#i don't even know what's important to me. just surviving isn't cutting it anymore!!!!

[izzysillyhandsy]

Ed-and-Izzy-related stuff that stood out for me in episodes 6 and 7:

Their quiet familiarity and mutual fondness

The main thing I wanted from S2 regarding Ed and Izzy was at least a hint of a mutual, loving relationship between the two of them in the past. The way Izzy acted around Ed in S1 made no sense to me if there wasn't a strong, very old, tried and tested bond there. Equally, Ed's behaviour around Izzy, the familiar way he called him Iz, the exasperated way he reacted to Izzy's izzyness, showed (for me) a closeness of decades living together.

Izzy's "You know me better than anyone has ever known me, and I daresay the same is true for me about you" is the truth, in my opinion. It's about the little things, all the experiences they've had together, sharing a space, food, drink (how natural did it feel when Ed took Izzy's bottle?). Everyone who's had a close friend for decades knows how that feels.

Yes, there are aspects of Ed that Stede gets and Izzy doesn't. But I always had the feeling that Ed feels like home for Izzy and vice versa. This feeling was just very well hidden in S1 because of Izzy's confusion, jealousy and resentment.

(Of course, Izzy is also in love with Ed and Ed, as of S1, isn't. But the (platonic) love, friendship and fondness underlying everything is tangible.)

2. Together, they've got this "us against the world" vibe

One of my favourite headcanons is young Ed and Iz mutinying together, or deciding to kill someone who made their lives hell (with Iz doing the actual killing, obviously). Both learning to fight and to survive in a cruel world together.

I'm not saying this was in any way confirmed or anything (flashback scene, I'm still waiting), but the scene above with Ed looking out at the sea, Izzy who can't take his eyes off him... they seem so attuned to each other. "Where you go, I'll follow."

I know this isn't the most coherent analysis, I'm struggling to describe the feeling I got when watching this scene.

It was like yes, they've fought their way up together. Even after everything that happened, put them next to each other on a ship and they just fit. If they wanted to, they could do anything.

(In a way, it's such a pity Ed doesn't want to be a pirate anymore, at least not a scary Blackbeardy one. Those two have a look going.)

3. Izzy and Ed both connect Izzy's love declaration to Ed shooting him

"You know what he did when I told him I loved him?" "He shot me." "He shot you, yeah." "I know."

This is not 100% clear cut, but to me Izzy's delivery very strongly infers that Izzy didn't know Stede knew (and didn't tell him).

Which means that ED TOLD STEDE.

If that's the case, then

Izzy, at some point, realized that Ed shooting him wasn't (all) about him reminding Ed of Stede

Izzy has a better grasp on Ed's inner struggles than previously assumed

Izzy and Ed both see this declaration as important enough that Ed would permanently injure and eventually kill Izzy for it and Izzy and Stede are both like "yeah, figures"

Ed himself knows and admits that him shooting Izzy was about Izzy (still) loving him in that moment

I mean, I'm still shocked about that.

There were a lot of great metas about Ed's motivations after Ep2 came out, and some of them suggested exactly this: that Ed wanted to be an unloveable monster, that this was the only way he could deal with what he'd done, and Izzy's love was standing in the way of his grand self-destruction.

I wasn't prepared for Izzy, Stede and probably Ed being concious of that and kinda offhandedly acknowledging it in the show?

And even if it wasn't Ed but Izzy who told Stede (which I don't believe, but it's possible) - it's still crazy.

Izzy matter-of-factly telling Stede "Yeah, Ed shot me because I told him I loved him" and Stede being like "Yeah, of course, that's our Ed <3" is mind-blowing to me.

4. Izzy's love song

The lyrics at this exact moment:

Il me l'a dit, l'a juré pour la vie. - He told me, he swore to me, for life.

He really means it. They're married. I rest my case.

5. The first kill's always a mindfuck

So, I have this persistent obsession about Izzy being Ed's personal henchman, and Ed "outsourcing the big job" Teach resenting him for it.

In that respect, Ed's reaction to Stede's first kill was very interesting.

It probably wasn't like that in the beginning, but Ed seems to be a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to violence. Izzy is irrevocably tainted, but I think he wants to keep Stede "pure" (he didn't mind when Stede torched the ship, but that's the hypocrisy in action).

This is of course totally my headcanon, but I think Izzy's first kill was significant. I think Iz did it for Ed. And I think it was very difficult for him (either because Izzy-the-artsy-outsider was actually quite sensitive and nowhere near a bloodthirsty killer and/or because he cared about the person he killed). But Ed was so impressed, and so thankful, so he just carried on doing Ed's dirty work and it changed him forever :(

6. Ed's apology

This whole scene.

Scowly face. Mopey twat. Oh, look, you're talking to me again.

The way they're saying it, Izzy's expressions, their body language - it feels so incredibly intimate. From this exchange alone I would bet they were lovers at some point.

Iz bringing the bottle as a cover and excuse and Ed understanding and playing along.

Ed's "Sorryboutyourleg" being the exact opposite of his public "apology".

I almost cried (like Iz) 😢

CONCLUSION: Why is there only one episode left I need more of this!!!

Also: IZZY LIVES <3

#ofmd #ofmd s2 spoilers #izzy hands #edward teach #stede bonnet #ofmd meta #is this meta - not really #I need an Ed&Izzy the early years spin-off #those 2 have an intensity together it's incredible

[cousmemes]

dialogue starters from VARIOUS DOCTOR WHO SPECIALS. feel free to edit for context / continues under the cut.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Do you know, I've never met anyone who wasn't important before."

"Whatever happens tonight, remember you brought it on yourself."

"Don't treat me like an idiot."

"Sorry, I didn't realise I was boring you."

"What's happened? What are you not telling me?"

"I don't care. I'm not like you. I don't even want to be like you. I don't and never, ever will care."

"Give me your hand and come to me."

"Everything has got to end some time, otherwise nothing would ever get started."

"I don't need anyone else."

"That wasn't there a second ago. It just appeared, from nowhere."

"What's wrong with silly?"

"Where are you going? I thought we were just getting acquainted."

"How refreshing to see you taking an interest again."

"Don't worry. No one's going to hurt you."

"Don't try to run away. Stay where you are."

"Why would I run? I know what's going to happen next and it's funny."

"What's wrong with dangerous?"

"I'm begging you. I'm on my knees."

"Children are not really my area of expertise."

"Yes? What? I'm trying to read."

"This isn't the sort of thing I do anymore."

"You missed this, didn't you?"

"Do I always have to state the obvious?"

"Blimey, you really know how to sulk, don't you?"

"Well, for your information, I'm not sweet on the inside."

"I don't know why I'm crying."

"Remember this. This right now, remember all of it. Because this is the day. This is the day. This is the day everything begins."

"What is the point of blaming yourself?"

"Will you come away with me?"

"Don't you think, after all this time and everything I've ever done, that I am owed this one?"

"We saved the world, you and me. We really, really did."

"Next time, would it kill you to knock?"

"What's our cover story for this?"

"Am I having a midlife crisis?"

