#the games i guess. but then again no william no interest now. just how it be.. thats why im so whiny about the tse game

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holy moly. just hit 1k. thank you!!

[abybweisse]

Hey Aby! In anticipation of the 205 chapter, I decided to go back and re-read Mey-Rin's and Bard's for clues of what may happen next to Snake and Finny. I noticed something interesting with both arcs - they both seem to hint at what their ultimate fates will be. While Bard's arc is all about meeting with wife and son while in a coma and he practically promises to return to them, Mey-Rin is an unwitting witness to a sex act, in an uncharacteristically graphic scene for Yana. Do you think that death is ultimately on the cards for Bard and (I guess) a marriage for Mey-Rin? Or is it all contained to their arcs themselves and does not mean anything beyond completing a mission?

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Assignments as foreshadowing?

I think that if Mey-Rin gets married, it would not be foreshadowed by her seeing sex acts through a keyhole.

She joined Qīng Bāng at a very young age and worked as a sniper, but she saw a lot going on around her. Well, as much as she could see without glasses. There were drugs, alcohol, and probably prostitution in and around the opium den, as well as throughout Limehouse district. One of her early assignments as an assassin was to shoot this guy at a hotel or perhaps in his own huge manor, right? He was a rival gang leader, and she shoots him while he's naked with some unnamed woman. He might have even been right in the middle of having sex when she shoots him. She's witnessed a lot in her young life.... Getting married to anyone would be despite the things she has seen and done. Reminds me of how Katniss finally settles down and has kids in The Hunger Games, even though she's been thoroughly traumatized by her experiences. So far, at least, Mey-Rin seems to have kept her mind pretty well intact. I hope she can continue to do so.

I think we can safely say she has somehow managed to remain a virgin up to this point, too. Otherwise, Georg von Siemens' inappropriate actions towards her wouldn't have been enough to make her question whether she was still worthy of marriage. Going by "Rin" and dressing as a boy until she joins the Phantomhive household might have been partly to protect her virtue. Good thing Haku was apparently only interested in her sniper abilities.

In Baldo's case, the interaction with Joanna and his son might be an indication he will have to break whatever promises he's made to them. At least for now. I mean, his claim he can now properly cook fried eggs is an exaggeration "Sebastian" calls out even before Baldo can fully return to the living realm.

I put Seb in quotations because I'm not sure whether Sebastian has infiltrated Baldo's coma or if he's just a nagging figment of his imagination.

Then again, maybe he will soon join them. We still don't have confirmation that he and the others safely made it out of Athena Sanatorium, thanks to a cliffhanger and moving on to the next assignment, with Finny and Snake. Next time we see Baldo et alia, they might be trying to take leave of the place... when Polaris freaking shows up, mad as all hell. Even if Ronald and William stick around and actually enter the fray (since it's another bizarre doll to take down), I don't see it ending too well. Baldo does seem to have this uncanny ability to survive, though, even if everyone else around him doesn't....

Either way, I highly doubt he will ever make it to Shanghai with the others, even if the others do. And if he stays in England and somehow still survives to the end of the series, this is most likely a false promise, as well:

Mostly because he's just that terrible in the kitchen.

I still somewhat hope Mey-Rin and Baldo end up together, despite their age difference. At least she is an adult already. Also, it was a very common practice in Victorian England for older men to marry much younger women, especially if those men were widowers. Much like Katniss again, perhaps Mey-Rin would only pair well with a man who has experienced much of the same trauma. Likewise, Baldo might now have trouble settling down with some completely innocent sort of woman. Katniss and Peeta go through the deadly and maddening games together. Baldo's been altered by war and losing his wife and son. Mey-Rin has been altered by her years as an assassin for a drug dealer and gang. Mey-Rin and Baldo have both been enlisted as servants for our earl, chosen because of their abilities and previous training; now they volunteer as pawns in this deadly game of chess against their young master's brother. Perhaps their bond will be strengthened by all this... if they live to see the end of it.

The main thing the first two assignments have in common, besides their basic instructions, is that Mey-Rin and Baldo each flashback to the events directly leading up to being offered positions as our earl's servants. Mey-Rin's flashback is triggered by Jane offering her the opportunity to switch sides. Her flashback shows us why her loyalty stays with our earl and Sebastian -- with the Phantomhive household.

Baldo's is triggered by Ada admitting her guilt as a survivor during warfare; Baldo feels much the same.

And he also develops loyalty towards our earl, Sebastian, and the other servants. Just like Jane ends up aiding the infiltrators, so does Ada.

As I'm typing this up, I realize "hunger games" describes both Mey-Rin's and Baldo's lives before: Mey-Rin is once fooled into biting a boot and is regularly given moldy bread to eat... while Baldo's battlefield starvation tempts him to cannibalize his fallen comrades. Sebastian barely arrives in the nick of time to stop him from eating the arm of Terry, or whoever that poor dead dude was, if it wasn't Terry. Sebastian shows up with a picnic basket filled with afternoon tea items and possibly more. The first thing our earl does to extend any kindness to Mey-Rin is provide her with the first hot, freshly prepared meal she's had in ages, perhaps as far back as she can remember.

Back to their assignments; they are paired with people who are in our earl's network but are not his servants. But Finny and Snake (and his snakes) are both Phantomhive servants, so do we get a major flashback from Finny, from Snake, from both, or from neither one? So far, Finny is having single-panel flashbacks and even briefly stating things he recalls to Snake and the top students. The orphanage reminds Finny of the research facility in some ways, and that could segue him into a major flashback. Since Doll is there, she could trigger Snake into one. However, before the assignments, they were the two we already knew the most backstory for, and we might never learn all that much more about either one. To deal with both characters, we might just continue to get tiny snippets here and there.

But Mey-Rin has a choice to make -- choose Jane's offer or remain loyal to our earl. She remains loyal, and Jane even helps her and Ran-Mao break up the blood collection operations there before parting ways. Mey-Rin and Ran-Mao just need to get to our earl and make their report.

Baldo still has a choice to make -- stay in England and return to our earl... or go with Lau and the others to China. Like I said before, he might never get to China, even if he tries. I do expect him to ultimately end up staying behind, possibly loaded down with fresh feelings of survivor's guilt. If Ada is still around when we get back to them, she might also decide to stay back and help Baldo take down the Aurora Society.

With Finny and Snake, I don't think Finny's loyalty could ever come into doubt. His choice might come down to whether he has to fight Snake. But I don't think Finny will see much, if any, choice in the matter if it comes to that.

Snake is probably about to hear Doll's full tale about the circus members' fates. Then his choice (and the choices of his individual snakes) is to either help Doll get revenge... or attempt to destroy her and shut down the orphanage. Snake is the last to join our earl's household, so he could end up the first to leave it (I don't think Tanaka has truly left). There's also the possibility that one of his snakes, like Emily, chooses Doll and must be eliminated.

There is foreshadowing in each assignment, but most of that pertains to what ends up happening in each assignment. I don't know what long-term foreshadowing there is in the assignments, other than perhaps some things not directly related to them... like:

The chance of Jane popping up again later because she hinted that she might

The shapes of souls and "aptitudes" hinting about soul transplants

If Layla ends up being Heathfield's daughter

If Layla/Al ends up being some experiment of Undertaker's regarding soul transplants

What I do see is each servant's loyalty being put to the test, and they must make quick, fateful decisions. Whatever choices they make during their assignments, they will ultimately affect the outcome of the story. Each assignment definitely has long-reaching consequences; they are not little bubbles of existence.

I hope I answered your question thoroughly. I stayed up too late working on this -- but not finishing it -- and have been half asleep all day.

[georges-chambers]

Thank you sm @croziers-compass for tagging me in this tag game,

Last song: Started listening to 'In Our Bedroom After The War' by Stars. It captures sort of a complicated feeling so few songs can, to me. It's like a kind of pain, sorrow, yet relief, like rays of sunlight at golden hour or the time everything's quiet and blue when the sun just starts rising. I know this was a really simple question but I love this song okay.

Currently Reading: 'May We Be Spared To Meet On Earth' and 'Three Books On The Occult'. I'm also kind of on a hiatus from William Battersby's James Fitzjames biography but I Will go back to it eventually. I need to hurt even more.

Last Movie: 'The Dead Zone' (still haven't gotten around to watching all of it)

Currently Watching: Been watching all of Doctor Who since like. A year ago, probably more. On the 11th Doctor. No, i don't enjoy it. But see again: Started over a year ago. So. Oh, sunk-cost fallacy we are In it now. And a few Star Trek shows off and on, I guess. And rewatching The Terror.

Currently Craving: Not so much of a craving, but more of an Interest. There's this new citrus fruit I bought I don't even remember the name of. A type of clementine, I Think. I don't even really know How to eat it yet.

