#plan back ups to the backup

[eyeofnewtblog]

Things that happen at work:

So, my coworkers know that am good at sewing and do clothing repairs or alterations as a side hustle.

One of my coworkers is a semi retired professional bodybuilder. He was a driver, but now he’s the night dispatcher, and he’s…kinda crazy. Not in a bad way, but just…very Right Wing Alpha Male Energy, while at the same time being very self aware of his personal flaws, CONSTANTLY happily stoned, accepting of other people’s opinions and views as long as you aren’t trying to change his mind, just bringing interesting talking points to the table…the analogy I suggested that he liked the best is that he’s like fancy licorice, a very strong distinct flavor, very few people like it, definitely an acquired taste, and probably an expensive mistake if you’ve never had licorice before.

That all being said, he’s still a semi retired bodybuilder and obsessed with having ALL of his pants fit his ankles as if he were wearing sweatpants. And his “nice” shirts being fitted to his current torso size rather than his previous size. I only charge $10 a garment if it’s just a basic alteration or repair, so about once a month he gives me two or thre things to take in or add elastic to.

But remember how he’s now a dispatcher, not necessarily everyone’s cup of tea, on top of being constantly stoned and knowing that I can sew? Anyway.

Me: *coming into the driver room so that I can punch out with the fingerprint scanner thing, having casual good bye conversations, while the day dispatch guy is leaving and Crazy Bro is taking over*

Crazy Bro: Hey, I have a very serious question for you. What if…I wanted to have my face just…sewn directly onto my ass?

Me, after a very surprised pause: I mean, it’s definitely doable. It’d have to be hand stitching and I’d have to get the right kind of thread to make it permanent, but I’ve already got my grandmother’s saddle repair kit, plus all my curved needles, so like. It’s definitely doable. Do you want to be dead while I do this, or are you thinking straight up centipede style? There’s broken bones either way, just. How exactly do you want to do this?

Crazy Bro: Honestly, I just wanted to see how you would respond. I’m impressed that you took it as seriously as you did. I was honestly thinking you would get grossed out and storm off.

Me: Bitch, please. I know you well enough to know to feed your hunger for knowledge before I feed your basic thot thirst for a ReAcTiOn. How else am I going to feed my own intrinsic need to be liked by everyone? (Yes I used air quotes to enunciate my verbal response, no I’m not ashamed of myself)

Crazy Bro: This is why I like you. You’re soft, and good at hiding, but secretly you’re as cold on the inside as I am.

Me, in all seriousness: I’m good at empathy and conflict avoidance tactics. I’m not hiding anything, I just know that you will respect me more if I respond with facts and a plan instead of freaking out.

#humans are space orcs #always come up with a plan #no good plan survives contact with the enemy #regardless of how stupid the plan is you should still always be able to point out how you would exploit it #plan to back up your first plan #plan back ups to the backup

[sealrock]

my newest weird guy still doesn't have a name but he has a cute face. and cute sharp teeth.

#mypost. #ffxiv gpose #ffxiv screenshots #ffxiv oc #before anyone points it out: yea i gave him patroclus' face template because it was too good NOT to use. patty is back to his old face now #my homie said he looks like he listens to mcr and like yea that tracks #if s9 doesn't line up with what i have in mind for him i have a backup plan #so far he's a weird combination of denji csm and zidane ff9 #why does he have sharp teeth? because he thought it would be cool #i imagine he's no older than 19. he looks like the one goth kid that tagged along with his normal family out at the mall #the makeup is to make a statement of some sort since his mask also has a crying face #and he continues wearing his makeup like this even after the events of dawntrail

[coquelicoq]

crashes ur board meeting n drags u out by the collar but its fine bc youre the one always saying shit like "im looking for people i can use" ok lol. get used idiot

