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wanderpastme · 1 year

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Apple of My Eye Chapter 3

Chapter 2

I’m gonna be so real rn, I have no idea where this story is going. Oh also I’m not making the main dude (You) fucking stupid, I hate when writers do that… ok not that smart, but smart enough not to be a total dumbass.

Also, I am listening to Aleph by Gesaffelstein while writing this if you want to know my inspiration behind the chapter

It had been a few days since you woke up in this strange place, Wally Darling, or as He insisted on you calling Him, ‘Your Darling’ hadn’t left your side for a moment.

Today though, today was different.

Reluctantly, you opened your eyes, expecting to see the same beady little eyes of the devil staring back at you… but He was nowhere to be seen.

The room around you was almost deathly quiet as if waiting for something, anything to happen.

Glaring daggers at the door, you quickly made your way to it, Wally always made sure to lock it- the handle twisted with ease, the door swinging open like an invitation.

Glaring out into the darkened hallway, you planted your feet firmly on the floor refusing to take a single step out of the room. This seemed too good to be true, nothing ever came this easy.

Sitting down on the cold wood floor, you felt the home around you and almost let out a sigh of relief, the floorboards creaking under their own weight. It was almost as if the entire structure was… alive. Allowing Wally to come and go without a sound, while keeping you securely locked away, only allowing such luxuries, such as fresh air when Wally was around.

You scooted towards the door frame, knowing if you stepped even a foot out of the threshold, Wally would appear.

That’s what He wanted, wasn’t it?

To have you disobey so He could beat you into submission, make you fear Him, but you wouldn’t play His silly little game.

You wouldn’t let Him play God.

Running your finger down the edge of the wood, you stared directly into the darkness, daring him to come out, but all you were met with was silence.

“You know, My Darling…” You purred, purposefully using the name he loved so much, “I’m not going to leave, maybe I like it here after all”

You could feel the bitter taste of the lie in the back of your throat, knowing that it was far from the truth, but he didn’t have to know that.

Still, nothing happened.

“Oh My Darling, it’s so lonely without you here…”

Nothing.

Maybe he wasn’t here.

There was only one tried and true test.

Standing up from the floor, you quickly made your way to the window, opening it with ease.

“Hiding doesn’t suit you…” You whispered, keeping your back to the door.

“Why would I ever hide from you, Pet?”

You could feel the smugness radiating from him as he stepped through the doorway.

Maybe he had won this game, thinking you were too scared to leave him now, bending to his will.

That was far from the truth and you think both of you knew it.

Turning suddenly, you met the devil himself, standing only inches from you, his eyes bearing into you like they always did.

You had grown accustomed to his stares, now openly meeting his eyes with a look of defiance whenever possible, but you were also human… or as human, as you could be, and you could never hold his glare for long.

Sitting back against the windowsill, you let the cool breeze distract you for a second, the only comfort you had in this hell hole.

Wally leaned forward, leaning against the sill, caging you in his arms, his face cradled in your neck.

You could fall backward out the window, but you doubt Wally would allow that, pulling you back with his stupid magical powers, but you could still imagine.

Imagine the look on his face as he watched you fall, the horror at losing control of his favorite plaything, the anger, the shock, it probably wouldn’t hurt all that much, maybe you would be able to run. Watch as his stupid face faded in the distance.

The thought made you smile.

“What are you thinking about?”

He wasn’t even looking at you, but somehow he knew.

“You. Always you.”

That seemed to be the right answer, because he nuzzled you in closer, holding him to himself protectively.

“Wally- Oh! A new Neighbor!”

You could feel Wally’s grip on you tighten painfully as you turned to look at the new voice coming from outside, warning you not to look, but you ignored it.

You could feel his stare burn holes into your skin, but you were more interested in the new person waving up at you.

A smaller puppet stood on the grass outside, her poofy blonde hair bouncing with every step, a horned headband the only thing keeping it in place.

“Wally! Who’s this?” She grinned innocently.

Wally pulled you harshly from the sill, silencing any protests with a hand over your mouth.

“Be silent.” He hissed.

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enigmasandepiphanies · 5 months

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I am so scared of writing, like both my advisors love my research proposal and i got my last term results and they are really good like 9.62 cgpa (sorry for number dropping but not sorry i really struggled last trimester and got my first b and i did 5 courses it was hard) and my research thesis is literally on tumblr and irs something ik and love and i love my courses this term and i am reading so much but i am procrastinating writing and i just it's so scary and secondly, I read about how loneliness has become some international health threat and i just I have been really lonely lately fuck kinda just realizing this while typing and i literally had a great time with my friends today two of my fave people got to hung out together and we gossiped on very comfy chairs but idk I think I have been a bit broken since diwali kalesh and just I think my loneliness stems so much from the fact when people tell me i am too much too intense I expect a lot and i just feel stifled and wanna curl back ans hide myself and never ever be me and the thought that i can't be me because people I love sometimes can't take it just fucking kills me and makes me feel weirdly isolated and i love all the people in my life but it's hurting lately idk how to explain I have started to feel like the world would be easier to deal with if I was not me and my best friend is going to the beach with our other friend, the beach that we both planned to go together to someday like in our bucketlist (well it's just me maintaining that list cause I am just a sap like that while she just says it but ik she means it cause we have done that many times) and i was kinda bummed not cause it's the beach cause she forgot it was like our thing maybe it didn't mean to her that much and i didn't tell her I was bummed cause it would ruin her trip and like what's the point (I got literally into the kalesh for being overtly communicative and i am scared and idk what to communicate and what not and it's not like this makes any difference ik i would move on soon) and also she was so excitedly talking about something else and i realized oh maybe I don't give chance to people to talk to cause it's been a while since she fully ranted (I mean like rationally 3 days but i just do that more than her and it feels like she doesnt get to do that much cause I am so excited and talkative and expressive all the time like IDK CAN I STFU) and yeah I am skincared with my fave candle under yellow fairy lights crying and my roomie is with her very cute old school romantic boyfriend and i feel like idk how to be me in a way that's it's palatable and will i ever find a romantic relationship where a person will accept me for being me like the worst parts of me (but the truth is ik they are not worst parts they make me me and that makes them the best parts and idk the most awful thing would be if people saw my best parts as my worst traits)

how can i be proud of my cgpa and marks when I feel scared of working in the final year and i have advisors to answer to, how can i feel not lonely but also be me in a way that people would love most of the time i just feel very unloved and idk I am losing the sight of me and I am really fuckint lonely

AND OH MY PROFESSOR loved loved my fleabag essay last term, I met her and she said IT'S A GREAT PIECE OF SCHOLARSHIP (not just an assignment, but scholarship something beyond the class and she told me to take credit of my work and write explicitly that this is your idea) AND IT MADE MY DAY but yet I still feel like shit

my roomie came and she didn't even notice me crying rn but I happy for her one of the profs at whose place her boyfriend is staying told her that she's welcome to stay also there are nice accepting people here yet idk if people can accept me for me

#vent post

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my-castles-crumbling · 4 months

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Hi,

First of all thank you so so much for all the time you put in answering everyone ans always being so helpful and kind you're absolutely the bestest ever. You're literally an angel !!!! Thank you so much for being there for all of us, and I hope you're doing well ❤️🥺

I just had a little thing to say, I think I might be trans ... you're the first person I'm coming out to ❤️❤️❤️❤️, I don't think I'll ever be able to get top surgery or come out to anyone ever irl, because I know everyone around me is extremely conservative, and that's okay actually I've come to terms with it, because they don't have an issue with me dressing more masculine or having short hair and that's more than enough. And even though, as for my sexuality I like boys, so to them, that's fine (because I'm a girl to them). I don't even mind if they refer to me as a girl, as long as I can date whoever I want and wear what I want. I know it sounds terrible, but for now I'm happy and I'm proud of myself.

But the only thing bothering me is that do I tell my future partner/ people that I meet or even on the internet that I'm trans (even though I'll never have a top surgery) or do I tell them I'm genderfluid .

Thank you so much once again for helping us all xx

Hi!

Thank you so much! I honestly love talking to people about this, so I love that people message me about it, it makes me so happy!

I know it sounds terrible, but for now I'm happy and I'm proud of myself.

I don't think that sounds terrible at all! I think it's so important to take your safety and your comfort into account. If this is what makes you comfortable, then this is what you should do! Nobody should judge you for not being out if you're not ready and NOBODY should push you to do that.

do I tell my future partner/ people that I meet or even on the internet that I'm trans (even though I'll never have a top surgery) or do I tell them I'm genderfluid .

First of all, top surgery does not make you more/less trans! If you identify as trans that's all you need to be trans!

As far as telling people...

I think in general, you should tell people whatever you are comfortable with. Even if it's not always the same thing, that's okay, too! You don't owe anyone a certain label, and you don't need to pressure yourself to tell anyone anything.

HOWEVER

I feel like the exception is a partner. This is definitely something that someone might have a different opinion about, but if you are looking at a long-term commitment with someone, I feel like it might be a good idea to be as truthful with them as possible. Only because I feel like you would want the same thing from them, no? And if you don't feel comfortable telling them that truth, at least after getting to know them, I personally feel you shouldn't be with them.

Of course, if it's just a short-term thing, then that might not be as necessary. But yeah, I think a partner is an exception.

Of course, please still consider your safety in all your decisions.

I hope that helps a little? Please message me if you need to talk! <3

#ask #asks #ask cas #lgbtq+#lgbtqia #lgbtq community #lgbtq #queer #gender stuff #coming out

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aro-culture-is · 1 year

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Hello, hello! So I'm aroace (quoiromantic/aegoromantic and aegosexual) I'm content being single and only having friendships as my sole relationships but there are days when I don' t feel really good mentally and start to realize how alone I maybe am... I'd understand if my friends have other friends like that's cool but as soon as one of them is in a relationship I just feel left out??? I don't think I want a romantic/sexual relationship I just want a fellow aroace to be besties with and we can live together or maybe as neighbors but that's so hard to come by. My two good friends are in a relationship one has been in it for 2 or 3 years and the other has been in one for a year. I'm scared one day they'll just forget about me once they get married or have a family, I've been thinking about it but I've only been dismissing it as selfish thoughts. Or maybe its just me thinking I'm no ones favorite person or I'm not giving dating vibes, sometimes I do think I'm missing out on not having crushes or trying to ask someone out. People say there's someone for you but my friends are my someone. I don't really expect them to understand being allo and all... is there something I can do about this. Thank you and so sorry for the long ask.

hi,

I'm sorry this has taken a very long time to answer. I get a lot of questions with similar vibes to this, and honestly, it's very hard to give you a concrete idea of how to handle it, because it is inherently such a personal situation... and frankly one I'm intimately aware of with no particular answer to for myself.

Truth be told, my primary advice is that if it is reasonable for you, attend regular therapy. Find a therapist who you click with and work with them on determining how to live a life you're generally content with, how to cope when things are imperfect and real, and how to work within your means.

A lot of what I anticipate coming from that is learning how to healthily articulate and communicate your needs. Learning to accept "I feel scared that my friends will leave me" is a normal thought, and processing that in the context of your friends will be very personal. Does evidence from your relationship with those friends actually point to them leaving you behind completely - or is it something where it's more likely that they'll remain in contact, but to a lesser degree?

Regardless - how can you prepare yourself to accept those changes, and how can you take actions in those relationships that respond to that conscientiously? For example - I know that when I worry a friend is pulling away from our system, I don't have a very healthy response. I tend to encourage us to withdraw first, to see if they will reach out to me. This is easily mistaken by those friends as well... us no longer wanting to be friends with them, moving on, something along those lines. They may become worried - just as I am - that contacting each other is burdening someone who doesn't want that relationship, but doesn't want to create drama by ending it. They may worry that they're overstepping if they initiate the contact. They may assume I'm simply busy, or need space. And - by the time it becomes evident that neither of us has initiated in a bit - we both likely assume we're too late. I create a self-fulfilling prophecy in my anxious actions.