Currently Consuming: Drinking peach iced tea

Three Ships: Stanley/Des Voeux (blaming the gc here). Armitage/Blanky. Young/Chambers (see my fucking vision, boy).

First Ship: Few if any will recognize this but maybe Fiver x Vilthuril from Watership Down. I hadn't even read the book when I saw the movie, couldn't read by that age, and technically we never see them interact in the movie (haven't read the whole book so I'm unsure if they do in the book). Not even so much as a romantic ship as much as 'I Need them to interact'. I might sound insane for this but I think they'd have had a GoodSilna type dynamic.

Favourite Colour: Dark or more faded blues.

Currently working on: Editing various fics.

Once again, thank you for tagging me so much. Tagging: @boybreastmilksteward, @widevibratobitch, @dogmotifz, @graveyardxghoul, and anyone else who'd want to join.

[undeadcorpsesstuff]

Michael(foxybro) is the one who runs away in MM

I'm probably gonna get hate for this but oh well. I've not long started believing this theory, but when I think about it, it makes so much more sense. So, I used to think it was CC who was the one who ran away to JR's (or freddy's) in the fnaf 6 'Midnight Motorist' minigame, however I now think it's actually Michael/the older brother who runs away to the burial grave of CC and the man on the couch is actually Henry.

Firstly, if the person sitting on the couch is Mike, and it's CC who's running away, Mike would have to be a teen (around 16) at this time, but the sprite of guy on the sofa is named "man sitting" which wouldn't add up

Second, I feel like it would not be in CC's nature to run away, considering their being an animatronic right outside his window and he'd have to run through a dark forest on his own. This is is the kid that is scared and cries at everything. "He knows you hate it here" Implies he hates Freddy's, so why would he run off to it? I guess the theory is that this is before he's scared, and that's why Afton makes the nightmares, to scare him from going near them. I can get behind that, but to me I just prefer this theory.

If this was BV running away to JR's or 'Freddy's' then how did he get in? There was a person standing watch, I doubt they'd just let a random kid that appeared from the woods in without wondering where the kid's parents were. Plus, if this was the time period where it was before William killed any kids and before CC was scared of the animatronics, why would William be turned away from said place?

Personally, I just think it makes more sense for it to be the rebellious, troublemaker Mike. I mean, he literally smashes his window to run off; rebels against closing his door, which we know from the line "I told you not to close your door" Implying he was asked to previously, but chooses not to listen. Mike is brave like we see in all the games and as Henry describes him as his "brave volunteer", so it makes sense he would run off into the woods without any fear. Do you guys think BV would act like this? Idk, it just doesn't add up to me.

What if JR's is genuinely just a pub/bar and not a Freddy's location, that William was turned away from? which is why he returns home in a bitter mood?

What if the man on the couch is Henry who was asked by William to keep an eye on Mike, since he has a history of running off? What if "that place" is the grave we see in the minigame, and the minigame is set some time after CC dies? This could be Michael visiting the grave out of guilt.

Also, it doesn't seem right that Mike is the one on the couch who defends/protects CC from William. The way he speaks in this minigame compared to his dialogue in other games/official media doesn't add up to this one.

To me, I think it's Henry. Which again, makes sense to me because Henry has said he "couldn't save you then, so let me save you now" regarding his daughter's death. He expresses not being able to do more than he probably should've. Which aligns with the line "leave him alone tonight. he had a rough day." Henry doesn't actually try to stop William's potential abuse despite being somewhat aware of it, which aligns with how he said he regrets not doing more. You see, Henry in the games and novels isn't this saint everyone in the fandom think he is. While everything at Freddy's kicks off, like the MCI, Henry just kinda kicks back and does nothing. In term, he isn't really a good person. If it's Henry who's sitting on the couch here, then yes, he did defend Mike or at least make a lazy attempt at trying to get William to leave him alone. Bearing in mind, he says this just as William walks in or before he even does anything, meaning Henry probably knew what William was going to do, go to Michael, yet he doesn't take any action. Which is what he canonically admits to doing in the games before fnaf 6, not take any action.

You are welcome to disagree with me. I'm interested for people to hear what they think about this. i feel like I could've explained it a lot better, but oh well.

[user-needs-new-hyperfixation]

Can I ask you a Ship ask game?Albert/Louis; Sherlock/John; Bond/ Miss Hundson

I have another ask for Bond/Miss Hudson so I'll answer the first two here and tag you in the one where I answer that one!

I'm going to go with Don't Ship It for both Albert/Louis and Sherlock/John, but like most pairings in this series, it's a very loose No. To bring back an old fandom term, my only personal NOtps in this series are the bio sibling pairs. So like, I probably could enjoy either of these ships if someone tempted me with a really good fic, they just don't call to me particularly.

Don’t Ship It - Albert/Louis

Why don’t you ship it?

They don't interact all that much really, and even if they did I think their connection would lack a lot of what makes a ship interesting to me. Sherliam and Mycal are fun for the whole cat-and-mouse dance of manipulation and scheming, and in Sherliam's case particularly, for their playful delight in each other. Albert/William intrigues me with its angst potential: the pseudo-religious pedestal Al puts Will on, their mutual desire to die, the way it's like...they hate what they've made of each other while also loving each other. I don't think Albert/Louis would necessarily have any of that. Louis is the most practical and grounded and the least suicidal of the three, so I guess it's just...not dramatic enough for me? 😅 Again, that could be flavoured by how hard a time I have shipping Louis with anyone. I'm not saying he's boring: I adore Louis. In fact, maybe what I'm really saying is that he's interesting enough on his own: he doesn't need to be paired off in my mind.

What would have made you like it?

Louis being a little crazier maybe? He gets kinda scary with the knives, but I always feel like he's ultimately very much in control of himself (with the possible exception of around Sherlock, which is probably why that ship has managed to win me over). It's like I want my ships to either be Really Sweet Actually...OR Horrifyingly Destructive *cough*Hannigram*cough* and I think shipping between any combination of the Moriarthree almost automatically needs to lean towards the latter, so I'm gonna need them to be hella unstable in order to ship them. 😅

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

I mean, maybe Louis could be really good for Albert. A voice of reason and caution and hope. But he can be all those things as his brother too, and in this particular case I think that's the way I prefer it.

Don’t Ship It - Sherlock/John

Why don’t you ship it?

Weirdly, I've just...never really shipped Johnlock? Admittedly I haven't consumed a lot of adaptations, but...I didn't get super into it in the books, I could never really figure out why people shipped it in BBC Sherlock *collective horrified gasp, sounds of torches being lit and pitchforks being lifted in the distance* and the other adaptations I've seen now and again never really won me over to it either. The only notable exception is the RDJ/Jude Law versions. Those two had CHEMISTRY. *dreamy sigh* Anyway, I guess I'm usually a fan of Johnlock as either the best of besties or like...queerplatonic life partners? Which I guess is a form of shipping too!

What would have made you like it?

John being less straight? LOL no shade whatsoever to anyone else's interpretation of the character, but I just don't really headcanon this version as being anything but straight.

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

Their friendship is wonderful. John is such a good influence on Sherlock, and contributes in so many beautiful ways to his character development. They are necessary in each other's lives. They have a deep and powerful love, and I think I sometimes don't appreciate it enough. I personally see it as a platonic love, but all of those things are certainly also a good foundation for a ship.

[gooeyslime]

As someone who over-analyses stuff to the point I need to memorise every single detail in every media I enjoy I decided to check the meanings/origins of the names of FNaF characters, to avoid any confusion/fights over which name is canon I'll use the ones that are confirmed by the games, no characters from the novels or names that most of the fandom agreed upon or the likes so no Evan and the likes, although I might make a follow-up with them later on to see how well they fit...

Let's start with the ones that I have little to say about, starting with Henry

So, ok, this doesn't really have a deep meaning or anything though in the novels Henry gets described as the total opposite, being very closed off and all so the meaning here is flipped on its head...

Now onto his daughter

Now this is also kinda lame but again the meaning is flipped because she's trapped in the Puppet and it is trapped in the gift box in FNaF 2 and later inside Lefty so it seems there's a pattern here...

Now Cassidy does get mentioned directly in the SB files for Princess Quest so I count that as a confirmed name, however...

This is pretty self explanatory and kinda lame especially with how important she is to the lore, being "the one (William) should not have killed" and all...

Speaking of William...

I'll refrain from going on my "good dad William" headcanon/tangent here because I gotta keep to canon and also I don't want to write another essay over this. So again the meaning is flipped, William is harming kids, though you could say he's a strong-willed warrior in the sense that he refuses to give up and die...

