bite me in the ass at some point

also someone help please, do I side with the mages or Templars what did you guys do??? cause I understand both sides and I think they're both right in some areas and incredibly flawed in others, particularly the Templars but idkkkkk also Meredith is a bit shifty I don't like her.. (im at the start of act 3 so no spoilers please! just interpretations if that's okay? although tbh I already know what happens since I played inquisition first then went back to the older games)

and LOL for a long part of the time, when I met orsino I was panicked thinking OH MY GOSH is Irving dead?? NO I LOVE IRVING I ALSO SAVED HIS ASS and then I remembered that this is like a completely different place LOL

I also absolutely adore varric like what a sweetheart! My Hawke and him are like the best of friends and honestly it's the cutest shiz ever

other than that I forgave fenris and I think we're a thing now?? idk. mostly because he's hot and also because you know he's like this sweet broken toy that I just wanna love and care for although HE MAKES THE WORSE REMARKS AT THE WORST TIME like read the bloody room fenris GOSH

lastly, ive just met zevran AKA the love of my wardens life in my dao playthrough and what the actual frick frack did they do to my baby I'm PISSED

anyway that was all, just really needed to get it out there since I know LITTERALLY NO ONE ELSE who plays this incredible game. Any thoughts I'd be really interested to hear. If I offended you because of my thoughts on a character, I apologise, i meant no harm this is just my opinion on them :)))

[lovee-infected]

hello, i'm a big admirer of your theories and watching a movie based on the disney park i thought of a connection between the haunted mansion and the disorganized dormitory, was that a reference about the school's past or if there is a chance to have but a ghost that has a connection with the foundation of the school? it would be very interesting to know how the school came about or in whom the disorganized dormitory hurts inspired, maybe it's just a random idea but I kept thinking about it💓

Hi there and thank you very much darling !😄💕💕💕💕💕💕 Well first of all , I'm greatly sorry for my awfully late response - This ask came when my url was still @/geodraconia (Oof-long ago) and I was mainly a twst theory-only blog...

And now , this isn't a random idea at all my dear and thank you very much for leading me to it ! I'd previously written theories for the Ramshackle dorm but the haunted mansion..? I watched lots of streams and videos for this and I can't believe how much I've been missing all this time omg-

Well then ! Let's go for it !

Twisted Wonderland theories part 4 : Haunted mansion and Eliza's background :

First of all let us quickly review what we previously found about Ramshackle dorm's possible inspirations :

The designs are clearly based off Disney's thro the mirror and there's no argue on it - But the same design was used in the video game epic Mickey as well

The other point was with the ghosts . I was pretty sure that they're designed after disney's famous lonesome ghosts for both designs and the house they lived in which did share similarities with Ramshackle dorm

Full theory here

Well I totally missed the biggest hint amd that would be the haunted mansion ; a direct and strong source for not only our beloved ghosts but also the main reason and reference of our latest and so far , greatest event which would be the ghost marriage

Before I start talking about what and why leaded to Eliza's story ; let me have a small update on the haunted mansion:

With some YouTube videos and documentaries on the haunted mansion's establishment , you may now understand the high similarities between the Ramshackle dorm and the well-known haunted mansion better :

You can check the videos out for full explanation but let me just bring some of the interesting hints out here :

1) The three men and the ghosts : Pretty similar to Ramshackle's ghosts , aren't they ?? I still can't relate to the third ghost or...corpse with that beard but take a look at the other two : From the form of the skull...to the shape of the hat . Familiar , right ?

2) The mirror : No extra words I guess , the picture has it all ( Not much different from our dark mirror , is it?)

Well if you guys watch the YouTube video you'll get to see plenty of more details in a better explanation there , but for now let's get to my favorite part :

The ghost bride :

Well then before having a look at where Eliza did exactly come from , let's review the mostly mentioned thoughts on her

1) Eliza does have a Hamilton reference : I personally agree on this one . Since Disney had hosted a Hamilton remake in the late years and because both stories have a bride who is blinded b love and doesn't see the incomplete parts of their crush (Alexander Hamilton vs Idia Shroud lol-) that's pretty possible to be ( I actually had a doubt whether the ghost bride's name is pronounced as El-ee-za or El-ai-zaa and so @poisonepel helped me with it )

