#rc answers

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Hi, do you have any physical description of the ROs?

hellooo! first, sorry for taking so long to respond! i've been putting together profiles on days when i don't write, and i was hoping i'd have them done sooner to post instead. but it's looking more like i'll be done closer to the end of the month, so in the meantime...

amber eyes, dark brown hair in a short buzz cut, never clean-shaven, brown skin with a warm undertone, very tall (somewhere above 193cm/6'4"), muscular, lots of tattoos, wears earrings, usually dresses in a formal style, favorite accessory is a simple necklace

brown eyes, soft curly dark brown-black hair, sometimes has stubble, tan skin with a warm undertone, tall but not as tall as his brother (about 190cm/6'3"), lean, usually dresses in a vaguely skater/surfer/street style, switches between different nose rings but favors septum rings, often with sunglasses

dark brown eyes, slightly wavy dark brown-black hair that's always a little crazy, keeps eyebrows perfect, light brown skin with a cool undertone, about 180cm/5'10" (but tends to slouch a little), lithe, usually dresses in a grunge style, wears glasses and earrings

black eyes, coily jet black hair (often dyed, currently dark purple), brown skin with a cool undertone, about 178cm/5'10" (and usually wears shoes with a bit of a lift/heel), stocky/curvy, usually dresses in a sexy style, loves accessorizing

black eyes, straight jet black hair, very light skin with a cool undertone, about 165cm (about 5'5"), slim, usually dresses in a glam style, wears earrings, favorite accessory is an elegant watch

[zhoras-bitch]

She's so real.

[arcsimper5]

Wait he did?? Did that happen in the republic commando books or in the game?

In the game 😂 when they rescue him from the cells, Boss asks him 'did you get the data' and Scorch replies 'yeah they searched me, but I hid it pretty well.'

Boss asks 'where' and the answer is 'you really don't want to know' 😂

It's here from 0:45

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@rinacentral — EVENT 1: FAVOURITES 🩵 ↳ rina and a song from each taylor swift album

[romance-club-daily]

WE FINALLY GOT A MALE MC AGAIN AND WE GOT NON-BINARY LI, POLY CHARACTERS, DIVERSE CAST.

I LOVE THIS AUTHOR ALREADY

I'm very happy that Yim got another chance! I really enjoyed HHW and I'm sure I'll enjoy Code Blue too! 😭 I also didn't expect RC to do a GOC MC so soon! 😮 But I think if there's one writer who will be able to write the difference between the two MCs, it will be them (With the details, I mean, so that it's not something flat with the difference only in the avatar).

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BOO: Hi!!!

AGA: It's a miracle you got anyone besides your wife to agree to this in the first place.

RC: ....As said, it is rare we get together like this. So you better make the most of it!

CSS: Make it quick.

[Bending Horizons is open for asks...]

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Ahem-

[midnight-in-town]

I remember that one panel from that boat trip of Kuroshitsuji from the twins flashbacks where one of the twins, possibly real Ciel looked quite upset or something when our Ciel was coughing and Rachel said that our Ciel can't go to the boat trip. Could it be that real Ciel was upset about how our Ciel won't be going (but I also remember that Rachel as well didn't want to go that trip & cancel it due to our ciel's sickness & I also remember how real Ciel excitedly went to the trip when it wasn't cancelled finally, so it couldn't be that he was upset about our Ciel being absent right?) so was real Ciel upset about our Ciel being absent or was he just upset because he felt like Our Ciel was being a burden and nuisance for being sick at a time like that (talking about the trip day) again? Thoughts?

Hey Anon ! Do you mean this scene ?

Well, I have an explanation, but I doubt it's what you're expecting. ;)

In my opinion, this scene is actually maybe more understandable if you consider the Munchausen by proxy theory [x][x], on top of the RCMT.

Basically, both theories emphasize that 1) real!Ciel was pathologically obsessed with our!Ciel and wanted him to "stay by his side forever", leading to 2) real!Ciel trying to control our!Ciel, maybe even going as far as to more or less poison him, so that our!Ciel would have to let his twin take care of him, becoming very thankful to him, thus furthering their bond (in real!Ciel's mind).

Want a proof that this theory is likely ? In ch138, Ciel realized, after that one month of abduction and torture, that he didn't get sick at all, despite living in terribly harsh conditions (cold, lack of food, physical and emotional abuse, etc).

And the one big element missing from that awful month compared to their peaceful days at home ? It's real!Ciel "taking care" of him, bringing him tea and food for his health.

Don't get me wrong, with the circus arc, we know that our!Ciel definitely had a weaker constitution that he inherited from Rachel. However, he was also probably chronically poisoned by his older brother on the side, which is why he definitely got better from the moment real!Ciel was not able to bring him food and beverages anymore.

Let's rewind back about that scene you were asking about from ch131, now : Rachel and our!Ciel were sick, so Vincent and real!Ciel, with Diedrich, cooked food for them.

