#yeah that’s where they SHINE

[turtleblogatlast]

One of my favorite things about Leo’s portals is the fact that they’re tangible.

He can throw those like frisbees and hit people with them like?? The boys’ abilities are so fun and magical and even sci-fi-esque but this aspect of Leo’s portals are so distinctly a Looney Tunes flavor of cartoon-y that I absolutely adore.

And sure this aspect of the portals can be used for fighting, but moreover the sheer amount of visual gags this does and can create is infinite.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise leo #Leo’s abilities include hammerspace and portable holes like how cartoony can u get I love it #listen I’m telling you above all else the boys’ abilities are closely tied cartoon logic and I think that’s beautiful #sure the superhero scifi and fantasy/magic genres are super present for their abilities too but the looney tunes cartoon nature of them? #yeah that’s where they SHINE #‘rottmnt is bad bc it goes against what tmnt is-‘ it is quite literally the closest we have to the 1987 show imo #let my boys be fun and crazy cartoon characters #no but fr plz read the cartoon physics superpower wiki page and see how many of those apply to the boys lol #their true power- being silly little guys :3

[mist-cat]

(unleashes the powerful obsession i've been (poorly) hiding away since i was 13) How about that ClanGen game, am I right?

Little fullbodies on the tan bg in the last sketchpage are in game sprites not drawn by me.

They are..... so important to me. ShrikeClan, SharkClan, DecayClan and ChimeClan. Little guys. There are too many to tell you about (or remember....) but

TulipLotus is my saddest little meow meow. Had one billion children with Heatherpool and outlived them all. Put up with SO MUCH but hard carried the clan.

Shoutout to SpireRiver as the runner up, I got so attached to him, a former leader who ran away from his job to join the clan, saved DayWhisker's life the same day he got there, and then 5 moons later got taken by two-legs and spent the rest of his days trying to make it back.

here's a link to some lineart I made if you want to use it

This too

#Clangen #warriors oc #Yeah I play Destiny 2 and DbD and Resident evil but clangen is where my REAL gamer skills shine #all drawn in ms paint #as they should be #i was born in that art program and i'll DIE in that art program #my art #art #warrior cat #warrior cats #they're so relaxing to draw #just think they're neat....

[ruporas]

revisiting a memory

#kingdom hearts #roxas #roxas kh #cue dearly beloved #a tune i'll never forget for the rest of my life actually #i could Overshare so much of my memories about kh in these tags but i think i will refrain #its so embarrassing but. #yeah. im just posting some kh work ive done awhile back... there was a particular time during the summer #where i was just rereading the 358/2 days novel #and roxas has always shined as a character to me. and most people who got obsessed over kh2 the moment it came out #and maybe its just me who when rereading the 358/2 novel got particularly focused on the perspective of axel and xion's bc it wasnt as #explored in game but #seeing roxas' actions and emotions pour through from another person's lens #like axel's and xion's. man. he's just so genuine and always has been and it's so clear the one thing he wants :( #im RAMBLING again but i love kh #anyway #gk posting soon #ruporas art

[xoxoemynn]

anyway after my first failed attempt [checks calendar] 14 years ago, I have finally made an appointment with a therapist, please clap.

#personal #and yes it sounds silly #but Rhys' cameo where he talked about the age difference between his siblings #and how that made him feel is what pushed me over the edge #it was like he shined a spotlight on my inner psyche and uh #yeah hard to ignore that #ANYWAY #may delete later idk feels weird but also I am proud and nervous but mostly proud

[jinseulss]

onew | ‘hard’ mv

#shinee #onew #jinki #shawolsource #dailyshinee #shineeedit #* #wheres's that one tweet that said #bitches be like “hear me out” and its just someone in red #yeah...

