#there is no canon name option because it isnt an option to me

[arolesbianism]

Quinn is so orbo blorbo why do they have to be rocking the bowl cut pls bestie I'm trying to sit in quiet horror about your ominous story why must you be such a silly billy

[powerpolyculeshowdown]

Do you have recommendations for shows/books/whatever with canon/basically canon polyamory?

ok the only media w officially canon polyam i personally consumed are Iron Widow and Hades.

Iron Widow is a mecha scifi/chinese fantasy book, it has pacific rim mechanics, so it takes 2 ppl to pilot the mecha but its more dystopian in that the pilot (male) usually drains the life force of his concubine (female). the mc has a guy shes interested in from the start but she pushes him aside to seek her goals to become a concubine pilot (theres a very good reason for this but i dont wanna give too much away) ends up being forced to work w the most dangerous pilot (spoilers hes actually a misunderstood sweetheart and i love him), her first love somehow finds his way back into her life so he can be their ally and its very clear from the first time he meets the other guy that this bitch is bi af. At one point he literslly saves their lives and i wont elaborate on that cause again spoilers but someone mentioned it in a propaganda ask. They canonically fall in live w each other and start dating. Please look up the trigger warnings first cause theres some heavy subjects addressed in this book. The book itself has trigger warnings listed at the start so if u find it at a book store u can check them this was too.

Hades is a roguelike videogame w dating sim mechanics (ish) -you give gifts to characters to learn more about them, and theres two romance options but you can romance both at once, they're both aware of and okay with it, hinting that they mightve had a past even before zagreus was born (its greek gods one is death incarnate the other is one of the furies, they've basically existed since forever)

From the submissions I got:

ive been told Leverage is like the korrasami of polyam, as in they were as polyam as they could be in a show from 2010, so it sounds like its canon but not explicit because they couldnt get away with that.

The girls from Amphibia are apparently in a similar situation, heavily implied canon, someone told me it was confirmed by people who worked on the show, but i dont think its explicitly stated.

The Kane Chronicles apparently also has canon polyam, although its 2 bodies, cause I think one of them has a god in him or something? I never read the books, but I was told Sadie (i think thats her name? The girl) is in love w both of them, and kinda dating both too i think?

I dont know if Singing in the Rain is canon but theres that kiss gif that got prrtty popular on tumblr where kathy kisses one of the guys then the other, so it looks canon? or at least implied canon?

Sense8 as some people have mentioned has 1 officially confirmed to be canon throuple, 1 that has a lot of hints to confirm but a lot of ppl see it as a gay couple w a very supportive friend ig and someone else said in general because of the plot u could kind of see the 8 of them as a big polycule, although that one isnt canon

HoneyWorks/Heroine Tarumono is one of those songs turned novel turned anime. i dont think its confirmed canon but theres a lot of stuff pointing to the possibility, you mightve see @non-fantasy telling me about them in a few asks. im obsessed and ive yet to watch anything

Penumbra Podcast: Second Citadel has Rilla/Sir Damien/Lord Arum, i also haven't listened to this one but a lot of people told me rilla and damien were in a pre-established relstionship, both got crushed on lord arum separately, talked about it and worked things out to now be a canon polycule

im She-Ra (netflix) theres a trio that is implied to be a polycule at the end, a lot of ppl called them canon in the notes but i dont personally ember it being confirmed? i am very forgetful tho. It's Rogelio/Kyle/Lonnie, unfortunately they lost the prelim round

I believe people submitted some others that were canon but im very forgetful so i cant remember right now

[commanderquinn]

a list of canon ways in which lillian hart is The Fucking Worst that cora coe deserves financial and emotional compensation for:

-the basis for the big divorce counseling mission is that cora's worried for her mother's safety. that means, before going on a deep cover operation with smugglers known to kill rangers, marines, or anyone else caught trying to interfere with their business, lillian didnt leave her daughter a heads up much less a lead. once the fuck again, this woman decided that her career was more important than her daughter's mental and emotional health. once the fuck again, this woman decided she could just disappear from cora's life and then come back out of the blue without consequence

-when you go to lillian's office to look for her at cora's request, the guy working the desk knows SAM well enough to know his name and give him shit like they've got a personal history, but he??? isnt sure about????? cora's name???? word for word, he looks at her and says "it's cora, right?" you're telling me that this woman doesn't talk about her kid enough for her fellow INVESTIAGATIVE rangers to be sure about her name??? are you SHITTING ME??????? get the fuck out of here. you cant push "ranger family values" and the close ties they have in one breath then claim she likes to keep a professional distance at work in the other. you wanna have the conversation about what fresh hell it is being a working mother in a position of power, lets go, ill have that conversation all day long. but lillian hart is not a fucking example of a working mother and im gonna be pretty fucking insulted for working mothers everywhere if i catch wind of ppl trying to pull that kind of defense card. the woman's an awful parent and should be held the fuck accountable for it. you wanna know how i know????

she doesn't say cora's name enough for the ranger watching the door to be confident in it, but he remembers alllll the stories of the captain her ex is cozying up to. and lillian is the one to confirm during the quest that she has been getting the stories from cora, so there's some clear "oh she already likes the stranger more than me." i know im reading into it because its fiction and none of these people are real, but ive also, y'know been in cora's shoes, so i can tell you from real life experience that shit does exist. idk if that was the writers INTENT, but it sure does a great job at reflecting a very sad reality

-sam points out its dumb that lillian wants to speed the ship, with her daughter on it, directly at the sydicate. idk abt y'all, but my ship was pretty dinky at that point bc i was focused on outposts, and we got ambushed by like 6 ship waves once we landed for that fight. again, i get it. game mechanics get a higher priority than realism. but this whole "we have to finish this because theres a chance you were spotted trying to rescue me" shit is so. nauseating. theres no demand to drop off cora somewhere safe, theres no "lets call in the cavalry." its this fucking egomaniac looking you dead in the eye and being like "i know i just traumatized the shit out of my kid but i need you to drive us into an ambush while she's still on board. hope you're a good shot because sam and i cant kill them ourselves." and so what that we did that????? YOURE TELLING ME IT WAS JUST THOSE SHIPS???? the rest of the organization is just going to LET IT GO???? like no fucking wonder sam sees himself as the better option even through all his fucking doubt. at least he knows when to turn the fuck around because shit is above his paygrade

-she has custody rights. she is a decorated and respected ranger. sam being a smuggler wasnt public knowledge, but point out one person in akila who wouldnt believe her in a heartbeat over it. everyone in town gives him nothing but shit, and they all side with his dad who was definitely no picnic to live with. im guessing big emotional detachment there, lotta interrogation and persecution rather than teaching and understanding. HELL, sam would probably own up to his past if lillian outed him for it, he's that type of idiot. at literally any point she could put in the effort to get legal council involved. if she's SOOOO by the law, whats the hold up there???? i agree the kid shouldnt be on my ship while im in the middle of a space fight. ive talked with sam about it, and im not even the kids parent (as of the personal quest). what the fuck are you doing about it lillian????????? oh thats right. we cant get lillian on the phone. whomp whomp.

