#meta station

[meteortrails]

law and luffy are just like. what if I saw you at the peak of your miracle working competence, and then the literal next time I saw you it was at your most isolated and broken. and what if that moment of seeing you alone and grieving and terrified was the moment where I decided you were someone worth keeping, someone who I personally cared about and wanted around. how does that not make you wanna lose your fucking mind.

and then the other thing on top of that which always gets me is the way that you can just so clearly see that neither of them has any idea how to fit this relationship into any preexisting context - Luffy calls him part of his crew, but law is the captain of his own crew and would clearly die before giving that up; law calls them allies but it is glaringly obvious that they care about each other in a way that goes beyond that. of course Luffy is generally a lot less bothered about this than law, who routinely wants to put his own head through a wall about it, but it’s just such a fun layer to their dynamic I think.

#law is sitting there like NO NEED TO DTR. WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND AND ITS FINE. and Luffy’s like yeah exactly we’re besties for life :D #law head in his hands like oh god we DO need to dtr… but luffy has fully moved on that train has left the station and there’s no going back. #sorry bby you missed your chance (debatable if he ever had one LMAO) #anyways back to my first point. like it’s endlessly fascinating to me that they’re initially drawn to each other at their best and brightest #but the moments in which their relationship+devotion to each other are actually cemented are when they’re at their lowest #it’s luffy with his guts on laws operating table. it’s law under doffy w/6 bullets in his chest and still only focused on his revenge #fuck it it’s law alone and at his creepiest on child experimentation island! like that’s the law that luffy looks at and goes YOU <3 #this isn’t necessarily lawlu I just think they’re eternally important to each other in a very uncategorizable way. #one piece #op meta #trafalgar law #monkey d. luffy #god I talked a lot down here…. sorry guys…… #lawlu

[walkingstackofbooks]

Oh my goodness I've just found this Star Trek presentation I made for a "3 Minute PowerPoint Party" I went to aaages ago and I can't believe I never shared it here! (Okay it is over 5 minutes long I had to do some forfeits 😅)

It's been done before, but nonetheless, may I present: DS9 - Connecting the Polycule

#ds9 meta #ds9 polycule #the gayest of space stations #o'brashir #quodo #garashir #kiradax #i'm sorry i didn't edit this but hearing my own voice is nah :P #hopefully you enjoy! #WSB

[ruthlesslistener]

Wanderer's Journal (pt. 3)

Now, as is inevitable with me, I am compiling the info on the Higher Beings, starting with the Pale King.

Here's the bit that states outright that PK was an accomplished civil engineer! I love that the Queen's Station apparently barely disturbed the environment too, likely out of deference to the White Lady. Additionally, the Queen's Station links the areas of Hallownest that allied with the King (Fog Canyon/Greenpath, the Fungal Wastes, Dirtmouth), which is a cool tidbit that I didn't notice until now.

Wyrm moment. It's fun to note that the White Palace as we find it in-game is not in this book, as a mortal would not have been able to enter. Very fun to learn that PK was once an 'unfathomably large' wyrm though (at least according to mortal bug standards!), and that it seems the dev notes on him gaining a gender after he transformed into his kingsbug form did stick around into canon, though of course that could just be because the narrator did not know that he hatched out of the wyrm (Bardoon does, and still uses it/its for the wyrm in-game, but that's not super important, I just think it's interesting worldbuilding).

We also see some of the Pale King's cowardice and willingness to omit the truth to get what he wants here, with him running from his sins and lying about what strips mind from bugs in the Wastelands. We know from Quirrel's comic that it's not him who does it, but if it keeps worshipers in without him having to resort to conflict? Jackpot.

Here's WL, and a mention of Dryya + Radi's puppet. Kinda amusing how WL apparently has no problem with visitors, but then again if I were a very powerful root goddess then I likely wouldn't really care about passive intruders either.

Aaand here's Radi! I find it curious that the glyphs seem to be made by the Moth Tribe, yet are clearly soul totems when we see them in game- maybe they changed from Radiance's power to the Pale King's when they made their conversion? Because they're certainly from the Moths, given the winged nature and the fact that their language seemingly has been stricken from record- though I should note that Ellina cannot read the Pale King's writings, either. I also can't help but feel sorry for the Radiance here, longing to be remembered, even if she did go ham with the genocide in canon.

