Poor alexia is asking Vicky selectivitat questions about history. Mother.
it's so cute. alexia should introduce vicky to professor google and call it a day! 😂 but also, alexia has some very interesting insights about fame and fandom and not losing focus on the pitch.
"yes, these days we've been getting history questions, which is a bit like the driver's license, when you've already passed it a long time ago, to remember it so she can study it too. but no, vicky, i mean, i think that at a player's level everyone sees that she is special, she is different, and if you look at her age, she is even more so. and then, as a person that maybe you don't see so much, she is a...i was going to say woman, but she's almost still a girl, isn't she? she has very clear ideas, she has her feet on the ground in terms of details in education, in coherence, and that made a great impact on me."
"and the truth is that i highlight that about her and i hope that she continues to be like that, and i am sure that she will be like that. also the tendency that seems that there is going to be and that there is in women's football. this is getting bigger, the industry, maybe everything leads you to protect yourself a little more and become more introverted or certain details that maybe you used to do unintentionally and you were born with, now you protect yourself more and maybe they don't come out naturally. i hope that this, not only vicky, but all of them, know how to handle it well, that the focus is not lost above all, that all this happens because of what you do in the field and in that sense i see vicky with her super ideas."
Reactions to Crazier Bastard's Chapter 300 + Author's Note
Brief summary: Game tries to eliminate Cale. Tutorial boss saves Cale. System AI makes a deal with Cale.
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Cale entering the game world was confusing to his ancient powers who were unfamiliar with it. Cale and DA then discuss the possibility that the saint and GoC were related to the game world. But Cale made a mistake here. He should have kept his conversation with DA to himself and not spoken it aloud. 😂
Cale: I think there's a high possibility that they (GoC) are at the center of it.
Game: Would you like to use the nickname "I think there's a high possibility that they are at the center of it"?
Cale: Damn it.
Game: Would you like to use the nickname "Damn it"? #%f@%fd
Cale: Huh?
Game: $#&*#%System^%error^%^#occurs$%$^
Cale: ???
The game then classified Cale as an unauthorized user and proceeded to eliminate him. Cale thought he was just going to be kicked out, but his meeting with an NPC made him realize that something dangerous might happen if he did not escape here.
The NPC was a demon dressed in aristocratic attire and described as a masculine, "decadent", and handsome man. In Korea, having a "decadent appearance" could mean several things:
Black theme - black hair, black clothes, dark atmosphere
Mature look - sensual or captivating eyes
Gloomy air or drowsy look - dark circles on eyes, uses goth or emo makeup
Some are described to be yandere or have mental health problems
This new NPC fit the black theme definition because he was the Count of Darkness, Lupe II. Cale thought Lupe II had come to attack him, so he tried to defend himself. But Cale and the APs were shocked when he couldn't use any of his powers!
Why? Because Cale was inside a game and was in the process of creating a new account. He still did not have a level or any skills. So he couldn't use any of his "outside" powers inside the game.
Fortunately, Count Lupe II was not an enemy. In fact, he was urgently trying to save Cale from the game which wanted to eliminate Cale. But something seemed to be hindering him from approaching Cale, so Cale had to run just to grab Lupe's hand. 🤣🤣🤣
Game: *tries to eliminate Cale*
Cale: Ah, seriously! *runs to reach the demon's hand*
Cale: (If I want to survive and not get destroyed, I have to catch that demon's hand!)
DA: *scared* Hey, hey! Catch it! Cale, catch it!
Shield AP: You should have exercised.
Narrator: Cale somehow ran. Yes, his Kim Rok Soo self that contained all of his long years of life experience did. And he believed in the physical talent of Cale Henituse contained within him, in the power hidden within his muscles.
Cale: *finally grabs the demon's hand*
Glutton priestess, what? 🤣🤣🤣 Why did you have to bring up Cale's lack of physical exercise? 😂😂😂 And the narration wasn't helping. 🤣🤣🤣 DA though. I noticed this in the past chapters... but wasn't he actually a coward who liked to bluff? DA was always portrayed as someone who loved to dominate people, but in the recent chapters (their encounter with the gods, and now this game), DA kept getting scared easily. 😂 A coward who liked to bluff? Wasn't that CJG? So was DA really CJG? 🤔
Back to the topic, the game's elimination mode was turning everything around them red and having alarms sounding off all the time. The red sky split, and a red hand with vein-like red tubes filled with black liquid descended, trying to grab Cale.
