#tbh idk how it’s going to go from here

[didyousaykfc]

[bacchuschucklefuck]

theme of laura | theme of laura II

[cackel]

i like to think goth is a gender in of itself

[cheriecoke]

❝ 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 ‪‪❞ ‪‪

okay … i will stop talking about this and finally post it .... you all did not really think i would get a vampire comm without making myself the vampire did u hehehe ❤︎‬

by diodoubleg_ on ig who is immensely talented and made me look so beautiful <33 cannot thank her enough !!

[unordinary-diary]

Seraphina and Arlo: The Brainwashing of High Tiers

Exposition:

— Remi, Episode 50.

There is a heavy implication that Seraphina and Arlo were raised in much the same way. The pressure on Seraphina comes from her parents, so I’ll extrapolate that the same goes for Arlo. This raises the question: how do the authorities create such a strong societal pressure on such a small percentage of the population? Most high tiers will probably not know any other high tiers besides their parents. Take Wellston Private High School for example: it’s the most prestigious private school around, and canonically has the “highest concentration of high tiers in the region”. There are six high tiers in Wellston. Apply this to god tiers specifically, and there are only three. Not to mention that this current group of students is uniquely strong, even for Wellston. In Rei’s senior year, he was the strongest at 5.8 max.

So much of this brainwashing relies on the parents to do all of the work, and it only takes one or two people to break the cycle. So how are the authorities creating this immense pressure? One tactic could be by isolating high tiers. There is a very widespread concept that one shouldn’t associate with those outside their level range. A caste system like this that affects everyone is much easier to create and maintain than an expectation for a small group, and it also means that high tiers are only being influenced by those who are also high level. This creates an echo chamber. I’ve researched cults and how they brainwash victims, and the first step in the process is isolating them in exactly this way.

But, if there are so few high tiers, how the hell are they supposed be isolated from other groups? The answer is that high tiers are just isolated in general. Take a look at Arlo: his only friend is Remi, and even her, he keeps at an arm’s length. Arlo is only close with Remi in the first place because he was close with Rei, who, at the time of meeting Arlo, was presumably close in level with him. [EDIT: I forgot about Holden, which I think says a lot about his relevance. He is kept at more than an arm’s length and doesn’t seem to have any actual influence on Arlo, let alone a deep relationship. He is also not presented as an equal.] Take a look at Seraphina: before meeting John, she didn’t seem to have any friends other than possibly Arlo. Seraphina and Arlo pre-John seemed to have had more of a professional relationship, and while they were not close in level, Arlo did fit the bill of being a fellow god tier, and strong enough to also be brainwashed.

Now let’s look at Remi. In episode 60, Cecile says to Remi: “And yet here you are... Always hanging around those two monkeys, Blyke and Isen. Letting them treat you as an equal even though you’re in a completely different league.” This struck me as odd because, aside from Cecile herself, the Wellston students closest in level to Remi were Arlo, Blyke, and Isen. And who is she friends with? She actually was doing a pretty good job at following that social convention, unless Cecile wanted to be friends with Remi, which she clearly didn’t. But... her friends were still not close enough to her level. Was she supposed to just not have friends at all? The answer seems to be a resounding yes. Can you think of any genuine friends that Cecile has either?

Friendship simply isn’t considered a necessity for high tiers.

But... why is it that Arlo and Seraphina were brainwashed differently? Creating a societal norm for an isolated group of people is one thing, because those people’s mindsets feed into each other. Putting pressure on individual families to keep them in line, but doing it all in different ways? That would be near impossible. My theory is that Seraphina recieved the typical high tier brainwashing, and that Arlo was raised differently because he was being groomed to work for the authorities. Seraphina didn’t have a set career path planned out for her, but if she’s trying to be “perfect” by the standards of those controlling her, she’s bound to end up going in a direction that pleases them. Arlo on the other hand was specifically planned to become an authority figure. That’s why his brainwashing is so centered on leadership. Also, growing up with direct contact to the authorities makes it more possible for them to customize his brainwashing in this way.

