#sh speculation

[meep-meep-richie]

If Benji is going to die i’m going to be so freakin insufferable

[rosakuma]

Predictions on What Might Happen in Drdt ch.3 Part 2

Continuing from part 1:

Hu: So going with Hu, I think with Levi being injured, David being revealed to be a scumbag and distrustful, and Eden probably not being able to be the best condition to help everyone, Hu will probably try taking this role as leader. To which…will immediately backfired I feel like. Mostly because Hu is as flawed and a hypocrite as everyone is. Hu has always trying to be the mother role model for the group and we seen how her efforts to be fails. Along with the fact she did let herself get too attached to Nico for whatever reason(maybe she sees her self in them thus why she projects in protecting them so much) which lead to her defending an almost murder and worsening Ace’s state to commit to his plan. She says at the end of ep16 she doesn't believe they need to blame themselves for Ace killing Arei. Which while yes, it is Ace’s fault for killing Arei and making others dislike him. But that does not mean that they’re all innocent in this either. Her, David, Veronika, Teruko a little bit at the beginning, Nico, and Arturo with the part with Eden are responsible factors for the entire mess happening too. I think Hu will try to deflect blame off of her and focus on trying to gaining Nico’s trust again, to which I think they’ll probably blow up on her. Why? Oh well mostly because of her constantly talking over them and trying to defend them resulting them looking worse. This I think will also leave Hu in a vulnerable state to where she might struggle in this chapter as well.

Nico: Nico will definitely struggle thanks to the consequences of their actions last chapter. With almost committing murder on Ace, this will lead to them probably being isolated by the group or the group being suspicious on their actions towards them. I mean Nico really is screwed as if another murder happens, they will immediately be a suspect. Rose will have hard time forgiving them or even to hang out with them since they made her felt used+ even themselves admitted to not trusting anyone. Hu trying to hang out with them will make them both look bad since it will be hard for anyone to trust them not being suspicious of the next murder. I think Nico will go through a rough patch next chapter due to this and have a hard time taking responsibility since they think no one will ever forgive them for it. I hope maybe Nico can be able to still apologize in the end and make up with Rose or anyone for them to have potential friends again.

Levi: Okay so Levi’s fate is undetermined right now due to whether or not Arturo can save him. Personally I believe Levi will live and go through a character arc of learning how to empathize with others and even grieve over deaths since I think Ace’s death/sacrifice will help with this. Mostly to show Levi that despite how hard it is to understand people, there are people who care about him and want him alive despite him being revealed as a murder. To which I hope Levi ends up as a survivor as I am very interested in this potential character arc for him. Although the question remains will Levi be able to participate in the class trial for ch.3 or be out of commission until ch.4 like how Nekomaru was in DR2 when he got fatally injured?

David: Alright..lets get to David. So with David definitely taking the antagonist role and knowing his goal towards the killing game. I assume he will take advantage of causing murders to happen just like in ch.2. Which while it will be harder for him to easily manipulate others since he reveal his true colors, I think with how this group is going, they’re going to make his job easy. Also begs the question about Teruko’s secret since we know that David actually has Teruko’s secret and not Xander’s(evidence in the second bonus episode ). Will David reveal Teruko’s actual secret, keep quiet about it until later in the story, or use it to blackmail Teruko into something since we know that secret will destroy any trust others will have towards her.

Rose: Finishing off with Rose, just like Charles, she is traumatized by Levi almost dying and Ace dying. My girl cannot catch a break huh? I think Rose’s mental state is getting worse with her memory affecting her in both forgetting and remembering the deaths clearly. Not to mention being tired all the time and Nico’s betrayal towards her. This can lead to bad things for Rose if she cannot get good support from others like Teruko or Eden. I mostly think Rose will be involve with the possible storyline with Nico next chapter while maybe developing a stronger relationship with Teruko since she defended her in the trial.

With that out of the way of establishing where each our characters are at, lets start discussing how I think the chapter will go.

I’ve seen people in the fandom point out how Drdt seemingly follows some similarities to DR1 specifically in each chapter along with the motives. To which if true, then that would mean ch.3’s motive would be about money. Now if the trend of the motives not actually being the reason why a murder occurs continues, then it makes sense no one in the group will murder for money. The only two characters I think could actually used and need the money is Teruko and Rose. We know clearly Teruko isn’t going to do that as even though it technically would help her not be homeless anymore, she already decided on living in the killing game since it provides her nesscities free of charge. Plus I think she would believe her luck would just destroy the money or anything she bought with it anyways. Now Rose on the other hand could actually use the money as a way to maybe get out of her debt to Richard Spurling since he is the only reason to get her family out of poverty. But I don't think she will murder anyways as she doesn't seem like the kind of person to plus her mental state of seeing dead bodies is so bad, I don't think she’s capable of committing murder without it scarring her permanently.

So what will actually cause the murder? Simply put, discord in the group. No not the app or the chaotic draconequus, the huge disagreement on the group’s part. What I mean exactly is how I think everyone will be at each other throats for having another murder committed. There definitely some in the group who either is to blame to some part of Ace killing Arei, think they are to blame for what happened when they’re not, or are innocent in the matter. The people who caused part of the problems last chapter I think will try to deflect blame off of them and create discourse in the group about not accepting consequences of your actions. This will cause others who want them to take accountability for it to be frustrated and might cause people to isolate each other out of distrust(basically pull a Teruko). Now not everyone I believe will be like this as I think Teruko, Charles, Whit, Rose, Levi, and Eden will be out of the equation in terms of the blame game. J I think definitely with being the most outspoken on murder and morals will be the leading one in wanting others to take accountability even if she doesn't forgive the murder for killing. Hu I think will try to not take any blame for Ace’s murder, Veronika will either deny it or accept it without guilt, David dgaf he’ll either admit it or say f*ck off, Nico while taking accountability for doing wrong in committing the murder, won’t apologize for it as they don't expect forgiveness towards them plus not thinking its their fault for others’ actions(hence that secret quote) and Arturo we know definitely will try not taking accountability for his actions since he already doesn't want to acknowledge he has a part in his sister’s death.

With that being said, there is two ways I think the daily life will go in terms of how it will lead up to the murder.

Way 1# Matchmaking~❣️

That's right! Whit is going to match make everyone! Truly if everyone joins together and form the ultimate polycule, everyone shall be saved!/j Okay okay for real though, I do believe Whit will actually use his match making talent, but not for shipping wise and instead to try to get everyone to be on friendly terms again. Mostly like the stress of the group might have Teruko or Charles suggest to Whit to try using his talent to help everyone. This can lead to some interesting combos and a potential pair that might end up causing the murder.

Why you may ask? Well going onto how DR1 ch.3 went. Celeste manipulated Hifumi into killing Kiyotaka before then killing him to be able to escape with the million dollars promised by Monokuma. Meaning victim B work with the killer to kill victim A and then the killer killed victim B would they were working for. Thus allowing the two victim count to happen.

Way 2# Despairful Entertainment 😈

With the group in shambles and barely hanging with everyone blaming another for what has happen, this cause others to be more distant to each other. With high tensions, you think there would’ve been more drama right? Well perhaps, but I assume everyone would think it be better to rather interact less with each other while still seeing each other. Thus less conflict and paranoia of someone trying to murk them. While leaving in the air of who is to blame for this misfortune upon them. I’ll cut to the chase here and say this route is mostly the idea for a Veronika culprit or at least victim B route. Mostly because this fits her of taking matters in her own hands just to be able to entertain herself again or in a twisted way, try getting the group back working together for one goal? Because with no one interacting with each other or willing to hang with each other, this will cause Veronika to probably panic and worry since her excitement over horror or murder is the only thing preventing her from committed that on herself.

Okay going through the two scenarios, who would be our main culprit and who would be our victims? Since we established that the culprit this chapter would have to be a girl or one of the guys to balance the gender ratio, lets go over our options.

Culprit option 1: Veronika Yep, kinda obvious she was a pick with route 2 tailoring to her. Not to mention a lot of people(including me) are thinking she’ll die in ch.3 as she does fit the vibes of a ch.3 killer. Now yes, there has been conversations before that disprove she would try to commit murder as that would prevent her from continuing the killing game to see all the thrills and kills+she might not want to die since her secret is her trying to take up her talent to prevent SH. But in this scenario, she’s desperate and push to her limit to act. Even if scenario 2 doesn't happen, I can see this happening in scenario 1 IF Veronika gets paired with David. Why you ask? Well since David’s would still try to continue his goal of ending the killing game via getting everyone kill, I can see him trying to manipulate any of the others in a way they don't suspect it to get them to kill. Not to say that David gonna immediately tell Veronika to “Go kill someone”, but rather put the idea in her head via paranoia of what will happen if no murders happen. Which kinda would be karma in a way towards her because she used scare tactics to scare Ace into good behavior when it just increase his paranoia and desire to kill to save himself. David using a scare tactic or something to increase Veronika’s paranoia of what will happen to her if she doesn't act sounds perfect to me. Plus even though this isn’t really a thing to have to be required to fit the parallels to DR1’s ch.3, the ch.3 culprit of that game was very obivious and since we all think she’s gonna be the culprit, yeah it fits the bill. But unlike Celeste, I think Veronika would be able to create a way more complicated murder that makes it hard to pin it on her since she has a lot of knowledge on murders thanks to her horror talent.

