#krone however is the worst

[adore-gregor]

I saw an article on a page derstandard at and I think comments here are pretty positive with country change? But I'm not fluent in German :(

Well some yes, some no. I was fighting some people there over Gregor as well :)) but yes at least some positive comments 😊

#ask #answered #thanks ❤ #and yeah it makes sense you find such nicer comments on standard #i have some theory when it comes to people's comments online her in austria #standard is pretty good relatively #you find some good and reasonable people there who know what they're saying #then there's laola #there are a lot more stupid hater people you know #but you still find some good one's #krone however is the worst #don't ever read these comments or try to discuss anything with them #i gave up on that #there are just trolls #make a good comment there they all downvote you #because it doesn't fit whatever they want to hate on #facebook is the same #especially on post from newspapers like krone there ofc ;) #i also stopped with facebook #haha probably no one cares about this but i had to share this 'theory' of mine #and if you were to live in austria you also probably shouldn't buy krone #bad newspaper same as the people there #go for standard or kleine zeitung i'd say xd

[carlatsukinamistolemyhamsandwich]

How do you think women/girl vampires and founder women were treated? In all games, none of the mothers are treated well or in high status position? Like Cordelia is literally the 1st wife and isn't labelled as Queen? Same for Krone (mother of Shin and Carla). In a translation of game she's defined as ONE of Giesbach's MATES. So vampires/founders are polygamous? And women are seen as broodmare? Or do they actually have value above ownership and childbearing?

Hi there! So I've talked about this topic a bit before here. To reiterate what I said there, women in the demon world definitely don’t seem to be treated well, however, unfortunately we’re given a very narrow view of society in the demon world so it’s a bit difficult to say whether this sort of treatment is universal or whether we just see the worst of it. We definitely don’t see any women in positions of authority, so the demon world is certainly unequal on that front.

It’s mentioned in I think the Tsukinami DF CD that founder women were very strictly controlled (and this comes up in Shin’s LE route too), and although it doesn’t explicitly say it, given Shin and Carla’s attitudes I think it’s safe to assume that this was to ensure the purity of their bloodline. Therefore, while it’s not a given that they were all treated horribly by their partners, they certainly weren’t viewed as much more than a means to carry on the founder lineage.

As for vampires and other demon women, we do know that Karl treats his wives abominably and if we’re going with the DF plot, then we know that he simply used his them to have children for his experiments. He certainly never felt anything towards Beatrix and Cordelia, and while things get a bit muddled depending upon which game your looking at regarding his feelings towards Christa, we can all agree that locking your significant other in a tower is wrong. 

However, it is important to note that Karlheinz is the Vampire King and so it’s not a given that regular vampires are this terrible. I mean Richter fell in love with Cordelia (with no plans of having children with her) and goes to some pretty extreme lengths to try and get her back if we look at DF (and all of his comments from the popularity polls) and not the anime. I think it’s also worth mentioning that from his dialogue in Shin’s LE vampire ending, it seems that the head of the wolf clan genuinely had feelings for Krone before she married Giesbach.

With regards to polygamy, again we get such a small glimpse into the demon world that it’s very difficult to say whether Karl gets away with having three wives because he’s the vampire King, or whether this is commonplace among the vampire gentry. I mean if we’re talking about Yui and the boys, I certainly can’t see any of them taking another partner after getting together with her.

I hope that answers your questions and also would you mind sending me a link to the translation you’re talking about regarding Giesbach and Krone? As I cannot remember this coming up in the games (unless it comes up in Chaos Lineage as I haven’t done Carla’s route yet).

#Guys am I being an idiot? #Because I went through Carla and Shin's DF routes recently and I know Shin's LE route almost off by heart #Like I have literally just glossed over an important piece of information??? #Someone please help me out with this because like I cannot think how I could have missed it??? #idk maybe I am just very dumb #reply #dl lore

[silyabeeodess]

Thoughts on “The Promised Neverland” Season One

So... Yesterday, I binge-watched The Promised Neverland.

It’s amazing.

I’ll write down individual points I liked and disliked about the series below the cut, as there will be some spoilers; however for those who haven’t seen the show yet and don’t want to have anything ruined for them, I’ll just say here that I highly recommend it.  I’m not a big fan of the horror genre due to certain issues with story that tend to be commonplace in it--specifically in film/tv--but this series is near perfection.  You’ll be left on the edge of your seat at all times, placed in the constant unease and unknown that the main characters feel as they try to survive their situation.  In the very least, give episode one a watch: Fair warning though that you might not be able to stop.  

Jumping right off of that last note, let’s get to pacing. In short, it’s great!  In many cases with an anime’s first season, especially when they’re based on an ongoing manga series as intense as this one, they can fall into a trap where it seems that the creators just want to be sure to give the show a satisfying conclusion in the limited number of episodes they’re given at the start.  As a result, you can have a great manga series that gets rushed through in its anime adaptations.  Instead of pushing through a whole manga and/or giving the show original plot points to patch over the holes the former hasn’t touched yet, Season One of The Promised Neverland focuses on a selection of chapters in which to tell its story. I don’t know enough about the show behind the scenes to know if they’d already been given a second season, but either way, this was a wise choice.  Even though the season does end on a--in one sense, literal--cliffhanger, the conclusion is satisfying enough that it could’ve ended there if the anime didn’t gain enough popularity to keep going or couldn’t be finished for some other reason.  More importantly though, there isn’t anything regarding story or characters forcibly cut to makeup for adding in points that are important to the greater story overall.  Effectively, Season One was able to take its time introducing/developing the characters and setting in a self-contained story.  There are some time-skips, as the events occur over the course of a few months, but this never affects the greater points concerning the characters actions/end goals.  It’s only an issue regarding physical growth as the children work to build up their strengths in secret--and you see plenty enough on-screen action taking place over the course of the season to make this growth overtime apparent.   