That, clearly, is not preparing. I could instead reach out, and directly ask, "Hey, I struggle with anxious thoughts around my friends leaving me. I wanted to let you know that, because I'm currently worried that [if you start a relationship, when our class together ends, after this project] I might lose contact with you, and I really appreciate having you in my life." Communicating my feelings, offering the other person a conversation that can be responded to, and still acknowledging internally that even if they leave, I will be okay - those are all things that allow me to respond to the situation right now.

This is long but just... I can't give you a solid "do this" type of answer. All I can say is that a therapist is an excellent resource if you're dealing with anxiety, depression, self-doubt, loneliness... anything, really. We can all practice healthier responses to our current lives.

If therapy isn't available for you for some reason - money, privacy, timing, location - I can't really offer a whole lot. I wish I could. I think it's useful to learn about cognitive distortions, and I think it's useful to practice grounding techniques while calm and see what feels right for you, so that you can utilize them when you aren't calm. I hope that with time, therapy can be on the table for you.

#Anonymous #not aro #not aro culture #advice #mod phoenix #sorry. i really can't give a short or simple answer to this to save my life #long post #(<- btw anyone new to tumblr: it's considered courteous to tag long posts as such. through settings you can filter them)#(it is also pretty traditional and amusingly common that everyone tags them but also no one actually filters them.)#(dw if that isn't your style though!)

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party-in-eldarya · 1 year

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@heyseihai

- Eldarya didn't need a second season.

True. They gave us a new site that only few asked for (because Beemoov wanted to be another AP games company), but they took away lots of things for no reasons.

1 - Was it because of Lance route? Leiftan route only appeared five or six episodes after the others, why were they afraid (or too tired?) to do the same with his route?

Yesssss, they could have given us Lance/Ashcore later and plp would be happy. Some even would make replays (money for Beemoov) to get that perfect LoM ASAP.

2 - Was it for self-insert reasons? Because all the self-inserts characters were either killed or had disappeared.

Tinfoil hat theory- you may be right. Miko wasn't well loved character, and they took her. Ykhar is an OC- or self-insert of Hikaru, who as far as I know no longer write for Eldarya (does she work for them?). Alajea was removed from Eel and she was someone's OC, that person also doesn't work for Beemoov anymore. Childlish, IMHO- when you are allowed to make a unique character for public game you shouldn't take it with you, like a toy, when you are going home for dinner. It belongs to franchise and story now.

3 - Was it because they got bored? Wow, how strange. Because MCL is infinitely longer than ED and they're even planning a reboot, don't they get bored of MCL? lmao

No idea, but Beemoov looks like a strange, strange company, with no long term plans for their games and fandoms.

4 - Was it because they wanted to implement the new AP system in the ED asap and used the new season to do it? They could have implemented it at any time, whenever they wanted, whether we complained about it or not. It would be much smarter to implement this system during the ongoing season when we were still invested in the game, than to implement it in the new season at the risk of losing a part of the players.

DITTO.

5 - Was it for money reasons? They would have had a much better chance of making more money with the old season than creating a new, with new characters and without some LI's.

If it was about money they would add some events, like the ones in MCL universe- they would make those quick "play for 1/2 maana" events, special outfits (one fuking Forgotten Queen is nothing compared to HSL or even outfits for LIs b-days).

6 - Or was it because they didn't know where they were going with the story anymore and wrote the first thing that came to mind, to the point of missing some plots holes in the last few episodes of TO... so that they could reboot ED and do the same thing with ANE?

They really should have put game on hiatus, throw at us some events, maybe spin-offs, extra outfits and rewrite whole plot, characters, everything.

7 - Who is telling the truth in this whole story? Because every time someone speaks, it's to say they're not the ones to blame. Remember that back in 2018 we were told that there is creative freedom in the company (in addition to other things that were retconned over time because the post curiously no longer exists :/).

Beemoov.

8 - If there's creative freedom, who decided that ANE would be 20 episodes? Who defined which would be the LI's that would leave, after they saw what happened to AD? Even if it didn't have a big impact internationally for them, in the long run it could have become a problem, especially with the miserable amount of romance the players received in MCL-LL. It was a risky move of their, even more so considering the black swan event (aka fire event) that no one there was able to predict, to the point of having data backup. It was a mix of curious choices that, as I said, in the long run brought us to the present situation.

They never learn on their mistakes, right? People were asking for romance since episode 5. People were hoping that at least one old LI will be back, and they KNEW IT. Is Ezarel another OC of someone who left Beemoov on bad terms? Unlike Valkyon, him coming back in episode, say, 7, would and could work.

9 - Who defines who works on which game in there, if there is this creative freedom? Because I've seen more than once people working on scripts (reviewing it), in spite of saying they aren't responsible for the area anymore. But curiously, not Eldarya's script. And needless to say, illus! Seems like they only decided to pay attention to it after the "Lance Kiss fixed illu" situation. But tbt, the one who got screwed in this story was Nevra imo, if we compare his illus with the others, he's the one who ended up with more number of "a different episode, a different face" illus, and none has been fixed.

Yup, it is not a nice image when they correct Lance's illu after Chino's friend complained about it. I am not saying that person has any perks but my theory is that they are the only person that was heard- because they are close to Chino and got a chance to speak their mind. It seems like Beemoov doesn't listen all players doesn't read official forums. This is a recipe for disaster, letting your game go online not caring about feedback. Like you said, there are alternatives now.

10 - Even if we don't have access to the company's facts and figures, we can get an idea in terms of online repercussion. Before the fire, it was their second biggest game. I doubt that ML or Uncoven have beaten ED in terms of audience interest, why did they let Eldarya down like that? :/

No idea. Wasted potential.

11 - What happened to make them forget that what the players want is romance? Seriously, does NOBODY remember that?

For some strange reasons Beemoov decided that they are not interested in their target- players who wanted to date pretty and hot characters, and who wanted to customize their MC. Thus, Uncoven happened and it happened in a v tragic way.

12 - More importantly, how much longer will they be content with this "one-game company" idea? Because it's always been obvious that MCL is the only game that matters, and realizing that, almost nobody pays attention to other games. Why would I spend my time and money on a game that the company doesn't care about?

A New AP system in MCL was implemented because, and I quote it loosely "the company now is bigger, with lots of employees so they are able to make more games but also need bigger budget". And now, we are almost at the begining: ML with cut routes, Uncoven forgotten, Henri's Secret (well, my friend says it's good but with a very bad ads which I can believe, I have never heard abt the game before). MCL is trying to win them bread with honey moon eps, wedding for Lysander, Kentin and Armin- those, who were not to come back, remember? How times has changed now that Beemoov need money... Anyway, Beemoov's games are now reduced to MCL and corpes of their other titles. Growth.

#rant

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dopaminergicaddictions · 4 months

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I talk about you in therapy. You're one of the only people I talk about that makes me happy. And I think Mike thinks I'm delusional. I think a few people do. I havent told many people tbh bc of the way people look at me when i talk about you. My sister legit asked me are you sure you didn't get the idea she has feelings for you bc you think you're telepathic. I don't think in telepathic but that's how people respond to me now if I bring you up to the 3 of them. I only told them I have feelings for you and I think you have them for me. Erin believes me. But I think that's why mike thinks I'm delusional.

I said to him today idk what people think when I talk about her but- maybe you think I'm delusional, maybe you think I'm telling the truth, or maybe you have no idea but it makes me happy so you don't stop me despite what you think and he kinda shook his head.

I know a lot of people think that you having feelings for me is me being delusional. A lot of people being like 3. My sister. Mike. Ans John. I hate it. I know you can't be here. But you have no idea how Mike looks at me when I talk about you.

He looks at me like I have schizophrenia and you're my delusion.

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nutelly · 3 years

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wah....i watched a bunch of nature content™ and im....yea

#they're so freaking funny....the collective brain power in that group is abt 3.......#in the 1000 days vlive they read a comment asking to say their name and sunshine started singing the ans song and :((((#i had no idea people even knew ans :(#what to do when you love All Of Them #i literally cant see myself having a bias in this group they're all so cool #yoohdytext #couple random Notes:#lu looks like seulgi doesnt she.....squary face #why have i heard from both sunshine and uchae that theyre the maknae....whats the truth....#i wanna watch more vlives just so i can listen to aurora talk....................#something about chinese members and That Kinda voice huh

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thisdreamplace · 2 years

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I know the principles of the law and I’ve been manifesting my sp who I was with for 4 years but at this point in my journey I feel grossed out by him and his behavior in the 3d. It’s difficult to generate any good feelings about him with the way he’s behaving. I know in times like this it’s when you have to really persist. But right now I’m like do i even want him anymore, how could i continue liking him when he’s like this. But i also cannot/will not let go because I’ve gotten so far in my journey and i know who he is right now is my creation. I guess I could use some kind words because i can’t really talk to anyone about this. I keep reminding myself that God is real and is working miracles for me behind the scenes but I’m also just disgusted with what I saw. I know very well that this incident is probably part of the bridge since I’ve already been affirming heavily for a specific aspect of my sp and then I immediately see the opposite. Probably just the old story clearing out. Still hurts tho.

On the bright side i know my self concept has improved because in the past, i would’ve probably been spiraling right now but I’m actually weirdly calm. I’m also more accepting of the idea of life without him.

I’m simultaneously amazed and horrified that i created this version of him over the course of four years. I just cant let things stay the way they are because i know he’s so much better than this. It just hurts. 🥲😔🥴😓

okay i want to begin with words of love and encouragement bc you mentioned it <3

feel it. feel the pain. it’s okay, it’s always the right thing to do even when it feels so scary. confront it and release it, free yourself. i don’t know what your sp is out there doing. but i wanna say that there’s nothing wrong with wanting him anyway. idc what the world or your ego may make you feel like at times, your feelings are valid and so are your desires. they’re absolutely beautiful ane full of true love. like you said, thinking of your godself working miracles is the attitude to have. plus, if our desires are a promise and our godself sees the way even when we don’t, then know that even this craziness is perfect. it is. you deserve exactly what you want to experience. do not be afraid.

now for some advice <3

something i feel inclined to mention is in regards to this issue with your sp specifically. when i get asks, i usually don’t really dive into the circumstances because what’s happening outside of us is irrelevant. but i want to offer you another perspective. if it doesn’t resonate — you don’t have to take it ofc. but i want to mention this bc you’re feeling very off put by him. but what if you truly accepted him as your mirror ? not as “someone you created” bc actually… you’re not “creating” anything. you’re just experiencing yourself. this is what makes manifestation effortless. truth is, this isn’t the true him. at all. it’s a part of you that he’s mirroring. i say this to encourage you to let go of your judgement. you’re only judging yourself. and what we judge in this way, we often prolong the experience of. i think with sp manifestations they often hit deeper than mainstream info leads us to believe. and so i think it’s important to just breathe. and allow. and make peace with the entire situation. realizing how it’s only you being shown to yourself.

so yeah, there’s no point competing with resistance. the more you resist the more you breathe life into it. plus, you’re questioning him but really, it’s showing the wavering in yourself. do you want him ? yes or no ? i think your following sentence does yourself justice, because you’re right. all that matters is you and what you want, not these circumstances. because you’re only ever experiencing yourself. this of course isn’t done by outer force, but by changing your inner self. you’re obviously a bit too concerned with him ‘out there’ — when really the only thing that matters is what is happening within you.

i think that realizing the god within is unconditional love could help so much with your situation right now. you’ll extend that love to him and more importantly to yourself, and all the judgments will begin to fade. and love will shine through. and it’s such a beautiful feeling to choose love even when the world shows you otherwise. you deserve that lovely experience. <3

anyways, i hope this helps. let him be for now, and focus fully on changing self. even though it’s dark right now, remember that YOU are the light. YOU are the way. 🌤💙

#sp #eiypo

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adelar-ward · 2 years

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Saeran de Winter, my love, MC of "Creme de la Creme" game by @hpowellsmith.

Amazing drawing by mistfall_crow. I'm gonna commission them to draw Hartmann and them both together too, and i'm gonna babble a LOT about Saeran and Hartmann again, okay?

