#but i had a ton of fun answering this!!

[im-smart-i-swear]

Would the funky guys like listening to music? I feel like Buddy would cry listening to Moon will Sing by the Crane Wives

I really like the idea of the funky guys, pre-rescue, using singing to pass time - maybe tashi makes up silly little songs to make everyday chores more exciting for the kids, or eenek theaches everyone some galran songs(nobody except pal and soup really understand the words.. maybe thats for the better since i imagine galran songs that appeal to grief stricken 13 year olds arent suitable for kids lol), or pal has a memory of one of shiros favourite songs and sings it to the others, or soup hums melodies she overheard while being a gladiator to help taka fall asleep - JUST. singing as a love language.. good shit

and a very importrant thing to understand here is that none of them, een included, are good singers - theyre mediocre, bordering on pretty bad - but it doesnt matter! its about the human urge to connect! through music!! they sing their dumb songs and do stupid little dances and its great<3

post-rescue, suddenly they get access to practically infinite amounts of music from thousands of distinct cultures! but i think they generally stick to more mainstream stuff, the kind of songs you can sing along to with your family when it comes on the radio. tho buddy and taks(and also pal maybe<3) would propably explore more! .... oh. and taka definetly goes through an edgy phase at some point. so.... theres a lot of potential there

buddy is a sappy emotional trainwreck, they ABSOLUTELY get emotional over songs, so behold this historically accurate interpretation of him listening to the moon will sing for the first time:

also!

tashi and buddy are The Embarassing Older Sibling Duo, and they often start to (very badly)(and loudly) sing and dance in unison when they hear a song they both like- all the while taks is yelling at them to stop being annoying<3

this post is all over the place but oh well! i love em<3

#my funky guys #my art #thank you very very much for the ask!! i know it took me longer than usual to answer #school happened:/ #but i had a ton of fun answering this!! #theyre just sillay funky guys:) #(<- lie.) #in the second one buddy's right sleeve is like that bc they dont have a prosthesis so they tuck it in so it doesnt get in the way #and they dont intend to get a prosthesis btw! #he just doesnt need or want one #at this point they spent most of their life with one arm and he gets by fine! #and also the last time they had a prostetic arm it made him attack/try to kill his friends. so.. theyre not a big fan:/ #...... #edgy 13yo taka. oh god.. #tashi is going to have more white hair than shiro by the time all the kids are adults lol #i love tashi and buddy being stupid toghether<3 two idiots who team up to annoy literally everyone else(except soup. she doesnt mind)

[nikosheba]

shout out to everyone who was a lil too invested in English class and now has to live with their Classical Blorbo that no one has stanned in a century

tag this with your first Classical Blorbo from class that you had to try and be really normal about during discussions, mine was Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities 

#i'm expecting tons of Les Mis answers but i read that for fun not in class #same with The Iliad we read The Odyssey but I had to read the Iliad on my own #so I never had to be Very Normal in class about Patroclus #thank fuck #blorboposting

[boxwinebaddie]

an uncle nina check in <3

hi team! thanks for sticking around! i know my blog isn't always the most exciting and enriching place in the world in terms of content, but i am very /content/ to have you all here. <3333

i promise, oddly enough, i have A TON of inspiration and ideas for all my weird styles ( if you're curious about anything please lmk! i've been trying to flesh out my aus out lately ), i've just been in a major bummer depression era lately, so it's hard for me to get my asks done and i'm having a hard time committing to finishing my writing. :<

i think it's because of stress and my bipolar, but i am trying to get back on the horse! ( are we all laughing at the idea of me trying to get on a horse? i'd start crying help city girl fail moment for me ) yeehaw!

and while, unfortunately due to the instability ( fabulous legendary iconery ) of my pretty girl popstar personality, i do not know whether i will be answering almost no questions or one million, regardless of that, i just wanted to let you know, i'm still here, still kicking my feet, twirling my hair, cooking...i'm just really trying not to force myself to put out anything i don't like...and only do what makes me truly happy.

however, nothing, my dear sweet e-darlings...

makes me happier than coming home to all of you. <333

so thank you for flooding even the darkest corners of my life with bright light, supporting my phantom fics and being wonderful,

uncle nina xx

#nina speaks #hi my loves #idk what the point of this was #i just know my blog is really inconsistent and i know i dont really post anything or anything that useful #but i wanted you to know that i love you very much and i still care a lot about all of you and all my content actually #which i have been fleshing out in notebooks and google docs i've been doing lots of world building and character study #so feel free to ask me something challenging about any part of my nina sp auniverse that interests u itll make my brain work #i've also been taking very silly but dilligent notes abt what ravesey style looks like for ter so if u want to laff at those u can #i just love taking notes on detail and understanding exactly what characters look like or what settings appear like idk #might be some experimental writing on here i like doing different mediums like i was being silly #and started writing a netflix trailer for rm haha i also have been doing weird personality tests and questionnaires #i've been trying to think very deeply about tkak and my tfbw styles if u have any questions there and am deep plotting rm #trying to be impactful while also keeping things fun and learning to enjoy myself again i suppose #so again thakn u for being here sorry its weird on here but thank u for supporting me as i learn and grow my sunshines #also ik i have a ton of asks and uve already asked me so many things so never feel inclined to message me #but i love hearing what ur curious about hopefully i can answer some stuff eventually but again im on a break #i'm here but i'm not this is a safe place we try and fail we have fun and promote style world domination thru my weird styles #ilysm i'm shutting up now i promise i'm still here i'm just trying to be healthy and happy esp rn when i am not emotionally well #gotta protect my peace and my vibe palace but im still here! #MWAH MWAH MWAAAAAH #really trying to heal my inner child or like the girl in me that liked to write silly stories and create crazy things #weird hcs big dramatic plots silly stuff...i want to honor that girl because she was happy and free and had fun #and i want to do that again so lets have fun guys #no judgement no seriousness just good vibes and good reads #welcome to the uncle nina learns to laugh again arc #i hope you enjoy it

