#they made a bop

[churroland]

IMAGINATION IMAGINATION A DREAM CAN BE A DREAM COME TRUE WITH JUST THAT SPARK FROM ME AND YOU

[egophiliac]

Do yoy like their silly little dance

the inside of my brain at any given moment:

[sillylittleguyinatrenchcoat]

IN HONOUR OF CAT DROPPING here’s a compilation of some old kazui memes bc i’m too lazy to make more <3 i love one man!!!!

[necrotic-nephilim]

there is not enough femslash in batcest circles. the girls deserve to be just as weird about each other as the boys are. if BruDick gets to be weird father/son/brothers/lovers/friends/rivals/soulmates then it is only fair that Babs/Cass get to be mother/daughter/sisters/lovers too. Something about that deep intrinsic but undefinable love that is born out of trauma, especially if you consider Cass not knowing what healthy love looks like in the first place. i think it's fun and deserves just as much fandom content.

besides that, you can get even more niche with rarepairs like Helena/Steph. Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma is already a fantastic comic and even though it's their only real canon interaction it has so much potential. very comparable to TimJay in how Helena tries to get Steph to understand her morals and the corruption you could play with it.

batman: huntress/spoiler: blunt trauma (1998)

that comic also highlights on how both Steph and Helena are outcasts of the Batfamily and don't have the approval of Bruce to be doing what they do in "his city". I think there's so much Potential in Helena taking Steph under her wing because Bruce won't let her in and it becomes a weird codependent toxic sapphic mess. I think the protectiveness Helena feels over Steph from the get-go is so clear and the way she wants to look out for Steph, wants to make sure Steph understands the real world? I love them. Helena should be allowed to steal Steph, actually. I think it'd be fun.

there are a lot of other possibilities too like Babs/Steph or even getting weird with Helena Bertinelli/Helena Wayne and the existential question of "is it selfcest or not." But these two specifically live in my head rent-free, especially Helena/Steph and one day I'll convince everyone else to ship it too.

[froghwon]

you can be anything ♥*♡∞:｡.｡

[sicklymadscientist]

Thought I’d branch out from my usual An/gel Du/st content and give Alas/tor a turn.

[laufire]

early 00s comics be like. everyone was SO mean to stephanie for NO reason.

[rad-roche]

can i be a little petty. a little petty on the internet. with the preface that this is very much a me problem. i don't like it when like sci-fi or fantasy has in-universe equivalent swears but are otherwise speaking plain modern english. like i don't know the roguish hero bumps into somebody in the space market and goes what the fargle. in kids media i can understand it because very young children can go teehee swears but certainly not at anything targeted for adults. not even oaths like somebody yelling by the twelth moon! or whatever the hell. i mean fargle

[sandymybeloved]

was anyone going to tell me there was a band in the late noughts/early 2010s whose music was all Doctor Who based or was I just supposed to stumble upon these fucking bangers myself

[skunkes]

[vamprisms]

horror movie where guy makes a deal with the devil in exchange for super attainable stuff

[deadpoetsargas]

You CANNOT tell me that Sofia the first theme song is not Merlin's song (after he married Arthur bcs stfu yes that happened)

Merlin: I was a girl in a village doing all right then I became a princess overnight, now I gotta figure out how to do it right🕺

[jackdaw-and-hattrick]

No one knows who exactly thought Ember giving Danny singing lessons was a good idea. Danny, for his part, only agreed because Ember promised to give up doing “impromptu concerts” during school hours for the duration of the lessons. The main problem was his voice. Turns out, when you combine Danny’s ghostly wail with Ember’s spells you’re left will, well, a mess. The closest comparison anyone can think of is if a Banshee got caught singing in the shower and decided to curse the dumbass who couldn't knock, except that dumbass is everyone within earshot. Effects included but were not limited to;

- visions of nightmare realms

-experiencing the exact moment of your death and then immediately forgetting it

- minor prophecies

-extreme pain resulting from ripping and tearing at the face.

