#what shall we discuss

[icarusfallsforwalls]

saw this and thought of you 😘

Nooooo no nO No NO ✋🏼 there’s only so much a girl can take 🥹💔 but it’s the ‘really thank you for that’ for me 😭😭 *sobs into infinity*

#THANK YOU FOR SENDING THIS #i have covid 🥲🥲🥲 #so this was a much needed treat 🥰 #what shall we discuss #zouis

[kitnita]

wyatt johnston talks his sleep schedule   —   practice   —   04.02.24 

[what’s it like getting back at six am? i mean, is it like — a day or two, or how do you adjust to that?]   i mean, for me, i think it’s … um, i know i can kind of get through it a little easier, i know some guys, you know, have kids and some other responsibilities where they don’t have the luxury of being able to sleep all day, but, um … yeah, i mean, i had — i was able to sleep in as long as i wanted and get as much sleep as i needed, which, um … you know, i think helps a lot for sure. um, obviously, it’s not easy though. uh — so definitely kinda took a little bit, but, yeah, i mean, for me it’s pretty easy just to — i mean, sleep ‘til i don’t need to anymore.  [so how long was that? what time d’you get up then?]   um … i think it was around one or so? when i got up? it wasn’t — it wasn’t too bad. you know, obviously you wanna try to sleep at night too. um … so, yeah, i think it worked out, you know, worked out pretty well.

#hockey #stars #dallas stars #wyatt johnston #soooo much to discuss here. #he's so!!! i don't even have the right comparison here. he got the media members to laugh when he said other guys have kids #and their laughter made him light up and look around for approval. babydoll shall we unpack that or no. #also worthy of being unpacked is the way his shirt has several holes in the?? wrist??? what the fuck wyatt. who gnawed on that. #why are you still wearing it. etc etc etc. #the thing is despite being a dork he IS cute and charming and he is also aware that he is cute and charming. and that doesnt diminish it #i think if tyler could train him to be sluttier he'd be a worthy successor to tyler's whole Vibe. have we considered that yet gang #last couple quickfire things. why are his hands so fucking massive w the veins and everything #someone w their finger on the pulse of the part of hockey fandom that got really into jhughes lmk if they've discovered wyjo #also delighted to know that he seems to be the only guy besides robo who calls otter jakey as much as robo does ......... fascinating #z:edit

[inhuman-obey-me]

If the devs do this right for once, and we actually make it to the end of NB story-wise, do you think we'll actually get to go back to our real timeline and meet the og brothers again? As much as I love the time travel premise of NB and these past!brothers, I really do miss our dorks from the present and hope MC isn't stuck there permanently. I need emotional closure after getting ripped away from them so suddenly, damn it. At the very least, a hard mode story update on the others would be nice.

Hahaha...if the devs do it right, for once.

(Loooooong rant & ramble under the cut)

That said, we should be returning, yes. If nothing else, the devs did promise in their pre-release AMA that "the story from lesson 80 will eventually continue in Nightbringer" so we're pretty sure that means we will return to the present...eventually being the operative word. Whether that means the current situation will get wrapped up neatly at the end of NB Season 1 haha OM wrapping up a season neatly? and then plop us back to normal time for Season 2 to continue as a figurative "lesson 81", or if it's going to take a full 4 more seasons to get there, who knows! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But eventually they have promised that the story will pick back up, so that should mean that we are not stuck in the past permanently.

Now, there's a few caveats to this -- the biggest of which may be that it's wildly unclear if they're going to follow through on an "alternate universes" approach to the current time travel, where the situation as it left off is untouched, as Nightbringer seemed to imply when he called this time a "world", or if they will do the "time paradox" singular timeline approach as Solomon warned us about. We personally are going to interpret it as the former until proven otherwise, but it's hard to declare it for sure, as both have been mentioned.

That also means two different things for how things could go.

If it's a single timeline, then it seems clear we have already wildly changed the past with our presence, and we may return to find that things in our own time will be a different as a result. We did mention before that Nightbringer seems like a soft reset to the story because they wrote themselves into a bit of a corner with Season 4, and they could use this to retcon some of the more immediate directions they took and change course. Or, they could perhaps use it to introduce new problems which would set them up for things to solve in future seasons? And if things are changed, then we may end up with an unsatisfying version of returning where it still feels a bit off from the continuation we've all been waiting for.

