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gerbiloftriumph · 19 days

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Floating Castle Liveblog (second read)

Turns out I just can't stay away from this book, or stop myself from doing live updates on Goodreads, probably to the irritation of my followers there and to the chagrin of the website itself, which is now overwriting old updates with newer ones, thus, my need to post them all here. For posterity.

And because I love Telgrin just that much.

March 17, 2019 –

page 0

I feel a sad reading funk coming on and the only way I can think to save it is with my boi, the greatest sassy villain ever, Telgrin. Awww yiss (I don't feel the mood for Princess Bride for once, so next step down it is). Feel free to follow along as I keysmash glee about this doofy lame villain and his impractical floating castle (usingthekqreddit's.pdfshackcoughahhhhkkk you didn't hear that from me.)

page 3

It just cracks me up to see a literal castle sailing by in the storm. Alex can pretend all he likes that it’s just a cloud formation—it’s still dang wacky and impractical.

page 8

Graham: Did you see anything weird out there? Alexander: Well, I mean. A literal floating castle, probably? Graham: Yes, that sounds sensible. Carry on. I’m grinning like a fool and I’m not even ten pages in. This book is my flavor of perfect delight, glossy purple prose and all.

page 11

The fact that Telgrin's castle is in a perpetual thundercloud? He's the sort of dude who would, in a modern au, just listen to the rainymood app constantly. I feel it deeeeeeep in my soul. The anticipation of the plot points has me positively grinning and I keep telling myself, "No, slow down and enjoy. The kelpie and troll and frog and tree wizard and all aren't going anywhere. It's okay."

page 14

I want to scoop Graham up in a big hug. He seems like a great person, such a strong king. Showing nothing but peace and respect to everyone, regardless of social status, who comes in talking about that Spooky Castle, and he's completely chill *until* he's alone with Alexander and can finally drop that mask and honestly show his fear. Even if you're unfamiliar with the source material, this is good character detail.

page 17

"A strange castle has intruded upon the peace of Daventry. I think it fair to assume that only a powerful magic could have transported it here." No, Graham, flying castles are perfectly normal things. Like birds. (here comes telgrin the sassmaster i'm so exciiiitedddd)

page 18

"While Graham occupied the throne, what misfortune could long hold sway over Daventry? What evil could prevail?" cough foreshadowing cough cough hack wheeze

page 19

I still believe with my whole heart that this bearded and blustery and large Sir Brian is a reference to Brian Blessed and I don't care what anyone else thinks.

page 21

Heeeeeeere's Telgrin! Struttin' in, debris from the door all in a cloud, swinging that stupid crystal staff in step with his walk, and freaking "pleased by the dumbfounded reaction his appearance had caused." My melodramatic diva. Let's do thiiiiis.

page 22

Graham, furious, demands to know why Telgrin's here. Telgrin flings back his head and cackles: "'Who am I? Why, I am your new neighbor! Have you not seen my castle there in the distance?' The man paused. He seemed to expect Graham to say something then, but the king simply stared at him. This seemed to unnerve the stranger somewhat" because how do you banter in silence? You can't be the sassmaster if no one plays! :3

page 23

Telgrin wouldn't come to the castle to announce himself as Ye Olde Villain until Graham had summoned a full contingent of knights. Telgrin, Sassmaster and Diva, requires a proper audience before strutting around. <3

page 23

"Do you seriously believe that simply declaring yourself king will make you king in truth?" "*Believe* it? I know it. It is a fact. Who can dispute it?" Graham rose slowly from his throne, straightened to his full height. Unblinking, his gaze was fixed upon Telgrin. "*I* can." "You dare defy me?" "I do." A twisted smile tugged briefly at the corners of Telgrin's mouth. "Good. I was rather hoping you would." Sassy.

page 25

Telgrin is so blissed out on his own sassy triumph that we could SO EASILY dropkick him and snap that stupid crystal staff in half and we'd win and the book would be over in a mere 30 pages. I swear, he's not watching his back at all. Alexander, take him out at the knees! ...or, don't. That's fine. We contracted a full novel from Sierra. I get it.

page 32

I want a Valanice book. I want this series to be a quartet instead of a trilogy. I want this so deep in my soul.

page 32

TREE WIZARD. I can't stop grinning; I love tree wizard. He's trying to nod and shrug and he doesn't have shoulders so he can't, because he's a TREE.

page 40

"Telgrin is a stealer of souls." "A stealer of souls? What's that?" Alexander, the name is on the tin. It isn't hard to figure out.

page 41

I know I should stop updating every few pages. I'm spoiling things and probably being annoying but it's been a long weekend and this is Exactly my flavor of comedy: tree wizard is offering Cyril to Alex, since he "'does all those things that I can no longer do for myself. And he is very good at keeping the woodpeckers away.' This did not sound like the sort of help that Alexander was looking for." Be polite, Alex. :3

page 45

Of all the things I remember from reading this book a year ago, Tree Wizard and his Tea is one of my top favorite mental images. Doesn't matter that we're slowly turning into a tree. Tea time is very important and we will Not miss it. There's even fanart of Tree Wizard and his tea on Tumblr, that's how important it is.

page 45

Alexander (paraphrased): "Sooo...do you know how to stop being a tree?" Morowyn: "Oh, yeah, totes figured that out. Could do it whenever I wanted. Kinda has a drawback, though." Alexander: "Yeah? What's that?" Morowyn: "I would immediately die." Alexander: "......yep, that's a drawback."

