#wait for the essay guys

[touchlikethesun]

see what people forget about james and regulus is that they are fundamentally and at their core the same person. and that is why their dynamic works. jegulus is not opposites attract, it is the of recognition of the self in the other.

[lazylittledragon]

hi i'm unw el l

[ultimateinferno]

My opinion on the matter in as few words as possible and why I want Moash to persist as a character through the second half of the series.

[yeetusthemighty]

The creechur

The silly (crazy? I was crazy onc-)

So I got inspired to finally post this guy because of this post by @z4n3jul13n (cool person you should look at their stuff)

full version with my doodles under the cut

(I have a whole au based off of this guy)

[heroofangst]

Felix Hugo Fraldarius is trans btw

[beeduoo]

originnssssss who remembers origins i Loved origins

[maxwell-grant]

From Shadow Magazine #39: Road of Crime

I want more of you to appreciate how often part of The Shadow's plan to uncover in-depth crucial information about a case or it's suspects boils down to "send Harry Vincent somewhere and let him make new friends", and the fact that it works.

For further context: Graham Wellerton is a very smart, very cagey and very bitter ex-criminal currently trying to turn over a new leaf and redeem himself through extensive philantropy with his evil bastard uncle's inheritance (he is the main character and the story is about his redemption). Wellerton spends much of the book trying to ignore the people after him that forced him into criminality, but he's so paranoid that, just before the climax, he ends up viciously and venomously turning on the people that pulled him out of jail and overlooked his past and housed him and inspired him to try and better himself, even spouting how stupid he was to trust anybody.

I was right when I was crooked. I trusted no one then. I refused your friendship because I suspected everyone who ever pretended to be my friend.

That same guy also repeteadly let a stranger from Michigan into his home for chat with never the slightest bit of suspicion, not even when Harry's visit is interrupted by Wellerton's wife (the person that basically forced him into crime). That same guy has also spent this whole book scared of The Shadow, terrified that The Shadow will pick up his trail again and come for him, regardless of his attempt to reform (completely unaware that, not only has The Shadow never once lost his trail, but has been working silently to ensure he stays reformed).

That guy? Never once suspected Harry. Nobody ever does unless they're villains. Harry Vincent is just The Most Trustable Man Alive.

[wrylu]

idk why i'm so moody these days but i find my despair funny

aka my average day as of now

[doof-bleibt-doof]

my head has been so full with thoughts about Vampire!Barty and Scientist!Evan today, so lets talk.

Evan is a crazy scientist who believes he can turn into god, and regularly lets people disappear to experiment on them. He's not religious, but one day he decides to give satanism a go. The ritual he did was meant to summon a demon, he even sacrificed humans and all that stuff, but instead of a demon appears... Barty! At first, Evan is disappointed, but then Barty reveals pretty fast that he's a 460 year old vampire, and Ev is delighted, because he never got to experiment on one, only on living things. Technically, Barty should be creeped out by his maniac grin and the twinkle in Evan's eyes, but he isn't and listens to what Evan is going to do to him instead. And he even agrees to it. From then on, Evan studies EVERYTHING on Barty: He cuts him open, looks what Barty reacts good and what bad to, even studies what will happen when he "kills" Barty. Obviously, as a vampire he stays alive, but he does get unconscious for a while. So then he measures for how long this holds on etc. Barty is very turned on by the experiments, which is something Evan thinks he should explore further and gets Barty off multiple times. Hes even documenting everything (to what barty reacts, does he actually have cum since he's dead, does that cum have sperm in it/can barty as an undead creature produce new life?). Evan uses the fact that Barty needs human blood as a way of killing people who annoy him, sometimes he even kidnaps them himself.

I think that as a scientist, Evan also produces drugs and stimulants, sometimes he "steals" people he kidnapped for Barty and experiments on them, also he kills them to explore the difference between killing Barty and living people. (like how long does it take to get unconscious/die, do the same methods work etc.) Barty definitly knows about Evan's studies and is very fascinated by them. Because he is hella smart and gathered/learned a lot of information in his many years on earth, he sometimes even helps Evan figure out formulas or comes up with his own ideas to try out.

I also think that Evan is demisexual, yet heavily necrophilic. Because he got Barty off multiple times already, they are very comfortable with each other and due barty not being able to actually die, he helps Evan explore his sexual likings. They include fucking barty while he is unconscious, woundfucking (it is no health risk for Barty, he can't get sick from bacteria etc) or even killing him during the act. Either way, they are very comfortable with each other, in fact comfortable enough that Evan allows Barty to take a sip from his blood from time to time. Also he studies if that has any effect on him. When Evan agreed to let Barty properly bite him and actually drink his blood, not just sip it, he knew that he would turn into a vampire too. Evan documented the process of turning, and after this event it would get way more bloody in the bedroom than it did before.

