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#i say this as a quack fan
queerofthedagger · 11 months
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maybe that's just me being me but i think it's..... interesting, how much criticism/accusations/et al of the OTW recently is coming up so conveniently in that period between donation drive and election, argues so utterly in bad faith, and employs such a strong 'us vs them' rhetoric that is frankly baffling if it is actually coming from people who 1. have a basic understanding of the OTW's flat hierarchies and what that means for the workings of such a big org, and 2. have the orgs best interest and future in mind. none of this is to say that the OTW doesn't have its issues or room to improve, but you'd think that amidst the quick rise of fascism, purity culture, and their calls for censorship, people would take care not to present the bandwagon to those people on a silver platter, and also maybe........ bother 0.3 seconds to provide those annoying little shits called verifiable sources :))
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omnipotent-omnicube · 10 months
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fuck it's been like a month since i read csm
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mwahkazu · 12 days
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𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙏 𝙏𝙒𝙀𝙇𝙑𝙀: 𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙈𝙎 & 𝙂𝙄𝙂𝙎 ( stealing the spotlight )
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ᯓ★ with final projects and exams wrapping up, [name], venti and freminet discuss about the headache of college work and plans to finish off the school year with flying colors! but it seems there’s something even bigger for [name] to worry about than a mere exam…
˗ˏˋ character: ˎˊ˗ idol! lyney x underground artist! reader
˗ˏˋ chapter warnings: ˎˊ˗ minor swearing! ignore timestamps.
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( 💌 ) yuomi’s afternote: listening the mount rageous / watch me work whenever i work on a chapter for this series strangely helps in a way LMAO i say that as if those songs and characters weren’t inspirations for sts as a whole😭 ( i mean they’re banger songs can u blame me?? ). your first face to face meeting with lyney is fast approaching !! wonder how things will turn out 👀 also yes that address name was intentional iykyk
also omg tysm for 100 notes on the precious chapter?? that’s crazy i appreciate the support sm :(( 🤍🤍
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STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT ⟢ previous. ⸝⸝⸝ next.
ੈ✩‧₊˚ synopsis ; ━ lyney and lynette, the tantalizing duo that have taken the music industry by storm: dominating the charts, selling out shows, enrapturing the hearts of many, you name it. naturally, with their ever-growing stardom, it’s no surprise hundreds of aspiring artists cover their songs, which lyney finds pathetically cute—in an endearing way of course! after all, he absolutely adores his fans above all. what he doesn’t find amusing though is when a seemingly unknown underground artist like you covers one of his songs that practically blows up on the internet, outshining the original. but when lyney decides to confront you personally about such a matter, you’re left at a loss because—who the hell is this spoiled brat of a celebrity?
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archiveikemen · 4 months
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Jude Jazza 1st Birthday Campaign: Story (2023)
His POV
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Ellis: Jude, this is…
I had just returned to the castle after work when my assistant handed me a memo with an usually serious look on his face.
“Happy birthday, I have your woman with me.”
Jude: — Ah?
— A few hours ago.
Kate: Is it your birthday today?
Kate asked the moment she saw my face. Who knows where she got that information from.
(What a nuisance.)
Knowing what was going to happen, I ignored the question and left my seat.
I had just finished my breakfast, and it was time for me to leave for work.
Kate: I just happened to find out earlier on. Is there anything in particular that you need or want?
Jude: I don’t know, you can go ahead and sing a song or something. Oh, but do it when I’m not around.
Kate: Won’t that be meaningless?
Jude: Do I have to spell it out for you? I don’t need anything.
Kate had become significantly less wary of me, compared to when we first met. I dealt with her and put on my coat.
Kate: Are you going to work? It’s your birthday, after all.
Jude: Will it kill you to not keep asking questions day and night?
Victor: Oh? You’re working on your birthday again this year, Jude?
Victor: Make sure to come back in the evening this year. We’ll be waiting to throw a party for you.
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Jude: More like a party for you. Last year and the year before, you threw a party even though I wasn't there.
Victor: Every year, I would wait for you to come back, until the day ended… *sniffle*
Roger: Let’s all get drunk and sing a loud “happy birthday” song in the garden.
Jude: Oi. Don’t put your arm over my shoulder, you quack.
Roger: I hope that this year’s party won’t be missing its main character.
(Tch… all the fucking annoying ones are gathered here since morning.)
Jude: I don’t have the culture of celebrating every little occasion. It’s sickening.
I brushed his arm off my shoulders and was about to finally leave the dining room.
Kate: Oh, Jude, is there anything you want…?
(Did I not say that I don’t need anything?)
Kate: I’ll really sing you a song later! Please don’t complain that it’s too ‘insignificant’!
Walking away from that persistent voice that carried a hint of resignation, I left the castle that morning.
(So this is the place.)
Instead of begging for their lives to be spared, those bastards who sent me that memo spat out all the information they had.
True enough, there Kate was— dolled up and lying unconscious at the altar, she appeared to have gotten herself ready for tonight’s ‘party’.
(... There’s this revolting feeling in my chest.)
The people who had taken Kate hostage seemed to have something against me.
It was either they were blaming me for their business going bankrupt, or it was just the usual petty grudges.
Kate only got implicated into this because of mine or Crown’s missions. It wasn’t the first time such a thing happened.
And yet, for some reason, I felt especially irritated this time.
(Crown forced a contract onto a woman who was coincidentally present at the scene of an assassination.)
(The Queen insisted that this woman go on our missions with us, despite knowing what dangerous situations she could possibly wind up in.)
(Even after having her life threatened on countless occasions, this woman still refuses to back down.)
(I myself have tested the sheer willpower and guts she had to keep following me around.)
— All of that disgusted me.
(Where’s the ‘happy’ in ‘happy birthday’?)
(Shit.)
Jude: … Oi, you pleb. Are you dead?
I spoke as I stood there, staring down at Kate.
With a groan, Kate stirred and turned to lay on her back.
The hair covering her face spilled onto the floor — revealing her swollen cheek and bloodied lips.
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(...)
Something in the core of my mind turned cold.
Kate: … Jude…?
Jude: … What with that hideous appearance? This isn’t funny at all.
Kate: I’m… I’m sorry. I wanted to get you a birthday present, and when I went out to town after seeking permission…
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Jude: Screw your apology and how you got captured. I’m asking how you got your face injured.
Kate: They threatened me for information about you, and when I refused to disclose any—
Jude: You could’ve just made some shit up about me.
Kate: I… I can’t do that. You’re always coming to my rescue before I get hurt. I can’t put you in danger because of me.
The response that was so typical of her only made me even more fed up.
(Ah… this woman is hopeless.)
(If I let her keep this up, she will really end up dead one day.)
In the first place, she was only in danger because of the selfish contract Crown forced onto her.
While I had the right to give Kate a piece of my mind, there wasn’t a need for her to feel any obligation towards me.
(I failed to see that.)
She was thick-skinned enough to still spout those pretty words at me, had a strong heart that became enraged upon being looked down on, and was stubborn enough to stand her ground even after being hurt.
I was self-aware that I didn’t hate those traits of hers.
(But… no one can laugh when their birthday present is the dead body of a woman who was innocently dragged into a mess she didn’t create, even as a prank.)
