#listen to it and say you disagree coward

[pitofpurple]

You know when you listen to a song and immediately connect it to a character and now it’s inseparable from that character no matter what you do

this post is about the song Chemical Reaction by Will Wood and C!Tubbo

#songs #fandom #will wood #dreamsmp #ctubbo #dsmp tubbo #Chemical reaction #listen to it and say you disagree coward

[iamadequate1717]

Stede's Strange Day

I want to talk about Stede Bonnet's very strange day. Let's look at the progression of just what Stede sees.

He spends the night with his boyfriend for the first time, and his boyfriend brings him breakfast in bed like Doug did for Mary. They talk about their reunion. Stede is very happy right now!

His boyfriend tells him that he envisioned him as a beautiful merperson and that he thinks he saved his life.

They get dressed, and they go out on a breakfast date on the town. Stede tells Ed about the letters he wrote, and Ed loved that!

Stede then discovers he has a fanclub! Ed laughs and is happy for him! They're going to go down to Jackie's so Stede can enjoy this some more!

Ed throws in some light banter/teasing about this turn of events, and Stede literally squeals before they run off giggling together.

They get to Jackie's, and Ed continues to encourage Stede!

Ed leaves him to it! "Enjoy the night" are his parting words.

So Stede enjoys the night!

He's being accepted! And he still talks about his boyfriend while being fawned over!

Everyone tells him he's awesome! He offs an assassin while saying something cool! No one is making fun of him!

After a bit, he goes to find Ed to share in his fun! He's had a great day.

Only, he's immediately met with this with no context: Ed regrets being with him! Ed is leaving immediately!

Remember: Ed's last words to him were "Enjoy the night!" This is complete emotional whiplash. Stede knows right away what the problem is, but Ed shuts it down.

Ed wants to be a fisherman! A proclamation completely out of the blue! Stede tries to talk him down. That fish wasn't so awesome that it should completely change Ed's life trajectory, casting Stede out of the way.

Ed disagrees and abandons Stede with no real explanation or listening to what Stede was trying to say, which isn't a great move for a healthy relationship.

Basically, Stede spent a few hours (only a few hours!) enjoying himself (in a manner that Ed encouraged him to!). He did nothing awful (because murder is cool in this show), and was a lot tamer than what Ed and company were doing in 1x8 (turtle vs crab is mean!).

I'm going to go more into Stede defense in another post. "Last night was a mistake" is an egregious phrasing to use with the man you love who has self esteem and trauma issues (we know what he means but it can be interpreted much worse), but Stede took it in stride. But for some reason people act like Stede committed war crimes with the fish comment? Ed sharing his day and Ed excising himself from Stede's life are different contexts and the fish is viewed differently in each lens. It was an OK fish, and Stede did nothing wrong. Stede is right that Ed is a coward, and I don't think Stede saying a few slightly harsh things in the heat of the moment when being blindsided like this is a character flaw.

Ed behaved appallingly in shutting down the conversation and refusing to even give context to what was going on. With 1x9&10 and Stede deciding Ed was better off without him, I saw plenty of comments about how Stede couldn't make a major life decision for Ed like that. With this, Ed has made a major life decision for Stede (I'm going to dump him and remove myself before he can choose piracy over me!), but I have yet to see the same comments, and I know exactly why that is.

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More Stede defense!:

#ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2e7 #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #stede bonnet #miscommunication #stede did nothing wrong #ofmd #our flag means death #stede defense #ofmd 2x07

[sqquidzz]

How would kny characters hurt you in an argument?

Includes: Tanjiro Kamado, Kyojuro Rengoku, Giyuu Tomioka, Sanemi Shinazugawa

A/N: Hello readers! This is an idea I got from a hc post on here, I'm not sure who made it but I give credit to them for this hc idea. Anyways, I hope you enjoy!

KAMADO TANJIRO:

I feel like most arguments would start becaude of Tanjiro's protectiveness of his friends

He would probably start scolding you for doing something he thought was reckless while fighting a demon

Especially if Nezuko we're to be the one to save you and get injured, he would probably be pissed off

Tanjiro is the type of person to bottle his emotions up, so he really just snapped at you

He seems like the person who yells and cries during an argument

He would bring up the fact that you had jumped into danger without thinking, calling you selfish for thinking only about the battle and not of your friends

If someone had gotten injured protecting you, like Nezuko, she wouldn't be able to say anything since she was healing and unable to stick up for you

You would just be too shocked to even say anything to defend yourself, along with everyone else, since no one has seen Tanjiro like this before

Once he finishes, he simply excuses himself quietly, saying that he's tired from dealing with this

Bonus!

Zenitsu would immediately rush to your side to comfort you as tears spilled down your cheeks

This would be especially hard if you had past problems with arguments and yelling

RENGOKU KYOJURO:

Now Rengoku seems like a type of person to be less of a yelling type at the beginning, but slowly builds up his anger to the point that he starts yelling

Usually the arguments are about how Shinjuro treats Rengoku and Senjuro, with Rengoku insisting that he can convince his father to be better

You try to tell him that Rengoku should ask for help to deal with his father, but Rengoku stubbornly disagrees

His demeanor during arguments is different, his eyes looking darker and it seems like he loses his friendly glow

When Rengoku argues back, he usually uses something your sensitive about, like if you had a bad relationship with your parents

He would claims that he's at least trying to fix his relationship with his dad, hitting you hard and causing you to go speechless

rengoku usually just stomps away from the fight when he's done saying his mind, leaving you teary eyes and with a broken heart

TOMIOKA GIYUU:

Giyuu always wants to avoid arguing as much as possible, always shutting you down when you want to talk about some problems

This causes you to get frustrated and start bombarding him with questions, like why is he avoiding their problems

Giyuu seems like the type of person to talk more than yell, but his voice is still strained as if he's holding back from yelling at you

Giyuu knows exactly where to hit you to make it hurt, taunting you about problems that you could never solve

His words would go to the point that he makes you burst out crying and run out of the room

He immediately regrets whatever he said in the argument, and ends up going to bed alone, covering himself in the sheets as tears of regret slide down his face

Bonus!

Giyuu wouldn't be able to face you for a few days after the a t in fear of hurting you again with his words

It takes a lot of reassurance from you to get him outside again

SHINAZUGAWA SANEMI:

Sanemi is the type of dude yo go all out during arguments, yelling and screaming at you, even sometimes going as far as you throw things into the ground in rage

You both seem like you're at each other's necks, not backing down from proving your side right

Sanemi seems like the type of person to call you degrading names, such as coward, selfish, etc.

You try to stay calm at first, but you have yo resort to yelling to get your point across

Sanemi is usually arguing to you about staying out of his and Genya's relationship, saying that it is non of your business

You end up running out of breath before he does, simply listening to him yell at you for a few more minutes before he storms out the room and slams the door

By the time he's gone, tears are already streaming down your face, breathless and tired from screaming your lungs out as you collapse to your knees, sobbing

#sanemi shinazugawa #sanemi angst #kny angst #tanjiro angst #tanjiro kamado #zenitsu agatsuma #giyuu tomioka #giyuu angst #rengoku kyojuro #rengoku angst #argument #depressing shit #damn #sad thoughts #oof #kny #kny x reader #nezuko kamado #shinaguzawa genya

[lafiametta]

Like many Shōgun viewers, I wondered about Blackthorne's action in Episode 9, when he draws a line in the sand of the garden, marring its perfectly cultivated harmony. Was he taking some stand against Japan and its culture of socially-permissible suicide? Was he silently protesting against the action Mariko was about to undertake?

gif by @yocalio

If we go back to the first episode, though, we realize that this is not the first time that Blackthorne has encountered someone who wishes to take their own life. His Dutch captain, clearly suffering under the effects of scurvy and the futility of remaining at sea for months with dwindling supplies, tells Blackthorne that he no longer holds out any hope of reaching Japan, much less returning to Europe a rich man. Then he glances down at Blackthorne's pistol.

“At my age,” he says, “you draw your line.”

(Like he does with Mariko, Blackthorne argues with the captain, telling him that suicide would be the act of a coward. Interestingly enough, the captain's words — “Pilot, there's nothing to fear. It's a blessed release. It's like only a soft wind in your face. Can you feel it? That is the breath of the Almighty. He's calling us. Listen. He's calling us home” — seem to do as little to convince Blackthorne as Mariko's rationale does. Still, he leaves the captain with his pistol.)

What if Blackthorne's act is not meant as an act of protest, but as a way to honor the sacrifice that Mariko is about to make, even if he vehemently disagrees with her choice? (He honors it even more when he volunteers to serve as her second, an act of love and duty that he agrees to perform even if it will destroy him to do so.) Ever since he came to understand her desire to die, he has argued with her, rejecting what he sees as her fatalism. Even her continued loyalty to Toranaga is branded as “senseless,” as he sees it as leading to her death. But by Episode 9, he has realized that he will never convince her, and perhaps — despite his anguished plea that she consider living, if only for him — he finally sees the purpose of her action and accepts her choice.

That is why he makes the mark in the garden. It is her, standing against her enemies, fulfilling her purpose.

And in the end, he understands: she must draw her line.

#shōgun #shogun #shogun 2024 #shogun fx #fx shogun #1x09 #john blackthorne #toda mariko #meta

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

Ok ok ok so this is something I have pondered for a bit now that I have re-entered the Remadora fandom again for the first time for probably almost 15 years. As you seem to be the de facto keeper of some of the deepest headcanons of this niche topic, I am curious what your take is.

Question: How many people do you think know, at least initially/when it happened, knew Remus left?

Hear me out here. Ok so the book isn’t remotely clear how long he was gone because we only get an update in like Feb/March when Ron returns but the Pottermore bio that he was actually gone for like 3 days, which is still absolutely a dick move, but significantly different than being gone for *months.*

Now, most fics I’ve read at any point have included him *saying* in some form that he’s leaving, either in the form of a letter of sorts, or I do really like TauraNorma’s whole scene in Flying Colours in which it’s an in-person conversation, but beyond dissociated from reality on his part.

But, if I were in her position, I don’t know how much I’d divulge to others? It would certainly be a difficult position. If she did stay with her parents for that period, or after, (I do love Remus saying she’d safe at her parents’ house as if they didn’t literally just get tortured. Bro. Really?) she *does* have some plausible deniability of “he had to go to some Order business” to them to have some shield for her own embarrassment.

Maybe to Molly and Arthur as a “hey if my husband lands at your house or something, wanna shoot me a message?” but past that I’m not 100% sure how I land with others knowing. It seems very possible to me that when Ron is with Billy and Fleur, Ron, while listening to Potterwatch or something, offhandedly asks them if he ever went back to Tonks and them being like sorry wat. And Ron having the unfortunate task of regaling what happened at Grimmauld Place in August. I could definitely see it spreading from there and more of their acquaintances finding out from that discussion but obviously Tonks is like 8 months pregnant and they’ve been living together seemingly the entire time.

Ok I’m sorry this ended up shockingly long. I may not have been entirely sober when furiously typing it out the first time.