#just tracing like. the sequence of events that had to take place in order for this to come to pass #1. natori and his shiki are skulking around homura stalking ban. possibly it's just his shiki and natori is elsewhere. #either way 2. natsume shows up and natori learns about it either bc he witnesses it or a shiki comes to tell him #3. natori gets in his little richard scarry apple car (this is my mental image for some reason) & fucking. BOOKS IT to the matoba compound #4. goes inside. presumably matoba lackeys try to stop him bc their boss is in an important meeting but somehow he gets past them #(possibilities here are v fun to think about. maybe natori does this all the time and they're used to it. maybe he's never done it before #but they're all on orders to let natori in if he ever shows up. maybe natori convinces them he's supposed to be IN the meeting #which is great because it sounds like some important clan thing so what is he in the clan now??) #5. interrupts matoba's meeting like 'i need you' and matoba's like 'bye everyone whatever this is is more important' #6. they get in natori's comical apple car (again the apple car is not canon don't worry about it) #& natori drives like a bat out of hell back to homura. (SOURCE: matoba is so scarred he refuses natori's offer for a ride later) #i wonder what they talk about on the way there? because they don't talk about why natori is stalking ban until much later #so they must be busy talking about something else. but what?? #that or they're both too distracted by all the near-death experiences from natori's crazed driving lol #natsume's book of friends #natsume yuujinchou #homura cats arc #horrible exorcists #my posts #sidenote i feel like that page at the end where both matoba and sensei refuse natori's offers of a ride is really funny because #sensei's reason is that it will take too long. but sensei did you know natori drives like a speed demon? think it thru... #also like. how long did it take him to decide to involve matoba? was that his backup plan all along? #also it's pretty lucky that he found matoba at all considering he could be anywhere...the matoba have like 15 houses... #he has matoba's schedule memorized lol #natori sparkling to the assorted clan members in the meeting: sorry ladies and gentlemen i just need to borrow this~ #*throws matoba over his shoulder and fireman-carries him to the parking lot*

[philsmeatylegss]

Learning that Dan and Phil knew about all of the phandom lore and jokes is like learning Santa isn’t real. Looking back, it’s obvious and makes a lot more sense, but where’s the magic?

#it’s almost as if them entering fame in their 20s in an area that was completely unexplored with severe mental health issues #specially trauma surroundings sexuality only to have sexuality be a large part of their online persona #while also knowing there was no going back they had no backup plan or extra money #using their luck of being deeply entrenched in internet culture from when it first started to be able to be literate enough in internet #culture to be able to adapt to what an audience wanted without it specifically being stated #and trying desperately to balance trauma surrounding sexuality and sexuality being a large part of branding but it was part of the branding #in a way that it had to be aloof #causing probably an immense amount of mental strain with zero guidance relying purely on instinct from what they learned and kind of making #it up as they go #made them really purposeful with probably every single post especially the first five ish years when it wasn’t stable and acting like they #didn’t know was part of the personality they needed to craft to adapt to what the audience wanted despite that being integral to their job #I kind of forgot where I was going with this #basically who would’ve thought a job in completely uncharted territory with no backup plan and based purely on public perception would mean #them being constantly up to date with what their fans thought #rae’s rambles #dan and phil

[shellys-apprentice]

What if Giovanni was too sick for Celebi to cure? What would he say to Silver?

I'm sorry, this really ran away with me~

Three days, five hours, and twenty-ish minutes.

That’s how long Silver’s had Usaring back.

How long he’s had the house key he’s silently fiddling with as he walks through the forest.

And how long Giovanni Sakaki has been dead.

If Silver lets his mind wander too much, he can still feel the moment his hand had gone unnaturally still against his cheek in Sinjoh.

(He’s trying not to think too hard about everything else that happened in the ruins. Like the fact that Giovanni didn’t need to be there. That he’d probably be fine if he’d stayed in Ilex. That if Silver wanted to be cruel and unreasonable, he could blame everything on Lance. But he won’t.)

There’s a funeral tomorrow. Arranged by someone Silver doesn’t know. Who might not even know he exists. He’d only found out because he’d happened to take the train back through Saffron. Happened to run into Sabrina in the station.

He doesn’t know if he’s going to go. Or if he should. He can show up later, when it’s over, on his own. That’s probably better, right?