Jude: You seem to have quite a lot of trust in me, however—
Kate: … ggh?
Kate’s body stiffened when I placed my hand on her neck.
Jude: Do you seriously believe that I won’t ever let anyone kill you, or that I’ll always protect you no matter what?
Kate: ugh… haa…
(Oh, you poor thing.)
(You think that you can finally be at ease after being so terrified just now, huh?)
(But you’re wrong. Shall I teach you a little lesson?)
Jude: You haven’t experienced being strangled to the point of losing consciousness, have you?
Jude: I can make that happen, all I have to do is tighten my grip on your throat for about one minute.
I slowly tightened my grip, putting pressure on her pulsating carotid artery.
Kate: ahh… ugh…!
I pinned her struggling body to the floor of the altar.
Light shined in through the stained glass windows onto her hair and skin, making the scene look almost comical.
Jude: You never expected yourself to be strangled by the ally who just rescued you, did you?
Jude: But killing an ally who’s being an eyesore in the heat of the moment is so cliché.
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Jude: You’re just a pleb who knows nothing, and yet you tried to go against those low-lifes with that stupid sense of duty of yours.
Jude: You’re a hundred years too early to do that.
Kate: —!
I felt a slight pain in the back of my hand and looked down to see Kate digging her nails into it.
Jude: Hah, look at you trying to fight back. You make me laugh. Even a little kitten can be stronger than you.
Kate: …!
(... What’s with that look?)
Despite the clear difference in strength between the two of us, the resilient look in her eyes never faded.
She was glaring straight at me, as if urging me for something.
Jude: … At this juncture, what is it that you want to say?
I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of things she would say—
The moment I loosened my grip, Kate forcefully shook my hand off.
Kate: Huff… huff…
Jude: … I’m not asking you to start huffing and puffing. I’m asking what you were glaring at me for.
Jude: I’ll go on if you can’t answer.
Kate: I… I…
Kate glared at me with tears in her eyes while desperately trying to catch her breath.
Kate: I’ve experienced horrible things like today’s incident many times, I’ve also witnessed multiple cruel acts; and every time, I would see you enjoying yourself…
Kate: I know very well that you’re a sadist with sick and twisted interests, a villain who finds joy in hearing the screams of other people.
Jude: You don’t say?
Kate: But I believe that deep down, you’re not heartless…
Kate: You may threaten and torment me like this often, and yet when you see that I’m about to die, you do whatever you can to save me.
Jude: You fantasise about me too much.
Kate: Then why do you always look upset whenever I go on missions with you?
Jude: Because you get in my way.
Kate: What are you trying to accomplish by ridiculing me for being soft-hearted?
Jude: That you're so happy-go-lucky that it's an eyesore and a hindrance.
Kate: ... Really?
Despite my harsh words, her eyes remained focused on me.
Kate: ... You show no mercy to people who are arrogant and take human lives lightly.
Kate: ... But looking at it from a different perspective, you save those who have been tyrannised by them.
Jude: The main point is that I enjoy tormenting those bastards. I couldn't care less about who gets saved.
Kate: Whatever your reason may be, doesn't the result remain the same? And that's why I trust you.
Jude: ... Hah, what are you talking about? Sounds stupid as hell.
Kate: But at the same time, I also get that you're not helping me because I value my life.
Kate: That's why, like what you said earlier…
Kate: I don't think that you'll 'always protect me no matter what'.
Her voice trembled with a tinge of loneliness for a moment.
Even Kate herself seemed to be surprised by what she just said and her eyes shifted.
She lifted her head, trying to cover it up.
Kate: What I want to say is that...
Kate: Even if I'll end up being strangled until I lose consciousness, it won't change the way I choose to act.
Kate: If I do get myself captured and threatened again, I won't say a single thing that would put you at a disadvantage.
Kate: That's all I have to say. If you want to go on with what you were doing... be my guest, do as you please.
(A person's life can be so fragile.)
(Trust is useless when you're faced with evil and murderous intentions.)
Some things can't be prevented, no matter how hard you try.
(That fact is more than clear to me.)
But even so, why was I dazzled by her unwavering determination to keep her trust?
Jude: ... I can do as I please?
Kate: ...!
Her shoulders shuddered when I placed my hand on her neck—
Jude: Pfft.
Kate: ...?
(Putting on a brave front when you're actually feeling afraid. Truly idiotic.)
I withdrew my hand from her neck.
Jude: Just as you said, that was a threat.
Jude: However... it's not hard to snap your neck off. Besides, the kind of people I deal with won't be so kind as to hesitate and warn you.
Jude: If you're aware that I'm keeping you at a distance on purpose, then you should know what to do if you're smart enough.
Kate: I thought of avoiding getting myself involved, but…
Jude: But?
Kate: That thinking changed after I noticed various things every time we complete a mission or run away from trouble together.
Kate: And I don't hate that change in myself.
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(...)
Kate: Although being captured this time was entirely unintentional... look, I managed to snatch the identification document of the person who captured me.
Kate: If it was you they were after, then they must belong to some sort of organisation, right?
Kate: The ones who captured me were likely someone's subordinates... so perhaps this might serve as a lead to the mastermind behind this.
(... Geez.)
(This girl is truly a bold princess.)
Jude: Don't get too proud of yourself over such a tiny thing. You're like a dog playing fetch.
I took the ID and helped Kate up.
She then exclaimed, as if she suddenly recalled something.
Kate: Oh, right! There's something very important that I forgot to tell you.
Jude: Ah?
Kate: The day isn't over yet, right...?
Kate: Although I didn't manage to get you a present in the end... happy birthday, Jude.
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Jude: …
The innocent and pure blessing fell onto my heart with a thud.
(You went through all that, and yet you can still bring yourself to say something so optimistic.)
(Aren't you going to say things like it's all your fault, or that you're no longer in the mood to celebrate?)
All sorts of insults came into my mind, but none of them came out of my mouth.
Nevertheless, the blessing remained warm in my heart, the same way she gave it to me.
Kate: A birthday song is all I can give you... but you don't need that.
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Jude: ...
I detested the 'happy birthday' song.
It brought back memories of a dusty attic that reeked of mould and alcohol; I recalled the hoarse voices of 2 people who kept singing while coughing violently, disregarding my protests.
7 years had passed since then, my vengeance should've been long gone.
Yet every time I recalled that raspy voice singing the 'happy birthday' song, the hatred ingrained in me craved to hear the screams of its prey.
But, right now—
Jude: Fine, you can sing. I'm listening.
Kate: Eh? But... you said that you don't have the culture of celebrating every small occasion.
Jude: I changed my mind. I still don't care about the others, though.
Jude: Just yours is enough.
Kate: ... Huh?
Kate's eyes widened for a moment before her cheeks turned bright red.
Kate: H-Huh...?
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Jude: ... Heh, what are you blushing about? You simple minded woman.
Kate: Wha... d-did you just tease me again!?
Jude: Who knows? It's obvious that you're very fond of me, though.
Kate: WHAT!? I am not...!
Jude: Yeah, yeah. So, are you going to sing or not?
Kate: ...!!