Ahhhh what a compelling ask, @millennihilism!

I'm honored you consider me the de facto keeper of the HCs on this, but I'll also be the first to say that there are a LOT of differing opinions on this one because of the lack of canon data.

You're correct that Pottermore says that Remus was only gone about 3 days. We have no idea what circumstances he left Tonks in. Letter? In person? Dashing away in the night without a word? Who knows.

From a close reading of DH, there's no indication of how long Remus was gone. You could say 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months, 8 months ... technically all canon compliant if you're not using Pottermore as a source.

That being said, my personal HC is no more than a week, and again, I know that many people would disagree with this assessment of Remus's absence, but I believe it's a shorter absence for many reasons, including an answer to your question of how many people knew that he left her.

Remus is a dick, but he's not *THAT* much of a dick. He's a coward, but he's not *THAT* much of a coward. Remus does have a good bit of kindness in him, and he's brave enough to do the right thing when push comes to shove. Harry literally shoved him. I think that put Remus squarely in his place and shamed him enough to return to Tonks.

Remus's support system is down to almost nothing. He presumably has the following people outside of Tonks: Molly and Arthur, Bill and Fleur. That's it. He thought he had the trio, but that wasn't true, given Harry rebuking him.

We know from Remus that he's been tailed by a Death Eater for three days before he came to Grimmauld Place. If he's been tailed by a Death Eater, where could he have been? Certainly not the Burrow, where they'd find him. Certainly not Shell Cottage, as it's under the Fidelius Charm, presumably. So that gives us an idea that if he was tailed by a Death Eater for three days (curiously, the amount of time Pottermore tells us he was gone for), and just now got to GP to talk to the trio, he's been on the go for three days by the time he gets to the trio.

Because there is nowhere to go for Remus, that puts him in an awkward position. I don't think that anyone outside the Tonkses knew he left her. I think that Remus left, and Tonks vacillated between being sure he was coming back and being really terrified and scared that something would happen to him. Oh, and anger. Lots of righteous anger. I can imagine she told her parents by way of explaining that she was living with them now. It's possible she told him he was on a mission, but they didn't believe her.

Because of the 3 day ordeal of being tailed by a Death Eater, this is why I do NOT think that Remus went to the Burrow or Shell Cottage before he came to GP, or after, for that matter. While we know that Remus knows about Shell Cottage - when he announces Teddy's birth in the spring - we don't know when that information was given to him. I don't think Lupin could've been gone for months and months because we do know that Ron was at Shell Cottage, and he didn't mention Lupin being there. It's possible Lupin went to Shell Cottage for a few weeks, but I'm also not buying that for other reasons.

Bill is the most lenient and understanding of the brothers, but there's a huge difference to me between Ron leaving his friends when times got tough and Lupin leaving his pregnant wife in the middle of a war. Plus, think of Fleur. Do you really think Fleur would be okay with Lupin crashing at her house to avoid his responsibilities? She gushes about how brave her husband is in the hospital wing scene. She'd look at Lupin like the tiniest and most miserable snail in the world if he dared use her home as a hiding place from his wife.

I also don't think that Bill and Fleur would be on Remus's side over Tonks. Bill was two years ahead of Tonks in school. Bill might have kinship with Remus after being attacked by Fenrir Greenback, but that kinship, IMO, is not going to be enough to defend Lupin's actions on leaving his wife. I also believe Lupin knew this, which is why I staunchly believe that Lupin NEVER went to Shell Cottage in his time away from Tonks.

So at the end of the day, who knew that Lupin left Tonks? Initially, likely only the trio and the Tonkses. Remus returns fairly quickly. I can imagine Ron sharing Lupin's arrival at GP to Bill and Fleur, who probably had shock and disappointment at Lupin's actions. But by then Lupin's back home so it's in the past. I assume Molly and Arthur would've been told through the grapevine, possibly Kingsley too, and everyone just keeps it under wraps because it's Remus having a moment of panic.

And for how long was Remus gone? I take the 3 day to a week position because Lupin had no viable places to stay without endangering other people, which seems to be his number one fear. I also take that timeline because he's being tailed and he knows it. He returns to the safest place, his home with Tonks and her parents, where they can be in hiding (forever furious Ted couldn't have stayed with them?? why did he die??? it makes no earthly sense except to give Teddy Lupin his name and have another orphan raised by his grandmother??)

At the end of the day, I will never ever ever ever buy the idea that Remus was gone for a long time. He does the right thing when push comes to shove, and he was shoved by Harry. He is a coward, but when the time is right, he does the brave thing. He also loves Tonks, and Tonks is forgiving and kind. That's why they work.

I hope this answers your questions!!

#remadora #remus lupin #nymphadora tonks #asks #remus x tonks #send asks #tonks x lupin #remus x nymphadora #lupin x tonks #tonks

[atwas-meme-ing]

Meme by Z0MGedELR1C on DeviantArt

Definitely one of my favorite characters, and I have to disagree with the description of him as "cowardly." At least in some aspects.

No, he's not your classic hero like Link, bursting into deadly dungeons without a second thought and eventually duking it out with the Evil Demon King at the end. But he's not like one of those cowardly characters who claims to be a hero. Instead, he calls himself a coward- and then proceeds to tell his own princess just how wrong she was.

That took guts.

Ok, so, Link is *ahem* "linked" to Zelda, right? That's the way it always works- whenever Ganon rises, in any form, Zelda is supposed to seal him away, and there will always be a Link to rise up to defeat Ganon. But also, in every instance, Link isn't just the hero that defeats Ganon. He's also Zelda's knight. In many cases, he stays by her side even after the battle with Ganon. Like, Toon Link stayed with Tetra after Wind Waker. Adventures of Link, it's the same Link from the original Zelda, still protecting her. BOTW, AOC, TOTK- he's not just a knight who protects Zelda, he is assigned as Zelda's own, personal knight.

I presume something similar happens in Lorule, that Ravio and Hilda are connected just as Link and Zelda are. Hilda is a princess desperate to save her kingdom. Ravio understands that, but he also sees that she is turning into the same kind of people who destroyed Lorule's Triforce in the first place. And Ravio clearly cares about Hilda. He kneels before her, like any obedient knight. He apologizes and calls himself a coward. He shows great humility. But he still tells her she was wrong.

Ravio's journal says that he knew Yuga was playing Hilda for a fool. But she wouldn't listen to Ravio. Ravio knew he would have to fight both Ganon and Hilda. I don't know if Ravio would have stayed to fight Ganon or run away. I think he might have tried, for Hilda's sake. Mmnn... or maybe not. In any case, he COULD NOT go up against his own princess, the person he was sworn to protect from the darkness. And that was the actual reason that he ran away.

But part of protecting her would also be to protect her from the darkness entering her own heart, would it not? And besides, he was supposed to be both Hilda's knight and the Hero of Lorule- where was he supposed to draw the line between those two? Obeying Hilda might have saved Lorule, but he would have to destroy Hyrule in the bargain. What kind of hero destroys one world just to piece his own together?

She wouldn't listen to him. And he couldn't bring himself to fight her. And, despite being greedy, lazy, and cowardly, he has morals. He couldn't watch an entire world be destroyed just to save his own.

Ravio's smart. He knew there had to be a Link in Hyrule. And even though Link is connected to Zelda, he wouldn't have a connection to Hilda like Ravio did. Link wouldn't be so torn when it came down to the moment when he would have to face Hilda and possibly destroy her.

And in the final moment, just as Link was ready to start thrashing Hilda's scheming butt, Ravio jumped in between them and faced the princess that he was sworn to protect and obey and tell her, no, this is wrong, you are wrong, you have to stop before you become like the people who destroyed this place.

I just... really, really like Ravio, okay? He's cool. He's pretty heroic in his own way. Fighting monsters is one thing. But standing up to someone you care about and telling them they're wrong, and doing so very gently and humbly and yet firmly? That's a whole 'nother level of bravery, imo.

#legend of zelda #link between worlds #ravio #meme #princess hilda #link #princess zelda #ganon #yuga #my opinion #hyrule #lorule #dark world #and yeah he is pretty cute too ;P

[kaztheghost]

just discussing PvP and the issues people r having with Blue hiding !! tagged discourse and crit to be safe but it isn't intentioned with either it's just me rambling

Okay I mained bads perspective yesterday but I keep seeing people say that Etoiles and Roier couldn't find anyone to kill for nine hours--and listen . Is it that they couldn't find ANYONE or that they didn't find who they WANTED to kill, because they did see Foolish and Cellbit didn't they? Two people in nine hours is SUPER ROUGH yes but they did run into red more than once and just didn't kill them so idk I'd be more into it if they really didn't see a single player for any time whatsoever but like. Just because they didn't see bad more than once ISNT the same; I think I just mainly take issue with the fact everyone is trying to give bad a hard time for not fighting while refusing to acknowledge the entire server wanted his head on a platter, why should he 1v12?? Like that's ridiculous how is that even content when he'd get curbstomped against that many people, every time people want to fight him it's only AFTER they gather at least four to six people to take him out like be realistic if you want to 1v1 id be like fuck yea but he knows that where there's one there's the rest of y'all not too far away I just do not get it he's not a coward he's using basic common sense (plus even when people offer a 1v1 they're ALWAYS in a vc telling their team where to go to jump him) that is there's One of him and An Entire Server who wants him Dead good as he is (and tbf i also disagree with etoiles calling their fight from the other day a 1v2 because it wasn't--it started as a 2v2 and fit ran because he almost died (I'm aware of the miscommunication btw I don't blame either of them!!! It really really sucks bc I'm sure etoiles could've escaped) but regardless it WAS a 2v2 that bad didn't even Want to take on initially, it would've stayed that way if fit had stuck around because he was going to die anyways ykwim but to say it was unfair when it didn't start off that way is eh 2 me mostly bc it sounds like they jumped Etoiles off guard as if Etoiles and Fit didn't engage them first) HOWEVER saying all that I think they really should try to encourage PVP in different ways than just "everyone go hunt down this one specific player" because then it's kind of just . Like that encourages that player to just hide because why would they fight that many people? Boosting the kill percentage helps but manhunts don't imo they'll just stay underground the whole time and I don't blame anyone who does outside of even Blue--like when Blue and Green were hunting Red, of course red is going to stay hundreds of blocks away to avoid PvP it's just numbers ykwim idk it's purgatory but when you being killed will set your entire team back because there's significantly less of you then everyone else I don't blame them really and I hope the admins can come up with a different way to try and get fights going

#qsmp #discourse #just to be safe but this isn't in any way meant to be neg or rude!!!! #qsmp purgatory #is this crit it's not meant to be #crit #also just in case #I mostly just want a better way to encourage PvP so it's more fun than chasing someone for your entire time and then running out #I saw some people say hunger games feasts would be a good idea and I like that a lot tbh #badboyhalo #this is in no way coherent I'm genuinely just rambling #also feel free to correct me regarding etoiles and roier finding people!! #my info on that mainly comes from the update accs and posts people made about their interactions with others #and I do fully agree regardless it's so annoying to search that long and only find two or three people it's absurd #but I don't think that's a blue team-bbh issue more than just there needs to be a proper reason to motivate players to take on the odds

[thetavolution]

oc meme

tagged by: NO ONE. I am ruled by no man.