Next we have Mike

Now we're in Bible names territory and I do believe its meaning is flipped in a way, Michael is the one who ends up killing the crying child,albiet on accident, and he's been constantly chasing down William after the events of SL so you could say he's a "curse" to William...

Onto Elizabeth's

Again very religious names, this one is pretty vague especially if we try to flip the meaning... I guess depending on the timeline if Elizabeth died last her death would mark the scarcity of murders? I know a lot of people argue exactly how many kids William killed but the games keep showing us 6 dead kids plus Elizabeth and the crying child so her death could mark the end of the missing children incident, why he would stop is kinda confusing especially since in SB he's back to trying to kill kids...

Speaking of Security Breach and kids, time for the feral child

This one is perfect and we don't have to flip the meaning, Gregory is very much alert and watchful throughout the game, he doesn't trust Vanessa from the start despite having no real motivation for such suspicion and he turns out to be right...

Speaking of Vanessa

This one is definitely the most perplexing to me, why choose such a perfect name for Gregory but choosing a name that just means "Butterfly"? Now hear me out because this is one hell of a stretch:

First of all her name is of British origin which doesn't really mean shit most of the others were either of Hebrew or German origin but it's interesting nonetheless that out of all possible names the chose a British one despite her being American, they could have chosen any name and it would fit considering how vague Butterfly is... Or is it? Butterflies are often used as a symbolism for metamorphosis together with its other life stages and, well, she has gone through a metamorphosis although it wasn't a positive one, through Glitchtrap/William's brainwashing her she went from a game tester to a murderer in a rabbit suit...

Butterflies are also known to have a pretty short lifespan, most live up tp 2-3 weeks and while Security Breach is just one night who knows how long it has been since Vanessa turned into Vanny but it is interesting how in both Vanny endings we kill the butterfly either literally or figuratively by freeing her from Glitchtrap/William's control...

[yesterdayiwrote]

just saw your tags on the charles pr post and you are so right, george so needs a more competent pr team but i def think there has been a recent change. like the hair (literally might have given him sponserships) and the memes might have genuinely shifted something within the public perception of george, esp since it seems much more natural compared the so called "pr persona" people hated in 2022. all he absolutely needs right now is a good racing season with minimal contact with other cars (this is key i will not lie) and the ingredients are there to work with. like deadass if that happens there is chance to regain his williams era adoration (im not even being delulu bc uni has taught me that rebranding is incredibly effective if done well). tho imo i have no idea how competent mercedes are to utilise and strategise tho (they make too much of a mess every given chance). he needs someone else to correctly handle this.

I know there's been loads said about George's PR strategy going back years. I've always found it interesting because Charles is very 'pr', Lando, Lewis, Carlos... the list is endless, and yet its only ever really been George who seems to have really had their 'pr friendly' vibe viewed in such an overwhelmingly derogatory way. I've never really been able to put my finger on what it is, but that post does highlight how the slightest difference can make the tone change.

I don't think the hair is that powerful, although I think it's kind of... 'softened' his face slightly, given him more of a 'cute' vibe in a kind of foppish disney prince charming way? Then again I think people have always thought George was attractive they've just moved their attention from his body to his face?

I don't think things will ever go back to the days at Williams when everyone loved him. That was in part due to the underdog element and he was a lot more under the radar back then. I don't think he was hated in 2022, it's only really in 2023 that I've seen so much negativity thrown in his direction. We've tried to pick apart what exactly it is that causes people to hate him and honestly, I don't think we'll ever find an answer. It just... is what it is.

I think he could definitely stand to be more relatable though, but then again how relatable can you be when you're a millionaire racing driver? I think he sometimes looks too 'perfect' and I know that's something everyone falls into on sm, but sometimes I just kind of want to see him looking... dumb? He laughs at himself, he embraces the memes, but sometimes his pictures don't embrace his personality if that makes sense and that's a shame.

The Charles post pointed out about the photos of him falling over and if you think about Alex, Lando, even Lewis, they all post stuff that purposely doesn't show them at their best (whilst simultaneously being picture perfect) and I guess that's the reason that social media isn't easy, because you've got to strike that balance between aesthetic and humanity to really strike gold.

Idk, I'm not really in a position to tell him what to do, my IG game is non existent. I know he's said he's not using social media himself anymore, but then that's even more reason to have a great team managing that for him. Idk that Merc actually have much to do with it, but yeah, I feel like he could benefit from mixing it up a few times on there?

[clownfire]

Spoilers for episode 14 of Prime Defenders, below cut!

I’m totally normal about William turning intangible as he goes into shock, as if he’s subconsciously withdrawing so that he doesn’t have to feel his body anymore, so that he can’t be hurt again. I’m totally normal- 

These last three episodes went for my fucking jugular dude, but I am really excited about the direction things are going! 

FINALLY MORE DAKOTA BACKSTORY YES!! I’d love to learn more about the Doctor and why Dakota specifically was chosen for this. It seems like the -izlys have something cool all written out that they haven’t gotten the chance to bring up before, and trying that together with the Will angst(s) going on was I good segway into that.  It was nice to see the emotional intelligence that Dakota and Vyncent displayed as they tried to console Will, they both went about it in slightly different ways and I’m glad it wasn’t one contributing more than the other.

The statue talk was really interesting, talking about the idolisation of heroes, what makes a ‘hero’ and what are good motivations for being one. Mini-theory time, but I do think the PD are going to go down a vigilante path. Whilst Dakota is a lot more trusting of the hero system than Vyncent or Will, in season one he clearly showed frustration in how restricted their actions were: times where he ignored the warnings and instruction of pro-heroes because he so strongly believes in his moral obligation to save as many people as possible. I could go on way longer about this, but I’ll make that it’s own post.

Now for the GhostKnife confirmation, my first thought was ‘holy shit they’re actually doing this for real’. I have the same sentiment as a lot of people on here who’ve discussed this so far, but having ghostknife be slow-burn leading to an eventual end-game works better for this series (and honestly could tie into that theme Charlie mentioned he wanted to cover in the Just Rolled, but put a pin in that). Will’s got a stupid amount on his plate rn, so I think he’s going to compartmentalise his crush and push it aside for now (but that is going to be difficult with Cantrip around, hoo boy), as it appeared to him that his crush wasn’t reciprocated. The whole scene was the perfect way to canonise and incorporate the relationship into the story proper. Reiterating the status-quo: Awkward tension, Will’s perceived romantic rivalry with Cantrip, and everyone but Vyncent being fully aware of what’s going on. Dakota sending Vyncent out specifically to console Will, recalling the 10 months they spent together. A big dramatic gesture that pushes William to open up and allow himself to be physically and emotionally vulnerable again, mirroring the scene in season one where Vyncent fell in the gymnasium and Will tried to catch his fall. William reaches out to make the first move, and his hesitation and shame stop him from committing to the kiss. Progress has been made - William made a genuine attempt to make the first move - but this is totally in character for the both of them for where they are emotionally right now. However, while Vyncent is currently unaware of Will’s feelings for him, this scene makes it evident how completely he trusts Will, and how deeply he values him and their relationship. 

Getting back to that pin. In the Just Rolled for this episode, Charlie mentioned a theme that he wanted to explore with William that they haven’t covered in the show before. My best guess would be shame (or fear in general); William is ashamed of his powers, and his use of them is very limited, especially after Ashe’s disappearance. He doesn’t understand why and is abhorred by how his powers affect his body and make him different from other people. This shame could be extended to his crush on Vyncent. I don’t know if the crew would be willinging to discuss homophobia, biphobia, and potentially religious trauma in their silly-goofy superhero podcast to any extent, but William could be afraid of ‘ruining his friendship’ with Vyncent, or feel - with Will’s self-esteem as low as it is - that he doesn’t deserve Vyncent.

Anyways, that was an essay and a half. A lot happened.

[eemoo1o-animoo]

So I co-wrote Black Butler fanfiction with an AI generator…

“Th-This is my OC Farris, he is from Connecticut.”

“What cool powers does he have?”

“Nothing. He just gets to kiss Grelle whenever he wants.”

“Oh–”

“He also likes video games.”

“Well, is he non-human at least. C’mon, a good Kuro OC must at least be–”

*narrows eyes suddenly, bitterly* “We’ll see.”

“Wha– What?”

“Oh, nothing!”

So after that whole ordeal, the AI generator took me to The White House, where it suddenly became obsessed with starlings.

So, naturally, I added in Ronald.

The AI had different plans, of course. So I had to call upon forces nary a soul has called for so willingly: William.

That wasn’t good enough for the AI, though…

Admittedly, it was my mistake of merely adding only a reference to a penis, and then the AI went bonkers for a moment.