After being at a loss for words for a brief moment, Kate started to sing.
Her voice was too soft to echo through the church, but it lingered in my ears longer than any other blessing I had ever received.
Birthday Letter
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Anders and the Blooming Rose
It’s a fairly minor part of his character, but I find it hilarious that Anders, "The Healer” of Darktown, really does not like the local brothel.  If you take him with you while purchasing “services” from Madame Lusine, you get this reaction...
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“You’re not this desperate, I hope.  I treat a lot of these customers in my clinic.”
Then if you ignore the warning and do it anyways (you know, because Hawke)…
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Anders: rivalry +5
It’s not a moral condemnation, a complaint about wasting time (à la Beth or Carver), or a vague expression of disgust (of the sort Fenris or Merrill reply with) — Anders, the closest in-universe equivalent to a doctor, is warning the player-character away from soliciting prostitutes on health grounds.
One interesting aspect of Dragon Age II is that it contains many more specific references to disease — which makes sense, given the medieval urban setting, where the top causes of mortality would realistically be infectious disease.  Gamlen explicitly refers to his parents dying of “cholera,” a highly lethal (even today, untreated cholera has a case fatality rate of up to 50%) water-borne illness, and the water supply in Lowtown is described as dangerously contaminated (Hawke can refuse to drink it “even on a dare,” Merrill refers to something “twitching” in the water even after boiling it).  A random NPC asking Lirene about “The Healer” complains, “I can't get my brother off the boat. The grippe's [i.e., the flu] got him bad.” Then there are the multiple references to unspecified STIs, all of which come from (or at least are associated with) Anders.
There’s an amusing line from Anders upon entering the Blooming Rose for the first time (usually but not necessarily during Enemies Among Us in Act 1):
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“If someone tries to hire me again, I’m leaving.”
Now, some fans seem to read this as a claim that the Blooming Rose has tried to hire him as a sex worker, but I believe there’s a more plausible interpretation here. (Frankly, I have difficulty imagining that a brothel would be obsessed to the point of harassment with recruiting as their newest rent boy a man in his mid-30’s — and one who, need I remind you, lives in a mine shaft connected to a sewer and notorious for its toxic fumes, dumping of rotting corpses, and disease outbreaks. And no offense to any Andersmancer reading this, but is he really that good-looking?).
Most likely, the brothel is looking to hire an in-house physician (or Thedosian equivalent). Anders is referred to curing STIs and providing other reproductive care. In introducing him, Lirene says, “He's closed their wounds, delivered their children.” One of patients in her shop can be heard crying out, “My mother's in labor! The baby's come early. Can anyone help her?” To which Lirene replies, “I'll send word to the healer.” (Anders may have been delivering babies back in the Circle as well, considering that in MoTA, he says, “At the Circle, any accidental babies are taken away before the mother even sees them.” This could, however, simply be common knowledge among Circle mages). It’s also implied by Wynne that Circle mages practice contraception: “Such births [in the Circle] are seldom, as there are ways to prevent it, but it does happen.” Moreover, Anders appears to be the only person in Kirkwall willing and able to provide these medical services. There are references to useless quacks (e.g., “some purveyor of hensbane and leeches”), but it’s acknowledged in-universe that the only effective healing comes from mages. In DAI, the Inquisitor can express surprise at the presence of a “mundane” (non-mage) surgeon, who goes on to insist that such non-magical methods will be developed in the future, all of which further reinforces the (in-universe) social/cultural equation of healer as mage. Mage healers only appear to be let out of the Circle on rare occasions to treat members of the nobility, but ordinary people don’t receive such consideration. Even the viscount’s seneschal has to seek out Anders for help. In DAI, Cullen casually moons the idea of “healers’ clinics with templar support” (among other potential “opportunities to work outside the Circle”) as a totally novel solution to mage “resentment” over confinement. The Chantry thus far wasn’t willing to release mages to treat sick commoners even with phylacteries to deter escapes and Templar overseers breathing down their necks the entire time; in fact, they were rather reluctant to let out even a handful of senior mages to fight alongside the king against the Blight, something which threatened everyone’s lives fairly equally (and even then couldn’t resist the temptation to make the mages feel as unwelcome as possible). “The Healer of Darktown” was well-known to illicitly (that is, in defiance of Chantry restrictions) provide health care for free to the masses, and this service not surprisingly had earned him quite the number of admirers and defenders. Lirene resists being threatened for information about him by saying, “Any Fereldan in the city would lay down his life for the healer, after what he's done for us,” and a mob of Ferelden refugees even prepare to attack the heavily-armed party out of fear that the latter might harm him or report him to the Templars.  His Act 2 Codex likewise reads: “When not with the Champion, he spends his time among the Fereldan refugees in Darktown, healing their ills and counting on their loyalty to protect him from curious templars.” Should it be a surprise then that a private business might be interested in his skills, especially when disease is threatening their bottom line and injuring customers?  
In the game, we actually see two frequent patrons of the Blooming Rose end up in Anders’s clinic for treatment.
Dissent (Act 2), if Isabela has been left behind:
Anders: ...don't come running to me next time you pick up one of these diseases.
Isabela: Isn't that the point of magic?
Hawke: I don't want to know.
Dissent (Act 2), if Isabela is in the party:
Seneschal Bran: And that will, ah, stop the itch?
Anders: Yes. Though I would stay away from women you meet in the port. Pirates tend to... dock in unsavory places.
Isabela: I heard that!
Anders: Just use the salve if it comes back.
This is probably also what Isabela is referring to in the opening to Speak to Fenris (Act 2):
Isabela: So the seneschal's tax collector won't be coming around again, like you asked. Funny story.
Fenris: I'll pass, but thank you for the help.
Isabela: Spoilsport.
Seneschal Bran appears to be a regular with a particular fondness for Serendipity, a drag queen (or transfemme?) and one of the highest-paid workers at the Blooming Rose, whose gender nonconformity is generally Played for Laughs.  Bran can be seen on a “date” with her at Duke Prosper’s party during Mark of the Assassin, and Serendipity can later be heard commenting, “I haven't seen the seneschal much lately. Don't tell me the man's gone religious” (to which someone responds, “No, he just keeps terrible hours now”).
Isabela, of course, talks about sex and her enjoyment of brothels (including the Blooming Rose) quite frequently.  In Dragon Age Origins, we meet her dueling two men at The Pearl (Denerim’s main brothel), and she can (in)famously be talked into a threesome or foursome with the Warden and their LI, although in that game it was unclear whether she was hiring prostitutes or simply ended up there in the course of searching for dueling partners (given that the building had been occupied by mercenaries, and one of the optional quests in Denerim is to clear The Pearl of disruptive mercenaries on behalf of the city guard) or following/checking on her crewmen. In DA2, it is confirmed that she was going to The Pearl for sex, and Anders remarks, “You used to really like that girl with the griffon tattoos, right?” to which Isabela replies with the name “The Lay Warden.”
(For now, I’ll just ignore the unfortunate implications of Bioware depicting a promiscuous black woman repeatedly contracting STIs and unrepentantly spreading them to white men for blackmail purposes.  But yeah, yikes).  