What he does know is that Giovanni had pressed the key to what should have been his home into Silver’s hand before he died, while quietly telling him that Ursaring could take him home if he went to Viridian.

That everything went to him.

That he would be fine.

That all he had to do was go back to Viridian, and everything would be fine.

He can’t really find it in him to be happy about any of that.

Up ahead of him, Ursaring pushes through the undergrowth and out into a clearing, then, when Silver follows, is revealed to be the yard of the house.

She keeps plodding on through the yard, but Silver slows, taking in the building.

He feels like an intruder. Like he’s breaking in, even as he slips the key into the lock.

Ursaring nudges him towards the stairs once they’re in, and he lets her lead him to a room that looks like an office.

The rest of the house had felt too tidy, with nothing out of place, and this room is the exception; there are two boxes sitting neatly on the desk, and, on the chair behind it, a green sweater that had been forgotten over the arm of the chair.

He walks over to that first, snatching it up to hold close.

It smells like freshly turned earth, and he keeps his arms wrapped tightly around it as he turns to the desk.

One of the boxes contains papers that have to do with Team Rocket, with a note on top, simply telling him to do what he wants with them.

The other, smaller, box contains the pokeballs for Giovanni’s team, and Silver stares at them, his chest aching all over again.

Because all of this seems to make it clear that Giovanni had never actually thought that going to Celebi would work.

Clinging tighter to the sweater, Silver turns to the two pieces of paper sitting between the boxes.

One has a phone number, for someone named Nanu, with an assurance that he wasn’t connected to Rocket, and would be able to help him with anything, and a few more details he doesn’t read because he’s distracted by the other, longer, note.

Silver-

I would like nothing more than for you to never read this. To have been able to come back and burn this, and pretend I never had to lay out all this for you.

But if you are reading this, then that means I am dead, and I need you know that I am sorry to be leaving you like this. I tore this region to shreds trying to find you, and I’ll freely admit that I would do it again if I thought it would buy me even just another hour with you, but I suspect at this point nothing will.

I’m leaving you my team. Your ursaring is an excellently trained pokemon, and I only wish I had been the one to help you accomplish that. I know you’ll do well with the rest of them.

And I know this may ring hollow coming from me, but I am proud of where you’ve ended up. When I first heard of a red-haired boy with a  sneasel tearing through Rocket in Johto, I wanted it to be you. Both to know you were alive, and because it would mean you had gotten that strong and capable.

I wish I had been able to help you reach that point, but I’m glad you did nevertheless.

I hope I am at least able to see you to send you here, but if I’m not, know that nothing I’ve done is your fault. And that anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is not your friend.

I love you.

Your father,

Giovanni

#giovanni #trainer silver #rival silver #my writting #anon #i guess my answer to what would he say is literally nothing in front of pryce and lance but you know this man has fifty backup plans #also if anyone's interested since this made me think of it #i have the first chapter of a au where celebi can't heal him and pitches him back in time to the morning before Silver was kidnapped writte #and it's probably never gonna end up on AO3 cause it doesn't have a plot and doesn't work as a oneshot #but if anyone wants to see it I'd stick it up here

[foolofatook001]

She’s not stupid, okay. She knows that no one trusts the Traveler—Artagan, whatever— no matter how much they all say We’re with you, Jester. She’s seen them in their little worried huddles off to the side, Beau and Fjord and Caduceus, and she knows when they’ve been talking about her and the Traveler because they all have That Expression on their face. That pursed-lips Mmmm I don’t like this but I am keeping my mouth shut right now expression. That Mmmm my god is a real god and a lot better than Jester’s fake god expression. (And of course the Traveler is still basically a real, almost-god, even if he doesn’t want to be as much of a god anymore! Jester just knows that that’s kind of what they’re thinking when they have That Look on their faces.) 

And they’re her friends, and Jester loves them, and she knows they love her and they want her to be safe. 

But. But. The Traveler was Jester’s first friend, and her best friend, and for a long time her only friend, so it hurts that the rest of Jester’s friends don’t… see that.