Culprit option 2: Hu Sorry Hu nation for accusing your girl again, but to be fair….she would make sense to be a culprit this chapter. NOW HEAR ME OUT! Hear me out, this is in no way saying Hu will be the killer because of Hu hate. Despite me being mad and disliking Hu at the moment, I do like her character in being a flawed individual who’s trying to change from the past. Though we know despite Hu trying to change from the “hopeless” girl she was in the past, she’ll been struggling with that in trying to be the mother/supportive figure role. Knowing how Hu is going to face consequences of keep trying to defend Nico from last chapter will cause others to either not trust her word anymore or be upset at her trying to know what to do to help the group without letting them decide since she is known for kinda talking over others(mostly Nico). Not to mention our poor girl will probably be struggling trying to take the leader role that David had now that he’s no longer fulfilling that and the support role since I think Eden will be in a bad state of mind to be unable to fulfill that role too. With all that pressure and this group looking down hill, I can see her survival instincts kicking in and telling her “You must escape”. Now that would kinda be too similar to Ace’s motive of “I don't want to die”, which is why back then I thought she was the ch.2 killer as before I figured she would kill Arei to be able to live and change. But perhaps this time the motive while also being to live, Hu probably would commit murder to avoid having to pay for what she has done. Specifically her secret quote is what makes me feel like she could be a culprit whether this chapter or the next. Hu: I want to pay for what I’ve done. But even then, I still want to live. Hu feeling responsible for what happened last chapter whether its either to cause Ace to commit murder, defending Nico despite them being in the wrong, or to talk over others like Nico and projecting what she think they’re feeling(when its actually her), I can think it would be some something hard for her to accept. Hu needs to feel important as while we don't know much of her backstory yet, Hu seems to need to be this role as perhaps it's what only keeping her going to prevent her from going back to her old self. This could definitely work in scenario 2 even if I tailored that route to be more of Veronika route as with the group in shambles, Hu can’t be the role figure to help them. To save them, to save herself.

Culprit option 3: Arturo Arturo is as of right now actually kinda hard for me to see as a ch.3 killer as much he might fit the vibes, I feel like the end of ch.2 is actually setting up some character development and spotlight for him that doesn't seem like its leading to him committing murder? But let's go over the hypothetical anyways in both scenarios. So if scenario 1 happens, whether he gets paired with David who manipulate him or someone else, I can see the activity just not working regardless and tensions are still high. We know that Arturo will definitely get some blame into Arei and Ace’s deaths as while he may didn't increase Ace’s paranoia to kill, he did threaten Eden. To which if he never did that, then Arei wouldn’t have died from Ace over hearing their conversation. Now yes while it can be argued since they brought it up that Ace might’ve was just trying to kill Eden regardless since she is the easiest to kill, Arturo just gave Ace an a opportunity to get him possibly Scot free with killing either of them and blaming the other. We know that Arturo struggles and feels like he can’t save any lives not just because he’s specifically a plastic surgeon, but because he feels responsible for not being there for his sister when she killed herself because of him leaving. So I can see the killer route for him in a way to not feel responsible for indirectly

causing Arei and Ace to die. Along with if the scenario of Levi not making it, that would increase his mental state to be worse in blaming himself or others in failing to save people.

With the main options out of the way, I’ll go ahead and give a mini explaination why I don't think anyone else could be the culprit for this chapter before I get onto the victim options.

Teruko and J: Obviously not going to commit murder(unless self defense probably) because against murder. Plus no ill will strong enough against anyone to push them to kill. Eden: In mourning rn and has no grudges against anyone to kill them. Also probably similar reasons to Teruko and J. Charles: Literally cannot commit murder unless the method allows him to be far away when he does it thanks to his phobia. Also no reason to commit murder anyways. Whit: No reason I can think of why he would commit murder. Maybe if Charles is the victim? But kinda a stretch that would happen. Rose: Similar to Charles, her memory and mind feeling like it's breaking down would prevent her from being able to commit murder. The trauma it alone would not be able to let her live peacefully if she succeed. Nico: I don't think they’ll commit murder again after almost committing one and regretting it. Not to mention currently dealing with guilt and blame of murder allegations stuck to them.

Levi: He is literally dying, how would this man commit murder? Not to mention that 1. Levi if he survive would be set up for character arc of learning to care for others as Ace’s death started the set up for it, so it's strange to throw that away and have him kill. 2. While yes Levi doesn't feel remorse for if he kill a person, that doesn't mean he would actively go out to kill anyone in this game. We don't know why he killed his dad, but it's apparently not a big deal enough where the police didn't even bother with his case. One guy he killed was in self defense while the other two he did chase after them to kill them. But it could be argued that Levi only did that maybe because he thought they come back for him and kill him for killing their leader.

David: While David does want a murder to happen to be able to end the killing game, I don't think he would commit it as it would be too obivious he did it and then they would get it right. Plus he seems important enough as the antagonist to at least survive until ch.4 or 5(it fits him better to die in ch.5 to me).

Now lets get to the fun tragic part of who shall be our victims? To get out of the way, we’re going to exclude Teruko, Nico, and David from this as Teruko is our protagonist and Nico I don't think will be killed as they have a potential character arc for them to go through + gender ratio is only trying to balance out the girls and guys(not to say that Nico is invincible in terms of being killed). As for David, I'm just assuming plot armor of being the antagonist will allow him to live, at least until ch.5 since other antagonist like Nagito and Kokichi lived until that chapter. Also picks for the killers will be feature as victims whether they were a victim from the start or manipulated into killing before being betrayed or killed by someone else who caught them in the act.

Victim option 1: J So J I cannot see as a killer in the game with her strong sense of morals against murder and the fact she seems put together enough to not let any grudges to make her kill someone. But I can see in the scenario if she is at the wrong place, wrong time she could end up as a victim. Maybe Arturo killing her could be him snapping at her for her blaming him for the deaths of his sister and the others, but I think less likely to happen.

Victim option 2: Eden Eden being a very vulnerable state of grieving over Arei and what has happened can allow her to be off her guard to be pick for a target. But I will say that Eden will probably surround herself with others to keep her safe and to have as company to comfort her in losing her dear friend. Not to mention Eden will maybe still try at least helping with dinner with Hu so she might not be an easy pick if there’s at least someone near her.

Victim option 3: Charles So a couple of people in the fandom thinks that Charles will actually die in chapter 3 due to Whit’s joke line in chapter 2 about Charles dying at 3. Honestly it's a bit of a stretch for me. Like yeah I am a Charles survivor truther, but also if Charles was going to die, it would only be if Whit or Teruko wasn’t with him. Even if conflict arise between him and Whit, I don't think that will prevent him from having someone he trust be around nor Whit from not worrying about him. So I actually think Charles is safe here+ there is still more to explore with him that I don't think death would help be able to expand his connection to the main plot if he died.

Victim option 4: Levi

Okay this option I really don't like because I do want Levi to live til the end or at least long enough to complete his character arc. But here’s the thing. Potentially depending on Levi’s state on whether he’ll be bedbound in the infirimy or be active in being able to move, if the former is true, then that leaves Levi very vulnerable. I can see him being guarded/check on by a caregiver, but that doesn't eliminate the possibilities of either A. His caregiver kills him, B. The killer sneaks in when the caregiver left their post and kills him(allowing them to frame the caregiver), or C. The killer kills both Levi and his caregiver. Like I said, I don't really like this option as it feels disappointing if Levi wasn't allow to live as that makes Ace’s sacrifice worthless in the end. But I wanted to at least share the possibility.

Victim option 5: Whit

To be honest, Whit has a lot potential right now to continue living since he’s a mystery in terms of his mom, his true feelings, and whether or not this guy is the mastermind or traitor. So it feel weird if he just…died right here. Plus only way I can see someone targeting Whit is if its to get back at him for his match making idea I had for scenario 1 failing for them. Which is most likely not to happen. Also I just realized how funny that sounds, it make it sound like the killer killed Whit because he couldn't get them a gf, bf, or partner in the process. Whit be like “Sorry man, not my fault you have negative rizz”. Immediately gets stabbed. Not to mention he’ll be hanging out with Charles and Teruko a lot, so I don't think anyone could jump him easily.

Victim option 5: Rose

Alrighty now we’re getting to someone I can believe to be a victim for ch.3 even though I hate it because she is my top fifth favorite character. Rose is definitely not doing good with her mind failing her in her memory on other things except for observing objects or scenes in detail. To which now with Levi being shot and Ace dying from cardiac arrest, that makes the amount of people she witness dying or getting hurt 5(if she was looking at Ace’s execution). That number alone is probably destroying her and is worse as now if Levi survives, she won’t be able to stand looking at him as well like how its hard for her to look at Teruko due to just seeing her all bloody. This along with her possible narcolepsy leaves Rose very vulnerable to become a victim. Or worse, maybe she’ll actually let the culprit kill her to put her out of her misery. Rose already feels like her life is ruined with being in debt to Richard Spurling and not being able to create anything of her own. Add not being able to focus on things anymore with only seeing bodies, I can sadly see Rose taking the killer killing her as a mercy to end her suffering….if this happens I will cry hard and only hope she could at least make up with Nico before she dies(or alternatively have a scene like Hifumi to Aoi but with Rose to Nico).

