#bc it directly affects them

[dr11ft]

Happy 2nd anniversary to cruise ctrl! I've decided I'm gonna try and post more lore-related stuff in light of the hazbin hotel show coming out bc it really made me realize that as long as its better than that I'm good (💀)

#absolutely insane that they got funding to make it into a show #because its also developed from someones teenage ocs it's basically a playbook on what not to do #one of those things is that you can't get people attached to your characters when you haven't polished them yet bc your support will b based #off that and thats a bad place to be #but also I think I'm at a place where I've done enough editing that I can start showing you guys stuff without worrying about it changing #drastically #I just have. such a large universe and unfortunately my characters are kinda diverse so I have to calculate #apocalyptic geopolitics for basically the entire world #bc it directly affects them #why did I do that to myself #txt

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

some misc Barn & Wally doodles from the past week or so <3 i heart them

#i read 'barnaby bites wally out of affection' exactly Once and it imprinted in my brain forever #its so damn cute... what the fuck... who authorized that.... #one thing about me: yes i Will exaggerate size differences. no im Not sorry #listen one thing i love more than the big guy & their lil buddy dynamic #is big guy & their lil buddy 'rough-housing' #where it looks vicious but the big guy is actually being so so gentle and careful <3 #it kills me every time!!! #AND THESE TWO ARE PERFECT FOR BOTH BABEYYYYYY #the bestiessssss themmmmm them them them #i have so many thoughts / feelings about them and many of them Directly Conflict <3 #scribble salad #welcome home #wait when. when did i start drawing barnaby so damn much #every other scribble is Him #uh oh! looks like hes Blorbo!!! #anyhow sometimes i sit on doodles for Days and Days #until it occurs to me that hey. i can post these #i havent been scribbling much bc ive been chipping away at comms when i have the free time to do Art #the only non-comm stuff have been silly warmups riperoni #BUT! AHA! last week's me (early this week???) was in their Barnaby & Wally feels!!! #providing current me with Crumbs to post!

[strawglicks]

something i really wanna see explored more in TTCC lore overtime is how Cogs. Inc affects the cogs themselves. the individual workers and the company are not one in the same, and i think thats smth that never gets discussed.

while i think the toons are obviously in the right for protecting their lands, i think there are many cases in some of the individual managers where it is clear that this is not a black and white, good and evil issue.

Misty is probably the most obvious case here, being that they dont even have any desire to fight the toons and instead wants to be friends with them. Misty is probably one of the most controversial characters due to this, being that fandom looooves to take morally grey/complex characters and devolve them to either "perfect innocent wittle angel" or "demonic demon from hell", completely erasing the original character's complexities and flaws. the things that makes them..them. the things that make them interesting. and it sucks to watch ppl erase characters like this. (I could do a full analysis on her and probably will but it would be some time i have to refresh myself a bit on her)

That "good vs evil" view that toontown originally built itself on was challenged by TTCC's manager cogs when they were given more depth. and a lot of people who loveee to see things in black and white dont like characters such as misty challenging their point of view. and its saddening.

i personally love to see this built and expanded upon. i LOVE that TTCC focuses on the individual cogs and makes them. well. individuals. rather than focusing on the big bad company as a whole. theres no doubt Cogs Inc is terrible. so imagine how terrible it is for the workers serving said company.

"they applied for the position" yea so like theres a fancy thing called rent. in a world of capitalism like this, cogs need jobs and money to support themselves. (some proof of this being an issue for the cogs is graham freaking out at the end of MOTM when his chances of getting the job are threatened and he says his "life is in jeopardy". NO ONE talks abt this btw.) i think once again this excuse drives from people focusing on the big bad company rather than the individuals. so lets talk about the individuals.

Mary Anna. She applied for the position because she believes toons are the issue, they are the ones polluting the waters and environment, and she has good intentions joining this company and trying to put a stop to them. How he came to this conclusion is unknown, but does Cogs Inc give a shit? No. they care abt hiring employees so they can make money and function as a business. so, knowing mary is wrong, they do nothing to change it and simply use her beliefs to their advantage to keep her hired and doing her job.

You know whats funny? Most of the fandom either flat out ignores him or makes him out to be a complete idiot for thinking toons pollute the environment. Mary may be wrong, but his intentions are proof that cogs are not just. blank slates. And people HATE thinking deeper than just black and white. So they hate cogs like Misty and Mary and put them down for challenging their view.