"You don't seem to be kneeling. How tremendously brave of you."

"Is something funny? Did I miss a funny thing?"

"Oh, goodness, you're not actually dead. Oh, that's tremendous news."

"Emergency! You're my boyfriend."

"No, stop, stop, don't move. Don't do anything."

"There you are. What took you so long?"

"You didn't even say goodbye!"

"Why did you send me away?"

"Everyone gets stuck somewhere eventually. Everything ends."

"Why didn't you call me? I could have helped."

"Oh. I died. It's funny, the things that slip your mind."

"He just looked so beautiful standing there. I wanted everything to stop. I wanted nothing to change ever again."

"Don't hug me so tight. You'll break something."

"Were you always so young?"

"You're going to stay here. Promise me you will."

"It's started. I can't stop it now."

"It all just disappears, doesn't it? Everything you are, gone in a moment, like breath on a mirror."

"We all change, when you think about it. We're all different people all through our lives."

"I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I swear."

"Stay calm. Just one question. Do you happen to know how to fly this thing?"

"Talk to me. I never thought I was going to see you again."

"Don't make me think about them!"

"Don't you dare. Don't you dare say that."

"Who are you? Why are you dressed like that?"

"We never stood a chance. How did we survive that?"

"Seriously? You're trying to help?"

"Well, that's not a very nice attitude, is it?"

"You're always talking like you're so clever, going on and on. So tell me what to do!"

"You're always such a downer."

"I'm sorry. I was stupid. I should have come back earlier. I wish that I had."

"No. It isn't all over. It's far from being all over."

"I knew it. I knew you couldn't be dead."

"That is - That is not happening. That's totally not happening. Agreed?"

"Who the hell do you think you are?"

"Why am I wearing these?"

"Quite beautiful, really, isn't she?"

"Can we just pretend that that never happened? Can we just never, ever talk about this again?"

"I hope we talk about it loads. I hope we spend years laughing about it."

"I'm afraid. Very, very afraid. I don't normally admit that to anyone else."

"You're a bit of a legend these days."

"Well, that would be a nice story, wouldn't it?"

"The real world is not a fairytale."

"I'm so tired of losing people."

"How was this our fault?"

"I think I'm ready now. But I should like to know - are you?"

"Whatever you decide, good luck."

"Can't I ever have peace? Can't I rest?"

"Thank you. Thank you for everything that you were to me."

"You wait a moment. Let's get it right. I've got a few things to say to you."

"Laugh hard, run fast, be kind."

#sentence starter #sentence starters #sentence meme #ask meme #rp prompt #*dw #*specials

[strawberrymilk-sunshine]

That was a wild ride. To round it all off can I request the overprotective brother scenario where the reader ends up killing Jade instead? Mb with the knife, catching him by surprise or smth

Ohhh sweet retaliation... this post will be in relation to the alternate ending and will start from the point where Jade stabs you in the thigh.

Warning(s): very short, blood, stabbing, death, kind of gorey, platonic yandere

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He slammed the knife down before you could think.

You shrieked out in pain as the knife was lodged in your thigh.

"Oh (Y/N)... don't yell like that. You wouldn't want to alert the other members of our dorm, would you?"

You punched Jade in the face.

He fell backwards from the impact, and you weakly got up from the floor, before you tried your best to run with the knife still lodged in your thigh.

It's so dark.

"Oh, (Y/N)... there's no need to be scared. See? It's just you and me around. No scary monsters or predators. ...you're really that scared? You can hold my hand, if you'd like."

As you tried your best to run, you found yourself grasping at the air, as if Jade was right there beside you, letting you hold his hand.

...

Human bodies are so weak. If you were in your real form, you'd easily be able to get away from him with this injury, but no... you collapsed onto the floor of the hallway.

Despite the horrible pain in your leg, you were able to stand up, but you absolutely couldn't go on any further.

You tore the knife out of your thigh, hoping to defend yourself with it.

"Theeeere you are, (Y/N)~" Jade said, sinisterly. "I knew you wouldn't be able to get far with that injury... the human body is so weak, isn't it?"

"S-STAY AWAY FROM ME!!" You screamed, turning around, gripping the knife tightly.

"(Y/N), give me the knife."

"DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!! I-I'LL KILL YOU!" You cried.

"We both know you won't do that." Jade smiled widely. "You were never meant to survive... NOW GIVE ME THE KNIFE SO I CAN PUT YOU IN THE GROUND WHERE YOU BELONG!"

He ran at you.

You raised the knife to protect yourself, and.....

You stabbed Jade in the side of the neck.

He made some kind of choking noise and fell to his knees when you ripped the knife out.

You could hear him struggling to breathe... well, can you even call what you're hearing right now 'breathing'? It sounded more like a mix of gargling and wheezing. You could definitely tell you stabbed somewhere important.

You kicked him to the ground and kept stabbing him. You stabbed his stomach, his face, his neck, his arms, everywhere. You didn't care anymore.

You even cut his left eye out. The left eye he always told you to look at whenever he threatened to use us spell on you. It felt all slimy and squishy when you held it in your hand.

He tried to say something to you. He tried to beg, plead for his life, tell you to stop...

But the only thing that came from his mouth was blood.

After about five or so minutes of... just letting out your anger, you realized what you had done.

You knocked on the door to your brother's room.

"Hm? Oh, hey (Y/N), you're alive!" Floyd happily said. "Where's Ja- ...(Y/N), why are you covered in blood...?"

You didn't say anything. You couldn't say anything.

Jade was dead and you killed him.

"I'll help you clean up. We'll get the blood off of you, and then deal with the body, ok?"

You nodded your head with tears in your eyes.

Your horrible older-protective older brother was finally gone.

Finally you can begin have your own life.

You don't have to deal with him anymore.

You are free.

#jade leech #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland #twst #yandere #platonic yandere #yandere twst #yandere twst x reader #yandere twisted wonderland #yandere twisted wonderland x reader #yandere jade leech #yandere jade x reader #yandere jade leech x reader #yandere jade

[tiredspacedragon]

Thing about me is that I'm a huge softie. I want everybody to get happy endings and be alright in the end. And that's great for fluffy headcanons. But when I actually buckle down and think about my ideas for how things would go post-canon, it's a little rough. Because the point of Marendar is to kill Toa, and to have it show up and be defeated or change sides or what have you before doing any Toa-killing would just be a cop-out (especially after 10+ years of irl buildup). So that means some Toa gotta die. But who?

On that note, here's a potentially gruesome poll. Pick whichever option you think should happen most, and add anyone else you think should bite it in the tags.

Would have added options for surviving, non-zombified Toa from the Red Star, and Nobody <3, but alas, ran out of room. Also, Krakua isn't here because he has to survive to do the whole "lone guardian of an island fortress" thing and send Vakama that Kratana-induced vision he got back in Time Trap. So his survival is guaranteed. Everyone else, not so much.

Some anti-propaganda (reasons they all should die *evil laugh*) below the cut:

Toa Nuva: Would there be a bigger gutpunch than this? The flagship characters, the six heroes with one destiny! But that destiny is complete now, they don't need to be kept alive anymore. Imagine how much it would shake things up to take them off the board, how ruined the survivors would be if only a few of them went down. Wouldn't it just be so juicy?