- It was by no means love at first sight or a smooth ride – they have grown to appreciate and love each other through many steps of honesty and respect toward each other, through misunderstandings and miscommunications, and they've learned to understand and be supportive to each other first. Saeran did like Hartmann in a friendly way almost from the off, but they had a massive crush on Blaise at that point. They still lowkey do but won’t act on it.

- Saeran respects and admires the fact that Hartmann always tells them the truth despite obviously stressing over it, especially that time when he confessed that he liked them but was afraid of being associated with their family reputation. It wasn’t pleasant one bit, but Hartmann could just lead them on or pretend that nothing happens between them, yet he chose to be painfully honest at the risk of looking bad. This emotional bravery meant a lot for Saeran. As a response, when Hartmann went with them to the winter ball despite being worried about his reputation, they chose the most proper clothes and behavior despite that normally they'd choose to be more flamboyant about their outfit, just to show Eugene that they respect his worries, care about his reputation, and won’t hurt it if they can help it. They did help him rebel against his controlling parents later, and oh boy, did they give his parents a piece of their mind. Though aside from standing up for Eugene when they push him too much and too unfairly, Saeran is always polite with Saeran.

- Hartmann's mother coldly tolerates Saeran. She is always perfectly polite as well, but doesn't like them much because they've put in [formerly manageable] Eugene's head this atrocious idea that in order to be loved and accepted he doesn't have to be perfect all the time and always do everything "right", or to live up to someone's expectations and sacrifice his own ambitions to deserve recognition. The audacity! Hartmann’s father mostly follows suit with cool politeness but reluctantly admits that maybe Saeran isn’t that bad for Eugene because his son has grown some backbone, ans mr. Hartmann Sr is even [his definition of] friendly with them sometimes.

I decided to embrace the AU about my CDLC MC as a teacher later as canon because the vibes are <3.

- They and Hartmann still go to the university after Gallatin, according to my canonical walkthrough, i simply can’t deprive Hartmann of this achievement, he really needs it to realize that he deserves more credit than his parents give him. But i decided to headcanon that right after graduating from Gessner they both are asked to teach in Gallatin for the next year to temporarily fill the gaps in the staffing table, and they agree. Saeran teaches either zaledoan language or etiquette (maybe both). Hartmann teaches either history or, unexpectedly, geography (maybe both).

- When the student makes a silly mistake that makes their words change the meaning to something outrageous, Saeran sometimes doesn't correct it straight away. Instead, they sit back relaxed and watch the student continue to talk nonsense with a slowly growing smile. Actually, that works, because when other students see Saeran smiling at someone speaking, they start to pay attention to the speech.

- Quite a few students have a crush on either of them, because they’re handsome, only a few years older, and pretty much on the same wavelength. Plus Saeran is lenient to students’ struggles, they haven’t yet forgotten how it is when you are stressed and not sure what to do with your life, or want more freedom, or feel like you don’t belong, or have put too much on your shoulders. Well, Hartmann does remember all this, but he's not lenient.

- They and Hartmann decided not to make any of their personal life known at school, only the headteacher knows that they're married. They keep it strictly professional, like no brushing hands, no visits between classes, no first names when referring to each other. They wouldn’t lie about their marriage if asked directly, but they try not to give students the reason to ask.

- Some excitable students ship teachers with other teachers, and just like we could try and influence teachers into relationships in CDLC, they too try to influence Saeran into taking an interest in some young female Athletics teacher they think Saeran would make a good pair with.

- At the end of the year, when students say that mx de Winter simply can’t go alone to the graduation ball, and Saeran says “I appreciate your concern, but hopefully my husband will not refuse to accompany me”, they are like “0_o hwusbwand?..” and start making theories about who their husband might be – if they work here and not visit just for the event that is, and Hartmann is barely on the list at all because he’s way too uptight for them and they don't even mention each other much, so no way, right?

- A month or so before it Saeran had to spend a few nights in a hospital room, but after living together at Gessner Hartmann’s kinda used to studying near them, it helps him concentrate (plus ofc he heeds to check if everything's fine). So late in the evening, he was reading students’ homework in the hospital, sitting not far from Saeran who was asleep, and when a few students appeared, he quickly gathered his papers and left. So students decided that he has a secret crush on Saeran. And when Saeran said that they have a husband, some students were like “poor mr Hartmann will be heartbroken”.

- And when Saeran steps into the ballroom accompanied by Hartmann, they’re like ooohhhhhhh

A couple assorted facts:

Poise/Wits/Intrigue > Flair/Spirits | Accommodating, Straightforward, Progressive

- Saeran has a very high natural flair, it could be higher than poise, but they consciously choose not to act on it on most occasions and go on manners and brain instead (also they're a prefect, so). And they do have good sportsmanship spirit, but it’s the lowest as the spirit stat also refers to physical strength and health, and Saeran does not have much of those. They get sick easily, they aren’t physically strong, their stamina is easily depleted. I also think they have heart problems.

- Eugene is probably the only person who knows that Saeran is way less self-assured and laid back than they appear for others. Saeran doesn't usually share their insecurities with people, even friends - but they won't ever wear any mask for a person who was honest with them like Hartmann was. They probably would also share with Blaise, once their friendship reaches the point of trusting each other enough.

- Saeran always helps Hartmann relax after work every day, massaging his shoulders and head. He loooves their hands in his hair, either softly running fingers through it or grabbing it tightly when kissing. Almost as much as i love the kissing scene in chapter 6. Seriously, this scene is created by a genius.

Fun fact: Saeran and Marcel Hartmann are big friends, they even write letters to each other frequently - Saeran is some sort of cool big sibling to Marcel, so he shares secrets with them, ones he can't share with parents. Hartmann is very fond of Saeran and Marcel's friendship, actually. Also, visiting Marcel is a perfect pretext for going to Hartmann's parents together for providing emotional support and protection without being patronizing. They were like "besides, i promised Marcel i'd come visit soon" (which is true though).

(this might not be the end of my babbling, really. i'm head over heels about Saeran and Hartmann again)

(previous post about Saeran)

#saeran de winter #crème de la crème #creme de la creme mc #eugene hartmann #cdlc #cdlc mc #cdlc hartmann

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miraculouscontent · 3 years

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“Truth”-related asks:

Anonymous said:

I just watched truth and man, we didn't need any of that... I'm so tired...

Anonymous said:

Me after reading that summary: We coulda had it aaaaaaaaaaallllllll, decent wri-itiiiiiiiiiiiiiiingggggg

Anonymous said:

oh. lukanette breakup. how surpri— oh wait, no it wasn't.

bunnybunblitz said:

Me, skimming your summary of truth: life is a nightmare life is a nightmare life is a nightmare abort abort

Anonymous said:

Truth was a living nightmare, and that's the truth!

*defeated sigh*

Anonymous said:

The way all that just make me start disliking Adrien so hard wow I have enough of him so hard can they get ride of him for one damn episode?

Anonymous said:

Wow! Writers got on completely new level. They somehow made people to be annoyed with Adrien, even without putting him in episode.

My meme image of “I’ve had enough of this dude,” about sums it up.

It’s almost impressive???

Anonymous said:

I have the impression that you should slowly gather materials for "Treatment of Marinette S4"

You know, when you’re right, you’re right.

Anonymous said:

Hey there... Got a lil rant, I hope you don't mind in sea of anons you're probably getting. I guess if show didn't treat Marinette as their favorite punching bag and lukanette as a thing to get over with to be back on love square bullshit I wouldn't be this salty. We all knew lukanette isn't a endgame, but we actually care about Luka ans Marinette as characters and as a couple, and we knew there was a break up brewing.

But I mlb writers for setting things up, canonizing them over provocative tweet and leave them to dust right at the beginning of s4. And, oh sweet irony as they kinda accidentally made Lukanette totally better than love square (let's be honest if they knew what they were doing we wouldn't get any breakup from narrative and character development standpoint),,, because their heroine for once is loved and appreciated but that's another discussion and they hate that for her. Also, thomas arstruck can suck my toe.

I don't know what's your opinion on soulmate and destiny thing, but I'm totally in opposite. I remember The Good Place (love the series btw!) quote about how soulmates are made with love and nurture of people and not some cosmic forces. And to see how show is pushing for Destiny ™️ I'm kinda disheartened. But I guess I never really liked love square execution in the first place when it turned out that Marinette is butt of the crush joke for 3 seasons and there's 0 development from that. Like Thomas, that's not funny running gag. Thanks for reading! Hope you're doing well!

Thank you for the rant, and I agree!

It’s so strange how all their attempts to push for the love square just push me more towards Lukanette. How do the writers do that???

Anonymous said:

Yeah that point where she exclaims Luka in shock just angered and confused me. She LITERALLY transformed because Luka was akumatized. And her being shocked is only there to get her under the truth spell.

This episode is held together by knots and strings at this point.

Anonymous said:

Wow, "Ladybug likes Chat Noir humor." Then why every time Chat Noir makes puns, Ladybug looks like she wanted to strangle him on spot.

Ladybug = us

At that point, they should’ve just said, “[The writers] like Chat Noir’s humor.” Like--writers, please don’t use Ladybug as a tool to simp for your sunshine boy, it looks really pathetic.

Anonymous said:

Based on the ellipses you used I'm guessing you're not a fan of Jagged talking about the "Guitar is my only family" song.

Oh, no actually... I mean, I do because it’s there to torment Luka, but the ellipses was because of the intentional pause in the episode. Jagged was looking sympathetic

Anonymous said:

Truth was awful, the only good thing we got out of it was a Lukanette date (yay :'D) and we got to know Luka's father (although we all been knew).

Honestly if we could find a way to edit it so Luka and Marinette properly kissed then we’d just chop it out of the episode and call it the only canon thing.

asexual-individual said:

So, given that "Truth" didn't introduce the protection charms, I'm going to take a wild guess that they're not introduced until after "Gang of Secrets", meaning that Marinette won't get any close friends that it's safe to tell her secret to.

I was legit so sure that it was a guardian benefit and now I’m just left confused/curious about what causes CharmBug. Like, what, do you get CharmBug by purifying your one thousandth akuma???

Anonymous said:

I am absolutely positive no one quality checks these episodes before they’re sent out. Ladybug getting caught off guard on Luka being Truth even though she knows he was akumatised, and the horribly upbeat music playing as Marinette lies in bed absolutely defeated is so bad there’s no way this was double checked before it was sent out to TV stations

At this point, I’m convinced that they don’t care and are jamming through episodes as fast as they possible can.

cobraonthecob said:

I'm willing to bet that the writers go through critical and salt blogs just to see what the fandom's thinking, and then they think we're serious and they sprint with whatever we say.

guys please reconsider and also lower your alcohol levels

Anonymous said:

It was awful in general, but why add the paternity thing in the break-up ep? It detracts from, well, everything else and makes obvious they are copypasting fan theories instead of thinking of plot points.

I really do think they knew that Luka being upset over Marinette’s secret wasn’t enough to akumatize him so he needed something else.

Anonymous said:

Let me get something straight: The episode was explicitly about Marinette going on dates with Luka and that they were together. Yet Juleka is once again part of the shipping squad with obligatory "Marinette is only weird because she's with Adrien"-theories, and she's totally cool with that?

Yup! :3

guys I just adore mob mentality, did you know.

guys--

Anonymous said:

Ok, but the fact that everyone considers Marinette’s crush on Adrien to be her big secret is stupidly unrealistic. They KNOW they’re all aware of it - the girl squad even figured it out by themselves before they were told and think it’s totally obvious (as long as you’re a girl cause guys are clueless about feelings right). As far as they’re concerned it’s not actually a secret so they SHOULD be spilling the things they think only they and Marinette know. I mean, I can think of dozens of possibilities for Tom and the rest of the girls already, but Alya?