And Fjord’s one to talk, too— wasn’t he doing stupid things for Uk’otoa (Uk’otoa) not too long ago? But he follows the Wildmother, so obviously he knows everything now!

All right, Jester knows that’s a little mean. She remembers him promising her Mama that he would protect her. He just wants to keep her safe, and he’s said as much; he’s been burned by his own experiences and he doesn’t want her to get hurt the same way. 

(And she has been hurt. Is hurt. There are a few things that she’s never going to draw out in her sketchbook, the kind of things that she just wants to cry out while curled up in her Mama’s lap like she’s little again. The kind of things that she can’t even tell the Traveler, because right now he needs her help, so he needs her to be strong and he needs her to be happy.)

But even so, she KNOWS the Traveler, knows him better than Fjord ever knew his stupid snea snake, even if she didn’t know him as well as she thought she did. He may be tricksy, but she still trusts him, because he’s promised time and again that she is his first, his favorite, and he will not leave her, not forever. And none of her friends seem to believe her when she tells them this!

“I’d like to be there to help you walk the path you’re on, and…keep things from getting out of hand,” says Caduceus’s slow, deep voice.

“Sure, Jester,” says Beau, “but you know you’re the one who does all the amazing stuff, right? Not him.” 

“Arch means evil, doesn’t it?” Nott’s worried, reedy voice says. “It’s only used in bad things!”

The silence from everybody but Caleb after the Traveler says, “As long as you have her around, you’ll have me around,” speaks volumes and volumes. A whole Cobalt Soul library. 

And that hurts just as much. 

If Artagan told her, right this second, that he was going to go off to travel through the planes and he wanted her to come with him… 

She isn’t sure she would tell him no.

#critical role #fool writes #jester lavorre #the traveler #artagan #I just still have many thoughts about the Nein and how they all treat Jester and her god #especially in the run-up to travelercon #like #beau and fjord are actively making plans to take the traveler down if he steps one toe out of line #caduceus has that 'i'm going along with this because everyone else is but i don't 100% approve' vibe #veth and yasha make no secret of how little they trust him #and i mean like it's valid #because the traveler is shady af #but it feels like jester gets dismissed really easily? #and they're doing a lot of this 'backup planning' behind her back #probably because they know that jester would Have Something To Say About It #idk man #like i get why #but I will still write about it lol #also this was almost widojest #but then I ran out of steam #rest assured however #that the 'and I cast Seeming and everyone is wearing green robes...Jester's has extra embroidery' lives in my mind at all times #wow this was a proper tag rant #fun times

[north-park]

"South Park is a fatphobic and M&T are full of shit" isn't a really hot take i guess BUUT it's very bizzarre to me that Cartman's physical weakness is often linked to his fatness if not it being its cause because where i come from if you are slighty overweight boy not only you are considered a mini hercule you WILL be treated like a mule anytime "strong arms" are needed...

Honestly I think this is actually just a very very american kind of fatphobia, absolutely not a single media made outside USA, anime, books, TV series i ever touched implies that being fat makes you physically weak, it's the opposite most of the time, just look at Gian from Doraemon, he is the most iconic fat anime character of all times and he is a big, dumb, mean bully who tears apart everything in way with his sheer strenght, and he is big eater with big heart and big belly, idk man americans are so fucking weird

But also in TFBW he and Mysterion have very the high strenght while the rest of M5 have very low value regarding that, these jock/nerd dichotomies works in mysterious ways

#i once read the reason why cartman was able to beat kyle so easily in PC as adults #is because cartman was never weak to begin with #he just gives up so damn easily because he is just scared of facing people and the consequences of his own actions face to face #and i mean maybe it's not the intention but it checks out? #eric is a coward and hates confronting people without 4828592948 backup plans to save his ass if things go wrong #in PC he has a reason to fight kyle back because he had a real reason to fight beyond his selfish desires #my post #stuff for me

[moonlit-tulip]

