#so prolly not that interesting to most folks LOL

[ladypepperofdavenshire]

Three main chars from a sci fi story I’ve started delving into!  I got the idea around 2020 and sort of left it alone to stew for a while (and seeing that there’s an increasing lack of interest in Dune fan ocs, why not dabble in some og stuff?), so I’ve been working on the characters, plot, and worlbuilding for the past two weeks.  There’s still SO MUCH I need to iron out in regards to the plot, but I’ve been really enjoying developing the characters and the universe!  Some information on the featured chars for those curious are beneath the cut

Thrust into the seat of power after her father was assassinated, Empress Ariadne Fenway II has to contend with a planet of people who have been under the heel of the Fenway Dynasty for far too long and are ready to revolt as she tries to enact reforms to help make reparations.  Ultimately she is forced to flee when a charismatic member from the Priest Sect who calls himself “The Demagogue” joins forces with a rival noble house on the planet and enacts a coup.

A longtime childhood friend of the Empress, Captain Judd Kaspar is the head of her Honor Guard and tasked with keeping her alive.  He’s one of the few that she’s comfortable speaking freely with due to their friendship (which has gone a little past being “just friends” as they’ve gotten older—they secretly wed about a year before the coup).  Judd’s job becomes harder when “The Demagogue” gains enough leverage to force the Empress out of power, and doesn’t stop there, but sends assassins after her even while she’s on the run.

The Demagogue is a priest who rose to power suddenly in the years leading up to Empress Ariadne II taking the throne.  No one knows who he really is or where he came from, but he and his followers refer to him as “The Demagogue.”  He militarizes the people to take over neighboring star systems and planets, further limiting the places of sanctuary where the Empress can flee.  He MAY have modeled himself as a savior figure…so killing him would only make his followers more fanatical.  He knows this and is betting on his enemies avoiding killing him to steer clear of that happening. 

I may or may not post more--who knows! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[14dayswithyou]

Meowdy Saint! ^^ lolol hello hello o/ hope you are doing good!!

So this masterpiece of a game has been invading my mind with ZERO chill lately which directly translated to me coming up with a TON of questions orz I really didn't realize how many I ended up compiling lol

If you don't feel like answering this many please feel absolutely free to ignore this ask or only answer the ones you like the most, the last thing I want is for you to feel overwhelmed! ^^

ALRIGHT LET'S-A GO

-do Rendacted's memories remain intact when he resets the day or do his wipe too with everyone else's? Also is there an in-universe answer for why he has these glitchy powers or is he just Built Different™?

-if angel made it VERY clear that they would be mad asf and prolly even start hating and leave Ren/[REDACTED] if he were to hurt their friends(or killing people bc this man needs to chill fr), would he listen to them? Bc I know that if he touches Violet, Elanor, Kiara or god forbid Moth I'm personally deleting his kneecaps 🥰

-since it seems to me that Ren/[REDACTED] is only kinda meh at cooking I was wondering if he actually made the not burnt pancakes in day 3 or if he had some store bought ones that he passed off as his own lol

-does he know how to give massages? :00

-during day 1, how did Ren come up with a book on the local flora?? It seems like such a random topic to pick when put on the spot without already having a genuine interest in it lmao

-if I understood correctly Maple should be Jae's dog right?? Did you have a specific breed or age in mind when creating her? I got curious because in my head she automatically popped up as a young australian shepherd to match with Jae's hyperactive dumbass energy lol❀⸜(˶´ ˘ `˶)⸝❀

-staying on the dog topic lol, in day 1 when angel gets up from the couch to get Ren the inflatable mattress(iirc) and he follows right behind them i immediately thought he acted like a puppy lmao. So would he mind being called 'puppy' as a pet name?

(I am not sure if this⬇️ questions falls under character deaths, if it does I really apologize and absolutely feel free to ignore it ^^)

-from an ask from last year it seems [REDACTED] would ultimately kill angel if there was ultimately not way to enter in their life?? Gotta say I was very taken aback by this, would this still be the case after a year of building more to his character? (Ok I went back to check the ask again but I can't for the life of me find it anymore maybe I dreamt it up idk😭😭 im really sorry if that is the case jdkslajdl)

-uuhh I know there is already a lot in this ask(im seriously sorry orz), but I was wondering if we will eventually get an SFW alphabet for Ren/[REDACTED] for the folks who don't care about the nasty 👉👈

-THIS IS THE LAST THING I PROMISE 👹 will there be a guide to get all the endings? I'm not sure if there is one already and in that case I missed it 100%

Also I find it ironic how the fandom is trying to find out every single aspect of Ren/[REDACTED]'s character the same way he must do with angel lmao

ALRIGHT THATS ALL IM SO SORRY FOR ASKING SO MUCH THE REN BRAINROT HOURS ARE SO REAL IM LOSING BRAINCELLS orz Remember to take care of yourself drink water and take breaks!! ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

(Also sorry if some phrases don't make sense, english isn't my first language as I am 🤌 lolol)

✦゜ANSWERED: Under da cut because this got long >:3

-do Rendacted's memories remain intact when he resets the day or do his wipe too with everyone else's? Also is there an in-universe answer for why he has these glitchy powers or is he just Built Different™? Ren's memories remain intact!! I mean... He remembers each time you get a bad end and sometimes says something different... >:3 There is also an in-universe reason as to why he has his abilities — I won't spoil anything, but his real name (along with River's and one other character) have a reeeeally big tell. But what this tell is is for me to know and you to find out >:3

-if angel made it VERY clear that they would be mad asf and prolly even start hating and leave Ren/[REDACTED] if he were to hurt their friends(or killing people bc this man needs to chill fr), would he listen to them? Bc I know that if he touches Violet, Elanor, Kiara or god forbid Moth I'm personally deleting his kneecaps 🥰 Ren (and by extension [REDACTED]) knows not to harm anyone if he knows you won't like it — and even then — he won't actively show that murderous side of him in the first place. To Angel, Ren is just a timid, normal guy.

-since it seems to me that Ren/[REDACTED] is only kinda meh at cooking I was wondering if he actually made the not burnt pancakes in day 3 or if he had some store bought ones that he passed off as his own lol Ren is actually good at cooking, he's just a bit out of touch since he doesn't normally cook for himself! It's normally microwave meals or takeout for him... ^^; And yes, Ren did burn and burn the pancakes in Day 3 — he was distracted by something on his phone :3

Bonus cut Day 3 content: I took out the scene where Ren started to profusely apologise for burning the pancake because he often had to cook when he was younger. Given the dynamic of his family and the environment he grew up in, Ren didn't have much room to make mistakes ;n; I cut this scene out because I felt bad ksgskd So y'all get to have flustered, happy Ren instead!!

-does he know how to give massages? :00 If that was one of Angel's interests or desires, then sure!! ^^

-during day 1, how did Ren come up with a book on the local flora?? It seems like such a random topic to pick when put on the spot without already having a genuine interest in it lmao Someone else likes flora too, and it sure would be funny if Ren (eventually) starts to mimic certain traits and interests of the person you have the highest affinity/relationship points with in order to make himself look more appealing… >:3c

-if I understood correctly Maple should be Jae's dog right?? Did you have a specific breed or age in mind when creating her? I got curious because in my head she automatically popped up as a young australian shepherd to match with Jae's hyperactive dumbass energy lol❀⸜(˶´ ˘ `˶)⸝❀ It was mentioned in Jae's lore post (I'll link it here once I find it), but Maple is a Labrador! (Leon would be Jae's Australian Shepherd hehe) In my mind, Maple is only 2 or 3 years old, but that wouldn't really fit the official timeframe... ^^; Jae adopted Maple during high school so he wouldn't feel lonely at home, and it's been over 6+ years since then.... hgdshjg

-staying on the dog topic lol, in day 1 when angel gets up from the couch to get Ren the inflatable mattress(iirc) and he follows right behind them i immediately thought he acted like a puppy lmao. So would he mind being called 'puppy' as a pet name? Angel affectionately calls Ren a puppy during the scene in Day 1 where they meet up after work, so that nickname definitely could work!

-from an ask from last year it seems [REDACTED] would ultimately kill angel if there was ultimately not way to enter in their life?? Gotta say I was very taken aback by this, would this still be the case after a year of building more to his character? (Ok I went back to check the ask again but I can't for the life of me find it anymore maybe I dreamt it up idk😭😭 im really sorry if that is the case jdkslajdl) aaa I think you might be mistaking that ask for something else? ;v; [REDACTED] would NEVER harm Angel in any capacity, and they're a very patient person. Even if it took decades for Angel to fall in love with him, they'll wait.

-uuhh I know there is already a lot in this ask(im seriously sorry orz), but I was wondering if we will eventually get an SFW alphabet for Ren/[REDACTED] for the folks who don't care about the nasty 👉👈 You're fine!! And I'm open to doing that! I'll add it to my list hehe

-THIS IS THE LAST THING I PROMISE 👹 will there be a guide to get all the endings? I'm not sure if there is one already and in that case I missed it 100% I've shared a spreadsheet that lists all the available choices, the points you earn from each of them, and the endings you can get — however it's only available on Discord and I don't really want to share it outside of the server and potentially put it in the hands of minors. Sorry!!

Also I find it ironic how the fandom is trying to find out every single aspect of Ren/[REDACTED]'s character the same way he must do with angel lmao Hehe >:3 There's a loooot of lore that won't ever be mentioned in the game (since it doesn't seem fitting/I don't see a reason to), so I'm happy to provide it here!

[doodles-of-a-nerd-kid]

Were there any specific media/cultural inspirations for your OCs? Ones like Polka especially stand out to me, really neat design!