Just a moment though… right?

So even as the AI left the pressing subject matter at hand, I realised that I’d never heard the word “conscripted”, or why Farris—now known as the titular ‘Farris Grelle’—had done it, or why it had done Farris, but what I did know is that we needed to add more characters.

So I mistakingly added the Undertaker.

So, the AI needs therapy. Okay. But really, it’s my job to fix it. It’s not all bad, it has its highs and lows, I can’t just be a fair-weather user, haha, right? Right?

Shut up. No, you.

So Grelle is back in the casket with yet another. Perhaps this is how Yana wrote the series thus far…

But, Lord Bu-no was an interesting character—you could truly tell how much he loved her, couldn’t you?

So, I made her leave. I knew her true objective: to get back to Farris, the poor dear. Her one true love! Oh, Grelle missed him dearly, I’m sure…

Until Lord Bu-no spoke fondly of her bibbly bobs- I mean, her nudie bits.

Grelle sees dead people…

Shocking, for a reaper, isn’t it?

Or, is Undertaker suddenly up and about again?! *gasp* Let’s wait and see!

Oh…

So, I think it was at this point that I officially gave up. It continuously added characters that felt like something from Lau’s estate back home (Kuro names are weird /j) and yet there was nary a large breasted Asian woman in sight!

This story clearly wasn’t worth our time.

So I brought back William.

(Oh, and Mey-Rin, I guess. Damn, William really said “no horni” with that spoon.)

AI generator not only made William forget his lines but also changed the scene again.

I brought back Farris.

I had to—he was the one thing that had come out of this generator light and pure.

Also, the AI really said “no Mary Sue” for Farris and went completely mental with that… by making him die of… liver spots, I guess.

Grelle’s one true husbando… close to death and still he got the girl—you mad, bro?

#SaveGrarris — just one dollar a month to their OnlyFans from all of you could help prolong this man’s life… for another uncanny 30 years.

And just like that, Grelle has lost her immortality! No! Through what? That god that had attacked her? Lord Bu-no who happens to be standing idly in the background of this beautifully cinematic scene?

Or, had she given it all up… for love? *Titanic theme plays*

Oh yeah, and then it just changed scene because fuck tender love, am I right, hosers?

[thebibliomancer]

Essential Avengers: West Coast Avengers #31: The Friday Night FRIGHTS!

April, 1988

ARKON’S BACK!

And this time -- it’s no movie!!

PLUS: To Kill A Mockingbird!

Hey, you’re not supposed to kill a mockingbird. That’s the point of the To Kill A Mockingbird title. Dammit, Phantom Rider, you dumb ghost!

Also, Arkon! Wow, it’s been a while!

You may or may not remember him as that Conan-ish guy who tried to cause nuclear war on Earth because it would re-energize the energy rings that make life possible on his home planet Polemachus.

He also kidnapped Scarlet Witch and tried to make her be his bride because she was The Girl of the team?

He’s had some other run-ins with Earth’s heroes as well. But he caused enough of a stir the times he visited Earth that there’s a successful series of movies about him which are very Conan-ish. Wonder Man Simon Williams played the villain in the most recent one.

Other context: when the West Coast Avengers were lost in past times, Mockingbird got separated when the rest of the team went further back in time. She got kidnapped and drugged by a delusional cowboy into loving him and they don’t say its sexual assault explicitly but its all but said. When Mockingbird was freed of the drugs, she hunted down Phantom/Ghost Rider and had a confrontation with him that ended in him falling off a cliff. And she didn’t save him.

She has hid the truth from the Avengers and more specifically husband Hawkeye about how bad her ordeal was and that she manslaughtered Phantom Rider in retribution. But she’s been feeling guilty about it and keeps trying to tell Hawkeye but not going through with it.

So, there’s your context.

Which you’ll need because Phantom Rider is back.

Or something.

We saw a modern version of him when the West Coast Avengers fought very Southwest America themed supergroup the Rangers.

At that time, Phantom Rider hadn’t mentioned any past history with Mockingbird but now he’s certainly angry about stuff.

Or dramatic. He’s either angry or dramatic or both.

He very dramatically rides through a rainy night to a secret cave where fellow Ranger Texas Twister is sitting before a fire and looking in bad shape. Also, talking in a very phonetic accent.

Texas Twister was very affected by the reveal that his pardner Shooting Star was either a demon all along or replaced with a demon. He wants revenge. On demons, I guess.

For some reason, I guess ghost reasons, Phantom Rider needs Texas Twister to summon a demon. He’s not interested in Twister’s revenge but he’ll use the demon against the West Coast Avengers so he can get his own revenge on Mockingbird for rejecting him and also dropping him off a cliff.

Check out this very biased take on events.

If only we could drop you off a cliff again, dude.

Anyway. When Texas Twister does his ritual to summon demons, it instead summons

ARKON!

That guy from the recap I told! And from the cover! And from the movies!

Phantom Rider is a bit confused but game, assuming that Arkon is a demon warrior chieftain with a link to Amerindian tradition somehow.

Arkon: “What prattle is this?”

Guess Phantom Rider doesn’t watch a lot of movies.

So Arkon introduces himself, loudly and boisterously, as Arkon the Magnificent, Imperion of Polemachus and that he’s here to beat the shit out of Wonder Man.

The magic ritual didn’t bring Arkon here. He was coming on his own and the ritual just sidetracked him to this exact location. He’s going to go beat the shit out of Wonder Man now.

Which works for Phantom Rider so.... yeah. He just lets him walk off. Not what he was expecting but same result!

Meanwhile, at the West Coast Avengers Compound, Moon Knight sits on the cliff over the sea and talks to Khonshu, since Khonshu is so chatty these days.

He asks Khonshu if he knows anything about Phantom Rider, which Khonshu doesn’t. But Moon Knight’s dynamic detective brain has been ticking along for some issues now and he’s figured that Phantom Rider has something to do with why Mockingbird has been acting so weird.

Khonshu couldn’t give less of a shit about this but he is pretty hype that Moon Knight will be officially an Avenger soon. Khonshu likes the Avengers, they’re an interesting bunch. He especially is interested in Hawkeye.

Aw, Hawkeye has a fan.

Anyway, Tigra interrupts Moon Knight’s internal dialogue and the two have some casual make-outs.

Tigra: “You were really in the ozone, weren’t you?”

Moon Knight: “You’d be surprised, Tigra! I was, in fact, communing with my god -- and now, I’ll commune with you -- !”

Tigra: “Yeah! Commune away!”

Iron Man: “Why don’t you two go somewhere private?”

Iron Man wasn’t established in this scene before. He manifested entirely to be grumpy about some PDA and tell them to get a room.

Amazing.

Moon Knight tells Iron Man to shove it. Surely as an employee of famous playboy Tony Stark, he’s used to people making out around him.

Except its not really the making out that’s got Iron Man’s dander up. Alas. Alas for my jokes.

Iron Man is in a Mood and he wants to be alone so this romantic cliff is a brooding cliff now.

Moon Knight really pulls the ‘I don’t see your name on it’ bit by asking if Iron Man owns this overlook to which Iron Man really responds ‘yeah, kinda!’ by saying Tony Stark helped pay for it.

Anyway, before this escalates past childish barbs, Hawkeye interrupts by shooting an arrow between them because he’s Hawkeye and that’s his favorite form of social interaction.

Hawkeye pulls Iron Man aside and tells him ‘hey, c’mon, don’t paste the new guy’ and ‘what’s wrong good buddy?’

Iron Man won’t answer, despite Hawkeye calling on their long friendship. Whatever is bothering him, the only remedy is alone time to think it all out. He says Hawkeye will be the first to hear when he’s ready to talk and then flies off.

Hm. I wonder what’s happening in the Iron Man solo that’s got him in such a state.

Mockingbird shows up - because this is a very popular brooding cliff - and asks if Hawkeye talked to Iron Man.

Hawkeye confirms he tried but Iron Man wouldn’t open up. SPEAKING OF WHICH, he feels like Mockingbird had something to tell him but never got around to?

Mockingbird pretends to have forgotten whatever she wanted to talk to him about. Hawkeye complains that he feels like his team has started working around him.

But before he can pursue this conversation further, Dr Pym SCIENCE ADVENTURER runs up to report an emergency call from the “Eakos” aka the East Coast Avengers.

Its charming that the West Coast Avengers have run with the Wackos nickname that the Thing gave them and extended it to the East Coast Avengers. While the East Coast Avengers don’t seem to have the same nickname. It’s fun that the two teams are developing their own quirks and culture.

More of that.

Anyway. The East Coast Avengers tell Hawkeye that Iron Man, in Iron Man #228, attacked the Captain at the Vault.