You could go on and on, case by case. TTCC PURPOSEFULLY builds on these characters so you AVOID that boring black and white view of "toons good, cogs bad". I think the situation is more like "toons good, Cogs Inc. bad".

Companies like this destroy both outsiders and the people within the company. And so far, TTCC has done a good job displaying that. and people choose to ignore it. and it saddens me.

#toontown #toontown corporate clash #ttcc #misty monsoon #toontown rainmaker #mary anna #toontown deep diver #my big juicy brain in full effect #yk whats funny. this post was originally gonna be abt cathal and graham (bc you know me) #and how this affects THEM too #bc nobody talks abt it #ever. ESPECIALLY not with graham #anyway ig thats a post for another day . although i did talk abt cathal in a post already #i want to directly compare the two of em and how they act due to their environment #their environment being. cogs inc. and a capitalist society #ANYWAY

[skunkes]

unsure how to word this but there is something about having ocs with unsavory events happening in their past where it's like. talking about it, even when asked, seems almost gratuitous and inappropriate. and i'd much rather describe it through the oc themself and/or draw Them saying it. which is like. fitting for the subject matter? like of course its weird to talk about somebody else's business...!

and falls back into humanizing em/exploratory writing and development where u consider the impact of words said/words unsaid/HOW those words are said etc etc

#because not all real persons would give u every detail of their trauma obviously #which makes sense but im an overexplainer but also it feels inappropriate to overexplain when it comes to dis #i hope that makes sense #talkys #i once described what went down with al as just directly as possible and it still felt weird. ykwim?? idk why. #well i do know why! i dont want it to seem gratuitous or like That Cheap Writing Element. fine line #same with talon so he'll just keep implying it thru text + dialogue which is how it should be ! #the only difference is i think with al i wrote it like he would've said it bc he has more access to that side of himself #and is aware of how it affected him #whereas characterwise talon absolutely would just speak in riddles about and around it #i don't even think he's conscious about the direct effects of it #(but i wouldnt know bc he hasn't made that known to me in my brain) #people respond differently to different things and all that #also im so sorry if half the shit ive said recently is so like. Well Duh. i havent made a new oc in a decade gimme a break LOL #also i realize the. irony? of me even vaguely talking about it in the way i did but 1. i think that's also realistic when you #dont want to do a whole deep dive on someone else's business and 2. people are becoming #curious about my oc(s) and im just thinking about well; significant events and how to handle not speaking about em #FOR them. <- weirdly #idk. they're real to me. #its just so much more interesting to leave it up to them! people can lie people can downplay

[theflyingfeeling]

yes it's just me whining about the same thing for the billionth time, pls just scroll past nothing new to see here 👋

#i just want to enjoy the summer but i feel like i don't deserve to if i'm not constantly trying to become employed again 😭 #''apply for jobs then? problem solved'' uh-huh yes but!! i also hate applying for jobs #job seeking can be so incredibly humiliating #first i have to send them a letter BEGGING to be invited to an interview #and then i have to try and convince them that i am actually competent and good at my job even though you have my cv right there #and then afterwards they call me to tell me they found someone who they liked better than me #(or rather someone who was more competent than me judging by their work history etc.) #it's like ''yes we are hiring but not YOU specifically lol'' #like. at school if you take a test you get the grade you deserve based on how you did in the exam. #it's something you can actually directly affect yourself #but if someone who's applying for the same job with me has more work experience or whatever they will get hired over me no matter what i do #(at least that's how it usually works on my field) #in which case it doesn't matter if i do well in the interview or nah. bc the other person was always going to be picked for the job anyway #and yes one could say i can then be satisfied if i did my best but it's little consolation when i'm still unemployed!! #and so every time i apply for a job and get rejected it feels like a personal failure #and to avoid that feeling of failure i want to avoid applying for jobs altogether #so yeah. being active in job seeking is more likely to relieve me from this misery but job seeking is ALSO misery. so 🤷‍♀️ #that on top of the fact i don't even _want_ to apply for all the open positions on my field #but i feel obliged to because it's what i have a degree on. and when i'm unemployed i don't have the luxury to choose which ones i apply fo #i can't afford to be picky #I DON'T DREAM OF LABOUR I JUST NEED MONEY TO LIVE BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO DO JUST ANY JOB! I AM NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THAT! #i don't want to come home crying from work every day because i hate every single aspect of my life INCLUDING my job 😭 #when this semester i actually HAD a job i didn't mind waking up to every morning 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #it's not fair it's not fair it's not fair #to conclude i don't deserve to enjoy myself in the summer because i'm not doing enough to fix my unemployement situation #(just like i don't deserve to feel sad about being lonely because i don't work hard enough to maintain deep friendships #but that's a crisis for another day! stay tuned ✌️)