If you used any picture references those would be neat to see, too.

THIS IS AN AMAZING QUESTION

I'VE BEEN WAITIN' TO ANSWER SOMETHING LIKE THIS TYSM ANON

To keep it short and sweet so you can stop reading here:

I am very heavily influenced by anime and video game character design. When I'm creating a character, I try to cram lots of different references that are slightly consistent ^^" Funny you bring Polka up though, she's the best example of this!

I put this whole chart together to sort of visualize my erm... creative vision/inspirations I suppose:

...Let me attempt to break this down a bit ^^"

It probably isn't too obvious, but Miss Polka here is actually a Cave Story fan character!

So for you who do not know, there is an old witch woman named Jenka present in Cave Story. Her name is very interesting because:

and I was like: "Alright, I'll name my witch character off of a traditional dance/song as well because that would be really funny huehueheuheuheueu xddddd"

And that's how I ended up with Polka's name! The polka is also a folk dance, and has a cute outfit for the dancers~ So i took some inspiration from it when designing her outfit ^^

Polka is a young witch... and Misery's apprentice. So Misery unsurprisingly was a really big influence when I was designing Polka. I tried to keep as many things as I could from Misery, like her hair and accessories... but I mostly took her color palette lol

Also hey!! Sue's here, what's up with that??! Well, that's a bit of a secret~ I can't tell you, hehe! But just know that she helped out lots when trying to decide personality traits for Polka and bits of her design as well :>

So guys idk if you knew this but I am a super duper weeb

Anime/JRPG stuff has a chokehold on me, a lot of my artwork and characters are influenced by it

Some of the inspirations at the top of my head for Miss Polka are things like Genshin Impact (kill me) and the Sailor Soldiers (the CLASSIC magical girls, they're too iconic to not think abt >:D)

There isn't too much thought between the tail capes, ribbons, fingerless arm warmers and her... skirt... tuft... thing...? I just think they're really neat and gave some more detail to the design :]]

BUT the skimpiest part of her outfit is well,,, y'know-- the swimsuit aspect. This is because Polka can use hydromancy, so I just thought it would be a cute nod to that, lol

I think that's about all of it! I had a lot of fun answering this one, hope that answers your question~ Polka actually has gone through the most redesigns outta all my characters, so that's prolly why she's the most interesting visually! I am def happiest with her current appearance, and I can't see myself making any changes too it anytime soon--

Hopefully this wasn't too much of an infodump, I just love talking abt my characters in detail >///<

Thank you so much again, Anon!

[someguyinc]

Ooooh what are your story ideas and meta in the works?

ahh !! i have a good handful,, most of them are merlin related so forgive me spn mutuals ;-; but i'm just going to list them off bc i fear if i give an in depth response this post would be one of those long ones that make your app glitch and phone burn to a crisp in your hands

bbc merlin:

meta:

- gwaine being more observant than he's given credit for pulling a classic "oh i just drink and make jokes" silly guy move as a cover

- arthur, merlin, and mordred and their roles in the prophecy/ties to the old religion and triple goddess

- destiny in bbc merlin being a living breathing entity that lives through feeding off of tragedy

- gwen and her flower motif !!

- morgana and merlin being two sides of the same coin

- the different sects of the old religion and those that believe in the once and future king vs those who don't

- magic and its relation to gender throughout the entire series and how it is often a punishment for the women in the series

- gwen and lancelot being foils for each other

- gwen and elyan's sibling relationship (this one is mostly head canons based off the scraps we get throughout the series)

- more in-depth exploration of the main 4's character thesis

- difference between merlin and emrys and where the line blurs

- druids and their expectations of merlin

fic ideas:

- key trials: merlin and arthur have to enter the kingdom of the sidhe and stop the ever growing plague that has begun destroying all the crops and causing an abundance of monsters in albion,, this one investigates the double standard merlin holds for arthur vs himself, the lies they've told themselves and arthur internal bias from being raised anti-magic, as well as merlin being a liar

(i've stated writing a few chapters but lost motivation n school n work once again took over my life)

- dragon's ire: heavy political intrigue, prince merlin au, focuses heavily on the reality of merlin and morgana's ill-fated friendship and how merlin telling morgana about his magic could've definitely made things worse in the long run, kingdoms at war and gives more background to the knights as well as blacksmith!gwen who i hold close to my heart

- fae circle fic: really just guilty pleasure of seeing genderbent morgana and gwen if i'm being honest,, silly fun :3

- elwaine fic idea: moments where traveling blacksmith elyan meets gwaine multiple times but working with him as a knight gets a bit more difficult from there prolly just smth short n fun :)

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spn:

meta:

- sam and dean and hoodoo/voodoo in spn and how many times they should've died after using it... i do not know how to stress that not only are these practices closed off to non-black folk but then also like,, even black people that do not have practitioners in their bloodlines do not fuck with these practices because the repercussions are just that !! bad !! 😭😭 (ofc ik the 'god favor' and more realistically this is bc there were probably no black writers in the room but DAMN,, it's just insane)

- probably low hanging fruit but,, song genres relating to each member of tfw and their arc in the story

- i'm sure someone has done this before too but bela/dean parallels and similarities

fic idea:

- jock!castiel... that's all i got 😭😭 i've only recently gotten into spn and castiel is very close to my heart,, but i keep seeing fics where he is a gardner/knitter and while i think he'd be interested i think he'd also drop them very quickly bc he strikes me as a person(?) that likes the idea of taking things slow but when it comes down to it much rather would prefer things get done immediately or at least he can move his body and feel like something is getting accomplished,, he's also incredibly charismatic and i would love to see him leading a team in something without feeling like it could become a cult

it's kind of just a guilty pleasure lol not too much backing

anyways thanks for the ask hope any of this is interesting 😭🫡

[fangtastic-vampyra]

Reaaally hate how it seems I have to be "watched" by people from the system the whole rest of my life.

It's MKULTRA MILBAS targeted individual stuff. You know the people that they go after?

Those that would stick their neck out for somebody else.

You know. Yes. So. I have to do a Stinkin' re-assessment sometime next week, ish, Im like "Im in for a life sentence. Schizophrenia gets worse when you get older. Very few people "get better" [or whatever they think] whatever that means, not understanding why I keep having to do a reassessment." I mean, I really hate Drs, of all kinds, I can take care of my Fecking self, and I want them to Bugger off in general. It was creepy asf. What is so hard to understand, stop thinking shit in my head, voices, v2k, and then, making me feel like shit with uh military, weapons? thennn tormenting me in my sleep. LIEK IF I FELT BETTER, I WOULD BE BETTER. a poisoned, drug, prescription or otherwise, filled body, with emo. pain, and trauma, and not enough healthy meals, and shit, prolly aint going to be around very long. plus parasites and what have you. I CAN BE A SCREET DR. JKKK. Just a herbal supplement recommender. :] {been studying those since I was 16, got a lot of time behind me on that particular interest, yah, thats why got me all into trouble, rebelling against norms, well if Punch Line really is my ..mm.. hear voices saying dont go out with her buut...what could i get out of it? it will probably, if i dont try, end up like harley and me, im fubar.. F.U.B.A.R.} And that? Was Mr and Mrs Smith.

And she mentions the Govt program medicaid enforces it every 6 months. I'm like nooooo. Even though I know it's fake, and thats fake, I have too much rage, to not be on meds, but I don't think they're quite ready to let me only be on one anti-"psychotic" umm Vraylar and Seroquel, are my two, and we lol we -- are doing great.

Yes Im a plural, also. DID... MPD.

Anyway-- I think I "actually am" schizophrenic.. Not just a Fake illness.. But Idk maybe it's just damage from previous incarnations. Some lady read my palms and said I was reincarnated. Neat.

Meanwhile, I've gotten into some sick sort of reminescensing/revenge thing. Prolly the first male "plague rat" -- Waheyyy. Emilie Autumn fan. They want them young, to study, and observe, if ya know what Im saying. AND. They dont like to let folks go. Once they have ya. Since these bastards, think they are some type of Woman Inspector. I dont want Pig Ass Hybrids for my kids anyway, fuck off. I am no longer young, and a Cantankerous ass bitch, and One day, THOSE Fuckers, are going to compensate me, for all my TBC, and everything else. TBC/Thought Broad Casting.

WTF..!! THEY CRASHED MY BROWSER, I HAD TYPED LIKE FIVE MORE PARA. Yes. they got access to my puter. UGH!!

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT.. AND....GAWDDAMN.

Note to self/other authors, authoresses: WRITE IN WORDPAD.

Or something similiar.. There use to be one that had a black background. White makes me feel like I got a lined loose leaf paper with no.2 in a uncomfy plastic chair. YES. UNCREATIVE. Like. In a fecking institution.

Uhm what had I said... Mum also said people get sacrificed to the devil a bunch more than most think. She's kinda uh weird. yes. Used to be into goth, and horror, and metal, when she was Younger, and witch craft, lord knows umm, now shes just, Blonde hair, blue eyes. And everything else, normal, she wants to be Barbie. IDEK, this Family wsa NOT ready. She was just another Handler, my dumb ass thought fighting, was the answer. I want to SUE the pants off MKULTRA ( and associations/etc, off them.) If you know what I mean. Abuse. Trauma. Mum says it happens to boys just as much. OHHH WELL. IDK about that. Shes just another brainwashed handler. Tho.. pretty insightful if you can actually get her to say anything. Lol we're munsters, I got out the sun synchronization, or something ugh.