B A S I C S

- Full name: Ingrid Ellen Sullenberger - Gender: Female - Sexuality: Pansexual - Pronouns: She/Her

O T H E R

- Family: -> Father: Calvin "Sully" Sullenberger -> Mother: Greta Bloodstone -> Step-Mother: Anna Sullenberger -> Half-Brother: Sebastian Sullenberger -Birthplace: Silverdale, Underdark - Job: Druid - Phobias: Gerascophobia and Thanatophobia - Guilty pleasures: She has a huge sweet tooth, loves cheesy romance novels, and she enjoys listening to some good gossip. - Hobbies: Tattooing, drawing, reading horror and romance books, going to the beach, spending time in nature, and bonding with animals

M O R A L S

- Alignment: Neutral Good - Sins: She hides it well, but she's a coward. Everything scares her and she just forces herself to face her fears almost constantly. She's better at hiding it some days more than others. She does partake in mild drug use. I'd say it's the DnD equivalent of taking a weed gummy for anxiety. She's a druid, are you surprised? - Virtues: She's very sweet and understanding of others. She's patient to a fault. She's humble. Some argue that she's brave because she keeps going even when she's scared.

T H I S  O R  T H A T

- Introvert / Extrovert - Organized / Disorganized - Close-minded / Open-minded - Calm / Anxious / Restless - Disagreeable / Agreeable / In between - Cautious / Reckless / In between - Patient / Impatient / In between - Outspoken / Reserved / In between - Leader / Follower / Flexible - Empathetic / Unempathetic / In between - Optimist / Pessimist / Realist - Traditional / Modern / In between - Hard-working / Lazy

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

- OTP: In BG3, it's Ingrid/Halsin! In my original story she's in, I don't have a ship for her yet. I'm a multi-shipper, so she'll have several OTPs. One of those ships is Ingrid and @himbo-hunter-hadrian's Saverio. - Acceptable Ships: I'm always open to people shipping their OCs with her. I'd also say Ingrid/Karlach works well! - OT3: Nothing comes to mind, but I'm open to mixing and matching her with others! - Brotp: -> Karlach — Karlach would make her feel so at ease. They'd be fast friends. -> Wyll — Wyll was so charming she couldn't help but be drawn to him. He's now a very good friend and he's very mindful of her shy nature. -> Dammon — They aren't so different from one another. They're both a bit shy, although Ingrid is more so. They become good friends. - Notp: I can't think of one. As long as something isn't horrifically problematic, I'm good with it.

tagging: Anyone interested!

#oc meme #bg3 tav #bg3 oc #Ingrid #tav oc #tav ocs #my tav

[yanderefairyangel]

Hello! Thanks for the quick response. Sorry that the link didn't seem to work. If you're still interested, the YouTube video is titled: "When Art Becomes an Obligation: a Critique of Fire Emblem Engage"

Thanks. So I did watched the video and thanks for asking my point of view.

Under the cut

I must say they do make good arguments and I found their retelling interesting. I appreciate that someone tried to voice what they dislike in Engage. That she also never used 3H as an example. And what she did around Lumera's death. I was impressed by how they took this scene to make it the center of the story.

However, when it comes to the critique itself, there are point were I agree, but I disagree with her on a whole. Allow me to explain.

First thing ... the summary she made is full of mistakes. She said that Alear learned from Lumera they were a Divine dragon when it's from Vander, said we "get rewarded with 2 rings" when in reality Alear and co have to get the second one from Bandits, forgot to mention that Alear in chapter 10 commited a grave strategical mistake and didn't knew Sombron was in until Marth warned them etc.

I agree that " a simple story that isn't mean to be taken seriously" is a bad argument to defend Engage... because it's literaly showing an insecure fan not capable of handling this sort of criticism even though a deep reading into the game story can give any fan actual arguments to answer to video essays like the one you quote me. So I'll try my best to stay as polite as possible.

So about Showing and not telling in Engage.... it's false but I'll come back on this as I actually express my point of view on them thinking the story just tell us that Alear is scared/coward and not showing. I also have a problem with her quoting how Nintendo had to intervene with Alear's writing subduing their fear and not taking that as an important piece of info because it is. It is. Anyway, currtently. Her first example is the first scene were we fight the Corrupted with the famous "let's run". I agree that this scene is weak because it was played for laugh rather then treating what turns out to be a deep trauma for what it is. The manga does a better job at showing Alear's fears and cowardice.

game :

Manga :

However, in both manga and game Alear "bravely fight the Corrupted anyway" because.. what did you wanted Alear to do ? Framme and Clanne were in danger. At the begining of the game, Framme has weaker stats then Clanne and he lost his weapon. Vander would not have been able to save them alone. The map cinematic shows Alear rejoining Vander, meaning that unlike Vander who was already on the map, Alear was left behind and decide to join them. Vander even warn them. In the manga too, despite being literaly to the point of fainting and being dragged by followers of Lumera to safety, Alear still fight to help a little girl that would have been killed by the Corrupted. With the difference that in the manga he gets his as beaten up. And in the game, it's a regular fight. I do think that maybe having added a dialogue of injuried Alear to remind us that they were asleep and thus weaker could have intensified the scene but calling it a contrivance when it was Alear having to put up a face to help people in need is... not a good arguments at all.

Also "if it was a side of his character, we would see him fail at least one at being brave"... while SHOWING clips of Chapter 10... you know chapter 10 ? That one time where Alear committed a GRAVE mistake ? Yes... this one time. That's WHY I disagree so strongly and have a bit of a problem taking this entire critique seriously. This is where Alear learns a lesson. Because this entire thing was a disaster and it's surprising she missed that when the entire Internet made fun of Alear's reaction. For context, Alear did not listen to Marth's advice and went into the Cathedral too confident. What happened ? Not only do they fail to save King Morion, but Veyle managed to steal their rings. ALL OF THEM. They lost all of their rings, and it's been shown multiple times that Alear is stronger with the Emblem, that's even what is giving them courage. In that scene, Alear is livid. They are literally having a mental breakdown. I though they were going to break into tears. And that's no wonder : Sombron literaly had half of the necessary ring to have his plan fufilled and Sombron is a threat to this world. Imagine that the big villain just managed to steal all the mac guffin you spend hours collecting and that are half the ammount of the number necessary to destroy the world. And I am surprised she did not realized how much of a mistake this was considering that the following maps without Emblems rings are brutal. I still recal that map in chapter 11, that was painful. And this shows that the gameplay took this incident seriously because it is. It's also on this occassion that Alear learns that while they do have to put a face and being brave, there is limit to being brave since it can lead to disaster like that. Lyn and Lucina even have a talk with Alear where Alear says that Lumera taught them to never run away, and Lyn and Lucina teach Alear there is a difference between running away in front of the enemy and retreating. That shows that Alear has consequences and does makes terrible mistakes and they do try to grow on it because, gets what ? Several maps later, when they return to Elusia... they say the EXACT same words Marth told them before the Cathedral flop. In chapter 20. The same words that Alear took lightly in chapter 10, they are now the one saying them, 10 chapters later. If that is not learning from a grave mistake, I don't know what it is. You can argue however you want that the game did not insisted enough on this, fact is that it is still there.

And again, this point is about Alear not growing. They do grow and they are actually failing at being mature once they lost the rings.

Moreover, speaking of Alear being scared of the Corrupted, the reason why it comes often is because of Alear's trauma. She herself acknowledge later in the video that Alear has a subconsious memory, and that's it. It's when playing the chapter 24 that we learn why Alear was so scared of the Corrupted and it's indeed shown. People will say "it's a support conversation and it's told" but no. Support conversation in Fire emblem are part of the storytelling and characterization. Alear and Diamant support. I have to say it but show don't tell in media doesn't manifest itself the same way depending on which media. The difference between the manga and the game is speaking on that. In a video game like Fire Emblem, you have to use dialogue and rely on the voice acting, whle keeping in mind that most of the earlier game were NOT FULLY VOICED leaving it to the dialogue to show. And yes, you can show through dialogue. How do you show that someone is scared ? easy, have them scream for help and run away. Which is what Alear did in the C support with Diamant.

Besides, when bringing up the Diamant and Alear support.... did she not realize it was precisely about how Alear doesn''t show sign of fear on the battlefield and that they explained to Diamant they mentally prepare themselves for it hence why it doesn't show ? The first moment of the story were about establishing that Alear is scared of the Corrupted, there are tons of dialogue about it. But in the rest of the story this support shows that Alear is actually pushing themselves in order to be able to fight as the Divine dragon to honor the promise they made with Lumera. Take it as this. Imagine you are very tired but you have a big essays to write. Even if you are tired, you are going to pull yourself along and write it. Alear does the same : even though they are scared, they push themselves so that they can actually help others as expected of them.

That side of them also appears in the cutscene, in the Veyle introduction, Alear was paralyzed by a Corrupted surprised attack and was getting on their guard when Veyle helped them. When they meet Lumera's creature, their first reaction is to scream "The Corrupted" indicating fear. I get that having Alear only says that they are scared doesnt give the impression that they show this but in Fire Emblem that's how things are. Cutscene and CG art are precious ressources that have to be used cleverly, they cannot do this for the entire game. The only ressort is to tell or to show through telling. Another problem is that they don't seem to take into account Alear's past live as a Fell child and while I get it due to Alear not regaining their entire memory... it still not a good arguments since Alear's body still remember the Corrupted. In fact, the music theme for the Corrupted being this unsettling and threatning is showing how Alear feals facing them. What's more, Alear's "cowardice" is even more striking when you compare their attitude to Veyle's. veyle openly defy Sombron many times and even fight the Corrupted. Alear was so emotionally broken that they could not defy Sombron. At all. Until they meet Lumera. They are also the only Fell child to fear them. Veyle fight them no problem. Rafal can make hundred of those and Nel even have them as a snack. Alear however ? They are scared to death.

Also, Timera in chapter 15 teases Alear with the story of the woman that talks in the ruin and they are so scared they don't even think "oh ! it must be the Emblem ring" instead they say "You did not needed to make sounds so real !!" indicating they were scared.

She also showed clips of Alear and Veyle's drama in chapter 15 and insist that Alear doesnt learn anything ? Really ? The one chapter where the player as the impression that Alear learns from their mistakes of having trust Veyle ? Because it is a character growth moment. Alear used to bound with Veyle, then they discover she is their mother's murderer, and the anger is vissible on their face which is a rare occassion fo the regualr model looking good for once and not bland. That's also a moment striking into the Veyle conflict since it reminds us that Alear has complicated feeling for Veyle when in chapter 17, they learn that she was manipulated and with the xenologue out, this makes the whole Rafal deal worse when you know that the xenologue is implied to take place somewhere after chapter 17. Yes, no.

