#saydonym

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so by now everyone knows the returned-to-origin eyes: the sort of winged emblem that forms around the pupils of demons who give in to their evil cycles/wicked phases/insert your preferred translation choice here. we've seen them on atori during the heartbreaker,

on kiriwo during the deviculum (and possibly other instances, this is just the one I remember clearly enough to go straight to it),

and, interestingly, on gyari during the idol games.

however there's also another style of eyes we see occasionally, and given the shape it may just be a pre-RTO thing (takes the < > that constitutes the main wing shape) but given the contexts we see it happen in, so far it seems more like a giving-into-the-thrill-of-desire thing than a giving-into-an-evil-cycle thing. we've seen it just recently on silvia during the meeting with zeze's brother, when his talk about creating gets her fired up,

on sabro during his evil cycle-influenced fight with atori, as he starts to find real joy in the act of savagely inflicting pain,

and, my favorite example, on opera during the second-year re-summoning fiasco, when it becomes apparent that kalego is going to make it as much of a challenge as possible.

it does seem most likely that it's a on-the-very-cusp-of-RTO type thing, but I dunno. the fact that gyari has complete RTO eyes just for a moment but seems to be back to normal later and sabro has partial RTO eyes despite being in an actual evil cycle make it kinda hard to tell exactly what's going on. also the implication that tormenting kalego is so much fun that opera would literally return to origins for it is just hilarious to me

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stop me if I'm just stating the obvious here but dumb pointless theory: clara and urara are twins

little toddler clara used to play by dressing up as a monster and "was defeated when her brothers were born," a statement accompanied by a photo of her playing with little konchie and keebow. urara, called the eldest son, must have been born before those two, but if he was born after clara then wouldn't he have been the one to "defeat" paper bag monster clargon? (unless he had his no-nonsense attitude even as a baby, I guess)

the valac siblings have matching names. konchie and keebow both have the leading K, sin sin and ran ran both have repetition, and then there's clara, or rather kurara, and urara. of course this assumes that konchie and keebow/sin sin and ran ran are also twins, but like, I don't think that's a wild statement. sin sin and ran ran are babies, so if they were different ages it would probably be at least somewhat apparent. same for konchie and keebow, who were both babies in that photograph

urara seems to be the only other one of the valac siblings who's attending school. considering clara had just started her first year when the story began and urara calls her his big sister (as he would if she's the older twin), if he was also enrolled in school at the same time as clara, would that not effectively mean that they're the same age? and visually they do appear to be very close in age, although we only get to see urara clearly once

not that this would really change anything even if it were true

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this isn't relevant to anything but every now and then it comes to mind: Mephisto's title as one of the 13 crowns. when he was first introduced during the deviculum, he was called the Gamesman. the next time he appeared at Siren Island, he was called the Mindgames King. two different translators, two very different translations. why so?

in the raws, he's called 盤外王 - or Off-Board King, to take it strictly literally. "board" in this context refers to a game board like for chess or shogi. "off-board" can mean in the literal sense, i.e. the place where game pieces are put when they're captured and removed from the board, but from what I've read, I get the impression it's more often a figure of speech. 盤外戦術, or "off-board tactics," refers to acts of psychological warfare: things a player might say or do before and during a game to get into their opponent's head and influence the outcome.

so I would think, then, that Mephisto's title suggests that he's very good at subtly manipulating whatever events he's a part of, likely by acting on elements outside of those events. dunno what the cleanest, easiest-to-understand way to translate that, but it's something interesting to think about wrt him declaring himself Iruma's ally.

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what if I used this site as an actual blogging platform instead of only posting when I've drawn something that I think someone might think is neat

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actually everyone should consider speedrunning mairimashita iruma-kun. if you're in the market for new brainrot here's my sales pitch:

premise: iruma, a 14-year-old who was molded into an extreme people-pleaser by scum parents who only really paid attention to him when exploiting him for their own comfort, is sold by said scum parents to a literal demon from hell who proceeds to adopt him as his grandson and dote on him exorbitantly. living under the constant threat of being eaten if anyone finds out he's a human, iruma gradually learns about concepts like eating until he's full, wanting things, and being loved while unintentionally charming everyone around him with his uncommon kindness