And now the Grimm Troupe:

I have nothing else to add. I just love how they're hanging out and having fun. Ellina doesn't seem at all afraid of them, so perhaps it's just Elderbug who dislikes them setting up shop in his quiet little town.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

#hollow knight #hollow knight lore #hollow knight meta #wanderer's journal #the fact that pk was a civil engineer who made the queen's station specifically so that it didnt disturb the environemnt... #ough #he loved his wife #the pale king #troupe master grimm #the radiance #the white lady

[trashendence]

not to go back to the couch, but to go back to the couch: abby told buck she was going to dublin on her couch (on which buck clinged for months as he clinged on the rest of her stuff), ali helped him buy his very own couch and dumped him while he was sitting on it with his broken leg and shattered dreams - coincidentally the same couch where he found albert and veronica one night and fell even more into the ‘there is no loyalty or love in this world for me’ spiral -, taylor then invaded his house with her cool velvety version and it was there that they told each other ‘no more lies’ before a lie ended it all.

that’s it, not even his half-revealed skype therapy session was anywhere near his couch.

#the couch is good only when the diaz boys are over #also. the only positive couches he’s actively interacted with are eddie’s (for an unreasonable amount of time too); #maddie’s when she was moving in; the one at the station; and realistically the rest of his friends’ couches are a good place for him #buck needs to find his couch #couch meta ig #evan buckley #911 spoilers 

[casualavocados]

Mom, there’s still one person I’m worried about.

THE ECLIPSE ✦ EP06 | EP07 | EP08 ✦ insp & insp

#the eclipse #the eclipse the series #theeclipseedit #akkayan #akk x ayan #khaotung thanawat #first kanaphan #*cajedit #*gif #hipranparakul #tosnimeat #usernuria #i feel like this is a super condensed version of the meta kk and i wrote #but basically tldr: WELCOME TO THE TRAUMA TRAIN #every stop is pain station <3 #but hugs for ayan is the destination!!!! #sorry i literally havent been able to stop thinking abt this for weeks and then i realized i could gif it and i was like. Oh! #so i did. #aha. ha. OUCH #well anyway i was planning to schedule this to post while i was asleep but then i was worried the links wouldnt work #so here it is a little early! #i hope the order of these makes sense #ask to tag

[m0e-ru]

itsok guys fakest splatoon fan is here to serve 👍

#p4 #splatoon #marie persona #⛽️🌫 #moel gas station attendant #tohru adachi #souji seta #marie splatoon #callie splatoon #arttag #boot.tingting #komikku #persona 4 spoilers #izanami persona #// literally making this for the /looks at list/ four people who care. two of which who are also australian which is really funny to me #// ‘whys adachi got the dualies’ IDK?? i DIDNT EVEN DRAW IT RFIHT #// itsok guys idk how to play this game 🫡 at your service #// i will play hero mode for three hours straight and be infodumped about weapon meta thanks guys i love you #// sorry i was drawing that comic thing i think it's really funny whys there grown men on the turf war field. get their asses #// sorry for the half assed splatoonification im apologize i'll do better next time i hope #// dont ask about mims eye mask i think it'd be funny if they try race faking and obviously not. working. #// oh right that first one was like ages ago well um. here it is now i guess

[metabolizemotions]

... and the association of Vic with Beckett...

There's this thing about associating a woman with a man. Whatever happens, there is like a transference of hate to the woman and love to the man.

Men already get less hate doing something worse than women and more love when doing something minimally decent. The way the narratives are framed on the show don't help.

The choice to - make Maya give Beckett the bottle shifted the blame to her, absolving him. Somehow to some, she became the worst person on the show and whatever she did was her personal unique moral failings. Beckett's long list of poor choices made throughout his captaincy that endangered himself, his team n civilians... The resolution was merely his voluntary stint at rehab. Oh and quietly demoted. No mention of his wrongdoings again. Everyone's just fine with him already. Just like how they accepted his bad behavior right from the start.

The choice to - make Vic to not notice maya's distress and say those words about her, a longtime friend and teammate while being hyper aware of Beckett's state and being especially empathetic towards him.

I hope the speculation isn't true. It'll be a disservice to Vic as a character. It's the use of a well-liked female character to redeem a disliked male character.

On a show where already

... the men don't really need to work on themselves - the characters around them simply lower their standards to accommodate.

... toxic masculinity is conflated with addiction/ mental health issues,

... the men's addiction and wrongdoings - related or not to the addiction, are systemic issues - of the healthcare system failing Sullivan or an inter-generational alcohol problem trapping Beckett

I'm all for the empathy for the struggle with addiction n underlying issues but against using them as excuses to not hold people accountable for bad behavior.

