#why there's no sq

[stardustdiiving]

Me explaining in terms of strictly how I read canon I think Nahida not severely punishing the Sages is just meant to convey that Nahida, even when wronged, is not a very vengeful or harsh person and makes the choice to be kind instead, but in my mind I have this idea of a Nahida interpretation which elaborates on that where her self punishing tendencies extend to her being someone who internally downplays her own experiences constantly, and as a result has a hard time feeling she’s allowed or justified in placing a lot of blame on the Sages for what they did to her So while she is following her own philosophies regarding teaching lessons/wisdom/etc in how to handle the Sages and genuinely doesn’t want to be really angry or punishing because of who she is as a person, her decision is also influenced by the fact she’s basically blocked herself out of grappling with how to handle people who hurt her by blaming herself for said hurt instead as a coping mechanism. And like this is all just me being insane about Nahida Trauma and not something explicitly implied in canon but also I really do think this isn’t a far stretch from her canon characterization especially when my vision isn’t to conclude that Nahida needs to be angry and vengeful but she should extend the kindness she shows others to herself and also every day I get tormented thinking about she was the mental equivalent of an average human child when the Sages found her and how they basically specifically discarded her for being a child and the idea of how Nahida would pick up on + internalize that and eventually need time to unlearn it

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006.

alhaitham x reader

# 500 words.

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“sorry for staring, i was just trying to visualise the shape of your skull,” you say.

alhaitham stares at you, trying to digest your words that confounded him. he was talking about the evolution of languages, how did skulls sneak into your mind? you weren’t listening—that he is certain.

“the staring isn’t bothersome,” he slowly starts as he tries to gather his thoughts. you’re the only person who can make words he took years to study turn evasive. “though the fact you weren’t listening is. isn’t it your idea for me to teach you?”

your mouth rounds in a shape of an ‘o’ as your strong gaze falters. he wonders if you’ve found your answer. his skull should look no different from any other human being, so what did you expect to find?

“well, sorry for not listening then,” you admit before gesturing him to continue. “it’s not that what you’re saying isn’t interesting, don’t get me wrong. i was just… distracted.”

you grab the book that he held, skimming through the pages. there’s a hint of a frown on your face. if he speculated correctly, backed by various equally confusing experiences with you, that frown is a sign of regret for speaking your mind. too quickly. without thought.

“are you not going to elaborate on your claim?” he asks, slightly annoyed at how you hooked his curiosity without fail. “whatever you were distracted with seemed more important.”

you close the book, staring at the ceiling as if there are visible thought bubbles over your head.

“i bumped into kaveh the other day,” you continue, side-eyeing alhaitham’s response. he doesn’t give you a crumb, face deadpanned, even if he wants to roll his eyes. what might have kaveh planted in your head? “you know how i also want to learn how to draw… so… i asked him for a few tips.”

“and?”

“he said it was good to visualise what i want to draw in my head.”

“that’s no reason to be distracted.”

“you’re fishing for an answer, stop it,” you retort, narrowing your eyes. “that’s all i’m going to say, and don’t try to speculate or connect the dots here. i shouldn’t have said that, i’m sorry.” you grab the book on linguistics and stuff it into your bag.

alhaitham just watches, waiting to see when you’ll realise that’s his book. probably in a few days time, which is beneficial for him as it means he’ll meet you again.

“i’ll like to see your artworks,” he says as you stand, ready to leave. you pause and turn to face him.

“it won’t be that interesting.” you stare at the floor, letting out a weak chuckle. “but kaveh also said to always use references and i was thinking if you’d like—” you’re quick to clasp your hands over your mouth. “actually, never mind! thank you for today’s session. i’ll catch you some other time!”

and you’re off.

alhaitham sees your figure retreat in the distance and when you exit the library, he scoffs in an attempt to hide a growing smile.

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staring at people and trying to visualise their skull is a very normal thing that i do not do. trying to practice for alhaitham to get a sense of his character because he’s honestly so elusive to write but i couldn’t find a prompt so i made one on my own.

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[spookyballoontimetravel]

I have come to the haunting realization that all my favorite characters are considered unpopular losers

[tonyglowheart]

Having a big "apartment 'complex'...really? I find it quite simple" moment with Chap 46. Like. This is it. This is Shen Qiao and Yan Wushi and why Chap 45 had to happen but ALSO flat-out addresses & answers the question of "but how/why does yanshen work?" Like. This is it right here:

[swanqueensalad]

emma swan + text post meme part ???

