#but how would eris know this then?

[thefirstknife]

One more thing. In the cutscene, when Eris starts chanting and "invokes the Worm gods," we hear her say three words:

"Akka... Xita... Sel..."

Obviously Akka and Xita are Worm gods. New Worm god just dropped??? We've never before heard the name "Sel." The only pattern I'm seeing in these being invoked is that Akka and Xita are dead. So maybe Sel is another, some forgotten Worm god that's died a long time ago. Or maybe it's just a word in the incantation, but that's a strange placement for it here with two other Worms.

#destiny 2 #destiny 2 spoilers #season of the witch #season of the witch spoilers #eris #hive worm #i've always wondered about there only being 5. feels somewhat risky for a species in a way #then we learned of xita and that was pog. worm mother..... #and then last season... ahsa the proto-worm. the worm gods were something else before they were worm gods. wild #this strengthens the idea that there's many more of them but that they weren't equally relevant in the grand scheme of things to the hive #have some splintered away immediately after ascending? we know they can travel through the ascendant plane #was there a power struggle? for the tithe? sharing the tithes across many worm gods is risky as well #too many of them and the tithe will dilute #remember that the hive only wrote in the books of sorrow of what they knew and needed #there are details that they were deceived on and that were hidden from them #but how would eris know this then? #possibly intriguing

[arcteris]

communication between dear friends

#ffxiv #ff14 #wol #haurchefant greystone #alphinaud leveilleur #eris naydra #eris would (probably) never give him the neutral face of displeasure btw #they are best friends/platonic soulmates/maybe more?? who knows :^) #i want to push myself to explore her dynamics with others more!! and idk how so i am doing so with memes as usual #she is very reticent due to her upbringing and often seems a bit expressionless so. this fits

[swallowerofdharma]

Yashiro’s Cruel God part four

There are probably brilliant analyses out there about the first part of this manga and what I say might as well be just an uninteresting repetition. But we analyze things for ourselves first, to understand them better, to make sense of a story for ourselves, so I’ll give it a try anyway.

Continuing my thoughts on Doumeki and another digression: You’ll be fine. I’m a man and you’re different from your father, right?

If there hasn’t already been a tension within Yashiro between his nihilistic tendencies and his yearning for change, the story wouldn’t be possible. If Don’t Stay Gold is the original one-shot where Yashiro appeared as a background character, when Saezuru begins that some story is repurposed masterfully as a critical starting point for a Yashiro that is now a main character: This setup would become nothing more than a knife that gets thrown right back at me. You can already see this is going to be brilliant writing. When Doumeki was introduced, Yashiro had to be at a point where he was ready to let go of Kageyama, but - at same time - the fact that he had wished for them to be more than friends, that this was something he had remained open to, despite his past and despite his failures, was essential to show a believable story of him falling in love with someone else. What about Doumeki then? I have been asking myself, what are Doumeki’s motivations for being so persistent?

Yashiro is captivated immediately by Doumeki’s eyes, he makes a comment about it and later, in chapter 4, Yoneda captivates the readers too with a beautiful page with no words that isolates Doumeki’s eyes in the rear view mirror of the car, while his gaze is focused on a melancholic Yashiro. The previous sequence, at Kageyama’s clinic, was in large part framed coherently with Doumeki’s point of view as he witnessed for the first time Yashiro interacting with his doctor friend. In chapter 23 Yashiro realizes something unexpected about Doumeki. The English translations of this dialogue varied, I’ll reference here the official translation: The truth is, we’re not similar, at all. From the beginning you were always different. That’s why you look at me like that. With different eyes than his. Yashiro’s expression here is fearful and lost, because he only had those few points of reference, and those he cared for most were his parents who had abandoned him and Kageyama who had rejected him.

After Yashiro was injured on Doumeki’s watch, Nanahara orders him to cut his finger off. Needing medical attention, he goes to Kageyama and tells him about what happened. The doctor’s reaction here is so cold and heartless that if at this point you care for Yashiro at all you can’t help feeling really hurt hearing his words.