#on a minor note #kate as a plot device ch #seems to be very hated #like dixon-level hate? #cos she speaks unfiltered n inappropriate tots? #doesn't read the room? #cos theo chose to cheat with her? #cos travis neglected vic partly cos of her? #hot take i guess #kate randomly popping up to react to situations is sometimes quite funny to me #like calling out sullivan #or when she called carina bishop's wife #n maya's glaring at her #is it worse than when beckett called carina italy #when he spat mints and ordered maya to clean them up #sometimes it's like she's making meta-commentary #when the show is sometimes #so self-serious #n unserious #station 19 #comments

[somewherefornow]

GREEN LANTERN 2021 ANNUAL + MENTIONS OF SIMON

#very interesting to me how it’s always Simon AND everybody else/the others #Simon is always set apart #for Jessica she’s scared for the rest of the world and for Simon #Hal questions how Jessica is going to tell the other lanterns AND how she’s going to tell Simon #because Simon’s not just ‘everyone else’ to Jessica #there’s the world in danger and there’s Simon in danger and somehow for Jessica #those have become separate things (with somehow equal importance) #if not more honestly since Jessica’s first thought is for SIMON #SIMON in danger. before she reflects on the rest of the world being in similar peril #Hal’s first thought is how is Jessica going to explain this to *simon* #like he recognizes that’s the person who comes first in the people Jessica will want/need to tell #and like could I write a whole thing abt Simon understanding bc Simon & Jess keep continuing somehow on parallel paths #and the significance that they BOTH become yellow lanterns in different timelines #like yeah but this is too long already #simon baz #jessica cruz #hal jordan #also one last note abt how Simon just pops into Jessica’s mind #‘wait till Simon hears abt this’ #makes you wonder if she wasn’t thinking the same thing the whole time she was alone on that station #makes you wonder if—without the ring for company—she just started talking to Simon instead #‘wait till Simon hears abt this’ ‘you’ll never believe this Simon’ ‘did you see what I just did Simon’ #hmmm #meta #simonjess #simon x jessica #green lantern annual #*panelsandpages

[daylighteclipsed]

me proving the station of awakening + Sora waking up on the beach parallels the Destiny Islands falling + Sora waking up in Traverse Town for literally no reason

#kingdom hearts #also sora talks to selphie tidus and wakka both inside and outside of his heart but it messes w the flow #so i didn’t include it #i literally don’t have any meta for this beyond kh’s whole shtick of dreams and reality blending together #i just started playing the first game for fun again and noticed this #as well as like 100 other things within just the first hour that I’ll share at some point #ig it’s also kinda interesting how riku’s section is represented by cinderella #kairi’s section is represented by sleeping beauty #and also a generic looking pink station that i think represents princesses of heart #and sora fights his shadow on the beauty and the beast heart station #ANOTHER thing that’s interesting is how the first station we see — snow white — shatters to transition sora to the next one #which REALLY reminds me of how ventus’ heart station shatters

[thefirstknife]

I saw some confusion among people thinking that Eramis' appearance was random and that she had no business being on the station with access to the Warsats. I'd like to try and clarify some stuff about that.

Eramis was a constant presence this season; more so than Xivu Arath. It has been explained that Xivu Arath cannot invade with her army until the specifics of a ritual are fulfilled and that moving her army through the ascendant plane takes an extraordinary amount of energy and resources.

Some of Xivu's forces were here and acting on her behalf, yes, but largely the main enemy this season was Eramis. Eramis is already in the system and was very explicitly used by the Witness as the one who would act often and faster. The Witness spent a lot of time turning Eramis' friends and soldiers into Scorn for this purpose.

These Scorn are the ones that had the Seraph Station under constant siege. Every time we attack Seraph Station, it's canon because Scorn come back to life so every time we clear it, we have to do it anew. They've been digging in the Station for months, trying to gain access to the Warsat network and preparing for the final assault.

Eramis was not randomly on the Seraph Station; she was there because she's been trying to get there for months. We were fighting their attempts by uploading a virus into the network each time we're there, but that's never been a certain way of stopping Eramis and the Scorn army from wrestling control over the network away. Which is the point of us having to do it multiple times.

I know the Seraph's Shield mission only played dialogue once so if anyone needs a refresher:

Elsie Bray: I've gained remote access to the launch facility's subsystems, but someone is already in here. House Salvation Splicers are hacking the launch mainframe.