March 19, 2019

page 57

“Do you know where to look for a soul? Have you ever seen one?” One would assume it’s glowy and vaguely Graham-shaped.

page 64

I can not believe I forgot about this Literal Ringwraith character. It’s...just a Ringwraith. Pure and simple and obvious.

page 74

I did remember the Literal Lembas Bread, though. Fantasy tropes! *jazz hands*

page 78

One of the classic fantasy tropes is doing a long walk from point a to point b. I’ve got to give Mills credit: I don’t think I’ve read any other book that fills its protagonists up with magic bread that induces energetic power-walking before.

page 80

I remember being annoyed by this conversation the first time, but that was before I realized I held a Masterpiece of High Literature in my hands: “Good apple,” Cyril said. “Very good.” “Sweet.” “Mmm.”

page 87

“A rope, some apples,” Cyril said, frowning. “I still don’t see what you’re planning.” It’s called A Sierra Solution, Cyril, and they only make sense half the time, because this game series is haaaaard.

page 90

Kelpie rodeo. In what sensible fantasy novel would this be allowed? None, man. I love this book. [gerbil note: this scene also has fanart, because this book is amazing]

March 19, 2019

page 97

Alexander: Ho there! Sir Ogre! Ogre: /what did you call me/?! At least, that’s how it should go.

[gerbil note again: i did totally steal this very lame joke for captive crown later on and i'm not even sorry about it]

page 100

I didn’t quite realize how dorky this was the first time, but now I’m paying attention I’ve realized: Telgrin has exactly One lone storm cloud that occasionally spits out a lightning bolt, just hovering over the tower. In my head, this looks like a Winnie the Pooh cloud. Is that all the magic he could summon? One tiny cloud? Lame, and yet So On Brand for my sassmaster.

page 107

We've now entered the Road to El Dorado sequence of the book and I'm perfectly content. Barrel scene eheheheheeeee

page 112

Once again, the book stresses, it is but *one* cloud. One very black and lightning filled cloud, but a single cloud, nevertheless, providing all the ambient noise and mood. I find this bizarrely hilarious. It feels like Telgrin's equivalent of keeping his phone on low battery mode so he can keep using the Rainymood app.

page 120

The sassmaster's lair is just the most Extra thing. It's like he read a book on what villains are supposed to do, so he did it. He's got it all: high ceilings that vanish to dark, ludicrous amounts of moldering velvet curtains, "hideously ornate" braziers, and a perfectly silly black throne. Telgrin, pleaaase this is so unnecessary and not remotely sensible. You've copied someone else's homework, and badly. ilu.

page 121

And Alexander refuses to play the game. Telgrin has all these expectations on how this conversation is meant to go, he's basically reciting a script, and Alexander's just like, "Uhhhh....what?" So Telgrin moves on to Cyril, like Cyril will play along properly. I just can't. I love Telgrin to unfeasible levels of nonsense.

page 122

(Incidentally, I'm still kinda salty that Graham's soul isn't in the throne room, wedged in Telgrin's overly-flashy staff. It just feels more right than where he *actually* is.)

page 123

"You are an evil man." "So it has been said." Telgrin shrugged. "Personally I've always found that such abstractions do not apply well to life in the real world. They make matters that are by their very nature complex seem rather too simple, don't you think?" "Evil," Alexander repeated. Telgrin sighed. "I can see that you're really not up to a probing and dispassionate philosophical discussion" Modern AU: he's a Bro

page 125

I'm fairly certain this reference to Alexander having a hard time with stairs is a reference to the older KQ games in which if you misstep, you're going down, and if you're more than a few feet up, you're a dead man and you've got to reload a save. :)

March 21, 2019

page 129

Out of curiosity, I googled a Barikar to see if this was a real fantasy creature, but the only actual result is from the King's Quest Fanwiki to tell me that, yes, Telgrin owns a Barikar. ....nice, I guess.

page 130

By all technical and decent writing standards, this book is probably awful. Er. I mean, awfully great. High literature, deffo. But it *feels* like a King's Quest game. Every new place is described with just enough detail that you can so easily picture it in those stark, retro early gaming colors, or that pixel painting KQ5 style. I super love it.

page 131

The King's Quest fanwiki tells me that Telgrin owns the only Barikar in all of the entire canon of all fantasy, but it doesn't tell me if Telgrin *loves* his Barikar. I hope he does, because no one else possibly could. What a hideous beastie.

page 134

You boys should be ashamed of yourselves, disposing of a barikar. There was only one in ALL of fantasy EVER and now there's none.

page 139

I hate how funny I think it is that Alexander isn't even pulled together enough to answer his own mental questions. "Yes" is not always the correct answer, sir.

page 143

sassmaster diva telgrin's tragic childhood backstory-----OH WAIT NO IT'S NOT TRAGIC HE'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN A PUNK. I love him.