-she made cora cry. hyper independent, "big girls dont cry" cora coe. multiple times. worse, she made cora cry because she made cora feel like she wasn't as important as lillian's career. i dont give a fuck what criminals are doing. i do not give a fuck. i give a fuck that that little pixel child got her heart broken and there isnt a dialogue for me to call out her mother for being a huge fucking cunt to her own daughter but theres a thousand and one options for me to tell sam he's parenting wrong. he is, and i have no problem using them when they're appropriate, but where the fuck are they for lillian??? why am i not allowed to tear this woman a new asshole at any point, but there's like 20+ extra dialogue options added to every single npc you have a persuade option with???? todd my head hurts and its your fault

-"im sure sam's told you all about me. go on. ask whatever you want." yet there is no option to ask what the fuck her problem is. so, clearly, i cannot, in fact, ask whatever i want.

-"but the looks i got from my fellow rangers reading alexander dumas... we do strange things for kids." yeah hart??? thats your standard????? THATS your idea of going out of your way for your kid??? literally how did sam fall for this woman oh my god i cant even listen to her speak without wanting to use the power of bitchhood i inherited from a long line of angry irish women to ridicule her to tears. maybe then she'll fucking understand how small she makes her fucking kid feel every time she turns a moment of bonding into a little "woe is me and my comfort zone oh how unfortunate i am to have a brilliant daughter that wants to connect with me through her greatest passion"

-she openly admits that she dumped the cargo sam was smuggling not because she felt any connection or sympathy or just didnt want to destroy someones chance at life in a capitalist society, but because he was a good pilot and she didnt want that talent to "go to waste" so she could recruit him. thats not really a thing against cora i just really fucking hate that and the picture it paints of her priorities as a human being

-"if we're going to be really honest here... back when we were a team... cora would follow you everywhere, like a little adoring dog. i... just fell out of it. long before we separated."

i literally. do not have words for how fucking disgusted i am by that line of dialogue. oh my fucking god. oh my fucking god. i. i TRULY would not even know where to start. the dog comparison makes me violently angry and if you'd given me a punch interrupt at that moment, i would have broken my keyboard punching the accept option

-go replay or watch a recording of that divorce counseling mission one more time. while you're doing it, imagine the roles reversed. imagine youre romancing a character thats a mother bringing cora into space, and the ranger standing in your cockpit asking to finish the mission is her father who took off to live at work once it was clear his little girl liked mommy better. imagine THAT while you listen to the (imo) out of fucking pocket dialogue where sam constantly praises lillian for being "a good ranger/woman." then you come back and tell me how comfortable you are with the concept of lillian hart as a character.

[syrips]

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hello my name is Syrips, im a super duper simp and simp/self-insert enabler for others who love strahd or any cos/ravenloft/fictional characters

im 28, but i sometimes say im thirty as a vague response because its easier and faster to say (or safer to say to strangers)

i think i am autistic but i am currently only self-diagnosed; i plan to tell my doctors once i compile a binder of reasons why i think im autistic based on noted events in my childhood, behavior, and my reflected perspective on things in pages of charts and text which is a totally neurotypical thing to do

im genderfluid and i am fine with any and all pronouns (different people may use different/changing/fluid pronouns on me, i am completely fine with this)

im polyamorous and pansexual/panromantic, i gush over games that have polyamory/pan options!!

i have huge CoS/Ravenloft spoilers so please, PLEASe do not enter unless you are fine with being spoiled with all kinds of content. i also wont explain what is or isnt 'canon' because, well, some things may be canon for one person, while potential/not-canon for another, so i really cannot confirm or deny it myself.. ask your DM for confirmation! (and for my players who are here, hehe, goodluck figuring it out!)

i do music, art, crafting, and streaming sometimes, here is my linktree: https://linktr.ee/syrips

please 'ask'/message/send me any and all of your curse of strahd and/or ravenloft works of art! this can include these and more!:

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i crave it more than strahd craves blood, please and thank you!

you can also send me stuff and let me know if you want me to gush/simp over it, provide advice, or simply acknowledge it (publicly or privately)! let me know in advance cuz i dont want to make you uncomfortable with what you share

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my Ask thingy is always open, i may ramble alot if i get passionate enough though so be warned! hehe

ok goodbye ill edit or change this whenever idk

Edit Entry 1 - 11th Moon, 2023

for context, keita/raze (he/him) is my irl partner. he's been a simp for alucard (castlevania) longer than i've begun simping for strahd. i only discovered this years into the relationship when we watched castlevania (where i expected to be a bigger simp for castlevania), and instead HE made high pitch simping noises as alucard appeared on the screen and i was like -sus eyes- wait a GOSH DARN MINUTE-. also, keita has a thing for necks. i shrugged it off when he first told me, but years later i started simping for strahd and now i look back at that moment like 'hm. odd.-'. anyways, i mostly started dating him because he sounds like a kermit the frog southern guy who goes 'howdy howdy' and he says 'i should be golden' unironically and i think thats pretty funny

i tag stuff as #making a keita tag so when keita presses this he can see all the stuff that he likes so that i can organize stuff and incase he ever decides to poke around my blog and use this tag search within my blog

Edit Entry 2 and 3 - 12th Moon, 2023

syrips OC/PC list (loosely alphabetical)

Other People's Adored OC/PC list (loosely alphabetical)

[cherryfennec]

You know your bad end au remind me of this other au call bad end friends au, which consist of cartoon characters being possessed or get mad with power, the most prominent characters there are bipper (gravity falls), ice prince Finn (adventure time) and beast! Wirt (over the garden wall)

note: the last one is not actually canon

I've only seen a speedpaint of these characters together so I somewhat recognise the title of the group. I thought it was just characters people put together in art not an au? I don't know, I wasn't really that interested back then in such things but I'm aware of their existence.

I will actually admit that when I originally realised I should call my paper mario au something I considered every option that didn't have bad end in the name first because I didn't want to seem like I ripped it off or was directly inspired by that, since that just isnt the case. Unfortunately I wasn't content with any of the options so I settled on Bad End AU which at least does the job.