Eramis had splicers working on hacking into the station. As a matter of fact, they gained access to the station first.

Ana Bray: She's here? Of course. That must be how Xivu Arath plans of co-opting the Warsat network. The Hive can't do it on their own, so the Witness sends Eramis and her Splicers in to assist.

Ana explaining how Eramis being there makes sense because Xivu cannot gain access to the Warsats on her own, she needs Eramis to assist.

The whole seasonal story hinges on Eramis hacking the station to get to the Warsats and the Seraph's Shield mission was explicitly about us trying to stop her week by week. It just so happens that she succeeded hacking it at the end, before Rasputin was fully operational and ready to be uploaded without negative consequences.

Is the setup a little bit clunky? I think so, yeah, because the whole season is doomed from the start. We have to stop our enemies but it's the nature of the end-of-the-year story for enemies to win in some capacity. I also think that we didn't really have to kill Rasputin for the same effect and for the enemies to somehow get the upper hand; I think it would've been fine if Rasputin simply had to destroy the Warmind stuff but that he could've remained with us as an Exo.

But Eramis having access to Seraph Station and the Warsat network is not random or out of nowhere nor is it nonsensical. That was her entire plan the whole season. Actually her first big win, possibly also saved her life. Not sure how many failures from Eramis the Witness would've tolerated.

I guess the issue is that with the current seasonal structure, we expect the seasonal goal to be fulfilled and for us to walk happily into the sunset until the next season because that's how it worked so far. It can feel like we've been fighting our enemies for 3 months for nothing given that we've essentially failed and it almost caused a catastrophe. But I'm not sure how else to create a story (seasonal or otherwise) where things don't go as planned or where we fail.

There were multiple fronts to fight on this season and there's one where we dodged a massive bullet; Xivu Arath. We lost to Eramis because we had to think about the bigger picture and that is Xivu's invasion. Our loss to Eramis also took the Warsats out of the equation now so that's also a loss to Xivu. It's what we needed; a stalemate. It's not flashy or happy, but it's better than the alternative which is Xivu Arath's portal over Earth. So in that regard we succeeded. We lost the Warsats and Rasputin and almost the Traveler, but all of that was to prevent Xivu Arath from invading which we managed. For now.

#destiny 2 #destiny 2 spoilers #season of the seraph spoilers #long post #eramis #xivu arath #it's really weird to me that people keep asking for bungie to give us a loss and then they do and people are mad about it #this season put us in an impossible situation #xivu arath waiting for a portal. her army swarming us everywhere. eramis and house salvation. half of house salvation is scorn #given that xivu arath did not invade us we got of good imo #i know it's awkward that this season was about rebuilding rasputin and his network and then we lose rasputin and his network #not a huge fan of having to kill rasputin for this to work #but also how do we get a loss if we're not ready to. you know. lose sometimes #also there was never any chance that we would see xivu personally this season. out of the question from the start #i don't know if people thought that would happen but that was very obviously never on the menu #if anything then the meta reason: they're not making a model for such a big player for the final season of the year which will be vaulted #we'll see xivu next year most likely. or maybe in final shape #eramis was always the core player to engage with us this season outside of like. kelgorath #xivu has a lot of players in the system that work for her but she physically cannot show up yet #eramis spent 3 months hacking the station and she made it. congrats. one W in the cringefail life of eramis

[kachikirby]

Kirby: Mysterious Incident on the Pupupu Train! - Chapter 2: Pupupu Train, Ready to Depart!

Previous Chapter

Finally, the day of departure arrived. Kirby arrived at the Dream Land station that was built next to Castle Dedede with the hopes of being the first to ride it. There was still a lot of time left before departure, but Kirby was so excited that he couldn’t wait. At the gate stood a station attendant wearing a cool hat.

“Good morning, sir. Thank you for riding the Pupupu Train today. May I see your ticket?” The attendant said to Kirby.

“Ok!”

He showed the attendant the ticket he was given in advance. The attendant took a scissors-like tool and clipped it with a “snip”.

“Ahhh! Why’d you cut my ticket!? That’s important!” Kirby exclaimed in surprise.

“It’s a way to show that the station attendant saw the guest’s ticket. It’s old-fashioned, but it’s a tradition that the York Railroad Company keeps.” The attendant replied.

“Huuuuuh! That’s interesting!”