With all the apocalyptic worries surrounding tumblr nowadays, I figure it's worth asking: what's the current state of tumblr alternatives, for use in the event of things developing as poorly as it seems like they might? Has anyone yet built anything resembling a Fediverse reimplementation of tumblr? Back in 2018, no such thing seemed to exist, and the best fallback-place (at least for my own purposes) was Dreamwidth; but it wouldn't shock me if things were different, now, given the general takeoff of Fediverse-ish tech over the last year or so. And this seems like information worth accumulating before anything too apocalyptic happens, since most likely apocalypse-shapes will include a component of "it becomes harder to accumulate information efficiently".

#Archive #Tumblr Exodus #ideally the information won't actually be needed #but i figure some caution and contingency-planning are warranted here #because tumblr is currently one of my two most core/central internet homes alongside discord #and if it's going to become unusable then i want to have a good backup pre-lined-up to fall back on #because i don't want to deal with unpleasant-void-in-my-life feelings from tumblr dissolving and that's what would happen absent a fallback

[theclosetedskeleton]

me staring at my DAD when he said "if i see you have any f's during these 10 days.. things are gonna be bad. and by that i mean youre gonna get your tv taken. And youre gonna get no privacy. Meaning im going to take your door away" when i just wanted to go downstairs and get a fucking granola bar and NOT remember that if i fuck up once at school my privacy vanishes

#i am so fucking done with my parents my dad shouldve went with my mom to europe #hes more laid back and is not constantly checking to see what im doing (stares at my mom) but he is 100% more strict about things #also hes more how do i say this #“if you get emotional in front of me im going to start yelling at you instead of comforting and caring abt you” kinda person #like my mom cares about my emotions to an extent and my dad just fucking doesnt what in the world #i dont fucking care abt my tv that much its just my door that matters #at least i have backup plans in case he takes my door away #the plans arent solid and it may be more possible i could get caught but its better than nothing #EXTREME WORST CASE SCENARIO i keep fucking up and my parents put a camera in my room #then its literally over and i cant use my computer at ALL #if that happens maybe i can hide the computer in the bathroom cabinet and use it at night #idk if that would work #maybe i can hide it in my sisters old room's closet??? uhh idk maybe my mom would hear me walk to her room at night #lets just hope im not forgetting anything this weekend #i have to be better or else this stupid game gets harder and its easier to risk losing everything #closet rambles again on tumblr #goodness GRACIOUS was this a vent #sorry

[stiltonbasket]

in the flowers in the palace au, when did lwj realize that she was in love with wwx? It seems like she knows by the first part of the series, since lqr is trying to encourage lwj to marry and she's refusing, so did lwj fall in love when wwx was studying at the cr (if that happened in this verse)?

Lan Wangji's love realization happens when Wei Wuxian breaks into the Cloud Recesses to comfort her in "for myself, in my frenzied heart." This doesn't have much to do with Lan Wangji's refusal to marry; she was simply raised differently from most other girls in the FITP universe, because Lan Qiren and Qingheng-jun knew they could rely on Nie Mingjue to protect her after their deaths through NMJ's marriage to Lan Xichen.

During Lan Wangji's childhood, Nie Mingjue's father was a high-ranking general who controlled the most important military garrison in the empire, and LQR/QHJ were confident that Lan Wangji would be free to live the life she wanted (and stay safe from power plays within the Lan clan) as long as LXC had the Nie family behind her. Thus, LWJ was allowed to choose the subjects she studied after she came of age; and when she decided to pursue higher studies in music and weapons training instead of learning how to manage a household, QHJ didn't object.

By 21, Lan Wangji would have found it extremely difficult to fulfill any of the responsibilities of a gentry wife, so QHJ/LQR never considered marrying her off until Qin Su joined NMJ's harem as a concubine (signaling a loss of favor/power on Lan Xichen's part).