That brings us to the other option -- alternate universes. This can just be an entirely different universe and timeline, which will have no impact on our own time, and we could return to things as they were and pick up from there. Now, the devs did emphasize that NB is meant to be welcoming and playable for new players as well as players of the original, which...probably means at least that they would have to explain a lot of things all over again? Though they haven't explained a lot of shit to new players, like the whole MC having the Ring of Light thing, so it's not like they're especially doing a great job of that! BUT, personally we really prefer this explanation.

First off, having them be entirely separate would really help to explain things like, again, Luke's many-millenia-early visit to the Devildom. And more than that, it seems like it could fit really well into where the story conflict is setting up to go: MC being presented a choice of siding with humans vs demons.

Solomon, in Lesson 9-A, is presented with what is later revealed to be a test by Nightbringer, and there's some key wording in that test about what demons offer.

And what has Nightbringer been saying? That they can bring MC to where they will be happy. "A place that will bring you more joy than any other."

We know that he had wanted Solomon to choose his side, and that Solomon opted to reject both angels and demons to choose humans instead. His big question to Solomon, then, is what MC's feelings are -- although Solomon says that MC agrees, Nightbringer questions if he really knows how MC feels.

That brings up the interesting possibility that, if this world represents a demon (Nightbringer) leading a human (MC) to "happiness", then MC's original timeline could be the option that represents "choosing humanity" instead. If so, this could be a big test from Nightbringer to see how MC feels, just like he tested Solomon, and it could all culminate in a big decision where MC might be torn between choosing this world or the original one -- though, technically speaking, it realistically probably can't actually branch the story drastically, just coding-wise. But even so, it's possible that, like Season 2 with the dagger, they could still give us the option, and hey, that'd be some pretty interesting storytelling if that's the case!

However, that's all just guessing and speculation. More than anything, we simply do not know Nightbringer's intentions as of yet.

It seems as though he may genuinely mean it when he says this is "what will bring us happiness," but he also mentioned that having us make the pacts here in past is what he wants as well. What does that mean for what his own goals are? Why does he want that? And considering that the whole reason we even want to make the pacts in this timeline is so that we'll have the ability to return to our time, it's pretty suspicious to use that to say we "want the same thing" as him. So we do not trust Nightbringer right now, but we don't have enough information as of yet and we'll just have to see what direction this is going to go.

As for a hard mode story update on our boys of the original time, though...unfortunately, we wouldn't hold our breath. There's a lot of really big stuff going on thematically in this past time we're currently in, and they likely won't want to distract from that with a jump to the present unless they're trying to make a point. If it does go towards a "MC has to choose between worlds" thing, there might be a slim possibility of it, just to give us a peek at the other option. However, again, the devs have stated that they wanted to make NB accessible to new players as well as fans of the original game, so we think it's pretty unlikely for us to get a story glimpse of them just for us to get to see how the characters as we knew and loved them actually are.

Also, the whole "MC misses their home and needs to make these pacts because they can't see their versions of the characters until they get back" probably hits a little harder if we really actually can't know how they're doing without us but that rests on the basis of narrative design, which Solmare clearly doesn't believe in, with the whole Ruri Tunes theming and all the backgrounds so far. And then there's the whole possibility that the entire concept of time travel means we may get returned just minutes after our disappearance or something, and that time isn't actually passing for them.......time travel is too frickin' complicated, y'all.

Anyway, all this to say, as much as we are totally loving all the new lore and theming and stuff we're getting in Nightbringer, we miss our OG boys too. Hopefully we'll get back to our original time someday.

#still not sure how new players can come into nightbringer tbh like....nothing would hit the same lol #and there's just so much background info they'd be missing?? #obey me #obey me! #obey me swd #obey me shall we date #omswd #obey me nightbringer #obey me nb #omnb #obey me nightbringer spoilers #nightbringer discussion #obey me analysis #ask and ye shall be answered #ask and ye shall receive (essays) #you maybe didn't exactly ask FOR an essay but you asked something so thats what you got

[lunarmochi]

it's nearly midnight and i'm salty

thinking abt being in your room, in the house of lamentation, and you're incredibly envious and bitter... but you'd rather not bother anyone, so you're just holding it all in while you sit on your bed.

but levi can feel it. he feels a "disturbance in the peace" so to speak, and he can feel how utterly bitter and jealous you are rn. it's a feeling he knows all too well, so he takes one of his handheld consoles with him and comes to your room. he's... not exactly good with words, and this is the only way he can think to help you feel better.

he says nothing, merely sits next to you and sets the console on your lap before playing a game on his phone. you're a bit confused until you realize. ah. this is his way of saying "i can tell you're feeling horrible, let me keep you company until you feel better."

you smile softly and pick the console up off your lap, leaning your head on his shoulder as you open up a game you two play together.

even without words, he makes you smile.