This is largely a nitpick, so I figured I’d put it here even though it’s kind of out of place.  (Honestly, I wouldn’t know where to place it on the list beyond this anyway.)  There’s a point brought up in the show that you think would be a little more important to the story, where the kids bring up that winter is also on its way so they’ve got triple the urgency to leave while they have the chance. (Not only would they have to deal with the cold, but also a lack of food to forage as they survived on their own.)  However, you don’t see the weather change in the story despite time’s passing, so you don’t see the problem either with why they need to go before winter beyond Ray’s birthday in January.  Everything pretty much always stays green, which is weird because you know the place can get snow as seen from Norman’s flashback to when he was sick as a little kid.  It just seems like a silly point to bring up since it’s only mentioned once and even the setting fails to depict it.

For the characters, I’ll split this into a few points.  One thing that I enjoy is that no one character is painted as being solely in the right.  You can argue that Emma is the main protagonist we’re meant to follow, and I’d agree there, but we’re not meant to take everything she says or does as gospel as some shows like to depict their heroes/heroines. It’s stated early on and repeated at points later in the show that her idealism and naivety, while good, can also lead to tragic results if she allows them to get in the way of rational thinking. This creates a nice balance between the other two main protagonists, Norman and Ray.  Ray is pretty much the opposite of Emma, thinking of their situation from a “survival of the fittest” mindset and willing to go to whatever extreme to save his friends and secondarily himself: He’s critical and always willing to consider the worst, capable of tackling some of their hardest challenges as a result, with the others able to reign him back and show him what things he’s allowed to have hope in despite how impossible things may seem, never allowing him to give up even when that may be the only “rational” option. Norman can admire these strong aspects of both Ray and Emma, understanding Ray’s rationale while also working to meet Emma’s ideals, with both catering to his planning.  He can, however, also take too much onto himself--to the point of leaving others in the dark to some of his plans and martyrdom.  Granted, much of his use of controlling knowledge in this way is effective, but he can also assume what’s best without really consulting anyone else.  He assumes what he thinks others can or can’t handle, not entirely accepting their input and adding more onto himself than necessary. This is what makes decisions like Emma’s choice to tell more of the other kids the truth so important whereas Norman can keep even Emma in the dark, as much as he likes her, about some of the issues that arise with Ray following his reveal as the “traitor.”  They make for a very dynamic and engaging trio to follow.  

Even the antagonists, who both the heroes and the audience is made to fear, are given this treatment.  We all know about how a lot of stories try to make their villains “sympathetic,” for better or worse, and The Promised Neverland certainly does that--just never to the point where you’re willing to dismiss their actions.  Mama Isabella and Sister Krone can be as monstrous as the demons over them, and the show depicts this from their condescending treatment toward the children, to their willingness to kill without remorse for the sake of their own lives and positions, to their chilling facial expressions.  We’re just also given a glimpse as to how such monsters can be created.  Their actions are neither justified or ignored, but rather grimly understood.  Mother’s Basement on YouTube covered this in more detail on Isabella in particular, so I’ll link his video here for those interested.

One thing I will say negatively regarding characters though is that I don’t really like how Sister Krone was utilized.  Beyond shuffling through each chapter’s synopsis after the point where the anime ends because I really wanted to know what was over the wall and couldn’t wait, I haven’t read the manga; however, from what I’ve seen, a lot of people seem to be in agreement that Krone wasn’t used properly. Just compared to the treatment the other characters received in the anime, I have to side with them.  Krone’s appearance in the opening immediately interested me, and her polar behavior in her introduction to that just as much.  From that point on though, she remains kind of static.  We see a lot of interactions with her and this old doll that could’ve added to her character, but the dialogue and body language taking place then really only focuses on how creepy she is.  And that pretty much sums up her entire character for the longest while: She’s creepy.  She incredibly open about her goal to become a Mama to the audience, so there’s not much mystery there.  The softer, friendly façade we see her wear in the opening is hidden in the bulk of the show--to the point that, when she engages with the kids in a friendly manner that would actually make them think she can be trusted, she’s only shown as a silhouette and so we can't see her face.  When we do see her try to pretend to be amicable and on the kid’s side, she’s either taking them down in a “game” of tag like a berserker or grinning like a titan from Shingeki no Kyojin.  We already know the main children aren’t going to trust her, but it just doesn’t make her believably deceptive regarding the others.  There’s even some weird moments where her actions seem contradictory, such as trying to turn Isabella in despite--at least as far as Krone believed at the time--getting moved to be a Mama at another plant.  I get that she didn’t like Isabella, but there was just no point to continue going after her or anything to indicate that Krone would after getting what she wanted by becoming a Mama herself.  Why would her hatred of Isabella outweigh her main objective?  The one time we see Krone really develop as a character, sadly, is when she dies and we’re given a true first glimpse at how young girls are selected to be Mamas and Sisters beyond a scar and retelling.  I would’ve liked to have seen more exploration into her mindset and character, even if it could only be done in subtle actions. 