[kaltacore]

one thing that especially irks me about cullen's so-called redemption is the attempts to redeem him through cole's words.

templars' abuses affected cole so badly it damaged his connection to the fade and his own nature. he was a spirit of compassion and witnessing what was happening in white spire turned him into a killer. he murdered lord seeker lambert in cold blood for what he did and most of the time he doesn't regret it — and then he just. drops the "he's not like the other girls" lines about cullen.

and this is such a lazy and annoying move. another thing that is established about cole is that you particularly can't lie to him — about your real feelings and intentions at least. whatever he states about other characters must be true and it is often used as a tool to deepen the characterizations of the main cast and in cullen's case it is just. blatant apologism. there's literally a banter where cole talks about atrocities commited by the templars and then he adds "oh no but cassandra and cullen aren't like that" and never elaborates. the game itself doesn't elaborate either.

like please don't tell me that the spirit who was shaken by knowledge that an innocent boy can die from starving because his jailors simply forgot about him would look in the eyes of a person who used to be meredith fucking stannard's right hand and still thinks that her methods were just a little too harsh but necessary and justified and say yeah. this guy is such a friend of mages. if only there were more templars like him

#this is such an overt bullshit like i don't even know where to start #and my main problem is that. i don't care about cullen. his redemption arc sucks because it's non-existent. but i do care about cole #and i love his cryptic comments so much because they really give you a look into character's head in a weird but interesting manner #and then. this happens. and you can say that “oh but it means that cullen's REAL attitude is compassionate towards mages!” #but the thing about cole's comments is. he does expose characters' thoughts #but you've already had an opportunity to catch whatever cole makes clear in these banters #like. vivienne is afraid and it is shown in the game. dorian struggles with attachment and it is shown in the game #cullen struggles with whatever he's done to mages and ?????? ah yes #and i'm just. so mad. because i love what cole adds to the storytelling. and there's so much potential but he's used for apologism #because whoever wrote cullen was too lazy and/or preoccupied with making a knight in shining armor out of him #you can also point out that cole is used for solas apologism as well. but in solas' case you can catch that he feels conflicted #about his actions and goals. so yeah. it works. at least partially. so my point stays. #cullen's case is like. by the book example of horrendous breaking of 'show don't tell' rule #practically cole breaks this rule constantly. but as i said it doesn't feel off with other characters because of what has been shown alread #cullen critical #dragon age

[localcryptideli]

You know sometimes I think that the reason I stopped being on the sokai ship online is that the reasons why I think the ship is nice are so separate and different from how I see most people interpreting the characters and wanting the ship to be that it just loses all appeal to me.

#it's about vulnerability and peace to me okay #It's about sora being unwilling to leave kairi behind where she is a bit slower than the rest of the group #it's something I could absolutely project headcanons on disability on #it's about kairi signifying home and peace and stability #where sora's world became incredibly chaotic #it's about being accepted as who you are not what you can or cannot do #and sora being appreciated because of who he is beyond the keyblade #and kairi's life being valued even if she is not a big strong warrior #it's about the drama of kairi clinging to a past sora desperately wants to have again but cannot go back to #and kairi having the POTENTIAL to relate to that struggle due to her own past #it's about both having the experience of being left behind #and both being kind at heart and clinging to normalcy where they can #it's about being selfish about it too and not recognizing the ways in which the other grew #stubbornly clinging to the way they knew each other because the leap of change is scary albeit necessary in the long run #and stepping on each other's toes because of this because they don't recognize their goals and personalities shifted #that's what's yummy to me #whereas with soriku I am very aligned to fandom interpretation hence why I am waaay more intense about it here #but yeah I... don't want kairi to be a super goddess girlboss that saves sora that's not why she is appealing to me #as someone who struggles with not shining for skills and being left behind I treasure the fact that she is narratively important #and treasured by her friends - but still not super OP and the best of the best and a perfect flawless problem solver and hero #I enjoy that she is weaker and her best friend would STILL risk it all to see her safe - she is not disposable or an afterthought #and she matters because of who she is and the friendship she brings not because of what she can bring to the team of keyblade wielders #i need to find a tag for personal updates

[lord-squiggletits]

I need to reread the comics again to have specific arguments/evidence for this, but like

I feel a bit like I could've been sympathetic to the way other Cybertronian colonies view Cybertron, if it weren't for the fact that at least several of them (as in, ones that get notable dialogue/screen time) are so low-key self-righteous?