March 27, 2019

page 143

I wonder what Telgrin’s first thought was when he, A Pathetic Scullery Boy (tm) chopped Owen’s head off, presumably with a Vaguely Magical movement because clean-one-chop head removal is hard even with the help of gravity, man, and Owen’s head just started swearing at him from the floor. Like. That’s a dang weird mental image.

page 144

He holds his own head under his arm like it’s a football and it cracks me up. It’s meant to be serious and scary, probably, but I just love this headless ghost.

page 146

The most over the top baby monitor ever created

page 152

In fairness, this part is one of the most like the game-version would probably be, and it works the least because Alexander is working from information we don’t have. As a gamer we would have heard all Owen’s instructions and had to replicate them perfectly to avoid nasty game overs. As a reader it would have been repetitive for Owen to tell us, then watch Alex act, but there’s a disconnect now.

page 156

“After allowing himself to wallow in depression for a short while”—like, twenty seconds, if that.

page 180

Sinofas (paraphrased): Sooooo.....about that magic flying leap out of the tallest tower. What was that about? Alexander: We had a pressing need to leave the castle. Sinofas: Ever heard of a *door,* sirrah? (do note that I haven't stopped smiling for like twenty pages; this book's greaaat)

page 181

Alexander, paraphrased: So....you're not...friends with Telgrin, are you? Sinofas: He put his Giant Castle in my front yard and won't move it. What do you think??

page 183

I can't believe Mills feels he has to point out that Alexander makes for one Handsome Frog. A "rather large and handsome frog," indeed. Ffff.

page 183

And, I quote, "Did you speak, Sir Frog?" "That's Prince Frog, to you." Alexander, *please* reign in some of your sass. It's not helping matters.

page 198

I feel like the further this book goes, the stronger Alexander's sass gets. It'll never be Telgrin levels of sass because that man is the Sassmaster Diva, but it's dang good.

page 212

Sassmaster Telgrin *still* can't get anyone to dialogue properly with him. Graham's just as obstinate as Alexander and is really good at One Syllable Responses. My gorgeous royal family.

page 223

"At that moment, her second head . . . appeared to wake. It opened its eyes, blinked, and said, "Hmph. What's happening? Where am I?" "It's all right, dear," the first head said. "Go back to sleep. I'm just going to kill this man here." "Oh, that's all right then." I adore this book in ways I cannot express.

page 225

I'm so glad magic in this world, with this staff, works by wishing. So, basically, Telgrin must have said, "I wish King Graham's soul was mine" and so it was, and "I wish I had a fireball to kill Alexander," and bam. It's like he's making little birthday cake wishes, but Horrible Magic happens instead and it's kinda hilariously great. :3

page 230

Telgrin, through a magical hologram because this book is great: "Oi! There you are!" Alexander, exhausted and annoyed: "Whaddya want, Telgrin?" "What do you think? You've stolen my staff. I want it back." "That's too bad. I'm fairly sure that I don't want to give it to you." Now is not the time to start having a holographic fight. Pull back that sass, kiddos.

April 2, 2019

page 231

"The fact that this book is about the same size and heft as my Nintendo Switch tablet with like a pt 14 font, and the fact that it's still taken me into week three to read it, means I'm nice and deep in this reading slump. This should be a six hour read at *maximum*. Telgrin, take me away.

page 236

Alexander, you can't just order princesses to do what you want with magic. that's so rude.

page 237

To be 100% clear, Alexander, Telgrin learned literally everything he knows from Owen, and we can see how Telgrin turned out. One miiiight assume that Owen himself is not the most Noble of nobility.

page 240

"Alexander looked long upon the poor, filthy, shabby, beheaded, half-crazed man" -- I dunno, Alex, I might have led with the Beheaded part. Just sayin', seems the most important part.

page 248

"Alexander thought that it would be inappropriate to express regrets for the incident, since those regrets would not be deeply felt." Alexander, be polite. Don't start snarking with the villain, now.

page 250

"Lydia, Lydia, don't you understand? A man wants to idealize the woman he is to wed. This becomes extremely difficult *when she keeps bloody carping at him.*" Telgrin's breakdown from Eloquent Bro is the best thing ever.

page 260

Since the fight is taking place off screen, it reads most hilariously, with each combatant yelling, "Oh, yeah, that was okay, but what about THIS" followed by just basically a stream of sound effects. It's like reading an anime battle where they would normally shout out their attack names and I'm so into it.

page 266

Can I also add that I find it Entirely Hysterical that this HUGE FLOATING CASTLE is literally pinned into place? With like, a big bobby pin driven into the ground? And that's *it*? This is so impractical on so many levels, Telgrin.

April 3, 2019

page 267

Alexander actually expected Telgrin to win that fight, hah. Good confidence for the Good Team, I guess (Owen's placement on the Good Team being...sketchy, at best, of course).

page 273

See, Graham, Cyril remembers HIS adventuring rope when he goes off on missions. Take notes; it'll help you out in your 2015 voyage.

page 278

Cyril, you stud muffin.

page 283

"How did you find this?" "I got lost." Bab.