It’s rare to have a horror story without death, so let’s talk about how The Promised Neverland uses it.   Well, anyone who simply wants to see a bloodbath will be incredibly disappointed, but I’m certainly not!  The setup, showing, and aftermath first death in the very first episode is all that’s needed to establish the overwhelming threat of the demons and immediate threat that is Isabella.  It was orchestrated in a way where that horror seeps in slowly, even without actually seeing a character die onscreen and instead just the body.  You immediately know something’s wrong when the camera focuses on Isabella leading Connie away in near-complete darkness, without bg music, as Connie innocently tries to talk to her and only receives a bare smile in return.  The presentation of the corpse wasn’t a gorefest, but instead Connie’s greyed face--drained of life and lying in an awkward pose--looks as if her body was left abandoned for some time. This was a great artistic direction, not only nodding to the use of the flowers protruding from the body, but also to the cold manner in which she was killed as “cattle.”  This isn’t a bloody, aggressive killing, nor is any real respect shown to her remains: She’s a number, thrown away by Isabella and left to wait until the demons ship her off in a tank.  Krone’s death was orchestrated in a similar but different way, with flashes of the kids--unware of what’s happening--eating dinner happily as she fights for her life against a demon that hardly even seems to register her lashing out and approaches her steadily.  Again, a character is killed in a methodical fashion, the same flower piercing her in the chest with a slow and almost delicate as it is precise movement.  The fear seems to stem less from threat of death itself and more in the manner in which they’re conducted, not just in the treatment of humans as food, but the detachment of their killers. 

Now to the animation.  Personally, I really like it.  I’m a big fan of all of the subtle movements and expressions that were given focus, from a shaky hand to the crinkle of an eye.  This attention to detail can make the viewer almost hyper aware of how the characters move and react to things, which is pivotal to this show in particular given how much the characters themselves need to read one another’s body language in order to figure out what they’re hiding from each other.  This is brought up too at different points, such as Norman telling Emma to keep smiling and act normal, later paying off when Isabella tries to interrogate her about not being her “happy self” in the hallway, and Sister Krone recognizing that the kids know about the tracking devices based on their lack of a response to her telling them about it despite their playing dumb.  These explanations serve just as much as a way to tell the audience to pay attention.  

People sometimes bring up the CGI as a bad thing, but I actually like it.  Yes, it’s a little weird to look at, but I think it’s so off-putting that it actually adds tension to the scenes, especially during key moments when the characters are just walking through the House and the camera focuses on them doing simple actions like opening a door: The environment is supposed to feel uncomfortable.  You don’t know who’s around the corner listening in to your conversations.  You don’t know who’s going to come into the room while you’re in the middle of planning or hiding an important tool for your escape.  The House isn’t safe: If the whole area is a farm, the House itself is a cattle pen.  Everything just looks normal.  Therefore, using CGI as a technique serves as a good way to cater to those unnerved, off feelings than changing that environment itself would have.  It feeds into the perspective of the main characters, how they know how wrong everything is despite the illusion of a comfortable home. 

Last, but not least, we get to my absolute favorite thing about the show: The camera. I absolutely love the shots taken in this series.  My favorite thing is how often the camera will show characters with some kind of frame, be it the leaves of a bush or around the edge of a doorway.  This use of framing places the audience in the perspective of a spy, someone lurking behind the next corner and listening in on the kids’ plans of escape. It makes you feel like, at any minute, they could get caught during what is otherwise a still moment of dialogue.  Then, when they do actually get caught, it’s when the camera tends to be the most normal, catching you off-guard.  It’s just beautifully done.  

#the promised neverland #anime #thoughts #review

[tanikawrites]

HEY SISTER RUN SISTER

‘The Promised Neverland’ Episode 3 Review

It seems appropriate to establish from the onset of this review of The Promised Neverland’s third episode that Sister Krone is awful. Utterly repugnant - and if you didn’t want to peel off your skin before, she makes you feel as if you would not have the chance as she wriggles and writhes beneath it. She brings a completely different scare-factor to the narrative as she not only seeks to outmanoeuvre the kids but rivals Mom as well, and so the webbing of the plot tightens as the anime’s universe expands, yet the ties are not so easy to bind. 

SPOILERS AHEAD

This episode then seems to focus more on the villains as Sister Krone comes across as clearly a more psychotic counterpart to Mom - or, as she addresses her, Isabella. It is interesting to see how the two interact in the shadowy lamplight, Sister Krone the more simpering and flattering as opposed to Isabella’s cool sense of command; their determining what to do about the possible danger of the exposure of their industry in child murder indeed being one way to pass the Bechdel test. Giving a name to the shamed being particularly evocative as the adversary is becoming more tangible; a mind with her own goals and shortcomings outside of her mannequin demeanour that makes her all the more compelling. 

You can’t help but admire her authority over Sister Krone and how she reminds the latter how she is indeed the Mom of the house, this perhaps serving as a reminder not only to Krone but to the audience in turn. After all, this is a woman that has been willingly feeding children to monsters and orchestrating this illusion to perfection, Sister Krone even saying herself how much she admires Isabella as her farm has been the most successful out of any other. We are led to take note then that Isabella is not to be underestimated; that we should remember how her capacity to remain so professional and, worse, so efficient is what makes her the worst of the monsters. I addressed in the review of the previous episode that the discomfort of how this narrative could be an allegory for veganism, but this is made all the more terrifying to think that such barbarity could come about at the willingness of your own kind.   