#my writing #obey me shall we date #obey me #leviathan #i get jealous quite often #and because of it i sorta feel close to levi #i don't like it but i often get angry bc of how jealous and bitter i get #mostly at myself because i know i shouldn't feel that way #but... i think levi would be able to relate to that #it's not exactly a choice to get so angry bc of it... but it happens and you have to deal with it #i think it'd be nice to sit with levi #not even discussing our feelings #just sitting in comfortable silence because we know what the other is feeling #anyway #this feels like a vent drabble

[famia-of-87]

Holy shit

HOLY SHIT

#obey me #obey me lucifer #obey me shall we date #obey me! shall we date? #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me asmodeus #obey me satan #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphegor #HELLO?! and the name is obey me! nightbringer WHAT #famia discusses #famia discusses? more like famia rambles #CANON ANIMATION OF LUCIFER BEING FERAL #now let's see him cry

[knowlesian]

cab driver has on liz cheney and i am throwing all my will power into not making faces when she talks

i am truly braver than any us marine & etc

#she started in on “democrats need to be tougher on crime” and it was a close thing #like i do not wish to discuss liz cheney i am on my way to a drag show with pride flag makeup on this day shall not be ruined #but also jesus fuckin christ who the fuck cares what liz cheney thinks democrats should do #just because i liked it a lot when she mocked josh hawley doesn’t mean i need her hot takes on why the dems should be even worse #d e e p b r e a t h i n g we are almost there i will GET THROUGH THIS

[telepathy-supremacy]

I feel like people need to understand that liking a character does not automatically mean that you think they're perfect flawless beings?

Like, my fave is Belphie. I love him, his storyline is very interesting, I think he can be kind and compassionate, I love how straightforward he is, and he's the adorable youngest sibling.

He's also a fucking menace who literally offed MC, had an entire plan to commit genocide, is snarky, sassy, part of the anti-Luci league, and a manipulative brat.

These things are not mutually exclusive. I very well understand that Belphie is certainly not a completely morally-amazing character; however, I still love his development, his sibling relationships, and his general personality.

In conclusion: The characters you like do not define your personality. You can like characters because of something in your real life, but when consumed normally, fictional characters are...pretty harmless drawings.

If you want extra reassurance: I am yet to murder anyone lol.

#adding to this: this also goes for ships! #like... shipping mc x luci doesn't mean you want a potentially non-con relationship #shipping dialuci or solasmo doesn't mean you want a severe power imbalance #shipping demoncest doesn't mean you want to fuck your siblings #like...we are playing a game about demons lol #it may be rated pg12 on the app store but the TOS says 20+ without parental permission #anyways getting back to the topic: this is what I stand by #so feel free to block me if you disagree! no need to argue pointlessly #altho I will hit you up if you want an actual fruitful discussion #anyways tags: #obey me #obey me shall we date #omswd #obey me belphegor #obey me belphie #obey me characters #obey me ships #tw discourse #raelyn rambles randomly

[mars-ipan]