Like, idk... there's a lot of criticism of Cybertronians because they're so "warlike" and how their obsession with violence and vengeance is just dragging the whole galaxy down with them, but uh. The Autobot-Decepticon war was basically a product of societal ills bubbling over for like 6 million years beforehand and then finally boiling over into a 4 million year war that lasted as long as it did because the people involved had immense social/psychological trauma from being "raised" in an oppressive society.

So when the colonists come in being all 'omg you people are so violent and uncivilized why don't you just like, stop fighting' it kind of pissed me off a little bit as a reader/person like. Idk the colonists really came into this society of people full of massive amounts of trauma where even before the war society was super oppressive and no one has any experience of living "normal" lives unaffected by violence and bigotry. And the colonists were like "ummm wow why don't you guys just??? stop fighting???." Like idk it wasn't EVERY SINGLE MOMENT, in fact I think that when it was played for laughs it's quite a funny "fridge horror" type element. It was just annoying because like.... IDK???? It's just really annoying to watch a bunch of people who lived relatively sheltered lives on their own planets come to a different planet full of traumatized people and be like "omg why are you people so fucked up" IDK BRO MAYBE BECAUSE THEIR SOCIETY WAS OPPRESSIVE AND THEY LIVED THROUGH A LIFELONG WAR???

It also doesn't help that the colonies were literally founded based on imperialism and conquest so like, it's fucking rich to hear colonists scolding Cybertronians for their violence ruining the whole galaxy while literally sitting on planets that their Primes colonized from others. The hypocrisy of this is briefly mentioned in Unicron (literally the FINAL STORY OF THE SERIES) but like, that's basically the only time Cybertronian characters are given a reprieve of sympathy from other characters in universe and it's so tiresome.

I've talked to other people who didn't like the colonists and thought they basically (narratively speaking) existed just to shit on the existing characters, and it's actually really easy for me to sympathize with/outright agree with that assessment of the story considering how much of exRID/OP seems to be preoccupied with "Cybertron/the Primes/Optimus sucks" with very few reprieves for anything positive happening and even fewer chances for characters to get to explain themselves and experience a little bit of justice? Like, as the audience, it's just very frustrating to see the characters you spent hundreds of issues keeping up with get shit on by a bunch of "literally-who"s and then not really get a chance to ever defend themselves, either by literally defending themselves in conversation or having some sort of narrative thing happening that vindicates them at least symbolically

#squiggposting #paused work to muse about this which i prolly shouldn't have lol #oh well i'll still get stuff done #like idk an example of this is how pyra criticized OP for using religion to manipulate people #(lets just ignore how she said she would teach OP but never actually did) #but in the story there's never any sort of confrontation where pyra learns about history or talks with OP #and OP gets to be like. yeah on my planet primes fucking sucked and i'm the only one trying to redeem their image #also ive been fighting an endless war that lasted 4 mil years in which me being a shining figurehead was basically #the sole motivating force keeping my army from just collectively succumbing to endless despair #and i also had to use this shining figurehead image i had to keep the opposing army from genociding a bunch of organics #like not once does OP get to express his side of things he's basically just shit upon endlessly by other characters as he keeps doing plot #i feel like i had another example but i can't recall who/what was involved lmao #like idk it's not just that barber's writing is depressing and dark and edgy. i LIKE stories that do that kind of thing #it's just that it feels a bit as if the story is ENDLESSLY depressing and dark and edgy with almost no reprieve #as if it's mostly presenting the flaws of the characters with no chance for them to justify or redeem themselves #idk i feel like there was another better point/example i was gonna make but i can't remember it #like idk i guess a dark depressing story would've been better if the characters at least got to defend themselves #bc as is it basically feels like they (esp OP) get shit on endlessly and never once get to express anything about it #so like. they get shit on in universe. but also as the reader since there's never a contradicting viewpoint or the character defending them #it's as if you're supposed to take this one-sided criticism of them at face value and it just doesn't seem fair AS THE READER #if i read about OP getting shit on by some people and defended by others and also him expressing his opinion on himself #then that just feels like a normal fair narrative where i get to take sides #but if it's just OP being shit on and he hardly expresses much about it #then it feels like i as the reader am expected to agree with the portrayal being shown? #but in reality the portrayal just feels negative and unfair and one sided to me #and why the fuck do i want to read a story that's just the characters i know and like on an endless shame parade #also shout out to 'literally who' aka slide calling OP 'literally fascist' lmao #one of the most cringe moments of the entire comic. wait no. i can think of a more cringe Slide Moment #when unicron is about to destroy the planet and trypticon is getting shot and dying(?) in the background #and the story decides to pause and focus on Slide so she can monologue about how evil and tyrannical OP is