 Treachery then is an additional narratorial pillar of the episode, as Emma, Norman and Ray come to the worse conclusion that it is not only Mom who has betrayed their trust and safety - but that one of their own has infected their ranks as well. At the moment this appears to be Emma’s quiet, bespectacled friend Gilda, as she is not only frequently shown concernedly watching over Emma, Norman and Ray’s actions, but because the employment of the ‘scary shiny glasses’ trope is rather telling. This trope is often used in anime to serve as an indicator of a character’s inhumanity, TV Tropes emphasising how the shinier they are, the more you should beware of how they deliberately isolate themselves and thus can justify their betrayal of those around them. This then is incredibly effective in indicting Gilda, especially as eyes are depicted as the catalyst of emotion and draw the most attention in the anime. The large and vibrant eyes of characters like Emma and Norman highlight their honesty and innocence, and thus the deprival of any light within them has an immediate chilling effect. The contrast between this and the opaque Gilda then sets her up as an easy target, however, we should also exercise caution - we are only three episodes into the anime after all, and for a narrative that has so far been so clever, it would be disappointing if this wasn’t an obvious red herring.

Focusing on the eyes then takes us back to the main insidious aspect that was aforementioned above - Sister Krone. Her eyes again are at completely another end of the spectrum: small, dark and slit pupils in white eyeballs, the pupils only shifting ever so slightly in shape in tune with her excitement and emotions. It actually causes her to seem far more easy to read, especially compared to Isabella, but this does not dampen her status as the adversary - on the contrary, if we were to say Isabella is Hades, then here we have Cerberus. Indeed, Sister Krone’s monstrosity is more brazen through her psychotic behaviour - whether that be her dancing around, talking and cradling her ragged toy baby in her room (not caring that her throwing it causes it to smack the ceiling) and talking in an overly patronising, sing-song fashion that evokes the insidious undertone to a favourite fairy-tale or nursery-rhyme. 

From this description, the more bestial Sister may seem ridiculous, but just like with Isabella, it is clear that Sister Krone too is one to be feared - this being epitomised through her participation in the game of tag. Indeed, both we and Emma, Norman and Ray are forced to accept that she is a dire threat to their escape plan, for whilst up till now they had been using tag as a covert way to train the kids to escape, Sister Krone is able to crush this tactic almost effortlessly. Not only is she clever enough to lure out the kids, but she’s almost as fast as Emma, the animation again heightening the sense of the hunt with shots of Sister Krone looming over her prey with terrifyingly contracted eyes. What’s worse is that she knows the children - she thinks like them, this being accentuated whilst she looks for Emma as she and two other kids hold their breath and hide behind a rock (note the contrast of no music playing as opposed to the jolly parody of a fair-ground track played when catching the other kids). She knows their weaknesses, that Emma’s is her naïveté, and it is significant then that the moment she addresses this is when she creeps over the top of that rock (and scars Emma and all of us for life with THAT FACE) and catches her. Sister Krone then is not just a predator, but a good one, and we have been warned that her uncanny familiarity could serve to be the children’s undoing.

Tanika Lane 

Image Credit: squirrelstothenut, mobpsycho100, jetstream-mat 

#yakusoku no neverland #the promised neverland #tpn #review #own writing

[randomnotesofmyown]

The Promised Neverland: Summary and Comment

*I watched this on Netflix, a platform that disallows screen capture, so no screenshots. Summary: Story began at what appeared to be an orphanage. 38 children between the ages of 4 and 11 lived there, a Sister was in charge and the children called her Mom. Conny, aged 6, was said to have been picked by a foster family and she would leave the orphanage and start a new life. The Sister, Isabella, walked Conny to the gate. Emma, Norman, and Ray saw the rabbit doll that Conny liked a lot was left behind, Ray encouraged Norman and Emma to try catch up with Conny and deliver her that doll. The two reached the gate and saw the lifeless body of Conny on a truck. Hearing footsteps, they hid under the truck and saw some monsters taking the corpse of Conny, complaining that it was another 6-year-old. Emma and Norman ran back before the monsters found them, leaving behind Conny's rabbit. Isabella picked up the doll. 

The next day, she purposely showed off a tracking device in front the children. Emma and Norman began plotting their escape, Ray joined them. Sister Isabella contacted the HQs and a new Sister, Krone, arrived, along with a new baby. Emma took the opportunity to inspect the new member, trying to find out where the tracking device was implanted. She found a scar on the baby's left ear. That new Sister got close to the children and spied on them, thereby learning their plan. Sister Krone wanted Isabella's position and she figured if the children's plan succeeded, she would get what she wanted. So she offered to help the kids, meanwhile, someone was keeping Sister Isabella informed on everything.

As Emma's group continued working out how to get away, Don and Gilda joined in. Norman, intended to find out who the informant was, told Don and Gilda where he hid the ropes, and he told Ray that the location he told Don about the ropes was under his bed. Isabella got notified about the ropes under Norman's bed. 

When Norman and Ray checked on the ropes later, Norman couldn't find the ropes under his bed. Ray laughed when Norman confronted him, pointing out he could be an ace for their escape plan because he had accessed to info off limit to other children, on one condition: Norman played along Emma's plan to save every kid but tricked her when the plan was executed. Trying to save everyone, Ray figured, was impossible. 

The time when Norman would become 12 was about to come. The escape group by then had learned the pattern of how children were sent out to be harvested. Those who did worst at study would be sent out when they reached 6, those exceled would be sent out at 12. So the group wanted to do an inspection of the surroundings and then carry out the plan before Norman got killed. Their plan failed. Isabella caught up with Norman and Emma and broke Emma's leg. The escape team had to abort the plan and head back. 