Kirby stared at the station attendant. Between the hat on his head and the tool in his hand, he looked cool.

“Hey, Mr. Attendant. I wanna try doing that job.”

“Huh? You?”

“Uh-huh! Please?”

Kirby pleaded, to which the station attendant nodded and smiled.

“Very well. But don’t let your mind wander because it’s a very important job.”

“Got it! Thank you!” Kirby enthusiastically took the hat and ticket gate scissors from the station attendant.

~~~~~~~~

As it became closer to the departure time, the citizens who were passengers arrived at the station one after the other.

“Please show me your ticket. If you do not have a ticket to the planet Baspa, you cannot board the train.” Kirby said while in front of the ticket gate.

“Huh? Kirby?” The passengers were surprised.

“Why is Kirby doing the station attendant’s job?” Chilly asked.

“I asked the station attendant if I could because I thought it was cool!”

“Sounds good. That hat really fits you, Kirby.”

The next one to show up was King Dedede. He was no longer wearing his usual gown, but a yellow vest and a navy-blue jacket. On the jacket’s chest was the emblem of the Pupupu Train. On his head was no longer a crown, but a red station master’s hat.

“King Dedede... what’s up with your outfit?” Kirby asked, to which Dedede replied in excitement.

“Call me “station master”! I’ve become the station master of Dream Land station!”

“...huh? Then does that mean it’s fine if we call you Station Master Dedede since you’re not a king anymore?”

“Nah, I didn’t stop being a king. Call me King Station Master Dedede!”

Someone tapped Dedede’s back, who then became flustered.

“Can you let me through? It’s almost time to depart.”

“Hmm? Who dares to speak so brazenly to the station master...”

Dedede looked back and let out a startled scream.

“Meta Knight!? What do you want?!”

There stood Meta Knight and his subordinates. His subordinates were dragging a large suitcase.

“What I want is a strange thing to ask. This is a station, correct? For what reason would I come here other than to ride a train?” Meta Knight calmly answered.

“No way, are you also riding the Pupupu Train?!”

“I am. As you can see, I have a ticket.” He showed Kirby his ticket.

“You don’t even need to ride a train, don’t you? You can go anywhere with that battleship Halberd!” Dedede said with a grimace.

Meta Knight chuckled softly. “Sometimes it's not so bad to get away from the Halberd. That’s why I wanted to take the train.”

“Right! Right! The experience of riding a train is important to us warriors!”

“And even the Halberd needs to rest once in a while.”

“And the beaches and hot springs seem fun!”

His subordinates, the Meta Knights, shouted enthusiastically as they headed to the platform in excitement. The last to join them was Captain Vul. He was the only one that was not ecstatic like the other subordinates. Rather, he had an even more stern face than usual.

“What’s wrong, Captain Vul? You don’t look so well.” Kirby asked while clipping his ticket.

“...no, it’s nothing.” Vul answered, but there was definitely something wrong. Even his complexion didn’t look that good.

It made Kirby worried.

“Does your stomach hurt? Like you ate too much...?”

Suddenly, Vul raised his voice in anger. “I-i-it’s nothing like that! Absolutely, positively, nothing related to overeating!”

It was a fierce response. While Kirby rolled his eyes, Vul made a thumping footstep before he was gone.

The last to appear was Railroad King York and his three subordinates. Today, he wore an even more elegant suit and had a radiant expression.

“Good morning, King Dedede and Kirby. It’s a fine morning befitting the departure of the Pupupu Train.”

“Uh-huh...” Dedede then asked in surprise. “You’re also gonna ride the train?!”

“Of course.”

“Why don't you just wait on Baspa?”

“I don’t do it like that. Whenever a new line is opened, I always make it a point to board it as a passenger. I cannot tell if a customer is satisfied unless I ride it myself.”

“I see. That’s a really noble gesture.”

“Thank you, King Dedede. Now allow me to introduce to you the crew of the Pupupu Train.”

York looked back at his subordinates, who were waiting behind him.

“The driver, the conductor, and the maid who cleans the guest rooms and takes care of the customers. Every one of them is enthusiastic about their work and a skilled veteran in their field.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you!” The three people said cheerfully as they bowed. Each of them was wearing a neat uniform and had a serious expression.

Then York spoke. “Then we will finally be departing. King Dedede, Kirby, you both should board the...”

“Alright! Let’s go!”

Dedede threw off his station master jacket. Underneath, he had a floral printed shirt and pants, completely like that of a resort. It was a sight to behold for York.

“Oh, what good preparation! As expected of the Great King Dedede!”

“Ha ha ha! I’ve got it covered! Now, Pupupu Train, let’s depart to the resort planet!”

“Departing!”

Kirby shouted together with Dedede before they both ran to the platform. York then spoke to the crew in a calm, gentlemanly tone.

“It’s great to see that everyone in Dream Land seem to be enjoying themselves. Well, shall we be going?”

“Yes, sir!”

The crew headed to the train.