Historically, the emergence of STIs as a major social problem has been associated with urbanization and military mobilizations — basically, situations in which large numbers of individuals had opportunities for unprotected sex, especially with multiple partners, away from the usual social control mechanisms such as cockblocking parents (and virtually all sex was unprotected until latex condoms began to be mass-produced in the 1920s-30s). Without the safety measures we have in place in licensed brothels today (e.g., condom requirements, regular STI testing), brothels and red light districts were superspreader bonanzas, and perhaps unsurprisingly, medical professionals tended to take a rather dim view of them, to put it mildly. Modern readers often historical interpret opposition to brothels and camp followers (in the military) on the part of medical and public health authorities as expressions of prudery, religious conservatism, and/or misogyny, and to be frank, they very often were. Yet at the same time, in the pre-condom and pre-antibiotic era, STIs represented a major public health burden and cause of disability, disfigurement, infertility, and premature death, and there few practical measures beyond simply urging everyone to keep their pants on (which worked about as well as one might expect).
Circling back to Anders, it's notable that he takes a much more negative view of sex in the second game than in Awakening, during which he seemed eager to hump anything that moved. This could at least in part reflect the influence of Justice, who seems to regard anything other than fighting for justice and engaging in public service to be "selfish" and even slothful (as in demon-y sloth). Or simple aging and maturity. Or, on a meta level, it could be an odd re-characterization due to the change in writer. But I like to think that his newfound discomfort with no-strings-attached boning is an unfortunate side effect of being a charity doctor working into the late hours to accommodate an endless stream of dick wart patients. It's already a shame that his clinic and service for the poor is relegated to such a background element, especially given the role such work would realistically play in forming a person's character. In terms of character development, it would have been interesting to explore how his work in the clinic could itself had a radicalizing effect — after all, it would bring him face-to-face with the tragic consequences of Chantry policy on mundanes (rather than just mages) as well as demonstrate magic’s contribution to the greater good on a daily basis. But this angle unfortunately never comes up in-universe.
TL;DR What I'm actually saying is that the real tragedy of Anders's character arc is the profound decrease in sluttiness between the two games.
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lillified · 6 months
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What’s your thoughts about gender in Transformers specifically because I really love your take on the characters
that’s a good question! I’ve given a few different answers about this in the past, and I guess the simple answer would be I want people to interpret it in whatever way is most meaningful to them. The long answer is it’s complicated!
personally I believe that human gender dichotomy is entirely arbitrary. gender doesn’t preclude a set of behaviors or characteristics, but it affects how people treat you, and, in many cases, how you’re taught to view yourself.
One of my biggest pet peeves with how gender is handled in stuff like Transformers, where you’re dealing with things like sci fi or fantasy non-humans, is how literal and inherent it often is. Because we as people are writing from the perspective of a society where gender is taught as an immutable social framework, a lot of our art reflects this. However, when the issue of gender being arbitrary is brought up, instead of acknowledging its presence as an oversight, or an intentional thematic parallel, the go-to response is usually to codify it into canonical rule.
An example in Transformers would be how “female” Transformers were made into a subclass or subspecies to justify why they existed and why there were so few of them. Though you can argue from that as a technically sound retcon, this obviously does not solve the real life issue of why those creative decisions actually happened. It’s a fantasy excuse to justify a disinterest in engaging with “women” characters (while obviously the transformers are not human women, if it quacks like a duck, yknow?)
there have been other explanations of robot gender in the past, but I’ve never really been a fan of any of them, personally. The one I can think of that is most recent is the explanation that the gender dichotomy came about from the transformers learning about gender binary from other alien species (which they effectively colonized). While I personally think this is a step up, both as a writing decision and from a thematic perspective, my main issue with this is that this explanation says the “male” transformers are the essential “default.” The girls have all opted in/transitioned into their gender (which I think is cool, and should be something that happens more in transformers!). that being said, though, I fundamentally disagree with the idea that masculine and genderless should be inherently synonymous.
Femininity or girlhood (which are not inherently the same either, but I digress) being seen and portrayed as secondary is, surprisingly enough, not a very feminist or gender-abolitionist friendly idea! Of course this isn’t the biggest issue facing the women of the world, but I think it is essentialist in its own way, and is a fine example of the tricky nature of deconstructing gender in something that is fundamentally tied to it. On a side tangent, it also pretty much completely eliminates transmasculine representation, which I feel is unfortunate when having a gender binary in the first place only really serves to symbolize the range of human expression. Point being it’s imperfect and while I’m not claiming to have the perfect solution to this problem, I want to at least open the doors a little more for other people, potentially.
In my work I choose to make the genders as close to human as possible because ultimately they are humanoid robots, and I think if you are going to account for anthropocentric bias at all it wouldn’t hurt for there to be more representation overall. The robots are inherently sexless and their gender is inherently arbitrary, like humans (it is also partially the result of cultural imposition, also like humans), and though they lack many of the issues of a gendered society, it affects them and their social lives in a way people can probably relate to. “Man” and “woman” aren’t the only genders that exist, either, and, like humans, there are a range of different identities they can freely transition between.
I’d honestly rather not care too much about the specifics of why. There are reasons, purely social/societal ones, but I think that’s less important than the fact that they experience the consequences. I want people to be able to see themselves a little where they have not been allowed to previously where “humanoid” aliens and creatures have been concerned. If you exist, a robot can have your gender, I promise :)
Anyway, that was a very long winded response! I hope this answered your question, at least somewhat. Thanks again for submitting!
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Recent true fart experience #1:
My boyfriend and I went on a road trip to a city a few hours away. I still haven't told him about my fetish. He hasn't farted around me much, only in his sleep or by accident a couple times.
His friends are all guys, and the group talks about the farts of two friends in particular. I'll call them D & L. D looks like a chubby, hairy Hobbit, with a beard and round glasses. L is tall and fit, pale with pretty eyes, light brown hair, and a very nice ass. (My boyfriend knows I find him hot.)
This road trip included myself, my boyfriend, D, L, and my boyfriend's other two friends (who I don't really care for). Two of us to each vehicle, so no farts on the way.
The first thing we did was a music museum. The two friends I don't like drifted off while myself, my boyfriend, D, and L stayed together. We were in a dark room of the museum when I smelled a powerful fart. I looked up to see D and L covering their laughter.
"Who did it?" My boyfriend asked.
L raised his hand while D pointed at him. I'd always heard bigger asses made better farts. This was apparently true of L.
We all met up to eat halfway through the museum, going outside to a barbecue food truck. D and L, ever in sync, both got pulled pork sandwiches with pickles.
L finished first, then D finished and stood, stepping to the edge of the table with his butt facing the open air. He sighed, and his gas was caught by a breeze. I learned D's farts smelled somewhat like breakfast sausage, while L's were more sour and green. The whole table hollered at the unexpected wave of stink. D said, "I was trying to do it away from the table!"
We commenced the museum exploration, ending in the massive gift shop with too many souvenir options. My boyfriend had to use the restroom, so I stayed with D and L. As we walked through the gift shop, I found myself cropdusted, multiple farts layered on top of each other, following behind L. When we stopped to look at shirts, D whistled and pushed up his glasses. "That pork got ya, huh?"