The source of Kageyama’s cruelty is his ignorance. He doesn’t know Yashiro well or rather he has built a static image of him and he can’t shake it; he constantly shows how shortsighted he is when it comes to his supposed best friend. And I remember reading people’s thoughts about the symbolism of the contact lens that Yashiro stole, so I think that was sufficiently discussed. I’ll add my two cents to this topic, because I find it interesting the detail of Kageyama being the son of a doctor and becoming one as well, not a very good one he said himself. When his classmate Yashiro told him - in that awkward and nonchalant way of his, another product of the distorted reality that his parents left him with - about the abuse he had endured from his stepfather, Kageyama stops touching him, doesn’t get closer anymore. I think that in his mind, because he had already internalized attitudes that come from medical practice just from his father, in that moment Yashiro stopped being someone he could touch because he became a “case of child abuse”, someone he needed to emotionally distance himself from. I wonder if there are readers doing the same. When Yashiro goes to his father’s wake, Kageyama is happy to see him there, that his classmate cared, but later Yashiro, so unaccustomed to his new delicate feelings, fumbles badly for the right words and any potential connection falls flat. Yashiro didn’t really need confirmation that Kageyama wasn’t straight, he had understood that much, or that the reason he was rejected had to be a different story. Kageyama’s shortcomings now and later are tied to his inability to perceive Yashiro as a full person, capable of yearning, of changing, of suffering from something else rather than the obvious. Yashiro becomes a “mental case” and the good doctor can’t do anything much about it, since it isn’t his specialty. He’ll stay as a friend, but unkind. And when Doumeki discovers that the only person Yashiro is attached to could be so unsympathetic to him, he is angry. Doumeki doesn’t confront Kageyama, for Yashiro’s sake, mostly, for reasons of hierarchy and responsibility, he needs to treat respectfully someone who is on equal standing with his boss. The ones who confront Kageyama are Kuga and Nanahara and it works: when Yashiro brings Ryuuzaki’s girlfriend to the clinic, Kageyama’s perception of him has changed and readjusted.

Doumeki could see glimpses of Yashiro’s yearning, of Yashiro’s love, and he is still determined to see it through now as he was before. He won’t let go or accept lies from Yashiro and about Yashiro. Doumeki isn’t just foolishly in love and enduring everything that comes with it, he wants to know. His motives are layered with the stubbornness that comes with detective work, after what happened between them in chapter 25, he wants to confirm that Yashiro reciprocated his feelings, because he also needs to prove himself that he isn’t a rapist, he isn’t just like his father. He fully committed to it. Only if we acknowledge our selfish reasons, we can really be honest about our feelings, about how we open ourselves to others, how we want them, and all the things we want from them. Yashiro and Doumeki aren’t letting go of their feelings in part because they need a confirmation that they are good enough. And that’s why this story surpasses the romantic premises about love and makes sense from a very down to earth, realistic perspective of how grown men behave, too.

We established that Doumeki is someone who was looking closely at Yashiro since the beginning and won’t stop looking for the truth until he is satisfied. The root causes of his conviction and commitment are various but ultimately go back to his sense of failure regarding Aoi. He aimed to be and became a policeman and failed to see something that was right under his eyes. To be continued…

#saezuru tori wa habatakanai #saezuru analysis #yashiro #doumeki chikara #yashiro x doumeki #yoneda kou #eri reads saezuru #is Doumeki cute? I can’t tell #I am generally not attracted to manly men with lots of masculine energy even in their gentle giant form #Nanahara calling out Kageyama is another big big point in his favor #but I still want someone near Yashiro who would not pursue him romantically #Kageyama’s notorious shortsightedness #not a fan of him #look at how the glasses make it so you can’t see his eyes when he looks at someone else #but you see them when he looks down: two sides of what he is saying #he doesn’t want to admit he cares for someone like Yashiro but he really cares #and Kuga knows that Yashiro was a formidable competitor

[twinklecupcake]

Imagining Magnifico being used for counsel/guidance by various kings and queens through the years, gradually becoming the magic mirror we all know, and maybe he eventually feels pretty okay about it/what he does like

"Huh. You know, this isn't entirely bad, I guess. I mean now I'm stuck telling the truth but it's whatever. Omniscience is pretty cool. Doesn't feel too bad helping rulers make an actual difference--"

"Magic mirror, on the wall... who is the fairest of them all?"

".....hey, what the fuck, actually?"