But Lupe II managed to escape with Cale from the red hand, teleporting to his dungeon, Hell of Darkness. It turned out that Lupe II was the tutorial NPC final boss. Befitting his Count of Darkness title, his room was full of dark/black furniture fit for a noble. And despite his dark theme, he was an emotional man who easily cried.
More surprises appeared. Lupe II was an NPC who was aware that he was an NPC and in a game. He knew about the hunters and the world outside the game. It all started when the game's System AI, the one in charge of managing NPCs and giving quests, began acting strange. This led to Lupe II becoming self-aware and gaining outside knowledge. And Lupe II was frustrated because no one knew about the System AI acting strange, even the game developers.
Lupe II was hostile to the hunters, so he almost cried in relief when Cale said he "hunted" hunters. And as if the System AI was watching them, a system window appeared in front of Cale, giving him 2 quests.
[Quest 1. Find the hero with Count Lupe and stop the terrifying @#%&^* god who is trying to destroy this world!]
[Quest 2. Please find my 'oppa' with Count Lupe]
In the end, Cale figured out that there were two AI involved here. One was the AI that Ahn Roh Man (ARM) considered as his "hyung", the AI his parents secretly hid in the game and mentioned in previous chapters. The other was the System AI mentioned today, who called ARM's hyung as her oppa because she was an AI created after the first one.
Ooooh... Since Alberu was the "hero", then the System AI was making Cale the "hero's companion" together with Count Lupe. Would Cale meet Alberu soon in the game world? But what happened to her oppa? Did something happen to ARM's hyung?
Cale told the System AI that he would tell her information about her oppa. In exchange, he wanted her to create a user account for him without the knowledge of the hunters. Of course, this wouldn't be TCF if there wasn't comedy... 😂
System AI said she couldn't do that, but because there was a huge update patch coming soon to the game, she sneaked in Cale by making him a half-demon and giving him the account of a... Tutorial Hidden Final Boss NPC. 🤣🤣🤣
Meanwhile, Cale's second group arrived at Exion's place. It had been 6 hours since Cale fainted, according to Raon's timer. Ron was gently smiling while cleaning Cale's bloodstained clothes, and Eruhaben was staring at Cale as if he was a cute grandchild.
Ending Remarks
Why does this chapter feel like an info dump? But I never expected Cale to become an NPC, a hidden final boss at that. 😂 I'm excited to see Alberu's reaction when he meets NPC boss Cale. 🤣🤣🤣
Oh yeah, the author posted an Author's Note, celebrating the 300th chapter of Part 2:
Author's Note
Greetings, this is Yoo Ryeo Han who doesn't know when Part 2 will end.
To celebrate the 300th chapter of Part 2, I bring you this author's note.
It seems like only yesterday that I left a note for chapter 200, but it's already chapter 300...
Every time I leave a note like this, it feels new and I am grateful.
Maybe I'll give my greetings at chapter 400 soon, right? Hahaha!
Thank you always for being with us.
I will continue to work hard to write this series so that it can be a small joy in everyday life.
Thank you.
-Yoo Ryeo Han
We Are ep 9 is as hilarious as it's frustrating, and I will continue to the whys below with a healthy dose of crack. <3
Warning: long post 😊😅
Ohoho, our little boy is jealous and... its not even 5 minutes in (2 minutes since the actual start). Is that a new record?
Kluen: can I just sleep beside you- 😊
Phum: No. 🙂
Poor Toey getting roped into this too 😭
(something something, Chain helping Toey get Q jealous while Phum uses Toey as a buffer for the cause of his jealousy)
Our favourite old married couple hehe (who aren't actually dating yet-)
My poor Phum 😭
Okay, as much as I don't like Kluen, I have to give it to him for being so straightforward, going as far as telling Phum that he likes Peem when he realizes that Phum might does like him too.
Also the t-shirt: We Are Volunteer.
Yes! Call him out!
We really need more call out-ers in BL.
I laughed so hard my cat looked at me weird 😭😂
Children really are the best eyy
Phum looks so betrayed oh gods 😭
The 'I know what you're doing but I'll still play along cause I like you too, ai'kwai' look. Ah, a classic from thai bl.
This reminds me of when Tinn says "How can I be your friend? I like you!" when Gun finds him after he ran away from the MV shoot.
(And Gun replies, "You think I can?")
On one hand we have Phum who bribes children with chocolates (that he just happens to have in his pocket) to lure away his crush from his rival.
On the other we have Q who simply up and runs away when his friend faux-swipes his crush's sweat simply to make him jealous.