~~~~~~~~

The bell announcing the train’s departure rang loud, and finally the Pupupu Train began to move. It rumbled along the track that stretched into the sky. The scenery of Dream Land from the train became smaller and smaller.

The inside of the train was in a festive mood. Everyone was frolicking in their respective rooms, cheering in the aisles, and unable to contain their excitement.

“Wow! Amazing! This is even comfier than my home!”

“The bed and sofa are so soft! It’s like a lavish hotel!”

While everyone’s voices echoed, Chef Kawasaki was the one who seriously got down to work. His station was the dining car and the kitchen. The kitchen car was equipped with a large oven and sink that would have been at home in a first-class restaurant.

“Hyaah! What wonderful equipment! It may be better than my own restaurant!”

Chef Kawasaki was excited. Behind the kitchen car is the food car, which had a giant refrigerator and freezer that could hold a large amount of meat and vegetables.

“This train is like a dream! I’m itching to put my skills to use!”

He brought the ingredients from the food car and began to cook immediately. Today is the first day of the memorable trip, so a big party will be held with all the passengers gathered there. It was a time for Chef Kawasaki to show off his skills.

“I have to make the best feast I can so everyone can enjoy it! Roast beef, shark fin soup, salmon carpaccio, in-bone steak...”

He prepared delicious food one after the other.

~~~~~~~~

The scheduled time arrived for the party to begin. The smell of the cooking was mesmerizing to the passengers gathered in the dining car.

“Is that hamburgers? I wanna eat them now!”

“I’m starving! Start the party already!”

As if responding to everyone’s hungry voices, York smiled. “We shall begin the party that celebrates the start of a wonderful journey. But first, a toast from King Dedede!”

“Okay!”

King Dedede raised a glass full of orange juice.

“Then, in celebration of the Pupupu Train’s opening, cheers!”

“Cheers!” Everyone raised their glasses in unison.

Chef Kawasaki and the Waddle Dees who helped him laid the dishes on the tables one after the other.

“We made a lot of food! Have as much as you like!”

Kawasaki’s words gave great joy to the passengers.

“I wanna eat the super-hot magma stew! Then the super-hot hot dog and the super-hot mapo dofu!”

“I want the sherbet cold tofu. And the ice oden and the blizzard salad!”

“I want meat! Bring me more and more meat! And bring me the roast beef and bone-in steak, it’s not enough!”

“Me, too! Gimme seconds of corn cream croquettes and nikuman and tempura udon and curry rice and French fries and... and...!”

In addition to the feast that was prepared, everyone’s orders were brought out.

“I have Chef Kawasaki’s cooking all the time, but when I eat it in the dining car, it tastes even better.” Walky said.

“I agree!”

“It’s so romantic with the galaxy spreading outside the window. I’ve never had a meal like this before!” Bouncy said with a hopping bounce.

“It’s so fresh though it’s on a moving restaurant! This trip is getting more and more exciting!” Knuckle Joe said while eating a massive hamburger.

Meta Knight and his subordinates were also enjoying a lovely meal at their table.

“This is delicious! I’ve never had such delicious gratin before!”

Javelin Knight shouted, sounding deeply moved while Trident Knight smiled.

“The food on the Halberd was nutritious and delicious, but it’s nothing compared to the food Chef Kawasaki makes! This piping hot pizza is the best!”

While the Meta Knights were engrossed in their meal, Axe Knight suddenly spoke.

“Hm? You haven’t eaten much, Captain Vul. Is it not palatable to you?”

Captain Vul, who had only eaten a small salad, was already putting down his fork and knife.

“Yes, it’s not my most favorite flavor. I prefer the food on the Halberd.” Vul replied with a grim look.

“Is that so? For a great trip like this, that’s too bad.”

“No, it’s ok. Never mind me.”

Next, dessert was brought out.

“Waah! That pudding looks delicious!”

“Ice cream with blueberry sauce! My favorite!”

“There’s so many bite-size cakes! I don’t know what to eat!”

Everyone cheered and Chef Kawasaki said with a smile. “We’re going to have a tea party the afternoon after tomorrow. I’m thinking of trying a new cake recipe. Look forward to it!”

“A tea party?! Uwaah! Sounds fun!”

The passengers clapped their hands in joy. At that moment, Captain Vul suddenly stood up. He looked horribly unhappy and his beak was quivering.

“What’s wrong, Captain Vul?” Javelin Knight asked in surprise.

“...I don’t feel well! Lord Meta Knight, forgive me, but please excuse me.” He bowed towards Meta Knight and left the dining car.

The Meta Knights looked at each other.

“What’s wrong with him? He was acting really weird.”

“His face was so gloomy and he barely ate anything.”

“It’s weird. I can’t believe that he didn’t even touch dessert. He might be sick.”

“What should we do, Lord Meta Knight?” When Axe Knight asked that, Meta Knight replied.

“Don’t worry about it. He might be anxious because this is his first time riding a train. He should be fine after a good night sleep.”

“That’s right.”

After hearing what Meta Knight said, the Meta Knights relaxed and continued to enjoy their meal.