Toa Mahri: They're one down already, so it's not like you'd be breaking up a complete set. Besides, we all know they're built for tragedy at this point. Jaller and Hahli could fall together. Hewkii could go down in front of Macku's eyes. Nuparu could sacrifice himself using one last invention to stop Marendar, perhaps making up for the perceived sins of the Vahki and Boxor. Kongu could accept death as it takes him, at least now he might see Matoro again.

Toa Hagah: These six are prime candidates, aren't they? Important enough for it to hurt, for us to care, but not so important that they aren't expendable. Never truly frontrunners. Named characters it's safe to kill. What more could you ask for? I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out Greg had planned to kill them so he'd never have to describe Gaaki, Bomonga, Pouks, and Kualus' appearances. Plus, Norik dying just after getting to see Varian again? Or even just before? Doesn't it hurt so good?

Takanuva: He only needs to live long enough to end the civil war between the Great Beings, but after that, if Marendar is still in play, he's fair game. What do you say? It would torture him more to see his friends fall while he lived on, but there is something poetic to "Takanuva, the first and greatest Toa of Light, whose life burned brightly, but quickly."

Yesterday Questers: These three are like the Toa Hagah, but even safer. Named characters, important enough for their deaths to matter, but brand new, without much audience investment. Besides, they're asking for it, aren't they? Ancient Orde, the chip on his shoulder as old as he is, could finally know peace in oblivion. Perhaps Zaria's death would finally clear his guilty conscience. And Chiara... Does anyone actually like Chiara? Would anyone miss her? Are these questions she asks herself? And wouldn't it hurt to hear her ask them in her final moments?

Varian: Talk about tragedy. Thousands of years, locked in a tube, dead to the world. Unaware time is even passing. And when she finally awakes, it's only to die. A waste of her character, perhaps, but if you don't mind fridging, it would piss off Norik somethin' fierce.

Tuyet: Doesn't she deserve it? And you know, Marendar does track Toa Power, and there's no greater source of that than Tuyet and the Nui Stone. It would be gunning for her. And it would be so deliciously ironic. All that power, all the effort she put in to get it, and it would be utterly useless to save her in the end. Her dreams of empire ground to dust in seconds, right before her eyes, as Toa Tuyet dies one last time.

Helryx: Think of the poetry. Marendar, the Toa's bane. What more worthy opponent could there be for the first Toa's last stand? It practically writes itself. Helryx has done her duty. The will of Mata Nui has been carried out. This is her perfect chance to go down fighting on her own terms, not as the leader of the Order, but as a Toa once more.

Lesovikk: This guy is Orde and Zaria but worse. He wants death so bad. And what else is there left for him to do? Karzahni is dead. His Matoran are found. What, will he become a Turaga and gift his power to the next generation of Toa? Will he wander the woods and care for the animals? Will he find joy and beauty in living? Lame. He misses his team so bad? Let him join them.

20-odd nameless mooks: By far the safest option. A Toa-killer would be pretty pointless if it never killed any Toa, but nobody said it had to be anyone we cared about, right? This is the best of both worlds. A pile of bodies to make Marendar a credible threat, but nothing and no one of consequence lost. A perfect solution, right? Just uh. Hope you don't have any OCs in here.

Mutants: The Dark Hunters are scattered, vulnerable. If these lost souls haven't found the greater group yet, they'd be easy to pick off. Good options too, right? Actual characters, so their deaths have some weight, but not major ones, so they won't be missed. Guardian was killed off in Reign of Shadows for those exact reasons. Why not have Savage, Spinner, and Prototype carry on the tradition, and tie off some loose ends in the process?

Shadow Takanuva: Sure, it might suck for their home universes to lose their Takanuva like this, but hey. If you have a whole army just sitting around, might as well put them to use, right? The fight could be interesting to watch too. Shadow might be the only element Marendar has no countermeasures for, since Toa of Shadow were never meant to exist. Maybe this is how it's finally beaten, after taking several alternate Takanuva down with it, of course. Besides, Melding Teridax flattened several of them already, so it's not like they were all making it home to begin with.

#bionicle #bonkle #bonkles #marendar #toa #this was originally a much longer and more serious thinkpiece #about the pros and cons of killing off each of them #but indulging the evil writer in me like this was much more fun #choosing violence today #yay :) #plus a poll opens up more opportunities for discussion

[hell-is-a-teenage-girll]

Rant about my health and life coming it's alot so only do it if you're interested and also very important TW mention of end of life.

I am going to the hospital again tomorrow.

I had a break down last night. Saying I can't do it anymore.

If it wasn't for my cats, I would end it all.

Being in pain 24/7 drives you crazy.

I've been in survival mode so much that even certain organs don't function the way they should.

For people who maybe don't know. Our instincts come from back in the days where we had to maybe flee from a big animal for example. And when you have to survive, you can't get tired, because you need to run. You can't get hungry, cause you need to run. You can't feel happy or anything, because you can only think of survival.

I started to notice my morphine didn't do anything, neither did anything I took after. One day I took morphine, muscle relaxer, sleeping pills, and I felt NOTHING. No pain relief, not feeling high.

I also had my chronic migraines again, my period again. (I take meds for the chronic migraine and have to take the pill for my endometriosis)

Turns out I have gastric paralysis from the situation I'm in. So my meds didn't go in my blood etc, just straight through the body. Which is why nothing worked. I now need medication to to make my stomach work to.. Take my medication..

I have a depression again. I am $uicidal.

I won't hurt myself don't worry, I wouldn't leave my cats. My partner, best friends, my mom are also all suffering from my condition. As in it pains them to see this all and they care.

A condition doesn't only affect the person who feels it. But also the environment.

I went in this procedure with pain on 26th of September, and because it went wrong, I also came out of it with pain.

In total now when it comes to my face, I've been in pain and surviving for 6months now.

I am done. I need either a period that they say okay we'll give it 2 more months and then we really need to take steps, or give me pain relief NOW.

But just hearing '' it can take up to months until the nerves fix themselves, it could be okay '' doesn't cut it. Because sure they can heal in their own time, but I cannot be in pain for all those months? This isn't humane.

And then the doctor of the hospital called this morning after my mom reached out to them saying it can't continue like this. And we said specifically let the doctor call my mom. But then my phone rings, they called me. And I hear

'' - what do you want me to do..''

'' - I think it's important just to get you calm right now. ''

But I can come by tomorrow. With my mom because the issue is I am scared to stand up for myself and will say to quickly '' it's okay''. And it's not. Which is why we wanted them to talk to my mother.

After that call, I called my mom crying that they are pushing these meds on me that have a shit ton of side effects, I already take 7 pills a day (now even 10). And they wanna add more.

I don't wanna become a '' junkie'' depending on the morphine. Because i' m scared I often just sit through the agonizing pain. But if I don't get decent pain relief, I will have to dependant on it. Because if I have to do this for more months.. I am scared I will do something stupid eventually that will be unreturnable.