[yakool-foolio]

oh actually now that we’re on the tangent that’s chapter 5; how would the ending of mystery labyrinth go? in yuma’s case he initially sacrificed himself to allow makoto to tell kanai ward everything and destroy the mystery labyrinth from outside—before shinigami pointed him towards the emergency exit (at the expense of losing his memories with her). is it similar for the DKY au or are there certain things that would change for yakou’s situation

The general outline of the ending of the final mystery labyrinth is surprisingly similar to canon with what I've planned out. Makoto peacefully surrenders the fight thanks to Yuma's empathy, but Yakou is left with a tough choice. Tough, not because it's difficult on Yakou's part, but moreso for Yuma when he hears Yakou's decision. Since Yakou doesn't want to reap the soul of Makoto (which would effectively cause Makoto to cease to exist since the perfect solution is on the line), the mystery labyrinth can't be manually destroyed. Since Makoto and Yuma are both visitors, they are allowed to leave and won't be affected. However, since Yakou and Shinigami are the creators of the labyrinth, they'll be forced to stay behind as this spiritual reality crumbles away until nothing is left. Yakou knows it's best to stay behind so that Makoto and Yuma can go free and expose the truth of Kanai Ward.

"I entrust that you two will bring the ultimate truth to light. You'll do a lot of a better job than I ever could in all my years as a detective."

Yuma immediately objects, not wanting Yakou to disappear. The rookie insists there must be another way out, but Yakou sadly dismisses his pleas. Makoto is slower to express his upset with Yakou's choice, but eventually speaks his mind, his determined tone contrasting the cries of the original.

"My love for Kanai Ward pales in comparison to yours. I'm just the rogue homunculus who showed up one day. You, however, were born and raised here. Your memories are proof of that. Don't let your blood and fangs make you think otherwise. This city would fair better hearing the truth from another citizen just like them rather than me, anyway."

And yet, Yakou remains stubborn and selfless. He reflects Makoto's statements back at him.

"You can carry on my legacy just as I have done for my original. You're the CEO of Amaterasu, everyone looks up to you. They'll want to hear from the one who's at the top of it all. All I can do is offer a pitiful pat on the back. But you have the power to make great change."

Understanding the impossibility of changing Yakou's mind, Makoto accepts the decision. Yuma has been hugging Yakou tightly the entire time, but it's time to finally let go. The chief and rookie share their farewells. Yuma joins up with Makoto, and the two are warped back to the real world.

Yakou sinks into the bittersweetness. He drops the solution blade and kneels to the ground. Before he can accept his fate, Shinigami lightheartedly kicks the sword back toward him. She chuckles sweetly, flashing a mischievous smile.

"You knowww... Makoto may be the big, bold emperor of Kanai Ward, but every ruler and his kingdom needs a knight."

Shinigami reveals the emergency exit to a flabbergasted Yakou. She tells him that he's free to leave, but their pact will come to an end and he'll forget all about her. Yakou bows in thanks for all that Shinigami has done to help him and his detectives. Before Yakou exits, Shinigami wraps her wings around her Sir in a distant hug, careful not to get too attached when they're about to depart. Yakou stakes the solution blade into the ground, then turns to welcome the light of the exit. Yakou Furio, the knight of Kanai Ward, won't become an ancient legend. He'll be the everlasting protector his home needs.

#i went a little crazy with this answer #but i think it makes up for my absence yesterday #and i had a ton of fun with the dialogue #death knight yakou au #rain code #rain code spoilers #yakou furio #yuma kokohead #makoto kagutsuchi #shinigami

[andi-o-geyser]

HEY! HEY YOU! YOU UPDATED YOUR PAGE TWENTY-SIX MINUTES AGO! TUMBLR TOLD ME SO! GIVE ME YOUR PERCAHLIA BRAINROT!

Haha, gladly! Buckle in, because the brainrot has been going for weeks now and will not stop. Currently, I’m stuck on their journey to the Water Ashari, where Vex and Percy have the most heartfelt conversation about what they heard during their respective resurrection rituals. Percy basically says that in space of limbo he was stuck in while Orthax was feasting on his soul he could only hear pure noise and feel pain and he’s tried so hard to not put the experience into words but now he is putting it into words, for Vex, because she deserves the full truth of the offerings that called him back during his ritual. He tells her that he had: “great motivation to live a long life”, which just makes me want to go fucking feral because on a meta level Vex rolled true love’s natural 20 and Tal specifically said that he told Matt to text him because if they didn’t say what Percy wanted to hear, he just fully wouldn’t come back, good resurrection rolls be damned, but despite Pike’s plea for the gods to save him (which was something he explicitly wouldn’t have wanted), Vex told him she loved him and she needed him back, and Percy was called back anyways for her. 