We had a front row seat to the damning secret Alya knows from back in season 1, but I guess asking this show to acknowledge continuity is too much. Still, the episode could have been so much more interesting if Alya had said, “Marinette’s the one who really gave Adrien the scarf for his birthday, but he looked so happy thinking it was from his father that she couldn’t bear to tell him that Gabriel hadn’t actually gotten him anything.” (I suppose reminding people of that wouldn’t fit into the writers’ poor attempts to make Gabriel sympathetic though 🙄).

Lol, just imagine the entire battle being sidetracked by Luka being brought to tears by how selfless and sweet his girlfriend is while Shadow Moth is too distracted by how this will ruin his reputation to get him back on track.

JKHJDSKGFSG

YES.

ALL OF THIIIIIS.

THIS IS AMAZING.

Anonymous said:

Marinette deserves to tell Luka she's Ladybug and have some support on her side tbh, it's disgusting to see the writers breaking up clearly the only thing that brings her joy and peace currently

HONESTLY.

And judging from that one trailer, she IS going to tell someone her secret and it’ll probably be freaking Alya; you know, the girl who blabbed about her Adrien crush to Nino and is thus THE LEAST TRUTHWORTHY PERSON. (”bonus” if it’s before the amulets)

I’m having nightmares already about Alya distrusting Lila because Marinette is Ladybug and not because Alya believes in Marinette. DX

Anonymous said:

Now that it’s been confirmed (in the worst way possible) that Jagged Stone is in fact Luka’s (and possibly Juleka’s?) father, how would you handle the whole mixed family aspect considering Jagged and Anarka’s relationship, Jagged and Penny’s, Anarka and Penny’s, Jagged and Luka’s (and Juleka’s?), and Penny and Luka’s (and Juleka’s?)? Topics like mixed families and family relationships are something that needs to be handled sensibly and sensitively given how it hits home for a lot of real-world people. Since we obviously can’t trust the ML writers to handle such topics the way that they deserve to be, how would you go about it knowing what we know up to this point about each character on their own and how they interact with one another?

Luka and Juleka were “accidents,” but Anarka kept it a secret from Jagged since Jagged was already hyped up to go on his next tour and Anarka knew their relationship was crumbling (possibly he already dumped her as his guitarist and she was annoyed about it). Jagged eventually learns that he has kids and is hesitant towards the idea, but because of him doting on Marinette (who’s the same age as his kids), he opens up to the idea.

Anarka and Jagged in present are mixed between tolerating each other for the sake of their kids and being chaotic best friends. The bad blood died out a while ago and there’s occasional tension but because Anarka is a single woman not interested in Jagged and Jagged is single with a possible thing for Penny, they make it work

Anarka and Penny have an awkward relationship. Penny wants to schedule time for Jagged to hang with Luka and Juleka and Anarka is confused at the very concept of a schedule, like just take them whenever okay??? isn’t it easier that way??? and Penny is like, “...oh, I guess so?”

Jagged and Penny, it depends on if they’re in any sort of relationship. If they’re in a relationship, Penny is either open to the idea of him learning to be good with kids if she’ll eventually want kids with him, or mixed because these are another woman’s kids and it’s really awkward. If they’re not in a relationship, then Penny could also be mixed since she’s crushing on him but I could also see her either finding it sweet that Jagged wants to hang out with his kids or finding it a hassle to schedule them in.

Jagged and Luka is rough. Luka has so many conflicting feelings on his idol ending up being his father. Jagged will probably even comment on Luka’s shirt + necklace and all of Luka’s merch in an attempt to bond but that kind of comes off desperate/awkward and Luka’s not about that life. I could also see Luka taking all the stuff down and swapping out his shirt, but being hesitant to remove the necklace because it’s a gift from Marinette. He might try to wash off the signature. He knows it’s not Jagged’s fault exactly but Anarka seemed to have bad blood with him and even if they get along now, Luka’s bitter. Jagged meanwhile wants to connect with Luka because hey musician energy!! but is gonna mess up a lot and say a lot of awkward things. Marinette will probably have to be a middle man between the two because it’s easier for them to talk with her around.

Jagged and Juleka don’t have a significant relationship at first. Juleka never care who her father was and she wasn’t crazy about Jagged Stone like Luka was. Jagged does try to connect with her but they clash majorly due to Jagged being so “loud” and Juleka being so quiet. Jagged will see it as a huge accomplishment the day where Juleka says something coherent (i.e: not a mumble) to him.

Yeah though, keep in mind for all of this that I’m not a family relationship kinda girl, so this isn’t my forte (I’m probably the most sympathetic to Jagged out of the whole fandom; not to say I agree with his actions but I have a history of hating babies and children, so not cool of him if he ditched Anarka but like, I get it, doesn’t make him better but I get it from a non-realistic standpoint of “ew, parenting”).

Anonymous said:

You know what? Imma gonna ignore canon for a bit more than I’ve been doing. The only thing I take away from “Truth” is that Marinette loves Luka and Tikki looks adorable in hats. That’s it have a good Saturday! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

Anonymous said:

If there’s one small detail that I thought was genuinely cute this episode, it’s Tikki posing in the mirror with her little hat collection.

Ahaha, those are good takeaways!

And yes, Tikki looked good in hats, but at what cost. (guys, where’s our jealous Tikki episode where Tikki is jealous of the attention Marinette has to give the other kwami wait no they’d just make it Marinette’s fault go back go ba--)

Anonymous asked:

Am I the only on squicked out by how Adrien acts all noble and claims he would never force Ladybug to tell him anything, but when it becomes apparent that he has to ask her a question before the akuma can he goes all ‘what are your three favorite things about me?’ :3c I mean, he had decent amount of time to think up a bunch of innocent questions that couldn’t hurt her in any way like ‘what is your favorite color?’ or ‘do you like cookies?’ or even ‘what’s the capitol of France?’ But instead he basically demands she compliment him. Coming from a guy who spent most of the last two seasons refusing to take ‘no’ for an answer that’s a bit… icky.

THIS

He could’ve phrased it in any way and he used it to get compliments from her. :|

At least Ladybug asked a legitimate question about how he felt about her guardian status.

Anonymous said:

I had this idea for an episode: Luka finds out that Marinette is LB because he is in danger. Let's say he gets yeeted off a building by an akuma and Marinette (in her civilian form) jumps after him, transforms while Luka sees it (he's shook, obviously), she grabs him and saves him from falling. I think that would be pretty epic, do you think you could write a one-shot based on that idea if you feel like that? I would forever be thankful. Have a nice day!

I like the idea, though I feel like that’s been done a lot before in identity reveal fanfics.

Anonymous said:

You know, despite them all getting interrupted, I thought the attempts at Lukanette dates was really cute. Luka picking up Marinette from school, the two trying to see who is the biggest jagged fan, getting ice cream at Andre's, it's really cute! I only wish Hawkmoth and the writers weren't such dickheads.

It’s so adorable!

Like--show, you aren’t doing a good job at getting me off the Lukanette train.

Anonymous said:

Are you sure the Lukanette breakup wasn't Marinette's fault? I mean, the episode frames it like she's refusing to tell the truth, even if it's for a good reason.

I’m not sure when I said that the episode didn’t frame it as her fault?

Things are ALWAYS Marinette’s fault, it’s literally a rule of the show.

Anonymous said:

You know the truth episode actually gives more reasons for lukanette in my opinion based of its description you said. Luka is ridiculously understanding and also almost manages to fight off hawk moth as well as taking probably a week at least for him to get to that and yet he, while he’s upset, still tries to be there for marinette. Also makes the relationships she has with her friends and family worse if the secret they think she has is that she likes adrien while dating Luka.

YES!!

And oh my gosh, I feel the friends and family comment so badly. Just throwing it out there, maybe you guys don’t actually support her???

Anonymous said:

How do you feel about Luka having no negative reaction to this whole "Marinette loves Adrien" thing? I understand that he isn't exactly the jealous type, but still, it seems weird to me that he just accepts it while Marinette is dating him. I love Luka a lot, but in this situation his reaction was just so unrealistic...

Honestly, I find it really interesting. Plus, it’s Truth who’s being told those things, not Luka, and Truth has other priorities.

And--I mean, I’m positive that Luka got into the relationship knowing that Marinette wasn’t completely over Adrien. She wanted to see if they’d work and he wanted to date her. It’s both of them being a little selfish in a way and I like that.

That’s why I think he doesn’t have a big reaction to the Adrien call. He seems amused more than anything, and Luka is empathetic also so he knows not to take Marinette’s stammering/mistakes to heart because she doesn’t mean them. We already had evidence of that in “Desperada.”

writingamongther0ses said:

Even if Lukanette had stayed together, I have a feeling Alya would complain that it's not Adrien...which could lead to a character growth opportunity for her when her complaining leads to Luka getting hurt when he overhears and becomes an akuma. But that's too interesting.

Interesting character relationships??? In THIS show???

never

Anonymous said:

After watching Truth the only thing I can feel at the moment is bitter. Not angry, not sad, not disappointed. Just bitter.

Bitter’s a good way of putting it, yeah. *sigh*

Anonymous said:

The fact that the second episode released managed to get a bingo really says a lot about how predictable the show's garbage fire writing.

I KNOW, RIGHT??

I knew the Lukanette episode would be a big card filler but DAMN.

Anonymous said:

I hated all of Truth, but perhaps the worst part was how hard they tried to remind you that, no matter how much of a good time Marinette and Luka have together, it's Adrien who Marinette will end up with in the end. From Alya rudely insinuating "girl, you're acting stupid, is Adrien at your house?", to Luka receiving a PICTURE of Adrien from a kwami, to Marinette talking on the phone with Luka while her Adrien pictures are in the background, to Marinette CALLING LUKA ADRIEN, to Truth demanding that people tell him Marinette's secret, only for them ALL to say "She's in love with Adrien Agreste.".

It's absolutely anger-inducing because it tries too hard to let the audience know to forget about Luka because Adrien is lurking in the corner and he and Marinette are endgame. The fans are right, Luka IS a second choice, but not in the way they think. Luka's a second choice, not for Marinette, but for the Miraculous Ladybug world. for the WRITERS!!!

But what bothers me the most is that everyone saying that Marinette loves Adrien is accepted as truth even when Marinette herself says she's over Adrien. Her words are ignored, how she feels is ignored, because everyone else(including the girl squad, when they're supposed to be her "friends") tells her that she's supposed to be in love with Adrien, and so she "has" to go along with it because ENDGAME. It's the show saying "stupid naive Marinette, you're too immature and dumb to know how you really feel, let someone else do the thinking for you!"

Meanwhile Adrien moving on with Kagami is accepted even when he still flirts with Ladybug(and forces her to build up his ego when he asks her what she admires most about him; I know it was a spur of the moment thing, but meta-wise, it was obvious love square pushing.), because "he's trying to respect her feelings and date someone else!" It's one of the main gripes I have with the show: that teenage girls are too emotional and confused to know what they really want, but teenage boys are mature and rational enough to make up their minds about who they love without holding any animosity towards anyone.

The all-white, all-male writing team pushes the Chinese girl's feelings aside and forces her to hide and erase them if they're not want they want her to feel, while the white boy gets congratulated with a pat on the back for doing the bare minimum and always, ALWAYS, takes the moral high ground(even in superhero form when he's supposedly goofy.). When she's the lead.

"Luka's a second choice, not for Marinette, but for the Miraculous Ladybug world. for the WRITERS!!!“

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

It’s just tiring. It’s not even me being sick of the love square, but it being forced into everything when it’s not even relevant. The episode strategically throws more and more of Marinette’s Adrien crush (I did the math, I know this) into the mix and it provides nothing but the same tired jokes. Heck, they keep leaning on the lucky charm Marinette let him borrow (not GAVE, let him BORROW) back in Season 1 because they basically have nothing else to go off of.

#category: salt #episode: Truth #other: ml spoilers #other: ask and answer

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skullsandwineglasses · 3 years

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Hi! There is a show: ZYW and some other guy travel for 3 days. From what I've seen, it's his morning routine to warm up his vocal cords Also ZYW is hugging trees and basically most of the time they eat lol Also they talk a lot, so I guess it should be cool to understand. When you have two minutes, could you tell us what this show is about in general? The name on youtube: 《仅三天可见》[第六期] 姜思达周一围｜一个冠军给我带来了无妄之灾 Perhaps they're visiting some place important to ZYW? Thank you so much for all your help!)