~~~~~~~~

It was an extremely fun party.

But no one expected the terrible commotion that would ensue that night.

No one could have predicted it.

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#kirby light novel translation #kirby light novel #light novel translation #kirby #meta knight #king dedede #chilly #bouncy #knuckle joe #chef kawasaki #the meta-knights #captain vul #KING STATION MASTER DEDEDE #I started translating this chapter normally but then it became my weird way of coping with the most recent episode of g-witch #some crazy stuff dropped this week #I somehow did this in one day #i'm insane #kudos to my friend for staying up long enough to check over the English translation as a native speaker test

[travishackett]

     one man can’t run a precinct, no matter how small the town.  as laura, we find the building virtually barebones, with no signs of life aside from discarded trash, scattered papers and empty liquor bottles.  there’s one lowly birthday card tacked to the corkboard, one singular date circled on the calendar. 

     travis had probably tried to warn them, even commanded them not to pursue the leads about missing people or strange noises in the woods.  and every time, he found himself at some poor woman's front door with the news of her transition from beloved wife to grieving widow. 

     pretty soon, there was no one left, and a building once teeming with small-town charm became a graveyard, a crypt to house its only remaining living resident.  he probably spends most of his time there now, even set up a sad little cot to sleep on in his office. 

    the building’s left in desolation, each upended chair and empty room a reminder of what he’d failed to protect.  not a single soul to ease his workload, not one person to share his birthday beers with.  the desks and lower floor are kept clean, a remembrance of sorts to those who died, while the upstairs and his office are left to ruin.  his own comfort has never been a priority, after all. 

    even after leaving his family’s house, he learned that running away from what haunts you never does a lick of good.  it always catches up with you. 

#the quarry #travis hackett #misc: meta #had this in my drafts and saw someone asking about why the station's empty #i gotchu pal; i gotchu #ch: travis hackett

[basingstokemercury]

Why would his opinion not count?

It's not as if they're...

(shipping brain fires up)

...dating or anything, right?

#deep space nine #space station squad #the julian bashir chronicles #the kirashir agenda continues #from the holoimager #Kirashir #kira nerys x julian bashir #julian bashir x kira nerys #from the meta viewpoint I know this scene is probably a fourth wall joke because the actors were involved #but that explains the “your fault” joke not really why the dialogue and blocking feels flirty

[swiftfootedachilles]

ive never seen anyone talk about a canon divergence where damien and mickey get caught by the feds when they robbed that gas station....im rlly interested in knowing yalls thoughts on what might happen after that

#does ian stay in contact? like he would go to jail too right for helping mickey? would it be like the prison arc but just...earlier? #if ian somehow evaded prison time (house arrest etc) what would their relationship look like #i truly believe at that point that ian was convinced he WAS still going to mexico #how would trevor have reacted? knowing ian left him to escape to mexico with his ex? #theres no way ian would be like 'noo i was just along for the ride i wasnt REALLY gonna do it' #bc he really was gonna do it..until the end when he changed his mind #so like....wtf would have happened if they got arrested at the gas station #gallavich meta

[rosewind2007]

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again:

Why does everyone (Preservation Survey Team and Murderbot Diaries Readers alike) ignore how remarkable it is that Gurathin spots that Murderbot is rogue?