He was ready to let everything go: his sister, his home, his found family and all the friends he’d made, because he was done and he was tired and he felt like he’d completed his journey and earned his tragic end, and he even preemptively wrote what essentially functioned as a suicide note for the occasion. But he didn’t die, he came back anyways, and, almost 20 full episodes after the resurrection ritual and exactly 15 episodes after he and Vex first kissed in the snow, he admits to her in this quiet moment on the ship that he heard her. And it was the only thing he heard. 

This contrasts directly with the ritual itself, where after being brought back he thanked Keyleth, saying: “I saw what you did, it was the only thing I saw”, referring to how Kiki severed him from Orthax, but he also explicitly states that he couldn’t hear her, he just saw her hand reach out. And when she hears it you can just see Laura play it brilliantly, because Vex looks so dejected as he says it in that scene post resurrection. She’s so full of this sudden grief at something she’s barely had but already lost, which was her confession of love to him because he just said he only saw Keyleth, and that means he doesn’t remember Vex’s plea for his life. But he did remember, and it was the only thing he remembered and the only thing that mattered. But he didn’t tell her not because of any time he needed to consider if he felt the same way, because he was already head over heels just like she was; he didn’t say anything because she just bore her heart in front of all their friends, all their family, and he didn’t want to put her on the spot like that. 

“I never would have hoped... you’re far too wonderful for an idiot. I treasure every minute”. Percy knows and Vex knows that he was very well almost gone for good, and Vex saved his life by calling out to him the way she did. He never would have hoped she felt the same way, he never would have hoped the heart she was referring to when confronting Saundor was his, but he treasures every minute they have together because they both know what they could have lost, and after the Thordak, Raishan, and second Raishan fight, this is even more potent because they both either went to death saves or outright died and had to be revivified. And she treasures every moment right back. They’re so deeply in love, and they have such an immense respect for each other that as soon as Vex asks at the top of the scene what he heard during his resurrection Percy instantly catches on that she’s both probably curious about Scanlan’s ritual, but also still feeling insecure about him not mentioning her contribution, and the entire subsequent scene is basically him both working through the remnants of trauma from the experience but also laying it out in an considerate way for her, and apologizing for any pain he caused. 

And then they get drunk and imply they’re going to have sex in a closing line. It’s peak Perc’ahlia and it makes me go insane 

#honestly the brainrot is truly so strong that it raise my standards for love to an unbearable degree #they just mean sooo fucking much to me like *gestures vaguely* #i want to absorb the level of trust and openness and admiration and adoration they share <3 #so sry for the kinda unprompted detour from keysmashing how much i love them to a full on analysis of this specific scene #i hope you enjoyed it! i certainly had a ton of fun writing it #i wish more people would give me asks just encouraging brainrot thoughts for perc'ahlia #you're a real one lol #andi answers asks #sire we have revived trebuchet thoughts from the front #release the weapons and send our response with haste! #*chucks some thoughts at you* #critical role #perc'ahlia #cr meta #andis thought geyser

[mvncesa]

Eight questions for nine people

Tagged by : @kurjaks i despise u <3 Perish

1. Last Song I Listened to : Daisy — Sorry X's version

2. Favorite Color : it bounces around a bit but rn I'm vibing with like yellow, pink, blue, maybe purple? soft and cute colors

3. Last TV Show or Movie I Watched : I haven't watched an actual show in awhile? But I've been watching Dimension 20's N/everafter or F/antasy High if that counts

4. Currently Watching : commentary / video essay videos on youtube.

5. Sweet, Savory, or Spicy? : gotta say that I like sweet and savory, ya know? (I'm a little bitch that can't handle that much spice. i'm so sorry). I guess, like, a mixture of savory and sweet. I see roach's thing about adding brown sugar to their stir fry and that's the sort shit I'd do.

6. Relationship Status : non-existent <3 because I'm terrified of people

7. Current Obsession : Going strong with Dimension 20 campaigns (sprinkling in some Hawaii 5/0 stuff recently for some reason)

8. Last Thing I Googled : "how to crop a shirt without sewing" (i fucked up the shirts but it's fine)

Tagging : @songeurame , @hcpebled , @deathwis , @coastercrushed , @givcns , @newrcgime , @brknghrts , @vullcanica , @accidntals & anyone who wants to have fun rn <3

#( tell me to stop posting ; ooc. ) #a fun lil thing to fill out before bedtime #gotta love how every question had me questioning my own answers #as if it's not all personal preference or easy shit to find #also @ roach: my mom makes a sauce that's heavy whipping cream & a shit ton of bbq sauce & brown sugar #and u add grilled chicken then put it on noodles & i think you'd enjoy it (technically u can add other shit: veggies or more spicy sauces)

[cquackity]

doggy (thes) on the moshpit

ohhhh shit they let a dog (Me) in to see lovejoy thats crazy!!!