it's aimed at young teens so it's mostly a comedy with occasional action leanings but it also goes in HARD on found family themes and general wholesomeness. because of its demographic and genre it takes a largely light-hearted approach to the subject of iruma's childhood and how his parents treated him, but it doesn't shy away from the lasting effects it had on his overall personality and makes his very gradual character growth feel extremely rewarding to watch

it can be experienced as both as the original manga (300+ chapters) and an anime adaptation (three seasons, 67 episodes total, covers up to around halfway through the manga) that has a good dub if you're into that kind of thing. I think it's commonly consumed by watching the anime first and then picking up the manga where it leaves off but the first season especially can feel pretty slow at times so going all-in on the manga where you can kinda set your own pace may be preferable depending on your tastes

anyway yeah I recommend it. and maybe if you give it a try tell me what you think about it because I have exactly one (1) person to talk to about this shit

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tumblr didn't let my art appear in the tag 😔 tragic

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idk how many people that follow me are reading my current wip but if you happen to be one of them, could I maybeee ask for suggestions for scenes/aspects that you might want to see visuals for? I've been thinking I wanna draw something again but there's nothing in particular sticking out to me atm

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I am speedrunning all of Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun just to read your fic 🫡

waaaaa what a joy and an honor and a blessing 🥹

I hope you have a fantastic time with it!!

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hey. listen to me. LISTEN. you can play scarlet nexus for free via steam until the 30th.

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I’m here to cup my hands so very gently under your jaw and beg you, emphatically, tearfully, to please play scarlet nexus

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by the waaayy you can get scarlet nexus for like 18 bucks on steam until the 26th... just sayin..... just lettin ya know........

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thank you sm for your yuito content.

I am happy to be able to provide °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

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@ap-sadistics tagged me and I thought it looked fun and thus I emerge but briefly from tumblr hibernation. at a glance I thought I’d have bingos every which way but. as it turned out. that was not the case. and the only one that actually became a bingo hinges on a sometimes. to think, all this time, I only barely qualified as a fanfiction writer

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Hello! Hope you are well! Have you been watching the third Oso san season? :) I was wondering what were your thoughts on it. Personally, I'm having a lot of fun with it!!

sure have! I uhhhh honestly... genuinely.... haven’t been enjoying it anywhere close to as much as I did the first and second seasons? it’s hard to explain without starting into a list of complaints and I’m not here to shit on it but it’s just not hitting the way the first two seasons did. the hiking and housework skits were fantastic though, I love that kind of like mundane-but-in-a-zany-ososan-kinda-way vibe and I’d love to see more like them and... uhh... less of the riceballs tbh. like they’re cute and all but they’re also very one-note and Iiiii got bored of them? pretty quickly? it was very fresh and daring of them to do a running plot sort of thing and I applaud them for it but I also hope it wraps up by the end of the first cour so they can move on to something else

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@shecat105​

certainly I am always more than eager to go on about the bullshit that roots itself in my head but also I have no idea where I would start? ehhhhh it looks like an au but it’s actually more like an isekai story? it also looks historical but takes place in the modern day - albeit on an earth that's a bit behind in its development compared to the one we know due to the impacts of dragon predation? andilteaigeler haide ienvediukeil* but uh. yikes? that is a mouthful once you spell it all out isn’t it. that’s what happens when you build a language primarily on affixes I guess

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yeah exactly!! like if you’re gonna do a running plot then I’d like it if something would actually... happen? I’m just not invested at all in what’s going on. hell I don’t even know what’s going on, and not in a “wow so mysterious how intriguing” kind of way? it’s just regular skits ft. characters I’m not that interested in and an occasional contextless ominous comment, and personally that’s just not enough to keep my curiosity yknow? I’m still holding out hope that something really cool will happen with it by the end and completely turn my opinion around though, I mean I didn’t even get big into ososan in general until the whole first season had nearly ended so they’ve sure got plenty of time

honestly... and I know this is like peak unpopular opinion.... but I just can’t stand nyaa-chan as a character and the fact that totoko has been relegated to such a role that she doesn’t even appear on the screen unless it’s with nyaa-chan Drives Me Up A Wall. I understand the significance of the single mom thing and it was refreshing to see a show go “breastfeeding is a thing and it’s not sexy and it’s no big deal” but I just don’t like nyaa-chan and I probably never really will but I LOVE totoko and I always want more of her so you can see my dilemma. totoko is GOOD and INTERESTING and she does! not! need! the whole rival idols shtick to contribute to the show!!

the “she stood” tidbit was good though, I will admit that