Victim option 6: Arturo

Arturo to me if not the killer this chapter can either go as a victim or surviving until another chapter(I will say it would be interesting if he ended up as a survivor). I can see him possible becoming a victims more out of the other options of the guys specifically if Veronika is the killer. This is mostly due to her being around him the most besides J(well actually it's more of him being around J more). Perhaps if Arturo in a bad mental state if he fails to save Levi or is getting blamed for his sister’s death again, I can see Veronika perhaps taking advantage of this to bring him further in despair before then striking when he’s not suspecting it. Or alternatively trick him into a trap to maybe go to the movie theater room to think she just wants him to watch another horror movie, to then BAM! Here lies Arturo Giles. I kinda hope this doesn't happen cuz I am a big Venturo shipper(idk guys maybe he can fix her he cannot).

Victim option 7: Hu

Hu to me feels like she could fit more as a killer or the second victim than the first victim to be honest. I say this as Hu will most likely until being pushed away by most of the group’s conflict will remain close to others like Nico or Eden, which prevents the killer from immediately getting to her unless they plan to get Nico and Eden too. Now if Hu were to be the second victim and work maybe with the killer, I could see this happening in the hypothetical Veronika as the culprit scenario. We already know the two made a pact to keep each other's secrets a secret until the time to reveal them. So who’s to say that they wouldn’t make another pact to work together? There’s noting in the rules indicate that one cannot kill more than one victim nor that possibly two blackneneds can escape.

I can see where Veronika strikes a deal with Hu to both of them committing a murder and then escaping together. Which leads to two possible scenarios of A. Veronika betrays Hu(or alternatively in Hu!culprit route she kills her and betray her) thus paralleling Celeset killing Hifumi after Hifumi killed Kiyotaka for her. Or B. Both Veronika and Hu kill two people and then the trial only one of them can be voted for. I doubt the latter option will happen, so I feel like the former the way to go. Plus we could still have Hu’s secret quote come into play of maybe her talking to Veronika about having regrets over killing someone and wanted to pay for it, but she still wants to live. Where Veronika takes this as her possibly backing out of their plan and thus, kills her before she spills.

Victim option 8: Veronika

Getting to our last option for a victim being Veronika! So I can see Veronika being a victim this chapter in three ways. Like stated before, if Veronika planned a murder with Hu as a partner and then was betrayed by her, then she would be the second victim. Another way I can see Veronika being the victim is if she actually planning for her own murder. What I mean is what if Veronika(whether its Hu or maybe even Arturo) wants to end up as a victim to create a complex murder mystery to both fullfill herself of an entertaining murder, to sucumb to despair from not being able to keep herself entertain, or in a mess up way, get the group back working together by figuring out whodunnit for her murder. As bonus, the killer gets a free chance to escape the game if the group fails. The last option as she would say is boring as Veronika ends up as a victim via suicide. This option is really only if Veronika fails to be able to entertain herself in the killing game and instead succumbs to despair. Personally, I believe Veronika would try to fight against this and plan a murder before doing that. She’s all for the excitement of thrills, chills, and kills! Why would she waste the opportunity to enact on a murder mystery to just plainly end it all?

Now that we covered all our potential killer and victim combos, which out of all of them do I feel most likely to happen next chapter?

For the killers, I am tied between Veronika and Hu, but leaning towards Veronika a bit more.

As for the victims, I feel like for the female victim it might be Rose. As for the male victim, it's tied between Arturo or Levi as both scenarios I can see.

It will be awhile before we can see if anything I brought up might lead to something or be disproven and end up as a fun what if scenario. But I like to while participating in the community share some fun thoughts and ideas of what could happen. We have all the time in the world to speculate, so let's give it everything we got!

[theinfinitedivides]

can't believe we're doing this for the second time in less than six months but. you see any Key content being reblogged during the next few weeks (whether recent creations or over the past comebacks) that's the queue talking. someone needs to take that man back to church and pray for him what is he doing

[the-faxx-macheen]

I really hope that OD turns out to be Silent Hills with just a bit more of Kojima's freedom, like a backwards version of what Star Fox Adventures is to Dinosaur Planet or other such examples

[heatheniousmaterials]

I remember hearing speculation that this was actually (kinda) one of the origins for the "must taste blood" thing!

Dude walks around wearing a cool sword or big knife & everyone wants to take a look, but they find showing it off to everyone a disrespectful waste of time, so they eventually just start going "yeahh, sorry, once it's drawn it must taste blood :/. Yeah, it's cursed, sorry. If I showed it to you, I'd have to cut myself with it so its hunger is satiated & nobody wants that. There'd be blood everywhere. Sorryyy :/"

So y’all know the classic edge trope of “my blade cannot be sheathed until it has tasted blood”? What if a magic sword that has that requirement, except it’s sort of inverted. A sword that, instead of being inhabited by an evil spirit which once awakened cannot be lulled back to sleep except by blood sacrifice, was inhabited by a benevolent spirit who would not allow the sword to be drawn unless bloodshed were the only possible solution. A sword whose power could never be misused because it would only allow itself to be used in situations where it was justified. What about a Paladin who spends their entire journey fighting with a sheathed sword, incapacitating but never killing or maiming. The party believes that the Paladin has taken an oath of no killing, until they face the big villain. And it is in that moment, and that moment alone, that the sword will allow itself to be drawn.

Idk, this image set my mindwheels a-turning.

But do y’all see the vision?

[dorothygale123]

Ellooo! Been a while huh? Well, I live.

Who wants some more Nuwa? Just kidding, you have no power here. I want to talk about Nuwa some more, so that's what we're doing.

Have I ever mentioned that Nuwa is half snake? Because she is. She and her husband/twin brother (ew) Fuxi are often depicted with snake tails instead of legs in early art. That's because many of China's oldest gods are some mix of humans and animals (sometimes without the human). It's only in later interpretations that the gods are more often shown as fully human. This likely has to do with China's evolving ideology coupled with its adoption of Buddhism. See, in the simplest terms, humanity is seen as the highest and most desirable of the 6 realms of Buddhist reincarnation. This coupled with the Chinese idea of cultivation that through various forms of training and meditation one can reach enlightenment. It's through this method that humans become immortals, as well as how animals become demons and gain human form. With that mindset in mind, it doesn't really make sense for gods, who have presumably reached the highest form of enlightenment, to be part animal. Thus, more animalistic gods became less popular and dieties that had previously been animal-human hybrids had their animal traits taken away.

But I digress, as the myth I wanted to talk about today was Nuwa creating humanity.

Nuwa was strolling along (or rather, slithering, because snake body) in the world back when it was brand new and stopped for a bit on the banks of the Yellow River. Feeling bored, I guess, she decides to take some of the wet clay and makesomething with it. She makes the top half resemble herself, but can't get the darn thing to balance on a snake tail. Seems pretty easy to me, but Nuwa was a creator goddess not an art major so I'll look past it. She solves the problem by splitting the snake tail in 2 (and making it shorter, pesumably) and turning it into a pair of legs. Delighted with her arts and crafts project, she puts it on the ground and it comes alive. This is, naturally, the first human. Then she decided to make about a million more, so the first one doesn't get lonely. Eventually she gets the burnout all artists feel from doing the same thing over and over and just starts throwing mud at the ground and letting people spring up from that. The people she sculpted with care became the nobles and other such 'high borns,' while the mud drop people became the peasants and farmers.

And that's why classism is okay!

[theropoda]

im SO glad the short message showed up i kinda thought it'd never see the light of day but oh my god the anime dub voice acting's kinda throwing me off fjshfjsjcnfjc...... and honestly a bunch of other stuff too that just feels kinda cheesy...... HOWEVER i will keep my eye on it cuz im p sure that "blossom head" was designed by ito and i wanna see what other stuff he might've contributed :)

[miss-vanta-likes-to-write]

Life Line (pt1)

(I ain't) Sorry (pt2)

All Night

Cheater!Price x wife!Reader

CW: adult themes. infidelity. 18+

a.n: quick author's note from me. The point of this mini series was written because I really needed an outlet for big emotions surrounding infidelity. I got inspiration from stories I've seen about women and partners dealing with infidelity. I have never been cheated on, but I am the daughter of three generations of women before me who have dealt with infidelity, and its effects trickle down in the ways that you learn to love and teach your daughters how to love. I have watched infidelity ruin my mother, her mother, and her mother's mother. All of them handled it the best they could in the circumstances that they could.

Thank you all for following along with this story.

I had my ups and downs, but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up. I was served lemons, but I made lemonade

The constant ticking of the clock was loud. It was like a gunshot going off each second. Sixty gunshots. Absolute agony. Is it really your choice to be here in the therapist office? Sure, you drove your car here. Sure, you walked willingly into the elevator, down the hallway, sat down across from the woman who is far older than you. You feel judged. Like you have done something wrong. Mrs. Davis keeps her face neutral after you unload everything that has happened.

A year. It has been a year since you pressed a hand gun to John Price's side and made your demands. Things have not gotten better. You know he doesn't see anyone else no matter how much you tell him that you don't care. You play by the rules he unwittingly put into place when he began seeing his other woman. You have had boyfriends left and right, all of them similar to the husband you have in some shape or form.

Military. Sparingly available. Broken in some shape or way. Too quick to say to you "I love you. Let me have you." Two proposals a month apart from each other. Promises you can not bring yourself to even believe.