#i wish i couldve moshed. lovejoy is sadly not moshing music #but i had a ton of fun dancing :3 i love dancing at concerts #if you see someone dancing like a madman its me im that guy #thes answers

[eggs-can-draw]

hey I discovered your art and it's amazing and it inspired this weird idea so could ya please draw a bill cipher Kyoko Kirigiri fusion please?

Dorito Detective! Dori-tective? Dori-ctive?? Dor-ective??? Det-ito??? Kyoko Devito. Make a deal with her and she'll give you the answer sheet for the class trial ⁠— for a price ⁠ofc ;)

#eggs can art #eggs can answer #danganronpa #gravity falls #this was so much fun ngl #I havent drawn tumblr sexy man billiam cipher since like 2018 so it was kinda fun to go back to #her fit is kinda basic but I like it so I dont care lol #she solves crimes but she also commits crimes #does this make ford Naegi?? who knows lol #kyoko kirigiri #bill cipher #posts that out me as a lesbian #considered changing her hair color but then I went yknow what fuck you its color theory fucking with your brain time #aka I had to saturate her skin a ton because she was starting to look like a vampire lol #art #artist on tumblr

[dodgebolts]

What exactly would you say were the problems with mcc as opposed to this event? Like how could noxcrew fix mcc?

First off, the events are just completely different in structure—MCC is a team-based game with a rotating slate of minigames that's for the most part a monthly event, whereas Squidcraft is a free-for-all that takes place once a year and has a new slate of events from year to year. I don't think Noxcrew can do much in that regard to 'fix things' other than introduce more games? However, I'm fully aware of how much time and effort that takes to do, and since because they're not actually paid anything to run the event I have no expectations for them to do so. So on the Noxcrew side of things? Not much LOL

My criticisms are levied more towards the community—I've been a Dream in MCC enjoyer for a long time, and there's always been quite a bit of animosity and hostility towards him. At the beginning (say MCC6-MCC13) I think that there was at least some basis for it, he was much more loose-lipped and brash with his criticisms and I'll be the first to admit that he was a little annoying sometimes. But that came with unwarranted things like people literally inventing tiers just to keep him away from the community's golden boy S-tiers, and it often just felt like he was othered from the community because he brought a competitiveness people weren't ready to face despite. yk. it being a competitive tournament.

Also, during mcc's return, 2021 dttwt had a lot of ppl who were nasty and annoying and incited mcc drama just to fight about it (I'd been on the receiving end of it a few times trust me LOL). So those two things combined soured the general mcc community towards Dream and everything only snowballed from there. For instance, MCC14 was a DISASTER for the green guardians and right after, people on the reddit didn't even stop to go "hey, maybe he had an off event, he's just some guy after all" and instead went Okay Well he underperformed he should be demoted a tier immediately, and it was incredibly frustrating as someone who knew that his performance was a one-off. Thankfully he went on to back-to-back win the next two events but demotion never left the realm of discussion—not to mention that mcc days just became a cesspool on twitter, people across the board talking shit about how the dteam made mcc too sweaty or how the hermits were being boring and should get better at pvp etc and it was just. not fun to be part of the community.

That all spilled over into Dream needing to be incredibly careful with his words, setting boundaries about not harassing Scott/Noxcrew, softening every criticism with praise so that dttwt wouldn't get up in arms about a non-issue all while ALSO having to retain his reputation with the redditors so that he wouldn't be tossed to the side the second he underperformed. That is to say, it felt stressful to be a fan, and in some mcc's he ended stream bowing under the pressure, apologizing for underperforming or not winning when it wasn't something that I think most of his viewers cared about, and it just made some mcc days feel like a downer because he couldn't just let himself have fun, he had to be the diplomat towards everyone.

This event, on the other hand, just felt a lot more welcoming. Partially, I think that's because of the fact that it's a FFA instead of a team tournament, but it's also just that it didn't feel like anyone was coming into the day with malicious intent nor odds stacked against him, and there were very few expectations of him other than "woah that's Dream the best minecrafter in the world he seems like a cool dude" where ppl acknowledged he was just some guy who's good at the game. He didn't need to be diplomatic per se, he could just be his corny, teasing self towards people like Spreen and Rubius and no one would have started a hate campaign towards him because they'd take it in jest, and he didn't have any statisticians to perform incredibly well for either. It was p obvious he wasn't nearly as wired as he normally is during mcc and it made it so much more fun that he could perform without the pressure we normally see him under. He was just hanging with his friends, being a goofball towards strangers, and having fun fucking around! Which, with the multifaceted pressure during MCC, just isn't possible.

disclaimer this is completely from the perspective of someone who has primarily watched Dream (and his close friends) for mcc since 2020 so these criticisms center around him !! so it's not really a general thing

#long post #tldr it's complicated. there is no static set of fixes that could be pulled off to make it enjoyable w the different formats imo #it's just a snowball of a bunch of different things that make mc.c kinda miserable as as dream liker compared to a fresh new event like thi #and don't get me wrong I still adore mc.c and am incredibly grateful for the memories I've made watching it for the past 3ish years #but I had more fun watching this event and blogging w dtblr than I have in ages watching mc.c #probably because I didn't have to worry about community fallout or sit with bated breath hoping twt didn't overreact about smth #plus he and the people around him genuinely seemed to be having a ton of fun so that helped a lot too :D #lyss answers #anon tag #sc2 #lyss.mcc

[kaito-module-of-the-day]

would you ever consider doing another tournament?? the project diva one was really fun!!! (｡˃ ᵕ ˂ ) its ok if not, just wondering :0

Hmm...I agree that the Project DIVA tournament was a blast! However I'm not sure what else I would hold a tournament for.