My best friend told me yesterday '' you have no quality of life. ''

And it's true. And he hates it, and I hate it aswell.

My mom then called to my doctors office (GP) the secretary picked up. She told me afterwards that she was crying to her that it's an emergency to please let her talk to my doctor. And they did. My mom also cried during that conversation. And my doctor agreed, it's going to far, someone needs to help. So he moved heaven and earth to say it like that and got me an appointment with another neurologist in another hospital, the 15th of January. It normally takes months. But he made it happen. And I swear.. This man.. Saved my life more times then he knows.

I am very nervous for tomorrow tho and if they will do something or just tell me again '' sorry it happened I wish I could do something but most likely after months it will heal. '' I feel rage, cause it's easy to say that when you aren't feeling it.

Today I also broke down at my chiropractor.

She said I looked pale. I said I had been crying for 2 days now. And when I told her that I felt suicidal, she said '' no no no, if you ever feel like you're gonna do something, you call me okay?? " and I cried and she hugged me. And then sat with me to talk. And she wants to take me out on walks in her private time.

I also have my psychologist tomorrow, she is also fighting to help me. Last time she literally took me in on the weekend in her private time.

I am glad for my support. But I just can't anymore.. The pain is driving me crazy. Which is also scientifically proven. Your brain changes.

So again, the fact that my content has changed so much is because of that.

Because I am not me.. Not anymore.

But hopefully I will find a way. Even just a little.

If you read all this, wow. You're a star. And thank you ❤️

And eventho I prefer not to let people see me this way. It's the truth, it's how bad it is, it's not pretty, I don't sleep, barely eat, don't feel feelings of fun, my skin is bad,.. But it's me. And because I love you guys, most of you are so lovely so it's only fair to share.

Love you.

#My illness #Chronic pain #Trigeminal neuralgia #Operation gone wrong #Facial pain #nerve pain #Chronic illness #My text

[sethmacenzie]

So I've said my part about ofmd season 2s finale and that I didn't even care anymore that my favourite character died, but the show had such an insane decline from season 1 to season 2 it was simply not as enjoyable for the entire time.

So here's a quick critique of open issues that stuck with me:

-they killed Ivan off-screen and he's only mentioned once in passing, no one cares or questions where he is when they meet again, they were fine with Izzy there, but didn't even bother asking about a crew member they were much closer with -Buttons turned into a seagull (which I didn't think was bad) and it's only questioned once by Roach and then never again brought up, and Roach asks if Ed didn't simply kill him and it's just ignored -Ed doesn't really become part of the crew, he doesn't pay up for what he did and why is Izzys deathbed apology more sincere than Ed's non apology about Izzys leg? He doesn't deserve to come back at all, because he doesn't do anything to earn it. He spends a day with Fang and that counts for the whole crew, Fang who isn't even angry at him -Izzy actually earns his place within the crew and still has to apologize to Ed, his worst abuser. Sure Izzy was part of the problem with Blackbeard, but in no way does it justify what Ed did to him (and everyone else while he was Captain of the Revenge) -remember last season when Ed made it clear that he only ever killed one person, and then in the finale he coldly pushed Lucius over and it was therefore a big deal? Yeah Ed just randomly kills like it's nothing now, and "go back to what you were good at", it wasn't killing, Ed was never good at killing

-they barely paid attention to the non ships aside from Izzy and it sucks. We had such a wonderful balance in season 1 of crew live, that we got to love them all, we didn't have any of that in season 2, it's so plain when you look at Archie, she just didn't get what her crewmates got to the point you don't care about her all that much -speaking of Archie, that relationship something with Olo, JIm, Archie and Zhang Yi Sao was a mess, they sank of the biggest relationships from season 1, which had such a well done ark in the first episodes, and many, myself included thought we might get a poly relationship, but we didn't, we got the mess we had. We had a well developed relationship that took an entire season to build and it got removed during the first three episodes in favour of two new underdeveloped characters getting with them in no time

-I know we are not historically accurate and don't bother too much with it, but Zheng Yi Sao is the most powerful female pirate in history and they nerved her for nothing, I did like how Richard got rid of her fleet, but they should have used someone else than a pirate known for dying peacefully because she got so powerful she made a deal

-the pacing was obviously bad, and I want to give them as much nicety about it as possible, but Owl House got cut from an entire season to three episodes and they still manged to nail it, ofmd lost 2 episodes and it doesn't excuse this pacing

-honestly Izzys redemption ark was rushed, just so he could be killed off, it was too much, too fast. I do love the first few episodes of him, but doing drag was a bit far fetched for episode 6, but it's a small complain, loved the singinig and dancing

-"bottle it up" is the new solution to problems, after "talk it through as a crew" from season 1. Lucius, Frenchie and Izzy just bottle everything up and nothing bad comes of it, we're supposed to believe that's a good thing? -everyone knows Stede is alive, Mary relies on him being dead and it's never brought up or important whatsoever

-this season feels like there aren't proper consequences, Ed can leave and come back and it's fine, Buttons can turn into a seagull and no one cares, Auntie gets blown up with the fleet and survives, people get stabbed multiple times and survive, but Izzy gets shot and dies, it's all over the place -there is always the whole: we have a suicidal character, they try to kill themselves, they fail, they get over their depression, they finally get happy, and we kill them off just after they found happyness. It sucks as a trope, it gives every last person that is suicidal the feeling that being happy is not worth it, because you're going to die anyway and well, maybe don't have the characer that tried to kill himself this season a line about wanting to go and in the same episode that had "it's only suicide if we die", it's tasteless at best and ill-intended at worst

-Roach is in the main cast now, but I swear he had more scenes in season 1 than seaosn 2

-having a tiny funeral scene and bam wedding, like there was no decent emotional impact on either of these moments, any why would they bury him without his leg or ring?

-Stede has a panic moment when he kills Ned and it seems like that's why he and Ed slept togeher, but it's not brought up that killing is still an issue

To end it on a few positive notes, I liked -Swede becomes Jackies husband and Roach going Mrs Bettet about the whole thing -most of the first three episodes in general -Buttons turning into a seagull and being recognized as a seawitch -having more historical figures -Auntie -Susan (mostly) aside from the issue I brought up -Wee John getting into knitting -Izzy sining and dancing -the entire leg arch of Izzy -pretty much all Izzy/Stede interactions -Frenchie sceming again and the rest all going with it -indigo! -everyones new looks -Fang going fishing and his and Roachs spa day -the after credit scenes -Ed freaking out because Stede moved too fast -Stede having a killing flashback when killing Ned Low -Spanish Jackie in general, but especially poisoning everyone and getting Swede a new look -Richard as the main antagonist -Clocks -Stede getting Hellcat Maggie and the to mutiny -the entire cast was amazing

And I shouldn't have to say this, but: don't harass people over this, critiquing is fine, threats are not. And no it's not bury your gays, everyone here is gay and that is not one of the issues this season had.