I'll give you a bright example of the game showing and not telling and using telling as a form of showing. Past Alear. When we meet them in chapter 24, and in the jpn version, Past Alear speaks in hiragana. This is a speech used by child character. In the Fell xenologue, Young Nil and Nel speaks in hiragana too. They are like 10. Past Alear, a 17 year old teenager, speaks like they are 10. While delivering the lines emotionlessly, it creates an unsettling feeling as the hiragana makes them even more devoided of emotion but implies that Alear's mind is broken and was broken to a young state. When they meet our Alear, they mentioned their dead siblings. Past Alear knowing how each one died is a proof that they SAW their siblings dying and the fact they have the same speeches as a 10 year old child indicates it must have happened when they were very young and that it's the moment they got broken. Compare this to the cutscene in chapter 21-22. Alear greats Lumera with a bright smile, their voice is full of expression, their tone is tender, their eyes are sparkling, here the use of the hiragana shows Alear as the innocent child that was hidden behind the cold facaed they put. As a matter of fact, Alear was always forced into the story as well to put a facade since they had to help Alfred without having had the time to properly mourn her. In fact, they kept their head lowered until Alfred said something that caught their attention, if you recall. And it's also this one scene that is used to show how much Lumera was important to Alear, that makes the tears of chapter 3 make sense. Similarily, the fear of the Corrupted makes sense when you unlock chapter 24 (sadly). This is also what makes Alear accepting to become a Corrupted to safe the world striking. It's when you learn about that in chapter 24 that this decision in chapter 22 becomes, in retrospective, a sign of growth and a major character developpement on Alear's part. I don't care if someone goes "but they were amnesica so it doesn't count'. IT. DOES. Alear's past live is part of them, that's why in the game it's explored unlike Robin whose past live did not mattered compared to the new identity they forged. That's something that cannot be ignored when speaking of Alear. That's why they remain with red hair and red eyes. Their past is still an important part of their identity. Heck if chapter 24 occurs after the reviving as a Corrupted and Emblem it's for us and Alear to realize how far they have come by literaly seeing how they were before.

As for the Sombron child conflict, it's not resolved right on the spot. What ? I am not sure what she mean exactly but let's put thing back into context. Alear spend 10 chapter struggling to find rings and try to be worth as Divine dragon to honor Lumera and protect the world despite being amnesiac and a scared cat that is afraid of ghost stories. Alfred told them that they finally seemed to have achieved what they were looking for. They are confident and then what happens ? Griss bombed them with the nuke that they are Sombron's child and even provided an evidence. The invocations. And if you recall, in chapter 2, Lumera mentions that too, and her silence after that was telling as the reason why. It was a foreshadowing. REPLAYING the game 's story makes it clear that being Sombron's child was an important part of Alear's character, from the concept design to the little foreshadowing at the begining of the game. It's not there just to decoy, it was there from the START. That's why it felt like a natural progression to learn about it. As for the "yeah but it's resolved right away" yea... Alear was literaly gonna leave because they thought they were an impostor. The momen Sigurd told them they still had the power of Divine dragon, they face got lighted up like someone losing a heavy weight place on their chest. And when they ask the others if they will still follow Alear after learning the truth, all others still follows Alear but not because they are the Divine dragon unlike in the begining, but because they are Alear. And that Alear gained their trust and become what connected them, heck it's even a foreshadowing for the ring of the Connector !!!!!!

I can agree on that scene could have hit much harder but... that twist was always a thing (look at Alear's concept art, again)

Other point. The first cinematics. I repeat. In my full review, I mentionned how in this scene, Alear was fighting Sombron alone and that this was an idealized version of the same cutscene that occures later in chapter 22 with Alear fighting Sombron. @bluescreenl has observed that Alear was fighting Sombron all alone, @fayesdiary as observed that Alear's past self was stronger then our Alear because they had to rely all alone and on strengh alone to survive whereas our Alear has to gain their strengh from their allies, a strengh through bound. Past Alear live with Sombron's philosphoy vs Alear living thorugh their own philosophy. This cause Past Alear to commit a terrible mistake that would have taken their live. Whereas our Alear thorught the power of bound, becomes stronger then relying on strengh alone, and defeat Sombron successfully this time. I honestly think that the DLC shows this too since IsekaiAlear committed the same mistake as Past Alear, in a world where they died and could not come back. The tutorial fight is meant to parallel with the boss final fight with Alear fighting alone with Marth vs Alear fighting with all their friends and allies. This shows that Alear has learn the meaning of strengh through bound being stronger then strengh alone and the fact that this resonated through the gameplay yet that not once this video seems to adress it and is a missed opportunity.

Also, I know she jokes about not knowing why Zephia helped Alear and Veyle... she was joking right ? Zephia told Griss why she did it... to get back at Lord Sombron....that's it. Zephia also never "dropped the nuke" that she can control time. She nevers says what is the power of the crystal she gave Alear and Veyle. Just that it would help them get to the shard. It's only in playing chapter 24 of the hell that we discover that our teams traveled back 1 000 ago. That is inaccurate. She also did not seemed to realize that there is a difference between Hortensia's mind manipulation and Veyle's. Hortensia manipulated has no agency, deprived of her own free will. In Mauvier and Rosado's support, Mauvier reveals that the follower of Sombron would ressort to brainwashing, and in Hortensia's case, she is just using that technique. Veyle however, is victim of a spell that is amplifying her dragonic pulse in order to create a "fitting personality" for her since her current personality makes her disobeying Sombron. The difference lies into the fact that Veyle is meant to be used on a long term whereas Hortensia was momentary. From what is said about that spell when it comes to Veyle is that those dragonic impulse are from her Mage dragon side as Veyle is part mage dragon and that Zelestia and Mauvier's support revealed that Zephia destroyed her home because of her dragonic impulse being too poweful, like Veyle, and Zephia claim that she is using part of Sombron's power in chapter 17 to achieve this result. I do think that if the game could have explained a bit more the magic Zephia used, it would be more clear however there is no occasion plot wise to do that since Zephia never joins our part and that Zelestia's magic is weak... oh boi is it weak. She also acts like she doesn't know the difference between time rewind and time travel. To put it short, Time rewind is the same power as Byleth's Divine impulse and in Engage too, it is limited whereas Time travel allows the person's body to travel too and that' where the whole past double thing come in play. Why would Zephia use it knowing that even if she time traveled, she would still be bleeding ? To warn her past double while dying on the spot ? Moreover, it's obvious that Zephia wanted to die since to quote Griss, she could have turned her back on Sombron sooner but she did not, she choose to give up on her life and to die here since she would not have her baby, and therfore the undeying love and how am I suppose to take this seriously when it's yet another person that thinks Zephia is being redeemed here ? Her death scene insist on how she messed up and Alear and Veyle are not here which is pointed out so how am I supposed to think Zephia is being redeemed just because she realize she had the family she dreamed of right under her nose ? God, it's fire emblem. Only when it turns out that the female villain was brainwashed and manipulated and end up shoehorning her way into joining your party can you say they are being redeemed.

Also, it's from there that the "why didn't Alear killed Sombron criticism" comes from and many others bad takes !!! Well, because if Alear kills Sombron then their past self will never meet Lumera and therefore Alear will never become a Divine/Fell dragon hybrid and therfore our Alear will disappear nullifying the entire story ? Isn't that chanigng too much of history ??? No just me ?? Never heard of time paradox ?! ok.

Just saying : the entire reason why Awakening, other FE title that involved time travel had to rely on the multiverse was because they knew that logical conclusion of the grandfather paradox : Lucina and friends killing Grima would result in the destruction of their future and lead them to disappear because butterfly effect (lucina's animal spirit). Other example in Pandora Hearts, the hero have to stop the main antagonist from going back in time and changing one event else it will rewrite the entirety of history.

Well anyway, while I hate time loops and I hate that it's how they explained Alear and Lumera's meeting, Alear killing Sombron in going back in time is actually dumb since they would erase their current existence in the process seeing how changing past rewrites future. Besides that's completely useless to kill him in the past since Sombron is supposed to be killed in the past either way and is brough back to life at the begining of the game! So all it would cause is Alear to destroy their own past while Sombron would still come back to life later on !

On the Sombron bringing back Gradlon, i had to ask myself the question so I replayed the game and... yeah, he needed it to open the portals to other world.

Throwing the Emblems ... are you kidding me ? Sombron killed Alear, the only person that could summon Emblems to purge them of the evil power. Sombron also think her absorbed all of the Emblem power since no one knew that they had the Miracle power even though the game foreshadowed it and then explicitely told about it. But Sombron though he had absorbed their millenia power so once he had that, there was no utility for the rings. Alear dead, rings having no more power and then Veyle becoming evil again. Why do you think Sombron pulls a pikachu face upon seeing that not only Alear came back to life but that they became an Emblem ? That was a mistake on Sombron's part due to him being arrogant but also due to him seeing no reason to do so. He had what he wanted, Alear is dead and Veyle would get rid of Alear's friend even if Sombron still tasked Zephia, a guardian and a barried just in case.... but clearly, it's not like the game proved him wrong since when Alear came back as a Corrupted, they vanish due to having lost their life energy in the process, so if it were not for the miracle, Alear would have wasted their life just to summon Emblem again and that's it... Heck, when Sombron threw them, not only did we had to summon them again while fighting Veyle's Corrupted army, but we also had to collect them since they were scattered around and that the Emblems need to be reunited on the same spot to perform the Miracle. It was reckless of Sombron, but ... if I were in his shoes, I kinda get why I would have acted the same. The fact that the scene explain itself is....*sight* this really doesn't need to be rationalize because it was obvious. Alear dead, what could humans that can't summon Emblems do with it anyway, especially when Sombron got to absorb their powers ? His only mistake was to not know that the Miracle, a secret power, would be used to save Alear and Alear had to came back so summon Emblems for them to do it anyway

She also complains about the Emblem not being summoned outside of Elyos but the game does acknowledge this ? Marth, upon hearing about 0Emblem, says that they are surprised to hear about an Emblem being summoned in another world, because of how strange it is. But that's the point. That 0 Emblem was able to do that... what's confusing exactly ? And the Alear can summon Emblem anyway is explained... Marth said that when the portal would close, Emblems would disappear. When Alear tried to summon back the Emblems, they said that the portal is still open meaning that they are still opened enough to give them the possibility to do this. Sombron even opens more portal to summon dark Emblems for the others world like... pay attention to what the game says ?

And I am being frank but when she said "I didn't knew we could drive this thing" that where I stopped taking anything from this video seriously. Vander literaly explained it. Why do you think we can return to the Somniel at any moment. Divine Dragon control the Somniel. Pay attention to what the game says please.