We got done at the museum and left, separating to our different vehicles to head to the hotel.
We checked into the hotel and brought our stuff in. The six of us boarded the elevator, my boyfriend joking that we'd be too heavy for it. When it went up, L made his own joke, "Six big guys in an elevator after barbecue. What could go wrong?"
No one farted, unfortunately. Not in the elevator, at least. As soon as we got into the room, L farted across the suite, and D responded with his own short quack.
"Not already!" yelled one of the ones I don't like. Party pooper.
"I might have to shit." L paced to the bathroom, shutting the door and turning the fan on. The rest of us unpacked and arranged our stuff. L came out with a hand on his little pudgy belly. "False alarm. Just echoing farts in the bowl."
I laughed with the rest of them.
We left the hotel, again separately, this time for mini-golf where they brought you alcohol and food. We were on teams, split the same way as the vehicles. D took one of his turns, L standing beside him. Again, a fart was caught on the wind.
"Aw, who was that?" asked the other one I don't like, fanning his nose.
I blurted that it was D, because I knew exactly how his farts smelled. Everyone had a signature.
"How'd you know?" D asked me.
I played it cool and shrugged. "I guessed."
The alcohol came, and then the food. L ordered extreme nachos while D ordered a huge flatbread pizza. L was done with his first and threw back his beer. "That'll be bad later."
"Gee, I can't wait to sleep next to you," said D with heavy sarcasm.
"You know you love it," L teased D. Isn't it just awesome when great farters say shit like that?
We left mini-golf late and returned to the hotel to work out sleeping arrangements. My boyfriend and I took the pullout couch, only a couple feet removed from the bed of D and L.
The two I didn't like were in the other bed, all the way across the room. As soon as we were all in bed, L threw the covers off himself and cranked out a huge fart. Everyone laughed, until D smelled it and yelled "Oh God!" in a laughing manner.
The smell reached me, the same as L's prior farts but accentuated by the loaded nachos and beer. "Damn!"
"That sounded wet," chuckled D.
"I promise it's dry," said L.
There was a long lull of silence, covering several minutes. L flipped over in the bed and pushed his nice ass up in the air. He ripped another loud one, several seconds long.
"Oh no!" D's giggle made me laugh.
The second fart layered over the first.
"You're gonna suffocate us!" whined one of the other ones. He was joking, but ugh. You know? "This room already isn't big enough for six pairs of lungs."
Nerd.
"Here you go." D flipped over in the bed, ass pointed at L. His fart came out in three little parps.
"Can we go to sleep?" asked the other boring one.
"We're gonna knock each other out." L chuckled and slapped D a high-five.
"Very mature," Mr. Boring replied.
There was a long period with almost no noise. I usually fell asleep to a TV, but the boring twins requested silence.
A sudden fart made me jump, and L was laughing again. My boyfriend was snoring, the others were quiet, and D and I quietly laughed.
In the morning, I woke to the smell of L's morning shit emanating from the bathroom.
And unfortunately, we went home separately. I haven't seen D and L since, but they're my boyfriend's best friends so I'll definitely see them more. Hoping for more gas 🤞
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The Donald Duck Chronicles - Donald Duck and Goofy in Kingdom Hearts - Crossover Duckverse - The Secret Life of Donald Duck - My Version
Yes, the first drawing was supposed to be more for Inktober, but well, what I drew is the beginning of my new project, and it will also be related to my fanfictions, but I will write more about that next year. However, somehow I managed to unify what connects Donald Duck, and I showed this in the first multi-character drawing, in which Donald sometimes dreams of being an emperor like Napoleon, and also encounters his other identities in which he is, such as is Duck Avenger (Paperinik), Double Duck and Maui Mallard. And it all represents one character. Yes, I read other fanfictions about The Secret Life of Donald Duck which is more based on Ducktales 2017, but I decided to make my own version, based on Duck comics, cartoons like classic shorts, Three Caballeros, Ducktales, Darkwing Duck and Quack Pack. And while in the middle, Donald Duck is represented through four characters, at the bottom of the drawing are his friends and family members who are superheroes. I also took a lot of this from the Ultraheroes comics. Uno (One), Jose Carioca (Green Bat), Panchito Pistoles (El-Galo-Loco), Fethry Duck (Red Bat), Gladstone Gander (Clover Leaf), Gus Goose (Iron Gus), Masked Tophat (Scrooge McDuck), Daisy Duck (She-Venger, Super Daisy or Paperinika), Darkwing Duck, Gizmoduck, Gyro Gearloose and T-Squad (Huey (Red Shadow), Dewey (Blue Cyclops) and Louie (Green Avenger)).
On the top side, you can see the villains fighting the superheroes and Donald's biggest rivals, which are Due (Two-Un's twin from PKNA), Emil Eagle, Zoster (Evronians), Inquinator, Mad Ducktor, The Raider (although he is more of an anti-hero than a villain), Baron von Sheldgoose, Negaduck (he's more against Darkwing Duck) and Neighbor Jones (Donald's worst neighbor and eternal rival). Yes, I wanted to add more characters, but not all of them would fit in this drawing, but there will be another time.
Yes, I call this "Donald's Chronicles", my new headcanon that I am starting on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Disney as well as the 90th anniversary of Donald Duck and yes, it will be part of my Quack Pack AU, but in an even more extreme level, with more action and comedy for sure . The second drawing is Donald Duck as a wizard where he practices under the wizard Merlin (you know him from the movie The Sword in the Stone, as well as the myth of King Arthur), together with the knight Goofy. Yes, this is my first time drawing Kingdom Hearts, and I certainly know that Wizard Donald is great and that version will also be part of Donald's Chronicles. And music related to this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES9XrjH_XHU By the way, both drawings are gifts for my friend @isabellanajera and @you-big-palooka, who recently celebrated her birthday and who, like me, is definitely a big fan of Donald Duck. And a gift for my friend from Discord, @scroogemcduckair.
I hope you like these drawings and ideas like this. If you have any comments, feel free to say so. Feel free to like and reblog this. And don't use my ideas and copy without mentioning me, please.
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I said I would come back when there was news, currently the French union posted a new update about the case, and people are pointing out that the union alleged that CC's had encouraged fans to commit the crimes of harassment, doxxi, etc., against the former workers, since, for those who don't know, Lea, in addition to the Pomme and Dapper ADMs, were attacked and apparently also suffered doxxin. Okay, the French union didn't choose the best words, but one of my last posts was exactly pointing out that the community, especially The Patitos, has to think twice before writing shit because it could make the situation worse. And that's what happened now. Hold the vigilante syndrome. And that's why you don't have to demand that other streamers defend Quackity. Because they also make things worse, because fanatics will use any of the defense speeches as a kind of approval to continue their attacks. For me it's clear that if the streamer doesn't directly say don't attack'', the ''Patitos'', at least on the tweeter, will continue making this mistake. I'm going to take Missa's speech as an example because this is one of the easiest to distort and use as ammunition, he praises Quackity a lot as a friend, which is irrelevant to the case because the criticism was about Quack being a bad boss, not bad friend, but the message of ``protecting Quackity from all evil because he is a good friend, a good person´´ is easily distorted by fanatics, who will take it literally and do everything to ``protect´´ the Quackity, and doing anything can include crimes. And you don't need a French union to know that this happens, every community has some crazy people like that, that's why if you are a content creator, from time to time you need to hold the community's reins, because even a responsible creator has to deal with crazy people in their own community, imagine a creator who doesn't try to set limits.That's why I don't expect other CC to talk about it, because they can be more of a hindrance than a help.Especially because it's not really related to all of them and many of them don't really know what's going on either, sometimes they just want to be a little empathetic, kind and end up being used as ammunition for hate.