What’s this about? Armor Wars is what this is about.

Tony got Big Mad about all his technology being stolen so broke into the Vault to beat up fifty of the Guardsmen there. Also, he fought the Captain America.

At some point, when I have more time freed up, I want to read through the Iron Man book just for me. Because apparently in Iron Man #228 Rhodey impersonates Electro for some reason. Wild.

Hawkeye says that he just saw Iron Man but that he flew off after asking Hawkeye to trust him. Captain Marvel says they all trust Tony, great guy, but they need an explanation.

Hawkeye: “Holy -- ! I can’t believe it! Tony got me out of a life of crime -- got me into the Avengers -- an’ Steve  was my first boss here! What the heck is goin’ on?”

And Mockingbird makes a relieved face behind Hawkeye’s back because this is going to distract him from asking any follow up questions about her thing.

... You do know that this is a temporary reprieve? I can’t believe I’m saying this but listen to Nick Fury and come clean!

Hawkeye decides that the plot of this issue is going to be finding Iron Man and making him explain!

-looks at the cover, laughs in irony-

No, we’re not doing that today.

Today is Arkon day.

With a KA-BOOM! of thunder, the real plot arrives.

The West Coast Avengers all run out and find Arkon flying about the grounds.

Wonder Man: “Arkon! It’s the real Arkon!”

Arkon: “Aye, Wonder Man -- and the Imperion of Polemachus is come to destroy you for that effrontery evinced in that photoplay!”

Wonder Man: “Uh -- I was just an actor there -- and I played the villain! Villain you are, for your fellow Avengers must have told you that I’m no character of fiction  -- yet it is against the Polemachan code to create an image of the Imperion!”

And the only way to address this offense? He’s gonna murder the shit out of Wonder Man. Despite the fact that Wonder Man wasn’t playing Arkon, didn’t write the script, or greenlight the movie or ever even meet Arkon. On the other hand, at least Arkon is punching people who won’t explode into chunky salsa with one punch, man.

The West Coast Avengers move into help after Arkon punches Wonder Man but he warns them off.

He expected that people might try to interfere. So he brought a nuclear bomb with him. And clipped it to his belt. And he’ll use it if anyone interferes because this is about Honor and such.

Wonder Man agrees to fight Arkon man to man because he figures this will be a good workout (and then realizes, well I’d better win!)

He just has one question before they start fighting. Is that portable nuclear bomb going to go off while they roughhouse? No? Good.

Hah. Now they’re even.

Arkon praises Wonder Man, saying that he’s never been hit so hard - not even by Thor.

Wonder Man is like 'HAH, KNEW IT’

Wonder Man: “Thanks -- for the testimonial -- ! When I fought him -- I knew I was stronger!”

Simon has his priorities.

Since the West Coast Avengers can’t help without blowing up, they decide to just peanut gallery.

Tigra says she wouldn’t want to be in the middle of the fight and Moon Knight says she still would be if she had to be. Hawkeye asks if the Moon is on Wonder Man’s side but Khonshu hasn’t weighed in on it. And Dr Pym decides to rehash Mockingbird’s ‘is it okay for Avengers to kill’ discussion and mentions that may be what it takes to stop Arkon. Mockingbird dismisses the discussion as “only an idea.”

You guys are terrible at peanut gallerying. I want some hoots. I want some cries of support for your buddy. I want some sniping at Arkon’s expense.

Someone call Shorsey. He’ll teach them how to jeer.

After Arkon TANK!s Wonder Man in the face with his shield, Wonder Man grabs it away from him and crumples it into a wad.

The peanut gallery finally starts cheering “Watch his right!” “Tear ‘im up, Simon!” and Moon Knight offers constructive criticism? with “For all his strenght, he could stand to learn some tactics -- !”

Mockingbird happens to spot Phantom Rider chilling out by the cliff. She’s startled and runs off to go confront him before anyone else notices him.

In her internal monologue, she recaps all the kidnapping and drugging stuff that I’ve already recapped.

What’s interesting is that her memory of letting Phantom Rider drop off the cliff has a different one-liner. Phantom Rider remembers her saying “Drop dead!” Mockingbird’s own version is the less succinct “I’ll give you the same consideration you gave me...!”

I wonder if this is a sign of Mockingbird and Phantom Rider’s drastically different memories of how things played out... or whether Englehart just forgot what happened earlier in the script.

Who can say.

And after all that internal monologue recapping, Mockingbird concedes (still in internal monologue) that this isn’t even the same Phantom Rider! Because that one is dead! Legacy characters!

Except Phantom Rider greets her with “And so we meet again, Barbara -- on yet another cliff!”

Mockingbird says they’ve only met when the West Coast Avengers fought the Rangers but Phantom Rider explains that while the body he inhabits is contemporary but the driver is the angry ghost of the man she killed.

Phantom Rider: “I told you my legend -- how He Who Lights The Stars sent the Comanches the ghost dust and the ghost horse -- first for my brother, and then for me! I am the Son of the Spirits -- the Phantom Rider! I do not die as other men!”

Mockingbird: “You were crazy then and you’re crazy now!”

Thus conceding his point about being the same dude. Dammit, Bobbi. That’s not the way to win a debate.

Phantom Rider decides to prove that he’s a ghost.

He does the same walk out into thin air thing he did back in the cowboy times.

Mockingbird assume he’s projecting his image from behind her -- like he did in cowboy times. She thrusts her battle staff backwards only to hit nothing. And then the floating cowboy ghost starts grappling her.

Since he’s solid enough to grab her staff, he’s solid enough for to roll and throw but then he fades into darkness as he also did back in cowboy times.

Back at fight times, Arkon isn’t pleased about his crunched shield.

Arkon: “I possess three forms of bolt, actor! The golden bolts open portals to other worlds -- ! The scarlet bolts -- LEVEL MY FOES!”

And he throws a scarlet bolt into the crunched shield - exploding it and knocking Wonder Man on his ass.

I’m just wondering what the third type of bolt is.

He said three. He only listed two. Arkon. What is the third type of bolt. Arkon. Tell me.

(According to the marvel wiki, he also has black bolts which are twice as powerful as the scarlet bolts, exploding with the force of 20 tons of TNT versus the scarlet bolts exploding with a force of 10 tons of TNT. I can clearly see he’s not carrying any though.)

Wonder Man scolds Arkon for damaging the landscaping.

Wonder Man: “You became a media sensation when you first revealed yourself in this dimension -- ! The media eats their young here -- they’ve cranked out four features on you so far --.”

Arkon: “FOUR?!!”

You’re making it worse for yourself, Simon.

Hey. How DID Arkon hear about the Arkon movie and not hear that there were of them? How much information travels between Earth and Polemachus anyway?

Wonder Man PLOW!s past Arkon, knocking some scarlet bolts loose.

Two dropped bolts make a BARABA BOOM, shocking Wonder Man at the impact.

In Wonder Man’s memory of events, he had Thor beat until Thor used lightning against him. So this explosive lightning bolt-shaped weapon is giving him pause. But he decides getting beat is something for past Simon not now Simon and flies right at Arkon again.

(Who grabs some of his dimensional travel bolts? Arkon, buddy, I think you grabbed the wrong ones)

At the Mockingbird/Phantom Rider fight by the cliff by the sea, Mockingbird swipes Phantom Rider’s cape away with her battle staff. Then, she separates her staff into staves but Phantom Rider just shoots them out of her hands.

Wow, good aim.

Also, a conversation.

Mockingbird: “Your wonders don’t impress me, Spook-Man! Even if they’re real, they don’t impress me!”

(Shania Twain intensifies)

Mockingbird: “I told you last time, I’m an Avenger!”

Phantom Rider: “Yes, you told me that, Barbara -- but in this era, in this body, I understand it better! I know about Avengers -- and Avengers don’t kill, do they?”

Mockingbird: “I didn’t kill you! I let you die! There’s a difference!”

Phantom Rider: “Shall we explain that to your beloved husband?”

Back at the Wonder Man/Arkon fight.

Wonder Man has gotten right in Arkon’s face so he can punch him in the face while Arkon explodes scarlet bolts point blank in Wonder Man’s face.

An exchange that a battered, bruised, and very disheveled Wonder Man eventually wins over a much less beat up looking Arkon.

Wonder Man: “I’m telling you, Imperion, you’re a sensation here -- but you’ve always disappeared as quickly as you came!”

Arkon: “I hate this world!”

Wonder Man: “Great -- but how were we supposed to know we were offending you, making those movies? You had to come and tell us -- which you have -- !”

Hawkeye: “That’s right, Arkon! You’ve delivered your message -- now let Wondy talk to the studios for you!”