The team urged Norman to run. He played along, heading to the wall, scaled it, and took note of the environment outside. He realized that beyond the wall was a cliff, the only bridge existed was located at the HQs. He headed back. The group was enraged that Norman returned. However, Norman stated that he didn't want another child to die in his stead. The day Norman was to depart came, Emma made a commotion as she tried one last time to persuade Norman to flee. He refused, and Isabella got the situation back under control by threatening to kill Emma. Norman then said goodbye to everyone and walked alongside Isabella, to his death.

Under the watchful eyes of Isabella, Ray lost all the spirit to fight and Emma appeared depressed. Isabella offered Emma the option to become a Sister, fulfilling the orders from the demons and live. Emma didn't take that offer. Two months after Norman's death, Ray turned 12. He stayed awake in the dinning hall as it became midnight. Emma asked Ray why he was there at such an hour. Ray disclosed his intention to burn down the orphanage, or more accurately, the third plant, and he would set himself on fire as well. In so doing, Isabella would be distracted and the rest of the children could have the chance to run. Emma darted forward, in a bit to stop Ray.

Isabella was startled by the smell of burning flesh, that she saw Emma in front of a fire, and was told that Ray was in the blaze. Isabella checked on her device and saw Ray's signal and she tried to put out the fire. Emma quietly left, and fled with 15 others. They scaled the wall, reached the location where they could jump across the cliff using the tools they prepared and the skills they mastered from training, and made it. Emma bid farewell to Isabella, who showed up after all the other children made it to the other side, and joined the others. She vowed to return to rescue the rest of the third plant and the children in the other plants. Isabella, sensing her defeat, headed back to join the remaining children outside the burnt down orphanage and rest. Comment:

I watched all 12 episodes in one go, wanted to know if the children could make it (The same feeling I had when I watched Erased, but way more intense). It had a gripping story line, the children who came to realize their fate when they were awaken from the blissful ignorance, put aside their doubts and worked together to overcome the obstacles and eventually made it. There were moments of sadness and yet it ended with hopes and possibilities. Enjoyed it a lot and would no doubt watch it again.   

#the promised neverland #約束のネバーランド

[infernal-iris]

Diabolik Lovers Tag~

I was tagged by @dj-diabolik-fan! Thank you so much! 

Rules: Answer the Questions and Tag whomever you want!

❶. Would you rather wear Carla’s Scarf or Shin’s eyepatch?

—While Shin’s eyepatch will probably damage my vision, I’d still wear it. I’ve always thought that eyepatches look cool so I’d totally wear one! Plus, think of all the stories you could tell people as to why you’re wearing it lol.

❷. Which moment has been the most shocking for you? (Game, Manga, CD Drama, Stage play, Anime)

—When I learned that there was a possibility that Shin’s true father is actually the Wolf Clan’s head. I was really shocked and couldn’t believe that Krone would do that...thankfully...that wasn’t true. 

❸. Have you had a Diaboy whom you hated (or very little interest) and you love them?

—There is one boy I dislike more so than any of the others and that’s Kou. I have nothing against Kou fans but Kou is just the worst...absolutely worst. He cheats on Yui multiple times in his own route and doesn’t even give two shits about how she feels. He just wants to play with her emotions. I know some of the others do this as well but it made me extremely mad to the core when Kou did it.

Sadly, my feelings about him haven’t changed to this day.

❹. Which moments (Game, Manga, etc) has made you laugh the most?

—Oh my god. There is one moment I still think about to this day and that’s definitely the scene in Kanato’s Lunatic Parade route where he has an interaction with Laito. Long story short, Laito keeps being persistent about Yui coming with him to be alone, while Kanato refuses. Then this random parrot on a tree starts repeating what Kanato says and calls Laito an idiot lol. The ending was really funny too! You can watch the video here!

❺. Which moments have made you cry?

—The moment that made me cry the most is definitely the scene in Ayato’s Lost Eden route where Ayato tries to apologize and redeem himself in front of his brothers but they refused and just gave him a knife to kill himself instead. Like, I know what Ayato did was bad but I couldn’t believe that his own brothers would say something like that...

❻. Which moment has been the scariest for you?

—Many moments in the game have given me shivers down my spine...But Kanato’s More Blood Manservant End really scared me...

In this ending, Kanato gets really jealous that Yui keeps visiting Azusa’s grave too often. One day, he finally snaps and pushes Yui into a coffin that’s 6 feet underground, right next to Azusa’s grave. He then proceeds to bury her alive while simultaneously saying that now she finally belongs to him and only him. 

❼. Which moment has made you the angriest?

—Every time Kino tried to sabotage Carla’s attempt to regain power in Carla’s LE route. Also, the ghouls’ naivety really irritated me. Like, they acted so dumb as fuck to trust Kino in the end. Carla tried to help them and even gave them a chance at a fresh start as long as they helped him but they didn’t appreciate what they were given. No wonder they all died. Good riddance. 

Other moments that deserve an honorable mention are the times when we see flashbacks with Cordelia in them. I understand that it’s partly Karl’s fault she acts that way, but all the disgusting and horrible decisions she made were solely hers. No one put a gun to her head and told her to sexually assault her own son. 

❽. Would you like to be a student at their nocturnal school? Would you stalk/see what the Diaboys are up to? Who? (Only pick 3 diaboys!)