#ofmd #ofmd season 2 #ofmd spoilers #critique

[compassionatereminders]

Hey! I went through a break up about 3 months back that completely blindsided me too. It was a 5 month relationship but it was very intense. He pursued me right from the get go and i thought things were great between us until he just finally said "I don't feel butterflies anymore. ". I get a lot of male attention because I'm what you'd consider conventionally pretty in India, but this completely shattered me because it made me feel that he just liked me for how I looked.

Before him, I was in a 2 year relationship which also broke my heart completely. i only gave my now ex a chance because he seemed so sure of me and that he'd catch me if I fell but here we are 8 months later, he doesn't give a fuck and I just got super depressed after.

Idk why I'm telling you this, and I know your 5 year relationship and my 5 month relationship aren't really similar but ik how you feel. or i can relate in some way.

I'm so exhausted with dating and men and I've been abused before in the past. i just can't seem to catch a break up with men and relationships and I feel so done but I'm also so sad because I feel so little and like I just don't matter even tho i try so hard to be a good girlfriend.

Things are weird but I'm just waiting for the day this doesn't hurt anymore.

In the meanwhile, I cut him out and i haven't spoken to him in 2 months because this shit ain't gonna stand but lmao i don't think he even cares that I'm gone. But oh well c'est la vie.

We'll survive, you and me. Relationships are brutal.

Relationships AREN'T supposed to be brutal though. And while it will take me a very long time to get to a place where I will want to even consider dating in any capacity, it's important for me to hold onto the fact that it is not supposed to be like this and it is also not doomed to be like this. There will be more love. Love that isn't brutal and doesn't leave you feeling terrible. It might take years to actually find it, but I gotta trust that it's out there and I gotta trust that I can have it

#chat with kat

[innocentimouto]

"Jet never really had any ambitions to end the war" Yes, but don't you think that's something he wished he had the power to do? Like I'm just gonna say it; Jet joining the gaang >>>> Zuko joining the gaang. I feel like that's somewhat the direction his "arc" was aiming at when his goals changed and he helped the gaang find Appa, and honestly it should have been developed further instead of cutting him off just because the writers didn't know what the heck to do with him anymore

Definitely.

Zuko joining the Gaang wasn't written well, so I doubt Jet's would have been either. But if done PROPERLY, yes, it would be amazing. The character interactions alone would be interesting.

For one, I can't see Jet not killing any fn soldier in a fight, which would either make him clash with Aang or we would get a little more exploration on how the Gaang views killing in self-defense and whether Aang is fine with them doing it while he restrains from it if he can.

Also have lots of thoughts on how Jet views the avatar and what that would bring to the group as well as the loss of hope people felt a century without an avatar.

But then Aang's connection to his culture and his desire to preserve it may help Jet understand the importance of maintaining his culture since he may have lost much of it during the war and simply focusing on survival.

Jet and Katara. Come on. The tension and emotions. There's so much to dive into here.

Jet and Sokka. Frenemies? Rivals? Sokka's seemed very one-sided in canon, but Jet may resent him for foiling his plans too. And Sokka may feel threatened there's another nonbender in the group, especially since Jet has been in war his whole life and the experience shows.

Jet and Toph would probably be upset that they WANT to get along with each other but can't due to social status and attitudes.

You can't convince me Jet wouldn't train Momo to inform them of danger in some way.

Appa may or may not like Jet, but Jet adores Appa because everyone else in the group is used to having a giant flying animal to go everywhere and get away from danger and it's so convenient.

Suki also didn't get involved in war until recently but she is a leader and trained and likes Sokka. Jet would probably respect her.

This isn't even going into Jet being the only character with such a strong hatred for the fn and having no adults to help him unlike every other child in the show (except freedom fighters). There's a lot Jet's character would add to the themes and character relationships.

#atla jet #Jet #asks

[red-dragon-archfiend]

i saw your tags on that post about retconning Blood Drive and i'd love to see your ideas about revising CoPa's story!! :)

PART ONE: THE OVERALL STORY To start with, I think we need to cut out the stuff we can all agree is bad. Blood Drive is the obvious thing, 2U never should have been acknowledged in canon in the first place but Blood Drive did for some reason, and Book of Shadows is a collection of "What-ifs" for the main story, Blood Covered, which I think we can use here. Now that we're ignoring those other things and focusing entirely on Blood Covered, we can get more specific about what needs to be changed. I think there are three recurring flaws with Corpse Party as a franchise that need to be addressed in any good rewrite. The first and biggest problem is the sexualization of minors, especially the girls. Corpse Party is as much about jacking off to teenage girls as it is about horror, and needless to say that's very bad. Even if you don't mind children being sexualized (which, if you don't, ew), it's very distracting from what's supposed to be the main focus, survival horror, and can be quite the mood killer. I remember seeing Naomi and Seiko have a heartwarming reunion in the manga, only for that same scene of them hugging to also feature panty shots for no reason. Ugh. To address this, we simply just cut all of that stuff out. It's totally unnecessary and you can remove it without changing the story much at all. The second problem is, oddly enough, too much death. A series called Corpse Party reasonably is going to have a lot of death, but the issue is, EVERYONE dies except the original five protagonists from the 90's game. Once you catch onto that pattern, you know any new character you see is doomed and have no reason to care about them, especially because chances are, that character is going to be ultimately useless to the narrative. This leads neatly into the third problem, which is an overabundance of disposable characters. 2U had a literal high school gym full of characters, and the vast majority of them are just... bloat. Do we REALLY need all of these kids? Do they REALLY make the story better? I don't think they do. I think cutting out everyone who isn't in Blood Covered, or having them exist in the background or in backstories like with Kizami's classmates, is the way to go. This will also cut down on the "too much death" problem without also introducing a "too many survivors" problem, so conveniently both of these can be addressed at the same time. Once you cut these three core issues, you're left with a pretty solid horror story that doesn't overstay its welcome or divert towards uncomfortably sexual territory. I admittedly don't remember all of the details because some of it was pushed out for Blood Drive's nonsense, but I don't think the overall plot of the game needs much changing. The worldbuilding in Blood Drive is dumb, but we're ignoring that. It doesn't matter what exactly Heavenly Host is or how everything works there, it's how it affects the story and the characters. Speaking of... PART TWO: THE CHARACTERS Corpse Party's characters were always the most important part of it to me. I used to say that they're wasted in CoPa and would be better in another story. Now I don't think I agree with that anymore, because they were made for CoPa, and the story itself can be improved, such as with the changes I suggested before. I think analyzing the core characters, improving them, and adjusting the story accordingly is the way to go to make a better Corpse Party. This is going to be the longest section by far, because I have in-depth thoughts on most of the main cast of characters. I'm going to focus on the 9 characters you see in the prologue, then do a lightning round of the villains at the end for an even ten entries. Because of technical issues with Tumblr, I can't make this all one post, so I'm going to post this part now and reblog it with my entries for each character. Stay tuned! I'll DM you the final version of the post when it's done

#shinozaki-ayumi #corpse party #to my starving copa followers: i will feed you in time

[soullikethesea]

Bf texted me yesterday.

He asked if he could propose/present/show me something (there's not really a good translation). He said he preferred to text.