The putting the ring in the Somniel is a weird point. It's invalidated by the fact that Lumera mentions how this was done for centuries by Divine dragon before her, so you could say it's just a tradition that is perpetuated an was never proven to be flawed. In short, since it always worked up until the game's event, Lumera saw no reason why in particular, this year, it would turn out to be a bad idea. It's like people assuming all swans are white until they meet a black swan. Lumera wa used to it and there was no problem when the other dragons did it, so how could she expect that someone woul try to attack her ... in a surprised attack that took place at night and was the first one Lythos castle had to face, dear God....also Lumera spend like 5 minutes explaining that the castle is safe and there was peace for like 1000 years so really, why putting them in the Somniel when Lythos castle is just as safe ? Maybe you'll know that...if you didn't bragged about how her exposition dump was boring

And that's this video that is the origins of "Why doesn't Veyle ressurect Marni or other character as Corrupted huh ?" BECAUSE HAVE YOU SEEN KING MORION?! Moreover Veyle has been crystal clear that the Corrupted all ends up fading anyway. Alear fasten the process of losing life energy due to the sumoning Emblem session. If Veyle were to bring back Marni as a Corrupted, she might not last long. As a matter of fact, Sombron having to make kids rather then relying on the Corrupted alone to have solider should prove it. When they are killed, they disappear right away. If they waste too much energy, they disappear right away. She also seems to forget that the Emblems, many times, discuss about ressurecting Lumera throught the Miracle but don't agree and could not do it anyway since only after Alear proved Corrupted don't last long when they do thing that waste life energy after summoning the 12 Emblems finally reunited for the first time ever during the entire game. You could argue the DLC contradicts that but I remind you we don't know how much time gap there is between Alear's death and Alear' arrival. We don't know if the Corrupted Roylas were there for days or weeks. Even then, Rafal is more powerful then Veyle and our Sombron since he can corrupt animal. I do think trying to explain more about how the Corrupted works would help, but the part about them disapperaing when they use too much energy was stated by Veyle and Veyle even states that the Emblem summoning only fastened the process.

Also... the peak performance about Veyle is just... *sight*. Veyle can already make Corrupted in a sophisticated way yk ? That's how she is able to bring back Alear as themselves. Rafal can do so too as a matter of fact. The reason why Sombron turned Morion into a lower grade Corrupted is because he just recovered. Remember ? Half of the game, he could not move because he had to feed on blood. Once he regained full energy and with the power of Emblems, he was able to make them better then when we see him in the game and the fact I am literaly quoting the game script to type this answer is all you need to know about it. The whole dragonic pulse isn't there to explain the Corrupted, but is at the core of Veyle's storyline into accomplishing herself in what she wants to be. The Helmet isn't there to make her being at her peak perfomance, but to kill her personality permanetly. That's why she ended up in the after life, and that if she decided to give up, she would have stayed there permantely. Only her consiousness was dying, not her soul so she could fight back since there was still time. I am wondering how can you manage to miss something this obvious, and the fact it's not the only obvious thing she missed is...depressing to say the least.

"The only reason why alear died again was because he summoned all the Emblem--" NO, precisley NO. Corrupted all ends up dying again if they waste their life energy, this was establsihed by Veyle herself in this very scene. Alear summoning the Emblem only fastened the process. God.... tell me it's not true.

SO THAT IS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOCKING ALEAR'S DENIAL IN CHAPTER 10 WITH THE VEYLE TWIST!!! Cinemasins ways of saying you ignore the context of the scene... Alear is in denial and I already explained in this post that it was a localization thing. In this scene, in jpn, Veyle speaks differently. Usual Veyle speaks in a rather immature way although she uses kanji. Evil Veyle's speech makes her sound more dignified and ressembles that of Nel and Céline. It's more obvious in japanese due to the difference in language. I repeat but how a character speak is part of characterization. I already adressed this when mentioning Marni using boku or Rafal changing prounons. And I really feel bad for M!Alear's Eng VA for being this harsly criticized when he literaly reached peak performance in chapter 10. Poor guy

AND NO WAIT IT'S THERE THAT COMES FROM THE WHY NO ONE KNOWS ALEAR ?! Oh my God... BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WORSHIP ALEAR BUT DIVINE DRAGONS AS A WHOLE... It's been established several times. Zephia's surprise upon learning that Lumera had a child or Hortensia's dialogue... because when you learn that Alear was adopted, of course it makes sense that no one knows what they look like since they aren't a divine dragon, but a fell one and stayed asleep into the Somniel for 1 000 years. Was any member of our cast around 1 000 ago ? I don't think so. Lumera was busy watching over them as they sleep what ceremony do you want them to have ? Divine dragons are all worshipped because of their species, not because of their person. So it does makes sense that even if they don't know Alear, they would rever them anyway, because to them Alear is a divine dragon. That's it. In 3H, people have the exact same relationship to Sothis, where despite having portraits, no one knows how she looks like.. that's.. really not a good point at all, and Alear isn't even a god. Vander explained it : Dragon are revered as such because of their power but they are treated like the royalty that they are. Except people can make offering to them or pray to them and I already addressed that... The game is clear on who knew how Alear looked like and who didn't. Those who lived in Lythos and visited knows, those who didn't ignore how Alear lookd like, heck Elusian didn't even knew there were 2 Divine dragon and for good reasons. Alcryst didn't because he never went into Lythos. Firene is a pious country so both Royals would go. But in Brodia, only Diamant went to visit Alear as the First Prince. Alcryst did not. Why ? idk. The game doesn't explain why some characters did not visited, it only speficied those who had the occasion to do that and those who did not and we decuded that if they don't know Alear, they did not get to visit them. It's easier to specify which one visited into Lythos rather then the opposite because there isn't much of Engage cast who got the opportunity vs the few that could. It's likely that Alcryst was too young since Diamant said he went vist when he was a child. And also.. why does Alcryst not know what the neighboring prince looks like.. because Alfred took some time to recognize Alcryst as well ??? It's been established several times that the kingdom have little communication between each other. Alcryst and Alfred must have met like twice or thrice, it's not like they were best friends and Alfred said it was some time ago, Céline for instance said she was a child when this happen.... Why didn't Queen Eve told Alear how they look like... hm... because... who does that ? Just... this.. this argument is so ... bizare ??? Queen Eve had no idea that Alear and Alfred would took a delay and that Alcryst would get attacked by bandits and monster in the mean time but who who makes a detailled portrailed of someone who is supposed to be a guest ? Alear isn't a war prisonner or a criminal ?! Why aren't they walking with guards ?! Fire Emblemness aside, because Alfred and Alear were in allied territory, they didn't expected to be attacked by Alcryst

Also... my favorite part of the video was that she asked why Alcryst attacked them and did not checked first... while showing minutes ago a piece of dialogue of Alcryst explaining why. Because he was tensed from waiting and having crossed only bandits and beast to be honest Alcryst's reaction made more sense then people believing Alear right away when claming that they are the Divine dragon but welp, let that sink. And again, they were miles away when Alcryst shooted. And I really like how she says it's OOC of Alcryst even though many supports established that when necessary he has to act as the prince he is and knowing Alcryst, even if he did not shoot Alear (nearly) but simply asked them in a rather threatning way to identify themselves, Alcryst would have apologized anyway for having being too rude... And the next scene on the bridge, Alcryst is literaly standing against Hortensia and saying he will protect everyone

I could see on Alear's support being too repetetive but disagree with the take that because Alear is amnesiac they should not have a moral ground. Robin is all evidence needed. Amnesia is also part of memory loss, not entirely else I might ask myself why Alear can speaks. Besides some of those support takes place long after Alear already experienced quite a lot of events, such as the Hortensia one taking place after chapter 10. Great moment of grow from them. Moreover, Nel's support with Timerra (and seeing the video date, it's after the DLC so) establish as well as Zephia's dying moments that dragon due to their long live forgets stuff almost naturally. A little like us who cannot remember what happened before we were 3, and even then it's hard. Alear simply forget about what happened 1 000 ago but remained the same person, sole difference is that unlike 1 000 they are allowed to express it. About worshipp, what the game is saying... is that the character are heeds over Alear because they are a divine dragon but that they end up liking them and treating them as a friend after learning that Alear is normal because else, people would not appreciate Alear for who they are. And choosing Lindon who is the SOLE recruitable map ennemy when we know Lindon isn't happy with how Elusia become and wanted to rejoin Ivy and Hortensia to make a point is really a bad idea to so many level. It's dismissing Lindon's character. And what does that mean by "giving other character the spotlight" that already the case ?? Alear and Alfred's support shows Alfred's reckless side when it comes to helping his friends, with Framme we learn that faith is an important part of her life that helped her in sad moments, Hortensia did learn something since she genuinely thinks that cute stuff are important due to being spoiled, Citrinne is a rich kid and you even quote the one line showcasing that in the main story I...

(Slight edit on my part, but after checking ALL of Alear's support turns out that only 4 of them in reality involves worshipp. 2 if you consider that Merrin, Chloé and Citrinne acts like this with everyone)

Hnng, my head is starting to spin....

And the mercenary thing confuse me ? In their support with Yunaka didn't Alear ask them if she was a mercenary too ? Writers wat ?

Ahh, anyway, about Alear not knowing some things and knowing others, I would not blame it only on the amnesia.

I mean, when you realize that Alear was a Fell child, you might as well ask yourself if the actual reason why Alear was so ignorant about the world whereas only Fell world related things seems familiar might be that they were never taught anything in the first place. After all, Past Alear speak like a child. And Nel herself even though she comes from a different world mention several time that she isn't familiar with the humans, even in her world with comments such as in her gym session or when eating... so I don't see why I would blame it on Alear's amnesia in particular when addtional data seems to infer that Alear did not knew a lot of things even before memory loss.

Besides I don't recall us ever meeting a merc in the main story

I also have an impression that the author of the video doesn't accept the writing à rebours as a valid method of narration even though it's at the core of the thing. Bragging about Lumera's exposition being boring when it's full of foreshadowing showing the game knew it's ending and who is also an example of showing through telling is an example of that. I repeat. How a character speaks is part of showing and of their characterization. Despite the little time we have to know Lumera, she speaks and say those expostion dumping like a MOTHER so it does make me care which is why Engage is considered to have handled better the knowing mama then Fates and they are right because Mikoto got really easily forgotten when Lumera and Alear never having had to spend time together when they reunited is made more tragic by the later revelations. What happens after shows that Lumera was this important for Alear. The manga may not kill lumera but it still gave Alear a literal depression ... over a woman he doesn't know, confirming what I said about the writers intending for those moments to hit with full context. But God, for once we will agree that Lumera's first death should not be so long.

Also I haven't played Octopath Traveler 2, nor any of the series so I would not be able to give my thought but given that my searches lead me to a traditional RPG game a la Bravely Default... bad comparision. Really bad. Engage and Fire Emblem are SRPG. The gameplay is important in the story. Classic standards fire Emblem uses everthing they have to convey the story including the gameplay since the major part of FE is on the chess battlefield and not doing world hub even if Engage managed to balance it compared to 3H....brrr.... I get monastery flashback I HATE IT. But yeah, comparing game who have different gameplay is not good at all, because it's not taking into account that Units are here to expand the story to the battlefield. In my Engage analysis, I had to analyse not only support and story moments, but class choice, name of personal skills, the stats, the name of the freaking weapon and the fact that not once this video tackled on Engage's localization is also a problem, because at least THRICE I had to point out that thing that fans complained did not existed into the japanese text and just to give an example of how localization can ruin this. Rafal's weapon is Revanche, but the french localization decide to name it Vengeance even though those are different thing. Revanche is the act of giving back what someone did to you to the exact same amount by wining, for example, you lost a battle against an enemy and win against same enemy, which is part of his characterization as trying to take his revenge against the world that mocked him then against Sombron when he switched sides. Vengeance means that you are actively making someone pay for the bad that was done to a degree that is not proportional to that offense, but is more intense. For someone giving you a slap, you puch them 20 times. Which is complely missing out his character arc.

