#this chapter has lots of lore!!

[vmplvr1977]

Chapter 22 of Whims is posted!!! Read it here.

[canisalbus]

Did Machete or Vasco ever commission portraits of each other? Can only imagine future historians scrutinizing the relationship they shared.

I'd like to think they did. Or perhaps more likely they commissioned a pair of self-portraits of themselves and then traded.

Moreover, I find the idea of them owning miniature portraits of each other really charming. They were small enough to fit in your pocket so you could carry one on your person if you wanted to, and more subtle and inconspicuous than having a larger scale portrait of someone on your wall.

[boinin]

Chapter 271 spoilers

So, a couple of interesting things about chapter 271, which is all from Rin's POV and mostly in flashbacks. The main reveal was about the Itoshi parents.

They're not particularly important figures in Rin's life, but apparently this is not due to neglect. The parents in this chapter seem conflicted in how to raise and guide their children, rather than actively harmful in their parenting. The worse you can say about them is that they seem hands off. Sae does the heavy lifting when it comes to consoling and advising Rin, not their mom or dad.

What's most interesting to me, in terms of Rin, is that they're never fully depicted. Rin's memory shows them in detail, but never with eyes. Compare this to how he recalls Sae, his kindergarten teacher and fellow kindergarteners. Even the bloody pigeons are well rendered in his memory—but not his parents.

Lastly, the body language of the parents speaks volumes. Rin and Sae's mom is somewhat present in their lives, or at least tries to be despite her own doubts. Their dad though? Really avoidant. His body language is evasive, and the only time he seems truly present is when he's comforting his wife.

As an aside, while their dad has dark hair, Sae looks just like him now that he's older. Their mom has lighter hair like Sae, but the way her hair sits looks like Rin's. She's also willowy and tall like Rin. Nice seeing how they both inherited different things from their parents.

Other than that? The panels of baby Rin trying to be a Kaiju are too damn cute. We're starting to get a sense of where he started, and how those natural instincts of his got twisted and repressed over time. I really liked this development, even if it refutes my theory about what his ego was.

The other thing that's really clear this chapter is how protective Sae is towards Rin. He steps in without a second thought to take his mother's reprimand about the broken toys—even though their mom seems to know he's lying about it. He's quick to suggest taking Rin out of the house for ice cream when he senses his little brother feeling bad.

Sae's aim seems to be to cushion Rin from every bad thing, whether or not it'd be ultimately beneficial for Rin to undergo that experience. Which makes you wonder—how does his outburst post-Spain fit into that agenda?

[spliqi]

higuchi thoughts of the day: as much as i love the idea of her having some devastatingly destructive ability… her having a healing/support ability would explain so much of her character. like. her high ranking in the mafia despite (as far as we know) not being extraordinarily strong. her assignment to akutagawa + his resentment of her + her being so overprotective of him. the irl author’s connection to mori and yosano. dw about it

[mazojo]

Haha noo Haku haha you’re too pretty to be a spy haaha

[hermitw]

Complaint that the best thing I've ever written might be this fic where Sukuna's milk-dripping tiddies save us from the shibuya incident

[shummthechumm]

was kind of hoping g5 would explain where tf the rest of the pony population is, honestly. its hard to believe that every unicorn/pegasi/earth pony was compressed down into their respective towns/cities.

mym had a rough time juggling it's story so im not surprised this was never fleshed out more but--if they had the chance in a future series--i would love to see that. getting more into it below the cut (loosing it i fear):

back when we only had the movie i had a theory that there had been a major conflict that ultimately ended in the pony populations plummeting; and that ultimately fueling twilights decision to seal away their magic in the crystals--which would lead to the races separating after the fact. eventually, by some form or fashion, the crystals were separated (maybe stolen....?) between bridlewood, maretime bay, and zephyr heights.