If you guys want another tournament and have any suggestions for the topic, feel free to let me know.

#I had tons of fun running the last tournament (which was almost three years ago I think...wow) and would be open to holding another one #but aside from project diva I don't know what it would be about #now that tumblr has polls it would be easier for people to vote #unless everyone would prefer strawpoll #🤷‍♂️ #not a module #answers #anonymous

[drainbangle]

absolutely shaking you /pos about your persona fit designs for the oct2path cast, I gotta know if you have any persona thoughts about them

Aw thank you!! Right now, I don't have any set ideas for all the gang's specific Personas; I think initially, I was gonna have the progression be OT1 travelers for everyone's initial Personas -> gods for ultimate Personas, but I felt like I could do something more with it, so that didn't stick.

I do have detailed ideas for the healers' Personas at least, along with approximations for how long everyone's had their powers.

Since I went into this not wanting to have a specific wild card since everyone's a protagonist, everyone can use multiple personas and access the Velvet Room. However, due to the *gestures* natures of some of Temenos and Castti's storylines, they get some unique stuff w/ their ultimate personas.

...Specifically to do with Temenos 3 SH and Hunter & Apothecary 2.

— Temenos

Regarding canon divergence

I mentioned it on Twitter (albeit, not here) that Crick does not die in this AU. This tends to go for anything I write involving Temenos' storyline, since I generally do not agree with Crick's death as a writing decision; mostly for Temenos' writing's sake than anything.

He works best when interacting with another character (e.g. Crick, Throné) so when you kill off the one character he has a real rapport with, a lot of his scenes in Temenos 4 suffer as a result. Not to mention, it does read like Crick got killed off to give Temenos a personal reason to pursue Kaldena as if she didn't already kill his adoptive father.

Note: I love Kaldena though. Crick is a friend but his murderer is an oomf to me. I've been cooking up a fic for her and I like her a lot.

It's not an uncommon occurrence to kill off a detective's ally when they get too close to the truth. But in this instance, I can't say I like how it's pulled off. NTM Temenos already gets to deal with a pretty significant loss, discussed below.

(The joke answer here is that I need one of every element covered in the team, so Crick lives to see another day.)

Roi

Remember that snippet I wrote about Ochette killing a shadowy monster? That was Roi. He was experimented on by the MO (most comparable to Strega here) in an attempt to fuse Shadows with living humans, and it didn't go well. It resulted in him becoming a monster like he did in canon.

Temenos learns of this a bit before when SH takes place —which is around mid-October here— and he and Ochette are both horrified. He doesn't blame her for having to defend herself, especially when it's clear Roi was beyond saving at that point, but he's still upset over the circumstances regardless; and it's opened up a wound he's been trying to ignore.

So at this point in the story when SH takes place, Temenos' mental state isn't doing too great. And it'll only get worse for a bit longer!

Stormail

During when SH happens here, it happens pretty similar to canon: Temenos and Crick realize that Vados is dead, Crick begins to doubt the institution he's working for, and is attacked by Kaldena— who, here is probably like. Chief Prosecutor or something.

Crick is attacked near the local courthouse while investigating on his own during the Dark Night (our Dark Hour equivalent). He's bleeding out, and can't heal himself. Lucky for him though, only being able to operate for an hour means Temenos and co. are active around that time, and the team finds him losing consciousness fast.

One fun thing to note about Persona is that a living person can become a Persona for a specific user through a strong desire to protect their loved ones after death.

So, when Temenos finds Crick bleeding out with wounds too deep to heal normally... he thinks of all his loved ones screwed over by the law, how Crick may very well join that number, and thinks only that he cannot —he will not— allow that to happen.

This, combined with Roi in canon thinking of protecting Temenos despite everything, repeating only snippets of his last conversation warning him to protect him... Roi becomes Temenos' ultimate Persona, and the surge in magical strength is enough to keep Crick alive long enough to get serious medical treatment.

— Castti

Eir's Apothecaries

Like in canon, all of Eir's Apothecaries have died prior to the travelers finding Castti. While IDK if all of them were Persona users (Malaya, Castti, and Trousseau definitely were tho), rn I think all of them were aware of Persona stuff and tried to use their resources to heal people affected by Shadow attack.

Claude, as part of the MO trying to bring Vide into the world, tried to recruit them for their medical and scientific knowledge, but they refused.

Trousseau, however, was swayed and soon enough, tried to kill the rest of the team as part of his desire for humanity's end. The rest of the group, aside from Malaya and Castti, died trying to get the two as far away from him as possible; and even then, the two were on their last legs due to his Persona's debilitating attacks.

Malaya, realizing that they both couldn't survive, instead used all of her power to fully heal Castti. This causes whatever Persona she had to, not fuse with Castti's (not yet), but just transfer over to Castti p much.