Im just nursing a wound. Not caring about anything else, but trying to stop the pain. I dont uh see any point in living this way? My head is aching like someones been smashing rocks against my skull for the past hour. "Okay ill stop" Like they harass and make fun of me as AFAB UNDESIRABLE. Fat and whatever, though they did it um. And call me a he/she, they did that to. And I just uh, want to punch something in the face that something is God, Idk, until it stops moving. yes. then i can be god. >.> IDK, like whyyyy me.

Why all of this. WHYYYY.

He says we are all equal, he says his thoughts are higher than our thoughts, he says the enemies are not flesh and blood, but spirits. Yes. SAYS humans are more close to him than angels, says this and that, that we have power as humans over the animals, and the demons. idk. somethings not adding up. i think he's a f*cking rapist. celebrating the black majick curses he places onto children. a pervert, a predator. yes. i try. to calculate what is going on here, i hadnt known what i know now, i rebuke the thoughts i had as a child, the gnashing of teeth, in hell, and that, i dont want to end up there. AND? I think he's a bully. There's always been a man.. sigh.. tiresome.. voice over my shoulder harassing me.

WHAT I WANT: To be the Court leader of the Neutral guise. Or herd or pack or whatever. *LOL.*

What should my name be? Circe.

brendan used the word "blessed" in association with the amount of food we have. Im used to high quality meals, this is like, yuck, sort of. I wish I could remember shit, I want to give up. There are no plans, Im jsut saying "i want to" im tired of hurting, im tired of suffering, tired of aloneness, tired of rejection, maybe showing vulnerability will help? Why are men attacking me? Idk, i think they are scared of me.. Tbh. I will get my one desire, to be my true self. And theres nothing they can do about it." If " they try to mess it up, I have my ways.

{Wow, have the inkling of intimacy / u might be a d00d, on ur page, I MEAN, AMAB, and got scammers messaging me "hot photos" and shit lololol. Im too lazy to remove. if they're not a native English speaker, some of the messages are pretty funny...}

[evajellion]

Been a while since Odio and Yamazaki. Number 16.

Birds of a Feather, Chapter 47

Prolly the only time I'm gonna post LAL written works on tungle unless I get more prompt requests, lol.

(Context: Odio in his usual rage/fascination with humanity, decides to drag General Yamazaki to the Dominion of Hate after the event of Near Future)

The knight burned down the world, destroyed everything around him, and the Lord of Dark.

And for what? He had loving folks at home who still would have supported him. He could have escaped the Kingdom apparently known as Lucrece. But he threw it all away after losing his best friend, being an outcast, and the woman he sought after.

It’s pathetic. General Yamazaki knows it could be worse.

Odio— no, Oersted, had parents who supported his passions and dreams. They don’t emasculate him for the friends he makes or how soft-faced he is. No, the General can see it all. This young man had his entire life handed to him, expected to be a hero without criticism.

Where was that in Yamazaki’s entire life? For over forty years, he had endured nothing but a strict life, not allowed to show interest in anything besides what was considered ‘appropriate’.

Gender norms in his country were strict. Young men aren’t allowed to show interest in things that seemed a bit unusual, something that women would be interested in. Yamazaki expressed fascination with the arts of dance, but his father smacked sense into him each time, forcing things that ‘suited him’ instead.

This went on until Yamazaki finally cut his chains from the old man.

If anything, that fool Streibough was in a similar situation. Belittled and chastised by his family, always being told that he would ‘never be as good’ as Oersted or other knights.

Yamazaki sent hundreds of soldiers to their death, most of whom had cold feet when confronting him or allowed thousands to be liquefied. All this silly knight did was kill people by accident and proxy, before deciding to throw everyone to the wolves just because he had one bad day.

He hated him.

But he’s also fascinating. Oersted, Odio, whatever he wanted to be called, didn’t have the same manipulative cunning as the General.

How hard would it be to tell this demon that it could be so much worse and that he threw his life out for nothing?

**************

That General killed thousands in the name of Odeo, in the hopes of control, a stage of evolution that would bring forth the greatest soldiers. 

And for what? He had such close allies. There was never any need for that sort of thing. Yamazaki knew a beautiful woman, a brilliant doctor, and an eccentric priest. Everything is at his fingertips, yet he chooses to make sacrifices rather than use his brain.

It’s pathetic. Odio knows it could be worse.

He didn’t need to stand on that platform with the rest of those fools. The priest? Wholly understandable. The scientist? Maybe. But all the General did was send people to their deaths when he could have just been content with his admirer and seen if it all went wrong or not.

This man is baffling. Seeing him fly into outrage over the smallest thing that didn’t matter is confusing. Even if his close allies perished, it’s not like it mattered to Yamazaki. How could this man be allowed to murder so many and not be given worse?

Odio had a simple life, yes, but he was thrown into circumstances so suddenly out of his own control. Putting himself in a position beyond redemption let him decide he would play the part that people saddled him with.

How was he supposed to know how his friend or the Princess felt? They never spoke to him. They were allowed to pull him aside and be honest! Yet here is this man, who controls every conversation and encounter like a complete snake.

And yet, Yamazaki acted like such a victim about being drowned. It’s not like his life had been ruined, it was just cut short! What was this level of victim complex? Begging to be saved by his enemy!

It reminded Oersted of others who tried to play the victim when they struck first.

The priest had more of a right to plea and beg for mercy than he did. That old man hadn’t touched a fly, despite his hypocrisy of not wanting to become one for Odeo.

He doesn’t know why he dragged the General to his Dominion of Hate. Perhaps Odio wanted to torture him more, show him just how bad things could get, perhaps there was even some sort of fatal attraction beyond his comprehension.

He hated him.

But he’s also fascinating. General Yamazaki perhaps hated humanity as much as Odio did, but hid it under some sense of pride.

How hard would it be to tell the General that it could be so much worse and crush what little confidence he has left in himself?

**************

Ultimately, upon confrontation, the two came to a conclusion.

What could be worse? Having no control over your childhood?

Or no control over your adulthood?

Odio already knows the answer. He smiles with delight.

“The past cannot be altered, in spite of me reaching into times of prehistory.” Odio breathes. “You could tell me as many hypotheticals about my past as you wish, but it cannot be changed. Nothing can.”

Darkness emerges from Odio’s palms. General Yamazaki smirks, going for his sword.

“Yet, I am more than capable of showing you the present and the future. One that you have no control over, no matter how hard you try. You shall witness what you could have had, what you could make, what you could have done, for these decisions were yours and yours alone!” Odio roars.

“As if you didn’t have control over your actions currently?”

Odio’s blood boils. He launches a magic attack, knocking the General from the near future down on his back, rendering him unconscious.

“It could be worse,” Odio says. “It will be worse. I will make sure that for you, it will be worse.” A smirk spreads across the archon’s face. “Or, mayhap, I shall show you it could be better. So much better. Because what is worse than seeing a deception of what could have been?”

He reaches down and strokes the General’s face.

[heretherebedork]

The Battle Royale is back!! This time: Uke edtion 2.0: the comeback!! (This time: the battle is randomized and shuffled!)

Now who among here excretes the most uke energy? A gaybie? A soft uke? A perfect Uke? And the contestants are:

Taekyung vs. Adachi

Sky (GB) vs. Tae Joo (Eyes Linger)

Pi vs. Gene

Tian vs. Pharm

ShuYi vs. Shi Lei

Zhao Zi vs. Si Qi

Meen vs. Tine

Jin vs. Arthit

Kit (Gen Y) vs. Wad (SOTUS S)

Karl vs. Gavreel

Tutor vs. Knock

Mico vs. Jaime

Reb vs. Jim

Tong vs. Folk

Paii vs. Wayo (2moons2)

Beam vs. Kit (Both 2moons2)

Mon vs. Shi Gu

Chon vs. Mes

Masuk vs. Nuea

King vs. Third

Puth vs. Boss (My Engineer)

Kao (DBK) vs. Kao (Oxygen)

Chol vs. Xingsi

Mu Ren vs. Yu Hao (Crossing the Line)

Pete (LBC) vs. Fiat

Yeon Woo (Color Rush) vs. Ki Wan (Ryu's Wedding)

Hin (Chance to Love) vs. Hin (Lovely Writer)

Aey vs. Yi Chen (Obsessed)

Pao vs. Ake

Phai (Gen Y) vs. Wayu (Gen Y)

Day (Sotus S) vs. Zon (WhyRU)

Typhoon vs. Mekhin (Close Friend)

Team vs. In

Guitar vs. Ray (Close Friend)

Type (2gether) vs. Sang Ha (Mr. Heart)

Sheng Zhe (Right or Wrong) vs. Shao Fei

Frong vs. Duen

King vs. Sky (My Day)

Ou Wen vs. Minh Hoang

Can vs. Techno

Yu Zhen vs. Bunn

Bonus: (Ga On vs. Da On)

This time, anyone can play! Feel free to play this game! It's open to all!

I'd also like to dare @absolutebl and @raiko101 to try this one! Hehehe

and also: thank you @absolutebl for your posts! I also learned a lot from you! prolly half of these characters came from you so, yay thanks!

Goodluck!

Ahaha, wow, my anons are pulling in my mutuals? Again? My life is wild here, y'all. Yay Battle Royale Anon! How did you know I have time to kill before Golden Blood?

Also, this one is fascinating because how does one define uke? Because some of these characters might be bottoms but I wouldn't define them as ukes because ukes are typically the ones being pursued. So I've sort of been trying to figure that out and so some of these get some odd answers depending on the character. Is an uke defined as what most straight girls think of a bottom? Is an uke the character being pursued or who needs to be taken care of?

... Look, uke is an ever-evolving word, especially from when I first joined fandom. So it's very interesting!