"You still love him. That's why you won't leave." Mrs. Davis states as plain as day. "No more of this, you want your children to have both parents under the same roof. Your children deserve to be more than a cop out and an excuse for your own emotions."

It stings. The words hit you in the face and for a second you may actually swing on her. Your eyes avert themselves and tears fall quietly down your cheeks. "I...I don't know Mrs. Davis. He makes me so angry. Every time I look at him, I get so so angry." Your voice cracks.

"Are you angry because you still love him? Or are you angry because for him to behave how he behaves now shouldn't have taken you learning of the infidelity and restructuring your marriage?" She seems so concerned when she asks you this. "I can only speculate, you're the one that knows."

You dab at your eyes and sit in silence. You know why you are angry. You are angry because you are hurt and he was the one to hurt you. Putting those words out into the ope though? Was too hard. "I'm angry because I gave up everything for him!"

"Hmm go on." She says.

"I gave up the best years of my career because he asked. I gave up my body because he wanted children. None of my pregnancies were easy. The baby we wanted was my hardest and I know when that happened the operation he was on abysmal, but I needed him. I felt abandoned. I felt like a failure. I felt like God himself abandoned me. And for him to go and fuck around hurt me so much. And I'm angry because after all of that I loved him, through all of that I loved him. And even now I love him, and it's not fair because I don't know if he loves me." You're close to hysterics as you vomit up all of the negative the vitriol that lived inside of you.

"So why make yourself suffer by seeing other men and staying with your husband? From what you say, you have had options and you still have options." She leads you towards the truth. "What made you make those rules for your marriage? What made you decide to drink more often and participate in pursuit of wreckless relationships?"

"I felt ugly. Little. Unwanted. And sleeping around and getting gifts, being adored by any man made me feel like how I was before John Price." You whisper. "Before I was a mom. Before when I was me."

"Do you think you've grieved enough? There is healthy grief and then there is unhealthy grief, you have chosen the unhealthy route it seems." She scribbles something down on her notebook and then checks the time. She is always careful to send you home on an upswing and positive note. She doesn't ever allow door stopper statements to happen. "You need to decide what will make you feel better. Staying with your husband or leaving."

You blow your nose and wipe your eyes. It's clear that she isn't really talk about your marriage.

"How are your children doing?" She asks. "We last spoke about Iyana and her father daughter dance. Did that happen yet?"

"No, that's next Friday, and she's over the moon." The smile on your face hurts.

Take one pint of water, add a half pound of sugar, the juice of eight lemons, the zest of half a lemon. Pour the water from one jug then into the other several times. Strain through a clean napkin.

That afternoon your car pulls up to the house. John's truck, like most Fridays sits in the driveway. The windows and sides are covered in pink and blue car chalk. Courtesy of Iyana and Jackie and wanting to give daddy's car a new paint job. The front yard is covered in toys, and it let's you know thatbhe probably got them both early from school. The inside of your house is a bit junky, Bluey plays on the TV, blocks and barbies strewn across the floor.

Grandmother, the alchemist, you spun gold out of this hard life, conjured beauty from the things left behind. Found healing where it did not live. Discovered the antidote in your own kit. Broke the curse with your own two hands. You passed these instructions down to your daughter who then passed it down to her daughter.

"Daddy, I'm glad you came and snuck us out of school today." Iyana can be heard clearly from the kitchen.

"Really Princess?"

"Uh huh. Really."

You stay hidden out of sight as you listen to them both. Jackie can be heard humming, not really participating in the conversation, he's been slow to really talk and hit certain milestones. Yet another worry that has burden you as you try to make sure that his teachers and baby sitters meet him where he's at. It's a full-time job and you and John often find yourselves uniting together on that front.

John hums and there is the clink of dishes "why is that?" The grin and the sweet look he gives her can be heard in the soft inflection of his voice. The kids are the only people he makes an effort to keep a low and gentle voice with.

"Because you got us ice cream and you let me pick out ice cream for mummy, and mummy needs more ice cream because she is always sad and grand mum says ice cream makes people happy." Her little child logic makes your heart clench. The silence that follows is loud. Only dotted with Jackie laughing and saying that his ice cream is cold.

"Iyana..." He says, "I think it's important that we try to make sure mummy is happy. But its not something for you to worry about."

"Why not Daddy?" She pressed him, "She makes sure all the time that me and Jackie and you are happy." The pout on her face must be serious if it draws a deep sigh from John.

"Because, it's Daddy's job to make sure Mummy is happy. And it's Daddy's job to take care of her."

"You promise?"

"I promise."

"Good, because I like it best when Mummy is happy, because then she let's me get whatever I want from the store!"

"Iyana-"

You don't stay downstairs to hear the rest of that conversation. Quick to sneak up stairs and to your bedroom. Heavy like lead, that's what you feel like, what your body feels like. You aren't sure if you should stay and make you both suffer or leave and suffer separately. There's no real right answer, all you know is that you can't go on like this.

You can't go on with relationships with other men. You can't keep searching for comfort in the bottom of a wine bottle or underneath the hands of someone else. After each tryst, a part of you feels hollow. Each orgasm feels a little less fun and light each time it happens. Sex feels like torture, and your hyper sexuality is a curse after having a demolished and destroyed sex drive. Looking in König's blue eyes were too similar to John's. Listening to the teasing lilt of Phillips words reminded you too much of the John you first met. There were men after them, all of them either polar opposite or the same, but the faces and features all blended together.

They formed one full amalgamation of your demons and the demon always whispered, "you are not enough."

The sun sinks in the sky, casting a warm glow into your bedroom. You have not moved but listened to the squeals and laughter of your kids. At one point your son entered and he laid with you quietly, his toy plane crushed between his body and yours. Plastic sticking into your soft body at sharp and odd angles. Your daughter would flit in and out, excitedly telling you about herlr day. And through it all, the only words you can think about are "Am I staying or leaving? Will it be just me or all three of us?"

"Sweetheart?" John stands at the doorway to your room. He hasn't been in here, in the room you conceived your children in a year. An invisible wall keeps him out of this once sacred space where whispered words of love were said. He has changed over the last year. Some parts for the better, some parts for the worst. He's transforming into a silver fox, slowly but surely, but those blue eyes you fell in love with are the same.

You make no move to sit up at first. But if you don't do this now, you may never get the chance. "Iyana, why don't you and Jackie get the blankets from your room and from downstairs. We are having a movie night in mummy's and daddy's room tonight."

"Can we watch Frozen?" She bounces up and down on the bed. Jackie whines at being jostled.

"Monster movie." He whispers.

"We will do both." You say. The entire time you're fully aware of John standing there. Mouth open like a fish out of water. He hasn't been invited into your room and bed in a year. Something he thought he'd never have again. All movie nights moved to the front room only after that Friday.

Iyana pulls at Jackie saying to come on and the two dash out of the room around John's legs. Iyana screaming about popcorn and how they would get to have more snacks before bed. John is slow to approach your bed and he sits down quietly.

"Is something on you mind?" He asks and he won't look at you. Fridays are now known for being days that change things for you both.

"I want to talk about our marriage John." It's a struggle to keep your eyes on his when he looks at you.

"What do you want to talk about?" There are tears already in his eyes.

"I want to talk about if I'm staying or leaving, and what that will look like. I don't make any promises to know right now fully on what the plan is. But I'm ready to talk with you about it."

"You already know I don't want you to leave."

You're quiet, the conversation abruptly cut off by the sound of your children calling for you. Asking for popcorn and juice and cookies. Instead you stand up and make your way to the bedroom door. The conversation that needs to happen will happen in this room most likely. It won't be an easy one. It won't be more than once. There will be tears. Sins laid bare for you both to see.

And in the end, it will take time. It will take time for you to feel whole again. But whether you stay or go, you'll be fine in the end.

End

a.n: purposely left open ended. You can decide if reader stayed and gave it another chance or if she left and took the kids or left and didn't take the kids. There is no way to perfectly heal and react to relationships. And I wanted the ending to reflect that. Thank you all again for reading.

Tag list: @fightmebissh @galactict3a @thoughts-nshit @pocketfulofposies @salma062022 @andromeda-starship @gazsluckyhat @uraeus56 @leahnicole1219 @lay-z

[rosakuma]

Predictions on What Might Happen in Drdt ch.3 Part 1

So with the emotional roller coaster of ch.2 finished, I figured it would be nice theorizing what could happen next chapter based off the current information we know and some predictions/theories I’ve either seen around or have. Share any thoughts about the theories/prediction or your own down below the comments or reblogs! This will be multiple parts due to the word limit, so let's get started!

For starters, lets go over who’s currently alive:

Teruko

Charles

Whit

Eden

J

Arturo

Veronika

Hu

Nico

Levi(Possible if Arturo can save his life)

David

Rose

As for gender ratio we have 6 girls, 1 enby, and 5 guys remaining(unless Levi dies, then only 4).

So with that being said, that means most likely to balance out the gender ratio between the guys and girls(excluding Nico our beloved furry enby), we would have to have 2 girls die and 1 guy die. Leaving only 4 girls, 4 guys, and 1 enby left. That is if Drdt follows the three people dying during chapter 3 formula(to which this post will pretend it will).

Now who would our victims and culprit be? We’ll get back to that later. For now lets move onto the current mental states and situations our cast is in and how that will reflect on their development/survival chances?