Yeah, so in brief, the show is about the host, Jiang Sida (JSD), who spends 3 days with a celebrity in each episode to try to understand them better.

ZYW in particular is a celebrity who really interested Jiang Sida because of how quickly ZYW gained popularity after Birth of an Actor, and also because of all of the negative rumours swirling around his personal life. ZYW is often insulted by the media for being 油腻, which means greasy. Greasy is an insult used to describe older, middle-aged men who are sleazy, self-absorbed, and on the heavier or chubbier side, although sometimes this insult can be leveled at younger, in-shape male celebrities too who come off as kind of douchey.

It’s sad because even though ZYW doesn’t often express it, you can tell that the rumours do get to him. For instance, during the first meal in the show, he wanted to use a toothpick, but he was wary about using it in front of the cameras so he pocketed it away. The host noticed this and sympathized and playfully said, “Ah, too protective of your image. Stop the camera. Let’s go upstairs to the third floor, I understand you.”

The vocal cord warm up (that occurred during the hike before that meal) happened because ZYW asked JSD “you studied production right, not broadcast? If you studied broadcast, this would be a good place to practice your sound”, to which JSD replied, “show me” (or, “give one”). ZYW proceeded to demonstrate a dantian qi exercise.

In the voiceover during the hike, JSD said that even though they were friendly, things were still a little awkward and distant between them since they hadn’t gotten to know each other yet.

On the third floor rooftop, JSD opened up to ZYW about a film he wanted to write about. JSD shared his ideas to ZYW, saying that the film would tell the story of his father who spends a year away at sea fishing. ZYW then shares his feedback, saying that it’s a really meaningful story because it’s about the loneliness of a man out at sea. Basically, this conversation is what finally allowed JSD to connect to ZYW because they were finally talking about deep and thoughtful topics like the art of storytelling and life lessons. ZYW said to JSD, you need to think about what kind of perspective you want to show. Is the story about the son’s feelings about his father’s return, or is the story the father’s story at sea, and the son is just an observer meant as a stand-in for the audience? ZYW then said that he was pleasantly surprised to learn about this side of JSD because he now knows that JSD is able to understand him. He also encourages JSD to keep pursuing his dream of wanting to make this movie. It doesn’t matter whether the end result is good or not, but it’s a joy to be able wake up everyday and pursue your goal. JSD says that he spends everyday thinking about this story he’s creating, because he wants to get to know the story better since it’s still so unfamiliar and foreign to him.

During the tea segment, JSD asked ZYW if he was bothered by the things the media says about him and he kind of just shrugs it off and says that it grounds him. They talk about how he used to love karaoke (KTV) when he was younger, JSD asked him what his wife likes about him, and ZYW said that you have to ask his wife why. ZYW mentioned how people would call him PUA, or “pick up artist”, and then JSD if those things bothered him. ZYW said that he learned to ignore those things, but they do bother his wife. The tea segment ends with them noting that it looks like it’s about to rain soon, and ZYW says, when it rains, you can choose to stand in the rain, or avoid it and go indoors.

During the evening meal, ZYW is asked again about how he feels about what people say about him and why he doesn’t address the rumours. ZYW says that it’s pointless because his voice alone isn’t going to make all the rumours stop. JSD says that it could be cathartic to be able to yell back at people, and ZYW laughs and says it’ll only be for a moment’s satisfaction but it won’t change anything. When asked if he is a person who likes to win, ZYW said that he likes to finish things, but does that make him someone who likes to win? He doesn’t compare himself to others, but he just wants to do what’s expected of him. JSD then tells ZYW that the director of the show asked him if he was worried that netizens would accuse him of trying to use this show to try to rescue ZYW’s image (洗白, which means to “wash white”, or clear someone’s name). JSD tells ZYW that his goal is to present celebrities in an honest and genuine manner, and if it just so happens that the celebrity is actually a better person than what netizens thought, then that’s the truth and he’s not fabricating anything.

The following evening, they have a conversation about happiness. ZYW says that he doesn’t compare between the years in his life or classify certain years or decades as being bad years or good years. He doesn’t wish to forget the bad years. He says, why would you need to forget the bad years?

By the river, ZYW asks JSD if he ever thought about what kind of animal he wanted to be. JSD says that it doesn’t really matter what animal, but if you asked him if he would rather become someone else, he’d say no. ZYW says that not wanting to be another person is a pretty good answer.

During the final sit-down interview, JSD starts off the conversation by saying that ZYW looks relaxed most of the time, but he’s actually 绷 (”beng”) on the inside, meaning stretched-tight. ZYW asks how so. JSD says that ZYW is constantly noticing things around him, and avoiding things and people and cameras. ZYW says that it’s part of his job to notice more details more than the average person. In terms of avoiding cameras, he’s constantly being scrutinized, there are always cameras around him. Even during this interview, they have to put on a show of being relaxed in casual conversation, even though there’s a whole sea of cameras and people with mics and earpieces around them. So it’s only natural to want to try to find a balance between reel and real life by being a little aversive towards cameras and people’s scrutiny.

JSD then says that ZYW seems like he has a lot of thoughts that he keeps to himself. JSD says ZYW is 拧巴 (”ning ba”) , which kind of means uncomfortable, awkward, restless, wanting to do something but not doing it, like for example, being uncomfortable with rumours but not addressing them. ZYW says that what’s the point of explaining? How is it meaningful? Will explaining something change you as a person? You are still you whether you choose to explain something you not. Likewise, you are still you despite the rumours. The rumours (no matter how bad they are) don’t change who you are. Only you know who you are.

This really reminds me of what Xiao Qi said in episode 64 of TRP: “If there’s anything that needs to be explained, then no matter how much you try to explain it, it’s never going to be explained away. Let them spread the rumours.”

ZYW explains that there is no way that a single word or statement from him can possibly fend off the tens of thousands of words from netizens, so there is no point. In addition, rumours are only momentary and they ebb and flow. The netizens are always going to look for a new rumour or scandal to talk about anyway, so the uproar about him is only temporary.

ZYW also says that there will always be rumours. There’s no truth. He will never expect that a single interview can change people’s minds. First of all, the viewers can’t experience the conversation in the same way the he and JSD are currently experiencing the conversation now in this moment. The audience will be watching it through a screen. The audience will only seeing an edited recording of the conversation, but they will never be able to know or understand the “true” nature of the conversation that he and JSD are having right now because the audience isn’t here with them. This is actually some really deep and philosophical insight from ZYW lol. What is real? What is the truth?

JSD asks ZYW is this means that he’s disappointed and lost faith with the audience. ZYW says no, this is just reality. We can only hope to influence people who are able to influence, like people in our immediate circle, but when it comes to noise or mass opinions, you don’t have control over that.

JSD then asks about fatherhood. JSD says that most men would talk about how fatherhood has changed them. ZYW says that most of his friends talk about this, but he doesn’t. But if he doesn’t talk about it, does he think about it? ZYW pauses to reflect. In another interview, ZYW noted that all kids have their own life “scripts” that they act out and deal with (this was in response to how he doesn’t seem to be home often to be with his kid). In that interview, he said that that was the way in which he had to grow up, figuring out his own script (and essentially not relying on anyone), so he doesn’t expect it to be any different for his own child. This once again result in the media backlash against him and questioning his role as a father. Which is why when faced with this question from JSD now, ZYW has to pause to think carefully about how to answer.

JSD asks why can’t ZYW give a straightforward answer for the audience. The audience doesn’t want to hear an answer buried in layers of meaning, but they just want a simple answer to things. ZYW says that sometimes he isn’t completely sure of what the answer to something is, and so he can’t give a straight answer. It would be easy to give the answer that the audience wants, but he needs to be able to give answer that is genuine and resonates with him.

JSD asks how ZYW would respond if the audience calls him self-absorbed. ZYW turns the question back to JSD and asks him to provide a response for him because he doesn’t know how to. ZYW said that he would just not respond and let it pass. On top of that, ZYW says that he doesn’t think of himself as being self-absorbed at all. He’s actually dissatisfied with himself in a lot of ways, and all he wants is for the audience to not pay attention to him so that he can be peacefully left alone.

JSD asks if ZYW is he is more afraid of being criticized or being forgotten. ZYW says that being forgotten would mean that there is a problem with his acting skills. In terms of being criticized, it would depend on the criticism. He would mind criticism towards his acting because he would want to improve any problems in craft. However, if it’s personal criticism, then he doesn’t care.

ZYW says that someone he admires once said, it’s a complicated world out there, so find a comfortable position, change positions, and learn to live with it.

JSD’s second last question to ZYW is whether he’d rather choose a comfortable position/posture or a beautiful position/posture. ZYW said that he would choose a comfortable position. JSD asks if ZYW thinks his current “posture” looks good (i.e., if his current standing and image is favourable). ZYW asks that you’ll have to ask someone else in order to know.

The last question asked whether ZYW can predict how this interview will be received by audience. ZYW says that they touched upon many deep topics, but it’s hard to say what kind of effect it will have on the audience, or how the audience would choose to interpret it. He’ll welcome thoughtful discussion, but it would regretful if the audience took away very superficial things from the discussion.

JSD asks if ZYW is happy with the discussion today. ZYW says that if it weren’t for the cameras, they could have gone deeper into some topics, but because there are cameras, he has to have impose boundaries on the things he’s willing to reveal. But he says that he would be interested in having more private conversations with JSD.

JSD ends the episode saying that ZYW is an old soul who knows himself, knows what he wants, and already has his own “world” (meaning he already has what he needs).

lol I was at first only going to summarize the first few minutes of the episode, but I ended up watching the whole thing because I was so memorized by ZYW’s insights, so here you go, a scene by scene summary of the episode.

For those curious, you can watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzt31O7imS4

#zhou yiwei #zhou yi wei #cdrama

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Midnight Cinderella Prologue

To anyone who as already read the prologue and want to re-read it, these are the steps how.

Home

Memories

Other (the pumpkin carriage)

Stories

Route

To anyone who that is looking to play the game go read the prologue for yourself it’s free! As an added bonus this is a free to play game with a chapter ticket system. So it’s all free~

THIS IS YOUR SPOILER WARNING ANYTHING UNDER THE CUT IS FROM THE PROLOGUE OF THE GAME MIDNIGHT CINDERELLA. THESE ARE NOTES OF THAT STORY.

Midnight Cinderella Sneak Peek

So this was just a set of 10 pictures giving you a quick overview of what MidCin is like.

Arrival at the Palace

Here we find MC hastily running down the Palace stairs attempting to leave the Palace at night when everyone is asleep. when she finds herself falling down the stairs from tripping in her high heel shoes, but before she falls down the stairs someone catches her as she recalls the events leading up to this point.

MC recalls attempting to get into the palace by invitation but is turned down at the gates. She, like every other young bachelorette in the kingdom of Wysteria received an invitation to be selected as the new princess elect. However MC didn’t come to the palace looking to be the next princess; she came to the Palace for something far more simpler than that.

MC is a home tutor.

MC refuses to turn around and go home after coming this far, so she starts looking for another way into the palace grounds when she notices a rat dart up some vines growing on the palace’s walls. This gives her the idea to climb the vines herself and get into the palace.

Just then MC meets a knight on duty that catches her attempting to climb the vines into the palace. The knight asks MC who she is and to explain what she was doing.

Caught by a Knight

Here is where you chose your MC Name if you’ve just started.

MC asks the knight for help in getting into the palace. At first he refuses and MC recalls why she came in the first place.

MC came to the palace looking for a white flower that is said to grow in the castle courtyard and will grant a wish to whoever had one. It’s just a fairy tale but MC couldn’t refuse her little student’s innocent request when asked to get one so that the student can make their mother healthy again.

While MC is thinking the Knight notices the invitation in her hand, to which he points out that she should have just said from the start that she just wanted a shot at being princess. The knight helps MC over the wall and she learns that the knight’s name is Alyn.