Then later during the night, our!Ciel was couching, so real!Ciel brought him milk.

The following day, our!Ciel's fever was not that bad but his cough was terrible so Rachel forbade him to go boating -> how s w e e t ! more time and occasion for real!Ciel to "take care of his little brother", nurturing that special bond between them, because they're made to be "together forever". Except...

our!Ciel acted selflessly, as it is a great quality of his [x] [x] [x], and insisted the family went to enjoy a day outside, since Rachel was doing okay, while he spent the day with Tanaka.

TL;DR In this scene, I think real!Ciel expected Rachel to say our!Ciel wouldn't be able to go boating, since he's the one who triggered the coughing, leading him to spend the day taking care of his little brother yet again (in other words, controlling him), except that he didn't consider our!Ciel would strongly insist for the family to go without him.

I told you it might not be what you expected as an answer. :) I, for one, am quite convinced that real!Ciel had a pathological behavior since childhood, that is ten times amplified now that he's a bizarre doll.

Have a good day Anon!

[reviviscence-comic]

Chapter 1 - The Living World page 30

the "im just going through a rough patch right now" bedroom, i know it well

[kazu-naito]

the elvish ndas went hard i bet

[grahamcarmen]

Do you think the rc kiddos would have codenames, what do you think they would be?

Zap

Sneakaroo

Santa Rosa

Zorrito (when they got enthralled with the old b&w show)

But basically yes at least when they're younger kinda half attempts at their parents nicknames for them until they settled on their own names

And then I'm kinda on the fence on whether they would be ok with their actual names like how carmens birth name is precious to her and despite grays attempts to throw away his former identity to become crackle graham calloway still creeps up and thus (still important) and so their kids accepting their names as their hero ID s vs Carmen doing good in secrecy or gray running from his

Or if they do go for codenames BECAUSE they want to protect their names

Because codenames are cool XD and their family is so precious and stuff

And its their solemn edutainment fun spy genre duty to do so 😆

And there i am kinda lost lol

Annie Valdez just cause I'm splitting the dazzle Annie reference from the games and Valdez from her grandma's hitchcock reference but I'll rummage for names that roll better of the tongue

Do YOU have ideas for them 👀 @forgetful-nots

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💘 HEART W/ ARROW - what traits do they look for in a relationship? do they believe in love at first sight?

i tried to be more general rather than answer about mc but made a note if there's potential for mc to be their exception. answering the second question first...

believes in love at first sight: gazi

yep just gazi (atp) lmao now for the first question.

out of all of the ROs, gazi is probably the only one who is looking for relationships. they believe in love and want to be in love. they love love. they look for people who are fun to be around, supportive and responsive, and physically affectionate. they look for people they can trust, who can they be completely vulnerable and themself around, who love openly and honestly.

emotionally unavailable #1 césar looks for reliability, dependability. his plans for the night circle include him getting married, having/adopting kids, raising the next night luminary while raising the status of the night circle. if he's going to have a relationship, it likely won't be about love but about realizing his dream and goals. he needs someone at his side who has those dreams and goals as well and can be counted on to walk the path alongside him. if love happens past that, it happens (ofc it will happen with mc).

emotionally unavailable #2 rather than looking for a relationship, rafa tends to chase what's fun, interesting. if he's going to be in a relationship with someone, they'd have to be fun, they'd have to keep his attention and interest. he likes a little mystery. he likes trying to figure out an enigma. in his experience, he usually figures out people pretty fast, and then he gets bored and doesn't let them truly know him. if he falls in love, it'll be with someone who found a way to read him despite all that (and ofc mc knows how).

deniz isn't looking for relationship(s) but hopes that one day they'll find someone who is patient and understanding (or more than one someone, if they're lucky). they know they can get really into their work, that their tunnel vision and hyperfocus might make someone in a relationship with them feel lonely. they need someone who will get that about them and navigate that complexity together. if that means their partner also sees other partners, that's okay with them.

emotionally unavailable #3 noel has been content to live without a single connection in the world for a really long time, and she would be content to continue living that way. there was a time, when she was young enough to still live at home, that she thought she'd fall in love and get married and have kids. she doesn't see that for herself anymore. so in a relationship, she's looking for something that's easy, lowkey, unobtrusive, for someone who'll go with her flow and never get in her way (and mc knows how to be that).

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[Heaven’s Secret 1 spoilers.]

Tbh, I don’t understand why Sepha didn’t just send Malbonte - not Bont or Mal, Malbonte - down to Earth, as a fallen angel, to be with his parents? Like, he wouldn’t have ever been able to come back, right? So it’d ‘solve the threat.’

I mean, I guess the answer is just ‘plot,’ but it’s a boring answer. The little bit we got of Sepha, I got the impression he’s not even able to grasp his own cruelty—like he doesn’t try to be, yet still is, anyway. And I guess part of that makes sense, with him being an unbelievably ancient deity and all, but it doesn’t explain his actions about Malbonte, when Earth was right there.