[spaceagebachelorstan]

rating rtc ship names and giving my opinions on them because i can and im bored, except i just make some up and have still probably missed out most of the names. ten points to whoever guesses which ones i made up tho

quick note that my opinions of the ship will not affect my ratings of the ship name because that would be boring

mischa x talia

15/10 amazing canon for a reason talia is real in my eyes i dont accept any other option she is. real they are in love

i haven't actually seen any ship names for this one

mischa x noel

50/10 amazing showstopping they are so everything ever i love them so much they are. life itself

nischa - 7/10 - gets the job done, simple, a bit boring though, bonus points for the isch sound

passionfruit - 100/10 - its cute, its fun, it makes sense, good ship name and my personal favourite

bad romance - 9/10 - funny, it has some logic behind it, easily identifiable, not very common though

frenchrap - 6/10 - idk the syllables dont flow imo, points for how easily recognisable it is

mischa x talia and mischa x noel

17372737288/10 i am a firm believer in this ship noel talia besties real mischa has two hands im not even doing poly ships in this post and yet i still put this in because i love it so much noel x mischa x talia real

i also havent seen any ship names for this one

mischa x ricky

8/10 solid ship, its cute, its good, i quite like it. i dont ship it a lot but its nice, i'd read a fic about it and have read one fic about it in the past (there are actually criminally few fics of this ship). its definitely grown on me tbh

passionspace - 8/10 - a lot of syllables but they flow so im fine with that, rolls off my tongue nicely

spacerap - 8/10 - i like this one, its fun, its nice, its recognisable, nothing astounding but its good

spaceaccent - 7/10 - wordy, but its not bad. its nicely shaped if any of you get what i mean but that might just be the tism talking

shootingstar - 7.5/10 - i like ship names that are already established phrases, so this one gets points for that. needs a bit of thought but i like the alliteration

noel x ricky

8.5/10 its sweet, ive read a few fics on it and seen a few headcanons abt it, and i like it, its cute. they r so <3

starrypoet - 10000/10 - THIS IS THE CUTEST SHIP NAME IVE EVER HEARD OH MY GODDDD its so cute its everything my lord this ship name makes me so happy

frenchspace - 6/10 - eh. not much to it, a bit bland imo. points for recognisability

tragicspace - 9/10 - lovely, i like this one. it flows well in my brain

spacehooker - 8/10 - funny, to the point, makes sense. the only thing is it catches me off guard every time i think of the phrase spacehooker

penny/jane x ricky

10/10 literally perfect they are everything ever i love them so so canon they are so jajskskdk /pos

spacedolls - 100/10 - cute, fun, universally recognised, love itself

luckystar - 8/10 - cute, needs a bit of thinking but it makes sense once you figure it out, idk i just think its cute, minus points bcs it isnt spacedolls and spacedolls is so ingrained in my brain i see it as THE ship name

ive seen very few ship names bcs spacedolls is so universally beloved

ricky x ocean

1/10! i find it hard to ship ocean with men, but even if i look outside of that i still dont ship it tbh.

starstudent - 9/10 - good name, makes sense, its an already established word/phrase which i like in a ship name

gingercat - 7/10 - a little uninspired but wtv its alright.

seaspace - 6/10 - flows nicely, alliteration, ship can be worked out through context, bit ehhhh tho

mischa x ocean

6/10 once again i don't really ship ocean with men, but i do see the appeal tbh, pretty cute. very few ship names though

topcomment - 9/10 - this is cute, this is fun, it makes me smile when i see this ship name

oscha - 7/10 - it actually flows really well but i can only think of osha the health violations thing

mischa x constance

5/10 i have seen exactly one fic of this, it was pretty cute ngl. i dont think its finished yet tho. i am completely neutral on this ship. once again ive seen very few ship names

candyrapper - 10326262/10 - THIS IS SO CUTE OMG i love it sm. genuinely its so shhdhdhd /pos

sugarrap - 8/10 - pretty cute, i just think i like the word sugar tbh, double r gets it more points

coffeeshot - 6/10 - sounds okay but its too close to coffeeshop imo

ocean x constance

9/10 yes yes they are so yes i love them (post development). they are so cute i love them

blackrose - 10/10 - its cute its recognisable everybody gets what this is its so <3

saltwatertaffy - 7/10 - points for creativity but it has too many t's which gives it too many pauses

sweet n salty - 6/10 - fun but its more of a sentence and that puts me off

ocean x penny/jane

8/10 very cute i quite like this one ^^

gingersnaps - 7/10 - its reallt really cute but i havent been able to clock why snaps is there. like yeah janes neck but its not clicking in my brain so minus points

gingerdolls - 7/10 - cute, a little pop-y (idk how to explain it its got the. sounds) but nice

perfectdolls - 8/10 - pretty cute, too many constant sounds though

penny/jane x constance

7/10 its cute, i like it, very nice. ngl i just like the idea of development from constance being freaked out by her to accepting her and them falling in love, and i think they could bond over being unnoticed

sugardolls - 9/10 - cute, rolls off my tongue nicely, makes me feel all fuzzy

teaparty - 8/10 - cute! i didnt get this one at first tbh but then i saw an explanation and now i love this ship name

wooden dolls - 6/10 - had to have this one explained as well, don't really like it that much tbh

penny/jane x mischa

4/10 i don't ship this bcs i see them as siblings tbh, but other than that there isnt anything wrong with the ship

nestingdolls - 10/10 - this is the best one its cute its superior you cannot convince me otherwise

rapdolls - 7/10 - got a nice pop but the words feel a little disjointed imo

passiondolls - 7.5/10 - a lot of syllables but its pretty balanced overall

oddcomment - 7/10 - idk i think this one is nice

karnak x virgil

???/10 funny as a meme, ngl the roleplay accts have made me not hate this, established relationship i can deal but i dont think id read a fic on it. sidenotes rp accts my beloved if any of you are reading this u r great <3

electricity - 10/10 - the only ship name ive seen for this, funny, to the point, fits the ship, it does its job and there isnt any need for anything else

edit: I FORGOT RICKY X CONSTANCE ENTIRELY I AM SO SORRY

ricky x constance

4/10 i hold no opinions of this ship. i’ve seen nobody ship it tbh. i only remembered this one bcs i saw a comment about it somewhere and realised i had not, in fact, included them in this post. once again i am so sorry

sugarspace - 8.5/10 - its got alliteration, its got a nice balance, it has the word sugar in it. good name. i like it

catcafe - 7/10 - cute, i like it, but minus points because i don't like the fe sound.

sweetspace - 8/10 - similar to sugarspace, but half a point less bcs i prefer the word sugar

i think that's all of them, tell me if i missed any though (not including humanised cyclone ships)

edit: it appears i've missed some but i dont know which ships they're for. some of them i can guess but others im unsure of so here. if i've missed any more feel free to tell me and i'll add them to the bonus section

bonus section:

retroraps - 8/10 - nice alliteration, nice sounds, i like the singular t. it really brings this ship name together

sweetpassion - 9/10 - this one is good bcs it makes sense and its got two s sounds

perfectpassion - 8/10 - double p makes it pop /pos, the s and the emphasised e and the double p is >>

ragedolls - 9/10 - balanced, good sounds, recognisable. solid ship name

[vagueiish]

fuck i wish i could write. oliver just signed the deal with raphael (because he constantly feels like he's doing nothing to help the party or anyone and putting his soul on the line is the very least he could do, even though he helps everyone and also is like.... at max approval with the whole party and has finished or done the majority of everyone's personal quests)(he's trusting the emperor less and less, for Reasons, which i guess would involve more writing because it involves personal backstory shit, and he's already burned the bridge with gortash by crashing the party at the iron throne and saving wyll's dad, so his options to deal with the tadpoles are becoming fewer and fewer)(so. raphael it is. for now...?)