*looks between them and shakes head* these boys are absolutely hopeless
Our favourite married couple part 2 (who are actually dating)
continued:
Pun and Mick just here playing around 😭👍🏼
Peem was right, if they were the only ones in charge of cooking, no one would get any food T~T
But... how exactly did "cut into round shapes" get converted to "cut into round glasses" to "rectangles"? 😶
Fang is so done with these idiots 😭👍🏼
In this moment, I kid you not, my brain played the "what did he sayyy" meme 😶
Phum: *bombastic side eye of death*
Yes, please. We've been waiting for this for 8 and a half episodes.
Yes, and you are the nosiest peep, now continue.
Ah, so Fang is actually the violent sibling, and him and Phum (and Tan, apparently) got into frequent fights, it seems like.
Got caught red handed 😭
Tan is so dead
Wait... so Tan and Fang had a beginning much like Phum and Peem? 👀
Rivals to lovers for both brothers it is, then.
And I feel so bad for Phum, poor guy has been a third wheel since his high school days 😭
...somehow, I think Chain and Pun will put even TanFang to shame when they actually start dating 😶
'Course you have. You just played with water with your besties the other day
And with friends like yours, Peem? It's unlikely you'll go one day without playing around with something or the other
Beer doing God's work here 😭🙏🏼
I love how Beer is both perceptive and observant of his friends, and knows just what to say to get them moving.
He wants the best for Phum and even tells him how he's happy that Peem came into his life, and Phum is a lot more lively these days. (MSP flashbacks again anyone? No? Just me?)
He might not be as playful or enthusiastic as Peem's friends, but he knows what his friends need and he'll try his hardest to make sure they have it. He's just such a good friend.
Phum telling him about the Deal™ also shows us just how much he trusts Beer.
Love him <3
Sweetie, I understand you need some space, but you don't talk to your future boyfriend possible crush like that 😭
Nothing to see here, just a goodnight kiss.
Jokes aside, I like that Peem tries to figure out what's wrong, but he doesn't push too hard. And even tries to provide some comfort to Phum.
And in these moments with just them, Phum has bursts of courage to show his affection, and show Peem how much he means to him, instead of just telling him.
I don't think this is him being emotionally constipated (he is, no doubt about it, but strangely not as much when it comes to Peem), but more of him being unsure of where he stands with Peem (as I mentioned in last week's post).
Are they just friends because their friend groups merged? Acquaintances forced to be close due to circumstances? Just creditor and debtor? Is the deal all that's holding them together?
Well, Phum needs to find the answers. (Preferably and possibly within the next episode)
*sigh* they're gonna kill me with fluff (and I'm gonna die happy)
This is my favourite scene of this ep. Just crushes cuddling each other with sleep, the rest of the evil world (Kluen) forgotten for the moment.
Ah. I love cuddles even more than kisses, not gonna lie
Also, ep 10 seems promising!
Anyways, that's all for now, see you next week! And if you made it this far, thank you so much for reading! 😊
I like to think he's coldblooded. Many people seem to agree but I haven't seen a lot of elaboration on this besides "oh he likes to cuddle to steal heat" which, YES, GOOD, I LOVE IT, but there's more to it. So here are some more thoughts:
First off, contrary to what some may believe, he is not, in fact, cold to the touch (and neither are... all sorts of his bodily fluids, as enticing as it is to imagine otherwise), at least not optimally. Being coldblooded doesn't mean you're actually cold, it means you rely on the environment to warm yourself up so you're typically about as warm as the environment is.
He also doesn't sweat. I might've slightly retconned that from a previous comic... Or maybe he can sweat nervously only for comedic effect. As a treat. (Or I could adopt the anxious sliminess headcanon bc yeah it doesn't make sense for him to be slimy all the time, snakes are actually particularly dry. But high stress = fight or flight = more slippery for an easier escape makes a lot of sense!) But overall, sweating is primarily a way of regulating temperature from within, something coldblooded beings can't do.
Lastly, if he lets his temperature drop too low, he becomes lethargic. This usually doesn't affect him in his everyday life since I like to think Heaven is rather pleasantly warm and Hell was even more so (and I do like the idea of him constructing and installing a mild heating system into his jacket to keep his temperature relatively stable), but he needs to be careful with ice cold foods and drinks. He can consume them but needs to make up for the lost warmth right after, unless it just so happens to be very hot that day - then, cooling down is very necessary as well, as it could lead to a feverish state. He can withstand heat easier than warmblooded beings, however.
Speaking of cold foods, here's a bonus headcanon: when he does eat ice cream (of the lickable variety, not just from the tub), he will usually use a spoon. With how thin his tongue stretches when he sticks it out, it would take him forever to eat 😂
I wish you would write a fic where... we learn the backstory to the Uno-Reverse-Card-Picture of Joonas and Minna kissing.💏
“The show was amazing tonight!” Minna beamed, clapping her hands as the boys walked backstage.