All in one, they are the perfect mad scientist x evil genius duo

[rununcal]

I’m watching a playthrough of the classrooms right now and my god, the sound design is phenomenal.

At least I think that’s a big factor for the creepiness (of course there’s a whole lot of other factors, but this is one I don’t notice is great in other Backrooms games). The way you have to sometimes listen to very slight sound cues for particular monsters is great, not to mention how weird and alien some of them sound. The darkness entity and the ear entity are my favorite so far, just because the way they sound is basically dread in auditory form. They kind of sound both organic and mechanical and are both extremely goofy, but since the introductions are done so well, they are also extremely creepy.

Both of them have pretty simple premises: for Mr. Ear man, he can hear extremely well and will run to any small sound. That’s been done a million times. But there’s also catches in his level: for example you are first introduced to a red balloon before you are introduced to the monster (at least I think you are in most gameplays). So your instinct is either to get the hell away or pop it. Popping it then leads the monster straight to you, and either you die or narrowly avoid it, but either way you’ve learned your lesson, which is: that guy’s literally a giant fucking ear and I need to make absolutely no sound and avoid anything that will.

For the second: the Darkness guy is also very simple. Just from the name of the level, you know its premise. But personally, my favorite part about it isn’t the optical changes or loud pang when it spawns, it’s mostly the droning moan that plays when it’s near. I actually think they could’ve done without the pang and just had the blue light and low drone when it’s spawned. I think that would’ve been more effective, since it means you have to rely on very small cues to know when the dark is near.

In conclusion, a lot of other Backrooms horror games rely on either very blatant, word-for-word hints or are vague in a way that can be frustrating. I think the classrooms really excels in the show don’t tell aspect (or hear don’t tell aspect haha haha canned laughter). That’s one of the reasons why it can be so legitimately scary. Ya gotta use ya brain

[the-unofficial-village-idiot]

Still thinking about the scene where walt finds jesse in the crackhouse and tries to get him on his feet but jesse just starts sobbing so walt kneels there with him and holds him for a bit

[soup-soup-soup-soup-soup]

they say separation makes the heart fonder but this seems to imply that being together makes the heart not-as-fond which is simply not true because even if I hadn't not had soup in ten weeks I still would want to eat it all the time

[faithandfairies]

Okay, so in 5x12 after Jane jumps off that bridge and then gets rescued Maura is once again faced with the revelation that she's in love with Jane. This time she can't ignore it to the point that in Maura and Jane's first conversation after, Maura's feelings for Jane are like the elephant in the room.

But Jane dismisses Maura's visibly distraught reaction to her almost-death as survivor's guilt and Maura realizes Jane isn't on the same page and declaring her actual romantic love for Jane at that moment won't do them any good.

In the meantime she's still in a relationship with Jack, but the next time we see him Jane gives him a once-over and then pretty much asks Maura if there's trouble in paradise. Which obviously there is, Maura has just realized she can no longer simply ignore her feelings for Jane even if she really likes Jack.

Then Maura breaks up with Jack in that same episode for an excellent reason that technically has nothing to do with all of the above. But it's still fascinating that the first episode we see Jack in after Maura's realization about Jane Jane senses they're in hot water and then Maura breaks up with him.

Then Jane is all about making Maura feel better and literally lists every single pastime Maura likes and would like to try and Jane hates that she can come up with and pretty much promises to try it with Maura if she will just allow it.

Maura finally gives into one and Jane then kind of lures her into going alone to a sweat lodge while she investigates a case she can't figure out.

Then afterwards Maura comes to a ton of realizations

Jack was awesome.

If Jack found his way to her another awesome person can find their way to her (she says while she gives Jane a once-over)

Jane is afraid of her feelings and therefore chooses not to process them, instead she puts them in a little box and ignores them for fear of what will happen if she acknowledges them. (Funnily enough Korsak also warns Jane in an earlier episode how being emotionally unavailable can ruin relationships as it did for him.)

Jane needs to figure out her feelings for Maura on her own, Maura can't do it for her. But either way Jane will be okay.

For now, at least, Maura is willing to wait for Jane as she figures out her feelings.

Literally all 5 points are addressed in the season 5 finale, some as realizations only by Maura, others also by Jane that she then talks about with Maura.

[yellowistheraddest]

i have a joke ive been sitting on for a few months and im waiting for op anime to catch up so its relevant again AND i know the powerscalers will fucking have my head on a pike within seconds of me posting it

[dbphantom]

Hate having adhd went to go work on my fallout modpack, got distracted while going to disable the steam overlay, ended up in the points shop, went to go edit my profile, decided to change my pfp, found a buried folder I forgot existed, found some old Veneer art I forgot existed, spent 45 minutes looking at all the old photos, STILL HAVE NOT TOGGLED ONE SIMPLE OPTION THAT SHOULD'VE TAKEN 30 SECONDS AT MOST

[koqabear]

dreamer is everything i wanted and more bye guys i’m deactivating!