Taekyung vs. Adachi

Adachi has to win this. I love Taekyung to death and he's my tiny gaybie but Adachi just... he's darling and small and he needs to be protected and pursued and he just... fits more of what I think of as an uke. Now, this is probably because this is a Japan (creator of the uke/seme dynamic as we know it) versus Korea (who really don't do strong seme/uke dynamics) thing rather than a character thing. Since uke really is in the relationship and not just the character...

Sky (GB) vs. Tae Joo (Eyes Linger)

It's Sky. Sky is a baby. Sky is absolutely baby. He's in need of so much love and care and protection. Although Tae Joo is close and he definitely needs it, it's in a different way. Plus, Sun is gonna take a bullet for Sky and I am an absolute sucker for that. But they're such good characters to contrast.

Pi vs. Gene

I gotta admit that I'm giving this to Gene. Now, this is because of the show. I want Gene to be taken care of by his love. I want Nubsib to love and care for Gene. I don't want Pi to be take care of. I want Pi to go be independent and pissy somewhere else without ever thinking about Mork again.

Tian vs. Pharm

Pharm had to win this. I love Tian, don't get me wrong. But Tian and Phupha have a different dynamics than Dean and Pharm. Dean and Pharm definitely lean more towards what I would consider a seme/uke relationship and, thus, Pharm wins. Also, tiny gaybie Pharm almost always wins.

ShuYi vs. Shi Lei

This is so interesting because it's Taiwan vs Taiwan and they don't do the really strong seme/uke... but yeah, it's Shu Yi. Shu Yi 100%. Shi Lei is an uke but he's not as much of one as Shu Yi. Shu Yi is such a darling who just needs so much love.

Zhao Zi vs. Si Qi

It's Zhao Zi. Look, I adore Si Qi. He's a darling. But Zhao Zi is just gaybie energy x100 alongside abandonment issues and that sunshine over sadness energy is just A+.

Meen vs. Tine

This one is hard. They're both such ukes, such little gaybies... But I like Meen more, so I'm going with him. He was the bright spot in the show where Tine was, ironically, one of my least favorite characters in his show.

Jin vs. Arthit

I had to give this to Jin. He just loved being pursued so much and all the attention and the little gifts from Bbomb just made him so happy. He couldn't help himself. Arthit just didn't quite have that with Kongpob, as much as I love them together. Different vibes.

Kit (Gen Y) vs. Wad (SOTUS S)

Kit is basically the perfect example of a tsundere uke. Like, he is the platonic (lol) ideal. And I love him for that so much. He's definitely one of my favorite characters just in general and such a little tsundere uke he has to win.

Karl vs. Gavreel

This one is a bit harder. Ugh. Like, you could claim it for either one and also argue that neither one is exactly an uke... but I'm gonna give it to Gavreel. Mostly for levels of realism. Karl is just so realistic it's hard to call him an uke.

Tutor vs. Knock

Yeah, it's Tutor. He was tough as nails but he melted so nicely under Fighter's hands and just falls apart and gets sick without him and that's just... such an uke thing, okay? SUCH an uke thing.

Mico vs. Jaime

I had to go with Mico. I love Mico. He's such a darling and absolutely radiates gaybie in need of love energy at all times and I still desperately wish that Hello Stranger the movie had given him more of a chance at the end rather than a rush.

Reb vs. Jim

... It's Reb because Jim just annoyed me mostly. Also, Reb is tiny and adorable and has that super innocent gaybie energy that makes him a bit more real but also a bit more uke. I dunno, this is what I mean about the definition of uke. It's hard to pin down for me!

Tong vs. Folk

Look, I get it, I'm the only person who preferred IttPai to PureFolk. I GET IT. But that just means I'm gonna pick Tong because PokTong was the best pairing beside MarkKit and also holy shit sex and holy shit the love they share that they damaged and hurt so much together... ugh, uke energy be damned, I'm choosing my favorite.

Paii vs. Wayo (2moons2)

Yo is ultimate uke. He's such an uke is almost hurts. Like, he always wins this. Every time. No question or hesitation.

Beam vs. Kit (Both 2moons2)

Kit wins again. Because Kit is a tsundere uke and, frankly, 2moons2 Kit is even MORE of the perfect tsundere uke because he also melts. He melts so hard and so fast and it's adorable beyond belief.

Mon vs. Shi Gu

Sorry, Shi Gu, but Mon is such an uke. Like holy sheesh this boy. This most darling boy. He's tiny and gaybie and adorable and PORTABLE and yeah, he's super uke.

Chon vs. Mes

I'm gonna give it to Chon because he's just... a bit more? To me. He's more of an uke and I love him for it. Tough as nails uke boy with a lot of of darlingness. Yeah, just gotta go with my heart.

Masuk vs. Nuea

I might like Nuea more but I think Masuk has more uke vibes. They're still weak but they're there and I just gotta give it to my darling Masuk. He's so soft and needs so much love and a lot of care.

King vs. Third

Third is ultimate uke. Crying in a shower? Weeping over everything? Very protective friends? Yeah. YEAH. He wins this.

Puth vs. Boss (My Engineer)

Puth just isn't an uke to me. He's got different vibes. But Boss? Boss is an uke and adorable and he just wants to finally love Mek openly and honestly and just be held and goofy and ride on his back. And seriously, love the boy.

Kao (DBK) vs. Kao (Oxygen)

Ugh, this is hard because I'm not 100% on how much an uke Kao (Oxygen) is and I don't really think about DBK ever... I'll give it to Oxygen. I love Oxygen and I miss Kao.

Chol vs. Xingsi

Xingsi wings this by being the most take over uke ever, the one who definitely wants to be spoiled but also knows exactly how he wants to be spoiled and isn't afraid to show it. Gotta love him.

Mu Ren vs. Yu Hao (Crossing the Line)

I gotta give this to MuRen. CTL had almost no seme/uke energy but they definitely went harder in CTY. So... MuRen wins by virtue

Pete (LBC) vs. Fiat

Screw you, they're both ultimate ukes. Everybody wins!

Yeon Woo (Color Rush) vs. Ki Wan (Ryu's Wedding)

I had to go with Yeon Woo. Like, I had to. What a darling little uke who needed to be chased and needed to be convinced and needed to be saved from himself and the other people who love him.

Hin (Chance to Love) vs. Hin (Lovely Writer)

Lol, I had to go with Chance to Love because, like, look at that boy. He gave up everything in the hopes that his seme would be happy and just... what a tiny darling. Sadly, Hin didn't get any romance. So... outta luck, child.

Aey vs. Yi Chen (Obsessed)

Obsessed is just all about the seme/uke dynamic. I had to give it to Yi Chen. Like, had to. Absolutely had to.

Pao vs. Ake

Neither are my favorites but I have to give the uke energy to Pao. Ake is adorable and all but Pao just radiates that 'I'm a baby take care of me' energy, especially as a ghost.

Phai (Gen Y) vs. Wayu (Gen Y)

Yu is the most uke uke to ever uke. Seriously. What a baby. And he's such an uke he has two semes fighting over him! You can't get much more uke than that, let's be honest.

Day (Sotus S) vs. Zon (WhyRU)

Look, I gotta be honest, I mostly just watch the Kongpob and Arthit scenes of SOTUS S. But also... Zon. Zon is puppy uke. He is tiny, tiny puppy uke and I cannot deny him that title. He deserves it.

Typhoon vs. Mekhin (Close Friend)

I gotta give it to Typhoon. I still don't like that part very much and I just want to protect him from his boyfriend ignoring him and I think part of that is what makes him such an uke. I just want to protect him so badly.

Team vs. In

In's not an uke to me. But Team? I'm good with that. I can handle it. And he needs that care and that love. Also, as I say every time... Between Us must exist!

Guitar vs. Ray (Close Friend)

Gui beats Ray by a hair. BARELY at all. But I just love Gui and his darling softness and just his everything... Ugh, Gui definitely has uke energy.

Type (2gether) vs. Sang Ha (Mr. Heart)

I gotta go with SangHa. What a darling boy. Type is great and all but their relationship is much more equal than anything else. And SangHa is just... this boy who needs to be loved and cared for and then to run alongside his boyfriend.

Sheng Zhe (Right or Wrong) vs. Shao Fei

I gotta give it to Sheng Zhe. I love Shao Fei deeply but Sheng Zhe wins in terms of uke. Like, he's darling and family and sweet and full of love and I love him so much I cannot even.

Frong vs. Duen

Duen gets it, even if I view him as entire asexual and, frankly, more than a bit aromantic. I genuinely think he dislikes being in a committed relationship. But... uke energy? Yeah, he gives out more than Frong.

King vs. Sky (My Day)

King is way more uke than Sky because Sky isn't uke at all. My Day was amazing for having such no seme/uke dynamic, yo. But King? Yeah, he's got that energy with Ram.

Ou Wen vs. Minh Hoang

I'm gonna give this to Minh Hoang. Because Ou Wen isn't uke energy for me. But Minh Hoang has some. Neither of these shows really does the seme/uke energy, honestly. But I can lean a bit more towards Minh Hoang.

Can vs. Techno

I'm giving it to Can despite the unconventional nature of his relationship with Tin and the maturity they show through the show. But I love Can and the want to care for him and I want to protect him. And the more I want to protect a character, the more I go with uke. (Not that I'm a seme, I'm just a sunshine puppy disguised as a person.)

Yu Zhen vs. Bunn

I feel weird but I'm definitely giving it to Yu Zhen. I gotta. I can't help myself. He's such a darling young man who just needs to be taken care of by Shi Lei on every possible level. I mean, boy still doesn't know not to eat gummies. Seriously.