—I’d love to go! However, that raises the chances of me getting attacked by a brother and get my blood sucked unless Yui is present. But their school is so eloquent and fancy so I’d love to change schools. I wouldn’t stalk any of the brothers unless I have a death wish though. 

I’d love to meet all of them or have a small chat. I think I would be squealing every time one of them passes me in the hallway lol. 

If I’d stalk anyone though, It’d probably be Yui. She’d notice me the least and I’d totally try to be friends with her if given the chance. 

❾. Have you had any DL dreams? If so… tell us your favorite or your most recent!

—Nope. Never had a DL dream that I remember so far. I have very strange dreams that I usually forget the day after. And when I say strange...I mean really strange and confusing...first I’m here...then I’m there...then I’m completely alone in a dark abyss...too weird. 

❶⓪. Is there something/habit a Diaboy does that bothers/annoys you?

—Ayato and Kino’s princely attitude. I just hate it. No matter how good-looking you guys are, the world doesn’t revolve around you. It bothers me when people think so highly of themselves like that all the time. Boys that act like that in real life piss me off as well.

❶❶. Is there something/habit a Diaboy does that makes your heart flutter/melt?

—The noises they all make...kissing...breathing...biting...all of the things that make a girl go weak in the knees...the moments where they take control and do whatever they want to you...those are the moments I like. It’s why I’m still in the fandom. In other otome games, the most they do is say “I love you” in an unvoiced line. Too disappointing and boring for me. Yawn. 

Also, Carla’s deep voice...that man has a voice that could melt butter...

I suppose I’ll tag: @nevaeh-naeva, @diabolikblooddoll, @diabolik-cass, @sugar--trash, @sakyou, @chibisart24, @diabolik-blogger, @yuii-komori, @diabolik-bitchchan, @totallydiabolik, @nightyowl, @arrrsandarss, @theinnocentblood, @flight-of-fantasies, @diabolicalvixen, @saltheartgal.

#dialovers #Diabolik Lovers #tag #tag game #diabolik lovers tag #this was fun! #tysm!

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Australian Dollar Eyes RBA Minutes. Euro Hung Up on EU Summit

Wall Street stocks had some pep in their step. The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices all closed 0.03, 0.84, and 2.51 percent higher, respectively. All three were given a tailwind after news broke that Oxford University and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca had a breakthrough on a coronavirus vaccine called AZD1222.To get more news about Expert 24 Trade, you can visit wikifx news official website. 　　Researchers found it triggered an immune respond to Covid-19 with only minor side effects. AstraZeneca subsequently spiked over 10 percent before retreating and closing just a little over 6.50 percent from the open. 　　Foreign exchange markets were somewhat mixed. The haven-linked US Dollar and anti-risk Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc along with the Euro suffered the deepest burns. Higher-beta FX like the Norwegian Krone and Swedish Krona on the other hand were sunbathing on green pasture with the British Pound. Sterling rose not so much due to GBP strength per say but rather due to weakness in its counterparts. 　　The Euro was left out in the cold after European Union policymakers failed to reach a consensus on what is shaping up to be the longest meeting since the 2000 summit in Nice, France. The so-called “Frugal Four” – led by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands and followed by Sweden, Denmark Austria and Finland – have pushed to modify the EUR750 billion aid package. 　　The new proposal that may be generous enough for big-spending advocates to get behind and watered-down enough for the Frugal Four to swallow reduced the amount of grants to 390 billion and increased the loan amount to 360b. The original was 500b and 250b, respectively. Until a solid agreement is reached, the Euro will likely continue to hover with a cautious upside bias. Read more about why that is here. 　　Tuesdays Asia-Pacific Trading Session 　　In addition to the politically-entangled Euro, the Australian Dollar will likely also be in the spotlight. The Reserve Bank of Australia will be releasing their meeting minutes following the interest rate decision on July 7. Officials noted that while the path ahead is uncertain, “conditions have, however, stabilised recently and the downturn has been less severe than earlier expected”. 　　Policymakers reinforced this notion, saying that the worst of the economic crisis may be behind as leading indicators point to signs of stabilization. Officials reiterated they are“prepared to scale-up its bond purchases” in order to achieve their employment and inflation targets. Unless the RBA significantly deviates from this message – be it more positive or negative – AUD may shrug at the comments. 　　Australian Dollar Analysis 　　After bottoming out in March, AUD/CAD has gone on to rise over 14 percent in a relatively short span of time. However, technical cues are hinting that upside momentum may be slowing with RSI showing a negative divergence. Capitulation could shatter a multi-week uptrend and open the door to retesting stubborn support at 0.9293. Follow me on Twitter @ZabelinDimitri for more timely technical updates.

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Wait hold up! Krone and Geisbach? Arranged Marriages??? You know what that means OP! (Please do a scenario/headcannons/short fix)

You guys really shouldn’t give me ideas for founder ficlets. 

Some quick notes: - Eberto is the name of the head of the wolf clan in LE, I haven’t just made it up.- I can’t remember whether it’s ever stated whether Felsen is Krone or Giesbach’s brother but here I’ve just decided he’s Krone’s given his involvement in her life.

Krone stared at the face of the woman in the mirror. It was unmistakably hers, but at the same time, she felt an odd sense of disconnection as she took in the familiar features. This was the face of the woman who would become the founder queen.

She’d often been complimented for her beauty, but clothed in an iridescent red and gold dress with a shimmering powder coating her eyelids, she couldn’t deny that she looked the part. Far more than she felt like it anyway.