and astarion's basically just like 'well that was stupid, but what do i care, it's not *my* name on the contract lol' (even though oliver's apparently the first person he's truly cared for, bb, what are you doing? is this a 'id rather you hadn't, and i'm actually kind of upset but don't know how to deal and also you're a fuckin adult and made your choice, so what's the point in saying anything' moment or what, i am having trouble deciphering this right now)(and i know the dude is an ass, i dont expect him to be Nice, but your honor, theyre in love. and he did sound kind of pissed about it! or irritated/sarcastic??? but! how did he mean it? my brain is not cooperating, i hate this, lmao, i wish there was a follow up convo or something so i could pin down this fuckin plot bunny)

(and i mean. this is deviating into headcanon/oliver as tav specific territory, and is me trying to figure out how it'd figure into the thing i'd wind up writing for this if i do, and again, astarion is an ass and all that, maybe not the most emotionally mature dude in the realms to put it mildly, but he'd know, right? eventually, at least??? that he fucked up saying that? that however he actually meant it, it's going to sound very much like 'i don't actually care about you' to the first person he professes to actually care about?)(and in terms of oliver's canon timeline, i think he signs well after his own 'personal quest' would have occurred. so astarion would know about oliver's mother and all that baggage. not that he'd necessarily know what do to with it, but he'd probably have heard her be all 'yeah, i never actually cared for or wanted you, soo....')(which is an oversimplification and the whole situation is quite complicated, but. that's the gist he gets, so anyway...)

and then karlach. my love. the bestest of girls, she's angry and insisting on going to avernus one last time to save oliver's fucking soul because she's awesome and also because he's her friend and, tangent, i wish there was an option at all times to hug her, whether as a friend or lover. she deserves all the hugs, romantical or platonic or whatever, fuck, i want to hug karlach so fucking bad

and there is something *there* with all of this because oliver, sweet and sad and self-loathing, wouldn't have any of her help. he'd want her to let it go. gently, at first, but of course she doesn't, so then he gets pissed. because this is his decision. because it's not her name or anyone else's on the dotted line, so why the fuck does she care? (hm. sounds familiar.......) let it go. let him help for once, not be a burden on the party for *once* (as if he hasn't spent the whole adventure bending over backwards not just for our merry band of adventurers, but everyone he's come across)(because it's not enough, never enough, it'll never be enough to make up for being him) he isn't worth the trip to avernus, isnt worth her forcing herself to face that place again. and he's rarely loud or angry but he's both now, the exhaustion and frustration and uncertainty and fear re: the future that he's been trying to ignore pouring our of him, horribly misdirected at probably his best friend in the whole group, so of course the rest of the party is going to hear it and it's just.... there is something here, i feel it in me bones

(also. tangentially related, but didn't raphael imply that fucking up the contract would fuck over the whole group and not just whomstever is signing it? said something about hanging you and your friends from meathooks while watching the world burn??? so either he's full of shit or the contract actually fucks over everyone if broken, which..... oliver as tav would not have signed if breaking it affected anyone else, so this might all be moot. i dunno. just rambling)

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3-5 ESSENTIAL RULES PEOPLE HAVE TO RESPECT

don’t force me to write - asking if i replied to anything a week or so after is fine, but do not come asking me the second you hit post “hey danny have you replied”

be respectful of me and my boundaries

if you find im doing something wrong, please let me know.

please let me know how i can accomodate you with my writing: i typically get a good idea from people’s rules and own writing styles about it, but if you find yourself struggling to reply to our threads because i write in second person, i urge you to let me know! we’re here for fun, after all, and i want you to have fun too

do not follow me if you’re a map/zooph*le/lol!sho/prosh*pper/racist/anti-lgbt+/god knows what else. this is nonnegotiable. i do not even want to see you in my notes. ill demolish you.

3-5 IMPORTANT PET PEEVES TO KEEP IN MIND

if you use fancy text not within tumblr’s own post editor. i struggle with reading text if it’s too cursive in tumblr’s textposts bc tumblr’s dash themes, cool as they are, can make it really hard to read and i don’t wanna have to use a screen reader or copy-paste text into discord just to be able to read

being corrected on the lore of stardew valley - i do a lot of worldbuilding and toy around with a lot of stuff stretching the lore out. if you yourself are canon-compliant, i will be more than happy to apply that to OUR threads, but i will not change my worldbuilding just because “danny why don’t you like ginger island why isnt it included in your worldbuilding :(”

idk i dont have many pet peeves

2-5 THINGS THAT WILL LEAD TO INSTANT (SOFT)BLOCKING

if you make jokes about monika’s mental health in particular or their past. it’s not your place to unless i give

2-5 THINGS THAT LEAD ME TO UNFOLLOW / SOFTBLOCK A MUTUAL / SOMEONE I INTERACT WITH

ive literally softblocked people over my bf having issues w them. for the most part i don’t block/softblock people out of my own volition unless i see callouts abt them bc, like i said, i use it as i see fit

i softblocked someone for siding with a guy who abused me?

idk i typically just block if the vibes r rancid but thankfully that hasnt happened in a long time lol

2-5 REASON YOU DON'T FOLLOW (BACK) SOMEONE

if i don’t know the media your muse is from (this is only really applied to singlemuse blogs)

typically i wont follow back if i had issues with you before while i had my old names

if you are under age

if i just get the vibes our muses wont click

[exocynraku]

Uhh used to have an au where Pinestar took Tigerkit when he left (ig he told Sunfall he was leaving and stole Tigerkit in the night?)

Anyways, Tiger, ends up like a father figur to Rusty, and leaves to join the clan with him. Bluestar and some of the other cats recognize Tiger, so that gives him and Firepaw more credibility. Also Tiger keeps Dustpaw and Sandpaw from bullying too much.