April 16, 2019

page 289

Graham Dying bedscenes are like, a favorite staple of this series, innit? And then KQ9 just had to go and take it allllll the way. Hhhh.

page 292

Come on, come on, someone say "a heart is a heavy burden" at Graham. Make this book perfectly complete. No? Okay, fine.

page 293

"I have much to be thankful for. I have escaped the torments that Telgrin thought to inflict on my spirit. I am in my own body again, in my own home, safe and surrounded by family and friends. But what makes me most grateful is that I am able to look upon your face once again, my dear one. For that is everything." Valanice laughed softly, and said, "Rest. You are delirious, I think." My FAVORITE royal couple hhhhhhh.

April 16, 2019 – Finished Reading

Five stars out of five stars. Again.

#there is at least one more goofy liveblog to look forward to #so look forward to that and that's an order #king's quest #kings quest #king's quest novels #telgrin #king graham

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hantengus-clones · 10 months

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Greetings, dear regulars of the internet. It seems I've found myself here on this, what you humans call, “Tumblr” platform. Though my countenance may appear solemn, and while my disposition may lean towards the somber side, I am here to welcome all your questions and inquiries... Allow me to offer insights, guidance, or a listening ear. In this foreign land of digital connection, perhaps we can find solace amidst the shadows. I await your thoughts, questions and inquiries, no matter how pitiful and depressive they may be…

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katyspersonal · 8 months

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Why Bloodborne is like thiiiiis (creativity notes, don't mind me)

I do like how cosmos/arcane in Bloodborne have different colors, too? There are:

turquoise/cyan - Ludwig's moonlight sword and Guidance Rune, Small Resonant Bell + the mist from which summoned cooperators appear, mist around Gehrman after he turns to the Moon

'pale' blue - magic of cosmic Kin like Brainsuckers, mist around scythes of Church Servants (at 15+ Insight), Milkweed Rune, mist Gehrman and Micolash disappear into when hit, haze inside skull of Laurence before we saw his memory for some reason...

a more saturated blue - magic of Celestial Emissaries, Eye Rune, that weird spiral trap in Isz dungeons, Rom's meteorites, eyes of the scourge beasts in Choir's base, Call Beyond charging, Choir Bell, Fluorescent Flower's magic

purple - Messengers' lamps, magic of Nightmare Executioners (behind their helmet and from their axes), portal from Lecture Hall into Nightmare realm, lanterns Church Servants are carrying, skulls of Fish people (mages) + accursed brew, glowing eyes of enemies that got hunter's Blood Echoes, Wet Nurse's magic

deep red - trickled state of Logarius' Wheel, his whole magic actually, skulls of Executioner's glove, Maria's Quickening mist (after stabbing herself), mist around Brador when he invades + Sinister Resonant Bell, cursed effect that Cain servants can give the player

What I can reliably gather from this, is that the color of Moon's power and guidance given to the hunters IS cyan, and I've been misremembering Gehrman's mist as pale blue when it is p much like Ludwig's guidance, yes. And that from colors meanings standpoint placement of Purple works very well! It feels like a combination of 'curses' and blood + 'cosmic' arcane. Red + blue = purple. Especially I'd say seen from Fish people, who are using the same cursed Pthumerian magic represented by skulls, yet were... touched by arcane blessing QUITE a lot, ok? And Fishing Hamlet priest will even give us Accursed Brew as a reaction TO Milkweed equipped. But also, the fact that Dreaming is both bloodshed and magic, and it's mechanics are tied with purple (lamps and recovering Blood Echoes from enemies)...

Blue hues also broadly overlap, it seems. The only truly visible difference is color of Eye vs color of Milkweed. I'd say the colder and paler blue is closer to 'marine' arcane, and is more 'primal', whereas more saturated blue is closer to the 'stars' and more 'perfected'. However, 'pale' blue also has its merit connected with the dream and the hunt, of course!

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I started to try to put all this together all because I was unsure of what to color-code Laurence on earlier stages, when Arcane was more prevalent in Healing Church, as opposed to his later corruption when he delved stronger into blood and left the nerds (Choir and Mensis) to do their thing... I suggested purple, but then hesitated because it'd fit Micolash too because of Nightmare connotations, but then @val-of-the-north said:

Purple is blue and red, arcane and blood Both Laurence's pursuits I think it still fits him quite well He was a man of both, but all who came after him chose one or the other

And yeah, I think this actually works really well! (Though it is yet ANOTHER time Laurence and Micolash are both perfect to share a concept... They are just doomed to be rivals, hahaha) I am already thinking about how to elaborate purple into his design! Mostly I just broke my mind over this because I struggled with what color to make Laurence's ribbon, since I didn't want to make it blue (that's for Willem and Choir, which doesn't go with my headcanons on timeline and Laurence). But also it would be too "early" for red, nor my Laurence WEARS a ribbon in his 'third stage' to begin with.. Other variants are to use cyan patterns, like Ludwig's guidance, or try more golden (so, golden ribbon). But I think purple is just really good! Because the connection Val made about how it color-codes both of Laurence's gimmics at once is great.