Castti doesn't remember this. When the travelers (the team atm being Temenos, Osvald, Ochette, and Throné) find her, she starts off with two personas.

Castti's memories

When Castti recovers her memories and fights Trousseau, she and Malaya's Personas fuse to become a completely new and stronger one. It combines their Personas' designs, and carries some elements of Malaya's physical appearance too— representative of her loss, albeit, with the knowledge that she will always be loved and watched over by her departed loved ones.

However, her character development (and unique Persona stuff) doesn't stop there.

Hunter & Apothecary 2

In this Persona AU, Personas are formed from the knowledge of limited time and that life is given value through the existence of death. This is the contract that binds Personas and their users, thus making it possible to go against that.

When Hunter & Apothecary 2 rolls around, I imagine that it happens real late into the year— like, mid-December as everyone's preparing to face Vide. I imagine the tone here is... honestly a lot like P3's fourth movie, where because of the sudden time limit (and feeling of responsibility) everyone's really stressed out.

Like canon, Vide's main target to get rid of is Castti due to her vast medical knowledge, battle prowess, and her being a source of emotional strength for her allies. He plays on her feelings of powerlessness as a medical professional, along with exacerbating her guilt that comes with being Trousseau's mentor.

At first, the group notices she's less social and starts to skip meals. But for a day or two, chooses to not leave her room. While the rest of the group aren't doing... fantastic, this is especially alarming.

Because Persona contracts are formed around valuing limited time... if a user becomes apathetic towards death, what do you think it means for them when they break that contract, even briefly?

They can go berserk— at least, in the movie adaptation. Warning for depictions of strangulation in the video linked.

So, Castti gets attacked by her Persona. It isn't Malaya like Temenos' is Roi, but is a separate entity summoned through her love and grief. Becoming apathetic towards life and death goes against her contract, thus making it go berserk.

Ochette finds her and like canon, has to fight it to get it under control before it kills Castti; but afterwards, she has to rest and recover from that.

How long everyone's had their Personas

Ochette, Agnea, and Partitio's are awakened mid-story.

Hikari's was forcibly awakened as a child, and underwent experiments growing up. He wasn't born with the ability to summon a Persona, he was forced to learn how.

Throné's in a similar situation. For the sake of adaptation, the main part I'll focus on when adapting Claude is his desire to find the best candidate for a Vide vessel. Throné is an artifical Persona user created for the MO's experiments, but does not need suppressants where her former colleagues did.

Because I follow the theory that Temenos is a claudelet, the same also applies to him. He's adopted by Jörg at age 6, and was found after one of the MO's experiments went terribly wrong during a full moon — during an early (failed) attempt to bring Vide into the world. He was about to die due to injuries from an explosion, right when the Velvet Room (likely run by like. the OT1 cast taking shifts basically. probably) realized it needed outside power to combat Vide's descent. It reached out to Temenos, having him sign a contract to accept a limited amount of time, and to value what time people have left alive.

Temenos does not remember any of this, and in this specific adaptation, did not originally have white hair. He has the Velvet Room's white hair as a result of his contract... which is renewed prior to the beginning of the story when he and Osvald began their investigations. It's how the team is able to find the Velvet Room in the first place (but can all use it), as Temenos pretty much got the key sealed inside him as a kid. This is how I'm adapting him being chosen by Aelfric for now, but could be subject to change.

Temenos will be fine. He'll die for like 5 minutes though.

Castti's was awakened before the story with no issues. She has some later though, as you can see.

Osvald awakened his when he realized Harvey framed his family, but couldn't train it until Temenos got him out on parole.

#8path tag #octopath #octopath 2 spoilers #ot2 au: persona #telegram #bards-reblogs #yeesh this got super long. mostly bc i had to explain a ton of tangential lore but still #me writing this out: temenos and castti i'm so sorry. #honestly if anyone wants to (politely) let me know thoughts on how i adapted temenos getting chosen by aelfric that'd be swell #it's def the most loose adaptation (esp bc in my fic temenos has white hair from being a claudelet) #and also bc while temenos has a Lot of overarching plot stuff i don't want him to overshadow everyone -__- it's called octopath for a reaso #but then again. claude is so hard to adapt to this. every day claude is a plague on our lives #but yeah tysm for the ask! i'd def be happy to answer any other persona au asks 'cause it's real fun to talk abt

[sanstropfremir]