Arkon: “Talk -- ? Talk is for women!”

Stay classy, Arkon.

Arkon does admit that he understands this world about as much as Wonder Man understands Polemachus.

Arkon: “Perhaps here, men do talk as well as battle -- as absurd as that sounds -- !”

So since Wonder Man beat the shit out of him - thus impressing him - Arkon will do things Wonder Man’s way. Wonder Man can go talk to the studios on Arkon’s behalf and warn them that Arkon will “countenance no further desecration.”

Then because there’s too much talking around here and Arkon is feeling insecure in his masculinity probably, he instantly ollies outie the plot and goes back to Polemachus.

Fun guy, Arkon.

Back at Mockingbird’s ordeal, she insists that Phantom Rider will tell Hawkeye nothing.

So Phantom Rider goes off on a self-serving rant. While also kicking and slapping the shit out of Mockingbird and leaving her dangling from the cliff.

Phantom Rider: “You prefer fighting to talking? You talked last time -- you said I was a man who’d hurt a woman as only a man can! You hurt me then, as only a woman can! You took my vulnerability and sneered at it!”

Ech. I’m not loving this plot.

I didn’t love the initial cowboy times drugging and mind control. I was curious to see where it would go after because I’d heard that it was going to go places. But now the rapist cowboy is back to get revenge because he is somehow the wronged party in this.

I mean, she did manslaughter him a little. But he’s a real dick..

So Phantom Rider has knocked her onto the edge and he scoffs “You thought you’d have your revenge for your poor hurt feelings, and exact the ultimate retribution -- but look where it has gotten you!”

I know how this is going to end up for Mockingbird and Hawkeye. I don’t know how its going to end up for Phantom Rider. He’s a real dick. And its going to really suck if he walks away from his harassment campaign victorious.

He threatens to step on Mockingbird’s fingers to send her falling to her death but tells her he’s going to prolong this until he’s decided she’s suffered enough.

He’s a real dick.

He rides off on his flying horse.

As soon as she’s gone, Mockingbird falls from the cliff but manages to grab the staircase.

She pulls herself up to the top just as the Rest of the Coast Avengers come looking for her because she “missed all the excitement -- !”

Womp womp!

Also, Phantom Rider is the Moon, for some reason. Moon Knight should look into that.

Sssso. Love the A-plot. Arkon Big Mad that people made movies about him and taking it out on Wonder Man? Glorious.

The Phantom Rider stuff? I don’t trust Steve Englehart to handle this sensitive topic sensitively. Because so far it seems like the moral center of the plot is whether its okay to ever manslaughter a person and the drugging and mind control was just to incite the incident. I feel like the manslaughter is going to be the primary thing once the truth comes out.

Oy. Between the character assassination over in East Coast Avengers and the Phantom Rider stuff being the main plot in West Coast Avengers, I wish one of these books wasn’t such a letdown. But at least Wasp is going to be showing up.

Wasp is so good.

Follow @essential-avengers​ for some reason. I’m tired, you think of one. Like and reblog maybe? Let me know your thoughts.

[toursenergylife]

Ultimate mortal kombat 3 moves

The tournament mode is a simple 8-player match-up, while endurance mode has you fight as many opponents successively as you can. At the end you may choose a reward which can include character biographies or hidden characters. Story mode has you follow the story of the game, obviously, leading to the final battle with Shao Kahn.

You can play in story mode, tournament mode or endurance mode. As in the rest of the series, each character has different abilities and powers, and some have been much improved. Naturally, in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, the goal is to defeat your adversary in a one-on-one battle, using an array of moves and attacks, from simple punches and kicks to much more complex and deadly combinations. The roster packs an impressive over 20 playable characters, not including several unlockable characters from previous games or bosses. Wait, did I say 16-bit? I must be nuts! Or maybe not. And hey, if you don't own a Saturn, don't rule out the possibility of an eventual 16-bit release. The new backgrounds remain intact as well.What else is there to say? You know you want it, we know you want it, and Williams knows you want it, so you're gonna to get it. The Ultimate Kombat Kodes are still in place and have in fact been expanded. From what we saw, the delay in ShangTsung's morphs, which have been bedeviling home players, is gone. While not "arcade-perfect", UMK III is pretty darn close. Do you want to play Noob Saibot, the human Smoke, Ermac, Mileena, or the classic Sub-Zero? Does the idea of checking out some new moves for your favorite characters get your temperature rising? Well, how do you think we feel?

All of the characters and secrets from the arcade version of UMK III have been packed into the disc, so you can calm down now. The kind folks from Williams Entertainment recently showed the staff of VideoGames the work-in-progress version of UMK III, and even at this early stage it looks much better than the flawed Saturn version of Mortal Kombat II. As the game is set on Earth the stages have a more realistic look to them which is ok, I guess, but again it is one thing that makes it less special than Mortal Kombat 2. I loved the stages that were in MK2 and the ones here are very different. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is an interesting looking game. It does though have much of what mattered and that is the returning characters such as Scorpion and Kitana along with more stages. The poor old Genesis just was not able to handle all that the arcade offered. Visually, the game has been downgraded quite a bit from the arcade. The story is actually the same as it was in the standard Mortal Kombat 3, but in all honesty, I see no reason for them to have changed it here. It is a pretty cool story and one that I do like. This means that the game is now set on Earth. This time around Shao Khan can use his dead wife Sindel to open up the portals to Earth Realm so he can take it by force. * Brutalities can't be performed in the arcade version of UMK3.Just like in Mortal Kombat 2, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 once again fleshes out the lore of the MK universe. She will be forever in debt to her friends from Earth as she rules the new realm of Edenia at Queen Sindel's side. With Shao Kahn defeated the Earth is changed back to its original state, as is Kitana's realm of Edenia. Together with the help of Earth's Warriors, Kitana reaches Sindel and turns the Queen against her Emperor. She survives an assassination attempt by the vile creature Reptile, and allies herself with her onetime comrade - Jade. Kitana evades the evil clutches of Shao Kahn and escapes into the unknown regions of Earth. * Brutality: High Punch, High Punch, Block, High Kick, Block, Low Kick, Block, Low Punch, Block, High Punch, Block. Stage Fatalities: Forward, Down, Down, Low Kick. Square Wave Punch: Down, Back, High Punch.Ĭombo 1: High Kick, High Kick, Low Kick, Back + High Kick.Ĭombo 2: High Punch, High Punch, Back + Low Punch, Down + Low Punch.įatality 1: (Close) Run, Run, Block, Block, Low Kick.įatality 2: (Close) Back, Down, Forward, Forward, High Kick.Īnimality: (Sweep) Down, Down, Down, Down, Run.īabality: Forward, Forward, Down, Forward, High Kick.įriendship: Down, Back, Forward, Forward, Low Punch. But Kitana must find a way to reach the newly crowned Queen Sindel first and warn her of their true past.įan Throw: Forward, Forward, High Punch + Low Punch. Shao Kahn takes it upon himself to appoint a group of warriors specifically to catch his daughter and bring her back alive. Kitana is accused of treason by the High Courts of the Outworld after murdering her evil twin Mileena.

[feralreason]

The Dehumanisation of Dave Miller

So, I was RPing as Henry Miller and had an internal dialogue comment of Henry musing about how William Afton was not a person. My RP partner, @plushmenace , had put in the tags of their reply basically asking "what is Henry's definition of a person"?

So! I'm finally here to explain my reasoning behind writing him that way. :') And as a bonus, this’ll also explain why I write Dave with abysmal self esteem and body image too wahoo. :’)))

Talk of abuse and trauma + DSAF spoilers under the cut.

First off, Henry literally says so before the ending fight.

Now, you have been kind of lead to accept and probably think "Well in this series, William Afton *is* a literal Purple Guy so of course he's not a human."

But... Henry isn’t either? For the sake of this essay, I'll refer to the "brightly hued people with black scleras and white glowing irises and pitch black maws" as "Amazing Technicolour Void Produce People™" or ATVPPs.

Henry acts like William is this huge freak while basically being the same as him, just pink instead of purple.

But here's the thing: like with most of what Henry says and does, what if this is on purpose?

First off, William may be self conscious about his appearance:

For starters, William blames the fact that he's an ourple ATVPP for why he was never adopted.

Which is possible for sure. However, from what we see in the series? Nobody seems to really care or mind William's appearance.

Except for Henry (who hates William and is an abusive POS towards him), and depending on player choice, Jack (who is just Henry 2: the Sequel also depending on player choice).

Further backing up that this is a sore spot for him, he gets pretty upset when Jack reminds him of it (despite commenting and joking about it often himself).