I said okay. Then he texted: "Nevermind, I forgot about the word limit of texts. It will have to be done another time." Ugh.

Whyyyy am I like this?! Why did I even say OK??? I don't even care about this dude. Actually, I am very much done with it. Why is he still reaching out to me (and thinking about me) years after we broke up?

I am so done with him. I DON'T want to have to take him into account anymore. I DON'T want to tip-toe trying not to hurt his feelings too much. I DON'T want to explain basic human decency and basic human functioning to him anymore. I don't want to feel sorry for him any longer. I don't want to feel like the bad guy. I don't want to feel like I have to listen to hours before this poor dude can get to the point. I don't want to feel bad for rejecting him, or afraid for how he might retiliate. I don't ever want to be afraid anymore of being stone-walled, or of being manipulated and powerless.

I know that I hurt him. I mean, it's not easy to be with someone who has DID. It can't have been easy.

But that's OVER! So leave it be! Stop hurting yourself on my sharp edges!!!

I am afraid of outrightly saying that I don't want to stay in touch. I know what happened when we broke up and he was hurt over that (he assaulted me). A few months ago he tried to manipulate me into being close to him again, he said it was the only option except for completely cutting contact. Maybe that's what I will have to do anyway.

I told him last time... some of my experience. How for me there was a power imbalance, because he got to know me when I was still a child and he was much older. So for me those early experiences played a huge role in our relationship. I felt like I owed him big time.

I think now he might want to say that he felt like there was a power imbalance, because he always tried to be extremely careful and considerate around me because he was so afraid of hurting me. I KNOW he didn't mean to hurt me (most of the time). I KNOW he was freaking worried out of his mind. BUT he is a very very damaged person. NPD, diagnosed, and with a criminal history.

Remember when I wrote on here that I felt super worried when he was very suicidal and I wasn't sure if he would come home again? In our conversation a few months ago, he said that I shouldn't have worried, because he was mostly just trying to get help. Why didn't he freaking tell me then?? :(

I want this person out of my life.

In spite of how important he has been and in spite of how much I needed him to survive when I was a child. (A person who gives you attention and who genuinely cares about you). Life isn't always fair and you can't always reap what you sow. It doesn't mean that I owe you now.

It's been enough. Enough bullshit and drama and pain. And even writing this I still can't shake the feeling of his insecurity and how evil I am being for rejecting it. How unsafe and shattering and disappointing. Because what he loves is his projection of me being some sort of angel. Not who I really am. He was genuinely surprised when I said that people call me "miss" at the store now. As if he still thinks I am that child from years ago...

Hurt people hurt people and it's freaking tragic. But no more in my little corner of the world. Please no more.

He said he wants me to be angry with him, so that I can forgive him and we can move on. It's not going to happen.

I don't want to hurt him. I really don't.

And also this is not okay.

[pinkopalina]

kinda personal lol

So recently I lost a friend and our relationship was the kind where we knew each other's problems really well and we were there for each other but things had been kind of not working for us at the end of the relationship and he decided that it would be best to moving forward if we didn't really talk anymore and I agreed even though it was really sad and really hard

and I didn't really realize that besides Sam, that friend was one of the only ones that I had where I felt like that deep and personal connection? he was really important to me because like, he got it. he had been there through a lot of my bullshit and understood a lot and I did the same for him, I think, and we were really close

But since we stopped talking, I've been really really lonely just because I haven't had him to talk to, even though it's also really weird because it's kind of a relief not having to talk to him lately just because the relationship obviously wasn't working

But anyways it's such a hard situation because like... It took so long to build up that relationship and I don't really have a whole lot of other friends that were the same level that he was right now... and I really want to, I want to be deep close personal friends with people and I want to have that connection and I want to go and talk to people when I'm sad and I want them to know about all the really ugly nasty stuff, and I want to do the same for other people too but it's just so hard like after losing people and being cut off (cuz this isn't the first time that's happened) and feeling like I'm a valuable friend you know or that it would be worth it to build those relationships because I'm so scared of just kind of getting abandoned again

and like... I want to reach out to people and I want to have that bond but I don't want to force that bond on people who don't want that bond with me too? But I also know that I can't just go into it like forcing that to happen, if it doesn't happen naturally then I can't make it happen... But I also have to put in effort for it to happen?

and because of the situations that I've been through and because of the way that I'm thinking about this it feels like I'm kind of just spiraling, circling around what I think will happen and what I think other people think... and I know that we're all human and we all have those people that we feel like we can go to, and not everybody is going to be that for everybody else... But I think that I've been really really lonely without that friends that I lost even though it wasn't a great relationship anymore

It just feels like the past few phases of my life have all been really drastic change and they've all been really hard and I understand that a lot of changes going to happen a lot of the time but I just want to feel a phase in between all of that hectic change where I'm settling and everything is falling into place and I feel comfortable and not all of the things that have been happening for the past couple of years because it just feels like surviving and not really living you know

anyways I don't know... I just wanted to say that like... I'm really trying to reach out more and to make friends and to be close and I hope that the people that I'm trying to reach out to and be closer with also want that

[exandriababes]

GUESTS OF THE CHAOS CLOVER ☘️

Yara Vonnegut!

Yara was a powerful addition to the story and important figure of the Chaos Clover. They met at Rupperdook and helped her retreive her family from a man named Adam, who had connections with the Volstrucker. She was one herself, though that is a life she wishes to put behind. Leaving a powerful message to Tonitrua Pasternikas, Yara Vonnegut set with her TEAM to run away from the prying eyes of the Volstrucker. Here's her playlist, made by our honoured guest @peixotizando 🧡 PLAYLIST

Angel - Massive Attack

For obvious reasons :P

Armed and Ready - Casey e Jeff Williams 

“Feel like I’m finally unbroken feel like i’m back from the dead my strength back and confidence growing out of my way ‘cause I'm armed and ready”

Ever since you woke up, you feel lost. You lost arm became a strenght, so, now, you're ready. It's not everyone who can make the best of a flaw.

Burn - 2WEI

You're a killer. You were made for it. Either you kill or it isn't going to be pretty. It's not like Weiss, Blake e Ruby. It's not poetic, it's not a dance, it's not silent. It's loud. You destroy. Your eyes become red and you just go. You know how far you can reach. You burn and you go through the end.

Free Fall - Ok Goodnight

Not even your wings are enought to lift the lack of their presence. But, that doesn't mean you can't survive the fall. You would to anything for them.

“Rage seems to fill her heart with fire as she sings a flame that burns her prison gates”

God’s Gonna Cut You Down - Christian Larsson (cover de Johnny Cash)

Your origin is no mystery, you know who you are and what is your potential. But you don't know what He wants. He gave you life, but what dos He want from you?

Home - Casey e Jeff Williams

For you, it was always easy to find family in other people. Family is everything to you, it always was. You're afraid of being alone, and for a period of time, you were. Nothing is more scaring than being alone. But these people are helping you find your own, and, oddly enough, you can see a bit of your own family in them.