Bonus: (Ga On vs. Da On)

I have to give this to DaOn. I can't help myself. I get the same energy from Ga On but DaOn just sends me away with the need to protect him, seriously.

Holy shit that took me the entire length of The Boy Foretold by the Stars, fyi. BUT I DID IT.

[bustedbernie]

Hey, I was wondering if you could give me some reasons to be excited for Biden? I dunno, I'm not big on any candidate except for Warren, but she hasn't been doing well... So I'm trying to prep myself for Biden, even though he's not the best in debate, and there was that whole eye filling with blood thing, and the "creepy uncle joe" type stuff flying around still make me nervous. I dunno, I just want to at least be content with whoever the democratic nominee is, and I was hoping for some help!

Well, as i don’t know you and I can’t even see your blog, I’m not sure how you might compare to me politically and what appeals to you most in a candidate, so I’ll just tell a little bit about my own experiences, having been a very disappointed Kamala supporter into the Biden camp...

The first thing that made it easier for me was just the way Joe spoke about Kamala, her supporters and all that. He is genuinely empathetic and also understands how powerful and important it is when he gains a voter from another candidate, or the support of that candidate. Knowing that I had a place on his campaign, EVEN when there were things I disagreed with him and his group on, was helpful. Your input was important and valued. 

Second, I think after the initial sting of sadness/anger started to dissipate, Biden really shifted into a green new deal and also proposed a very ambitious transit and amtrak proposal. 

I think too, doing more research, I found that he had a pretty robust criminal justice reform plan, marijuana decriminalization plan, and many of his plans were actually quite robust. So on policy, although it still wasn’t Kamala’s plans, it was still really damn good. So I didn’t feel like I was jumping ship onto some shitty life raft. I felt it was still a really good platform that touched on many of the issues I care the most about. 

Eye filling with blood... Idk what to tell you on that, other than my eye has done that and I’m [age redacted but between 28-32] lol. Sometimes these things just happen. I’ve never been convinced that the “creepy uncle joe” stuff would get any more traction than any of the other remaining candidates weak spots, if anything, It has always come off to me as a gigantic stretch. And that seems to be the response by a lot of the key demographics we need to target to win. Of course these things can change, but that’s true for most candidates. 

As a Warren supporter, I’d assume you’re into banking & labor reform and the like. Well, Biden’s plans on that is also more robust than I had previously imagined. Just a bit of it here:

$15 minimum wage

Massively expanding unionization and the right to unionize

closing loopholes that allow employers to avoid paying overtime to employees by classifying them falsely as “managers”

Increasing taxes on the wealthy and taxing capital gains

Similar to Warren, using trade as a way to advocate for both labor and higher standards across the board, domestically and globally

Like Warren, has a Rural America plan to bring investment and jobs back to small communities. Young people should not have to leave their communities for opportunities if they don’t wish to. 

Providing rental assistance to low-income Americans, ending redlining and addressing its disastrous impacts, increasing housing supply, working to ensure no American pays more than 30% for housing, increasing neighborhood stability to avoid displacement, protecting tenants from eviction, massively expand Section 8 housing benefits, the creation of a renter’s tax benefit, plan smarter growth and expand and repair transit, retrofit old properties for environmental sustainability through a new tax-credit system

Hold CEOs personally accountable toward labor abuses, including for anti-union activities

Incentivizing collective bargaining and new unions to form to empower workers while fighting “Right-to-Work” legislation

Create a cabinet-level working group focussed on unionization

Ensure the right to protest and boycott, including secondary protests

Empower the National Labor Relations Board

Extend rights to both farmworkers and domestic workers as well as “independent contractors (like UBER)”

End mandatory arbitration agreements 

Protect undocumented workers who report issues, safety problems, or labor violations

I’m sure you’re also interested in his plan for medical coverage, since that is another cornerstone of the Warren campaign. As a Kamala supporter, I also supported a Medicare-based solution. That said, Biden is proposing a Public Option as well that would help radically expand access to medical care and drive down costs, as well as directly negotiating prices federally for drugs. You prolly know that all already, but he also is proposing free contraception and STI prevention services, protecting abortion rights through federal legislation, will lift restrictions on US aid to help global communities combat HIV/AIDS and Malaria, expanding access to specialized care for minority groups including the black community and LGBT+ community. He also aims to achieve mental health parity, bring mental health resources into the governmental framework so folks can afford the care they deserve, and work to help end the stigma attached to mental health. Similar to Warren’s plans, his plans here largely are funded through additional taxes on the wealthy and taxing capital gains :) 

Education is another area that is important to Warren and many of her supporters. Here are some of his ideas in another bullet format lol: 

Increase teachers pay to be competitive 

Provide teachers with additional professional and educational development

Ensure the federal loan forgiveness program is both preserved and enhanced so that our educators can focus on teaching and their personal lives, and not on paying off onerous loans

Double the number of psychologists, guidance counselors, nurses, social workers, and other health professionals in our schools so our kids get the mental health care they need

Bring needed support for students and parents into our public schools

Invest in our schools to eliminate the funding gap between white and non-white districts, and rich and poor districts.

Improve teacher diversity

Make sure children with disabilities have the support to succeed.

Allow folks to discharge student loan debt through bankruptsy 

Free community college and additional support for State Universities

Biden would create a new program that offers $10,000 of undergraduate or graduate student loan debt relief for each year of national or community service, up to five years. If you work in a school, for the government or for a non-profit, you would be automatically enrolled in this student loan forgiveness program. Under the proposed program, you could apply up to five years of prior national or community service.

Student Loan Forgiveness and Repayment: 

If you make less than $25,000 per year: you would owe no payment on your undergraduate student loans and also no interest would accrue. 

If you make more than $25,000 per year: you would pay only 5% of your discretionary income over $25,000 toward federal student loan payments. After 20 years of student loan repayment, you would receive student loan forgiveness for your federal student loans. The amount of student loans forgiven also would not be subject to income tax. Borrowers also would be automatically enrolled in income-based repayment, with an option to opt out.

I hope that these few things help you feel a little more comfortable!!! He ain’t Kamala, and you may not ever see him as Liz, either. But, he still is pretty progressive and would help us build the framework for more progress later on! I tried to focus on policy stuff since I know Elizabeth Supporters tend to, unlike the Berniecrats, like policy lol. Anyway, this kind of stuff helped me get on board with him. 

[yousoseelie]

Game of Thrones Ending

So I did it, years late. I finally finished all of GoT.

I have some Opinions.

I think generally season 8 was not as bad as a lot of people led me to believe. Dany’s deteriorating mental state felt believable, for the most part--right up until she decided to start torching innocents of King’s Landing, and even then I can see some potential...bad logics for that. I think there was a lot of grief, and rage there. I wonder if it was a bit too of like...impotent rage like, "Cersei did all this and is just surrendering at the last second when she knows she's beaten? It's Not Fair she needs to Pay". I could see that, being almost the last straw.

What kills me is she DID stop...she paused, she gave them a chance, the bells started, and THEN she snapped. I wonder, honestly, what would’ve happened if she hadn’t. I think she would have processed her grief in time, if she had a chance and without 50 million things At Once.

Because let’s see...lost 2 of her 3 dragon-children in quick succession. Watched her best friend get beheaded, and her last words were essentially “burn them all/avenge me”. Lost Jorah. Her advisor/s betrayed her. Feels like she lost Jon when she learned about his heritage. Had to survive the Long Night which...I feel like EVERYONE there is gonna have a lot of PTSD to work through. Realising how very alone and not really Loved/Wanted she is in the North (and by extension, Westeros). She feels alone, and like she’s lost anyone who cared about her/she cared about. She feels threatened both by her enemies and her own allies (Varys, Jon, Sansa, maybe Tyrion to some degree). Feels like she is all alone and can’t trust anyone.

Like...I can see how that happened.

I feel like the Jon and Dany romance came out of nowhere with not enough buildup. But, rushed season.

I feel like Jon deciding to turn on Dany both did have some good setup, (I could see the start of the end when Grey Worm killed the first Lannister soldier who had dropped his sword.) and some bad. Like obviously Jon is a man who has always cared A Lot about honor, and fairness. I do think the jump from that to regicide was a bit fast for half an episode but. -shrug-

I LOVED Drogon destroying the Iron Throne. I LOVED the cinematic shot of Drogon’s wings unfurling behind Dany as she walked to address her troops.

I love that poor, goodhearted Sam tried to propose democracy and got laughed at (even if they did essentially go for representative democracy anyway, lol).

I HATE Bran-as-King. That was...so dumb, and out of left field. HE'S NOT EVEN LIKE. MORTAL ANYMORE. HE'S NOT PART OF THE WORLD. HE'S SAID THAT. REPEATEDLY. “I’m not Brandon Stark,” “I have no interest in ruling/mortal affairs.” The only person worse for that would be Tyrion. SANSA would have made a good Queen, with the North and the Vale already behind her. Davos would have made a good King, even if he was old and we would’ve had to have another election in like, 10 years.

Also do you have to call him “the Broken” every time you say his name like jesus that’s so...demeaning.

Jon and Ghost leaving to live with the Free Folk? Good. Kingsguard Brienne and Podrick? Yes! Brienne trying so hard not to cry as she finishes Jaime’s page. (also as an aside like GDI JAIME he was So Close to having a nice, honorable, redeemable future with Brienne as a not-all-awful human and then just...broke her heart and said fuck everything anyway and that was frustrating.) Sandor and Gregor finally getting their closure, also nice.

Idk there were prolly more thoughts but that’s all I can remember. I’m still processing a lot.