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Like surely all those things over the years with dnf must have meant something? All the giggling and blushing and possessiveness. The way they’re soft with each other in a way that is only for them. And it continued after they met up. The christmas streams where they couldn’t take their eyes of each other, January of 2023 (that was never mentioned again), the chains - that seem to be the most important thing they own, all the hinting and teasing by friends throughout it all. And Paranoid especially, like who else could it possibly be about (unless it was hypothetical and not about a specific person, but it didn’t seem that way to me.) All that, to have people saying it was ’always just a joke/them playing into the ’dnf thing’.. why would anyone go to such extremes for literal years it makes no sense to me? Like surely they at least know of their feelings at this point even if they’ve decided to wait to be together or something? Or are we all just really delusional after all 😂
i never saw this anon SORRY anyway i agree. dnf are tooooo fucking crazy for this to be some sort of joke. like if you’re pandering to fans? okay cool got it. but when your friends and other bystanders talk about how they thought you were dating because of the way you act around each other when the cameras are OFF? well let’s just say if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…
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EOTWR is at heart asking for common decency and trying to appeal to the fandom community's sense of common good. Racism is an issue in fandom, let's be the good people we proclaim to be and rally behind a righteous cause. Yay!
Amazing how call out culture can turn a good thing into a shitshow.
We just went through a global pandemic that pretty much proved that common good stops being a priority when people feel inconvenienced or think their freedom is curtailed. I certainly fantasized about screaming out all my rage at any anti-masker I encountered. Would have felt amazing. Not gonna change minds that way though.
I don't understand what results they were expecting when taking this exact approach with their campaign. It's all call out culture language! The very thing that is making fandom a general nightmare for everyone right now! The very thing that watered social justice language down until you genuinely can't tell good actors from bad actors anymore.
How were people supposed to know different when their language, the language of the supporters and the language of their most infamous member are basically indistinguishable from the language of the bad actors.
They're tired, they're angry, they're just trying to enjoy fandom in peace. It's not their job to educate us, answer any questions or perform the emotional labour to handhold white fragile hands through confronting their internal biases.
Ok, then don't be an activist because that's kind of the job description.
The people EOTWR failed to connect with are just as tired, just as angry and have also never known peace in fandom.
They're not going to perform the emotional labour to check if this callout is genuine when it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.
And they can just not reblog, simply not engage, just not react AT ALL because we're on the internet and block functions exist. And from what I have seen everyone who DID engage but had questions and concern was immediately suspect.
Perform more rage at them while not gaining enough support to make a blip on OTW's radar. Keep wondering why they feel in no hurry to even REPLY. They probably took one look at the Campaign and breathed a sigh of relief because THEY know their audience well enought to know exactly how this would go.
I don't get the circular logic here. They approached the community call out first, got the entirely expected backlash, doubled down on calling everybody out and then performed more outrage because the response proved what they were saying all along!!
So they KNEW they were asking a bunch of awful racists to implement anti-racist policies in an awful, racist organization and decided the best approach was... *gestures*
The counterarguments will be all about tone policing, respectability politics, etc.
But that's just a lot of noise from people who are embarassed that they fell flat on their faces with this. I'm sure it's also a lot of genuine disappointment that fellow fans seem to care about other fans welfare so little. I get that.
So I'll be on the lookout for another campaign that is willing to meet people where they're at and for arguments that actually speak to the target audience. I'll reblog that one.
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I'm sure some people did feel that way...
But this kind of "failed" campaign also operates how sending your cult members door-to-door does: it reaffirms that Outsiders are all Bad People who are against them and sucks them in tighter to the group. If someone's looking to recruit loyal followers, this is exactly how to do it.
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Psycho Analysis: Freaky Fred
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(WARNING! This analysis is... NAUGHTY!)
Hello dear reader, this is Fred.
You hear the words that are in his head.
To Courage the dog he is a threat,
because he’s very… naughty.
In Courage the Cowardly Dog, you see,
Fred appeared and definitely
left a mark on you and me
by being very... naughty.
So let's take a look at this creepy man,
and hopefully you'll understand
why this guy has garnered tons of fans
despite him being... naughty.
Motivation/Goals:
Fred’s a man of simple needs.
He wants to cut hair, indeed!
And his efforts would likely succeed
if he weren’t so… naughty.
He has a compulsion, you know.
He sees hair and it’s time to go!
And so he spends the\is episode of the show
being very naughty.
Performance: Paul Schoeffler is the man, you know!
He voiced Le Quack, Katz and Big Toe!
The Cajun Fox, Zalost, the Snowman, oh,
he played characters who were… naughty.
He was quite good at what he had to do,
even playing Dr. Vindaloo!
And he played our boy Fred, it’s true,
with a performance that was… quite naughty.
Final Fate: After shaving Courage’s hair,
the orderlies escort him out of there.
One could argue the ending’s unfair.
Fred was only… a little naughty.
Evilness: Is Fred evil? Who can say?
I certainly don’t see him that way.
Really, at the end of the day,
the worst you can call him is… naughty.
He shaves off hair against people’s will
because it gives him perverted thrills.
He doesn’t maim or harm or kill,
he’s genuinely just naughty.
So I suppose a 1.5/10’s the score.
I can’t really justify much more.
He’s not cruel or deadly to the core,
he’s a weird guy who’s naughty.
Best Quote: The opening lines of his sole appearance of course,
which he delivers with no remorse
as he outlines his action’s course
and explains that he is… NAUGHTY:
“Hello, new friend. My name is Fred.
The words you hear are in my head.
I say, I said my name is Fred,
and I've been... very naughty.”
Final Thoughts & Score: Alright, time to drop the rhyming act so I can actually really talk about Fred. And boy, is he ever interesting to talk about! Courage is really a cavalcade of amazing one-shot antagonists, but Fred is easily one of the best and most memorable.
A huge part of that is probably down to his single appearance being narrated from his point of view. He’s the rare Courage villain that gives us explicit insight to his thought process and why he does what he does, and what he does is… extremely strange and even suggestive. His compulsion is so strange and how he narrates it and refers to his actions really build him up to feel worse and creepier than he actually is. He’s not trying to hurt Courage in any way, he’s just trying to exercise his bizarre fetish like a G-rated Yoshikage Kira. There's a lot of ways you could read into this compulsion, but t really does make him stand out as a character due to how unique it is and how it's implemented into the story.
I think what also helps is Schoeffler giving one of his best performances on the show. Like yes, Katz and Le Quack are great, and Vindaloo is a funny meme man, but Fred is just a truly iconic character with such a bombastic and sophisticated narration that I really think he’s a contender for the best character the man played. On top of that we have a fantastic design, with his crazy hair and way-too-wide grin; literally every aspect of this guy is perfect.