I had him still turn evil in the au, but honestly that's optional

this is awesome!! i made a similar au recently ! this ones cool tho.. hmm i think i mightve gotten some of these events out of order but whatever itll still make some sense i hope - pinestar taught tigerkit to be more chill and kind than evil and mean like he is canonically -tiger pushes this onto rusty who is less brave and more chill - i think tiger should stay not evil sooo darkstripe and brokenstar r the big bad guys - tiger becomes tigerpride, firepaw is still firepaw and gets apprentices to tigerpride - ravenpaw is apprenticed 2 darkstripe . darkstripe kills redtail but notices ravenpaw and tries to kill him with poison . dark hears some1 coming so he runs away be4 who ever this is finds him - the cat who finds raven is whitestorm, who went out to look 4 darks patrol cuz hes taking a while to beat up those riverclan cats - spottedleaf notices raven was poisoned so shes a little suspicious of dark -ravenpaw still goes to live with barley - brokenstar still drives out windclan, spotted still gets bonked by clawface. - firepaw -> fireheart - yellowfang joins. cinderpaw still gets bonked by the car - fireheart and greystripe bring back windclan like normal - swiftpaw and brightpaw live. they still go out to fight the dogs tho, which was planned by darkstripe. they live because tigerpride, fireheart and longtail save them. - swift and bright r still very injured (brightpaw got the face injury, swiftpaw got one of his legs bitten off) but theyre alive. bluestars not nuts anymore so they dont get bad names. after they are healed, bluestar names them swiftspine and brightgaze. - brindleface dies, runningwind lives, gorsepaw lives. - darktries to kill brackenpaw with poison (sorrelkit style). tiger catches him. darkstripe is exiled and makes a little band of bad guys with a bunch of shadowclan cats and rouges - darkstripe announces himself as shadowclans new leader (darkstar) - uhhh lionheart died at some point tigerpride is the new deputy - darkstar schemes with riverclan and bloodclan -bluestar dies with fireheart, tigerpride and her kits by her side -tigerprides goes 2 moonstone and gets his 9 lives - stonefur almost gets killed by blackfoot but lives (barely). - pretty much the same thing happened with the battle agaist bloodclan but replace tigerstar with darkstar - after tigerstar dies much later on and firestar becomes leader. bramblestar never becomes leader in this au because i dont like him. other stuff: - tawnypaw stays. shes named tawnycall and bramblepaw is named bramblespike. - gorsepaw lives like i said and is named gorseheart. after tallstars death he leads windclan instead of onestar - tigerstar has secret kits with sasha. he wants to keep them but knows itll proooobably be too obvious if he keeps them cuz hawkkit looks so much like him. he gives them to riverclan and greypool takes care of them (stonefur is a brother figure to hawk and moth) hawk isnt evil, but moth still becomes a med cat for reasons unknown. she just felt like it . - leafpool still has kits but trusts tigerstar enough that she asks if she can tell the clan the truth, but hand them to another queen to be raised. he agrees - squilf doesnt have kits with bramble. she still has her kits but with another cat (idk who it would be). dandelionkit and juniperkit live. this is really long im SO SORRY you just gave me many ideas

[surpriserose]

has anyone asked for a live action part 7 yet?

HELLO HI NO THEY HAVENT AND I AM FINALLY GETTING TO THIS UNDER THE CUT <3

Johnny is evan peters i casted evan as someone else at some point i know but listen hes got the perfect babyface for johnny and he cries so so much on American horror story and the tumblr girls will love him they will say he has so much gay energy despite being so so SO straight. Gyjo only has chemistry here as like...residue from canon

Gyro...can i...can i cast bo burnham as gyro like he does a lot of acting and hes a comedian and also i dont really like him and i dont think it fits at all so <3 i think gyros still italian they just dont care enough to make bo burnham do an accent...also he just kind of looks bored the whole time he cant pull off gyros jokes let alone his serious and asshole moments

Hot pants im so sorry they have to be hailee steinfeld because i hate her so much she is taking so many wlw roles despite going to hillsong it makes me soooo mad im so normal <3 so she might as well try and fail to play a nonbinary icon too <3 i was going to make gyro a woman because even Hollywood executives can't deny gyjos chemistry and have female gyros plot be about ooooh im disguising myself as a man because women are oppressed and im gonna take my helmet off and show off my beautiful blonde hair when i win for #girlpower instead of marco and stuff but then i realized theyll just do that with hot pants so they can keep the brokeback mountain jokes. Everyone talks about how progressive this is

Diego has to be whoever the hottest bri'ish guy is right now WAIT kit harrington is not the new hot bri'ish dude right now but he used to be and he was never very good at acting outside of game of thrones where he just kind of had to look miserable which was easy because it was game of thrones. He cannot be anywhere near as fun as canon diego he says puns like he wants to die and never smiles

Lucy is millie Bobby brown because like thats the only young actress i really know anymore im sorry 😭 i think she can pull it off i mean lucy is a good character and shes a good actress....but that doesnt matter they've aged lucy up to 18 so she can be johnnys love interest and thats kind of all she is because gyro isnt an option obviously our cowboys cant be gay and dinopants is canon here and rina doesnt exist :( also lucy is definitely a major damsel in distress the whole time but Shes still marketed as a strong female character

Funny valentine....im gonna be self indulgent here i really liked knives out and i want to see Daniel craig doing a terrible southern accent again <3 i dont think they direct him to do that he just does it because he wants to <3 also hes the right age range so <3 i think he would appreciate being a villain just like...wish it was any other villain king

Pocoloco is not a main character BUT he gets to be here because i was stuck by inspiration....hes played by kevin hart So they greatly expand his role even though kevin hart is just playing himself

Other notes

Everyone lives and they have an epilogue where you see johnny and lucys, hot pants and diegos, and gyro and some original character ladys kids playing in their respective lawns or something

Hot pants is probably named something like harriet now but like they have someone catcall her and call her hot pants and she stands up for herself its a real #girlpower moment

The horses are cgi since animal handlers probably have a union

There has to be a dream sequence where slow dancer and valkyrie start talking to johnny and gyro i know it and i know its got adult cartoon humor and animation...one of them is voiced by john mulaney

Johnnys disability is handled way worse than canon

Jesus is here so its not a netflix production its a pureflix production

Add your own <3

[subwaybrothers]

ok. ok ok ok ok.

So the list of characters that could be The Ghost from ghosts of memory au:

Melli

Irida

Adaman

lian

Volo

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Melli:

He was at LEAST close acquaintances w Ingo. He knows this guy. He was also the most physically close to Ingo which means out of all of the Hisui ghost options, they were probably the most familiar with each other

A lot of his interactions with Ingo were probably full of misunderstandings on his side [ingo uses a lot of modern language, plus he just. doesn’t communicate in a way that Melli recognizes] so theres a wonderful whole thing when Melli with the twins and he just. recognizes that way of being friendly, and when he puts it all together hes like hit with just this feeling of absolute fondness. because he GETS it now. all his interactions w adult ingo have been shed with new light and he GETS it now.

He may think of it as a reward for learning. A test even, maybe? He’s grown as a person since he was last able to interact with others, and now he can share his wisdom, share what he’s learned with children. This time he’s not watching from behind a wall anymore. This time he’s in the picture.

Irida:

This isnt an Ingo centric fic. as it happens. so Melli getting the focus just because of his connection with Ingo simply Is Not Fair. And so, I introduce Clan Leader Irida.

She meets Elesa first, and sees a weird little girl in a forest, with only her pokemon by her side. She has burns on her fingers, and Irida has seen a lot of things. She refuses to assume, but there are many reasons that she could be alone, why she has no shoes on her feet, why she could be hurt. Irida has been a weird little girl. She won’t let this one be harmed [To be clear. lol. Elesa is not being abused, she simply plays with wires when she’s bored and keeps getting sparks on her fingers.]