And oh boi she does mention the dream cutscense but fail to notice it is meant to parallel with the boss fight in order to show Alear's evolution ???? I... but she does say clever thing, however, it feels like she did not replay the game enough time nor tried to immerse herself into the story to get that....when the answer is just under your nose...

For the design... Well, I already shared my thoughts on it and I do wish I could redesign some but the fact that some of them do their job at communicating is even more saddening as to the design being a missed opportunity. Alfred and Celine's palette works but Celine's design isn't Fire emblem. So people are going to focus on that rather then the fact it makes sense in narrative. Like her being a princess from a rich country that has little experienence for war = rococo desgin. And impractical outfit on purpose. However, Engage does uses visual symbolism to get it's point across. Alear's story is felt in the design for Lythos vs Gradlon and in the music. For instance, I made that in one of my draft post, but the complentary between white for Lumera and Dark for Sombron also shows Alear's psyche of seeing Lumera has an angelic mother and Sombron as his worst fear and trauma.

I swear that if the author of the video had to force themselves into going through the story, I had to force myself for 4 hours (again, I watched it twice to make SURE I wouldn't miss any of her points) into hearing things that are either subjective, either blantalty showing they did not payed attention even if the last minutes about the rewriting was very refreshing but also showed that they missed some point about why some scene don't happen with Alear here or that the thematic of the game was already there...

I also have a problem with them complaining about contrivance and pointing things that aren't contrivance since game itself explains it. I can give you an example of actual plot hole in Engage. Elusia. Why did Lumera gave a ring to a country that worship her worst ennemy ? Seeing what the game says, it can only be attributed to the background of how Sombron became Gradlon's king and Elusia's deity, which is saddly never explained. That was right there, the FIRST THING I asked myself when Alfred told us about Elusia being Engage's Plegia and not ONCE DOES THIS VIDEO MENTIONS IT ??? Instead it nitcpicks stuff that can already be explained reasonably enough. And it started a trend of people repeating the thing she said without even thinking twice about it. God. And it's not even one that destroys the story since Elusia steals Byleth, Lucina and the Renais twins ring anyway, so them having other ring from the start felt just like an uncessary contradicting info.

( Edit : After checking the interviews for Engage's release turns out that it's explained Elusia got a ring because it used to worship the Divine dragon tribe)

And I am gonna be honest, as the video went on I started to doubt on their genuinety... I replayed the game enough time to knows how to answer to any of those critics because they base themselves on things that seems obvious. Sombron letting the rings because Alear is dead ? Obvious ! The game only mentioning the rare people that got to meet Alear and not those who never did because they are more of them ? Obvious ! And not even taking into account that design like Veyle and Alear are plot relevant and part of the characterization to generalize aroung the design that feels off or blatantly ignoring the music when gems like the Hound theme and the Corrupted theme exist, showing how those people feels to our character is just unbelievable.

Sorry if it took long... I really wrote all that. Thanks for asking me my thoughts. But honestly, even if Engage does need a bit of polish, there is really few thing in that video that would be relevant. It seems like there is a bad understanding of everything in the story like... saying that the dream cutscene never happened when this scene and the custscene in chapter 3 are actually 2 different vision from the same individual of the Chapter 22 scene that was cut out of it's context and seeing how the author admitted liking 3H's story, I am surprised she did not recognized that it was the same narrative tool as the main one used in 3H. I won't repeat myself. Engage is not a master piece, it has flaws, a clumsy writing, and a lot of things that need poilishing but really, no ammount of video critique will manage to convice me into thinking that this story is SO bad when it's at worst, mediocre and I strees that I mean it as in generic. Really. And probably too generic to be this bad.

Engage's story can be improved but every story can.

And also, there is nothing wrong with liking a game whose story is bad. I like Fates and sheet on it's story everyday. Same with Awakening and I did the same with Engage but there is no denying Engage does a better job at telling it's story then the last game we had and as more assets to it. I'll go deeper into all of this but I already made a too long answer for tumblr standards and I could still do it later or already did it in my previous posts. I am not even trying to say Engage is a well written*pasterpiece, because it's not... but it still does a good job a telling it's stories and is funnier to analyze.

But you should not feel ashamed of liking the game just because some people will make a point into explaining why they dislike it and other people enjoyed its story too. Anyway, I hope I did not sounded rude towards the author of the video (I also like to make the disclaim that i am a ESL so I might have expressed myself in a clusmy way) but there is just too many elements that feels like a superificial reading into the story and as someone who always ends up making deep dive into Engage trust me...there is reason why I named it "Fire Emblem Emotional damage" and even if it's a silly looking game with heavy handed writing at some parts, I loved it and enjoyed it's story a lot and I'll always maintain it's actually much deeper and passionate then this "obligation" nonsense. You can clearly feel that were was a ton of love put into that story.

#fire emblem engage #fe engage #fire emblem #fairy get asked #fire emblem emotional damage #i never made a post this long

[rjalker]

Wow you actually dont have to screen cap someone saying discourse triggers them??? Like just block them and move on??? Maybe tell people in the tag but I'm really really really sick of seeing people screen cap and be so unnecessarily mean when you can just say hey block this person you don't have to hold them up in the town square like this. Like an autistic person that doesn't understand a nuance about being non verbal 24-7 because they also go non verbal sometimes? Wow it's almost like... Theyre autistic and don't understand?

Oh shut the fuck up ableist. If I don't screenshot people then everybody pretends I'm making it up so just shut the fuck up because we know you people will never be happy. Just say you don't fucking care about nonverbal people and fuck off.

Oh and nice fucking lie with pretending that the person said discourse triggers them when they literally just said don't start discourse with me we're allowed to disagree about me being a goddamn bigot and purposefully blocking everyone who explains to me why what I'm doing is bigoted.

You bigoted fuck, people explaining to you why something you're doing is bigoted is not discourse. You're just a goddamn bigot. And if being told that being a bigot is what you are doing is triggering to you then go fuck off and live in a cave and never interact with anyone ever again.

Literally you are using the phrase "go nonverbal" in this stupid cowardly bigoted ask. Fuck off.

There is no ~complicated nuance~ that autistic people just can't understand. It's literally just verbal autistic people refusing to fucking listen to nonverbal autistic people for the millionth goddamn time.

"Don't use the word nonverbal unless you are nonverbal All of the goddamn time because you are erasing people who are actually nonverbal" is not complicated, it's not confusing, stop fucking infantilizing bigoted autistic people to pretend that they just don't know any better. Library-fae, bigoted fucking jackass who's blocking everyone who tries to explain why speaking over nonverbal people is bigoted does not need you to defend them in my inbox on anon like an ableist coward.

Literally just out of spite to you now I'm going to add the screenshots of the bigotry to this post too. Because it's 2024, and everybody needs to stop being ableist jackasses and start listening to the most vulnerable parts of their fucking community and that includes the autistic community, especially when they have been saying this shit for years now.

You do not get to pretend that the person literally blocking everyone trying to explain the problem to them ~just doesn't understand because they're autistic~ fuck off with that bigoted bullshit infantilization and whitewashing of autistic bigotry. Autistic people do not get to do blatantly and unequivocally bigoted shit only for you to pretend that it's just because of the autism. Autism doesn't make you a fucking bigot and it sure is shit doesn't make you ableist.

Get the fuck out of my inbox and go fuck yourself and stop defending ableist autistic people.

At least be fucking honest about what you're trying to argue. The reason you don't want screenshots of autistic people being bigoted is because you want to be able to claim that no autistic people are ever bigoted. Just admit it. We all know that's why you're here. And it's not going to fucking happen. Autistic people are just as capable of bigotry as any other fucking person and they are just as capable of being ableist to other autistic people. You do not get to fucking pretend that the only reason this person was screenshotted is because ~everybody's making fun of the autistic person~. Go to hell. I'm autistic. The person this asshole is being able is to are all autistic. Stop fucking infantilizing autistic people to justify bigotry against other literal fucking autistic people you goddamn coward.

#undescribed images #free blocklist #anon #ableism #actually autistic #actuallyautistic #nonverbal #non verbal #semiverbal #the ableism is coming from inside the house #made with speech to text #anonymous #autistic #autism #neuropunk

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

dangerous, tainted, and flawed- gallavich

ao3

Mickey was a lot of things to Ian.

Mickey was his lover. Maybe Mickey disagreed, maybe to Mickey, Ian was a quick convenient fuck, but to Ian, Mickey was so much more. Mickey was cool summer nights spent smoking, drinking, and fucking in the dugots (the place where they first locked eyes many years ago in little leauge); Mickey was candy bars, cigarette smoke, and blood; Mickey was an unfinished sentence, there was so much that Ian wanted and needed to say but couldn’t, Mickey was closed off, there were rules about being with Mickey, guidelines, Ian has never really been a rule-follower, but he’s never been a rebel, either; Mickey was freedom, with Mickey, Ian didn’t feel so afraid, it was clearly the opposite for Mickey- Mickey was a coward.

Ian has never really understood love, love to him was danger, he grew up seeing the mess that was Frank and Monica’s marriage, the fights, the infidelity, the chaos; then, Fiona and her boyfriends, who would treat her like dirt. His parents made love seem scary, and Fiona made love seem like pain, Lip was no better, he made love nothing but confusing to Ian, who was stuck listening to him constantly go on about tits and vaginas, which made absolutely no sense to Ian, who was much more interested in pecs and abs.

Love was chaos, fear, and confusion. Mickey was chaos, fear, and confusion.

Ian’s first real interaction with Mickey (not counting the threat Mickey had made to him over a pencil in the third grade) was a mix of all three, Ian remembers his heart pounding as Mickey ran in screaming his name, he remembers chasing after Mandy, confused and desperate to find out what and why she had told her brothers, he remembers Mickey on top of him, a tyre iron in his hand, so close to him that Ian could see every pore in Mickey’s skin and so that he could hear Mickey’s labored, fast breathing. Mickey was chaotic, scary, and fucking confusing.

Mickey didn’t scare him as much anymore, Mickey was comforting and safe, but unpredictable. Mickey could kill Ian, but would he? He didn’t know what Mickey felt with him, but he knew there was something there, he couldn’t be just a fuck-buddy to Mickey, could he? He didn’t know.