talking to my mom is such a blast. meeting of the minds

#marzi speaks #pseudosexuality moment #<- for what the tags shall entail #it’s great we both engage in good faith share our perspectives #and then we both come out of it having learned something new #and it rules!! #we had a really good discussion about kink and sex tonight #and we talked about negotiation and sex positivity and the specific things we liked and didn’t like #and how important it is to communicate that with a partner #and how all of this ties into being acespec #i even explained pseudosexuality to her! and she seemed to get it pretty well! about as well as i do anyways lmao #and then i mentioned my kmda crush bc he’s a good example of it being easier for aspecs in some cases to be attracted to fiction #to which she was like ‘that makes sense- it’s like fantasy’ #anyways i was trying to explain why i liked him to her. and i was like ‘ok kmda. my mom grew up in the 80s. kmda. 80s. what connection. OH’ #and i said he had the JD appeal and my mom went ‘ah gotcha mkay’ #eventually the discussion turned into how stories like heathers are being simplified and reduced for the sake of remakes #and that was also a really good convo #but i really enjoyed talking about kink stuff with my mom. we bonded :] #also it was cool to see where we differed. some things i was like Yes about she was like Absolutely Not about and vice versa #it was also fun to see where we had similarities. rope bunny solidarity 🤝 it’s the GAD lmao #anyways i love talking to her. she’s so smart and when she sees something she doesn’t understand she doesn’t judge it or shy away from it #she just asks for clarification and tries her best to understand and contribute to the conversation #and usually we both end up learning from each other!!! it’s so cool #also a lot of my friends (at least that i regularly see irl) are not nearly as freaky as me so i rarely get to talk kink with ppl #so it was nice to just get to have that conversation

[passthroughtime]

i’m starting to suspect that i just fucking suck 🤔 unsure yet though, but there are lots of signs already pointing to this... gotta mean something 🧐

#not to imply anything and didn’t want to vague-post but i really don’t think i have the right to complain #i mean people say a lot of kind words to me. and i cherish them #and i know it’s just post-publishing depression #or how should i call it #i don’t really want more comments? but maybe i want to know which thing squicks people the most about my writing #i know my biggest problem is the characterization and i want to discuss this so bad #please tell me where i fuck up. please tell me how you see these characters interacting. please give me more food for thought #i just want to talk about the chatacters i think about for several months #ok i’ll. i’ll try to get over myself #💪😞 #i know asking for opinions is not the answer because i should figure this out myself #and i’ve started kind of. analyze every canon scene a bit deeper. #if that would make the difference... we shall see #though i think the people who’d be able to tell me what’s wrong just. don’t go that far into the story lol #understandable. don’t blame them #fuck okay that’s quite enough of tags for now. i should go to sleep. maybe it’ll be easier after #sorry you had to witness this. i’m not well in my head

[icarusfallsforwalls]

you 🤝 zayn

Resurfacing online once in a blue moon

(I’ve missed you! And him!)

Omg so true!!! Zayn and I are in our unbothered eras and I’m v v v here for it!!! 😭💕

#what shall we discuss #also note: middle finger not directed at you 😌😌 #zayn

[bilbobagginsomebabez]

an ex-cop put a "these colors dont run" flag magnet on some cabinet at work and i hid it in a crevice because i just. nope. i am not looking at that every day. for one. yes they do. yes they literally do. those colors run crying screaming wailing sobbing at every single problem. they freak the fuck out if you gently broach the concept that problems still exist for others. and then they immediately fall back on their bizarre fascist militaristic ill-fucking-fight-anyone-im-so-tough bullshit which brings me to two. unfamiliar stimuli sends you into fight or flight and it makes you target minorities, ron. you are the problem you're running wailing screaming crying from. im taking your fucking magnet away

#I am probably the reason ron left the force. we have had discussions. I remain petty #we didn’t even work together at the time he was my uber driver taking me like 30m away talking about being a cop and I was like. #you think i’m trapped with you but in fact you are trapped with me. 30m explaining to him that people need to have a good choice on the tabl #the table to actually make one. like. oh. i’ve been presented with 18 terrible choices. what shall I do. try to not die I guess #anyway 6 months later he quit the force and we’re working the same nonprofit. #and I am taking his stupid patriotic magnets away.

[chwejongho-archive]

❄️ your winter gift has arrived, @awek-s! ❄️

a series of gifts for mutuals through december!

#alex!! #we are fairly new mutuals but there was no way i wasnt making u something...i hope u dont mind!! #so here are ur gals (i really hope i was right about ms somi TT) #i think ur very cool and tbh im always extremely happy to have mutuals who treat their blog as like..a blog FHDJD #what i mean is i love seeing ur thoughts and takes on things and its really refreshing to be around people that wont sugarcoat things and #who is literally so open to talking things out within reason!! #for however long we r mutuals i shall b ready to jump anyone that bothers u LMAO #and not to mention u also make gorgeous gorgeous gifs like they r insanely pretty!!! #i wish u all the best this new year my precious meowtual <3333 #come and grab me if theres anything u wanna discuss!! or if u wanna unfollow this blog nd just be moots via my gg sideblog go for it!! #(because i have no clue if u enjoy atz- either way it wont faze me!!) #kazgifs #kazgifts