-localized atrocities

- tears in the fabric of assumed reality

- good old-fashioned bad luck

After this, Danny was forced to sign a form stating he will never again sing within the bounds of Amnity Park, and everyone collectively decided to forget about the whole thing. There are, after all, some things best left undone, and if not undone, unremembered will do in a pinch.

[thatswhatsushesaid]

i do understand and acknowledge that most people who pick up mdzs and get really into it walk away from the experience with wangx!an brainrot that brings them joy and suffering (affectionate) in equal measure, and--unless they're assholish at me or my pals--i wish all of those people well and hope that the veritable cornucopia of wangx!an content on this webbed site and AO3 is everything they've ever wanted out of their fandom experience. wwx is the protagonist, lwj is his court-appointed soulmate, their happily ever after is what most people pick up the books wanting to experience, and that's, you know, fine. live your bliss etc.

i just hope that one day it won't be such a hot and controversial take for fans who didn't develop wangx!an brainrot, and who found something and/or someone else more compelling and engaging about the text, to be able to say as much, and talk about it as much as we want to, without generating a bunch of passive-aggressive--or aggressive-aggressive--commentary from hardcore wangx!an stans who seem to take our disinterest in the central romance personally for whatever reason. like genuinely i would probably not dislike wangx!an as much as i have come to dislike them if i hadn't been inundated with very rude reblog commentary or anon asks early on in my fandom experience just for saying /checks my notes, "maybe jin guangyao isn't evil, actually. maybe wei wuxian did some things wrong."

dgmw, i'm glad that lots of people here are able to like jgy, for example, and still enjoy wwx and wangx!an specifically. but for those of us who don't, or who are struggling to rediscover some affection for the main pair, this attitude.... did not develop in a vacuum lol. i would just like for people to bear that in mind, i guess.

[accirax]

Alright, let me throw my hat in the ring for predicting who the upcoming DRDT MV is gonna be about. Spoilers for the series up to the second victim reveal.

So, I know that earlier today I said that I thought the MV might be about Levi-- I even voted for him on googledetective's poll. However, after actually looking at Yoidoreshirazu's lyrics, I have another prediction who (at the time of writing) has 0% on said poll. I actually think this MV could be about Rose?

I woke up as an unaware drunkard

While Rose obviously isn't known for excessive alcohol consumption, I think you could use her sleepy demeanor as a substitution for drunkenness in this song. Alcohol is a depressant, which "can affect concentration and coordination and slow down a person’s ability to respond to unexpected situations" as the Alcohol and Drug Foundation puts it. Similarly, a person as lethargic as Rose might have trouble remembering what's just transpired, or quickly answering questions. Sleeping may be another way that Rose chooses to get away from her problems, an "addiction" similar to someone who drinks to forget.

All of this bickering goes on til the dawn comes Worn out, we all look horrible Until all thousand voices become hoarse

Chapter 2 was full of lots of fighting and yelling, of which Rose was neither a participant nor an enjoyer.

I’m giving into you, but you don’t even have anything to say And my body is dyed

In order to pay off her debts, Rose has to give in to what the Spurlings ask of her. Her art and her soul are now forever dyed by the intentions and ambitions of the Spurlings, as opposed to her own expression.

And then The sacred mountain is covered in mud, it’s smeared and chipping away, ah yes, it’s not half bad I’m a milligram away from succumbing Getting drunk again and again, unexpectedly- Ah, it’s not half bad I’m a drunkard unaware of my rival in love, so

Rose's "sacred mountain" is art itself. Even if she isn't a sculptor working with clay, it's still the journey to which she wanted to dedicate her life. Her dream is chipping away, but she says it's not that bad because she knows the alternative would have been worse. Still, she's on the verge of giving up because of the depressing state her life has fallen to. The sentiment is then basically repeated with her choice to numb herself to the world around her, being an "unaware drunkard"-- it seems chill on the surface, but she still regrets giving up so easily and not being able to contribute more.