Teruko: As we seen in the last ep of ch.2, Teruko…..is not doing great. Now Teruko has definitely gotten a lot of great development in the sense of potentially starting to trust others again as we seen in the trial. But there’s also the factor that Teruko is suffering from the deaths of her classmates in secret due to thinking she’s to fault for their deaths because of her luck. Seeing Ace died affected Teruko badly because she was just like him in trying to push others away to be safe and not hurt(Ace being basically a dark reflection of Teruko this chapter). Along with seeing herself no different from him or Arei in being a bad person. This could definitely affect Teruko in her current relationships(Charles, Eden, Rose, Whit, and possibly Levi now), but I still think there’s a spark of hope that Teruko will allow herself to at least work with others or hang out a bit more with people at a distance. I conclude that Teruko Tawaki will start working with others again while suffering from guilt both survivors guilt and guilt of almost having Levi killed because she broke a rule via asking Ace to kill MonoTv.

Charles: Now last we seen of our beloved tsundere chemist was him going back to a state of shock from seeing Levi bloody and barely alive. To which after Charles recovers from it and Levi is taken care of, here’s what I think will happen to him. I believe we’ll see Charles starting to work more with others who are willing now that we see that Charles accepts friendship from others thanks to Whit(and kinda Teruko in ch.1). Along with his friends, he is definitely gonna be so worried and upset at Teruko for almost dying. Yeah she didn't get shot and instead Levi did, but still Charles was concern for her regardless if her luck would prevent her from dying. Another thing I saw brought up from a few posts is Charles starting to become more independent while still dependant on others. What I exactly mean is I think Charles will prevent others like Whit from trying to protect him as he does not want to be pitied and with him being sheltered by his parents, this increases his desire to do and face things on his own. This might cause complications in his friendship with Whit since Whit seems to be really protective of Charles to cover his eyes when death/blood happens or giving him an alibi in the trial. But who knows?(although I can see them targeting Charwhit as they had it good for too long and how every other yaoi/Yuri ship has been doomed). Also we might get more Charles and Elliot lore next chapter, I'm feeling it.

Whit: So Whit……its kinda hard predicting what will happen to Whit exactly since the dude doesn't let the current situation bother him(the secrets being all revealed, Levi almost dying, Ace dying, etc). Only concern he has is with Charles and like I said for Charles, maybe we might have CharWhit drama, its hard telling. But I will say that I believe Whit is probably going become more suspicious since we seen that one sprite in ep16. Like seriously WTF WAS THAT WHIT!? Like no joke if this keeps up, he is definitely the mastermind or at least traitor. I got my eyes on you Whit Young (≖_≖ ) . Oh and I do have a theory of what role Whit can play in ch.3 I’ll go more into another section.

Eden: Oh sweet Eden, you deserve so much 😭 Okay so definitely Eden is going to be in mourning over Arei and I feel like with now both Ace dead and Levi almost dying, she’s probably at her mental limit. Like I don't believe she’ll end up like Teruko in the beginning of ch.2, but I don't think Eden will be able to be the good support system for everyone with what she’s going through rn. Like Teruko and Xander with his family, Eden is going through survivor guilt over Arei, Min, and possibly Ace? We seen how Eden thinks Min’s death is her fault with the baking activity and think its the same with Arei during the trial. Along with Ace, Eden did state that while she doesn't forgive him for killing Arei, she feels bad for him and this happening. Like Eden said, this all could’ve been prevented. Eden probably blames herself in not checking up on Ace, trying to befriend Arei that lead to her trying to protect her, or not being able to help diffuse the fighting at the cafeteria as well since that lead up to David making everyone reveal their secrets to each other. I think it will take some time and emotional support hopefully from Teruko and anyone else kind to support her for Eden to be able to bounce back from this one.

J: Honestly I don't have a lot to say about J rn. Her main concern is on Levi, but if I was going to guess what might happen to her or be explored with her for chapter 3. We’ll probably get more lore on her family and perhaps why J seems more anti-murder than everyone else. Along with this, she’ll probably snap and get Arturo hopefully off her back for good if he still tries to stalk/bother her. Otherwise hopefully she’ll just be vibin.

Arturo: Oh Arturo, you are definitely being set up for some character development. With Arturo’s secret being revealed about his sister, his involvement with Eden and Arei, and along with having Levi’s life in his hands. He is going to be going through the wringer I tell you. To start off, if Levi lives, I think that will be a bit of hope and maybe redemption in himself in Arturo’s eyes as I feel like his dialogue to Ace in ep16 might hint he feels like he can’t save anyone since he couldn't save his sister from dying(via killing herself). If Levi dies, that is going to start a downspiral for him as he is going to believe he failed to save someone again and now has two deaths on his hands. Going into his sister and involvement with Eden, I think this is going to cause some discourse with others. Specifically J and Hu. J because she already thinks low of him because of his treatment towards her and the fact she believes he is actually responsible for Felicity’s death(although you could argue that maybe she just said that because she’s mad at him for causing this murder to happen a little). Hu I think will get on him too for both threatening Eden which lead to Ace being able to frame her and kill Arei and the fact Hu does not take lightly of someone causing a suicide knowing her secret. I think this will be apart of the discourse over the group’s secrets and potential fault in what happened last chapter.

Veronika: Oh girlie you’re the one I’m concern for the most! Okay so Veronika is starting to get more disturbing in the killing game with how she’s reacting to both Ace’s death and Levi getting injured. And with both her secret revealed and how the group is going right now, I don't think it will be good for her. We know how that Veronika uses her talent and to extent, the killing game to entertain herself enough to prevent her from self harming herself. With how I think the group will have conflict with each other, I think she’ll be fine at first since drama will be interesting to her. Even if she gets involve as I could see someone blame her for what happened last chapter since she failed to stop Nico and Ace’s fight along with encouraging Ace’s paranoia about dying. I don't think she’ll feel bad since there was other factors + she finds it more interesting how events happen. All of this will possibly come crashing down for her as if everyone starts distancing themselves from others, then how will Veronika be able to keep herself entertained? She won’t have any drama or anyone to watch horror movies with her. This could lead to her going to a dark space in possibly causing something to entertain her or be possibly manipulated.

Since part 1 is getting to close to the word limit, I’ll end this here and continue off onto the next part(will link post after I post this and finish the other): https://www.tumblr.com/rosakuma/763649926247940097/arturo-oh-arturo-you-are-definitely-being-set-up?source=share

[izzih22]

Okay so boom, would you do a pazzi fic where they get outed on live by like ice and KK and the end is all cute and fluffy?

Caught in 4K

Note: don’t know how I feel about this one it’s short and kinda crap but enjoy also ice is always at the scene of the crime fr😂

They had always been good at hiding it.

Not because they were ashamed. Not even because they didn’t want people to know. But because what Paige and Azzi had was theirs — quiet and steady, protected like something sacred. Just lingering looks, shared hoodies, and the kind of closeness that didn’t need to be explained to anyone who mattered.

The team knew.

Family knew.

They’d been careful. Subtle. Strategic.

Right up until Ice accidentally left Instagram Live running for thirty more seconds than she should’ve.

⸻

It was just supposed to be a fun post-practice moment — Ice and KK dancing around in the tunnel, filming the chaos. Laughing. Hyping up Aubrey. A quick pan to the bench, then end the stream.

Easy.

Except… Ice didn’t end the stream.

Not fast enough, anyway.

Because when the camera drifted a little too far left… it caught them.

Paige, sitting at the end of the bench, legs spread, completely relaxed — Azzi tucked into her side, head on her chest, Paige’s arms wrapped lazily around her waist like it was the most natural thing in the world.

It wasn’t dramatic. It wasn’t even a kiss.

But the camera lingered.

Just for a second too long.

Azzi’s hand resting lightly on Paige’s thigh. Paige looking down at her with this quiet smile, one hand drawing lazy circles on her hip.

And then Ice, realizing — “Oh sh—” click.

Live: ended.

Damage: done.

⸻

It didn’t take long for the clips to hit Twitter.

Fans went feral.

“I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT.”

“Paige Bueckers has never looked at another human being like that.”

“Azzi LITERALLY in her lap. This isn’t speculation. This is science.”

“Okay but the thigh touch???”

Fan cams, slow-mo breakdowns, and grainy zoom-ins exploded across TikTok. People were analyzing lip movements and blinking patterns. Some even brought out PowerPoint presentations.

Still, the media stayed quiet — respectful. Paige and Azzi had always kept their personal lives separate. There was nothing “official” to report anyway.

So the fans just speculated.

Loudly.

Endlessly.

⸻

Meanwhile, in the locker room:

Ice looked like she was about to cry. “I swear it was an accident.”

“You had one job,” Jana teased.

KK held up her phone, grinning. “Y’all are trending again. Hashtag #PaZZi4L.”

Azzi just shook her head, amused, cheeks pink but not upset.

Paige stretched out on the bench, completely unbothered. “Let them talk.”

“Oh, they are,” KK said. “There’s a thread comparing your bench cuddle to footage of penguins mating for life.”

Azzi snorted. “Please send me that.”

Paige just smirked, clearly enjoying the chaos more than she should.

Jana nudged her. “You gonna deny it if anyone asks?”

Paige gave a shrug that was far too casual. “Deny what? I hug all my friends like that.”

KK nearly fell over laughing.