2) Eliza is based off the corpse bride : Well this one seemed a bit too good to be true since Tim Burton's Corpse Bride isn't a Disney original , but due to what I found on the bride's background , it wasn't that wrong

Well recently @vaudedrome-dorm too shared pics of the latest ghost bride from Tokyo's 2019 event and the similarities are just too obvious . But the story is far greater than just a cute 2019 parade ; let's return to The haunted mansion's first days

When the haunted mansion was finally open to the public , a ghost named hatbox ghost was one of the strongest-spookiest hints there to frighten visitors ; but due to some reasons , this ghost was immediately replaced with a newer figure named : Ghost bride which hasn't ever been even close to getting removed so far

The first design is believed to be this painting which was inspired by this mysterious photography , (close enough huh..?)

Then through later designs , the ghost bride was given plenty of changes . Each one creepier after another ...

Well well , as you can see , the first designs weren't much pleasant amd the main design was a corpse with a beating heart on chest , which later grow famous with the nickname of Beating heart bride was the longest design our bride has been through. Designs did change a lot during it's time , but the heart remained the same

2) Well years later after having the heart beating bride for too long , they decided to give it an all new design : They removed the heart and instead , came up with a fully digital blue-ish phantom of the bride , which seemed more suitable for the haunted mansion

The bride is stcuk next to the mirror and pics in the middle of the ride , but the most interesting part are the portraits . They show a woman dressed as a bride stepping next to a man , as you move through the ride , the man's head disappears as if his head gets cut of or better to say : they proves that the groom had died

Another amazing design at the haunted mansion is how a ghost marriage is supposed to be taking place there . Portraits and designs are another aspect of it :

Due to having different designs over the time ; plenty of different stories have bee spreaded about the ghost bride's possible back ground , but let's look at the two of the most famous ones of them :

1) Constance, also known as the Black Widow Bride, who was unveiled in the 2006/2007 upgrades having replaced the original beating heart bride tells the story of a bride who murders her husbands and takes their riches for herself, hence the name Black Widow Bride. Constance does not however tell us all of her secrets and we are left to imagine the worst. While it is nice to leave the audience wanting more…

Well well that's all that was explained so far about the beating heart bride which was the first and almost the most famous design of the ghost bride

2) Now Melanie, who is in DLRP, is a completely different story…she was a young bride in love but whose father was completely against her marriage and was devoted to stopping it no matter what…but her parents died in an accident so happy ever after right? No…her groom was then killed by the Phantom of the Manor (I’m not sure who this is or WHY he wanted to kill the groom) and so she kept waiting for him to show up at the alter even in death. And again you’re left with questions, or at least I am…who is the Phantom in this Manor and why did he kill Melanie’s groom? Was he her father hell-bent on stopping her marrying this young man? Was he a jealous suitor?

I believe most of you are well-familiar with Tim Burton's Corpse Bride which is actually based off this story . So to everyone who assumed Eliza to be based off Corpse bride : You were indirectly right ! Because the bride we now are talking about is most likely based off the same thing Burton was inspired by

Okay , now let's get to our best part of the bride's history , something that is indubitably Yana's main and direct reference for Eliza's design : TADA !

Let's take a look at Tokyo's 2019 Spooky "Boo!" Parade where this version of the bride showed up ; a special tokyo event featuring the haunted Mansion but his time , with all alive and human cast :

Spooky "Boo!" Parade :

I leave reading the full info to you but let me bring the important parts out ; the bride

In 2019, the Bride was added to the parade. She walked in front of the float with Mickey and the knights. Her appearance differed from previous Bride costume characters - her hair is done up in a bun, and her dress and veil are more stylized and cartoony - but her dress is designed with a red heart in the center of her chest. This was the first time that the original bride appeared in the parks as a live character.

The bride was accompanied by five men dressed in matching suits and top hats. They acted as admirers to her. They proposed to her and she playfully pushed them away, as they made their way down the parade route.

I wanna focus on this part again

You see!?? Yana didn't come up with that story out of thin air ! The bride , the haunted Ramshackle dorm , the marriage , the slapped proposers!!!! They were are designed based on canon Disney events along with her knowledge and research ; just , impressive

omg...I mean I know that Yana always does her research but this...this was waaaaay greater than what I was expecting...

Upcoming is the Wish upon a star event and many already are expecting it to be a Pinocchio reference , but who knows ? What surprises is Yana willing to give us this time ? Let's see