[kneeslapworthy]

Kate: Yikes, it smells like up dog in here.

Sticky, not falling for this again: ...

Reynie, not falling for this again: ...

Constance, who never fell for it in the first place: ...

SQ, new member of the society: What's up dog? :D

*all hell breaks loose*

[azaka3507]

OH MY GOD GUYS. I JUST HAD THE BEST IDEA EVER. HORROR ANALOG TMBS. IM SO HAPPY I THOUGHT OF THIS IM JUMPING AROUND!!! SO LIKE I WANNA TELL U GUYS BUT LIKE I WANT U GUYS TO SOLVE IT TOO FJSJFNSJISOWNS IM TOO EXCITED TO HOLD A PROPER CONVERSATION 🙁🙁🙁🙁 BUT LIKE IM THINKING OF MANDELA CATALOGUE WAY AND I ALSO WANNA KNOW WHAT YEAR DO U GUYS THINK TMBS WAS IN LIKE IN THE BOOKS

so im gonna make like another account js for this and maybe im gonna use myself as characters (expect kate to have black hair guys) for like pictures and stuff IDK GUYS AM I TOO DERANGED HELP???? IF ANYONE WANTS TO JOIN IN PLS DO SO!!!! LIKE IT'D BE A FUN GROUP ACTIVITY 😭😭😭 (guys pls I'm too excited for this help)

[nobodysdaydreams]

Wait hold up I just noticed something about Curtain right before he gets kidnapped!

I was re-watching the flower delivery scene in Mysterious Benedict Society (because it's funny), and I realized something about the scene where Curtain is talking to himself in the mirror. At first I assumed he was practicing his speeches in the mirror again (like in season 1, because he’s a dork), but the happiness technique has worked pretty well so far so practice doesn't seem necessary. Then he starts getting frustrated, ok, so maybe the stuff about the freezing effect is really getting to him and he can't focus. Maybe he's actually worried about what he's done to SQ or Nicholas, he does seem to be slipping a lot, he really freaked out on Jackson and Jillson and didn't do much about Nicholas' questions and obvious suspicions other than blow him off.

Then I thought about what he was saying to his reflection: "It's not just for everyone else. You too can opt into joy and good feeling. You too can choose happiness. Use a joyful lens." And he gets progressively frustrated and keeps muttering "choose happiness" at his reflection. Was Curtain trying to use the happiness technique on himself before the society took him? Did he figure it was too late to correct his mistakes so he might as well make the pain go away? I'm just wondering how dark they are gonna go with this.

[gaydogmarriage]

ppl are always depicting cyno in fanon as a comic relief annoying idiot partner to tighnari that cannot read the room and is always making him angry and yeah he doesn't have the best social skills and doesn't understand other people that well, but he knows that. and he also knows tighnari well enough to know that if he truly was annoyed with his behavior to the point of getting angry, he would shut that shit down real quick. he's not the type of person to just sit there and take it if he's genuinely bothered, i think. cyno's just putting himself out there without letting himself be paralyzed by his own shortcomings or insecurities, and it's pretty clear tighnari doesn't want him to repress himself either.

if anything, i can see tighnari being the one with an annoying habit in private that he has 0 self awareness about because he's so used to being the one dealing with other people's bullshit that he may not realize when he's the culprit for once, and cyno is too much of an unbothered king to say anything about it, and too madly in love to stay annoyed for long lol

[baeshijima]

i dont think anyone understands just how mad i am at the fact i just missed the roses and muskets event, all bc i didnt finish furinas story quest 🧍‍♀️

[amysterywrappedinanenigma]

Alright. MBS Institute Thanksgiving, because if there’s one thing I need, it’s a LIVE workplace comedy.

Curtain: Insists on bringing the turkey, which he’ll say he made, but everyone knows he had his personal chef make it in secret.

Dr. Garrison: Shows up with cranberry sauce (that may or may not be from a can. Leave her alone, she’s a very busy lady and her interests lie in science.) She spends a lot of the night pouring out the champagne Curtain keeps trying to give her and replacing it with Mr. Oshiro’s sparkling cider.