She knows Ingo. She knows him. The name is such a shock she cannot help her curiosity when they ask to meet her in the forest behind the town again. [He looks nothing like how he once would. He wears not his hat nor his coat, and his small face lacks the wrinkles she had gotten used to by the time he disappeared. At this time, she wouldn’t recognize him, but one day, she would, and she would weep for the knowledge that she would lose him again.]

Emmet is someone she feels no kinship towards. She knows Ingo [or at the very least, feels distinctly as though she does], and Elesa reminds her of herself. Emmet’s complete uniqueness to her is refreshing. She enjoys his company, and the way he has really no relation to others she knew.

Adaman:

He already has a weird little sister, let him have another & two weird little brothers

He does know ingo! he knows what he looks like, he knows all the stories but he doesn’t know HIM. it’s so easy for adaman specifically to write off all of it as a coincidence because he doesnt know ingo. but he does. slowly, slowly he DOES. he will learn

I just like him. so he deserves a spot

Lian:

He got voted onto the list by @dittolicous so!!

He was a child when Ingo was there so ummmm how the turns have tabled lol

He would have had a reason to be in Unova under the impression that the cowboy gym leader is his decendant

Volo:

History guy watches himself & his time become history

could totally meet cynthia

would be funny under a certain hc [that is sort of implied in canon?]

would allow me to have him meet our immortal bestie cogita again

cogita is part of this. shes here. she makes it so the kids can see ghosts

it would be really funny

he gets absolutely no wisdom from his dead years he is exactly the same as before

it would get rid of all the sad fun things thag make this story good but it would be so funny

[bigboobyhalo]

Hot take c!techno is a bitchboy and either tubbo, bad, or quackity should be allowed to girlboss him off his high horse ❤

FACTS FACTS FACTS i agree very much. i think c!techno is an incredible character, an cc!techno does an incredible job at writing him and making him consistent and believable. the only thing is that hes consistently and believably a hypocrite.

“the only universal language is violence” he says, but he gets upset when quackity and tubbo speak it. 

“tommy betrayed and used me” he says as he teams up with tommys abuser to destroy tommys home.

 “the syndicate isnt a government, not every group of people is a government” he says, while calling the eggpire, which is clearly a cult, a government simply for having empire as a part of its name

“you called me the blade and reduced me to a weapon” he says, while reducing tubbo to nothing but a symbol of government.

 “tubbo is a dictator” he says, despite tubbo wanting to hold a fair election, despite tubbo not even getting the position of his own free will, despite tubbos flaw as a president being stated repeatedly to be his lack of power, despite the fact the tubbo was just a puppet for dream, who really held all of the power over lmanburg, who was the real dictator. dream, who techno allied with.

basically, you are so right. tubbo, bad, and quackity are the three best options for being the ones to knock techno down a peg

tubbo because techno publicly executed him and reduced his home to bedrock, all while calling him a government and a dictator and hurting the ones he loves

quackity because techno killed him and blinded him in one eye and reduced his home to bedrock as well. quackity is very weak and poor at pvp, but hes incredible with his words, a skill techno lacks. seeing techno have to partake in a battle of words against quackity and lose would be so interesting to see

bad because... okay. bad hasnt had a big impact on technos story but... bad deserves this. techno came to the egg and then mocked bad and his ideals mercilessly and made bad look like a pathetic excuse for a villain. bad needs an opportunity to show the smp and its viewers just how powerful the egg is! because the eggs super fucking powerful, its a supernatural entity with mind controlling powers!!! if bad, say, took one of technos canon lives (please bad please for the love of god do it kill his ass) it would really show everyone that the egg is a serious threat that isnt to be taken lightly!!!

anyway WOW this got long but basically none of these flaws are to do with how c!techno is written, hes an amazingly executed character, its more of a problem with how c!techno, in universe, is just a very hypocritical and kind of shitty person and how people in the fandom tend to try and argue that he isnt and justify his hypocrisy

[antiloreolympus]

10 Anti LO Asks

1. Are death gods like a class lower than Olympian gods? Minthe says that Hades can buy all the suits in the world and still stink of death and Apollo refers to Thanatos as Poor Man’s Heremes and also reeks of death. Do they smell bad, or do people just hate them for existing? You’d think they’d be a little more fear controlling death/underworld

2. for the person saying "come on, persephone being a self insert isn't bad" completely misses the point.  As a young writer I used to have self inserts until I realized that my favoritism overshadowed the narrative and didn't allow for my characters to experience consequences or be in the wrong.  This is how creator's pets get made, and no one likes those because they ruin the story and take away attention from other (more interesting) characters!  (1/2) 

We are clearly seeing this in LO.  Persephone is essentially a perfect little goddess who keeps getting powers, is probably going to be revealed as one of the strongest goddesses, and her issues (sans the two giant ones we know what it is) almost never personally affect her.  No one gets angry at her in a meaningful way unless the narrative wants us to demonize them, and when they suddenly "see the light" and go to her side, they're rewarded!  THAT'S why persephone as a S.I is bad

3. Ok. I think Daphene and Thanatos are the best ship. I would read this story...also,Thanatos is the grim reaper...how metal would be if he take down LO Apollo and LO Hades? Yes, I'm aware this would be impossible in the.original myths but HEY why not? RS is not caring for the source material

4. RS’s writing is such a mess of contradictions between actuality and intent it’s hilarious: 1) Hades is supposed to be seen as a good guy yet is portrayed as a tyrant who somehow still manages to be a Gary Stu. 2) Persephone is simultaneously overpowered (fertility goddess powers) and powerless (is just a college kid) to the point where she’s viewed as a spoiled rich brat living consequence-free and destitute young woman left with no options but to marry to get out of trouble 

3) Artemis is supposed to represent a separatist feminist yet is depicted as foolish, British and out of the loop for humorous effect by the poss poor excuse of a comic which calls itself ‘a feminist feeling’. 4) The lack of time skips coupled with RS’s need to give HxP as many ‘cute’ moments as possible makes the comic’s progress feel slow for the reader when it’s actually progressing at breakneck speed if you go by the character’s timeframe. 

5) Wants to treat SA with nuance and sensitivity (RS almost manages to do it at first) but then uses Persephone’s rape as trauma porn, a means for pushing her closer to Hades while reminding the reader of his differences from Apollo and a means of furthering the side plots (Artemis’s descent into depressed confusion, Eros and Psyche’s romance, Hera’s quest to get the mains together).

5. i genuinely do not want to see whatever reason rachel thinks up to have zeus and demeter not like each other because it's either going to be a "shock" incest twist (unlikely) or it's going to be something akin to how she made apollo to persephone and maybe zeus stole her "fertility" and thats why she couldnt have persephone naturally and why demeter isnt a fertility goddess but persephone is. like no writing choice is good in this so i guess brace for the worst from her in this regard.