But at the end of it all, you have to remember that Fred isn’t actually evil, no matter how much he seems to insist he is. At worst, he’s an anti-villain, and even then it’s in name only; the dude is just a freaky weirdo who looks like Betelgeuse and has a strange fetish he can’t help but act out on, and at worst his actions are annoying and inconvenient as opposed to horribly destructive or deadly. Like, oh no, your hair’s gone! It’ll grow back, whatever. He may be Sweeney Todd for kids, but this barber ain’t a demon; he’s just a fucking weirdo. And I love him for it.
A 9.5/10 is the score he gets,
A memorable antagonist, one of the best.
His narration will never leave your head,
and isn’t that just…
NAUGHTY?
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『 The Past Records 』 Collection Event: Chapter 3
Jude Jazza & Ellis Twilight
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❥・• Warnings and FAQ
Roger: Whatever I know?
Harrison: Or should I say, why didn't you tell us from the start that you knew the two of them since before they joined Crown?
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Roger: Because no one asked.
Harrison: YOU…
Roger: Besides, it’s not as if I’m close friends with them.
Roger: I can’t say for certain whether they’re trustworthy or not.
Harrison: … Say, what kind of relationship did you have with them?
Roger: We’re just doctor and patient. Jude has a history of weak bronchi in his lungs.
Roger: My old man’s pretty good, so Jude occasionally went to his clinic for checkups.
Roger: When he was still his patient, we only knew each other by face…
Roger: There was one night where he came in for a knife stab wound. Instead of to my old man's clinic, he came to me.
Harrison: … Elaborate on the stabbing?
Roger: All I know is that he got stabbed out of spite.
– Flashback Start –
Jude: I got myself into this. Don’t ask any questions, I’m not answering any.
Roger: Oh really? Geez, you came to me instead of my old man just because you don’t want the news of your injury to be known to the public?
Jude: Don’t you want a lab rat to practise your medical skills on?
Jude: You can go ahead without a licence.
Jude: In return for that, you'll be quiet about treating me so that your father’s clinic’s reputation won’t be tarnished.
Roger: That benefits both of us. Sounds good to me.
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Ellis: … Can you treat him, Roger?
Roger: Yeah, don’t worry about it. He’s a valuable test subject, I won’t let him die so easily.
Ellis: That’s good to hear. It’d be troublesome if he were to die now.
Roger: That’s some way to say it. Then when is a good time for him to die?
Ellis: At the happiest moment of his life… I guess?
Roger: Heh. Keep coming in with wounds like this one, and that moment will just get farther and farther away from him.
Jude: Tch, you stuck the needle in the wrong spot, you quack!
– Flashback End –
Harrison: … You were treating him before you became a licensed medical practitioner?
Roger: Haha. It’s way past the legal timeframe to prosecute me now.
Harrison: What else do you know?
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Roger: Ah? Let me think… Jude’s an early bird, and Ellis can eat absolutely anything. That sort of information?
Harrison: Not that.
Roger: Jude can keep up with my drinking pace, but Ellis easily gets drunk.
Harrison: Not that either… I’m getting too much unnecessary profile information of two people stuffed into my head.
Roger: … I already mentioned earlier about their level of trustworthiness.
Roger: The two of them are hiding some things from me too. I heard that they’re involved in some sort of very expensive research project.
Roger: Well, even though their level of trustworthiness is still uncertain, I believe they wouldn't involve themselves in foolish matters.
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Roger: Was that helpful?
Harrison: … More or less. At least you didn’t lie in any of the information you gave.
Roger: You’re welcome.
Liam: Found you!
Harrison: Mm, … Oh, it’s you. How did you know I’m here?
Liam: Will told me. You’re doing your proofreading work at a cafe?
Harrison: The stuff about the reports flood my mind when I’m at the castle, I need to catch a break from them.
Liam: Ahaha, so I’ll make you think about them again if I give you my report now?
Harrison: It’s fine. I was losing my focus anyway… and you intentionally chose this moment to approach me, didn't you?
Harrison: So, what is it?
Liam: Don’t mind if I do. Hmm, I’ll start with the information I got from Jude~
Liam: Did you know? Jude was enrolled into a public school! He got in through the recommendation of a doctor. Or was it a scholar?
Liam: Surprising, right? Being surrounded by so many children from aristocratic backgrounds must've been tough for him… I wish I could see that for myself.
Liam: Next up is what I heard from Ellis. He said that he didn’t go to school.
Liam: His father was a teacher at a church, but they’ve been separated for a long time.
Liam: … Ah, Ellis and I made plans to go ice skating by the lake too.
Harrison: Oh, that's good information. … How did you manage to talk to them? You’ve been out of the castle for the last two days.
Liam: I made myself invisible and tailed them, observed their every move and usual routes for a few days, then made sure that we'd meet “coincidentally”.
Harrison: … You went that far?
Liam: I just thought it’d make you happy. Also, it’s cat instinct to be curious, so my curiosity simply got the better of me.
Liam: I tailed them and spoke to them directly, but I still think it’s hard for me to say “I can trust them!” confidently.
Liam: I feel like… there’s something missing that's preventing me from making a solid decision.
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Harrison: … That face. You’re up to something.
Liam: As expected from my partner in crime! You’re so quick to catch on.
Liam: Shall I put the two through a little test?
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yeah i agree bringing the dsmp into why qsmp!quackity cares about q!wilbur is ridiculous. gotta say that bringing in the meta of cc!quackity loving to do roleplay with wilbur is kind of fair because when you discuss the qsmp story it's hard not to have a little bit of meta. like how characters having stronger relationships based on the fact that creators play more with other creators that have similar time zones as them. or an egg having a difference in personality because another admin is playing them. or the characters having strong relationships right off the bat because the people playing them knew each other before the qsmp even though it doesn't make much sense in canon because these characters have just met. like phil and tubbo for example, q!tubbo canonically doesn't remember anything before defrosting but he immediately trusts q!phil more than anyone.
in the end q!will is always going to have a place in q!quack's heart and honestly it does make sense in canon as q!will was q!quackity's friend before he went on tour. you can argue they haven't had that many interactions but q!q hasn't had many more interactions with richas than wilbur. and had even less with tallulah. and it would be sad if roier was the only one on the list as he is the only person quackity interacted with a ton, was close to, and cared for him in return.
if you dislike it because of the shipping then that's fair but q!quackity does care for q!will whether it's romantic or platonic. apologies for the essay but I just constantly see you talk about how much you dislike q!tntduo and how it keeps being part of q!quackity's story soo
man, if this is about what i posted on my alt, i’m just gonna point this part out
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i didn’t say qquackity doesn’t care for qwilbur. i said it’s canon that he does
but i don’t like bringing other servers into it, and i don’t like doylist explanations for character behavior. i see a lot of this coming from qtnt fans because i’m a quackity main and they make up a massive portion of the fanbase, so it’s really, really hard for me to avoid when i’m trying to find any content about the character i like.
i’m not even going to address the other points here because honestly i’m too tired and it’s not worth it. i’m trying to figure out how to say this politely, but like, man, if it upsets you that much, you don’t have to follow me on two different accounts? it just sounds like i’m really bothering you, and i don’t know what you want me to do about that
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Gift for @kingdimitrx (remake because the old one sucks)
Centuries ago, the period used to be called the Heian Era. A noble sick young prince named Kibutsuji Muzan. He is always being called ‘A miserable prince, Sick boy and talking corpse’. The body of the sick boy was like a feminist since the way he was born. This miserable prince never has a true friend despite being seen as a talking corpse by everyone. Doesn’t matter is a noble or commoner, He tries his best to make friends with someone however his wish never comes true.