At the start of All Systems Red, Murderbot has been a rogue for 35,000 hours.

That is (even using weird 28 hour cycles) well over three (possibly approaching four) years.

THREE YEARS IS A LONG TIME!

This will include time spent with other SecUnits; “station units”; SecUnit technicians; company employees who know Secunits… Basically people (I’m including bots/constructs as people here) who would be expected to be better able to spot MB’s idiosyncratic behaviour more than some random augmented human.

On the survey Murderbot rescues Bharadwaj and Volescu from the worm . It shows its face (who of the Preservation team didn’t know it had a face?); and everyone hears its (oh so very human) voice coaxing Volescu out of the worm’s antlion-like trap.

In the book we open with the worm scene, but Gurathin has clearly seen through Murderbot’s little charade before then. By the “planning to head and check on DeltFall” scene (page 35-38 my e-copy) Gurathin knows something is up. He can see this SecUnit isn’t obeying its governor module. This is evident to the extent that Ratthi spots that there is something up…with Gurathin:

“Gurathin said, “What situations?”

Ratthi gave him a bemused look. “This situation. The unknown. Strange threats. Monsters exploding out of the ground.”

I was glad I wasn’t the only one who thought it was a dumb question.

Ratthi is bemused by Gurathin’s questions (plural, he also asks “What about your systems?” earlier in this scene).

I would note that Gurathin’s comments in this scene both follow Murderbot explicitly disobeying its governor module:

“I could ignore the governor’s instructions to defend the stupid company”

“It was one of those impulses that comes from my organic parts that the governor is supposed to squash”

Clearly the Preservation Team have all had a shock. Bharadwaj is seriously injured, Volescu has taken psychic damage. BUT despite this Gurathin is still sure there is something off-kilter about their SecUnit and he isn’t letting this drop.

He later takes advantage of Murderbot shooting itself, and proves he’s right—BUT he knew something was up well before this.

How come? What was it he, Gurathin (augmented human, systems engineer) spotted, that everyone else missed? And why?

And how come no one (Team Preservation, Murderbot itself, or the readers of the book) seems to be asking questions about this?

Notes:

Network Effect mentions Preservation 28 hour cycles

Station Units, mentioned twice in All Systems Red, and then never again…

Antlions build hugely sophisticated traps:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.0365

#all systems red #murderbot #the murderbot diaries #murderbot diaries #gurathin #secunit #martha wells #meta analysis #augmented human #station units #preservation aux #preservation alliance #hostile one #antlions #antlion #I love the idea hostile one is a giant antlion #where were the biologists? you should have spotted the trap #Youtube

[prdsd4na]

the preview for episode 12 is really interesting vegaspete wise because pete isn’t chained anymore vegas probably gave him the shirt he’s wearing and from vegas’ words it seems like something sexual and romantic will happen between them during the episode and the whole 15 seconds preview ends with what appears to be the beginning of a kiss between them maybe ??? something that could definitely happen considering they showed us a softened vegas taking care of pete after realizing that pete could actually die and he really doesn’t want it to happen and also genuinely touched by the humanity pete showed to him and i don’t think vegas is faking his interest in pete not even a bit because pete is someone he already knows and this situation is the first time he has the chance to see the real pete without the fake smiles and the bodyguard facade and also pete is seeing a vegas like he’s never seen before and he’s definitely looking 

so what i i think will happen in episode 12 is vegas will try to get closer to pete and gradually make pete’s imprisonment and torture 1+1 deal better and better to the point where there will be no chains and handcuffs between them anymore and to the point where pete will have all the chances in the world to escape just because he realizes he feels something for him and realizes what he’s doing to him is wrong and maybe he wants to test pete and see what he does if he escapes or not and i think pete will notice it and use it at his own advantage to escape because as i said earlier pete is someone who looks who is attentive and he notices things and he had his eyes on vegas for a long time anyway but along the way he’ll realize he does feel something for vegas too because the time they shared together was too intimate and personal and changed them both and when in the end he does escape (because vegas kind of lets him) we’ll witness the worst angst ever with them heartbroken thinking about each other trying to find a meaning to what they shared 

#I'M MANIFESTING #it won't happen #BUT WHAT IF IT DOES HAPPEN #vegaspete train has left the station fellas #WE'RE MOVING THE TRAIN IS MOVING #i don't know where we're going BUT WE'RE GOING #vegaspete #kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #kinnporsche meta #giordana texts