But does all of this apply to high tiers in general, or is it specific to god tiers? Let’s take a look at the high tiers in Wellston. We have Seraphina, John, Arlo, Terrence, Remi, Cecile, and Blyke. John is a unique circumstance because he wasn’t raised by high tiers, so we’ll cross him off the list. Terrence was also unique, so we can cross him off as well. Remi was different from the norm as well. Why is that? Well, Remi actually wasn’t raised by high tiers either. Rei said on screen that both of his parents were elites. We can cross Remi off. Blyke doesn’t fit the bill either, but that’s easy to explain. He was an elite for a large part of the story, and he shot up rather quickly. We don’t know much of his family, but he probably wasn’t expected to be a high tier at all, and was raised as an elite. (All of this also serves to emphasize how much of this brainwashing comes from a person’s parents.) That leaves only Seraphina, Arlo, and Cecile to look at.

Cecile does seem to have high tier brainwashing, but it’s not nearly as intense as with Seraphina and Arlo. She doesn’t seem “obsessive”, and she wasn’t one of the examples Remi mentioned in chapter 50. It’s clear that high tiers are brainwashed in general, but god tiers are kept on a much shorter leash. This makes sense, obviously, because keeping a population in control like that is less necessary the lower the level. However, it’s also a chicken an egg situation: god tiers are both more important to keep in control, and also easier to keep in control. It’s important to note just how many exceptions we had to cross off. People like Remi and Blyke aren’t actually that unusual— a lower leveled high tier is much more likely to have non-high tier parents, or to have not always been a high tier themselves, or just in general, to have way more day-to-day interaction with non-high tiers. The brainwashing gets more and more diffused the lower down the ladder you go.

[fuumiku]

Who’s taking who too lightly now? Playfighting my beloved

Rabbit Marcille and stoat Chilchuck, yay for rabbitstoat au, for no reason for funsies! This is here that I reveal humanoid monsters are my top favorite thing to draw actually. I really like centaur Marcille x satyr Chilchuck so this is kinda in the same vein~ I was gonna do weasel Chil at first but then friendo said a stoat’s personality fits him more and I said yes chief I trust you w my life. Speaking of, my own Chil stoat-sphinx design is partially inspired by said friend’s here!

Chilchuck playfighting and trying to "teach her a lesson" bc she's not taking him seriously so he pounces on her and pins her down but she's just giggling and smiling and beaming and suddenly she’s bigger too she’s not just a ball of fluff all stretched and it all makes him feel a little something. Chil wanting to get back at her for her teasing but he can’t go too hard on the threatening bc he’ll want to pounce on her one way or another if he gets too caught up in it whooops 💞 Timeless marchil staple, put that man in situations

Smaller predator x bigger prey animal is very fun, thank you lucky-fy’s dunmeshi beastars au for making me think of them that way… It adds to it I think, that sort of "well even if I do want you you’re out of reach" bc like even if the predator does manage to kill it it’d have a hard time eating it all right away and idk idk…. It’s that "No. No she’s offlimits" he says at himself bc ‘it wouldn’t work out’ even if it feels right… The sort of going against nature in both that they wouldn’t want to kill each other and that the dynamic shouldn’t be going this way around, and that despite everything pointing to how they shouldn’t be able to work out they can still make their relationship into what they want it to be. -gestures- Metaphors. Well sorta gdbdga in this AU I just think about them frolicking in the fields on sunny days then having tension once in a blue moon and that’s it lmao. "I can’t return your feelings because I’d only hurt you in the long run" "🧍‍♀️bruh be for real". Chilchuck guilt & longing meanwhile Marcille is just chilling having the time of her life, either blissfully unaware or just waiting for him to get his head out of his ass

It’s like how Chilchuck is so tall for a half-foot, within half-foot circles he has no problem being seen as very much a man and a rather well-ofd handsome one at that, but as soon as it’s with other races the dynamic is completely changed and he’s kinda stripped of that aspect of himself in social dynamics. No weasel or mouse would belittle the graveness of a stoat as a predator but wolves and foxes and hawks may laugh at them yk what I mean. Sighh sigh sigh sigh. Them. He’s her rotten soldier, her sweet cheese, her good-time boy

Making their way in the dungeon like "you see this shit Chilchuck?"

[torchickentacos]

I noticed that a blog had me blocked (I've never seen them before, idc, that's fine lol, curate your space ✌️) and out of curiosity I hovered my mouse over their username to see their bio and make sure I didn't piss off someone I knew. They had a bio that said 'I block for (list of things)' which. cool! convenient! tells me what I wanted to know!