P.S. Oh boy... So, Ludwig - cyan, Gehrman - blue, Laurence - purple and Maria - red. 🌈🌈

P.P.S. Nightmare Executioners (the mobs), however, wear cages on their heads (not dissimilar to those of Yahar'gul Hunters), and also protrude tentacles from their faces... That makes me think of Micolash again. Not sure whether they were result of Micolash's experiments, OR Micolash took the inspiration since School of Mensis IS a faction of the Church after all.

#bloodborne observation #creativity notes

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em-writes-stuff-sometimes · 1 year

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Hello Em! This is med student anon!

One tip I can give to Lady Ulla is to let babey lie down in the lithotomy position where the mother lies supine with both legs bent 90degrees on stirrups. Rhae-rhae in the show gave birth while reclining when she bears down to push. We were told that the mother relies on her thigh muscles in this position which gives little help in the second stage of labor. The lithotomy position gives Lady Ulla a good view of the birthing canal and can immediately give aid when something goes wrong. Babey will also rely on her abdominal muscles when pushing which primarily aids in the first and second stages of labor.

One maneuver for shoulder dystocia is what we call the McRobert’s maneuver where in the mother’s legs is hyperflexed to help release the impacted fetal shoulder. When I watched the show, it seemed like this is what Queen Aemma suffered from and the dumb ass Maester Mellos DID NOT KNOW SHIT. The citadel should close along with the Hagtowers in Old Town!!!

Ok back to the topic 😆

There are a lot of birthing positions and maneuvers that can help in birthing twins! Our reference book is the William’s book. Hope I gave a little idea/help!

OMG, thank you so much! Imma have to look some of this up, and I've been doing some research on medieval birthing habits - they used some fucked-up assless chair I think:

Woomp. HOT.

I read this theeeory that the Maesters were in on this big conspiracy to destroy the Targaryens - which is why their dragons got smaller and more deformed etc. Maybe the violent births and subsequent death of the mother was a part of it??? Hm. Big thoughts, much brain.

I am saving thiiiiis ask to my future plot points tag for me to find it again. I use tags like filing tabs, haha. Otherwise I'd never fucking find anything again.

THANK YOU, MEDICAL NONNIE! MEDINONNIE!

#fanfiction comments #future plot points #medieval birthing

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porridgefeast · 6 months

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ofts finale thoughts

I haven’t felt the need to post about Only Friends much so far; I’ve enjoyed the show but I didn’t have many takes burning a hole in my pocket. But now that it’s over I have at least a bit to say.

I guess it would have been too frustrating otherwise, but I was relieved somebody actually bothered to compare notes about Boeing. Boeing can do what he wants, I just find the lack of communication so annoying.

I get why Ray has to have his front hair bits. He’s the perfect person for a slut bang (not my term but I do find it entertaining). But I hope the next thing Khaotung is in will give him different hair because I feel like it’s always thiiiiis close to poking his eyeball and giving me the heebie-jeebies.

I hope Sand gets a little peace once the events of this show end. He’s just as much of a mess as the others, especially when he says he’s not going to perform in bars anymore (listen to yourself, honey), but I feel so tired for him.

Ray says he can tell Sand is still in love with Boeing and that he can tell he’s “second string” seeing them kiss. I... do not believe him. He’s definitely not happy, but he can’t tell squat. Either the subtitle translation isn’t great, the writing could be clearer on this point (and needs to follow up later, which it doesn’t IMO), or Ray is full of it and possibly projecting after his Mew stuff.

Later Sand says he wouldn’t feel like he actually had unresolved feelings for Boeing if Ray hadn’t insisted they kiss. I believe him. Sometimes the (fake) threesome gambit isn’t the right choice, Ray.

Mew & Top seem, as usual, like they have no idea what relationship they’re actually in. I don’t see good things for them, but maybe they’ll continue to be on the same page even if it’s a weird page I don’t understand. I am encouraged they bothered to talk about their relationship needs, I guess? I find it difficult to care about them. Though I will say it feels correct that Mew would wear what I consider dad pajamas.

I guess Mew’s just gonna keep his new personal style indefinitely?

Mew: “I just can’t throw things away.” We know, buddy. Except for Boston, I guess.

The awkward effort at conversation between Ray & Top works for me. I thought it would be annoying but it’s kinda cute.

What was Boeing doing before we “met” him, I wonder (taking occasional calls from Top, but that can't be all). He must have been bored.

I’ll get into the Nick & Boston stuff more, but for now I can’t think it’s a coincidence that the song playing when Nick gets an eyefull of Boeing & Boston consists of repeating the English line “chase your tail.”

Nick: “You’re trying to be my boyfriend.” Boston: “I’ll let you decide what you want to do about it.” One of these people is prepared to back up what they’re saying more than the other. Okay, I'll just say it—Boston thinks he's happy to let Nick decide for himself, and he will accept what Nick chooses. But I think he's comfortable with that partly because he thinks he knows what Nick will choose, only he's wrong.

Cheum: “Sand, thanks for adopting Ray. He’s been wanting a caretaker.” Ouch!

Mew invited Boston to be polite but doesn’t feel they’re friends. That seems pretty okay to me. Boston is moving away anyway. I’m not convinced Boston cares about being friends with these people, just that he wants to have friends generally, at least some of the time.