Mr. Oshiro: He arrived early and brought a really nice bottle of wine for anyone who drinks (Curtain drinks the whole bottle), and bottles of sparkling cider for those who don’t. He also brings a really interesting type of salad that no one has tried before but most people end up loving.

Martina: Martina is quietly seething at the fact that she didn’t get to bring the turkey. She settles for stuffing that’s very protein-heavy and honestly pretty delicious, but anyone who eats it hears her speech about its optimal protein value. She also snuck into the building at 5 AM to decorate every inch of the place, because no one else would have done it right.

SQ: SQ hand-painted name cards for everyone! And he brought a gorgeous pie with a lot of intricate crust work that people are worried about cutting into because they don’t want to mess with his design.

Jackson & Jillson: Mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes, but they each show up carrying a bowl of each, ending in 4 bowls of potatoes in total. (What people didn’t see was the way they nearly killed each other in an argument over cooking not 30 minutes earlier.) They also each brought identical electric carving knives for the turkey. No one is brave enough to ask where they got the knives. Everyone is just watching out of the corner of their eye and being extra polite to the two of them.

Jeffers: Jeffers spent hours making homemade rolls, and came in with all of them arranged on a tray to spell out his name. He thought it was cute and a form of self expression. They all get knocked onto the floor and it’s super obvious he spends 20 minutes trying not to cry when it happens. He’s ‘accidentally’ locked out of the room halfway through the night for multiple hours.

Bonus:

Isaac. No one is 100% sure who invited him, including Isaac himself. (It was Dr. Garrison.) but he brings miniature versions of every type of pie he can think of because he wasn’t sure what types people would like (I’m looking at you, scone scene <3)

This night will somehow end in violence.

[sophieswundergarten]

MBS Humans as BIRDS Because I have been thinking about this for a bit and you can't stop me

Also, normally I would be factoring in sexual dimorphism for accuracy, but not today. We're not even worrying about size or anything today. Today it's all about aesthetics :)

Reynie - Cactus Wren

Sticky - Whip-poor-will

Kate - Caique

Constance - Galah Cockatoo

Mr. Benedict - Kākāpō

Number Two - Rufous hummingbird

Rhonda - Secretary Bird

Milligan - Philippine Eagle

Miss Perumal - Hoopoe

Curtain - Spix's macaw

Garrison - Monk parakeet/Quaker parrot

SQ - Kestrel

Martina - European Starling

Jackson - Killdeer

Jillson - Little ringed plover

Jeffers - Rock Pigeon

Ten Men - Barred Owls

[welcometoteyvat]

leaks rumoring a cyno sq 2.... 👁️👁️ temple of silence lore when

[tonyglowheart]

So having established that Shen "I can fix him" Qiao caught feelings first (not that he realizes lmao), but... this does still beg a question for me: when DID Yan Wushi fall, too? Because this guy flirts and teases and is so unserious, sure. But... when does it... kinda sorta start becoming real?

Now, I AM a believer that the Sang Jingxing deal was as much a sort of reactionary overcorrection as it was a logical escalation- like it makes sense to me as an escalation, but as YWS himself says, he wouldn't have taken the step if SQ hadn't declared him a "friend." And I do think YWS showed signs of softening before it, too- like, digging that grave for the unnamed boy? Without even an overexaggerated tease at SQ about it? YWS at the beginning of the story would Not have done that quietly and dare I say solemnly, he would have like... made some comment or tease, I think.

I think whatever moment comes for YWS though happens late, cuz iirc he was gonna leave SQ et al behind? But Xie Ling was the one who went back...

wait. wait a minute. is THAT YWS's catalyst? Is he like when you have a cat that scorns affection but then you get another cat that LOVES it and then the first cat gets jealous of the attention (that it previously did not want) and so demands it also. lmfao oh my god. Will need to keep an eye out for this as I get to those parts again.

[junonreactor]

the thing is that my username is what it is but 1) i haven't played the original game in like. 10+ years and yet 2) i am so annoying about it

[araneitela]

1: /puts on Lewis Capaldi's 'Someone You Loved' on repeat for no other reason than still being madly in love with it months down the line.

2: /wallows over seeing something Kafka-related on Twitter that I so badly want to share because it was so cute and I loved it so very much but I don't know if people here would appreciate the dynamic as much as I do.

3. Hi guys, I swear I'm here, I swear I'm here. This meta about fear is driving me insane.