[clownsuu]

Do you still enjoy drawing princisweep?

That’s what their ship is called? That’s even a thing???

#I still find it absolutely hilarious that the relationship is a human and a fuckin broom JDHFFHHFH #Also yeah I enjoy them as a crack ship it’s very goofy #I like it a lot more than principal and baldi cause that’s just principal x bald man with a single strand of hair #Still love my boy sweep I have his lil keychain around here somewhere #Bbieal #gotta sweep #principal of the thing #Can’t believe principal shoved a broom up where the sun don’t shine

[scribz-ag24]

do you have any favorite fanfics involving grovyle, dusknoir, & celebi, either shipping or platonic? 🥺

In fact, I have some! Perhaps if I hadn't found them I'd be a bit more sane now, alas... So the next three are all from the same author and are my favourites from PMD (although I havent looked for Grovyle/Celebi or Dusknoir/Celebi alone, idk if someone has some recommendations for those). Still, tho, here is what I've read.

One more adventure https://archiveofourown.org/works/48325621

Platonic future trio (tho the author has stated that they can see the shipping happening lol). I like this one especially bc of the Celebi appreciation, she's the POV and has added lore abour her crucial role in keeping the dark future stable and helping to fix it. Also great dusknoir and grovyle characterization, but that's a given with this author.

The next three are actaeon (Dusknoir/Grovyle), so Celebi barely appears or has relevance. It's a shame, but they're still some of my fav fics.

Stars that shine https://archiveofourown.org/works/33070633

ABSOLUTE FAV. IVE REREAD IT LIKE 20 TIMES. ONE OF THE MOMENTS TOWARDS THE END LIVES IN MY HEAD RENT FREE. Btw you can ignore the tags, its not as grim as it sounds lol. No spoilers but this fic is the fic ever. Also Dusknoir is so in love in this one it hurts lmao. I sketched some fanart for this fic i need to clean it and post it.......this fic deserves it.....

Together we'll be heroes https://archiveofourown.org/works/37172176/chapters/92737780

This one is also actaeon, but theres also focus on Hero/Partner. It's a retelling of EoS through snippets of Hero, Partner, Grovyle and Dusknoir's PoV, and is really well narrated. While i was put off at first by the idea of a retelling of the game, I was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining the story and characters are! ts unfinished, and unfortunately ends before the story progresses much beyond the plot of the game, however the part of the story that is set in post game is precious. and it also has my favourite thing ever, that is, future trio not knowing what the hell to do with their lives now that theyre not dead.

It's not unfounded https://archiveofourown.org/works/28630209

This one is not from the same author, but it's also short and sweet, and it even inspired one of my posta about future trio (the one with grovyle's "tail" wagging xd). Maybe it can get a bit too "fanfic-y" at times, but I still enjoyed it a lot. Its basically actaeon hurt/comfort and discussing what their future is gonna be now the the world is back on track and on its way to healing.

So yeah those are the ones I've read and enjoyed lmao. If you've looked for pmd fics before you might have already read them, since there arent a lot of fics and these are all well tagged and all.