[homobiwan]

I agree with the statement that police shouldn’t be allowed at pride because of how their support is only conditional according to the law but also you guys realize that a huge factor in why they’re not welcome is because of police brutality and antiblack violence right like even if police 100% supported queer ppl they still would not be fucking welcome

#‘police arent welcome bc they participate in the oppression of queer ppl’ #um yeah. and because you know. poc and esp black ppl deserve to feel safe at pride #this is the problem with white minorities theyre only interested in fighting oppression tht directly affects them

[faggotry-enjoyer]

oh i'm definitely gonna lose some friends for this one huh

#already got vagueposted about by one former friend as 'comparing pro-palestine sentiments to antisemitism' #direct quote 'israel desperately wants them to believe this is a religious war and not a genocide' #same guy who said 'boy howdy do we know their side of the story' and ten short texts later said verbatim: #'we can't use religion as birthright thats stupid and the Number One Tool of Colonizers' #which is a STAGGERING amount of cognitive dissonance #as if religion is the relevant part and not the literal historical fact of jewish indigineity to eretz israel #mind you at the time of the vaguepost the ONLY thing i said regarding palestine #was that if your 'support' for palestinians includes sharing basic antisemitic dogwhistles and blatantly lying about history #then that 'support' will accomplish nothing for palestinians and only get jews killed #and i feel like looking at that and insisting that i'm comparing all pro-palestinian sentiment to antisemitism is uh. telling #we'll see how this ends up going - i fear it may not be the greatest for my social life but i stand by what i said #bc even if i am wrong about Everything directly surrounding israel and palestine #i was strictly discussing antisemitism in the discourse surrounding it #and a longer version of 'no stance on israel makes you immune to antisemitism and antisemitism runs deep and will affect your thinking on #the matter and refusing to acknowledge that is dangerous' isn't actually dependent on the intracacies of the conflict it's just True #and i'm not gonna back down again i'm not going to downplay antisemitism again i'm not going to give up #i'm not sure if i have jewish friends i simply do not know about who see what i say on there #but if i do then i need it to be clear they have Someone who is willing to fight for them #and if not i still need to make it clear i won't stand for blatant antisemitism no matter whose name it's in #the only thing that would make me consider taking down what i said is if i believed it's counterproductive #and part of me wonders if it is - i don't want to put people on the defense bc that's simply not conducive to good faith discussion #but at the same time i know that a lot of what i've needed to hear was fed up or harsh words #that i started off just reading and keeping my defensiveness inside until they sunk in over time #and maybe my frustration will have that effect for someone #damn i really need to make some jewish friends... maybe after break i'll reach out to hillel or a local shul to ask if they could use a han #or something idk we'll see #personal #faggotry enjoyer original

[daz4i]

i have a possibly controversial opinion to say

obviously, some media is just copaganda, trying to make you view the police in a more positive light so you don't think about their wrongdoings

but you know how some media seems to be very anti police, until one character shows up and is a good cop?

people insist this is copaganda too, and they may be right. the idea of no good cops is real, bc the system itself is corrupt

however. i want to apply good faith reading for a second. at least to the independent creators who make these pieces of media. and say that maybe this is less a reflection of real life (as in, it's not that they think there are good cops irl), but rather what they HOPE real life was like

most of us are taught from a very young age to always trust the police and to go to cops when we're in need of help. as time goes on, however, many of us unlearn that sentiment, from observing cops' behavior and violence.

still, it makes sense for some people to hold onto hope that there are good cops. that if they ask for help, someone will give it to them. and they may not express it out loud - they may not even realize that hope is there at all - but it will be expressed in their art

i think the fictional trope of "one good cop in a corrupt system" (or the subtrope of it, "one good cop who's gonna fix the system from the inside") is not necessarily an antithesis to anti cop mentalities. i think it's more of an embodiment of a somewhat childish hope that some ppl have no choice but to cling to, because it's better than realizing no one can help you

now I'm not saying we shouldn't call this out or point out why it's harmful. but i do think that, again, at least with independent creators who could very easily read any comment you make about their art, we should try to apply this good faith reading here and there and be at least more gentle in our criticism of it.