Example 1:

Example 2:

Secondly, from how he acts, Henry probably used this as part of his abuse towards William:

I find the first reaction pretty telling tbh. Usually when picking an antagonistic dialogue option, Dave’s response will be anger and telling you to fuck off (closer to the second example). Yet in the first one? He tears up and just meekly points out with a stutter that he’s hurt.

( Also important to note too: from the second conversation, we can see that in this universe, “human” refers to “fully sentient, emotionally and intelligently complex beings with free will” (or however you want to word or spin it). Which would def include ATVPPs. Certainly makes what Henry says above even worse lol.)

Next up, something I’ve referenced before because bo y I think it’s one of the most well written parts of the series tbh -- meeting Davetrap in the third game.

Considering it’s been established that Davetrap is the “feral” half of Dave’s soul; the part that is bitter, angry, and can’t let go of things, I think his dialogue can be very insightful into his character.

Anyway, you can have this exchange:

He is clearly hurt by that term, pleading with Jack not to say it and taking on a cowering stance– turned away with his hands up defensively— and then reinstating that he’s “still a person”.

And guess who else refers to him as a monster?

This lines up with how passive we see him around Henry (the fight at the end of DSAF 3, the flashbacks in DSAF 2), so I think it’s easy to put two and two together and say Henry belittled him for his appearance, and that bringing it up makes him regress to how he was around him.

And again, in DSAF? This is apparently not anything that weird. I could be also be looking too much into it (but hey, death of the author bby), yeah, but the fact that nobody knows that Dave = William Afton kind of means being a purple ATVPP isn’t *that* unique in this world.

One thing I find interesting on that point is this exchange. Dave claims "kids loved drawing him because they were fascinated with him". Jack challenges that...

And then Dave basically shifts the conversation to, "Well they like me because I'm not scary and weird like you lol!" Even though he's joking, he does switch from making it about "what's inside".

I definitely think he may be making light of things to cope considering that he makes this quip in DSAF 2 which is definitely meant to be a joke and... yeeeaaah...

Anyway, some more examples of how Henry talks about William in a dehumanising way:

Furthermore, Henry has every reason to do this. From what we can see in the short story and some of William's dialogue, he seems to often belittle William to create co-dependency.

Ex: "Everyone is trying to hurt you, and you're weak, so you need to stay with me and do what I say so I can 'protect' you."

However, since the dialogue in the Void is him speaking his mind honestly, and combined with the tapes,... I'd argue it's completely possible he really may have literally not seen William as person. My guess is because of William being, you know, a weird form of undead. Maybe he started out demeaning him to easily control William, and began to sincerely believe it over time. Henry could also just suck like that.

And finally, William... kind of admits it himself in the bad ending, just like how Henry does in the good.

As I've pointed out before, he says Jack was the only person– he excludes Henry despite, in this route, still adoring the man.

... At least that's what I think! Wahoo!

[changingplumbob]

Pancakes Household: Chapter 8, Part 4

In this part the eldest Pancake begins high school, unfortunately on career day. Then it's a trip to the dog part, despite the rain, because Bob needs to drum up customers!

Bob: Your mother said you wanted to chat, is everything okay?

Iggy: Yeah dad. It’s just..

Bob: You’re not just a boy?

Iggy: Wait what? How did you know

Bob: The make up was a clue. How did you do that eyeliner? The lashes are superb

Iggy: Thanks dad, youtube had tutorials. So today I’m feeling pretty non-binary, but that will change, and change again. It’s called being genderfluid, today I fit they/them pronouns

Bob: I’m glad you wanted to share who you are with me. Give your old dad a hug. Best of luck with your first day, I’m proud of you no matter what, got it?

Iggy: Got it. Thanks dad, I love you

First day of High School! Iggy sets out to find where on earth the principal is. Turns out he’s in the computer science class talking with the class 2 teacher.

Iggy: Hi, are you Mr Amarinth?

Mr A: Yes I am, how can I help you?

Iggy: Well it’s my first day and I’m not really sure what I should be doing

Mr A: Ah, you’re Mr Pancakes. Well, first up check for a locker, claim the one you want

Iggy: I’m not exactly-

Mr A: Then go find your teacher, she’s around here somewhere. It’s her job to let you know what is going on

Iggy: Okay but if we could swing back to-

Mr A: Now Mr Pancakes I do not have time to talk all day, important principal stuff

Iggy: *sighs* sure sir

Iggy went off to search the halls feeling somewhat deflated. They know that when their parents enrolled them they had put male student. Their parents hadn’t known then so Iggy couldn’t blame them. And judging from Mr A’s tone, he was not interested in getting to know the student body. They could only hope that their class teacher would be more understanding.

Iggy finally finds the person they’re looking for in the actual computer lab. Mustering their high confidence back together, they go over to introduce themselves.

Iggy: Hello, I think I’m your new student

Mrs Tinker: Oh, hello. Nice to meet you. I was told I was getting a new student but Mr Amarinth didn’t elaborate beyond that

Iggy: Oh, well… My name, at least for now, is Iggy. And Mr A didn’t have time to listen but I do prefer they/them pronouns

Mrs T: No problem. Let me know if anything changes and I’ll do my best to keep up

Iggy feels some relief at this. At least some adult at this school seems supportive.

Mrs T: Come on, come on, we’re already late starting

Amie: Sorry miss

Mrs T: Social studies. What is social studies really but the science of people?

Iggy does their best write notes and listen but they’re really trying to think up a new name. One that will fit them better, no matter which gender they feel like on any particular day. Their mind goes through all the books they read as a kid, wondering if any of them had suitable names. How did parents decide what their kids should be called anyway?

Iggy: What options do we have? Any Monte Cristo in stock?

Naveah: This isn’t the Ritz kid. We have slider options and tray options

Iggy: Then I’ll have some veggie sliders please…

Naveah: Oh I’m Naveah

Iggy: What a cool name! Maybe I should go with a colour

Iggy moves to a table and ponders this where Amie finds them.

Amie: Hey Ig, you ready

Iggy: Ready for what

Amie: It’s career day

Iggy: But we’re only 13, what can we possibly know about careers

Amie: That’s why we have it I guess

Career day and Iggy sped through the career check ins to make sure the teacher would stay off their back. Not that Mrs Tinker seemed like she would be harsh but Iggy was certainly not ready to start imagining adult life, they’d only just become a teenager after all.

After Iggy had checked in Mrs Tinker they drifted over to the arcade game where they were soon joined by friends Darwin and William.

William: Yo Igs, you found something cool?

Iggy: I guess, hard to find anything in all this clutter

Darwin: It’s to “inspire our young minds”

The three teens burst into laughter as Darwin’s impersonation and try their best to figure out how to work such archaic technology.

William: You thought of a new name yet

Darwin: I still vote Chaos the Destroyer

William: Dude, no. We're not characters in a video game

Iggy: Did you know our cafeteria lady is called Naveah? That’s cool right

Darwin: So you gonna steal her name

Iggy: No but it’s got me thinking about non traditional names. I can’t do standard gender neutral names because the save already has a Kelly, Charlie, Devin, Alex

William: Just don’t go calling yourself something like apple

Darwin: Oh, how about peach? If you’re thinking colours

William: Dude you are not serious

Iggy: Pretty sure I want something that’s not going to make me sound like a stripper

Darwin: Oh… yeah I hear that now

William: I mean, you read a shoot ton of books, there must be something in there that sounds cool

Iggy: Good point!

Darwin: How about Katniss

William: Pretty sure the idea is to sound less gendered

Darwin: and your cis self knows about that do you

William: It’s called being helpful dude, try it some time

William walks off despite Darwin insisting he is being helpful actually.

Darwin: Whatever you pick Pancakes, we’ll use. Flick us a text when you figure it out

Iggy: Thanks, you’ve given me stuff to think about. I think I have a top three now

Darwin: Sweet. Next time you see William tell him I am actually helpful

After school Bob and Iggy head to the park. Bob wants to see if a bake sale at a community lot will result in more customers so Iggy is here to keep Ginger occupied.

Bob: Are you going to be okay here

Iggy: Dad, I’m not 5, I’ll be fine

Bob: If anyone looks at you funny send them to me, I’ll slip an extra something into their fudge slice

Bob sets up but with the rain his gloomy self is not optimistic about the turn out. After filling an empty bowl for Ginger, Iggy sits down to do their homework. Fergus is off at drama club but there’s no cheer practice today.

Ginger is happily snacking away when I notice Clover is here watching. A quick scan about the park shows that Kaori has brought her. Despite the rain Bob has a line at his stall before too long. It’s the best way to move the baking that he has had to do to level his skill, if sims buy.