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The loneliness he gets the more he acts crazy. He started murdering and abusing people since he wasn’t himself anymore. The miserable noble always leaves a smile to the victim who got killed, especially his bullies.
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Until he got caught by the samurai, After the killer was caught they decided to kill him by tying him and throwing him into the sea. After being thrown into the sea, Muzan now slowly transforms into a siren and continues murdering many people, commonly private,sailor and the fishing man. Usually at night, there was one sailor who sported Muzan when he was trying to fix the boat. Named Yabu ( Muzan’s doctor fan name by Japanese Fans. Since in the anime it’s called “Yabuisha” means ‘Medicine man, poor doctor,inept doctor, quack etc.).Muzan doesn’t attack him since Yabu and Muzan were really close to each other since the doctor treats Muzan as his son. Yabu couldn’t believe that Muzan was still alive but a siren. Muzan explains to Yabu what happens, Yabu understands so he decides to keep Muzan secretly without everyone noticing it. Everyday the doctor feeds Muzan salmon everyday like he always does. Sometimes he feeds him clam, La La and other seafood. Muzan no longer eats human food. Sometimes at night, They’re out at Kotohikihama Beach. Muzan fins can glow in the dark. They grow the exact same as a blue spider lily. Yabu finally starts to study Muzan appearance Muzan’s fins and tails have blue spider lily long stamens. Yabu tries to touch as the doctor touches his finger. It’s poisonous like jellyfish tentacles. Causing red welts on Yabu arms. Luckily, the doctor has medicine to heal. He said “Out of all sirens that use their technique to attack their prey. I see you don’t need technique to kill your prey.” He chuckled and smiled.
“So let’s said, you’re the sea blue spider lily right” Muzan really does look like the sea blue spider lily.
Many years later, Yabu died of old age, Muzan brought his body deep in the sea. He decides to make his grave in his secret territory, He can’t believe he died. We will be more excited if his doctor is still alive. He went back to killing humans. Some sailors looked into Yabu's book and saw a picture of the siren.
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People suspect that it was fake, however some people say it is real, mainly sailors said it was real since they spotted a tail at the sea. Some of them saw in Yabu’s diary about Muzan.
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People start to name the “ヒラスズキ湾'' Hirasuzuki-Wan means Blackfin Bay town near Kotohikihama Beach in Kyoto. Not many people knew about Yabu since Yabu doesn’t have a friend or wife and stayed single till his death. This doctor was really mysterious.
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Still there's some people who still enjoy the Beach but they have to be careful not to go there alone at night.
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(THE END OF MUZAN BACKSTORY)
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anartisticdreamer0 · 5 months
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time for liveblog of qtoo stream:
oh hi tilín o/
we’re all wondering what your doing here
“there will be more to come” tilín don’t be like this man
WHO TF IS KILLING THOSE PIGLINS DAMN
damn how evil was? is? q man.
oh okay we acknowledge the beeping, it’s definitely life support
ah a portal, but he doesn’t wanna go- he did- he looked at all his other options and went fine
he realized he’s really far out
RICHAS- pfft richas doesn’t have the fuckin skin on- BAHAAHAHA
there he is properly, q trying to get the admins to redo the scene pfft
tilin wants q to introduce them to richas
i like the detail that richas has their personal blue sign while tilin has the basic signs that they all used to have
PA QUACK AAAAAAAA CRIES
q asking why richas looks so bad and is happy one of them is treating him nicely
HIJA- FUCKING FINALLY
DAMN TILÍN- damn q is really trying to make them understand he loves them both and richas didn’t replace tilín to him, and richas still means a lot
why is richas here, someone free this stinky child.
HA RICHAS SAID IT! HE TOLD Q HES IN A HOSPITAL!
richas is doing the most-
WHY IS THERE A BOAT. (oh roier)
richas is like “nah dude its fine i get it” and tilín is like “nah fuck this guy”
should be clear i’m not 100% this is actually tilín but ya know gonna treat them as if they are until otherwise obvious
oop richas is burning the trees and tilin ain’t complaining
IS THIS A MAZE OF HIS SINS??
TALLULAH- HIJA YOU FUCK- why is he not saying whose tallulah’s parent is- BRO SHE AINT YOUR DAUGHTER- YOU TRIED TO KILL HER DAY ONE OF HER LIFE!!!
“a better father than you” well about that tilín- roier’s probably currently hitting his new kid or something
aww q’s excitement to see a picture of tilin and him together
WILBURRR- bruh not this bullshit of him maybe being tilín’s other father- BRUH YOU JUST WANTED IT TO BE WILBUR Q!!
oh etoiles!!
Q EITHER JUST SHAT ON WILBUR OR ETOILES- probably will- bro at least his kid is alive so ya know- he may be absent but hey at least she lives sooo
ayo is that a chest of tnt- AYO WHY DID TILIN JUST KILL Q DOR WHAT RICHAS SAID??
oh now they’re fighting- they want q to stay out of their fight- but richas is being weirdly mean towards tilin- hey wait what- WHAT?? HE LITERALLY WASNT LIKE THAT 5 MINUTES AGO???
that heart monitor should be going way faster truth be told
damn richas is so fuckin jealous for some reason
q is realizing how much he fucked up
oh richas statue is back.
IF I HEAR A CHEST OPEN ITS ALL FUCKED
ya know i did hear tilin was a big fan of fighting eggs
DAMN. “have you achieved something in life?”
IS RICHAS DEAD? ILL COMMIT ARSON.
IS RICHAS DEAD?? coma defo. OK SO NEITHER OF THEM DEAD. just tilin.
RICHAS CHILL FOR FIVE SECONDS WE’RE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF YOUR DEAD.
and we’re going full tnt. RICHAS IS NOT DEAD!! HES IN A COMA!! unfortunate, BUT HES NOT DEAD!!
awwww richas. richas said q made him really happy and asked if q was happy with life. q said no.
BOMBS AWAY TIME!! THERE GOES THE LABYRINTH OF MEMORIES! (bot yet) he just wants to keep the memory maze. to say goodbye.
he really wants to keep the memories- damn. “why do you think your life has value?” (tilin) FUCK. FUCK. “my life never had value, neither did my memories.” (q) AAAAAAAA “they meant a lot to me dad. but they were in the past.” (richas)
THERE IT ALL GOES!!
(oops looks like lore spoiled into the main game)
water. it’s always FUCKIN WATER.
oh he’s leaving tilin? telling them not to wait for him, not to come for him.
oh okay lore over? but he didn’t die? welp lore over.
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