#asks #flowers in the palace #lan wangji #reference #part of the problem (re: lwj living the life she wants as an unmarried woman) #is that there are male heirs around who would refuse to respect lwj's leadership of the clan in future #and unlike say jiang yanli #lxc and lwj do not have a maternal family to back them up #because their mother was a wen princess who eloped with qingheng-jun and then went into seclusion for the next 16 years #so wrh wouldn't find out #and after lqr and qhj passed away lwj would have no one to protect her within the cr #luckily by the time madam lan died lxc was 14 and already pretty much spoken for re: marriage #so she had the assurance of future protection through her sister after losing her mother #and qhj rly didn't want to think about a backup plan for lwj bc he'd only need one if lxc or nmj died before their marriage could happen #and at the time nmj was the heir to a dukedom and part of a strictly monogamous family #so qhj figured that lxc would have all the power she needed as a) nmj's wife or b) his widow if he was killed in war #he was not counting on nmj overthrowing wrh and crowning himself emperor

[femmespoiled]

I hate how tonight I'm forced to think about the weird dynamic it is when for most of your life the only person who ever cared about you is also the person who traumatized you the most

#tw for i don't even know just thread carefully #like who threatens to kick out a child and to call social services on said child. make them wait outside during the night+ #telling them you're packing up their things #not once even. multiple times #for fucking misbehaving/back talking. it's not like i set the house on fire #and still that was the only person i could rely on #wtf #and when i talk about it with this person today they tell me they don't understand what they did so wrong for me to grow up like this #and i can't even say it because they'll deny it. big liar #the fact that they also thought it was ok to put their hands on me but I won't get into that #but there's a reason it is so unsettling for me to have my nails short and nothing to protect me #child abuse tw #i think? #idk was it? it's hard for me to name what that was #i swore I'd be different and i am. can't trust anyone. always taking a step back. always having a backup plan #random stuff

[kimostv]

Sunday evening(four glasses of wine deep) standing in the middle of a group of strangers(commuters. friends) and there's a fire somewhere delaying all the trains(the ones to my station after the one I'm waiting for are canceled) and people are being kicked out of the train standing at the platform(nobody knows what's happening) and you make smalltalk about it and share the frustration and then!!! and then!!!! another train rolls up and you're allowed to step on and go(finally thank god) and the crowd erupts in cheers and you sit down(no more achey hips) and everyone who walks past smiles and says something about the ride(travel safe). I think that's human. i think that's love even

#my backup plan was to walk back up the mountain to my parents place so no harm no foul #but im happy we all got to where we needed to go

[airbenderedacted]

my b-day was so chill and nice this year. you wouldn't even guess that i lost my insurance benefits today and now the meds i literally need in order to be functional as a person now cost me 1.1k a pop ! ❤️

#BUT LIKE LEGITEMATELY I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FINE back up plan s back up plans backup plans #florida's only done One whole thing right. ever. and that's making laws that say tht children can stay on their parent's insurance til 30 #(the insurance i was on was my father's and it was LIT bc the man works for the supreme courts aoguhHHGHGHG im gonna miss that. hough) #now i get normal floridian coverage. and they dont cover my meds actually but they can if i ask nicely. so. fingers crossed knock on wood #all this is just a reminder that capitalism is the greatest evil #ik people dont believe adhd is a disability but i very much need these things to keep myself . Alive. #so. prayer and well wishes and crossed fingers all around #ultimate birthday wish: HEALTHCARE HEALTH CARE HEALT

[gazelessmenagerie]

For those you have allowed close to your heart, almighty Saiyan of legend, should forces that would seek to snuff them out draw near... do you truly believe you can protect them? You are but one; and the forces of evil are many.

“ What useless question is this? ” Of course he’d exterminate whatever threats dare rear their pathetic heads. He’d tear them apart and make their forebearers weep in the sheer brutality of their agonizing deaths for daring to try and harm whatever stupid weaklings he decides to spend his time around! Each tendon pulled on their respective digits, curling them into tightened fists. Power pulsed from his intimidating stature, easily sweeping any stray bits of loose gravel and pebbles.