⸻

That Night

The buzz of the day faded the second Paige closed the door to her apartment.

Azzi was already on the couch in one of Paige’s oversized UConn hoodies, legs tucked under her. The lights were low, and some old basketball game played quietly in the background — just noise, really.

Paige dropped her bag and joined her without a word, settling beside her and pulling Azzi into her lap like she had on the bench.

Azzi curled into her without hesitation, head on Paige’s shoulder, hand slipping under the hem of her hoodie to rest against her stomach. Familiar. Safe.

“Ice still spiraling?” she mumbled sleepily.

“KK’s convincing her to do an apology mukbang,” Paige replied, laughing softly. “But yeah. She feels bad.”

Azzi smiled. “It wasn’t even that bad. It’s kind of cute watching everyone try to ‘solve’ us like a mystery.”

“We are so not mysterious.”

“We are to the internet.”

Paige leaned her head back, letting her fingers trace the shape of Azzi’s spine under the fabric. “You wanna say something? Like… officially?”

Azzi was quiet for a beat. Then she shook her head.

“No,” she said, gentle but sure. “I like this. I like people guessing. I like that the only ones who really know… are the ones who matter.”

Paige nodded slowly. “Me too.”

A pause.

Then, grinning: “But I am gonna post a blurry picture of your hand and see how fast TikTok loses its mind.”

Azzi rolled her eyes, giggling as she tucked herself deeper into Paige’s arms. “You’re the worst.”

“But im your worst.”

Azzi kissed the underside of her jaw, voice soft. “Yeah. You are.”

Outside, the world could speculate all it wanted.

But inside this little apartment, in the quiet safety of arms and hoodie sleeves and soft laughter — there was nothing left to guess.

[ghelullu]

Ghost Tour and Album release timelines Infopost

I saw a lot of curiosity and also really bad takes about the upcoming album release in relation to the tour starting soon: „he’s decepting us by selling tickets and we don’t even have an album yet“, „it’s worrying that the album hasn’t even been released!“ etc, and I couldn’t take it anymore. So have a very short overview on how Ghost handled these things in the past and some speculations, brought to you by my autistic historian ass

Opus Popus as the first album doesn’t count here Update: see below, so I’ll ignore it. Just like the EPs (even Popestar, yes)

Infestissumam

Papa II was introduced by Papa I on 15.12.2012 in Linköping

there we also got the first songs (Secular Haze, Marionette cover) played live,

SH single was released a few days (20.12.2012) later on their Website

Papa II Tour start: 23.02.2012 (if you don’t count the bit in december and that P3 Guld Awards thing)

Album Release Date: 10.04.2013

time between tour and album: 1,5 months (46 days)

Meliora

Papa III premiered in Linköping on 03.06.2015 (with the wrong facemask), which also started the tour

first single (Cirice) released on 30.05.2015

Album Release Date: 21.08.2015

time between tour and album: 2,5 months (79 days)

Prequelle (my beloved)

we meet the Cardinal on 06.04.2018 in a Chapter (and some small concerts) before tour kicks off properly:

Tour start: 05.05.2018

first single (Rats) was released on 13.04.2018 (followed by Dance Macabre on 18.05.2018)

notably there's a bit of a break after the pre-release tour (ROTR), the release of the album and then the „proper“ tour (Pale Tour)

Album Release Date: 01.06.2018

time between tour and album: just under 1 month (27 days)

Impera

not counting the Ascension on 03.03.2020 and Sympathy for the Devil (my beloved) on 22.01.2021);

we get 3! singles before the album releases (Hunter’s Moon (super early bc of the movie), CMLS, Twenties)

Preimperatour started on 25.01.2022 (again with a break between the pre-release tour, release and post-release tour)

Album Release Day: 11.03.2022

time between tour and album: 1,5 months (45 days)

Conclusion:

As you see, Ghost always go on tour first and THEN release the album with about 1,5 months inbetween. Many songs are first played live and then we get to hear the studio versions.

Recently we even got dedicated „pre-tours“ (Rats on the Road, Pre-Imperatour) to hype us up. So there is no need to be worried, or even accuse him of being a scammer or whatever. It’s literally the normal modus operandi!

My guess for this Album/Tour (this might age terribly with the most recent website update): I’d assume we get a single later this month/ in march at the latest, and, if I had to guess, the album comes out after the Euro leg of the Redacted tour in late May (1 month passed plus theres a break again, like there was for ROTR/Pale Tour and Pre-/Imperatour)

Update

Since it's been pointed out that not including Opus isn't fair, I shall add that era. I didn't include it, because first albums always have a bit of their own rules and there's a whole lot of issues coming with releasing your first baby - plus I was trying to make a point based on recency (4 of the last 5 albums) etc. plus the lack of money & recognition didn't allow for a real Tour for quite a while. ANYWAY, here's it:

Opus Eponymous:

12.03.2010 they uploaded the Demo tape to MySpace and got a LOT of attention immediately (because it's a frickin' banger)

the album itself was released on 18.10.2010 officially

they played their first gig at Hammer of Doom in Würzburg of all places on 23.10.2010 - yes, after the album release

it wasn't really a tour in that sense; they went on to play some gigs wherever they could, then supported other bands (Paradise Lost in early 2011), the first thing you could call a real tour was Defenders of the Faith III with Trivium, In Flames (my beloveds, check out In Flames if you haven't!) and Rise to Remain in late 2011 - not a real Headliner Solo tour, though, either

Sources: Setlist.fm, wikipedia, my memory, really

[wbbfannnnnn13]

Almost, Always // Chapter 3

A/N: I think I said by the end of the night so mission accomplished! This is a tad bit longer than previous chapters so enjoy all the angst because that's all you're getting... with a little fluff b/c I'm not that mean

W/C: 2.4k or something like that

Warning: maybe a cuss word or two??

Chapter 3: The First Shot 

Paige lay on her couch, one arm draped over her forehead, phone resting on her stomach. The silence in her apartment felt suffocating, pressing in on her from all sides. She knew she should be exhausted—should be relieved to finally be home after the chaos of All-Star Weekend. But all she could think about was the way Azzi had looked at her before walking away. The weight of that moment hadn’t lifted. If anything, it was settling deeper into her chest, a dull ache she couldn’t shake.

She wanted to call. To text. To fix it. It had been three whole days since they last spoke at the airport and every day since then she thought about it. It was the first thing she thought about in the morning and the only thing that occupied her thoughts. Her fingers would hover over her screen, staring at Azzi’s name like it might say something back to her, like it might pull the words she couldn’t seem to find out of her. But every time she tried, her thoughts would tangle, feeling like messy, knotted strings of fear and longing and regret. Her thumb would freeze just above the screen, paralyzed by the same question that had haunted her for months now: what if she said the wrong thing? What if reaching out only made things worse? What if it was already too late? And beneath it all, deeper than anything else, what if Azzi didn’t want to hear from her at all?

Why couldn't she just take that next step? Why did she care so much about what the public would think? 

Paige felt like a coward. She hated herself for it. Because that’s exactly what she was in this moment. She was paralyzed, wrapped in hesitation, and painfully aware that the only thing holding her back from what she wanted most was herself. 

She wasn’t ashamed of Azzi—she never had been. How could she be? Azzi was everything. She was the calm in Paige’s chaos, the one constant in a world that always felt like it was spinning too fast. Paige loved her—quietly, deeply, in a way that scared her sometimes. She adored the way Azzi saw through her defenses, the way her presence could steady her pulse with a single glance. Loving Azzi wasn’t hard—it was the easiest thing Paige had ever done. It was being brave enough to show it that she kept getting wrong. Fear had its claws in her, wrapping tight around her ribs, making it impossible to breathe easy. And she didn’t know how to let go.

It wasn’t just about them anymore. It was about the world. The cameras. The headlines. The endless cycle of speculation, of questions they’d have to answer, of people prying into something that had always been just theirs. Paige knew they’d have support—that wasn’t the issue. It was the exposure, the way things would change the second their relationship wasn’t something they could keep safe and untouched. Once it was out in the open, it wouldn’t just be theirs anymore. And it wouldn't just be about basketball. And that terrified her.

What if they lost themselves in it? What if they lost each other? 

She squeezed her eyes shut, exhaling sharply. Why couldn’t she just say fuck it and tell Azzi she was ready? Fuck.

She wasn’t even thinking about what she was doing, just mindlessly scrolling on Instagram. It was automatic. A distraction.

Until it wasn’t.

The moment she saw Azzi’s name, her fingers stilled. The caption beneath the post read: Azzi Fudd – 2026 Three-Point Contest Champion.

Paige hesitated, her thumb hovering over the screen. Her heart had already begun to beat faster, a subtle thrum that betrayed how much just seeing Azzi’s name still affected her. For a moment, she considered skipping past it—pretending it didn’t make her feel anything. But who was she kidding? She tapped the video.

The screen filled with her—stepping into shot after shot, her form as smooth as ever, her follow-through picture perfect. Every ball splashed through the net without touching the rim. Azzi wasn’t fazed. Wasn’t rattled. She barely reacted at all.

Of course she won. Easily.

A hollow feeling settled in Paige’s chest as she watched the clip loop again, and again, until it was burned into her mind. She was proud of Azzi. Of course she was. Watching her dominate, watching her step into the moment and own it like she always did, it should’ve made Paige feel something good. And in a way, it did. But right underneath that pride, tangled up with it, was the unmistakable weight of guilt.