#wish #disney wish #I know it's meant to be just an Easter Egg but it is kinda fun to imagine his progress into the iconic Magic Mirror #also imagine the sheer wtf-ery one would feel going from 'Magic Mirror; are there any threats?' to 'Magic Mirror; tell me I'm pretty' #...also how does one go from 'mirror in the dungeon' to 'wait a mirror that knows all and tells the truth I need this'

[lucienarcheron]

too sweet + eiris 🤌🏼

#smtb #eiris #eris x iris #gp #hozier knows how to hit the spot #*adds it to their playlist* #I also feel eris would be a HUGE hozier fan #eris vanserra

[abraxos-and-ataraxia]

Nesta and Eris are reflections of each other. One was born with fire, another stole it. One was shaped by a manipulative mother, the other by a father. Both learned that caring openly was a weakness that could be exploited by others. Both discovered how words could be weapons, coldness a shield. Softness would not help those they loved. And any weakness would be mocked by those who would rather see their cruel masks than the person underneath. Nesta saw under Eris’ centuries-long facade because she recognized it as her own. She saw his potential to be good because it looked like her.

#acotar #acosf #nesta #eris vanserra #neris #Eris protecting Lucien and the LoA from beron #nesta protecting her sisters from their mother #even the way she doesn’t talk about it says so much #why ruin their perception of their mother when they never knew how bad things were? #the way I would kill to see their friendship #I like the ship but tbh they’re too similar #but I’d love to see nesta heal those old wounds with him #and Eris learn how to open up to someone #he hasn’t even opened up to his brother #yet another similarity #nesta has trouble sharing with feyre or elain #OMG and elain and Lucien are the perceptive younger siblings who know more than anyone thinks #subtle love 😭

[potatobugz]

huuoogh eridan ampora is arospec and ace you agree. reblog

#homestuck #rambles #this is a silly post #right after valentines day cuz i forgor #my explanation being: troll society is amatonormative in that u are expected to be in a quadrant by a certain age (iirc) #and if you are not then you will (probably) be culled #one can imagine how that would have an effect on eridans view of relationships in general #i think the reason why she is so pushy is because she is viewing it as something necessary. that she NEEDS to #have a quadrant (understanding given how you will DIE if ur not in one) #i personally can relate to feeling like u have to be in a relationship bc of everyone around you #and i often mistook admiration 4 people i thought were cool as like romantic attraction #(cuz i have NO CLUE how romantic attraction feels like) #eridans whole thing to me is that she is... very lonely. and desperate. #and she wants to survive (re: what happened on the meteor) #but she reads to me as someone who does not want to be in a relationship but wants to have that box ticked. u know ? #not to mention eri is just genuinely kind of bad at mantaining relationships (of any kind ?) she has a tendency to drive ppl away methinks #of any romantic kind anyway. i think shes okay at mantaining friendships actually #this is where i start to lose my train of thought. i hope that explains like the gist of my reasoning behind this #evidence number two: asexual flag colors. #i rest my case #eridan ampora #“eridan ampora” #PLS #ITS NOT TAGGING!!! GROWLS

[liquidstar]

i finished drawing the king+queen pair for my ocverse but i figure im not going to post them just yet, bc i also wanna revamp some older designs from andy's group, and i think if i post them all at once as a set i can have all their infoboxes in one place so its more convenient (since andy's group doesn't have those in their og post)

#so itll be a royals set. w andy and her parents. and also her friends lol #neither koe or percy are royal themselves but theyre heavily sworn to the family so they still fit in #i used the same background color for the knights as for the royals to show affiliation anyway #i might also group ursa w them even tho i already posted her w an infobox and dont have any redesign in mind #just so shes w a set #this is convenient for me also bc i can have a masterpost linking every post w each different group #probably the only ones ill leave totally solo are eris and the two upcoming ones #also the only set w uncoordinated colors from these is the last one i posted w parents. bc they dont have the same affiliation #these ppl dont know each other theyre just connected to their kid so that was the background color for each #anyway this is all just me thinking out loud at this point i doubt anyones reading this far #i could say anything and you guys would never know........... #*farts* #how hilarious would it be if this was the method i used to announce to everyone that [redacted] #and it was just buried in tags no one would read so no one would ever know even though i said it #< nothing bad btw. but no ones reading this anyway so clarifying is moot point lol

[lesbianjodie]

Anyway hallucinating an entire arc where Conan and Ran have to stay with Eri for a while and Eri just clocks Shinichi so fast. Either that or he needs help trying to convince her that he is not, in fact, Shinichi SOMEHOW but anyway Eri would be so aware of Conan's fucked up little errands and machinations I bet she would figure out he was the sleeping Kogoro all along if it lasted long enough. And then he would have to explain. I am going insane about it also.