#scribz answer asks in 30 words or less challenge #oh well now yall can see what goes on my brain 😔😔😔 #ask #okay can you tell that i had the dusknoir/grovyle brainrot and celebi came afterwards #i think ive compensated it tho lmao #BUT FOR REAL STARS THAT SHINE IS SO PERFECT IT HITS ME EVERY TIME AND THERES STH ABOUR DUSKNOIR FEELING PUPPY LOVE THAT IS SO MESSED UP BUT #ALSO SO SO SO GRAHHHH #so yeah i liked it #also 'together we'll be heroes' is also so fun and the dusknoir and grovyle moments are peak #theres one part after grovyle's capture in crystal lake where dusknoir goes 'you know. if the people of treasure town knew the truth they #would side with me' #and thats the kind of bs dusknoir would do like yesss bullshit your way through a conversation with your greatest enemyyyy

[subsequentibis]

i'm just a tmbg blog now i think. for the love of god watch this.

#video #they might be giants #utterly obsessed with the crooning opening. flansburgh affecting a very lovely gentle sort of voice which has me weak at the knees #IMMEDIATELY followed up by THE STIIIIIIIIIIIICK #and lie still little bottle which genuinely is one of the sexiest vocal performances from him i think #<- statements said by a normal man who is well adjusted. #i love when linnell flubs the elements in why does the sun shine it's one of my favorite things abt live performances #estrogen. and wood. #i think there's one later where he goes 'estrogen estrogen estrogen and MORE estrogen' which. yeah #love also that flans says 'this a performance space not a rock club we're not gonna go too hard' #and then immediately goes 'no that's too slow' and starts SLAMMIN IT #his little shimmy on twisting time. cute #kinda need him!!!!!!!! #Youtube

[incomingalbatross]

It's the Beowulf Dragon, isn't it?

Tolkien writes (something to the effect of): for a man who began his career with Grendel, what less than a dragon is worthy to end it.

So Moriarty is Holmes' Dragon. Conan Doyle took care to give Holmes an enemy worthy of being defeated by. And he still gives Holmes the win. Holmes sets out his win conditions right at the beginning and then achieves them. The conclusion is forgone, but the details matter. This victory matters to him, even if it's news to us.

Yes!!

He knew that Holmes required a dragon, you're right. And he GAVE him one. It would have been so much easier to just be like "sometimes criminals get lucky, and everyone's number has to come up sometime :/" and have it Just Happen somehow, rather than to give him a fitting monster to slay. But Doyle saw he ought to have a dragon and he delivered on that.

And ALSO yes, the way Holmes keeps saying "If I could defeat him that would be enough to end my career on" both underscores the seriousness of Moriarty's evil and establishes that Reichenbach is a win for Holmes regardless of his own death.

OH. In a way, it's about agency. Holmes doesn't die because someone decided to kill him and succeeded, on a narrative level—he dies because he saw a fight worth dying to win, and he stepped up and won it. That's nice.

#asks #sherlock holmes #someone said in the notes of one of my other posts that this is where the doylist-watsonian distinction shines #and i really like that #because often it's used for things like 'yeah we know doyle didn't actually CARE about these dates but here's an elaborate explanation' #but in this case it's about writing SKILL in that even though we know why HE sent holmes to his death #that has absolutely no bearing on the narrative reasons HOLMES chose to face his death #the separation that makes sure to do justice to the character within the character's own frame of reference is very cool i think

[hella1975]

'the final pages of the report include a few interesting details. they note that every hero at the scene explicitely said that no work study students participated in the fight against shigaraki. our part was erased from the record. that denial is the only reference to me, kacchan and todoroki in the entire document' IM SORRY? THE VILLAINS ARE RIGHT DOWN WITH HEROES. DENYING THEIR PART WHILE THEY'RE LITERALLY BEING WHEELED TO HOSPITAL UNCONSCIOUS? WHEN THE FIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST WITHOUT THEM? WHY DID KIDS NEED TO BE ON THE BATTLEFIELD ANYWAY AND THEN AFTERWARDS WHY ARE YOU MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF IT THAN THE PART THEY PLAYED? i hope you all die