6. i honestly get sad looking at old LO art because not only is all the charm gone, but the colors also got way worse. hades used to be this subdued, rich dark blue with icy blue hair while persephone was a nice shade of pastel pink with magenta hair, but now theyre all one shade of neon. there used to be choices put into the art but now its just lazy. like hades looks like a blue highlighter, and persephone like her personality is only one nauseatingly bright shade and thats it 😞

7. i feel like if at least the writing in LO was good the art would excusable, you know what i mean? and the same can be said in reverse, but both are just so bad (or was never good to begin with) that it just seems inexcusable? like at least put effort into one, not half assing at best for both.

8. i mean for all we know bc thats how how psyche normally looks the braids are just a nymph disguise that basically pops away once shes human looking again. regardless the whole thing is nasty once you think about it and idk what we expected from a white woman to begin with. she thinks persephone revolving her whole world and being dependent on hades is feminist and making a canon bi god a r//pist is groundbreaking too like ....

9. lets add to the psyche is black-coded discourse: anyone want to mention how nasty it is she was literally sold off to a WHITE MAN for eros to save her from (ignoring the fact he proceeded to lie to her while having a sexual relationship), made her loving parents into abusive assholes, and psyche just happens to be the only character who is illiterate despite being a princess? the whole thing reeks of internalized racism on rachel's part, and her now giving her braids kinda makes it worse, tbh. 

-----FP Spoilers-----

10. Is it me? Or in the fast past episode were they showed one of the muses Polymnia (or Polyhymnia)  they mixed her with Clio??? Because Zeus calls her "the goddess/muse of history" but Polymnia is acutally the muse of hymns, CLIO is the muse of history, how did they get that wrong? Her name literally means "a lot of hymns"! And why is there a muse in this??? Even she says that she shouldn't be there because she doesn't work in anything similar to law, did Zeus really asked her to make a POEM in a TRAIAL??? For what exactly? Make Persephone look bad?

[bakugoukatsuki-rising]

I'm. The new covers, op. The new covers. Gosh. Both of them hold so much symbolism. And technically they both are canon, they are both original ideas that could perfectly be valid. Horikoshi simply found something better. But anyways, I'm going to go ahead and ramble about it because Im- Op, prepare for a long ask! Hope you like it!

So!

On the one where Katsuki's the one in the picture, he's not on his knees like he is in the other two covers. Instead, he has his face down, body forward, one hand on one leg, the other one holding out for something...He's bowing. Bowing in Japanese culture is a pretty big deal. Hes not just tilting his head a bit, his head and body are on full on commitment.

Such a tilted bow means a LOT, specially from THIS guy, Mr dont let anyone walk in front of me. Even more when hes not just bowing, but accepting such an open display of given help, Mr shonen anime lone wolf. Accepting something he always has trouble admitting to. Accepting the past, accepting the wrongs. Accepting Izukus help means so much, and that's what these three covers have in common.

His hand is sctretching out. He's ready to say yes to that hand out in the air.

(Ps. I wonder if he's watching his own reflection on the water in this panel, as well?)

Hes in middle of the picture with those childhood friend at the back, which means audience. It means letting people see what hes done, what he's sorry for. He is being open and exposed and vulnerable. That's no fighting stance.

Remember guys, in case you haven't noticed before, Horikoshi puts lots of metaphorical value in his manga and on his covers. Sometimes you've got to dig in deep and think to get the bigger picture. And in this case, the bigger picture screams regret and wanting to make things right from the start.

This cover occurs in the past, at the moment where everything started, and Katsuki fully remembers this. Katwuki has thought of this, is thinking about this. He's had eye bags for gods sake, he's clearly troubled by all of what it means.

These three covers are the visual explanation of what's going on inside Katsuki's head, because this is clearly focused on him and his perspective.

(Ps. Rivers symbolise the massage of time. If that doesnt add to everything else, I dont know what to tell you.)

So! Next!

Wow, if this isnt one of my favourite things ever. Okay. Christ.

I have two options here. Scratch that, three options. Scream into the void, scream into this post, or actually make a good presentation of my inner turmoil. I'll have to go by the third option. (Haha. Just like horikoshi did. Dont # me, I'm funny in my head.)

This cover melted my insides, froze them all over, and hit me with them like a hammer.

I know they're kids, but let me get this straight-so kids seriously look at their friends with these looks in their eyes and think "ah, yes. This is my very good friend. This gentle smile and kind look I'm giving him as if he was my whole world? Well, hes just a very good friend."

I looked at my childhood crush this way, I dont know what to tell you.

Anyway, let's actually jump to the information at hand.

This panel seems like it's making a reference to what Katsuki wishes could have been. And if that's not absolutely soul-crushing...this cover is Katsuki's feelings, guys. These are probably his very thoughts. This scene has gone through Katsuki's head at some point.

We've got Izuku in his stuck up pose all over again, in just an awkward angle. It's like katsuki isnt looking AT this katsuki right now, but at the spot where the actual past Katsuki, at some point, was. As if this Isuku is frozen in time. Dont believe too much in this paragraph, I still have my doubts about that, but I feel it's a possibility. Izukus eyes seem to be focused on the water, while Katsuki is just the tiniest bit back, reaching for Izukus hand. And gosh.

I dont think I've ever seen older NOR child Katsuki have this look plasted into his face before. He's...sheepish. Kindly, awkwardly sheepish. No hate, no anger, no shame, no nothing. His face is clear and sweet and has this "Whoops. You got me. But thanks." kind of expression on.

The hand behind his head, just the tiniest but embarassed? That little smile? It's all so soft.

Rambling about softness though- I really liked the hand scene in this particular panel. If you close up your view, you realise that theres no effort to pull anyone out of nowhere. In this panel, they are simply holding hands in frozen time for no purpose at all.

Katsuki has his hand around Izuku...simply holding there.

Again, because the angle is awkward, it's kind of messy, but you get the point.

It's all simply beautiful. Horikoshi clean likes give me life.

And lastly. The actual cover.

I screeched so hard when I saw this. My first instinct when seeing this for the first time was to straight up go trigger happy fingers and write about it to my friends. Christ.

Everything is so...SOft. horikoshi made a good decision by mixing both previous drawings in one. We have parts of the two covers in one, which is amazing. In this one, Katsuki isnt alone, as Izuku's there too. But we dont have the audience either. Probably because the main focus on this panel is no one else except them two.

Again, Katsuki looks like he's bowing, but instead of looking all the way down, he's in the middle. Not looking at Izuku nor looking at the ground, like it shows in the previous covers. Instead, Horikoshi found a middle ground. He's looking at his hand. At the gesture.

Hes not holding hands quite yet, but his hand is there. At arms reach. Not close enough but there. Wanting.

Theres so much regret and again, softness.

Again, like you Op said a bit bad, the angle is off here. This is present Katsuki remembering his past. The angle is off because this Izuku isnt holding out for our Katsuki. This is a memory. A wish. Katsuki's wish.

(Ps. Izukus trousers drenched in the rivers water. This detail was so nice. It's a subtle action that describes Izukus characterization so much. Izuku went in the river with Katsuki in mind, not caring if he got his clothes soaked in the process too. For Izuku, only Katsuki was there. And for Katsuki, only Izuku is.