Wish I felt like Cheum and April were full characters, or at least Cheum, but that ship has sailed. I guess Cheum displayed a consistent trait in inviting Boston to their little party, much the same way she asked Top to the Halloween party.

Okay, Nick/Boston and Boston generally. I’m not seeing the Boston-shaming that seems clear to some others on here, or a strong message from the show that Boston deserves some terrible fate. Nick is pretty lovely to Boston as far as I’m concerned. He says he thinks Boston should stop trying to “please” him and just be his usual self. Why is that bad? Boston has been trying to have his cake and eat it too and I get that, he’s young and I’m sure it seems like it’s good to give Nick what he wants while keeping the things Boston wants for himself. But Nick sees that trying to do both makes him feel awful, so he no longer wants that closeness.

Boston’s former friends aren’t great to him. I feel like Mew has an excuse but the others don’t. Like many other situations in this show, they’re being shitty and they may never understand that. I don’t feel the show is endorsing their position.

Boston says he’s sorry to Mew at the party, but his apology is based on a totally false narrative based on what we saw in the show. It wasn’t his “desire” that made him pursue Top. He was acting out, trying to prove his superiority—we know this because every time he hit on Top he explicitly said stuff along the lines of why would you want Mew & not me, why would I envy somebody like Mew?

I admit I have a bit of a personal stake in a narrative like this. I had a friend who would act out sexually to hurt their friends, including me. I don’t really want to get into detail partly because describing their behavior gets uncomfortably close, to me, to shaming and I don’t need to do that. But suffice it to say this person sometimes chose sex partners in a way that was driven by contempt for people they supposedly cared for deeply. They didn’t explain their motives, but their actions left very little room for doubt. They were also very self-sabotaging, so they kinda killed way more than two birds with that particular stone. It was pretty unfortunate all the way around. Even if not everyone has an experience like that, I think contempt is a very real part of life. We should avoid letting things get to that point, but really deep and close relationships always have some space for contempt. You just have to expose that area to sunlight when you can and address other feelings before they can feed it.

These characters don’t have healthy friendships. Some of them have grown a bit in their friendship over the course of the show, but they’re very young and they’re all a bit blind to the world outside themselves. Boston was a shitty friend, so are the rest of them. I don’t see this as a repudiation of Boston but as a realistic portrayal of flawed relationships.

I didn’t think I would find the finale satisfying, and I didn’t. That makes sense to me given the complicated way everything has gone on. I’m kinda happy for Nick, though. He seems to have figured some stuff out. And even though I don't really give a fig about Top I hope he got over some of his fire fear. Maybe he can make relationship choices out of something other than insomnia now.

#only friends the series #ofts

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operaofsocks · 7 months

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(rereading the last few chapters) damn this is pretty good actually

like... i'm impressed mostly with my ability to make it seem like i know what i'm doing. bc i very much do not. between memory issues, impulsivity, the length of time i've been working on this, and just the general way my creative process works, i am very firmly winging it chapter to chapter.

mind, i've had like... very broad story beats in mind that i was able to direct the narrative towards, but until i am right up on an event, i don't have a great sense of how it's going to go. i guess things are more fun for me that way? but sometimes it does leave me stuck for prolonged periods of time when i'm not sure where to go next.

here's a few scenes i've been thinking of for a while that i finally got to write these past few chapters (and no, i never wrote them down before i got to them):

dipper gets attacked by a lake monster and bill saves him (this has been clanging around in my head for a while. as i recall the very first iteration of the idea involved the family going out on a boat and dipper getting taken in front of them all, with bill being the only one actually able to do anything. for reasons now obvious, the idea of the family taking bill out on a calm fishing trip hasn't been plausible for a while. believe it or not this also originally had little to nothing to do with the rift aside from the amped up weirdness happening around town because of it)

bill and dipper finally get close romantically but are interrupted by mabel (another old one. years, now. originally they were going to be illuminated by the car's headlights while wrapped up in each other and close to kissing. this was also originally divorced from the previous scene, and not in direct response to it. i also think bill wasn't going to actually manage to land a kiss.)

separated from dipper, bill has to make the choice to return to the shack on his own, not under the influence of binding (thiiiiis one has changed a lot more than the others. arguably it's also one of the oldest ideas i've had for lrth; pretty sure i came up with it around the time bill emerged into the real world, and if it was before then, i likely didn't have the binding element there. the original idea was for mabel to drag dipper home after the almost-kiss and, in her fury, just abandon bill out there in the woods. then he'd make his way back to the shack of his own volition, with some introspection from his point of view about the situation. i also intended for him to find his cane, lost when dipper first bound him. i had pretty much abandoned this idea until i realized if i pit him directly against pyronica, that would be a great explanation for how the family was willing to let him go off on his own (they had no choice) and i could make it a lot more severe than it had originally been. i very nearly still did the cane thing, but upon rereading the chapter where dipper finds bill's statue, i realized i'd placed it way too close to the shack for bill to have ended up there while trying to get pyronica as far away as possible. i am currently undecided on if the cane makes a return; bill's brief look at it in his dreamscape was an allusion to him realizing he didn't actually have it anymore.)