All that Ian knows now is that if he and Mickey are anything, they aren’t boyfriend and girlfriend (as if one of them is a girl, Ian thinks that if either of them were to be the girlfriend it’d be Mickey, anyways)- in fact, they aren’t anything. Ian thinks it’s bullshit, when you’re gay on the South Side, fucking someone else means that there’s some level of trust. To let someone else know that you like boys means that there’s an unspoken amount of trust and respect between the two of you. Ian knows that technically, he could end Mickey. He could spill the beans that Mickey’s gay and ruin Mickey’s life, and Mickey could do the same to him. If Ian means nothing, then why does Mickey bother keeping his secret?

Mickey is a criminal, a coward, a fraud, and a lover. Ian is nothing but a warm mouth, a quick fuck, and forbidden fruit.

#bye this is so bad im gonna delete this prob #i use parentheses too much #shameless #ian gallagher #mickey milkovich #2x08 #one shot #ao3 #gallavich #gallavich fic #lana del rey #shameless us

[ashesonmars]

Incorrect quotes for Chris, Ray and Shaz my favourite chaotic trio

Chris: *hiding something in their coat* I think we should adopt another kid!

Shaz: No.

Chris: Why not?

Shaz: Because when you say “kid”, you mean “cat”, and we already have fifteen of those.

Chris: *unzips coat* Sixteen.

Shaz: *nudges Chris at 3am* Pretty fucked up that we depict the moon as a girl and the sun as a boy. They're just floating rocks in space. Chris? Wake up, Chris! Listen! They're sexless!

Chris: The sun isn't a rock, go back to sleep.

Ray: Do you think sex without love is a sin?

Chris: If it is, I’ll see you in hell.

Ray: But when all hope seemed lost, I had an epiphany!

Ray, earlier: I'm going to throw myself into the sea.

Chris: Are you busy?

Ray: Yes.

Chris: Cool, listen to this...

Shaz: Please could you go to the shop and get a carton of milk, if they have avacodos get six.

Chris, coming back from the store with six cartons of milk: They had avacados!

Ray: I hate to disagree with you, but-

Shaz: Please, you love to disagree with me. Its your favorite thing to do.

Chris: Question. When they shot Bambi's mother, did you find that a sad moment...at all?

Ray: I'm sure she's mounted on a nice wall in a fine home somewhere.

Chris: Didn't you die?!

Shaz: That was weeks ago, dude. Things change.

Chris: Father, I have sinned.

Shaz: Daddy, I’ve been naughty.

Shaz: What do you want for breakfast, Chris?

Chris: Gay Cheerios.

Shaz: I TOLD YOU TO STOP CALLING FRUIT LOOPS THAT!!

Chris: If God’s ever been mad at anything I’ve ever said, he hasn’t done shit about it.

Chris: So he either doesn’t care or he’s a coward.

Chris: Isn't it weird that people kill mosquitoes just because they're annoying?

Ray: Damn, if people did that to each other, Shaz would've killed me years ago.

#chris skelton #gene hunt #life on mars #ray carling #alex drake #incorrect quotes #shaz granger

[xrollingmyeyesx]

idk ur writing rlly isnt that great

an ur writing ab kids which is sus and gross

Okay so, I'm pretty sure this is the same person who has sent the last 15 identical messages.

I am so glad you have an opinion, and thank you for reading my work. I will always listen to people's advice and try to do what my followers want, but in this case, your opinion is just that: an opinion.

The characters I am writing about are adults, which is stated multiple times throughout my page and each fic. I’m sorry if you aren't comfortable with that, but you could very easily block me or the tags.

And as someone who is new to writing and is just now feeling confident in it, shame on you for even saying that my writing is bad. Hundreds of people seem to disagree, and I trust them more than I trust some coward who is spamming my asks.

As always, have a great day ��🍯

#avatar: twow #thanks for the ask! #avatar #avatar neteyam #avatar: the way of water #lo'ak #loak sully #neteyam sully #neteyam fic #aged up

[starlightshadowsworld]

Danganronpa 3: Future arc episode 5.

Thonks.

We're back!

Into a flashack of kid Seiko trying to help a hurt doggo. And ending up saving Ruruka's dog.

This show didn't need to give me reasons for believing Seiko deserves the world.

But I'll take em.

I'm pretty indifferent to Ruruka and Izayoi.

They were asshole's as teens and they're still asshole's as adults.

It is sweet seeing them actually be friends to Seiko as kids.

It's sad knowing how toxic that friendship becomes but that's as far as my feelings to them are.

Also the fact they knew from the beginning why Seiko can't eat sweets.

And than use that later on, that she's cruel for not eating Ruruka's sweets, despite knowing she can't eat them is just awful.

Those two bought this on themselves, I do not sympathise with them at all.

Izayoi vs Seiko is a cool fight.

But I'm sorry "I'll kill you in the name of deliciousness" does not sound as cool as you think Izayoi.

It is a fun line though.

Annnd back to the Director and Munakata.

Where the Director is still impaled and bleeding.

Munakata calling the man who threw him off a glass balcony a coward.

I'm sorry but the flashback of him holding a child in the apocalypse and glaring at it 😂.

Incase I ever thought I was supposed to like you.

I mean I don't hate Munakata.

I wanna strangle him with his own sword but he's such an interesting character.

"You're resolve was terrifying and than you tucked your tail between your legs."

No he just learned how to act like a functioning human being.

You could learn a thing or two.

I do like the Directors speech to Munakata. Because he's talking to him like he's an equal.

Everyone we see talking to Munakata does so he's a King.

Juzo and Chisa once referred to him as the saviour of Hope's Peak in the despair arc.

Which I personally disagree with.

But you see that very few people talk to Munakata like he's a person.

Makoto tries to but Munakata has never seen Makoto as an equal nor does he like him.

But he does have some respect for the Director.

He's the chairman, he's fought with him.

And the only one who can really talk to Munakata as an equal and hope he might listen.

Makoto worrying about Miaya... Who's gonna tell him...?

Asahina going to fight Juzo, not a fight I expected.

Apparently as a boxer he only fights without weapons for oponnents he respects?

... So when you were beating the shit out of Hajime, it was because you respected him?

Uh huh.

Sure.

Honestly I think Asahina can take him. I just believe in my girl.

Also Juzo, can you give an answer that doesn't involve Munakata? Like why are you doing this, just you.

I get it's because you follow him, but you have you're own thoughts my guy.

Back to Seiko vs Izayoi.

I never thought I'd see so many fights in Danganronpa.

"Someone didn't listen to me."

To be fair Seiko, that could be anyone.

No one listens to you, it's kinda sad honestly.

Ruruka you are competing with Munakata for the most bizzare take of the series.

Seiko can't eat sweets and yeah maybe she could've asked about them. But you only ever ask her to do things for you.

Did you ever talk to her, like without needing something?

Ever bring up your talent that wasn't in a way to make her feel bad for not eating sweets?

... Of course not because you're guys friendship is the miscommunication trope.

I'm sorry you get no sympathy from me.

I can't believe I'm saying that but your making Munakata sound like a functioning human being.

And that's saying a lot.

Annnd they found out Seiko's forbidden action.... Fuck.

Back to Director and Munakata.

Ohhh ohhhh we're mentioning the Kamakura project, are we?

He's right though, Munakata's line of thinking is very similiar to what you'd expect the thought behind the Kamakura project was.

Munakata has outranked Ruruka in the insane takes fight, as he denies all of this and goes to kill the Director.

Because clearly this man telling me killing people for hope is bad and is impaled and slowly dying.

Using his last words to try and talk to me as a person, must the one killing people.

... How did this guy pass primary school? Never mind secondary school.

Yasuhiro my dude you don't want to come in here.

Although to be fair... Might be better than what you're going through.

Building shakes and Izayoi's found a secret Monkuma entrance.

Ruruka saying she'll spare Seiko's life if she has a sweet.

Knowing that will kill her... What is wrong with you?

And saying she'll spare her of Seiko kills Munakata, like she's gonna die either way.

Seiko don't, don't do this.

Also Ruruka you calling Munakata a self righteous bastard, while correct is incredible hypocritical of you.

Okay I get Seiko being on Munakata's side, she was expelled from Hope's Peak and he gave her a chance when no one else would.

Makes sense.

Destroying the lights so, that's one way of getting rid of your weakness.

Ruruka, Seiko would have still been your friend if you hadn't taken advantage of her.

And listened to her.

Seiko just wanted a friend.

It's a shame they couldn't have expressed that but it's too late, too much damage

I do like this inner monologue of both of them realising just how much the other meant to them.

God their friendship really is the miscommunication trope.

But I think it's too late.

Monaca back as Miaya just firing weapons and in doing so, allowing Asahina and Makoto to escape Juzo.

Just what is your game here, Monaca?

Unfortunately it knocked out Seiko.

I appreciate Kyoko trying to do detective work throughout all of this.

Munakata if you just waited 5 minutes the Directors gonna die anyway.

You really don't need to do this.

And I get why he'd accuse the Director but it just feels like he's gonna kill him because someone disagreed with him.

Than any actual belief he thinks the Director is the traitor.

"This is not the time nor the place for a mental sparring match, Chairman."

... That what the hell have we be doing for the past 2 episodes?

You're just mad he called you're argument, simple minded.

... Wait!

Waaaait.

The director knows who the attacker is?!

... Fucking hell... If he says the wrong person that he's just signed their death warrant.

Of course we have no idea but Munakata does.

Fuck.

This is not the person who you give that information too.

... And the Director's forbidden action was to answer a question with a lie.

That's smart, that's really smart.

I wondered why he always said I'm answering truthfully.

Holyshit.

... Munakata still thinking he's lying and killing him, what the fuck.

Man is insane.

Like I always try to hear him out, even if I definitely don't agree.

But man, even getting the answer from a man who can't lie, you can't believe him?

Because you have to be right?

My first guess is Chisa

This man doesn't care or have a reaction to anyone but Chisa.

But than Chisa is already dead so it can't be her?

And why would she be the first kill if she's the traitor.

And it can't be Juzo cos he'd have killed Makoto thrice over if it was him instead of Gozu.

And Monaca is still here, so it could just be her.

Soo its a mystery.

And this marks the true decent into madness for Munakata.

Annnd the Director is dead.

Seiko's back to normal, and crying cos she couldn't help anyone.

This poor girl.

Wonder what Cure W is.

And the timers hit 0.

Sleepy time.

#danganronpa 3: the end of hope's peak high school #Danganronpa #kyosuke munakata #seiko kimura #ruruka ando #sonosuke izayoi #aoi asahina #makoto naegi #kyoko kirigiri #Long post

[redak-ted]

Kitten: You really put aside everything and came all this way for me? How did you even get here so fast? Leo: Several traffic violations. Wilbur: Three counts of resisting arrest. Chair: Roughly thirteen cans of energy drinks. Pom: Also, that’s not our car. (<- KPS yesterday )

Kitten: What if the person who named Walkie Talkies named everything? Leo: Pregnancy tests are Maybe Babies Pom: Socks are Feetie Heaties Chair: Forks are Stabby Grabbies Leo: Defibrillators are Heartie Starties Pom: Nightmares are Dreamy Screamies Chair: Stamps are Lickie Stickies Wilbur, annoyed: You are disappointments

Kitten: You kidnapped Leo? That’s illegal! Wilbur: But Kitten, what’s more illegal? Briefly inconveniencing Leo, or destroying our dreams? Kitten: Kidnapping Leo, Wilbur!!! Chair: Kitten, listen, whatever I may think of you right now- these guys are counting on you to inspire them! Kitten: What, to kidnap people?!?! Chair: To work together! Kitten: TO KIDNAP PEOPLE?!?!?!?! Pom: Kitten, we all agreed a celebrity is a not a people.