MC after entering the palace begins looking for the castle courtyard to pick the flower but ends up in the parlor with all the other princess elect candidates. Here is where MC meets the Chamberlain Giles. Refusing to get distracted MC leaves the parlor but not without Giles noticing.

MC finds the castle courtyard and starts her search for the flower when she meets another new person. This man is both beautiful and elegant. He asks MC what she is doing and seeing now need to lie, she tells him the truth. Harsh but realistic, the aristocratic man tells MC to find her flower and leave. Before leaving MC gets the man’s name, Louis.

After Louis leaves Giles comes to fetch MC and help change her out of her muddy clothing.

Chosen to be Princess

This section was really short.

Giles gives MC a simple but elegant dress to replace her muddy ones. Giles also explains to MC that she is the new princess elect.

Prologue Part 1

Part 1

MC was ushered back to the parlor where she was announced to all the other candidates as the new princess elect.

Giles explains to MC that outside of official business she doesn’t need to use their titles. He also explains that this decision is irreversible, she is the new princess that nothing can change that.

MC and Giles run into Alyn in the hallway where Giles tells him that she is the new Princess Elect.

Part 2

Surprised and amused, Alyn’s replies “You, the princess? We’ll see how well you work out.”

Here is where MC meets Leo. Eager to meet the princess Leo lays it on heavy with flirting.

Part 3

Giles begins explaining that MC will have much to learn on everything pertaining to her new role as princess. Giles also reminds MC that she would have to find a Prince Consort as part of her Princess Elect duties. Giles encourages MC by telling her, “After all-if I didn’t have faith in you, I never would have appointed you in the first place.”

MC then meets her new personal attendant, Nico. Giles then dumps MC on Nico and tells him to help her make her rounds in introducing herself to all in the palace.

Part 4

Nico places a pendant around MC’s neck before continuing to make her rounds introducing herself as the official princess.

When finished, MC takes a small break in the courtyard, while Nico gets her a drink. While sitting, MC notices a man she hasn’t met yet. He’s carrying painting equipment and she assumes that he is the palace’s court painter. And flanked by him is Louis.

Louis notices MC sitting on the courtyard fountain, he helps fix her hair and then notices her necklace. Surprise and angry, Louis drags MC off.

Part 5

Louis wants to know why Mc is Princess Elect. Angry with MC, Louis lashes out against her. He tells her that he doesn’t think she has what it takes to be the next princess and should leave as soon as she can. He also states that he doesn’t like a commoner ascending the throne.

Louis leaves MC when he hears Nico looking for her. He tells her that it’s dinner time and escorts her to the dinning hall. Over dinner MC asks Giles if she can take a trip outside the palace in the near future.

Prologue Part 2

Part 1

Giles informs MC that she can leave the Palace but she has to leave with protection, she is the Princess Elect.

MC, through Giles’s explanation, is introduced to a neighboring kingdom called Stein. They are very mysterious and Giles believes that news of her being selected as the Princess Elect.

Meanwhile is Stein, a man named Sid has arrived with information for King Byron and Albert of the new Princess Elect.

After her conversation with Giles, MC is escorted to her room with Nico’s help. There she passes out on the bed from exhaustion.

Part 2

MC wakes in the morning to both the sounds of birds chirping but also s ruckus outside her door. MC learns form over hearing other bureaucrats that the current King had fallen ill.

MC from the hallway hears the King speak highly of her and the weight of her responsibilities as new Princess Elect become very clear to her. While she’s going through this, Leo comes up behind her.

Part 3

Leo tells MC not to worry. If she leaves everything to Giles it will work its self out. MC remembers that the reason she came to the castle was to find a flower. She came looking because her student asked her to. MC accepted because she wanted to keep her pupil safe and happy.

MC, standing firm tells Leo that she won’t just sit back and let other handle all the hard stuff, it’s just not who she is. MC proceeds to fling open the door to the kings chamber where everyone has piled in.

Part 4

In front of everyone MC vocalize that she accepts the honor of being Princess Elect with great humility and pledges to do whatever it takes to serve Wysteria and its people. The King is very impressed at MC’s introduction and his happy with Giles’s decision.

There is a range of mixed emotions from the bureaucrat about MC. They range from adoration to down right distance.

Giles tells MC that he’s going to enjoy teaching her.

Part 5

Giles affixed a tiara onto MC heads. Solidifying her as the new Princess Elect. The tiara is a gift them the current King and is worn by the Princess. Giles then gives MC the rest of the day off so he can attend to the King.

MC is left with Nico and she asks him if he will help he just for tonight, she wants sneak out of the palace to meet with her old pupil.

Nico aids MC by getting her a carriage and having it ready out front. On her out, running down the red carpeted Stairs MC trips ans falls into the arms of…?

#cybird #ikemen series #midcin #midnight cinderella #alyn crawford #louis howard #giles cristophe #leo crawford #byron wagner #sid #llyod gradier #robert branche #nico meier #albert burckhart #rayvis harneit

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RebelZ (Chapter 9)

Invader Zim fanfic

While analyzing Zim’s PAK for weaknesses, Tak discovers strange coding that sends her on a search for answers. The clues lead her to uncover a conspiracy that governs all of Irken society. When the truth sends her on the run, she has no choice but to return to the one place the Tallest would never willingly go: Urth.

Meanwhile, Dib has noticed odd changes in Zim’s behavior. Has the invader simply grown bored of his mission over the last few years, or is there something more interesting going on?

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“Care to tell us what the fuck that was?” the Dib shouted as they ran down the hall.

“A coup, obviously,” Zim shot back. “Just not one where you seize power at the end. So, half a coup.”

“So then who seizes power now?”

“The Tallest Red and Purple still have it,”

Dib nearly tripped over his own feet in his shock. “You mean you didn’t kill them?”

“It’s nearly impossible to poison an Irken,” Tak explained. “The PAK filters out most toxins. You can incapacitate them, though, for a short period of time.”

“So you basically just quit your job in spectacular fashion,” Dib said indignantly.

Tak almost couldn’t believe it. Zim must be sincere in his betrayal. He poisoned the Tallest and declared to the entire upper crust of the Irken military that it was intentional. There was no coming back from that. Every other disaster he caused could reasonably be argued as a mistake. But there could be no doubt here. Zim truly had turned on the empire.

Yet, something still didn’t sit quite right with her. If he had gone rebel, if he had truly turned traitor, then his life clock would have gone off like hers did. One would reasonably assume the impotence for this betrayal was her discovery of the Control Brains parasite, but she was with him ever since she told him that news and she never saw his life clock go off. But that could only mean something else prompted him at an earlier date. So the question was, what made Zim finally snap?

They came to a split in the hallway. Tak started going right while Zim went left.

“Uh, the Voot is this way,” Tak called.

“I’m not going to the Voot,” Zim yelled back. “I’m going to the control room.”

Dib and Tak cast each other a glance, then followed him. They found him crouched behind a door at the end of the hall and joined him in his hiding spot. Dib took a peak inside. There, dozens of Irkens worked at their stations. They seemed unaware that, for now, their leaders were incapacitated.

Zim tapped his PAK and a metal ball flew into his hands. He pulled a pin, tossed it in, and smashed the control panel, shutting the door. They heard coughing from the other side and, after a few minutes, opened the door to find the Irkens unconscious on the floor.

“So, what are we doing in here again?” Dib asked, as they stepped into the room.

Zim grabbed one of the Irkens who still slouched in their chair and threw them to the floor. “Wiping Urth off the navigation map.” He sat down and the monitor and started messing with the buttons. “If I’m going to continue to use it as my home base, I can’t have them finding it.”

“Not so fast,” Tak slapped his fingers away from the buttons. “Before this goes any further, I need answers. If you’re truly on our side, there’s only one way your life clock didn’t go off.”

“We don’t have time for this!”

“You had a rebellious thought!” Tak declared. “When?”

“Three Urth years ago.”

“Three years?” Dib shouted, stepping up to them. “But I’ve been watching you. Why were you still trying to conquer Earth if you kinda-quit three years ago?”

“I wasn’t.”

“But I saw you building machines!” Dib argued.

“They weren’t for me!” Zim shot back.

Tak began to ask “But how-” before Zim cut her off.

“Silence!” he shouted. “Silence your questions! I need to concentrate.”

Zim continued typing on the buttons until a picture of the Earth appeared on the screen. The stats were scarce, save for the coordinates and the note, ‘that place where Zim is.’ The little blue ball of dirt and water had gone unnoticed by the empire, noteworthy only as a banishment site. To them, it was merely a place to keep Zim contained, far away from anything important. But after the stunt they pulled today, it would be a target.

Another few clicks of a button and the Urth was gone, leaving only a blank file in its wake. All Irken military ships automatically synced with the Massive. If it was gone from this data base, it was essentially invisible to all Irkens. If they wanted to find Urth again, they’d have to scour the universe for it. But why stop at Urth?

“Let’s dump it all,” Tak said.

“What?”

“Erase the database,” she said. “It’ll be a crippling blow to the empire.”

“Do we really have time to erase everything?” Dib asked. The human made a good point.

“Jut the maps then,” she suggested. “They would have to rebuild their navigation systems from scratch and it would send the fleet into disarray.”

“Zim is no radical!” Zim snapped. “I’m only doing this to cover my own ass.”

“Not a raical?” Dib scoffed. “You just poisoned your own leaders.”

“That was personal,” Zim argued. “This is political.”

“And what about those weapons you’re building?!” Dib shot back. “If they’re not for Irk, then who are they for?”

“Zim’s business deals are none of your… um… business!”

“Shut up!” Tak commanded, taking a seat at another monitor. “We don’t have time for this! Let’s get these maps erased and get out of here.”

“If you even make it that far,” a chorus of voices answered.

Dib looked around. “Who said that?”

“We did, human.”

Every Irken in the room rose to their feet. Tak prepared herself for a fight. Her eyes darted as she watched them all, poised to deploy the weapons in her PAK. But none made a move to attack. They all stood there, stalk still, with a dead look in their eyes.

Dib gaped at the sight. “H-how are you…”

“Silence Urth Creature!” the possessed Irkens shouted in unison, turning their cold eyes toward Dib. “Do not interrupt us again!” Dib shut his mouth and the Irkens calmed. “Congratulations defectives” they said, now addressing Zim and Tak. “It’s been centuries since we had to resort to total override, but mark our words, you will pay for this waste of food.”

“What do you care for waste?” Tak spat back at them. “You throw Irken lives away every day in your conquest.”

“A calculated cost to bring me more to feed from in the long term,” the Irkens explained with their eerily monotone voices. “You should know about calculated risks. Don’t forget, we see everything you do.”

“When have I ever sacrificed good soldiers?”

Every possessed Irken in the room wore the same mocking smirk. “All through your training days. Don’t you remember? We saw everything you did, every little cheat to get ahead.”

The Irkens tapped buttons on their control boards and soon, every monitor showed various scenes from Tak’s training years. “Electrodes hidden in your boots to cripple race opponents. Stealing test answers and planting them in a rival’s locker after copying them for yourself. You got top scores on your exams and excelled at your drills, but is it really victory if you have to sabotage your competitions? Oh sure, you studied and trained, but it never felt like enough, did it? Never thought you could win a fair fight. Had to tear someone else down first. Maybe, if it weren’t for all your cheating, we’d have let you make up your Elite ranking test. After all, we allowed everyone else who was inconvenienced by the blackout to take it.” Their smirks grew as they twisted the knife further. “Just not you.”

Tak ground her teeth together as she watched the images play out on the screen. There was no denying them. The monitors played footage from her own memory bank. They showed her and everyone else who she really was. She work so hard. She clawed her way to the top and did everything she could to stay there. But it was all a lie. And now they knew it. What was worse, Zim knew it. That little pain in the ass managed to make it to elite the first time, even while being a walking disaster, and he never had to deliberately cheat. The idea of him lording that over her was enough to make her blood boil.