#IMAGINE THOUGH #imagine it shinichi was forced to tell eri everything and they formed that sort of quiet mutual understanding to keep it all a secret #in order to protect ran #imagine if that was how eri got pulled into the grander scheme of things #imagine if she started looking out for the bo as well unconsciously. and just popped up in their radar or something #bonus points if it's kir or vermouth for the gays like #w kir we can have her just drop by or somehow intervene via fbi to keep her from bringing more attention onto herself #and w vermouth we can have her just keeping an eye on her. maybe they'll kiss #we all know vermouth likes kissing milfs on the lips at this point anyway #ALSO eri's disappointment when she sees that kogoro was in fact the one solving all those crimes. her world in shambles #like she's clearly been hanging onto that newfound apparent genius of his husband's to sort of convince herself that he can change #or something #anyway her world would kinda get knocked off its axis a little innit #maybe she would spiral a little about it even 😳 #and what if vermouth ended up covering for eri 😳 for ran #but I digress #my point is I want to kiss eri on the lips #dcmk #detective conan #edogawa conan #kudou shinichi #kisaki eri #mouri ran #mouri kogoro #I was gonna say I am no longer normal about eri but the truth is I never was

[pinesprings]

i do not know how to art but the brainrot was so strong I accidentally took a pencil and equally accidentally opened ibispaint... against my will ofc

more accidental sketches and you can glimpse what I should have been doing instead

#im actually proud of these i expected worse from my inexperienced hand and my own sketch as reference #im afraid i studied her face enough to decipher how to passably draw her and now she holds me hostage #eri is rambling #mizu blue eye samurai #mizu #blue eye samurai #dont judge these too hard i never learned how to sketch OR paint #only thing i know about color theory is mizu's scarf would be perfect for a children's hospital (con blood)

[slice-of-light]

anyone else feel like Xur and Eris Morn would be spooky drinking buddies

#destiny 2 #destiny 2 fanart #eris morn #xur #destiny xur #like they've gotta be friends #they're too weird to not know each other #they wouldn't even talk that much #they'd just chill in silence and enjoy a couple drinks when Xur's at the tower #probably at the end of the weekend after the poor guy's been getting fucking yelled at about his exotics for days and needs a break lmao #do agents of the nine get a union-mandated break #anyway he'd probably be awkward as hell but appreciate someone genuinely speaking with him outside of a transaction #and I'm sure eris would enjoy having a friend who wouldn't bat an eye at her everything or act like she's fucking crazy #if anything eris is the one to be caught off guard #xur runs a game show with a fucking space horse #like how does THAT conversation go

[orbdotexe]

Trying SO hard not to give Wolf more people on their side bc they're the ultimate Depressed Bitch... I don't even know what to do about Saint yet!!! I have no idea if Osiris believes them or not! but here I go thinking about Saladad and the Young Wolf's Howl :(

In my defense, consider:

This is more than a weapon. Forged by Lord Saladin within the hallowed halls of the Iron Temple, this sword was intended for you, and none other. When you wield it, its burning flames represent the bright light of your valor — and the all-consuming sacrifice that you have promised to make, should you be called to it.

According to Saladin, that sword is a promise. Become what the enemies of the City fear. The only Nightmare worth fearing, as Eris put it.

At its core, the sword is an Iron Lord's oath to protect the City, no matter the personal cost.

Like... What does it mean to Saladin, to see it on their back when they pull the trigger on Lakshmi? That it was with them when they tried to kill Cayde? That they're still using it now, even as they sow the end?

Is he angered to see his next generation, the one who was supposed to carry the torch of his fallen friends, turn their back on everything he taught them?

Or maybe he knows, in some part. Does he see that they believe they've upheld their promise, even now? Does he think they're delusional?