[sophygurl]

miranda-gilastorm replied to your post “Also, new fall shows! I am watching some! All Rise - watched the first...”

Okay. Batwoman -- A+++++. Like seriously!! I'm not sure I'm willing to check out Nancy Drew since I got bored with Riverdale and am at least a season behind.. I don't want another teen drama.. THE PRODIGAL SON - OH MY LORD!! It's like some took Criminal Minds and The Following and Hannibal and decided to write a crossover self-insert and produce it BEAUTIFULLY?? So. Good. The others? Not sure I recognize... Where does one find ST: Picard?????

Nancy Drew has some aesthetic qualities similar to Riverdale but it seems to be very different content-wise and thematically. Hard to tell with just a few eps in, but if it helps at all - it’s more of a young adult than teen show. The main characters are somewhere between 18-23? I’d guess and it’s about their lives in town after high school for the folks who didn’t go on to college at the age most folks move away and do that. 

YES on Prodigal Sons. I was worried about the dozens of super icky ways they could be taking this show and maybe they still will with some of them because they do seem to like to push the boundaries but it has a lot of interesting things to say about trauma in complicated families and - while my family was not Quite that traumatic or complicated, it still prolly makes the list. lol So I’m digging it for the psychotherapy angle as well as the small and long arcs and character inter-development. 

Star Trek: Picard starts in January on CBSAA

As for the others you didn’t recognize - if you enjoy the psychological elements of a show and a sort of push/pull between what might be human beings being evil (or in some cases sick) vs. supernatural evil - you might wanna give Evil a check. 

And Stumptown is the BEST new show this fall, imo. We get a masculine-ish possibly bi (she’s said she’s slept with women b4 but not how she’d identify) badass war vet woman who is a total disaster in her life but is finding meaning in becoming a private eye. She has a male best friend (they did it once early on and then decided on friendship). She takes care of a brother with Downs - played by an actor who has it himself. The cast is pretty racially diverse with lots of Native characters, Michael Ealy being the kind of  hmmmm Dex doesn’t do love so sex interest?? lol The cases of the week are fun romps with real issues attached and there are some very interesting overarching arcs for several of the characters that I’m excited to see come to fruition. 

Anyway, that’s my TV proselytizing. Hope you enjoyed it! lol 

[amigolupus]

Thoughts on PnF Season 3

I’ve actually finished Phineas and Ferb season 3 a few days back, and am now in the middle of season 4. All in all, WOW! I’m really impressed at how they ramped up the quality of the episodes. While season 2 episodes ranged from ‘okay to great’, season 3 episodes turned it to ‘great to amazing’.

Besides the increase in animation quality, they’re also playing around with the formula a lot more. Like how some episodes Candace never even tries busting the boys, or even joining them, or the episode focusing on other characters.

It’s also neat how other characters have bits of development. Like Norm being a complete sweetheart. or some of the Fireside girls being differentiated, or even Jeremy and Stacy. It’s honestly kind of a bummer that Jeremy and Stacy don’t get to appear more in future episodes when they’ve been more prominent at the start of the season.

Monty as the newest addition to the show is alright. He fills the niche of competent human agent in O.W.C.A. I like him a lot more when he’s not being developed as Vanessa’s love interest (though I think Monty and Carl are cute together)

Also, remember me mentioning season 2 had a lack of adult jokes due to S&P meddling? Well, never mind that for season 3 lol.

Some brief thoughts on other episodes under the cut:

Canderemy:  Stacy’s got a point that Candace does bring up Jeremy a lot when she’s not trying to bust the boys. It’s totally a friend thing for her to mess with Candace by pretending she doesn’t know the two were joined though.

Candace Disconnected: The true millennial or gen Z horror story: Your phone’s broken and you have no way to replace it...unless you have genius siblings to make you a new one.

Magic Carpet Ride: Lawrence being so accepting of the way the boys defy the laws of physics and just enjoying spending time with the kids is so dang wholesome. Also, wow, Doof’s backstory here is just painful after watching Gravity Falls. While Doof is similar in a lot of ways to Stan, here we see that he’s in the same position as Ford where a very important project of his got ruined by his brother’s carelessness. And then Roger spent twenty years restoring Doof’s painting... Just. OUCH. If Stan and Doof met, this would prolly be one thing they’d have an argument about.

Phineas and Ferb Interrupted: I love that Linda spends time willingly with Candace this episode because she wants them to bond. Also Perry’s face when he realizes Doof’s Inator hit PnF was priceless, especially how this is one of the few times Perry doesn’t mess around to bust Doof because of the boys being in trouble.

A Real Boy: I think of this more as a dark comedy. I’m thinking the reason Doof doesn’t treat Norm right is prolly a mix of Doof not being too attached to his Inators since it gets destroyed all the time, and him designing Norm to look kind of like Roger makes Doof more predisposed to be mean to Norm.

Escape from Phineas Tower: Gotta love the moment of PnF asking the others if they want to go to the death trap tower and them going “Yeaaaaah, nope!”.

Ferb Latin: Seriously, Linda and Lawrence alone in the Sensory Deprivation Tank? How did this get past the censors?

A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas: This episode works as a half-loving/half-mocking tribute to tacky network-mandated Christmas specials. The best joke is getting a Celebrity Guest Star to sing a song and never letting them sing anything.

Tri-Stone Area/  Doof Dynasty / Excaliferb / Phineas and Ferb and the Temple of Juatchadoon: Just bundling these together as a bunch of specials that are loving homages to different types of shows/genres. It’s cool how well PnF work with just about any genre.

Monster from the Id:  Candace being a neurosis and anxiety-riddled mess in her mind is so relatable. Also this is one of the few episodes we get hints of Candace and Buford being unlikely friends.

The Remains of the Platypus:  What. The. Fuck. This remains the most insane PnF episode ever. It’s GREAT!

Meapless in Seattle: Knowing that this was just a bunch of unrelated scenes made for a fake trailer that went on to be a full episode is awesome. I bet the creators had a hell of a time trying to come up with a series of events that would stitch the entire thing together.

Delivery of Destiny: Now this is a pretty cool concept, basing the entire episode around one of the regular folks in PnF-land. I do feel sorry for poor Paul, sticking with a job he doesn’t feel hot about (even if he did get some new perspective to appreciate it)

The Mom Attractor: While Candace gave the idea to create something that will bust the boys, it’s really heartwarming how it ended in a small party for Linda with Candace getting the credit. Also Lawrence is such a good dad, when Candace asked him what Linda liked he immediately said Candace, Phineas and Ferb.

Cranius Maximus: I was wondering if Buford would keep up the characterization and never give Baljeet a wedgie again after the events of ‘Bully Bromance Break-Up’. Technically, he doesn’t actually do it to Baljeet but to his death machine. And I suppose if you tried to destroy the entire world after you go on a power trip from a brain-enhancing device, the threat of a wedgie is probably kind of deserved. But yeah, it looks like Buford has dropped giving Baljeet wedgies!

Sipping with the Enemy: Man, Perry is an absolute friend this episode, covering for Vanessa like that. Also hipsters being treated as cool folks is hilarious considering what people think of hipsters nowadays.

Tri-State Treasure: Boot of Secrets:  Fun as the A-plot was, I do feel sorry for Candace going through all that trouble to get the memorabilia she wanted, only for The Mysterious Force to screw her over in the end. Seriously, OUCH.

Doofapus: This has to be up there as one of the “this is so wrong” episodes. Doof turning himself into a platypus was bad enough, but then Candace got turned into a friggin’ puddle. By comparison, Buford keeping life-sized moulds of all his friends is tame. Also hey, Buford considers Candace his friend!

Where's Perry?: I’m a huge sucker for Perry being so caring to PnF so this episode hit me right in the heart. Just one big awwwwww. Also, Evil Carl’s biker outfit is so fab~ Also scarily competent. This is what, the second or third time another character got turned evil and proved WAY more competent at it than even Doof? And yeah, Carl STILL being an unpaid intern for all his services is pure evil. Doof Was Right!!!

Road to Danville: Perry and Doof are the best of friends. Seriously, Perry doing the chestbump and pointing at Doof made me teary-eyed. Also, it’s been pointed out that Perry and Phineas did the same thing in PnF: Across the 2nd Dimension, so it just highlights how important Doof is to Perry as well. Also Doof is an amputee with titanium arms. ...What?!

This Is Your Backstory: Despite being a clipshow episode, the fact that Doof gets defeated by being reminded of his friendship with Perry had me smiling.

Blackout!: This was actually just a merely Great episode. It just SEEMS worse only because the past few episodes preceding it were all pretty fantastic. I really liked how setting the entire episode in a blackout was pretty much an excuse for the artists to take it easy and not have to do much work haha.

[genesisarclite]

I was too confident Aria was not introduced to stand there and look pretty - i actually thought she'd aid jensen in the final mission and we'd have a choice between saving her and her dying because adam's life is not shitty enough lol . The thing is, IMO Adam feels he's doomed and prolly doesn't wanna to engage in any close relationship out of fear of risking their lives. And Aria is the most innocent person in the whole TF29. So it feels like it'll end in tears, you know? Thank gods for fics :D

(2/4) Oh, my personal ending is the same as yours. I want Jim to survive because I kinda like him more than Sarif as the boss/mentor figure. I do think we’ll start the sequel with Adam still working for TF29. There are two moles to confront (verbal battles amrite?) and frankly he seems more comfortable working there than for Sarif/JC. Thus I think everyone will be back save for some Prague folks. I’d love to visit Paris and have a chat with Beth there.