‘ Does he truly believe he can protect them? You are but one; and the forces of evil are many. ’

His arm extended outwards, palm opening in the flash of a moment as a shining sphere of green ki birthed into existence within the center. It was nothing short of a laughable notion he wouldn’t be able to defend what he claimed for himself. His power was insurmountable, boundless! 

“ You said it yourself, worm. ” The title he was given, were those words not connecting to that inane little head belonging to this pathetic creature? He might just need to remind them what that Title meant as his arm slowly drew itself back; fingers clutching onto the tightly packed energy, “ I am the Saiyan of Legend, whoever is fool enough to think they can kill what belongs to me will find nothing but their Annihilation! ”

The arc of his arm whipped in a sideways throw, launching the orb directly at the worthless creature but before it’d hit the center of a puny body, just shy of a few inches; it suddenly diverted away and shot itself off into the distance towards the East. Shining like a falling star, the glistening green dot fell and impacted the far horizon in a flash of exploding light. The planet itself trembled from the tremendous shockwave expanding outwards, pushing forth a howling gust as the sound barrier shattered. Pieces of debris and dirt whipped up in the waves, doing nothing to the Saiyan as he remained firmly planted to the ground while torrents of rushing air pulled at both cloth and hair alike before it settled to the aftermath of silence.

The wolfish smirk he bore had long resided over his features, eyes never leaving the target of their mocking glare. Who was this miserable cur to say the forces of evil of many. How they might have the audacious idea to try and kill those miserable weaklings he allows past the obsidian walls of his circle. These paltry creatures weren’t even aware of the simple fact the entire reason the Southern Galaxy is nothing but a void now is because of Him.

“ It is Them who should be afraid of One. ”

#Anonymous #|| Tag: Answered #|| Tag: Gazing over the Abyss of Stars { Broly } #( 😩 👌 ) #( oooo i like this. this was very good to get back into that goddamn ferocious lethality to him. ) #( he is also technically a force of evil as well. he's just the chilling villain bc do you have any idea how hard it is to find a hospitable #( planet in this shithole galaxy? esp without a viable ship that doesn't take goddamn years bc earth's stupid ships are like that. ) #( entire universe should be thanking their stars he isn't out to establish his own empire. ) #( not that he can't. he just finds it very much a pain in the ass and with what he had to do when he was with Paragus ) #( was nothing than crushing resistances and challenges to his power / rule and then blowing up the planet or leaving it ) #( after murdering the civilization there was. standard stuff for them. ) #( that and also he's still very much hellbent on murdering kakarot. ) #( but all that aside just. alfsdjdgn whoever the frick thinks they can try to hurt him in that way better have a good backup plan ) #( or at least a good will bc he won't stop until the has their head on a pike and razes their entire army/civilization to dust. ) #( admittedly. very fucking hot of him afnldsanfg but FUCk. )

[hollowwhisperings]

The Secrets of The Secret Room: KH2's Hidden Boss Arena as a Future Plot Point.

Anyone remember that Secret Room in KH2? The FRUSTRATINGLY difficult-to-reach one within the basement caves of Ansem's Castle? The one that lets you fight Data copies of the Organization XIII members? THAT Secret Room?

KH2's "Garden of Assemblage", GIF by superbia (nokuto.tumblr)

Well, what if we look at KH as a series and its LOVE for hiding plot within gameplay mechanics... and look at that Secret Room again after the Lore Bombs from KHUX & KH3?

The KH series LOVES to "hide" lore & plot foreshadowing within game mechanics: the different/same coloured dream portals in DDD & KH3, the "reset" levels in each game, Anti-Sora and Rage Form...

i wonder who, exactly, set up that Data Combat Record of Organization XIII members?

the easiest candidate is DiZ: he has the means, motive & opportunity to have set something like that up (know your enemy).

it's also plausible that Saïx set it up for Axel, a means of preparing him for assassinations but it doesn't make much sense given that Axel would need that combat data BEFORE he fought his targets while the Data Room only has those 'records' AFTER targets are defeated.