Even worse, consider them returning it. I'm very drawn on this, though, because of what it means. Wolf giving the sword up would be an admission that they don't care, and Wolf does. Wolf cares so, so much. and they're a sentimental bitch here!!

BUT. What if Saladin found them, one day, treating the sword?

He tells them that sword is an oath, and they tell him they've kept it. He asks why they tried to kill Cayde, and they don't answer. He asks why their killed Lakshmi, and they tell him Ikora would know.

There's silence as he considers this, glaring them down. Wolf stands up, holding the sword in an almost reverie. They ask if he's here to take it back. He doesn't answer.

They set it against the wall, telling him they have more swords.

They leave.

#yeah im still on this. what about it #the forsaken exile #i have so many feelings about this sword. i never even got it but it means so much... #uhhh i am mildly obsessed with the Only Nightmare quote ever since I did the Deathbringer quest #i love that SO much #i dont even actually use Deathbringer!!! I just love Eris <3 she says some RAW shit #i VERY much want Wolf to be using the Born In Fire ornament but for lore reasons #and we all know how i feel about the Young Wolf's promises!!! yeah baby!! over commitment!!!!!! #Like... they're broken and shattered. but they still keep their promise. They still keep the sword!!! #so i feel like it would be fitting for the sword to have those molten cracks... #but like... what lore reasons? why did the sword break? #pain. #ALSO on the Ikora thing: tell me she didn't have Hidden in Lakshmi's ranks #Even if she found out LATE what Lakshmi's plan was. she would still know eventually. so here Ikora has just... chosen not to release that #Not out of malice. but imean. its the Vanguard. its politics. Wolf took the shot of turning hatred on themself #and away from the House. #Best not to waste that and introduce a new factor. No need to muddy the waters further #politics is a balancing act where what's good isnt always right! Ikora knows she should put it out there but its for the better of the City #essay tags my beloved <3 #i just got up. this probably makes NO sense

[thefirstknife]

What are your speculations for next season now it's just over 2 weeks away?

No clue honestly!! It's actually really exciting, there are so many possibilities. Outside of it being about bringing Savathun back, I genuinely have no clue what the rest of the setting could be like. Are we going back to the Throne World for more content about that and the Lucent Hive? More Fynch maybe as well?

Or is the location going to be somewhere else? I can see a possibility of the Nine being involved (with several hints to them this season), or perhaps the Dreaming City. We still have the curse to deal with! But it's also likely that it will be something we did not expect at all.

A lot of it depends on the showcase. The TFS showcase is on the same day as the season releases. I'm not sure if we'll get any other hints about the next season prior to that, although it might be possible they tell us the name and show key art again, like for Deep, but I wouldn't bet on it too much. The thing is, the showcase has to show us a lot more about TFS, including the location we're going to and likely some additional information about the portal. And the whole reason we need Savathun back is to tell us how to get through the portal.

Which means this can go two ways. One, the TFS showcase tells us more and Savathun is rezed at the start of the season and she immediately tells us what we have to do, so we don't have to pretend for 3 months that we didn't just learn everything from the showcase. Two, the showcase doesn't actually tell us enough about the portal or the location and the biggest things remain a secret and the season is about us trying to rez Savathun the whole time and we only learn about the portal at the very end, giving us a bombastic cliffhanger ending to the season, with only one season left until TFS.

I gues some middle ground is possible as well. We start with trying to find Immaru and convincing him to help us. In the middle of the season we succeed and Savathun is rezed and then she tells us the big news (big mid-season cutscene/reveal) and we spend the rest of the season fighting off enemies trying to prevent us from learning more. Or honestly, something entirely different. However, I definitely think they'll want to use Savathun as much as possible. She is very popular, her VA is doing an excellent job and the writing team knows that people want to hear her talk to us more.

The next season also brings a huge question for the final one, because the final season has to have something truly wild for us to do if we learn everything about the portal from Savathun in the next (and by proxy from the showcase). There are so many options for this and we really won't know anything conclusively until the showcase. I'm super excited that they went back to giving us little teases about future seasons, but not too much and not too little. Just the sheer impact of knowing that it's going to be about Savathun is a huge teaser, but we still don't know enough to say what's gonna happen and I love hearing everyone's ideas.