TOHO SPIRITED AWAY?? PLS GIVE ME THE DEETS

oh it was soooooooooo good i'm so happy i got a chance to see it!!! gorgeous design all around, there was no standout elements bc everything fit so well together. all the spirits + magical elements were done with traditional (japanese and western) style puppetry, so everything was articulated and manipulated by an operator, which had this really wonderful almost youth theatre vibe. a lot of times with shows that involve puppets, they'll try to make the puppets as advanced as possible to not make them 'childish' (see: war horse), but for something that's based heavily in folklore and IS a children's story, to me the only logical sense is to emphasize that particular angle. the puppets were also incredible, very well made and sooo accurate to the movie??? like impressively accurate. my faves were probably kamaji and haku? kamaji's six extra arms were each operated by a separate person who had one hand operating the elbow and one hand as the actual hand, so all eight hands were able to do everything, which mean there was some REALLY incredible choreography of just. all the stuff that he was doing, but also when he got up and walked it was soooooooo cool. and haku!!! he had two puppets actually, one 'full size' that was a big long foam articulated body that took i think four puppeteers, and there was a tiny haku that they used for the flying scenes that was basically just a little head and a ....idk what the actual technical term is but it was basically just a wind sock as the body on a big long pole so the puppeteer could essentially move him like you would a big ribbon! the scene were he first transforms and flies off was sooo pretty, the actor haku did a lil setup to a GORGEOUS spinning jump and when he landed he ducked down behind some of the chorus members and as he disappeared the tiny ribbon haku shot up from the same spot and started looping around.......... actual magic. also wow the actor playing haku was so pretty. and very tall. which i did not notice until the very end. i would not be suprised if he had ballet training bc tall and he had the ballet dancer chin/head posture. also the actor playing lin (also doublecast as chihiro's mom) was crazy hot. just so unbelievably hot. anyways. speaking of casting: noface as a popping dancer. UNREAL and incredible galaxy brained choice. he had a solo while they did a set change and WOW. spooky and gorgeous and also weirdly welcoming? really excellent job of embodying a sympathetic physicality that made it understandable why chihiro would let him in to the bath house in the first place. also for the curtain call he put the mask on the back of his head and literally did the bows backwards. insane. my ONLY complaint is that i didn't love noface's giant form, but that's mostly because years and years ago i saw a (different) puppet show with a grim reaper character that was very similar to giant noface (the telescoping neck + large body) and i literally thought at the time 'if you were going to do puppet noface that is exactly how you should do it', so 1) expectations 2) i'm pretty sure that version was done using quite a sophisticated extending mechanism, which would be antithetical to the rest of the puppets in the show, and 3) this giant noface was VERY big (probably at least 10-15 feet across? he was at least eight puppeteers with the original actor as the mask) so the logistics would not have worked. regardless. it is a very small complaint that literally no one else would have had unless they had seen the same show that i did in like. 2015. costumes were all unreal, the set was phenomenal; it actually took me WELL over an hour to figure out that the set literally stayed the same the entire time, it was just being rotated (it was on a turntable) and redressed + had a couple balconies flown in. also live orchestra?? in the set??????? i didnt even know they were THERE they had them behind a scrim on an upper level platform in the back and they pulled it up for curtain call and there was like. 15 ppl sitting back there????

ok but if i had to pick ONE thing that was my favourite, it would be that ALL the living things were played by someone alive. i know that sounds obvious, especialy for like. the dancing vases and the frog and the soot sprites, but even the PLANTS were puppets in their own way. like the hydrangea bushes that chihiro hides in at the beginning and the flower field that she and haku run through were done with chorus members wearing these beautiful flower head/chest/arm pieces. even the stone guardians at the tunnel at the beginning of the play were actors. it really underscored the magic of everything to have all the life be actually alive.

#OH MY GOD AND THE TRAIN!!! IT WAS A LITTLE MODEL TRAIN THAT RAN AROUND THE EDGE OF THE STAGE!!! IT HAD A LITTLE HEADLIGHT AND EVERYTHING!!! #it was sooooo cute and charming unfortunately i am a dad and i love model trains........ #like it really was just so good. such a fun theatrical experience #omg and the river spirit scene!!!!!!!! soooooo good and you could FEEL the catharsis of pulling out the fishing line and the CELEBRATION #there was also a TON of crazy slight of hand and little tricks that i did not even know how they did most of the time #like the turning the gold into dirt? i literally blinked and it happened. i have NO idea how they did that #just such beautiful craftsmanship and CARE that went into it. a real dedication to making something beautiful #i think there's another screening happening with the alternate cast on the 27th so if you have a chance you really should go see it!! #text #answers #non kpop questions #spirited away: live on stage #this is not meant as a dig on joey from war horse btw he is AMAZING #the technical achievements of modern puppetry is unreal. but there's something really satisfying about the basics #this is so garbled sldkfjlksdjf this is what you get from me after i see something i love its just word vomit

[tmf-confessions]

gonna update my about page thingy

#not a confession #I'M FINALLY NOT BUSY ISH #LIKE #the past weekend was my school's foundation day #so i've been so busy 😭 #BUT LIKE #I CAN ANSWER THE ASKS AND SHIT NOW EVEN WHEN I'M AT SCHOOL #and that's been so freeing omg #i don't have to carry the guilt of asks rotting in my inbox for a month askdjaskdjam #bc if i still used confession cards i think i'd only be able to work on them now #/lh #WAHAJASHRJASHRJ #had a ton of fun today:>

[catzgam3rz]

Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it

Well, if you INSIST

#rambles #answered asks #homestuck #hs #hiveswap #trollsona #aayjae catzga #CatzGam3rz #<- character tag lol #hello did i take a shit ton of quizzes before making this? absolutely #also turning my sona which is mainly red and purple to fucking GREEN?? tough as hell lol #peridot-the-kitten #peri #thank you for the ask peri i actually had a lot of fun with this lmao #even though i was given the second worst class outfit (first is bard of course)

[yuukimiyas]

g’mornin!! its friyay!! ◝꒰ ´ ˘ '♡꒱ we made it through another wk & i am so so happy we did!! <33 its supposed to rain here all day today so my friends & i might stay in & watch a movie!! but who knows!! we’ll see where the salty breeze takes us!! ໒꒰ྀི⸝⸝´ ˘ `⸝⸝꒱ྀི১ ilyasm!! have a great day!!