(3 / 4) I’m sure Delara’s resume is legit. Not sure about the backstory about the aug girl who attacked her - on one hand, it seems fake and said just to get Adam’s sympathy. On the other, it enriches her character and gives her a certain motivation to work with Illuminati - like, to control augs before they harm themselves/others. Btw, I loved her emails with Aria and it’d suck if she was faking since there’s no need to get into Aria’s good graces

(4/4) I am ALL for the old companions reuniting with the new gang to support Adam. Even looking forward to reunion with Megan. What I don’t want is Adam dying trying to save Reed or together with her in that SF earthquake. But gimme Mac and Francis and Chang, Faridah and Alex and Aria interactions anytime anyday! But Smiley can gtfo - I find his neurotic ass annoying and his obsession over Auzenne is creepy af.

(I’m assuming all four of these were meant to go together, so here we go)

I think Aria probably would’ve had a bigger role if the game hadn’t been more or less cut in half partway through development. This goes for other characters, as well. I do definitely feel she was being set up as a confidante to Adam, as I said before, and that at some point we will be fighting alongside her in Mac’s team. I think that Adam would be inclined to save her if she/the team got in trouble (it seems widely accepted he’s got a serious case of Chronic Hero Syndrome and will help anyone in need if he can), even to the detriment of himself, and she doesn’t hit me as the “omg thank you” type - more the “wtf were you THINKING” and slap type. Which he would probably deserve. And know he does.

I agree that TF29 seems more his style, though that’s probably because we don’t see him interacting with the Collective much, plus he’s extremely wary of Janus and obviously trying to nudge Alex toward thinking the same (he’s of course perfectly right to be wary). While I think he misses the simplicity of police work and his pre-aug days as Sarif’s Chief of Security, he’s accepted those days are done and it’s time to work with what he has.

If Delara’s bit about the girl was a fake-out, it worked really well, or at least seemed to. Adam seems inclined toward being a Warrior Therapist (at least, unless you choose all the insulting/snarky options, but even then, it comes out from time to time), and his first instinct when met with someone’s who is obviously hurting is to try to help. (sorry, Adam, you’re not fooling me with your tough-guy attitude) If it was true, it was an interesting insight into her and puts her on the same level as Chikane: an Illuminati member who might have ended up there out of perceived necessity. It’s hard to tell for sure, but it makes for interesting things to think about.

I keep forgetting that Megan is at the SF Versalife facility, and that there’s a massive artificial quake due in 2030. While Roccasecca Beach is offshore, it’s entirely possible she’d be caught up in the mess… or that she’d be used as bait to draw Adam in. Perhaps that’s where the confrontation with Janus will happen, or something else big. The climax of his story, more likely. Regardless, if he doesn’t get his head on straight and let go of her once and for all, he’s going to get himself killed. Hence why I like the idea of Aria (and to an extent, all his other colleagues) acting as an anchor for him to sanity, because if Jensen dies, I will probably curl up in a little ball and bawl like a baby for a while like I did with Caius Ballad’s ultimate fate.

Also, honestly, Smiley grew on me. He’s a little nuts, yes, but just enough of a quirky oddball to not get on my nerves. He’s not as paranoid as Chang and never seems to take anything totally seriously. Which is… rather refreshing, actually. XD

[lazcht]

Contemplations

...of aging, and the year of 2017

Hey, it’s been such a long time I haven’t write a long (and personal) blog so pardon my (even more) rusty writing skill--phrasings and poor vocabulary. 

Well. I’ve been thinking to share some of my thoughts to the internet concerning...age. 

26th of September is my birthday. Actually this is the last year I’ll be in 20s, haha. Lately (at least among my friends) it’s so familiar to hear “It feels like I was graduating school yesterday damn it.”

Is birthday really matter?

Nah it’s just a calendar--day, week, month, year, time system made by humans as a system to measure how long we’ve been here, on earth. I don’t feel really connect with the concept to celebrate anniversaries exactly by “time”. It works more as reminders, a trigger to notice myself to contemplate, evaluate, and plan. 

Should I be happy? Hmm. Celebration, eating fancy, wonderful wishes, surprises, gifts, are bonus. I might be taking them for granted actually, (I feel bad for that) but I kinda feel it’s not a necessary thing to have on a birthday. Though my birthdays have been so great since I was little, so in my mind, a birthday is always been a good and fun association. 

Except, when I was reaching 20... my anxiety about stuff arose, maybe this time is the same. I’m about to hit 3rd checkmark of 10 years of milestone. So it’s a lie if I say, that aging doesn’t matters at all.

I feel so grateful that I’m always surrounded with kind people who care about things I love, my well-being, or my future, or simply all people that accept my presence on their lives. So thank you for all wishes and gifts... Though I can’t promise anything in return.

Suddenly I remembered...

My mood was not really good lately. I’m thinking about lot of stuff. Frustrated, anxious, worried(?), and a little bit pessimistic. Why, I wonder?

I’ve been thinking, what’s the difference, and how I’ve been changing from 10 years ago; the teen me, to I am now. So here are my personal conflicts.

1. First of all, the easiest thing to notice, is my physical body. 

Back then, recovery was fast, good stamina, and a body that didn’t go sick although I didn’t put so much attention in it. I could ate stuff sloppily, hygiene doesn’t stop me from doing what I want, sleep deprivation didn’t matter as much, pollution didn’t really affect my respiratory system, bad posture didn’t get me strains or sores, lack of exercising also less punishing. Waking up motivated and energized.

Now... well, I’ve been trying to wake up not feeling bad, and go to sleep with a good posture so I don’t feel like shit the next day. 

Allergies such as dust, smoke, (my own) sweat, water (on my scalp) are easily triggered these days. I dunno if the environment here getting so much worse (well, it’s a capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta), or just my body can’t cope up with my old lifestyle.

After I get the feeling of living in a weak dying body previous years, being unproductive, unmotivated and low at energy, mood-swing, stressed and getting the feeling of “decaying”, having atrophic and useless muscles; I figured it was because I lack of self-care. I feel that can’t ignore this shit anymore, before it’s getting far too late.

2. Mindset & interests.

The more I think, I noticed maybe the biggest difference between me 10-20 years ago with me right now, is the optimism level LMAO.

In junior high school days, to 20+ ish, I kinda have faith that someday (perhaps in 5-10 years) I might be able to become famous, or having decent money flow. I felt that I was a genius compared to people my age, haha well I had a narrow social circle. As I grow older, things become difficult (actually prolly I was just underestimated lot of stuff back then?). Having more knowledge makes me think that I know nothing about this world, this industry I work in, about what’s work and what’s not, about this life.

I used to have strong feel of justice or moral compass that’s quite firm. I could really simply say that doing A is plainly wrong and doing B is absolutely right. As I grow older, learning so much stuff (from experience, or fiction stories I consume), knowing so much people with their insight from cultural, religion aspect, things are not as simple. I faced lot of turning point couple of years lately.

I used to have interest in drawings, my capability to draw something, but not about reading, or listening about things that inspire. My dream was to become an animator or comic artist, later on I was only interested in the drawing process, the result, but not the story. Maybe that’s why I’m comfortable in joining other’s project rather than doing my own.

I consumed things that only makes me able to create what people told me to, but not “nutrients” for my ability to conceptualize and inspire, to deliver message. In 7++ years of my career, I deliver nothing, just work, ego "masturbating”, fun and money. Not so long ago, I noticed I that I should change my direction. That I had to make impact, or at least, a lasting impression, stuff that people could think about. 

I focus less in technique, and think more about purpose, idea, vision. Things that only I, can deliver it (still looking). Things that are more personal and close to my identity.

3. Family condition.

Not only me that gets older. Parents, partner, sibling and other relatives are also getting old. Not to mention the economy and how industry, business trends flows by. 

Economically, my family is currently going downwards. Parent’s not as healthy as they were 5~10 years ago. Good thing they’re still lively, active, able-bodied to still go traveling actually. They simply can’t work continuously, hence eventually, incomes are scarcer. Bills getting higher each year, or even months. They don’t demand retirement (thanks to them), but I feel they’re thinking we (their children) are not ready to take full responsibility of paying all of household needs. But luckily enough, our family didn’t have any debt. Yet I could use steady income to cover us, as soon as possible.

Psychologically, parents are more into games now (I’m so glad lol), and they’re still quite sharp to pick out hoaxes though there are lot of random Whatsapp videos or articles they share with the old folks. Overall, still good but long term-wise, I’m quite pessimistic.

4. Spiritual side, ego, myself.

It’s getting harder to reach a clear mind nowadays, just a moment to meditate and let my mind sit calmly, silently. I guess I’m now getting even more drowned into the “Lazcht” ego. I feel the need to work hard, but only to serve the “me”. How about afterlife thoughts, awareness, mindfulness? I know I need more mind exercise, but there we are, too busy being involved into mundane stuff haha.

Love life, it’s hard to describe but now I feel like I can control better of my own possessiveness, to think that love is about giving, having a big heart, and letting go. Breakup? Nope, but as a formerly monogamous person, I’m currently having a polyamorous partner. We had been seeing the differences as our biggest obstacle on continuing the relationship, and I was trying to make myself adapt and change to compromise, but now, we decided to see and experience love with our own “style”. It works for now, tho, we don’t know for how long. :’)

Insecurity changed and taught me a lot of life lesson. Back then I’d never care much about my body image, upgrading wardrobe and so on. Lately I also feeling anxious again about my gender issue. The urge to transition (I’m a trans FYI) is getting stronger, but meh... I’m broke, so not now. :(

What do i do then?