Journey (Ready to Fly) - Natasha Blume

“But let me tell you, I’m ready to fly I survived through rainstorms, sandstorms I fought the war, now it’s time to go home”

Killer - The Hoosiers

“I hate my work but I’m in control I'm fearless now but it cost my soul”

You're tired of your job, tired of being good at what you do. Tired of listening "You fascinate me" from those above you. Tired of being an experiment. You don't wanna be a monster, nor a machine anymore. You can have your own path and doubts.

Nevermore - Casey e Jeff Williams/Adrienne Cowan

For reasons………….

Red like Roses - Casey e Jeff Williams

It's them. Your family. Your sister. Your best friend. The love of your life... You shouldn't be apart, no one should dare to tear you apart. But you'll get them back. You'll protect them.

Simmer - Hayley Williams

Wrath is welcomed. It always was. It heats your body, activates a strenght that only you can access. Your anger is to proctect. You need to proctect those who need you and anger helps you. Wrath is welcome.

Through the Valley - Ashley Johnson (cover de Shawn James)

“I walk through the valley of the shadow of death and I fear no evil because I’m blind to it all and my mind and my gun they comfort me ‘cause I know I’ll kill my enemies when they come”

Weapon - Against the Current

You're a weapon, they use you and you know that. “Machine” they call you. You listen and you know what it means. They mold you and that's what you become.

You just hope it won't leave you alone in the future.

You’ll Be In My Heart - Phil Collins 

“My arms will hold you, keep you safe and warm. This bond between us can’t be broken I will be here, don’t you cry”

She's your perfection. The love you can't describe, that no one can understand. She's your sister, she's everything for you. Your heart outside your body.

You’re No God - Laura Marling

Sometimes, you can let yourself be protected.

#yara vonnegut #wildemount campaign #chaos clover #critical role #mighty nein #tonellia #camellia thelidryv #exandria babes #finlas beltune #kairy poverst #rumblecusp island #tonitrua pasternikas #juniper chaos clover #eir chaos clover #volstrucker #caleb widogast

[beansplusgravy]

I hate how the waiting list for trans healthcare is 6 fucking years. I didn't feel like I could survive when it was 3, now look at the state of it. I've thought about so many things, but I've never been brave enough to do any of it due to the potential outcome. If I fail, I feel useless and then everyone around me would know. I'm an overthinker, I need to think of every detail. And if I say my goodbyes to people over messages before I attempt anything and then end up staying alive, that would be truly embarrassing. I don't want them to worry and sometimes I feel like it would be best to do it without saying anything to them. The thought of me actually succeeding fills me with guilt. I'm not really connected with any of my family members, my step dad has literally told me he wouldn't be sad if I died, but a part of me just doesn't have the heart to put someone through such a thing.

I've thought about hurting myself again, but nothing ever feels enough for me to actually be seen. I punch myself, hold onto burning cups until I couldn't anymore, dug my nails into my skin, starved myself, but my parents seem to brush it off all the time. It makes me feel like what I'm doing isn't anything important and that hurts. It makes me feel like no matter what I do, nothing will be enough to take a moment out of their day to comfort me. I've thought about cutting my chest, burning it with a lighter or even pouring bleach onto it, anything so I can get top surgery. I've thought about damaging my genitalia. I cant stand it, I hate using the bathroom and I hate showers and baths. I don't want to look after myself anymore because I just can't stand to look at myself. But the thing is, my parents, more specifically my mum, has hammered it into me whenever I dared brought up being trans that I will forever regret getting bottom surgery and that it is the worst thing anyone can do and everyone who's ever gotten it hates themselves for it. My step dad doesn't believe top surgery is necessary for me and that I don't need it and i fucking hate him. My body doesn't even feel like my own anymore, I don't want to show my face ever and I don't want to show my voice. I hate my face, I hate everything about me. My stepdad has told me countless of times that he doesn't see me as a boy and that nothing about me is masculine and that just fucking hurts and I want to die. I cant even speak to them about how I feel because all they do is joke about my planned attempts or just fucking leave. I'm convinced that I won't be able to live a happy life until I'm on testosterone and have top surgery, but that probably won't even happen until I'm like 25 so there's no point in even living. How am I supposed to do anything that everyone else does like have relationships and stuff when everyone hates me and thinks I'm disgusting just for being born in the wrong body.

I dont want to seem selfish, my dysphoria isn't even that bad and a part of me doesn't want to take up a slot when some other trans person could have it who is a million times worser then me. Especially since where I am in the UK they aren't even taking any new people on until late 2024.

Suicide seems inevitable at this point and it's only a matter of time until I actually get the balls to do it

[daily-thoughts96]

This whole roommate situation is starting to cause me to be overwhelmed and drained to the point where i don't know what to do with it anymore. My roommate seems to lack understanding of how i'm feeling in this situation. He doesn't care except for my husbands point of view on everything. Involving me just makes him pissed off and angry for no absolute reason. He talks about my husband making changes in his life, but he changed too? My husband changed for a better future, not changing who he is as a person. But my roommate changed as a person. He's not who he says he is and his behavior is beyond my imagination. You'd think therapy would be an outlet to let him know how to properly heal and approach situations. I haven't involved any friends or family in our situation until we were told he was talking to other people. He's told more than three people about the situation and yet, we've only told two friends and my sister about what is happening right now. We didn't involve anyone. We discussed how difficult life has been, but never extended into the whole situation. We kept it on the down low and thought it would be better to keep it between the people who are on the lease of the apartment. Times are tough, but our roommate made it worst. I detect his lies when he speaks about certain things. A liar to me can be spotted a mile away. When you grow up with narcissistic parents, you catch on to lies after cutting them out of your life for good. Now, i wish the situation was better, and not so gruesome, but he made it clear what his intentions are. We are starting to plan ahead with apartments, manufactured homes, or campers to decide what our next place to go is. This whole situation isn't new to us, and we are struggling with the high prices just as much as anyone else is. It's difficult and unruly. We are expected to get our life together, but the economy is screwing with that. Jobs screwing us over, or more so bosses at those jobs. We are expected to live bland, and small. No love to our home. No decor, not comfort. Nothing. We are living within our means, and sometimes we splerg on ourselves because we need a little pick me up. My husband and i aren't perfect by all means. We make mistakes. We don't have it figured out. Some people don't figure it out until they are fifty, or not even at all. My husband and i are in survival mode, and nothing compares to anything else. Would we like to be in a better place? Yes. But sometimes life is just so fucked. This roommate situation is just repeating factors. Except this time i'm being told we are using our roommate, which is wrong on all parts. Some people see using as, you refuse to pay for things. You refuse to help. But my husband and i aren't like that. We want to make sure we do our part, but right now it's not easy. My view of using a person is draining them of every penny they got. I don't ask my roommate for money to pay for our groceries. I don't ask him for money to pay for our hygeine products. I don't ask him to drive me everywhere i need to go. I don't ask him to feed my cat. I don't ask him to pay my other bills(not including rent with those bills). I know how it feels to be drained of every penny. My biological birth giver drained my husband and i of money. She never paid me to watch my siblings while she was at work. She never paid me back the money i helped with paying HER car payments and insurance. She never paid me back for buying my siblings food that she was supposed to buy. She never paid me back for the electronics i had to buy for her. She never paid me back for the wifi i was paying for. I know how it feels to actually be used. It's narcissistic tendencies. I would have had $5,000 saved in a savings account and building interest, but my adopted older sister screwed me out of that. Used me to pawn her own gain. If being paid back is more important than making sure we are actually doing okay, then you have issues. I've loaned money to my sister. And she always paid me back. She's loaned me money, and i always paid her back. I just want better..