...except it was the most out of pocket list of things and I cannot imagine what I could have said or done to make this random person think I applied to their blocklist? I've never touched system or furry or 'that-specific-kink' discourse in my life. what happened here 😭 like I'm not mad, I don't really care, but lmfao?

[bertrei]

The bertholdt hoover fandom is dying rt if youd wipe the sweat from his brow like if youd give him a warm glass of milk

[wiskiemonk]

wait, so he did all of that just because he was a jealous little cunt????????

[iknowwhereyousnoozeatnight]

couple of mello + near doodles

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

It's missing my father hours rn so imma just dump a bunch of pictures here and cry

( sorry i don't know the source of anything I just had them on my phone)

(also dont read the tags i just need to let it out lol)

[moeblob]

So I personally don't play DBD (though I think it might be fun to try but I'd be bad at it so) but a streamer I watch plays it a lot and her survival rate against Wesker players is astounding. And funny to watch. So I draw lil doodles for her Wesker interactions to put off doing other art.

[ssongsboo]

bro im seeing one pact next week in the exact same venue all(h)ours performed in like two weeks ago and omg it was SO hot in there i genuinely felt sick as soon as i stepped into that building bUT ON THE 22ND ITLL BE LITERALLY 10°C WARMER THAN IT WAS THAT DAY?????? LITERALLY HOW TF AM I SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE THIS

[sunsetcorvid]

genuinely been really wanting to get into music composition but it's one of those things that i've never fully learned and that everyone who actually does it has just been doing it since a young age and knows more things which. yknow is normal.

the Want to learn music and the Fear of Fucking It All Up Somehow

[greyedian]

longing for the day when making fanart stops feeling like i'm massively disrespecting the source material lol

[madefortherain]

hiii! Having Thoughts sooo what are ddtk remus and sirius up to today? 👀💕

hello!! thank you sm for the ask! i’m putting the full ramble under a cut bc i… well, i wrote you a whole essay lmaooo, but in short: ddtk remus and sirius are doing very well, and are as sickeningly in love as ever!! <3

they’ve officially moved in together, sirius asked remus about it on new year’s eve (right after the end of extra kisses) since they were spending more nights together at either one of their flats than they were alone, and there was, subsequently, an abundance of giddy gushing about & to one another, and champagne-drunk sloppy making out about it all. they spent ages looking for a flat that works for both of them—somewhere still close to sirius’ work and (what is now just) james and reg’s flat, but also close to a train station for remus to get where he needs to go (because while he has his license, and sirius has said he’s welcome to use the car whenever he likes, remus just generally doesn’t love driving and prefers taking public transport, reading a book/listening to music on the commute). the place is smaller than sirius’ old place with james and reg, but bigger than remus’ old single bedroom flat, and it doesn’t look like much at first, but they spend many weekends going furniture shopping and decorating the place and it turns into a really beautiful home.

remus graduated from his teaching degree!! around a year after he and sirius officially started dating, and sirius made sure james, regulus, marlene, and dorcas all came to his graduation ceremony, and lily, mary, and peter were there too, of course. sirius cheered far too loudly when remus’ name was called and he got his degree, and they went out for a big dinner all together to celebrate. when he first starts teaching, sirius insists on referring to him as professor lupin for an entire week straight until remus threatens to never call him sweetheart again if he doesn’t stop (he would never actually do that and they both know it, but sirius pretends to take this threat v seriously).

remus also resigned from flourish & chocs and all his coworkers threw him a big farewell party where everyone got far too drunk and remus definitely drunk texted sirius very sappy messages in the middle of it and was extremely clingy when sirius picked him up and he was slightly mortified about it all the next day, but sirius adored every part of it. and! arthur told remus he’ll always give him the staff discount even though he’s not working there anymore.