however opaline being introduced in mym tripped up this theory to the point where it's pretty obvious that's not what happened--or at least not exactly. discord alludes to something too terrible to describe in the comics so there's that? (also "mane-ificent 7"??? lmfao)

not even mentioning how this page utterly destroys the "magic removal resulting in pony exodus" theory; because it seems unified-equestria was able to exist for a while longer after the crystals were created:

perhaps opaline instigated more conflict in the following years (after the mane 6 have died off...?) which ultimately resulted in magic failing the ponies. if not her, then im sure the hard work the of our g4 girlies slowly faded because the equestria became too comfortable, and perhaps stopped fighting for unity. (another point i remember appreciating when we only had the movie to go off of:)

if so, that then brings up the question of HOW DID THE CRYSTAL GET SPLIT BETWEEN THE RACES BEFORE THE MOVIE???

did argyle find the earth pony piece during a history excursion or was it passed down to him??? how did alphabittle get the respective unicorn piece??? the pegasus crystal was literally a part of queen haven's crown--was there a point where all pony types swiped the crystals following the failing of unity to PREVENT the other races from using it against them???

but then???? we had the whole thing with elder flower and her fuckass story about a bat and web and whatever tf that implies that the time passed between g4 and g5 is way shorter than i anticipated??? also "opaline was here the whole time guys we swear. dont you remember our good friend opaline??? the opaline who was CHILDHOOD FRIENDS with LUNA and CELESTIA in SKYROS???"

so maybe the equestria we've seen so far (as of chapter 6) is just a pocket of the current pony population, but if so, does that also imply that the other settlements are ALSO hostile towards other pony types? because wouldn't the unity crystals have been unrestricting magic to some extent (depending on how many ponies/creatures were collectively getting along)? the simplest answer is that the writers failed to think ahead but i wanna give them the chance to reveal a little more because there are still MAJOR things we dont understand.

[adrift-in-thyme]

I’m back at it!! The next chapter of Give the Lion Fangs should be up this weekend God willing. But for now here’s a little snippet for Wip Wednesday

“A grown loftwing flying alone is strange,” Sky replies, quietly. “They stay with their rider for life — ever since they’re babies. So if you see one like that usually…their partner has died.”

Slowly, Link drags his gaze down to peer at the grass beneath his feet, and just past that the clouds separating land and sky. An unpleasant little tangle of emotions have situated themselves in his gut. The cheerful sounds of the heroes seem very far away now.

“I suppose they never pick another rider after that?”

“No.”

“But this one had not lost his rider, had he?” Link forces a smile onto his face. (It is not Crimson up there then, circling the sun. It cannot be. A false hope is all that those feelings had been. Another delusion.)

“Because he chose you.”

[emdotcom]

Tbh, can't believe I'm cutting ties with Fnaf before Batim.

[loregoddess]

damn I knew the Nibelheim section was gonna be kinda sad, but did the devs really, really have to go and make it sadder?

[beardedhandstoadshark]

We‘re all Disney haters here but with Dracula daily going on I desperately need tumblr to know the existence of this comic adaptation of Dracula that exists within a series of monthly published comic books and looks like this:

Please look at this effort - they really went all out on these, NONE of the other comics look anything close to these. It’s just this one randomly sitting between normal Mickey and Donald comics about going to space or smth

Aside from the lack of prominent character death and replacement by transformation into beetroots it seems surprisingly accurate so far

(Also Disney has like. Nothing to do with these books aside from owning the copyright to the characters, so it’s cool. Pretty sure they don’t even really know these exist lol.)

[waywardsalt]

tbh all things considered im at least glad that my discomfort with totk is what really drove me to really discover a lot of the discussion and analysis into the racism and orientalist stuff and... all of that in the zelda series, since i was halfway aware of it in the past but only more recently started to really look into it further and see what others have to say about it

[cloudwhisper23]

The Guardian

The man didn’t know she was here, of course. He’d been inconsolable after she died, and she didn’t want to break him a second time. He deserved better than seeing ghosts everywhere.

She watched as they unloaded the suits, one by one. An uncomfortable prickle grew in her fingers as the last suit hit the floor. She knew that suit. She knew all of them, in fact, but that one…

Spring Bonnie didn’t used to produce this sort of reaction in her. It probably never would have, if not for the fact that the man who wore the costume had killed her.