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[what-do-you-mean-theyre-evil]

Please bear with me, because I have been trying to make sense of ATHWTU for weeks. I low-key wonder if my folklore professor would accept an essay on the topic. I need to talk about all my theories with someone or I'll burst. The message that Milon shares with Siana reminds me of the lyrics of the song from S1 ep 5.

"Oh World Tree, with roots so deep and strong...

Give us the answers for which we long.

Why are we here, from where did we come from?

What must we do to turn back to where we belong?"

I think the masked stranger is guiding MC through the steps of the initiation ritual.

In the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European creation myth, the world is created by two primordial twins, who in some versions of the myth seem to emerge from a boiling well or a primordial spring, born out of the cold mist and fire of the underworld. One of the siblings sacrifices themselves, so the other can build the world from their remains.

In Norse mythology Odin shifts into a mortal as he travels down the world tree to seek knowledge of the final battle. To drink from the well of memory, he first has to sacrifice one of his eyes. But in his pursuit of knowledge the sky god travels further down the tree, deeper into the underworld to find the Well of Urd (the Well of Destiny), guarded by the three Norns - the sisters of fate. The three sisters are the scribes of destiny, carving the runes into the roots of the world tree to declare what will happen to every living thing in the cosmos. There's no evidence that Slavs ever used the runic system that we see in ATHWTU, so I'm going to assume that the writer took inspiration from the western Indo-European population, while trying to reconstruct the Slavic pantheon. The Norns bring water from the three magical wells to sustain life in Yggdrasil. It's said that everything that enters Urd's waters will become as white as the feathers of their pet swans. The Norns instruct Odin to pierce himself with his own spear and to hang himself from Yggdrasil. Only once he experiences death is he able to peer down into the shadowy waters. (I sooo wish we had a pet bird in ATHWTU. Ravens and swans are cool and all, but I'd absolutely do the Yav route to unlock a zhar-ptitsa). After nine days and nine nights Odin is reborn again with the knowledge of the runes and their power. There are three major springs that sustain the world tree: The Well of Urd, The Well of Mimir and Hvergelmir, the boiling cauldron amidst the primordial fog land - Niflheim. Hopefully, Lada isn't going to stay dead for nine days and nine nights before she finds out what the Alatyr inscription says. I don't know if the well that Volot is looking for is the same old well from Ozar's vision, but I guess it's locked away in Nav where the gods can no longer reach it.

In some Slavic mythologies there exist the Rozhanitsi. However, Mockosh is supposedly the weaver of fate of the old pantheon, whereas the Zorya sisters are the guardians of time itself. In a way they are more similar to Neith, the Egyptian mistress of stars who brings forth the sun and reweaves the entire world on her loom at dawn.

I think Hannah, Vereya and Lada were the next in line to inherit the powers of the celestial guardians of the cosmic order, but something disrupted the cycle of life and death. The world tree decayed, the spindle of necessity was thrown off balance, the dead souls could no longer fly back to Iriy, the fabric of reality itself was unraveled as the realms collapsed upon each other.

My theory is that Hannah has the power to travel between the worlds. In the first episode when Lada looks up at the sky she sees dim stars sail through the darkness, making their way to other worlds. A moment later she sees the fallen star. Vereya's soul is linked to the fallen star, but I think Hannah may possess the ability to travel between Nav and Yav, constantly wandering between what is seen and what is hidden. Maybe it's Hannah who's showing Lada a vision of one possible future in s2 ep3. I hope that the two sisters will meet at the crossroads between the worlds, even though I know that the masked stranger will likely be the one to guide Lada through the initiation ritual. The village defenses will probably crumble as Lada's powers grow. Lada, the koschei she talks to in the final episode of S1, the high priestess' sister and the woman who's neither dead nor alive all seem to be connected in some sort of cyclical renewal ritual. Maybe one that repeats itself every 18 years. I just had to put this all out there. All the theories that I have are driving me insane.

No baby because I'm right here with you!!

And the thing about three stars!?!?!

One fell – Vereya

One faded – Hannah

And One shines bright – Lada

Listen, listen, we're practically on the same wavelength. Why are all three girls on the cover if they weren't important, why are the ties that bind us almost always related to our sisters!?!?!

[romance-club-daily]

hey! um, could you explain (if you know) why hell and high water has only 2 seasons? like did ppl not like it or smthng?

Hi!!

They never give an official explanation as to why, but everyone speculates (I don't remember if the author said something too). In the case of HHW, I think it was the low popularity. The first few episodes are a bit dull because there's a lot of language about boats, and some people didn't like it, they found it boring. It's a much "quieter" story too, there's nothing supernatural about it, which may not please a lot of people who like more energetic and "shocking" stories (? idk if this is the right word for this), there's a lot of cool inclusions (which is a positive point, but unfortunately a lot of people still don't see it that way).

It's really a shame, because it's a relaxing, comforting story and the characters are very good! I'd like to know more about this post-apocalyptic world :(

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