Xehanort is another candidate, perhaps setting the system up in order to have Data Copies of the Organization to fall back on for Future Use (no time travel required!). it WOULD be easier to put a Data Copy into a Replika than trying to locate, say, Lauriam or Arlene (who he only seemed to meet through Xigbar) upon their recompletion.

There's also That Looming Option of Darkness.

Darkness, getting one (or more) of the above characters to set this room up, ultimately for ITS use: Darkness seemingly needs 13 Vessels in its Game with MoM and, going with Sleeping Realm Theory, KH3 DID seem to imply that Data Riku & Young Master Xehanort were not only working for (or with) Darkness but were investigating how Hearts & darkness interacted with DATA.

KH's Primordial Darkness IS canonically tech-savvy: the Secret Room of Data Organization XIII fits EXACTLY within its modus operandi.

it's not JUST Darkness who knows of/discovered this Secret Room, however: Sora & Team Guardians of Light did too.

KH3 somewhat implies that Ienzo and Even learned of the Secret Room after being recompleted: it's probably what they were referencing when trying to set Xion & Roxas up in Replika bodies.

If Roxas is now made up of himself AND his Data Copies (from Data Twilight Down & the Secret Room)... it solves the issue of his dual-wielding keyblades despite no longer having 2 "real" Hearts to source them from.

I don't think that either of these Data Roxases would feel a need to have their own Replika bodies: Axel's Nobody formed a Heart but it integrated with his "recompleted" self without issue, just as all these Roxases would. These Hearts can merge or otherwise exist alongside each other without any issue because they share the same "Soul" (or, at least, there are no conflicting memories within their Timelines).

Xehanort did not seem much affected by Xemnas seemingly forming a Heart either: the "lived time" of Xemnas simply went back to Xehanort (& if the transistion WASN'T so seamless... it's not like he would care & he ended up Time Travelling Xemnas before any conflicts of heart could arise anyway).

Terra, on the other hand... well, Xemnas got the Fixation with Aqua's Armour from SOMEONE.

Back to That Secret Room...

my munny's on Darkness bringing that Data Organization XIII back into play at some point, if only to allow more Hidden Boss Gameplay post-KH3 for the purposes of "strengthening" the Darkness within its vessels.

It makes me wonder if the "Demyx" met during KH3 was actually a "Data Demyx": he and Luxord do not seem native to [this side of] "Reality" but to the home of Nameless Star, going by the Verum Rex trailer in Toy Box & the Secret Ending(s) of KH3.

the premise where DiZ or Xehanort sets up the Data Organization for further study, only for it to get used by Darkness could just as easily apply to XIGBAR/Luxu for MoM but... Darkness is the entity with the greater connection to Data Hearts so, regardless of WHO this Secret Room was set up by, it's probably Darkness who'll bring that game mechanic into the future of KH's Story.

#kh theories #data hearts #data organization xiii #kh darkness #13 darknesses #kh's primordial darkness is canonically tech-savvy #gameplay and story integration #welcome to kh where hidden bosses are future plot points #i swear that GETTING to the secret room in kh2 was harder than any of the boss fights within it #how many times did i need to go back and stock up on drive gauge bc i messed up a button press #at one point i was trying to trigger 3 drive forms within seconds just to get an extra high jump #only for a yt tutorial to show that 1 drive form was all i needed #the stupid pipe room puzzle #i NEED that secret room to come back to kh's story just to justify how long i spent trying to reach it #if its only plot purpose was as a backup plan xehanort didn't need in kh3 then i will cry #darkness and maleficent i am relying on you okay #garden of assemblage #cavern of remembrance #radiant garden has many secrets

[dionysus-complex]

the more I have to interact with property management/rental agencies in this city the more appealing moving 60 miles away from here to the high desert sounds

#still waiting to hear back on the application we submitted this week but the interactions I���ve had so far do not inspire confidence #anyways the rental market here is fucked and you’d think the university could house its graduate students but here we are #the desert is starting to seem like not the worst backup plan. and we could afford a 1-bed with >500 sq ft and in-unit laundry up there.