#hiii!! im up bright & early (even on vacay my body wont let me sleep in ૮꒰◞ ◟꒱ა) but thats okie!!! #i only have today & tmrw left here & then super early sunday mornin we head back!! im gonna miss it here ૮ ’• ˕ •` ა but i had tons of fun #i will say…you’ll never guess whose sleepy…..໒꒰ྀི ∩ ⸝⸝ ∩ ꒱ྀིა lmaoaksks #im gonna try to get on later & answer my last few asks :3 remember to drink lots of water & to be extra kind to yourself!! <333 ily always! #ᕱ⑅ᕱ.* journals!

[floralovebot]

Sometimes I don't understand this Winx fan's mania of wanting to redesign everything Winx, the characters... even the planets. I understand that each one can have their own headcanon, but there are already incredible designs in the animated series!!! You just have to expand them!!! Don't redesign them to suit your personal taste!!

Sometimes I wonder if these people really like Winx Club, or they just like it because of what it made them feel in their childhood, and nowadays they don't like it very much but the nostalgia is so strong, that that's why they make these redesigns, they change everything about the characters, so that it is more to personal taste.

I understand that art is an expression... but sometimes so many things change, I don't know what to think.

I've even seen them for rewrites... do they know that I'm going to imagine the story with Winx's designs and not theirs?

Sorry for the rant.

I mean,, I don't think it's fair to say that all redesigners hate winx and just have strong nostalgia. As much as I bitch about the fandom's racism, I'll always be incredibly supportive of the amount of creativity and freedom of expression that fans have here. I've seen some fandoms where every little headcanon and redesign gets scrutinized for literally no reason. Not to bring up hp in the year 2023 but I once saw someone bitch at an artist for drawing hermione with dark brown hair. Like. The winx fandom is honestly one of the only fandoms I've been in where people are encouraged to share how they would change things. (not the only fandom of course, but it's definitely not a thing that every fandom does).

That being said,, I do see your point with some redesigns feeling like it's just hating on the og winx. I think most, if not all, of the people who are really active in the fandom, have a winx sideblog, or just post a lot of winx are very much doing their redesigns out of love. But every now and then, you'll see a redesign where the poster just,, shits on winx for no reason. Like,, I've especially seen a lot of outright misogyny and internalized misogyny about the winx wearing skirts and dresses and being princesses. Like sorry you can't imagine strong female characters with personalities who also wear skirts sometimes. deal.

And again, I have no problem with people just redesigning things for fun and wanting to see how things could be expanded or even improved on, but I've definitely started to notice more of an,, ego complex where some people act like their redesign is the absolute pinnacle of society and the og winx (and occasionally other redesigns) suck shit. Like no dude you're in the same camp smoking the same weed as the rest of us calm the fuck down.

I mean,, I'll always be more in favor of redesigns and headcanons. I think it's a really special part of the fandom! But I also understand why it can be jarring and even upsetting to see people take these characters and places and just,, get rid of every canon aspect to make it what they Want instead of just expanding on what's already there. At that point, it definitely feels like someone just wanted to play in the winx universe but didn't care for any of the actual aesthetics or lore. It also feels like a slap in the face when people completely change a character's entire personality and call it a headcanon like no babe that's not stella winx club, that's generic blonde girl #3. Literally just make your own oc at that point.

I mean again, I'm never going to just shit on someone's headcanon or redesign just because I Personally don't vibe with it. But I am going to call out racism. Always. And someone spending hours creating something doesn't absolve them of being racist.

#i feel like i should clarify #my post about melody was specifically about people being racist not people just changing things around a little #i mean i Get what youre saying #but i also feel like redesigns and rewrites really bring the fandom together! like its very much Our Brand as a fandom #even if we dont all have the same idea #we've all had thoughts on what couldve been done differently and how things could be expanded on #its something really special and unique to this fandom and i dont think its cool to shit on it just because Some people dont like wi.nx #again there are definitely redesigns out there that were done solely to make fun of the og which imo is shitty #but Most redesigns are done out of genuine love for the series #like most people arent spending tons of hours on a show they dont actually like #thats why most of Those designs are one off magic wi.nx redesigns where they bitch about the girls wearing skirts #but the entire rewrites and redesigns where people dedicate hours of their time? that's love baby #unfortunately some people are also racist with some of their decisions (intentionally or not) #like no sorry i dont care about cyberpunk melody or tall mega buff aisha or racebent flora or emotionally shut off helia #like i could go on and on about the really common racially motivated headcanons i see in rewrites and redesigns #its... :( #but the normal average redesign that someone is doing because they hate the later seasons? THATS LOVE BABY #answered #like maybe i dont post enough about how much i love and appreciate this fandom #so maybe it comes off like i hate everyone here? but no. i just hate racists #long post