1. Physical aspect: workout, regular outing, drink more water, body-awareness, and keeping good habit. 

Latest one is hardest, because of my zero-discipline. For people who has similar issue with mine, easiest way I find is to bathe regularly, at least once a day would make my day better. Maintaining room’s sanitary is also excellent method to wake up feeling great. Recently I bought an air purifier, vacuum regularly, and it worked nicely.

I once find using a scheduler app with fixed wake up time, eating, working, etc makes me feel better and content, then again it’s hard to keep it on long-term. 

2. Nutrients for brain: watch or read more interesting and recommended stuff, explore, make new friends or be in a new circle. 

I also feel that it’s necessary to learn languages, especially Japanese, I feel like someday I’ll really make use of them.

Probably planting is also a way to refresh mind and soul. I really hope to learn on cultivating vegetables, or just herbs if it’s easier haha.

3. Economy and family matter: can’t do much for this actually, except doing my best on my work and keeping healthy relationships. 

I really hope I can make them go travel somewhere else beautiful, since their mindset always like “we wouldn’t afford that much.” or “it’s not worth it.” well, perhaps they’re not into it but I just don’t want they can’t afford to spend money on something they love.

Hopefully I can find a good way to improve my economy without too much sacrificing important things.

4. Myself as me: I... just hope to improve, or perhaps become slightly more famous as an artist or gamedev person lol. Most of all, I just want to love myself more, and be content with my own self. Also hopefully I’ll become more useful to others, on anything. I wish I can optimize myself because... too much burnout (physical or social). If anyone notice that sometimes I don’t appear anywhere or rarely seen, that’s not necessarily that I hate being with you guys, mostly it’s because I need my space and time.

Ideally, I want to go to more convention events, overseas, selling my own stuff (or with circle), get in touch with amazing people. Or simply maintain good relations with people around me (not just physically ofc) right now. You guys are good friends. 

Okay that’s enough, I think I can count this as my prayer because I don’t usually “pray”. Forgive me for my wrongdoing (or let me know?) and thanks for being here with me. May universe get along well with everyone and hear our wishes! :)

~Lazcht, 29 Y.O.

[lilkittay]

Why, brain?

Warning: sort of personal and also boring.

Tonight's dream.

I met a new friend at some kind of a social event involving people of shared interests, and was going to get to know him better.

Turns out he lived near my place. I was at his place like talking not doing much, watching something dumb on tv (billy madison maybe) and he was tinkering with an old pc making it work.

(Description of him he resembled a guy from my work irl who I barely know who is prolly a few yrs older than me, is not attractive, is taller than most of the short ppl I work with and taller than me, apparently used to be 300+ lbs and lost it all but you could hardly tell looking at him as he's fairly normal weight, has some personality quirks like severe insomnia. I think my brain just used his character model as the base for this dude cuz I'm pretty neutral about him other than he seems nice and a little out of the mold for a lot of the folks at work.)

So he's talking about the band he is in that performed at this gathering. It had 3 members but fell recently to just him and he was sad about that. Blah, blah, time passes and before I know it its "late" (4:30 pm lol) and I realize I've been there a few hours and didn't tell my boyfriend anything and he would be worried. I tell the guy I should go and go to leave and my boyfriend was on his way over cuz he was worried and is pretty predictable.

Ffwd next day and I'm over at dudes place again and my bf is at work. We are just hanging out and stuff but I start to feel sparks and worry what a trist will do to my life, how to stop it and stay friends, or if its worth it to see where it goes.

In my dream I'm not unhappy in my current relationship even, but there's just this feeling of wanting something more or maybe a little forbidden.

In the dream, the bf finishes work and he's over now too. He grabs one of dude's cigarettes and heads up to a roof access to smoke. My bf would never smoke irl, and in the dream this is his 2nd one (in the dream i think he is smoking to lose weight). Also the smoking thing is something I was trying to gently work on with this new friend to help him stop. So that part was really standing out cuz I hate tobacco smoke.

But while bf was up smoking, we try to steal a kiss, and I'm not sure what to make of the feelings.

I'm left in the dream feeling I don't want to lose my bf to stray fires that flare up, that those feelings are in part because of the security of being with him. I wonder what might change if I were more independant, and deeper thought leaves me realizing I'd still feel the same cuz I love my bf and I would miss him more than whatever is missing from our relationship would be worth gaining through a trist.

The dream ended on its own, but the cat puked which woke me up in time to remember it.

I wish I hadn't cuz this one seems like my subconscious was really working out some actual issues for me that I don't know how to frame with my waking mind, or really even be aware exist.

There are also no actual people in my life or at work I'm even attracted to, it just seems like my brain decided it needed to run simulations "in case"

I just want to fucking sleep.

[unlimitedgoats]

problematic-pussy replied to your post: “I’m looking at my profiles on OkC and Tinder and yo, I really finessed...”:

Should I get a tinder?

I’ve gotten 0 buttcheeks but you’re hot so the shit might work?? But also I tend to lose interest in people really fast on Tinder for whatever reason. It’s prolly cuz most folks don’t have shit on their profile and aren’t necessarily great at talking about themselves which is understandable cuz I kinda fall in that same boat but it makes it tough to get a feel for people. All that said, there’s nothing to lose so why not lol?

[bustedbernie]

How did so many Kamala supporters end up in the Joe Biden camp...

Well (my opinion only follows lol), I think first and foremost a lot of Kamala supporters were highly pragmatic as much as they were highly passionate. And when you have that much passion for a candidate, when they leave the race, you kinda just wanna settle on who can win and stop caring. Biden has long been the main “default” candidate in this race. I invested so much money, time and effort to the Kamala campaign, and this was a really hard thing for me to do at this stage in my life. I just didn’t have it in me to do that for anyone else. I can’t speak for other Kamala folks, but this is a shared experience between myself and many in my friend group. We’re tired. Just plain tired.

Bridges were burned. Her treatment by several other campaigns and supporters of those campaigns definitely led to frayed relations between KHive and other support groups (a lot of Gillibrand and Beto supporters felt this too). You’re a lot less likely to consider a candidate if either the candidate made (or was highly perceived to have made) a slight against your candidate. There must be some kind of multiplier to that effect when you throw in toxic supporters, because for sure I know myself and many just didn’t feel like there was space for us in most of the other campaigns. The shift to Biden I think demonstrates this phenomenon greatly, and how the internet and media are playing a larger role than ever in campaigns. At the start of this primary, most Kamala supporters listed Warren as their second choice candidate. Some, though not all, Warren supporters took this data to mean once Kamala left that most of her supporters would swing to Warren, giving her a decisive edge. Well, so many folks propagated things like the “Kamala is a cop” meme or “officer down,” that you start to see large segments of Kamala’s support group stay out of supporting a new candidate or move to candidates like Pete and Biden (or Julian initially). And this is WITHOUT talking about the stuff coming out of the Bernie camp. Future campaigns will definitely need to find a way to try to create less-toxic online cultures. In any case, the fact that Biden supporters did not really contribute so much to this has probably helped him. Though we could also discuss that since, at least in the past, Biden’s supporters weren’t heavily present online. I mean, I still come across reddit/tumblr/twitter threads of people claiming to have “never met a Biden supporter.” Given that Kamala’s support base also tended toward younger folks who are online, this kinda thing prolly didn’t help attract Kamala supporters to X-candidate. Particularly Bernie. In addition, Biden shares several key bases of support with Kamala, particularly in the black community. I’m sure people more interested in demographic analysis of political groups would have more to say about this than me, but a shared base makes it easier. And when you already know a lot of Biden/X-candidate supporters in your actual friend/family circle, it makes it easier. I know this helped me at least. 

I think KHive recognized pretty early on what a gigantic threat Bernie is to the Party and to our chances at taking down Trump, and weren’t really invested too much in shopping around (pragmatic). Moreover, as she dropped out, Biden began to embrace a lot of policies that were more progressive which made the jump easier. Then, to bring back Sanders, for me at least there’s something satisfying in the idea of Sanders losing to Biden haha. But to speak about Biden, in the moments immediately after Kamala left the race, he played his cards right. He made the moment about HER and HER supporters, not about him. Biden’s supporters, in my experience, were also very empathetic and the least pushy of the other groups. Maybe because they’re more mellow people in general or maybe because most of the Biden folks I knew initially were in real-life and not online, where the rhetoric can be charged and extreme. In any case, Biden has really been good at making alliances, appealing to disenchanted people, and his status as “default” is just advantageous, regardless of who you may have come into this thing supporting. As for Policy, I think his policy shifts demonstrate that he is a serious candidate, that he is a classic representative-style politician that listens to what he hears from his base, and has adapted his platform. As such, he’s been rewarded for that. I think too, Biden supporters are pretty candid about what they also dislike in their candidate, which is refreshing when we are now living in what feels like an all-or-nothing type political drama. 

Long story short: Biden was a decent guy for the most part to Kamala and his supporters were as well; People are/were already tired of this primary and bridges were burned; he swung a lot further left than a lot of folks give him credit for so at least on policy that made things easier for Kamala folks; To that point, Kamala supporters are much more willing to embrace an incrementalist approach compared to the other left-wing candidates’ supporters; the specter of a Sanders win has kinda touched every aspect of this primary and makes it hard to really think about voting for anyone else -- regardless of who you initially support(ed). 

So idk. I think it’s more complicated than this, but I don’t wanna type anymore ha. I will say though that this shift is something i hope is studied after this election is all over with. I think we may very well be living in a new era when it comes to these high-level campaigns and how they operate. One thing is for sure, supporters of candidates can have an outsized influence both positive and negative for their candidates, and I think Kamala was simply one of the first candidates to leave the race with a sizable support base, and that this sizable base kind of defied earlier polling is really important and interesting i think.