#there are like two good heroes maybe #i love hawks and i wouldnt even count him in that for... obvious reasons #it's like. erasermic. and that's it #everyone else is either very obviously awful and corrupt (the HSPC and endeavour) or are way too chill with clearly immoral things #LIKE sending kids into battle and putting morality directly onto a biological power outisde of people's control at birth #like yeah the villains are fucked and killed a shit ton of people but at least theyve never pretended to be anything different #society took one look at them and said 'you do not deserve to be saved. you are a monster' and they said fuck it we ball! #they embraced their quirks and the things society crucified them for and made a league where they were accepted #and they never once pretended to be anything but what they were #GOD THIS FUCKING SHOWWWW #like i LOVE how morality and heroics is handled in mha it's so so good and nuanced #& then it's just. endeavour redemption. like what in god's name possessed horikoshi - a writer who i KNOW can handle this topic - to do tha #midoriya looking at shigaraki who just wiped out an entire fucking city: you looked like you wanted to be saved... #midoriya looking at touya who's in unimaginable amounts of physical and emotional pain at all times at the hands of his abuser #that he's had to watch for 24 years shining in the spotlight and receiving praise and adoration: idk ur dad was nice to me one time #mha #mha spoilers #hella watches anime

[airbenderedacted]

So who’s your favorite character in Wander Over Yonder? And what’s your fav ship(s)?

Oh, I love playing this guessing game!! ♡ ～('▽^人) ✨

Favorite character? Well...

[🎨📺]

As for ships, I wouldn't exactlyy say I ship anything in this show tbch, but I'd say I'm especially fond of Sylava, in a strictly fanon kinda way.

#Wander Over Yonder #Lord Dominator #woy is funny bc the core four are all so shippable but nothing rlly does it for me. i think nearly all possible pairs there have some charm #when considering *all five* of the mains not a whole lot changes bc dominator's a lesbian and sylvia is the only other main who isn't a dud #(i'm not a pr.o.shi.pper so bigoted type stuff grosses me out when it comes to shipping. we don't go there eugyhgfghhs) #tbcch i'm of the firm belief that lord dominator shouldnt be shipped with anyone in a srs sense. like as far as staying true to canon goes #she's made it extremely clear that she's not into that kinda stuff *and* that she's wAy too horrible for any kinda relationships anyway #but when it comes to lighthearted silly fanon stuff (or any degree of au stuff where *GASP* D isn't a demon & they Work) sylava makea me :) #(in whatever way ppl wanna imagine them. i'm partial to ''yes homo no romo'' qpr type goodness w/ them but i love seeing Everyone's takes!! #partially bc it's nice to see people actually. care. about what dom is and is not about (sexuality-wise). which is THE BARE MINIMUM but wel #a lot of people Do Not do that! sadly sexism and homophobia exist and it seeps into a lotta things in a lotta small ways and *sobs* #SO YEAH IT'S NICE TO SEE. NOT THAT. it's nice to see as a light shining through the darkness that is the internet & 2010s show fandoms sks #ah & partially bc sylava is like. literally the only ship ever kinda-sorta-teased in the show in a way that wasn't just played for jokes #which i think gives us neat things to work with when it comes to the whole ''what if'' kinda stuff- so!!! yea i just think it's neat :] #in both an ''in another life...'' not-so-hypothetical chemistry kinda way AND in an 'im a real stickler for Canon Goodness' kinda way too #haha #as for other ships i'm especially partial to... mmmmm.. 🤔 #deathglare in the context of hater learning to cherish & appreciate peepers and treat him RIGHT makes me happy. i like that :) #and skeleton dance is always fun!!!! a real delight both on and off the screen hehah #most everything else makes me go ''oh cool. yea that's cute.'' 👍 #ships involving minor characters are pretty take it or leave it. i dont think there's any i have any strong feelings about #except ig that it was pretty sweet when people were shipping lord hater & ripov. tbh i like how many ships people came up with w/ her #that was really swag. she was a fun character!!

[silverselfshippingchaos]

hm.