Because Paige remembers the look on Azzi's face after winning—pride, exhilaration, and something softer beneath it, something aching. There had been this spark in her eyes, a glimmer that said she wanted more than applause, more than a trophy. She had looked at Paige like she was reaching for something only they understood. A kiss. A moment. A confirmation that they were still them. But Paige had hesitated. Again. Like she always did. She’d smiled instead, wrapped an arm around Azzi’s shoulders, played the part of the supportive friend in front of the cameras. And in doing so, she saw that glimmer dim, just slightly. The weight of that moment pressed against her chest now—the guilt of knowing she’d denied Azzi something simple and real, something that should’ve been second nature. And the fact that she couldn’t give Azzi what she wanted—what she deserved—was a kind of ache that Paige didn’t know how to name. It hollowed her out from the inside.

As the clip of Azzi looped on repeat, Paige couldn't stop her mind from drifting back to where it all started. To the first time she had ever seen that shot.

Not at USA camp, but a year or so prior.

The gym was packed, the sounds of sneakers squeaking and whistles echoing across multiple courts. Paige had just finished a game, still sweaty, still riding the high of another win. She and her teammates had wandered into the next gym, half-watching the game before theirs while laughing and talking about their last matchup.

She wasn’t paying much attention at first. Just another game, another set of players trying to prove themselves. But then, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of something different. A shooter on the far court, the ball leaving her fingertips the same way, every single time.

Paige turned her head fully now, eyes locked in. The girl was relentless—shot after shot, same perfect arc, same precise follow-through, like she could do this in her sleep. There was no wasted motion, no unnecessary adjustments. Just repetition. Pure, practiced skill.

Paige found herself staring, mid-sentence, her words trailing off as she watched the ball rip through the net again. And again. And again. The sound of the swish was almost hypnotic. There was something mesmerizing about the rhythm of it, the consistency, the quiet power behind every release. Paige felt a pull she couldn't explain—an invisible thread tethering her attention to the girl on the far court. Something in Paige shifted then, a quiet sense of recognition, like watching a moment you somehow already knew would matter. She didn’t know who the girl was, but something in her chest told her she’d just seen someone important. 

"Who’s that?" she asked, barely realizing she’d spoken out loud.

One of her teammates followed her gaze, noticing Paige’s sudden silence. "Oh, that’s Fudd," she said, like the name should mean something. "From the DMV. Supposed to be the best shooter in my class."

Paige rolled the name over in her head. Fudd. She’d never heard it before, but she’d never seen a shot like that either. And she knew, even as she tore her eyes away, that she wasn’t going to forget it.

She left that tournament never speaking a word to her, but for some reason, that girl, the one who shot like a machine, stayed in the back of her mind.

A year later, Paige stepped onto the court for the first day of USA camp. She had been waiting for this moment, ready to prove herself, ready to show she belonged. She recognized a lot of faces, the best of the best gathered in one place. But then—

She saw her. Her stomach dropped. No way.

The girl from the AAU tournament. The one with the textbook shooting form, the one who had been burned into Paige’s mind for the last year without her even realizing it.

Only now, she had a name: Azzi Fudd.

That same perfect shot. That same unreadable expression. She didn’t miss a beat, stepping into each jumper like she had done it a million times before. Paige had always been taught that shooting was about repetition, but this? This was something else. It was like she had been built for it.

Paige couldn’t stop watching. Not in a weird way, obviously just… impressed. Mesmerized, even. The way Azzi moved, how she barely reacted when she drained five, six, seven in a row. No nod of approval to herself. No smirk. Just the same expression, like she expected every shot to go in.

Paige had always been about flash and fire, about the moments that made people gasp and cheer. But Azzi? Azzi was quiet precision, cold and lethal. Like ice. 

She walked straight up to her. Not that she thought this through, exactly. "So, do you ever miss, or is that, like, a medical condition?"

Azzi turned, blinking at her. Sizing her up.

"Sometimes," she said, totally serious.

Paige grinned. Okay. Ice was the perfect way to describe her, not just because of how effortlessly she played, but because there was something untouchable about her. Something Paige wanted to crack open, just to see what was underneath.

Over the next few days, Paige was looking for the right moment to talk to Azzi. Nothing forced, nothing obvious—just a natural opening. A partner drill, a water break, anything. But Azzi never seemed interested. She was always locked in, always in rhythm, like she didn’t even notice Paige watching.

And Paige? Paige was starting to take it personally.

So when there was a rare break, when most of the players had scattered for a few minutes of downtime, Paige finally decided to stop waiting for a moment and just make one.

Paige can still remember the exchange of banter like it was yesterday. The way Azzi had looked at her, unbothered, unreadable, like she wasn’t sure if Paige was worth entertaining or not. And Paige had loved that challenge.

A smile ghosted across her lips at the memory. Because that conversation? It changed everything.

After that, they were inseparable.

Paige had gone into camp expecting to dominate, to prove herself, but she hadn’t expected Azzi. She hadn’t expected how easy conversation would be once Azzi finally let her in. How sharp she was, how quick her humor was, how much she actually talked once she was comfortable. Paige had spent the first few days thinking Azzi was just a quiet, locked-in player who didn’t care much for small talk. But once the wall came down?

Azzi was funny, competitive, and, most of all, she got Paige in a way that no one else did. It wasn’t just that they clicked—it was the way Paige had found herself wanting to be around her, needing to be around her. Even before she understood why, she was looking for Azzi in every room, gravitating toward her without meaning to.

Paige had been drawn to her from the start, not just because of her game, but because of the way she carried herself—quietly confident, never trying to demand attention but somehow owning every space she walked into. Paige had spent so much of her life being loud, being seen, being the person people talked about, but Azzi? Azzi didn’t have to try. She just was. And Paige had wanted to be next to her from the very beginning, long before she had words for it.

They’d always seemed inevitable after that week. Like there was no other way this story could go—until now. 

Now, Paige knew that she was the only thing standing in the way of everything they had dreamed of, everything they had talked about for years. It was never about whether they were right for each other. It was about whether she could get out of her own way long enough to let them be.

That truth settled like a stone in her stomach, heavier than before. The guilt curled around her ribs, tightening with each breath, each thought of what it would’ve been like if she had just reached for Azzi instead of hesitating. If she had been standing next to her during that three-point contest, celebrating with her, proud and unafraid.

But she hadn’t. And now she was here, alone, stuck in the same spiral she had been for months.

The memory slipped away, reality sinking its claws back into her, and Paige blinked back into the present. Her apartment felt colder now, emptier, like she had just woken up from a dream she didn’t want to leave. But this wasn’t a dream. This was the mess she had made. 

She picked up her phone again, Azzi’s contact open.

She started typing.

Stopped.

Deleted the message.

She exhaled sharply, grabbing her gym bag. If she was going to be thinking about Azzi this much, she needed to shoot.

But the second she stepped onto the court, she realized her shot had never felt heavier. The weight of it settled deep in her bones, pressing against her, making her feel unsteady in a way she wasn’t used to.

This wasn’t going to fix itself. The space between them wasn’t going to close unless she was the one to close it. No apology from Azzi, no perfect timing, no external push was going to make this right. It had to be her. It had always been her. She couldn’t keep waiting for the perfect moment or the right words—because perfect didn’t exist, and the right words never came. She had to do something. Anything. Before it was too late. Before the silence between them became permanent. Before that flicker of hope in Azzi’s eyes, what was left of it, died out completely. Before she would have to live with the ache of what they could have been, almost... 

Before she could talk herself out of it, she walked off the court, grabbed her phone from her bag, and scrolled through her contacts. Her thumb hovered over the contact, hesitation creeping in. She swallowed hard, inhaled sharply—then pressed the call button.

Her heart pounded as she brought it to her ear, listening to the dial tone. Waiting.

The call connected.

Paige took a deep breath. "Hey…" 

[remxedmoon]

What are your thoughts on ISAT's magic system?