Her fingers brushed her cheek as she tucked a few stray strands of hair behind her ear and the sensation was uncomfortably close to one she’d been struggling to shake from her mind for weeks. 

The last time the man she loved had touched her. The last time he would ever touch her. Likely even the last time she’d see him.

The thought of it still put a lump in her throat.

A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.

“Are you ready my lady? Your father and the king are waiting for you in the hall,” the maid called out.

“Yes, I shall be there in a moment,” Krone replied, breathing a sigh as she took one last look in the mirror. 

This was not Krone’s first time meeting Giesbach, but it was the first time following his coronation. And it was certainly the first time she would be meeting him as the woman who would be his wife.

Much like for her, she was not the king’s original intended. No, but the old king had died suddenly, much earlier than anyone would have thought possible, leaving Giesbach to take over. And now he was king, there was a general concession that he should take a wife sooner rather than later. However, there was the problem that his old betrothed was still too young to act as the people’s queen. 

Or to bear him an heir.

Krone’s father had never been one to miss an opportunity, and who would pass up the offer of marrying into the founder royal line?

She could still hear the misery in her brother’s voice when he had told her of the arrangement. After everything he’d done to keep her from Burai and find a match that would benefit both her and the family, it hit him just as much as it did she. 

Telling Eberto had been the worst part though, seeing the sorrow in her own eyes reflected in his. Knowing that in spite of their mutual feelings, fate was prying them apart.

Allowing herself one final moment of grief for the future she had been denied, Krone left her room and headed for Banmaden’s great hall.

Her life had always been governed by others anyway, even her meetings with Eberto had been Felsen’s idea, although she had soon come to enjoy them. It had been the same for her mother, and every female founder who had come before her, and if they could cope with it then so could she.

Her people and her king needed a queen and Krone would do everything in her power to fulfill that duty.

The guards in front of the heavy wooden doors to the hall each offered her a bow of the head before allowing her into the room where Giesbach and her father stood talking.

Although she’d seen him before, Krone drank in the image of the man she was to marry. He was handsome, in the way that all men of the demon world were, but there was something more to him as well. An aura that sent a tingle across her skin as he glanced at her, like his body couldn’t quite contain the magnitude of the magic it housed.

Catching that he had lost the king’s attention, her father turned to look at her. “Ah, your majesty, although me to present my daughter, Krone.” 

“Your majesty,” she said with a curtsy, the image of courtly grace.

“Krone.” The use of her name didn’t surprise her, the current king had never been one for using formal address with anyone. Perhaps he simply didn’t think they were worthy of it. 

Footsteps echoed off of the marble floor as he approached her an extended his right hand. Krone offered her own and he took it.

His gloved thumb traced across the backs of her fingers and Krone tried not to think of the last man who had done that, or of the eyes that were the wrong shade of gold, and cold, far colder than her prince’s eyes had ever been.

“Your father didn’t lie about how beautiful you have become.” 

“You are most kind, my king.” She supposed she should feel flattered to have the ruler of her people praise her, but Krone was so used to empty platitudes that the words meant nothing.

“Hm.” His lip quirked slightly, like he found something amusing but she had little idea what it was.

The king turned back to address her father. “I take it that you’ve been seeing to the necessary arrangements.”

“Of course, your majesty. You need only say the word and we can have things ready in a matter of days.” Her father’s eyes gleamed with a hint of greed and Krone forced herself to look away.

“Good.” Giesbach faced her once more. “I am not fond of the idea that my rule is not complete until I am wed but it would be a shame to keep such a lovely bride waiting.”

Krone forced a pleasant smile to her lips. She had known both her father and the king would want their union to be made official as soon as possible, but now faced with the reality of it, she couldn’t help but feel vaguely suffocated.

She would adapt though. If there was anything Krone had been taught in her life, it was how to act as others needed her to. And perhaps, along the way, she would find it within herself to feel about Giesbach the way she did about her prince.

After all, they would be together for a very, very long time.

Thanks for the request anon, this was a bit different to what I usually write and it’s always fun to play with the founders’ backstory. Hope you enjoyed it ^^

#I hope this is okay as I'm currently very tired #Apologies to anyone waiting on a request from me but I felt inspired for this and I'm much faster with drabbles than soulmate Au stuff #especially when those drabbles concern the founders #own post #my writing #giesbach #krone #drabble

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Kiss with a Fist Indeed

The Promised Neverland Episode 6 Review 

Na na naa na na naaaa - so there was a bit of a fight. Tensions ran particularly high this episode when our golden trio finally decided to lay all their cards on the table with Don and Gilda, and it is fair to say that the results were rather explosive. It is a relief that they were, however, for whilst it is true that the previous episode was intriguing in terms of being tactically and manipulatively correct, there was a concern that the anime may have been losing its mojo. What we can appreciate now is that the previous episode was an effective calm before a storm that Juno would be proud of - an effective means to maintain the suspense of the anime with renewed vigour and pristine pathos.

So as addressed, the first major and most outstanding element of the episode was how Don and Gilda have now become fully imbibed into this ring of fire - the Golden Trio now upgrading to become the Famous Five, per se, except that the initiation was so overwhelming for the poor newcomers that it earned Ray, Norman, and nearly Emma, some very dynamic swats to the face. In slow motion and everything. What is notable about this whole interaction, and how you could tell that the anime had artfully plotted the narrative to allow it to become far more stimulating, is the fact that this moment was actually more intense and disturbing than even the revelation with Norman and Emma in Episode 1. Which, if we care to remember, involved not only seeing the ghoulish, slithering monsters themselves, but additionally the horrific ragdoll of a corpse that had been one of their dear pseudo-family members only a short while before. Indeed, we might actually say that the first revelation then was designed to flair with jump-and-scare; to embellish how we are meant to have felt as chilled to our core as they did.