“Perhaps you can prove everyone wrong, though,” the Irken voices went on. “Take the honest route for once in your life. Tell Zim what you learned on your little trip to Refirencee. Tell him what you suspect.”

“Fool!” Zim scoffed. “Zim already accessed Tak’s memories. I know everything she knows about the Control Brain parasite.”

“Yes, you saw the same books. But did you reach the same conclusions?”

“Guys! Don’t you see what it’s doing?” The Dib burst in. “It’s distracting you. It’s keeping you here until your leaders recover. Let’s erase those maps and get out of here!”

“Silence!” Zim snapped at Dib, then turned back to the dead-eyed Irkens. “Tell Zim what you know, creepy hive-mind…thing!”

“Have you ever wondered why you’re such a failure? Why you destroy everything you touch? Why, no matter what you do, everything always blows up in your face? It’s because you have no choice in the matter. It’s what you were made for.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Before we push for something big, we require extra sustenance. We take this sustenance in what some have called a blood toll. On our first planet, we made many mistakes, one was asking our hosts directly for sacrifices. We know better now.”

“Ans what does this have to do with me?” Zim growled impatiently.

“Since the beginning of our reign, one PAK has been passed down through generations, carrying a suppressed impulse for destruction. We need only to activate it and we have our blood toll. Clearly our PAK has become quite damaged over the years. It no longer works quite right. You’re so defective, you couldn’t even declare your name right.”

The screen flashed the name Zim across it. It then reversed the letters and spread them out to reveal an acronym. ZIM became MIZ. And MIZ became Massacre Initiator Z.

“You were supposed to live as a low-ranking drone until we activated your destructive impulse and die in the disaster. You, however, defied us at every turn. We kept you alive out of sheer curiosity. We wanted to see how your life would play out. It’s been entertaining, however, you’ve become too great a burden to bare.”

Zim stood motionless, staring straight ahead. They waited for the typical Zim outburst of “lies!” or declaring his greatness, but nothing came. His eyes looked as dead as the possessed Irkens around them. He said nothing, did nothing. As much as Tak couldn’t stand Zim’s obnoxious voice or erratic behavior, watching him be so still was chilling.

Tak’s antenna perks at the sound of footsteps trooping down the hall. The Dib’s head darted for the door. “Guy! Come on! We’re out of time!”

Tak smacked Zim’s lifeless body away from the control panel. “Do you think you can stop us by getting into our heads?”

“Oh simple Tak,” the Irkens sighed. “We've lived in your heads since you were fitted with your packs.”

Tak sneered at them. “I cut you off for me and I won't rest until every Irken is free of you.”

“Please, you worked your whole life to get our attention. You finally have it. Do you want to throw that away? Perhaps we can find a place with someone of your drive and ingenuity.”

“Liars!” Did they think she was stupid? She knew as well as it that treason of this scale would never go unpunished. Even if they tried to appease her with a higher rank or a cushy job, it’d only be a matter of time before they got rid of her. But even the fact that it was trying to negotiate meant something. She was a threat to it, and she would stay a threat until the day she died.

“We you know you, Tak. You��re a plotter. You won't do anything rash.”

They don’t know me half as well as they think. “Want a bet?” She started hitting buttons on the control board. An alert came up on the screen and the voice blared from the speakers. “All maps queued for deletion. Are you sure you want to proceed?”

She hit one more button and the screen went black. “Deletion successful.”

“Take that you parasite bitch.”

“Come on,” Dib begged, pulling on her arm. The footsteps were noticeably louder. “We have to go now!”

Tak took off running and Dib pulled on the frozen Zim until his legs moved. They burst into the hall and immediately came across a group of Irkan soldiers. “There they are!” one of the soldiers cried.

Tak led the way as they ran toward the ship’s hanger. The soldiers fired at them. A laser cannon popped out of Tak’s pack and returned fire, but it was difficult for her to aim while leading the dash to the Voot. She wished one of her companions had could back her up with a pistol but Zim was still barely conscious and Dib was preoccupied with keeping his legs moving. The sound of little metallic feet running beside them gave her an idea.

“Zim, tell me your SIR unit to go into defensive mode.

There was no response. Zim was as helpful as a sack of empty ginzor cans.

“Hey Zim’s robot,” Dib said to the little SIR unit.

Gir looked up at him curiously. “Hmm?”

“Don't you have any weapons or something?”

“Huh?”

“You know, something that makes pretty lights and goes ‘pew, pew’?”

“Oh that. I got that.” A giant laser cannon popped out of his head and he fired wildly into the soldiers behind them, forcing the Irkens to scatter for cover

Finally, they made it to the hangar and all jumped in the Voot. Zim slid zombie-like into the pilot seat.

“Come on,” Dib said, shaking Zim’s shoulder. “Get us out of here!”

“Zim!” Tak snapped. “If you don't fly this ship, I will!”

That seemed to work. Zim shook off whatever stupor he was in and his usual look of single-minded determination returned to his eyes. “No one pilots Zim’s ship but Zim!” He took hold of the controls and the ship roared to life. In a flash, they took off into the stars.

#invader zim #invader zim fanfic #invader zim fanfiction #parasite au #iz parasite au #zim #tak #dib #gir #rebel zim #rebel leader tak #iz #zadf #sweetiepie writes #sweetipiewrites #sweetiepie fanfiction #sweetiepie fanfic #sweetiepie08

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“The Stark’s are villains!” - A deep dive into the validity of a Dany stan claim: Part 1

“Manipulators”

“Schemers”

“Back Stabbers”

“Oath Breakers”

“Hypocrites”

“Xenophobes”

“Power-Hungry”

“Murderers”

“Selfish”

“Willing to kill everyone to get what they want”

“Ned would be ashamed”

“They’re the new Lannisters”

Villains

The Dany stans have really started a movement that the Starks are the new Lannister. The new villains of the show. They’re selfish, powerhunry, racist, conniving characters. The lowest of the low. This is obviously utter nonsense.

But for the sake of something to do, I thought I’d take a deep dive into the actions of the Starks and see if they really are all these terrible things (or..if Dany stans just don’t understand words and what they mean) and how their precious queen stacks up! This’ll be a long post so I’ll break it into two parts. Analyzing the Starks (part 1) and then analyzing Daenerys herself (part 2).

Disclaimer: This is part 1, which focuses on the Starks. I will mainly be focusing on Jon and Sansa since they are the most vilified Starks by Dany stans. Arya is mentioned, but not much.

Manipulators: a person who controls or influences others in a clever or unscrupulous way.

I assume Dany stans are making the arguments that the Starks are manipulators because 1) Sansa “manipulates” Jon and Dany into...doing something??? D stans never make it clear, and 2) Jon “manipulates” Dany into fighting for the North.

1) Sansa manipulates Jon and Dany. Where?!? Sansa is completely open with Jon. She makes her opinions clear, not to manipulate Jon but to continue having an open and honest relationship with her brother/cousin. She understands that they all need each other. Sansa is not being vocal because she jealous or petty or any of that bull. She’s being vocal because she’s a leader. She’s in a position of power. She needs to be heard, just as much as any other lord or lady present at a meeting. Jon is never manipulated. He is being told the truth. When it comes to Dany...Sansa never really manipulates her. The only scene I can imagine would be even close to manipulation is the “What about the North scene”. I even say so myself that Dany is easily manipulated and receptive to Sanaa’s praise and thanks. But that means Sansa’s only manipulation is complimenting Dany in hopes of persuading her to free the North, which never happens ans doesn’t work. So Sansa doesn’t manipulate but rather stroke Dany’s ego and butter her up, in hopes of getting on her good side. If that’s manipulation then oh boy do I have news for you! DANY DID THE SAME THING TO SANSA AND WAS FAKE NICE TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS!

2) Jon manipulates Dany. I so desperately want this to be true. Unfortunately, the show was unclear on Jon’s motivations. Personally, I don’t think what Jon did was manipulation. He never tricked her or lied about anything to her to get what he wanted. He was open and honest. He told Dany that the others were coming and begged for help. Where is the manipulation? Asking for help by using dragon glass and dragons to defeat a literal horde of ice zombie that will kill everyone? If that’s manipulation, then every person that has ever asked for help is a manipulator. Even Dany says that Jon manipulated her into coming to the North, but there is no basis for that claim. He was ready to leave her castle and prepare for the battle, she kept him there. He didn’t use her affection against her. Jon simply asked for help. If Dany chose to go because she was “in love” or something, that’s on her. The other instance I could see for Jon manipulating Dany is the parentage reveal, but again, Jon never uses anything against Dany!

In short, the Starks didn’t manipulate Dany. They had autonomy. Just because they didn’t agree with your fav doesn’t mean they manipulated her. They are not unfairly controlling her. They are giving their opinions and council. She makes her own decisions.

Schemers: a person who is involved in making secret or underhanded plans

I love this one. The Starks are schemers now lol. They have a grand on to dominate the world and kill everyone. I have to laugh.

I assume the rhetoric of this comes from the scene in which Arya and Sansa tell Jon they don’t like Dany. That would be the closest thing to scheming the Stark girls do. The thing is...they never make plans to kill Dany, they never make plans to usurp Dany, they don’t do anything. They tell their brother/cousin that they don’t trust Dany or like her. And with good reason! They want independence! But telling your family you don’t like or want someone as your head of state is not scheming. Telling your family your opinion is not scheming.

The other instance would be Sansa telling Tyrion there’s another. Again, that isn’t a scheme. Unfortunately, the show left out a lot of personal involvement, so I can’t be sure what Sansa’s motivations or ideas are. But here’s the thing, she couldn’t have known what would happen after telling. To be a schemer you need to have a plan, know what will happen every step of the way. Pull strings. Littlefinger was a schemer because he planned everything out. Sansa didn’t have a plan beyond, get the North freedom. I can see the justification that this is still scheming because she tells Tyrion; however, I don’t believe it. Because Sansa didn’t know what would happen after.

And even if it was scheming, it’s not villainous. Her plans are for freedom for her country. She is pushing independence, which her people have fought for and declared over and over again. She is protecting her nation’s interests, not just her own. That’s heroic. Rob did the same thing. He made plans and “schemed” to win independence. But it was against the Lannisters, so to D stans it was ok. Sansa’s actions, if you perceive them as schemes, were still lined with noble intentions and were heroic for her people.

So whether you think it was a scheme or not, it doesn’t matter. Sansa was right to do it.

Backstabbers and Oath Breakers: Backstab - to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like. Oath breaker - Someone who breaks an oath.

I’m clumping these together because they work hand in hand. This one has validity, so I won’t completely say no. But it’s an interesting question.

I assume this comes from broken promises, right? I’ll admit that Sansa did break her promise to Jon. She did tell a secret she promised to keep. But that wasn’t an oath. Oaths are more serious than promises.

Oath - a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behavior

Promise - a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen

Sansa promised to not tell Jon’s secret. She did not swear an oath to Jon. She broke her promise, which I’m sure everyone has done.

Jon never promised Dany he wouldn’t tell his sisters. So that isn’t a broken oath. He did swear an oath that she would be his queen...and guess what! He didn’t break it!!!! Dany was his queen until her very end so no oath was broken.

So on the oath front - The Starks are clear

Backstabbing? Simple. Yeah. It happened. Jon killed Dany and Sansa spread Jon’s secret. That falls under the category of undermining. However context is important. They did it for the right reasons. Jon killed Dany because she was crazy! She killed an entire city! Murdered hundred of thousands and planned to keep going! Sansa did it to keep her kingdom free. So were they backstabbers....? Yeah...kinda. But they needed to be in order to defeat the villain and threat.

Hypocrites: the contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character traits or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs

I’m not spending time on this. They weren’t hypocrites. The Starks never feigned morality with underlying evil. They were open and honest at all times. And no...Sansa being polite back to Dany is not hypocrisy. Next!

Xenophobes: a person having a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.

This one kills me. I have to laugh. There’s no evidence! THE STARKS ARE NOT PREJUDICED AGAINST IMMIGRANTS! If the Stark girls were prejudiced against immigrants...they would hate Dany because she came from another country. And that would be it. They would hate the unsullied because they came from another country. They would hate because people come from other countries.