#I'd argue another version of this can be the trope of good ceo or manager characters #bc ppl would like to imagine that the people at the top actually want what's best for them aka the workers #even if that's rarely the case irl. at least in large companies #think abt how despair inducing it is to learn that these people don't actually care #the people who aren't directly affected (for example. white ppl when it comes to police violence) can be in denial about it #but only up to a certain point. bc it's not like you can ignore reality forever. still! it is very depressing to remember the truth #but fiction is not the truth. stories are how we engage with ideas. including our hopes for a better world #i dunno if any of that makes sense. i might delete this later. but these are the thoughts I'm having rn

[skeleton-forest]

POSE PRACTICE

(can you tell im cycling between my favorite fandoms rn jhsdakgfjh)

#my art #sketch #jjk #jjk itadori #jjk megumi #jjk nobara #digital art #usually when i do pose practice i dont make myself adhere to the exact position the model is in #idk it makes me feel more creative and loose #that isn’t to say that people shouldn’t use them directly bc thats super imortant for learning anatomy and trusting your eyes #my goal was to gesture fabric so it made me consider how small differences in posture can affect it lol #mini rant over #fanart

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

if you have some, do you have any headcannons for barnaby?

honestly! not really! i don't have hcs for any of the neighbors!

#the way i interact w/ welcome home is uh... slightly differently than how i interact with more mainstream / company-produced media #like if you compare how i talk about the neighbors/wh to how i talk about characters on say... my dc blog #there's probably gonna be a notable Difference! #with mainstream/company stuff i go Hog Wild with hcs and aus and i form my own version of everything in my head #(while still understanding & respecting canon as the true source) #but wh is Different! i can't really do that! #it isnt some big production created by a team & mass released #where the actions of some fans just fuckin around and having fun won't directly affect anyone or even reach the ears of the creators #and where upon releasing it everyone Knows that its gonna be dissected & torn to shreds & played with like barbies #wh is more... personal? there is one main creator. these are His characters. its Their story. #i can't in good conscience make headcanons and honestly? id much rather stick to canon trivia & facts than create my own #theyre not my facts to create or believe in!! #sometimes ill make a post saying 'hey this would be cute / neat' #but as soon as i post im tossing that thought away. i dont let them stick or become hcs #(NOTE THAT I AM NOT BASHING ANYONE WHO MAKES HCS. THIS IS ALL MY PERSONAL OPINION!!! MY OWN PERSONAL INTERNAL RULES!!! FOR ME!) #rambles from the bog #like even with the lights out au im being careful with it. im trying to be faithful & respect the characters and the source #its an... exploration i think #ive never approached making an au this way bc usually im just flinging characters around and treating canon as a chew toy - scrap for parts #but i cant do that here! im Not Complaining At All im simply stating! i cant! #sorry you probs weren't expecting a lil mini rant in tags my b <3 #this has just been in my head since i first discovered welcome home #i remember feeling myself start getting really attached & interested #and i recall telling myself 'ok. we cant approach this the way we would other things' #and i have done my best to Stick To That. ive relaxed a lil since then but im still standing by my one rule #Be A Little More Normal About This Than I Would If It Were Mainstream / A Company-Made Production

[bunnyb34r]

I know I should just block (and not OPEN) tags and posts ab '24 but my brain is stupid and likes to be informed even if it makes me worse

#marquilla #im not even joking when i say this next election makes me wanna kms so bad. im fucking terrified and i feel like we already know what's #gonna happen. not bc people arent voting or organizing i mean bc of how far the right has gotten and how angry they are that a #dem won so theyre gonna show up in droves and it's like god i wish we could idk have some safegaurds in place??? like oh idk you #incite an insurrection you Can't run for president?? but also that wouldnt fully stop shit bc florida has its own neo nazi running and #theres more behind him in the wings. but like idk man i just get so fucking suicidal thinking ab the future #and my drs. are like well then dont look at the news??? 'i sure dont' mkay thats great (not) but um i CAN'T not watch bc i need to #be informed i need to know. and they're like well then stop worrying ab it til election day?? LIKE THAT HELPS #so i just dont bring it up. and i just spiral and have breakdowns in the shower and think ab making a will and shit yknow normal stuff #bc this is fine! just dont engage! stop worrying it's like a year away! it MIGHT get better! idk Join in your community then?? #like yes yes thats a start but with what fucking energy when im bedbound most of the time im not working and that doesnt stop these fascist #s like me helping the community garden would be good for the community and probably my mental health in general BUT that doesnt deal with #the actual fear that makes me wanna Kermit #like it really fucking feels like all i can do is pray and hope god somehow intervenes (rapture anyone?) and that things do go well and #that the outright outspoken nzis don't win but like I really just wanna die man #i know the outcome more than likely will not directly affect my life bc im white. cis passing. and can go back in the closet regretfully #but like that doesnt reassure me any bc i have friends and loved ones and generally just give a shit ab other people and how this WILL #affect them directly and that terrifies me. it really feels like we cant ever have a moment to just exist yknow?? #idk man i just wanna die bc im so scared haha how fun (: how normal (: this is fine. everything is fine.