She’d spent their whole set peering out from behind the curtain, watching them. She understood why girls in the audience went crazy, every time her boyfriend opened his mouth, and unleashed a scream.
“Thanks, hun,” Niko grinned, running over to give her a hug.
“Ew, you’re sweaty,” Minna laughed, twisting out of his grip.
“Well, that’s what happens when you jump around onstage for an hour!” Niko chuckled.
“Did we look cool out there?” Joonas grinned, setting his guitar down and grabbing a glass of water.
“Hell yeah you did,” Minna nodded.
“What was your favorite song we did tonight?” Niko asked, wiping his face with a towel.
“Sharks Love Blood,” Minna said immediately.
“Really?” Joonas blinked. “It doesn’t make you jealous?”
“Why?” Minna asked. “Because he wrote it about the girl he dated before me?”
“No,” Niko shook his head. “Because I kissed Joonas!”
“Oh,” Minna giggled. “Actually…I kind of liked watching you two.”
“Really?” Joonas raised an eyebrow.
“Well, guys like watching lesbian porn, right?” Minna pointed out.
“Well…,” Niko stammered, reddening. “I mean…”
“It’s okay, you can admit it,” Minna snickered. “My point is: girls like watching two guys go at it, too.”
“We’re planning to do the kiss every night on this tour,” Joonas confessed.
“Okay, that makes me a little jealous,” Minna admitted. “Because, I was only able to join you guys tonight - the first night of the tour. After this, I have to go back to Helsinki, and work every day. I won’t see Niko for a whole month. So, I won’t get any kisses from him at all.”
“I’ll miss kissing you, hun,” Niko frowned. “I’ll miss seeing you every day, in general.”
“I guess it’s not fair, that I get to kiss him every day and you don’t,” Joonas sighed. “Well…if thinking about your boyfriend kissing someone else hurts….why don’t you take revenge?”
“Revenge?” Minna blinked.
“Yeah,” Joonas grinned. “Why don’t you make him watch you kiss someone else, too?”
“Dude, what?” Niko sputtered, choking on his water. “Are you telling her that she should cheat on me, while I’m away on tour??”
“No,” Joonas said quickly.
“Then what did you mean?” Minna blinked.
“I mean…c’mere,” Joonas giggled. He grabbed Minna, and planted his lips on her mouth. They were softer than Niko’s.
“JOONAS!” Niko bellowed, as the guitarist pulled away.
“There,” Joonas giggled. “Now you two are even. You both kissed someone else.”
Your essay on Joong's underrated acting skills deepened my Joong appreciation so much, that I watched Mafia the Series, I'm watching Ploy's Yearbook (even though there is a serious lack of Joong so far), and I'm planning on watching The Warp Effect too. I haven't watched het shows in over ten years, so this is a big deal! 😂 I really liked him with Dunk in their shows, but MTS gave me another facet of him, because he's so timid in it, unlike in SIMM and HA, where he's (seemingly) very cool and in control. So thank you for making me a full time Joong (and Dunk) girl 💜
i saw this message first thing in the morning when i woke up yesterday and it instantly put me in a good mood!!! <3
YESSSSSS I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT
mafia the series might actually be my absolute fave thai het-show, it's just SO funny!!!! and the entire cast is so great, like, not just joong but the entire cast plays off each other SO well. and don't even get me started on gina virahya and her portrayal of anna kondra!!!!
you know, when i went into mafia the series i saw the poster and was like "ughh i really am gonna have to sit through this standard (overly) dramatic mafia show just for joong, huh. the things i do for my boy..." and then. AND THEN. you can imagine my surprise. i was crying tears of laughter throughout the show and i was actually laughing so hard that my mom made a comment about how she could hear my laugh in my room
beam is my loser boy and joong portrays him in such an adorably awkward way, i love it <333
and yes there IS a serious lack of joong in ploy's yearbook so far :((((
it was quite funny tho bc in the one scene where joong does show up i immediately recognized him by the back of his head, like!! i saw this:
and instantly went "OH there's my boy!!!!!" 😂😂😂
and i can't wait to see him with film bc film did extremely well with gun in not me and i feel like film and joong will also work together really well
you know, i'm always happy to turn people into full time joong (and dunk) girls!!!!!!