I'm not entirely sure who the "rival in love" is. My best guess is that it would sort of be herself? Or, like, the love itself is the rival. Her desire to make art for herself and love her life is the rival of being responsible and loving/supporting her family by making art for the Spurlings.

The singing voices are uncountable And once one gets lost in them, they end up at your xx

If this is Rose's MV, this section is clearly about her nightmares. The "singing voices" would be the other participants of the killing game, specifically those who screamed out in pain from massive injuries or death. Rose gets lost in her memories via her dreams, and those visions stick with her as part of her photographic memory. You could interpret the "xx" as "door," which just means that they always wind up right in the forefront of her mind. But, you could also substitute in "canvas" or "tip of your paintbrush" to incorporate how Rose often paints the things that worry her.

Hey, look at how pretty it is, the daydream rondo一 I hide a thousand and can only spit out ten

The paintings of Rose's dreams are beautiful, but Rose always has to hide them behind black paint, lest the Spurling Foundation fully steal her soul. Still, she's frustrated that she can't paint what she wants more often.

Please don’t let this fleeting happiness go away, Until I can lend an ear by your side I’m giving into you, but you don’t even have anything to say And my heart is dyed

Rose has at least tried to make friends in the killing game. The two most notable, in my opinion, are Teruko and Nico. I'd like to believe that her brief interactions with the two of them, at some points in time, have made her happy, at least in comparison to the rest of the killing game. In Rose and Nico's FTE, Nico mentions how they like that Rose is a chill person who will just hang out and listen, and when Teruko asks Rose about her secret, Rose explains to Teruko that talking to others helps her work through her complicated thoughts and emotions. These two pieces together make me believe that Rose likes showing that she cares by listening to others, so "lending them an ear" is her way of reciprocating that happiness. Both of them are pretty quiet, but they've still changed who she is right now, for better or worse.

I’m a drunkard unaware of the story

Rose's sleepiness and general withdrawl from social interactions prevent her from getting involved in major portions of the story, such as helping Levi reconnect with Ace. Her fears also directly prohibited her from being aware of certain pieces of evidence when she refused to enter the Playground to investigate Arei's body.

Finally, I also think that the style of the music just kinda fits Rose. Veronika would probably say that I'm just primed to believe that after Venus and I assigned Rose the song Always Tired, which has a similar low-key, depressing red flavor. But, while much siller, Cartoons by Louie Zong (which pretty much everyone agrees was Rose's from the official playlist), also has that slow synthetic/tech beat. (Does that make sense??? I don't know what instruments are.)

Obviously, I didn't go through every lyric, but I felt that most other lyrics were either pretty self-explanatory, ignorable, or more of the same. The lyrics of the song definitely lead me to think that we could be looking at a Rose MV, but there are a couple of other factors arguing against that interpretation.

The first is the choice to give Rose an MV now of all times. Our first MV was Sleepy, a song for Min which came out shortly after she died. Our second was Literature Girl Insane for David, which came out shortly after his show-stopping reveal which made waves in the killing game and the fandom. Rose... well, she did have some important scenes this chapter, between the reveal of her secret and her breakdown outside the Playground, but neither of them were particularly recent or relevant to where the story is currently paused.

Well, DRDTdev did say that not every character is planned to have an MV, and that the creation order of them isn't totally within his control. So, if the idea for Rose struck now, then we could get a Rose MV now!

For what it's worth, I realized that it probably doesn't make sense to give this MV to anyone who's involved in the Chapter 2 murder. Even if we're still a few months out from that reveal, I feel like it would make more sense if we just waited until the chapter was over to give the killer a nice MV sendoff, much like Min. I, along with... pretty much everyone else I asked back in August didn't think that Rose was going to die this chapter, so she's most likely free from that mark.

The second is the quote in the description under the video, "I lack self control." I... really don't know what this would mean for Rose. Generally, I think she's pretty good at controlling her emotions, and I agree that that part might point in the MV more in the direction of Ace, Levi, Veronika, or someone else.

Still, I think that the lyrics of Yoidoreshirazu fit Rose pretty well, and wanted to explain my thoughts somewhere. Most importantly, new content! Thank you DRDTdev; stay healthy out there!!!