[upsidedowngrass]

i've always found it odd that stone knows everything and yet their plan failed so hard. like there's no way in hell that was the optimal sequence of events to rescue the contestants. maybe they aren't as omniscient as they claim.

the way i see, they actually ARE as omniscient as they say they are!! the thing is, is that it seems that their ability to know future events isnt set in stone (pun not intended), because it also accounts for EVERY variation of events, every way a person could act, how stone THEMSELF acts (given that stone DID predict most things, down to who would be the best people to have eliminated first, that the lightning on the smokestack would kill liam and bryce, etc, but also, stone is shown having to check what others are doing, likely to gauge what possibilities are currently possible based on the environment, to check how things are developing). because he can see everything and every possibility, he can STEER things a certain way, but i dont think that actually enables them to get things towards the Best outcome. i think stone was also operating on the best possible outcomes, but that said outcomes are EXTREMELY hard to put into place exactly, and had to cast a wider net that allowed for the best possible chance of things at least mostly turning out okay, rather than anything highly specific that would ACTUALLY be the best outcome

stone themself can alter events, but he cant fully account for how others will act, because there are infinite possibilities. they just had to pick the best ones, and hope for the best. hell, we dont actually know IF liam this was what stone wanted. the note with the five on it kinda indicates that the outcome was mostly the same, but who knows if everything was how 100% how stone intended. there are hundreds of ways liam couldve interpretted the notes, stone just had to set him on a path where it was more likely that things would turn out okay (and i think statistically there WOULDVE been at least ONE course of events that wouldve turned out good for everyone, but while it exists, i dont think stone had the power to put it into action all on their own. they cannot account for others, only nudge people as best they can)

#ask #for me ive never seen it as stone knowing one predetermined set of events #bc that is a weird form of precognition that appears often but i think it doesnt perfectly account for the fact that #the person WITH the ability could directly affect the possible outcomes #stone seems to have a form of precognition that isnt just one path #or a few possible paths #but infinitely many #because if you know everything you also have to know what everything COULD be #and he simply has to gauge the frequency better things happens #and hope for the best #simply put: i think stone is all-knowing but not all-powerful #i think they did the best they could but unfortunately they werent given much to work with #i think a lot of the events that yielded the best results were also based around people acting less predictably #inherently making the best course of events super unlikely #which i imagine hed only know what happened for sure once it HAD happened #so i think. they wouldve been back in their world when he would Find Out. but i think hed get little mental updates on how things wer going #but generally. i think they did the best they could. but i wouldnt be surprised if they felt a bit guilty that this was all they could do #this is long but i hope this was a clear response!!! #i could see the outcome not being perfect being an indicator that they arent actually omniscent but i actually see it as the opposite #given the rest of the information we have about them too

[badolmen]

I think maybe we should all go stand in the rain for a bit.

#ra speaks #personal #le sigh….the skill of saying ‘oh fuck of’ and scrolling past something you don’t agree w is lost on new users #and like obv this person is coming from a place of genuine hurt but at the same time they’re being intensely reactionary #like. I get it. I really do. seeing something that so grossly contradicts the life you’ve lived from someone who doesn’t know anything else #your gut reaction is to REACT. to tell them they’re wrong and should feel bad for making you. stranger on the internet. feel bad. #but at the end of the day you’re both just randos on the internet and blowing up on them for making a lighthearted post about their personal #experience w a very serious issue that has also affected you isn’t going to put any meaningful good into the world like #kvetch about it on your own blog vague post do what you need to do but directly confronting a stranger who’s life you do not know #with the confidence of assuming they have had no adverse experiences bc they speak of a serious topic so lightheartedly like #maybe step away from the magic box of little people and talk to another human abt it

[layla-carstairs]

25,24,19

I've already answered question 24 here :)

25. you can spend one day with a character of your choosing. who are they and what are you doing together? (does not necessarily need to be your #1 fave)

hmm maybe someone like Magnus? I feel like a day hanging out with him is guaranteed to be fun & memorable, doesn't really matter what we do. plus he's friends with so many people it probably wouldn't be just us so 👀 the more the merrier yeah?