i've adored them ever since simm which i watched live from ep2 onwards. fun fact, actually: when i started simm i actually had no idea who they were (even though technically i'd seen dunk in bad buddy already, except i wasn't paying attention to the random high school bandmates and so i didn't actually recognize dunk and only realized later on ahahah)
aaaanyway, i had no idea who they were, right? and so in 2022 my mom and i spent two nights in prague during easter and in the evening we were in our hotel room and we were kinda looking for something to watch. and i was like "hey look, gmmtv has a new bl out and it looks kinda cute and fluffy judging by the thumbnails?? and like something that doesn't require too much brain power?? plus, there's also only two eps out so far, so we'll be caught up right away" and so we watched the first two episodes and then the two of us ended up watching every new ep together every week hahaha
i actually didn't really talk about it on tumblr back then and when you go back on my blog you'll see that there are hardly any simm post. but really, with every new simm episode that aired i liked joongdunk more and more. and especially once the characters started dating i was actually so in awe about just how comfortable joong and dunk were with each other and how they absolutely weren't afraid to touch? like, their physical affection was just so casual, like it was the most natural thing in the world to them in an "i'm-not-even-thinking-about-it-bc-it's-so-normal" kind of way and that was just soooo refreshing to watch?? i was (and still am) truly amazed
and when just a couple of months later, at the end of 2022 gmmtv announced joongdunk were gonna get another show together i got SO excited!! and also when it was revealed that simm was included in our skyy 2!!!!
and then hidden agenda started airing and then i was tagged in that tag game and then i went to watch joong's entire filmography and then i ended up falling into a joongdunk rabbit hole and here we are...
anyway, i have multiple agendas and one of them is turning people into joong fans and dunk fans and joongdunk fans sllksdfd
and my other agenda is getting people to watch mafia the series, bc it's truly a gem of a show!!!!
(speaking of agendas: the only thing that's missing in your message is you telling me that you approve of my fight for a sexy joongdunk vampire bl, like... that would have made the message and the influence of my joong/dunk/joongdunk blogging complete 😂😂😂)
Alright, little thoughts/headcanons/reminders that will be expanded upon in separate posts in the future, but:
— By all accounts, we know that Guizhong's actual name is Haagentus, this is likely the same to 'Morax' and 'Osial'. Guizhong, keeping in mind that this is what the adepti seem to refer to her as and they also refer to Morax as Rex Lapis (which is the title given to him by the mortals?); I'm tempted to believe that it was given to her by the mortals as well. Granted, this is heartbreaking to think about as Guizhong in Chinese is 归终, of which 归 translates to 'to return' and 终 'to end'. Yep, we all return to dust in the end— yeah, I hate HoYo too. 😭
— She's a bit of a pain in the neck. I say this affectionately, but you need two hands to deal with her. Based on Echoes of the Heart and the quest A Single Harmony for an Irreplaceable Soul, we learn that she's rather competitive, she has no qualms about standing her ground, she tends to push boundaries a little socially even if apparently endearingly enough so (CR: "(...) no matter what nonsense she said, one never felt bothered or offended."), she is very determined (her little tongue as she's working on the Cleansing Bell thrills me so very much) and opinionated/stubborn. Granted, all of this seems to come paired with a certain eloquence and kind air as she was referenced as having been well loved by mortals and adepti alike, as all still speak very sorrowfully even 3700(ish) years after her passing.
— She's very hands-on, she touches everything— she simply experiences life through touch, if you will. As an engineer, she touches to find out how things feel, how they operate. This is, in my opinion, further substantiated by her attire. She's the least clothed of all of the gods and adepti, she's also the only one who's actively shown to always be barefoot. So while I can see this as an entirely standalone aesthetic decision, HoYo is so thorough, so I think there's more to it. So along with being an engineer and what that can imply, I think that the intention of how exposed she is and the specific places where this is a fact (her back, her legs), plays into stimulants. The wind, water, the sun, warmth, the cold, everything is experienced through one's skin, the best way to experience 'mortal life', is to experience the little things that make life... life. This is something you'll see me play a lot into in threads.
Fuck on a stick I need to like...make a Batfam reference page for "if x is (age) then b will be doing (event)". There's just SO MANY THINGS TO REMEMBER. I posted a new thing/was working on a new thing and then I was like shit wait DOES the joker situation happen to Jason at this point in time? Have I made Tim too young? Too old? Am I supposed to have Damian/Cass here too? H e l p?
in desperate need of a genshin impact break tbqh so i'm replaying mass effect 3 and also playing the elder scrolls online again and i forgot how much i missed it, being able to travel and/or explore with an actual group or even just a companion and with banter and conversation instead of just... alone 🙃
don't worry i still adore kaeya with every fiber of my being lmao