#fucking hell. do you guys ever think about how normalized racism against indians is? I know i do #god.. why can't i just exist? why is it so normal to be so fucking disgusting about my people? i've spent my whole life thinking i'm #unattractive and ugly because of my body hair and my brown skin and the shape of my nose and the smell of my food #why can't i have all the sweet things the pretty girls have? will i ever be perceived as the same as them? will i always be unattractive? #my relationship with my culture is.. complicated. but still... it hurts so much. it weighs on me so heavily #sure i make jokes so often but i'm not exactly a shining beacon of peak self esteem. i think that how my people are percieved is a huge par #of why i feel that way about myself. it's to the point where i think my f/os would be better off dating someone else or wouldn't like me #because they'd think my culture is 'weird' #idk man. i've just been having a night #i saw some a.qua ship art and fell down a rabbit hole and spiraled. wow... would she even like me at all? or find me attractive in any way? #this is so unlike me y'all LMAAOOO you know how they say you should never listen to your thoughts past 9pm? yeah. it's almost 1am rn- #i should go to bed. i'll be okay. just been a lot going on and even more on my mind #sigh.. #vent #i'll delete this later gamers #goodnight pals

[sneakyfox55]

major To The Moon series spoilers ahead!

no because the real Quincy--relative to the "real" world our Lynri came from--never actually got to see his family again

can we talk about that please like my heart BREAKS for this man and sure you can say "well like he wasn't actually real because this is the topmost stack and not reality lmbo" but like.

what IS reality?

like! the entire point of the games is to bring up the question "what is the reality we tell ourselves, at one point does reality become... not so?" and that's honestly like, other than the various other themes Kan Gao has so masterfully crafted into this series that's my favorite one because then the ethic becomes, if nothing is reality--if everything is just the reality OR fiction we tell ourselves--what does it really matter?

so if we go based off that, the real Quincy relative to IF-Lynri's timeline just. was basically pushed off to the side. and yeah, there's the version of him within the machine that we play as of course and we get to see that version of him be happy, but how can that account for the original version? did that Quincy not have feelings? did that Quincy just, not have his heart broken by the love of his life after the tragic loss of their child? did she not abandon him? from we know that did still happen, does it matter that it did, maybe not to any other version of them (or even IF-Lynri for that matter since she gets everything she wants in the end) but did it not matter to that Quincy?

and it hurts so much worse to me personally to know that, he would have never know about any of this, and he has no idea that in another timeline so to speak, he gets to be happy. and!!! this even goes back to To The Moon the game (try saying that 5 times fast) itself because!!!!

the real River and Johnny technically might have never reunited.

in fact they? probably really didn't? at least not in a way that could have ever been substantial to either of them. the "real" Johnny never actually remembered their first meeting, and the "real" River never got to feel that closure that she so desperately wanted from him.

but then it goes back to the question of if it matters, since they're happy anyway?

and this all leads to my point about all of this:

does it? does creating perfect fantasy worlds for everyone really MATTER if the real them never got to live out that fantasy world?? because sure, you can say to THEM, it does! in that brief moment before they leave this world, they can leave knowing they did all they wanted! they can leave with a (figurative) smile on their face!! right? isn't that the point?

...but then. where does it stop meaning something because EVERYTHING was made up? how can we differentiate the two anymore?

and at what point was reality just... maybe, not reality in the first place?

#To The Moon spoilers #Impostor Factory spoilers #ughhhh these games just fill me with such existential dread they are so lovely #wanna call up Kan himself and thank him for ruining my life /affectionate #this is about Impostor Factory #also this. kind of just applies to life IN GENERAL #and i love that SO much #we don't know!! if our timeline is the ultimate timeline or not!!!! #but we try to live our best life anyway in spite of it #and i think that's where the beauty shines in #because it's not about questioning what was ever real or not #it's about what life you make for yourself that matters #and how it meant to YOU #but anyway yeah it still shatters my heart and Soul to think of original IF Quincy #every version of Quincy has my whole heart ever #(and no we are NOT going to talk about. the “Quincy-father-of-Neil-old-man” Quincy any time soon because no i have enough to cry about) #((but i will talk about him one day)) #Impostor Factory #To The Moon series