But they don’t! The Starks dislike Dany and her army because they are invaders who are trying to take over their country. They are oppressors coming in. There is no fear or hate of immigrants, there’s fear of oppression.

To say the North is xenophobic to Dany and her army because they come from another country, is to say that India was xenophobic towards Britain because they came from another country. The stupidity of it all!

Power-hungry, selfish, and willing to kill their people to get what they want: 1) power-hungry - having a strong desire for power 2) selfish - lacking consideration for others

1) How are the Stark’s power hungry? Jon never asks to be King. He hates being king. He takes back Winterfell because that is his family’s home. Sans never accepts the Lord’s invitation to overpower Jon. She stays behind Jon wholly and isn’t seeking to become queen. She takes back Winterfell because it’s her family’s home. And neither want the iron throne. Sansa wants Jon to have the throne, but that’s so he can grant independence. Neither one of them seek out power. It’s given to them because they show that they are capable leaders.

2) Both Jon and Sansa put others needs before their own. Jon is searching for a way to defeat the others. Sansa is searching for a way to feed her people and help them through winter. Sansa is also seeking a way to give her people the independenc they have fought for. Neither of them is thinking about their own gains. They are concerned about everyone else.

3) Willing to kill others for their own gains. I’m added this in because I hear this claim a lot. But again, Jon and Sansa do not kill people to get ahead. They do not let people starve or be killed be zombies. They do not kill the Lords of houses who did not support them initially. They do not kill to get ahead. There’s no evidence. Next!

Murderers:

You got me there! They do commit murder. They killed people. Everyone in the show except Gilly, Little Sam, Bran, and Rickon have killed people!

But let’s look at the kills they made in the last seasons, shall we?

1. Ramsay Bolton - Sansa fed him to his dogs After he lost the battle of the bastards. He was a murderer, sadist, rapist, and torturer. He raped Sansa, killed her brother, tortured her family friend, and was in control of her home unjustly. Deserving? ABSOLUTELY!

2. Little Finger - Sansa had a trial and asked him how he pled (guilty or innocent) for his crimes. His throat was slit by Arya. He was a manipulator, murderer, schemer, abuser, and cause of her fathers death + marriage to her rapist! Deserving? ABSOLUTELY

3. Daenerys Targaryen - Jon stabbed her in the stomach after she burnt down Kings Landing, murdered almost the entire population by burning them to death, and let her soldiers pillage the city and rape and murder the survivors of her fiery destruction. She was a mass murderer, abuser, destroyer of a city, and a tyrant. Deserving? ABSOLUTELY

So yes. You win. The Starks, like everyone in the show, are murders. Because they killed people before. And each one of them had it coming.

Ned would be ashamed and The New Lannisters:

This’ll be quick.

No. Ned would be proud of all of his children for coming back to one other and taking back their homes. He would be proud of them surviving their abusers. He would be proud that they continued the quest for independence after Rob. He would be proud they protected the North and defeated the others. Ned Stark would be proud of his children and nephew and would not prefer Dany.

No. They aren’t the new Lannisters. They haven’t done anything like the Lannisters. That’s a false comparison, and it’s stupid.

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Let’s redo the list. Shall we?

Manipulators - Nope! Dany did everything on her own

Schemers - Not really, and if they were then it was justified

Backstabbers - Kinda? Again justified! Against a mass murderer!

Oathbreakers - Nope! Broken promises? Yes. Oaths? Not once.

Hypocrites - Nope!

Xenophobes - Nope! Anyone who thinks so doesn’t understand the word or oppression

Powerhungry - Nope! They don’t want power, and if they do they don’t seize it unjustly.

Murderers - Yep! But they only killed Dany (mass murderer and tyrant), Ramsay (rapist, murderer, sadist, and stealer of their home), and Little Finger (manipulator, muderer, and schemer).

Selfish - Nope! They worry about others

Willing to kill everyone to get what they want - Nope! They don’t kill anyone to get what they want

Ned would be ashamed - Nope! He’d be proud

The New Lannisters - Nope! They’re not!

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I know this post is long, but if you’d like to see part 2 here’s the link!

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(Your) Friendship Reaction: Friday Night With The Girls!

A fairly casual Friday night sleepover with your best friend(s)

Karina:

She had asked you to come over tonight to play games, eat, drink, sleep. Maybe some scary movies. However, the plan seemingly changed when showed up to her place and found her in the bathroom bleaching her hair with a box of burgundy hair dye on the sink in front of her.

Karina definitely isn't shy about dying her hair, she changes hair colors like one would change out a load of laundry. It feels like every time you see you she has a new hair color, so this really isn't new. It's also not new for her to switch plans last minute cause truth be told, she never knows what she wants to do until that moment hits and an idea springs into her mind.

As she continued bleeching her hair, you hoped up on the sink counter and watched her while you talked. She said you could use her nail polish, mess with her makeup, do whatever you wanted. Play whatever music you wanted. If you liked, she even offered to dye your hair as well since she has plenty. It was up to you!

You guys ended up talking about a number of things. Discussing the latest episode of your favorite tv series and guessing what would happen next using logic from what has happened thus far. She laughed at random jokes and lines you repeated from the show, knowing exactly what scene you were refering to as she commented back with the next line. Afterwards y'all talked music videos, celebrities you both like and dislike maybe. Filled each other in on the news (celebrity or politics). Once the bleach was in and her hair was held up in a plastic bag, she went to grab her keys so you could both go grab some food, she let you choose the place.

It was always kinda weird how shameless she is but at the same time, her confidence about it is inspiring and one of her best qualities. Anywho, hoping in her broken apart damaged black car that no-one knows how it's still running, Karina drove you guys to the restraunt and put in your order picking up the food and driving back JUST in time for her to wash out her hair.

You ate as she washed her hair and attempted to eat little bites of her food as she applied the hair coloring, not wanting to waste time in between. As you low-key called her gross and made jokes you still helped her eat while feeding her little bites of food, teasing her sometimes and making her chase the fork/spoon/iteam. Overall, the eating process was full of laughing and her threatening to dump the hair dye on you just for you to threaten dipping her food in the hair color changing soup in return.

As her hair dye had to sit in for 45 minutes, the two of you watched music videos and played kids monopoly, or jenga. As they're the only games she currently owns! Karina being the not-so-well-focused girl that she is, ended up losing for silly reasons. In jenga she lost because she didn't realise 2/3 of the blocks in the middle row had already been pulled out, since she was eyes glued on the video, and she ended up pulling the last block and knocking the whole tower over in the process. During monopoly she simply had bad luck of sitting in jail throughout half of the game, allowing you to buy the majority of the properties. The other half the game she was paying you and the bank causing her to go bankrupt with only one or two properties being owned by her.

After the game you end up helping her wash out and dry her hair upon her endless begging you to just for her in the end to decide she isn't sure how she feels about this color. After spending about 4 hours total on her hair, she kinda wishes it was still black but she decides to leave it anyways. Insisting she'll clean up the bathroom mess tomorrow (she won't) she pulls you back to the living room and puts on your favorite movie for you guys to watch in the backround while sharing random stories back and forth.

Ciara:

Ciara isn't entirely sure why she invited you over at night knowing well enough she isn't a night time person. She's usually asleep before 11pm. However, she's really missed hanging out with you lately and your presence alone gives her so much energy and makes her happy.

When you arrived, she was eating a bowl of cheerios and drinking some gatorade while scrolling through instagram looking at denim skirts. The first thing she said to you as you walked inside the house was 'what do you think of this?' As she held her phone up to show you a light blue denim knee length skirt with a yellow sunshine on the bottom right side. You gave your opinion on it as you sat across from her at the table. "You're welcome to the kitchen. I don't care what you eat as long as I don't have to make it." She pointed towards the kitchen as she continued to scroll. Almost dropping the phone in her bowl of milk, as you made your choice on what to do, Ciara ended up slapping the phone back at herself and hitting herself in the face with it. Laughing and half crying, she placed the phone on the table and held her nose. "Maybe I should put that down for now!" She stated fairly loudly before getting back to her food.

After eating and placing the dishes in the sink for her to wash later, Ciara headed to her room with you close behind. Forgetting she had washed her sheets earlier, Ciara had to now make her bed. She asked you for help putting the bottom sheet on, let you choose your own blanket from the closet, she made the rest of the bed half efforted. Wrinkles covered the sheets and the pillows were simply thrown at the top of the bed but she didn't care much since you guys were both going to be laying in it immediately anyways!

Crawling into bed to lay on the side closest to the window, Ciara situated herself before tapping the bed beside her for you to lay down. Knowing you well enough, she handed you a book you love/turned the tv onto your favorite channel and let you do your own things as she scrolled through instagram once again occasionally asking for your opinion on certain clothing iteams.

If you have any to share, she listened to you share your thoughts, about whatever was on your mind. She gave her advice and shared her honest opinions in return. If you just wanted to lay there and watch your show/read your book she was fine with that too. She just wanted to be with you and hang together. Not necessarily do something together, that's what tomorrow is for!

At some point, your unsure of when, she managed to fall asleep facing the wall using her arm as a pillow, her actual pillow tossed to the foot of the bed. She was curled up halfway in a ball half stretched out, taking up half the bed space. She looked peaceful, almost dead she was so still and quiet, but peaceful.

Monse:

She had everything planned out! Dinner: Taco Bar! She made different kinds of main fillings based on your tastes and hers. Included little things she knows you love and she set the table up in a very aesthetic and neat way. Drinks: at the store she made sure to buy a few of your favorite drinks as well as a case of water. She also made homemade punch using sherbet ice cream and 7up/Sprite. Outfits: She had your guys matching Marvel/DC robes ans pj sets pulled out and on her bed. Hers was a Nebula/Poison ivy (depending on which one you prefer) set while yours was Gamora/Harley Quinn (dending).

Once you got there, you guys would eat then change. As you ate, she asked all about your day, let you rant and get everything off your cheat if need be. She told you what you wanted to hear and what you needed to hear as you guys discissed several topics. After eating she let you use the bedroom/bathroom to get ready first while she cleaned up the mess before going to change her own clothes and get ready for bed.

Afterwards, she set up the table with posterboard, construction paper, assorted art supplies, ect because tonight you guys will be making your own board game! Whether it be a toally made up game based on shared thoughts between you two or a remake of an already owned and made game. EX.: Marvel/DC based monopoly. Twister using memes. Your own version of battle ship or LIFE. Whatever it may be!

As you both divided up the jobs of who does what parts and as you agreed upon one main idea for the game/gave ideas for the game, Monse played your guys 'Alien Dreamz' playlist AKA the music playlist you guys made last time you spent the night. The whole time y'all were making the game she kept making really bad puns. As she was measuring the cardboard she came up with 'whos the King of school supplies? The RULER!' Before laughing at her own joke. She asked: 'Whats a frogs favorite art supply? Ribbon-t, Ribbon-t' and actually sounding like a frog as she cut ribbon for decoration. The list is endless honestly.

While working on your guys project, between her bad jokes, she complimented you on random things that she genuinely adores about you. Like how pretty/handsom/cute you look when you're focused. Or how she loves the way your hands look as you use a pair of scissors. How soft your eyelashes look. How much she loves your laugh/singing voice. Ect. If you compliment her back, she'll blush and giggle feeling shy but so happy under the surface.

Eventually, she gets really tired and asks if your ready to go to bed saying y'all can finish the game in the morning. You end up laying on the bed she made on the floor out of twelve dozens blankets and pillows, stuffed animals and sheets. While you lay together you share a bowl of popcorn/snack of your choice while watching the Simpsons or any tv show you want if you don't like the Simpsons. She tries so hard to wait for you to fall asleep first so you won't feel lonely but she was so tired she ended up falling asleep a few minutes before you do.

Question of the Day:

Can you/do you stay up late or fall asleep at a decent/early hour?

My Answer:

Depends on the day! Some nights I'm asleep at 7pm some times I can stay up for 80+ hours. It just depends!

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