bill and/or ford very clearly state they used to be together (i've had bill allude to it previously but it never seemed to fit in anywhere to just say it outright)

pyronica specifically becomes a major threat (don't remember why. i think i just like her, despite the absolute lack of unique character she actually has in weirdmageddon)

there's others... smaller things, mostly, little details i managed to hold onto over the years and eventually got to use. like bill and dipper going shopping with pacifica. (sorry that scene was mostly off-screen, i just really did not want to write a shopping montage, gomen nasai)

there are some other major scenes i've yet to get to but still have plans for. two, actually, that have been in the works for a long time; as i near them, they are beginning to take shape. so we'll see how it goes.

i don't know how many more chapters there will be. i don't think it's going to be over 30, but i genuinely can't say. i have started thinking about the first chapter of "good intentions", the sequel, which has a very rough plot idea but very little by way of actual planned content, as per usual.

...i also have been working on a post-apocalyptic AU of sorts for a while, in my head, though i haven't visited it terribly recently; i think my biggest hangup is that i don't know if i can make it billdip or if it'd work better as a genfic. multi-chapter genfic... imagine... idk if i could even keep up with that i'm ngl

anyway. i hope this post has been a fun read! and i also hope my shoddy planning hasn't ruined the magic for any of you lmao. sorry for winging everything. it will happen again

#tox.txt #fic: long road to hell

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usagihoppu · 1 year

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If you could have any material possession (that isn't currency or something you just wanna sell), what would it be and why?

Thiiiiis is hard....

I am fortunate enough that I've saved enough to really buy things I really want.

I think the only exception would be that I'd like a "work shop" essentially. A place I can build, draw, whatever I want. Just connected to the house, large enough to fit all the tools I own/want to get. Would be really nice to just have a dedicated space for it.

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AKAME'S PAYBACK!

[People Murmuring+cameras flashing]

Interviewer : We the people of the press would like to have a word about your new characters of your new story Chained Soldier, Mr. Takahiro. So how does it feel that your new story got adaptation for Shounen Jump's new line of Jump TV shows.

Takahiro : Well, basically. It feels great that after Hinowa Ga Crushed was offically axed by the artist, we decided that it's gonna make a farewell to Akame herself and literally, I have one demand to tell you that Hinowa Ga Crush is cancelled and this is meaning that I am free from Square Enix, now that I finally made a new manga on Shounen Jump, this will reach thousands of dollars to make Chained Soldier popular on the Shounen Jump TV line!

??? : Author! So this is what you've been doing after you let that artist got Hinowa ga Crush axed by your own fault!

Takahiro : Sorry to break it to, Chained Soldier Protag, but you're gonna have to wait on your next schedule for the--A-Akame! Akame what are you doing here!? I thought I left you for good!

??? : I know why you made a new manga for Shounen Jump, you got axed my entire series for Shounen Jump and I knew that you and Square Enix was planning on Betraying me, after me and the new girl the Blue Eyes Sword Girl got dubconed, things will never be quite the same after what that artist did to us! If wasn't for that new artist hired, none of that would happened after our dubcon!

Takahiro : Oh really? Who did you get dubconed by, the humans or what?

Akame : Rhetorical question, author, but close. I was not dubconed by humans, I was dubcon by demons after you got the story axed from your foolishness! Payback, author!

Takahiro : Oh yeah, what group of demons that dubcon you for what?

Demons : For revenge! (it is revealed that the author is surrounded by a large of group)

Takahiro : W-Wait! Akame! Look, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to axe your story, it's not my that I axed you, it's Square Enix's! They planned on betraying you, axing your story and I had no choice but to make or write a new story for a Shounen Jump! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to end your story, I just wanted to make my life easier for jump! Jump controls and then axes all mangas at once! You gotta believe to have control in the industry!

Akame : That's great to hear, Author. Why didn't you say so? I knew that I could trust from the bottom of my heart.

Takahiro : You will? You could trust me back, right?

Akame : Of course I will. That's why you gotta look deep down inside, you know that I would never hurt to fly, which is why it's payback time for throwing me away like garbage. (snaps fingers) Get him, boys.

(the demons are about to attack the author)

Demon A : This is for ruining her story, it's time to take back what's her's! Payback time, Motherf***er!

Demon B : We're gonna beat this piece of sh*t author to teach him a lesson!

Demon C : We're roasting some story makers tonight, boys!

Demon D : Payback's a b*tch! Let's burn his ass!

Demon A : You're gonna regret for leaving her on purpose! We're gonna write you a story of our own, a story about a man who abandons the heroine whom he cared about! You have no rights to abandon a nice lady who abrupted her own story! That's your own fault!

Takahiro : Uhh, settle down, demons. I have an authority, I can explain this all to you. I just wanted to make something better for me, I...(to the interviewers) Pardon me, folks. Let me just run for my life and I will get things straight! (his legs starts spinning, screams in panic)

Demon A : Charge! (demons battlecry)

Takahiro : No, please! Have mercy on me!