The effect here was different.

True, Don throwing the sudden punch at unsuspecting Norman does create a rather whiplash effect, but the result is rather more emotive: as if you were watching your own beloved children go at each other with tooth and nail rather than a bratty spat. The animation here was particularly fantastic as you could sense the rage reverberating from Don even before he was let loose, the use of levels as looms over and seems to elongate out over Norman and Ray being powerfully intimidating. Of course, the pinnacle of the panache is instilled in the eyes, the being paramount as Don practically hisses his demand to be told the truth about whether Conny is dead or alive from a particularly bereft Emma. In fact, you might even say that a fair bit of the fear that she felt in Episode 1 is replicated here, except now she fears the rage of her own family member rather than the literal beasts themselves. What is additionally interesting is actually how the eyes between the two in this interaction are actually rather similarly depicted - both vast white spaces with minute pupils. However, it is the contorted, Commedia-like contrasts of fear and furor which makes for highly invigorating staging.

Don then is arguably the main focus of this episode as his character becomes more fleshed out - Emma'a athleticism being matched by his macho libre; this being perhaps why they make the most compelling dynamic on screen as she was the only one of the three for whom Don had to hold back his punch. He comes across as being a particularly triggered spin on the White Knight motif, especially given, for all his rashness, you cannot help but empathise with the fact that this is all fuelled by the grief of losing Conny. It is unfortunately disappointing how the narrative decides to justify Don’s behaviour with the traditional excuse of wanting to be ‘relied upon,’ 'trusted with the information because they’re friends/ family’ etc. - this being a  typical schtick to the point of the derivative in shounen anime and manga, if we’re going to be honest. However, the genuity of Don’s reaction and the stream of tears later on takes the edge off the possible annoyance, this being probably due to how we aware of what initially tipped off both he and Gilda to Conny’s death before he even had a chance to talk to Emma and Co.

This is due to what Don and Gilda found in the pursuit of Mom’s hidden room connected to her office, under the assumption that the worst at play here was merely human trafficking and the false hope of Conny still being worth saving. We then are not only indulged with seeing where the communication device she uses in Episode 3 is hidden then but what is even more paralysing is the room that Don and Gilda come across in the dim torchlight even before that. It is a room full of toys. Momentos, if you will, of the orphanage’s previous occupants. Before they were, you know - devoured. The realisation of what these toys mean comes to its fully horrific realisation when the light falls upon Conny’s stuffed rabbit, which only becomes all the more disturbing to look at each time it keeps popping back up. The effect is almost as if they had walked down into a mausoleum or a tomb, especially as the room in question is downstairs in a small cellar; the bodies of each toy being as if they were the body of each child. This necrophilic ekphrasis then is a brutal reminder of the mutation that is Mom’s sense of morality - as if we really needed this prompt of her keeping these stuffed skeletons organised as if they were trophies under her bed. This is epitomised further in the episode as we are hit with yet another revelation - she telling her triple (or is it quadruple by now?) agent Ray that the next shipping date has been advanced to happily coincide with his twelfth birthday. Paradoxically, it is the lack of eyes in this instance that actually instils more fear here, or rather how Mom is depicted as blocking the light as she stands over Ray and 'beams’ down at him instead, the effect of this being quite alarming as it is as if she could adopt the guise of Medusa and turn us to stone even with her eyes closed. It is a poignant reminder therein that if we and the kids really think that she can be outwitted even by Ray, then to quote a popular meme - they got a big storm coming.

Of course, no episode is complete by now without a dazzling (and frankly crippling) cameo from dear Sister Krone - her ability to make you feel as if you had wet yourself (or at least choke on your breakfast as I *might* have done) highlighting that she is such a crucial part of the narrative now that it can barely afford to be without her. Indeed, her absence in the previous episode may be an ample explanation for why the action felt so comparatively dry. What is certain is that she ploughs back with unrelenting force this episode, and considering how she occupies the screen for no more than thirty seconds at most, this is a real credit both to the eccentricity of her character and ingenuity of the animators in turn. The direction here is inspired - the screen slowing down so suddenly and deliberately as Sister Krone cuts into view from where she was hiding behind a tree; eavesdropping on the most recent developments in the children’s bid for freedom. It is almost as if the drop in our heart rates may have been scripted in turn, but the biggest twist is that she has chosen to approach the kids not with scare tactics (though not for want of trying), but an ultimatum. Indeed, she offers a team up - as to what exactly or why we cannot say for sure until the next episode, but it seems clear what Sister Krone’s intentions have been for a while now. Indeed, I refer to her ambitions to overthrow Isabella from the nest and take over as the stuffed duck, so it will be interesting to see what kind of rhetoric she seeks to weave that will be successful in towing the children over the line. Of course, what is also deliciously enticing is whether or not she even plans to keep her word, as she like Isabella is privy to the crimes of rearing children as livestock as well. Feeling trust towards her then understandably wears a wee bit thin, but no doubt still provides a thick layer to the narrative as we wait to see whether oil really has a chance of mixing with such stagnant water.

Tanika Lane

#Yakusoku no Neverland #the promised neverland #own writing #review