It unnerved her, realizing that each suit had a soul inside of it. She knew about the first five, of course, but the extra soul bothered her. It was in the wrong suit. The unfamiliar soul should’ve been in Spring Bonnie, but it wasn’t. It was in Fredbear. She twitched toward the box, sorely tempted to challenge the spirit. She hadn’t put it there, but she could rip it free.

The Protector

Evan glared distastefully at Spring Bonnie. He wished he could share Gabriel’s sudden anger at the suit upon leaving it, but there was nothing. A blank slate to him. Evan wondered if that was Fredbear’s fault, balancing out his emotions.

This was exactly what he was worried about when he first started out. As the Protector, he hadn’t needed to worry about Fredbear’s magnetism and urges. Not as much, anyway. He’d made it hard to kill Mike, but that was the only problem Evan had ever had with the suit. The others had stayed in their suits less than he had, something odd at the time, considering how Evan had actually been killed in his suit.

Now it was the opposite. Evan couldn’t even use Fredbear. If he tried hard enough, maybe he could squeeze in alongside his brother, but he didn’t want to try. No, he’d leave that for a case where Freddy wasn’t an option. Despite Spring Bonnie’s availability, Evan didn’t trust his feelings in that suit.

A new challenger approaches!

@lonelyfreddles hope you like it!

[heshemejoshi]

you know something i really really like about octopath 2 is that you can stumble upon a lot of cool things just super casually without meaning to. i found the equivalent job to the warmaster in octopath1 just thanks to giving medicine to someone??????? and at some point i got 3 of the multiple weapons needed for the skills already so i can use those weapon-specific skills now?????? what?….

also just straight up spooky stuff with no answer or explanation. or at least i haven’t found an answer or explanation for those yet. which is epic. i love the mysteries

[moonmoonthecrabking]

okay the best way i can describe the max-kyle-brenda-stacy thing (specifically the unrequited feelings part) in siren au is as follows.

stacy: yeah, i like brenda, and i think kyle’s a dick, but i want her to be happy!! so, sure, i’ll get rid of max so she can be with the guy of her dreams

max: i like kyle. kyle is not into me. i’m into grace now. under no circumstances can he date brenda. i’ll let his ghost see her but only because i’m torturing her.

brenda and kyle: why can’t we just have our silly little high school crushes on each other.

[teatitty]

I've only watched Kuroshitsuji in its first season, so I really don't know anything, but I would assume that comments like "half a century" are worded like this, because they are not exact. Creatures who exists as long as Shinigami do may not even realize so much as 20-30 years a difference, if that makes sense. I literally don't know anything else, so I hope this makes sense and is not completely rude or stupid of me to add.

I would normally agree with this and I honestly don't blame you for thinking this because the manga is so vastly different from the anime even when the anime started properly adapting the canon, but timelines and dates have always been incredibly important to Black Butler's lore and mysteries and Undertaker himself has very close ties with Ciel's family and dead father, Vincent [there's even been implications he may have loved Vincent in a romantic fashion] so despite being one of the oldest Shinigami we've met so far [and we don't even know exactly how old he is] Undertaker also puts a lot of importance on dates and years, even going so far as to keep a chain of lockets all inscribed with death dates on them and those lockets are the things he treasures most in canon

So for him to say it's been "half a century" since he was last called a Shinigami is actually a huge deal for us readers and gives a big clue as to what was going on with him back then! Deserters are rare, and the most we know about what happened are during Campania when Undertaker whips his scythe out [heh] and says he took "great pains to keep it" and then later on when Othello tells us that he "destroyed half the headquarters" when he deserted [my theory is this was him getting his beloved scythe back] because Othello is the second oldest Shinigami we know of that I can remember and he was around during that time

It honestly wouldn't surprise me if that 20 year gap was him being hunted by other shinigami for his desertion and it wasn't until he'd successfully gone "underground" that it all stopped. We're also being constantly reminded that the london/british branch is understaffed, which may be a clue that Undertaker might've killed a shitton of fellow Shinigami when he destroyed the headquarters