[logan-motherfucking-rose]

I finally finished Yellowjackets, and, oh boy! It was a doozy. But i've got a bonr to pick (no pun intended) with the show.

The second season was way too rushed, there's so many crucial plot points - especially the flashbacks - that were left, sort of, in the air. Seeing that tv shows doesn't give us the 23 episodes - 40 minutes pf length anymore, it's extremely important for you to have an exceptional screenwriter and showrunner to make this heavy, massive mythos translate well in the screen so things don't be lacking because the standard now is 8-10 episodes if almost one hour.

1⁰- In the second season i felt like Taissa's should be more explored - more than it was - because what Simone found in the basement doesn't connect well with the main storyline, just because that had the symbol doesn't mean it was significant, as it was shown that in the later episodes that this event is not even talked about because the connection to the main plot is pretty weak.

2⁰- I am incredibly upset about Taissa/Simone situation. Taissa was shown to us in the first season as a dedicated mother ( with her flaws of course) and wife. In the second season her wife of 15 years in the hospital in a critical state, and despite her sleepwalking, i don't see as plausible her leaving for a retreat with no cell phone, when her wife is the hospital and we as viewers don't even see how Sammy is, we assume he is with Simone's parents but we don't know. This doesn't sound very much Taissa to me.

3⁰- Back in the wilderness, although it was interesting to see how the girls were driven to cannibalism. But from the very beginning we see that there is something ancient in those woods, and once again, tv shows isn't what it used to be, you need to compact your storyline to be as concise as possible. Saying that, i think that making Javi survive two months in outside the group, making him, sort of, mute and immediately killing him, and coach scott finding the "cave" doesn't cut it for me, because now we are missing important links of information about the symbols, the only bit we have is Natalie telling Ben that she saw Javi bowing to a tree with a symbol and Ben following a hunch. Who was the friend? Who guided him? What does he know about the symbol? We'll never know i guess.

4⁰- Charlotte. Where do i even begin? We see that she has this...foresight? Visions? Some - not supernatural, but maybe preternatural- intuition. But up to this point it's not explored, and it's pretty much speculative, she is, besides the symbol, a more tangible proof of this supernatural thing from the woods, but now she says "it doesn't need me anymore" and once again we are left guessing.

5⁰- It's pretty much possible that the symbols was adopted by the girls in a ritualistic manner, bc they, themselves, has become a ritualistic group. But then again Taissa started walking in the shape of the symbol and by following it her and Van found Javi. The tree with the Secret hiding place had one symbol, Lottie's wellness center was in the shape of it, and some other things, that it convinces me that the creators actually are building the mythoa to definitely have a very real supernatural entity, but they won't show it to us because they want to raise the question "was it real? Was it them? Does it has a difference?". But in my opinion this facet wasn't that good, because the show goes into too much trouble to set us in the direction of the supernatural for it to be this pandering question.

Anyways these are just some thoughts rolling around in the old noggin, feel free to ask me something, share more insights or ideas, i'd love to discuss it

#yellowjackets

[shepherd-tothestars]

Zossie, what can you tell us about your home planet?

"I'm not sure what you mean by 'home planet'. Ultra Space is one contained plane of existence filled with all kindsa crazy energy. Because of the unstable energy, wormholes tend to link it to other worlds, but Ultra Space and Ultra Megalopolis itself aren't anything close to a planet like the one the humans live on. I can tell you alot about Ultra Space and Ultra Megalopolis though!"

She isn't the biggest history buff of her home, you'd have to ask the Captain or Soliera for all that, and even then they'd cut out most of the details, but she knew well how things worked in the modern era. Zossie was part of the never-ending cycle of darkness, after all. She's grown up in it, and she's hoping to change it.

"Ultra Space is really dangerous for most people to travel, including us Ultra Humans! Only really qualified people are allowed to leave the city. I'm one of them! The Ultra Recon Squad are the people running the city, too, but I don't do any of that. My job is all about research, and what we research is to help the Blinding One who's kept in the central tower of the city, Megalo Tower. Since it's so dark because the Blinding One is hurt, they use its body held inside the tower to synthesize artificial energy and cast it across the city from where it's kept. The city's buildings are made out of large crystals that reflect the light across the entire place. Artificial light is super important for us!"

"...There's no food in Ultra Space, nothing like what humans eat. I was taught Ultra Humans used to eat food like that, but not anymore since a lot of things died out when the Blinding One stole all the light. So we've changed to use the artificial light to survive. We drink water and rest in these machine-looking things called the Artificial Light Revitalizers to get our energy back. But ever since arriving in Alola, I decided I really hate that! Human food is really tasty! It's really upsetting the Blinding One took that away from us!!!" She had a grudge with the very thing they were trying to heal, but could anyone really blame her?

"Babies are raised in specialized ALRs. I was in one for about um... thirty years? Yeah, that's the usual amount of time. People in the city don't like to waste too much time and energy doing things, we're all focused on work and research to try healing the Blinding One... That includes just doing fun things or spending any time together that isn't involved with research. That's why Dulse always gets all grumpy when he's actually enjoying something in the human world, he feels guilty too since it's something our society just doesn't have anymore. When I see human families and how much they love each other, it tends to make me cry. I really think that's what Ultra Space is missing... Genuine close bonds, you know...? That's why I'm researching bonds, especially the ones from pokemon battling. I think that's a way to fix the Blinding One..."

"The rest of Ultra Space outside of the city is pretty interesting, although pretty bleak. It's only Ultra Beasts who live out there, but we've discovered plenty of ruins of civilizations that used to exist there. Sometimes humans will accidently fall into the wilderness of Ultra Beasts. Most humans are expected to die, survival is really difficult out there. It seems the energy of Ultra Space effects humans specially, though. It affects their aging and their hunger and all kinds of stuff, but we haven't studied why or how exactly yet. I think that's Rhi's subject if you wanted to ask him about it."

"Any place that still has actual light in Ultra Space is very small, and it's swarmed with territorial Ultra Beasts, so we've given up on sampling other living things from those areas like plants. We don't really have many people focusing on studying plants in the first place since most plants in Ultra Space went extinct a long time ago. It's really sad, isn't it?"

"I'm sorry, Ultra Space is depressing, isn't it? But it's gotta get better..."

#ultra battle specialist! ;; zossie #mysteries of ultra space ;; asks #Anonymous #haha this is such a short question and i give such a long answer #i love questions that let me go off about my ultra space worldbuilding #because game freak wouldnt spend enough time building it IM DOING IT MYSELF