[pyjamacryptid]

Half the merlin memes would have people arrested for treason (talking bad about Uther) lmao also I love the implication that everything in the show is the same except they have the internet, but only for Camelot

camelot citizens when they hear uther is sniffing about for treason:

assuming they don’t make them by hand or mail-order their memes, i have no explanation as to how or why they have internet access or smart devices. nor do I want to try because it’s fucking hilarious without explanation. honestly, I imagine a lot of this:

[ID in alt]

“Just a minute, Guinevere, I must find out what the people are saying about me with their weird pictures.”

#I’m focused on camelot citizens but I’m not ruling out the rest of the five kingdoms also getting the meme treatment #now I’m imagining queen Annis being taught what a meme is #none were mentioned but I assume she’s being taught by her kid and heir lol #‘now see here mother? if we use this terminology arthur’s fool may be the clown but Arthur is the entire circus’ #queen annis: hm. i like it. i shall have to use it next time arthur and I discuss trade #ren replies #anon #bbc camelot citizen memes #camelot citizen memes #bbc merlin

[thebirdandhersong]

Crying y'all the man is subconsciously or unconsciously Thinking About Future

#was talking about roe vs. wade and what pro life from a christian standpoint looks like #i.e. encompassing ivf and surrogacy and adoption and foster care #was talking about the latter two and how the processes are etc. #i would love to adopt and/or take care of a foster child and was discussing this with him #and the language around this was Vague because you know horses before carts etc etc #but mr knight will occasionally throw me off my rhythm by saying this like We can (insert action)! #am feeling rather stunned by this so shall go to bed #the planetarium chapter #dont know what to do with this information but he does use Planning Terms every once in a while #as the youths say. am shook

[pebblezone]

Feeling like a Yuma morii Pokémon card

#talkingcore #got my little book prize and tell me why books are heavy I was surprised with the hellsing manga and now this why are books heavy #don’t get me wrong it’s cool but this thing barely fit into my backpack twas intimidating #oh yeah so excited for next week when everything goes to shit! yay strikes! not good that they have to be striking #but no discussion sections means more brain silly time. we love brain silly time :) #also every day I get more pissed about March madness I am not emotionally invested in basketball but they’re letting the wrong teams win #like last night I’m sorry but you let Michigan state get fucked so another willie the wildcat could win??? fuck Kansas state #msu has like one of the only bearable mascots in the big10 and you let them lose? in overtime too??? #Xavier’s still in though I’m holding out for Xavier I love the blue blob I love stupid looking mascots #Western Kentucky? W. Syracuse? W. Pepperdine? W. Mizzou? W. Ohio State? MASSIVE W. #okay like Akron? they got zippy!! he looks a lil stupid but where else do you have a kangaroo!!! #either you’re intimidating ugly cute or silly like I think Arizona state is intimidating silly because it has a sleek sharp design #but also the dude looks a lil dumb #or like penn state is just ugly but berkeley is ugly cute (actually I really don’t like oski but other people do so I shall be less hostile) #and like all those blobs? Xavier western Kentucky Syracuse? cute silly!! #I need to do my little charts again because I got distracted at like Arkansas and frankly a lot of my knowledge is limited geographically #like my state and where I’m at school I’m pretty good with as well as places I know people have gone #but like not many people where I’m at are going to say Tennessee so I’m not as familiar with a bunch of schools there #which I need to fix because there must be so many epic mascots there that I’m clueless about!!! #okay some states like Wyoming I know have like Two Colleges so it’s easier to know things there but like Mississippi? no clue what’s there!!

[bronzebtch]

the way the more i write rhea, the more complex her view is of the targs slowly unfold. it is genuinely the discussion of: duty, standing in spite of broken promises, familyhood, girlhood, female rage, and of course, the forgotten and the abandoned and the neglect.

#if u cannot shed fire & blood - what do u have? #TELL ME. #WHAT DO U HAVE #its simply the discussion of that mi amor <3 #that is all #also one day i shall speak abt her view of alysanne #i rlly badly need to #but ............................ again not today lmaooooo #alysanne we love u. the intention was there; the execution was okay; the consequences tho? not so much. #but also: yorbert. whats up ? #GENERAL: OUT OF CHARACTER.