19. tell me about your favourite sibling set and what you love about them.

Gideon and Gabriel Lightwood :) I love them both separately and their dynamic together. I think it's a lot more complicated than many siblings relationships just due to their upbringing & very different relationships they have with their father (& and mother in a way). They do love each other and care but that gets lost in the mess that is their family. Its just so interesting & there's a lot of storytelling potential there, especially with Tatiana in the mix (I'll always be a little bitter how none of it was really touched on in tlh tbh)

feel free to send me more

#there was a trending sound of tiktok a little while ago #I think it's a lyric from the exit by conan gray #'feels like we had matching wounds but mine's still black and bruised and yours is perfectly fine now' #anyway that's the tid lightwood siblings to me #like the way Benedict's upbringing affected them all differently to the point their siblings action seem incomprehensible to them #like Gideon leaving & Gabriel staying #or even how gideon thought tatiana was fine bc she wasn't involved the same way him and Gabriel were #bc he didn't understand not being apart of it directly didn't really spare her :( #anyway #bella talks #ask game #cant-think-of-anything #thanks for the questions!!

[heartshakerz]

xg have been (unsuccessfully) cosplaying as black women from the 90’s for months now and idk why nobody is talking about it or seems to care

#probably bc the majority of kpoppies only care abt aesthetics #it’s kinda crazy what people are willing to ignore when it doesn’t directly offend or affect them #just waiting for one of them to be exposed for saying nigga and then y’all will pretend to care #(:

[dmclemblems]

u know it’s bonkers when u live in a world where count gloucester was right all along

#Three Hopes #Three Hopes Spoilers #it's such a stark contrast bc in Houses Lorenz admits he was wary and stuff abt Claude by his father's suggestion #but came to the conclusion on his own that Claude was a good leader #and then you have this game where the entire game even tho Lorenz follows his lead #he's constantly questioning what he does and bringing up points to him that are valid arguments #in Houses his arguments at first were very based on his father's suspicions in the Academy phase #it's kind of a give and take that I'm not sure how I feel about LOL bc I LOVE that Lorenz was treated significantly more in this game as #the morally conscious one who always voices his thoughts when he thinks things aren't acceptable #it's not as obvious in Houses that he cares about ALL civilians and seems more like he's more tunnel visioned abt #the civilians in the Alliance rather than everywhere. in this game it's more obvious he cares about all commoners equally #and that he just has a more direct duty to the Alliance and to Gloucester territory #also Sylvain bringing up hating them for invading is SUCH a good touch to this bc Sylvain is so strong about peace #and he even wants peace with Sreng and think it's possible! I think that says a LOT about how much he hates the Alliance now bc they #killed his father and like... Sreng has done some shit but it's never directly affected Sylvain. this did and it shows #I love how Sylvain would take peace with another nation entirely over peace with another Fodlan country in this situation #bc the Alliance just came in and invaded and killed his father and for NOTHING. like Sreng is after more fertile land #so he at least UNDERSTANDS why Sreng attacks and wants to find another way for them to survive without attacking Faerghus #I think this also shows how correct Erwin was to say these things abt Claude. seeing Sylvain so angry about them #really drives it home and it's a very interesting thing to see him outright express hatred for the Alliance for invading #I think it's totally valid but also like... on top of that he has to worry about the Empire's attacks to the west #so it's like great the Alliance just killed his dad and now he has to worry that the Empire might kill his brother #at least the joke is on the Empire bc Miklan doesn't go down that easy #I feel so bad for Sylvain tho in this route and he's totally justified to hate the Empire #and now he's totally justified to hate the Alliance too #I kinda wish we had more interaction with him and Claude where he could rly drive it home to Claude that this was unacceptable #the fact that Claude literally invaded and then told his people that they'd ''see what Dimitri would SAY when they go there'' #just proves he never had any intention of doing this peacefully. his intention all along was to FORCE a surrender or he'd keep killing #Claude goes on and on abt how he doesn't /want/ to kill more ppl but the implication is that he WILL if there's no surrender #someone get Erwin Gloucester in here bc we need a man who knows wtf is up and what he's talking about