Kitten: What does 'take out' mean? Leo: Food. Pom: Dating Chair: Murder Wilbur: IT CAN MEAN ALL THREE IF YOU'RE NOT A COWARD.

Wilbur: I’m an idiot. Kitten: Pom: Leo: Chair: Wilbur: Kitten: If you’re waiting for us to disagree, this is going to be a long day.

Wilbur: You're a loose cannon, Kitten. Kitten: No, I'm not. I'm a cannon maybe, but a loose cannon? Is that what you think of me? Pom: I think you play by your own rules. Leo: No way, they think rules were made to be broken. Wilbur: Those are all attributes of a loose cannon. Kitten: No, I'm just a reckless renegade. Chair is a loose cannon. Chair: *smashes a chair* (<- ..so they hit themselve on pavement? not suprising. /hj)

Wilbur: We’ve been conducting an ongoing study to see what Pom will and will not eat. Kitten: Grass? Yes! Wilbur: Moss? Yes!! Kitten: Leaves? Ohh, yes! Wilbur: Shoelaces? Strange but true! Kitten: Worms? Sometimes! Wilbur: Rocks? Usually nah. Kitten: Twigs? Usually! Wilbur: Chair's cooking? Inconclusive! Leo: How did you… test this? Wilbur: You just hand them stuff and say ‘eat this’ and if they eat it, they eat it. Leo: ... I don’t know how to feel about this. Chair: IS THAT WHERE ALL MY SPARE SHOELACES WENT?

Kitten: Anyone d- Leo: Depressed? Wilbur: Drained? Chair: Dumb? Pom: Disliked? Kitten: -done with their work... what is wrong with you people ...

@leosmasktails @pommigranite @kittenartz @yourleastfavoriteguyinthechair

[skylarstarlight]

Chapter 2: Who Broke It?

Hunting Dogs & Cat Adventures

Silence.

While it may be reassuring to some, in this household it merely served as a countdown for when chaos would inevitably break loose. Silence could not be achieved for long, not unless they were all asleep.

Silence was a warning.

CRASH–!

"Jouno!" A deep bark sounded from the living room.

"It wasn’t me!" Hissed Jouno in reply, walking out of the kitchen to confront the German Shepherd that had accused him, sitting in the doorframe with a look of contempt, tail laid elegantly atop his front paws.

"Then who was it?" Tecchou asked, confusion evident despite lack of expression or intonation.

"I don’t know, Teruko?"

"Don’t you peasants look at me! I was getting my beauty sleep." A few yips from the lounge denied that accusation.

"Well, it cannot be Tachihara either, since he’s with me, asleep." Tecchou’s tail flicked in the direction of the Beagle that leaned on him, somehow not stirred awake by the sudden sound.

"Well it wasn’t me, I was on top of the fridge, that’s not even close to whatever fell." The cat provided an alibi for what would soon turn into an investigation.

"I think it was a potted plant– also didn’t Fukuchi tell you to stop climbing the fridge, Jouno?"

"I’ll listen to that human when mutts learn to fly. it’s comfortable up there, and pleasantly warm."

"...aren’t fridges cold?"

"The machinery runs hot, you brainless furball."

"Right. So then who did knock it over?" Tecchou changed the subject, not finding it necessary to argue while there were more important matters at hand. Disagreeing with Jouno would only guarantee a lengthy argument.

"I still think it’s Teruko" Jouno extended and retracted his claws, scratching the surface of the tile floor, but not doing damage.

“Pointing paws just makes you more suspicious, eyeless! When I tell you I was asleep, I mean it! Now my beautiful fur is all dirty…” Teruko whined, finally entering the room… covered head to toe in soil.

“See? Clearly, she’s the culprit!” The cat bit, huffing in indignation.

“But she said she didn’t do it–”

“She’s a bold-faced liar, then! How else would she have gotten dirty if not for the brutal murder of the houseplant?”

“Because the thing fell right on top of me as I was sleeping on the sofa!” Teruko barked, shaking off some dirt from her fur.

“...the sofa got dirty?” Tecchou perked up.

“...the old man won’t like that…” Jouno added.

A collective shudder ran through all the animals, causing Tachihara to get stirred awake as he leaned against Tecchou. Blinking his sleepy eyes, it does not take him long to notice the gathering.

“What’s going on?”

“We’re saying our prayers.” Teruko said, at the same time Tecchou explained “A plant fell into the sofa.”

Another shudder ran through them, this time with Tachihara included. That sofa was off limits, and they all knew it– and now it was befouled by one of them… and none of them wanted to admit to it.

“...am I going to be put back on the street?” Tachihara was the first to speak up, a fearful whine audible in his voice as his tail hung low.

“...I’ll be damned if I get put back in that godawful shelter, I’m too cute for that. Teruko, just admit you did it! We all know it–” Jouno hissed to the pomeranian to his left.

“I did no such thing, fleabag! I am telling you it fell on me!”

“No one is being sent away over this. Clearly, he cares for us.” Tecchou interjects, raising to his feet, his height meaning he towered above all of them. “At worst, we’ll be stuck with dry food for a couple weeks and get locked in a room when he’s away.”

Several seconds, no one spoke, and simple silence fell.

“...you know what, on second thought, the shelter wasn’t all bad.” Jouno spoke flatly, getting up to walk away.

“You’re going to just flee like that?!” Indignant yipping from Teruko, followed by a growl. “You coward!”

“Actually, I was going to flee like this . Goodbye, and the best of luck with your odds of survival.”

𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

From the tips of his paws upward, Jouno’s silhouette grew blurry, and before you could blink twice, there was no longer a white cat among the group, instead all that was there was the faint afterglow of something vaguely cat-shaped.

“Take me with you!” Tachihara whined, to no avail. His pleas did not get heard, or at least not acknowledged.

“Traitor! Don’t side with the feline bastard! He is no longer one of us–”

“He’ll be back.” Tecchou said, not quite following the universal panic that had broken out among the pets.

“I’ll make him into a fur coat when he does! Creating this mess, covering me in dirt and trying to make me take the fall for it! I’ll turn him into a kitten and–”

“We have no proof to suggest that he’s the culprit.”

“He’s a cat , Tecchou! When plants get knocked over, those are the first you should question! Only the guilty flee like cowards, and he is nowhere to be found.”

“Actually… I don’t think it was him, either…” Tachihara spoke up from behind Tecchou’s front paw, shielded almost completely from view before ducking so his face was no longer stuffed into the fur of the German Shepherd’s chest. “He quite liked the plant that got destroyed… he mentioned to me a couple times how it smells nice, I think it was his favourite. If he wanted to knock a plant–”

What he was going to say would remain forever unknown, as rummaging could be heard behind the door, the clicking sound of key knocking together and a lock being turned.

“Rats– he’s back! Every dog for themselves!” Teruko exclaimed, before running off as fast as her tiny legs could carry her forward, diving under the couch, though her red-ish tail still stuck from beneath it, clearly giving her position away. Tachihara simply found a spot between Tecchou’s front legs and Tecchou… Tecchou just sat there and waited, as he did not do anything wrong and thus saw no reason to flee. Even if he had been the culprit, he’d still take accountability.

“I’m home!” A loud voice called out, sound bouncing off the walls, effectively announcing the presence for anyone that had somehow missed the loud creaking of the front door. Each step was a heavy thud as Fukuchi stepped into the living room. “Hello Tecchou.” Petting his head, Fukuchi bent his knees to speak to him. “Where’s the others, huh, buddy?” A chuckle that indicated that Tachihara had been spotted but intentionally ignored was what betrayed the rather shallow act.

“And Teruko, little lass, did something get stuck under the couch while I was away?” With one hand, the couch got lifted up, tilting it onto its back legs. There lay Teruko, a discarded tennis ball not too far from her as she gave her most innocent face. “Was it so dirty under the couch? Sorry girl, I gotta learn how to clean better.” Laughter again, thankfully no suspicion was voiced. “Now where’s Jouno? Is he on top of the fridge again?”

The pets exchanged a nervous look that Fukuchi could not intercept, as he didn’t speak their language. None of them knew where Jouno was, and that might become a problem really soon.

“Hm, no, not up there. Well, he’ll find his way back, wherever he is.” Two fingers twirled at the moustache, showing indifference at Jouno’s whereabouts.

A collective sigh of relief came from both Tachihara and Teruko, as Tecchou still sat completely still and aloof. However, that relief would be short-lived, as Fukuchi next went to the lounge.

“Oh, we are so dead–” Tachihara trembled, all 3 of the animals following all the way to the doorframe to observe the reaction to the mess. 

And there it lay, right on the floor, a shattered blue terracotta pot with soil everywhere, making a pattern on the floor and smudges on the sofa. It did not look pretty. Above it, an open window with the wind only spreading that dirt further into the corners of the room, as if to add insult to injury.

Fukuchi did not speak for a bit after he took in the sight, before he shrugged and closed the window, locking it.

“That’s what I get for not shutting windows properly when it storms, I suppose. Message received. What a mess…” A disgruntled grumble could be heard, yet that annoyance was not directed at any of the dogs present or cats absent.

“The wind knocked it over? How lame.” Spoke a voice from behind them, and Tachihara nearly jumped out of his fur. There sat Jouno, his approach completely unnoticed by all three dogs despite the bell that hung from his neck.

“You, feline traitor, have some nerve showing your face here!” Teruko immediately shot into the offensive, but Tecchou put a stop to her certain assault by picking her up by the neck fur. “HEY! UNHAND ME! I am no pup anymore! How dare you, you heathen?!” Legs dangling in the air, trying to make contact with anything yet not colliding with anything but void, he simply let her rage as Jouno sat there calmly.

“Oh, Jouno, there you are! I knew you couldn’t be far, but the open window had me guessing, you sneaky cat.” Fukuchi kneeled before him to pat him, and that hand met Jouno as he held the most unimpressed expression on his facial features.

“If I wanted to flee, a closed window wouldn’t stop me, old man.” He sneered, but all Fukuchi heard was a half-annoyed meow, and so the man laughed.

“Right, never been affectionate. Well then, if you’re all here, time for dinner.”

Dinner! As if a magic word, all 4 pets showed sudden interest, to varying degrees. Teruko went limp in Tecchou’s hold, who gently lowered her back to the floor, and so the group followed right behind their human toward the kitchen.

Four plates were served, and only the content sound of eating animals were audible, the shattered pot already forgotten and discarded in a bin.

Silence filled the house once more.

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