(sounds of the author getting beaten up)

Takahiro : (grunting and screaming in pain) No! No! Let go of my arm! Please! I beg of you! Help! I beg of you! Akame! Help! I beg of you! Help me! I beg of you saving me! I BEG OF YOU SAVING ME! OH-HO! THEY'RE BEATING ME! THEY'RE BEATING ME UP TO A BLOODY PULP AND I FEEL PAIN!!! WHY DID I DESERVE THIIIIIS!?!

Akame : Ahh, classic justice! I feel so much better right now! I wonder what happened to that Hinowa girl after I left?

"Meanwhile in heaven..."

[Chao Garden (Hero ver.) - Fumie Kumatani]

Hinowa : [To Sachi] So, umm, what you're in here for? I lost everything! I got axed by Square Enix with a sudden betrayal and therefore I've reuined Akame's reputation. So is there a way to renew my story. I'm kind of a let down after the writer made a new story for a Shoune Jump manga? Could you really do that for me so that my story can continue for a brighter future and a better story?

Sachi : [To Hinowa] for the last time, I am not in the mood of you complaining to get your story better written and if you hadn't been axed by the betrayal of the company, you would've gotten a better story if you and that red eyes girl got your sh** together!Now please let me f***ing eat my left overs in the heavens if you ever complain about your story renewed! But if you do it, I'm going to get irritated that you compain too much!

Hinowa : Okay...I won't. [complains] Please, pretty please! Just give me a reason! I didn't wanted to be axed, I should've told the author that my story was going to be axed I just wanted to be popular! Can I please tell me that I just wanted a better story so that I continue on my own!? I just wanted to make things cool for myself after Square Enix betrayed me!

Sachi : [irritated] Oh my f***ing God! That's it! This is why I hate people bargaining at me about their future! Yuki!

Yuki : You called, girl? What's seems to be the problem here?

Sachi : (looking away) Get this whining whore out of my face!

Yuki : [To Hinowa] Sorry girlie, better luck next time. You'll get your story renewed at a better place, in alternate timeline of course.

Hinowa : I thought you girls would be cooler If I just kept on complaining you two. I thought girls would be cooler if only the writer was smarter enough to keep the story going. When will Akame be popular again? When will Akame be popular again!? I knew that I shouldn't let Akame be dubconed by those red guys with horns that wanted to deliver demon babies that will start a new family of her own! Aww, Snuggle-muffins!

Sachi : What the hell is wrong with everybody in heaven today?

"Akame Ga Kill...Gone but Not Forgotten (R.I.P 2010-2022)"

Kurome : (scoffs) What!? Gone!? But Hinowa was just getting good! That's a load of baloney, I mean why did author decided to Join Shounen Jump, it's like he abanonded us for some dumb that the new mangaka he hired was a huge mistake, Strelka was not our idea to end our and abrupt a story like, this is totally nuts! Who's gonna who rewrite the universe and retcon the plot?

Akame : I didn't like that where this is going? We had a great run and now our author decides that he wanted abandoned when this magazine group called "Jump" decided to recruit as his top story advisor, so that is why we despised all of them for ending our world and abrupting that girl's story! Shounen Jump for making Takahiro converted sides, Square Enix abrupting the story, and for Takahiro...

Kurome : Well...perhaps, the mangaka who Hinowa Ga Crush abandoned her, and you. Which totally sucked eggs or balls if you know what I mean. Yep, we definitely despise them for betraying us.

Akame : Well, at least. I still have myself all alone and married to demons. Oh yeah, that's right. I gotta do a little time travel to kill a demon. That could work if Takahiro would make me another story, hmmm. Oh well, back to the Demon Land! (zoom!) WHEEEEEE!!!

Kurome : Akame, wait! You're still demoted from Deadly assassin to demon wife! The anime counterparts of the guys had been dead and everyone in the real world is alive in the manga!

Akame : That's not on your life, pal! *ZOOM!*

Kurome : There's gotta be an explanation that a logic system that will bring them them back to life! Akame? You gotta let your character be into the system. What about I am so not paying any tax dollars on villainous refunds. I knew I should've been raised by demons, oh wait we she was raised on the demon side and I was raised on the human side. I guess Akuma Ga Love universe would work out if I am correctly not mistaken or being demoted to not an assassin. Well, that's my call. If I would be raised by demons like her, I should be the one that will be the maiden of the demons, or demon knight if I presume. I still got a lot of ways to be getting my head in the game and I'm trying to do all respect after Takahiro left us to die when Akame's universe began to crumble. Nothing matters to me now. This is gonna be a lifetime of the century to get me a sammich, no, I'm getting some exquisite for my human appetite.

Akame : In fact, the Empire in our universe didn't even raise us, we were sold to the demons that were needed for adoption papers, suck it humanity! I found my dignity! WHOOOOOOO!!! Party at the Demon Territory! I'm living the life of Demon Sanctuary! WHOO-HO-HO-HO-HOOOOO!!! *ZOOM!*

Kurome : But! Why did I even bother?

#akame ga kill #hinowa ga crush #chained soldier #takahiro #shounen jump #jump comics #shounen gangan #sword art online #crossover #comedy #dark comedy #funny #humor #dark humor

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