it took a little for remus to find a school he was comfortable working at, but now he loves all his students and he’s even managed to make some friends with some other staff. he’s everyone’s favourite teacher even though all the kids thought he was a bit odd at first with his clothes that look like their grandfathers’ and his crutch and his general quiet air, but they all very quickly became taken with his passion for history and teaching it in an interesting way, they learn so much more from him than they ever have before, he’s always so kind and patient when someone doesn’t understand or has questions or is struggling. he’s that one teacher that never ever yells, but the look on his face when he’s disappointed with you makes you feel so awful you never want to let him down again. he’s the sort everyone starts going to for advice and remus doesn’t understand how he’s ended up in this position where kids are coming to him about friendship issues and personal struggles—even kids he’s never taught before who’ve just heard that he listens—but he gets a bit weepy when he thinks about it too long.

remus still does sirius’ hair every week (bc sirius is one of those people who can get away with washing their hair once a week and it still looks perfect 6 days after washing it), but nowadays they’ll shower together and remus will do the entire thing for him including shampooing and conditioning and maybe even hair masking if sirius wants. in turn, remus lets sirius wash his hair with his fancy shampoo and lather them both in his expensive body wash that smells so much like sirius that it always makes it remus’ favourite shower of the week (even though he could use the body wash any day, it’s not the same if he does it himself). right before wash day, when it doesn’t matter about keeping sirius’ curl pattern in tact, the two of them can be found curled up on the couch with some game show on that remus cares far too much about (he’s yelling out answers at the tv) and sirius only watches because remus loves it (though he often gets rather invested and contributes answers too, turning it into a competition between them), sirius’ face smushed into remus’ chest and remus raking his fingers through sirius’ hair, giving him nice scalp scratches the way sirius loves so much. when they start properly sharing a bathroom in the new flat, sirius discovers that remus uses one of those 3-in-1 body wash, shampoo, and conditioner things for his hair and he’s like !! remus !! but you spend so long on my curls what are you doing !! and remus just shrugs and says he doesn’t particularly care to do anything more elaborate, so long as his hair is clean that’s all that matters, he wouldn’t enjoy doing it for his hair the way he does sirius’. sirius buys them both silk pillowcases though, so at least remus’ curls are semi-looked after during sleep, and they get a bit of proper care when sirius gets his hands on them in their weekly shared shower.

sirius asks remus one night, after a year or so of working at this school he really likes, what all his students think of sirius and remus is like,,, “wdym??” and sirius is like “i mean surely you talk about me,” and remus is like “erm. well. like. indirectly? i mean, they know i have a partner, but not anything about you” and sirius is (half) outraged to learn that remus has not, in fact, endlessly gushed about him to all his students. so, to rectify this, sirius shows up unannounced to remus’ classroom one day with a Very Important Document that remus forgot at home!! (he did not forget anything) (the document is a little note (love letter) that sirius wrote for remus). so sirius sweeps in all whispered “sorry to disrupt!! sorry, sorry, but moons, my angel, you left this at home and i know you need it today!!” and being very polite and apologetic as he pops in to hand remus the folder, highly aware that the entire classroom of students are staring at him, so he makes sure to give remus a quick kiss on the cheek and a “see you at home” as he leaves, and remus is bombarded with questions like “SIR!! SIR, WHO IS THAT? WHAT DID HE CALL YOU, SIR? SIR, HE KISSED YOUR CHEEK!! SIR, IS THAT YOUR HUSBAND?!” and remus (blushing like mad of course) is externally like “erm. no, that’s… that’s my boyfriend” and tries to move the class back to history rather than himself while internally he’s like “husband?? oh…oh…” and thus, a seed is planted. but of course these kids are like 15 and it’s the last period of the day and there’s no way they’re focusing on history anymore not when they’re so busy trying to wring every last piece of information out of their professor and his boyfriend (“how long have you been dating, sir?” “sir, why haven’t you proposed yet?” “are you waiting for him to propose, sir?” “sir, he’s fit”). sirius is THRILLED to hear about the havoc he caused (though remus leaves out the husband details) and remus pretends to be annoyed for a tiny bit, but he’s secretly very proud for people to know that sirius is his boyfriend, and he keeps the note sirius gave to him in his desk drawer and takes it out to read all the time at work with a sappy little smile on his face.

UM so yeah, now remus is doing secret ring research and fretting over how smoothly he can get down on one knee with his leg and enlisting lily’s help to plan the most perfect proposal ever, all the while sirius is secretly doing the same with james <3

MWAH :3