Iggy: Okay Ginger, that’s my homework all done. Time to practice some cheer

Ginger: *yaps* Umm what about me

Iggy: Do you want to play huh? I suppose this is technically the dog park

Ginger: *yaps* damn right it is

Ginger: *yaps* tell me your problems human, I’m smart, I shall solve

Iggy: Well I had a bunch of name ideas, how do parents pick names? There’s so many

Ginger: *yaps* beats me

Iggy: But I think I’ve found one that… well I’m kind of in love with, so that’s a good thing right

Ginger: *yaps* indeed, tell me your new identity

Onyx: I’m Onyx *laughs* yeah, I’m Onyx

Ginger yaps her approval and after a snuggle Onyx begins trying to teach her how to fetch.

Bob manages to get a steady stream of sims throughout the afternoon despite the downpour. When Fergus arrives from drama cub he eagerly dives into the playground, despite things being slippery. For the most part Onyx and Ginger manage to stay under cover but for some of the longer throws they have to brave the rain. With Eliza’s shift almost done the family pack up and head home.

Eliza: How was the first day of high school then?

Onyx: Mixed bag. The principal was quite busy but my classroom teacher, Mrs Tinker, seems nice. She agreed to use my pronouns

Eliza: As she should

Onyx: But we only got one class then it was career day

Bob: Oh I’ve done a few of those

Onyx: I wish you had been there today dad, the speakers were so boring. I didn’t want to do any of the options

Eliza: You’re still young, you’ve got all the time in the world to figure it out

Onyx: I have figured out something though. A name that sounds more… me

Bob: What is it?

Onyx: I was thinking… Onyx. Although I won’t mind Nyx for short

Eliza: Onyx… I like it

Bob: Definitely better than a name I could come up with. You know when you were born I wanted to call you-

But luckily Bob sees Eliza shaking her head and stops that sentence before he spills the beans.

Fergus: You should have picked a cuss word, it would have been hilarious

Eliza: Fergus, Onyx doesn’t need a hilarious name. They want a name that suits them

Fergus: But imagine the prank possibilities!

Onyx: Aren’t you meant to be proper

Fergus: Sometimes

Onyx: Look I just wanted to say, to all of you really, thank you for accepting who I am

Bob: Kid, we love you. That’s what family does

Onyx: Not all family. I know how lucky I am to have you, that’s all

That night Eliza tries shooing Ginger before she and Bob woohoo but Ginger is feeling clingy and refuses to leave the room. Pets.

Fergus: Hey Onyx, I was wondering…

Onyx: Is this a real question or a nonsense question

Fergus: Well now I want to ask two questions

Onyx: Fine, go ahead

Fergus: Can I have your old bike AND what do sheep wear to the beach?

Onyx: Sure and I don’t know, what do they wear

Fergus:  A BAAkini, get it

Onyx: Yeah I’m not using that in my future comedy sets

Eliza: Morning kids

Fergus: Hey Mother, can I have some help

Eliza: What with

Fergus: Well some kid in my class was giving out birthday gifts. As in, it was their birthday so they got each of us a gift

Eliza: Hold on Fergus, your dad and I do not have the money to do that

Fergus: I’m not asking you to. Anyway mine sucks. What do I do? Try to enjoy it? Give it back?

Eliza: Tell you what, you give it to me and I’ll return it to the store. Then you can get something else

Fergus: Genius

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[RUNS IN AND SLIPS ON A BANANA PEEL AND FALLS ON THE GROUND CARTOONISHLY]

HI!!!! Spooks here!! Ty for the answer! That did help me understand! And that sounds super interesting! I love Cassidy so much, au concepts about her are always very nice to see

I can't wait for the concept art you're gonna make :] very excited for that!!

Also, what are the other MCI kids (+ Charlie if she exists in this) doin'? Are any of them just as vengeful and angry as Cassidy? I wonder how that would go.. q-q. Also I wanna ask about if the Afton kids exist in this or not but I don't wanna overwhelm you ;-; I'm just veeeery curious because I love the afton kids

I love your au!!! But don't feel rushed to make that concept art!! Take care of yourself above all!!!

~spook

HI AGAIN SPOOKS!! TYSM FOR THE QUESTION!!

(Five Nights at Freddy’s is an indie horror game series created by Scott Cawthon)

Sorry that I didn’t answer this earlier I was taking a small break :))

SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION!

In the Au I made each if the missing children their own boss level in the game, the others aren’t really as aware as Cassidy, nor do they know William is trapped in the game, their code only tells them what to expect and do for the level, as they fight against William. Freddy would have a tune section, step on the right keynotes of the piano when they light up, make a wrong step and thats one strike! Get three strikes and you’re out! For Chica it would be a Cooking challenge, mix the right ingredients, to make a pizza dough for chica! As the clock ticks, search for ingredients around the kitchen to find more items to finish of your pizza., consisting of toppings and pizza sauce, but as the timer gets closer to its end Chica gets more and more impatient. For Bonnie it would be a card game, I kinda like to imagine him as a character that is into board games! You will play a round, depending on how well you do or on how badly you mess up, if you beat him he will let you through, don’t be TOO arrogant once you win though, he doesn’t take sore winners well. And Foxy would have a treasure hunt! Search for his lost treasure of gold riches! But don’t be deceived things aren’t what they seem, if you see ruby gold necklaces DONT TOUCH THEM! They will alert nearby enemies.. oh yeah, I didn’t mention that you’re not alone did I? Little plushies of the crew may seem cute at first, but in reality are extremely dangerous! If you get hit you restart the maze all over and have to find enough treasure to satisfy Foxy yet again, luckily, you can’t exactly lose in his area, I guess it just seems to get extremely irritating doing everything OVER and OVER again! It’s kinda like, in their backstories. As they died they possessed the animatronics of the sections. And I actually didn’t add charlie in here, I may change this in the future but for now she is *poof* And yes, the Afton kids do exist in the au! Just, they have all seemed to have grown up and moved away! But you might hear somewhere that William did see them frequently, maybe they might get concerned when he all of a sudden stop visiting, and wont answer their calls..

Anyways thats all I got for ya so far, I hope that this helped!!

Im still planning on working on the concept sketches soon, but im still trying to get an idea of design and atm I can’t seem to really think of much.. but EVENTUALLY I will figure something out!

Ok thank you!!

[toraleistripe]

I JUST FINISHED SAW VI

OMFG

Y'ALL

Alright, so I think it's so interesting how John keeps making appearances in these movies even though he's, well, dead. OR IS HE?? I'm honestly not convinced he's dead, like, yeah they opened up his body in that morgue, literally removed his brain, but like, this is the Saw franchise, freaking anything can happen, maybe one of the big twists is that John's still alive somehow. If that's NOT the case, then I think it's really interesting that they continue to feature him in these movies despite the fact that he's been killed off. I like that we keep learning more about him though and his connections to the 'players' in his 'games'.

I was NOT expecting Agent Perez to still be alive, that was shock number one. I was convinced she'd been killed off, so that was quite a surprise. I feel even worse for Strahm now, he died thinking his partner was dead.

Hoffman is one slick son of a bitch, the way he just kept getting away with shit, good grief. And when Erickson and Perez had that woman analyzing the voice recording, I KNEW they were fucked, I got the feeling that they were getting suspicious of Hoffman and there was no way he was going to let them live if they found him out.

It was nice to see Amanda again, I was hoping we'd get to see her and Hoffman interact, that was neat to see. I wondered what their relationship was like while I was watching Saw V. I'm also glad to finally know what was in the note Hoffman left for her. Didn't expect Amanda to have been involved with Cecil the night Jill miscarried, that was shock number two.

Speaking of Jill, I've had my suspicions of her ever since her first appearance. Since she's John's ex, I wondered if she was involved wit everything going on, and apparently she IS. The more time she was onscreen, the more suspicious I got. I wonder if she's the one who's going to be calling the shots from now on?

AND did Hoffman survive the reverse bear trap?! I mean, his jaw was partially ripped open, so I don't see how he could've survived that, I guess it's possible if he's gotten to in time?? IDK, I suppose I'll find out in the next movie, maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I was also SO wrong about who Tara and Brent were. I thought they were William's family, BUT NO, NO THEY WERE NOT FKGJDLKS it blew my mind that they're actually Harold Abbott's family, that was wild. I also thought William was talking to a girlfriend or something when it showed him on the phone in that one scene near the beginning, but he was actually talking to Pamela, his freaking SISTER, didn't see that coming either!

It was also fucked how Hoffman was using Strahm's severed hand to plant his fingerprints on shit.

I'm sorry if this post is all over the place, my mind has just yet again been BLOWN by a Saw movie and it's hard to get my thoughts together fkjgksdjskjd

Once again I sit here in anticipation for the next movie, eager to see what more is going to be revealed.