As a plus, I can't believe the cover of this is literally called Bakugou Katsuki rising. They named the entire thing after that one chapter. Actually, I very much, totally believe it. It's the moment so many people have been waiting for, after all. The moment so many scenes have been amounting for, little by little.

*dreamy sigh*

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this little thing, I had to get it out of my system and dont want to bother my dear friends anymore than needed.

Have a good day, OP! I'll stay updated!

You kinda just...took my heart and curb stomped it, not gonna lie. Your observations are so beautiful and so accurate. The sketch with little Bakugou taking Izuku’s hand is so...raw, and yeah, that expression is definitely one of love. Those eyes, the way he is HOLDING Izuku’s hand, not TAKING it. He isn’t taking it to stand up, he is literally just...holding it. 

That isn’t the way you take someone’s hand when you’re trying to pull yourself up. It’s an awkward angle and just...wouldn’t work right. No, he is literally just holding his hand, and that’s exactly what Bakugou wishes he did all that time ago. He wishes that he not only took Deku’s hand, but held onto it. Held it as if it were something precious, something to be cared for and protected. 

These are Bakugou’s true feelings expressed in these drawings, and I think Horikoshi released them on purpose, to show us more of what he wanted Bakugou to be feelings through all of this. Since after all, we know that Bakugou expresses himself in action, not so much words. And because Horikoshi is an absolute genius, he thought to give us these other glimpses in how he feels through these actions. 

And the other sketch with him bowing his body to Izuku, and the way the log looks like it’s on his back with his ‘friends’ on top of it. 

The pressure of needing to be the coolest, the strongest, the best. Those kids put that kind of pressure on him, even if they never realized it. They encouraged his behavior and fed his ego, and it never allowed him to see how he was wrong. But now he is realizing it, and he is bowing himself in light of that acknowledgement. He is lowering his head and putting his pride away, so he can get back what he lost all those years ago; the opportunity to take Izuku’s hand.

To take the hand of the only one of those kids that ever loved him unconditionally. Who never pressured him or expected him to be invincible. Who saw all of his flaws and was completely prepared to support him despite all of it. The only one. 

I’m just a mess over all of this, and I am so incredibly thankful to Horikoshi for creating this beautiful relationship. AND IN A SHOUNEN MANGA, NONETHELESS!!  

Thank you friend, for your beautiful thoughts. I think they’re spot on, and I am so emotional all over again because of this. 

[probably-haven]

(Maple) Good luck on your midterms!! >;DD And yes Qiqi is lovely. I wonder, do you have any thoughts regarding Xiao's backstory, while we're on the idea of adepti? It's been one of those things I want the game to explore on but they never do :')

Thanks for the luck! I'mma need it lol. XD

Also as for Xiao's backstory, it's not something I actually think about the specifics of all that much. There's a reason for that though!

I do have a number of thoughts about it outside the realm of "specifically what it might have been like" though

Starting out with some random vagueness, as per usual!

In full honesty? I'm actually kinda really glad that the game didn't give us all that many specifics of what happened to Xiao in his past. It's referred to a number of times and we are shown a number of things that imply just how bad and drastic his backstory was but beyond those vague references and the minimal bits of concrete information we’re given, it’s kind of just left at that. 

And I’m all in favor of getting more angst and lore within the game’s canon in most cases- But with Xiao I just really like how little information we have on what happened to him. Like of course inconsequential technical details would be entertaining like which element of yaksha is named what or something, but in my judgement its probably better that they avoiding exploring all that much deeper into the substance of it. 

now let me explain a bit-

First off, this kind of thing is actually a pretty common technique in a lot of writing(i think it’s most common or comparable to either gothic literature). Of course in the context of those types of writings it’s more to create uncertainty than anything, but the idea still stands! Lets use a bit of a small scale exageratted example 

In a story it’s like the comparison between saying “shawtie put deadly poison in the wine” and “the wine tasted funny.” In the second one you still get that there’s something bad about/wrong with the wine but you don’t know what- it could just be bad wine, it could be something that was put in it, but what? and that leaves you mind to wander possibilities. Worst case scenario it could be lethal, but it could also be a number of other things. And if it isnt lethal and whoever poisoned the line chose to make it nonlethal instead- then without knowing for sure, is deadly poison really the worst option?

It opens up the entire thing to personal interpretation and the human imagination is a terrifying thing. See, Mihoyo could come out and give us more information on what Xiao had to go through, and of course it would be tragic and painful and the angst would be intense- but they didn’t give us the information, they left it up to our own minds to fill in the blanks, and this is what you get as a result- Everyone could potentially have a completely different interpretation of who Xiao was before everything happened, or who the God that enslaved him was, or what happened to him during that time or after wards and yes, this creates a lot of conflicting theories but here’s the thing! Each person’s idea of Xiao’s backstory will reflect their own personalized perception of the ‘worst possible scenario’ for a person like him. 

And it might not even be a specific thing, just the knowledge that it is the worst possible scenario is enough. We know so little about Xiao’s backstory atm, we have a few key event and people and tasks/actions within the like 2000ish years he was alive. All we know is that the time between was bad. How bad? at the moment, we don’t know. Our comprehension of his past is completely unbound to concrete events. And in a supernatural world such as this? See, if Mihoyo were to give any conclusive information on his backstory, i feel like it would really just serve to put a limit on or weigh down the currently near-limitless range of incomprehensibility that it carries now.

I’m not sure if i conveyed it well, but oh well

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secondly! I really like the meanings behind it- because i feel like it kind of models Xiao a bit how little we know- to someone who lived that as daily life I imagine it would eventually blur together and lose significance. And if Xiao no longer remembers who he was before everything happened, then us learning about it would contrast with the idea of “as long as i remember.” Say Mihoyo went and said Xiao was this really happy innocent kid before everything- i feel like it wouldn’t carry nearly as much substance as our current information where Xiao has no idea what he was- if he was anything before the things he went through- and we don’t know either. 

I mentioned in a post awhile back how i feel like a lot of Xiao’s character revolves around him perceiving himself as being equitable to a weapon. So beyond the honoring of his friends, i really don’t feel like he would feel he is capable of or allowed to dwell on bad memories, as it would only serve to interfere with his duty now. 

I just- feel like its really nice how the information we have on Xiao kind of models his own mindset and outlook on things- and whose to say even Xiao remembers it either. 

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lol, this wasn’t really a lot of theory, more analysis but I kind of like to look at Xiao’s backstory as the kind of thing that couldn’t fully be processed through mortal thought. 

it just seems like a vibe- kinda like the karma- it’s just not something the human mind is capable of understanding the full weight of

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not sure if this really counts since i didn’t explore it much- just explained why i don’t explore it, but hey. if you look up traits of like- gothic literature or dark romanticism literature- it expands more on the impact of unknown elements on these kind of things- so- im not sure how to end this so yeet