AUTISM BLAST

okay long rambly post incoming. for the record like 90% of this is pure unfiltered headcanon. and almost all of this is about colors. sorry if this is hard to follow!!! i need to get this all out of my system.

oh also! a lot of this is based on a really good post by @/chronologically-challenged that shows off the differences between each character’s craft style! go check that out it’s really good

okay!! so!!! colors. this is just my own thing, but i personally like to color code the different types of craft!

don’t worry about those middle tones yet just put a pin in those

there’s still a little bit of color variety within craft types (for flavor), but generally, rock is blue, paper is yellow, and scissors is red. i’m not going to lie to you i only did this because the splatoon testfire had these colors. it’s also why my triplets designs are colored like that!

i think these colors also just fit the descriptions of these crafts? red feels like a more aggressive and active color, which matches how piercing craft is generally more focused on dealing damage, blue tends to be calmer, which matches protective craft being more supportive , that kinda thing. something something children’s hospital. yellow is a bit of a wildcard here lol, it just looks nice with the other two.

putting aside the colors for a mo! don’t worry those’ll come back soon. i’ve also been thinking a lot about how dual craft types work, though this is a little more speculative. i’m entirely basing this on how mira works. basically, one craft type seems to be more ‘dominant’ over the other. while mira is both paper and scissors, she’s still weak to rock, her basic attack is scissors, and her scissors skill (jolly round rondo) does much more damage than her paper skill (artsy silent burst). she behaves more like a scissors type, with an extra affinity for paper. which i think is interesting!!!

in terms of colors, i think this would manifest as mira’s craft being tinted orange, as a mix of both her craft type’s colors! this is partially what those uncategorized colors are for. while her scissors attacks are only slightly tinted, her paper attacks would be a lot closer to orange! and this would apply to other dual crafts as well. a rock/paper type would have more greenish attacks, a rock/scissors type would have more purply ones, etc etc.

i think this color mixing would also apply to single craft types trying to use a craft type that isn’t their own, though it’d prolly become less pronounced the more a person ‘gets used’ to using that craft type, so to speak. in a while rockodile would be pretty solidly purple, while rock bottom is more of an indigo color, and odile’s craft skills probably only slightly tinted as well.

ok!!! that was a lot about colors. i’m really fucking normal about colors. onto craft styles!! this is still kinda about colors tho sorry. also, again, go check out @/chronologically-challenged’s post if you haven’t already, it’ll prolly explain this better than i will

for a tl;dr on that post, each country has a different way of using craft. the forgotten island has lightless craft that tends to manifest as stars and zigzags, vaugarde has big, rounded bursts of grey craft (with smaller circles around it), and ka bue’s craft is more diamond shaped/triangular and tends to be on the lighter side.

this is also the part i’m a little less sure about. i haven’t drawn these out in my normal style!! so a lot of this is subject to change. sorry about that!

anyways. i wanted to preserve the island’s lightless craft while still making it colorful, so i decided to give it a sort of. halo effect? i guess? i wanted it to vaguely resemble the ring of light around a black hole or a solar eclipse, but that is a lot harder to do with the zigzag shape of the craft + my color limitations. and as i’ve recently learned, glow effects look really weird with my pixelly art. so this is all just flat colors 😓

shhh don’t mind the art here i’ve totally posted it before 🩶

vaugarde is pretty simple comparatively!! the craft is a sort of midshade ingame, so i just made the main color the normal craft colors. not much to say here!

and ka bue is in a similar boat! i did kinda draw it in my odile sprite redraw, but i didn’t really look at references so it’s kinda boring looking there. not much to say here either!!

and!! as we can see from the king’s special attack art, craft styles can kinda mix together. king’s style follows the general shape of vaugardian craft, but keeps the shade and stars from the forgotten island! i think it’d be fun to play with that a little more teehee. i imagine these are a lot more variable depending on how engrossed someone is in a culture, hence why odile’s craft doesn’t borrow from vaugarde’s style. unless she does? it’s not like we see other ka buans using craft in game. who knows.

also because i forgot, some extra bonus doodles of that craft color mixing i mentioned earlier! yipee!

and that’s it!!! there’s probably some other stuff that i am. currently forgetting. but this post is absurdly long enough!!! thank you so much for the ask i’m so sorry for autism blasting you about isat and color theory. am i still cool. here’s all of my craft doodles as compensation for reading this giant infodump. i’m so so sorry.

[kimbolimbo0428]

Being 22, I think it's funny that a Star Wars character has faced a major event in their life at the age of 22 on quite a few occasions.

Case in point:

At the age of 22, Darth Maul is defeated and bisected by Obi-Wan Kenobi and somehow survives this.

At the age of 22, Anakin Skywalker is turned to the Dark Side, becomes Darth Vader, gets burned alive, and is forced to wear a life-preserving suit for the rest of his life.

At the age of 22, Kanan Jarrus joins Hera Syndulla as part of her crew aboard the Ghost.

At the age of 22, Han Solo meets his best friend Chewbacca, makes the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, and wins the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian.

At the age of 22, Luke Skywalker learns that Darth Vader is his father immediately after said father cuts off his hand.

At the age of 22, Jod Na Nawood watched as his Jedi master was killed. He would then go on to become a pirate. (This one is admittedly speculative but Jude Law's age when filming Skeleton Crew matches up pretty well with the timeline.)

Moral of the story, big sh*t tends to happen when you're 22 in Star Wars.

[yangwns]

DEVIL'S LINE — P. SH (PREVIEW)

parings: vampire sunghoon x fem! reader. genre: vampire au, forbidden love, some horror elements. warnings // suggestive content, smoking, detailed scenes of gore, death, blood, mentions of biting, mild swearing. disclaimer! // this is based off of the manga/anime "devil's line". word count: approx. 10-12k

release date: TBD

summary:

you are a 22 year old college student residing in a small apartment in the bustling city of seoul. the world around you was filled with so called "devils" and murders. you didn't believe that these creatures existed until you meet one yourself. you meet park sunghoon, a devil in disguise as a detective of seoul metropolitan police department. he is the lead detective on the serial killings of young women. when you crossed paths with sunghoon, you become the prey for his resolve to never taste human blood. will you survive?

preview:

The city of Seoul pulsed with life even at its darkest hours. You stared through the window of the terminal you were in. The streets were bursting with restless energy, neon lights reflected across the large puddles of rain from earlier. There was a faint hum of voices outside, slowly fading away by the ringing of the train tracks and the music playing inside your ears from your earbuds. You sighed softly, your eyes feeling heavy after another long day of studying.

Your eyes meet your phone as you come across a news broadcast. The news anchor's even tone filled your ears as she announced the news of the night.

Good evening, this is Jung Yurim reporting for SBC News. We begin tonight with a groundbreaking case that has impacted the city of Seoul. For the past several months, we have discovered that there have been a series of murders of innocent young women. As of last night, authorities have confirmed another murder of a young women in the quiet district of Seocho. This is the ninth murder of this year.

Authorities are speculating that the murders may be connected to "devils". For those unfamiliar, devils are indistinguishable and appear to be humans. But under any circumstances, exposed to blood or intense emotions, devils are said to lose control, transforming into violent bloodthirsty creatures.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Department has still yet to give a statement on these serial killings and whether these murders have been caused by devils. Officials urge to remain at home and avoid traveling outside alone.

This is Jung Yurim, SBC News —

The news anchor's voice was abruptly ripped off your ears. You gasp, snapping your head towards your best friend, Lee Heeseung. Your face burned as you notice the sly smile curling on his lips and your earbud inside his palm. "This is our stop, Y/N."

Your face burned even hotter now, you were glad that you had wrapped a scarf around your neck so that it concealed your red cheeks. A cold chill ran down your spine as you hear the train doors sliding open wide, cool air hitting your body. The air hissed at you as you took one step down to the platform of the terminal. As you step down, you feel a strong force push you to the side, causing you to stumble on the platform.

You hear Heeseung's low voice griping at someone. "What the fuck? Can't you watch where you're going?"

A firm hand pressed against your arm, pulling you up. The touch was ice-cold, a chill that seeped through the fabric of your coat and sent an involuntary shiver down your back. It was a cold that lingered, numbing the skin that had been touched. You were completely still, unable to move from the stranger's grip. Blood coursed through your ears, drowning out all the noise outside. You looked up to meet the gaze of the stranger who had caught you.

His eyes were dark-an endless void. A faint glint of light reflected across, giving his stare almost a predatory glint. Something was unusual about his gaze; it was as if his eyes could see past your skin and see how fast your blood was thrumming inside your body. Apart from his eyes, dark circles settled underneath his eyes, possibly from the lack of sleep. These eyebags were a dark red, brimming his eyes.

Before you could speak, the stranger let go of your arm and walked away in one swift move. An uneasy feeling settled over your chest as you began to wonder who this person was.

[wtfisgoingonirl]

Why it’s crystal clear now

Delulu is over. Whoever didn’t get it until now, will probably never get it. N already told us everything. She is screaming it at us with the plot of ‚Misdirected‘. What do you need more? 

For me there is no doubt anymore. N and L are a couple. Married. With a baby. 

Okay, okay. I get why some folks still have difficulties to believe that the love story of N and L could be real. The distractions are still there and so it is understandable to have doubts.

This week was dramatime again. So the ridiculous fight about who is on the right ship is still on… But why? Just let the others be and blog on the tag of your ship about the two who you want to be together. Let the others have a good feeling for themselves.

Back to N and L. We still don’t know what’s the problem with A. „Let’s get this done“ leaves no room for speculation. He had to take her. I said it before, their interactions are weird. And I’m not entirely sure the butt touch was real or in thin air.

So there has to be a reason for these games bc N and L are participating. And I’m not sure if it is solely about privacy. We will probably never know what this strange sh*t is about, but one day we will get confirmation of N and L being together irl. 

And another thing. N is not a magician and therefore able to change her appearance day to day. In the commercial you can clearly see that she is hiding her baby bump. Come on, it was also obvious on BB premier. If it wasn’t obvious for you, that’s also alright.

But for me it is just crystal clear MUM and DAD are a real thing - literally. And keep the words of every mum and dad in mind: „Kids, please stop fighting!“

Let’s enjoy tomorrow’s Valentines day with our loved ones. Either with your significant other or friends, family, colleagues, even your pet or just by yourself. Everything is okay.

Do a good dead and be gracious with one another. 

Let’s celebrate LOVE ❤️. Love is not superficial. Love is not about shallow gifts. It is about being able to truly accept one another for who we are (and this is a quote from L). There is enough hate in the world. Nothing is as bad as we tend to make it.

Stay strong! Peace ✌🏻