#destiny 2 #savathun #ask #i'm personally hoping for the theme of the old locations and vendors coming back to continue #need io and mercury back. enough for two seasons #savathun + the nine + something about io would be a dream for me. this is like. just a wishlist #no clue how feasible that is outside of just hints about the nine this season and savathun coming back #but the hints could also be for another season or something else and the next season and sav could be entirely not connected #i would also love to deal with the dreaming city curse. perfect lineup for the season: sav eris ikora and mara. season of WOMEN! #dreading saint and osiris during sav season as well. i want it to happen but also do i really want it to happen #do i want sav speaking to osiris. i do. and also i don't. #eeueughhg. I'm normal #and ofc. there's the tfs showcase. which i'm pretty sure will have to tell us some details. the showcase always does #so we'll likely know about the location beyond the portal which will immediately tell us more about the portal itself #so i have no clue how the season will tie into that. super excited to find out

[silvreflames]

valkyrie leader nesta is very cool and all, but i really have to remind you that nesta doesn’t and never did want to be a warrior. she was forced to become one.

#she was raised to be a Lady #her political prowess is top notch she’s an incredible courtier #all of 3 entities in the entire series recognized nesta’s real power #the cauldron. helion. and eris vanserra LMAO #she’s called queen of queens for a reason #because that’s where her true power lies. that’s where she would thrive #running circles around all of the high lords of prythian LMAO #she’s cunning and has a lethal mind and she CAN excel in social situations #because she knows how to play a part #that’s all she does! she plays the cold frigid bitch so well #that even her sisters believe her to be one #when it’s so far from the truth :’) #anyway i do love the valkyries and i love a badass lady #but nesta can be a badass without being forcibly drafted into the faerie military #by her abusive brother in law and his abusive friends LMAO #give her 5 minutes with tamlin and the spring court will be restored #let her have a chat with the human queens and balance will be struck b/w the mortal and faerie realm #like. she’s powerful alright. it’s her MIND brother

[blowflyfag]

If one more person asks me what I think their kid would like I’m gonna explode in front of them

#I DONT KNOW YOUR FUCKING KID #why would I know what your kid would like #how come you don’t know what your kid likes huh? #which one would be good for a 9 year old Uh bro. WHAT DOES SAID 9 year old like? oh I don’t know #this job has made me lose a lot of faith in millennial parents too #eris speaks

[todayisafridaynight]

born to do a Saeko Only y7 run forced to be technically illiterate

#snap chats #we all know if i knew how to mod id make so many stupid masadai screenshots but not the point #ive been obsessed with solo runs for rpgs for a while so NATURALLY i wanna ask the question if each y7 chara can solo the game #i was thinkin of saeko specifically cause. 1.) love u 2.) in my first playthrough i primarily used her for support #though subsequent playthroughs obvi i switched her up to be way more offensive #the only chara you really can do this with is ichi and MAYBE adachi since. well ichi's obvious but adachi's the earliest accessible #'what about nanba' girl he LEAVES FOR THREE CHAPTERS #and ofc you only get saeko come chapter 5 - same thing for eri. not gonna even MENTION joon gi and zhao LMAO #so obvi i dream of a mod where you can swap ichi- at least for battles- for any of the other party members #if youve seen rpg runs that ft multiple members at a time then yk the plan is to just have everyone else block and do nothing #or get them ko'd as fast as possible. but obvi in this Mod Reality i would just have The One character to make it. awful LMAO #i mean me and other rpg enjoyers think y7's easy enough so why not the extra challenge #adachi gets the Can Also Do This Run pass since he's playable just about as long as ichi is #exceptions being of course the first chapter / beginning of second chapter and the first sawashiro fight / chapter 3 #i already know people are thinking of the jima fight.... throwing up at that thought #honestly i think JUST them might make the challenge impossible #at least with ichi you have the poundmates but the others Id Consider to be out of luck #itd be fun imo to see how far each chara could get tho #beyond grinding i think youd HAVE to master perfect guarding not just for the jimas but ESPECIALLY for tendo #kiryu doesnt exist to me. apparently. idk he was a wash on my first playthrought but joon gi WAS the unintentional punching bag so-- #anyway im almost done with this comm i just gtta shade it so bye