[astranauticus]

Link Click single "3, 2, 1!" Fan Translation

translation under cut!

我好像看不到镜面以外的自己

I feel like I can't see the me outside the mirror

我好像每天数着到暗房的阶梯

I feel like I spend every day counting the steps to the dark room

我好像走到远方

I feel like I've traveled far

却只是绕着圈回到了原地

Only to go in a circle back to the starting point

我不想让每个终点都没有意义

I don’t want every finale to carry no meaning

我不想遵循着规则习惯着凋零

I don’t want to follow the rules and get used to withering away

拍散了雨和晴

Brush away the rain and the sun

留下我们的轨迹

We shall leave our own trails

追赶时间的距离

Chasing after the distance left by time

你的光藏在眼里

Your light, hiding in your eyes

结束了我被迫接受的一个人的旅行

Put an end to the one-man journey I had been forced to accept

那一张合影

That group photo

一闪而定格从结局重启

A moment locked in time, start over from the ending

还守着我们的约定

Still holding on to our promise

Dive

这渺小的旋风卷起停滞的尘埃

This tiny whirlwind kicks up the stagnating dust

还是写熟悉的旁白

The familiar narration goes on and on

我明白要回来

I realised, I have to come back

永远有下个风暴袭来只为掩埋

There's always the next storm, waiting to cover up

未来 未来

The future, the future

我们的存在

Is our existence

究竟是洁白还是陷入新的阴霾

Pure white or plunged in new darkness?

无论一切是否更改

No matter if everything has changed

我都等你回来

I will always wait for you to come back

三二一倒数着拍手的时刻

Three, two, one, countdown to when our hands connect

我选择

I chose

为我们高歌

To sing aloud for us

我期待风铃奏响下一秒的回忆

I'm waiting for the wind chimes to accompany the next moment of memory

我期待你的担心和坚定的手心

I'm waiting for your worry and your determined palms

我期待闹钟响起

I'm waiting for the alarm to ring

结束回溯到了海底的难题

To put an end to the problem swept back to the bottom of the sea

我拾起洒落满地破碎的玻璃

I pick up the glass shards scattered on the floor

拾起依旧闪烁的和勇气

Pick up the courage, still shining bright

拾起恋恋不舍的落叶将它放飞在风里

Pick up the fallen leaf to let it fly in the wind once more

无论过去将未来如何决定

No matter how the future has been decided by the past

阳光将洒满通向真相的缝隙

Sunlight will fill the cracks leading towards the truth

这渺小的旋风卷起停滞的尘埃

This tiny whirlwind kicks up the stagnating dust

还是写熟悉的旁白

The familiar narration goes on and on

我明白要回来

I realised, I have to come back

永远有下个风暴袭来只为掩埋

There's always the next storm, waiting to cover up

未来 未来

The future, the future

我们的存在

Is our existence

究竟是洁白还是陷入新的阴霾

Pure white or plunged in new darkness?

无论一切是否更改

No matter if everything has changed

我都等你回来

I will always wait for you to come back

三二一倒数着拍手的时刻

Three, two, one, countdown when our hands connect

我选择

I chose

为我们高歌

To sing aloud for us

【interlude】

未来 因我们存在

The future exists because of us

这渺小的旋风卷起停滞的尘埃

This tiny whirlwind kicks up the stagnating dust

还是写熟悉的旁白

The familiar narration goes on and on

我明白要回来

I realised, I have to come back

永远有下个风暴袭来只为掩埋

There's always the next storm, waiting to cover up

未来 未来

The future, the future

我们的存在

Is our existence

究竟是洁白还是陷入新的阴霾

Pure white or plunged in new darkness?

无论一切是否更改

No matter if everything has changed

我都等你回来

I will always wait for you to come back

三二一倒数着拍手的时刻

Three, two, one, countdown to when our hands connect

我选择

I chose

为我们高歌

To sing aloud for us

(bonus: my translation of Prometheus)